Huawei Ascend Y210 manual

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Contents i 1 Read Before Proceeding ................ .................... ...................1 1.1 Safet y Precautions .......... .............. .......... .............. .......... ............. 1 1.2 Personal Infor mation and Data Secur ity ......... .............. ........... .... 2 1.3 Legal Notice ......... .............. ............. .......[...]

ii 4.8 Deleti ng a Conta ct .. ........... ............. ........... ............. ........... ........ 22 4.9 Backing Up and Synchr onizing Contacts............. ...................... 22 4.10 Managing Grou ps . ........... ............. .............. .......... .............. ..... 2 3 4.11 Join ing and Sepa rating Conta cts ..... ........... ..[...]

iii 10 Synchron izing Informat ion .................... ..................... ........50 10.1 Managing Your Accounts. ........... ............. ........... ............. ........ 51 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchr onization .... ........... ............. 52 11 Using Othe r Applications ...................... ..................... ........54 11[...]

1 1 Read Before Proceeding 1.1 Safety Prec autions 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 Informatio n and 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 to ot hers. 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 emails f rom 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. The Blu etooth ® 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. 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. Hua wei Technologies Co., Ltd. has made necessary changes to the platform. Theref ore, th[...]

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 diff erent to those described her e, depending on its software version. 2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingerti ps 2.2 Import ant Informatio n 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 temperat ure and the age of the battery. • When the battery power is low, the phone will alert you and[...]

8 2.4 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone 2.4.1 Powering On Your Mobile P hone Press and hold . The first time you power on you r phone, you will be asked to sign in to your account and se t up your 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 phon[...]

9 2.5 Using the To uchscreen 2.5.1 Touchscreen A ctions • 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 S creen 1. Press to wake up the 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 desir[...]

11 2.7. 1 Noti ficat ion an d Statu s Icons 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 Connected to HS PA mobile network HSPA in use Roaming Airplane mode Bluetooth on Receiving locat ion data from GPS Speakerphone on Alarm enabled Vi[...]

12 New text or multimedia message Problem with text or multimedia message delivery New chat message New email New voicemail Connected to a PC Open Wi-Fi network available Upcoming event Uploading Downloading Phone storage sp ace is getting low Sign-in or synchronization problem Preparing the mircoSD card More undisplayed notifications Synchronizing[...]

13 2.7. 2 Noti fica tion 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 [...]

14 2.7.4 Customizing the H ome Screen Adding a New Home Scree n Item 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Ho me screen until 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 screen. Moving a Home Screen Item 1. Touch and hold an [...]

15 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 applicat ion screen. 2.8. 1 Moving I cons on t he Appl icat ion Scr een 1. On the application screen, touch . 2. Touch and hold the icon you want to move on the application screen. 3. Without lifting [...]

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 wi th several part icipants. 3.1 Making a Call To make a c[...]

17 3.1. 3 Making a Cal l fr om Call log 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 Re jecting a Call 3.2.1 Answerin[...]

18 3.2.3 Rejecting an Inco ming Call Drag to the left to reject the call. You can also drag up the bar at the bottom of th e screen to reject a call an d send the caller a message. 3.3 Other Operation s During a Call 3.3.1 Making a Conferenc e 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[...]

19 3.3. 2 Switchi ng Betwee n Calls 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 you are in the first c all and the second call comes in , answer the inc oming call, and then touch Swap . 2. The current call is placed on hold and yo u are connected to the first call. 3.4 Using the Call[...]

20 4.1 Opening the Co ntacts Application If you have n ot yet added any contacts t o your mobile phone, Contacts displays a message with h ints on how to start adding contac ts information. On the Home screen, touch > Contacts to open the Contacts application. All of your contacts are displaye d alphabetically in a list that you can scroll throu[...]

21 4.5 Searching fo r a Contact 1. In the contact list, touch > Search . 2. Enter the name of the contact you w ish to search for. As you type , contacts with matching names ap pear below the search box. On the contact list screen, you can touch a letter on the right to display c ontacts starting with the touched let ter. 4.6 Editing a Co ntact [...]

