Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 Instructions Guide
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3940 • DTMF Tones: Dual Tone Multi-Frequency, or DTMF is a method for instructing a telephone switching system of the telephone number to be dialed, or to issue commands to switching systems or related telephony equipment. Touch to enable DTMF tones. • Call forwarding: Touch to configure how your calls are forwarded when you are busy, unanswered or unreachable. • Additional settings: Caller ID: Touch to use default operator settings to display your number in outgoing calls. Call waiting: Mark the check box to notify you of new incoming calls during a call. 3�2 Call log You can access your call memory by touching RECENTS tab from the Call screen to view Missed calls, Outgoing calls and Incoming calls. Touch a contact or number to view information or further operations, you can launch a new call, send SMS to the contact or number, view detailed information of the call, or clear the call. Touch View full call history to view All call log, touch and Clear call log to clear the entire call memory. 3�3 Contacts������������������������������������������������������� Contacts enables quick and easy access to the contact you want to reach. You can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronize these with your Gmail contacts or other applications on the web or on your phone. 3�3�1 Consult your Contacts To access this feature, touch from the Home screen, then select Contacts. Touch to add new contact. Touch image to open Quick Contact panel. Touch to view your favorite contacts. Touch to select the current contact or all contacts to delete. Delete a contact To delete a contact, touch the contact you want to delete, the icon will turn to , then touch and confirm to delete. Touch to select all contacts, then touch and confirm to delete all contacts. The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other applications on the phone or web the next time you synchronize your phone. Touch to display the contacts list option menu, following actions are enabled:
4142 • Contacts to displayChoose contacts to display. • Import/exportImport or export contacts between phone, SIM card, and microSD card; or to share contacts. • AccountsManage the synchronization settings for different accounts. • SettingsTouch to change the display of the sort list and contact names. 3�3�2 Adding a contact Touch in the contact list to create a new contact. You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact information. By scrolling up and down the screen, you can move from one field to another easily. Touch to select a picture for the contact. Touch to unfold the other predefined labels of this category. Touch to save. Touch to select Phone or SIM card. Touch to add organization. Touch to add different names. Touch to delete the number. Touch to add a number. If you want to add more information, touch Add another field at the bottom to add a new category. When finished, touch to save. To exit without saving, you can touch and then touch Discard changes. Add to/remove from Favorites(1) To add a contact to favorites, you can touch a contact to view details then touch to add the contact to favorites (the star will turn white color). To remove a contact from favorites, touch the white star on the contact details screen. 3�3�3 Editing your contacts To edit contact information, touch in the contact details screen to edit. When finished, touch to save. Change a contact’s default phone number The default phone number (the number which has priority when making a call or sending a message) will always be displayed under the contact name. To change the default phone number, touch and hold the number you want to set as the default number from the contact's details screen, then select Set default. A appears before the number. This choice is only available when the contact has more than one number. 3�3�4 Use Quick contact for Android Touch a contact to open Quick Contact for Android, then you can touch or the number to make a call, touch to send a message. (1) Only phone contacts can be added to Favorites.
4344 The icons available on the Quick Contact panel depend on the information you have for the contact and the applications and accounts on your phone. 3�3�5 Importing, exporting and sharing contacts This phone enables you to import or export contacts between your phone, SIM card, microSD card and phone storage. From the Contacts screen, touch to open the options menu, touch Import/export, then select Import from SIM card, Export to SIM card, Import from SD storage/phone storage, Export to SD storage/phone storage or Share visible contacts. To import/export a single contact from/to your SIM card, select the contact you want to import/export, and touch the / icon to confirm. To import/export all contacts from/to your SIM card, touch the icon and then the / icon to confirm. You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc. Touch a contact you want to share, touch the icon and Share from the contact details screen, and then select the application to perform this action. 3�3�6 Displaying contacts You can configure which list of contacts, for each account, you want to display in the Contacts list. Touch and touch Contacts to display from contacts list screen, then you can choose which contacts to display. Touch and Settings to sort the list by the given name or family name, as well as viewing contact names by given/family name first. 3�3�7 Joining/Separating contacts(1) To avoid duplication, you can add any new contact information to existing contacts in a single action. Touch the contact which you want to add information to, touch to enter edit contact screen, then touch again and touch Join. At this time, you are required to select the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact. The information from the second contact is added to the first one, and the second contact will no longer be displayed in the Contacts list. To separate contact information, touch the contact whose information you want to separate, touch to enter edit contact screen, then touch again and touch Separate, touch OK to confirm. 3�3�8 Accounts Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone. (1) Only applicable for phone contacts.
