Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 Instructions Guide
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7980 • Touch Settings\Storage. • Touch Unmount SD card. You can now safely remove the microSD card from the phone. To format a microSD card • Touch the Menu key from the Home screen, • Touch Settings\Storage. • Touch Erase SD card. On the screen a popup warns you that formatting the microSD card will erase its contents, touch . 6�6 Sharing your phone's mobile data connection You can share your phone's mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable (USB tethering) or with up to eight devices at once by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. The functions below may incur additional network charges from your network operator. Extra fees may also be charged in roaming areas. To share your phone's data connection via USB Use the USB cable that come with your phone to connect the phone to a USB port on your computer. • Touch Settings\More���\Tethering & portable hotspot� • Mark\unmark the checkbox of USB tethering to activate/deactivate this function. To share your phone's data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot • Touch Settings\More���\Tethering & portable hotspot� • Mark\unmark the checkbox of Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to activate/deactivate this function. To rename or secure your portable hotspot When a Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you can change the name of your phone's Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network. • Touch Settings\More���\Tethering & portable hotspot� • Touch Set up Wi-Fi hotspot to change the network SSID or set your network security. • Touch Save. To play media files on device with Wi-Fi Display feature You can share your phone’s data such as music and video file with your TV by enabling the Wi-Fi display. • Touch Settings\Display\Wi-Fi Display. • To use Wi-Fi display, you must turn on WI-FI. 6�7 Connecting to virtual private networks Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network from outside that network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so that their users can access local network resources when not inside that network, or when connected to a wireless network. To add a VPN • Touch Settings\More���\VPN and then touch . • In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings. • Touch Save. The VPN is added to the list on the VPN settings screen. Before adding a VPN, you should set a PIN code or password for your phone.
8182 To connect/disconnect VPN To connect to a VPN: • Touch Settings\More���\VPN. • VPNs you have added are listed; touch the VPN you want to connect with. • In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials and touch Connect. To disconnect: • Open the Notification panel and touch the resulting notification for the VPN disconnection. To edit/delete a VPN To edit a VPN: • Touch Settings\More���\VPN. • VPNs you have added are listed; touch & hold the VPN you want to edit. • Touch Edit profile. • After finishing, touch Save. To delete: • Touch and hold the VPN you want to delete, in the dialog that opens, touch Delete profile. 7 Google Play Store(1) ��������� Google Play Store is an online software store, where you can download and install applications and games to your Android Powered Phone. To open Google Play Store: • Touch from the Home screen, then touch Play Store. • The first time you access Google Play Store, a screen with terms of service pops up for your attention. Touch the Menu key then touch Help to enter the Google Play Store help page for more information on this function. 7�1 Locate the item you want to download and install The Google Play Store home page provides several ways to find applications. It showcases applications and games in categorized listings. Touch the icon at the top left corner and My Apps to see all your downloads. (1) Depending on your country and operator.
8384 Touch a category on Google Play Store screen to browse its contents. You can also select a subcategory if there is any. Within each category you can select to view items sorted by Top free, Top new free and Trending, etc. Touch to search in Play Store. Slide left and right to see all categories. Touch the Google Play Store icon on the top left of the screen or touch the Back key to return to the previous screen. 7�2 Download and install To download & install: • Navigate to the item you want to download, and select to enter the details screen from which you can read its description, overall rating or comments, view developer’s information, etc. • Touch Install to preview the functions and data the application can access on your phone if you install it. • Touch Accept. • The progress of the download will show on the details screen, touch to stop downloading the item. You can also access this screen through the Notification panel. • After download and installation have finished, you will see a notification icon on the status bar. Be especially cautious with applications that have access to many functions or to a significant amount of your data. Once you accept, you are responsible for the results of using this item on your phone. To open the application you have downloaded: • On the Google Play Store screen, touch and My Apps. • Touch the installed application in the list, then touch Open. To buy an application(1) On Google Play Store, some applications are labelled as free, while some of them are to be paid for before downloading and installing. • Touch the application you want to buy. • Touch the price on the upper-right of the screen to preview the functions and data the application can access on your phone if you install it. • Touch Continue to confirm. • When making your first purchase, you are required to input your credit card information and to log into the Google payment and billing service. • If your account has multiple credit card accounts, select one to proceed. • Select the Terms of service link and read the document. When finished, touch the Back key. • Mark the checkbox if you agree with the terms of service. • Touch the Buy now at the bottom of the screen. When finished, Android downloads the application. (1) Google Paid applications may not be available to users in some countries.
