Alcatel One Touch 918D manual

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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 11 Settings ............................................................................ 119 11.1 SIM management ..................................................................................... 119 11.2 Wireless & netw orks ............................................................................. 120 11.3 Call settings ............[...]

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 yourself. Do not drop , throw or bend y our mobile phone. Do not use the phone if the glass made screen, is damaged, cracked or brok en to avoid an y[...]

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 market. The protection of the health and safety f or the user and any other person is an essential requirement of these standards or this directiv e[...]

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 (Fr equently 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 This handset ma y contain materials, including applications and software in executable or sour ce code form, which is submitted by third parties for inclusion in this handset (“Third Party Materials”). All third party materials in this handset are pr ovided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, including t[...]

13 14 On Home screen, press to quickly access • Settings menu or Notification panel; to launch quick search; to manage applications; to customize your Home screen b y adding applications or changing wallpaper . 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 [...]

15 16 For dual SIM model, the SIM1 slot can support both 2G and 3G network, while the SIM2 slot can only support a 2G network. Installing and remo ving the microSD car d T o release the microSD car d holder , slide it in the direction of the arr ow and lift it. Then insert the microSD card with the golden contact downward. Finally , turn down the m[...]

17 18 The mains socket m ust be near to the phone and easily accessible (av oid • electric extension cables). When using your telephone for the first time, charge the batter y fully • (appr oximately 4 hours). Y ou are advised to fully charge the battery ( ). Charging status is indicated by the depth of water on the lock screen. The depth incre[...]

19 20 Home screen 1.3 Y ou can bring all the items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) you love or use most fr equently to your Home scr een for quick access. Press Home ke y to switch to Home screen. Status bar Status/Notification indicators • T ouch and Drag down to open • notification panel. Application tab T ouch to open applicat[...]

21 22 Status icons For dual SIM model, status icons referring to either SIM1 or SIM2 will be identified by a colour which you ha ve defined. GPRS connected Receiving location data from GPS GPRS in use Speakerphone is on EDGE connected Roaming EDGE in use No signal 3G connected Vibrate mode 3G in use Ringer is silenced HSP A (3G+) connected Phone mi[...]

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 the Notification panel, you can open some functions by touch (GPS, Bluetooth, etc .), reminders indicated by notification icons, or view wireless service information. T ouch to [...]

25 26 Draw y our unlock pattern T ouch to confirm by drawing pattern again T o create a scr een unlock PIN/Passw ord Press • Menu k ey fr om the home screen, touch Settings , then touch SecuritySet up screen lockPIN or P asswor d. Set your PIN or passw ord. • T o lock phone screen Press Po w e r key once to lock the scr een. T o unlock phone [...]

27 28 W allpaper customization T ouch and hold an empty area or press Men u key and touch W allpaper on the Home screen, a popup window named Select wallpaper fr om will appear , offering a range of options. Galler y includes pictures y ou ha ve taken, cropped or do wnloaded. Live wallpapers include a scr olling list of animated wallpapers to choos[...]

29 30 T ext input 2 .............................. Using Onscreen K eyboard 2.1 Onscreen k eyboard will displa y automatically when a program requir es entering text or numbers. Onscreen k eyboard settings Press Menu k ey from Home scr een, select SettingsLanguage & ke yboardT ouchP al keyboar d or Android k eyboard , a series of settings are[...]

31 32 Phone call, Call lo g 3 and Contacts ......................... Phone 3.1 ........................................................... Placing a call 3.1.1 The user can easily start a call using Phone . Enter this menu using one of the following tw o wa ys: T ouch • from Home scr een. T ouch • from Home scr een and select Phone. T ouch to a[...]

33 34 When you r eceive an incoming call, but don’t want to answ er , you ma y decline it by dragging up the red phone icon. The caller is sent directl y to your v oicemail box to lea ve a message. Or to reject a call with an SMS, by pressing the Menu k ey and touching Send messa ge . T o mute the ringtone volume of an incoming call, press V olum[...]

