Huawei Ascend G300 manual

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Contents i 1 Read Before Proceeding ................ .................... ...................1 1.1 Safety Precautions .......... ................... ................... ................ ....... 1 1.2 Personal Informat ion and Data Security ......... ................... .......... 2 1.3 Legal Notice ......... ................... ................... [...]

ii 4.8 Deleting a Conta ct ............. ................ ................... ................ ..... 22 4.9 Backing Up and S ynchronizing Contacts............. ...................... 22 4.10 Managi ng Groups .... ................... .................. ................ ........... 23 4.11 Joining and Separating Co ntacts ........ ................ ..[...]

iii 9.6 Play Store ............... ................... ................ ................... ............. 48 10 Synch ronizing Inform ation ............................ ................. ....49 10.1 Managin g Your Accounts ............ .................. ................... ........ 49 10.2 Custo mizing Your Account Sy nchronization ....... .......[...]

1 1 Read Before Proceeding 1.1 Safety Precaution s Please read the safet y precautions carefully t o ensure the correct use of you r mobile phone. Do not crash, throw, or punc ture your mobile phone. Avoid the falling, squeezing, and bending of your mobile phone. Do not use your mobile phone in a moist enviro nment, such as the bathroom. Pr event y[...]

2 1.2 Personal Information an d Data Security The use of some functions or thir d-party applications on your de vice could result in your personal information an d data being lost or becoming accessible t o others. Several measures are rec ommended to help you protect pers onal and confidential information. • Place your devic e in a safe area to [...]

3 • Periodically back up personal information ke pt on your SIM/USIM card, memory card, or stored in y our device memory. If you c hange to a different devic e, be sure to move or delete any per sonal information on your old dev ice. • If you are worried abo ut viruses when you r eceive messages or em ails from a stranger, you can delete them w[...]

4 Trademarks and Perm issions , , and are trademarks or register ed trademarks of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Android is a trademark of Goog le Inc. Other trademarks, product , service and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners . Notice Some features of the pro duct and its accessories describ ed herein rely on the so[...]

5 This product uses the open-s ource Android™ platform. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. has made necessary changes to the platform. Theref ore, this product may not support all the functions tha t are supported by the standard Android platform or may be incompatible with th ird-party software. Huaw ei Technologies Co. , Ltd. shall not be liable for[...]

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

7 usual after being charge d properly, replace the battery with a new one of the same type. • Using data services increa ses the power consu mption of the phone and will therefore reduce the lengt h of time that the phone can be used bet ween battery charges. • The time required to fully charge the batt ery depends on the ambient temper ature a[...]

8 If you have pr otected your mo bile phone with a p ersonal identificatio n number (PIN), enter it before using the mobile phon e. 2.4.2 Setting Up Your Mo bile Phone The first time you po wer on your mobile phone, 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 r account ?[...]

9 2.4.5 Restarting Your M obile Phone 1. Press and hold to display the options menu. 2. Touch Restart . 3. Touch OK . 2.5 Using the Touchscreen 2.5.1 Touchscree n Actions 2.5.2 Rotating Your M obile Phone S creen The orientation of most screens will change to landscape or portrait view when you rotate your phone sid eways. On the Home screen, touch[...]

10 2.6 Locking and Unlo cking the Screen 2.6.1 Locking the Screen • When your phon e is on, press to lock t he screen. When the screen is locked, you can still receive mes sages and calls. • If your phone is idle for a while , the screen will lock automatically. 2.6.2 Unlocking the Screen 1. Press to wake up the scree n. 2. Drag the unlocking i[...]

11 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 move it to the trash. Y ou can also drag an icon from another area of the scree n to the shortcut position. 2.7. 1 Notifi cation and S tatus I cons Signal strength No signal Connected to GPR S mobile network GPRS in use Co[...]

12 Bluetooth on Receiving locat ion data from GPS Vibration mode Ringer silenced Call muted Charging battery Battery full Battery extre mely low Call in progress Missed call Alarm enabled New mail from Gmail New text mess age Problem with text or multimedia message delivery New chat message New email New voicemail Connected t o a PC Open Wi-Fi netw[...]

