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 tray applications
•	 Touch to enter the application.
•	 Long press to move or remove applications.
Search bar
•	Touch   to enter text search screen.
•	 Touch   to enter voice search screen.
The 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. 
Reversible screen
The phone supports the reversible function. From the Home screen, 
touch 
 to open the applications list, then touch  Settings\Display\
Reversible . Switch the toggle to enable the function. 
						

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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 supports one finger zooming in the Camera and 
Gallery functions. Double touch the screen to zoom in/out.
Flick   
Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.
Pinch/Spread   
Place two fingers on the screen surface and draw them apart or 
together to scale an element on the screen. 
						

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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
When there are notifications, touch and drag down the Status bar to 
open the Notification panel to read more detailed information.
Touch to clear all event–based notifications 
(other ongoing notifications will remain). Touch to switch to the quick settings 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 which can be used to locate 
information within applications, the phone or the web.  
						

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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 pattern, PIN or password, etc.
To create a screen unlock pattern
•	From the Home screen, touch 
 to open the applications list, then 
touch  Settings\Lock screen\Screen lock\Pattern.
•	 Draw your own pattern. 
						

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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 right to 
enter Voice search
Double touch 
to enter the 
detailed screen 
Swipe left to 
enter Camera Swipe up to 
unlock the screen
1�3�5  Personalize your Home screen
Add
You can long press a folder, an application or a widget to activate the 
Move mode, and drag the item to your preferred Home screen. 
						

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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 (shortcuts or applications) on the 
Home screen and the Favorite 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.
Wallpaper customization
Long press the empty area in the Home screen, then touch 
WALLPAPERS  to customize wallpaper.
1�3�6 Widgets and recently-used applications
Consult widgets
Long press the empty area in the Home screen, then touch  WIDGETS 
to display all widgets.
Touch the selected widget and slide it to move to your preferred 
screen. 
						

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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 settings menu  
From the Home screen, touch 
 to open the applications list, then 
touch  Settings\Sound & notification\Sound  to set the volume of 
media, ringtone, alarm, etc. to your preference. 
						

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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 create a photo collage.
•	 Press the key to trigger special effect such as sequence change when 
a movie is played. 
•	 You can also customize the Boom Key function. For example, enable 
screenshot taking or application running by pressing the Boom Key 
when the screen is locked.
•	 When phone is locked (display off): 
- press to screen-on;
- double press to instant shot (800ms);
- long press to continuously shot. 
						

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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  Settings\Display\Reversible ).
3�1�1 Android keyboard
Touch to switch 
between symbol and  numeric keyboard. Long press to 
select 
symbols. Touch to enter text 
or numbers.
Long press to show input options.
Touch to switch 
between "abc/Abc"  mode; 
Long press to switch  to "abc/ABC" mode.