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Your mobile phone

 .........

Keys and connectors

1.1 

Status icons

GPRS connected

GPS is on

GPRS in use

Receiving location data 
from GPS

GPRS is disabled

Speakerphone is on

EDGE connected

Roaming

EDGE in use

No signal

EDGE is disabled

No SIM card installed

3G connected

Vibrate mode

3G in use

Ringer is silenced

3G is disabled

Mobile phone 
microphone is mute

HSPA (3G+) connected

Battery is very low

HSPA (3G+) in use

Battery is low

HSPA(3G+) is disabled

Battery is partially 
drained

Connected to a Wi-Fi 
network

Battery is full

Bluetooth is on

Battery is charging

Connected to a Bluetooth 
device

Headset connected

Airplane mode

Signal strength

Alarm is set

Bluetooth headset 
battery level indicator

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On Home screen, press to quickly access 

• 

Settings

 menu 

or Notification panel; to launch quick search; to customize 
your Home screen by adding applications or changing 
wallpaper/theme.

On other screens, press to view options list.

• 

Press:  Light up the screen

Return to the Home screen or back to the central 
Home screen if it is extended.

When screen turns dark, the 

Home

 key will blink when 

there is missed call, incoming message or events reminder 
alert. 

Press & hold: Enter the recently used applications list.

Go back to the previous menu or screen.

Press:  End a call

Lock the screen
Light up the screen

Press & hold:  When mobile phone is off, power on the 

mobile phone.
When mobile phone is on, enter mobile 
phone options: Silent mode, Airplane mode, 
Power off.

Press to adjust the Volume (in call/media playing mode)

Open Search bar for searching within an application, the 
mobile phone or web.

Notification icons

New Gmail message

More notifications are 
hidden

New text or multimedia 
message

Call in progress (green)

Problem with text or 
multimedia message 
delivery

Call in progress using 
Bluetooth headset (blue)

New Google Talk 
message

Missed call

New voicemail

Call on hold

Upcoming event

Call forwarding is on

Data is synchronizing

Uploading data

Problem with sign-in or 
synchronization

Downloading data

microSD card is full

Download finished

No microSD card 
installed

An open Wi-Fi network 
is available

Connected to VPN

Mobile phone is 
connected via USB cable

Disconnected from VPN

Radio is on

Song is playing 

System update available

USB tethering on

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on

Both USB tethering and 
portable hotspot on

Getting started

1.2 

 Set-up

1.2.1 

Removing or installing the back cover

Inserting or removing the SIM card

You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. Please power off 
your mobile phone and remove battery before inserting or removing 
the SIM card.

Place the SIM card with the chip facing downwards and slide it into its 
housing. Make sure that it is correctly inserted. To remove the card, press 
and slide it out.

Installing and removing the MicroSD card

To release the microSD card holder, slide it in the direction of the 
arrow and lift it. Then insert the microSD card with the golden contact 
downward. Finally, turn down the microSD holder and slide it in the 
opposite direction to lock it.

Reposition 

Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode, 
drag the item to desired position, then release. Hold the icon on the left or 
right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen page.

Remove

Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the Move mode, 
drag the item to the top of the Application tab, which will then turn red, 
and release.

Wallpaper customization

Touch and hold an empty area or press 

Menu

 key and touch 

Wallpaper

 

on the Home screen to customize wallpaper.

Theme customization

Touch and hold an empty area or press 

Menu

 key and touch 

Themes

 on 

the Home screen to customize themes.

Application tab

1.3.6 

Touch 

 from Home screen to enter applications list. 

To return to the Home screen, press 

Home

 key.

Consult recently-used applications

To consult recently-used applications, you can press and hold the 

Home 

key from Home screen. Touch an icon in the window to open the related 
application.

Volume adjustment

1.3.7 

You can set ringer, media and mobile phone ringtone volume to your 
preference by 

Volume up/down

 key, or 

Settings

 menu.

 

 The MicroSD card may contain some third party applications.

Installing or removing the battery

Insert and click the battery into place, then close the mobile phone cover.

• 

Unclip the cover, then remove the battery.

• 

Charging the battery

Connect the battery charger to your mobile phone and outlet 
respectively.

   To reduce power consumption and energy waste, when battery 

is fully charged, disconnect your charger from the plug; switch off 
Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-running applications when 
not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc.

Applications list

1.4 

The Applications list contains all pre-embedded and newly installed 
applications.

To access the Applications list, touch Application tab from Home screen. 
To return to Home screen, press 

Home

 key.

Normal mode and sort mode

1.4.1 

Applications can be managed in two modes. To switch between two 
modes, press 

Menu

 key from applications list screen, and touch 

Switch 

view

.

Normal mode (default)

All applications are listed in alphabetical order.

Sort mode

All applications are sorted by several categories.

Categories management

1.4.2 

 (1)

There are 8 categories in total: 5 categories is predefined, 3 categories 
can be added.

Press 

Menu

 key, and select 

Edit

 to enter edit mode. Within edit mode 

you can now customize categories.

Text input

 ........................

Using Onscreen Keyboard

2.1 

Onscreen keyboard will display automatically when a program requires 
entering text or numbers.

