Alcatel OneTouch Alcatel Tru User Manual

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Add to/remove from Favorites(1)
To add a contact to favorites, you can touch a contact to view details then touch  to add the contact to favorites (the star will turn white). 
To remove a contact from favorites, touch the white star  on the contact details screen.
3.4.3 Editing your contacts
To edit contact information, touch  in the contact details screen to edit.
When finished, touch  to save.
Change a contact’s default phone number
The default phone number (the number which has priority when making a call or sending a message) will always be displayed under the contact name. 
To change the default phone number, long press the number you want to set as the default number from the contact's details screen (not edit screen), then select Set default. A   appears before the default number.
This choice is only available when the contact has more than one number.
3.4.4 Use Quick contact for Android
Touch a contact to open Quick Contact for Android, then you can touch  or the number to make a call, touch  to send a message.
(1) Only phone contacts can be added to Favorites. 
						

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The icons available on the Quick Contact panel depend on the information you have for the contact and the applications and accounts on your phone.
3.4.5 Importing, exporting and sharing contacts
This phone enables you to import or export contacts between your phone, SIM card and phone storage.
From the Contacts screen, touch  to open the options menu, touch Import/Export, then select Import from SIM card, Export to SIM card, Import from phone storage, Export to phone storage, Import from SD storage, Export to SD storage or Share visible contacts.
To import/export a single contact from/to your SIM card, select the contact you want to Import/Export, and touch the  /  icon to confirm.
To import/export all contacts from/to your SIM card, touch the icon  and then the  /  icon to confirm.
You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc. 
						

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Touch a contact you want to share, touch the  icon and Share from the contact details screen, and then select the application to perform this action. 
3.4.6 Displaying contacts
You can configure which list of contacts, for each account, you want to display in the Contacts list. Touch  and touch Contacts to display from contacts list screen, then you can choose which contacts to display.
Touch  and Settings to sort the list by the First name or Last name, as well as viewing contact names by First name first or Last name first.
3.4.7 Joining/Separating contacts(1)
To avoid duplication, you can add any new contact information to existing contacts in a single action. 
Touch the contact which you want to add information to, touch  to enter edit contact screen, then touch  again and touch Join. 
At this time, you are required to select the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact. The information from the second contact is added to the first one, and the second contact will no longer be displayed in the Contacts list.
To separate contact information, touch the contact whose information you want to separate, touch  to enter edit contact screen, then touch  again and touch Separate, touch OK to confirm.
3.4.8 Accounts
Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone.
To add an account, touch  from the contacts list and touch Accounts/Add account or from the home screen, touch  then Settings/Accounts/Add account.
You are required to select the kind of account you are adding, like Google, Corporate, etc.
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As with other account setup, you need to enter detailed information, like username, password, etc.
To remove account and all information associated with account, touch  and select Remove account, then confirm.
Turn on/off the sync & Auto-sync
Touch an account to enter the account screen, mark/unmark the checkbox(s) to turn on/off the account’s auto-sync. When activated, all changes to information on the phone or online will be automatically synchronized with each other.
Sync manually
You can also synchronize an account manually from the Accounts screen. Touch an account in the list, then touch  and select Sync now. 
						

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4  
Messaging, Gmail/Email, Google 
Hangouts ....................................................
4.1 Messaging ........................................................................\
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You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this phone.
To access this feature, touch  from the Home screen then select Messaging.
To check messages stored in your SIM card, touch the  icon from the Messaging screen, then touch Settings/Manage SIM messages.
4.1.1 Write message
On the message list screen, touch the new message icon  to write text/multimedia messages.
Touch to create a new message.
• Touch to view the whole message thread.
•  Long press to activate delete mode.  
						

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For saved contacts, touch the photo to open the Quick Contact panel to communicate with the contact. For unsaved contacts, touch the photo to add the number to your Contacts.
Sending a text message
Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient in the To bar or touch  to add recipients and touch the Send message 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. A counter will be on the right of the text box to remind you how many characters are allowed to be entered in one message.
Specific letters (accented) 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, 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 email addresses are added.
To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number in the To bar and touch the Send message bar to enter the text of the message. Touch the  icon to attach a picture, video, audio and so on.
When finished, touch  to send the multimedia message.  
						

