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Huawei Ascend Y300 User Manual

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide HUAWEI Ascend Y300 Welcome to HUAWEI...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Content 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 4.10 Joining and Separating Contacts..........23 4.11 Sending Contacts ..............24 5 Text Input................24 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard............24 5.2 Using the Android Keyboard............24 5.3 Editing Text................25 5.4 Using the Landscape Keyboard..........25 5.5 Customizing Your Keyboard Settings ........26 6 Messaging ................26 6.1 Opening Messaging..............
  • Page 4 8.7 Deleting an Email Account............36 8.8 Changing Email Account Settings ..........37 9 Entertainment..............37 9.1 Taking Photos and Recording Videos ........37 9.2 Using the Gallery ............... 39 9.3 Listening to the FM Radio............40 10 Google Services...............41 10.1 Creating a Google Account............41 10.2 Gmail ..................
  • Page 5 13.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone ..........59 13.7 Managing Applications............. 60 13.8 Resetting Your Mobile Phone ..........61 13.9 Online Update................62 14 Appendix ................62 14.1 FAQs..................62...

  • Page 6: 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 7: 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 8: 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 9: Trademarks And Permissions

    ® The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is under license. Other trademarks, product, service and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 10 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 11: 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 12: Power Saving Tips

    usual after being charged properly, replace the battery with a new one of the same type. • 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.

  • Page 13: Setting Up Your 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. The setup wizard helps you: • Create or sign in to your account •...

  • Page 14: Using The Touchscreen

    2.5 Using the Touchscreen 2.5.1 Touchscreen Actions Touch: Tap the screen with your finger to select an item, confirm a selection, or start an application. 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 15: Home Screen

    • 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 icon to the small open lock, the screen is unlocked. If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, you will be prompted to draw the pattern on the screen to unlock it.

  • Page 16: Notification And Status Icons

    Touch and hold a shortcut until the mobile phone vibrates, you can then drag it to your desired location or move it to the trash. You can also drag an icon from another area of the screen to the shortcut position. 2.7.1 Notification and Status Icons Signal strength No signal...

  • Page 17: Notification Panel

    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 card notifications Synchronizing data Synchronization failed Connected to a VPN 2.7.2 Notification Panel Your mobile phone will notify you when you receive a new message or there is an upcoming event.

  • Page 18: Viewing Other Parts Of The Home Screen

    2.7.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen 10:23 Flick your finger left or right across the Home screen. 2.7.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Home Screen Item 1. On the Home screen, touch to display the application list. 2.

  • Page 19: Applications And Widgets

    Managing Folders on the Home Screen • To create a folder: Drag an application icon onto another application icon to create a new folder that contains both icons. • To rename a folder: On the Home screen, touch a folder, and then touch the folder name field beneath it.

  • Page 20: Using A Microsd Card

    3. Without lifting your finger, drag the icon to the desired location, and then release it. To move more icons, repeat steps 2 and 3. 4. Touch to save. 2.8.2 Viewing Recently Used Applications To display the list of recently used applications, press and hold .

  • Page 21: Calling

    3 Calling To make a phone call, you can dial a number using the keypad or touch a number saved in your contact list, on a webpage, or in other places. When you are in a call, you can answer other incoming calls or redirect them to your voicemail. You can also set up conference calls with several participants.

  • Page 22: Using Voice Dialing

    3.1.4 Using Voice Dialing Calls can be placed using voice dialing. When you open the voice dialing application, your phone's speaker will be enabled. Background noise will affect the accuracy of voice dialing. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Voice Dialer.

  • Page 23: Other Operations During A Call

    3.2.3 Rejecting an Incoming Call Drag to the left to reject the call. 10:23 You can also drag to the message icon to reject the call and send a message to the caller. 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.

  • Page 24: People

    4. To end the conference call and disconnect from everyone, touch 3.3.2 Switching Between Calls If you receive a new call while you are already in a call, you can switch between the two calls. 1. While you are in the first call and the second call comes in, answer the incoming call, and then touch 2.

  • Page 25: Adding A Contact To Your Favorites

    To save a contact from your call log, touch and hold the desired phone number to display the options menu, and then touch Add to contacts. 4.3 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites Select a contact and touch the star on the right of the contact's name. If the icon is highlighted, the contact is in your favorites list.

  • Page 26: Deleting A Contact

    2. Touch the icon for the way you want to communicate with the contact. The icons available depend on the information you have entered for the contact, the applications installed on your phone, and the accounts you have. 4.6.2 Communicating with a Contact 1.

  • Page 27: Managing Groups

    You can copy the .vcf files backed up on the microSD card to your computer. Restoring Contacts 1. In the contact list, touch > Manage contacts. 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.

  • Page 28: Joining And Separating Contacts

    4.10 Joining and Separating Contacts You may have duplicate contacts if you import contacts by: • Adding an account, such as a Gmail account. • Using other methods, such as exchanging emails. To avoid duplication, join two or more contacts together to form a single contact. 4.10.1 Joining Contacts 1.

