Alcatel One Touch 908 manual

my world in one touch 908 For more information about how to use the phone, please go to www .alcatelonetouch.com to download complete user manual. Moreover , from the website you can also consult FAQ, realize software upgrade via PC suite, etc. www.alcatelonetouch.com[...]

1 2 T able of Contents Safety and use ...................................................................... 4 General information ........................................................... 9 1 Y our mobile ....................................................................... 12 1.1 K eys and connectors ..........................................[...]

3 4 Safety and use .............................. W e recommend that you r ead this chapter carefully bef ore using your phone. The manufacturer disclaims any liability for damage, which ma y result as a consequence of improper use or use contrary to the instructions contained herein. TRAFFIC SAFETY: • Given that studies show that using a mobile [...]

5 6 Emergency call numbers ma y not be reachable on all cellular networks. Y ou should never r ely only on your phone for emergency calls. Do not open, dismantle or attempt to repair your mobile phone y ourself. Do not drop , throw or bend y our mobile phone. Do not paint it. Use only batteries, battery chargers, and accessories which are recommend[...]

7 8 RADIO W A VES: • Proof of compliance with international standards (ICNIRP) or with Eur opean Directive 1999/5/ EC (R&TTE) is required of all mobile phone models bef ore they can be put on the mark et. The protection of the health and safety f or the user and any other person is an essential requir ement of these standards or this directiv[...]

9 10 General information ................... Internet address: • www .alcatelonetouch.com Hot Line Number : • see “TCT Mobile Ser vices” leaflet or go to our website. On our website, you will find our F AQ (Frequentl y Asked Questions) section. Y ou can also contact us by e-mail to ask any questions you ma y ha ve. An electronic v ersion of[...]

11 12 Y our mobile 1 ........................... K eys and connectors 1.1 This handset ma y contain materials, including applications and software in executable or sour ce code form, which is submitted by thir d parties for inclusion in this handset (“Third Party Materials”). All third party materials in this handset are pr ovided “as is”, [...]

13 14 On Home screen, press to quickly access • Settings menu or Notification panel; to launch quick search; to customize your Home screen by ad ding applications or changing wallpaper/ theme. On other screens, press to view options list. • Short press: Light up the screen Return to the Home screen or back to the central Home screen if it is ex[...]

15 16 Installing and remo ving the MicroSD card T o release the microSD car d holder , slide it in the direction of the arr ow and lift it. Then inser t the microSD car d with the golden contact downward. Finally , turn down the microSD holder and slide it in the opposite direction to lock it. MicroSD car d ma y cantain user manual and some third p[...]

17 18 P o wer on your phone 1.2.2 Hold down the Pow e r key until the phone pow ers on, type in your PIN code if necessary and then confirm. The Home screen is displa yed. If you do not know y our PIN code or if you hav e forgotten it, contact your network operator . Do not leave y our PIN code with your telephone. Store this information in a safe [...]

19 20 Home screen is pr ovided in an extended format to allow more space for adding applications, shortcuts etc . Slide the Home scr een horizontally left and right to get a complete view of the Home scr een. Small dots at the lower left and right of the scr een indicate which screen you ar e viewing. T ouch & hold the small dots, application t[...]

21 22 Status icons GPRS connected GPS is on GPRS in use Receiving location data from GPS GPRS is disabled Speakerphone is on EDGE connected Roaming EDGE in use No signal EDGE is disabled No SIM card installed 3G connected Vibrate mode 3G in use Ringer is silenced 3G is disabled Phone microphone is m ute HSP A (3G+) connected Battery is ver y low HS[...]

23 24 Notification panel T ouch and drag down the Status bar or press Menu k ey and touch Notifications to open the notification panel. T ouch and drag up to close it. From Notification panel, you can open some functions by touching it(GPS, Bluetooth, etc.) and other reminders indicated by notification icons or view wir eless ser vice information. [...]

