Table of Contents Safety and use ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 4 General information ���������������������������������������������������������������� 11 1 Your mobile........................................................................13 1.1 1.2 1.3 Keys and connectors.................................................................................13 Getting started........................................................................................
12 Making the most of your phone.....................................121 12.1 Smart Suite................................................................................................121 12.2 Upgrade......................................................................................................122 13 Telephone warranty.........................................................124 14 Accessories.......................................................................126 15 Troubleshooting.........
Do not let children use the phone and/or play with the telephone and accessories without supervision. Please note that your phone is a unibody device, the back cover and battery are not removable. Do not attempt to disassemble your phone. If you disassemble your phone the warranty will not apply. Also disassembling the phone may damage the battery, and may cause leakage of substances that could create an allergic reaction. Always handle your phone with care and keep it in a clean and dust-free place.
This symbol on your telephone, the battery and the accessories means that these products must be taken to collection points at the end of their life: - Municipal waste disposal centres with specific bins for these items of equipment. - Collection bins at points of sale. They will then be recycled, preventing substances being disposed of in the environment, so that their components can be reused. In European Union countries: These collection points are accessible free of charge.
• Regulatory information • LICENCES The following approvals and notices apply in specific regions as noted. (1) microSD Logo is a trademark. The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by TCL Mobile Ltd. and its affiliates is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners. ALCATEL ONETOUCH 6050Y Bluetooth Declaration ID D022040 The Wi-Fi Logo is a certification mark of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
General information ������������������� • Internet address: www.alcatelonetouch.com. • Hot Line Number: see “TCT Mobile Services” leaflet or go to our website. • Address: Room 1910-12A, Tower 3, China HK City, 33 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. On our website, you will find our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section.You can also contact us by e-mail to ask any questions you may have.
1 Your mobile............................ 1.1 Keys and connectors Camera SD card slot Camera Flash/ Flashlight SIM card slot Headset connector LED indicator Front camera Volume key Power key Touch screen Menu key • Touch to access settings options. Back key Micro-USB Connector Home key • Touch and hold to open a list of thumbnail images of apps you've worked with recently. Menu key Home key • From any application or screen, touch to return to the Home screen.
Power key • Press: Lock the screen/Light up the screen. • Press and hold: Show the pop-up menu to select from Power off/Restart/Airplane mode/Quick start. • Press the Power key for more than 9s to restart. • Press the Power key and Volume up key to reset. • Press the Power key and Volume down key to capture a screenshot. Volume Keys • In call mode, adjusts the earpiece or headset volume. • In Music/Video/Streaming mode, adjusts the media volume. • In general mode, adjusts the ringtone volume.
Charging the battery If you do not know your PIN code or if you have forgotten it, contact your network operator. Do not leave your PIN code with your phone. Store this information in a safe place when not in use.
Status bar • Status/Notification indicators • Touch and drag down to open the notification panel. Slide/Swipe Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, web pages… at your convenience. You could slide the screen horizontally too. Touch an icon to open an application, folder, etc. Favorite tray applications • Touch to enter the application. • Touch and hold to move or change applications. Application tab • Touch to open main menu.
Status icons Notification icons GPRS connected No signal New Gmail message Missed call GPRS in use Alarm is set New Email message Call forwarding is on EDGE connected Bluetooth is on EDGE in use Connected to a Bluetooth device New text or multimedia message Problem with SMS or MMS delivery 3G connected Speakerphone is on New Google Hangouts Disconnected from VPN 3G in use Roaming New voicemail Radio is on Upcoming event Uploading data Screenshot error Downloading data / Headset co
Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Quick setting panel or Notification panel. Touch and drag up to close it. When there are notifications, you can touch them to access notifications directly. 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. Quick setting panel Touch and drag down the Status bar to open the Quick setting panel, where you can enable or disable functions or change modes by touching the icons.
To create a screen unlock pattern (refer to section “Screen lock” for detail settings) • Touch the Menu key from the Home screen, then touch Settings\ Security\Screen lock\Pattern. • Draw your own pattern. To unlock phone screen Press the Power key once to light up the screen, draw the unlock pattern you have created or enter PIN or password, etc. to unlock the screen.
Reposition Touch and hold 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 Favourite tray. Hold the icon on the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item to another Home screen. Remove Touch and hold the item to be removed to activate the Move mode, drag the item up to the top of the icon, and release after the item turns red.
