Alcate 1T 7, 9013X, 9013T, 9013A User Manual

Note:

This is a user manual for Alcatel 1T 7 9013X/9013T/9013A.

Help

Refer to the following resources to get more FAQ, software, and service information.

Consulting FAQ

Go to

https://www.alcatelmobile.com/support/

Updating your tablet’s software

Update through the System Updates menu on your device.

To download the software update tool onto your PC, go to

https://www.alcatelmobile.com/support/software-drivers/

Finding your serial number or IMEI

You can find your serial number or International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) on the packaging materials. Or, on the tablet, choose

Settings > About tablet.

Obtaining warranty service

First follow the advice in this guide. Then check hotlines and repair centres information through

https://www.alcatelmobile.com/contact-us/

Viewing legal information

On the tablet, go to Settings > System > About tablet > Legal information.

Using ONETOUCH Cloud

Open User Centre, then touch More info. For an online User Centre tutorial (may not be available in all areas), go to

https://www.alcatelmobile.com/support/faq/

Using other alcatel apps

Go to

https://www.alcatelmobile.com/support/app-services/

Table of Contents

1 Your device .................................................................. 5

1.1 Keys and connectors ........................................5

1.2 Getting started .................................................. 8

1.3 Home screen ....................................................10

2 Text input ...................................................................19

2.1 Using the onscreen keyboard ......................19

2.2 Text editing .......................................................20

3 Phone, Call logs and Contacts ..............................21

3.1 Phone ................................................................21

3.2 Call logs .............................................................26

3.3 Contacts ............................................................27

4 Messaging ..................................................................33

4.1 Write a new message ....................................33

4.2 Manage messages...........................................35

5 Calendar, Clock, and Calculator ............................36

5.1 Calendar ............................................................36

5.2 Clock ..................................................................38

5.3 Calculator ..........................................................40

6 Multimedia applications .........................................41

6.1 Camera ..............................................................41

6.2 Gallery ..............................................................42

7 Others ......................................................................... 45

7.1 Support Centre ................................................45

7.2 Other applications .........................................45

8 Google applications ................................................. 46

8.1 Chrome ..............................................................46

8.2 Gmail ..................................................................46

8.3 Maps go ............................................................47

8.4 YouTube go .......................................................47

8.5 Play Store ..........................................................47

8.6 YT Music ...........................................................48

8.7 Duo ....................................................................48

8.8 Drive ..................................................................48

9 Settings ....................................................................... 49

9.1 Network & Internet ........................................49

9.2 Tethering & portable hotspot ......................51

9.3 Connected devices .........................................54

9.4 Apps & notifications ......................................55

9.5 Battery ...............................................................55

9.6 Display ...............................................................56

9.7 Sound.................................................................56

9.8 Storage ..............................................................56

9.9 Privacy ...............................................................56

9.10 Location ............................................................56

9.11 Security & location .........................................57

9.12 Accounts ...........................................................57

9.13 Accessibility ......................................................58

9.14 Digital Wellbeing & parental controls ........58

9.15 Google ...............................................................58

9.16 System ...............................................................58

9.17 About tablet .....................................................59

10 Making the most of your tablet ............................ 60

10.1 FOTA Upgrade .................................................60

11 Accessories ................................................................61

12 Warranty .....................................................................62

13 Troubleshooting ........................................................ 65

14 Specifications ............................................................74

Your device ..............................

1.1 Keys and connectors

Back button

Headset connector

Front camera

Volume up/ down

Power key

Recent apps button

Home button

Back camera

Back button

• Touch to go back to the previous screen, or close a dialog box, options menu, the Notification panel, etc.

Home button

• From any application or screen, touch to return to the Home screen.

• Long press to turn on Google Assitant. You can get help such as getting directions and restaurant information based on the content detected on the screen.

Recent Apps button

• Touch to view applications you’ve recently accessed.

Power key

• Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen.

• Press and hold: Show the popup menu to

select from Restart/Power off/Screenshot/

Emergency

• Press and hold the Power key and Volume down key to take a screenshot.

• Press and hold the Power key for at least 10 seconds to force reboot.

Volume keys

• Adjust the call volume during a phone call.

• Adjust the media volume while listening to

music or a video, or streaming content.

• Adjusts the ringtone volume.

• Mutes the ringtone of an incoming call.

• While using the Camera app, press Volume up

or down key to take a photo or touch and hold to take several photos.

1.2 Getting started

1.2.1

Insert or remove your SIM card or microSD card.

Setting up

Your tablet only supports nano-SIM cards. Do not attempt to insert other SIM types like mini and micro cards; otherwise this may cause damage to your device.

Charging the battery

You are advised to fully charge the battery ( ). Charging status is indicated by a percentage displayed on screen. The percentage increases as the tablet is charged.

To reduce power consumption and energy waste when the battery is fully charged, disconnect your charger from the plug; switch off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-running applications when not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc.

1.2.2 Powering on your tablet

Hold down the Power key until the tablet powers on, unlock your tablet (Swipe, PIN, Password or Pattern) if necessary and confirm. The Home screen is displayed.

If you do not know your PIN code or forget it, contact your network operator. Be sure to keep your PIN code safe.

1.2.3 Powering off your tablet

Press and hold the Power key until options appear, then select Power off.