13 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 also inf orms you of alarms and settings. Open the notification panel to see your network operator o r to view a message, reminder, or event no tificati on. Opening the Notification Panel 1. When a n[...]

14 2.7.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Home Scree n Item 1. On the Home screen, touch to display the application list. 2. Press and hold an app lication icon, and then drag the icon to a blank area on the Home screen. Moving a Home Screen Item 1. Touch and hold the item on the H ome screen that you want to mov e until your mobile phone v[...]

15 2.7.7 Changing the Theme On the Home screen, touchpre ss > Theme settings to select a theme. 2.8 Application Screen The Application scre en holds icons for all of the applications on your phone. You can touch on the Home screen to open the application screen. 2.8. 1 Moving Icons on the Appl ication S creen 1. On the application scree n, touch[...]

16 2.9.2 Removing the microSD Card 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings . 2. Scroll down the scre en, and then touch Storage > Unmount SD card . 3. Carefully remove the microS D card. 3 Calling To make a phone call, you can dial a number us ing the keypad or touch a numbe r saved in your contact list, on a web page, or in other places. Whe[...]

17 3.1. 3 Making a Call fr om the Call Lo g 1. On the Home screen, touch > Phone , and then touch to display the call log. 2. Touch on the right of a log entry to dial that number. 3.2 Answering or Reje cting 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 saved the [...]

18 3.2.3 Rejecting an Incoming Call Drag to the left to reject the call. You can also drag to the message icon to reject the ca ll and send a message to the caller. 3.3 Other Op erations During a Call 3.3.1 Making a Co nference Call If you receive a new call while you ar e already in a c all, you can add th e second call to the call you are in. Th [...]

19 3.3. 2 Switchin g Between Cal ls If you receive a new ca ll while you are already in a ca ll, you can switch betwee n the two calls. 1. While yo u are in the f irst call and the second call c omes in, answer the incoming call, and then touch . 2. The current call is placed o n hold and you are connected to the first call. 3.4 Using the Call Log [...]

20 4 People The People application enable s you to sa ve and manag e information such as phone numbers and addre sses of your cont acts. After you save contact infor mation on your mobile phone, you have easy access to the p eople with whom you want t o communicate. 4.1 Openin g the People Ap plication On the Home screen, touch > People to open [...]

21 4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites Select a contact an d touch the star on the r ight of the contact's na me. If the icon is highlighted, the contact is in your favorites list. 4.5 Searching for a Con tact 1. In the contact list, touc h . 2. Enter the name of the contact you wish to search f or. As you type, contacts wit h matching name[...]

22 4.7.2 Comm unicating with a Contac t 1. In the contacts list, touc h the contact that you want to c ommunicate with. 2. On the contact's det ails screen, you ca n communicate wit h the contact in one of the following ways: • Touch the phone number to place a call. • Touch the email address to send an email. • Touch to send a text mess[...]

23 2. Touch Import from storage in the displayed menu. If there is more than one .vcf files saved on the microSD card, you ca n choose to restore one, multiple, or all the of them. 4.9. 2 Using a Google Ac count to Synchroni ze Contact s You can sync hronize contacts usin g your Google ac count. For deta ils, see Changing an Account’s Synchroniz [...]

24 4.11 Joining and Separa ting Contacts You may have duplicate c ontacts if you import contacts by : • Adding an account, suc h as a Gmail account. • Using the social netw orking services such as Facebook or Twitter. • Using other methods, such as exchanging emails . To avoid duplication, join two or more con tacts together to form a single [...]

25 2. Touch > Share . 3. Select your preferred method to send the co ntacts you have selected, for example Bluetooth or Email. 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 5.1 Displaying th e Keyboard To enter text, use the onsc reen keyboard. The keyb oard is displayed automat ically when you run certain applicat ions. If not, to uch a text f ield to open the[...]

26 If you would like to learn how to use the onsc reen keyboard, yo u can open a tutorial anytime under > Settings > Language & input . Touch next to TouchPal Input , and then touch Help & About > Tutorial . 5.1.3 Switching the Keyboard La yout You can switch the keyboar d layout only w hen TouchPal Input is selected. There are thr[...]

