Alcatel 4015T User Manual

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Table of contents

1. Basics .................................. 3

Box Contents .........................................3

Setting Up Your Phone ...........................3

Powering On or Off .................................5

Charging Your Phone ..............................5

Phone Overview .....................................6

2. Getting Started ....................... 8

Status Icons ............................................ 8

Notiﬁcation Icons .................................... 9

Home Screen ........................................10

Applications and Widgets List ...............13

3. Phone Call ...........................13

Placing a Call ........................................13

Answering or Rejecting a Call ...............14

Viewing Your Call Log ...........................14

4. Contacts ..............................15

Adding a Contact ...................................15

Importing, Exporting and Sharing

Contacts ................................................ 15

Synchronizing Contacts in Multiple

Accounts ............................................... 15

5. Text Input .............................16

Using the Onscreen Keyboard ...............16

Text Editing ........................................... 17

6. Messaging ...........................17

Creating a Message ...............................17

7. Email .................................18

8. Hangouts .............................19

9. Getting Connected ..................20

Connecting to the Internet ....................20

Browser ................................................20

Connecting to a Computer ....................21

10. Find My Location Using GPS

Satellites ............................22

11. Camera ...............................23

12. Gallery ...............................23

13. Music .................................24

14. YouTube .............................24

15. Calendar .............................25

To Create New Events ...........................25

16. Time ..................................25

To Set an Alarm ....................................25

17. Calculator ............................26

18. File Manager ........................26

19. Setup Wizard ........................27

20. FM Radio ............................27

21. Data Backup .........................28

22. Factory Data Reset ..................28

23. Other Applications .................29

24. Making the Most of Your Phone...29

FOTA Upgrade .......................................29

25. Safety and Use ......................30

26. General Information ................37

27. Warranty ..............................38

This product meets applicable national SAR limits of 1.6 W/kg. The specific maximum SAR values can be found in the RADIOWAVES section of this user guide.

When carrying the product or using it while worn on your body, either

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PROTECT YOUR HEARING

To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at high volume levels for long periods. Exercise caution when holding your device near your ear while the loudspeaker is in use.

use an approved accessory such as a holster or otherwise maintain a distance of 10 mm from the body to ensure compliance with RF exposure requirements. Note that the product may be transmitting even if you are not making a phone call.

Basics1.

Box Contents

You should ﬁnd the following items inside the box:

Battery• USB cable • Charger• Phone and feature guide•

Setting Up Your Phone

Removing or Installing the Back Cover

Inserting or Removing the SIM Card

You must insert your SIM card before making and receiving calls.

Your phone only supports Micro-SIM

cards. Do not attempt to insert other SIM card types such as mini and nano cards, as they may cause damage to your phone.

1. Power your phone off and remove the

battery before inserting or removing the SIM card.

2. Release the SIM card holder by sliding it in

the direction of the arrow and lift it.

3. Insert the SIM card with the gold contacts

facing down and make sure the SIM card is put ﬂatly.

4. Lower the SIM card holder and slide it in

the opposite direction to lock it.

Installing or Removing the Battery

Installing or Removing a MicroSD Card

1. Place the battery on the back of the phone so the metal contacts match up on the battery and in the battery cavity.

2. Slide the battery down into the battery cavity until it locks into place.

3. To remove, lift the battery out of the cavity from the upper left corner.

1. Insert the external microSD card into the slot with the gold contact facing down.

2. To remove the external microSD card, gently press and slide it out.

Powering On or Off

Power On Your Phone

Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on. It will take a few seconds before the screen lights up.

Set up your phone for the ﬁrst time

Once you have powered on your phone for the ﬁrst time, you should set the following options: language, input method, date & time, Google account, etc.

If you power on your phone with no SIM card inserted, you can connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google account and to use some features.

Power Off Your Phone

Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the Phone options appear, select Power Off.

Charging Your Phone

Connect the battery charger to you phone's micro-USB connector.

Make sure the battery is correctly inserted • before connecting the charger.

When using your phone for the ﬁrst time, • charge the battery fully (approximately 5 hours).

You are advised to fully charge the battery ( The charge status is indicated by an on-screen percentage reading while the phone is powered off. The percentage increases as the phone is charged.

If the battery is very low, there will

be no indication that power is being received until the charge is sufﬁcient to show the charging status bar. To reduce power consumption and energy waste, once 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.

) .

