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Introduction....................................................... Table of Contents Thank you for purchasing an ALCATEL ONETOUCH POP AstroTM model 5042T. The 5042T comes equipped with many of the features and functions you want and need. General information.......................................................................................................... 5 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.
5 Calendar, Clock & Calculator................................................................................... 68 5.1 5.2 5.3 6 Getting connected..................................................................................................... 73 Google Maps............................................................................................................... 95 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Get My Location.................................................................................................
General information......................................... Your ALCATEL ONETOUCH POP AstroTM is a transceiver that operates on GSM Quadband with 850/ 900/1800/1900 MHz or LTE Triband B2/B4/B12 MHz. Protection against theft 1 Your mobile................................................. 1.1 Keys and connectors Headset connector Your mobile phone is identified by an IMEI (mobile phone serial number) shown on the packaging label and in the product’s memory.
Back key Camera • Touch to go back to the previous screen or to close a dialog box, options menu, Notifications panel, etc. Volume up Volume down Power key Home key • While on any application or screen, touch to return to the Home screen. Menu key • Touch Menu key once to access Home screen, Add widgets, Manage applications, Wallpaper and Settings options. • Touch and hold Menu key to access recently-used apps list.
1.2 Getting started Inserting or removing battery Before inserting/removing battery, ensure phone is off to prevent damage. 1.2.1 Set-up Attaching or removing back phone cover • Insert battery into slot until locked in position, then close the battery cover. • Remove battery cover and unlock battery from slot, then remove. Inserting or removing microSD card Inserting or removing SIM card You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls.
Charging battery Setting up your phone for the first time • Select the phone's language and touch Get started. • Select Input Method: Android Keyboard, Swype or Google Keyboard. • Select Wi-Fi: Touch Set up now to add a new Wi-Fi, touch Back to return to previous section. Final screen will say Finished. • Mobile Data Connection: Select Data preferences. • Setup your Google account:Touch Setup now and you will be prompted to sign in to your Gmail account or create an account.
1.3 Home screen 1.3.1 Using the touchscreen Home screen is provided in an extended format 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 screens. The white short line at the lower part of the screen indicates which screen you are viewing. Status bar • Status/Notification indicators • Touch and drag down to open the Notifications panel. Search bar • Touch to enter text search screen.
1.3.2 Status bar Status icons From status bar, you can view both phone status (to the right side) and notification information (to the left side).
Notifications panel 1.3.3 Search bar Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Notifications panel. Touch and drag up to close it. From the Notifications panel, you can view wireless service information, access reminders/notifications and open apps. The phone provides a Search function which can be used to locate information within applications, the phone or the web. Settings shortcut panel • Touch to get quick access to various phone setting options.
1.3.4 Lock/Unlock your screen To unlock phone screen To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock the phone screen by choosing slide or creating a variety of patterns, PIN or password. Press the power key once to light up the screen, draw the unlock pattern you have created or enter PIN or password to unlock the screen. To create a screen unlock pattern (refer to section 11.2.
Repositioning Apps and Widgets 1.3.6 Applications menu Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode, drag the item to the desired position and then release. You can move items both on the Home screens and in the Favorite applications tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen.
Using volume settings menu To access Volume settings menu from home screen touch then touch Settings , select Sound to display volume controls for Ringtone; Notifications; Music, video, games, & other; and Alarms. 1.4 Applications and widgets menu The applications and widgets menus contain and provide access to all pre-installed and newly downloaded applications or widgets. Accessing applications menu To access the applications menu, touch from the Home screen.
1.5 Protect your phone 2. Set Pattern, Password or PIN. Prevent others from using your phone without your permission. Device protection is automatically activated when you add a Google Account and set a screen lock. Together with Android Device Manager, you can locate and erase your phone, and protect it from reuse if it’s lost or stolen. Even if your phone gets wiped, your google Account password will be required before anyone can use your phone. To activate 1.
To deactivate 3. Select Deactivate. Note: Ensure to deactivate this option before you return or exchange your phone or before factory reset to avoid PIN/password from being required to access phone. , then touch Settings and select Security. 1. Touch 2. Scroll to Protect your phone and unselect box. 4. 27 Enter Pattern, Password or PIN to finish deactivation.
