Huawei Y 201 manual

User Guide Welcome to HUAWEI HUA WE I A sc end Y 201[...]

Contents i 1 Read Befo re Proceeding ................ ................ ................. ......1 1.1 Safety Precaution s .......... ... ................ ................ ................ .......... 1 1.2 Personal Informat ion and Data Security ......... ... ................ .......... 2 1.3 Legal Notice ......... ... ................ ..............[...]

ii 4.8 Deleting a Conta ct .......... ................ ................ .............. .. ... ........ 21 4.9 Backing Up and S ync hr onizing Contact s............... ... ................. 21 4.10 Strea ms ............. ................ ................. ................ ................ ..... 22 4.11 Managi ng Groups .... ................ ........[...]

iii 9.6 Play Store ............ ... ................ ................ ................ ................. .. 49 10 Synch ronizing I nformation ................ ................ .................50 10.1 Managin g Your Accounts ......... ................ ................ ................ 50 10.2 Custo mizing Your Account Synchronizatio n ....... .....[...]

1 1 Read Before Proceeding 1.1 Safety Prec autions Please read the safet y precautions carefully to ensure the correct use of your mobile phone. Do not crash, throw, or punc ture your mobile phone. Avoid the falling, squeezing, and ben ding of your mobile phone. Do not use your mobile phone in a moist enviro nment, such as the bathroom. Pr event yo[...]

2 1.2 Personal Informatio n and Data Security The use of some functions or thir d-party applications on your devic e could result in your personal information an d data being lost or becoming accessible to others. Several measures ar e recommended to help you protect persona l and confidential information. • Place your devic e in a safe area to p[...]

3 • Periodically back up personal informatio n kept on your SI M/UIM card, memory card, or stored in your device memory . If you change to a diffe rent device, be su re to move or delete any per sonal information on your old device. • If you are worried abo ut viruses when y ou receive mess ages or emails from a stranger, you can delete them wi[...]

4 Trademarks and Perm issions , , and are trademarks or registe red trademarks of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Android is a trademark of Goog le Inc. Other trademarks, product , service and company names mentione d are the property of their respective owne rs. Notice Some features of the pro duct and its accessories described her ein rely on the s[...]

5 This product uses the open-s ource Android™ platform. Huawei Techno logies Co., Ltd. has made necessary changes to the platform. Therefore, t his product may not support all the functions tha t are supported by the standard And roid platform or may be incompatible with t hird- party software. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not be liable fo[...]

6 2 Getting Started All the pictures in this guide are f or your reference only. Your phon e’s actual display features may be di fferent to those described her e, depending on its software version. 2.1 Key Functions at Your Finger tips 2.2 Import ant Informa tion About the Battery • If the battery has not bee n used for a long time, you may not[...]

7 • Using data services inc reases the power consum ption of the phone and will therefore reduce th e length of time that the phone can be used betwee n battery charges. • The time required to fully charge the batt ery depends on the ambient temperature and the age of the battery. • When the battery power is low, the phone will alert you and [...]

8 If personal ident ification number (PIN) protection is enabled o n your mobile phone, you must enter your PIN befor e using the mobile phone. 2.4.2 Setting Up Your Mo bile Phone The first time yo u power on your mobile phon e, the phone displays a setup wizard to help you set up the phone. The setup wizard he lps you: • Create or sign in to you[...]

9 • Touch and hold : Touch an item with your fin ger and do not release it until th e mobile phone respon ds. For example, to open the options menu for the active screen, touch and hold t he screen until the menu app ears. • Flick : Move your finger ei ther vertically or horizont ally across the screen . • Drag : Touch and hold the de sired i[...]

10 If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, you will be prompted to draw the pattern on the screen to unlock it. 2.7 Home Screen Touch and hold a shortcut until the mobile phone vib rates, you can then drag it to your desired location or mov e it to the tras h. You can also d rag an icon f rom another area of the scree n to the shortcut position[...]

11 Roaming Airplane mode Bluetooth on Receiving locat ion data from GPS Speakerphone on Alarm enabled Vibration mode Charging battery Call muted Battery extremely low Battery full Missed call Call in progress New mail from Gmail Call in progres s with a Bluetooth headset used Problem with text or multimedia message delivery New text or multimedia m[...]

12 2.7. 2 Notifi cation Pa nel Your mobile phone will notify you wh en you receive a new message or there is an upcoming event. The notification panel al so informs you of alarms and settings. Ope n the notification panel to see your network oper ator or to view a messag e, reminder, or event no tification . Opening the Notification P anel 1. When [...]

