Alcatel OneTouch Alcatel IDOL4S User Manual

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ADVANCED
Text message (SMS) settings
•	 Delivery reports Select to request a delivery report for each 
text message you send.
•	 Manage SIM 
messages Touch to manage text messages stored on 
your SIM card.
•	 SMS Service Center Touch to edit or view the service center 
number.
•	 Validity period Touch to select the validity period, during 
which the network provider will continue to 
try to send the message.
•	 Alphabet 
management Touch to select the Alphabet mode.
•	 SMS signature Mark the checkbox to add the signature to the 
messages you sent.
Multimedia message (MMS) settings
•	 Delivery reports Select to request a delivery report for each 
multimedia message you send.
•	 Read reports Select 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. 
						

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•	
Roaming auto-
retrieve Select 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 mode Select to change creation mode.
•	 Maximum message 
size Select to input the maximum message size.
•	 Priority Touch to set the priority.
5�2 
Email ��������������������������������������������������������������������
The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing 
Email or to create a new Email account.   
You can also set up external POP3 or IMAP email accounts in your 
phone.
To set up your email account, 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. 
						

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•	
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. 
•	 Touch 
 to send.
If you do not want to send or save the email, you can touch 
 and 
then select  Discard.
To add a signature to your emails, touch 
 and select Settings, then 
choose the account where you want to create or modify the signature, 
touch Signature to edit. 
						

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6 Calendar & Time & Calculator 
6�1 Calendar  ������������������������������������������������������������
(1)
Use the Calendar to keep track of important meetings, appointments, 
etc.
To view the calendar and create events, touch 
 from the Home 
screen, then touch  Calendar.
6�1�1 Multimode view
You can display the Calendar by Schedule, Day, 3-day, Week, or 
Month. 
Day view
Schedule view
Week viewMonth 
view
3-day view
(1) 
The icon will vary with date. 
						

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6�1�2 To create new events
You can add new events from any Calendar view. 
•	Touch 
 to access a new event edit screen.
•	 Fill in all required information for this new event. If it is a whole-day 
event, you can select  All-day.
•	 Invite guests to the event. Enter the email addresses of the guests 
you want to invite with commas to separate. The guests will receive 
an invitation from Calendar and Email.
•	 When finished, touch  SAV E from the top of the screen.
To quickly create an event from the Week view screens, touch an 
empty spot to select a target area which will then turn 
 , and touch 
the icon to create the new event.
6�1�3  To delete or edit an event
To delete or edit an event, touch the event to enter its details screen, 
touch  the 
 icon to edit the event, and touch  DELETE to delete.
6�1�4 Event reminder
If a reminder is set for an event, the upcoming event icon  will 
appear on the Status bar as a notification when the reminder time 
arrives. 
Touch and drag down the status bar to open the notification panel, 
touch an event name to view the Calendar notification list.
Touch the Back  key to keep the reminders pending in the status bar 
and the notification panel. 
						

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6�2 Clock  �������������������������������������������������������������������
Your mobile phone has a built-in clock.
To view the current time, touch 
 from the Home screen, then touch 
Clock .
6�2�1  World clock
To view the world clock, touch  on the Time screen.
Touch the 
 icon to add a time zone.
6�2�2  Alarm
From the Time screen, touch  to enter the  Alarm screen.
Touch the switch 
 to enable the alarm.
Touch 
 to add a new alarm, the following options will appear:
•	 Time Touch to set the alarm time.
•	 Repeat Touch to select the days when you want the alarm to 
work.
•	 Ringtone Touch to select a ringtone for the alarm.
•	 Vibrate Select to activate vibration.
•	 Label Touch to set a name for the alarm.
Touch a currently existing alarm to enter the alarm editing screen.
Touch 
 then touch  to delete the selected alarm. 
						

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6�2�3 Countdown
From the Time screen, touch  to enter the  Countdown screen.
•	 Enter the time. The time should be typed in second, minute and hour 
number sequence.
•	 Touch 
 icon to activate Countdown.
•	 Touch the 
 icon to set the countdown time in panel. 
•	 Touch 
 icon to deactivate Countdown.
•	 Touch 
 icon to delete current countdown label.
6�2�4  Timer
From the Time screen, touch  to enter the  Timer screen.
•	 Touch 
 to activate the timer.
•	 Touch 
 to show a list of records according to the updated time.
•	 Touch 
 to halt the total and lap times. These will only restart after 
 is touched.  
•	 Touch 
 to delete the record.
•	 Touch 
 to share. 
						

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6�2�5 Adjust Clock settings
Touch the  icon and then  Settings, the following options can now 
be adjusted:
•	 Style Touch to set the clock style to Analogue or 
Digital.
•	 Automatic home 
clock Mark the checkbox to enable the function 
when traveling in an area where the time is 
different, add a clock for home.
•	 Home time zone Touch to set Home time zone.
•	 Change Date & 
time Touch to enable automatic data & time, or 
change time manually. 
•	 Silence after Touch to set a temporary turn off time for an 
alarm.
•	 Snooze length Touch to set the duration of alarms.
•	 Alarm volume Touch to set alarm volume.
•	 Gradually increase 
volume Touch to select the duration after which 
the alarm volume increases, or disable this 
function.
•	 Volume buttons Touch to set side  Volume up/down key 
behaviors when alarm sounds:  None, Snooze 
or  Dismiss .
•	 Start week on Touch to choose the start of a week.
•	 Timer ringtone Touch to select the timer ringtone. 
						

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6�3 Calculator  ������������������������������������������������������������
With the Calculator, you can solve many mathematical problems.
To use the calculator, touch 
 from the Home screen, then touch 
Calculator.
There are two panels available: Basic panel and Advanced panel. 
To switch between panels, turn the device to the landscape mode from 
the basic panel or swipe left to open the Advanced panel
(1). 
Enter a number and the arithmetic operation to be performed, enter 
the second number, then touch “=” to display the result. Touch  
to delete digits one by one, long press   to delete all at one time. 
(1)  If  Settings\Display\Auto-rotate screen is enabled, this item will display. 
						

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7 Getting connected ��������������������
To connect to the internet with this phone, you can use 2G, 3G, 4G, 
4G LTE networks or Wi-Fi, whichever is most convenient.
7�1 Connecting to the Internet
7�1�1  2G, 3G, 4G, 4G LTE
The first time you turn on your phone with your SIM card inserted, it 
will automatically configure your network service: 2G, 3G, 4G, 4G LTE. 
To check the network connection you are using, touch  Settings\More\
Cellular networks\Access Point Names or  Network operators.
To create a new access point
A new GPRS/EDGE/3G/4G network connection can be added to your 
phone with the following steps:
•	 Touch  Settings\More\Cellular networks\Access Point Names .
•	 Then touch the 
 icon to enter the required APN information. 
•	 When finished, touch the 
 key and touch  Save.  
To activate/deactivate Data roaming
When roaming, you can decide to connect/disconnect to a data 
service. 
•	 Touch  Settings\More\Cellular networks .
•	 Switch the toggle to activate data roaming.
•	 When Data roaming is disabled, you can still perform data exchange 
with a Wi-Fi connection (refer to “7�1�2 Wi-Fi”).