Alcatel One Touch 890 manual

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1 2 Table of Contents Safety and use ...................................................................... 4 General information ........................................................... 9 1 Your mobile ....................................................................... 12 1.1 Keys and connectors .............................................[...]

3 4 Safety and use .............................. We recommend that you read this chapter carefully before using your phone. The manufacturer disclaims any liability for damage, which may 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 phon[...]

5 6 Emergency call numbers may not be reachable on all cellular networks. You should never rely 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 your mobile phone. Do not paint it. Use only batteries, battery chargers, and accessories which are recommended by [...]

7 8 RADIO WAVES: • Proof of compliance with international standards (ICNIRP) or with European Directive 1999/5/ EC (R&TTE) is required of all mobile phone models before they can be put on the market. The protection of the health and safety for the user and any other person is an essential requirement of these standards or this directive. THIS[...]

9 10 General information ................... Internet address: • www.alcatelonetouch.com Hot Line Number: • see “TCT Mobile Services” leaflet or go to our website. On our website, you will find our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section. You can also contact us by e-mail to ask any questions you may have. An electronic version of this use[...]

11 12 Your mobile 1 .......................... Keys and connectors 1.1 This handset may contain materials, including applications and software in executable or source code form, which is submitted by third parties for inclusion in this handset (“Third Party Materials”). All third party materials in this handset are provided “as is”, without[...]

13 14 Pick up/Send a call • Enter Call Log • Return to ongoing call screen if the user navigates to other • applications during call. On Home screen, press to quickly access • Settings menu or Notification panel; to launch quick search; to customize your Home screen by adding applications or changing wallpaper/ theme. On other screens, pres[...]

15 16 Installing or removing the battery Insert and click the battery into place, then close the phone cover. • Unclip the cover, then remove the battery. • Installing and removing the memory card (MicroSD card) To release the microSD card holder, slide it in the direction of the arrow and lift it. Then insert the microSD card with the golden c[...]

17 18 Power on your phone 1.2.2 Hold down the End key until the phone powers on, type in your PIN code if necessary and then confirm. The Home screen is displayed. If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your network operator. Do not leave your PIN code with your telephone. Store this information in a safe place when n[...]

19 20 Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space for adding applications, shortcuts etc. Slide the Home screen horizontally left and right to get a complete view of the Home screen. Small dots at the lower left and right of the screen indicate which screen you are viewing. Touch & hold the small dots or application tab ca[...]

21 22 Status icons GPRS connected Speakerphone is on GPRS in use Roaming GPRS is disabled No signal EDGE connected No SIM card installed EDGE in use Vibrate mode EDGE is disabled Ringer is silenced Connected to a Wi-Fi network Phone microphone is mute Bluetooth is on Battery is very low Connected to a Bluetooth device Battery is low Airplane mode B[...]

23 24 Notification panel Touch and drag down the Status bar or press Menu key and touch Notifications to open the notification panel. Touch and drag up to close it. From Notification panel, you can open items and other reminders indicated by notification icons or view wireless service information. Touch to clear all event–based notifications (oth[...]

25 26 To lock phone screen Press End key once to lock the screen. To unlock phone screen Draw the unlock pattern you have created to wake up the screen. If you did not set the unlock screen, drag down the lock icon to unlock it. Personalize your home screen 1.3.5 Add Touch and hold an empty area or press Menu key and touch Add on the Home screen. T[...]

27 28 Application tab 1.3.6 Touch on Home screen to enter applications list. To return to the Home screen, press Home key. Consult recently-used applications To consult recently-used applications, you can press and hold the Home key from Home screen. Touch an icon in the window to open the related application. Volume adjustment 1.3.7 Using volume k[...]

29 30 Rename a category • Locate the category you want to rename, touch to display option menu, then touch Rename category . When finished, touch OK . Delete a category • Locate the category you want to remove, touch to display option menu, then touch Delete category . Add a category • Press Menu key, then touch Add category to create a new c[...]

31 32 Phone call, Call log 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 two ways: Touch Application tab from Home screen and select • Phone. Press • Call key, then selec[...]

33 34 Calling your voicemail 3.1.3 Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It works like an answering machine that you can consult at any time. To access your voicemail, touch and hold on Phone tab. To set your voicemail number, enter SettingsCall settingsVoicemail settings . If you receive a voicemail, a voicemail icon[...]

35 36 Call log 3.2 You can access your call memory by touching from the Home screen or pressing Call key and touching Call log tab. Touch to the right side of contact/number to place a call directly. There are three kind of calls in Call log: Missed calls Dialled calls Received calls Touch or touch & hold a contact or number to view information[...]

