Alcatel Fierce XL Instruction Manual
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Introduction ......................................................
Thank you for purchasing an ALCATEL Onetouch Fierce XL with Windows model 5055W. The 5055W
comes equipped with many of the features and functions you want and need.
Home screen
• Convenient at-a-glance view of application shortcuts
• Menu shortcuts for quick access to features and apps.
Power media applications
• Music & Radio
• Video & Streaming
Bluetooth
With Bluetooth BT4.1 supporting HFP 1.6 profiles, you can enjoy hands-free conversations
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Table of Contents
General information ......................................................................................................... 5
1 Your mobile ................................................................................................................. 6
1.1 Keys and connectors ...........................................................................................................................................6
1.2 Getting started ..................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.3 Home screen .......................................................................................................................................................12
1.4 Applications and widgets menu ......................................................................................................................19
1.5 Protect Your Phone ............................................................................................................................................20
1.6 Find my phone ....................................................................................................................................................22
2 Text input ................................................................................................................... 23
2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard ............................................................................................................................... 23
2.2 Text messaging .................................................................................................................................................... 24
3 Phone calls, Call history log and Contacts ............................................................. 26
3.1 Phone ....................................................................................................................................................................26
3.2 People ...................................................................................................................................................................30
4 Messaging, Outlook Mail .......................................................................................... 36
4.1 Messaging .............................................................................................................................................................36
5 Calendar & Alarm clock & Calculator .................................................................... 41
5.1 Calendar ...............................................................................................................................................................41
5.2 Alarms & Clock ..................................................................................................................................................43
5.3 Calculator .............................................................................................................................................................45
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6 Getting connected .................................................................................................... 46
6.1 Connecting to the Internet .............................................................................................................................46
6.2 Microsoft Edge ....................................................................................................................................................47
6.3 Connecting to Bluetooth devices...................................................................................................................49
6.4 Connecting to a computer ..............................................................................................................................50
6.5 Sharing your phone's mobile data connection ............................................................................................50
6.6 Connecting to virtual private networks .......................................................................................................51
7 Store ........................................................................................................................... 52
7.1 Locate the item you want to download and install ...................................................................................52
7.2 Download and install .........................................................................................................................................53
7.3 Manage your downloads ...................................................................................................................................54
8 Multimedia applications ........................................................................................... 55
8.1 Camera/Camcorder ...........................................................................................................................................55
8.2 Photos ...................................................................................................................................................................57
8.3 Groove Music ......................................................................................................................................................59
9 Maps ........................................................................................................................... 60
9.1 Get My Location ................................................................................................................................................60
9.2 Search for a location .........................................................................................................................................61
9.3 Get driving, public transport or walking directions ................................................................................... 61
9.4 Share a location ..................................................................................................................................................62
10 Others ........................................................................................................................ 63
10.1 File Explorer ........................................................................................................................................................63
10.2 Voice Recorder ................................................................................................................................................... 63
10.3 FM Radio ..............................................................................................................................................................64
10.4 Office .....................................................................................................................................................................65
10.5 Other applications .............................................................................................................................................65
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11 Settings ...................................................................................................................... 66
11.1 Wireless & network ..........................................................................................................................................66
11.2 Device ...................................................................................................................................................................69
11.3 Personal ................................................................................................................................................................71
11.4 System ...................................................................................................................................................................72
12 Making the most of your phone .............................................................................. 73
12.1 Phone update ......................................................................................................................................................73
13 12 Month Limited Warranty .................................................................................... 74
14 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................ 76
Safety and Use. ................................................................................................................ 80
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General information ........................................
Your ALCATEL Onetouch 5055W is a transceiver that operates on GSM/GPRS/2G/3G/4G in quadband with 850/900/1800/1900 MHz or UMTS in tri-band (2/4/5), and LTE FDD B2/4/12.
This product meets applicable national SAR limits of 1.6 W/kg. The specific
maximum SAR values can be found in the SAR INFORMATION section of
this user guide.
www.sar-tick.com
When carrying the product or using it while worn on your body, either 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.
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Your mobile ................................................
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1.1 Keys and connectors
Headset connector
Proximity &
Front-facing
Camera
Microphone
Micro-USB Connector
Light Sensor
LED indicator
Touch screen
Back key
Home key
Search key
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Camera Flash/
Flashlight
Back key
• Touch to go back to the previous screen, or to close a dialog box, options menu, the
notification panel, etc.
Home key
• From any application or screen, touch to return to the Home screen.
Camera
Power key
Volume up
key
Volume
down key
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Search key
• Touch to enter your name or nickname first.
• Touch to enable voice search.
• Touch to to search from Web, Images, News, Maps, Shopping, Videos, Books, Apps, or Phone.
Power key
• Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen.
• Press and hold: Slide down to power off.
• Press and hold the Power key and Volume up key to capture a screenshot.
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 ringtone volume.
• Mutes the ringtone of an incoming call.