35 36 Conference calls (1) Y ou can set up a conference call. Place a call to the first participant of the conference call. • T ouch • to add another call. Enter the phone number of the person you want to ad d to conference • and touch icon . Y ou can also add par ticipants fr om Contacts , Call log or F av ourites . T ouch • Merge calls to[...]

37 38 Call log 3.2 ......................................................... Y ou can access your call memor y by touching from the Home scr een and touching Call log . T ouch contact/number to place a call directly . T ouch for communicating with that contact in other wa ys. There are thr ee kind of calls in Call log: Missed calls Incoming calls O[...]

39 40 Following actions ar e enabled: Search • T ouch to search for a contact. Group • Assign contacts to groups so that one SMS/MMS or email can easily be sent to all members. Setting speed dial • Add a contact’ s phone number as a speed dial number . Digits 2 to 9 are a vailable. New contact • Add new contact to phone. Delete contact ?[...]

41 42 Editing your contacts 3.3.3 T o edit contact information, touch and hold the contact whose information is to be edited, then touch Edit contact . When finished, touch Sav e . Change a contact’ s default phone number The default phone number (the number which has priority when making a call or sending a message) will always be displayed unde[...]

43 44 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing 3.3.5 This phone enables you to import contacts from SIM car d/microSD card and export contacts to a microSD card which can then be used to back up your information. From Contacts scr een, press Menu k ey to open the contacts list option menu,touch MoreImport/Export . From her e you can exchange cont[...]

45 46 Open the Accounts & sync settings screen, touch the account you want to delete, then press Menu k ey and touch Remo ve account and confirm. Useful icons: Indicates that the account is configured to synchr onize automatically with your phone. Indicates that the account is not configured to synchr onize automatically with your phone. Backgr[...]

47 48 Sending a text messag e Enter mobile phone number of the recipient on To bar or touch to add recipients, touch T ype to compose bar to enter the text of the message . When finished, touch to send the text message. For dual SIM model, touch to select the SIM card for sending. An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as se ver[...]

49 50 Manag e messages 4.1.2 When receiving a message, an icon will appear on status bar as notification. Drag down the status bar to open Notification panel, touch the new message to open and r ead it. The SIM name on the lower right corner indicates which SIM card r eceived/sent the message. Y ou can also access the Messaging application and touc[...]

51 52 Multimedia message (MMS) settings Delivery reports • Select to activate it, then you can touch Menu ke y from a multimedia message thr ead, and touch View r epor t to check delivery status. Read reports • Select to request a r epor t on whether each r ecipient has or has not read a multimedia message sent b y you. Auto-retrie ve • Selec[...]

53 54 If you do not want to send or sa ve the mail, you can pr ess • Menu key and then touch Discard . T o add a signature to emails, press Menu k ey fr om inbox screen, and touch MoreSettings , then select Signature . T o receiv e and read your emails When a new email arriv es, you will be notified by a ringtone or vibration, and an icon will a[...]

55 56 Gmail settings T o manage Gmail settings, press Menu k ey in Inbox scr een and touch MoreSettings . General prefer ences Message Actions • Select to activate an action. Clear search • history T ouch to remov e the search history . Clear "Sho w • pictures" T ouch to restore default f or all senders. General settings Signature [...]

57 58 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. To access this feature and sign in, touch Application tab from Home screen, then touch Talk . All friends added by using Google Talk from the[...]

59 60 T o manage y our friends 4.3.4 Besides adding new friends to y our friends list, the following actions ar e a vailable for your choice: T o view all friends/ • most popular friends By default, only friends that you frequentl y communicate with are displa yed in Friends list. T o view all friends, press Menu k ey , then touch All friends . T[...]

61 62 Google Calendar & Clock 5 & Calculator & News & W eather ................................. 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 scr een, then touch Calendar . Multimode vi[...]

63 64 More New e vent T o add a new ev ent Calendars T ouch to show or hide, sync or not sync the 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 scr een, then touch C[...]

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 key 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 d[...]

67 68 News settings Select news • topics Check the boxes of news categories which most interest you to include them in the scrolling list of News & Weather tabs. You can also add your own topic by touching Custom topic . Prefetch articles • Check to download news articles for faster access. Prefetch • images Check to download news images [...]

