Huawei Ascend Y550 manual

Y550 User Guide[...]

i Contents Foreword Getting started 2 Your phone at a glance 3 Charging the battery 4 Powering on or off your phone 4 Locking and unlocking the screen 6 Getting to know your home screen 9 Status icons 10 Viewing recently used applications Texting 11 Selecting an input method 11 Huawei Swype input method 12 Android input method 13 Editing text Perso[...]

ii Messaging 25 Sending a text message 25 Sending a multimedia message 26 Managing messages Browser 28 Browsing web pages 28 Adding a bookmark 28 Setting the home page 28 Clearing your browsing history Email 29 Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account 29 Adding an Exchange account 30 Sending an email 30 Checking your emails Multimedia 32 Camera 36 Galle[...]

iii 48 Installing an application 48 Sharing an application 49 Uninstalling an application 49 Clearing the application cache Phone Manager 50 Optimizing the system 51 Power manager 51 Harassment filter Backup, restoration, and update 53 Backing up data to the local storage 53 Restoring data from the local storage 54 Restoring factory settings 54 Onl[...]

Note Highlights important information and tips, and provides additional information. Caution Indicates potential problems that may arise, such as device damage or data loss, if the proper care or attention is not given. Warning Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in serious injury. 1 Foreword Foreword Tha[...]

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

Return • Touch to return to the previous screen or exit the current application. • When you are entering text, touch to hide the onscreen keyboard. Home Touch to return to the home screen. Menu • Touch to display an option menu. • Touch and hold to display the list of recently used applications. 3 Getting started Do not block the area aroun[...]

Getting started 4 Important information about the battery • Rechargeable batteries have a limited lifecycle and may eventually need to be replaced. If you notice significantly reduced battery life, replace the battery. • If your phone has been running for long periods of time, especially in hot environments, heat may be pushed to the surface of[...]

5 Getting started use. You can lock and unlock your screen in different ways. The pre-installed screen unlock method is used as an example in this section. Locking the screen • Method 1: Press the power button to manually lock the screen. • Method 2: After being idle for a specified period of time, your phone automatically locks its screen. 08:[...]

08:08 08:08 08:08 1 2 3 4 Getting started 6 Getting to know your home screen Your home screens are where you'll find all of your favorite widgets and applications. We did away with the application list to give you a more convenient and direct path to your applications. The default home screen is shown below.[...]

1 Status bar: displays notifications and status icons. Flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel. 2 Display area: displays application icons, folders, and widgets. 3 Screen position indicator: shows the current screen's position. 4 Dock: displays frequently used applications. 08:08 1 2 3 4 5 1 Touch to display the settings [...]

Getting started 8 Taking a screenshot Want to share an interesting scene in a movie or show off your new high score in a game? Take a screenshot and share away. Press the power and volume down buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot. Then, open the notification panel and touch Share to share the screenshot. By default, screenshots are saved to [...]

9 Getting started Organizing home screen icons using folders 1. On the home screen, drag an application onto another one to create a folder containing both of them. 2. Touch the folder to open it. You can then: • Touch the folder name to rename it. • Touch and add more items to the folder. • Drag an icon out from the folder to remove the icon[...]

Getting started 10 Viewing recently used applications Touch and hold to display the list of recently used applications. You can then: • Touch an application to start it. • Flick left or right across an application or touch on its right upper corner to dismiss it. • Touch to clear the list. Synchronizing data Synchronization failed Portable Wi[...]

11 Texting Texting Your phone comes with multiple text input methods. You can quickly enter text using the onscreen keyboard. • Touch a text box to bring up the onscreen keyboard. • To hide the onscreen keyboard, touch . Selecting an input method 1. On the text input screen, flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel. 2. Touc[...]

1 Slide across letters to enter a word, such as "bay". 2 Touch to switch between lowercase letters, uppercase letters, and caps lock. 3 Touch and hold to go to the settings screen. 4 Touch +!= to enter numbers and symbols. 5 • Touch to enter a space. • Touch and hold to choose another language. 6 Touch to use voice input. 7 • Touch [...]

3 13 Texting 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 text in a text box. • Copy text : Select text and touch Copy . • Cut text : Select text and touch Cut . • Paste text : T[...]