22 4.7.2 Commun icating with a Contact 1. In the contacts list, touch the conta ct that you want to communicate w ith. 2. On the contact’s details screen, touch t he icon to the right of the number to call or send messages. 4.8 Deleting a Cont act 1. In the contacts list, touch and hold th e contact that you want to delet e, and then touch Delete[...]

23 4.9. 2 Using a Google Ac count t o Synchr onize Con tacts You can sync hronize contacts usin g your Google ac count. For deta ils, see Changing an Account’s Synchroniz ation Settings. 4.10 Managing Groups 4.10.1 Creating a Group 1. On the Home screen, touch > Contacts . Then flick the tab bar to the left an d touch Groups . 2. In the groups[...]

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 other methods, such as exchanging emails . To avoid duplication, join two or more con tacts together to form a single contact. 4.11.1 Joining Contac ts 1. On the Home screen, touch > Con[...]

25 4.12 Sending Contacts You can send contacts as a .vc f file via Bluetooth or Email. 1. In the contacts list, touch . 2. Select contacts that you want to sen d. 3. Touch Send . 4. Select the way you prefer to send the c ontacts you have select ed, for example Bluetooth or Email. You can send one contact by another way. Touch and hold a co ntact, [...]

26 5.1. 2 Using t he Andr oid Key board The keyboard layout may v ary slightly depending on the fiel d where you are entering text. The previous figur e is provided for your reference only. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Language & keyboard > Android keyboard > Voice input to turn on or turn off voice input. 5.1.3 Using the [...]

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 Sending a Text Messag e 1. Touch > Mess[...]

28 6.1. 3 Creati ng and Sending a Multimed ia Messag e You can use multimedia messages to make ev eryday communication s very special. You can record a message and send it as an audio file, sing 'Happy Birthday' and send it to friend, or send a slid eshow of photographs of a special event. The possibilities are endless. 1. Touch > Mess[...]

29 6.1.4 Opening and Viewing a Mu ltimedia Message 1. In the message list, touch the message t hread you wish to view. 2. Touch the multimedia message to view the message. 6.1. 5 Replyi ng to a Mes sage 1. In the message list, touch a text or multimedia messag e thread to open it. 2. Touch the text box to compose yo ur message. Once finishe d, touc[...]

30 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 po pular 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 wizar[...]

31 6.2. 3 Saving an Email A ttachme nt 1. On the accounts screen, touch the ema il account you want to use. 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 attac hment and touch Save . 6.2. 4 Creati ng and Sending a n Email Mess age 1. On the accounts screen, touch the [...]

32 6.2.7 Changing Em ail Account Settings You can change a number of account settings, includ ing how often you check fo r emails, how you ar e notified of a new mail, and details about t he servers the account uses to send and receive mails. Your account’s inco ming and outgoing settings depe nd on the kind of email service you are using. You ca[...]

33 7.1.2 Turning on the D ata Service 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks . 3. Select the Data ena bled check box to turn on t he data connection. 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 to wir eless access points (hot spo[...]

34 7.3 Sharing You r Phone’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 phon e's data connection with a number of devices at the sa me time, by turning your phone into a por table Wi-Fi hotspot. 7.3.1 Sharing Your Pho ne’s Dat[...]

35 7.4 Browser Your mobile phone comes wit h an Internet browser pre-in stalled. 7.4.1 Opening the Brow ser Touch > Browser to open the home page. When known or o pen Wi-Fi networks and mobile dat a networks are av ailable at the same time, your phone will preferab ly select a Wi-Fi network for Inter net access. Touch to open the browser options[...]

36 7.4.4 Managing Bo okmarks You can store as many bookmark s as you want on your mobile phone . Adding a Bookmark 1. In a browser window, go to the webpage you want to sav e as a bookmark. 2. Touch , and then touch Bookmarks > Add . 3. Edit the bookmark name and then touch OK . Opening a Bookmark 1. In a browser window, touch , and then touch B[...]