69 70 T o activate/deactivate Data roaming When roaming, you can decide to connect/disconnect to a data service. Press • Menu ke y from Home screen. T ouch • SettingsSIM managementRoamingData r oaming . Mark/Unmark the SIM card checkbox to activate or deactivate data • roaming. When Data roaming is deactivated, you can still perform data e[...]

71 72 T ouch • SettingsWireless & netw orksWi-Fi settingsAdd Wi-Fi network . Enter the name of the network and an y required netw ork information. • T ouch • Sa ve . When successfully connected, you phone will be connected automatically the next time you ar e within range of this network. T o forget a Wi-Fi network The following steps [...]

73 74 T o find text on a web pa ge Press • Menu key fr om web page scr een, then touch MoreFind 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 previous or next matching • [...]

75 76 Manag e links, histor y 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, like open in ne w window , sav e link, share link, copy link, etc . Phone number • T ouch to call the phone number . Address • T o[...]

77 78 T o do wnload a web application/view y our downloads Before do wnloading a web application, you need to enable your phone to download web a pplications (press Menu k ey from Home scr een, touch SettingsApplications , mark check box of Unknown sour ces , finally touch OK to confirm). T o download a file, touch and hold the item you want to do[...]

79 80 Settings 6.2.5 A series of settings are a vailable for your adjustment. T o access Browser settings, press Menu k ey from Br owser screen, and touch More Settings . Pa ge content settings T ext size • T ouch to select the size of the text displa y: Tiny , Small, Normal, Large , or Huge . Default zoom • T ouch to select the magnification [...]

81 82 Advanced settings Set search engine • T ouch to select a web search engine, which will be used when you enter sear ch terms in the URL box. W ebsite settings • T ouch to view advanced settings for individual websites. Reset to default • T ouch to clear all bro wser data and reset all settings to default. Connecting to Bluetooth de vices[...]

83 84 Connecting to a computer via USB 6.4 With the USB cable, you can transfer media files and other files betw een your phone’ s microSD card and the computer . T o connect/disconnect your phone to/fr om the computer T o connect your phone to the computer : Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect the phone • to a USB port on yo[...]

85 86 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 netw ork operator . E[...]

87 88 T o connect/disconnect to a VPN T o connect to a VPN: Press • Menu ke y from Home screen. T ouch • SettingsWireless & netw orksVPN settings . VPNs you ha ve added ar e listed; touch the VPN you want to connect • with. In the dialog that opens, enter any requested cr edentials and touch • Connect . T o disconnect: Open the Notifi[...]

89 90 T o remov e: T ouch the account you want to remo ve. • T ouch • Remo ve account in the screen that opens. T o configure y our phone to receive Internet calls Receiving Internet incoming calls is off by default to reduce po wer consumption. Press • Menu ke y from Home screen. T ouch • SettingsCall settingsInternet callAccountsRecei[...]

91 92 T ouch Apps or Games on Android Mark et screen to bro wse 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[...]

93 94 T o request a r efund If you ar e not satisfied with the application, you can ask for a r efund within 24 hours of the purchase. Y our credit card will not be charged and the application will be remo ved. If you change your mind, you can install the application again, but you will not be able to request a r efund. T ouch • My apps in Androi[...]

95 96 Multimedia applications 8 Camera 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 stored is cor rectly installed. Also, be sure to [...]

97 98 Video/Camcorder settings: Settings • T ouch to enter a scrolling list of settings: EV , Scene mode, Color effect, etc . Advanced settings • Microphone T ouch to turn on/off the microphone when shooting a video. Anti-flicker T ouch to set frequency (50Hz or 60Hz). White balance • T ouch to adjust color in different lights: Auto, Incandes[...]

99 100 T o view a pictur e/play a video Pictures and videos ar e display ed by albums in Galler y . T ouch and scroll the bar to s witch. This will change the album view fr om grid to stack. Drag left or right to scroll through the album quickly . T ouch the picture/video directl y to view or pla y it. • Y ou can also view previous or next pictur[...]

