This manual describes OS Android M for: • BUZZ6 4G (4055U) Help Refer to the following resources to get more FAQ, software, and service information. To learn about Do this Consulting FAQ Go to http://www.alcatel-mobile.com/global-en/support/ topFaq.json Updating your phone’s software Update through FOTA or Updates app on your phone. To download the software update tool onto your PC, go to http://www.alcatel-mobile.
Connecting to virtual private networks......................................... 59 12 Accessories............................................................................92 Multimedia applications........................................................61 13 Warranty..................................................................................93 6.5 7 8 9 7.1 7.2 7.3 Camera........................................................................................ 61 Gallery......................
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. • TRAFFIC SAFETY: Given that studies show that using a mobile phone while driving a vehicle constitutes a real risk, even when the hands-free kit is used (car kit, headset...
• PRIVACY: Please note that you must respect the laws and regulations in force in your jurisdiction or other jurisdiction(s) where you will use your mobile phone regarding taking photographs and recording sounds with your mobile telephone. Pursuant to such laws and regulations, it may be strictly forbidden to take photographs and/or to record the voices of other people or any of their personal attributes, and duplicate or distribute them, as this may be considered to be an invasion of privacy.
In non-European Union jurisdictions: Items of equipment with this symbol are not to be thrown into ordinary bins if your jurisdiction or your region has suitable recycling and collection facilities; instead they are to be taken to collection points for them to be recycled. CAUTION: RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS. • CHARGERS: Mains powered chargers will operate within the temperature range of: 0°C to 45°C.
Please note by using the device some of your personal data may be shared with the main device. It is under your own responsibility to protect your own personal data, not to share with it with any unauthorized devices or third party devices connected to yours. For products with Wi-Fi features, only connect to trusted Wi-Fi networks. Also when using your product as a hotspot (where available), use network security. These precautions will help prevent unauthorized access to your device.
Regulatory information.................................. General information........................................ The following approvals and notices apply in specific regions as noted. • Internet address: www.alcatel-mobile.com • Hot Line Number: see “TCL Communication Services” leaflet or go to our website.
Protection against theft (1) Disclaimer Your telephone is identified by an IMEI (phone serial number) shown on the packaging label and in the phone’s memory. We recommend that you note the number the first time you use your telephone by entering *#06# and keep it in a safe place. It may be requested by the police or your operator if your telephone is stolen. This number allows your mobile telephone to be blocked preventing a third person from using it, even with a different SIM card.
1 Your mobile............................................... 1.1 Keys and connectors Overview key • Touch to switch between individual app activities and documents. Home key Headset connector • From any application or screen, touch to return to the Home screen. • Long press to turn on Google Now. Back key Micro-USB Connector Camera Flash/Flashlight Camera Flash Power key Front Camera Volume up/ downkey 4.
1.2 1.2.1 Getting started 1.3 Set up Touching the Home key always takes you to your main Home screen, and you can personalise all your Home screens by adding your favourite apps, shortcuts and widgets to them. On the Home screen the bottom set of icons is always visible, whichever of your Home pages you are on. This also includes the Application tab, which will show all your available apps.
1.3.2 Long press To enter the available options for an item, long press the item. For example, select a contact in Contacts, long press this contact, an options list will appear. Drag Status bar From the status bar, you can see both phone status (on the right side) and notification information (on the left side). Notification panel Drag down the status bar to view notifications and drag down again to open the Quick settings panel. Touch and drag up to close it.
1.3.3 Search bar To lock phone screen The phone provides a search function which can be used to find the information you want on your phone, in your applications or on the web. Press the Power key once to lock the screen. To unlock the phone screen Press the Power key once to light up the screen, slide to draw the unlock pattern you have created or enter your PIN or password to unlock the screen.
Remove Long press the item to be removed to activate the Move mode, drag the item up to the top of the Remove icon, and release after the item turns red. Create folders To improve the organisation of items (shortcuts or applications) on the Home screen and the Favourite tray, you can add them to a folder by stacking one item on top of another. To rename a folder, open it and touch the folder’s title bar to input the new name.
2 Text input.................................................. 2.1 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 2.2 Text editing You can edit the texts you entered. • Long press the text you want to edit. • Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection. • The following options will show: SELECT ALL, CUT, COPY, and SHARE. Onscreen keyboard settings Go to Settings > Language & input, select the keyboard you want to set up and a series of settings will become available.