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15 Personalizing your phone 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 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Select a theme and touch APPLY[...]

Personalizing your phone 16 3. Touch Phone ringtone or Default notification tone , and choose either of the following tabs: • Ringtone : Choose from the default selection. • Music : Choose from the audio files you have saved to your phone. 4. Touch APPLY . Changing the font size 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Display . 3. T[...]

17 Calls Calls Smart dialing You can make a call by entering the phone number on the dialer or use smart dialing that lets you quickly find contacts 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 con[...]

Calls 18 08:08 5 6 2 3 4 1 7 6 5 1 Touch > to place the current call on hold, and touch again to resume the call. 2 Touch > to start a three-way call. Before you use three- way calling, make sure you have subscribed to this service. For details, contact your service provider. 3 Touch to display the dialer. 4 Touch to use the speakerphone. 5 T[...]

19 Calls To return to the call screen, flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel, and touch Current call . Answering a third-party call Before you answer a third-party call, make sure you have enabled call waiting. 1. If a call comes in when you are already in another call, drag right to answer the new call and place the first c[...]

Calls 20 3. Touch Create new contact or Save to existing contact . You can also touch and hold the number you want to add, and touch Create new contact or Save to existing contact . Deleting call records 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 the [...]

21 Contacts Contacts Creating a contact 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch Create a new contact . 3. Choose the save location 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 .vcf format only. This is the standard format for files s[...]

Contacts 22 2. Touch Import contacts > Another phone . 3. Select Supports Bluetooth , and touch NEXT . The phone then turns on Bluetooth and scans for other Bluetooth devices in range. 4. Touch the Bluetooth device from which you want to import contacts. When the two devices are paired, your phone automatically imports the .vcf file from the oth[...]

23 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. Matching contacts are displayed as you type. Merging contacts 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch > Settings > Merge duplicate contacts . 3. Touch the contacts you want to[...]

Contacts 24 2. Under Favorites , touch and hold the contact group you want to send a message or email to, and choose Send message or Send email from the displayed option menu. You can also open the contact group and touch to send a message or to send an email. @[...]

25 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 enter the contact name or phone number. Matching contacts are displayed as you type. Select a contact. Touch to select more contacts. 4. Write your message. 5. Touch Send . Sending a multimedia [...]

Messaging 26 Managing messages Copying messages to a SIM card 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the conversation thread. 3. Touch and hold the message you want to copy, and touch Copy to SIM card . Restoring your phone to its factory settings won't delete messages sav[...]

27 Messaging 3. Touch and hold the message you want to delete, and touch Delete . Touch > Delete to delete multiple messages simultaneously. Deleting a thread 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. In the list of message threads, you can: • Touch and hold the thread you want to delete, and touch Delete conversation . • Touch > Delete to delete[...]

Browser 28 Browser Browsing web pages 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Enter a website address in the address box. Your phone then displays matching websites as you type. 3. Touch the website you want to visit. Adding a bookmark 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. On the Browser screen, open the web page you want to add as a bookmark. 3. Touch > [...]

29 Email Email Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account Certain parameters must be set when you add a POP3 or IMAP email account. For details, contact your email service provider. 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch Others . 3. Enter your Email address and Password , and touch Next . 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to configure the email account[...]

Email 30 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to configure your Exchange account. The system then automatically connects to the server and checks server settings. When your Exchange account is set up, the Inbox screen is displayed. Sending an email 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. On the Inbox screen, touch to select an email account. 3. Touch . 4.[...]

31 Email • Flick left to go back to the previous email or flick right to skip to the next email. Mail retrieval may be slightly delayed, depending on the network condition. On the Inbox screen, touch > Refresh to refresh the inbox.[...]

Multimedia 32 Multimedia Camera Your phone supports a variety of capture scenarios, such as scenery, portrait, and dynamic. It also supports smart, beauty, panoramic, audio control, and burst capture modes. A 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 4 1 Capture screen Touch to record a video. 2 • Touch to take a photo. • Touch and hold to take burst shots, and release yo[...]

7 33 Multimedia Taking a photo 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Frame the scene you want to capture. Let your camera focus automatically or touch the screen to focus the camera. When the camera is focused, the frame in the center of the viewfinder turns green. 3. Touch . Shooting a video 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Frame the scene you want t[...]