13 2.7.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen 2.7.4 Customizing the H ome Screen Adding a New Home Screen Item 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Home screen unt il the Add to home screen menu is displayed. You can also touch > Add on the Home screen to display the Add to home screen menu. 2. Select an item to add it to the Home scree n. Mo[...]

14 2. Without lifting your finger , drag the item to the trash can . When the item and the trash can turn red, th e item is ready to be removed. 3. Release the item to remove it from the Home scr een. 2.7. 5 Servic e Shortcut s 1. Open the notification bar. 2. Touch at the top of the screen to s witch data services on or off. You can also touc h , [...]

15 2.9 Using a microSD Card 2.9.1 Using the microSD Card as a US B Mass Storage To transfer all y our favorite music and pictures from your PC to your mobile phone’s microSD card, set the microSD car d as a USB mass storage. 1. Connect your mobile phone to your PC with the USB cable provided. Your PC will detect the microSD car d as a removable s[...]

16 When you are in a call, you can touc h to use other fun ctions. To return to the ca ll screen, flick the notif ication bar down and touch Current call . Be careful not to block the microphone at the bottom of your phone if you wan t your voice heard by the other parties in a call. 3.1. 1 Making a Call with the Dia ler Appli cation 1. On the Home[...]

17 3.2 Answering or Re jecting a Call 3.2.1 Answering an Incoming C all When you receive a phone c all, the incoming call screen opens. If you have previously save d the caller’s number in Contacts , the caller's na me and number are displayed. If the caller’s number is not saved in Contacts , the caller’s number is displaye d. Drag to t[...]

18 3.3 Other Opera tions During a Call 3.3.1 Making a Conferenc e Call If you receive a new call while yo u are already in a call, you c an add the sec ond call to the call you are in . This f eature is known as conference ca lli ng. Yo u can also set up a conference call with multiple callers. Contact your n etwork operat or to ask if conference c[...]

19 3. Touch Add to contacts in the options menu. 4. Touch Create contact or scroll t hrough the contact list a nd touch an existing contact name. 3.5 Using Airplane Mode Some locations may require you to tur n off your phone’s wireless connec tions. Rath er than powering off your pho ne, you can place it in Airplane mode . 1. Press a nd hold . 2.[...]

20 5. If you have more than on e account on your ph one, touch the acc ount into which you want t o import the contacts. 4.3 Adding a Contact 1. In the contact list, touc h > Create contact . 2. If you have more than on e account with con tacts, touch the acc ount to which you want to add the co ntact. 3. Enter the contact's name, and then [...]

21 3. Make the desired change s to the contact info rmation, and then touch Save . To cancel all of your change s, touch Cancel . 4.7 Communicating with Your Contacts From the Contacts or Favorites tab, you can quickly call or se nd a text (SMS) or multimedia (MMS) message to a contact’s default phone numb er. You can a lso open details to view a[...]

22 4.9.1 Using a m icroSD Card to Back Up Contac ts Backi ng Up Contac ts 1. In the contact list, touc h > Manage contacts . 2. Touch Backup to SD card in the displayed menu. 3. Touch OK to export your phone contact's information to the installed microS D card. You can copy the .vcf files back ed up on the microSD card to your computer. The[...]

23 4.10.2 Importing Friends After login, the phone asks you whether to import all friends. If you choose to impor t friends, Streams will import the SNS accounts of all your friends to your phone. If not, you can import your friends' accounts in Settings later. After friends are import ed, the group of imported accounts is auto matically added[...]

24 4.11.2 Editing a Group You can always make ch anges to the information you have sav ed for a group. 1. In the groups list, touch and hold the group whose det ails you want to edit, and then touch Edit group in the options menu. 2. Make the desired change s to the group informa tion, and then touch Save . To cancel all changes yo u made to the gr[...]

25 Two contacts will be joine d together and disp layed as one contact . Touch the contact to view the joined information. Yo u can see that the contact is joined together by two contacts. You can also combine more than two contacts. 4.12 .2 Separat ing Conta cts If contact information from different sources was joined together in error, you can se[...]

26 Touch and hold a text field to open the Edit text menu. 5.1.1 Choosing an Input Method 1. Touch and hold a text field until the Edit text menu is displayed. 2. Touch Select input method . 3. Select the input method. 5.1. 2 Using the Android Key board 5.1.3 Switching the K eyboard La yout You can swit ch the keyboard layout only when TouchPal Inp[...]