37 7.5.1 Turning On Bluetooth 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Touch Wireless & networks , and then select the Bluetooth check box to turn on Bluetooth. When Blu etooth is turned on, the B luetooth icon appears in t he notifica tion b ar. 3. Touch Bluetooth settings , and then select the Discoverable to make your mobile phone visible to oth er Bluet[...]

38 7.5.4 Disconnecting from or Unpairing with a Bluetooth Device 1. Touch > Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings . 2. Navigate to the Bluetooth devices section, and then touch and hold the device to which you are conne cted. 3. Touch Unpair to disconnect from th e device. 8 Entertainment In addition to being a communicat[...]

39 8.1. 2 Taking a Photo 1. Open your camera application and sw itch it to camera mode. 2. If necessary, change the camera settings. The preview changes as you change the settings. 3. Frame your photo within the pho to capture screen. 4. Touch to take your photo. Photos taken are displayed for a moment. Yo u can take another p hoto or review your p[...]

40 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 Gallery On the Home screen, touch > [...]

41 8.2.4 Cropping a Picture 1. When viewing a picture, touch to display the operation panel, and then to uch More > Crop . 2. Use the cropping tool to select th e 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 cropping[...]

42 8.3. 2 Playi ng Music 1. From the music library, sele ct a way to view your music. 2. Touch the music file you want to play. While playing music, touch to return to the Home screen, the music will continue to play in the background and you ca n use other applications. Open the notifications panel and touch the playing music to return to t he mus[...]

43 8.3. 5 Playi ng Music in a Pl ayli st 1. In music library, touch Playli sts . 2. Touch and hold the playlist you want to pl ay. 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, befo[...]

44 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 [...]

45 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[...]

46 9.2. 4 Replyi ng to or Forwar ding an Email 1. In the mail list, touch the email that you want to re ply to or forward. 2. Touch to re ply. Yo u can als o touch , and then touch Reply , Reply a ll , or Forward . 3. Do one of the following: • If you select ed Reply or Reply all , enter your me ssage. • If you select ed Forward , specify the m[...]

47 9.3.3 Accepting an Invitation 1. If you have invited anyone to chat or if someone else has invi ted you to chat, this information will appear in the friends list. 2. Touch a pending invitation, and then tou ch Accept . 9.3. 4 Start ing a Cha t 1. In the friends list, touch a friend's name in the f riends list. 2. Use the onscreen keybo ard [...]

48 9.4 Maps Maps lets you find your current loc ation, view real-time traffic condit ions (depending on availability in your locale), and get deta iled directions to vari ous destinations. You can view satellite imag es, traffic maps, or o ther kinds of maps of you r current or other location s. 9.4.1 Enabling the Location Service Before you open M[...]

49 9.5 YouTube YouTube is Google’s free onlin e video streaming se rvice for watching, sear ching for, and uploading videos. 9.5.1 Opening You Tube On the Home screen, touch > YouTube . You will then se e the YouTube screen . 9.5.2 Searching for a Vide o 1. On the YouTube screen, touch , and then touch Search . 2. Enter a search keyword, and t[...]

50 9.6. 2 Instal li ng an Appl icat ion 1. In the Play Store , select a category, an d then touch the application y ou want to download. On the applicat ion details screen, you can view more information about this application, such as its cost, overall rating, use r comments, and similar applications. When scrolling down, you can also view develope[...]

51 10.1 Managing Your Accounts You can synchronize cont acts, email, and other information on your mobile phone with multiple Google accounts or ot her kinds of acco unts, depending on the applications installed on your mobile pho ne. For example, you can start by adding your personal Goog le account, so your personal email, contacts, and cale ndar[...]

52 10.1.2 Adding an Exchange Accoun t 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Accounts & sync . 2. Touch Add account > Corporate . 3. Follow the instructions and enter the re quired information about the ex change account you wan t to add. For details, cont act the server administ rator. 4. Touch Next to display t he Account options [...]