Phone Overview

Headset connector

Power key

LED light

Touch screen

Camera

Back key

Menu key

Home key

micro-USB connector

Volume up

Volume down

Menu key

Option menu.• Touch to access Wallpaper, Manage Applications and Settings.

Recent apps. • Touch and hold to

open a list of thumbnail images of apps you've worked with recently. Touch to open an app. Swipe left or right to remove a thumbnail from the list.

Home key

While on any application or screen, • touch to return to the Home screen.

Back key

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

Power key

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

Press and hold: Show the pop-up • menu to select from Power Off/ Restart/Airplane Mode. Press and hold: Power on.

Press to mute the ringtone when • there’s an incoming call.

Press and hold for more than 7 • seconds to restart the phone if the system has frozen.

Press and hold the • Power and Volume Down keys to capture a screenshot.

Press and hold the • Power and Volume Up keys in power off mode to restore factory settings.

Volume keys

In call mode, adjusts the earpiece or • headset volume.

In Music/Video/Streaming mode, • adjusts the media volume.

In general mode, adjusts the ring • tone volume.

Mutes the ringtone of an incoming • call.

Getting Started 2.

Status Icons

EDGE/2G in use

3G/4G in use

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Bluetooth is on

Connected to a Bluetooth device

Airplane mode

Alarm is set

GPS is on

Roaming

No SIM card inserted

Vibrate mode

Ringer is silenced

Phone microphone is mute

Battery is very low

Battery is low

Battery is partially drained

Battery is full

Battery is charging

Headset connected

No signal (gray)

Signal strength (blue)

Song is playing

Notiﬁcation Icons

New text or multimedia message

Problem with SMS or MMS delivery

New Hangouts message

New voicemail

Upcoming event

Data is synchronizing

Screenshot error

USB tethering is on

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is on

Screenshot captured

Carrier data use threshold approaching or exceeded

Call in progress

Missed call

Call on hold

Call forwarding is on

Downloading data

Download ﬁnished

Select input method

An open Wi-Fi network is available

Phone is connected via USB cable

Radio is on

Connected to VPN

Home Screen

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

Status Bar

Status/Notiﬁcation indicators • Touch and drag down to open the • notiﬁcation panel

Add a location to display local weather

Favorite Applications Tray

Touch to enter the application• Touch and hold to move or • change applications

Application Tab

Touch to open main menu•

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. The white short line at the lower part of the screen indicates which screen you are viewing.

Using the Touchscreen

Touch To access an application, touch it with your

ﬁnger.

Touch and Hold Touch and hold the home screen to access the

available options for setting the wallpaper.

Drag Place your ﬁnger on any item to drag it to

another location.

Slide/Swipe Slide the screen to scroll up and down the

applications, images, web pages… at your convenience.

Flick Similar to swiping, but ﬂicking makes it move

quicker.

Pinch/Spread Place your ﬁngers of one hand on the screen

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

Rotate Automatically change the screen orientation

from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways to have a better view.

Status Bar

From the status bar, you can view both phone status (to the right side) and notiﬁcation information (to the left side).

Notiﬁcation Panel

Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the notiﬁcation panel. Touch and drag up to close it. From the Notiﬁcation panel, you can open items and other reminders indicated by notiﬁcation icons or view wireless service information.

Touch to access Quick Setting Bar

Touch one notiﬁcation and slide it sideways to delete it.

Touch the icon

to clear all event–based notiﬁcations (other ongoing notiﬁcations will remain).

Touch

and then the Settings icon to

access Settings.

Quick Setting Bar

Touch icons to enable/disable • functions or to change modes

Lock/Unlock Your Screen

To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock the phone screen by creating a variety of patterns, PIN or password etc.

Personalize Your Home Screen

Add

Touch the application tab

, touch and hold an application or a widget to activate Move mode, and drag the item to any Home screen as you prefer.

Reposition Touch and hold the item to be repositioned

to activate Move mode, drag the item to the desired position and then release. You can move items both on the Home screen and the Favorite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen.

Remove

Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate Move mode, drag the item up to the Remove icon, and release after the item turns red.

Create Folders

To improve the organization of items (shortcuts or applications) on the Home screen and the Favorite 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 Customization

Touch and hold an empty area on the Home screen or touch Settings > Display > Wallpa- per to customize wallpaper.

Application Tab

Touch from the Home screen to enter applications list.

To return to the Home screen, touch the

Home key. View Recently-used Applications

To view recently-used applications, you can touch and hold the Menu key. Touch a thumbnail in the window to open the related application.Touch a thumbnail and slide it left or right to delete it.

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