Multimedia 34 2. Frame the scene you want to capture. 3. Touch and hold . The camera then takes up to 10 photos in rapid succession. You can stop shooting anytime by releasing your finger. Taking a panoramic photo 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch > to switch to panoramic mode. 3. Frame the scene you want to capture. 4. Touch to start shoo[...]

35 Multimedia 2. Touch > to switch 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 switch to audio control mode. 3. Frame the scene you want to capture. Your phone will take a photo when the surrounding noise [...]

Multimedia 36 Gallery Viewing photos or videos 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch an album. 3. Touch a photo or video to view it in full screen mode. When viewing a photo, pinch two fingers together to zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in. Playing a slideshow 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch an album. 3. Touch > Slideshow to play[...]

37 Multimedia 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch an album. 3. Touch , and choose a sharing method from the displayed option menu. 4. Select the photo or video you want to share. 5. Touch SHARE and follow the onscreen instructions to share the photo or video. Music Listening to music 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Select a category. 3. Touch[...]

1 Flick left or right to switch between the album cover and lyrics. 2 Touch to add a song to your Favorites . 3 Touch to switch between different playing modes (repeat the current song, repeat the playlist, shuffle, and play in sequence). 4 • Touch to play and touch to pause. • Touch to go back to the previous song. • Touch to skip to the nex[...]

39 Multimedia Sharing a song 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Select a category. 3. On the song list, touch > Share . 4. Select the song you want to share. 5. Touch SHARE . 6. From the displayed option menu, choose a file type. 7. Choose a sharing method and follow the onscreen instructions to share the song.[...]

Internet connection 40 Internet connection Turning on your mobile network 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Mobile networks . 3. Select the Data enabled check box. When you don't need to access the Internet, turn off your mobile network to save battery power and reduce mobile data usage. Wi-Fi network Your phone can connect t[...]

41 Internet connection Connecting to a Wi-Fi network using WPS Wi-Fi protected setup (WPS) lets you quickly connect to a Wi-Fi network. Simply press the WPS button or enter the PIN to connect your phone to a Wi- Fi router that supports WPS. 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch the Wi-Fi switch to turn on Wi-Fi. 3. Touch Wi-Fi . 4. To[...]

Sharing data 42 Sharing data Bluetooth Your phone is Bluetooth-capable, allowing you to connect to other Bluetooth-enabled devices for wireless data transmission. When using Bluetooth, stay within 10 meters (33 feet) of other Bluetooth devices. Turning on or turning off Bluetooth 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Bluetooth to turn[...]

43 Sharing data Sharing a file using Bluetooth To exchange data with another Bluetooth device, enable Bluetooth on both devices and pair them with each other. 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch and hold the file you want to send, and touch Share > Bluetooth . 3. Select a device. Receiving a file using Bluetooth When your phone receives a fi[...]

Sharing data 44 Receiving a file using Wi-Fi Direct When a file comes in through Wi-Fi Direct, your phone automatically begins receiving it. You can open the notification panel to view the file receiving progress. By default, received files are saved to the Wi-Fi Direct folder in File Manager . Connecting your phone to a computer MTP mode MTP mode [...]

45 File Manager File Manager Creating a folder 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under Local , touch Internal or SD card . 3. Touch > New folder . 4. Name the folder and touch Save . Searching for a file 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under Local , touch Internal or SD card . 3. Touch > Search . 4. Enter part or all of the file name. Searc[...]

File Manager 46 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under Local , touch Internal or SD card . 3. Touch > Compress . 4. Select the file or folder you want to compress, and touch Compress . 5. Choose the save path of the compressed file, name it, and touch OK . To decompress a file, touch and hold it, and choose Extract from the displayed option men[...]

47 File Manager Checking the storage status 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under Local , touch > Storage . 3. On the Storage screen, view the total and available space in your phone's internal storage or microSD card.[...]

Managing applications 48 Managing applications Downloading applications A rich selection of applications are available from a variety of sources. You can: • Download applications from Play Store. • Download applications from web pages using the browser on your phone. • Download applications using a computer, and copy the applications to the p[...]

