Alcatel OneTouch POP C9 User Manual

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5  Calendar  &  Time .....................
5.1 Calendar ......................................................
Use the Calendar to keep track of important meetings, appointments, etc.
5.1.1  Multimode view
You can display the Calendar in daily, weekly, monthly, or agenda view. 
Touch the month label on the top of the screen to change your Calendar 
view, and a drop-down menu will display for you to choose. Touch the 
 
icon to return to Today's view.
In Agenda, Day or Week view 
touch an event to view its details.
Touch a day in Month view 
to open that day's events.
Agenda viewDay view
Week view
Month view
4.3.5 Settings
A series of settings are available for your selection by touching Menu key 
and Settings from Friends list screen, and choose an account.
•	 Profile photo Touch to set or change your Google + profile 
photo.  
•	 Notifications Mark the checkbox to turn on the notifications.  
•	 Sound Touch to set the hangouts message notification 
sound or Hangouts video call sound.  
•	 Vibrate Mark the checkbox to active the vibrate.  
•	 Hangouts request Mark the checkbox to activate the notification 
when receiving Hangouts requests.
•	 Customise new 
requests Touch to enable that people in your circles can 
hangout with you or send you a request to 
Hangout.  
•	 Join Google Touch to join Google+ to get more.  
•	 Phone number 
confirmed Touch to confirm phone number to help people 
find you and see your Google account name on 
Hangouts.  
•	 Blocked people Touch to view block people.  
•	 Sign out Touch to remove your accounts.  
•	 About Hangouts Touch to view Hangouts information.   
						