37 38 Following actions are enabled: New contact • Add new contact to phone. Display options • Choose contacts to display, for example only contacts with phones, other application contacts if any, etc. Accounts • Manage the synchronization settings for different accounts. Import/Export • Import or export contacts between phone, SIM card, an[...]

39 40 Editing your contacts 3.3.3 To edit contact information, touch and hold the contact whose information is to be edited, then touch Edit contact . When finished, touch Done . 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 under t[...]

41 42 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing 3.3.5 This phone enables you to import contacts from SIM card/MicroSD card and export contacts to a MicroSD card which can then be used to back up your information. From Contacts screen, press Menu key to open contacts list option menu, touch Import/Export , then select Import from SIM card , Import f[...]

43 44 Open the Accounts & sync settings screen, touch the account you want to delete, then touch Remove account and confirm. Useful icons: Indicates that the account is configured to synchronize automatically with your phone. Indicates that the account is not configured to synchronize automatically with your phone. Background data Activate or d[...]

45 46 Sending a text message Enter mobile phone number of the recipient on To bar or touch to add recipients, touch Type to compose bar to enter the text of the message. When finished, touch Send to send the text message. An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several SMS. When the total number of characters you have entered [...]

47 48 Touch to go to previous or next slide. Touch to preview the current slide. Touch to edit the title of this slide. Manage 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 read it. You can also access the Messaging a[...]

49 50 Adjust message settings 4.1.3 You can adjust a set of message settings. From Messaging application screen, press Menu key and touch Settings . Storage settings Delete old • messages Select to delete old messages when the maximum number of stored messages is reached. Text message limit • Touch to set number of text messages to save. Multim[...]

51 52 Gmail/Email 4.2 The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing Gmail or to create a new Email account. Gmail 4.2.1 ................................................................ As Google's web-based email service, Gmail is configured when you first set up your phone. Gmail on your phone can be automatically sy[...]

53 54 Managing Gmails by Label To conveniently manage conversations and messages, you can organize them using a Label. To label a conversation when reading a conversation’s messages, press Menu key and touch Change Labels and select the label to assign to the conversation. To view conversations by label when viewing your inbox or another conversa[...]

55 56 Email 4.2.2 ................................................................. Besides your Gmail account, you can also set-up external POP3 or IMAP email accounts in your phone. To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then select Email . An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set-up an email account. Ente[...]

57 58 Chatting with your friends 4.3.1 To start a chat, touch the name of a friend in your Friends list, then enter your message and finally touch Send . You can invite other friends to join in a group chat by pressing Menu key, touching Add to chat and then select the friend you want to add. When chatting with more than one friend, you can switch [...]

59 60 Settings 4.3.5 A series of settings are available for your selection by pressing Menu key from Friends list screen, and touching More and then Settings . IM notifications • Select to activate notification function on status bar when a new message arrives. You can also set a notification ringtone by touching Select ringtone or select Vibrate[...]

61 62 To create new events 5.1.2 You can add new events from any Calendar view. Press • Menu key from Calendar screen, and touch New event to access new event edit screen. Fill in all required information for this new event. If it is a whole-day • event, you can select All day . Invite guests to the event. Enter the email addresses of the guest[...]

63 64 To set an alarm 5.2.1 From Alarm clock screen, touch a currently existing alarm or press Menu key and touch Add alarm to enter the alarm editing screen. Time • Touch to set time. Ringtone • Touch to select a ringtone for the alarm Vibrate • Select to activate vibration Repeat • Touch to select days you want alarm to sound Label • To[...]

65 66 Getting connected 6 ................ To connect to the internet with this phone, you can use GPRS/EDGE networks or WI-FI, whichever is most convenient. Connecting to the Internet 6.1 GPRS/EDGE 6.1.1 The first time you turn on your phone with SIM card inserted, it will automatically configure network service: GPRS or EDGE. To check the network[...]

67 68 To activate notification when a new network is detected When Wi-Fi is on and network notification is activated, the Wi-Fi icon will appear on the status bar whenever the phone detects an available wireless network within range. The following steps activate the notification function: Press • Men u key from Home screen. Touch • SettingsWir[...]

69 70 To find text on a web page Press • Menu key from web page screen, then touch MoreFind on page . Enter the text or phrase you want to find. • The first word with matching characters will be highlighted on the • screen, and subsequent matches are boxed. Touch the left or right arrow to switch to the previous or next matching • items. W[...]

71 72 Manage links, history, downloads 6.2.2 To manage a link, phone number or address displayed on a web page Link • Touch the link to open the web page. Touch and hold the link to open options for further operation, like open in new window, save link, share link, copy link, etc. Phone number • Touch to call the phone number. Address • Touch[...]