2 Text input.................................................... 2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard 2.1.1 Swype keyboard Touch to view messaging options. Touch to add a contact from saved Groups. Contacts or Call history log. Touch to enter phone number or contact. Onscreen Keyboard settings Touch from the Home screen, touch the Settings icon then select Language & input. The following keyboard & input methods will display: Android Keyboard, Google Keyboard, Swype, and Google voice typing.
Switching keyboards from new message screen 2.2 When in new message screen and cursor in Type text message line, drag down the Status bar to open the Notifications panel. Text messaging Use the text messaging feature to send and receive text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages. In the Notifications panel, touch Select input method, from this input method shortcut menu you can choose between: Android Keyboard, Google Keyboard, Swype or Google voice typing. Touch to view the whole message thread.
2.3 Text editing You can edit the text you have entered. • Touch and hold or double-tap within the text you would like to edit. 3 Phone call, Call log, Favorites and People 3.1 Phone.............................................................................................. • Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection. • The following options will show on top bar: Select all • Touch , Cut icon when editing is completed, to exit out of edit mode. , Copy and Paste . 3.1.
3.1.3 Accessing your voicemail or the Power key(1). To hang up a call, touch 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 . Voicemails are recorded messages left by incoming callers when calls are missed or forwarded to voicemail. To access your voicemail, touch and hold • To set up voicemail touch and hold account.
3.1.6 During a call 3.1.7 Voice call To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down key on right side of phone. • Voicemail Provides you with Service and Voicemail settings information. • Call forwarding Displays the following forwarding options: Always forward, Forward when busy, Forward if unanswered and Forward if unreachable options. • Additional settings Displays the following forwarding options: Caller ID, Call waiting and Call waiting status options. 3.1.
Minute reminder 3.2 Mark the check box to enable minute reminder at 50s of every minute during a call. Wi-Fi Calling lets you make and receive voice calls and text /multimedia messages over your Wi-Fi network when your phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network and registered with your wireless carrier's network for Wi-Fi Calling. Vibrate reminder Mark the checkbox to enable vibration when the call is connected.
Calls and messages made over Wi-Fi will be charged like cellular calls. 3.3 3.4 Favorites View and manage all of your Favorite contacts by touching Call log . You can access your call log by touching from the Dial screen. Touch on the right side of contact/number to place a call directly. There are three kinds of calls in Call log: Incoming calls (blue arrows) Outgoing calls (green arrows) Missed calls (red arrows) Touch a contact or number to view information or further operations.
3.5 People............................................................................................. The People app provides you with quick access to all your contacts. 3.5.1 Accessing your contacts To access your contacts, touch the People Applications menu. icon located in your Favorite applications tray or Touch to view your contact groups. Touch to access Phone. Touch the Menu key in Contacts screen to display contacts list option below.
3.5.2 Managing contact groups Add to/remove from Favorites Contact groups help you organize your contacts.You can add, remove and view groups in the Contact group screen. To add a contact to favorites, touch a contact to view details then touch favorites. Touch the Groups tab to view local groups. To create a new group, touch the Menu key and select New, enter the new name and touch DONE to confirm. To remove a contact from favorites, touch in contact details screen.
3.5.5 Communicating with your contacts From the contacts list, you can communicate with your contacts by making a call or exchanging messages. To launch a call to a contact, touch the contact to enter the detail screen, then touch the number. To import/export a single contact from/to SIM card or account, choose a target storage device, select the contact you want to import/export, touch OK to confirm.
3.5.9 Accounts Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone. 4 Messaging and Email.................................. To add an account, drag down the Notifications panel touch and touch to enter Settings, then touch Add account; or from Contacts screen, touch and select Add new account; also you can choose the account directly from home screen. 4.1 Messaging.........................................................
Sending a text message 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 Type name or number bar, touch Type text message bar to enter the text of the message.
4.1.2 Managing messages Slide show edit screen When receiving a message, an icon will appear on status bar as notification. Drag down the status bar to open the Notifications panel, touch the new message to open and view. You can also access messages using Messaging application, touch message to open for viewing. Messages are displayed in conversational order. Touch to go to previous or next slide. Touch to preview the current slide.
4.1.3 Adjust message settings Adjust message settings from Messaging application screen, touch the Menu key and touch Settings. Text Message(SMS) • Delivery reports Select to request a delivery report for each text message you send. • Long SMS to MMS Manage messages stored on your SIM card. SMS Enabled • Airplane mode Mark the checkbox to active airplane mode. Mark the checkbox to choose Hangouts or Messaging. • Manage SIM card messages Touch to manage the messages stored in SIM card.
