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  • Page 1 Welcome to HUAWEI HUAWEI U8815 User Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Read Before Proceeding ............1 1.1 Safety Precautions............... 1 1.2 Personal Information and Data Security ........2 1.3 Legal Notice................. 3 2 Getting Started...............6 2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingertips..........6 2.2 Important Information About the Battery........6 2.3 Power Saving Tips ..............7 2.4 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone ...........
  • Page 3 4.8 Deleting a Contact ..............22 4.9 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts........22 4.10 Managing Groups ..............23 4.11 Joining and Separating Contacts..........24 4.12 Sending Contacts ..............25 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard..........25 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard............25 5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings..........27 6 Messaging ................27 6.1 SMS and MMS................
  • Page 4 9.6 Market..................49 10 Synchronizing Information ..........50 10.1 Managing Your Accounts............50 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization......52 11 Using Other Applications ...........53 11.1 Traffic Manager................ 53 11.2 Calendar .................. 54 11.3 File Manager................56 11.4 Clock..................58 11.5 Calculator................. 59 11.6 Notepad ...................

  • Page 5: Read Before Proceeding

    1 Read 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 the falling, squeezing, and bending of your mobile phone. Do not use your mobile phone in a moist environment, such as the bathroom.

  • Page 6: Personal Information And Data Security

    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.

  • Page 7: Legal Notice

    • 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.

  • Page 8: Trademarks And Permissions

    Third-party service providers provide content and services through network or transmission tools outside of the control of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. To the greatest extent permitted by applicable law, it is explicitly stated that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not compensate or be liable for services provided by third-party service providers, or the interruption or termination of third-party contents or services.
  • Page 9 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.

  • Page 10: Getting Started

    2 Getting Started All the pictures in this guide are for your reference only. Your phone’s actual display features may be different to those described here, depending on its software version. 2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingertips • Press and hold to power on your mobile phone. •...

  • Page 11: Power Saving Tips

    • Using data services increases the power consumption of the phone and will therefore reduce the length of time that the phone can be used between battery charges. • The time required to fully charge the battery depends on the ambient temperature and the age of the battery.

  • Page 12: Using The Touchscreen

    If personal identification number (PIN) protection is enabled on your mobile phone, you must enter your PIN before using the mobile phone. 2.4.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Phone The first time you power on your mobile phone, the phone displays a setup wizard to help you set up the phone.

  • Page 13: Locking And Unlocking The Screen

    • 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 the screen until the menu appears. •...

  • Page 14: Home 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. 2.7 Home Screen Notifications bar: 10:23 Displays the reminders and status icons of your phone.

  • Page 15: Notification And Status Icons

    2.7.1 Notification and Status Icons Signal strength No signal Connected to GPRS GPRS in use mobile network Connected to EDGE EDGE in use mobile network Connected to 3G mobile 3G in use network Connected to HSPA HSPA in use mobile network Roaming Airplane mode Receiving location data...

  • Page 16: Notification Panel

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

  • Page 17: Viewing Other Parts Of The Home Screen

    Opening the Notification Panel 1. When a new notification icon appears on the notification bar, place your finger on the notification bar and flick down to open the notification panel. You can also open the notification panel from the Home screen: Touch >...

  • Page 18: Customizing The Home Screen

    2.7.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Home Screen Item 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Home 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 screenmenu.

  • Page 19: Application Screen

    • Live wallpapers • Wallpapers 2.7.7 Editing a Screen Item 1. Touch and hold an item on the Home screen until the Select action menu is displayed. 2. Touch Edit icon, and then do any of the following: • Customize the title of the screen item. •...

  • Page 20: Calling

    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 a USB mass storage, your mobile phone will not use this memory space.

  • Page 21: Answering Or Rejecting A Call

    2. Touch the appropriate number 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 ordered according to the accuracy of the match. If no contacts match the information entered, the phone will not display any result.

  • Page 22: Ending A Call

    Drag to the right to answer the call. 3.2.2 Ending a Call During a call, touch End to hang up. 3.2.3 Rejecting an Incoming Call Drag to the left to reject the call. You can also drag up the bar at the bottom of the screen to reject a call and send the caller a message.