27 6 Messaging The Messaging application allows you to exch ange text messa ges (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) with anyo ne using an SMS-or-MMS-c apable phone. With the Email application you can read and s end emails. 6.1 SMS and MMS 6.1.1 Opening M essaging Touch > Messaging . 6.1. 2 Creati ng and Send ing a Text Message 1. Touch > Mess[...]

28 3. Touch the composition text box to start composing your me ssage. If you want to enter a smiley, touch , then Insert smiley . 4. Perform the following steps to convert a text message into a multimedia mes sage: • Touch > Add subject to add the message s ubject. Your mobile p hone is now in multimedia message mode. • Touch to attach a pi[...]

29 6.1.6 Customizing Message Se ttings In the message list, touch , and then touch Settings to customize the message settings. 6.2 Email Your mobile phone also puts email at your fingertips. With you r phone’s Email application, you can u se your email account wit h Yahoo!, AOL, or other popular email services on your phone. 6.2.1 Adding a n Emai[...]

30 6.2. 2 Switching Be tween Email Accounts On the Inbox screen, touch t he email address bar on the top, and choose an email account from the email account list display ed. The selected account's Inbox is t hen displayed by defau lt. 6.2.3 Viewing an Email Message On the Inbox screen, touch t he email message you want to vie w. You can also t[...]

31 2. Select an email account. 3. In the menu at the bottom, touch Remove account then touch OK . 6.2.8 Changing Email Account Settings You can change a number of acc ount settings, including th e email checking frequency, new mail notification met hod, and details about the account's ema il sending and receiving ser vers. Your account’s inc[...]

32 you might not be able to access ne twork resources. 7.1.2 Turning On the Data Service 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWOR KS , touch More... > Mobile networks . 3. Select the Data ena bled check box to turn on t he data connection. If you do not need to access a wire less data network, yo u can clear the Data enabled check[...]

33 7.3 Sharing Your Ph one’s Data Connection You can shar e your mobile p hone's data conn ection with a s ingle compute r via a USB cable: USB tethering . You can share your mobile phone's data connection w ith a number of devices at the sa me time, by turning your phone into a por table Wi-Fi hotspot. 7.3. 1 Installi ng the USB tet he[...]

34 7.3.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection as a Portable Wi-F i Hotspot 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWOR KS , touch More... > Tethering & portable hotspot . 3. Select the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box to share yo ur data connection . When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is sele cted, you can touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspo[...]

35 7.4.2 Opening a Webpage 1. In a browser windo w, touch the URL field at the t op of the screen. 2. Use the keyboard to ent er a webpage address. Y ou can touch to enter the web page address by voice. 3. As you enter the address, matching webp age addresses will appea r on the screen. If you see the address you w ant, touch it and go direct ly to[...]

36 7.5 Blue tooth Your mobile phone has Bluet ooth, which allows you to create a wireless connection with other Bluetooth devic es so you can share files with you r friends, talk hands-free with a Bluetooth headset, or even transfer photos from you r phone to your PC. If you are us ing Bluetooth, remembe r to stay wi thin 10 meters (33 feet) of the[...]

37 3. From the list of found device s, touch the device you want to pair your mobile phone with. 4. If prompted, enter the pairin g password to complete the c onnection. 7.5.3 Sending Files via Bluetooth With Bluetooth, you can sha re pictures, videos, or music files with yo ur family and friends. To send files via Bluetooth: 1. Touch and hold the [...]

38 7.6.2 Sharing W eb Pages or Con tacts Using Android Bea m Before perf orming the followin g operations, e nsure that NFC and Android Beam have been enabled on both mobile phones, and th at the mobile phones are n ot in the lock screen. 1. On a mobile phone, sele ct the web page or cont act you want to share . 2. Place the backs of the mo bile ph[...]

39 8.1. 2 Taking a Photo 1. Open your camera applic ation and switch it to camera mode. 2. If necessary, chan ge the camera settings. The preview changes as you change the settings. 3. Frame your phot o within the photo capture sc reen. 4. Touch to take your photo. Photos taken are displayed for a moment. Yo u can take another p hoto or review your[...]

