T-mobile 5042T User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Support ..................................................................... 1

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

Service Activation.................................................... 2

Phone Overview ...................................................... 3

SIM Card ................................................................... 4

Memory Card ........................................................... 7

Battery ....................................................................... 8

Power ........................................................................ 8

Home Screen ........................................................... 9

Calls .........................................................................12

T-Mobile Name ID ................................................. 15

Wi-Fi Calling ...........................................................15

Tethering & Mobile Hotspot ................................17

Accessing Files ......................................................18

Voicemail ...............................................................19

Visual Voicemail ....................................................19

Volume & Ringtone ............................................... 20

Email .......................................................................22

Text Entry................................................................ 23

Text Messaging ..................................................... 25

Web Browsing .......................................................28

Bluetooth® ............................................................. 29

Battery & Memory Management......................... 30

Protect Your Phone ...............................................32

Accessories ............................................................ 36

Caring For Your Phone ......................................... 37

Approved Firmware Versions ..............................38

Safety Tips .............................................................. 38

Emergency Dialing ................................................41

Additional Information ..........................................42

TCL Communications Ltd. Warranty ..................45

Safety and Use .......................................................48

SUPPORT

This guide provides you with the information you need to get started.

For more information and additional support, please visit www.t-mobile.com/support where you can:

your minutes, pay your bill, upgrade your phone, and change your rate plan.

Review your phone’s User Manual

and troubleshooting FAQs.

View the latest troubleshooting solutions in the

Suppor t Forums or ask a question of your own.

SERVICE ACTIVATION

If you are a new T-Mobile® customer and your service has not yet been activated, simply call Customer Care at 1-800-937-8997 and a T-Mobile Activations representative will assist you.

You will need the following information when activating service:

Your Service Agreement and the

agent code on your Agreement

Your name, home address, home

phone number, and billing address

Note: For business and government accounts, please provide the organization’s name, address, and tax ID.

Your Social Security number, current

driver’s license number, and date of birth for credit check purposes

Your choice of T-Mobile rate plan and

services (see www.t-mobile.com for latest plan information)

Your SIM serial number and IMEI number

(located on the box barcode label)

By activating service, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by each of T-Mobile’s Terms and Conditions, and by your Service Agreement.

PHONE OVERVIEW

Headset connector

Touch

screen

Back key

Home key

Menu key

Micro-USB Connector

Front camera

Camera

Volume up

Volume down

Power key

SIM CARD

The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card identifies your phone to the wireless network. You cannot make or receive phone calls or browse the Internet without a properly installed SIM card.

Installing SIM card

1. Detach the SIM card from its packaging.

3. Insert SIM card into SIM slot located on right side of phone. Ensure SIM gold contacts are facing phone when inserting card.

2. Power off your phone and remove back cover by pulling cover up.

4. Reattach back cover to phone and power phone on.

MEMORY CARD

Memory cards add extra storage space for your music, pictures, videos, and more. This phone uses a microSD memory card size. Memory card sold separately.

Installing memory card

Power off your phone, remove back cover by pulling cover up and remove battery.

2. Locate the microSD card slot located above top right corner of battery compartment.

3. Insert the microSD card into the microSD slot with the gold contacts facing downward and gently push in microSD card until it locks into slot.

4. Reinsert battery into battery compartment until locked in position, then reattach the battery cover.

BATTERY

To optimize battery performance, be sure to fully charge your phone before using it for the first time.

Charging battery

1. Insert the small end of the charging cable into the phone micro-USB connector located on bottom of phone, as shown.

2. Plug the other end of the charging cable into provided charger, connect charger to power outlet.

POWER

To turn the power on or off, press and hold the power key located on right side of phone.

HOME 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 key to get instant access to the Home screen.

Status bar

• Status/Notification indicators





Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space for adding applications, shortcuts etc. Slide all Home screens horizontally left and right to get a complete view of the Home screens. The white squares at the lower part of the screen indicate which screen you are viewing.

Add additional home screens by touching Menu key

and selecting Manage Home Screens.

Touch and drag d own to open

•

the notifications panel.

