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  • Page 1 Welcome to Huawei HUAWEI U8350-51 User Guide...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Reading Before Proceeding..........1 1.1 Personal Information and Data Security ........1 1.2 Safety Precautions............... 2 1.3 Legal Notice................. 3 2 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone .........5 2.1 Mobile Phone View ..............6 2.2 Installing Your Mobile Phone ............8 2.3 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone .........
  • Page 3 4.10 Staying close to your friends............ 25 5 Using the Keypad ..............25 5.1 Choosing an Input Method............25 5.2 Using the Phone Keypad ............25 5.3 Customizing Keyboard Settings..........26 6 Messaging ................27 6.1 SMS and MMS................27 6.2 Email..................28 7 Getting Connected.............31 7.1 GPRS/3G...................
  • Page 4 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization......49 11 Using Other Applications..........50 11.1 Using the Calendar ..............50 11.2 Using the Clock................ 52 11.3 Using the Calculator ..............53 11.4 Using the Notepad ..............53 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone ........53 12.1 Setting the Date and Time ............53 12.2 Setting the Display..............
  • Page 5: Reading Before Proceeding

    • 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 6: Safety Precautions

    • If you have concerns about the security of your personal information and data, please contact mobile@huawei.com. 1.2 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.
  • Page 7: Legal Notice

    No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written consent of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. The product described in this manual may include copyrighted software of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and possible licensors. Customers shall not in any manner...
  • Page 8 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not be responsible for the legality , quality, or any other aspects of any software installed on this product, or for any uploaded or downloaded third-party works, such as texts, images, videos, or software.
  • Page 9: Getting To Know Your Mobile Phone

    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: Mobile Phone View

    Phone 2.1 Mobile Phone View 2.1.1 Phone at a Glance All the pictures in this guide are for your reference only. The actual appearance and display features depend on the mobile phone you purchase. Navigation key Send key Home key Menu key Alt key Cap key...
  • Page 11 Enter key Delete key Search key Back key Volume keys End key Charge/Data port Power key Headset jack Speaker Camera 2.1.2 Key Functions at Your Fingertips • Press to power on your mobile phone. • Press and hold to open the Phone options menu. •...
  • Page 12: Installing Your Mobile Phone

    Press to select a highlighted item. 2.2 Installing Your Mobile Phone 2.2.1 Installing the SIM Card There are two steps to install the SIM card: 1. Remove the battery cover. 2. Insert the SIM card. 2.2.2 Installing the Battery 1. Angle the edge labeled a (with the contacts) into the bottom end of the battery slot. 2.
  • Page 13 1. Connect the USB cable that came with your mobile phone to the charger. 2. Connect the USB cable to your mobile phone. Then, plug in the connector of the charger to an electrical outlet. The phone begins charging. If your mobile phone is charged when it is powered on, the battery icon on the Notification bar shows the charging status.
  • Page 14: Power On Or Off Your Mobile Phone

    • When your mobile phone is not in use, switch off the screen. • Reset the time it takes for your screen light to switch off when you leave your phone idle. • Lower the screen brightness. • Use the AC adapter to plug your phone into an external power source whenever possible.
  • Page 15: Using The Touchscreen

    2.3.3 Restarting Your Mobile Phone 1. Press and hold to open the Phone options menu. 2. Touch Restart. 3. Touch OK. 2.3.4 Turning On Fast Boot 1. Touch > Settings > Applications. 2. Select the Fast boot check box. Do not turn on Fast boot while in the aircraft. 2.3.5 Powering Off Your Mobile Phone 1.
  • Page 16: Locking And Unlocking The Screen

    2.5 Locking and Unlocking the Screen 2.5.1 Locking the Screen • When your phone is on, press to lock the screen. When the screen is locked, you can still receive messages and calls. • If your phone is idle for a while, the screen will lock automatically. 2.5.2 Unlocking the Screen 1.
  • Page 17: Home Screen

    2.6 Home Screen Notifications bar: Displays the reminders and status icons of your phone. 10:23 Shortcuts Screen switching dots: Indicate the number of the screens on the left or right. Display area: Touch the left or right dots Shows the operation and display to switch between the screen.
  • Page 18 Data service enabled Data service disabled 2.6.2 Notification Panel Your mobile phone will notify you when you receive a new message or there is an incoming event. The notification panel also informs you about alarms and settings, for example, when Call forwarding is activated. Open the notification panel to see who the wireless network operator is or to view a message, reminder, or event notification.
  • Page 19 2.6.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Screen Item 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Home screen until the Add to Home screen menu is displayed. 2. Select an item to add it to the Home screen. Moving a Screen Item 1.
  • Page 20: Using A Microsd Card