49 Managing applications 2. Drag the application to . 3. On the displayed dialog box, select a sharing method and follow the onscreen instructions to share the application. System applications can't be shared. Uninstalling an application 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under All , touch Manage apps . 3. Flick to All , and select the applicat[...]

Phone Manager 50 Phone Manager Optimizing the system Phone scanning Phone scanning lets you run a full check of your phone's operation status and quickly optimize the system. 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch Scan or Touch to scan . After the scan is complete, follow the onscreen instructions to clear trash files, optimize the system, an[...]

51 Phone Manager Power manager Setting the power saving mode 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch Power saving . 3. On the Power saving screen, you can: • Touch Normal to enable normal mode. • Touch Smart to enable smart mode and have your phone conserve power while still allowing full use of all phone functions. • Touch Ultra power saving[...]

Phone Manager 52 Notification manager Some applications may push all kinds of notifications to your phone. Notification manager lets you set restriction rules on notifications to avoid receiving unnecessary information. 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Flick left and touch Notification manager . 3. On the Notification manager screen, you can: • [...]

53 Backup, restoration, and update Backup, restoration, and update Backing up data to the local storage 1. On the home screen, touch > . 2. Select or clear the Encrypt your backup check box. Once the backup file is encrypted, you need to enter the password to access it. 3. Touch New backup . 4. Select the data you want to back up, and follow the[...]

Backup, restoration, and update 54 Restoring factory settings Restoring your phone to the factory settings erases all your personal data from the phone storage, including information about your accounts, your system and application settings, and downloaded applications. Back up important data on your phone before you restore factory settings. 1. On[...]

55 Tools Tools Calendar Calendar is your personal assistant that helps you manage, arrange, and keep track of all important events. If you have saved the birthday information for your contacts, Calendar automatically creates birthday reminders. Creating an event 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Touch . 3. Enter event details, such as the event nam[...]

Tools 56 Alarm 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. Under Alarm , you can: • Add an alarm: Touch , and set the alarm time, ringtone, how often it repeats, and more. Then touch DONE . • Turn on or turn off an alarm: Touch the switch button to the right of an alarm to turn it on or off. • Configure alarm settings: Touch , and set the snooze durati[...]

57 Tools Touch Reset to clear all stopwatch records. Timer 1. On the home screen, touch . 2. On the Timer tab, rotate the dial to set the timer duration, or touch an option to quickly select a time duration. Touch to set a tone for the timer. 3. When you are done, touch Start to start the timer. 4. When the timer ends, the phone plays a tone and st[...]

Tools 58 2. Touch . 3. Touch to the right of the city you want to set as the default city. To rearrange the cities, in the city list, touch > Rearrange cities . Updating the weather 1. On the home screen, touch Tools > . 2. Flick left or right to find the city whose weather you want to update. 3. Touch to update the weather. You can also set [...]

59 Phone settings Phone settings Turning on or turning off airplane mode Your phone's signal reception or transmission 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 l[...]

Phone settings 60 • Touch Volume and drag the sliders to set the volume of music, ringtones, notification tones, alarms, calls, and more. • Touch Silent mode to turn on or turn off silence mode. • Select or clear the Vibrate in silent mode check box to set whether your phone vibrates when it is in silence mode. • Select or clear the Vibrate[...]

61 Phone settings • Touch Font size to change the display font size. Turning on or turning off do not disturb mode To avoid being disturbed when you need to focus on important business, turn on do not disturb mode. In do not disturb mode, your phone will ring only when you receive calls from allowed cont acts. Other calls will be rejected, and me[...]

Phone settings 62 • Clear the Automatic date  time and Automatic time zone check boxes to manually set the date, time, and time zone. • Select or clear the Use 24-hour format check box to switch between the 12-hour and 24-hour formats. • Touch Select date format to select how you want th e date to be displayed. Changing the system language[...]

63 Phone settings The SIM card allows only a limited number of consecutive retries if an incorrect PIN is entered. If this limit is exceeded, you must enter a PIN unblocking key (PUK), which you can obtain from your service provider. The number of consecutive attempts to enter the PUK incorrectly is also limited. If this limit is exceeded, your SIM[...]

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