Multimedia Message(MMS) • Group messaging Select to use MMS to send single message when there are multiple recipients. • Delivery report Select to request a delivery report for each multimedia message you send. • Read report Select to request a report on whether each recipient has read a multimedia message sent by you. • Send read report Select to request a report on whether the multimedia message is sent out.
4.2 General • Chat wallpaper Touch to select wallpaper for message background. • Message font size Touch to select message font size. • Show email address Mark the checkbox to include email address in contact results. • Delete old messages Select to delete old messages when the maximum number of stored messages is reached. • Text message limit Touch to set the number of text messages to be saved per conversation.
Touch and drag down the Status bar to display the Notifications panel, touch the new email to view. Or you can also access the Gmail Inbox label and touch the new mail to view. You can search for an email by sender, subject, label, etc. • • • Touch the Menu key , then Select Search from Inbox screen. • Enter the keyword you want to search for in the searching box and touch the keyboard. Touch and hold a message thread to display the following options: in the software Touch to archive the email message.
Gmail settings Touch an account, the following settings will show: To manage Gmail settings, touch the Menu key and select Settings in the Inbox screen. • Inbox type To set this inbox as the default one. • Inbox categories Touch to set inbox Primary, Social, Promotions, etc. • Notifications Select to activate notification when a new email arrives. • Inbox sound & vibrate Touch to set Ringtone, Vibrate and Notify once. • Signature To add a signature text to the end of each mail you send.
4.2.2 Email ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 4.3 In addition to your Gmail account, you can also set-up external POP3, IMAP or Exchange email accounts in your phone. Google's instant messaging service, Hangouts, lets you communicate with your friends whenever they are connected to this service. To access this function, touch Applications icon from the Home screen, then select Email .
4.3.3 To manage your friends Besides adding new friends to your friends list, touching the Menu key and selecting People & options from your Chatting screen will make the following actions available: • Touch to add the person to a new group Hangout. • Notifications Mark the checkbox to be notified of new messages. • Touch to add the person to your circles of Friends, Family, Acquaintances or Following. 5 Calendar, Clock & Calculator.................... 5.1 Calendar.................................
5.1.2 To create new events • Search To search in the calendar You can add new events from any Calendar view. • Refresh To refresh the calendar • In portrait mode, touch the icon • Calendars to display To show or hide, remove or add calendars to create new event from Calendar 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.
Touch and hold an already existing alarm and touch icon to delete the selected alarm. 5.2.2 To adjust alarm settings Touch icon from the Alarm screen.
6 Getting connected...................................... To connect to the internet with this phone, you can use GPRS/EDGE/3G/4G networks or Wi-Fi. 6.1 Connecting to the Internet and touch to access Settings. To add a Wi-Fi network When roaming, you can decide to connect/disconnect to a data service. and touch to access Settings. • Mobile networks/Data roaming. • Mark/Unmark the Data roaming checkbox to activate or deactivate data roaming.
6.2 To make your phone more recognizable, you can change your phone name which is visible to others. Chrome.......................................................................................... • Drag down Notifications panel touch Using Chrome, you can enjoy surfing the Web. and touch to access Settings. • Touch Bluetooth. • Touch the Menu key and Rename phone. • Enter a name, and touch Rename to confirm.
6.4 Connecting to a computer To share your phone's data connection via USB With the USB cable, you can transfer media files and other files between micro SD card/internal storage and a computer. Use the USB cable that along with your phone to connect the phone to a USB port on your computer. Before using MTP or PTP, first mark USB debugging. • Touch More.../Tethering & Mobile Hotspot. • To access this function, touch Settings/About phone, then touch Build number 7 times.
• 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 lock screen pattern, PIN code or password for your phone. To connect/disconnect to a VPN To connect to a VPN: • Drag down Notifications panel touch • Touch More.../VPN Settings. and touch to access Settings.
Touch a category on Google Play Store screen to browse contents.You can also select a subcategory if available. Within each category you can select to view items sorted by Top paid, Top free, Top grossing, etc 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 results of using this item on your phone. To open the application you have downloaded: on top left corner and select My apps.
To request a refund Update notification 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. On Google Play Store screen, touch the top left corner and Settings/Notifications to enable update notification.
