alcatel OT-916

Macbeth

I wouldn't expect ALCATEL of all companies to make such a phone!

krislord

how can I remove the safe mode? its kind'a annoying.. plss tell me

john

can you upgrade the OS of this phone or not?

maich......KENYA

KENYA This phone is kul but the heating problem which drains the battery, 2)It hangs when on call and makes funny noises 3)it doesn't have a vibrator for Sms message alert. 4)memory too small but you can transfer the ups to external mem and all will be ok. Pliiiz help me with the hanging problem solution and the funny noise

vic

hello. where i can find a new digitizer for this phone. i searched everywhere with no luck. thank you.

dyvbrum

bottom line, you should not buy or patronize alcatel anymore, they abandone their products... should buy samsung or other brands that still support their older version products, and never ever should alcatel, its a waste of money buying their products

Mina

To all the people that are having problems with the Facebook button: Turn on your wifi, go to Google Playstore, update your Facebook program, after that exit Google Playstore, do not log in on Facebook and turn off your wifi. After that turn on the wifi again and after some time the window which asks you to make your phone more social by using the Fb button will appear. Click allow, log in on Fb, wait some time and then exit. After that turn off your wifi and you can uninstall the updates of the Fb application if you don't use it, the window won't appear anymore. You'll still have the factory version of the application. I did this and it worked fine, that annoying window doesn't appear anymore.

DavCurtis

hey i also have this facebook shit that keeps appearing when am browsing,,what the hell i'm i suppose to do.

cramteews

You can unlock ur phone, just google search it..I already did it..

AnonD-216246

How i can install apps on my 4GB microSD card. My internal memory is full up Please do help me Thanks.

baziboli

i keep haven this facebook thing appearing on my sreen when am not on facebook and this disturb my browsing

paul

My phone is lock,please help me unlock my phone

paul

My phone is lock,can you help unlock my phone?

Mai

How can I desactivate the 911 button on the blocked screen???

dyvbrum

what i did with the "F" button, i reformat my phone, did not activate the facebook for activation of F button, I just used the browser to login the facebook and after logging in, i did make a bookmark which i could use for logging to facebook... no annoyance from F button ever again...

jo

Can you upgrade the OS?

steve

Install drivers

codesmithx

Hey. get the apk for Version 2.0, install it,login, then click the f button to activate, it works. After that you can uninstall updates to free some space

Boal

The 'activate the f button' is the biggest headache. When it pops up it cuts you off the internet, and it does that repeatedly/annoyingly.

cyrus

recently i uninstalled whatsapp application in my phone but after downloading again and installing, i cant receive any sms rather i receive an sms notification that my memory is full and an incoming sms has been blocked. I deleted literally all my inbox sms but i it didnt solve my problem not until i uninstalled the app again. Please help

madafaka

i have that problem too i have format my phone and never prees tne (F) buttun agan and tne nofitication never showed up do not pres tne f buttun and do not log in in facebook that is tne only solution i think

ling

i had this phone for 11mos now it(was) very ok i really like the qwerty touch,led notification,dual sim,cam is really good with led flash and messaging function its really fast to switch texting to 2 dif networks but just few days ago had a huge problem i cant text/call or do anything because it kept going back to home screen. i just love this phone so much but now i need to do service repair and find out what might be the problem. tried restarting though,still not ok

adiv

help please cant activate the f button on my phone.and the worse the notification keep on popping whenever im online and its annoying.

makafaka

150mb ram 150 internal 5 mpx camera

SLENZ

my fone is lock n r u able to help me unlock my fone plis...

carol

Does this fone support whatsapp?Does it does its monitor battery usage in percentage..?and have no information about his RAM..pleas advice coz i rily need to buy this fone

_MarSs_

Very nice phone, but only with ROOT, root browser, and link2sd. Instructions for root: www.fix-mobile.net/2013/02/como-rootear-alcatel-­one-touch-916.html

AnonD-165082

Hey yo! Simply update your Facebook app to the latest version then hit that button and it will activate.

codesmithx

Hey yo! Simply update your Facebook app to the latest version then hit that button and it will activate.

amy

did you ever find out how to activate your F button?? my phone is new and tells me the website doesnt work

martial

very good fone which enhand solibility,performance and durability.battery live is good together with android java emulator

rob

how can we increase RAM and uninstall useless apps

Qwerty

The fone is ok for durable battry stop unnecessary running apps u can setup watsapp viber they work perfectly its a 5mp camera its a convinient phone for one to have

cotacos

The phone battery is a headache can't go a day without charging it and keeps notifying me to activate the first button have tried but to know success please help how can i activate the f button on the phone ???

