Alcatel OT-995, OT-996 Quick Start Manual

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Quick Start Guide

For more information about how to use the phone, please go to www.alcatelonetouch.com to download the complete user manual. From the website you can also consult FAQ, perform software upgrades, etc.

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Table of contents

 

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Your mobile ......................................................................................

 

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

 

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Phone call........................................................................................

 

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

 

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Messaging.........................................................................................

 

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Email .................................................................................................

 

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Getting connected ........................................................................

 

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8

Identify my location using GPS satellites .................................

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Data backup....................................................................................

 

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10 Factory data reset.........................................................................

 

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11 Applications ....................................................................................

 

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12 Making the most of your phone................................................

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This product meets

applicable

 

 

national SAR limits of 2.0 W/kg. The

 

 

specific maximum SAR values can be

 

 

found on page 31 of this user guide.

 

 

When carrying the product or using

 

 

it while worn on your body, either

 

 

use an approved accessory such as

 

www.sar-tick.com

 

 

 

 

a holster or otherwise maintain a

 

 

distance of 1.5 cm 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.

 

Prolonged exposure to music at full volume on the music player may damage the listener's hearing. Set your phone volume safely. Use only headphones recommended by TCT Mobile Limited and its affiliates.

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1 Your mobile..................

1.1Keys and connectors

Earpiece

LED notification light

Home key

Menu key

Volume up

Volume down

Front camera (1)

Touchscreen

Search key

Back key

HDMI connector

micro-USB

Headset connector Power key

connector

(1)Depending on your model.

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Alcatel OT-995, OT-996 Quick Start Manual

On Home screen, press to quickly access the Settings menu or Notification panel; launch quick search; manage applications; or customize your Home screen by adding applications or by changing its wallpaper/theme.

On other screens, press to view options list.

Press: Return to the Home screen or back to the central Home screen if it is extended.

Press and hold: Enter the recently used applications list.

Go back to the previous menu or screen.

Press: Lock the screen

Light up the screen

Press and hold: When phone is off, power on the phone.

When phone is on, enter Phone options: Silent mode, Airplane mode, Power off.

Press to adjust the volume (in call/media playing mode)

Open Search bar for searching within an application, the phone or web.

1.2Getting started

1.2.1Set-up

Removing or installing the back cover

Inserting or removing the SIM card

You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. Please power off your phone and remove the battery before inserting or removing the SIM card.

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 card, press and slide it out.

Installing or removing the battery

Insert and click the battery into place, then close the phone cover.

Unclip the cover, then remove the battery.

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Installing and removing the microSD card

Insert the microSD card into the slot with the golden contact facing downwards.To remove the card, press and slide it out.

To avoid data loss and SD card damage, before removing the SD card, please ensure that the SD card is unmounted.

Charging the battery

Standard charger

UK charger

Connect the battery charger to your phone and mains socket respectively.

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 backgroundrunning applications when not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc.

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1.2.2Power on your phone

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

Set up your phone for the first time

When you power on for the first time, you are prompted to set up a range of your phones features: language, input method, mobile data connection, account setup and synchronization, system update, etc. You are required to sign into your Google account to synchronize email, contacts, calendar and other Google applications(1).

Enter your user name and password, then touch Sign in. If you forget your password, you can go to http://www.google.com/ to retrieve it. If you don’t own a Google Account, you are prompted to create one by touching Create.

Read the setup information on the screen.

Mark/Unmark the check box to choose whether you want to take advantage of Google's location service, then touch Next.

Mark/Unmark the check box to choose whether you want to back up data with your Google account, then touch Next.

Touch Finish setup.

This initial set up can be skipped and enabled later via

Settings\Accounts & sync.

While in the power on screen but with no SIM card inserted, you can still connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google account and use some features.

1.2.3Power off your phone

Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the phone options appear, select Power off.

(1)Application availability depends on country and operator.

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1.3Home screen

Your device provides two kinds of Home screens which are activated by two different launchers: ONE TOUCH launcher and Android launcher.

1.3.1ONE TOUCH Home screen (1)

The ONE TOUCH Home screen enables you to organize applications and folders directly from the Home screen itself. This allows you to keep your most frequently used applications accessible while structuring their content at the same time.

