Huawei U8815N manual

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Contents i 1 Read Befo re Proceedin g ................ ................ ................. ......1 1.1 Safety Precaution s.. ........... ........... .......... ........ ........... ........... ....... 1 1.2 Personal Informat ion and Data Secur ity ......... ........... ........ .......... 2 1.3 Legal Notice ......... ........... ........... ........[...]

ii 4.8 Deleting a Conta ct .. ........ ........... ........... ........ .......... ........... ........ 22 4.9 Backing Up and S ynchronizing Conta cts.......................... ......... 22 4.10 Managi ng Groups .... .......... ........... ........... ........ ........... ........... .. 23 4.11 Joinin g and Sepa rating Cont acts ............. .....[...]

iii 9.6 Play Store ....... ........... ........ ........... .......... ........ ........... ........... ..... 48 10 Synch ronizing I nformation .................... ................. ............49 10.1 Managin g Your Acc ounts ...... ........... ........... ........ .......... ........... 49 10.2 Custo mizing Your Account Sy nchroniza tion .......[...]

1 1 Read Before Proceeding 1.1 Safety Precaution s Please read the safet y precautions car efully to ensure the corr ect use of your mobile phone. Do not crash, throw, or punc ture your mobile phone. Av oid 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[...]

2 1.2 Personal Information an d Data Security The use of some functions or thir d-party application s on your device co uld result in your personal information an d data being lost or becoming acc essible to others. Several measures ar e recommended to help you pro tect personal and co nfidential information. • Place your devic e in a safe area t[...]

3 • Periodically back up personal inform ation kept on your S IM/USIM card, memory card, or stored in your device memory . If you change to a dif ferent device, be su re to move or delete any per sonal information on y our old device. • If you are worried abo ut viruses wh en you receive mess ages or emails from a stranger, you can delete them [...]

4 Trademarks and Perm issions , , and are trademarks or register ed trademarks of Huawe i Technologies Co., Ltd. Android is a trademark of Goog le Inc. Other trademarks, product , service and company names ment ioned are the property of their respective owne rs. Notice Some features of the pro duct and its accessories described herein re ly on the [...]

5 This product uses the open-s ource Android™ platform. Huawei Techno logies Co., Ltd. has made necessary changes to the platform. Therefore, this produc t may not support all the functions tha t are supported by the st andard Android platfor m or may be incompatible with third-party software . Huawei Tech nologies Co., Ltd. shall not be liable f[...]

6 2 Getting Started All the pictures in this guide are f or your reference only . Your phone’s actual display features may be di fferent to those describ ed here, depending on it s software version. 2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingerti ps 2.2 Impo rtant In formation A bout the Battery • If the battery has not bee n used for a long time, you may n[...]

7 usual after being charge d properly, replace t he battery with a new one of th e same type. • Using data services inc reases the power co nsumption of the pho ne and will therefore reduce th e length of time that the phone can be used between battery charges. • The time required to fully charge the batt ery depends on the ambien t temperature[...]

8 If you have pr otected your mobile phone w ith a persona l identification number (PIN), enter it before using the mobile phon e. 2.4.2 Setting Up Your M obile Phone The first time yo u power on yo ur mobile phone, the phone disp lays a setup wiz ard to help you set up the phone. The setup wizard he lps you: • Create or sign in to your 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 Phon e Screen The orientation of most screens will ch ange to landscape or portrait view w hen you rotate your phone sid eways. On the Home screen, tou[...]

10 2.6 Locking and Unlocking the Screen 2.6.1 Locking the Screen • When your phon e is on, pr ess to lock the scre en. When the screen is lo cked, 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 screen. 2. Drag the unlocking i[...]

11 2.7 Home Scre en 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. You c an also drag a n icon from another area of the scree n to the shortcut position. 2.7. 1 Noti fica ti on and Sta tus I cons Signal strength No signal Connected to GPR S mobile network GPRS in us[...]

12 Bluetooth on Receiving locat ion data from GPS Vibration mode Ringer silenced Call muted Charging batt ery 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 net[...]

13 2.7. 2 Noti fi cati on Panel 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 . Open the notification panel to see your network oper ator or to view a messag e, reminder, or event no tifica tion. Opening the Notification P anel 1. When[...]

