To access this feature and sign in, touch Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Talk. All friends added by using Hangouts from the web or phone will be displayed in your friends list.

Touch your account to set your online status.

Touch the text box below your online status to enter your status message.

To sign out, touch the Menu key from Friends list to display options, then select Sign out. Or you can also select Sign out from online status.

4.3.1Chatting with your friends

To start a chat, touch the name of a friend in your Friends list, then enter your message and finally touch .

You can invite other friends to join in a group chat by touching the Menu key and selecting Add to chat and then selecting the friend you want to add.

4.3.2To add a new friend

From Friends list, touch the icon to add a new friend. Enter the Hangouts ID or Gmail address of the friend you want to add, and then touch Done.

A notification with this invitation will be received by the friend. By touching the invitation, the friend can select Block, Decline or Accept in response.

4.3.3To close a chat

When you want to end a chat, touch the Menu key from Chatting screen directly, and then select End chat.

If you want to end all chats, touch the Menu key and select End all chats from Friends list screen.

4.3.4To manage your friends

Besides adding new friends to your friends list, the following actions are available for your choice:

To view all friends/ By default, only friends that you frequently

most popular communicate with are displayed in Friends list.

friendsTo view all friends, touch the Menu key and select Display options, then touch Name. To return to displaying most popular friends screen, touch Availability or Recency from Display options.

To block/Remove To block a friend from exchanging messages or

a friend

remove them from your friends list, touch the

 

Menu key and select Friend info from Chatting

 

screen, then touch Block or Remove. All blocked

 

friends can be viewed by touching the Menu key

 

and selecting Settings, touch an account then

 

choose Blocked friends. To unblock a friend,

 

touch the name of this friend and touch OK when

 

prompted.

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Alcatel 6040D, 6040X manual Chatting with your friends, To add a new friend, To close a chat, To manage your friends, Friend

6040X, 6040D specifications

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