8586 To request a refund If you are not satisfied with the application, you can ask for a refund within 15 minutes of the purchase. Your credit card will not be charged and the application will be removed. If you change your mind, you can install the application again, but you will not be able to request a refund. • Touch and My apps from the Google Play Store screen. • Touch the application that you want to uninstall and refund. • Touch Refund to uninstall the application and refund. If the button becomes Uninstall, your trial period has expired. • In the survey form, select the answer that best matches your reason, and touch OK. 7�3 Manage your downloads After you have downloaded and installed an application, the following further operations are available for your selection. View On the Google Play Store screen, touch and My Apps. Uninstall On the Google Play Store screen, touch and My Apps. Touch the application you want to uninstall to enter the details screen, touch Uninstall, and finally touch OK to confirm. Refund On the Google Play Store screen, touch and My Apps. Touch the application you want to uninstall for a refund, touch Refund, and finally touch OK to confirm. Auto update Touch and Settings\Auto-update apps to enable this function. To auto update one specific application, mark the checkbox of Do not auto-update apps, Auto-Update apps at any time, or Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only from the details screen. Rate and review Open the details screen for an application, touch the stars under Rate this app to award and input comments, touch OK to confirm. Flag You can report an inappropriate application to the Google Play Store by flagging it. Open the details screen for the application, scroll to the bottom and touch Flag as inappropriate, enter the reason and finally touch Submit.
8788 8 Multimedia applications 8�1 Camera/Camcorder ���������������������������������� Your mobile phone is fitted with a Camera and a Camcorder for taking photos and shooting videos. Before using the Camera or Camcorder, please be sure to remove the protective lens cling to avoid it affecting your picture quality. To access this function, touch from the Home screen and then touch Camera. Touch to select modes and settings Double-tap then drag or pinch/spread two fingers together to zoom in/out Touch to switch between front/back camera Touch to take a picture or record a video Touch to switch to Video mode Touch the screen to set a focus Touch to select flash mode To take a picture The screen acts as the viewfinder. First, position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, touch the screen to focus if necessary and touch the icon to take the picture which will be automatically saved. To shoot a video Switch from Camera mode to Video mode. First, position the object or landscape in the viewfinder and touch the icon to start recording. Touch the icon to stop recording. The video will be automatically saved. Further operations when viewing a picture/video you have taken • Slide left to quick view the picture you taken. • Touch the icon then Gmail, Bluetooth, MMS, etc to share the photo or video you have taken. • Touch the icon to access the Gallery. • Touch the icon to return to the Camera or Camcorder. 8�1�1 Settings in framing mode Before taking a photo, touch icon to adjust a range of settings in framing mode. • Auto ModeTouch to enable Auto mode. • HDRTouch to enable the HDR mode. • PanoramaTouch to enable the panorama mode. • Manual ModeTouch to enable Manual mode. • Time-lapseTouch to enable Time-lapse. • ScannerTouch to scan QR code. • Face BeautyTouch to enable face beauty.
8990 and touch the icon to access Camera settings: • SizeTouch to set the phone size. • TimerTouch to set the timer to OFF, 5s or 10s. • GPS taggingTouch to turn on/off the GPS tagging. • Shutter soundTouch to turn on/off the shutter sound. • GridTouch to turn on/off grid. • ExposureTouch to set the exposure value. • Auto SceneTouch to turn on/off auto scene. • Anti BandingTouch to set anti banding. • Video qualityTouch to set video quality. • Sound recordingTouch to turn on/off sound recording. • EISTouch to turn on/off EIS. • StorageTouch to set the photo or video storage location. 8�2 Gallery ��������������������������������������������������������� Gallery acts as a media player for you to view photos and playback videos. In addition, a set of further operations to pictures and videos are available for your choice. To access this function, touch from the Home screen, then touch Gallery. Touch to select categories: Albums, Locations, Times, Videos. Touch to open Camera. To view a picture/play a video Pictures and videos are displayed by albums in the Gallery. Touch to return to the Gallery's main screen • Touch an album and all pictures or videos will spread across the screen. • Touch the picture/video directly to view or play it. • Slide left/right to view previous or next pictures/videos.
