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  • Page 1 Welcome to HUAWEI HUAWEI U8185-1 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 Streams ................... 23 4.11 Managing Groups ..............24 4.12 Joining and Separating Contacts..........25 4.13 Sending Contacts ..............26 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard..........27 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard............27 5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings..........
  • Page 4 9.6 Play Store .................. 50 10 Synchronizing Information ..........51 10.1 Managing Your Accounts............51 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization......53 11 Using Other Applications ...........54 11.1 AppInstaller................54 11.2 Calendar .................. 55 11.3 File Manager................57 11.4 Clock..................59 11.5 Calculator................. 60 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

    ® 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. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Other trademarks, product, service and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
  • 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: Power On Or Off Your Mobile Phone

    2.4 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone 2.4.1 Powering On Your Mobile Phone Press . The first time you power on your phone, you will be asked to sign in to your account and set up your mobile phone. If personal identification number (PIN) protection is enabled on your mobile phone, you must enter your PIN before using the mobile phone.

  • Page 13: 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 14: 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 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 Roaming Airplane mode Receiving location data Bluetooth on from GPS Speakerphone on Alarm enabled...

  • Page 16: Notification Panel

    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 card notifications Synchronizing data Synchronization failed Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on USB tethering on Disconnected from a...

  • Page 17: Viewing Other Parts Of The Home Screen

    2. On the panel, you can: • Touch a notification to open the related application. • Touch Clear to clear all notifications. Closing the Notification Panel Touch and hold the bottom of the panel. Then flick up to close it. 2.7.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen 10:23 10:23...

  • Page 18: Application Screen

    Moving a Home 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.

  • Page 19: Using A Microsd Card

    2.8.1 Moving Icons on the Application Screen 1. On the application screen, touch 2. Touch and hold the icon you want to move on the application screen. 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.

  • Page 20: 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 21: Answering Or Rejecting A Call

    3.1.3 Making a Call from 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. Touch to the right of the log entry to dial. If you touch and hold a log entry, the options menu will open.

  • Page 22: Other Operations During A Call

    3.2.3 Rejecting an Incoming Call Drag to the left to reject the 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.

  • Page 23: Using The Call Log

    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 calls.

  • Page 24: Contacts

    4 Contacts The Contacts application enables you to save and manage information such as phone numbers and addresses of your contacts. After you save contact information on your mobile phone, you have easy access to the people with whom you want to communicate.

  • Page 25: Adding A Contact To Your Favorites

    4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites • Touch and hold the contact you want to add to Favorites. Then touch Add to Favorites. • Touch a contact, and then touch the star to the right of the contact’s name. The star turns gold.

  • Page 26: Deleting A Contact

    4.7.1 Using 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. The icons available depend on the information you have entered for the contact, the applications installed on your phone, and the accounts you have.

  • Page 27: Streams

    Restoring Contacts 1. In the contact list, touch > Manage contacts. 2. Touch Restore from SD card 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. 4.9.2 Using a Google Account to Synchronize Contacts You can synchronize contacts using your Google account.

  • Page 28: Managing Groups

    4.10.3 Preference Settings You can configure account settings, such as refresh mode, refresh frequency, and notifications. 1. On the Streams screen, touch > Accounts. Then touch the account to be configured. 2. On the account screen, touch Social Preference Settings to configure the settings.

  • Page 29: Joining And Separating Contacts

    4.11.2 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

    4.12.1 Joining Contacts 1. On the Home screen, touch > Contacts. 2. Touch a duplicated contact. 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.

  • Page 31: Using The Onscreen Keyboard

    5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard To enter text, use the onscreen keyboard. Some applications open the keyboard automatically. In others, touch a text field to open the keyboard. Touch to hide the keyboard. Touch and hold a text field to open the Edit text menu. 5.1.1 Choosing an Input Method 1.

  • Page 32: Sms And Mms

    6.1 SMS and MMS 6.1.1 Opening Messaging Touch > Messaging. 6.1.2 Creating and Sending a Text Message 1. Touch > Messaging > New message. 2. Enter a phone number or a contact's name in the To field, or touch to select a contact from Contacts or Groups.

  • Page 33: Opening And Viewing A Multimedia Message

    4. Touch to display the options panel. • Touch Add subject to add the message subject. Your mobile phone is now in multimedia message mode. • Touch Add to add a picture, music, or video file. 5. When the message is ready to be sent, touch You can select a media file (music, video or picture) and send it as an attachment in a multimedia message.

  • Page 34: Email

    6.1.6 Copying a Text Message to Notepad or Calendar 1. In the message list, touch a text message thread to open it. 2. Touch and hold one of the messages, and then touch Copy message to. 3. Touch Notepad or Calendar to save it as a note or an event. For information about how to use Notepad or Calendar, see the relevant sections of this guide.

  • Page 35: Viewing An Email Message

    Adding Other Email Accounts 1. After creating your initial email account, touch on the Inbox screen, and then touch More > Accounts to access the accounts screen. 2. Touch on the accounts screen, and then touch Add account to create another email account.