Marnzii

I'm getting this feedback android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly.Please try again..please can you help me?

kyutepoison

memory problem...pls help me jst bought this phone one week ago... how do i root this phone?

portugal

this is a nice phone for the price.... new 100euros.. i bought it used for 50e... to replace my phone that went to warranty.... you have to root the phone... then erase the blotware, then install link2sd.... you will have always free memory... i can run ndrive(gps) and play some games.... whatsapp, etc etc for the price this is a nice choise....

James

I bought this phone 4 weeks ago. Internal memory is too small, i got a warning that i have ran out of space 2 days after i bought it! The RAM is insufficient. Multitasking hence becomes a major problem. The processor is too slow. Phone keeps hanging, have to keep restarting. If you are looking for a low budget smartphone, please look elsewhere!

AnonD-87885

Yes I have also experienced the sudden heating up of the handset for no particular reason. Then it cools on its own. I wonder why!!!

AnonD-87885

Please help me. The keypad is too dim at night I can hardly see the letters. Back-lighting is too poor. Who can help me in Kenya? Service, repairs and backup after sales?

Anonymous

Urm i have this phone and its definitely a 5 megapixel phone. Can i ask if anyone can help me with the now memory though

courage_h

yeah i hope i could help but i also have that same problem. hope someone has the solution to this problem. i also need it like seriously

courage_h

mine the same. this is serious. at first i thought it was only mine. well seems not

BNITO

THE battery is no helpful at all. i cant use the for even a day. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabah

freaky_dude

at first i thought my phone was completely awful. but now that i have read of some of the problems other guys have, i think mine s better better hold on it.

cutting edge

wait a minute..... is this a site where people post their problems and neva get a reply............ COME ON

twinky X

my phone gets too hot, i mean way too hot. some times i feel its abnormal. any one has the same problem?

spanky W

it seems everyone is talking abt battery and ram space.well its the same here. aaaaaaaahhhh........ this sucks. SERIOUSLY.....

nikky_hectorslide CO

please help me. my internal memory is now very low. i don't know what to do. now i cant install any app at all I'd probably end up uninstalling all my existing apps to free up space now. i heard something about rooting, that i can run apps on my SD. is that by any means possibly. and if yes well then how can i do it. there are a heck of apps i wanna download. i have too much space on my SD card but i cant very little space on the internal. pls if rooting is by any means possible pls show me and if not, is there any means by which i can solve this problem? PLEASE............

westbrook

the phone is quite fine the problem is that the ram is so small..cant download as many apps as i want..

Anonymous

actually its been like half a year since i bought this phone and since then it has not spent a day without the charger, the battery is completely useless. and also the internal memory is also very small its always been giving me the signal that its getting low. i've had to uninstall many apps now but still...... now i'm even forced to uninstall the apps i need the most. i mean this sucks right? i thought on that faithful day i'd made the right choice but it seems not. hmmm..........

adil

its low memory &b low ram makes this phone a horrible experience. Its a mesaging phone & not a samrt phone better buy blackberry by extending your budget.

kip kip

My phone got locked> I cant unlock the screen after my kid drew wrong pattern severally. I have tried entering the gmail address by cant sign in. Can anyone be of help to me Can be reached through [email protected]

alphy

the phone is fine bt has the problem of the screen turning to a funny white color and horrible bt when u remove bat and back again it is fine

Anne

Can anyone let me know how to down my photos from this phone, can used US cable to plug into laptop & selected mass storage but laptop doesn't appear to be recognising the device (no problems with laptop). have set up phone on laptop as device & this was accepted, don't know where to go from here.....

Anonymous

how do you direct storage and download to sd card

valerija

How you have instaled skype thanks

warro

I want to access accelerometer,proximity and compass. Can you show mw how to go about it?

visham

how did u intalled viber?and from which website?

