Alcatel 906 - Manual

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Your mobile

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Keys and connectors

1.1

Status icons

GPRS connected

Speakerphone is on

GPRS in use

Roaming

GPRS is disabled

No signal

EDGE connected

No SIM card installed

EDGE in use

Vibrate mode

EDGE is disabled

Ringer is silenced

Connected to a Wi-Fi
network

Phone microphone
is mute

Bluetooth is on

Battery is very low

Connected to a Bluetooth
device

Battery is low

Airplane mode

Battery is partially
drained

Alarm is set

Battery is full

Signal strength

Battery is charging

GPS is on

Headset connected

Receiving location data
from GPS

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Pick up/Send a call

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Enter Call Log

•

Return to ongoing call screen if the user navigates to other

•

applications during call.

On Home screen, press to quick access to

•

Settings

menu

or Notification panel; to launch quick search; to customize
your Home screen by adding applications or changing
wallpaper/theme.

On other screens, press to view options list.

•

Short press: Return to the Home screen or back to the

central Home screen if it is extended.

Long press: Enter the recently used applications list.

Go back to the previous menu or screen.

Short press: End a call

Lock the screen
Light up the screen

Long press: When phone is off, power on the phone.

When phone is on, enter Phone options: Silent
mode, Airplane mode, Power off.

Press to adjust the Volume (in call/media playing mode)

Open Search bar for searching within an application, the
phone or web.

Notification icons

New Gmail message

More notifications are
hidden

New text or multimedia
message

Call in progress (green)

Problem with text or
multimedia message
delivery

Call in progress using
Bluetooth headset (blue)

New Google Talk
message

Missed call

New voicemail

Call on hold

Upcoming event

Call forwarding is on

Data is synchronizing

Uploading data

Problem with sign-in or
synchronization

Downloading data

microSD card is full

Download finished

No microSD card
installed

An open Wi-Fi network
is available

Connected to VPN

Phone is connected via
USB cable

Disconnected from VPN

Radio is on

Song is playing

System update available

Getting started

1.2

Set-up

1.2.1

Removing or installing the back cover

Inserting or removing the SIM card

You must insert your SIM card to make phone calls. Please power off your
phone and remove battery before inserting or removing the SIM card.

Place the SIM card with the chip facing downwards and slide it into its
housing. Make sure that it is correctly inserted. To remove the card, press
and slide it out.

Installing or removing the battery

Insert and click the battery into place, then close the phone cover.

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Unclip the cover, then remove the battery.

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Wallpaper customization

Touch and hold an empty area or press

Menu

key and touch

Wallpaper

on the Home screen to customize wallpaper.

Theme customization

Touch and hold an empty area or press

Menu

key and touch

Themes

on

the Home screen to customize themes.

Application tab

1.3.6

Touch

from Home screen to enter applications list.

To return to the Home screen, press

Home

key.

Consult recently-used applications

To consult recently-used applications, you can press and hold the

Applications list

from Home screen. Touch an icon in the window to

open the related application.

Volume adjustment

1.3.7

You can set ringer, media and phone ringtone volume to your preference
by

Volume up/down

key, or

Settings

menu.

Applications list

1.4

The Applications list contains all pre-embedded and newly installed
applications.

To access the Applications list, touch Application tab from Home screen.
To return to Home screen, press

Home

key.

Installing and removing the memory card (MicroSD card)

Remove battery cover and uncover the MicroSD card protector; Insert
the MicroSD card with golden contact facing downwards into the slot until
it is locked. Then cover the MicroSD card protector.

To remove the microSD card while the phone is on, you must

unmount the storage card (

Settings\SD card, USB Mass

Storage & phone storage\Unmount SD card

) from the

phone first, to prevent corrupting or damaging the storage card

Charging the battery

Connect the battery charger to your phone and mains socket
respectively.

To reduce power consumption and energy waste, when battery

is fully charged, disconnect your charger from the plug; switch off
Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth or background-running applications when
not in use; reduce the backlight time, etc.

Text input

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Using Onscreen Keyboard

2.1

Onscreen keyboard will display automatically when a program requires
entering text or numbers.

Touch to lock in capital letter input mode.

Touch to switch to symbol and numeric
keyboard.

Long press to enter an accent of the letter

Touch to enter text or numbers, touch
and hold for one or two seconds to
select input method.

Onscreen keyboard settings

Press

Menu

key from Home screen, select

Settings

\

Language &

keyboard

\

Android keyboard

, a series of settings are available for

your selection.

Adjust the onscreen keyboard orientation

Turn the phone sideways or upright to adjust the onscreen keyboard
orientation. You can also adjust it by settings (Press

Menu

key on Home

screen\

Settings

\

Sound & display

).

Text editing

2.2

You can edit the text you have entered.