8 Multimedia applications 8.1 Camera.......................................................................................... To take a picture The screen acts as the viewfinder. First position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, touch icon to take picture, picture will save automatically. To shoot a video Switch Camera mode to Video mode. First position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, and touch icon to start recording. Touch icon to stop recording.
Advanced settings • Full screen Touch to turn on/off full screen. • Shutter sound Touch to turn on/off shutter sound. • Face detection Touch to turn on/off face detection. • GPS location info Touch to turn on/off GPS location info. • ISO Touch to switch to ISO mod • Exposure Touch to switch to exposure mode • Restore to default Touch to restore to default 8.2 Gallery............................................................................................
To view a picture/play a video Pictures and videos are displayed by albums in Gallery. Touch to switch between filmstrip view and grid view. Touch to open camera. Touch to return to gallery's main screen Slide left or right to view more pictures. Touch to save the picture when the edit is done. • Touch an album and all pictures or videos will spread the screen. • Touch the picture/video directly to view or play it. • Slide left/right to view previous or next pictures/videos.
8.3 8.3.1 Watch videos 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 Applications icon from the Home screen, then touch YouTube .
8.4.1 Playing music 8.4.2 Working with playlists Touch a song or touch Play from drop-down menu to play the song. Playlists allow you to conveniently organize all songs stored in the SD card. You can create a new playlist, add a song to the list, and delete or rename a playlist. To create a playlist Touch Recently added from Playlists screen, touch the Menu key and then Save as playlist, enter the name and finally touch Save.
9 Google Maps........................................... 9.1 Get My Location and touch from the Home screen, then touch Maps to activate search function. In the search box, enter an address, a city or a local business. to access Settings, touch Location. 9.1.
9.3 Star a location 9.4 Get driving, public transportation or walking directions Just like bookmarking a web address on the Internet, you can star any position on the map for later use. 9.4.1 Get suggested routes for your trip 9.3.1 How to star (or unstar) a location Touch the icon on the Maps screen. Touch & hold a location on a map Touch the address rectangle that opens Touch the blue star on the screen to star the location.The list of you starred items will be shown under search bar.
10 Others....................................................... 10.1 File Manager................................................................................... To access this function, touch Applications icon 10.3 Radio............................................................................................... Your phone is equipped with a radio(1) with RDS(2) functionality.
Available options: • Save channel Save the current tuned station to the channels list. • Audio mode Listen to the radio using loudspeaker or headset. • Delete Delete the channel. • Enter frequency Enter the frequency manually. • Station info Select to show station information. • Exit Turn off the radio. 11 Touch touch Settings............................................... . then select Settings to access. to access Settings options or drag down Notifications panel and 11.
11.2 Device 11.1.4 More • Airplane mode Mark the checkbox of Airplane mode you can simultaneously disable all wireless connections including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and more. • Default SMS app Touch to select default SMS app. • Voice over LTE Provide IP multimedia subsystem services. • Tethering & This function allows you to share your phone's mobile data connection via portable hotspot USB or as a portable Wi-Fi access point (Please refer to "6.5 Sharing your phone's mobile data connection").
11.2.5 Lock settings 11.2.3 Display Mark the checkbox to enable notifications on lock screen. Select screen lock • Slide Touch to enable slide unlock mode. • Wallpaper Touch to set the wallpaper. • Pattern Touch to unlock your phone's screen by drawing a pattern. • Brightness Touch to adjust the brightness of the screen. • PIN Touch to unlock your phone's screen with a numeric PIN. • Auto-rotation Touch to select whether rotate screen automatically or not.
11.2.7 Storage 11.3.2 Security Use these settings to manage your phone storage by monitoring the total and available space on your phone. Guest mode If a warning message comes up saying that phone memory is limited, you are required to free up space by deleting some unwanted applications, downloaded files, etc. Turn on the switch to activate this function. After setting up your password this will lock any assigned apps in order to ensure your privacy. Set up SIM card lock 11.2.
Verify apps Default Mark the checkbox to prevent or warn you before installing apps which might cause harm. Touch to select a default input method. Touch Set up input methods to show all input methods. Touch the settings icon to configure a certain input method. Trusted credentials Android keyboard Touch to display trusted CA certificates. Install from phone storage Touch to install encrypted certificates from phone storage.
• Add-on dictionaries Pointer speed Touch to show all installed add-on dictionaries. Touch to open a dialog where you can change the pointer speed. Touch OK to confirm. • Block offensive words 11.3.4 Backup and reset Mark the checkbox to block offensive words. Back up my data • Auto-correction Mark the checkbox to popup word suggestions. Mark the checkbox to back up your phone’s settings and other application data to Google servers, with your Google account.
