Huawei Ascend Y100 U8185 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 Stream s ................ ................... ................ ................... ............. 23 4.11 Managi ng Groups .... ................... ............[...]

iii 9.6 Play Store ............... ................... ................ ................... ............. 50 10 Synch ronizing Inform ation ............................ ................. ....51 10.1 Managin g Your Accounts ............ .................. ................... ........ 51 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/UIM 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. The Bluetooth ® word mark and logos are reg istered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of su ch marks by Huawei Technolog ies Co., Ltd. is under license. Android is a trademark of Goog le Inc. Other trademarks, product ,[...]

5 shall bear the risk for any and all effects, including incompatib ility between the software and this product, whic h result from installing software or upload ing or downloading the third-p arty works. This product uses the open-s ource Android™ platform. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. has made necessary changes to the platform. Theref ore, thi[...]

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 • 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 and the age of the battery. • When the battery power is low, the phone will alert you and[...]

8 2.4 Power On o r Off Your Mobile Phon e 2.4.1 Powering On Your M obile Phone Press . The first time you power on your phone, you will be asked to sign in to your account and set up y our mobile phone. If personal ident ification number (P IN) protection is enabled on your mobile phone, you must enter your PIN befor e using the mobile phone. 2.4.2[...]

9 2.5 Using the Touchscreen 2.5.1 Touchscree n Actions • Touch : Tap the screen with yo ur finger to select an item, confirm a selection, or start an app lication. • Touch and hold : Touch an item with your finger and do not release it until the mobile phone responds . For example, to open the options menu for the active screen, touch and hold [...]

10 2.6.2 Unlocking the Screen 1. Press or to wake up th e screen. 2. Drag the lock icon from left to right to unlock the screen. If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, you will be p rompted 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 de[...]

11 2.7. 1 Notifi cation and S tatus I cons Signal strength No signal Connected to GPR S mobile network GPRS in use Connected to ED GE mobile network EDGE in use Connected to 3G mobile network 3G in use Roaming Airplane mode Bluetooth on Receiving locat ion data from GPS Speakerphone on Alarm enabled Vibration mode Ringer silenced Call muted Chargin[...]

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 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[...]

13 2. On the panel, you can : • Touch a no tification to ope n the related app lication. • Touch Clear to clear all notifications. Closing the Notification Panel Touch and hold the bottom of the panel. Then flick up to close it. 2.7.3 Viewing Other P arts of the Home Screen 2.7.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Home Scree n Item 1. Tou[...]

14 Moving a Home Screen Item 1. Touch and hold an item on the Home screen until the item expands in size and the mobile phone vibrates. 2. Without lifting your f inger, drag the item to the desired p osition on the screen, a nd then release it. Removing a Home Screen Item 1. Touch and hold an item on the Home screen until the ite m expands and the [...]

15 2.8. 1 Moving Icons on the Appl ication S creen 1. On the application scree n, touch . 2. Touch and hold the icon you w ant to move on the application scre en. 3. Without lifting your f inger, drag the icon to the desired location, and then rele ase it. To move more icons, repeat steps 2 and 3. 4. Touch or to s ave. 2.9 Using a microSD Ca rd 2.9[...]

16 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. When yo u are in a call, you can answer other incoming calls or redirect them to your voicemail. You can also set up conf erence calls w ith several part icipants. 3.1 Making a Call To make a c[...]

17 3.1. 3 Making a Call f rom Call l og 1. On the Home screen, touch > Call log to display the call log. If you are alre ady working wi th Contacts or Dialer , touch the Call lo g tab. 2. Touch to the right of the log entry to dial. If you touch and ho ld a log entry, the options menu will open . 3.2 Answering or Reje cting a Call 3.2.1 Answerin[...]

18 3.2.3 Rejecting an Incoming Call Drag to the left t o reject the call. 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 is feature is known as c onference calling. You can also set up a conference call with mult[...]

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 Swap calls . 2. The current call is placed o n hold and you are connected to the first call. 3.4 Using th[...]

20 4 Contacts The Contacts application enables you to sa ve and manage information such as phone numbers and addres ses of your contacts. Af ter you save contact informa tion on your mobile phone, you hav e easy access to the peo ple with whom you want to communicate. 4.1 Opening the Contacts Applica tion If you have n ot yet added any contacts t o[...]

