Alcatel SCRIBE EASY manual Sharing your phones mobile data Connection, Data backup

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7.4Sharing 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 five devices at once by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

To turn on USB tethering or Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

Touch and hold Recet app key from the Home screen.

Touch Settings\More...\Tethering & portable hotspot.

Mark the checkbox of USB tethering or Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to activate this function.

The functions may incur additional network charges from your network operator. Extra fees may also be charged in roaming areas.

8 Locate my location using GPS satellites�����

To activate your phone’s global positioning system (GPS) satellite Receiver:

Touch and hold Recet app key from Home screen.

Touch Settings\Location access.

Touch the switch beside Access to my location to turn on.

When open Maps, you can find your location:

Use your phone’s GPS satellites receiver to pinpoint your location within an accuracy as close as several meters (“street level”). The process of accessing the GPS satellite and setting your phone's precize location for the first time will require up to 5 minutes. You will need to stand in a place with a clear view of the sky and avoid moving.After this, GPS will only need 20-40 seconds to identify your precize location.

9 Data backup �����������������

This phone enables you to back up your phone’s settings and other application data to Google Servers, with your Google Account.

If you replace your phone, the settings and data you’ve backed up are restored onto the new phone the first time you sign in with your Google Account.

To activate this function:

Touch and hold Recent app key from Home screen.

Touch Settings\Backup & reset\Back up my data.

Activated this function, a wide variety of settings and data are backed up, including your Wi-Fi passwords, bookmarks, a list of the applications you’ve installed, the words you’ve added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard, and most of the settings that you configure with the Settings application. If you deactivated this option, you stop backing up your settings, and any existing backups are deleted from Google Servers.

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Contents Quick Start Guide Table of contents Getting started Set-upPower on your phone Power off your phoneHome screen Using the touchscreen Status barSearch bar Lock/Unlock your screenPersonalize your Home screen Using Onscreen Keyboard Volume adjustmentApplications and widgets list Application tabText editing Placing a callAndroid keyboard Touchpal InputAnswering or rejecting a call Consulting your call memoryAdding a contact Importing , exporting and sharing ContactsWrite message Sending a text messageSending a multimedia message To create and send emailsConnecting to the Internet Connecting to a computer1Wi-Fi GPRS/EDGE/3GData backup To turn on USB tethering or Portable Wi-Fi hotspotTouch Settings\Location access Touch Settings\Backup & reset\Back up my dataApplications Internal storageONE Touch Manager Upgrade ONE Touch Upgrade Fota UpgradeTraffic Safety Conditions of USEPrivacy Battery 39 W/kgRegulatory information Bluetooth QD ID B020262 Contact your network operator to check service availabilityProtection against theft LicencesWarranty DisclaimerTroubleshooting My phone is frozen or cannot switch onMy phone has not responded for several minutes My phone turns off by itselfAm unable to use the features described in the manual Cannot access my voicemailMy phone cannot connect to the Internet Invalid SIM cardSettings\Developer options\USB debugging Phone cannot be detected by others via BluetoothHow to make your battery last longer SIM card PIN locked