Alcatel OneTouch Alcatel IDOL4S User Manual

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1�2�3 Power off your phone
Hold down the  Power key until options appear, select  Power off.
1�3 Home screen
You can bring all the items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) 
you love or use most frequently to your Home screen for quick access. 
Touch the  Home key to switch to the Home screen.
Touch to enter the applications list.
Status bar
•	Status/Notification indicators 
•	 Touch and drag down to 
open the notification panel.
Touch an icon to open an 
application, folder, etc.
Favorite...

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1�3�1 Using the touchscreen
Touch   
To access an application, touch it with your finger.
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   
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, and 
web pages. You can slide the screen horizontally too.
The device also...

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Rotate   
Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape 
by turning the phone sideways to have a better screen view.
1�3�2 
Status bar
From the status bar, you can view both phone status (on the right side) 
and notification information (on the left side).
Drag down the status bar to view notifications and drag again to enter 
the quick settings panel.
Touch and drag up to close it. When there are notifications, you can 
touch them to access notifications.
Notification panel...

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Quick settings panel
Touch and drag down the Notification panel or touch 
 to open the 
Quick settings panel. You can enable or disable functions or change 
modes by touching the icons. Touch the 
 icon to customize your 
Quick settings panel.
Touch to enter user screen to edit and 
save owner's name, phone number, and 
other information. 
Touch to customize your Quick settings panel.
Touch to access  Settings, where you can 
set more items.
1�3�3  Search bar
The phone provides a Search function...

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 Search by text
•	  
Touch the Search bar from the Home screen. 
•	 Enter the text/phrase you want to search for.
•	 Touch the 
 icon on the keyboard if you want to search on the web.
  Search by voice
•	 Touch 
 from the Search bar to display a dialog screen.
•	 Speak the word/phrase you want to search for.  A list of search 
results will display for you to select from. 
1�3�4  Lock/Unlock your screen
To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock the phone screen by 
choosing slide or creating a...

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To lock phone screen
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, etc. 
to unlock the screen. 
If you have chosen  Swipe as the screen lock, you can press the  Power 
key  to light up the screen, then swipe up to unlock the screen, swipe 
the camera icon left to enter Camera or swipe the Voice search icon 
right to enter Voice search.
Swipe...

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Reposition
Long press 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 screen and the Favorite tray. Hold the icon 
on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another 
Home screen.
Remove
Long press the item to be removed to activate the Move mode, drag 
the item up to the top of the 
X icon, and release after the item turns 
red.
Create folders
To improve the organization of items...

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Consult recently-used applications
To consult recently-used applications, touch the  Overview key. Touch 
a thumbnail in the window to open the application.
Touch one thumbnail and slide it right/left or touch 
X to close the 
application.
Touch 
 at the bottom of the screen to close all the running 
applications.
1�3�7  Volume adjustment
Using the volume key
Press the  Volume key to adjust the volume. To activate the vibrate 
mode, press the  Volume down key until the phone vibrates.
Using the...

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2 Boom Key ������������������������������������
Boom Key settings are available at:  Settings\Boom Key.
If Boom Key is enabled, 
•	 From Home screen, press the key to show weather effect. 
•	 Press the key to instantly take a photo when your phone is locked. 
•	 Press and hold the key to take burst shot when your phone is locked.
•	 Press the key to trigger audio effect when a song or movie is played.
•	 Press the key to enhance voice quality during a call.
•	 Press the key from Gallery Moments to...

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3 Text input ������������������������������������
3�1 Using the Onscreen Keyboard
Onscreen Keyboard settings
Touch Settings\Language & input, touch the keyboard you want to set 
up  and  a series of settings will become available. 
Adjust the Onscreen Keyboard orientation
Turn the phone sideways or upright to adjust the onscreen keyboard 
orientation. You can adjust it by changing the settings (Touch  Settings\
Display\Auto-rotate screen). Also your phone screen is reversible. 
(Touch...