Alcatel OneTouch Alcatel Streak User Manual
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5859 NumberFunction 1 Tap to select modes and settings. 2 Double-tap then drag or pinch/spread two fingers together to zoom in/out. 3 Tap to take a picture. 4 Tap to switch between front/back camera. 5 Tap to switch to Video mode and record a video. Tip: You can pinch or spread on the screen to zoom in or zoom out. 3 . Tap to take the photo. Warning! Keep a safe distance when using the flash. Do not point the flash toward people’s or animals’ eyes. Adjusting camera settings Before taking a photo, touch icon to adjust a range of settings in framing mode. • Auto mode: Enable Auto mode. • Polaroid: In default, Polaroid will stitch two shots into one picture. Touch to display more options. Then touch to only include one shot in a picture, or to stitch four shots into one picture, or to close options. • HDR: HDR (high-dynamic range) photos can better reflect the visual effects people have in the real environment by synthesizing images under different exposure time. • Pano: Turn on the panorama function. Touch the shutter button to start taking panoramic photo and move the phone steadily along the direction indicated by the onscreen line. Once the preview frame is filled, the phone will automatically save the photo. Tap the icon to access Camera settings: • GPS tagging: Turn on/off the GPS tagging. • Shutter sound: Turn on/off the shutter sound. • Video quality: Set video quality. • Sound recording: Turn on/off sound recording. Recording a video 1 . From the home screen, tap > Camera . 2 . Aim the camera at the subject. Tip: Pinch or spread on the screen to zoom in or zoom out. 3 . Tap to start recording. 4 . Tap to stop recording. Tip: While the recording is in progress, you can tap to save the frame as a separate photo.
6061 Polaroid Features Take a picture 1. From the home screen, tap Camera . 2. Tap and select Polaroid. 3. Zoom in and out by pinching with your fingers. 4. Tap the Shutter button or press the Volume Keys to take a photo. 5. Tap the Shutter button again to take another photo. You can see 2 photos are in one screen. Edit pictures with Polaroid 1. Tap from full-screen picture view, select Polaroid editor. 2. You can personalize your photos by adding text, locations, borders, and much more. 3. Tap to save the picture. Using your gallery Opening your gallery From the home screen, tap > Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos. • Tap to select categories: Camera roll, Albums, Time, Locations, Videos. • Tap open Camera. • Touch to return to the Gallery's main screen.
6263 Sharing albums, pictures, or videos 1 . Press and hold an item to select an album, or after you open an album to select a picture or a video. 2 . Tap and select how you want to share the items. Deleting albums 1 . Press and hold an album until it is selected. 2 . Tap more albums that you want to delete. 3 . Tap > OK. Working with pictures Tap a picture in an album to view the picture in full screen. Tap the screen to view the following features. Number Function 1 Return to the album. 2 Delete the photo. 3 Share the photo. 4 Tap to enter the photo's Edit interface. 5 Tap to access more options. 6 Save the photo. 7 Undo or redo the action. 8 Edit the photo. Making memorable memos Sound Recorder enables you to record voice memos and listen to them whenever you like. Recording a voice memo 1 . From the home screen, tap > Sound Recorder . 2 . Tap to start recording. During recording, you can do the following: • Tap / to pause or continue the recording. • Tap DISCARD and confirm to cancel the recording. • Tap SAVE and name the recording to save.
6465 Playing any saved memo 1 . Tap at the top right of the screen to see all recordings. 2 . Tap before the memo to play it. Note: You can also tap to rename, delete, share, check the file information. Google applications Signing in to your Google account lets you synchronize Gmail, calendar events, contacts and other data between your phone and the web. And if you don’t have an account, you can easily create one. 1 . From the home screen, tap > Settings > Accounts > Add account > Google. 2 . Tap Enter your email to sign in to your existing account, or CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT to create a new account. 3 . Follow the on-screen steps to enter the information about the account and finish the setup. Gmail Gmail is a web-based email service that’s configured when you sign in to your Google account. Depending on your synchronization settings, the Gmail on your phone can be automatically synchronized with your account on the web. Creating and sending an email 1 . From the home screen, tap . 2 . Tap . 3 . Enter a contact name or email address in the To field. 4 . Enter the email subject and compose the text. 5 . Tap to add an attachment. 6 . Tap at the top right of the screen to send the message.