4546 To add an account, touch from the contacts list and touch Add account, or from the home screen, touch then Settings\Accounts\Add account. You are required to select the kind of account you are adding, like Google, Corporate, etc. As with other account set-ups, you need to enter detailed information, like username, password, etc. You can remove an account to delete it and all associated information from the phone. Touch the account you want to delete, touch and select Remove account, then confirm. Turn on/off the sync & Auto-sync Touch an account to enter the account screen, mark/unmark the checkbox(s) to turn on/off the account’s auto-sync. When activated, all changes to information on the phone or online will be automatically synchronized with each other. Sync manually You can also synchronize an account manually from the Accounts screen. Touch an account in the list, then touch and select Sync now. 4 Messaging, Gmail/Email, Google Hangouts ������������������ 4�1 Messaging ����������������������������������������������������� You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this phone. To access this feature, touch from the Home screen then select Messaging. To check messages stored in your SIM card, touch the icon from the Messaging screen, then touch Settings\Manage SIM messages. 4�1�1 Write message On the message list screen, touch the new message icon to write text/multimedia messages. Touch to create a new message. • Touch to view the whole message thread. • Touch & hold to activate delete mode.
4748 Sending a text message Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient in the To bar or touch to add recipients and touch the Send message bar to enter the text of the message. Touch the icon to insert emoticons. When finished, touch to send the text message. An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several SMS. A counter will be on the right of the text box to remind you how many characters are allowed to be entered in one message. Specific letters (accented) 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, animations, slides and sounds to other compatible mobiles and e-mail 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. To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number in the To bar and touch the Send message bar to enter the text of the message. Touch to open the options menu, touch Add subject to insert a subject. Touch the icon to attach a picture, video, audio and so on. When finished, touch to send the multimedia message. Attach options: • Take photoAccess the Camera to capture a new picture for attaching. • Capture videoAccess the Camcorder to record a new video for attaching. • Record audio Enter the voice message recorder to record a voice message for attaching. • Contact cardEnter Contacts to select a contact as an attachment. • PicturesAccess the Gallery application or File manager to select a picture as an attachment. • VideosAccess the Gallery application or File manager to select a video as an attachment. • AudioAccess to select an audio file as an attachment. • CalendarAccess the Calendar application to select one or more event(s) to attach. • Slide showEnter the Edit slideshow screen, touch Add slide to create a new slide, and touch a currently existing slide to delete or edit it (see following picture). Touch to get more actions, like setting the slide duration, adding music, etc.
4950 4�1�3 Adjust message settings You can adjust a range of message settings. From the Messaging application screen, touch and touch Settings. • SMS enableTouch to change your default SMS app. Storage • Delete old messagesSelect to delete old messages when the maximum number of stored messages is reached. • Text message limitTouch to set the number of text messages to be saved per conversation. • Multimedia message limitTouch to set the number of multimedia messages to be saved per conversation. Text message (SMS) settings • Delivery reportsSelect to request a delivery report for each text message you send. • Edit quick textTouch to add or edit message templates. • Manage SIM messagesTouch to manage text messages stored on your SIM card. • SMS Service CentreTouch to edit or view the service centre number. • Validity periodTouch to select the validity period, during which the network provider will continue to try to send the message. • Alphabet managementTouch to select the Alphabet mode. Touch to create a new message. Touch to view more options. Touch to delete current attachement. Touch to edit current slide. Touch to view other slides. 4�1�2 Manage messages When receiving a message, an icon will appear on the status bar as a notification. Drag the Status bar down to open the Notification panel, touch the new message to open and read it. You can also access the Messaging application and touch the message to open it. Messages are displayed in conversational order. Touch a message to enter the message composing screen: • Touch to call the number; • Touch to save the number to contacts or view the contact detail if the number has saved; • To reply to a message, enter the text, or touch to insert quick text, contact etc., after edit then touch . • Touch and hold a message to show the following icons: copy text , forward , view detail , delete etc., touch to save the message to SIM card.
5152 Multimedia message (MMS) settings • Delivery reportsSelect to request a delivery report for each multimedia message you send. • Read reportsSelect to request a report on whether each recipient has read a multimedia message sent by you. • Auto-retrieve Select to download the full MMS message (including message body and attachment) automatically to your phone. Otherwise, download only the MMS message header. • Roaming auto-retrieveSelect to download the full MMS message (including message body and attachment) automatically when roaming. Otherwise, download only the MMS message header to avoid extra charges. • Creation modeSelect to change creation mode. • Maximum message sizeSelect to input the maximum message size. • PriorityTouch to set the priority. Notifications • NotificationsSelect to display message notifications in the status bar. • Select ringtoneTouch to select a ringtone as a new message notification tone. • VibrateSelect to have phone vibrate as a notification when receiving a new message. WAP messages setting WAP message enableTouch to enable receipt of push messages from network. Cell Broadcast settings • Cell broadcastMark the checkbox to enable receipt of cell broadcast messages. • Select CB ringtoneTouch to select CB ringtone when receiving cell broadcast messages. • Enable CB LED indicatorMark the checkbox to enable CB LED indicator. • Enable light up screenMark the checkbox to light up the screen when receiving new cell broadcast. • Vibrate Select to have phone vibrate as a notification when receiving a new message. • Cell broadcast settingsTouch to select channels and configure languages. • Emergency alertsTouch to enter emergency alert settings, including whether to show threats and alert tones. 4�2 Gmail/Email The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing Gmail or to create a new Email account. 4�2�1 Gmail ������������������������������������������������������������������ As Google's web-based email service, Gmail is configured when you first set up your phone. Gmail on your phone can be automatically synchronized with your Gmail account on the web. To access Gmail From the Home screen, touch to enter the applications list, then touch Gmail.