    2.7 Using a microSD Card 2.7.1 Installing the microSD Card (Optional) 1. Remove the battery cover. 2. Insert the microSD card into the card slot as shown in the diagram. 2.7.2 Using the microSD Card as USB Mass Storage To transfer all your favorite music and pictures from your PC to your mobile phone’s microSD card, set the microSD card as USB mass storage.
  • Page 21: Calling

    3 Calling To make a phone call, you can dial a number or touch a number from your contact list, on a Web page, or in a document. When you are on a call, you can answer other incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box. You can also set up conference calls with several participants.
  • Page 22: Answering Or Rejecting A Call

    3.1.3 Making a Call from Call log 1. If you are already working with Contacts or Phone, 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. 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 with the caller's name...
  • Page 23: Other Operations During A Call

    3.3 Other Operations During a Call 3.3.1 Making a Conference Call If you receive a new call while you are already on a call, you can connect the second call to the call you are on. This feature is known as conference calling. You can also set up a conference call with multiple callers.
  • Page 24: Using Call Log

    3.3.2 Switching Between Calls If you receive a new call while you are already on a call, you can switch between the two calls. 1. While you are on the first call and the second call comes in, answer the incoming call, and then touch >...
  • Page 25: Opening The Contacts Application

    4.1 Opening the Contacts Application If you have a new mobile phone and have not yet added any contacts, Contacts displays a message with hints on how to start adding contacts to your mobile phone. Touch > Contacts to open the Contacts application. All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a list that you can scroll through.
  • Page 26: Searching For A Contact

    4.4 Searching for a Contact 1. In the contact list, touch > Search. 2. Enter the name of the contact you wish to search for. As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the search box. 4.5 Editing a Contact You can make changes to the information you have stored for a contact at any time.
  • Page 27: Deleting A Contact

    2. On the contact’s details screen, touch the icon at the right of the number to call or send messages. 4.7 Deleting a Contact 1. In the contacts list, touch and hold the contact that you want to delete, and then touch Delete contact in the options menu.
  • Page 28: Joining And Separating Contacts

    • Touch and hold the contact you want to add to Groups. Then touch Add to groups. • When editing a group, press , and then touch Add Members to select the contacts you want to add to group. 4.9 Joining and Separating Contacts When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by exchanging emails, you may have duplications in your Contacts.
  • Page 29: Staying Close To Your Friends

    2. Touch Input method. 3. Select the input method. The keyboard panel will be displayed automatically. 5.2 Using the Phone Keypad The following operations are applicable only to the Huawei IME input method. To enter an upper character of one Cursor: key, press first and then the desired key.
  • Page 30: Customizing Keyboard Settings

    Cursor: To enter one upper-case letter, press first and then a key. To enter only upper-case letters, press Cursor: twice before typing. Press again to input lower-case letters. To switch input language,press . The selected language will be displayed on the notifications bar. •...
  • Page 31: Messaging

    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. With the Email application you can read and send emails. 6.1 SMS and MMS 6.1.1 Opening Messaging Touch >...
  • Page 32: Email

    • Touch Add subject to add the message subject. Your mobile phone is now in multimedia message mode. • Touch Attach to add a picture, music, or video file. 5. When the message is ready to be sent, touch Send. Adding a Slideshow If you want to attach more than one file to your message, use the Slideshow option.
  • Page 33 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 set up 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 34 6.2.3 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 name or the email address. 4.
  • Page 35: Getting Connected

    3. Touch Account settings. 4. Change General settings, Notification settings, or Server settings. 7 Getting Connected 7.1 GPRS/3G Your mobile phone will be automatically configured to use your wireless service provider’s GPRS/3G/EDGE service (if available) when you turn on the phone for the first time.
  • Page 36: Sharing Your Phone's Data Connection

    7.2.1 Turning On Wi-Fi 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Touch Wireless & networks, and then select the Wi-Fi check box to turn on Wi-Fi. 7.2.2 Connecting to a Wireless Network 1. After turning on Wi-Fi, touch > Settings. 2. Touch Wireless & networks >...
  • Page 37: Browser

