TCL Flip User manual

TCL-4056L

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Table of Contents
1 Your Device .............................................................................................4
1.1 Overview ...............................................................................................4
1.2 Setting up your phone..........................................................................7
1.3 Power on your phone............................................................................9
1.4 Power off your phone .........................................................................10
1.5 Home Screen.......................................................................................10
2 Phone call ..............................................................................................11
2.1 Making a Call ......................................................................................11
2.2 Answering or rejecting a call...............................................................13
2.3 Hang up a call.....................................................................................14
3 Contacts ................................................................................................15
3.1 Add a Contact.....................................................................................15
3.2 View a Contact....................................................................................15
3.3 Edit a Contact .....................................................................................16
3.4 Share a Contact...................................................................................16
3.5 Delete Contacts ..................................................................................17
3.6 Import/Export Contacts ......................................................................17
3.7 Speed Dial Contacts ...........................................................................17
3.8 Available Options................................................................................18
4 Messages...............................................................................................19
4.1 Sending a Text Message.....................................................................19
4.2 Sending a Multimedia Message .........................................................21
5 E-Mail ....................................................................................................22
5.1 Setup E-Mail........................................................................................22
5.2 Send E-Mail.........................................................................................22

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6 Camera ..................................................................................................25
7 Tools ......................................................................................................27
7.1 Gallery.................................................................................................27
7.2 Utilities ................................................................................................28
7.3 Clock ...................................................................................................29
7.4 Music...................................................................................................30
7.5 Calendar..............................................................................................31
7.6 Video...................................................................................................32
7.7 Note ....................................................................................................33
7.8 FM Radio.............................................................................................33
7.9 File Manager .......................................................................................34
8 Network & connectivity ........................................................................35
8.1 Airplane Mode ....................................................................................35
8.2 Cellular network & Data......................................................................35
8.3 Wi-Fi....................................................................................................36
8.4 Bluetooth ...........................................................................................36
8.5 Geolocation.........................................................................................37
9 Personalize Your Phone.........................................................................38
9.1 Language ............................................................................................38
9.2 Change font size .................................................................................38
9.3 Date & Time........................................................................................38
9.4 Sounds ................................................................................................39
9.5 Wallpaper, Brightness and Screen Timeout........................................39
10 Security .................................................................................................41
10.1 Lock/Unlock your screen.....................................................................41
10.2 SIM Security ........................................................................................41
10.3 Anti-Theft ............................................................................................41

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11 KaiOS Account ......................................................................................42
12 Software Update...................................................................................43
13 Safety and Precautions .........................................................................44
13.1 Safety and use.....................................................................................45
13.2 Radio Waves........................................................................................49
13.3 Licenses...............................................................................................52
13.4 General information ............................................................................53
13.5 1 YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY.............................................................54
14 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................55

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1 Your Device
1.1 Overview
Camera
External display
Headset Connector
Volume Key
Charging Port Microphone

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①Left Soft Key
• Press: to access Notifications
②Call Key
• Make a call
• Press: Enter call log (from Idle screen)
③Favorite Contacts
• Press: Access Favorite Contacts

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④Internal display
⑤Navigation Key (up, down, left, right)
• Menu selection moves up, down, left, and right
• Press Left: Access Applications
• Press Up: Access Phone Settings
• Press Right: Access Camera / Video
⑥Right Soft Key
• Press: Access Contacts
⑦Center Soft Key
• Confirm an option (press OK key)
• Press: Access app list (from Home screen)
⑧End/Power Key
• Press: End a call, return to the Idle screen
• Press and hold: to Restart and Power on/off
⑨Back/Delete Key
• Move backwards through Menus
• Delete entered number or letters
⑩Messages
• Press: Access Messages
Letters symbols
• Press then choose a symbol. Press the Center Soft Key to
insert in message or email
Text input
• Repeat press of to change text input method from ABC to Abc,
123 or Predictive text

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1.2 Setting up your phone
Your phone already has a NANO SIM card installed.
MicroSDTM cards (up to 32GB) may be purchased separately.
NOTE: Power off the device before opening the back cover to install a microSD
or replace the NANO SIM card.
Step 1. With the device facing down, remove the back cover from the bottom
left corner. Use your fingernail to carefully lift the cover away from the device
body.
Step 2. Remove the battery using your fingernail to lift from the top left corner.
Step 3. To insert SIM card or microSD card, push the SIM card or microSD card
into the card slot with the gold-colored contacts facing down.
SIM card
SD card
SIM card
SD card
To remove the SIM card or microSD card, press down on the small plastic tab (①),
then slide out the card ( ②). Do not use force or any sharp objects.

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Step 4. Re-install the battery by aligning the gold contact points of the battery
with the gold contact points of the device. It only fits one way. Press down to
snap in place.
Step 5. Carefully align the back cover with tabs and press into place. It only fits
one direction.
Step 6. Charge your phone fully before turning it on and starting the set up
process. Insert the small end of the charging cable into the charger port on the
phone. Insert the other end of the cable into your wall charger and plug it into a
wall outlet.
WARNING: Only use the charger and cable supplied with the phone. Using
incompatible chargers or tampering with the charging port could damage your
phone and void the warranty.

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To optimize your battery life, you may do the following:
• Turn on power saving mode: Go to Settings > Device > Battery > Power
Saving Mode > On.
• Lower screen brightness: Go to Settings > Personalization > Display >
Brightness. Lower the brightness by pressing the left of the Navigation Key.
• Screen timeout: Go to Settings > Personalization > Display > Screen
Timeout > 30 seconds.
1.3 Power on your phone
Press and hold the End/Power Key until the phone powers on.
Setup your phone for the first time
The first time you power on the phone, you will be guided through the following
steps:
• Select the phone’s language, then press the Right Soft Key to go to the
next step.
• Select the phone's Keyboard, then press the Right Soft Key to go to the
next step.
• Select an available Wi-Fi network, then press the Right Soft Key to go to
the next step.
• Set and learn more about Geolocation, then press the Right Soft Key to go
to the next step.
• Read the KaiOS Terms and Privacy Policy, press the Center Soft Key to learn
more and/or open URL; Use the Navigation Key and the Center Soft Key
to set options, then press the Right Soft Key to go to the next step.
• Read and press the Right Soft Key to go to the next step.
• Finally press the Center Soft Key to enter the Home screen.
Note: Even if no SIM card is installed, your phone will still power on and you will
be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network and use some of the phone›s features.