Onscreen keyboard settings

Press 

Menu

 key from Home screen, select 

Settings\Language & 

keyboard\Android keyboard

, a series of settings are available for your 

selection. You could scroll the keyboard to change keyboard style.

Power on your mobile phone

1.2.2 

Hold down the 

Power

 key until the mobile phone powers on. It will take 

some seconds before the screen lights up.

Set up your mobile phone for the first time

The first time you power on the mobile phone, you are required to touch 
the Android logo to begin and then sign into your Google account to 
synchronize email, contacts, calendar and other Google applications 

(1)

Enter your user name and password, then touch 

• 

Sign in

. If you forget 

your password, you can go to http://www.google.com/ to retrieve it. If 
you don’t own a Google Account, you are prompted to create one by 
touching 

Create

.

Read the setup information on the screen

• 

.

Mark/Unmark the check box to choose whether you want to take 

• 

advantage of Google's location service, then touch 

Next

.

Set up the date and time, then touch 

• 

Next

.

Touch 

• 

Finish setup

.

   This initial set up can be skipped and enabled via 

Settings\

Accounts & sync

.

In power on screen without SIM card inserted, you can also connect 
to a  Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google account and to use some 
features.

Adjust the onscreen keyboard orientation

Turn the mobile phone sideways or upright to adjust the onscreen 
keyboard orientation. You can also adjust it by settings (Press 

Menu

 key 

on 

Home screen\Settings\Display

).

Android keyboard

2.1.1 

Touch to lock in capital letter input mode.

Touch to switch to symbol 
and numeric keyboard.

Touch to enter Voice input.

Press & hold to enter an accent 
of the letter.

Touch to enter text or numbers, 
touch and hold for one or two 
seconds to select input method. 

Text editing

2.2 

You can edit the text you have entered.

Touch and hold text you have entered

• 

Options list pops up

• 

Select the operation you need (

• 

Select all

Select text

Cut all

Copy all

, etc.)

Power off your mobile phone

1.2.3 

Hold down the 

Power

 key from the Home screen until the mobile phone 

options appear, select 

Power off

.

Home screen

1.3 

You can bring all the items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) 
you love or use most frequently to your home screen for quick access. 
Press 

Home

 key to switch to Home screen.

Status bar

Status/Notification indicators 

• 

Touch and Drag down to 

• 

open notification panel.

Application tab

Touch to open applications list.

Touch to access

 Messaging

Touch to access 

Call log

 if you have missed 

call(s), or access the tab you exit last time.

Search bar

Touch 

n

 to enter Search options: All, 

Web, Apps, Contacts, etc.
Touch 

o

 to enter text search screen.

Touch 

p

 to enter voice search screen.

Touch an icon to open an 
application, folder, etc.

n

o

p

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 screen. Small dots at the 
lower left and right of the screen indicate which screen you are viewing. 

Touch & hold the small dots, Application tab to display thumbnails, touch 
the thumbnail to open it. Press 

Back

 key or touch an empty area to 

return to Home screen. You can customize the number of home screens 
by 

Settings\Home screen settings

.

Phone call

 ...................

Placing a call

3.1 

User can easily launch a call using 

Phone. 

Enter this menu using one of 

the following two ways:

Touch 

• 

 from Home screen.

Touch Application tab from Home screen and select 

• 

Phone.

 

Touch to add to 

Contacts

Touch and hold to add 

2-sec pause

Touch and hold to 

access Voicemail

Touch and hold 
to add wait

Enter the desired number from keyboard directly or select a contact from 

Contacts

Call log

 or 

Favorites

 by touching tabs, then touch 

 

to place the call. The number you entered can be saved to 

Contacts

 by 

pressing 

Menu

 key and touching 

Add to Contacts 

or touch 

.

If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching 

.

To hang up a call, press 

Power

 key.

Using the touchscreen

1.3.1 

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

Touch and Hold 

To enter the available options for an item, touch and hold the item. For 
example, select a contact in Contacts, touch and hold this contact, options 
list will then appear on screen.

Drag

Place your finger on the screen to drag an object to another location.

Slide/Swipe

Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, web 
pages… at your convenience.

Flick

Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.

Pinch/Spread

Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them apart 
or together to scale an element on the screen.

Rotate

Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by 
turning the mobile phone sideways to have a better screen view.

Status bar

1.3.2 

From status bar, you can view both mobile phone status (to the right side) and 
notification information (to the left side). When the status bar is full, “ ” icon 
will appear, touch to display hidden icons. 

You can touch twice an empty area on the Home screen to hide/show 
the Status bar.

Answering or rejecting a call

3.2 

When you receive an incoming call, drag down the green mobile phone 
icon to answer. Hang up the call by pressing 

Power

 key.

Consulting your call memory

3.3 

You can access your call memory by touching Application tab from the 
Home screen and touching 

Call log

 to view call history in categories of 

Missed calls, Outgoing calls

, and

 Incoming calls

.

Contacts

 .....................

You can view and create contacts on your mobile phone and synchronize 
these with your Gmail contacts or other applications on the web or on 
your mobile phone.

