HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs Contents Change History ..........................1 1 Basics ............................... 1 1.1 Your Phone at a Glance ............................ 1 1.2 Installation ................................ 2 1.2.1 How Do I Open the Back Cover? ......................2 1.2.2 How Do I Install a SIM Card, a microSD Card, and the Battery? ............3 1.3 Home Screen ..............................
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.7.4 Can I use the key on the headset to answer an incoming call or play music? ........19 1.7.5 Can I copy multiple contacts from the phone to the SIM card at a time? If Yes, after I doing so, the number of contacts saved to the SIM card is less than the number of contacts copied from the phone, Why? ..................................
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.13.1 Does My Phone Support GPS Navigation? ..................33 1.13.2 How Can I Use Wireless Networks or GPS Satellites for Maps to Implement Location and Navigation Functions? ........................... 34 1.13.3 What Can I Do If the Navigation Application on My Phone Cannot Receive Signals from GPS Satellites? ...............................
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2.6.3 I Have Successfully Installed a New Text Input Method But Cannot Use It, Why? ......11 2.6.4 How Do I Change the Font Size on My Phone's Screen? ..............11 2.6.5 Does the Huawei Input Method Support Handwriting in Full-Screen Mode? ........11 2.7 Screen Lock ..............................12 2.7.1 How Do I Enable a Screen Lock That Must Be Unlocked Using the PIN? ..........
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 3.3.2 How Do I Manage Applications? ......................3 3.3.3 How Do I Uninstall Applications? ......................3 3.4 I Cannot Install an Application, Why? How Can I Solve the Problem? ............4 3.5 Are Third-Party APKs Installed on the Phone's Internal Storage or a microSD Card? ........5 3.6 How Do I Exit a Running Application? ......................
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.2 Installation 1.2.1 How Do I Open the Back Cover? Use your left hand to hold the phone at one end, and then use your right Thumb finger to open a gap in the back cover in the groove.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.3 Home Screen Indicators of the Home screen and its extensions are displayed only when you attempt to switch between the Home screen and its extensions. 1.3.1 How Do I Edit the Application List? NOTE In non-editing mode, only applications with icons are displayed in the list.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs In the top of application list, touch The screen shown in the following figure is displayed. 1. Touch and hold the icon, and drag it to any blank area of the current screen or to another screen.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2. If dragged onto another icon, the two icons will exchange positions, as shown in the following figure. 3. Touch to save the changes. NOTE In editing mode, the number of displayed applications in the list is the actual number of applications on the phone.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.5 Text Messages 1.5.1 What is the difference between text messages in an Android OS and those in a traditional system? What is the advantage of text messages in the Android OS? ...
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.5.3 Does the mobile phone receive a long text message as several messages or a single complete message? As a single complete message. 1.5.4 How do I identify received and sent messages? Sent messages are listed on the right and received messages are listed on the left.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs By default, a conversation can contain a maximum of 500 text messages. To set the number of text messages that a conversation can contain, touch Messaging > > Settings, select Delete old messages, touch Text message limit, and set the text message limit.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.5.6 If I forward a message in a conversation, will all the messages in the conversation be sent or only the desired message? Only the message you selected will be forwarded. 1.5.7 How do I set an audio file as my ringtone for incoming calls or new messages? ...
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.5.8 How do I set notification mode for new messages? To set your ringtone for new messages, touch Messaging > > Settings > Choose ringtone, and then select the audio file you want.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.6.2 Are there any restrictions on the size, format, or resolution of a file to be attached to a multimedia message? The maximum size of an audio or video file to be attached to a multimedia message is 300 KB.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs Multimedia messages cannot be sent or received if data services are disabled. To solve the problem, touch > Settings > More…> Mobile networks, and select Data enabled. Issue 01 (2011-11-15) Huawei Confidential...
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.6.4 How do I change the font size of SMS or MMS text? The font size of Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) text cannot be changed. 1.7 Call 1.7.1 How do I check my total call duration and data traffic? You can check your total data traffic using the preinstalled Traffic Manager.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.7.4 Can I use the key on the headset to answer an incoming call or play music? Yes. When you have an incoming call, you can use the key on the headset to answer the call.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.8.5 How many playing modes does music support? Music supports five playing modes: Shuffle is off (by default): play all audio files in a playlist in order and stop when all the files have been played.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs Repeating current song: play the current audio file repeatedly. Shuffle is on + Repeating all songs: play all audio files in a playlist in a random order, and repeat the playlist in a random order after the last file is played.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.8.6 How Do I Play Audio Files in the Background and Exit Music? To play audio files in the background, touch when playing an audio file using Music. To exit Music, pause the currently played audio file, and touch 1.9 Camera...