40 3. If you want to view more v ideos, flick your finger lef t or right across the screen. 8.2 Using the Gallery Your Gallery application can automatically s earch for pictures and videos on your mobile phone and microSD card. Use Gallery to sort photos a nd videos into folders , view and edit pictures, wa tch videos, and set a picture as w allpap[...]

41 3. Touch CROP to save the cropped p icture. Touch CANCEL to discard the changes. 8.3 Enjoying Music 8.3.1 Opening the Music Library On the Home screen, touch > Music+ to open the music library. The music library automatically scans for music st ored on your microSD card an d displays them in Playlists , Artists , Songs , Albums , Genre s and [...]

42 8.3.4 Adding M usic to a Playlist 1. From the mu sic library select a way to view your musi c. 2. Touch and hold a music file, and then touch Add to playlist . • Touch an e xisting playlist to add the song to that playlist. • Touch New playlist to add the song to a new playlist. 8.3. 5 Playing Mus ic in a Pl aylist 1. In music library, touch[...]

43 9 Google Services Availability of Google applications, servic es, and features may vary according to your country or carrier. Pl ease follow local laws and regulations to use them. When you turn on you r mobile phone for the firs t time, touch a Google servic es such as Talk , Gmail , or Play Store , and you will be p rompted to sign in to your [...]

44 9.2 Gmail Gmail is Google’s web-based email s ervice. When you first set up your phone, you may have configured it to use an existing Gmail account or create a new account. The first time you open the Gmail application on your phone, yo ur Inbox will contain the messages from your Gmail web account. 9.2.1 Opening G mail On the Home screen, tou[...]

45 • If you selected or Reply all , enter your me ssage. • If you select ed Forward , specify the me ssage recipient s and add any additional text you want to include in the forwarded messag e. 4. Touch to send, or touch to save as a draft. 9.2. 5 Searching for an Email 1. In the mail list, touch . 2. Enter the search k eywords in the box, and [...]

46 9.3. 4 Starting a Chat 1. In the friends list, touch a frie nd's name in the friends list. 2. Use the onscree n keyboard to ente r text and chat with your friend. 3. After entering your mes sage, touch . 9.3.5 Setting Notifications for New Instant Messages Whenever you receive an ins tant message, your mobile phone c an play a sound, vibrat[...]

47 9.4.1 Enabling the Location Service Before you open Maps to find your location or search for pl aces of interest, you must enable the locat ion service. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings . 2. Touch Location services . 3. Select the Google's location service check box, the GPS satellites check box, or both. 9.4.2 Opening M aps On th[...]

48 9.5.1 Opening Y ouTube On the Home screen, touch > YouTube . You will then se e the YouTube screen . 9.5.2 Searching for a Video 1. On the YouTube screen, touch . 2. Enter a search keyword, and then touch the S earch icon. 3. You will see a number of sear ch results displayed below t he notification bar. Scro ll through the results and touch [...]

49 3. To check the prog ress of a dow nload, open th e notification panel. Most a pplications are installed within seconds . To stop an application from download ing, touch the cross (×). After the application has been downloaded and installed on your mobile phon e, the content downlo ad icon appears in the notifica tion bar. If you want to in sta[...]

50 10.1.1 Adding an Account When you add an ac count, the People application compares contacts from the new ly synchronized accoun t with contacts from your existing mobile phone account s and attempts to merge duplicates into a single entry in People . While it is presented as a singl e contact en try, the c ontact data itself is not merge d. 1. O[...]

51 remove some accounts, suc h as the first account you signed into on the mobile phone. If you attempt to remove cert ain accounts, all personal information associated with it will be deleted. 1. On the Accounts & sync screen, touch the account to be deleted. 2. Touch > Remove account . 3. Confirm that you want to remov e the account. 10.2 [...]

52 11 Using Other Applications 11.1 Calendar Use Calendar to create and manage events, meetings, and ap pointments. Depending on your sync hronization setti ngs, the calendar on your ph one can be synchronized w ith the internet -based calendar you use. 11.1.1 Opening Calenda r On the Home screen, touch > Calendar to open the application. 11.1.2[...]