   

When using 

Contacts

 for the first time you are required to 

add new contacts, import contacts from SIM card or synchronize 
contacts from other application accounts to mobile phone.

Adding a contact

4.1 

Touch Application tab on the Home screen, select 

Contacts

, then press 

Menu

 key from contacts list screen and touch 

New contact

.

  Prolonged exposure to music at full volume on the music player 

may damage the listener's hearing. Set your mobile phone volume 
safely. Use only headphones recommended by TCT Mobile Limited 
and its affiliates.

Quick Start Guide

For more information about how to use the mobile phone, please 
go to www.alcatelonetouch.com to download complete user manual. 
Moreover, from the website you can also consult FAQ, realize software 
upgrade etc.

Table of contents

1  Your mobile phone ...................................................................................3

2 Text 

input 

................................................................................................. 14

3 Phone 

call 

................................................................................................. 16

4 Contacts 

................................................................................................... 17

5 Messaging.................................................................................................. 18

6 Getting 

connected 

................................................................................. 20

7  Locate my location using GPS satellites ........................................... 22

8 Data 

backup 

............................................................................................. 23

9  Factory data reset .................................................................................. 24

10 Applications ............................................................................................. 24

11  Making the most of your mobile phone ........................................... 25

Notification panel

Touch and drag down the Status bar or press 

Menu

 key and touch 

Notifications

 to open the notification panel. Touch and drag up to 

close it. 

Touch 

  to clear all event–based notifications (other ongoing 

notifications will remain).

Search bar

1.3.3 

The mobile phone provides a Search function which can be used to locate 
information within applications, the mobile phone or the web. 

Lock/Unlock your screen

1.3.4 

To protect your mobile phone and privacy, you can lock the mobile phone 
screen by creating a variety of patterns, PIN or password etc.

Personalize your home screen

1.3.5 

Add

Touch and hold an empty area or press 

Menu

 key and touch 

Add

 on 

the Home screen, you can add shortcuts, widgets or folders to the 
Home screen.

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Importing , exporting and sharing 

4.2 

contacts

From Contacts screen, press 

Menu

 key to open contacts list option menu, 

touch 

Import/Export

, then select 

Import from SIM card

Export to 

SIM card

Import from SD card

 or 

Export to SD card 

or

 Share 

visible contacts

.

To import/export a single contact from/to SIM card, touch the contact you 
want to import/export, then touch 

OK

 to confirm.

To import/export all contacts from/to SIM card, mark 

Select all

 check 

box, then touch 

OK

 to confirm.

You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the 
contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, MMS, Email, etc.

Touch a contact you want to share, press 

Menu

 key and touch 

Share

 

from contact details screen, then select the application to perform this 
action.

Synchronizing contacts in multiple 

4.3 

accounts

Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple 
accounts, depending on the applications installed on your mobile phone.

Messaging

 ...................

You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this mobile phone.

To access this feature, touch Application tab from Home screen, then 
select 

Messaging

.

   

All messages you receive or send out can only be saved in phone 
memory. To consult messages stored in SIM card, press 

Menu

 

key from Messaging screen, then touch 

Settings\Manage SIM 

messages

.

Write message

5.1 

On message list screen, touch 

New message

 to write text/multimedia 

messages.

Touch to create new message

Touch to view the whole 
message thread

Sending a text message

Enter mobile phone number of the recipient on 

To

 bar or touch 

 to 

add recipients, touch 

Type to compose 

bar to enter the text of the 

message. When finished, touch 

Send

 to send the text message.

   An SMS of more than 160 characters will be charged as several 

SMS. Specific letters (accent) 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 (show 
as static, not dynamic), 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 
added.

• 

Getting connected

 ........

To connect to the Internet with this mobile phone, you can use the 3G 
networks or Wi-Fi, whichever is most convenient.

Connecting to the Internet

6.1 

GPRS/EDGE/3G

6.1.1 

The first time you turn on your mobile phone with SIM card inserted, 
it will automatically configure 3G network service.

To check the network connection you are using, press 

Menu

 key on 

Home screen, then touch 

Settings\Wireless & networks\Mobile 

networks\2G/3G options\Network operators 

or

 Access  Point 

Names

.

Wi-Fi

6.1.2 

Using Wi-Fi, you can connect to the Internet when your mobile phone is 
within range of a wireless network. Wi-Fi can be used on mobile phone 
even without a SIM card inserted.

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a wireless network

Press 

• 

Menu

 key from Home screen. 

Touch 

• 

Settings\Wireless & networks\Wi-Fi

.

Mark/Unmark the checkbox to turn on/off Wi-Fi.

• 

Touch 

• 

Wi-Fi settings

. The detailed information of detected Wi-Fi 

networks is displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section.

Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If the network you selected is 

• 

secured, you are required to enter a password or other credentials 
(you may contact network operator for details). When finished, touch 

Connect

(1)

  Application availability depends on country and operator.

908S

(1)

  For more information, please view the complete user manual.

Volume up

Volume down

Power key

Micro-USB connector

Headset connector

Standard charger

Menu key

Search key

Back key

Touchscreen

Home key

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