TCL 20 Pro 5G, T810S Users manual

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Note:

This is a user manual for TCL 20 Pro 5G (T810S).

There may be certain differences between the user manual description and the phone’s operation, depending on the software release of your phone or specific carrier services.

Help

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

Consulting FAQ

Go to https://support.tcl.com/ca

Finding your serial number or IMEI

You can find your serial number or International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) on the packaging materials. Alternatively, choose Settings > System > About phone > Status > IMEI information on the phone itself.

Obtaining warranty service

For information on warranty of your device, visit the Canada website at https://www. tcl.com/ca/en/mobile/warranty

Viewing legal information

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

Table of Contents

1	Your mobile....................................................................................................		4
	1.1	Keys and connectors.............................................................................	4
	1.2	Getting started.......................................................................................	7
	1.3	Home screen.........................................................................................	9
	1.4	Text input.............................................................................................	16

2	Multimedia applications..............................................................................		19
	2.1	Camera................................................................................................	19
	2.2	Gallery..................................................................................................	25
	2.3	Music....................................................................................................	28
	2.4	IR Remote............................................................................................	29

3	Apps and features.......................................................................................		30
	3.1	Phone...................................................................................................	30
	3.2	Contacts...............................................................................................	35
	3.3	Messages.............................................................................................	38
	3.4	Calendar..............................................................................................	41
	3.5	Clock....................................................................................................	42
	3.6	Calculator.............................................................................................	45
	3.7	TCL apps.............................................................................................	46
	3.8	Other applications ...............................................................................	46
	3.9	Google applications.............................................................................	46

4	Settings........................................................................................................		49
	4.1	Wi-Fi.....................................................................................................	49
	4.2	Bluetooth..............................................................................................	50
	4.3	SIM card & cellular network.................................................................	51

	4.4	Connected devices..............................................................................	53
	4.5	Home screen & lock screen.................................................................	56
	4.6	Display.................................................................................................	56
	4.7	Sound & vibration................................................................................	58
	4.8	Notifications.........................................................................................	58
	4.9	Button & gestures................................................................................	58
	4.10	Advanced features...............................................................................	59
	4.11	Smart Manager....................................................................................	61
	4.12	Security & biometrics...........................................................................	61
	4.13	Location...............................................................................................	62
	4.14	Privacy.................................................................................................	62
	4.15	Apps.....................................................................................................	62
	4.16	Storage................................................................................................	62
	4.17	Accounts..............................................................................................	63
	4.18	Digital Wellbeing & parental controls...................................................	63
	4.19	Google.................................................................................................	63
	4.20	Accessibility.........................................................................................	63
	4.21	System.................................................................................................	63
5	FOTA upgrade..............................................................................................		66
6	Troubleshooting..........................................................................................		67
7	Specifications..............................................................................................		72
8	Accessories.................................................................................................		74
9	Licenses.......................................................................................................		75

1 Your mobile

1.1Keys and connectors

3.5mm headset Microphone

connector

IR light

Receiver Front Camera

Touch screen

Fingerprint sensor
Back key	Recent apps
	Home key
	Microphone
SIM card slot/	Speaker
microSDTM card slot
	USB Type-C connector

Multiple rear cameras

RGB/Light sensor

	LED
	flash
Volume up/down	Smart key
	NFC
Power key	sensor
Power key	area
	Wireless
	charging
	area

Smart key (left of the device)

•Press to access a customized, convenient shortcut. Smart key settings are available at: Settings > Button & gestures > Smart key. Or touch

Smart key in the app list.

Back key

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

Home key

•Touch to return to the Home screen from any other application or screen.

•Touch and hold to open Google Assistant. You can get help such as getting directions and restaurant information based on the content detected on the screen.

Recent apps

•Touch to switch between recently opened individual app activities and documents.

Power key (right of the device)

•Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen

Note: Additional shortcuts and customizable settings are available at

Settings > Button & gestures > Power key.

•Press and hold: Show the popup menu to select from Power off/Restart/ Airplane mode/Cast.

•Press the Power key and Volume down key at the same time to take a screenshot.

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

Volume up/down

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

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

•In general mode, adjusts the media volume.

•Mutes the ringtone of an incoming call.

•In camera preview mode, press the Volume up or Down key to take a photo or press and hold to take burst shots. To set, touch Camera >

Settings > Volume button function.

1.2Getting started

Setting up

Inserting or removing the SIM/microSDTM card

1Use the provided SIM pin to open the SIM tray.

2Place the Nano SIM card into the tray slot labeled "SIM".

3Place the microSDTM card into the tray slot labeled "SD".

Note: microSDTM cards are sold separately. Only use Nano SIM cards with your phone.

SIM

Micro SD

You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. You do not need to power off your phone before inserting or removing the SIM card as this phone supports hot swap.