21 4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites • Touch and hold the contact you w ant to add to Favorites . Then to uch Add to Favorites . • Touch a con tact, and then touch the star to the right of the co ntact’s name. The st ar turns gold. 4.5 Searching for a Con tact 1. In the contact list, touc h > Search . 2. Enter the name of the contact [...]

22 4.7. 1 Using Quick Contact for Androi d 1. Touch the contact's pict ure or picture frame (if you have not assigned a pic ture to the contact) to open Quick Contact for Android. 2. Touch the icon for the way y ou want to communicate wi th the contact. The icons available depend on the informat ion you have entered for the contact, the applic[...]

23 Restoring Contacts 1. In the contact list, touc h > Manage contacts . 2. Touch Restore from SD ca rd in the di splayed 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[...]

24 4.10.3 Preference Settings You can configure accou nt settings, such as refres h mode, refresh frequency , and notifications. 1. On the Streams s creen, touch > Accounts . Then touch the acco unt to be configured. 2. On the account scre en, touch Social Preference Settings to configure the settings. 4.10 .4 Adding t he Streams Widg et to the [...]

25 4.11.2 Editing a Group You can always make ch anges to the information yo u have saved 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 cha nges to the group informa tion, and then touch Save . To cancel all changes yo u made to the gr[...]

26 4.12.1 Joining Contac ts 1. On the Home screen, touch > Contacts . 2. Touch a duplicated conta ct. 3. Touch Joined Contacts , and then touch Add contact . 4. Select the contact to be join ed to combine two duplicate con tacts. Two contacts will be joined t ogether and displayed as one contact. Touch the c ontact to view the joined information[...]

27 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 5.1 Displaying th e Keyboard To enter text, use the onsc reen keyboard. Some applic ations open the keyboar d automatically. In others, touch a text field to open the keybo ard. Touch to hide the keyb oard. Touch and hold a text field to open the Edit text menu. 5.1.1 Choosing an Input Method 1. Touch and hold a tex[...]

28 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 > Messaging > New message . 2. Enter a phone number or a c ontact's name in the To field, or touch t o select a contact from Contacts or Groups . As you enter the phone number or the contac t's name, the p hone di[...]

29 4. Touch to display the optio ns panel. • Touch Add subject to add the messa ge subject. Your mobile phone is now in multimedia message mod e. • Touch Add to add a picture, music, or video file. 5. When the message is read y to be sent, touch . You can sele ct a media fil e (music, video or picture ) and send it as an attachmen t in a multim[...]

30 6.1.6 Copying a Text Message to Notepad or Calendar 1. In the message list, touch a t ext message thread to open it. 2. Touch and hold one of th e messages, and then touch Copy message to . 3. Touch Notepad or Calendar to sav e it as a no te or an ev ent. For information about h ow to use Notepad or Calendar , see the relevant sections of this g[...]

31 Adding Other Email Accounts 1. After creating your init ial email account, touch on the Inbox screen, and then touch More > Accounts to acce ss the account s screen. 2. Touch on the accounts screen , and then touch Add account to create another email account. When adding an additional email acco unt, you have the option to use the new account[...]

32 6.2. 5 Replying t o an Email Mes sage 1. On the accounts scree n, touch the email account you wa nt to use. 2. Touch the email message to which you want to reply. 3. Touch Reply or Reply all to reply to the email message. 6.2. 6 Deleting an Email Acc ount 1. On the accounts scree n, touch and hold the email account you wa nt to delete. 2. Touch [...]

33 7.1.1 Checking the Network Connec tion 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Network Settings . 3. Touch Network operators or Access Point Name s to check the ne twork connection. Your mobile phone will automatically read the acces s point settings from the SIM/UIM card ( if any). For t his reason, d[...]

34 3. Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect to it. • If you select an open network, you will be automatically connected to the network . • If you select a network t hat is secured with Wired Eq uivalent Privacy (WE P) and connect to it for the firs t time, enter the password as prompted, and then touch Connect . If you connect to a secured wireless [...]

35 7.3.2 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection via USB To use USB tethering in di fferent operating systems , you may need to prepare your computer to establish a netwo rk connection via USB. You cannot share your mob ile phone’s data connect ion and access its microSD card via USB at the same time. 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Touch Wireless &am[...]

36 Touch to open the browse r options menu and perform one of the following operations: • New window : Touch to open a new wind ow. • Bookmarks : Touch to display bookmarks . • Windows : Touch to view thum bnails of open browser win dows. You can sw itch to another browse r window or open a new on e on this screen. • Refres h : Touch to ref[...]