53 2. Touch the Add reminder button to add a reminder, or touch the reminder’s button to delete an existing remind er. 3. Touch the reminder time, an d then, from the list displayed, touc h the length of time before the event when you want to be re minde d. When the time comes, you will receive a notifica tion about the event. 11.1.4 Setting Sync[...]

54 11.2 File Manage r File Manager is like having a pocket-sized personal a ssistant (PA), letting you organize, edit, and delete files and folders. 11.2.1 Opening File M anager On the Home screen, touch > File Manager to open the application. Before performing oper ations on the SD card list, ensure that a microSD car d is inserted. 11.2.2 Crea[...]

55 6. Touch to return to the file manager screen. 11.2.5 Compressing or Ex tracting Files Your phone supports compressing and extracting files. You can only compress files an d folders into . zip files, but can extract both .zip and .rar files. Compressing Files 1. On the File Manager screen, touch Internal or SD card , and then touch > Select i[...]

56 11.3.1 Opening the C lock On the Home screen, touch > Clock to open the application. 11.3.2 Opening the A larms On the Clock screen, touch to open the Alarms . Adding an Alarm 1. On the alarm list scre en, touch Add alarm . 2. Set the a larm, and then touch OK . Setting an Alarm 1. On the alarm list screen, touch one of the alarms on the s cr[...]

57 11.5 Notes Notes features a simple text processor . In the note list, you can add, edit, and delet e notes. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Notes to open the application. 2. Touch to create a note. 3. Touch to save the note. 11.6 Weather Clock You can us e Weather Clock to check the date and ti me of cities around the world, to get the latest [...]

58 11.6.3 Changing a City 1. On the weather clock screen, touch > Change city . 2. Select a city from the Popular cities list, or search for an other city by entering its name in the search field. 11.6.4 Sharing We ather Information 1. On the weather clock screen, touch > Share weather . 2. In t he To field, enter a recipient's phone num[...]

59 12.2 Setting the Display 12.2.1 Adjusting the Screen Brightness 1. On the Settings screen, touch Displa y > Brightness . If you want to adjust the screen brightness manually, fir st clear the Automati c brightness checkbox. 2. Drag the slider left to make the screen darker, or right to make it brighter. 3. Touch OK to save the adjustment. 12.[...]

60 12.3.3 Changing the Ph one Ringtone 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Phone ringtone . 2. In the displayed list, selec t an option: • Ringtone : Select a preinstalled rin gtone. The ringtone plays wh en selected. • Music : Select the music store d in the phone or on the microSD card. The music plays wh en selected. 3. Touch OK . 12[...]

61 12.5 Configuring Text-to-Speech Use the Text-to-Sp eech settings to con figure the Android text-to- speech synthesizer , for applications that can take adv antage of this feature. 12.5.1 Adjusting the Speec h Rate 1. On the Settings screen, touch Language & input > Text-to-speech output > Speech rate . 2. Select a speed at which th e t[...]

62 12.6.3 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Numeric PIN You can set up a numeric PIN to lock y our phone. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Security > Screen lock > PIN . 2. Enter at least four ch aracters. 3. Touch Continue . 4. Enter the same chara cters again and touch OK . To change your PIN, touch Security > Screen lock > PIN . 12[...]

63 12.7.2 Uninstalling an Application You cannot u ninstall the applications t hat are pre-installed on the syst em. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Apps . 2. Touch an application, and then touch Uninst all . 12.7.3 Ways to Free Up Your Mobile Phone M emory • Move files and email attach ments to the microSD card. • In Browser , clear all tempo[...]

64 12.9 Online Update Your mobile phone has pre-ins talled the online update functio n. When there is new software available, the versio n information appears and promp ts you to update. You can also t ouch Settings > About phone > Online update to check whether th e new software is available. When updating: 1. Back up your personal informati[...]

65 How Do I Disable Automatic Change of Screen Orientation When Rotating My Phone? On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Display , and then clear the Auto- rotate screen check box to disable this functio n. How Do I Set a n Unlock Patte rn? On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Security > Screen lock > Pattern . How Can I Change[...]

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