Huawei Ascend G750 manual

G750 User Guide[...]

i Contents Foreword Getting star ted 2 Your phone at a glance 3 Charging the battery 5 Powering on or off your phon e 5 Dual-card management 5 Locking and unlo cking the screen 7 Getting to know your home screen Basic operations 11 Status icons 12 Accessing applications 12 Texting Personal izing your phone 14 Changing the home screen style 14 Chang[...]

ii Messaging 27 Sending a text message 27 Sending a multimedia message 28 Replying to a message 28 Searching for a message 28 Managing messages Browser 30 Browsing web pages 30 Managing bookmarks 31 Setting the home page 31 Clearing your browsing history Email 32 Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account 32 Adding an Exchange account 33 Sending an email [...]

iii Managing applications 53 Downloading applications 53 Installing an application 53 Viewing applications 54 Sharing an application 54 Uninstalling an application 54 Clearing the application cache Phone Manager 55 Phone accelerator 55 Storage cleaner 55 Harassment filter 56 Power savin g 56 Notification manager 56 Startup manager Tools 58 Clock 59[...]

1 Foreword Foreword Thank you for choosing the HUAWEI Ascend G750 smar tphone! This guide introduces you to the features and functions of your new ph one. Also included are safety precautions yo u should be a ware of, so please read this guide first before you begin using your new phone. Symbols and definitions The followin g symbols are used in th[...]

Getting started 2 Getting started Your phone at a glance Headset jack Earpiece Front camera Buttons USB port Speaker Power Volume Proximity sensor/Ambient light sensor Status in dicator Flash Microphone Camera Microphone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14[...]

3 Getting started Do not block the area around the ambient light and p roximity sensor. When you attach a protective film to the screen, make sure it does not block the sensor. Buttons Charging the battery You can charge the phone in either of the following ways: • Use the provided USB cable and pow er adapter to connect your phone to a power soc[...]

Getting started 4 Battery indicator The battery indicator shows yo ur phone's battery level. • Blinking re d: Th e battery level is lower than 10%. • Steady red (when charging): The battery level is lower than 10%. • Steady yell ow (when cha rging): The battery level is hi gher than 10 %. • Steady green (when chargin g): The battery is[...]

5 Getting started Powering on or off your phone • To power on your phone, press and hold the power button. • To power off your phone, press and ho ld the power button to display an option menu, and then touch Power of f > OK . Dual-card management Enabling or disabling a SIM card You can install a WCDMA and GSM card on your phone and use one[...]

Getting started 6 Locking the screen • Method 1: Press the power button to manually lock the scre en. • Method 2: After being idle for a speci fied period of time, your phone automatically locks its screen. To set the screen lock method, to uch on the home screen. On the displayed General tab, touch Screen lock . Unlocking the screen If the scr[...]

7 Getting started Getting to know your home screen Your home screens are where you'll find your favorite wi dgets and all your applications. We did away with the application li st to give you a more convenient and direct path to your a pplications. The default home screen is shown bel ow. Status bar: displays notifications and icons. Flick dow[...]

Getting started 8 Switching between home screens Running out of space on the home screen? Not to worry. Your phone lets you create more home screens for va rious applications and widgets. • Flick left and right across the scr een to switch between the home screens. • Pinch two fingers together to display the home screen thumbnails. Touch a thum[...]

9 Getting started screenshot. By default, screenshots are saved to the Pictures folder in File Manager . You can also flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel and touch > to take a screenshot. Auto-rotate screen Your phone features a tilt sensor. If you rotate your phone when browsing a web page or viewing a photo, your scre[...]

Getting started 10 Touch to display the s witch sh ortcut list and touch to edit it. Touch Clear to delete all notifications. Touch an applic ation to start it and flick left or right across a notification to dismiss it. 3 4 5[...]