25 26 Draw y our unlock pattern T ouch to confirm by dra wing pattern again T o create a scr een unlock PIN/Pass word Press • Menu k ey fr om the home screen, touch Settings , then touch Location & securitySet up screen lockPIN or P assword. Set your PIN or passw ord. • T o lock phone screen Press Po w e r ke y once to lock the screen. T [...]

27 28 W allpaper customization T ouch and hold an empty area or press Men u ke y and touch W allpaper on the Home screen, a popup window named Select wallpaper fr om will appear , offering a range of options. Pictures includes pictur es you ha ve tak en, cropped or downloaded. Live wallpapers include a scr olling list of animated wallpapers to choo[...]

29 30 Categories manag ement 1.4.2 There ar e 8 categories in total: 5 categories is predefined, 3 categories can be added. The default categories are Communication , MultiMedia , T ools , Games , Download . Press Menu key , and select Edit to enter edit mode. Within edit mode you can now customize categories. Rename a category • Locate the categ[...]

31 32 Android k eyboard 2.1.2 T ouch to lock in capital letter input mode. T ouch to switch to symbol and numeric ke yboard. T ouch to enter V oice input. Long press to enter an accent of the letter . Touch to enter text or numbers, touch and hold for one or two seconds to select input method. T ext editing 2.2 Y ou can edit the text you hav e ente[...]

33 34 If you mak e a mistake, you can delete the incor rect digits by touching . T o hang up a call, press Pow e r key. International call T o dial an international call, touch and hold to enter “+”, then enter the international country prefix followed b y the full phone number and finally touch . Emergency call If your phone has netw ork cover[...]

35 36 T o av oid misoperation on touchscreen during call, screen will be locked automaticall y when user put the phone close to ear , and it will be unlocked when put the phone a way . Managing multiple calls 3.1.5 With this phone you can handle multiple calls at the same time. Swap calls When you accept tw o calls, press Menu k ey to open options [...]

37 38 Contacts 3.3 ....................................................... Contacts enables quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. Y ou can view and create contacts on your phone and synchr onize these with your Gmail contacts or other applications on the w eb or on your phone. When using Contacts for the first time you ar e require[...]

39 40 Adding a contact 3.3.2 Press Menu k ey from contacts list scr een and touch New contact. Y ou are requir ed to enter the contact's name and other contact information. By scrolling up and do wn the screen, you can mov e from one field to another easily . T ouch to select a picture f or the contact. T ouch to unfold the other pr edefined l[...]

41 42 Communicating with y our contacts 3.3.4 From the contacts list, you can communicate with y our contacts by making a call or exchanging messages. T o launch a call to a contact, locate the contact or number y our want to call, then touch . Y ou can also touch & hold the contact or number , then touch Call contact . T o send a message to a [...]

43 44 Joining/Separating contacts 3.3.7 T o av oid duplication, you can add any ne w contact information to existing contacts in a single action. T ouch the contact which you want to add information to , press Men u key and touch Edit contact , then press Menu k ey again and touch Join . At this time, you ar e required to select the contact whose i[...]

45 46 Google Messa ging, Gmail/ 4 Email, Google T alk ................ Google Messa ging 4.1 ........................................ Y ou can create, edit and receiv e SMS and MMS with this mobile phone. T o access this feature, touch Application tab from Home scr een, then select Messaging . All messages you r eceive or send out can only be sa ve[...]

47 48 Attach options: Pictures • Access Gallery application or File manager to select a picture as attachment. Capture pictur e • Access Camera to captur e a new picture f or attaching. Videos • Access Gallery application or File manager to select a video as attachment. Capture video • Access Camcorder to r ecord a new video f or attaching.[...]

49 50 T ouch and hold a message in message details screen. The following message options are a vailable for selection: Forwar d T ouch to forward the message to another recipient. Lock/Unlock message T ouch to lock/unlock the message so it can/can’t be deleted if you r each maximum number of stored messages. View messag e details T ouch to view d[...]