101 102 Y ouT ube 8.3 ........................................................ Y ouT ube is an online video-sharing ser vice where the user can do wnload, share and vie w videos. It suppor ts a str eaming function that allows you to start watching videos almost as soon as they begin downloading from the Internet. T o access this function, touch App[...]

103 104 Pla ying music 8.4.1 From an y of the four library screens, touch a song to pla y it back.         T ouch to play the cur rent playlist in shuffle mode (tracks ar e play ed in random order).  T ouch to open the current pla ylist.  T ouch to toggle repeat mode: Don't repeat, Repeat the playlist, or Repeat t[...]

105 106 Google Ma ps 9 .................... Get My Location 9.1 Choose a data source to decide My Location 9.1.1 Press Menu k ey from Home scr een, touch SettingsLocation . Mark the check box of • Use wireless netw orks to set Wi-Fi and/or mobile networks as My Location data sour ce . Or mark the check box of • Use GPS satellites to set GPS as[...]

107 108 Star a location 9.3 Just lik e bookmarking a web addr ess 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 [...]

109 110 Pre view sugg ested routes and decide on a r oute 9.4.2 more pr eferable or feasib le to you Y ou can preview each turn in y our route in Na vigation, Satellite, and other views. T ouch a left or right arrow to pr eview the next or pr evious leg of your • route. Y ou can view turn-by-turn directions in a list by touching • , press Back [...]

111 112 T o open Street View f or a location 9.5.2 T ouch and hold a location to display a balloon with the ad dress and a • Street Vie w thumbnail. T ouch the balloon and touch • Street vie w . T o clear the map 9.5.3 After you get dir ections or search on a map , you can clear the mark ers/ la yers that ha ve been dra wn: press Menu k ey on m[...]

113 114 T o connect with your friends 9.6.4 Select a contact, you can communicate with your friend and set privacy options. Sho w on map • Locate the friend's position on the map. Chat using Google • T alk Send instant message to the friend. Send email • Send email to the friend. Directions • Get directions to this friend's locati[...]

115 116 Others 10 ................................. File Manag er 10.1 ................................................. T o access this function, touch Application tab from Home scr een, then touch File Manager . File Manager w orks with your SD card instead of y our phone memor y . T o use it, you ha ve to install your SD car d first. See page 15[...]

117 118 Availab le options: (1) Exit • T urn off the radio. Search • T ouch to search for all a vailable stations automatically . RDS settings • (1) Mark the check box the enable the function Batter y Sa ver 10.4 ............................................. T o access this function, touch Application tab from Home scr een, then touch Batter [...]

119 120 Settings 11 ......................... T o access this function, touch Application tab from Home scr een, and touch Settings on applications list, or you can also press Menu ke y from Home screen and touch Settings . SIM manag ement 11.1 SIM information 11.1.1 Mark the check box of the SIM card to enable this setting. T ouch the SIM name on [...]

121 122 Wi-Fi 11.2.2 Using Wi-Fi you can now surf the Internet without using y our SIM card whenev er you are in range of a wir eless network. The only thing you ha ve to do is to enter the Wi-Fi settings screen and configur e an access point to connect your phone to the wir eless network. For detailed instructions on using Wi-Fi, please refer to s[...]

123 124 Call settings 11.3 Use Call settings to configure normal phone call settings and other special features off ered by y our carrier . Y ou can also use Call settings to configure the phone so that it can place outgoing calls only to a fix ed set of phone numbers. V oice call 11.3.1 V oicemail V oicemail ser vice • Opens a dialog where y ou [...]

125 126 Call cost T ouch to view the Last call cost/T otal cost/Max cost/Reset call cost/ Set currency and price per unit , modify or reset them. Cell broadcast Enable receipt of CB messages by marking the check bo x of Cell broadcast . Y ou can access a series of adjustable CB settings by touching Cell broadcast settings . Minute reminder Mark the[...]

127 128 Silent 11.4.2 This profile will silence all sounds except media & alarms. Meeting 11.4.3 When this is selected the phone will not ring or beep by default unless an alarm has been set. A new event will cause it to vibrate. Outdoor 11.4.4 This profile is designed for outdoor users who require louder ringtones. Displa y 11.5 Auto-rotate ?[...]

