Contents 1 Reading Before Proceeding...........1 1.1 Safety Precautions............... 1 1.2 Personal Information and Data Security ........2 1.3 Legal Notice................. 3 2 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone........6 2.1 Mobile Phone View ..............6 2.2 Installing Your Mobile Phone ............8 2.3 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone .........
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5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard..........25 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard Panel..........25 5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings..........27 6 Messaging ................27 6.1 SMS and MMS................27 6.2 Email..................29 7 Getting Connected...............32 7.1 Turning on the Data Service ............32 7.2 Wi-Fi ..................32 7.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection ........
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11.2 Using the Clock................ 53 11.3 Using the File Manager............54 11.4 Using the Calculator ..............56 11.5 Using the Notepad ..............56 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone ...........56 12.1 Setting the Date and Time ............57 12.2 Setting the Display..............57 12.3 Setting Ringers ................
1 Reading Before Proceeding 1.1 Safety Precautions Please read the safety precautions carefully to ensure the correct use of your mobile phone. Do not crash, throw, or puncture your mobile phone. Avoid dropping, squeezing, or bending your mobile phone. Do not use your mobile phone in a moist environment, such as the bathroom.
Do not place your mobile phone or its accessories in containers with a strong electromagnetic field. Do not place magnetic storage media near your mobile phone. Radiation from the phone may erase the information stored on them. Do not put your mobile phone in a high-temperature place or use it in a place with flammable gas such as a gas station.
• Be sure to obtain third-party applications from a legitimate source. Downloaded third-party applications should be scanned for viruses. • Install security software or patches released by Huawei or third-party application providers. • Some applications require and transmit location information. As a result, a third- party may be able to share your location information.
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not be responsible for the legality , quality, or any other aspects of any software installed on this product, or for any uploaded or downloaded third-party works, such as texts, images, videos, or software.
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Ltd. has made necessary changes to the platform. Therefore, this product may not support all the functions that are supported by the standard Android platform or may be incompatible with third-party software. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not be liable for any of such situation.
2 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone 2.1 Mobile Phone View 2.1.1 Phone at a Glance All the pictures in this guide are for your reference only. The actual appearance and display features depend on the mobile phone you purchase. Earpiece Home Menu...
Camera Volume keys The second microphone Headset jack Power 2.1.2 Key Functions at Your Fingertips • Press and hold to power on your mobile phone. • Press and hold to open the Phone options menu. • Press to lock the screen when your mobile phone is active. •...
2.2.2 Charging the Battery Before charging the battery, ensure that it has been properly inserted into your phone. 1. Connect the USB cable that came with your mobile phone to the charger. 2. Connect the USB cable to your mobile phone. Then, plug in the connector of the charger to an electrical outlet.
2.2.4 Battery Saving Tips The longevity of battery power depends on the network that you connect to, and how you use your mobile phone. Try the following to conserve battery power: • Use normal wallpaper rather than live wallpaper. • When your mobile phone is not in use, switch off the screen. •...
2.3.3 Powering Off Your Mobile Phone 1. Press and hold to open the Phone options menu. 2. Touch Power off. 3. Touch OK. 2.4 Using the Touchscreen 2.4.1 Touchscreen Actions • Touch: Use the touch of your finger to select an item, confirm a selection, or start an application.
2.5.2 Unlocking the Screen 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 prompted to draw the pattern on the screen to unlock it.
2.6.1 Notification and Status Icons Call in progress Bluetooth is on Missed call Connected to a PC GPS connected New chat message New voicemail New email Roaming Battery is charging Battery is full Battery is very low Uploading Downloading Call mute Wi-Fi network in range Memory is full Error...
Open the notifications panel to see your network operator or to view a message, reminder, or event notification. Opening the Notifications Panel 1. When a new notification icon appears on the notification bar, flick down to open the notifications panel. 2.
Moving a 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 finger, drag the item to the desired position on the screen, and then release it.