51 52 Multimedia message (MMS) settings Delivery reports • Select to request a deliv ery report for each multimedia message you send. Read reports • Select to request a r eport on whether each recipient has or has not read a multimedia message sent b y you. Auto-retrie ve • Select to download the full MMS message (including message body and a[...]

53 54 T o add a signature to emails, press Menu k ey from inbox scr een, and touch Settings , then select Signature . T o receiv e and read y our emails When a new email arriv es, you will be notified by a ringtone or vibration, and an icon will appear on Status bar . T ouch and drag down the Status bar to displa y the Notification panel, touch the[...]

55 56 Gmail settings T o manage Gmail settings, press Men u ke y in Inbox scr een and touch Settings . Signature • T o add a signature text to the end of each mail you send. Confirm actions • Select to activate a query when deleting a message or conv ersation, for double confirmation. Batch operations • Select to add conv ersation to a batch [...]

57 58 Finally , touch • Send . If you do not want to send the mail right away, you can touch • Save as draft or press Back key to save a copy. Google T alk 4.3 ............................................... Google's instant messaging service, Google Talk, lets you communicate with your friends whenever they are connected to this service. [...]

59 60 T o close a chat 4.3.3 When you want to end a chat, the following tw o wa ys are a vailable: From Friends list scr een, touch and hold the friend you want to stop • chatting with to open Option menu, touch End chat . Press • Menu k ey from chatting scr een directly , and then touch End chat . T o mana ge y our friends 4.3.4 Besides adding[...]

61 62 Google Calendar & 5 Alarm clock & Calculator .... Google Calendar 5.1 ........................................ Use Google Calendar to keep track of important meetings, appointments, etc. T o access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then touch Calendar . Multimode view 5.1.1 Y ou can display the Calendar in daily ,[...]

63 64 More New e vent T o add a new ev ent My calendars T o show or hide, remov e or add calendars Settings T o set a series of Calendar settings Clock 5.2 .......................................................... Y our mobile phone has a built-in clock. T o access this function, touch the Application tab from Home screen, then touch Clock . T ouc[...]

65 66 T o switch between panels, select one of the following two wa ys: T ouch and drag the basic screen to the left to open the Advanced • panel. Or press • Menu k ey fr om basic panel to open option menu and touch Advanced panel . Enter a number and the arithmetic operation to be performed, and enter the second number , then touch “=” to [...]

67 68 T o activate/deactivate Data roaming When roaming, you can decide to connect/disconnect to a data service. Press • Menu k ey fr om Home screen. T ouch • SettingsWireless & netw orksMobile networksData roaming . Mark/Unmark the checkbox to activate or deactivate data r oaming. • When Data roaming is deactivated, you can still perf[...]

69 70 T o add a Wi-Fi network When Wi-Fi is on, you ma y add new Wi-Fi networks according to y our prefer ence . Press • Menu k ey fr om Home screen. T ouch • SettingsWireless & netw orksWi-Fi settingsAdd Wi-Fi network . Enter the name of the network and an y requir ed network information. • T ouch • Sa ve . When successfully connect[...]

71 72 T o find text on a web pa ge Press • Menu k ey from w eb page screen, then touch Mor eFind on page . Enter the text or phrase you want to find. • The first wor d with matching characters will be highlighted on the • screen, and subsequent matches are box ed. T ouch the left or right arrow to s witch to the pre vious or next matching ?[...]

73 74 Manag e links, histor y , downloads 6.2.2 T o manage a link, phone number or addr ess display ed on a web page Link • T ouch the link to open the web page. T ouch and hold the link to open options for further operation, lik e open in new window , sav e link, share link, copy link, etc . Phone number • T ouch to call the phone number . Add[...]