3 Call, Call log and Contacts..................... 3.1 Phone call....................................................................... 3.1.1 Making a call Enter the number you want from the dial pad or select a contact from Call log or Contacts by touching tabs, then touch to place the call. The number you entered can be saved to Contacts by touching the Create new contact icon or the Add to a contact icon .
3.1.2 Answering or rejecting a call End the current call. When you receive a call: • Swipe the icon right to answer; • Swipe the icon left to reject; • Swipe the icon upwards to reject the call by sending a preset message. Touch once to activate the speaker during the current call. Touch this icon again to deactivate the speaker. To mute incoming calls, press the Volume up/down key. Touch once to mute the current call. Touch this icon again to unmute the call. 3.1.3 Display the dial pad.
Conference calls (1) 3.1.6 You can set up a conference call as follows: • Place a call to the first participant of the conference call. • Touch and select Add call. • Enter the phone number of the person you want to add to conference and touch . You can also add participants from Call log or Contacts. • Touch and select Merge calls to start a conference call. • Touch to end the conference call and disconnect all callers.
3.2 Call log You can open your call history by touching from the Phone screen. Touch a contact or number for further operations. You can view detailed information of a call, redial or call back to a contact or number, etc. To view the entire call memory, touch View full call history at the screen bottom. Touch logs. 3.3 and select Delete or Clear call history to erase any unwanted call Contacts..........................................................................
When finished, touch the icon to save 3.3.4 Use Quick contact for Android Touch a contact to open Quick contact for Android, then you can touch the number to make a call, or touch to send a message. or Select a picture or take a photo for the contact Touch to open available labels Touch to expand fields Scroll up and down the screen to move from one field to another.
3.3.5 Importing, exporting and sharing contacts 3.3.8 From the Contacts screen, touch to open the options menu, touch Import/ Export, then choose to import/export contacts from/to your accounts, SIM card, Phone, internal storage, SD card, etc. To import/export a single contact from/to your SIM card, select the contact you want to import/export, and touch OK to confirm. You can share a single contact with others by sending the contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.
4 Messaging.......................................... Your phone can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS messages. Go to the Home screen and touch the Messaging icon 4.1 in the Favourites tray. Sending a text message Enter the name or mobile phone number of the recipient on the recipients bar or touch to add recipients, then touch the content bar to enter the text of the message. When finished, touch to send the text message. An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several SMS.
Attach options: • Pictures Open Gallery , Photos or File Manager • Capture picture Open the Camera to make a new picture to attach • Videos Open Gallery, Photos or File Manager • Capture video Open the Camcorder to record a new video to attach. • Audio Touch to select an audio file as an attachment. • Record audio Enter the voice message recorder to record a voice message to attach.
4.3 Adjust message settings Multimedia Message (MMS) • Group messaging When enabled, you will be able to send a single message to multiple recipients. Open the options dialog or touch SMS app to change your default SMS app. • Request delivery report Will request a delivery report for each multimedia message you send. Text message (SMS) • Request read report Will request a report on whether each recipient has read a multimedia message sent by you.
General • Message font size Select a message font size. • Delete old messages Will delete old messages when maximum number of stored messages is reached. To disable the function, unmark the checkbox. • Text message limit Touch to set the number of text messages to be saved per conversation. • Multimedia message Touch to set the number of multimedia messages to limit be saved per conversation. • Cell broadcast To enable or disable cell broadcast service or to choose language and channel for it.
5.1.3 Schedule view Day view To delete or edit an event • Touch an event to open its details screen, then touch 3-day view or touch Week view Month view 5.1.4 to edit the event, Delete to delete. 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.
To adjust alarm settings 5.2.3 Touch from the Alarms screen. The following options will be available under Settings: From the Time screen, touch Clock • Style Touch to set Analog or Digital style. • Automatic home clock Will automatically add a home clock while travelling outside. To disable it, unmark the checkbox. • Home time zone Touch to set Home time zone. Countdown to enter the Countdown screen. Touch the digits to set the countdown time.
5.3 Calculator..................................................................... To solve mathematical problems with Calculator, touch the Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Calculator. There are two panels available: Basic calculation and Scientific calculation. To switch between panels, select one of the following two ways: • Swipe the basic calculation screen to the left to open the scientific calculation.