5354 To create and send emails • Touch the icon from the Inbox screen. • Enter recipient(s)’s email address in To field, and if necessary, touch and touch Cc/Bcc 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 the icon to send. • If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch and Save draft or touch the Back key to save a copy. To view the draft, touch the icon , then select Drafts. • If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch and then touch Discard. To add a signature to emails, touch and Settings from inbox screen, choose an account, then touch Signature. To receive and read your emails When a new email arrives, you will be notified by a ringtone or vibration, and an icon will appear on the Status bar. Touch and drag down the Status bar to display the Notification panel and touch the new email to view it. You can also access the Gmail Inbox label and touch the new mail to read it. You can search for an email by sender, subject, label, etc. • Touch the icon from Inbox screen. • Enter the keyword you want to search for in the search box and touch . To reply or forward emails • ReplyWhen viewing an email, touch to reply to the sender of this mail. • Reply allTouch and select “Reply all” to send the message to all people in a mail loop. • ForwardTouch and select “Forward” to forward the received mail to other people. • Add starTouch to add a star for the mail. • PrintTouch to print the mail. Managing Gmails by Labels To conveniently manage conversations and messages, you can organize them using a Label. To label a conversation when reading a conversation’s messages, touch and then choose Move to. To view conversations by labels when viewing your inbox or another conversation list, touch the icon , then touch a label to view a list of conversations with that label. Touch and hold an email to activate batch mode and produce the following options: • Touch to archive the email message. To display the archived messages, you can touch in Inbox screen then touch All mail. • Touch to delete the email message. • Touch to mark an email message as read or unread.
5556 Touch to access the following options. • Move to Touch to move the mail to other labels. • Change labelsTouch to change the label of the email message or conversation. • Add/Remove starTo assign a star or remove the star from the conversation. • Mark (not) importantTo Mark the email as important or not important. • MuteTouch to hide the mail and the mail could be found by touching All mail. • Report spamTo report the email message/conversation as spam. • Report phishingTo report the email message/conversations phishing. Gmail settings To access Gmail settings, touch the icon and select Settings. General settings • Gmail default actionTouch to set the default action: archieve or delete. • Swipe actionsMark the checkbox to enable a Swipe to archive messages within the conversation list. • Sender imageMark the checkbox to show the sender's image beside their name in the conversation list. • Reply allMark the checkbox to define the default response to messages. • Auto-fit messagesMark the checkbox to shrink messages to fit the screen and allow zooming. • Auto-advanceTouch to select which screen (Newer, Older or Conversation list) to show after you delete or archive a conversation. • Confirm before deletingMark the checkbox to receive a request to confirm your action before deleting emails. • Confirm before archivingMark the checkbox to receive a request to confirm your action before archiving emails. • Confirm before sendingMark the checkbox to receive a request to confirm your action before sending emails.
5758 Touch an account to view the following settings: • Inbox typeTo set this inbox as the default or priority Inbox. • Inbox categoriesMark the checkbox to enable the folder to appear under the Inbox folder. • NotificationsMark the checkbox to activate a notification when a new email arrives. • Inbox sound & vibrateTouch to set Sync message, Ringtone, Vibrate and Notify once. • SignatureTo add a signature text to the end of each mail you send. • Vacation responderTouch to set a notification when on vacation. • Sync GmailMark the checkbox to turn on/off Gmail sync. • Days of mail to syncTouch to set the duration of days for mail sync. • Manage labelsTouch to open the Label screen, where you can manage synchronization and notifications. • Download attachmentsMark the checkbox to auto download attachments to recent messages via Wi-Fi. • ImagesTouch to set whether images are always shown or if you will be prompted to show them. 4�2�2 Email �������������������������������������������������������������������� Besides your Gmail account, you can also set up external POP3 or IMAP email accounts in your phone. To access this feature, touch from the Home screen, then select Email. An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set up an email account. • Enter the email address and password 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. Alternatively, you can touch Manual setup to directly enter the incoming and outgoing settings for the email account you are setting up. • Enter the account name and display name in outgoing emails. • To add another email account, you can touch the icon on the upper left corner and select Settings. And then touch Add account. 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 Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a blind carbon copy to the message. • Enter the subject and the content of the message. • Touch to add an attachment. • If you do not want to send the mail right away, you can touch and Save draft or touch the Back key to save a copy. • Finally, touch to send.