11 Basic operations Basic operations Status ic ons Signal strength No signal Roaming Airplane mode enabled Bluetooth on Receiving locati on data from GPS Vibration m ode enabled Silence mode enabled Alarms enabled Charging Battery full Battery low Call in progress Missed calls New messa ges New emails New voicemails Select input method Wi-Fi networ[...]

Basic operations 12 Accessing applications Starting applications and switching between them On the home screen, touch an appl ication icon to open it. To switch to another application, touch to return to the home screen, and touch the icon of the application you want to open. Viewing recently used applications Touch and hold to display the list of [...]

13 Basic operations Editing text Discover how to select, cut, copy, and paste text on your phone. • Select text : Touch and hold the text to bring up . Then drag and to select more or less text, or touch Select all to select all te xt in a te xt box. • Copy text : Select text and touch Copy . • Cut tex t : Select text and touch Cut . • Past[...]

Personalizing your phone 14 Personalizing your phone Changing the home screen style Your phone supports the standard and simple home screen styles. 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Home screen style . 3. Choose Simple or Standard and touch APPLY . Changing the theme Changing the theme 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Select a th[...]

15 Personalizing your phone • Touch Random change to have the home screen wa llpaper change randomly. Setting the home screen transition effect 1. On the home screen, touch and ho ld a blan k area to disp lay the Set Home Screen dialog box. 2. Touch Transitions . 3. Select a home screen transition effect. Setting t ones 1. On the home screen, tou[...]

Personalizing your phone 16 Unlocking the screen with a PIN 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Security . 3. Touch Screen lock > PIN . 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to set a screen unlock PIN. After a PIN is set, you will have to enter it every time you want to unlock the phone screen. Unlocking the screen with a password [...]

17 Personalizing your phone Changing the font size 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Display . 3. Touch Font size and select a font size. Adjusting the screen brightness 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Display . 3. Touch Brightness . 4. In the displayed dialog box, perform either of the following o perations: ?[...]

Calls 18 Calls Making a call Smart dialing Smart dialing lets you quickly find contac ts by entering parts of their names or numbers. 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Enter the initials or first few letters of a contact's name, or part of the contact's phone number. Matching co ntacts in your phone an d phone numbers in y our call log ar[...]

19 Calls Answering or rejecting a call When a call comes in, you can press the volume button to mute the ringtone. • Drag right to answer the call. • Drag left to reject the call. • Drag up to reject the call and send the caller a message. On the dialer screen, touch > Settings > Reject calls with SMS to edit the message that will be se[...]

Calls 20 What you can do during a call To return to the call screen, flick down from the status bar to open the notification pa nel, and touch Current call . Touch > to place the current call on hold, and touch again to resume the call. Touch > to start a three-way call. Before you use three- way calling, make sure you have subscribe d to thi[...]

21 Calls Answering a third-part y call Before you answer a third -party call, make sure that you have turned on call waiting. 1. If a call comes in when you ar e already in another call, drag right to answer the new call and place the f irst call on hold. 2. To switch betwee n the two calls, touch . Making a conference ca ll Making conference calls[...]

Calls 22 You can also touch and hold the number yo u want to add, and touch Create new contact or Save to existing co ntact . Clearing the call log 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under Dialer , you can: • Touch and hold a contact name or phone number , and touch Delete entry to delete that call record. • Touch > Delete call log . In the d[...]

23 Contact s Contacts Creating a contact 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch Create a new contact (or touch ). 3. Choose the save locati on for the contact. 4. Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details. 5. Touch SAVE . Importing or exporting contacts Your phone supports contact files in .v cf format only. This is the standard form[...]

Contact s 24 Importing contacts from a Bluetooth device 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch Import contacts > Another phone (or touch > Import/Export > Another phone ). 3. Select Supports Bluetooth , and touch NEXT . The phone then turns on Bluetooth and scans for Bl uetooth devi ces. 4. Touch the Bluetooth device from which you want t[...]

