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HUAWEI Ascend Y210C
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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide HUAWEI Ascend Y210C Welcome to HUAWEI...

  • 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 1.4 Dual-Card Dual-Standby.............. 6 2 Getting Started...............7 2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingertips..........7 2.2 Important Information About the Battery........7 2.3 Power Saving Tips ..............
  • Page 3 4.8 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts........23 4.9 Managing Groups ..............24 4.10 Joining and Separating Contacts..........25 4.11 Sending Contacts ..............26 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard..........26 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard............26 5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings..........28 6 Messaging ................28 6.1 SMS and MMS................
  • Page 4 10.1 Managing Your Accounts............52 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization......53 11 Using Other Applications ...........55 11.1 Calendar .................. 55 11.2 File Manager................57 11.3 Clock..................59 11.4 Calculator................. 60 11.5 Notepad ................... 60 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone ...........61 12.1 Setting the Date and Time ............

  • 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

    ® 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 may be the property of their respective owners.
  • Page 9 This product is based on the open-source Android™ platform. Huawei 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.

  • Page 10: Dual-Card Dual-Standby

    1.4 Dual-Card Dual-Standby Your mobile phone supports dual-card dual-standby mode, which can significantly reduce power consumption and increase your phone's standby time. Note that two restrictions exist: • When you make calls using one SIM card, the other SIM card is disabled. For example, when you make calls using SIM card 1, SIM card 2 cannot be used to answer calls or access the Internet.

  • 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

    • 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 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.

  • Page 15: Home Screen

    2.6.2 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.

  • 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

    New text or multimedia Problem with text or 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 notifications...

  • Page 18: 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 19: 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 screen menu.

  • Page 20: Application Screen

    2.7.6 Changing the Wallpaper 1. On the Home screen, touch > Wallpaper. 2. Touch the following menu items to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper: • Gallery • Live wallpapers • Wallpapers 2.8 Application Screen The Application screen holds icons for all of the applications on your phone. You can touch on the Home screen to open the application screen.

  • Page 21: Calling

    When your microSD card acts as a USB mass storage, your mobile phone will not use this memory space. Ensure that you follow the correct procedures to disconnect the USB mass storage device (your mobile phone) from the PC when you have finished transferring files. 2.9.2 Removing the microSD Card 1.

  • Page 22: Making A Call From Contacts

    3.1.1 Making a Call with the Dialer Application 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 23: Answering Or Rejecting A Call

    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. If you have previously saved the caller’s number in Contacts, the caller's name and number are displayed. If the caller’s number is not saved in Contacts, the caller’s number is displayed.

  • Page 24: Other Operations During A Call

    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. 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 25: Using Airplane Mode

    5. To end the conference call and disconnect from everyone, touch End. 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 Swap.

  • Page 26: Adding A Contact

    4.2 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. 3. Enter the contact's name, and then add detailed information such as phone number and address.

  • Page 27: Communicating With Your Contacts

    4.6 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. You can also open details to view a list of all the ways you can communicate with that contact. This section describes how to communicate with a contact when you view your contacts list.

  • Page 28: Managing Groups

    4.8.1 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 29: Joining And Separating Contacts

    4.9.2 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 30: Sending Contacts

    4.10.2 Separating Contacts If contact information from different sources was joined together in error, you can separate the contacts. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Contacts. 2. Touch the joint contact to be separated. 3. Touch the option for separating a contact. 4.

  • Page 31: Choosing An Input Method

    5.1.1 Choosing an Input Method 1. Touch and hold a text field until the Edit text menu is displayed. 2. Touch Select input method. 3. Select the input method. 5.1.2 Using the Android Keyboard q w e r t y u i o p a s d f g h j k Touch to delete a character z x c v b n m...

  • Page 32: Customizing Keyboard Settings

    5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Language & keyboard. 2. In Keyboard settings, select an input method to customize the keyboard settings. 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 33: Creating And Sending A Multimedia Message

    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. The possibilities are endless.

  • Page 34: 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 35: Adding An Email Account

    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 to configure 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.

  • Page 36: Creating And Sending An Email Message

    6.2.4 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 recipients’ name or email address. 4.

  • Page 37: Getting Connected

    6.2.7 Changing Email Account Settings You can change a number of account settings, 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.

  • Page 38: Wi-Fi

    7.1.2 Turning on the Data Service 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks. 3. Select the Data enabled check box to turn on the data connection. 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).

  • Page 39: Sharing Your Phone's Data Connection

    7.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection You can share your mobile phone's data connection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering. You can share your mobile phone's data connection with a number of devices at the same time, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

  • Page 40: Browser

    7.4 Browser Your mobile phone comes with an Internet browser pre-installed. 7.4.1 Opening the Browser Touch > Browser to open the home page. When known or open Wi-Fi networks and mobile data networks are available at the same time, your phone will preferably select a Wi-Fi network for Internet access.

  • Page 41: Bluetooth

    7.4.3 Setting a Home Page 1. In a browser window, touch 2. Touch More > Settings > Set home page. 3. Enter the address of the desired home page, and then touch OK. 7.4.4 Managing Bookmarks You can store as many bookmarks as you want on your mobile phone. Adding a Bookmark 1.

  • Page 42: Turning On Bluetooth

    7.5.1 Turning On Bluetooth 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Touch Wireless & networks, and then select the Bluetooth check box to turn on Bluetooth. When Bluetooth is turned on, the Bluetooth icon appears in the notification bar. 3. Touch Bluetooth settings, and then select the Discoverable to make your mobile phone visible to other Bluetooth devices.