73 74 To open a bookmark Touch the bookmark icon • at the top of the screen, or press Menu key and touch Bookmarks . On the • Bookmarks tab, touch the bookmark you want to open. You can also touch and hold to display the options screen, then touch • Open or Open in new window . To edit a bookmark Touch the bookmark icon • at the top of the [...]

75 76 Privacy settings Clear cache • Touch to clear locally cached content and databases. Clear history • Touch to clear the browser history. Accept cookies • Mark to allow sites to save and read cookie data. Clear all cookie • data Touch to clear all browser cookies. Remember form • data Mark to remember data in forms for later use. Clea[...]

77 78 To pair/connect your phone with a Bluetooth device To exchange data with another device, you need to turn Bluetooth on and pair your phone with the Bluetooth device with which you want to exchange data. Press • Menu key from Home screen, Touch • SettingsWireless & networksBluetooth settings Touch • Scan for devices Select a Blueto[...]

79 80 Connecting to virtual private networks 6.5 Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network, from outside that network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so that their users can access local network resources when not on campus, or when connected to [...]

81 82 Android Market 7 (1) .......... Android Market is an online software store, where you can download and install applications and games to your Android Powered Phone. To open Android Market: Touch Application tab from Home screen, and then touch • Market . For the first time you access Android Market, a screen with terms of • service pops u[...]

83 84 To check the progress of the download, open the Notification panel. To • stop the downloading of the item, touch the progress bar and Cancel download on the screen that opens. After download and installation have finished, you will see a notification • icon on the status bar. To open the application you have downloaded: On Android Market [...]

85 86 Rate Open the details screen for an application, touch the stars under My review , touch the number of stars to award and confirm by touching OK . Flag You can report an inappropriate application to Android Market by flagging it. Open the details screen for the application, scroll to the bottom and touch Flag as inappropriate , enter the reas[...]

87 88 Zoom in/zoom out Touch anywhere on the screen to open the Zoom control and then touch the plus or minus icons to zoom in or out gradually. Touch the screen twice to zoom all the way in or out. To shoot a video Switch Camera mode to Video mode or access Camcorder directly from the applications list. First position the object or landscape in th[...]

89 90 Advanced settings: Anti banding • Touch to set the banding value. Picture size • (Camera only) Touch to adjust the size of the picture. Picture quality • (Camera only) Touch to set the quality of the picture. Store location • (Camera only) Touch to turn on/off to store location information of each picture by using the phone's GPS[...]

91 92 Working with pictures You can work with pictures by rotating or cropping them, sharing them with friends, setting them as contact ID or wallpaper, etc. Locate the picture you want to work on, press Menu key from full-screen picture view. Touch to View more options. Touch to Rotate the picture. Touch to Crop the picture. Drag the four sides of[...]

93 94 Watch videos 8.3.1 Touch a video to play it. Touch video playing screen to display playback controls with which you can pause, skip forward or backward, or drag the progress bar to the point you want to watch. To exit video playing screen, press Back key to return to video list. Music 8.4 ......................................................[...]

95 96 Using Party shuffle 8.4.2 All songs will be displayed in order by default. When Party shuffle is activated, some songs will be selected and played at random. Press Menu key, then touch Party shuffle to turn on this function. To turn it off, press Menu key again, then touch Party shuffle off . Working with playlists 8.4.3 Playlists allow you t[...]

97 98 To zoom in and out of a map, touch the plus or minus side of the zoom control , or you can also zoom in/out by double-tapping a location on screen. To clear the map history, press Menu key and touch MoreClear Map . Search for a location 9.2 While viewing a map, press • Menu key and touch Search , or you can directly press Search key on key[...]

99 100 Get driving, public transport or walking 9.4 directions Get suggested routes for your trip 9.4.1 Press • Menu key from maps screen and touch Directions . Touch 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, select[...]

101 102 To open Street View for a location 9.5.2 Touch and hold a location to display a balloon with the address and a • Street View thumbnail. Touch the balloon and touch • Street view . To clear the map 9.5.3 After you get directions or search on a map, you can clear the markers/ layers that have been drawn: press Menu key on maps screen and [...]

103 104 To join Latitude 9.6.1 Press • Menu key from maps screen. Touch • Join Latitude . When you joined Latitude, the menu item changes to Latitude . To open Latitude, press Menu key from maps screen, then touch Latitude . How to invite friends to share their locations 9.6.2 Press • Menu key from Latitude screen, touch Add friends . Touch ?[...]

105 106 To control what you share 9.6.5 You can control the information you want to share with your friends. Press Menu key from maps screen, touch Latitude , touch your own name and then touch Privacy . The following options are available to choose from: Detect your • location Enable Latitude to detect your location automatically when you move a[...]

107 108 Notes 10.2 ............................................................. To 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 may want to keep for future reference. Existing notes can be sent via Bluetooth, message or E[...]

