TCL Communication Ltd K23 Smartphone User Manual
- May 15, 2024
- TCL Communication Ltd
Table of Contents
K23 Smartphone
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Specifications:
- Model: TCL K23
- Supports Nano SIM cards
- USB Type-C connector
- Front camera and back camera with flash
- MicroSD card slot
- Power key with Google Assistant integration
Product Usage Instructions:
1. Getting Started
1.1 Overview
The TCL K23 features a front camera, back camera with flash,
volume keys, a power key with Google Assistant integration, a USB
Type-C connector, and a SIM and microSD tray.
1.2 Setup
To insert or remove the SIM/microSD card:
- Use the provided SIM pin to eject the SIM tray.
- Gently slide out the tray.
- Place or remove the Nano SIM card and microSD card in the
correct slots as shown.
Note: Only use Nano SIM cards to avoid damaging
the phone.
To set up your phone for the first time:
- Power on the phone and set language, mobile data, Google
services, date & time, etc.
1.3 Home Screen
You can customize your Home screen by adding frequently used
items like applications, shortcuts, widgets, and folders for quick
access.
1.4 Status Bar
The Status bar at the top of the Home screen displays icons for
phone status and notifications alerts.
2. About Your Phone
2.1 Power On/Off
To power on/off the phone:
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Hold down the Power key to turn on the phone.
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Unlock using Swipe, Pattern, PIN, Password, or Face unlock if
necessary. -
To power off, press the Power key until options appear, then
select Power off.
2.2 Battery
To charge the battery:
-
Insert the small end of the charging cable into the charge
port. -
Plug the charger into an electrical outlet.
FAQ:
Q: What SIM card size does the TCL K23 support?
A: The TCL K23 supports Nano SIM cards only. Do not attempt to
insert other SIM types like Mini or Micro cards.
Q: How can I customize my Home screen?
A: You can bring frequently used items to your Home screen for
quick access by adding applications, shortcuts, widgets, and
folders.
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USER MANUAL
About this Manual
Thank you for choosing the TCL K23. In order to maintain your device in
optimal condition, please read this manual and keep it for future reference.
Table of Contents
1 Getting Started …………………………………………………………………………. 3 1.1 Overview
……………………………………………………………………………….. 3 1.2 Setup ………………………………………………………………………………………
6 1.3 Home Screen…………………………………………………………………………… 7 1.4 Status Bar
……………………………………………………………………………….. 8
2 About Your Phone……………………………………………………………………… 9 2.1 Power On/Off
…………………………………………………………………………. 9 2.2 Battery…………………………………………………………………………………..
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3 Personalize Your Phone…………………………………………………………….. 11 3.1 Language
……………………………………………………………………………… 11 3.2 Date & Time
………………………………………………………………………….. 11 3.3 Display…………………………………………………………………………………..
12 3.4 Sound …………………………………………………………………………………… 12 3.5 Digital wellbeing &
parental controls ……………………………………….. 13
4 Apps and Features …………………………………………………………………… 14 4.1 Phone
…………………………………………………………………………………… 14 4.2 Contacts
……………………………………………………………………………….. 17 4.3 Messages
……………………………………………………………………………… 20 4.4 Calendar………………………………………………………………………………..
22 4.5 Camera…………………………………………………………………………………. 24 4.6 Photos
………………………………………………………………………………….. 26 4.7 Clock
……………………………………………………………………………………. 28 4.8
Gmail……………………………………………………………………………………. 29
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5 Google Applications…………………………………………………………………. 31 6 Security &
Biometrics……………………………………………………………….. 34
6.1 Screen Lock …………………………………………………………………………… 34 6.2 Face
Unlock…………………………………………………………………………… 34 6.3 Smart Lock
……………………………………………………………………………. 34 6.4 Device admin apps
………………………………………………………………… 34 6.5 SIM card lock…………………………………………………………………………. 34
6.6 Encryption & Credentials ………………………………………………………… 35 6.7 Trust
agents…………………………………………………………………………… 35 6.8 Screen pining
………………………………………………………………………… 35 7 FOTA Upgrade ………………………………………………………………………… 36
8 Safety and Regulatory Information…………………………………………….. 37 9 Troubleshooting
………………………………………………………………………. 44
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1 Getting Started …………………………..