2 Touch More > Mobile networks> Data roaming. 2. Touch Wi-Fi, then touch 3 Turn on the switch to allow data usage when roaming. Turn off the switch to avoid significant roaming charges if not in use. 3. Touch the Network notification switch function. 4. When data roaming is disabled, you can still perform data exchange with a Wi-Fi connection (see “6..1..2 Wi-Fi”). To add a Wi-Fi network To set preferred network mode 1 Touch on the Quick settings bar to get to Settings. and select Advanced.
To turn on Bluetooth To disconnect/unpair from a Bluetooth device Touch 1. Touch to turn this function on or off. after the device name you want to unpair. To make your phone more recognisable, you can change your phone's name which is visible to others. 2. Touch FORGET to confirm. 1. Go to Settings > Bluetooth. 6.3 2. Touch and select Rename this device. 3. Enter a name, and touch RENAME to confirm.
6.4 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. or via Bluetooth. Sharing data may incur additional network charges from your network operator. Extra fees may also be charged in roaming areas.
To connect/disconnect to a VPN To connect to a VPN: 1. Touch on the Quick settings bar to get to Settings. 2. Go to More > VPN. 3. VPNs you have added are listed; touch the VPN you want to connect with. 7 Multimedia applications 7.1 Camera........................................................................... 4. In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials and touch CONNECT. Your mobile phone is fitted with a Camera for taking photos and shooting videos.
7.1.2 To take a picture The screen acts as the viewfinder. First position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, touch to take the picture which will be automatically saved. You can also long press to take burst shots. To shoot a video Touch VIDEO on navigation menu and touch the red buttom to start video recording. You can also touch the left icon to take a picture during video recording. Touch 7.1.1 to stop recording. The video will be automatically saved.
Video 7.2 • Video quality Preset your video shooting output quality. • EIS Electronic Image Stabilisation (EIS) feature is enabled by default..It helps reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera during exposure. To disable it, turn off the switch General • Shutter sound Touch to turn on/off the shutter sound. • GPS location info Turn on the switch to tag photos or videos with locations information. You'll need to turn on GPS and wireless networks first.
Share the picture Open options menu Go back Batch operation Gallery provides a multi-select function, you can work with picture/videos in batches. On Moments screen, touch and then Select items to activate batch operation mode (you can also long press one album/picture), then touch videos/pictures you want to work on. Touch to share, or to delete selected items. 7.3 Edit the picture Touch picture view to edit a picture through Photo Editor Photo Editor Music............................................
Touch the icon to select a repeat mode: Repeating all songs, Repeating current song, Repeat is off.. P lay/pause. R eturn to the previous song. D rag the playhead to skip to any point in a song. S kip to the next song. While playing songs with Music you can still Pause, Play or Skip your music even if the screen is locked. 8 8.1 Others.................................................... Files................................................................................
8.3 Radio............................................................................... Your phone is equipped with a radio (1) with RDS (2) functionality. You can use the application as a traditional radio with saved channels or with visual information related to the radio programme displayed if you turn to stations that offer Visual Radio service. To listen to the radio, touch the Application tab then select Radio. from the Home screen, Insert a headset to listen to the radio.
9 Delete all contents Google applications (1)........................ Google apps are preinstalled on your phone to improve work efficiency and help you enjoy life. This manual briefly introduces the apps. For detailed features and user guides, refer to related websites or the introduction provided in the apps. You are recommended to register with a Google account to enjoy all the functions. 9.
9.4 4 Enter the subject and the content of the message. 5 Touch icon and select Attach file to add an attachment. 6 Finally, touch the icon to send. 7 If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch the icon and then Save draft or touch the Back key to save a copy. To view the draft, touch your account name to display all labels, then select Drafts. If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch the then touch Discard.
9.9 Google DUO Google DUO is a video communication platform developed by Google. When a video call coming, you can see the caller's video before connecting to judge if the caller you are recognized. 9.10 10 Settings.......................................... To go to Settings, touch the Application tab select Settings. Photos from the Home screen, then Google Photos stores and backs up your photos and videos.