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Attach options:
• Take pictureAccess the Camera to capture a new picture for attaching.
• Capture videoAccess the Camcorder to record a new video for attaching.
• Record audio Enter the voice message recorder to record a voice message for attaching.
• Contact cardEnter Contacts to select a contact as an attachment.
• PicturesAccess the Gallery application or File Manager to select a picture as an attachment.
• VideosAccess the Gallery application or File manager to select a video as an attachment.
• AudioAccess to select an audio file as an attachment.
• Slide showEnter the Edit slideshow screen, touch Add slide to create a new slide, and touch a currently existing slide to delete or edit it (see following picture). Touch 
 to get more actions, like setting the slide duration, adding music, etc.
Touch to create a new message.
Touch to view more options.
Touch to delete current attachement.Touch to edit current slide.
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4.1.2 Manage messages
When receiving a message, an  icon will appear on the status bar as a notification. Drag down the status bar to open the Notifications panel, touch the new message to view message. You can also access the Messaging application and touch the message to view. 
Messages are displayed in conversational order. 
Touch a message to enter the message composing screen:
• Touch  to call the number;
• Touch  to save the number to contacts or view the contact detail if the number has been saved;
• To reply to a message, enter the text, or touch  to insert quick text, contact etc., after edit then touch .
• Long press a message to show the following icons: copy text , forward , view detail , delete  etc., touch  and touch Save message to SIM card to save the message to SIM card or touch 
Lock message to report the message as spam.
4.1.3 Adjust message settings
You can adjust a range of message settings. From the Messaging application screen, touch  and touch Settings. 
• SMS enabledTouch to change your default SMS app. 
Storage
• Delete old messagesSelect to delete old messages when the maximum number of stored messages is reached. 
• Text message limitTouch to set the number of text messages to be saved per conversation.
• Multimedia message limitTouch to set the number of multimedia messages to be saved per conversation. 
						

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Text message (SMS) settings
• Delivery Reports
Select to request a delivery report for each message you send.
• Edit quick textTouch to add or edit message templates.
• Manage SIM messagesTouch to manage text messages stored on your SIM card.
• SMS Service CenterTouch to edit or view the service center number.
• Message font sizeTouch to select message font size.
•Alphabet managementTouch to select the Alphabet mode.
•SMS auto switch to MMSTouch to select the SMS auto switch to MMS mode.
•SMS signatureSelect to enable or disable SMS signature.
•Edit SMS signatureEnter an SMS signature you want.
Multimedia message (MMS) settings
Select to use MMS to send a single message when ther e are multiple 
recipients.
Select to r equest a read report for each message you send.
Select to r equest a report on whether each recipient has read a 
multimedia message sent by you.
Select  to download the full MMS message (including message body 
and attachment) automatically to your phone. Otherwise, download 
only the MMS message header.
Select  to download the full MMS message (including message body 
and attachment) automatically when roaming. Otherwise, download 
only the MMS message header to avoid extra charges.
Select to change cr eation mode.
•Maximum message sizeSelect to input the maximum message size. •
Group 
messaging
• Read reports
• Delivery reports
• Auto-retrieve
• R

oaming auto-retrieve

• Creation mode
• Priority 
T ouch to set the priority. 
						

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Notifications
•Notifications
Select to display message notifications in the status bar.
•Select ringtoneTouch to select a ringtone as a new message notification tone.
•VibrateSelect to have phone vibrate as a notification when receiving a new message.
WAP messages settings
WAP message 
enable Touch to enable receipt of push messages from network.
4.2 Gmail/Email
The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing Gmail or to create a new Email 
account. 
4.2.1 Gmail .......................................................................\
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Google's web-based email service, Gmail is configured when you first set up your phone. Gmail  
can be automatically synchronized with your Gmail account on the web. 
To access Gmail
From the Home screen, touch 
 to enter the applications list, then touch Gmail.
To create and send emails
• Touch the icon  from the Inbox screen.
•Enter recipient(s)’s email address in To  field, and if necessary, touch  and touch Cc/Bcc to add a
copy or a blind copy to the message.
•Enter the subject and the content of the message.
•Touch to add an attachment.
•Finally, touch the icon to send.