Search bar

• Touch  to enter t ext

search screen.

• Touch  to enter v oice

search screen.

Swipe main home screen left and right to view additional home screens.

Favorite applications tray

•

Touch to enter the applications.

•

Touch and hold to move or change applications.

Applications icon

•

Touch to open applications menu.

Status bar

The Status bar appears at the top of your Home screen. Icons indicating your phone’s status and new notification alerts appear in the Status bar.

Notifications panel

To open the Notifications panel, touch and drag the Status bar down.

Applications menu

To access all Applications from the Home screen, tap the Applications icon . Swipe left or right through the menu screens to view all applications. As you download new applications, they will appear in the Applications menu in alphabetical order.

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Unlock the screen

Press the Power key once to light up the screen, slide the screen to the right, draw the unlock pattern you have created or enter PIN or password to unlock the screen.

Add items to the Home screen

1. Swipe left or right to the desired Home screen.

2. Tap the Applications icon to access the Applications menu.

3. Touch and hold the desired item, and then drag it to a blank area on the Home screen.

Move and delete items

Touch and hold the item you want to move or delete and then drag it to another location or to the Trash can icon at the top of the screen.

CALLS

Placing a call

You can easily launch a call using Phone. Touch from Favorite applications tray or from Applications menu.

Touch and

hold to access

voicemail

Touch to hide or

show Keypa d

Touch to add a new cont act to Contacts

Change Home screen wallpaper

1. Touch Menu key on the Home screen , then select Wallpaper.

2. Tap Gallery, Homescreen wallpapers, Live wallpapers, Lock screen wallpapers or Photos.

3. Tap the desired image.

4. Touch Set Wallpaper. If a picture is selected from

Gallery, you will be prompted to crop picture, once cropping is complete select OK to set as wallpaper.

Enter the desired number directly into Keypad, then touch to place call. If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digit(s) by touching . To select phone number from contacts list, touch Contacts tab and select preferred contact, then touch next to preferred contact number to place call.

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To hang up a call, touch end call icon. To save a phone number that has been recently dialed, touch the default image by phone number record. You will be prompted to “Add to contacts?” select OK and then touch CREATE NEW CONTACT at bottom of screen.

International call

To dial an international call, touch and hold 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 emergency number and touch to make an emergency call. This works even without a SIM card and without typing the PIN code.

Answering or rejecting a call

When you receive a call, touch and hold .

• Slide to green icon rightward to answer;

• Slide to red icon leftward to reject;

• Slide to icon upward to reject a call and send a

preset text message. To mute incoming calls, press the Volume up/down key or make the phone facing down.

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T-MOBILE NAME ID

T-Mobile Name ID identifies callers, displaying Name, City and State even if the caller is not in your contacts list. It is an optional add-on feature that can be purchased directly from your phone for an additional monthly charge. A one time 10 day trial is included with the phone.

1. From the Applications menu, tap .

2. Choose an on-screen option.

To enable Wi-Fi Calling

1. From the Home screen, touch Applications icon .

2. Select Settings , then More….

3. Toggle Wi-Fi Calling button to right On position, bar will light up in yellow.

To disable Wi-Fi Calling

WI-FI CALLING

Wi-Fi Calling can improve your coverage and allows you to make phone calls and send messages over a Wi-Fi network (when a Wi-Fi network is available). Please check your rate plan to determine if Wi-Fi Calling minutes count towards your cellular calling minutes or not. To use Wi-Fi Calling please use the SIM card shipped with your device. A different SIM card may not work with the Wi-Fi Calling feature. You must have a 911 emergency address registered with your account. Log into your account at www.t-mobile. com. Go to your profile and click Customer Info to register your address.

Please note: Corporate accounts may require administrator assistance for 911 Address.

1. From the Home screen, touch Applications icon .

2. Select Settings , then More….

3. Toggle Wi-Fi Calling button to left Off position, bar will display in gray.

To change the connection preference for Wi-Fi Calling

1 From the Home screen, touch

Applications icon .

2. Select Settings , then More….

3 Select Wi-Fi Calling, then select

Connection Preferences.

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