3. Touch Turn on USB storage in the dialog box that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files. You can now transfer files from your PC to your mobile phone’s microSD card. When your microSD card acts as USB mass storage, your mobile phone will not use this memory space.
3.1.1 Making a Call with the Dialer Application 1. Touch > Dialer to display the dialer. If you are already working with Contacts or Call log, touch the Dialer tab. 2. Touch the appropriate numeric keys to enter the phone number. Your mobile phone supports the SmartDial function, that is, when you touch numbers on the dialer, the phone automatically searches among your contacts and lists the matching results based on the accuracy.
3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call 3.2.1 Answering an Incoming Call When you receive a phone call, the incoming call screen opens with the caller's name and number that you have entered in Contacts. Drag the to the right to answer the call. 3.2.2 Ending a Call During a call, touch End to hang up.
3.3 Other Operations During a Call 3.3.1 Making a Conference Call If you receive a new call while you are already on a call, you can connect the second call to the call you are on. This feature is known as conference calling. You can also set up a conference call with multiple callers.
3.3.2 Switching Between Calls If you receive a new call while you are already on a call, you can switch between the two calls. 1. While you are on the first call and the second call comes in, answer the incoming call, and then touch >...
4.1 Opening the Contacts Application If you have a new mobile phone and have not yet added any contacts, Contacts displays a message with hints on how to start adding contacts to your mobile phone. Touch > Contacts to open the Contacts application. All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a list that you can scroll through.
4.5 Editing a Contact You can make changes to the information you have stored for a contact at any time. 1. In the contacts list, touch and hold the contact whose details you want to edit, and then touch Edit contact in the options menu. 2.
4.7 Deleting a Contact 1. In the contacts list, touch and hold the contact that you want to delete, and then touch Delete contact in the options menu. 2. Touch OK to confirm that you want to delete the contact. 4.8 Managing Groups You can create your own groups or use default groups, such as Work, Family and Friends.
4.9 Joining and Separating Contacts You may have duplicate contacts if you import contacts by: • Adding an account, such as a Gmail account. • Using the social networking services such as Facebook or Twitter. (If your phone has the Streams function, you can use it to access Facebook or Twitter.) •...
5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard Panel To enter text, use the onscreen keyboard. Some applications open the keyboard automatically. In others, touch a text field to open the keyboard. Touch the space where you want to write text to display the keyboard. Touch to hide the keyboard.
Touch > Settings > Language & keyboard > Android keyboard > Voice input to turn on or turn off voice input. 5.1.3 Using the Swype Keyboard q w e r t y u i o p & ” Touch to delete a character a s d f g h j k to the left of the cursor.
5.1.4 Using the Landscape Keyboard If you find the keyboard inconvenient or difficult to use, turn your mobile phone sideways. The screen will display the keyboard in landscape orientation, providing you with a wider keyboard layout. 5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings 1.
3. Touch the composition text box to start entering your message. While entering your message, you can touch > Insert contact to insert contact information. 4. When you are ready to send the message, touch Send. The message list opens, and your name appears in the list, followed by the message you just sent.
3. Touch and touch More > Add slide to add more slides. 4. Touch Done to finish composing your message and return to the multimedia message screen. 5. To alter your multimedia message, touch the slideshow on the multimedia message screen. When the message is ready to be sent, touch Send. 6.1.4 Opening and Viewing a Multimedia Message 1.
6.2.1 Adding an Email Account When using the Email application for the first time, you must configure an email account. The Email setup wizard helps you set up your account. A number of popular email systems are supported. You can work with the same email service that you use on your PC or you can select another email service.
6.2.3 Creating and Sending an Email Message 1. On the accounts screen, touch the email account you want to use. 2. On the Inbox screen, touch , and then touch Compose in the options panel. 3. In the To field, enter the name or the email address. 4.