2 Text input............................... 2.1 Using Onscreen Keyboard 2.2 Text editing You can edit the text you have entered. • Touch and hold or double-tap within the text you would like to edit. • Drag the tabs to change the highlighted selection. Onscreen Keyboard settings Touch the Menu key from the Home screen, select Settings\Language & input, touch the Settings icon on the right of Android keyboard, and a series of settings will become for your selection.
hone call, Call log and 3 PContacts................................. 3.1 Phone............................................................ If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching . To hang up a call, touch or the Power key (when the Call settings\Power key ends call option is activated). Speed dial settings You can access this setting screen by touching the Menu key and then touching Speed dial on Dial screen.
3.1.2 Answering or rejecting a call 3.1.4 During a call To adjust the volume during a call, press the Volume up/down key. When you receive a call: • Slide the icon to the right to answer; • Slide the icon to the left to reject; • Slide the icon upwards to reject the call by sending a preset message. Touch to end the current call. To mute the ringtone volume of an incoming call, press the Volume up/ down key or turn over the phone (when the Call settings\Turn over to mute option is activated).
3.1.5 Managing multiple calls Voicemail settings With this phone you can handle multiple calls at the same time. • Voicemail Service: Opens a dialog box where you can select your carrier’s voicemail service or another service. Swap calls • Voicemail settings: If you are using your carrier’s voicemail service, this opens a dialog box where you can enter the phone number to use for listening to and managing your voicemail.
• Hearing aids: Hearing aids mode can be used by people who are deaf, have poor hearing or speech impairments. After connecting the phone and Hearing aids machine, it connects to a relay service, which converts incoming speech to text for the person using the Hearing aids and converts outgoing text from the Hearing aids machine to a spoken voice for the person on the other end of the conversation. • Noise Cancellation: Mark the checkbox to reduce the background noise. 3.3.
3.3.2 Managing contact groups Add to/remove from Favourites(1) The contact group helps you to improve the organization of your contacts. You can add, remove and view groups in the Groups screen. To add a contact to favourites, you can touch a contact to view details then touch to add the contact to favourites (the star will turn gold in color). To create a new group, touch the Menu key then select Add Group, enter the new name and touch DONE to confirm.
Delete a contact To delete a contact, touch the Menu key and Delete from contact screen. Tick the contact you want to remove and touch DONE to confirm. Touch Select all to delete all contacts. The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other applications on the phone or web the next time you synchronize your phone. 3.3.5 Communicating with your contacts From the contacts list, you can communicate with your contacts by making a call or exchanging messages.
3.3.9 Accounts Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone. To add an account, drag down the notification panel and touch Settings, then touch Add account. to enter You are required to select the kind of account you are adding, like Google, Corporate, etc. As with other account set-ups, you need to enter detailed information, like username, password, etc.
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. Attach options: • Capture picture Access Camera to capture a new picture for attaching. Sending a text message • Capture video Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient in the To bar or touch to add recipients and touch the Type text message bar to enter the text of the message. Touch the icon to insert emotions.
4.1.2 Manage messages 4.1.3 Adjust message settings When receiving a message, an icon will appear on status bar as notification. Drag down the status bar to open the Notification panel, touch the new message to open and read it. You can also access the Messaging application and touch the message to open. You can adjust a set of message settings. From Messaging application screen, touch the Menu key and touch Settings. Messages are displayed in conversational order.
Multimedia Message (MMS) settings Cell Broadcast settings • Delivery reports Select to request a delivery report for each multimedia message you send. • Cell broadcast • Read reports Select to request a report on whether each recipient has read a multimedia message sent by you. • Auto-retrieve Select to download the full MMS message (including message body and attachment) automatically to your phone. Otherwise, download only the MMS message header.
To create and send emails • Touch the To reply or forward emails icon from Inbox screen. • Enter recipient(s)’s email address in To field, and if necessary, touch the Menu key and touch Add Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a blind copy to the message. • Reply When viewing an email, touch sender of this mail. • Reply all Touch and select “Reply all” to send message to all people in a mail loop. • Forward Touch and select “Forward” to forward the received mail to other people.
Touch to access the following options. • Move to Touch to move the mail to other labels. • Change labels Touch to change the label of the email message or conversation. • Add/Remove star To assign a star or remove the star from the conversation. • Mark as (not) important • Mute To mark the email as important or not important. • Report spam To report the email message/conversation as spam. To report the email message/conversationas phishing. • Report phishing To mark the email mute.
Touch an account, and follow settings will show: 4.2.2 Email �������������������������������������������������������������������� • Inbox type To set this inbox as the default or priority Inbox. • Inbox categories Touch to enable Inbox appear in other categories. • Notifications Select to activate notification when a new email arrives. • Inbox sound & vibrate Touch to set Ringtone, Vibrate and Notify once. • Enter the email address and password of the account you want to set up.