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5.1.4 Event reminder
If a reminder is set for an event, the upcoming event icon  will appear on 
the Status bar as a notification when the reminder time arrives. 
Touch and drag down the status bar to open the notification panel, touch 
the event name to view the Calendar notification list.
Touch  Snooze  to turn off all event reminders for 5 minutes.
Touch the Back key to keep the reminders pending on the status bar and 
the notification panel.
Important options activated by touching the Menu key from the Calendar 
main screen:
•	 Refresh To refresh the calendar
•	 Search To search in the calendar
•	 Calendars to display To show or hide, remove or add calendars
•	 Settings To make a series of Calendar settings
•	 Clear events To clear the selected events
•	 Go to To jump to the date you set
5.2 Time .............................................................
Time application includes four applications – World clock,  Alarm, 
Timer  and Countdown.
Touch 
  Alarm to add or set an alarm.
5.1.2  To create new events
You can add new events from any Calendar view. 
•	Touch the 
 icon to access new event edit screen.
•	 Fill in all required information for this new event. If it is a whole-day 
event, you can select All day.
•	 Invite guests to the event. Enter the email addresses of the guests you 
want to invite with commas to separate. The guests will receive an 
invitation from Calendar and Email.
•	 When finished, touch DONE from the top of the screen.
To quickly create an event from the Day or Week view screen, touch 
and hold an empty spot or an event to open the Option menu, then 
touch  New event to enter the event details screen of the time you have 
previously selected. Or you can also touch the empty spot to select the 
target area which will turn blue, and tap again to create the new event.
5.1.3  To delete or edit an event
To share, delete or edit an event, touch the event to enter details screen, 
touch the  icon to share the event to other people by Bluetooth, Email 
and messaging, etc., touch   the 
 icon to edit the event, and touch the 
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6 Getting connected ................
To connect to the internet with this phone, you can use GPRS/EDGE/3G 
networks or Wi-Fi, whichever is most convenient.
6.1 Connecting to the Internet
6.1.1  GPRS/EDGE/3G
The first time you turn on your phone with SIM card inserted, it will 
automatically configure network service: GPRS, EDGE or 3G. If the 
network is not connected, you can touch 
 on the quick setting panel.
To check the network connection you are using, then touch Settings\
More...\Mobile networks\Access Point Names or Network 
operators.
To create a new access point
A new GPRS/EDGE/3G network connection can be added to your phone 
with the following steps:
•	 Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch  More...\Mobile networks\Access Point Names
•	 Touch  Menu key and select New APN. 
•	 Enter the required APN information.
•	 When finished, touch the Menu key and select Save .  
5.2.1 To set an alarm
From the Time screen, touch  to enter the Alarm screen, touch  
to add a new alarm. The following options will appear:
•	 Time Touch to set time
•	 Repeat Touch to select days when you want the alarm to work
•	 Ringtone Touch to select a ringtone for the alarm
•	 Vibrate Select to activate vibration
•	 Label Touch to set a name for the alarm
When finished, touch OK to confirm.
Touch and hold on a currently existing alarm and touch  Delete alarm to 
delete the selected alarm.
5.2.2  To adjust alarm settings
Touch the Menu icon  from the Alarm screen. The following options 
can now be adjusted:
•	 Alarm in silent 
mode Select to play alarm with sound or vibration even 
when the phone is in Silent mode
•	 Snooze duration Touch to set temporary turn off time of an alarm
•	 Auto-silence Touch to set the duration of alarms
•	 Volume buttons Touch to set side Volume up/down key behaviors 
when alarm sounds: None,  Snooze or Dismiss
•	 Turn over to 
activate  Touch to choose the status Snooze or Dismiss. 
Touch the switch to turn on/off snoozing or 
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To activate notification when a new network is detected
When Wi-Fi is on and the network notification is activated, the Wi-Fi icon 
will appear on the status bar whenever the phone detects an available 
wireless network within range. The following steps activate the notification 
function when Wi-Fi is on:
•	
Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch  Wi-Fi. Then touch the Menu key and select Advanced  from 
Wi-Fi screen.
•	 Mark/Unmark the Network notification checkbox to activate/
deactivate this function. 
To add a Wi-Fi network
When Wi-Fi is on, you may add new Wi-Fi networks according to your 
preference. 
•	 Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch  Wi-Fi, and then touch 
 .
•	 Enter the name of the network and any required network information.
•	 Touch  Save.
When successfully connected, your phone will be connected automatically 
the next time you are within range of this network.
To forget a Wi-Fi network
The following steps prevent automatic connections to networks which you 
no longer wish to use.
•	 Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.
•	 In the Wi-Fi screen, touch & hold the name of the saved network.
•	 Touch  Forget network in the dialog that opens.
To activate/deactivate Data roaming
When roaming, you can decide to connect/disconnect to a data service. 
•	
Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch SIM management\Roaming\Data roaming.
•	 Touch to select from popup options: Disable, National Roaming  only 
and  All Networks.
•	 When Data roaming is deactivated, you can still perform data exchange 
with a Wi-Fi connection (refer to "6.1.2 Wi-Fi").
6.1.2  Wi-Fi
Using Wi-Fi, you can connect to the Internet when your phone is within 
range of a wireless network. Wi-Fi can be used on your phone even 
without a SIM card inserted.
To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a wireless network
•	Touch 
 on quick setting panel to get to Settings.
•	 Touch the switch 
 beside Wi-Fi to  turn on/off Wi-Fi.
•	 Touch  Wi-Fi, the detailed information of detected Wi-Fi networks is 
displayed in the Wi-Fi networks section.
•	 Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect with. If the network you selected is 
secured, you are required to enter a password or other credentials (you 
may contact your network operator for details). When finished, touch 
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6.2.1 Viewing web pages
After opening a website, you can navigate on web pages by sliding your 
finger on the screen in any direction to locate the information you want 
to view.
To zoom in/out of a web page
Pinch/Spread your finger on the screen to zoom out/in of the web page. 
To quickly zoom into a section of a web page, double-tap on the section 
you want to view. To return to normal zoom level, double-tap again.
To find text on a web page
•	Touch the Menu key from the web page screen, then select Find on page.
•	 Enter the text or phrase you want to find.
•	 The first word with matching characters will be highlighted on the 
screen, and subsequent matches will be boxed.
•	 Touch the up or down arrow to switch to the previous or next matching 
items.
•	 When finished, you can touch 
 or the Back key to close the search 
bar.
Further operations for the text on a web page
You can copy, share or search the text on a web page:
•	 Touch and hold the text to highlight it.
•	 Move the two tabs to select the text. 
•	 Touch SELECT ALL to select all words in this web page.
•	 Touch 
 to copy the selected text.
•	 Touch 
 to show further actions, including find, share and search on the 
page or the web. 
•	 When finished, touch 
 or the Back key to deactivate the mode.
6.2  Browser .........................................................
Using Browser, you can enjoy surfing the Web.
To access this function, touch 
 from Home screen and then touch 
Browser icon  .
To go to a web page
On the Browser screen, touch the URL box at the top and enter the 
address of the web page, then touch 
 to confirm. 
Touch to delete all contents
Touch to search and go to this address
Touch to input the suggested address
Touch to go to the suggested web site
The URL bar will hide after a few seconds. To show the URL bar, you can 
touch and slide down the screen.
To set a homepage
•	 Touch the Menu key from the Browser screen to display the option 
menu, touch Settings\General\Set home page.
•	 Choose a page or most visited website as your homepage.
•	 If you choose Other, enter the URL of the website you want to set as 
your homepage, touch OK to confirm. 
						