Touch and hold text you have entered

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Options list pops up

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Select the operation you need (

•

Select all

,

Select text

,

Cut all

,

Copy all

, etc.)

Power on your phone

1.2.2

Hold down the

End

key until the phone powers on. It will take some

seconds before the screen lights up.

Set up your phone for the first time

The first time you power on the phone, you are required to touch
the Android logo to begin and then sign into your Google account to
synchronize email, contacts, calendar and other Google applications

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Enter your user name and password, then touch

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Sign in

. If you forget

your password, you can go to http://www.google.com/ to retrieve it. If
you don’t own a Google Account, you are prompted to create one by
touching

Create

.

Read the setup information on the screen

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.

Mark/Unmark the check box to choose whether you want to take

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advantage of Google's location service, then touch

Next

.

Set up the date and time, then touch

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Next

.

Touch

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Finish setup

.

This initial set up can be skipped and enabled via

Settings\

Accounts & sync

.

In power on screen without SIM card inserted, you can also connect
to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google account and to use some
features.

Phone call

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Placing a call

3.1

User can easily launch a call using

Phone.

Enter this menu using one of

the following two ways:

Touch Application tab from Home screen and select

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Phone.

Press

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Call

key, then select

Phone

tab.

Enter the desired number from keyboard directly or select a contact from

Contacts

,

Call log

or

Favorites

by touching tabs, then press

Call

key or

touch

to place the call. The number you entered can be saved to

Contacts

by pressing

Menu

key and touching

Add to Contacts

.

You also can add 2-sec pause or add wait by pressing

Menu

key.

If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching

.

To hang up a call, press

End

key.

Power off your phone

1.2.3

Hold down the

End

key from the Home screen until the phone options

appear, select

Power off

.

Home screen

1.3

You can bring all the items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets)
you love or use most frequently to your home screen for quick access.
Press

Home

key to switch to Home screen.

Status bar

Status/Notification indicators.

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Touch and Drag down to open notification

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panel.

Search bar

Touch

n

to enter text search screen.

Touch

o

to enter voice search screen.

Application tab

Touch to open applications list.

Touch to access

Call log

if you have

missed call(s), or access the tab you
exit last time.

Touch to access

Browser

.

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o

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 of the Home screen. Small dots at the
lower left and right of the screen indicate which screen you are viewing.

Touch & hold the small dots or application tab can display the thumbnails
of extended home screen, touch the thumbnail to open it. Press

Back

key

or touch an empty area to return to Home screen. You can customize the
number of home screens by settings (Press

Menu

key on Home screen\

Settings

\

Sound & display

).

Answering or rejecting a call

3.2

When you receive an incoming call, drag down the green phone icon or
press

Call

key to answer. Hang up the call by dragging the red phone icon

to left or pressing

End

key.

Consulting your call memory

3.3

You can access your call memory by pressing the

Call

key from the Home

screen and touching

Call log

tab to view call history in categories of

Missed call, Dialed call

and

Received call.

Contacts

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You can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronize these
with your Gmail contacts or other applications on the web or on your
phone.

When using

Contacts

for the first time you are required to

add new contacts to phone, import contacts from SIM card to
phone, or synchronize contacts from other application accounts
to phone.

Using the touchscreen

1.3.1

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

Touch and Hold

To enter the available options for an item, touch and hold the item. For
example, select a contact in Contacts, touch and hold this contact, options
list will then appear on screen.

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, web
pages… at your convenience.

Flick

Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.

Rotate

Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by
turning the phone leftward to have a better screen view.

Status bar

1.3.2

From status bar you can view both phone status (to the right side) and
notification information (to the left side). When the status bar is full, “ ” icon
will appear, touch to display hidden icons. You can touch twice an empty
area on the Home screen to hide/show the Status bar.

Adding a contact

4.1

Touch

Application tab

on the Home screen, select

Contacts

, then

press

Menu

key from contacts list screen and touch

New contact

.

Importing and exporting contacts

4.2

From Contacts screen, press

Menu

key to open contacts list option menu,

touch

Import/Export

, then select

Import from SIM card

,

Export to

SIM card

,

Import from SD card

or

Export to SD card

.

To import/export a single contact from/to SIM card, touch the contact you
want to import/export, then press

Menu

key and touch

OK

to confirm.

To import/export all contacts from/to SIM card, mark

Select all contacts

check box, then press

Menu

key and touch

OK

to confirm.

Synchronizing contacts in multiple

4.3

accounts

Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple
accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone.

Add to/remove from favorites

4.4

Touch and hold a contact , then touch

Add to favorites

. Or touch a

contact to view details then touch to add the contact to favorites (the
star will turn gold in color).

Select

Remove from favorites

on the contact’s option menu or touch

gold star on contact details screen.