Anonymous

hey men go to messages press options and select group by sender

teta

the text messages are timestamped correctly but , it isnt ordered correctly, anyone experiencing the same issue? thanks

josuebolonotto

This phone works perfectly fine. It tends to slow down a bit when RAM memory is used to the limit, but it can go back to a high speed performance when you kill some taks or close some apps. While camera is not the best, it works fine and it includes a flash. Some say skype and viber are not supported by this phone, but I have installed whatsapp, facebook, facebook messenger, viber, twitter, instagram, the Bible, scoremobile, and two or three games, and they all work perfectly fine. This is a great phone if you want a cheap smartphone. It includes android 2.3 gingerbread wich is a good OS. I totally recommend it...

dyvbrum

who say that viber and skype wont work...mine work just fine..

Keke

i fine this phone will be the best just for me

erick

This is nice for the price..ofcourse viber and skype wont work here bcaz of internal memory is only 150mb but for the price it is worthy enough. If you wnt gud specs u need to spend more guys!

Adil

Phone is really great but low internal memory of 150 MB has limited the no. of application you can put & apart from that single core 600 MHz processor is further spoiling the fun. Well in one way its the best blackberry dual sim alternative money can buy.

marcuspoleern

Accdg to viber tech support, viber app isnt compatible with this phone. I have tried multiple times to install and run viber app with no luck. It will just crash. Battery life: i am not using 3G signal and for normal use it will last 24h+. Occasional 3G surfing plus call and text plus music/radio wil give you 8-18 hrs at least. I havent tries heavy calls or text so i presume it will give you 12hrs maybe. My suggestion, if you need a backup/secondary phone you can consider this one. I have my Galaxy Note as my primary but due to security reason i use this phone as my primary. For call, text, web, music, and fm this phone will satisfy you. App wise and a snap functionality (esp. If you need to immediately dial a number to save it in your contacts) FAIL. Pressing the keys for a number will give you at least 3-4 seconds before the number dial screen will appear. Bugs: when you turn on the wifi, even though you are not logged in to your facebook, it will sync your facebook album that will conaumeuour memory- will result to a slow loading and you cant open your gallery as it will crash. If you dont set up your facebook, a prompt will pop out occupying the entire screen and if you press back, it will lead you to the home screen and you will need to relaunch the app you were using before the fb set up prompt. Quite annoying as it will insiat time and time again. Why i did, i set up my fb and signed put and never uses the fb app. I use opera mini for my fb browsing. I cant let go of this phone for since i need a dual sim phone. I am satisfied with the batt life and call quality. Im inlove with the sound quality of thia phone. But i really hate the fact that it has a smartphone functionality. Soon i will just go with blackberry for a qwerty and office use. Retain my galaxy note for entertainment. And use my old nokia x1 for backup. I just hope blackberry will have instagram as this app is my life plus mp3, fb, twitter, and calls/sms of course. By the way, im rooting for blackbwrry bold 9900 (touch type) Oh. Maybe you will ask me why i nwes to opt with multiple phones. Since 1998 i have owned a mobile phone. I have realized now that a smart phone with all-in feature is great. But you dont need to bring your charger always as the apps and all will drain your phone's batt.

paul lee

yes. I uses motorola mono headset before. Now im using nokia stereo headset.

AnonD-96696

Had this phone 6 months and in all honesty, wouldn't recommend at all. For first month or two, didnt experience any problems and for £50, was quite impressed. However, 5 months on and I have a whole host of problems, for a start, the phone is stuck in safe mode and have tried everything to get rid of it, but nothings worked. Safe mode blocks any external apps working, so the whole android aspect has completely gone. secondly it has become INCREDIBLY slow. normally takes 30 seconds plus to switch on, plus the Facebook and other apps just crash when I try to use it. Thirdly, the keyboard has also stopped working. Every time I use the E,S,P,G or C key, the phone uses this as some kind of link to phone apps, such as email, contacts... etc. This makes it impossible to text. My last problem is that every now and then, when I try to use the last remaining bastion of working processes on the phone, the contacts list (so I can call), the phone will take 4-5 times of pressing the icon until it eventually loads up, meaning from being off to making a call, that can be up to 2-3 minutes. so basically its just a glorified basic mobile phone. Only good comment I can make is that it's relatively quick at charging, but that would be the only positive comment I could make. Would struggle to give it 1 star, but I think that's the lowest to possibly rate it.