27 To switch the keyboard lay out, touch and hold one side of the keyboard pan el, and then flick the panel to the edge of the s creen. When you switch the keybo ard layout, you need to touch and hold any where on the panel and t hen flick the p anel to the edge of the screen. 5.1.4 Using the L andscape K eyboard If you find the keyboard inconvenie[...]

28 6.1. 2 Creating and Sending a Text Mess age 1. Touch > Messaging > New message . 2. Enter a phone number or a c ontact's name in the To field, or touch to select a contact from Contacts or Groups . As you ente r the phone n umber or the cont act's name, the phone displays possible matches f rom your contact s. Select a cont act f[...]

29 Adding a Slideshow If you want to attach more than one file to you r message, use the Slideshow option . 1. On the message editing sc reen, touch to display t he options panel. 2. Touch Add > Slideshow , and then select a slide to star t editing it. 3. Touch and t hen touch More > Add slide to add more slides. 4. Touch Done to finish compo[...]

30 6.2 Email Your mobile phone also puts email at your fingertips. With your phone’s Email application, you can u se your email accou nt with Yahoo!, AOL, or other popular email services on your phone. 6.2.1 Adding an E mail Account When us ing the Email application for the first time , you must configure an email account. The Email setup wi zard[...]

31 2. Touch the email message you want to view. 3. Touch Save next to the attachment in the email. 4. Select a path for saving the attachment and touch Save . 6.2. 4 Creating and Sending a n Email Message 1. On the accounts scree n, touch the email account yo u want to use. 2. On the Inbox screen, touch , and then touch Compose in the options panel[...]

32 information. 1. Touch > Email . 2. On the accounts screen, touc h and hold the email accoun t you want to change. 3. Touch Account settings . 4. Change General settings , Notificatio n settings , or Server settings . 7 Getting Connected 7.1 Mobile Networks Your mobile phone will be automatically configured to use your network operator’s 2G/[...]

33 7.2 Wi-Fi Wi-Fi gives you wireless access to broadband Internet. To use Wi-Fi on your mobile phone, you must ha ve an access t o wireless access p oints (hotspots). Obstacles tha t block the Wi-Fi signal will reduce its strength. 7.2.1 Turning On W i-Fi 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Touch Wireless & networks , and then select the Wi-Fi check b[...]

34 7.3. 1 Install ing the USB te thering Dri ver If your computer is running Windo ws 7 or a re cent distributio n of some flavor s of Linux (such as Ubuntu), yo u typically do not need to prepare your c omputer for tethering. But if you are running an ear lier version of Window s or another operating s ystem, you may need to prepare your computer [...]

35 7.4 Browser Your mobile phone comes wit h an Internet browser pre-installed. 7.4.1 Opening the Brow ser Touch > Browser to open the home page. When known or o pen Wi-Fi networks and mobile data networks are available at the same time, your phone will pref erably select a Wi-Fi network for Inter net access. Touch to open the brow ser options m[...]

36 3. Enter the address of the de sired home page, an d then touch OK . 7.4.4 Managing Bo okmarks You can store as many book marks as you want on your mobile phone. Adding a Bookmark 1. In a browser windo w, go to the webpage you want to save as a boo kmark. 2. Touch , and then touch Bookmarks > Add . 3. Edit the b ookmark name and then t ouch O[...]

37 2. Touch Wireless & networks , and then select the Bluetooth check box t o turn on Bluetooth. When Blu etooth is turned on , the Bluetooth icon app ears in the notifi cation bar. 3. Touch Bluetooth settings , and then select the Discoverable to make your mobile phone visible to oth er Bluetooth devices . 7.5. 2 Pairing wi th and Connect ing [...]

38 2. Navigate to the Bluetooth devices section, and then touc h and hold the device to which you are conne cted. 3. Touch Unpair to disconnect fr om the device. 8 Entertainment In addition to being a communicatio n device and personal assistant, your mobile phone also provides y ou with a multitude of entertainment possibilities. You c an take pho[...]

39 8.1. 2 Taking a Phot o 1. Open your camera applicat ion and switch it to camera mode. 2. If necessary, chan ge the camera settings . The preview changes as you c hange the settings. 3. Frame your phot o within the photo captur e screen. 4. Touch to take your photo. Photos taken are displayed for a momen t. You can take an other photo or r eview [...]

40 3. If you want to view more vi deos, flick your finger left or right across the scr een. 8.2 Using the Gallery Your Gallery application can automa tically search for pictures and videos on your mobile phone and microSD c ard. Use Gallery to sort photos a nd videos into folders, view and edit pictures, wa tch videos, and set a picture as wallpape[...]

