Charging the battery

Connect the battery charger to your phone and mains socket respectively, the LED indicator will light while charging.

To reduce power consumption and energy waste when the 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.

1.2.2Power on your phone

Hold down the Power 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 should set the following options: language, Input method, date & time, etc.

Even if no SIM card is installed, your phone will still power on and you will be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network, sign into your Google account and use some of the phone's features.

1.2.3Power off your phone

Hold down the Power key from the Home screen until the phone options appear, select Power off.

1.3Home screen

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

Status bar

Status/Notification indicators

Touch and drag down to open the notification panel.

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.

The 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.

1.3.1Using the touchscreen

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, an 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.

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Alcatel IDOL 2 MINI S manual Home screen, Power on your phone, Power off your phone, Using the touchscreen

IDOL 2 MINI S specifications

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