25 Contact s 2. Touch > Setti ngs > Copy contacts and choose from where you want to copy the contacts. 3. Touch the contacts you want to copy or touch All to select all contacts. 4. Touch Copy and choose where you want to paste the contacts. Searching for a contact 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Enter the contact name or initials. Ma tchin[...]

Contact s 26 5. Select contacts you want to add to the group or touch All t o s e l e c t a l l contacts, and then touch ADD . 6. Touch SAVE . Sending messages or emails to a cont act group On the home screen, touch . Under Favorites , touch and hold the contact group you want to send a message or email to, and choose Send message or Send email fro[...]

27 Messaging Messaging Sending a text message 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. In the list of message threads, touch . 3. Touch the recipient text box and ente r the contact name or phone number. Matching results are display ed as yo u type. Touch to select a contact. Touch to select more contacts. 4. Write your message. 5. Touch or . Sending a mu[...]

Messaging 28 Replying to a message 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. In the list of message threads, touc h a contact name or phone number to view the conversation thread. 3. Write your message. 4. Touch or . Searching for a message 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. In the list of message threads, touch > Search . 3. Enter the message or contact[...]

29 Messaging 3. Touch and hold the message you want to forward, and touch Forward . 4. Touch the recipient text box and ente r the contact name or phone number. Touch to select more contacts. 5. Touch or . Deleting a message 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. In the list of message threads, touc h a contact name or phone number to view the conversat[...]

Browser 30 Browser Browsing web pages 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Enter a website addr ess in the addre ss box. Your phone displays matching websites as you type. 3. Touch the website you want to visit. Managing bookmarks Bookmarks let you keep track of your favorite websites. Adding a bookmark 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. On the Browser[...]

31 Browser 4. Rename the bookmark, change the websi te a ddress, or revise the account information. Then touch OK . Setting the home page 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch > Setti ngs > General > Set homepage . 3. From the displayed option menu, choose the web page you want to set as the home page. Clearing your br owsing history To [...]

Email 32 Email Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account Certain parameters must be set when you add a POP3 or IMAP email account. For details, co ntact your em ail service prov ider. 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Select an em ail accoun t type. 3. Enter your Email address and Passwo rd , and touch Next . 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to config[...]

33 Email 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to configure the email settings. The system then automaticall y connects to the server and checks server settings. When the email account is set up, the Inbox screen is displayed. Sending an email 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch the email address bar at the top of the screen to select an email ac[...]

Email 34 • Touch to go back to the previous email. • Touch to skip to the next email. Mail retrieval may be slightly delayed, de pending on the network condition. Touch to refresh the inbox.[...]

35 Multimedia Multimedia Camera Capture screen Touch to switch to video mode. Touch to switch to photo mode. Touch the thumbnail to view your photos and videos. • Touch an object on the vi ewfinder to focus the camera on it. • Spread two fingers apart to zoom in or pinch them together to zoom out. Touch to select a capture mode. Touch to set th[...]

Multimedia 36 Taking a photo 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Frame the scene you w ant to capture. Let your camera focus au tomatically or touch the screen to focus the came ra. When the cam era is focused, the frame in the center of th e viewfinder turns gre en. 3. Touch . Shooting a video 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Frame the scene you wa[...]

37 Multimedia 3. Frame the scene you want to capture. 4. Touch to start shooting. 5. Follow the screen prompts to move your phone slowly and stably, when the two arrows are overlapping, the ph one will automatically take one or multiple photos. 6. Touch to stop shooting. The camera au tomatically stitches the photos together to create one panoramic[...]

Multimedia 38 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch > to swi tch to HDR mode. 3. Frame the scene you want to capture. 4. Touch . The front camera does not support HDR. Taking a photo using audio control 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch > to swi tch to audio contr ol mode. 3. Frame the scene you want to capture. Your phon e will take [...]