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Touch the icon on the left of the URL, you can view more 
information about the current page. 
6.2.2 Manage links, history and downloads
To manage a link, phone number or address displayed on a web 
page
•	 Link Touch the link to open the web page.
Touch and hold the link to open options for further 
operation, like opening in new window, saving link, 
copying link URL, etc.
•	 Phone number Touch to call the phone number.
•	 Address Touch to open Google Maps and locate the address.
To view Browser history
•	 Touch the Menu key from the Browser screen.
•	 Touch  Bookmarks\History.
•	 Touch the History tab to view browser history.
•	 Touch  Saved pages to view the pages you've saved.
To download a web application/view your downloads
Before downloading a web application, you need to enable your phone to 
install web applications (touch the Menu key from the Home screen, touch 
Settings\Security, mark the checkbox of Unknown sources, finally 
touch  OK to confirm).
To download an item, touch the item or the link you want to download.
To cancel a download, touch the downloaded item from the Notification 
panel, select the item to be cancelled, and touch 
to confirm.
To view items you have downloaded, touch the application Downloads. 
To open new window/switch between windows
Multiple windows can be opened at the same time for your convenience.
•	
Touch 
 to open all windows' thumbnails.
•	 Slide up and down to view all windows, touch one to view it.
•	 Touch 
 to open a new window.
•	 Touch the Menu key and select New incognito tab to open a window 
without any trace.
•	 To close a window, touch 
 on the window you want to close or slide 
it sideways.
Other options: •	 Refresh To refresh the current page.
•	 Share page To share the current page with your friends via various 
ways, like Messaging, Email, Bluetooth, etc.
•	 Request 
desktop site To enable/disable computer version of websites.
•	 Save for 
offline reading To save the web page for offline reading. You can find it by 
touching the Menu key and then selecting Bookmarks\
History\SAVED PAGES.
•	 Close To close all tabs and exit.
•	 Home page To get back to the home page you set.
•	 Save to 
bookmarks To add the current website page as a bookmark.
•	 Find on page To input contents you want to find on the current 
page.
•	 Stop To stop opening the current page.
•	 Bookmarks/
History To see your bookmarks, browsing history and saved 
pages.
•	 Version To see your version of browser. 
						