14 2.7.4 Custom izing the Home Sc reen Adding a New Home Screen Item 1. On the Home screen, touch to display the application list. 2. Press and hold an application icon, and then drag the icon to a blank a rea on the Home screen. Moving a Home Screen Item 1. Touch and hold the item on the Home screen that yo u want to move 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 a pplications on your phone. Y ou can touch on the Home screen to open the application scr een. 2.8. 1 Moving I cons on the Ap plic ati on Scr een 1. On the application screen, [...]

16 2.9.2 Remo ving the microSD Card 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings . 2. Scroll down the screen, and then tou ch Storage > Unmount SD card . 3. Carefully remove the microSD card. 3 Calling To make a phone call, you can dial a numb er using the keypad or t ouch a number saved in your contact list, on a web page, or in other places. Whe[...]

17 3.1. 3 Making a Cal l fr om the Cal l Log 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 open s. If you have previously saved t[...]

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 Conference Call If you receive a new call while yo u are already in a call, you can add the sec ond call to the call you are in . This[...]

19 3.3. 2 Swit ching Betwee n Call s If you receive a new ca ll while you are alread y in a call, you can swit ch between the two calls. 1. While you are in the first c all and the second call comes in, an swer the inc oming call, and then touch . 2. The current call is placed on 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 manage information such as phone numbers and ad dresses of your contacts. After you save contact inform ation on your mobile phone, you have easy access to the peop le with whom you want to communica te. 4.1 Openin g the Peop le Application On the Home screen, touch > People to open th[...]

21 4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites Select a contac t and touch the star on the right of the contact's name. If the icon is highlighted, the contact is in your favorit es list. 4.5 Searching fo r a Contact 1. In the contact list, touch . 2. Enter the name of the contact you wish to search for. As you t ype, contacts with matching names a[...]

22 4.7.2 Comm unicati ng with a Contac t 1. In the contacts list, touch the contact that you want to communicat e with. 2. On th e contact's d etails screen , you can commun icate with the contact in one of the following ways: • Touch the phone number to plac e a call. • Touch the email address to send an email. • Touch to send a text me[...]

23 2. Touch Import from storage in the displayed menu. If there is more than one .vcf files saved on the microSD card , you can choose to restore one, multiple, or all the of them. 4.9. 2 Usi ng a Go ogle Accou nt t o Sync hroni ze Con tact s You can sync hronize contacts using your G oogle account. For details, s ee Changing an Account’s Synch r[...]

24 4.11 Joining and Sep arating Contacts You may have duplicate c ontacts if you import con tacts by: • Adding an account, s uch as a Gmail account. • Using the social netw orking service s such as Facebook or Twitter. • Using other metho ds, such as exc hanging emails. To avoid duplication, join two or mor e contacts together to form a singl[...]

25 2. Touch > Share . 3. Select your preferred method to se nd the contacts you have selected, fo r example Bluetooth or Email. 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 5.1 Displaying th e Keyboard To enter text, use the onsc reen keyboard. The keyboard is disp layed automatically when you run certain applications. If n ot, touch a text field to open the k[...]

26 If you would like to learn how to use the onscreen keybo ard, you 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 Keyboa rd Layout You can swit ch the key board layout o nly when TouchPal Input is selected. There are thr[...]

27 6 Messaging The Messaging application allows you to exchange t ext messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) with anyone using an SMS-or- MMS-capable phone. With the Email application you can rea d and send emails. 6.1 SMS and MMS 6.1.1 Open ing Messaging Touch > Messaging . 6.1. 2 Crea ti ng and Sendi ng a T ext Me ssage 1. Touch > Mes[...]

28 3. Touch the composition text box to start co mposing your message. If you want t o enter a s miley, touch , then Insert smiley . 4. Perform the following steps to convert a text mes sage into a multimedia message: • Touch > Add subject to add the message s ubject. Your mo bile phone is now in multimedia message mode. • Touch to attach a [...]

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 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 a n Email[...]

30 6.2. 2 Switch ing Bet ween Emai l Acco unts On the Inbox screen, touch t he email addr ess bar o n the top, and choose an email account from the email account list displayed. The selected accoun t's Inbox is then displayed by de fault. 6.2.3 Viewing an Email Message On the Inbox screen, touch t he email mess age you w ant to view. You can a[...]

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 Se ttings You can change a number of account settings, includ ing the email checking frequency, new mail notification met hod, and details about the acc ount's email sending and receiving ser vers. Your account’s inc[...]

32 you might not be able to access ne twork resource s. 7.1.2 Turning On the Data Service 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Under WIRELESS & NETW ORKS , 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 wi reless data networ k, you can clear the Data enabled che[...]