75 76 T o open a bookmark T ouch the bookmark icon • at the top of the screen, or press Menu ke y and touch Bookmarks . On the • Bookmarks tab, touch the bookmark you want to open. Y ou can also touch and hold to display the options scr een, then touch • Open or Open in new windo w . T o edit a bookmark T ouch the bookmark icon • at the top[...]

77 78 Privacy settings Clear cache • T ouch to clear locally cached content and databases. Clear history • T ouch to clear the browser history . Accept cookies • Mark to allow sites to sa ve and r ead cookie data. Clear all cookie • data T ouch to clear all browser cookies. Remember form • data Mark to remember data in forms f or later us[...]

79 80 T o pair/connect your phone with a Bluetooth de vice T o exchange data with another device, you need to turn Bluetooth on and pair your phone with the Bluetooth de vice with which you want to exchange data. Press • Menu k ey fr om Home screen, T ouch • SettingsWireless & netw orksBluetooth settings T ouch • Scan for de vices Selec[...]

81 82 Sharing y our phone's mobile data connection 6.5 Y ou can share your phone's mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable (USB tethering) or with up to eight devices at once by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. The functions below ma y incur additional network charges fr om your network operator . Ex[...]

83 84 T o edit/delete a VPN T o edit a VPN: Press • Menu k ey fr om Home screen, T ouch • SettingsWireless & netw orksVPN settings . VPNs you ha ve added are listed; touch & hold the VPN you want to • edit. T ouch • Edit network . After finishing, press • Menu ke y and touch Sav e . T o delete: T ouch and hold the VPN you want t[...]

85 86 T ouch Apps or Games on Android Mark et screen to br owse its contents, and then select subcategory . Within each subcategor y you can select to view items sorted by T op paid , T op free , or Just in . T ouch to search in Android mark et. T o return to Android Mark et Home screen, do one of the following: T ouch the Market icon • to the to[...]

87 88 T ouch • My do wnloads in Andr oid Market Home. T ouch the application that you want to uninstall. • T ouch • OK in the Uninstall & r efund dialog box. If the dialog box does not appear , your trial period has expir ed. In the survey form, select the answer that best matches y our reason, • and touch OK . Manag e your do wnloads 7[...]

89 90 Multimedia applications 8 Camera/Camcorder 8.1 ............................. / Y our mobile phone is fitted with a Camera and Camcorder for taking photos and shooting videos. Before using Camera or Camcor der , please ensure that a MicroSD card where all pictur es and videos are stor ed is correctl y installed. Also, be sure to open the prote[...]

91 92 Settings in framing mode 8.1.1 Before taking a photo/shooting a video , you can adjust a n umber of settings in framing mode. Settings The following options ar e a vailable: Scene mode • T ouch to select a preset combination of camera settings. Color effect • T ouch to select a color effect: Mono, Sepia, Negatitive, etc. Lens shading • [...]

93 94 Galler y 8.2 .......................................................... Gallery acts as a media player f or you to vie w photos and playback videos. In addition, a set of fur ther operations to pictures and videos ar e a vailable for your choice (r efer to page 90). T o access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then touch [...]

95 96 W orking with pictur es Y ou can work with pictures by r otating or cropping them, sharing them with friends, setting them as contact ID or wallpaper , etc . Locate the picture y ou want to work on, press Menu k ey from full-scr een picture vie w . T ouch Menu key , four options will appear below . T o crop a picture, touch a picture to view [...]

97 98 W atch videos 8.3.1 T ouch a video to play it. T ouch video playing scr een to display pla yback controls with which you can pause, skip forward or backwar d, or drag the progr ess bar to the point you want to watch. T o exit video playing scr een, press Back k ey to return to video list. Music 8.4 ............................................[...]

99 100 W orking with playlists 8.4.3 Pla ylists allow you to con veniently organize all the songs stor ed in the card. Y ou can create a new pla ylist, add a song to the list, rearrange the order of the list, and delete or rename a pla ylist. T o create a pla ylist Press Menu ke y from pla yback screen to displa y the option menu, touch Add to pla [...]

