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Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What's in Your Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Mobile Phone View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the microSD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Customizing Your Mobile Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Getting to know your Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Notification and status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Notifications panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How to switch the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How to customize the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Answering and Rejecting a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Call log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Airplane Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
MyPhonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
How to get started with MyPhonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Organize your Contacts with MyPhonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Change your device easily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Your Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Contents Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone ....1 What's in Your Box ..........1 Mobile Phone View .
  • Page 2 Text Input ......... . . 40 Using the Onscreen Keyboard .
  • Page 3 Using the Notepad......... . 119 Using the Calculator .

  • Page 5: Getting To Know Your Mobile Phone

    Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone Ready to get hands-on with your touchscreen? To take every last gadget and gizmo for a spin? Great – here is where you will get to grips with the basics and best bits of your new mobile phone. So thumb through our manual and get up to speed with your mobile phone! What's in Your Box Take a peak in your mobile phone box and you will find much more in...

  • Page 6: Mobile Phone View

    Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone Mobile Phone View Phone at a Glance Headset jack Earpiece Camera Volume Charge/Data port Note: If you apply protective film on the phone, please use the protective film with good transmittance. Key features at a glance ...

  • Page 7: Installing The Sim Card

    Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone  Touch to return to the previous screen.  Touch to exit any application you are running.  Touch to hide the keyboard. Touch to open Google search for searching your mobile phone and the web. Installing the SIM Card How to slot in your SIM card Caution: Turn off your mobile phone before you slot in or out your SIM...
  • Page 8 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone To charge your mobile phone through charger 1. Connect the USB cable that came with your mobile phone to the charger. 2. Connect the USB cable to your mobile phone. 3. Plug in the connector of the charger to an electrical outlet. The phone begins charging.
  • Page 9 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone How to keep your battery in top shape  If the battery has not been used for a long period of time, you may not be able to power on your mobile phone immediately after you begin charging the battery.
  • Page 10 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone  We recommend you to not replace the battery by yourself. Instead any Huawei or a Huawei authorized service provider will be happy to offer a battery replacement to you. In case you choose to replace the battery by yourself, please refer to .

  • Page 11: Using The Microsd Card

    Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone  Turn off the data service: on the Home screen, touch > Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks, clear Data enabled and Data always on check boxes. Using the microSD Card How to install the microSD card 1.

  • Page 12: Starting Up

    Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone 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. Note: When your microSD card acts as the USB mass storage, your mobile phone will not use this memory space.
  • Page 13 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone 3. Touch the text field to open keyboard and try to start typing, or touch Skip to continue. 4. Touch the Google account, or Email account icon to access the relevant settings. Tip: On the Setting up your accounts screen, you can touch , and then touch APN settings to set the APN.

  • Page 14: Using The Touchscreen

    Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone  If you leave your mobile phone undisturbed for a while, the screen will lock automatically. To unlock the screen 1. Press to wake up the screen. 2. Drag the lock icon from the bottom up to unlock the screen. Note: If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, you will be prompted to draw the pattern on the screen to unlock it.

  • Page 15: Accessing Your Top Six Applications With Task List

    Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone right way up, even if you are holding it portrait or landscape. But watch out – for this tricksy technology to work, you will always have to turn your mobile phone anti-clockwise. Tip: On the Home screen, touch >...
  • Page 16 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone  On any Home screen, touch to open the Main Menu, and then touch Settings.  On any Home screen, touch , and then touch Settings. Now tap into the features below and tweak them to your tastes: Alter the wireless connections of your phone, Wireless &...
  • Page 17 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone Voice input & Set voice input and output parameters, output including the language and speech rate. Enable the screen reader to provide spoken Accessibility feedback when using native applications. Set the date, time, time zone, and date or time Date &...

  • Page 18: Home Screen

    Home Screen The Home screen gives a lot of fun to play with and you can adds the items you need in one place. Getting to know your Home screen 10:23 Notifications bar: Displays the reminders and status icons of your phone.

  • Page 19: Notification And Status Icons

    Home Screen Screen switching dots: Indicate the number of the screens on the left or right. Touch to open the Messaging. Touch to view all your applications. Touch to open the Dialer screen. Notification and status icons The notifications panel at the top of the screen contains icons that tell you about messages and phone status.

  • Page 20: Memory Is Full

    Home Screen Battery is full Battery is very low Call in progress Missed call Call in progress using a New gmail Bluetooth headset Problem with text or New text or multimedia multimedia message message delivery New chat message New email New voicemail Connected to a PC An open Wi-Fi network is...

  • Page 21: Notifications Panel

    Home Screen 1. Touch and flick your finger downwards to open the notifications panel. 2. Touch Low on space to go to the file management screen of your mobile phone. 3. Touch Manage applications, and then uninstall unnecessary applications. 4. Touch >...

  • Page 22: Dialer Screen

    Home Screen Dialer Screen Touch to open the Dialer screen. Touch to return to Home screen. Main Menu Screen Touch to open the Main Menu screen. Touch to return to the Canvas. Tip: For more information, refer to “You’ve got a blank Canvas” on page 20.

  • Page 23: How To Customize The Home Screen

    Home Screen Note: This image is for reference only. The actual display on your screen may be different. Messaging Screen Touch to open the Messaging screen. Then you can view or edit messages. How to customize the Home screen To add a new screen item 1.