39 Multimedia Musi c Listening to music 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Select a category. 3. Touch the song you want to play. 4. Touch the playing song to enter the main playback inter face. Flick left or right to switch be tween the album cover and lyrics. Touch to add a song to your Favorite s . Touch to switch between diff erent playing modes[...]

Multimedia 40 When a song is playing, touch to exit the playback screen without stopping the song. To return to th e music playback screen, op en the notification panel and touch the playing song. Creating a playlist Creating playlists lets you be creative with your songs, and organize them into groups. You'll be able to listen to th e playlis[...]

41 Internet connection Internet connection Mobile data connection Turning on the data service 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Mobile n etworks . 3. Touch Data connection , and select the SIM whic h you wan t to turn on data service. When you don't need to access t he Inte rnet, turn off the data servic e to save battery pow[...]

Internet connection 42 Wi-Fi network Your phone can connect to Wi-Fi networ ks. Some public locations, such as airports and libraries, may have Wi-Fi networks availa ble for use. Using W i-Fi networks provided by certain Internet service providers may produce f ees. Before you use a p ublic Wi-Fi hotspot, ma ke sure you check a nd are aware of that[...]

43 Internet connection Sharing your phone's mobile data connection Wi-Fi hotspot Your phone can function as a Wi-Fi ho tspot for other devices, sharing its mobile data connection. 1. On the home screen, touch then the All tab. 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS , touch More… . 3. Touch Tethering & portable hotspot . 4. Select the Portab le[...]

Internet connection 44 4. Select the Set mobile data limit check box. 5. Set the data usage limits as follows: • Drag the limit line up or down to adjust the mobile data usage limit. • Drag the warning line up or down to adjust the mobile data usage warning value. When your data usag e reaches the warning line, you will be notified. • Drag th[...]

45 Internet connection Restricting automatic data synchronization Restricting automatic data synchroniza tio n helps save data traffic and battery power. After this function is enabled, you have to manual ly synchronize your accounts. 1. On the home screen, touch then the All tab. 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS , touch More… . 3. Touch Data us [...]

Sharing data 46 Sharing data Bluetooth Your phone is Bluetooth-capable, allowing you to connect to other Bluetooth-enabled devices for wireless da ta transmission. When using Bluetooth, stay within 10 meters (33 feet) of other Bluetoot h devices. Turning on or off Bluetooth 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Bluetooth to turn on or[...]

47 Sharing data 2. Under All , touch Bluetooth . Your phone will then scan for other Bluetooth devices in range. 3. In the list of detected Bluetoot h devices, t ouch a device and fol low the onscreen instruc tions to pair with it. To disconnect from a pai red Bluetooth device, under PAIRED DEVIC ES , touch > Unpair . If you cannot set up a Blue[...]

Sharing data 48 Connecting two devices using Wi-Fi Direct 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Wi-Fi to turn on Wi-Fi. 3. In the Wi-Fi network list, touch > Wi-Fi Direct to scan for available devices. 4. Select a device. Sending a file using Wi-Fi Direct 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch and hold the file you want to send, a[...]

49 Sharing data 3. After the driver is installed, open the new drive and begin transferring media fil es between your p hone and computer. Multi media content on your phone can only be viewed thr ough Windows Media Player. HiSuite mode HiSuite i s a file transfe r application de veloped by Huawei that lets you back up, synchronize, and transf er da[...]

File Manager 50 File Manager Switching between category and list views File Manager provides category and li st views. • Under the category view, audio clips, videos, images, an d applications in your phone' s internal st orage and microSD card are displayed b y category, easy for you to browse through. • Under the list view, files in your[...]

51 File Manager Copying, cutting, and pasting a file 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch Internal or SD card . 3. Touch or . 4. Touch the file you want to copy or cut, and touch COPY or CUT . 5. Select where you want to paste the f ile, and touch PASTE . Renaming a file 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch Internal or SD card . 3. Touch and [...]

