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Summary of Contents for Huawei Ascend Y H866C
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Page 1: User Guide
User Guide HUAWEI Ascend Y Welcome to HUAWEI Model: HUAWEI H866C TracFone part number: 02230MGR... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Content 1 Reading 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 Appearance ................. 6 2.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Phone ............ 7 2.3 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone ......... 10 2.4 Using the Touchscreen.............. - Page 3 4.8 Deleting a Contact ..............25 4.9 Managing Groups ..............25 4.10 Joining and Separating Contacts..........26 4.11 Sending Contacts ..............27 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard..........27 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard............27 5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings..........29 6 Messaging ................29 6.1 SMS and MMS................
- Page 4 10.1 Managing Your Accounts............49 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization......51 11 Using Other Applications ...........52 11.1 All Backup................52 11.2 Calendar .................. 52 11.3 File Manager................54 11.4 Clock..................56 11.5 Calculator................. 57 11.6 Notepad ................... 58 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone ...........58 12.1 Setting the Date and Time ............
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Page 6: Reading Before Proceeding
1 Reading Before Proceeding 1.1 Safety Precautions Please read the safety precautions carefully to ensure the correct use of your mobile phone. Do not crash, throw, or puncture your mobile phone. Avoid the falling, squeezing, and bending of your mobile phone. Do not use your mobile phone in a moist environment, such as the bathroom. -
Page 7: Personal Information And Data Security
Do not place your mobile phone or its accessories in containers with a strong electromagnetic field. Do not place magnetic storage media near your mobile phone. Radiation from the phone may erase the information stored on them. Do not put your mobile phone in a high-temperature place or use it in a place with flammable gas such as a gas station. -
Page 8: Legal Notice
• Be sure to obtain third-party applications from a legitimate source. Downloaded third-party applications should be scanned for viruses. • Install security software or patches released by Huawei or third-party application providers. • Some applications require and transmit location information. As a result, a third- party may be able to share your location information. -
Page 9: Trademarks And Permissions
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 10 Ltd. has made necessary changes to the platform. Therefore, this product may not support all the functions that are supported by the standard Android platform or may be incompatible with third-party software. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not be liable for any of such situation.
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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 Appearance 2.1.1 Key Functions at Your Fingertips • Press and hold to power on your mobile phone. •... -
Page 12: Setting Up Your Mobile Phone
2.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Phone 2.2.1 (Optional) Installing the microSD Card If you want to expand your phone memory, you can also insert a microSD card. 1. Remove the battery cover. 2. Insert the microSD card into the card slot as shown in the diagram. 2.2.2 Installing the Battery 1. -
Page 13: Charging The Battery
2.2.3 Charging the Battery Before charging the battery, ensure that it has been properly installed on your phone. 1. Connect the USB cable that came with your mobile phone to the charger. 2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to your mobile phone. Then, to start charging, plug the charger into an electrical outlet. -
Page 14: Power Saving Tips
battery to charge for a few minutes with the phone powered off before attempting to power the phone on. • As it ages, the battery’s performance will degrade, in particular it will not hold charge as it did when it was new. When the battery life becomes noticeably shorter than usual after being charged properly, replace the battery with a new one of the same type. -
Page 15: Power On Or Off Your Mobile Phone
2.3 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone 2.3.1 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. 2.3.2 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. -
Page 16: Locking And Unlocking The Screen
• Touch and hold: Touch an item with your finger and do not release it until the mobile phone responds. For example, to open the options menu for the active screen, touch and hold the screen until the menu appears. •... -
Page 17: Home Screen
2.5.2 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 18: 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. 2.6.1 Notification and Status Icons Signal strength No signal... -
Page 19: Notification Panel
New chat message New email Connected to a VPN Connected to a PC Open Wi-Fi network Upcoming event available Uploading Downloading Sign-in or synchronization Memory full problem More undisplayed Synchronization failed notifications Preparing the mircoSD card 2.6.2 Notification Panel Your mobile phone will notify you when you receive a new message or there is an upcoming event. -
Page 20: Viewing Other Parts Of The Home Screen
Closing the Notification Panel Touch and hold the bottom of the panel. Then flick up to close it. 2.6.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen 10:23 Flick your finger left or right across the Home screen. 2.6.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Home Screen Item 1. -
Page 21: Service Shortcuts
2. Without lifting your finger, drag the item to the trash can. When the item and the trash can turn red, the item is ready to be removed. 3. Release the item to remove it from the Home screen. 2.6.5 Service Shortcuts 1. -
Page 22: Application Screen