4.3 Google Hangouts......................................... Google's instant messaging service, Google Hangouts, lets you communicate with your friends whenever they are connected to this service. To access this feature and sign in, touch from the Home screen, then touch Hangouts. All friends added by using Google Hangouts from the web or phone will be displayed in your friends list. When you want to end a chat, touch back key from Chatting screen directly.
alendar & Alarm clock & 5 CCalculator............................... 5.1 Calendar....................................................... Use Calendar to keep track of important meetings, appointments, etc. To access this function, touch Calendar. from the Home screen, then touch 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.
Touch the Back key to keep the reminders pending in the status bar and the notification panel. Touch to delete the selected alarm. To adjust alarm settings 5.2 Time ............................................................. Your mobile phone has a built-in clock. To access this function, touch Time.
5.2.4 Countdown From Time screen, touch Touch time. to enter Countdown screen. icon to choose the ringtone. In the time scroll bar to set the Touch Start to activate Countdown. 5.3 Enter a number and the arithmetic operation to be performed, enter the second number, then touch “=” to display the result. Touch to delete digits one by one, touch and hold to delete all at one time. You can clear the calculator's history by touching the Menu key and touching Clear history or touching .
• When Data roaming is disabled, you can still perform data exchange with a Wi-Fi connection (refer to “6.1.2 Wi-Fi”). 6 Getting connected................. To limit your data connection to 2G networks only To connect to the internet with this phone, you can use GPRS/ EDGE/3G/4G networks or Wi-Fi, whichever is most convenient. To save battery and extend battery life, you can set to activate 2G networks (GPRS or EDGE) only. 6.1 Connecting to the Internet • Touch the Menu key from the Home screen.
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: • Touch the Menu key and Settings from the Home screen. • Touch Wi-Fi, then touch the Menu key and Advanced from Wi-Fi screen.
6.2.1 Viewing web pages To open new window/switch between windows When 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. Multiple windows can be opened at the same time for your convenience. To zoom in/out of a web page • Touch Pinch/Spread your finger on the screen to zoom out/in of the web page. • Touch Menu key and New incognito tab to open a window without any trace.
6.2.2 Manage links, history, downloads Manage bookmarks To manage a link, phone number or address displayed on a web page To bookmark a web page • Link • Touch the Menu key and Save to bookmarks, or from the HISTORY screen, touch the star beside the URL. Touch the link to open the web page. Touch and hold the link to open options for further operation, like open in new window, save link, share link, copy link, etc. • Phone number Touch to call the phone number.
6.2.3 Settings Accessibility A series of settings are available for your adjustment. To access Browser settings, touch the Menu key from Browser screen, and touch Settings. • Force enable zoom • Text scaling • Zoom on doubletap • Minimum font size • Inverted rendering • Contrast General • Set homepage Touch to set 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.
• Touch the Menu key and Rename phone. 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 web page in the background. • Load images Mark to display images on web pages. Labs Mark to enable quick controls. • Fullscreen Mark to use the fullscreen mode. Connecting to Bluetooth devices To make device visible • Touch the Menu key from the Home screen.
6.4 Connecting to a computer(1) With the USB cable, you can transfer media files and other files between your microSD card/internal storage and the computer. To connect/disconnect your phone to the computer: • Touch the Menu key from the Home screen, • Touch Settings\Storage. • Touch Unmount SD card. You can now safely remove the microSD card from the phone. To connect: To format a microSD card • Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect the phone to a USB port on your computer.
• Mark\unmark the checkbox of Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to activate/ deactivate this function. To rename or secure your portable hotspot When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you could change the name of your phone's Wi-Fi network (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network. • Touch the Menu key from the Home screen. • Touch Settings\More...\Tethering & portable hotspot. • Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot to change the network SSID or set your network security.
7 Google Play Store ......... (1) Touch a category on Google Play Store screen to browse its contents. You can also select a subcategory if there is any. Within each category you can select to view items sorted by Top paid, Top free, Top grossing, etc Touch to search in Play Store. Google Play Store is an online software store, where you can download and install applications and games to your Android Powered Phone. To open Google Play Store: from the Home screen, then touch Play Store.
Be especially cautious with applications that have access to many functions or to a significant amount of your data. Once you accept, you are responsible for results of using this item on your phone. To open the application you have downloaded: • On Google Play Store screen, touch and My apps. • Touch the installed application in the list, then touch Open. To buy an application(1) • Touch the application that you want to uninstall and refund. • Touch Refund to uninstall the application and refund.