AnonD-77982

Capasitive

Aadrian

I might going to buy this phone as a second phone, touchscreen + qwerty hardware keypad is a nice combination This phone is friendly priced as well. Is it a good choice? How about using internet through wifi? Is it slow/fast? Does this phone lags?

AnonD-89300

Can anyone please tell whether the screen is resistive or capacitive touch?

dyvbrum

can you play MP3 tru bluetooth with this phone? Please help...

Quackdr

Really liked this fone and sought in the mall today unfortunately viber really doesn't work on here which i really need. Hope they can do something on this.

AnonD-62346

Can this unit play a music through blue tooth headset?

teta

how do i turn off dictionary, ive already gone thru the setting and unchecked autocorrect misspelled words, it still does the same thing, anyone here h knows? thanks

AnonD-62346

Php5999 @ Alcatel store nationwide

Quackdr

We're still waiting for your update on your perceived problem bcoz, me too likes this phone, but i want to be updated on the following problems, as you've mentioned: -cannot install viber -battery time Thanks.

quackdr

Im planning to buy this phone soon, kindly inform us now if the problem with the viber installation exists or you've already found the solution. thnks

Nana

I really want to buy this phone but i would want to know if there is any test to show am really buying a genuine alcatel or a fake one.

liz

im using alcatel glory, but i want to try this alcatel spark coz i want a qwerty keypad, i know alcatel phone are quality phones,will be buying this phone soon

teta

were u able to find a silicon cas for this phone? or any similar case that may fit this phone? thanks

elma

i got mine a month back.. the web surfing is fast.. i usually watch youtube without hang. maybe it depends on the network signal because some says its hanging. i love the qwerty pad and facebook button. battery life is very dependable.

Anonymous

i wana know wether you download whatsapp on this phone

Anonymous

pros - enough for texting and calling - dual sim - god design - nice to use as a music player cons - easily hangs when 3G/wifi is on - you cant use it while charging, it will discontinue and u need to unplug and plug it again. - problem with the screen, sometimes it hangs up or have graphics distortion that you need to restart it.

Anonymous

It comes with a 3.2 MP camera and can reach resolutions up to 5MP by software interpolation.

shahul

I would appreciate if anyone could clarify whether this phone comes with two camera MP. I have seen on the net that some sites sport 5MP and GSMArena mentions 3.15MP. Its really confusing. Please someone if know the answer do respond

Adil

you can get from snap deal for 7999 INR

AnonD-77050

. . .great phone. . .exceeded my expectations. . .love it and yes it has twitter and a whole lot more. . .

betniiiiiiiiii

weird question to ask, but does this phone have twitter?

victory

i love this phone...superb...the battery itself and the dual sim functionality...web surfing is good....a mix of htc chacha and blackberry at affordable price...worth buying for ;)

victory

i love this phone...superb...the battery itself and the dual sim functionality...web surfing is good....a mix of htc chacha and blackberry at affordable price...worth buying for ;)

AnonD-58198

yes but with a fb botton

gundamjack

just bought it today, very cheap indeed, this phone is basically a SNS phone so if u want to play games look away, for me it serves my purpose coz this is way better than BB if u have unli data plan

Elijah

Hi, I just bought this phone this week. WiFi is superb,easy to connect. Great design. But can anybody tell me how to set up this phone to vibrate alert for text messages? Hoho. Because it seems it just have a vibrate alert set up for incoming calls.

Anonymous

is one able to download Whatsapp on this phone?

AnonD-39096

has anyone managed to root this phone?tried all the usual methods to no avail...any help will be appreciated

francis

has anyone managed to root this device?all usual methods dont seem to work and really like my android devices rooted

fucks_phones_allday

is it me or does this phone look like a mix of the htc chacha and a blackbery haha

derkpogi

the battery is good enough and can use a day and a half' but the internal memory is too small that you can no longer play any game if the memory is almost full, and even if you transfer the apps to the memory card it still hangs.. im not convinced or satisfied with this one (one touch). so if you are looking for good to play phone, this is not the one, dont even try to touch it.. youll just regret it in onetouch. thank you alcatel my six thousand one hundred ninety pesos flew away..

oRioN

I'm interested in getting this phone. I saw one in the mall last Sunday and fell in love with it. The design is good and the price is affordable also. Could any user of this phone comment on the battery life and touch screen response? Thank you in advance.