  • Page 29: Sending Contacts

    4.11 Sending Contacts You can send contact information as a .vcf file via Bluetooth or Email. 1. Select a contact from the contacts list. 2. Touch > Share. 3. Select your preferred method to send the contacts you have selected, for example Bluetooth or Email.

  • Page 30: Editing Text

    The keyboard layout may vary slightly depending on the field where you are entering text. The previous figure is provided for your reference only. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Language & input, touch next to Android keyboard, then touch Voice input key to turn on or turn off voice input.

  • Page 31: Customizing Your Keyboard Settings

    5.5 Customizing Your Keyboard Settings 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Language & input. 2. In KEYBOARD & INPUT METHODS, touch next to an input method to customize the input method. 6 Messaging The Messaging application allows you to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) with anyone using an SMS-or-MMS-capable phone.

  • Page 32: Creating And Sending A Multimedia Message

    6.3 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, for example, sing "Happy Birthday" and send it to a friend, or send a slideshow of photographs of a special event.

  • Page 33: Opening And Viewing A Multimedia Message

    6.4 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. 6.5 Replying to a Message 1. In the message list, touch a text or multimedia message thread to open it. 2.

  • Page 34: Wi-Fi

    If you do not need to access a wireless data network, you can clear the Data enabled check box to save data traffic costs. 7.2 Wi-Fi Wi-Fi gives you wireless access to broadband Internet. To use Wi-Fi on your mobile phone, you must have an access to wireless access points (hotspots).Obstacles that block the Wi-Fi signal will reduce its strength.

  • Page 35: Portable Hotspot

    number of devices at the same time, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. 7.3.1 Installing the USB tethering Driver If your computer is running Windows 7 or a recent distribution of some flavors of Linux (such as Ubuntu), you typically do not need to prepare your computer for tethering. But if you are running an earlier version of Windows or another operating system, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB.

  • Page 36: Controlling Data Usage

    3. Select the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box to share your data connection. When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is selected, you can touch Configure Wi- Fi hotspot to change its network name or secure it. 7.4 Controlling Data Usage With Data usage, you can set a data usage cycle and the mobile data limit for this period.

  • Page 37: Setting A Home Page

    Touch on the upper section of the screen, and all web pages currently open are displayed. You can: • Touch one page to enlarge it. • Touch the cross sign (×) to close that page. • Touch (+) to open a new browser window. Touch to open the browser options menu and perform one of the following operations:...

  • Page 38: Bluetooth

    3. Edit the bookmark name and then touch OK. Opening a Bookmark 1. In a browser window, touch , then Bookmarks On the BOOKMARKS screen, touch the HISTORY tab to view the pages you have visited, or touch SAVED PAGES to view saved pages. 2.

  • Page 39: Sending Files Via Bluetooth

    • Headset Profile (HSP): allows you to use a mono Bluetooth headset. • 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. •...

  • Page 40: Email

    8 Email Your mobile phone also puts email at your fingertips. With your phone's Email application, you can use your email account with Yahoo!, AOL, or other popular email services on your phone. 8.1 Adding an Email Account When using the Email application for the first time, you must configure an email account.

  • Page 41: Saving An Email Attachment

    8.4 Saving an Email Attachment 1. On the Inbox screen, touch the email message you want to view. 2. Touch the attachment tab to display the attachment. 3. Touch SAVE to download the attachment. After being downloaded, the attachment is saved in the Download folder on the microSD card.

  • Page 42: Changing Email Account Settings

    8.8 Changing Email Account Settings You can change a number of account settings, including the email checking frequency, new mail notification method, and details about the account's email sending and receiving servers. Your account's incoming and outgoing settings depend on the kind of email service you are using.

  • Page 43: Opening Your Camera

    9.1.1 Opening Your Camera • Touch > Camera to open the camera. • Touch to close the camera. Drag up to take photos, drag down to record videos. Touch to take a photo. Auto Auto Thumbnail of last photo. Touch to preview the photos or videos.

  • Page 44: Using The Gallery

    9.1.4 Recording a Video 1. Open the camera application, and then switch it to camcorder mode. 2. If necessary, change the camcorder settings. 3. Frame the scene with which you want to start your video. 4. Touch to start recording a video. 5.

  • Page 45: Listening To The Fm Radio

    2. Touch the picture to view it in full-screen mode. The picture viewer supports the automatic rotation function. When you rotate your mobile phone, the picture adjusts itself to the rotation. 9.2.3 Rotating a Picture 1. When viewing a picture, touch to display the operations panel.

  • Page 46: Google Services

    • Touch to tune the radio to the previous or next channel. • Slide the knob left or right to perform precision tuning. When a channel is found, touch , then Save station. Enter the channel name, touch OK, and then select an empty channel to save the new channel to the channel list.

  • Page 47: Gmail

    To use another Google account, go to the Accounts & sync screen, and touch ADD ACCOUNT to select which type of accounts you want to add. 10.2 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.