  • Page 36: Getting Connected

    6.2.5 Replying to an Email Message 1. On the accounts screen, touch the email account you want to use. 2. Touch the email message to which you want to reply. 3. Touch Reply or Reply all to reply to the email message. 6.2.6 Deleting an Email Account 1.

  • Page 37: Wi-Fi

    7.1.1 Checking the Network Connection 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Network Settings. 3. Touch Network operators or Access Point Names to check the network connection. Your mobile phone will automatically read the access point settings from the SIM/UIM card (if any).

  • Page 38: Sharing Your Phone's Data Connection

    3. Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect to it. • If you select an open network, you will be automatically connected to the network. • If you select a network that is secured with Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and connect to it for the first time, enter the password as prompted, and then touch Connect.

  • Page 39: Browser

    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. You cannot share your mobile phone’s data connection and access its microSD card via USB at the same time.

  • Page 40: 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 41: 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 42: Sending Files Via Bluetooth

    7.5.2 Pairing with and Connecting to a Bluetooth Device Your mobile Bluetooth lets you do the following: • Hands Free Profile (HFP): allows you to use a hands-free Bluetooth device. • Headset Profile (HSP): allows you to use a mono Bluetooth headset. •...

  • Page 43: Entertainment

    8 Entertainment In addition to being a communication device and personal assistant, your mobile phone also provides you with a multitude of entertainment possibilities. You can take photos, create videos and audio clips, and download and listen to music. 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.

  • Page 44: Viewing Your Photos

    3. Frame your photo within the photo capture screen. 4. Touch to take your photo. Photos taken are displayed for a moment. You can take another photo or review your photos. 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.

  • Page 45: Using The Gallery

    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

    8.3.3 Playing Music 1. Touch a category on the music library screen. 2. Touch the song you want to play. When you are listening to music, touch , to use another application. Your music continues to play. To return to the music controls, open the notification panel and then touch the song.

  • Page 48: Listening To The Fm Radio

    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. 8.4.1 Opening the FM Radio 1.

  • Page 49: Creating A Google Account

    9.1 Creating a Google Account If you do not have a Google account, you can create one: 1. After reading the setup information, touch Next. 2. Touch Create. 3. Enter the first name, last name, and user name for your Google account, and then touch Next.

  • Page 50: Creating And Sending An Email

    9.2.3 Creating and Sending an Email 1. In the mail list, touch , and then touch Compose. 2. Enter the message recipient’s email address in the To field. If you are sending the email to several recipients, separate the email addresses with commas. You can add as many message recipients as you want.

  • Page 51: Talk

    9.3 Talk Talk is Google’s instant messaging service. You can use it to communicate in real time with other people using Talk on a phone or on the web. 9.3.1 Opening Talk On the Home screen, touch > Talk to open the application. Your Talk account is based on the Google account you set up with your mobile phone.

  • Page 52: Maps

    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. To set up one of these handy notifications, start in the friends list, and then touch .

  • Page 53: Youtube

    9.4.2 Opening Maps On the Home screen, touch > Maps to open the application. 9.4.3 Searching for Places of Interest 1. On the map, touch , and then touch Search. 2. Enter the place you want to search for in the search box, and then touch the Search icon.

  • Page 54: Play Store

    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. 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 55: Synchronizing Information

    2. To install the application, touch Accept&download (if it is free) or touch the button with its price (if it is not free), and confirm your download or purchase. 3. To check the progress of a download, open the notification panel. Most applications are installed within seconds.

  • Page 56: Adding An Account

    work account, so your work-related emails and work contacts are handy. If you like, you may add multiple Google accounts or other accounts. 10.1.1 Adding an Account When you add an account, the Contacts 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 Contacts.

  • Page 57: Customizing Your Account Synchronization

    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 58: 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 59: Calendar

    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 > Calendar to open the application.

  • Page 60: 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 61: 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 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. 11.3.5 Compressing or Extracting Files Your phone supports compressing and extracting files.

  • Page 63: 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 64: 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 65: Managing Your Mobile Phone

    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 66: Setting The Date And Time

    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 67: Setting Ringers

    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. 12.3.2 Adjusting the Volume You can adjust the volume while on the Home screen or on most of the application screens (such as the screen displayed during a call or when playing music or videos).

  • Page 68: Setting Phone Services

    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. You can customize many of these services if they are part of your calling plan. On the Settings screen, touch Call settings to customize your call functions.

  • Page 69: Protecting Your Mobile Phone

    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 70: Managing Applications

    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 > Change screen lock. 12.6.4 Unlocking Your Mobile Phone If You Forget the Screen Lock Pattern If you have already created a Google account, you can unlock your mobile phone using the following methods.

  • Page 71: 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 72: 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 73 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. You can also use Bluetooth to share and import contacts.
  • Page 74 How Do I Hide the Keyboard? Touch to hide the keyboard. How do I forward a message? Touch and hold a message, and then touch Forward in the menu that opens. Why am I unable to use Navigation? Navigation is unavailable in some countries or regions. How Do I Use Quick GPS? On the Home screen, touch >...
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