  • Page 23: Other Operations During A Call

    3.3 Other Operations During a Call 3.3.1 Making a Conference Call If you receive a new call while you are already in a call, you can add the second call to the call you are in. This feature is known as conference calling. You can also set up a conference call with multiple callers.

  • Page 24: Using Airplane Mode

    3. Touch Add to contacts in the options menu. 4. Touch Create contact or scroll through the contact list and touch an existing contact name. 3.5 Using Airplane Mode Some locations may require you to turn off your phone’s wireless connections. Rather than powering off your phone, you can place it in Airplane mode.

  • Page 25: Adding A Contact

    5. If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into which you want to import the contacts. 4.3 Adding a Contact 1. In the contact list, touch > Create contact. 2. If you have more than one account with contacts, touch the account to which you want to add the contact.

  • Page 26: Communicating With Your Contacts

    3. Make the desired changes to the contact information, and then touch Save. To cancel all of your changes, touch Cancel. 4.7 Communicating with Your Contacts From the Contacts or Favorites tab, you can quickly call or send a text (SMS) or multimedia (MMS) message to a contact’s default phone number.

  • Page 27: Managing Groups

    4.9.1 Using a microSD Card to Back Up Contacts Backing Up Contacts 1. In the contact list, touch > Manage contacts. 2. Touch Backup to SD card in the displayed menu. 3. Touch OK to export your phone contact's information to the installed microSD card. You can copy the .vcf files backed up on the microSD card to your computer.

  • Page 28: Joining And Separating Contacts

    4.10.2 Editing a Group You can always make changes to the information you have saved for a group. 1. In the groups list, touch and hold the group whose details you want to edit, and then touch Edit group in the options menu. 2.

  • Page 29: Sending 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. You can also combine more than two contacts. 4.11.2 Separating Contacts If contact information from different sources was joined together in error, you can separate the contacts.
  • Page 30 Touch and hold a text field to open the Edit text menu. 5.1.1 Using the TouchPal keyboard Touch to delete a character ” ‘ to the left of the cursor. Touch and hold to delete & € all characters to the left of the cursor.

  • Page 31: Customizing Keyboard Settings

    5.1.3 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.

  • Page 32: Creating And Sending A Multimedia Message

    4. When you are ready to send the message, touch Sent and received messages will be displayed in a message thread, grouping together the messages in a conversation. 6.1.3 Creating and Sending a Multimedia Message You can use multimedia messages to make everyday communications 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 slideshow of photographs of a special event.

  • Page 33: Email

    6.1.4 Opening and Viewing a Multimedia Message 1. In the message list, touch the message thread you wish to view. 2. Touch the multimedia message to view the message. 6.1.5 Replying to a Message 1. In the message list, touch a text or multimedia message thread to open it. 2.

  • Page 34: Viewing An Email Message

    1. On the Home screen, touch > Email. 2. In the email system list, select a system, or select Others. 3. To customize your email settings, follow the onscreen instructions, and then touch Next. 4. Enter the account name and the name you want other people to see when they receive an email from you.

  • Page 35: Replying To An Email Message

    4. Enter the subject of your message and compose the message. To send an attachment with the message, touch , and then touch Add attachment. 5. When you are finished, touch Send. If you are not ready to send the message, touch Save as draft or touch save the message as a draft.

  • Page 36: Getting Connected

    7 Getting Connected 7.1 Mobile Networks Your mobile phone will be automatically configured to use your network operator’s 2G/3G service (if available) when you turn on the phone for the first time. Note that the SIM/UIM card must be inserted (some CDMA mobile phones have an integrated UIM card and do not need a separate UIM card) 7.1.1 Checking the Network Connection 1.

  • Page 37: Sharing Your Phone's Data Connection

    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. •...

  • Page 38: Browser

    3. Open the drivers folder and then open the usbnet_driver_win2k_xp folder. Double-click the link DownloadActiveSync.url. 4. Download and install ActiveSync 4.5 or a later version. 5. After the installation, you are able to use USB tethering. 7.3.2 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection via USB To use USB tethering in different operating systems, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB.