When you are unable to power on your phone, there is another way to perform a factory data reset by using hardware keys. Press the Volume up key and the power key at same time until the screen lights up. Use 24-hour format Mark the checkbox to display the time using 24-hour clock format. Select date format 11.4 Accounts Touch to open a dialog where you can select the format for displaying dates. Use these settings to add, remove, and manage your email and other supported accounts.
Accessibility shortcut Revoke USB debugging authorization Touch to turn on/off to enable/disable accessibility features. Touch to revoke access to USB debugging from all computers you've previously authorized. Touch & hold delay Power menu bug report Touch to adjust the duration of touch and hold delay. This function enables your phone to differentiate between touch and touch & hold, which may avoid incorrect operations.
Show surface updates Animation duration scale Mark the checkbox to show flash entire windows surfaces when they update. Touch to adjust the animation duration scale. Show layout bounds Simulate secondary displays Mark the checkbox to show clip bounds, margins, etc. Touch to simulate secondary displays. Force RTL layout direction Disable HW overlays Mark the checkbox to force screen layout direction to RTL for all locales. Mark the checkbox to select to always use GPU for screen compositing.
Don't keep activities Mark the checkbox to destroy all activities as soon as you leave. Background process limit Touch to change the limit for background processes. Show all ANRs Mark the checkbox to show "Application Not Responding" dialogs for background applications. 11.5.4 Printing Touch Add Service to install printer and you select it print to print file later. 11.5.5 About phone 12 Making the most of your phone............
13 TCL Communications Ltd. Warranty TCL Communications Ltd. warrants to the original retail purchaser of this wireless device that should this product or part thereof during normal consumer usage and condition be proven to be defective in material or workmanship that results in product failure within the first twelve (12) months from the date of purchase as shown on your original sales receipt from an authorized sales agent.
14 Troubleshooting �������������������������������������� Before contacting the service center, you are advised to follow the instructions below: • You are advised to fully charge ( ) the battery for optimal operation. • Avoid storing large amounts of data in your phone as this may affect its performance. • Use Factory data reset and the upgrade tool to perform phone formatting or software upgrading (to reset factory data, hold down the Power key and the Volume up key at the same time).
I cannot find my contacts • Make sure your SIM card is not broken. • Make sure your SIM card is inserted properly. • Import all contacts stored in SIM card to phone. The sound quality of the calls is poor • You can adjust the volume during a call by pressing the Volume Up/Down key. • Check the network strength . • Make sure that the receiver, connector or speaker on your phone is clean.
Safety and Use................................................... We recommend that you read this chapter carefully before using your phone. The manufacturer disclaims any liability for damage, which may result as a consequence of improper use or use contrary to the instructions contained herein. EXPOSURE TO RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS Your wireless handheld portable telephone is a low power radio transmitter and receiver. When it is ON, it receives and also sends out radio frequency (RF) signals.
POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES Turn your phone OFF when in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere and obey all signs and instructions. Sparks in such areas could cause an explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death. Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often, but not always, clearly marked.
HEARING AID COMPATIBILITY (HAC) FOR WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES OUR COMMITMENT We believe that all of our customers should be able to enjoy the benefits of digital wireless technologies. We are committed to providing a selection of compatible devices for our customers who wear hearing aids.
3. What kinds of phones are the subject of this update? The term “wireless phone” refers here to hand-held wireless phones with built-in antennas, often called “cell,” “mobile,” or “PCS” phones. These types of wireless phones can expose the user to measurable radiofrequency energy (RF) because of the short distance between the phone and the user’s head.
11. What about wireless phone interference with medical equipment? Radiofrequency energy (RF) from wireless phones can interact with some electronic devices. For this reason, FDA helped develop a detailed test method to measure electromagnetic interference (EMI) of implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators from wireless telephones. This test method is now part of a standard sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Medical instrumentation (AAMI).
INFORMATION ABOUT SAFEGUARDING HANDSETS We encourage customers to take appropriate measures to secure their handsets and invite them to take advantage of the features available on this handset to help secure it from theft and/or other unauthorized access and use. This handset has a locking function (e.g., user-defined codes or patterns) that can serve as a first line of defense against unauthorized use or access to stored information.