101 102 Star a location 9.3 Just lik e bookmarking a web address on the Internet, you can star an y position on the map for later use. Ho w to star (or unstar) a location 9.3.1 T ouch & hold a location on a map • T ouch the address r ectangle that opens • T ouch the gray star at the top of the scr een to star the location. (Or • touch a g[...]

103 104 Get driving, public transport or walking 9.4 directions Get suggested r outes for your trip 9.4.1 Press • Menu k ey fr om maps screen and touch Dir ections . T ouch enter bar or • to edit your start point by one of the following methods: entering an address, using My Location, selecting a start point on a map , selecting a starred item,[...]

105 106 View traffic conditions on y our route 9.4.5 At the lower -left corner of navigation vie w , a traffic light indicates the overall traffic conditions on y our route, next to the estimated time of arrival at your destination. Y ou can also view the traffic conditions on each segment of your r oute . T ouch the traffic light at the lower left[...]

107 108 T o join Latitude 9.6.1 Press • Menu k ey fr om maps screen. T ouch • Join Latitude . When you joined Latitude, the menu item changes to Latitude . T o open Latitude , press Menu k ey fr om maps screen, then touch Latitude . Ho w to invite friends to shar e their locations 9.6.2 Press • Menu k ey fr om Latitude screen, touch Add frien[...]

109 110 T o contr ol what you share 9.6.5 Y ou can control the information you want to shar e with your friends. Press Menu key fr om maps screen, touch Latitude , touch your o wn name and then touch Privacy . The following options ar e a vailable to choose from: Detect your • location Enable Latitude to detect your location automatically when yo[...]

111 112 Notes 10.2 ............................................................. T o access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then touch Notes . Use Notes to note down inspirations, ideas, excerpts, things to do and all those things you ma y want to keep for futur e reference. Existing notes can be sent via Bluetooth, message o[...]

113 114 Radio 10.7 ........................................................... Y our phone is equipped with a radio (1) with RDS (2) functionality . Y ou can use the application as a traditional radio with sa ved channels or with parallel visual information related to the radio pr ogram on the display if you tune to stations that offer Visual Radio[...]

115 116 Other applications 10.9 (1) ......................................... The pre vious applications in this section are pr einstalled to your phone. T o read a brief introduction of the pr einstalled 3rd party applications, please refer to the leaflet pr ovided with the phone. Y ou can also download thousands more 3r d party applications by go[...]

117 118 T ethering & portable hotspot 11.1.4 This function allows you to shar e your phone's mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi-Fi access point (Please refer to section 6.5). VPN settings 11.1.5 A mobile virtual private network (mobile VPN or mVPN) provides mobile devices with access to netw ork resour ces and software appl[...]

119 120 Ser vice Dialing Numbers 11.2.2 Service Dialing Numbers (SDN) is a ser vice mode of SIM, where y ou can place the call from the SDN list. These built-in numbers are ad ded to the SDN list by operator . V oicemail 11.2.3 V oicemail ser vice Opens a dialog where y ou can select your carrier’ s voicemail service or another service . V oicema[...]

121 122 Displa y 11.4 Orientation • Mark the check box to activate automatic orientation switch when r otating phone. Animation • T ouch to select whether to show some, all or no animations. Brightness • T ouch to adjust the brightness of the screen or select Automatic brightness. Screen timeout • T ouch to set screen timeout. Location &[...]

123 124 Screen unlock pattern 11.5.2 None • T ouch to disable screen unlock security . Pattern • T ouch to draw pattern to unlock screen. PIN • T ouch to enter a numeric PIN to unlock screen. Pass wor d • T ouch to enter a passwor d to unlock screen. SIM/R UIM card lock 11.5.3 Set up SIM/RUIM car d lock Opens a screen wher e you can configu[...]