  • Page 39: Setting A Home Page

    Touch to open the browser options menu and perform one of the following operations: • New window: Touch to open a new window. • Bookmarks: Touch to display bookmarks. • Windows: Touch to view thumbnails of open browser windows. You can switch to another browser window or open a new one on this screen.

  • Page 40: Bluetooth

    Opening a Bookmark 1. In a browser window, touch , and then touch Bookmarks. On the Bookmarks screen, touch the History tab to view the pages you have visited, or touch the Most visited tab to view the pages you have visited most frequently.

  • Page 41: Entertainment

    • Object Push Profile (OPP): allows you to transfer files over a Bluetooth connection. • Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP): allows you to use a stereo Bluetooth headset. • A/V Remote Control Profile (AVRCP): allows you to control audio playing using a Bluetooth headset remotely.

  • Page 42: Taking Photos And Recording Videos

    8.1 Taking Photos and Recording Videos The camera is a combination of camera and camcorder that you can use to shoot and share pictures and videos. 8.1.1 Opening Your Camera • Touch > Camera to open the camera. The camera opens in landscape mode, ready to take a picture or record a video.

  • Page 43: Using The Gallery

    8.1.3 Viewing Your Photos 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. Touch the thumbnail to view it. 2. Touch the onscreen button to do any of the following: •...

  • Page 44: Viewing A Picture

    8.2.1 Opening the Gallery On the Home screen, touch > Gallery. The Gallery application categorizes your pictures and videos by storage location and displays these files in folders. Touch a folder to view the pictures or videos inside. 8.2.2 Viewing a Picture 1.

  • Page 45: Dts Envelo

    8.3 DTS Envelo™ DTS Envelo is a virtual surround sound solution for consumer electronics. It can create virtual surround sound from any input source: mono, stereo, or 5.1 multi- channel. DTS can be activated in > Settings > Sound > DTS mode 8.4 Enjoying Music 8.4.1 Opening the Music Library...

  • Page 46: Playing Music

    8.4.2 Playing Music 1. From the music library, select a way to view your music. 2. Touch the music file you want to play. Playlist screen Back Progress bar Music player controls By default, the album cover is displayed while the music is playing. You can flick left or right to switch to visualization effects or the lyrics screen.

  • Page 47: Listening To The Fm Radio

    • Touch New playlist to add the song to a new playlist. 8.4.5 Playing Music in a Playlist 1. In music library, touch Playlists. 2. Touch and hold the playlist you want to play. 3. Touch Play to play the playlist. 8.5 Listening to the FM Radio The FM radio lets you listen to FM radio programs on your mobile phone.

  • Page 48: Google Services

    9 Google Services Availability of Google applications, services, and features may vary according to your country or carrier. Please follow 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.

  • Page 49: Gmail

    9.2 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 web account.

  • Page 50: Talk

    • 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 in the forwarded message. 4. Touch to send, or touch to save as a draft. 9.2.5 Searching for an Email 1.

  • Page 51: Maps

    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.

  • Page 52: Youtube

    9.4.1 Enabling the Location Service Before you open Maps to find your location or search for places of interest, you must enable the location service. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings. 2. Touch Location & security. 3. In the My Location section, select the Use wireless networks check box, the Use GPS satellites check box, or both.

  • Page 53: Market

    9.5.1 Opening YouTube On the Home screen, touch > YouTube. You will then see the YouTube screen. 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 Search icon. 3.

  • Page 54: Synchronizing Information

    same developer and a link to the developer's website. In addition, you can send the developer an email. 2. To install the application, touch Download (if it is free) or touch the button with its price (if it is not free), and confirm your download or purchase. 3.

  • Page 55: Adding An Account

    For example, you can start by adding your personal Google account, so your personal email, contacts, and calendar are always available. You could then add a work account, so your work-related emails and work contacts are handy. If you like, you may add multiple Google accounts or other accounts.

  • Page 56: Customizing Your Account Synchronization

    5. Touch Next to finish configuring the account settings. If emails are not synchronized properly, contact the server administrator. 10.1.3 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.

  • Page 57: Using Other Applications

    • 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.