Quick contact

4.5

Touch a contact’s picture to open Quick Contact, then touch the icon
for the way to connect. The icons available on Quick contact bar depend
on the information you have for the contact and the applications and
accounts on your phone.

Prolonged exposure to music at full volume on the music player

may damage the listener's hearing. Set your phone volume safely.
Use only headphones recommended by TCT Mobile Limited and
its affiliates.

Quick Start Guide

For more information about how to use the phone, please go to www.
alcatelonetouch.com to download complete user manual. Moreover,
from the website you can also consult FAQ, realize software upgrade
via PC suite, etc.

Table of contents

1 Your

mobile

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2 Text

input

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3 Phone

call

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4 Contacts

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5 Messaging.................................................................................................. 18

6 Email

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7 Getting

connected

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8 Locate my location using GPS satellites ........................................... 23

9 Data

backup

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10 Factory data reset .................................................................................. 24

11 Applications ............................................................................................. 25

12 Making the most of your phone ......................................................... 25

www.sar-tick.com

This product meets applicable national
SAR limits of 2.0 W/kg. The specific
maximum SAR values can be found on
page 30 of this user guide.

When carrying the product or using it
while worn on your body, either use an
approved accessory such as a holster or
otherwise maintain a distance of 1.5 cm
from the body to ensure compliance with
RF exposure requirements. Note that the
product may be transmitting even if you
are not making a phone call.

Notification panel

Touch and drag down the Status bar or press

Menu

key and touch

Notifications

to open the notification panel. Touch and drag up to close

it. From Notification panel, you can open items and other reminders
indicated by notification icons or view wireless service information.

Search bar

1.3.3

The phone provides a Search function which can be used to locate
information within applications, the phone or the web.

Lock/Unlock your screen

1.3.4

To protect your phone and privacy, you can lock the phone screen by
creating a variety of patterns.

Personalize your home screen

1.3.5

Add

Touch and hold an empty area or press

Menu

key and touch

Add

on

the Home screen, you can add shortcuts, widgets or folders to the
Home screen.

Reposition

Touch and hold the item to be repositioned to activate the Move mode,
drag the item to desired position, then release. Hold the icon on the left or
right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen page.

Remove

Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the Move mode,
drag the item to the top of the Application tab, which will then turn red,
and release.

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Messaging

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You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this mobile phone.

To access this feature, touch Application tab from Home screen, then
select

Messaging

.

All messages you receive or send out can only be saved in phone
memory. To consult messages stored in SIM card, press

Menu

key from Messaging screen, then touch

Settings\Manage SIM

messages

.

Write message

5.1

On message list screen, touch

New message

to write text/multimedia

messages.

Sending a text message

Enter mobile phone number of the recipient on

To

bar or touch

to

add recipients, touch

Type to compose

bar to enter the text of the

message. When finished, touch

Send

to send the text message.

An SMS of more than 160 characters will be charged as several

SMS. Specific letters (accent) 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 Subject or email addresses
added.

Adjust message settings

5.2

You can adjust a set of message settings. From Messaging application
screen, press

Menu

key and touch

Settings

.

Storage settings

To manage messages quantities limit per conversation of text message
and multimedia message.

Text message settings

You can request a delivery report for each message you send while the
mark is green. Messages stored on SIM card can be delete or copy by
the management.

Multimedia message settings

Pressing the right mark to green, you can request a delivery report and
read report for each message you send, automatically retrieve messages.
You also can set the maximum message size.

Email

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Besides your Gmail account, you can also set-up external POP3 or
IMAP email accounts in your phone.

To access this function, touch Application tab from Home screen, then
select

Email

.

An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set-up an email
account.

Enter the email address and password of the account you want to

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set-up.

Touch

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Next

. If the account you entered is not provided by your

service provider in the phone, you will be prompted to go to the
email account settings screen to enter settings manually. Or you can
touch

Manual setup

to directly enter the incoming and outgoing

settings for the email account you are setting up.

Enter the account name and display name in outgoing emails.

•

Touch

•

Done

.

To add another email account, you can press

•

Menu

key and touch

Add account

to create.

To create and send emails

Press

•

Menu

key from Inbox screen, and touch

Compose

.

Enter recipient(s)’s email address in

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To

field, and if necessary, press

Menu

key and touch

Add Cc/Bcc

to include a copy or a blind copy

to the message.

Enter the subject and content of the message.

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Press

•

Menu

key, touch

Add attachment

to send an attachment

to the receiver.

Finally, touch

•

Send

.

If you do not want to send the mail right away, you can touch

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Save

as draft

or press

Back

key to save a copy.

Menu Key

Call Key

Search Key

Back Key

Touchscreen

End Key/Power
off Key

Home Key

Micro-SD card Protector

Volume up & Volume down

(1)

Application availability depends on country and operator.

Earphone connector

Micro-USB connector

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