33 7.3 Sharing Your Ph one’s Data Connection You can shar e your mobi le phone's da ta connect ion with a sing le computer via a USB cable: USB tethering . You can share y our mobile phone's data conne ction with a number of devices at the sa me time, by turning your ph one into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. 7.3. 1 Instal li ng the USB teth[...]

34 7.3.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection as a Portable Wi-F i Hot spot 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Under WIRELESS & NETW ORKS , touch More... > Tethering & portable hotspot . 3. Select the Portab le Wi -Fi ho tspot check box to share yo ur data connection. When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is sele cted, you can t ouch Configure Wi-Fi ho[...]

35 7.4.2 Open ing a Webp age 1. In a browser window, touch the URL field at the top of the scree n. 2. Use the keyboard to enter a webpage ad dress. You can touc h t o enter the web page address by voice. 3. As you enter th e address, matching webpage addresses will ap pear on the screen . If you see the address y ou want, touch it and go di rectly[...]

36 7.5 Blue tooth Your mobile phone has Bl uetooth, which allows yo u to create a wireless conn ection with other Bluetooth dev ices so you can share files with your friends, talk hand s-free with a Bluetooth headset , or even transfer photos from your phone to your PC . If you are us ing Bluetooth, r emember to st ay within 1 0 meters (33 feet) of[...]

37 3. From the list of found devices, touch the dev ice you want to pair your mobile phone with. 4. If prompted, enter the pairing password to complete the connecti on. 7.5.3 Sending Files via Bluetooth With Bluetooth, you can sha r e pictures, videos, or music files with your family and friends. To send files via Bluetoot h: 1. Touch and hold the [...]

38 7.6.2 Sharing W eb Pages o r Contacts Using An droid Beam Before perf orming the follo wing operat ions, ensure that NFC and Android Beam have been enabled on b oth mobile phones, and that the mobile ph ones are not in t he lock screen. 1. On a mobile phone, select the web page o r contact you wan t to share. 2. Place the backs of the mobile pho[...]

39 8.1. 2 Taking a Photo 1. Open your camera application and switch it to camera mode. 2. If necessary, change the camera settings. The preview cha nges as you change the settings. 3. Frame your photo within the photo capture screen. 4. Touch to take your photo. Photos taken are displayed for a momen t . You can take an other photo or r eview your [...]

40 3. If you want to view more videos, flick yo ur finger left or right acros s the screen. 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 pict ure as wallpap[...]

41 3. Touch CROP to save the crop ped picture. Touch CANCEL to discard the changes. 8.3 Enjoying Music 8.3.1 Open ing the Music Library On the Home screen, touch > Music+ to open the music library. The music libra ry automatically s cans for mu sic stored o n your micr oSD card and displays them in Playlists , Artists , Songs , Albums , Genre s [...]

42 8.3.4 Adding Music to a Playlist 1. From the music library select a wa y to view yo ur music. 2. Touch and hold a music file, and then touch Add to playlist . • Touch an e xisting playlist t o add the song to that playlist. • Touch New playlist to add the song to a new playlist. 8.3. 5 Playi ng Musi c in a Playl ist 1. In music library, touc[...]

43 9 Google Services Availability of Google applications, servic es, and features may vary according to your country or carrier . Please follow local laws and reg ulations to use them. When you turn on you r mobile phone for the first time, touch a Goog le services such as Talk , Gmail , or Play Store , and you will b e prompted to sign in to your [...]

44 9.2 Gmail Gmail is Google’s web-based email s ervice. When yo u 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 Open ing Gmail On the Home screen, to[...]

45 • If you selected or Reply all , enter your me ssage. • If you select ed Forward , specify the me ssage recipients and add any additional text you want to include in the forwarde d message. 4. Touch to send, or touch to save as a draft. 9.2. 5 Searc hing for an Email 1. In the mail list, touch . 2. Enter the search keywords in the box , and [...]

46 9.3. 4 Start ing a Chat 1. In the friends list, touch a friend's name in the friend s list. 2. Use the onscreen keyboa rd to enter text and chat with your frie nd. 3. After entering your message, touch . 9.3.5 Setting Notifications for New Instant Messag es Whenever you receiv e an instant message, your mobile ph one can play a sound, vibra[...]