1.1 Overview
Microphone Front camera
Headset connector
Microphone USB Type-C
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Back camera
Flash
SIM and microSDTM tray
Volume keys
Power key/ Google Assistant
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Recent Apps button · Touch to open a card view of applications you’ve worked
with recently.
Swipe up on the screen to remove a specific thumbnail from the list, or touch
CLEAR ALL to remove all thumbnails from the list. Home button · From any
application or screen, touch to return to the Home screen. · Touch and hold to
open Google Assistant. You can get help such as searching for information
online, opening apps on your phone, sending messages, etc. Back button · Touch
to go back to the previous screen, or close a dialog box, options menu, the
Notification panel, etc. Power key · Press: Lock the screen/Light up the
screen. · Press and hold: Show the popup menu to select from Power off,
Restart, or Airplane mode. · Press the Power key and Volume down key to take a
screenshot. · Press and hold the Power key for at least 8 seconds to shut
down.
Volume Keys · Adjust the call volume during a phone call. · Adjust the media
volume while listening to music, watching a video,
or streaming content. · Adjust the ringtone volume. · Mutes the ringtone of an
incoming call. · While using the Camera, press the Volume up or Down key to
take a
photo, or touch and hold to take several photos.
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1.2 Setup
Inserting or removing the SIM/microSDTM card You must insert your Nano SIM
card to make phone calls using your network.
Your phone only supports Nano SIM cards. In order to avoid damaging your
phone, do not attempt to insert other SIM types, such as Mini or Micro cards.
Insert the SIM pin that’s provided to eject the SIM tray and then slide it out
gently.
Place or remove the Nano SIM card and the microSDTM card in the correct slot
as shown.
Note: 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 and use some of the phone’s
features. Setup your phone for the first time The first time you power on the
phone, you should set the following options: language, mobile data, Google
service, and date & time, etc.
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1.3 Home Screen
You can bring all of the items that you use most frequently (applications,
shortcuts, widgets, folders) to your Home screen for quick access. Touch the
Home button to switch to the Home screen.
Status bar · Status/Notification indicators · Swipe down to open the
Notification panel Search bar Enter text search screen. Enter voice search
screen. Swipe left or right to view more screens Touch to open an application,
folder, etc.
Favorite apps tray · Touch to open the application. · Touch and hold to move
or change applications
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1.4 Status Bar
The Status bar appears at the top of your Home screen. Icons indicating your phone’s status and new notification alerts appear in the Status bar.
Icon
Status Bluetooth® active
Icon
Status Battery (fully charged)
Wi-Fi® active
New message
Network (full signal)
Vibrate mode
Airplane mode
Screenshot captured
Alarm set Battery (charging)
Connected via USB cable New email message
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2 About Your Phone ……………………….
2.1 Power On/Off
Hold down the Power key until the phone powers on, unlock your phone (Swipe,
Pattern, PIN, Password or Face unlock) if necessary. Once unlocked, Home
screen is displayed. If you do not know your PIN code or forget it, contact
your network carrier. Be sure to keep your PIN code secure. Press the Power
key until options appear, then select Power off.
Charging
Insert the small end of the charging cable into the charge port and plug the
charger into an electrical outlet.
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2.2 Battery
To optimize your battery life, you may do the following: Turn on power saving
mode · Go to Settings > Smart Manager > Battery. · Select one saving mode and
touch to activate. Lower screen brightness · Go to Settings > Display >
Brightness level · Lower the brightness by sliding to the left. Screen timeout
· Go to Settings > Display > Sleep · Select the screen timeout duration.