Auto update Touch Menu key and Settings\Auto-update apps to enable this function. To auto update one specific application, mark the checkbox of Auto-update apps at any time. Do not auto-update apps or Autoupdate apps over Wi-Fi only from the details screen, Rate and review Open the details screen for an application, touch the stars beside Rate this app to award and input comments, touch Submit to confirm. Flag You can report an inappropriate application to Google Play Store by flagging it.
To shoot a video Switch Camera mode to Video mode. First position the object or landscape in the viewfinder, and touch the icon to start recording. Touch the icon to stop recording. The video will be automatically saved. Switch to front camera, touch the icon to access camera settings and the following options will display for your choice: • Expression (4-shot) Touch to turn on expression (4-shot) function and once four photos taken, the phone will automatically synthesize and save in one picture.
Touch to return to gallery's main screen. Slide left or right to view more pictures. • Touch an album and all pictures or videos will spread the screen. • Touch the picture/video directly to view or play it. • Slide left/right to view previous or next pictures/videos. Working with pictures Gallery provides a multi-select function, so that you can work with pictures/videos in batches. You can touch one album, then slide left or right to view the pictures. Touch a picture you want to work on, touch the one.
Touch to search for a video. 8.4.1 Playing music Touch a song to play the song. Touch to show videos' categories. Touch to play the video and to show more information. By touching Menu key from YouTube screen, you can set General settings for YouTube. For details about these features, please visit the YouTube website: www.YouTube.com. 8.3.1 Watch videos Touch a video to play it. In the Playing screen, you can view information and comments of the video, and also reach to more related ones.
8.4.3 Working with playlists Playlists allow you to conveniently organize all songs stored in the phone storage or SD card. 9 Google Maps...................... You can create a new playlist, add a song to the list, and delete or rename a playlist. 9.1 To create a playlist 9.1.1 Choose a data source to decide My Location Touch Recently added from the Playlists screen, touch the Menu key and then select Save as playlist, enter the name and finally touch Save.
To move the map, drag the map with your finger. To zoom in and out of a map, pinch or spread your fingers, or you can also zoom in by double-tapping a location on screen. 9.2 Search for a location While viewing a map, touch the search icon 9.3 Get driving, public transport or walking directions 9.3.1 Get suggested routes for your trip Touch the icon from Maps screen. to activate search function. In the search box, enter an address, a city or a local business.
9.4 Share a location • Touch & hold a location on a map. • Touch the information at the bottom then touch the the location. icon to share 10 Others.................................. 10.1 File Manager................................................. To access this function, touch Manager.
10.3 Videos........................................................... 10.4 Radio............................................................. To access this function, touch Videos. Your phone is equipped with a radio (1) with RDS (2) functionality. You can use the application as a traditional radio with saved channels or with parallel visual information related to the radio program on the display if you tune to stations that offer Visual Radio service.
Available options: • Save channel Save the current tuned station to the channels list. • Edit name Edit the channel name. • Audio mode Listen to the radio using loudspeaker or headset. • Delete Delete the channel • Enter frequency Enter the frequency manually. • Exit Turn off the radio. 10.7 Setup Wizard............................................... To access this function, touch Setup Wizard.
11 Settings........................... 11.1.4 More...\Airplane mode To access this function, touch Menu key and Settings from Home screen. 11.1.5 More...\VPN settings 11.1 Wireless & network 11.1.1 Wi-Fi Using Wi-Fi you can now surf the Internet without using your SIM card whenever you are in range of a wireless network. The only thing you have to do is to enter the Wi-Fi screen and configure an access point to connect your phone to the wireless network.
11.1.8 More...\Mobile networks 11.2 Device Data enabled 11.2.1 Gestures If you do not need to transmit data on all mobile networks, unmark the checkbox of Data enabled to avoid incurring significant charges for data use on local carrier mobile networks, particularly if you do not have a mobile data agreement.
11.2.2 Sound 11.2.3 Display Use the Sound settings to configure many aspects of call and notification ringtones, music, and other audio settings. • Automatic brightness Touch to enable automatically adjust the brightness of the screen. • Volume Touch to set volume for Media, Ringtone, Notifications and Alarm. • Wallpaper Touch to set the wallpaper. Mark the checkbox to enable headset mode; Ringtone will only be heard from headset if it is plugged in.
Internal sorage 11.2.8 Manage applications This menu displays the amount of internal phone storage in different colours. The available space will be shown in grey, which shows the amount of internal phone storage used by the operating system, its components, applications (including those you downloaded), permanent and temporary data.
