Set up your phone for the first time

The first time you power on the phone, you should set the following options:

Touch Get started..., then select the phone's language.

Select your input keyboard, then touch Next.

Select SIM you want to use, then touch Next.

Set your date and timezone, you can also choose Automatic time zone, then touch Next.

Setup Google account: Touch Setup now. If you have a Google Account, touch Yes to sign in, then enter your user name and password. 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 Get an account. Touch Not now to skip to the next step.

Touch Next, then the Setup complete screen will display, touch Finish to confirm.

If you power on your phone with no SIM card inserted, you can connect to a Wi-Fi network to sign into your Google account and to use some features.

1.2.3Power off your phone

Hold down the Power key from the Home screen, select Power off, and then touch OK to confirm.

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

Search bar (1)

Touch

to enter text search screen

Touch

to enter voice search screen

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 of the Home screen. The white short line at the lower part of the screen indicates which screen you are viewing.

1.3.1Using the touchscreen

Touch

To access an application, touch it with your finger.

(1)Depends on software version.

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