37 Opening a Bookmark 1. In a browser windo w, touch , and then touch Bookmarks . On the Bookmarks screen, touch the Histor y tab to view the pages you have visited, or touch the Most visited tab to view the pages you have vis ited most frequently. 2. Touch the bookmark of the w ebsite you want to open. 7.4.5 Customizing Browser Settings Customize [...]

38 7.5. 2 Pairing wit h and Connecti ng to a Blu etooth Devi ce Your mobile Bluetooth lets you do t he following: • Hands Free Prof ile (HFP): allows yo u to use a hands-free Bl uetooth device. • Headset Profile (H SP): allows you to use a mono B luetooth headset. • Object Push Prof ile (OPP): allows you t o transfer files over a Bluetooth co[...]

39 8 Entertainment In addition to being a communication dev ice and personal assistan t, your mobile phone also provides you with a multitude of entertainmen t possibilities. You can take photos, create videos and au dio clips, and download and listen to musi c. 8.1 Taking P hotos and Reco rding Videos The camera is a comb ination of camera and cam[...]

40 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 photos. 8.1. 3 Viewing Your Phot os 1. After taking a photo, a thumbnail of the photo you have just taken is shown in the upper right corner of the capture screen. Touc h the thu[...]

41 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 allpaper or as a photo for a contact. 8.2.1 Opening the Ga llery On the Home screen, touch >[...]

42 8.2.4 Cropping a Picture 1. When viewing a pictur e, touch to display the o peration panel, and then touc h More > Crop . 2. Use the cropping tool t o select the portion of the picture to crop. • Drag from the inside of the crop ping tool to move it. • Drag an edge of the cropping tool to resize t he image. • Drag a corner of the croppi[...]

43 8.3. 3 Playing Mus ic 1. Touch a category on th e music library screen. 2. Touch the song you want to play. When you are listening to music, t ouch , to use another application. Y our music continues to play. To retur n to the music controls, open the not ification panel and then touch the song. 8.3.4 Adding M usic to a Playlist 1. Touch a categ[...]

44 8.4 Listening to the 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, before op ening the application, connect the head set to your phone’s the audio jack . 8.4.1 Opening the FM Radio 1. On the Home screen, touch > FM Radio to open th[...]

45 9.1 Creating a Google Acco unt If you do n ot have a Go ogle account, you can create one : 1. After reading the setu p information, touch Next . 2. Touch Create . 3. Enter the first name, la st name, and user name for your Goog le account, and then touch Next . The mobile phon e will connect to a Google se rver to check whether the username is a[...]

46 9.2. 3 Creating and Sending a n Email 1. In the mail list, touch , and then touch Compose . 2. Enter the message re cipient’s email address in the To field. If you are sending the email to several recipie nts, separate the ema il addresses with commas. You can add as many message r ecipients as you wan t. If you want to send a copy (Cc ) or a [...]

47 9.3 Talk Talk is Google’s instant messaging service. You c an 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 the application. Your Talk account is bas ed on the Google accou nt you set up wi th your mobile phone. 9.3.2 Adding a Friend 1. [...]

48 9.3.5 Setting Notifications for New Instant Messages Whenever you receive an ins tant message, your mobile phone c an play a sound, vibrate, or display an icon. To set up one of these handy notificat ions, start in the 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 fr[...]

49 9.4.2 Opening M aps On the Home screen, touch > Maps to open the application. 9.4. 3 Searching 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 th e search box, and t hen touch the Se arch icon. 3. Your search results w ill then be displayed. Touch a place y ou are intereste[...]

50 9.5.2 Searching for a Video 1. On the YouTube screen, touch , and then touch Search . 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 a video to watch it. 9.6 Play Store Android Market provides direct access to app[...]

51 2. To install the application, touch Accept&d ownload (if it is free) or touch the button with its price (if it is not free) , and confirm your downlo ad or purchase. 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 cr[...]

52 work account, so you r work-related emails and wor k contacts are handy. If you like , you may add multiple Google acco unts or other account s. 10.1.1 Adding an Account When you add an account , the Contacts application compares cont acts from the newly synchronized ac count with contacts from your existing mobile pho ne accounts and attempts t[...]

53 10.1.3 Removing an A ccount You can remove a n account, deleting it and all information as sociated with it fro m your mobile phone, including email, contact s, settings, and so on. You cannot , however, 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 [...]