41 2. Use the cropping tool to se lect the portion of the picture to crop . • Drag from the inside of the c ropping tool to mov e it. • Drag an e dge of the cropping tool to resize the image. • Drag a corner of the cropping tool to res ize the image without changing its length to width ratio. 3. Touch Save to save the cropped pic ture. Touch [...]

42 8.3. 2 Playing Mus ic 1. From the m usic librar y, select a w ay to view y our music. 2. Touch the music file you want to pla y. By default, the albu m cover is displa yed while the music is playing. You can flick left or right to switch to visua lization effects or the lyrics screen. While playing music, touch to return to the Home screen, the [...]

43 8.3. 5 Playing Mus ic in a Pl aylist 1. In music library, touch Playl ists . 2. Touch and hold the playlist you w ant to play. 3. Touch Play to play the playlist. 8.4 Listening to th e FM Radio The FM radio lets you listen to FM radio programs on yo ur mobile phone. Since the FM radio uses the provided wired ste reo headset as its antenna, befor[...]

44 Ensure that your mob ile phone has an active data connect ion (3G/GPRS) before you sign in to your Goo gle account. If you already have a Google ac count, touch Sign in and enter your user name and password. 9.1 Creating a Goog le Account If you do n ot have a Google account, you c an create one: 1. After reading the setup inf ormation, touch Ne[...]

45 9.2. 2 Switching Between Accoun ts 1. In the mail list, touch , and then touch Accounts . 2. Touch the account that con tains the email you want to read. 9.2. 3 Creati ng and Sendin g an Email 1. In the mail list, touch , and then touch Compose . 2. Enter the message recip ient’s email addre ss in the To field. If you are sending the email to [...]

46 9.2.6 Customizing You r Gmail Settings In the mail list, touch , and then touch More > Settings to customizing you r Gmail . 9.3 Talk Talk is Google’s instant messaging servic e. You can use it to communicate in real time with other people using Talk on a phone or on the web. 9.3.1 Opening T alk On the Home screen, touch > Talk to open t[...]

47 friends list, and then touch . Then touch Settings . Now choose from one of the following: 9.3. 6 Signing out of Tal k On the friends list screen, touc h , and then touch Sign out to quit Talk . 9.4 Maps Maps lets you find your curren t location, view real-time traffic conditions (dep ending on availability in your locale), and get deta iled dir[...]

48 9.4.2 Opening M aps On the Home screen, touch > Maps to open the application. 9.4. 3 Searchi ng for Plac es of Inte rest 1. On the map, touch , and then touch Search . 2. Enter the place you wan t to search for in the search box , and then touch t he Search icon. 3. Your search results w ill then be displayed. Touch a plac e you are intereste[...]

49 3. You will see a number of sear ch results displayed belo w the notification bar. Sc roll through the resu lts and touch a video to wa tch it. 9.6 Play Store Play Stor e provides direct a ccess to ap plications a nd games which you c an downloa d and install on your phone. 9.6. 1 Opening Play St ore 1. On the Home screen, touch > Play Store [...]

50 After the application has been downloaded and installed on your mobile phone, the content downlo ad icon appears in the notification bar. If you want to install a non- Play Store application , touch > Settings > Applications , and then select the Unknown sources check box to allow installation of the non-P lay Store application. 9.6. 4 Uni[...]

51 and attempts to merge duplicate s into a single entry in Contacts . While it is presented as a single contact entry , the contact data itself is not merged. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Accounts & sync . The screen displays your curren t synchronization settings and a list of your curren t accounts. In some cases, you may [...]

52 You can only remove the fir st Google Account by resetting the phone to facto ry defaults. 1. On the Accounts & sync settings screen, touch the acc ount to be deleted. 2. Touch Sign Out . 3. Confirm that you want to remov e the account. 10.2 Customizing Y our Account Synchronization You can configure backg round data use and synchronization [...]

53 10.2.2 Changing an A ccount’s Synch ronization Settings 1. On the Accounts & sync settings screen, touch the acc ount whose synchronizat ion settings you want to cha nge. The dat a and synchr onization sc reen opens, displaying a list of the kin ds of information the acc ount can synchronize. 2. Selected items are co nfigured to synchroniz[...]

54 3. Enter a file name in the Filename: field. 4. In th e Backup contents: field, select the conten ts you want to bac k up. 5. Touch Backup to back up the selected data. To cancel the backup, touch Cancel . 11.3 Calendar Use Calendar to create and manage events, mee tings, and appointment s. Depending on your sy nchronization settings, the ca len[...]