Your phone only supports nano-SIM cards. Do not attempt to insert other SIM types; otherwise this may cause damage to your phone.

Charging the battery

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

If you use a wireless charger we recommend either that it is fitted with a standard charging plug; it is the charging plug provided with this device; or it is one of at least 18W power.

Reverse Charging with an OTG Cable

On-The-Go (OTG) is a USB transmitting technology that allows a phone to connect to an external device with the help of an OTG cable.

You can use your phone to charge other devices using an OTG cable.

1.Connect your phone with the device to be charged using an OTG cable.

2.After connecting, a reminder box will pop up indicating that your phone can charge the other phone and that the battery will reduce quickly during the charging.

3.Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel; touch Charging connected device via USB, and then check that Supply power is selected by default.

Powering on your phone

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

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

Powering off your phone

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

1.3Home 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.

		Status bar
		Status bar
		•	Status/Notification icons
		•	Drag down to open the notification panel

Search bar

• Touch  to enter text search screen

• Touch  to enter voice search screen

Touch an icon to open an application, folder, etc.

Favourite tray applications

•Touch to enter the application.

•Touch and hold to move or remove applications.

The 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.

Using 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 and touch and hold it. An options list will then appear.

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, and web pages. You can slide the screen horizontally too.

Flick

Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.

Pinch/Spread

Place two fingers 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.

Status bar

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

Drag down the status bar to view notifications and drag again to enter the quick settings panel.

Touch and drag up to close it. When there are notifications, they can be accessed by touching them.

Notification panel

When there are notifications, touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Notification panel to read more detailed information.

Touch to access Settings, where you can set more items.

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

Quick settings panel

Drag down from the top of the screen twice to open the Quick settings panel. You can enable or disable functions or change modes by touching the icons.

Touch the Edit icon to customize your Quick settings panel.

Touch to customize your

Quick settings panel.

Lock/Unlock your screen

To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock the screen with a pattern, PIN, password, registered fingerprint or face (1).

To create a screen unlock, touch Settings > Security & biometrics > Screen lock.

To lock the phone screen

•If your phone 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.

(1)Fingerprint and Face unlock may not be as secure as Pattern, PIN, or Password locks. We may use Fingerprint and Face unlock methods only for the purpose to unlock the phone. The data collected from you through such methods will be stored in your device and will not be disclosed to any third-party. You may delete your data anytime.

Swipe to unlock the screen

Press the Power key once to light up the screen, swipe up the screen to unlock the screen.

Double tap to enter

the detailed screen Swipe up to unlock the screen

Enter a password to unlock the screen

Once the screen is turned on, swipe up the screen to display the password input panel. Then enter your lock screen password.

Use pattern unlock

Draw the same pattern you have set to unlock the screen.

Use Face unlock

•From the app list, touch Settings > Security & biometrics > Face unlock. Before using the face unlock, you need to set a pattern/PIN/password.

•Hold your phone 20-50 cm from your face. Position your face in the square shown on the screen. For best results, we suggest that the face key is enrolled indoors and away from direct sunlight.

•Enable Face unlock when your screen turns on, otherwise you will have to swipe up on the screen first of all.

(1)Customized by touching Settings > Home screen & lock screen > Lock screen shortcut.

Use Fingerprint unlock

•For the best result, begin with the index finger on your dominant hand.

•Put your finger on the sensor and lift after you feel a vibration. Keep lifting your finger to add the different parts of your fingerprint.

•Follow theses steps until fingerprints are fully registered.

Personalizing your Home screen

Add

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

Reposition

Touch and hold 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
Touch and hold the item and drag it up to the top of the		remove icon, and
Touch and hold the item and drag it up to the top of the		remove icon, and
release after it turns red.

Create folders

To improve the organization 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 customization

Touch and hold an empty area on the Home screen, then touch Wallpapers to customize wallpaper.

Widgets and recently used applications

Widgets

Touch and hold the empty area in the Home screen, then touch Widgets to display all widgets.

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

Recently used applications

To consult recently used applications, touch the Recent apps key. Touch a thumbnail in the window to open the application.

Touch one thumbnail and slide it up to close the application, slide it right/left to switch between the applications.

Touch CLEAR ALL at the bottom of the screen to close all the running applications.

Volume adjustment

Press the Volume key to adjust the Media volume.

Touch the icon to adjust Ring, Alarm and Notification volume.

1.4Text input

Using the Onscreen Keyboard

Onscreen Keyboard settings

Touch Settings > System > Language & input, touch the Virtual keyboard you want to set up and a series of settings will become available.

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 on/off Settings > Display > Auto-rotate screen).

Android keyboard

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1Enter recipient numbers or select from contacts

2Touch to send the message

3Touch and hold to switch language

4Touch to insert a period

Touch and hold to select symbols

5Touch to switch between "abc/Abc" mode Touch and hold to switch to "ABC" mode

6Touch to access the symbols and numbers keyboards

7Touch to insert a comma

Touch and hold to access keyboard settings, insert an emoji, or view input options.

