TCL Communication H088 Users Manual
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SD
Flash
5.0”
Back key
Front camera
LED
indicator
Volume up/
down
Power key
Home key
Overview
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Installing or removing
the baery.
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Charging the baery.
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Removing or installing
the back cover.
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Inserng or removing
the SIM card.
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Installing or removing
the microSD card.
English - CJB2971ALAAA
User guide and FAQs are available online
www.alcatel-mobile.com
Home screen ..........................
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Touching the Home key takes you to your main Home screen. You
can personalize all your Home screens by adding your favorite apps,
shortcuts and widgets. The bottom set of icons is always visible on all
of your Home screens. This also includes the Application tab, which will
show all of your available apps.
The Home screen extends 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 icon in the lower part
of the screen indicates which screen you are viewing.
Status bar
• Status/Notification indicators
• Touch and drag down to open
the notification panel.
Google search bar
• Touch to enter text search screen.
• Touch to enter voice search screen.
Slide left or right to see other panels on
the Home screen.
Favorite tray applications
• Touch to enter the application.
• Long press to move or remove
applications.
Application tab
• Touch to open all apps
1.1 Status bar
From the status bar, you can see both the phone status (to the right
side) and notification information (to the left side).
Drag the status bar down to view notifications and drag down again
to open the Quick settings panel. Touch and drag up to close it. When
there are notifications, you can touch them to access notifications
directly.
Notification panel
When there are notifications, touch and drag the Status bar down to
open the Notification panel to read more detailed information.
Quick settings panel
Touch and drag down the Notification panel or touch to open the
Quick settings panel. You can enable or disable functions or change
modes by touching the icons.
Touch to switch to the Quick settings
panel.
Touch a notification and slide it sideways
to delete it.
Touch to clear all event–based
notifications (other ongoing
notifications will remain).
Touch to enter the user screen.
Touch to open Settings, where you can
set more items.
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Phone call ..........................
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2.1 Placing a call
To make a call when the phone is on, go to the Home screen and touch
the Phone icon in the Favorites tray.
Call log
Display the
suggested
number(s).
Long press
to access
voicemail.
Enter the number you want from the dial pad, select a contact from
Call log or Contacts by touching tabs, the n touch to place the call.
The number you entered can be saved to Contacts by touching the
Create new contact icon or the Add to a contact icon .
If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching
.
To hang up a call, touch .
Contacts
Show the dial
pad
2.2 Answering or rejecting a call
When you receive a call:
• Slide the icon up to answer;
• Slide the icon up to reject;
• Touch the icon to reject the call by sending a preset message.
To mute incoming calls, press the Volume up/down key, or turn the
phone over when Turn over to mute option is activated under Settings >
Gestures.
2.3 Consulting your call log
You can open your call history by touching the tab from the Phone
screen to see Missed calls, Outgoing calls, and Incoming calls.
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Contacts ............................
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You can see and create contacts on your phone and synchronize
these with your Gmail contacts or other applications on the Web or
on your phone.
3.1 Adding a contact
Touch from the applications list, then touch the icon in the
contacts list to create a new contact.
3.2 Synchronizing contacts in multiple accounts
Contacts, data, or other information can be synchronized from multiple
accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone.
Messaging .........................
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You can create, edit, and receive SMS and MMS with this phone.
To open your Messaging, go to the Home screen and touch the
Messaging icon in the Favorites tray.
To check messages stored in your SIM card, touch the icon from
the Messaging screen, then touch Settings > Text message (SMS) >
Manage SIM card messages.
4.1 Write a new message
On the message list screen, touch the new message icon to write text/
multimedia messages.
Sending a text message
Enter the name or mobile phone number of the recipient on the
recipients bar or touch to add recipients, then touch the content
bar to enter the text of the message. When finished, touch to send
the text message.
An SMS of more than 160 characters will be charged as
several SMS. Specific letters (accent) will also increase the size
of the SMS. This may cause multiple SMS to be sent to your
recipient.
Sending a multimedia message
MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, contacts, slides,
and sounds to other compatible phones and email addresses.
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files
(image, video, audio, slides, etc.) are attached or Subject or email
addresses are added.
Search in all messages
• Touch to see the whole message thread.
• Long press message threads to open
other options available with this contact
Touch to create a new message
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Email ..................................
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To open Email, touch the Application tab from the Home screen,
then select Email.
An email setup wizard will guide you through the steps to set up an
email account.
• Enter the email address of the account you want to set up.
• Touch NEXT. If the account you entered is not provided by your
service provider in the phone, you will be prompted to go to the
email account settings screen to enter settings manually. You can also
touch MANUAL SETUP to directly enter the incoming and outgoing
settings for the email account you are setting up.
• Enter your password.
• Finish by setting up your account settings for synchronizing
frequency, notification, etc.
• Edit your account name if necessary.
To add another email account, you can touch the icon and then
Settings. Touch Add account to create.
To create and send emails
• Touch the icon from the inbox screen.
• Enter recipient(s) email address (es) in the To field.
• If necessary, touch the Add Cc/Bcc menu icon to add a copy or
a blind copy to the message.
• Enter the subject and the content of the message.
• Touch to add an attachment.
• Finally, touch to send.
• If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch the
icon and select Save draft or touch the Back key to save a copy.
To view the draft, touch to display all labels, then select Drafts.
• If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch the
icon and then touch Discard.
To add a signature to emails, touch the icon from the inbox screen
and then touch Settings, choose an account, then touch Signature.
Getting connected ................
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Your phone can connect to the Internet using either GPRS/
EDGE/3G/4G or Wi-Fi.
6.1 Connecting to the Internet
6.1.1 GPRS/EDGE/3G/4G
The first time you turn on your phone with your SIM card inserted, it
will automatically configure your network service: GPRS, EDGE, 3G,
4G. If the network is not connected, you can turn on mobile data in
Settings > Data usage.
To check which network connection you are using, touch the
Application tab on the Home screen, then go to Settings > More >
Cellular networks > Access Point Names or Network operators.
6.1.2 Wi-Fi
You can connect to the Internet when your phone is within the range
of a wireless network. Wi-Fi can be used on your phone even without
a SIM card inserted.
To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a wireless network
• Go to Settings > Wi-Fi.
• Touch the switch to turn Wi-Fi on/off.
• Turn on Wi-Fi: detailed information of all detected Wi-Fi networks is
displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section.
• Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If the network you selected
is secured, you will need to enter a password or other credentials
(contact network operator for details). When finished, touch
CONNECT.
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