  • Page 24: Canvas

    Home Screen To remove a screen item 1. Touch and hold an icon on the Home screen until the icon magnifies and the mobile phone vibrates. 2. Without lifting your finger or stylus off the item, drag it to the trash can.
  • Page 25 Home Screen Canvas top tips On any Home screen, touch to browse the Canvas and then touch to quickly return to the previous screen you were on. Widgets A widget works as a shortcut to let you preview or use an application. You can stick widgets on your desktop as icons or preview windows.
  • Page 26 Home Screen Touch to switch to the next station. Tip: For more information, refer to “Listening to the FM Radio” on page My Music Touch to switch between the repeat modes. Touch to play the previous song. Touch to play or pause the song. Touch to play the next song.
  • Page 27 Home Screen Touch to turn on or turn off Wi-Fi. Touch to turn on or turn off Bluetooth. Touch to turn on or turn off the GPS. Touch to start or stop synchronization. Touch to adjust the display brightness. Indicates the function is turned off. Indicates the function is turned on.

  • Page 28: Changing The Wallpaper

    Home Screen Folders To create a folder 1. Touch and hold the screen to open the Select action menu, and then select Add folder. 2. Choose one of various types of folders to create a folder. 3. To add a shortcut to the folder, touch and hold an application or a shortcut icon to activate the move mode.

  • Page 29: Changing The Theme

    Home Screen  Touch Live wallpapers to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper.  Touch Wallpapers to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper. Changing the Theme Your phone is preset with one theme. You can download other themes form the Market.When you feel bored with one theme, change it to another one.

  • Page 30: Calling

    Calling Making a Call Who you call depends on your mood. Now, how you call does too! You can start a conversation in three different ways – using the Dialer, Contacts, or Call log. How to make a call on the Dialer 1.
  • Page 31 Calling Dialer tab Displays the phone number you enter. Touch to enter the number. Touch to dial voice call. Touch to dial the phone number you enter. Touch to clear digits one by one. Touch and hold to erase the entire number.

  • Page 32: Answering And Rejecting A Call

    Calling How to make a call from the Call log 1. On the Home screen, touch > Call log to display the call log. If you are already working with Contacts or Dialer, touch the Call log tab. 2. In the list, touch the log entry you want to call. Tip: You can also touch and hold the contact to open the options menu for communicating with that contact in other ways.

  • Page 33: Other Operations During A Call

    Calling Drag the Reject by message upwards to answer the call. How to listen to your voicemail Before you use the voicemail service, touch Voicemail service or Voicemail settings in Settings > Call settings to set up your voicemail. For detailed settings, contact your service provider. When you have a new voicemail message, the voicemail icon appears in the notifications bar.
  • Page 34 Calling calling screen, flick the notifications panel down and touch Current call.  During a call, you can touch the Dialpad tab and flick up to open the Dialpad. How to make a conference call If you accept a new call when you are already on a call, you can merge the two calls into a single conference call.

  • Page 35: Using The Call Log

    Calling 2. Touch Hold again to carry on the conversation. How to mute the microphone during a call 1. While you are on a call, touch Mute. When the microphone is off, you will see the Mute icon in the notifications bar. 2.

  • Page 36: Using The Airplane Mode

    Calling Tip: You can also scroll to find, and then touch an existing contact to which you want to add the number. How to clear the Call log 1. Touch > Call log to display the call log. 2. Touch , and then touch Clear call log.

  • Page 37: Myphonebook

    MyPhonebook The best place to store and manage your mobile contact data. You don’t keep any old Tom, Dick and Harry in your Contacts list. You keep your childhood best friend, big sister, brother-in-law, housemates, landlord, colleagues and every other VIP in between. And because they’re special to you, they’re important to us too.

  • Page 38: Change Your Device Easily

    MyPhonebook Enrich your phonebook through our comfortable Web UI (www.telekom.de/kundencenter). Import contacts from Outlook and other adressbooks. The innovative merge function during the import process helps you to control duplicate contacts in your adressbook. Change your device easily If you get a new device, or even if you have lost your device, all you have to do is to insert your new SIM into the device and sync your contacts from your online adressbook.

  • Page 39: Text Input

    MyPhonebook 4. If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into which you want to import the contacts. How to create a new contact 1. On the Home screen, touch > Contacts to open the Contacts application.
  • Page 40 MyPhonebook 2. Touch or move any letter in the alphabet to list all contacts starting with the letter. How to search for a contact There are several ways to find a contact when your contacts list is long.  Browse through your contacts by flicking your finger up and down on the screen.

  • Page 41: Email

    MyPhonebook How to connect through quick contact for Android 1. Touch the contact's picture or picture frame (if you have not assigned a picture to the contact) to open Quick Contact for Android. 2. Touch the icon for the way you want to communicate with the contact.

  • Page 42: Bluetooth

    MyPhonebook 3. Touch Joined Contacts, and then touch Add contact. 4. Select the contact to be joined to combine two duplicate contacts. Two contacts will be joined together and displayed as one contact. Touch the contact to view the joined information. You can see that the contact is joined together by two contacts.

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