55 To quickly create an event in the day , week, or month view, touch and hold an empty time slot, and then touch New event . A new event details screen will appear with the selected t ime slot and date in the From and To fields. 11.3.3 Setting an Event Rem inder 1. In any calendar view, touch an event to view it s details or an eve nt summary. 2. [...]

56 • Vibrate : Select to vibrate th e mobile phone when you receive an event notifica tion. • Default reminder time : Touch to select the default time before an ev ent for event reminders to occur . 11.4 File Manage r File Manager is like having a pocket-sized personal assist ant (PA), letting you organize, edit, and dele te files and folders. [...]

57 2. Touch to open the options panel, and then touch Search . 3. Write a key word of th e name of your file in the search bo x. 4. Touch . Your mobile phone will start the search. 5. A list of search results will be displayed . Touch a file in the list to open it. 6. Touch New search for a new search or touch the bac k key to return to th e file m[...]

58 11.5 Clock In addition to displa ying the date and time, the Clock application displays information about the weather and your phone. You can also use Clock to turn your mobile phone into an a larm clock. 11.5.1 Opening the C lock On the Home screen, touch > Clock to open the application. Clock opens with the date and time displayed on you r [...]

59 11.6 Calculator Use Calculator to solve si mple arithmetic problems or use its ad vanced operators to solve more complex equat ions. 11.6.1 Opening Calculator On the Home screen, touch > Calculator to open the application. 11.6.2 Switching Betwee n Basic and A dvanced pa nel On the Calculator screen, flick the screen to the right or left to s[...]

60 3. Select the city you wan t to add. In addition to your current city, you ca n add up to four more c ities to the weather clock and get weather informat ion for all of them at the same time. 4. Touch > More > Set as d efault ci ty to set the n ewly added c ity as the default city. 11.8.2 Updating Wea ther You can update weath er informati[...]

61 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone To configure your mobile phone , touch > Settings . 12.1 Setting the Date and Time By default, your mobile phone aut omatically uses the date, time, and time zone provided by the network . When your mobile phone is using the dat e and time settings provided automatically by the netwo rk, you cannot manually set t[...]

62 12.2.2 Adjusting the Time Before the Screen T urns Off If your mobile phone is idle for sever al minutes, it will turn off the scree n to save battery power. To set a longer or shor ter idle time: 1. On the Settings screen, touch Displa y > Screen timeout . 2. Select the duration you want the screen to be illuminated. 12.3 Setting Ringers 12.[...]

63 12.3.4 Changing the M essage Ring tone 1. On the Home screen, touch > Messaging . 2. In the message list, touch > Settings > Select ringtone . 3. Touch the ringtone you w ant to use, and then touch OK . The ringtone plays whe n selected. 12.4 Setting Phone Services 12.4.1 Customizing Ca ll Settings Mobile phone service prov iders offer [...]

64 2. If your mobile phone does no t have speech syn thesizer data installed , connect to Play Store and let it guide you through the proce ss of downloading and installing the data. 3. Follow the instructions to install the voice data. 12.5.2 Adjusting the Speec h Rate 1. On the Settings screen, touch Voice input & output > Text-to-speech s[...]

65 12.6.3 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Numeric PIN You can set up a numeric PIN to loc k your phone. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Location & security > Set up screen lock > PIN . 2. Enter at least four ch aracters. 3. Touch Continue . 4. Enter the same charact ers again and touch OK . To change your PIN, tou ch Location & s[...]

66 2. Touch an application in the list. T hen touch Move to SD card to move the bulk of the application from the phone’s inter nal storage. The Storage section of the application’s details screen shows det ails about the memory used by the applicati on. If the application can be moved, the Move to SD card button is active. Touch Move to phone t[...]

67 2. When prompted, touch Reset phone , and then touch Erase everything . The mobile phone resets the s ettings to the original fact ory settings, and then res tarts. 12.9 Online Update Your mobile phone has pr e-installed the online update function. When ther e is new software available, the ver sion information appears and prompts you to update [...]

68 How Do I Set a Song As a Phone Ringtone? In Music , touch and hold the song to be se t as a ringtone, and then touch Set as ringtone . How Do I Prevent Automatic Change of Screen O r ientation When Rota ting My Phone? On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Display > Auto-rotate screen to disable the function. How Do I Set a n Unlock Pat[...]

69 How Do I Use Quick GPS? On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Location & security > Use Quick GPS . Quick GPS downloads data to enhan ce the GPS satellite information and may therefore incur additiona l data charges.[...]

HUA WEI U8666 Version: 01 NO.: 703025[...]