  • Page 43: Entertainment

    7.5.4 Disconnecting from or Unpairing with a Bluetooth Device 1. Touch > Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. 2. Navigate to the Bluetooth devices section, and then touch and hold the device to which you are connected. 3. Touch Unpair to disconnect from the device. 8 Entertainment In addition to being a communication device and personal assistant, your mobile phone also provides you with a multitude of entertainment possibilities.

  • Page 44: Taking A Photo

    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 changes as you change the settings. 3. Frame your photo within the photo capture screen. 4. Touch to take your photo.

  • Page 45: Using The Gallery

    3. If you want to view more videos, flick your finger left or right across the screen. 8.2 Using the Gallery Your Gallery application can automatically search for pictures and videos on your mobile phone and microSD card. Use Gallery to sort photos and videos into folders, view and edit pictures, watch videos, and set a picture as wallpaper or as a photo for a contact.

  • Page 46: Enjoying Music

    8.2.4 Cropping a Picture 1. When viewing a picture, touch to display the operation panel, and then touch More > Crop. 2. Use the cropping tool to select the portion of the picture to crop. • Drag from the inside of the cropping tool to move it. •...

  • Page 47: Playing Music

    8.3.2 Playing Music 1. From the music library, select a way to view your music. 2. Touch the music file you want to play. Back Playlist screen Progress bar Music player controls While playing music, touch to return to the Home screen, the music will continue to play in the background and you can use other applications.

  • Page 48: Listening To The Fm Radio

    8.3.5 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. 8.4 Listening to the FM Radio The FM radio lets you listen to FM radio programs on your mobile phone. Since the FM radio uses the provided wired stereo headset as its antenna, before opening the application, connect the headset to your phone’s the audio jack.

  • Page 49: 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 Play Store, and you will be prompted to sign in to your Google account.

  • Page 50: 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 51: 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 52: 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 53: Enabling The Location Service

    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 54: Youtube

    9.5 YouTube YouTube is Google’s free online video streaming service for watching, searching for, and uploading videos. 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.

  • Page 55: Synchronizing Information

    9.6.2 Installing an Application 1. In the Play Store, select a category, and then touch the application you want to download. On the application details screen, you can view more information about this application, such as its cost, overall rating, user comments, and similar applications.

  • Page 56: Managing Your Accounts

    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.

  • Page 57: Customizing Your Account Synchronization

    10.1.2 Adding an Exchange Account 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Accounts & sync. 2. Touch Add account > Corporate. 3. Follow the instructions and enter the required information about the exchange account you want to add. For details, contact the server administrator. 4.
  • Page 58 10.2.1 Configuring General Synchronization Settings On the Accounts & sync settings screen, do the following: • Select or clear the Background data check box to control whether applications and services can transmit data when you are not working with them directly (that is, when they are running in the background).

  • Page 59: Using Other Applications

    11 Using Other Applications 11.1 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. 11.1.1 Opening Calendar On the Home screen, touch >...

  • Page 60: Setting An Event Reminder

    11.1.3 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 61: File Manager

    11.2 File Manager File Manager is like having a pocket-sized personal assistant (PA), letting you organize, edit, and delete files and folders. 11.2.1 Opening File Manager On the Home screen, touch > File Manager to open the application. 11.2.2 Creating a Folder 1.
  • Page 62 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. 11.2.5 Compressing or Extracting Files Your phone supports compressing and extracting files.

  • Page 63: Clock

    11.3 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. 11.3.1 Opening the Clock On the Home screen, touch >...

  • Page 64: Calculator

    11.4 Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex equations. 11.4.1 Opening Calculator On the Home screen, touch > Calculator to open the application. 11.4.2 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 65: Managing Your Mobile Phone

    12 Managing Your Mobile Phone To configure your mobile phone, touch > Settings. 12.1 Setting the Date and Time 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

    1. On the Settings screen, touch Display > Screen timeout. 2. Select the duration you want the screen to be illuminated. 12.3 Setting Ringers 12.3.1 Turning On Silent Mode 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound. 2. Select the Silent mode check box to silence all sounds except alarms, and music and video media.

  • Page 67: Setting Phone Services

    12.3.4 Changing the Message Ringtone 1. On the Home screen, touch > Messaging. 2. In the message list, touch > Settings > Select ringtone. 3. In the displayed list, select an option: • Ringtone: Select a preinstalled ringtone. The ringtone plays when selected. •...

  • Page 68: Configuring Text-To-Speech

    12.5 Configuring 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. On the Settings screen, touch Voice input & output > Text-to-speech settings > Install voice data.

  • Page 69: Managing Applications

    12.6.2 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Numeric PIN You can set up a numeric PIN to lock your phone. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Location & security > Set up screen lock > PIN. 2. Enter at least four characters. 3.

  • Page 70: Resetting Your Mobile Phone

    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. Others are designed so you can change where they are stored. You may find it helpful to move large applications off your internal storage, to make more room for other applications that do not offer the option.

  • Page 71: Online Update

    12.8.2 Restoring Factory Data If you reset your phone to its factory settings, all of your personal data stored on the phone, including information about your Google account, any other accounts that you have configured, your system and application settings, and any applications you have installed will be erased.

  • Page 72: Faqs

    13 FAQs 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.
  • Page 73 How Do I Return to the Call Screen? While in a call, if you’re on another screen, you can touch the notification bar, and flick downwards to open the notifications panel. Then touch the current call notification to return to the call screen. 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.
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