109 110 Radio 10.8 ............................................................ Your phone is equipped with a radio (1) with RDS (2) functionality. You can use the application as a traditional radio with saved channels or with parallel visual information related to the radio program on the display if you tune to stations that offer Visual Radio ser[...]

111 112 Other applications 10.10 (1) ......................................... The previous applications in this section are preinstalled to your phone. To read a brief introduction of the preinstalled 3rd party applications, please refer to the leaflet provided with the phone. You can also download thousands more 3rd party applications by going to[...]

113 114 VPN settings 11.1.4 A mobile virtual private network (mobile VPN or mVPN) provides mobile devices with access to network resources and software applications on their home network, when they connect via other wireless or wired networks. Mobile VPNs are used in environments where workers need to keep application sessions open at all times, th[...]

115 116 Voicemail 11.2.3 Voicemail service Opens a dialog where you can select your carrier’s voicemail service or another service. Voicemail settings If you are using your carrier’s voicemail service, this opens a dialog where you can enter the phone number to use for listening to and managing your voicemail. You can enter a comma (,) to inser[...]

117 118 Sound & display 11.3 Use the Sound & Display settings to configure many aspects of call and notification ringtones, music, and other audio, as well as brightness and other screen settings. Sound settings Silent mode • Mark the check box to silence all sounds except media & alarms. Ringer volume • Touch to set volume for inco[...]

119 120 Location & security 11.4 Use the Location & Security settings to set your preferences for using and sharing your location when your search for information and use location- aware applications, such as Google Maps. You can also configure settings that help secure your phone and its data. My Location 11.4.1 Use wireless networks Mark [...]

121 122 Credential storage 11.4.5 Use secure credentials Mark the check box to allow applications to access your phone’s encrypted store of secure certificates and related passwords and other credentials. Credential storage is used to establish some kinds of VPN and Wi-Fi connections. If you have not set a password for the credential storage, thi[...]

123 124 Accounts & sync 11.6 Use the Accounts & Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google and other supported accounts. You also use these settings to control how and whether all applications send, receive, and synchronize data on their own schedules, and whether all applications can synchronize user data automatically. Gmail, Go[...]

125 126 Privacy 11.7 You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information. Use My Location Mark the check box to include your position when using Google Search and other Google services. When you check this option, you’re asked whether you consent to allowing Google to use your location when providing these services. Back up my settin[...]

127 128 SD card 11.8.1 Total space/Available space Lists the amount of space on any MicroSD card installed in your phone and the amount you have used to store photos, videos, music, and other files. Unmount SD card Unmounts the MicroSD card from your phone so that you can format the card or safely remove it when the phone is on. This setting is dim[...]

129 130 Language & keyboard 11.10 Use the Language & Keyboard settings to select the language for the text on your phone and for configuring the onscreen keyboard, including words that you’ve added to its dictionary. Select Locale 11.10.1 Touch to select language and region you want. Android keyboard 11.10.2 For phones with physical keybo[...]

131 132 Date & time 11.12 Use Date & Time settings to customize your preferences for how date and time are displayed. Automatic Mark the check box to use network-provided values. Or unmark to set all values manually. Set date Touch to open a dialog where you can manually set the phone’s date. Select time zone Touch to open a dialog where [...]

133 134 Making the most of your 12 phone .................................. PC suite 12.1 You can download software upgrade for free from the website: www. alcatelonetouch.com. The PC suite includes: Contacts • It allows you to back up contact entries so that you don't have to worry about losing, breaking, switching phone or changing service[...]

135 136 Telephone 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 w[...]

137 138 Accessories 14 (1) ..................... The latest generation of Alcatel GSM mobile phones offers a built-in handsfree feature that allows you to use the telephone from a distance, placed on a table for example. For those who prefer to keep their conversations confidential, an earpiece is also available known as the headset. Standard charg[...]

139 140 My mobile phone can not connect to a network Try connecting in another location • Verify the network coverage with your operator • Check with your operator that your SIM card is valid • Try selecting the available network(s) manually • Try connecting at a later time if the network is overloaded • SIM card error Make sure the SIM c[...]

141 142 I am unable to connect my phone to my computer Install Alcatel's PC suite first of all • Open Notification panel to check if the PC Suite Agent has activated • Check that you have marked the checkbox of USB debugging in • Settings ApplicationsDevelopmentUSB debugging Check that your computer system meets the requirements for A[...]

143 144 Video supported formats MPEG-4 (playback only), H.263, H.264 (playback only) Battery Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery • Capacity: 1000 mAh • Expansion Slot MicroSD™ memory card Special Features G-sensor • Digital Compass • Note Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. ALCATEL is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent and [...]