9192 Working with pictures Gallery provides a multi-select function, so that you can work with pictures/videos in batches. You can touch one album, then slide left or right to view the pictures. Touch a picture you want to work on, touch the icon to delete a selected one. Touch to share selected ones. Touch the icon to set them as contact ID or wallpaper, etc. Touch from full-screen picture view to access more options. 8�3 YouTube ������������������������������������������������������ YouTube is an online video-sharing service where the user can download, share and view videos. It supports a streaming function that allows you to start watching videos almost as soon as they begin downloading from the Internet. To access this function, touch from the Home screen, then touch YouTube. As an online video service, your phone must have a network connection to access YouTube. Touch to show more information.Touch to search for a video. Touch to play the video . By touching the Menu key from the YouTube screen, you can set General settings for YouTube. For details about these features, please visit the YouTube website: www.YouTube.com. 8�3�1 Watch videos Touch a video to play it. In the Playing screen, you can view information and comments of the video and also access related ones. You can also rate, share, label as favorite, create a new playlist, etc. from this screen. To exit the video playing screen, touch the Back key to return to the video list. 8�4 Mix ��������������������������������������������������������������� Using this menu, you can play music files stored on the microSD card or phone storage in your phone. Music files can be downloaded from your computer to a microSD card using a USB cable. To access this function, touch from the Home screen, then touch Mix.
9394 8�4�1 Playing music Touch a song to play the song. Touch to go back to the previous screen. Touch to access the song list. Touch to access more options. Touch to play or pause. Touch to choose the sound effect. Touch to lock/unlock the screen. Touch to toggle repeat mode: Repeating all songs, Repeating current song, or Repeat is off. Touch to label the song to your favorite. While playing songs with Music, the operations of pause, play or skip are still available even if the screen is locked. 9 Google Maps ��������������������� 9�1 Get My Location 9�1�1 Choose a data source to identify My Location Touch Settings\Location and then touch the switch . There are 3 modes for your choice to determine the location: High accuracy, Battery saving and Device only. 9�1�2 Open Google Maps and view My Location Touch from the Home screen, then touch Maps. Touch the icon on the map to view My Location. The map will then centre on a blue dot surrounded by a blue circle. Your actual position is within the blue circle.
9596 To move the map, drag it with your finger. To zoom in and out of a map, pinch or spread your fingers, or you can also zoom in by double-tapping a location on screen. 9�2 Search for a location While viewing a map, touch Google at the top search box to activate the search function. In the search box, enter an address, a city or a local business. Touch and in a while your search results will appear on the map as red dots. You can touch one to show a label. Touch to enter the search place. Touch to show more information 9�3 Get driving, public transport or walking directions 9�3�1 Get suggested routes for your trip Touch the icon from the Maps screen. • Touch the enter bar to edit your start point by one of the following methods: entering an address or using My Location. • Do likewise for your end point. • To reverse directions, touch the icon . • Then select a transport mode: driving by car, using public transport, or walking directions. • A couple of suggested routes will appear in a list. Touch any routes to view their respective detailed directions. • Touch the icon for route options to avoid motorways and tolls when choosing to drive by car or for editing the departure and arrival time when using public transport.
9798 9�4 Share a location • Touch & hold a location on a map. • Touch the information at the bottom then touch the icon to share the location. 10 Others ��������������������������������� 10�1 File Manager ����������������������������������������������� To access this function, touch from the Home screen, then touch File Manager. File Manager displays all data stored on the phone and the microSD card, including applications, media files downloaded from Google Play Store, YouTube or other locations; videos, pictures or audios you have captured; other data transferred via Bluetooth, USB cable, etc. When you download an application from PC to phone/microSD card, you can locate the application using File Manager, then touch it to install it in your phone. File Manager allows you to perform and be really efficient with the following common operations: create (sub) folder, open folder/file, view, rename, move, copy, delete, play, share, etc. 10�2 Sound Recorder ����������������������������������������� To access this function, touch from the Home screen, then touch Sound Recorder. Sound Recorder allows you to record voice/sound for seconds/hours.