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3 Personalize Your Phone ………………..
3.1 Language
Your device supports multiple languages. To change your phone language: · Go
to Settings > System > Languages & input > Languages. · Touch + Add a language
to select a language from the language list.
3.2 Date & Time
Go to Settings > System > Date & time. Use Automatic date & time
Turn on
to enable the Automatic date & time.
Use network-provided time zone
Turn on
to enable the network-provided time zone.
If Automatic date & time is turned off, you will have the following two options to manually set the date and time:
· Set date
Touch to open a dialog in which you can manually set the date. · Set time
Touch to open a dialog in which you can manually set the time.
If Use network-provided time zone is turned off, you will have the following
two options to manually set the time zone:
· Time zone
You can select the time zone and region manually.
· Time format
You can also set the time format as locale default or 24-hour format.
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3.3 Display
Dark mode
Your screen will become black in this mode, which makes it easier to look at
your screen or read in dim light.
Eye comfort mode
Eye comfort mode can effectively reduce blue light radiation and adjust the
color temperature to relieve eye fatigue. You can also create a custom
schedule to turn it on.
Auto-rotate screen
Select whether the screen rotates automatically or not. Note: Using your
device in landscape mode with polarized sunglasses on may cut light from the
screen. Take your polarized sunglasses off or use your device in portrait
orientation to continue use.
3.4 Sound
Adjusting volume
· Press the volume keys that are located on the right side of the device to
adjust the Ring volume.
· You can also go to Settings > Sound & vibration to adjust the volume for
ring, notification, media and alarm.
Adjusting tones
· Go to Settings > Sound & vibration > Phone ringtone & vibrate. · You may
select ringtones for phone, notification, alarm as well as other sounds.
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Adjusting other sounds
All other sounds that are related to Dial Pad, Screen locking, touch and
vibrate on touch can be adjusted by doing the following: · Go to Settings >
Sound & vibration > More sound settings.
3.5 Digital wellbeing & parental controls
Use this menu to find out how much time you have spent on the phone and even
on each app. You can customize the time limit for using the phone. In
addition, parents can restrict their children’s usage time and manage their
browsing habits.
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4 Apps and Features ………………………
4.1 Phone ………………………………………………..
Making a call
To make a call, touch .
Touch to send a message, block the number or view
call details
Favorite numbers Call logs
Show the dial pad Contacts
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Suggested numbers are displayed as you enter numbers on the dial pad.
Touch and hold to access voicemail
Enter the desired number from the dial pad and touch can also select a contact from Favorites , Recents touching the tabs.
to place the call. You or Contacts by
The number you entered can be saved to Contacts by touching Create new contact.
If you make a mistake, you can delete the incorrect digits by touching .
To hang up a call, touch .
International call
To make an international call, touch and hold to enter “+”, then enter the international country prefix followed by the full phone number and touch .
Emergency call
If your phone has network coverage, dial the emergency number and touch to make an emergency call. This works even without a SIM card and without typing the PIN code.
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Answering or rejecting a call
When you receive a call: · Slide up to answer; · Slide down to reject; · Touch to reject the call by sending a preset message. To mute the ringtone of an incoming call, press the Volume key.
Voicemail
Your voicemail is provided by your network to avoid missing calls. It works like an answering machine that you can consult at any time.
To access your voicemail, touch and hold .
If you receive a voicemail,
appears in the Status bar. Open the Notification
panel and touch Voicemail.
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4.2 Contacts …………………………………………….
Contacts enables quick and easy access to the contact you want to reach. You
can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronize them with your
Gmail contacts or other applications on the web or on your phone. Adding a
contact Touch in the contact list to create a new contact. Enter the contact’s
name and other contact information. By scrolling the screen up and down, you
can move from one field to another
When finished, touch SAVE to save
Select a picture or take a photo for the contact Touch to open available
labels
When finished, touch SAVE to save. To exit without saving, you can touch
and then touch DISCARD.