53 10.2.1 Configuring General S ynchronization Settings On the Accounts & sync settings screen , do th e foll owing: • Select or cl ear the Background data check box to control wh ether applications and services can t ransmit data when you a re not working wi th them directly (that is , when they are running in the bac kground). If you clear [...]

54 11 Using Other Applications 11.1 AppInstaller You can use this installer to install more than one applications at a time. 11.1.1 Install Applications 1. On the Home screen, touch > AppInstaller . Then the installer will scan and display all the applications (.apk files) in the microSD card. 2. In the applications list, select applications you[...]

55 11.2.2 Creating an Event 1. In any calendar view, touch , and then touch New event to open the Event details screen. If you have more than one calendar, select the calendar where yo u want to save the eve nt. 2. Enter the event name. • If there is a time frame for the event, touch From and To to set the beginning and end times of the event. ?[...]

56 11.2.4 Setting Synchronization and Display The Calendars scre en displays all the calendar s you have added or subscribed to for each account that is config ured to synchronize events to your phone, organized by account. (Calend ars for accoun ts you have configured not to synchroni ze Calendar events are not included in the list.) 1. In any cal[...]

57 11.3.2 Creating a Folder 1. On the File Manager screen, access the dire ctory in which you w ant to create a new folder. 2. Touch to open the o ptions panel, and then touch New fold er . 3. Enter the name of the new folder in th e text box. 4. Touch Save . 11.3.3 Moving or Co pying a File 1. On the File Manager screen, touch to show the options [...]

58 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 extract both .zip and .rar files. Compressing Files 1. On the File Manager screen, touch , and then touch Multiselect . 2. Select the files or folders you want to compress. When a file i[...]

59 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 Home sc reen wallpaper, along with your local weather and othe r useful information. 11.4.2 Opening the A larms On the Clock screen, touch to open the Alarms . Adding an Alarm 1. On the alarm list screen, t[...]

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 panel On the Calculator screen, flick the screen to the right or left to sw[...]

61 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone To configure your mobile phone , touch > Settings . 12.1 Setting the Date and Time 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. Clear the Automati c[...]

62 12.2.2 Adjusting the Time Before the Screen Turns Off If your mobile phone is idle for sever al minutes, it will turn off the screen to sav e 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 12.3[...]

63 12.3.4 Changing the M essage Ringtone 1. On the Home screen, touch > Messaging . 2. In the message list, touch > Settings > Select ringtone . 3. In the displayed list, select 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 c[...]

64 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 Installing Voice Data 1. On the Settings screen, touch Voice input & output > Text-to-speech settings > Install voice data . 2. If your mobile phone d[...]

65 2. Flick your finger vertically, horizontally or diagonally, conn ect at least four dots in any order you choose. Lift your finger from the scr een when you are finished. You must drag your finger between the dots on the screen to creat e the pattern, not simply touch indiv idual dots. 3. Your mobile phone will record the pa ttern. Touch Continu[...]

66 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 desig ned so you c an change w here they are stored. You ma y find it helpful to move large application s off your[...]

67 12.8.2 Restoring Factory Data If you reset your phone to its fa ctory settings, all of your per sonal data stored on the phone, including inf ormation about your Google account, any other accou nts that you have configured, you r system and application s ettings, and any app lications you have installed will be erased. Rese tting the phone does [...]

68 13 FAQs How Can I Use a microSD Card to Import Contacts to My Phone from a Different Mobile Phone? Your mobile phone only su pports contact files in the .vcf format . 1. Save the con tacts you want t o import to yo ur mobile phone to a microSD c ard as a .vcf file. 2. Insert the microSD ca rd into your mobile phone and f ind the .vcf file using [...]

69 How Do I Stop the Song Playing in the Ba ckground? Touch the notification bar , flick downwards to open the notif ications panel, touch the music playing notification to go to the music playing scre en, and then stop playing the song. How Do I Return t o the Call Screen? While in a call, if you’re on anothe r screen, you can touch the notifica[...]

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