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6.2.3 Settings
A series of settings are available for your adjustment. To access tge 
Browser settings, touch the Menu key from the Browser screen, and 
select Settings.
General •	 Set home page Touch to set your homepage.
•	 Form auto-fill Mark the checkbox to fill out web forms with a 
single touch.
•	 Auto-fill text Touch to set up text to auto-fill in web forms.
Privacy & security
•	 Clear cache Touch to clear locally cached content and 
databases.
•	 Clear history Touch to clear the browser history.
•	 Show security  
warnings Mark the checkbox to show a warning if there is 
a problem with a site’s security.
•	 Accept cookies Mark to allow sites to save and read cookie data.
•	 Clear all cookie 
data Touch to clear all browser cookies.
•	 Remember form 
data Mark the checkbox to remember data in forms 
for later use.
•	 Clear form data Touch to clear all saved form data.
•	 Enable location Mark the checkbox to allow sites to request 
access to your location.
•	 Clear location 
access Touch to clear location access for all websites.
•	 Remember   
passwords Mark the checkbox to save usernames and 
passwords for websites.
Manage bookmarks
To bookmark a web page
•	
Open the web page you want to bookmark.
•	 Touch the Menu key and select Save to bookmarks, or from the 
History screen, touch the star beside the URL.
•	 Enter the name and the location if needed and touch OK to confirm.
To open a bookmark
•	 Touch the Menu key and select Bookmarks\History, or touch the 
 
icon to enter the Bookmarks screen.
•	 Touch the bookmark you want to open.
•	 You can also touch and hold to display the options screen, then touch 
Open or Open in new window.
To edit a bookmark
•	 Touch the Menu key and select Bookmarks\History, or touch the 
 
icon to enter the Bookmarks screen.
•	 Touch and hold the bookmark you want to edit. 
•	 Touch  Edit bookmark, and input your changes.
•	 When finished, touch OK to confirm.
Touch and hold a bookmark in the bookmark list to view these 
additional options: •	 Add shortcut to 
Home To add a bookmark shortcut to the Home 
screen.
•	 Share link To share the bookmark.
•	 Copy link URL To copy the bookmark link.
•	 Delete bookmark To delete a bookmark.
•	 Set as homepage To set this page as the homepage. 
						

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•	Default zoom Touch to select the magnification level by default.
•	 Open pages  
in overview Mark the checkbox to open web pages zoomed 
out, in an overview.
•	 Auto-fit pages Mark the checkbox to format web pages to fit 
the screen.
•	 Block pop-up 
windows Mark the checkbox to prevent pop-up windows.
•	 Text encoding Touch to select the character-encoding standard.
•	 Reset to default Touch to clear all browser data and to reset all 
settings to default.
Bandwidth management
•	 Search result 
preloading Touch to enable/disable browser to preload 
search results in the background.
•	 Web page 
preloading Touch to enable/disable browser to preload the 
linked web pages in the background.
•	 Load images Mark the checkbox to display images on web 
pages.
Labs
•	 Quick controls Mark the checkbox to enable quick controls and 
hide app and URL bars. 
•	 Full screen Mark the checkbox to use the full screen mode 
to hide the status bar.
•	
Clear passwords Touch to clear all saved passwords.
•	 Enable 
notifications Touch to select notification type.
•	 Clear notification Touch to clear notification access to all 
websites.
Accessibility •	 Force enable 
zoom Mark the checkbox to control a website's zoom 
as you prefer.
•	 Text scaling Slide to change the size of the text display.
•	 Zoom on double-
tap Slide to change the magnification level when 
double-tapping the page.
•	 Minimum font size Slide to change the minimum font size.
•	 Font  Touch to select fonts.
•	 Inverted rendering Mark the checkbox to display pages in invert 
color.
•	 Contrast Slide to change pages' contrast.
Advanced
•	 Set search engine Touch to select a search engine.
•	 Open in 
background Mark the checkbox to open new windows behind 
the current one.
•	 Enable JavaScript Mark the checkbox to enable JavaScript.
•	 Allow multiple 
tabs per app Mark the checkbox to allow one application to 
use multiple tabs.
•	 Enable plug-ins Mark the checkbox to enable plug-ins.
•	 Website settings Touch to view advanced settings for individual 
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To pair/connect your phone with a Bluetooth device 
To exchange data with another device, you need to turn Bluetooth on 
and pair your phone with the Bluetooth device with which you want to 
exchange data.
•	
Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch  Bluetooth.
•	 Touch  SEARCH FOR DEVICES.
•	 Touch a Bluetooth device you want to be paired with in the list.
•	 A dialog will popup, touch Pair to confirm.
•	 If the pairing is successful, your phone will connect with the device.
To disconnect/unpair from a Bluetooth device
•	 Touch the Settings icon 
 beside the device you want to unpair.
•	 Touch  Unpair to confirm.
6.4  Connecting to a computer
With the USB cable, you can transfer media files and other files between 
microSD card/internal storage and computer. 
Before using MTP or PTP you should firstly mark USB debugging. 
•	To access this function, touch Settings\About phone, then touch 
Build number 7 times. Now you may touch  Settings\Development\
USB debugging.
To connect/disconnect your phone to/from the computer:
•	 Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect the phone 
to a USB port on your computer. You will receive a notification that the 
USB is connected.
•	 If you use mass storage, open the Notification panel and touch USB 
connected, then touch Mount in the dialog that opens to confirm that 
you want to transfer files.
•	 If you use MTP or PTP, your phone will be automatically connected.
6.3  Connecting to Bluetooth devices(1)
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication technology that you 
can use to exchange data, or connect to other Bluetooth devices for 
various uses. 
To access this function, drag down notification panel and touch 
 to 
access  Settings. Then  touch  Bluetooth. Your device and other available 
ones will display on the screen.
To turn on Bluetooth
•	 Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch 
 to activate/deactivate this function.
To make your phone more recognizable, you can change your phone name 
which is visible to others.
•	 Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch  Bluetooth.
•	 Touch the Menu key and select Rename phone.
•	 Enter a name, and touch Rename to confirm.
To make device visible
•	 Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch  Bluetooth.
•	 Touch your device to make it visible or invisible.
•	 Touch the Menu key and select Visibility timeout to select the visible 
time.
(1)  You are recommended to use ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Bluetooth headsets, 
which have been tested and proved compatible with phone. You can go to www.
alcatelonetouch.com for more information about ALCATEL ONE TOUCH 
Bluetooth headset. 
						