Anonymous

Battery life: 26 hours 2hrs BT and 5hrs 3.5G usage. Standby for me with everything ON 2.5 days. Good call quality. And mine is very responsive to touch. It only hangs when you exit an application abruptly to home screen that will take you at max 3-5 seconds.

AnonD-12723

Battery life: 26 hours 2hrs BT and 5hrs 3.5G usage. Standby for me with everything ON 2.5 days. Good call quality. And mine is very responsive to touch. It only hangs when you exit an application abruptly to home screen that will take you at max 3-5 seconds.

don

how good and durable is this fone, b/cos i intend to buy one. pls help me.

papa

After using this phone for a month i can say that it is a big let down..the only positive qualities are dual sim, cost and qwerty keypad. the downside is on the software bit...the phone hangs especially when someone calls, you can receive the call but the screen goes white forcing a hard reboot, The touch response time is just crap....a minimum of at least 10 seconds before response. screen display is extremely below average even for Alcatel, Battery life is USELESS even without using WiFi or BT. Utmost charging is an every day affair.

what?!!

@galaxy yer as far as I know,ARMv6 devices doesn't support Flash player and so the Chacha(it's ARMv6!).Only ARMv7 devices can access Flash player...

what?!!

@galaxy yer as far as I know,ARMv6 devices doesn't support Flash player and so the Chacha(it's ARMv6!).Only ARMv7 devices can access Flash player...

what?!!

@galaxy yer as far as I know,ARMv6 devices doesn't support Flash player and so the Chacha(it's ARMv6!).Only ARMv7 devices can access Flash player...

what?!!

@galaxy yer as far as I know,ARMv6 devices doesn't support Flash player and so the Chacha(it's ARMv6!).Only ARMv7 devices can access Flash player...

what?!!

@galaxy yer as far as I know,ARMv6 devices doesn't support Flash player and so the Chacha(it's ARMv6!).Only ARMv7 devices can access Flash player...

AnonD-12723

Great phone. Just got mine last night. Very good sound quality both the speaker and headset that comes with the package. So Far i haven't encountered problems except for : - Indoor image quality is bad. -Can't install viber. I am still observing the battery life. :)

AnonD-58198

how much is the video recording ? qvga or what

alex

the phone looks great. Kudos alcatel for stylish handset.

NOTAGEEK

Im rreally falling for this phone .I really hope the keys dont get erased with usage like its been the case with very many Acatel Qwerty phones.

Papa

Check @ T Mall mbagathi rd, the fone express shop has them in stock

Anonymous

no games? i think i like this phone... is this available here in the philippines and where to buy? thanks!

AnonD-58198

ok sorry but at least chacha has flash player support and the spes are not right the cpu is 650 mhz

what?!!

@ galaxy yer,what?chacha has only ARMv6 chipset and ARM11 processor. And you're saying that Chacha is better than Alcatel ot 916 with does lies and over pricing of HTC. FYI,chacha has a Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset. source:wikipedia look on the table lining horizontally in MSM7227.

MXS

It looks decent and it runs very well. The Dual SIM-version is great also.

bittu - htc one

ya, I just read. I think it may be for the well-spaced keys. the phone looks really ugly though.

Raz

Did any one know... this fone got an award by red dot..

AnonD-58198

cpu 916:arm11 no flash support no skype video calling chacha:arm v7 flash and skype video support

Anonymous

The Alcatel OT916D(Dual SIM) will be available in the Netherlands in the beginning of july.

getboug

I can't see it in Orange UK site.

SAM

hi frinds where can i buy this phone in india?

Martha 654

I saw it in Orange shop, dont know which country you are?

manureddy

its soooo beutyfull phone very good flash nd good soooooooooooooooooo nice mobile

ben dan

this phone is super good although i do not think it's in Kenya

Barbie 2102

Qwerty with Android is really clever... just got a full touch but this probably great

tokuda

But the price for OT-916 is 100 Euro and the price of cha-cha is 190 Euro...

macoy

chacha way berter on this,,,,,

getboug

Is it available in the market and where to buy?

Anonymous

Pls release the unit here in the philippines

Gyro6

Nc this is actually a look a like of the htc chacha .Mmm I hope this will launched here in PHILIPPINES :) ..

far

its a very beautiful phone i think

tila

Looks nice in white :)

son

wow! this phone looks nice! i hope it comes out to the philippines :)