125 126 Manage a pplications T ouch to manage and remov e installed applications. Running services T ouch to open a list of ser vices—applications or parts of applications that pro vide ser vices to other applications, or that run even when their main application isn’ t running. Examples include the Android onscreen k eyboard and the small port[...]

127 128 Manag e accounts 11.7.2 The rest of this scr een lists the Google Accounts and other accounts you’ ve added to the phone. If you touch an account in this scr een, its account screen opens. This screen contains differ ent options, depending on the kind of account. For Google Accounts, it lists the kinds of data y ou can synchronize to the [...]

129 130 Factory data reset Erase all of your personal data fr om internal phone storage , including information about your Google Account, any other accounts, your system and application settings, and any downloaded applications. Resetting the phone does not erase any system softwar e updates you’ ve downloaded or any files on y our microSD car d[...]

131 132 Search 11.10 Y ou use the Search settings to configure Google Sear ch, Quick Search Bo x, and the data on the phone that you want to include in sear ches. W eb Search 11.10.1 Google Sear ch settings T ouch to adjust a range of settings to show web suggestions fr om Google as you type, to view and manage search history if any . Quick Search [...]

133 134 T ouchP al Input 11.11.3 The T ouchPal Input will allow you input text mor e easily . Y ou can make changes to the settings for easy input. A vailable options are as follo ws: K ey press sound • T ouch to adjust volume of k ey press sound. K ey press vibration • T ouch to change the level of vibration. Sho w P opup • Mark or unmark th[...]

135 136 T e xt-to-speech settings 11.12.2 (1) Y ou use the T ext-to-Speech settings to configure the Android text-to- speech synthesizer , for applications lik e T alkBack that can take advantage of it. If you don’ t hav e speech synthesizer data installed, only the Install voice data setting is a vailable. Listen to an example T ouch to play a b[...]

137 138 Set date T ouch to open a dialog where you can man ually set the phone’ s date. Select time zone T ouch to open a dialog where you can set the phone’ s time zone . Set time Opens a dialog where y ou can set the phone’ s time. Use 24-hour format Mark the check box to displa y the time using 24-hour clock format. Select date format T ou[...]

139 140 Making the most of your 12 phone .................................. PC suite 12.1 Y ou can download software upgrade for fr ee from the w ebsite: www . alcatelonetouch.com. The PC suite includes: Contacts • It allows you to back up contact entries so that y ou don't have to w orr y about losing, breaking, switching phone or changing [...]

141 142 T elephone warranty 13 .......... Your phone is warranted against any defect or malfunctioning which may occur in conditions of normal use during the warranty period of twelve (12) months (1) from the date of purchase as shown on your original invoice. Batteries (2) and accessories sold with your phone are also warranted against any defect [...]

143 144 Accessories 14 (1) ..................... The latest generation of Alcatel GSM mobile phones offers a built-in handsfree featur e that allows you to use the telephone from a distance, placed on a table for example. For those who pr efer to keep their conv ersations confidential, an earpiece is also available known as the headset. Standard ch[...]

145 146 My mobile phone can not connect to a network T r y connecting in another location • V erify the netw ork coverage with y our operator • Check with your operator that y our SIM card is valid • T r y selecting the a vailable network(s) manually • T r y connecting at a later time if the network is ov erloaded • SIM card err or Make s[...]

147 148 I am unable to connect m y phone to m y computer Install Alcatel's PC suite first of all • Open Notification panel to check if the PC Suite Agent has activated • Check that you ha ve marked the checkbo x of USB debugging in • Settings ApplicationsDev elopmentUSB debugging Check that your computer system meets the r equirements[...]

149 150 ALCA TEL is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent and is used under license by TCT Mobile Limited. © Cop yright 2011 TCT Mobile Limited All rights reserved TCT Mobile Limited reserves the right to alter material or technical specification without prior notice. English - CJA31R0TBAAA Audio supported formats MP3, AAC (AA C, AA C+), AMR-NB, MIDI, Ogg[...]