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1.2 Getting started
1.2.1 Set-up
Removing or installing the back cover
Inserting or removing the SIM card
You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls.
Place the SIM card with the chip facing downwards and slide it into its housing. Make sure that it is
correctly inserted. To remove the SIM card, press and slide it out.
Your phone only supports micro-SIM card. Do not attempt to insert other SIM types like mini
and nano cards, otherwise you may damage your phone.
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Installing the microSD card
Place the microSD card with the chip facing downwards and slide it into its housing. Make sure that it
is correctly inserted. To remove the microSD card, press and slide it out.
Charging the battery
To charge the battery, connect the charger to your phone and mains socket. You can also charge your
phone via a USB cable.
To reduce power consumption and energy waste, when the battery is fully charged, disconnect
your charger; switch off Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-running applications when not in
use; reduce the backlight time, etc.
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1.2.2 Power on your phone
Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on, unlock your phone (Slide, PIN) if necessary, once
unlocked, Home screen is displayed.
If you don't know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your service provider. Do not store
PIN code within your phone, instead store PIN in a location that is accessible without using phone.
Set up your phone for the first time
The first time you power on the phone, you should set the following options:
• Scroll up or down to select the phone's language, then touch Next.
• Select your home country or region, then touch Next.
• After reading the legal stuff, touch Accept to continue.
• Set up Date and time if needed, then touch Next.
• Select an enabled Wi-Fi, then touch Next, otherwise touch Skip.
• Ta p Express to turn on (scroll to see more): Cellular data, Find My Phone, Windows error and
diagnostic reporting and Advertising ID.
• Create or sign in a Microsoft account.
• After a few more apps finished installation, touch Next.
• Touch Done.
Even if no SIM card is installed, your phone will still power on and you will be able to connect to a
Wi-Fi network and use some of the phone's features.
1.2.3 Power off your phone
Hold down the Power key from the Home screen, then slide down to power off.
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1.3 Home screen
You can move all of 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 the Home screen.
Status bar
• Status/Notification indicators
• Touch and drag down to open the
notification panel.
Touch to enter application list.
The Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space for adding applications,
shortcuts etc. Slide the Home screen up and down to get a complete view.
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1.3.1 Using the touchscreen
Touch
To access an application, touch it with your finger.
Touch and Hold
Touch and hold the item to enter the available options.
Drag
Place and hold your finger on the screen to drag an object to another location.
Slide/Swipe
Slide the screen up and down to scroll through the applications, images, web pages, etc.
Flick
Similar to swiping, but flicking is faster.
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.
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1.3.2 Status bar
From the status bar, you can view both phone status (to the right side) and notification information
(to the left side).
Status icons
2G connected Battery is partially drained
2G in use
4G connected Battery is charging
4G in use GPS is on
LTE connected Wi-Fi is on
LTE in use Connected to a Wi-Fi network
WFC in use Airplane mode
Signal strength Connected to a Bluetooth device
No signal Roaming
No SIM card installed Battery is very low
Vibrate mode Battery is low
Battery is full
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Notification icons
New text or multimedia message
Problem with SMS or MMS delivery Wi-Fi Calling
New voicemail Missed call
Upcoming event Call forwarding is on
Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Quick setting panel or Notification panel. Touch and
drag up to close it. When there are notifications, you can touch them to access notifications directly.
Notifications panel & Quick setting panel
When there are notifications, touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Notification panel to
read more detailed information.
Touch to switch to the quick setting panel.
You can enable or disable functions or change
modes by touching the icons.
Both USB tethering and portable hotspot
are on
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1.3.3 Search bar
The phone provides a Search function which can be used to locate information within applications, the
phone or the web.
Search by text
• Touch Search bar from the Home screen.
• Enter the text/phrase you want to search for.
• Touch the Enter/Search key on the keyboard to begin search.
• Use bottom menu bar with filters to view search results from Web, Images, News, Maps, Shopping,
Videos, Books, Apps, or Phone.
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1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen
To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock the phone screen by choosing slide or creating a PIN
or password.
To create a screen unlock PIN or Password
• From Home screen touch Application icon , then touch Personalization.
• Touch Lock screen.
• Touch Sign-in options at the bottom.
• Touch Add to set your PIN or password.
To lock phone screen
Press the Powe r key once to lock the screen.
To unlock phone screen
Press the power key once to light up the screen, enter PIN or password to unlock the screen.
Slide up to unlock the screen.
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1.3.5 Personalize your Home screen
Add
You can touch and hold a folder, an application, or a widget to activate the Move mode and drag the
item to any Home screen you prefer.
Reposition
Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode, drag the item to the desired
position and then release. You can move items on the Home screen. Long press the icon on the All
apps screen, touch Pin to start to add the item to the Home screen.
Remove
Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the Move mode, then touch the icon to remove
the item from the Home screen.
