Alcatel JOY TAB 2 User Manual

USER MANUAL

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About this Manual:

Thank you for choosing the Alcatel JOY TAB™ 2 9032W. In order to maintain your device in optimal condition, please read this manual and keep it for future reference.

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 Contacts ..................................................................... 21

3.1 Editing your contacts .....................................23

3.2 Use Quick contact for Android ....................23

3.3 Importing, exporting & sharing contacts ...24

3.4 Displaying contacts ........................................25

3.5 Synchronizing contacts..................................25

4 Messaging ..................................................................27

4.1 Write a new message ....................................27

4.2 Manage messages...........................................29

5 Calendar, Clock, and Calculator ............................30

5.1 Calendar ............................................................30

5.2 Clock ..................................................................32

5.3 Calculator ..........................................................34

6 Multimedia applications .........................................35

6.1 Camera ..............................................................35

6.2 Photos ..............................................................36

7 Google applications ................................................. 39

7.1 Chrome ..............................................................39

7.2 Gmail ..................................................................39

7.3 Maps ..................................................................40

7.4 YouTube .............................................................40

7.5 Play Store ..........................................................40

7.6 Duo ....................................................................41

8 Settings ....................................................................... 42

8.1 Network & Internet ........................................42

8.2 Tethering & Mobile hotspot .........................44

8.3 Connected devices .........................................47

8.4 Apps & notifications ......................................48

8.5 Battery ...............................................................48

8.6 Display ...............................................................49

8.7 Sound.................................................................49

8.8 Storage ..............................................................49

8.9 Security ............................................................49

8.10 Accounts ...........................................................50

8.11 Accessibility ......................................................50

8.12 Privacy ...............................................................50

8.13 Location ............................................................50

8.14 Digital Wellbeing & parental controls ........51

8.15 Google ...............................................................51

8.16 Smart Manager ................................................51

8.17 System ...............................................................51

8.18 About tablet .....................................................53

9 Making the most of your tablet ............................ 54

9.1 FOTA Upgrade .................................................54

10 Troubleshooting ........................................................ 55

11 Specifications ............................................................62

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

1.1 Keys and connectors

Headset connector

Back button

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 Assistant. Yo u 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

• 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 media volume while listening to music or a video, or streaming content.

• 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

SIM

1.2.1

Setting up

Insert or remove your SIM card or microSD card.

Your tablet only supports Nano SIM cards. In order to avoid damaging your device, do not attempt to insert other SIM types, such as Mini or Micro cards.

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 tablet; 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 Customer Care. Be sure to keep your PIN code in a safe place.

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 of the items that you use most frequently (applications, shortcuts, widgets, folders) 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

Favorite tray applications

to enter text search screen

to enter voice search screen

• 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

• Swipe up the Home screen, and then touch Settings > Security > 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 > Screen timeout 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 Personalizing 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 Favorite 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 organization of 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

Long press an empty area on the Home screen, then touch Wallpapers to customize 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 up to close an application.

Slide the screen left or right to view all running applications. Touch Clear all to the left of the final screen to close all of them.

. 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 silent mode, press the Volume down key until the tablet is silent.

Using the settings menu

Swipe up the Home screen, and then touch Settings > Sound to set the volume for media, alarms and

notification.

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 >

Advanced > Auto-rotate screen).

2.1.1 Gboard

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