6.2.7 Changing Email Account Settings You can change a number of settings for an account, including how often you check for emails, how you are notified of a new mail, and details about the servers the account uses to send and receive mails. Your account’s incoming and outgoing settings depend on the kind of email service you are using.
7.2.2 Connecting to a Wireless Network 1. After turning on Wi-Fi, touch > Settings. 2. Touch Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings. You will see a list of detected Wi-Fi networks in the Wi-Fi networks section. 3. Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect to it. •...
7.3.2 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot A Tethering Plan from your service provider is required to use this service. 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot . 3. Select the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box to share your data connection. When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is selected, you can touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings to change its network name or secure it.
7.4.2 Opening a Web Page 1. In a browser window, touch the URL field at the top of the screen. 2. Use the keyboard to enter the web page address. You can touch to enter the web page address by voice. 3.
7.5 Bluetooth Your mobile phone has Bluetooth, which allows you to create a wireless connection with other Bluetooth devices so you can share files with your friends, talk hands-free with a Bluetooth headset, or even transfer photos on your phone to your PC. If you are using Bluetooth, remember to stay within 10 meters (33 feet) of other Bluetooth devices.
7.5.3 Sending Files via Bluetooth With Bluetooth, you can share pictures, videos, or music files with your family and friends. To send files via Bluetooth, do as follows: 1. Touch and hold the file to be sent in your mobile phone or SD card. The active options menu is displayed.
Capture Screen Thumbnail of last photo. Touch to preview the photos or videos. Drag up to record videos, drag down to take photos. Touch to take a photo. Touch to customize the camera settings. On the capture screen, touch to show the capture panel. 8.1.2 Taking a Photo 1.
8.1.4 Recording a Video 1. Open the camera, and then switch to camcorder mode. 2. If necessary, change the camcorder settings. 3. Frame the scene which you want to start your video. 4. Touch to start recording a video. 5. Touch to stop recording.
3. Touch the screen. Then the zoom panel appears. You can zoom in or zoom out on the picture. The picture viewer supports the automatic rotation function. When you rotate your mobile phone, the picture adjusts itself to the rotation. 8.2.3 Rotating a Picture 1.
5. After copying music, unmount or eject the drive as required by your PC’s operating system to safely remove the mobile phone. 6. Disconnect the mobile phone from the PC. 8.3.2 Opening the Media Library Touch > Music to display the media library. The Music application organizes your music files by storage location.
9 Google Services Availability of Google applications, services, and features may vary according to your country or carrier. Please follow the local laws and regulations to use them. When you turn on your mobile phone for the first time, touch a Google services such as Talk, Gmail, or Market, and you will be prompted to sign in to your Google account.
9.2 Using Gmail Gmail is Google’s web-based email service. 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, your Inbox will contain the messages from your Gmail account on the web.
• If you selected Reply or Reply all, enter your message. • If you selected Forward, specify the message recipients and add any additional text you want to include with the forwarded message. 4. Touch to send, or touch to save as a draft. 9.2.5 Searching for an Email 1.
9.3.4 Starting a Chat 1. In the friends list, touch a friend's name in the friends list. 2. Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text and chat with your friend. 3. After entering your message, touch Send. 9.3.5 Setting Notifications for New Instant Messages Whenever you receive an instant message, your mobile phone can play a sound, vibrate, or display an icon.
9.4 Using Maps Maps lets you find your current location, view real-time traffic conditions (depending on availability in your locale), and get detailed directions to various destinations on a satellite, traffic, or other kind of map. 9.4.1 Enabling Location Source Before you open Maps to find your location or search for places of interest, you must enable "location source".
6. When you finish viewing or following the directions, touch and touch Clear Map to reset the map. 9.5 Using YouTube YouTube is Google’s free online video streaming service for viewing, searching for, and uploading videos. 9.5.1 Opening YouTube Touch >...
9.6.3 Installing an Application 1. In the Market, select a category, and then touch the application you want to download. On the application details screen, you can view more information about the selected application, such as its cost, overall rating, user comments, and similar applications in which you might be interested.