Create folders
To improve the organization of items (shortcuts or applications) on the Home screen, you can add
them to a folder by stacking one item on top of another. To name a folder, open it and long press one
item, then touch Name folder to input the new name.
Wallpaper customization
Touch on the Home screen then touch Personalization\ Start\ Background to select a picture
from a folder as the wallpaper.
1.3.6 Applications menu
Touch All apps on the Home screen to enter the applications menu.
To return to the Home screen, touch the Home key.
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1.3.7 Volume adjustment
You can set the ringer, media and phone ringtone volumes to your preference by pressing the Volume
up/down key.
1.4 Applications and widgets menu
The applications and widgets menus contain and provide access to all pre-installed and newly
downloaded applications or widgets.
Accessing applications menu
To access the applications menu, touch All apps from the Home screen.
To download new applications from applications menu or Home screen touch Play Store icon and
search for preferred applications by name, subject or category.
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1.5 Protect Your Phone
Prevent others from using your phone without your permission. Device encryption is automatically
activated when you create a PIN which helps protect your files and folders from unauthorized access
in case your device is lost or stolen.
To activate
1. Touch on the Home screen.
2. Touch System\ Device encryption.
3. Touch to enable Device encryption function.
4. Touch Add to create a PIN.
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To deactivate
Note: Ensure to deactivate this option before you return or exchange your phone or before factory
reset to avoid PIN/password from being required to access phone.
1. Touch on the Home screen.
2. Touch Personalization\ Lock screen\ Sign-in options.
3. Select Never to deactivate the PIN.
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1.6 Find my phone
1. Touch on the Home screen.
2. Touch Update & security\ Find My Phone.
3. Sign in to your Microsoft account to use Find My Phone. Touch Sign in with a Microsoft account
instead, then enter the Email/phone and Password, touch Sign in. Verify your backup email address to
protect your information. After entered your backup email address's code, touch Next. You can also
locate and erase your phone, and protect it from reuse if it’s lost or stolen. Even if your phone gets
wiped, your Microsoft account password will be required before anyone can use your phone.
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Text input ...................................................
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2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard
Onscreen Keyboard settings
Touch Time & language\ Keyboard, select the keyboard you want or add new keyboards you
want to set up and a series of settings will become available for your selection.
Adjust the Onscreen Keyboard orientation
Turn the phone sideways or upright to adjust the Onscreen Keyboard orientation. You can adjust it by
changing the settings (Touch \System\ Display\ Rotation).
2.1.1 Keyboard
Touch to enter phone
number or contact.
Touch to switch between
《abc/Abc/ABC》.
Press and hold to
open settings.
Touch to enter symbol and
numeric keyboard.
Touch to add a contact from
saved Groups, Contacts or
Call history log.
Touch to enter text.
Touch to to send message.
Touch to input space.
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2.2 Text messaging
Use the text messaging feature to send and receive text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages.
• Touch to view the whole message thread.
• Touch & hold to activate delete mode.
Touch to create
a new message.
Creating a text message
In message screen, touch the new message icon to create a new text/multimedia message.
When in new message screen, touch To line and insert contact name or phone number. You can also
touch to insert contact from Contacts list. Next touch the Send message line and insert text
message; to add picture, video, audio, contact or calendar to text message touch attach icon . Once
message is complete, touch to send text message to contact.
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You can edit the text you have entered.
• Touch and hold or double-tap within the text you would like to edit.
• Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection.
• The following options will show: Copy and Paste .
• Touch the icon to go back without any action.
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Phone calls, Call history log and Contacts
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3.1 Phone .............................................................................................
3.1.1 Placing a call
You can easily place a call using Phone. Touch the Application tab from the Home screen.
Touch to send
message to
Touch to call
the previewed
number.
To make phone call, choose from the following options: enter the desired number directly into dial pad,
then touch , or directly touch the contact to place a call.
If you make an error when inputting a phone number, you can delete the incorrect digit(s) by touching .
To hang up a call, touch .
the previewed
number.
Slide to access the
History, Speed
dial and Dial
pad.
Display the
suggested
number(s).
Touch and hold to
access voicemail.
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International call
To dial an international call, long press to enter “+”, then enter the international country prefix
followed by the full phone number and finally touch .
Emergency call
If your phone has network coverage, dial the emergency number and touch to make an emergency
call. This works even without a SIM card and without typing the PIN code.
3.1.2 Answering or rejecting a call
When you receive a call:
• Touch the icon to answer;
• Touch the icon to ignore;
• Touch the icon to reject the call by sending a preset message.
To mute the ringtone volume of an incoming call, press the Volume up/down ke y.
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3.1.3 Accessing your voicemail
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, long press .
If you receive a voicemail, a voicemail icon appears on the Status bar.
3.1.4 During a call
To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down key.
Touch to end the current call.
Touch to activate the speaker during the current call. Touch this icon again to deactivate
the speaker.
Touch to mute the current call. Touch this icon again to unmute the call.
Touch to display the Dial pad.
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