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs The preferred saving locations for photos and videos are both the phone memory. To set the preferred saving location, open Camera, touch Settings > Preferred save location, and select Memory card or Internal storage. If there is no available storage space in the default saving location, photos and videos will be saved under the non-default path, as shown in the following figure.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.9.3 How Many Cameras Does the Phone Come with? What Are the Specifications for the Cameras? Do They Support Autofocus? Your mobile phone comes with two cameras: an 8 MP rear camera and a 0.3 MP front camera.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.9.8 Can I disable the shutter sound? 1.9.9 How do I set the mobile phone to save photos and video clips to the microSD card after they are captured? Go to Camera's settings menu and set the preferred saving location to microSD card. Photos and video clips you capture will then be saved to the microSD card.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs The phone's hardware is faulty, for example, the phone display is damaged. In this case, use another device to play the online streaming media for contrast purposes. The phone's RAM is insufficient.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.11.2 What Files Can Be Transmitted Using Bluetooth? Pictures, audio files, videos, text files, web pages, and contacts can be transmitted using Bluetooth. 1.11.3 Can I Use Bluetooth to Synchronize Data with a Computer? 1.11.4 How Do I Make Calls or Listen to Music Using a...
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs The phone cannot detect a Bluetooth headset. To solve the problem, check that the headset is set to discoverable. For details about how to set the headset, see the headset user guide.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs To set up an Exchange account, enter your email address, domain name, user name, and password. Manual setup: Fill the fields, and touch Manual setup. The incoming server checking screen is then displayed. After the domain name, user name, password, and server are properly set, touch Next.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs Automatic setup: Fill the fields, and touch Next. The account information retrieving screen is then displayed. After retrieving account information, touch Next, and configure the account settings. The inbox is displayed and your emails are synchronized, as shown in the following figure.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs To set up an email account of other types, enter your email address and password, touch Manual setup or Next, then POP3 or IMAP The Account setup screen is then displayed. Touch Next until the inbox is displayed and your emails are synchronized.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs To remove an email account, open Email, touch > > Settings, touch the account you want to remove, and touch Remove account in the options menu. 1.13 GPS Navigation 1.13.1 Does My Phone Support GPS Navigation? Yes.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.13.2 How Can I Use Wireless Networks or GPS Satellites for Maps to Implement Location and Navigation Functions? To use wireless networks for Maps to implement location and navigation functions, touch > Settings > Location services, and select Location &...
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.14 What Are Smartphones? Smartphones run OSs and provide advanced functions such as emails, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), GPS functions, and personal information management. They adopt application architecture similar to computers', use touchscreens, and allow you to download and install third-party applications.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.19 Does My Phone Come with a Full Touchscreen? Yes. Your phone comes with a capacitive full touchscreen. 1.20 Does My Phone Come with an Accelerometer? How Do I Use It? Yes, your phone comes with an accelerometer for entertainment purposes. If the accelerometer is enabled, your phone automatically changes its screen orientation when you turn the phone sideways.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.24 Is My Phone's Antenna Embedded? Yes. 1.25 Can I Download Themes to My Phone? The application is not supported. 1.26 Is My Phone's SIM Card Removable or Integrated? Your phone's SIM card is removable.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 3. In the Restart phone dialog box, touch OK. 4. Touch repeatedly until the screen shown in the following figure is displayed. Issue 01 (2011-11-15) Huawei Confidential Page 38 of 80...
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs When restarting your phone, perform the same step. ----End To exit safe mode: 1. When your phone is active, press and hold 2. In the Phone options menu, touch Restart. 3. In the Restart phone dialog box, touch OK.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs After restart, your phone enters normal mode. ----End 1.29 Does My Phone Support Multi-Touch? Yes. 1.30 Does My Phone Support Scheduled Power-On and Power-Off? No. But enabled alarms will ring when your phone is powered off.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 1.33 What OSs Does My Phone Support If I Use It as a Modem? The mobile phone does not support dial-up. 1.34 Does My Phone Support VPNs? Yes, your phone supports virtual private networks (VPNs).
To upgrade online, touch > Settings > About phone, and select Online update. To upgrade using a microSD card, download the upgrade package from a Huawei server to the microSD card, and then touch > Settings > Storage > Software Upgrade > SD card Upgrade.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs Note: If the installation wizard does not run automatically after the mobile phone is connected to the computer, upgrade the driver to start the installation. 2.3 How Do I Configure Network Settings? 1. Insert the SIM card into your phone.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2.4 Wi-Fi 2.4.1 How Do I Use My Phone as a Wi-Fi Hotspot and Access the Internet from Another Device Using My Phone's Mobile Data Connection? You can use your phone as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot and share your phone's mobile data connection with another device.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2.4.2 Does My Phone Support Wi-Fi? Yes. Your phone supports 802.11b/g/n. 2.4.3 My Phone Is Connected to a Wi-Fi Network But Cannot Open Web Pages, Why? This problem may occur if: The Wi-Fi network is not connected to the Internet.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2.4.5 How Can I Judge Whether My Phone Is Using Its Mobile Data Connection or a Wi-Fi Connection to Access the Internet? Once connected to a Wi-Fi network, your phone uses the Wi-Fi network to access the Internet.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2.4.8 What Can I Do If My Phone's Wi-Fi Connection Often Disconnects? Check your phone's Wi-Fi sleep policy. Your phone provides three Wi-Fi sleep policies: When screen turns off: disconnect a Wi-Fi connection 15 minutes after your phone's screen turns off.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2.5 Internet Access 2.5.1 How Do I Clear My Browser's Cache and Web History? Open your browser, then a web page, and touch > Settings >Privacy & security > Clear cache and Clear history.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2.5.5 How Do I Save an Image on a Web Page? Touch and hold the image you want to save, and then touch Save image in the displayed menu. The image is stored in Gallery.