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Mark\Unmark the checkbox of USB tethering to activate/deactivate 
this function.
To share your phone's data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot
•	 Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot.
•	 Touch the switch 
 beside Wi-Fi  hotspot to activate/deactivate 
this function. 
To rename or secure your portable hotspot
When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you can change the name of 
your phone's Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network.
•	 Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot\Wi-Fi hotspot.
•	 Touch  Set up Wi-Fi hotspot to change the network SSID or set your 
network security.
•	 Touch  Save.
6.6  Connecting to virtual private networks
Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources 
inside a secured local network from outside that network. VPNs are 
commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so 
that their users can access local network resources when not inside that 
network, or when connected to a wireless network.
To add a VPN
•	Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch  More...\VPN settings and then touch 
.
•	 In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network 
administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings.
•	 Touch  Save.
To disconnect (from mass storage):
•	
Unmount the microSD card on your computer.
•	 Open the Notification panel and touch Turn  off.
  For the operating system Windows XP or lower, you should 
download and install Windows Media Player 11 on your computer 
from the following link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/
windows/windows-media-player.
To locate the data you have transferred or downloaded in the internal 
storage, touch File Manager, all data you have downloaded is stored in 
File Manager, where you can view media files (videos, photos, music and 
others), rename files, install applications into your phone, etc.
To format a microSD card
•	 Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch  Storage.
•	 Touch  Format SD card. On the screen a popup warns you that 
formatting the microSD card will erase its contents, touch 
  .
6.5  Sharing your phone's mobile data connection
You can share your phone's mobile data connection with a single computer 
via a USB cable (USB tethering) or with up to eight devices at once by 
turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
The functions below may incur additional network charges from 
your network operator. Extra fees may also be charged in roaming 
areas.
To share your phone's data connection via USB
Use the USB cable that along with your phone to connect the phone to a 
USB port on your computer.
•	 Drag down notification panel and touch 
 to access Settings.
•	 Touch More...\Tethering & portable hotspot.