    2. Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3. Select the USB tethering check box to share your data connection. 7.3.2 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Touch Wireless & networks >...
  • Page 38 7.4.2 Opening a Web Page 1. In a browser window, touch the URL field at the top of the screen. 2. Use the keyboard to enter the web page address. You can touch to enter the web page address by voice. 3.
  • Page 39: Bluetooth

    7.5 Bluetooth Your mobile phone has Bluetooth, which allows you to create a wireless connection with other Bluetooth devices so you can share files with your friends, talk hands-free with a Bluetooth headset. If you are using Bluetooth, remember to stay within 10 meters (33 feet) of other Bluetooth devices.
  • Page 40: Entertainment

    7.5.3 Sending Files via Bluetooth With Bluetooth, you can share pictures, videos, or music files with your family and friends. To send files via Bluetooth, do as follows: 1. Touch and hold the file to be sent. The active options menu is displayed. 2.
  • Page 41 Capture Screen Thumbnail of last photo. Touch to preview the photos or videos. Drag up to record videos, drag down to take photos. Touch to take a photo. Touch to customize the camera settings. On the capture screen, press to show the capture panel. 8.1.2 Taking a Photo 1.
  • Page 42: Using The Gallery

    8.1.4 Recording a Video 1. Open the camera, and then switch to camcorder mode. 2. If necessary, change the camcorder settings. 3. Frame the scene which you want to start your video. 4. Touch to start recording a video. 5. Touch to stop recording.
  • Page 43: Enjoying Music

    2. Touch the picture to view it in full-screen mode. 3. Touch the screen. Then the zoom panel appears. You can zoom in or zoom out on the picture. The picture viewer supports the automatic rotation function. When you rotate your mobile phone, the picture adjusts itself to the rotation.
  • Page 44: Listening To Fm Radio

    5. After copying music, unmount or eject the drive as required by your PC’s operating system to safely remove the mobile phone. 6. Disconnect the mobile phone from the PC. 8.3.2 Opening the Media Library Touch > Music to display the media library. The Music application organizes your music files by storage location.
  • Page 45: Google Services

    8.4.1 Opening the FM Radio 1. Touch > FM Radio to open the application. 2. The first time you open FM Radio, touch Auto tuning, which automatically scans for available FM channels, saves them as presets, and plays the first FM channel found.
  • Page 46: Using Gmail

    the username is available. If the username you entered is already in use, you will be prompted to choose another one or select one from a list. 4. Enter and confirm your Google account password. 5. Select a security question from the drop down menu, and then enter the answer. 6.
  • Page 47: Using Talk

    3. Enter the email subject and write your message. If you want to add a picture attachment, touch , and then touch Attach to select the picture you want to attach. 4. After composing your email, touch Send. 9.2.4 Replying To or Forwarding an Email 1.
  • Page 48 9.3.2 Adding a Friend 1. In the friends list, touch , and then touch Add friend. 2. Enter the Talk instant messaging ID or Google email address of the friend you want to add. 3. Touch Send invitation. 9.3.3 Accepting an Invitation 1.
  • Page 49: Using Maps

    9.3.6 Signing Out of Talk In the friends list screen, touch , and then touch Sign out to quit Talk. 9.4 Using Maps Maps lets you find your current location, view real-time traffic conditions (depending on availability in your locale), and get detailed directions to various destinations on a satellite, traffic, or other kind of map.
  • Page 50: Using Youtube

    4. Touch Go. Your directions will appear in a list. 5. Touch a direction item on the list to show it on the map. 6. When you finish viewing or following the directions, touch and touch Clear Map to reset the map. 9.5 Using YouTube YouTube is Google’s free online video streaming service for viewing, searching for, and uploading videos.
  • Page 51 9.6.1 Opening Market 1. Touch > Market. 2. When you open Market for the first time, the Android Market Terms of Service window will appear. Touch Accept to continue. 9.6.2 Searching for Applications There are a few different ways to find applications on the Market home screen, including: •...
  • Page 52: Synchronizing Information

    3. When prompted, touch OK to remove the application from your mobile phone. 4. Choose the reason for removing the application, and then touch OK. 10 Synchronizing Information Some applications on your mobile phone give you access to the same personal information that you can add, view, and edit on your computer.
  • Page 53: Customizing Your Account Synchronization