If you do not need to transmit data on mobile networks, turn off Mobile data to avoid significant charges for data use on local operator mobile networks, particularly if you do not have a mobile data agreement. Set mobile data limit Touch the switch to turn on mobile data limit. Then drag the limit and warning lines to set the maximum amount of mobile data that you want to use. By enabling Set mobile data limit your mobile data connection will be disabled when the specified limit is reached.
10.2 Device • General Slide to adjust volume for media, alarm, ringtone, etc. • Silent Silent only. • Meeting Vibrate only. • Outdoor Loudest ring and vibrate. In this menu, you can customise your screen brightness, wallpaper, phone sleep time, font size, etc. • Notification Touch to set notification content,app notification and notification access.
10.2.8 Memory Open this setting to monitor your total memory, available space, and memory usage data. 10.3 With Smart lock, you can set your trusted devices, places, face, voice, etc. You must set a screen lock first when you enable this function. . Encrypt phone Personal Requires a numeric PIN, pattern, or password to decrypt your phone each time you power it on. 10.3.1 Location Turn on the switch to enable location information from Wi-Fi and mobile networks, the use of Google Maps, etc.
Storage type 10.3.4 Google Your storage type were set to hardware-backed by default. This phone offers you Google account and services setting options. Trusted credentials 10.3.5 Language & input Touch to display trusted CA certificates. Use the Language & input settings to select the language for the text on your phone and for configuring the onscreen keyboard. You can also configure voice input settings and the pointer speed.
• Listen to an example: Touch to play a brief sample of the speech synthesiser, using your current settings. • Default language status: This will show status of your default language. Pointer speed Touch to open a dialog where you can change the pointer speed, touch OK to confirm. 10.3.
10.4.2 Scheduled power on & off Power button ends call Turn on the switches to enable sheduled power on/off, also preset your power on/off time and repeat mode. Turn on the switch Auto-rotate screen 10.4.3 Accessibility Use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you have installed on your phone. Space cleaner Turn on to use Quick Uninstall and Advanced Boost functions. TalkBack Touch to turn on/off TalkBack.
10.4.5 Regulatory & safety Open to view Regulatory & safety information, including Product model, Manufacturer name, etc. 10.4.6 Developer options To enable this function, go to Settings > About phone, then touch Build number 7 times. Now Developer options is available. The developer options screen contains settings that are useful for developing Android applications. 10.4.
12 Accessories........................................... The latest generation of ALCATEL mobile phones offers a built-in handsfree feature that allows you to use the telephone from a distance, placed on a table for example. For those who prefer to keep their conversations confidential, an earpiece is also available known as the headset. 1. Charger 13 Warranty...............................................
5) Inclement weather, lightning, fire, humidity, infiltration of liquids or foods, chemical products, download of files, crash, high voltage, corrosion, oxidation… Your phone will not be repaired in case labels or serial numbers (IMEI) have been removed or altered. There are no express warranties, whether written, oral or implied, other than this printed limited warranty or the mandatory warranty provided by your country or jurisdiction. In no event shall TCL Communication Ltd.
My phone can't be switched on or is frozen My phone can't connect to the Internet • When the phone can't be switched on, charge for at least 20 minutes to ensure the minimum battery power needed, then try to switch on again. • Check that the IMEI number (press *#06#) is the same as the one printed on your warranty card or box. • When the phone falls into a loop during power on-off animation and the user interface can't be accessed, press and hold the Power key to reset.
I can't find my contacts SIM card PIN locked • Make sure your SIM card is not broken. • Contact your network operator to obtain the PUK code (Personal Unblocking Key). • 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. I am unable to connect my phone to my computer • Install Smart Suite.
The phone will become warm following prolonged calls, game playing, internet surfing or running other complex applications. • This heating is a normal consequence of the CPU handling excessive data. Ending above actions will make your phone return to normal temperatures. After Factory reset is performed my device asks to enter Google account credentials and I can’t use it avoiding this action*. 15 Specifications....................................... Processor MT6737M+1.
Video supported formats H.263, H.264, MPEG-4 SP Battery • Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery • Capacity: 1680mAh(TYP) Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (Availability of microSD card depends on market) Special Features • G-sensor Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. © Copyright 2017 TCL Communication Ltd All rights reserved TCL Communication Ltd reserves the right to alter material or technical specification without prior notice.