Yes. You can enter text using handwriting or an onscreen keyboard. 2.6.2 What Text Input Methods Does My Phone Support? Your phone is preinstalled with Android, and Huawei input methods. You can also install other input methods. 2.6.3 I Have Successfully Installed a New Text Input...
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2.7 Screen Lock 2.7.1 How Do I Enable a Screen Lock That Must Be Unlocked Using the PIN? Touch > Settings >Security > Screen lock > PIN. 2.7.2 How Do I Enable a Screen Lock That Must Be...
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2.8 Ebooks 2.8.1 What Ebook Formats Does My Phone Support? What Is the Maximum Size for an Ebook to Be Read on My Phone? Your mobile phone supports ebooks in text, word, excel , powerpoint, pdf format without a limit on their size.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2.10 USB Tethering You can connect your phone to a computer and use your phone's USB tethering function to share your phone's mobile data connection with the computer. If the computer runs Windows 7, Windows Vista, or a latest Linux OS (such as Ubuntu), you can use your phone's USB tethering function without configuring any settings on the computer.
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 4. In the drivers window, open usbnet_driver_win2k_xp. 5. In the usbnet_driver_win2k_xp window, open DownloadActiveSync. After you have connected to the website, follow the instructions to download and install ActiveSync. Issue 01 (2011-11-15) Huawei Confidential...
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HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 6. On your phone, touch > Settings > More… > Tethering & portable hotspot, and then select USB tethering. You can access the Internet and browse web pages on the computer using your phone's mobile data connection.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs Method 2 1. On the computer, visit http://www.android.com/tether, and then follow the instructions to download and install ActiveSync. 2. On your phone, touch > Settings > More… > Tethering & portable hotspot, and then select USB tethering.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs Applications 3.1 What Third-Party Applications Does My Phone Support? Like other Android phones, your phone supports all third-party applications based on an Android OS. Your phone does not support Java applications. 3.2 How Do I Obtain Third-Party Applications? Log in to android market and download third-party applications from it.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 3.3.2 How Do I Manage Applications? 1. Touch > Settings > Apps All applications on your phone are listed. 2. Touch the application you want to manage. 3.3.3 How Do I Uninstall Applications? 1.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 2. Touch the application your want to uninstall, then Uninstall. 3.4 I Cannot Install an Application, Why? How Can I Solve the Problem? The APK is corrupted. To solve the problem, contact the APK provider.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 3.5 Are Third-Party APKs Installed on the Phone's Internal Storage or a microSD Card? Third-party APKs are installed on the phone's internal storage, but you can move them to the phone's internal microSD card or your external microSD card after the applications are installed.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs Download the APK from Market, and then install it. After the installation, touch > Settings > Apps > Downloaded > Move to SD card. 3.6 How Do I Exit a Running Application? To exit preinstalled applications, touch To exit third-party applications, follow their instructions.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs Others 4.1 How Do I Check the Available Space on the Internal and External microSD Cards? Touch > Settings > Storage, and check the available space on the internal and external microSD cards.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 4.1.2 What Is the Maximum Capacity of the External microSD Card Supported by My Phone? 32 GB. 4.1.3 Running Android 4.0, Does My Phone Support Application Installation on an External microSD Card? You can only install applications on your phone's internal storage. You cannot install them on an external microSD card.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 4.3 How Do I Use Contacts to Back Up and Recover My Contacts? 4.3.1 How Do I Back Up Contacts to a microSD Card? > Contacts > > Manage contacts > Backup to SD card > OK.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 4.3.3 How Do I Use All Backup to Back Up Data? Your phone is preinstalled with All Backup. To use All Backup to back up your data, touch > All Backup, then the option you want to use.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 4.5 Common Skills 4.5.1 How Do I Customize the Home Screen or Its Extensions? To add an application to the Home screen, from the application list, touch and hold the application. To add a widget to the Home screen, from the application list, open the Widget tab, and touch and hold the widget.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs Touch > Settings > Accounts & sync, and clear Background data and Auto-sync to disable background data synchronization. 4.5.4 What Can I Do If My Phone Runs Slowly? Close some running third-party applications.
HUAWEI U8860 V100R001 HUAWEI U8860 Smartphone FAQs 4.5.12 How Does My Phone's Key Backlight Save Battery Power? To save power battery, the backlight of the three keys at the bottom your phone varies according to the surroundings. If the surroundings are dark, the backlight turns on. If the surroundings are bright, the backlight turns off.