6667 Google Calendar From the home screen, tap > Calendar to use Google Calendar, Google’s time management application. You can use the calendar to schedule appointments, including meetings and other events. You can also synchronize appointments to your Google account, which enables you to manage your schedule online on your PC. Google Chrome Using the Chrome browser you can enjoy surfing the Web. Chrome on your device can sync bookmarks, browsing history, and opened tabs from your Google account so that you can maintain the same experience across your phone, PC, tablet, and other devices. Google+ Google+ is a social networking service offered by Google. The Google+ application on your phone enables you to manage your data, chat with online contacts, organize them in different circles, and share your selected information. From the home screen, tap > Google+. Note: For detailed information about Google+, open Google+ and tap > Help to view the online instructions. Getting started with Google+ Open the Google+ app and tap Home near the top of the screen to use the following features: • Home: Add a suggested person, or see posts people have shared with you, a circle you are in, or everyone. • Circles: Find people to add to your Google+ circles, create new circles, view and organize people into circles based on your relationships. You can also follow content posted by people you find interesting. • Find communities: Search and join all kinds of online communities, where people gather for the sharing and discussion of a common topic. • Photos: View photos you uploaded, photos of you, photos from your posts and more. • Locations: See your friends’ locations on the map and configure your location sharing settings. • Events: Manage your social calendar. You can add events, invite people, and then share photos in real time from the event. Google Maps Activating location services To use Google Maps and find your location, you must enable location services on your phone. 1 . From the home screen, tap > Settings > Location. 2 . Slide the Location switch at the top to turn location access on or off. 3 . When location access is enabled, tap Mode to select the location sources you want to use. • High accuracy: Use GPS, Wi-Fi, and mobile networks to determine location.
6869 • Battery saving: Use only Wi-Fi and mobile networks to get your approximate location. This will drain less power from your battery than using GPS. • Device only: Use GPS to pinpoint your location. Getting your location 1 . From the home screen, tap > Maps. 2 . Tap at the bottom. The map centers on a dot and an arrow that indicates your location and the direction the phone is facing. Searching for a location 1 . From the home screen, tap > Maps. 2 . Tap the search box on the top. 3 . Enter the address or the type of business you’re looking for in the search box. If suitable suggestions appear below the search box, tap one to search for it. Tip: You can also tap next to the search box to use voice search. 4 . Tap the search key on the keyboard. 5 . You can slide the result up to find more information about the location as well as options for getting directions and more. Getting directions to your destination Maps can provide directions for travel by car, public transportation, foot, or bicycle. 1 . From the home screen, tap > Maps. 2 . Tap . 3 . Select the mode of transportation and then enter a start and end point. If your location is found, it will appear in the start point field by default. 4 . Tap a suggested route to view it on the map. You can swipe the bottom card left or right to choose other routes. Slide the bottom card up to see the route directions in a list. Note: Tap to use Google Maps Navigation and get turn-by-turn voice directions. Searching for local places Google Maps helps you find all kinds of businesses and establishments around you. You can rate these places and get recommendations. 1 . From the home screen, tap > Maps. 2 . Navigate the map view to the area you’d like to explore. You can explore nearby locations or pan the map to another location. 3 . Tap the search box at the top. 4 . Tap the Explore nearby button at the bottom right corner of your map to get a quick look at what’s nearby.
7071 5 . Tap a location to see it on the map or get directions. You can also slide up the bottom card for more information such as the street address, website, or street view, and options for calling, saving to your Google Account, or sharing with others. Note: The Explore nearby feature is not available for all areas. Google Search You can search for information on the Web or your phone using Google Search, or perform certain tasks by speaking. Searching with text You can search for information on the Internet or on the phone (such as apps and contacts) by entering text. 1 . Press and hold the Home key > Google to open Google Search. 2 . Enter the terms you want to search for in the search box and tap the search key on the keyboard, or tap a search suggestion that appears below the search box. Searching by speaking You can also search the Web or perform certain tasks by speaking. 1 . Press and hold the Home key > Google to open Google Search. 2 . Tap the microphone icon to the right of the search box. Note: You can also tap from the home screen. 3 . Speak the terms you want to search for or the question you want to ask. When you’re finished, your search terms are analyzed and the search is initiated. Change your Google app settings To change your settings, touch > Google Settings, touch the setting you want to change. Google Music The Play Music application ( ) works with Google Music, Google’s online music store and streaming service. You can stream via mobile data or Wi-Fi and listen to your favorite songs that you’ve added to your online Google Music library. You can also play audio files you’ve copied directly to your phone from a computer. Note: The availability of Google Music is dependent on your region. If it’s not available, or you don’t have a mobile data or Wi-Fi connection, you can only play music stored on your phone. Playing your music From the home screen, tap > Play Music . If prompted, select an account to access its online music library. The app searches your online library and your phone for music and playlists before displaying your combined music library, organized by PLAYLISTS, ARTISTS, ALBUMS, SONGS, and GENRES, . You can tap > Music library > PLAYLISTS to view all the music and playlists. To change views of your library, swipe left or right.