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Editing your contacts
Touch save.
in the contact details screen to edit. When finished, touch SAVE to
Add to/remove from Favorites(1) Touch a contact to view details then touch
to add the contact to favorites.
Touch the star to remove a contact from favorites.
Deleting a contact
From the contact list screen:
· Touch and hold the contact you want to delete, then touch and confirm to delete.
· Mark the checkbox of all contacts, then touch contacts.
and confirm to delete all
The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other applications on the phone or web the next time you synchronize your phone.
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Sharing a contact
You can share a single contact with others by sending the contact’s vCard to
them via Email, Messages, and Bluetooth. Select a contact you want to share,
touch . Available options From the contact list, you may also make further
changes to settings by touching
.
Settings
My info Accounts Default account for new contacts Sort by Name format Phonetic name Import/Export Blocked numbers About Contacts
Touch to set up your profile
Touch to add account and configure related info.
Touch to choose the default place to save a new contact.
Touch to sort the list by the first name or last name.
Touch to choose whether to display first name first, or last name first.
Touch to choose display or hide phonetic name.
Import or export contacts between phone, SIM card, microSD card and phone
storage, etc. Add numbers here so that you won’t receive calls or texts from
them. Touch to view the build version, open source licenses and so on.
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4.3 Messages …………………………………………………..
Use the messaging app messages.
to send and receive text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS)
Creating a message
On the Messaging list screen, touch
to write text/multimedia messages.
Add recipients
Type the text message
Insert emoticons Sending a text message · Enter the name or the phone number
of the recipient in the To bar or touch
to add recipients. · Touch the Text bar to enter the text of the message. ·
Touch to insert emoticons. · When finished, touch to send the text message.
Specific letters (accented) will also increase the size of the SMS, this may
cause multiple SMS to be sent to your recipient.
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Sending a multimedia message MMS enables you to send video clips, images,
audios, location, etc. to other compatible mobile devices and e-mail
addresses. · Enter the recipient’s phone number in the To bar. · Touch the
Text bar to enter the text of the message. · Touch to attach an emoticon,
location, contact or file.
· Touch to attach a picture or video from Gallery or shoot one directly. ·
When finished, touch to send the multimedia message.
Managing messages
When receiving a message, will appear in the Status bar as a notification.
Drag down the Status bar to open the Notification panel, touch the new message
to open and read it. You can also access the Messaging application and touch
the message to open it. Messages are displayed as a conversation. Touch a
message to enter the message composing screen: · Touch to call the number. ·
To reply to a message, enter the text. When finished, touch . · If you touch
and hold a message, the following options will be available:
archive , delete , etc.
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4.4 Calendar……………………………………………..
You can use Calendar to keep track of important meetings, appointments, etc.
To access the function, touch the Google folder from the Home screen, then
touch Calendar.
Viewing calendars You can display the Calendar in Schedule, Day, 3 days, Week
or Month view. Touch and select your desired calendar view.
Creating a new event You can add new events from any Calendar view.
· Touch .
· Fill in all required information for this new event. If it is a whole-day event, you
can turn on
next to All-day.
· Invite guests to the event. Enter the email addresses of the guests you want to invite with commas to separate. The guests will receive an invitation from Calendar and Email.
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· When finished, touch Save from the top of the screen. To quickly create an
event from the Day, 3 Day, or Week views, touch an empty spot to select a
target area which will then turn into , and touch the icon to create the new
event.
Deleting or editing an event
· To delete or edit an event, touch the event to enter its details screen,
touch to edit the event.
· Touch and Delete to remove the event.
Event reminder
If a reminder is set for an event, the upcoming event icon will appear in the
Status bar as a notification when the reminder time arrives. · Touch and drag
down the Status bar to open the Notification panel. · Touch an event name to
view the Calendar notification list.
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