54 • Sel ect or clea r the Auto-syn c check box to control whe ther changes you make to information on the p hone or on the w eb are automatically sy nchronized with each other. For example, when this op tion is selected, cha nges that you make in Contacts on the phone a re automatically made in Google Contact s on the web. 10.2.2 Changing an A c[...]

55 11.2 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. 11.2.1 Opening Calenda r On the Home screen, touch > Calendar to open the application. When you a dd a Google Acc ount th[...]

56 11.2.3 Setting an Event Rem inder 1. In any calendar view , touch an event to view its de tails or an event summary. 2. Touch the Add reminder button to add a reminder, or to uch the reminder’s “-” button to delete an exist ing reminder. 3. Touch the reminder time, an d then, from the list displayed, touc h the length of time before the ev[...]

57 11.3 File Manage r File Manager is like having a pocket-sized personal a ssistant (PA), letting you organize, edit, and delete files and folders. 11.3.1 Opening File M anager On the Home screen, touch > File Manager to open the application. 11.3.2 Creating a Folder 1. On the File Manager screen, access the dire ctory in which you w ant to cre[...]

58 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 back key to re turn to the file manager screen. 11.3.5 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 ext[...]

59 11.4 Clock In addition to displaying the date and time, the Clock application displays information about the weather and your phone. You can also use Clock to turn your mo bile phone into an a larm clock. 11.4.1 Opening the C lock On the Home screen, touch > Clock to open the application. Clock opens with the date and time displayed on your H[...]

60 11.5 Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple a rithmetic problems or use its advance d operators to solve more complex equations . 11.5.1 Opening Calculator On the Home screen, touch > Calculator to open the application. 11.5.2 Switching Betwee n Basic and A dvanced pa nel On the Calculator screen, flick the screen to the right or left to s[...]

61 3. Select the city you wan t to add. In addition to your current city, you can add up to four more cities to the weather clock and get weather informat ion for all of them at the same time. 4. Touch > More > Set as d efault city to set the n ewly added city a s the default city. 11.7.2 Updating Wea ther You can update weath er information [...]

62 12.1 Setting the Date and Time By default, your mobile phone aut omatically uses the date, time, and time zon e 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 the dat e, time, and time zone. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Date & ti me . 2[...]

63 12.3 Setting Ringers 12.3.1 Turning On S ilent Mode 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound . 2. Select the Silent mode check box to silence all sounds except alarms, and music and video media. 12.3.2 Adjusting the Volum e You can adjust the volume while on the Home screen or on most of the ap plication screens (such as th e screen displayed duri[...]

64 12.4 Setting Phone Services 12.4.1 Customizing Ca ll Settings Mobile phone service providers offer different services such as call forwarding, call waiting, fixed dialing numbers, and voicemail. You can customize many of these services if they are part of your calling plan. On the Settings screen, touch Call settings to customize your call func [...]

65 12.5.2 Adjusting the Speec h Rate 1. On the Settings screen, touch Voice input & output > Text-to-speech settings > Speech rate . 2. Select a speed at which th e text is to be spoken. 12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone 12.6.1 Turning on Your S IM Card PIN 1. On the Settings screen, touch Location & security > Set up SIM card l oc[...]

66 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 Location & security > Change screen lock . 12.6.4 Unlocking Your M obile Phone If You Forget the Screen Lock Pattern If you have already creat ed a Google account, you ca n unlock your mobile phone using the[...]

67 12.7.3 Moving an Application to the microSD C ard Some applications are des igned to be stored on your pho ne’s USB storage or microSD card (depending on t he model of your phone), rath er than in its internal storage. O thers are desi gned so you c an change w here they are stored. You ma y find it helpful to move large application s off your[...]

68 12.8.2 Restoring Factory Data If you reset your phone to the set tings that were configur ed at the factory, all of your personal data sto red on the phone, inc luding information about your Google Accoun t, any other accounts, you r system and application sett ings, and any applications you have downloaded will be erase d. Resetting the phone d[...]

69 3. Touch the .vcf file. The phone displa ys a message asking whe ther you want to i mport the co ntacts. 4. Touch OK to import the co ntacts. Compatibil ity problems may occur with .vcf files created by different mobile phones and certa in contact information may be lost after c ontacts are imported. You can also use Blueto oth to share and impo[...]

70 How Do I Hide the Keyboard? Touch to hide the keyb oard. How do I forward a message? Touch and hold a message, and t hen touch Forward in the menu that opens. Why am I unable to use Navigation? Navigation is unavailable in some countries or regions. How Do I Use Quick GPS? On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Location & security >[...]

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