  • Page 48: Talk

    2. Touch to reply. You can also touch , and then touch Reply all or Forward. 3. Do one of the following: • If you selected 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.

  • Page 49: Maps

    2. Touch a pending invitation, and then touch Accept. 10.3.4 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 10.3.5 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 50: Youtube

    10.4.1 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 services. 3. Select the Google's location service check box, the GPS satellites check box, or both.

  • Page 51: Play Store

    10.5.1 Opening YouTube On the Home screen, touch > YouTube. You will then see the YouTube screen. 10.5.2 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 displayed below the notification bar. Scroll through the results and touch a video to watch it.

  • Page 52: Synchronizing Information

    3. To check the progress of a download, open the notification panel. Most applications are installed within seconds. To stop an application from downloading, touch the cross (×). After the application has been downloaded and installed on your mobile phone, the content download icon appears in the notification bar.

  • Page 53: Adding An Account

    11.1.1 Adding an Account When you add an account, the People application compares contacts from the newly synchronized account with contacts from your existing mobile phone accounts and attempts to merge duplicates into a single entry in People. While it is presented as a single contact entry, the contact data itself is not merged.

  • Page 54: Customizing Your Account Synchronization

    2. Touch > Remove account. 3. Confirm that you want to remove the account. 11.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization You can configure background data use and synchronization options for all the applications on your phone. You can also configure what kind of data you synchronize for each account.

  • Page 55: Using Other Applications

    12 Using Other Applications 12.1 All Backup You can back up data using All Backup, which provides the following options: Backup, Restore, Quick backup, Scheduled backup, and Applications. To open All Backup, touch > All Backup on the Home screen. If a microSD card is inserted into your phone, the files backed up are stored in the HuaweiBackup folder on the card by default;...

  • Page 56: Calendar

    12.1.4 Backing up an Application On the All Backup screen, touch Applications to display the application backup list. Here you can: • Backup: Back up an application installed on your phone. • Restore: Restore an application you have previously backed up. •...

  • Page 57: Setting An Event Reminder

    12.2.3 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 58: File Manager

    • Default reminder time: Touch to select the default time before an event for event reminders to occur. 12.3 File Manager File Manager is like having a pocket-sized personal assistant (PA), letting you organize, edit, and delete files and folders. 12.3.1 Opening File Manager On the Home screen, touch >...
  • Page 59 3. In the search box, enter a word contained in the name of the file you are searching for. 4. Touch Go. Your mobile phone will start the search. 5. A list of search results will be displayed. Touch a file in the list to open it. 6.

  • Page 60: Clock

    12.4 Clock Clock displays the date and time. You can also use Clock to turn your mobile phone into an alarm clock. 12.4.1 Opening the Clock On the Home screen, touch > Clock to open the application. 12.4.2 Opening the Alarms On the Clock screen, touch to open the Alarms.

  • Page 61: Notes

    12.5.1 Opening Calculator On the Home screen, touch > Calculator to open the application. 12.5.2 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. 12.6 Notes Notes features a simple text processor.

  • Page 62: Setting The Display

    6. Select or clear the Use 24-hour format check box to switch between 24-hour and 12-hour formats. 7. Touch Select date format to select how you want the date to be displayed. 13.2 Setting the Display 13.2.1 Adjusting the Screen Brightness 1.

  • Page 63: Setting Phone Services

    3. Touch OK to save the adjustment. 13.3.3 Changing the Phone Ringtone 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Phone ringtone. 2. In the displayed list, select an option: • Ringtone: Select a preinstalled ringtone. The ringtone plays when selected. •...

  • Page 64: Adjusting The Speech Rate

    13.4.3 Disabling the Data Service 1. On the Settings screen, touch More... > Mobile networks. 2. Clear the Data enabled check box. 13.5 Adjusting the Speech Rate 1. On the Settings screen, touch Language & input > Text-to-speech output > Speech rate.

  • Page 65: Managing Applications

    13.7 Managing Applications 13.7.1 Viewing an Installed Application 1. On the Settings screen, touch Apps > ALL. 2. In the applications list, do either of the following: • Touch , and then touch Sort by size. Then touch an application to view its details.

  • Page 66: Resetting Your Mobile Phone

    13.7.4 Ways to Free Up Your Mobile Phone Memory • Move files and email attachments to the microSD card. • In Browser, clear all temporary Internet files and Browser history information. • Move applications to the microSD card. • Uninstall any downloaded programs that you no longer use. •...

  • Page 67: Online Update

    13.9 Online Update Your mobile phone has pre-installed the online update function. When there is new software available, the version information appears and prompts you to update. You can also touch Settings > About phone > Online update to check whether the new software is available.
  • Page 68 How Do I Set an Unlock Pattern? On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Security > Screen lock > Pattern. How Do I Stop the Song Playing in the Background? Flick the notification bar downwards to open the notifications panel, touch the music playing notification to go to the music playing screen, and then stop playing the song.
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