47 9.4.1 Enabling the Location Service Before you open Maps to find your location or search f or places 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, th e GPS satellites check box, or both. 9.4.2 Open ing Maps On [...]

48 9.5.1 Open ing YouTube On the Home screen, touc h > YouTube . You will then se e the YouTube scr een. 9.5.2 Searching for a Video 1. On the YouTube screen, touch . 2. Enter a search keyword, and then touch the Search icon . 3. You will see a number of search results dis played below the notification bar. Scroll through the resu lts and touch [...]

49 3. To c heck the prog ress of a download, open the not ification p anel. Most applications are installed within seco nds. To stop an application fr om downloading, touch the cross (× ). After the application has been downloaded and installed on y our mobile phone, the content downlo ad icon appea rs in the notification b ar. If you want to in s[...]

50 10.1.1 Adding an Account When you add an account, the People application compar es contacts from t he newly synchronized acc ount with contacts from your existing mobile pho ne accounts and attempts to merge duplicates into a single entr y in People . While it is presented as a singl e cont act ent ry, t he cont act da ta i tself i s not merged.[...]

51 remove some accounts, suc h as the first account you s igned into on the mobile phone. If you attempt to remove cert ain accounts, all personal inf ormation associated with it will be deleted. 1. On the Accounts & sync screen, touch the account to be de leted. 2. Touch > Remove account . 3. Confirm that you want to remove the acco unt. 10[...]

52 11 Using Other Applications 11.1 Calendar Use Calendar to create and manage events, meetings, and appointments. Depending on your sy nchronization set tings, the calenda r on your phone can be synchronized w it h the inter net-based calendar you use. 11.1.1 Opening Calenda r On the Home screen, touch > Calendar to open t he application. 11.1.[...]

53 2. Touch the Add reminder button to add a reminder, or to uch the reminder’s button to delete an existing reminder. 3. Touch the reminder time, and then, from the list disp layed, touch the leng th of time before the event when you want to be re minde d. When the time comes, you will receive a notifi cation about the ev ent. 11.1.4 Setting Syn[...]

54 11.2 File Manage r File Manager is like having a pocket-sized persona l assistant (PA), letting you organize, edit, and dele te files and folders. 11.2.1 Opening File M anager On the Home screen, touch > File Manager to open the application. Before performing operations 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 Extracting Files Your phone suppor ts compressing and extrac ting files. You can only compress files and folders into .zip files, but can e xtract both .zip and .rar files. Compressing Files 1. On the File Manager screen, touc h Internal or SD card , and then touch > Select [...]

56 11.3.1 Opening the Clock On the Home screen, touch > Clock to open the application. 11.3.2 Opening the Alarms On the Clock screen, touch to open the Alarms . Adding an Alarm 1. On the alarm list screen, touch Add alarm . 2. Set the alarm, and then touch OK . Setting an Alarm 1. On the alarm list screen, touch one of th e alarms on the screen [...]

57 11.5 Notes Notes features a simple text process or. In the note list, you can add, edit, and delete 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 t ime of cities around the wo rld, 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 ent ering its name in the search field. 11.6.4 Sharing We ather Information 1. On the weather clock screen, touch > Share weather . 2. In the To field, enter a recipien t's phone nu[...]

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 scr een brightness manually, first clea r the Automati c brightness checkbox. 2. Drag the slider left to make the screen darker , or right to make it bright er. 3. Touch OK to save the adjustment. [...]

60 12.3.3 Changing the Ph one Ringtone 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Phone ringtone . 2. In the displayed list, select an option: • Ringtone : Select a preinstalled rin gtone. The ringtone play s when 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-Spee ch Use the Text-to-Sp eech settings to configure the Android t ext-to-speec h synthesizer, for applications t hat can tak e advantage 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 the t[...]

62 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 Security > Screen lock > PIN . 2. Enter at least four characters . 3. Touch Continue . 4. Enter the same characters again and touch OK . To change your PIN, tou ch Security > Screen lock > PIN . 12[...]

63 12.7.2 Uninstalling an Application You cannot u ninstall the applicat ions that are pre-installed o n the system. 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 Ph one Memo ry • Move files and email attach ments to the microSD car d. • In Browser , clear all tem[...]

64 12.9 Online Update Your mobile phone has pr e-installed the online update f unction. When there is new software available, the ver sion information appears and prompts 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 informatio[...]

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 func tion. How Do I Set a n Unlock Pa ttern? On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Security > Screen lock > Pattern . How Can I Change[...]

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