File Manager 52 Checking the storage status Before you s ave large file s to your ph one's internal storag e or microSD card, make sure there is enough space first. 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch > Storage . 3. On the Storage screen, view the total and av ailable space in your phone 's internal storage or microSD card.[...]

53 Managing applicati ons Managing applications Downloading applications A rich sele ction of appl ications ar e av ailable from a variety of sources. You can: • Download applications fr om Google's Play Store. • Download applications from w eb pages using the browser on your phone. • Download applications us ing a computer, and copy the[...]

Managing applicati ons 54 2. Under All , touch Manage apps . 3. Select an applicat ion type: downloaded, running, or all. 4. Touch an application to v iew its details, and flick up or down f or more information . Sharing an application 1. On the home screen, touch and hold the application you want to share until is displayed at the top of the scree[...]

55 Phone Manager Phone Manager Phone accelerator If you are experiencing slowdown issues with your phone, you may have too many applications using up too much memory. Optimize your system by using phone accelerator. 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch Phone accelerator . 3. Select the unw anted applic ations, and touch CLOSE . Storage cleaner 1[...]

Phone Manager 56 Power saving 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch Power s aving . 3. On the Power s aving screen, you can: • Turn off the functions not in use to save pow er. • Touch Power monitoring and manually optimize the power plan based on the scan results. • Touch Smart to enable smart mode and have your phone conserve power while [...]

57 Phone Manager 3. On the Startup manager screen, you can: • Select an application to have it run automatical ly at system startup. • Deselect an application to prevent it from running at system startup.[...]

Tools 58 Tools Clock Clock lets you view the time around the wo rld, use stopwatch or timer to keep track of time, or set alarms to wake you up in the morning. Alarm 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under Alarm , you can: • Add an alarm: Touc h , and set the alarm time, ringtone, how often it repeats, and more. Then touch DONE . • Turn on or o[...]

59 Tools • Delete a city: Touch , select the city you want to delete, and touch DELETE . Timer 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. On the Timer tab, rotate the dial to se t the timer duration, or touch 1 min , 3 min , or 5 min to quickly set a time duration. 3. When you are done, tou ch Start to start the timer. 4. When the timer ends, the phone pl[...]

Tools 60 3. Touch to update the weather. You can also set Weather to automatic update mode. Touch > > Settings , select Auto update , and set Update interval . Your phone will then update the weather at the interval you set. Sharing weather information Your phone lets you send weather information as a text message to remind your family and fr[...]

61 Tools Searching for stations 1. On the home screen, touch Tools > . 2. Touch > to search for and save available stations. Your phone will automatically searc h for and save stations the first time you open the FM radio. Listening to FM radio Touch to return to the previous station. Touch to turn on or off the FM radio. Touch to add the cur[...]

Phone settings 62 Phone settings Turning on or off airplane mode Your phone's signal reception or transm ission may interfere with an airplane's flight system. Power off your phone or switch to airplane mode as required when you are on a flight. In airplane mode, your phone's wireless features are disabled, but you can still listen t[...]

63 Phone settings • Touch or clear th e check box under SYSTEM to turn on or off the notification tone or vibra tion when yo u touch or l ock the scre en, take a screenshot, dial a number, and more. Display settings 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Display . 3. On the Displ ay screen, you can: • Touch Brightness to adjust the[...]

Phone settings 64 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Do not disturb . 3. On the Do not distur b screen, you can: • Touch Enable to turn on or off do not disturb mode. In do not disturb mode, is displayed on the status bar. • Touch Scheduled to schedule the effective time period for do not disturb mode. • Touch Allowed contact[...]

65 Phone settings 3. Touch Language . 4. Select a langua ge. Setting the PIN of your SIM c ard A personal identification number (PIN) i s delivere d with your SIM card to better protect your phone data. If you enable the SIM card lock, you must enter the PIN each time you turn your phone on. Before you perform the following operat ions, make s ure [...]

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