129 130 EPO settings Auto do wnload • Mark the check box to permit applications to download data according to their o wn schedule . EPO file info • Check download time, star t time and expiry time for satellite position data. About EPO • T ouch to learn more. T ouch Do wnload at the bottom of the screen to download satellite position data man[...]

131 132 Credential stora ge 11.6.7 Use secure cr edentials Mark the check box to allow a pplications to access your phone’ s encr ypted store of secur e cer tificates and r elated passwords and other cr edentials. Credential storage is used to establish some kinds of VPN and Wi-Fi connections. If you hav e not set a passwor d for the credential s[...]

133 134 Dev elopment The Dev elopment screen contains settings that are useful for de veloping Android a pplications. For full information, including documentation of the Android a pplications and development tools, see the Android de veloper web site (http://de veloper .android.com). USB debugging: • mark the check bo x to permit debugging tools[...]

135 136 Manag e accounts 11.8.2 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 screen, 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 you can synchr onize to the p[...]

137 138 Erase SD card Permanentl y erases everything on a microSD card and pr epares it for use with your phone. Y ou must unmount a microSD card bef ore you can format it. Internal storag e 11.10.2 Availab le space Displa y the amount of internal phone storage used by the operating system, its components, applications (including those you download[...]

139 140 Input languages • T ouch to set input language . Quick fixes • Correct commonl y typed mistakes. Sho w suggestions • Displa y suggested words while typing. Auto-complete • Spacebar and punctuation automatically insert highlighted word. T ouchPal k eyboard 11.11.4 The T ouchPal Input will allow you input text easily . Y ou can make c[...]

141 142 V oice input & output 11.12 V oice recogniz er settings 11.12.1 T ouch to set Google voice recognition items: Language • Choose an input language SafeSear ch • Set Google Sear ch safety range Block offensive • word s Mark the check box to hide r ecognized offensive voice r esults T ext-to-speech settings 11.12.2 (1) Y ou use the T[...]

143 144 Accessibility 11.13 (1) Y ou use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins y ou ha ve installed on your phone. Accessibility Mark the check box to enable all installed accessibility plug-ins. P ow er button ends call Mark the check box to end a call by pr essing Po w e r key during the call. Quick boot Mark the chec[...]

145 146 Check for update • Manually check for ne w firmware. Auto-check • intervals Set frequency for auto-checking or set man ual checking. Reminder • Set a r eminder for an unfinished update . Help • T ouch to learn more. The functions below ma y incur additional network charges from y our network operator . Extra fees ma y also be charge[...]

147 148 Application • It allows you to import downloaded mobile applications and ha ve them installed into your handset upon synchr onization. File • It allows you to organize Handset files with just a f ew clicks and files on the Handset can be at where y ou want them to be . Sync • It allows you to synchr onize the Contacts and Calendar in [...]

149 150 This warranty shall not apply to defects to your phone and/or accessory due to (without any limitation): 1) Non-compliance with the instructions for use or installation, or with technical and safety standards applicable in the geographical area where your phone is used, 2) Connection to any equipment not supplied or not recommended by TCT M[...]

151 152 T roub leshooting 15 ................. Before contacting the service centre, you are advised to follo w the instructions below: Y ou are advised to full y charge ( • ) the battery for optimal operation. Av oid storing large amounts of data in your phone as this ma y affect its • performance. Use User Data Format and the One T ouch Upgra[...]

153 154 Unable to receiv e incoming calls Make sur e your phone is switched on and connected to a netw ork (check for • overloaded or una vailable network) Check your subscription status with y our operator (credit, SIM card valid, • etc.) Make sur e you ha ve not forwarded incoming calls • Make sur e that you ha ve not barr ed cer tain calls[...]

155 156 Ho w to make your battery last longer Make sur e you follow the complete charge time (minim um 3 hours) • After a partial charge , the batter y lev el indicator may not be exact. W ait for at • least 20 minutes after remo ving the charger to obtain an exact indication Switch on the backlight upon request. • Extend the email auto-check[...]

157 158 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 - CJA3210ALAAA Audio supported formats AA C , AAC+, AA C Enhanced, WB AMR, MP3, [...]