Step-by-Step Guide

Getting Started Quickly with Cloud Phone

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Introduction

This step-by-step guide will demonstrate the basic operations of Cloud Phone, helping you quickly activate and connect to your cloud phone service.

Step 1

Purchase Cloud Phone

The following demonstrates how to enable the Cloud Phone service on the Cloud Phone official website.

Go to the Alibaba Cloud Cloud Phone Official Website and choose Buy Now.

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If you are not logged on to your Alibaba Cloud account, you will be prompted to do so. Please enter your username and password, then choose Sign In.
Refer to the help document to create an Alibaba Cloud account.

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After entering the purchase page, you can select the region near the Cloud Phone users, billing method, and specifications based on your needs.

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Below, you can set the purchase quantity and duration, and choose whether to enable auto-renewal.

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Cloud Phone offers a system image based on Android 12. You can also choose a custom image based on your needs.

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Enter the name of the instance group. After confirming the purchase information is correct, check the Terms of Service and choose Buy Now.

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After successful payment, choose Management Console to enter the console for managing and operating the Cloud Phone.

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Step 2

Create and install applications

Before installing applications on the Cloud Phone, you need to create them in the console.

Log in to the Cloud Phone Console, choose Application from the left navigation bar, and then choose Create Application.

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In the Create Application popup, enter the application name, select the region, and upload an application file (in .apk format). Check the disclaimer and choose Confirm.

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Once the application status changes to Normal, select Install Application under Actions.

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In the Install Application popup, choose the Cloud Phone instance group where you want to install the application, and then choose Confirm.

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Once the installation status changes to Installed, the application has been successfully installed on the instance group.

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Step 3

Connect and Use Cloud Phone

Cloud Phone supports three connection methods:

1. If no user is assigned, you can connect to Cloud Phone directly from the console.

2. After assigning a user, you can connect to Cloud Phone through the Alibaba Cloud Workspace terminal.

3. Regardless of user assignment, you can connect to Cloud Phone via ADB (Android Debug Bridge). For more details, refer to the help document.


The following introduces how to connect to Cloud Phone from the console and through the Alibaba Cloud Workspace terminal.

Log on to the Cloud Phone console, choose Instance from the left navigation bar, and then choose Connect in the Actions column.

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On the new page, choose Connect , and you can start using the cloud phone in the console.

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If you want to connect to Cloud Phone through the Alibaba Cloud Workspace terminal, you need to assign a user first.

Log on to the Cloud Phone Console, choose Instance from the left navigation bar. Check the instance for which you want to assign a user, and choose Assign User in More.

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In the Assign User popup, choose the user to whom you want to assign the instance. If you want to create or manage users, choose Go Now.

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On the Users & Organizations page, choose Create User.

You can create users manually or in batch. The following demonstrates how to create a user manually and let the user activate the account.

Choose User-activated as the user type, and enter the username and email address.

Choose Create User.

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Return to the Cloud Phone Console, choose Instance from the left navigation bar. Check the instance for which you want to assign a user, and choose Assign User in More.

In the Assign User popup, select the user and then choose OK.

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After the user is successfully created, the user will receive an email with the Cloud Phone organization ID, office network, username, and initial password.

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The following demonstrates how to connect to Cloud Phone through the Alibaba Cloud Workspace web client.

You can open the web client through the link in the email or from the Cloud Phone official website, by navigating to the Download Alibaba Cloud Workspace Client page.

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In the web client, enter the organization ID from the email to proceed to the next step.

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Enter the username and initial password from the email to proceed to the next step.

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Upon first login, you will be prompted to reset your login password. Enter the new password and choose Confirm.

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Once logged in successfully, the instances will be displayed as cards.

Choose Connect.

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Now you can start using the cloud phone in the web client.

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