1.3 Home screen

You can bring all the items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) you love or use most frequently to your Home screen for quick access. Touch the Home button to switch to the Home screen.

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Status bar

• Status/Notification indicators

• Swipe down to open the Notification panel.

Google Search bar

• Touch

to enter text search screen

to enter voice search screen

Favorite tray applications

• Enter the application.

• Long press to move or remove applications.

Auto-rotate screen

From the app list, touch Settings > Display > Advanced

> Auto-rotate screen to enable the function.

1.3.1 Using the touchscreen

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

Long press

To enter the available options for an item, long press the item. For example, select a contact in Contacts, long press this contact, an option list will appear.

Drag

Long press an item and drag it to another location.

Slide/Swipe

Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, and web pages. You can slide the screen horizontally too.

Flick

Similar to swiping, flicking is a lighter and quicker stroke.

Pinch/Spread

Place two fingers on the screen surface and draw them apart or together to scale an element on the screen.

The tablet also supports one finger zooming in Camera and Gallery. Double touch the screen to zoom in/out.

Rotate

Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the tablet sideways to have a better screen view.

1.3.2 Status bar

From the Status bar, you can view both tablet status (on the right side) and notification information (on the left side).

Swipe down the status bar to view notifications and swipe down again to enter the Quick settings panel. Swipe up to close it.

Notification panel

Swipe down the Status bar to open the Notification panel to read detailed information.

Clear all notifications (ongoing notifications will remain)

Quick Settings panel

Swipe down the Status bar twice to access the Quick Settings panel where you can enable or disable functions or change modes by tapping the icons

Open Settings, to view the full list of settings.

1.3.3 Locking and unlocking your screen

To protect your tablet and privacy, you can lock the tablet with a pattern, PIN, or password, etc.

To create a screen unlock pattern

• From the Home screen, touch Settings > Security & location > Screen lock.

• Set your own pattern.

To lock tablet screen

If your tablet remains inactive for a period of time, it will automatically lock the screen and enter sleep mode to save power. Go to Settings > Display > Sleep and select a screen timeout period. You can also manually lock the screen by pressing the Power key once.

To unlock the tablet screen

Press the Power key once to light up the screen, swipe up and unlock the screen with the method you have set.

If you have chosen Swipe as the screen lock, you can press the Power key to light up the screen, then swipe up to unlock the screen.

Swipe up to unlock the screen

1.3.4 Personalising your Home screen

Add

You can long press a folder, an application or a widget and drag the item to your preferred Home screen.

Reposition

Long press an item and drag it to the desired position and then release. You can move items both on the Home screen and the Favourite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen.

Remove

Long press an item and drag it up to the top of the

Remove icon, then release.

Create folders

To improve the organisation of shortcuts or applications on the Home screen and the Favourite tray, you can add them to a folder by stacking one item on top of another. To rename a folder, open it and touch the folder’s title bar to input the new name.

Wallpaper customisation

Long press an empty area on the Home screen, then touch Wallpapers to customise wallpaper.

1.3.5 Widgets and recently used applications

Consult widgets

Long press the empty area on the Home screen, then touch Widgets to display all widgets.

Touch the selected widget and slide it to move to your preferred screen.

Consult recently used applications

To consult recently used applications, touch the Recent Apps button

open the application.

Touch one thumbnail and slide it right to close an application.

Touch Clear all at the top of the screen to close all the running applications.

. Touch a thumbnail in the window to

1.3.6 Volume adjustment

Using the volume key

Press the Volume key to adjust the volume. To activate the silent mode, press the Volume down key until the tablet is silent.

Using the settings menu

From the Home screen, touch Settings > Sound to set the volume for media, ringtones, alarms, etc.

Text input ................................ .

2.1 Using the onscreen keyboard

Onscreen keyboard settings

Go to Settings > System > Languages & input > Virtual keyboard, touch the keyboard you want to set up and a

series of settings will become available.

Adjust the onscreen keyboard orientation

Turn the tablet sideways or upright to adjust the onscreen keyboard orientation. You can adjust it by changing the settings (Touch Settings > Display > Auto-

rotate screen).

2.1.1 Gboard

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Enter text or numbers.

Long press to select symbols.

Switch between "abc/Abc" mode; Press twice

quickly to switch to “ABC” mode always.

Switch between symbol and numeric keyboard.

2.2 Text editing

You can edit the texts which you have entered.

• Long press or double tap within the texts you want to edit.

• Drag the tabs to change the selected texts.

• The following options will appear: Cut, Copy, Share

and Select all.

• If you have previously cut or copied any text, touch the tab to show Paste which allows you then paste the text at the current location.

Phone, Call logs and

Contacts ..................................

3.1 Phone

3.1.1

To make a call, touch in the Favourites tray.

Call log

Contacts

View the contact’s detailed information. You can

Making a call

also edit, delete, share the contact, or send a message to the contact.

Show the dial pad

Favourites

Call the previewed number.

Long press to

access voicemail

Enter the desired number from the dial pad and touch

to place the call, or select a contact from Contacts

or Call logs by sliding or touching tabs and then touch

to make the call.

The number you entered can be saved to Contacts by touching the Create new contact icon a contact icon

or the Add to

If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching

To hang up a call, touch

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