Wi-Fi & mobile network location Encrypt phone Mark the checkbox to allow Google's location service to collect anonymous location data. Some data may be stored on your device. When no apps are running, collection may occur. Require a numeric PIN or passwords to decrypt your phone each time you power it on. 11.3.2 Security • Mark the checkbox of Lock SIM card to lock the SIM card with PIN code. Screen lock Set up SIM card lock • Touch Change SIM PIN to change the PIN code.
Install from SD card • Input languages: Touch to set input language. Touch to install encrypted certificates from the microSD card. • Auto-capitalization: Mark the checkbox to have the onscreen keyboard automatically capitalize the first letter of the first word after a period, the first word in a text field, and each word in name fields. Clear credentials Touch to remove all certificates.
Voice Search 11.3.4 Backup & reset Touch to enter voice search settings. Back up my data • Language: Touch to choose a language for voice search. • Speech output: Touch to choose speech output: On, Hands-free only or Off. • Block offensive words: Mark the checkbox to hide recognised offensive voice results. • Offline speech recognition: Touch to download other languages to enable voice input while offline.
11.4 Add account Set time Use the Add account to add, remove, and manage your Google and other supported accounts. You can also use these settings to control how and whether all applications send, receive, and synchronize data on their own schedules, and whether all applications can synchronize user data automatically. Touch to open a dialog where you can manually set the phone’s time.
Accessibility shortcut 11.5.5 About phone Touch to turn on/ off the Accessibility shortcut. This contains information about things ranging from Legal information, Model number, Firmware version, Baseband version, Kernel version, Build number to those listed below: Text-to-speech output Please refer to "Preferred engine/Speech rate/Listen to an example" setting before. System updates Touch to check for system updates. Touch & hold delay Touch to adjust the duration of touch and hold delay.
aking the most of your 12 Mphone................................... • Backup It allows you to back up your contacts, messages, calendar, photos and applications, then import the backup files to your phone. Supported Operating Systems Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7. 12.1 Smart Suite You can download software upgrades for free from the website (www.alcatelonetouch.com).
12.2.2 FOTA Upgrade Using FOTA Upgrade tool you can update your phone's software. To access System updates, please touch the Menu key from the Home screen, then Settings\About phone\System updates. Touch Check for updates, and the phone will search for the latest software. If you want to update the system, please touch the button Download, after it is done please touch Install to complete the upgrade. Now your phone's software will be the latest version.
This warranty shall not apply to defects to your phone and/or accessory due to (without any limitation): 1) N on-compliance with the instructions for use or installation, or with technical and safety standards applicable in the geographical area where your phone is used, 2) C onnection to any equipment not supplied or not recommended by TCL Mobile Ltd., 3) M odification or repair performed by individuals not authorised by TCL Mobile Ltd. or its affiliates or your vendor, 14 Accessories .............
15 Troubleshooting ����������������� Before contacting the service centre, you are advised to follow the instructions below: • You are advised to fully charge ( ) the battery for optimal operation. • Avoid storing large amounts of data in your phone as this may affect its performance. • Use Factory data reset and the upgrade tool to perform phone formatting or software upgrading (to reset factory data, hold down the Power key and the Volume up key at the same time).
• Check your subscription status with your operator (credit, SIM card valid, etc.). • Make sure you have not barred outgoing calls. • Make sure that your phone is not in flight mode. Unable to receive incoming calls • Make sure your phone is switched on and connected to a network (check for overloaded or unavailable network). • Check your subscription status with your operator (credit, SIM card valid, etc.). • Make sure you have not forwarded incoming calls.
The phone cannot be detected by others via Bluetooth • Make sure that Bluetooth is turned on and your phone is visible to other users (see “6.3 Connecting to Bluetooth devices”). • Make sure that the two phones are within Bluetooth’s detection range. How to make your battery last longer • Make sure you follow the complete charge time (minimum 3 hours). • After a partial charge, the battery level indicator may not be exact.
Connectivity • Bluetooth BT4.0,LE • Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n • 3.5 mm audio jack • Micro-USB Camera • 8.0 megapixel color back camera • 1.3 megapixel color front camera Audio supported formats MP3, MIDI, FLAC, Vorbis, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, MP2, PCM/WAV Video supported formats H.264, H.263, MPEG-4, XVID, VP8, MPEG-2 Battery • Rechargeable Li-polymer battery ALCATEL is a trademark of Alcatel-Lucent and is used under license by TCT Mobile Limited.