    3. Touch the kind of account to add. 4. Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required and optional information about the account. Most accounts require a username and password, but the details depend on the kind of account and the configuration of the service to which you are connecting.
  • Page 54: Using Other Applications

    • 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). If you clear this option, Gmail stops receiving new mail, Calendar stops synchronizing events, and so on, until you touch the Refresh menu item or send an email.
  • Page 55 11.1.2 Creating an Event 1. On any calendar view, touch . Then touch More > New event to open the Event details screen. If you have more than one calendar, select the calendar where you want to save the event. 2.
  • Page 56: Using The Clock

    • Select ringtone: Touch to select the ringtone to sound when you receive an event reminder. • Vibrate: Select to vibrate the mobile phone when you receive an event notification. • Default reminder time: Touch to select the default time before an event for event reminders to occur.
  • Page 57: Using The Calculator

    Customizing Alarm Settings On the alarm list screen, touch , and then touch Settings. 11.3 Using the Calculator Use the calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex equations. 11.3.1 Opening the Calculator Touch >...
  • Page 58: Setting The Display

    1. On the Settings screen, touch Date & time. 2. Clear the Automatic check box. 3. Touch Set date. On the set date screen, touch to adjust the date, month, and year, and then touch Set when the configuration is complete. 4.
  • Page 59: Setting Phone Services

    12.3.2 Adjusting the Volume You can adjust the volume from the Home screen or any application screen (except during a call or when playing music or videos). Press the Volume keys to adjust volume to the level you desire. You can also adjust the volume from the settings screen. 1.
  • Page 60: Setting Text-To-Speech

    wireless service provider about data roaming fees. 12.4.3 Switching off the Data Service 1. On the Settings screen, touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks. 2. Clear the Data enabled check box. 12.5 Setting 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.
  • Page 61: Managing Applications

    12.6.2 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Screen Lock To keep your data more secure, lock the screen and/or require a screen unlock pattern every time your mobile phone is turned on or wakes up from sleep mode. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Location & security >...
  • Page 62: Resetting Your Mobile Phone

    • Reset your mobile phone. 12.8 Resetting Your Mobile Phone 12.8.1 Backing Up My Data You can use your Google account to back up your mobile phone’s settings to Google servers. If you replace your mobile phone, the settings you have backed up will be transferred to the new mobile phone the first time you sign in to your Google account.
  • Page 63: Warnings And Precautions

    How do I set the unlock pattern? Touch > Settings > Location & security > Set up screen lock > Pattern. How can I change the input method? Touch and hold the area where you write text and then select the input method you prefer.
  • Page 64 Potentially Explosive Atmosphere Power off your device in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere, and comply with all signs and instructions. Areas that may have potentially explosive atmospheres include the areas where you would normally be advised to turn off your vehicle engine.
  • Page 65 Operating Environment • Do not use or charge the device in dusty, damp, and dirty places or places with magnetic fields. Otherwise, it may result in a malfunction of the circuit. • The device complies with the RF specifications when the device is used near your ear or at a distance of 1.0 cm from your body.
  • Page 66 Battery and Charger • Unplug the charger from the electrical plug and the device when not in use. • The battery can be charged and discharged hundreds of times before it eventually wears out. When the standby time and the talk time are shorter than the normal time, replace the battery.
  • Page 67 Cleaning and Maintenance • The device, battery, and charger are not water-resistant. Keep them dry. Protect the device, battery, and charger from water or vapor. Do not touch the device or the charger with a wet hand. Otherwise, it may lead to a short circuit, a malfunction of the device, and an electric shock to the user.
  • Page 68 Certification Information (SAR) This device meets guidelines for exposure to radio waves. Your device is a low-power radio transmitter and receiver. As recommended by international guidelines, the device is designed not to exceed the limits for exposure to radio waves. These guidelines were developed by the independent scientific organization International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and include safety measures designed to ensure safety for all users, regardless of age and health.
  • Page 69 Caution Changes or modifications made to this device not expressly approved by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. may void the FCC authorization to operate this device.
  • Page 70 THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSE ONLY, AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY KIND OF WARRANTIES. All the pictures in this guide are for your reference only. The actual appearance and display features depend on the mobile phone you purchase. V100R001_01...

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