  • Page 58: Calendar

    You can modify the monthly traffic limit and notification thresholds in Settings. 11.2 Calendar Use Calendar to create and manage events, meetings, and appointments. Depending on your synchronization settings, the calendar on your phone can be synchronized with the internet-based calendar you use. 11.2.1 Opening Calendar On the Home screen, touch >...

  • Page 59: Setting An Event Reminder

    11.2.3 Setting an Event Reminder 1. In any calendar view, touch an event to view its details or an event summary. 2. Touch the Add reminder button to add a reminder, or touch the reminder’s “-” button to delete an existing reminder. 3.

  • Page 60: File Manager

    11.3 File Manager File Manager is like having a pocket-sized personal assistant (PA), letting you organize, edit, and delete files and folders. 11.3.1 Opening File Manager On the Home screen, touch > File Manager to open the application. 11.3.2 Creating a Folder 1.
  • Page 61 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 return to the file manager screen. 11.3.5 Compressing or Extracting Files Your phone supports compressing and extracting files.

  • Page 62: Clock

    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 mobile phone into an alarm clock. 11.4.1 Opening the Clock On the Home screen, touch >...

  • Page 63: Calculator

    11.5 Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced 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 Between Basic and Advanced panel On the Calculator screen, flick the screen to the right or left to switch between Advanced panel and Basic panel.

  • Page 64: Updating Weather

    3. Select the city you want to add. In addition to your current city, you can add up to four more cities to the weather clock and get weather information for all of them at the same time. 4. Touch >...

  • Page 65: Managing Your Mobile Phone

    12 Managing Your Mobile Phone To configure your mobile phone, touch > Settings. 12.1 Setting the Date and Time By default, your mobile phone automatically uses the date, time, and time zone provided by the network. When your mobile phone is using the date and time settings provided automatically by the network, you cannot manually set the date, time, and time zone.

  • Page 66: Setting Ringers

    12.2.2 Adjusting the Time Before the Screen Turns Off If your mobile phone is idle for several minutes, it will turn off the screen to save battery power. To set a longer or shorter idle time: 1. On the Settings screen, touch Display >...

  • Page 67: Setting Phone Services

    2. In the message list, touch > Settings > Select ringtone. 3. Touch the ringtone you want to use, and then touch OK. The ringtone plays when selected. 12.4 Setting Phone Services 12.4.1 Customizing Call Settings Mobile phone service providers offer different services such as call forwarding, call waiting, fixed dialing numbers, and voicemail.

  • Page 68: Protecting Your Mobile Phone

    3. Follow the instructions to install the voice data. 12.5.2 Adjusting the Speech Rate 1. On the Settings screen, touch Voice input & output > Text-to-speech settings > Speech rate. 2. Select a speed at which the text is to be spoken. 12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone 12.6.1 Turning on Your SIM Card PIN 1.

  • Page 69: Managing Applications

    1. On the Settings screen, touch Location & security > Set up 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, touch Location & security >...

  • Page 70: Resetting Your Mobile Phone

    menu is displayed, and then touch Uninstall application to uninstall the application. 12.7.3 Moving an Application to the microSD Card Some applications are designed to be stored on your phone’s USB storage or microSD card (depending on the model of your phone), rather than in its internal storage.

  • Page 71: Online Update

    12.8.2 Restoring Factory Data If you reset your phone to the settings that were configured at the factory, all of your personal data stored on the phone, including information about your Google Account, any other accounts, your system and application settings, and any applications you have downloaded will be erased.
  • Page 72 Insert the microSD card into your mobile phone and find the .vcf file using File Manager. Touch the .vcf file. The phone displays a message asking whether you want to import the contacts. Touch OK to import the contacts. Compatibility problems may occur with .vcf files created by different mobile phones and certain contact information may be lost after contacts are imported.
  • Page 73 How Do I Create an Application Shortcut on the Home Screen? Touch and hold an application icon on the application screen until the Home screen is displayed. Then drag the icon to where you want to place it and release your finger. How Do I Hide the Keyboard? Touch to hide the keyboard.
  • Page 74 Manufactured under license from DTS Licensing Limited. DTS, the Symbol, & DTS and the Symbol together are registered trademarks & DTS Envelo | Headphone is a trademark of DTS, Inc. Product includes software. © DTS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. V100R001_01...

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