Text editing

You can edit text which you have entered.

•Touch and hold or double tap within the text you want to edit.

•Drag the tabs to change the amount of text to edit.

•The following options will appear: Cut, Copy, and Share.

You can also insert new texts if preferred

•Touch where you want to type, or touch and hold a blank area. The cursor will blink and the tab will appear. Drag the tab to move the cursor.

•If you have cut or copied any text, touch the tab to show the Paste and Select all option which allows you to complete pasting immediately.

2 Multimedia applications

2.1 Camera............................................................

Before using the camera, make sure that you remove the protective lens cover to avoid it affecting your picture quality.

Launch Camera

There are multiple ways to open the Camera app.

From the Home Screen

From the home screen, touch Camera .

From the Lock Screen

When the screen is locked, press the Power key once to light up the screen, then swipe left on the camera icon in the lower right corner to open the camera.

Using a shortcut key

Simply double-press the Power key to open the camera.

To set, touch Settings > Button & gestures > Power key > Quick launch camera.

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1Select filters

2Flash mode: Touch to turn on/off the camera flash

WARNING: Keep a safe distance when using the flash. Do not point the flash toward people’s or animals’ eyes.

3Take a timed photo

4Take HDR photos

5Zoom in/out

6Switch between front/back camera

7Take a photo

8Touch to access settings

9Picture size

10Pinch fingers together to zoom out, or spread fingers apart to zoom in

11View the photos or videos you have taken

To take a photo

The screen acts as the viewfinder. First, position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, touch the screen to focus if necessary. Touch to capture. The photo

will be automatically saved. You can also touch and hold to take burst shots, the maximum number is 20.

To take a video

Touch VIDEO to change the camera mode to video.

1Select filters

2Turn on/off Motion tracking

3Touch to show and turn on/off Video Bokeh, Flash or Mute.

4Show Motion tracking and Low light help

5Zoom in/out

6Turn on/off Ultra Wide mode.

7Switch between front/back camera

8Record a video

9 Turn on/off Super anti-shake

10Turn on/off HDR

11Touch to access settings

12View the photos or videos you have taken

Touch	to start video recording. Touch the left part of this icon	to take a
picture during video recording.

Touch the right part of this icon to pause video recording and touch to continue. Touch to stop recording. The video will be automatically saved.

Further operations when viewing a photo/video you have taken

•Slide left or right to view the photos or videos you have taken.

•Touch , then Gmail/Bluetooth/MMS/etc. to share the photo or video.

•Touch Back button to return to Camera.

Modes and settings

Modes

Slide left or right to switch between modes.

•MORE: By selecting MORE, you can access more modes. These modes can be

moved to the main screen by touching .

PANO: Touch to turn on the panorama function. Touch the shutter button to start taking a panoramic photo and move the phone steadily along in the direction indicated by the onscreen line. Once the slots are filled, the photo will be automatically saved. If the slots are not fully filled, touch the shutter button again to save the photo.

STOP MOTION: Capture a number of photos of a certain scene, then convert them into a speeded-up video.

LIGHT TRACE: Capture creative movements of light using a long exposure photograph.

SUPER MACRO: Touch to access super macro mode. 2-10cm is the best macro shooting distance.

HIGH PIXEL: When capturing pictures the device will use the 48M rear camera or 32M front camera. The photos are larger and more detailed than pictures taken in auto mode. This mode works only in partially bright scenes, such as when the sun is shining.

SLO-MO: Record special occasions and fast moving scenes, then play them back at a slow frame rate.

SHORT VIDEO: Record a short video. There are several short video templates for users to select from.

•AUTO: Auto is the default mode for Camera.

•VIDEO: Touch to access video mode.

•PORTRAIT: Touch to create a depth of field effect. You can compose an image that highlights your subject while producing a gorgeously blurred background.

•SUPER NIGHT: This mode helps to capture wonderful pictures at night with low light.

•PRO: Pro camera mode lets you fine-tune parameters and gives you full control over ISO, WB exposure time, aperture, shutter speed and so on.

Settings

Touch to set more options:

•Photo size: Touch to select photo size.

•Video quality: Touch to select video quality.

• Video stabilization (EIS): Touch on to enable the Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) feature. It helps reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera during exposure.

•AI scene detection: Once turned on, the camera will automatically identify the image content of a scene and categorize it accordingly. Many different scene categories are supported. This only works when using the main camera.

• Calorie detection(1): Turn on	to detect the calorie content of a captured
object.

•Smart guideline(1): Touch to turn on/off. This feature provides AI-powered facial detection and composition guides for portrait shots. It only works when using the main camera.

(1)Only available when the AI scene detection is turned on.

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