7273 Tap a song to play it. When the song is playing, tap the summary information at the bottom to display the playback screen. Number Function 1 Song and artist information. Tap or drag down to return to the music library. 2 Album artwork. 3 Give the song a thumbs-up. 4 Playback control. Skip songs, pause and resume playback, use shuffle or repeat. Drag the progress bar to jump to any part of the song. 5 Give the song a thumbs-down. 6 Tap to see the current playlist (queue). 7 Get more options. You can still control the music when you are not in the playback screen. • In the music library of the Play Music app, tap the summary information at the bottom of the screen to restore the playback screen. • In other apps, swipe down the notification panel. Tap the song title to restore the playback screen, pause/resume playback, or skip to the next/ previous song. • When the screen is locked, the song information, album cover, and playback controls are displayed on the top of the screen. You can pause/ resume playback or skip songs. Managing playlists Create playlists to organize your music files into sets of songs so that you can play the songs you like in the order you prefer.
7475 Creating a playlist or adding a song to a playlist Tap next to the song and select Add to playlist. Removing songs from a playlist 1. Tap > Music library>PLAYLISTS and select a playlist. 2. Tap next to the song. 3. Tap Remove from playlist. Deleting a playlist 1. Tap > My Library>PLAYLISTS in the Play Music app and select a playlist. 2. Tap next to the playlist you want to delete. 3. Tap Delete > OK. Note: Certain automatically created playlists such as Last added cannot be deleted. Google Play Store From the home screen, tap . You can buy or rent music, books, movies, apps, and download them to your phone. Note: The content you can access in Google Play Store depends on your region and your service provider. Browsing and searching for apps You can browse apps by category. Tap a top-level category, such as GAMES, and tap the app from any subcategory. You can also search for apps using an app’s name or description or the developer’s name. Simply tap and enter the search terms. Downloading and installing apps When you find the app you are interested in, tap it to open its details screen where more information about the app is displayed. 1 . Tap INSTALL (free apps) or the price (paid apps). If the app is not free, you need to sign in to your Google Wallet account and select a payment method. Caution: Once installed, some apps can access many functions or a significant amount of your personal data. The Play Store will show you what the app can access. Tap ACCEPT to proceed, or press to cancel. 2 . Wait for the app to be downloaded and installed automatically. Payment needs to be authorized before paid apps start downloading. The app is successfully installed when the icon appears in the status bar. Open the app from this notification or by locating it in Apps . Creating a Google Wallet account You must set up a Google Wallet account to purchase items from the Play Store. Choose one of the following: • On your computer, go to wallet.google.com to create a Google Wallet account. • The first time you use your phone to buy an item from Google Play Store, you’re prompted to enter your billing information to set up a Google Wallet account.
7677 Warning! When you’ve used Google Wallet once to purchase items from the Play Store, the phone remembers your password so you don’t need to enter it the next time. For this reason, you should secure your phone to prevent others from using it without your permission. Applications Calculator From the home screen, tap > Calculator to use the phone’s convenient built-in calculator for some basic as well as advanced mathematical equations. Clock From the home screen, tap > Clock to use a series of timing tools. Setting a new alarm 1 . Tap in the Clock app. 2 . Tap an existing alarm to configure it, or tap at the bottom of the screen to create a new alarm. 3 . Set up the alarm options, such as time, repeat, and alarm sound. Note: To enable or disable existing alarms directly, just slide the switch. Checking World time Tap in the Clock app to check local time for cities around the world. Tap at the bottom to add a new city or country. Using the Stopwatch and Countdown Tap or in the Time app to use the stopwatch or the countdown timer. Stopwatch allows you to record lap times, while Countdown allows you to set a time and count down to zero.