10.1 Managing Your Accounts You can synchronize contacts, email, and other information on your mobile phone with multiple Google accounts or other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on your mobile phone. For example, you can start by adding your personal Google account, so your personal email, contacts, and calendar are always available.
10.1.2 Removing an Account You can remove an account, deleting it and all information associated with it from your mobile phone, including email, contacts, settings, and so on. You cannot, however, remove some accounts, such as the first account you signed into on the mobile phone.
• Select or clear the Auto-sync check box to control whether changes you make to information on the phone or on the web are automatically synchronized with each other. For example, when this option is selected, changes that you make in Contacts on the phone are automatically made in Google Contacts on the web.
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. • If the event is a special occasion such as a birthday or a day-long activity, set the date for From and To, and then select the All day check box.
11.1.5 Customizing the Calendar Settings On any calendar view, touch . Then touch More > Settings. • Hide declined events: Select to hide events for which you have declined invitations. • Use home time zone: Displays calendars and event times in your home time zone when traveling.
3. Touch Repeat to set the days when you want the alarm to sound. 4. Touch Ringtone to select a ringtone for the alarm. 5. Select the Vibrate check box to have the phone vibrate, in addition to playing the ringtone.
4. Now select the path to where you want the file to be copied or moved. Press open the options panel, and then touch Paste to move or copy the file to the selected path. 11.3.4 Searching for a File 1.
3. Edit the save path for extracted files. 4. Touch OK to start extracting. 11.3.6 Viewing Your Memory Status On the File Manager screen, press to open the options panel, and then touch More > Memory Status. The memory management screen will be displayed. This screen allows you to view the memory status and available memory on your mobile phone and microSD card.
12.1 Setting the Date and Time By default, your mobile phone automatically uses the date, time zone, and time provided by the network. When your mobile phone is using date and time settings provided automatically by the network, you cannot manually set the date, time, and time zone. 12.2 Setting the Display 12.2.1 Adjusting the Screen Brightness 1.
1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Volume. 2. Drag the slider left to make the volume lower, or right to make it higher. 3. Touch OK to save the adjustment. 12.3.3 Changing the Phone Ringtone 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Phone ringtone. 2.
12.4.3 Switching off the Data Service 1. On the Settings screen, touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks. 2. Clear the Data enabled check box. 12.5 Setting Text-to-Speech Use the Text-to-Speech settings to configure the Android text-to-speech synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of this feature. 12.5.1 Installing Voice Data 1.
2. Flicking your finger vertically, horizontally or diagonally, connect at least four dots in any order you choose. Lift your finger from the screen when you are finished. You must flick your finger on the screen to create the pattern, not simply touch individual dots.
• Touch , and then touch Sort by size. Then touch an application to view its details. • Touch an application directly to view its details. 12.7.2 Uninstalling an Application 1. On the Settings screen, touch Applications > Manage applications. 2.
12.8 Resetting Your Mobile Phone 12.8.1 Backing Up My Data You can use your Google account to back up your mobile phone’s settings to Google servers. If you replace your mobile phone, the settings you have backed up will be transferred to the new mobile phone the first time you sign in to your Google account.
13 Appendix 13.1 FAQs More FAQs are available at the following website: http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/faq.do?method=index How Can I Use a microSD Card to Import Contacts to My Phone from a Different Mobile Phone? Your mobile phone only supports contact files in the .vcf format. Save the contacts you want to import to your mobile phone to a microSD card as a .vcf file.
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Hi Suite will start automatically after the installation is complete. Click Contacts. Right-click the contact list and choose Import. Follow the instructions and select the .vcf file you want to import. Disconnect your mobile phone from the PC after the contacts have been imported.
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How Do I Use Quick GPS? On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Location & security > Use Quick GPS. Quick GPS downloads data to enhance the GPS satellite information and may therefore incur additional data charges.