Normal mode

Carousel mode

Status bar

Status/Notification indicators

Touch and drag down to open notification

Panels bar

Slide left or right to view more available panels.

Carousel button

Touch to access 3D carousel mode

Carousel screen

Touch a panel to view details, return to Normal mode.

Use left or right gesture to move panels.

Application tab

Touch to open applications list.

Add/Remove a carousel panel

To add a carousel panel, touch and drag a panel from the panel bar to the centre of the 3D carousel area.

To remove a carousel panel, touch and drag the panel back to the top panel bar.

(See arrows on above picture.)

The Home screen is an extended user interface panel giving you up-to-date information at a glance, such as time, weather, calendar, upcoming appointments, next alarm, new messages, missed calls, new emails, etc. It also has a fully customizable layout where you can add your own favorite apps, folders, and widgets for one-touch access.

(1)The availability of this feature depends on your network operator or region.

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1.3.2Android Home screen

To switch to Android Home screen:

Touch the Application tab from the Home screen

Select Settings\Launcher selection

Mark the Android launcher checkbox

Press Home key to go to the Android Home screen.

1.3.3Using the touchscreen

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

Touch and Hold

To enter the available options for an item, touch and hold the item. For example, select a contact in Contacts, touch and hold this contact, an options list will then appear on screen.

Drag

Place your finger on the screen to drag an object 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 faster.

Pinch/Spread

Place the 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 screen view.

1.3.4Status bar

From the status bar, you can view both phone status (to the right side) and notification information (to the left side).When the status bar is full, the “” icon will appear.Touch it to display hidden icons.

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Status icons

 

GPRS connected

 

Receiving location data

 

 

from GPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GPRS in use

 

Speakerphone is on

 

 

 

 

 

EDGE connected

 

Roaming

 

 

 

 

 

EDGE in use

 

No signal

 

 

 

 

 

3G connected

 

Vibrate mode

 

 

 

 

 

3G in use

 

Ringer is silenced

 

 

 

 

 

HSPA (3G+) connected

 

Phone microphone is

 

 

muted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HSPA (3G+) in use

 

Battery is very low

 

 

 

 

 

Connected to a Wi-Fi

 

Battery is low

 

network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bluetooth is on

 

Battery is partially

 

 

drained

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connected to a

 

Battery is full

 

Bluetooth device

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airplane mode

 

Battery is charging

 

 

 

 

 

Alarm is set

 

Headset connected

 

 

 

 

 

GPS is on

 

Signal strength

 

 

 

 

 

No SIM card installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Notification icons

 

New Gmail message

 

Call in progress (green)

 

 

 

 

 

New text or

 

Call in progress using

 

 

Bluetooth headset

 

multimedia message

 

 

 

(blue)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem with text or

 

 

 

multimedia message

 

Missed call

 

delivery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Google Talk

 

Call on hold

 

message

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New voicemail

 

Call forwarding is on

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming event

 

Uploading data

 

 

 

 

 

Data is synchronizing

 

Downloading data

 

 

 

 

 

Problem with sign-in or

 

An open Wi-Fi network

 

synchronization

 

is available

 

 

 

 

 

microSD card is full

 

Phone is connected via

 

 

USB cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connected to or

 

Radio is on

 

disconnected from VPN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Song is playing

 

System update available

 

 

 

 

 

USB tethering is on

 

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

 

 

is on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both USB tethering

 

Application update

 

and portable hotspot

 

 

 

available

 

are on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More notifications are

 

 

 

hidden

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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 the Notification panel, you can open reminders indicated by notification icons, activate some functions or view wireless service information.

Touch to activate/ deactivate Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, etc.

Slide left/right to view more functions.

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

1.3.5Lock/Unlock your screen

To protect your phone and privacy, you can press Power key once to lock the screen and you can also select Settings\Location & Security\Set up screen lock to lock the phone screen by creating a variety of patterns, a PIN or password, etc.

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1.3.6Application tab

Touch from the Home screen to enter the 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 the Home screen.Touch an icon in the window to open the related application.

1.3.7Volume adjustment

You can set alarm, media and phone ringtone volumes to your preference with the Volume up/down key, or Settings\Sound menu.

1.4Applications list

The Applications list contains all pre-embedded and newly installed applications.

To access the Applications list, touch the Application tab from the Home screen.

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