2.7 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. 2.7.1 Moving Icons on the Application Screen 1. On the application screen, touch 2. -
Page 23: Calling
3. Touch Turn on USB storage in the dialog box that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files. You can now transfer files from your PC to your mobile phone’s microSD card. When your microSD card acts as a USB mass storage, your mobile phone will not use this memory space. -
Page 24: Making A Call From Contacts
3.1.1 Making a Call with the Dialer Application 1. On the Home screen, touch > Dialer to display the dialer. If you are already working with Contacts or Call log, touch the Dialer tab. 2. Touch the appropriate number keys to enter the phone number. 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. -
Page 25: 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 26: 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 27: Using Airplane Mode
3. Touch Add to contacts in the options menu. 4. Touch Create contact or scroll through the contact list and touch an existing contact name. 3.5 Using Airplane Mode Some locations may require you to turn off your phone’s wireless connections. Rather than powering off your phone, you can place it in Airplane mode. -
Page 28: 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 29: Indexing Contacts
4.4 Indexing Contacts You can index your Contacts to quickly find your desired contact. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Contacts. 2. Touch or move any letter in the alphabet to list all contacts starting with the letter. 4.5 Searching for a Contact 1. -
Page 30: 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 31: 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 32: Sending Contacts
Two contacts will be joined together and displayed as one contact. Touch the contact to view the joined information. You can see that the contact is joined together by two contacts. You can also combine more than two contacts. 4.10.2 Separating Contacts If contact information from different sources was joined together in error, you can separate the contacts. -
Page 33: Choosing An Input Method
Touch and hold a text field to open the Edit text menu. 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. The keyboard panel will be displayed automatically. -
Page 34: 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 35: Creating And Sending A Multimedia Message
6.1.3 Creating and Sending a Multimedia Message 1. Touch > Messaging > New message. 2. Enter a phone number in the To field, or touch to select a contact from Contacts or Groups. 3. Touch the composition text box to start entering your message. 4. -
Page 36: Email
You can also do the following to reply to a message: Touch > Multiselect, select one or more message threads, and touch Reply. 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. -
Page 37: 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 38: Getting Connected
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. On the accounts screen, touch and hold the email account you want to delete. 2. -
Page 39: Wi-Fi
2. Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks. 3. Touch Network settings > 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). For this reason, do not change the access point parameters;... -
Page 40: Wps
already used, you will not be prompted to enter the password again unless you have reset your mobile phone to its default settings. On the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Add Wi-Fi network to add a new Wi-Fi network. 7.3 WPS The Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) function simplifies the operations to set up Wi-Fi networks and configure network security settings. -
Page 41: 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 42: Bluetooth
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. In a browser window, go to the webpage you want to save as a bookmark. 2. -
Page 43: 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 44: 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 45: 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 and hold . -
Page 46: Using The Gallery
• Touch Delete to delete the video. On the video playback screen, touch the controls to fast-forward or rewind or to play or pause the video. 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. -
Page 47: Dts Envelo
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 48: Playing Music
8.4.2 Playing Music 1. From the music library, select a way to view your music. 2. Touch the music file you want to play. Back Search music 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 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 Gmail address 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: Youtube
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 services. 3. Select the Use wireless networks check box, the Use GPS satellites check box, or both. -
Page 54: Synchronizing Information
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 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: Adding An Account
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. While it is presented as a single contact entry, the contact data itself is not merged. -
Page 56: Customizing Your Account Synchronization
remove some accounts, such as the first account you signed into on the mobile phone. If you attempt to remove certain accounts, all personal information associated with it will be deleted. You can only remove the first Google Account by resetting the phone to factory defaults. -
Page 57: Using Other Applications
10.2.2 Changing an Account’s Synchronization Settings 1. On the Accounts & sync settings screen, touch the account whose synchronization settings you want to change. The data and synchronization screen opens, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can synchronize. 2. -
Page 58: Creating An Event
When you add a Google Account that includes a calendar service to your phone, you can access Google calendar: Touch , and then touch More > Calendars. 11.2.2 Creating an Event 1. In any calendar view, touch , and then touch New event to open the Event details screen. -
Page 59: File Manager
11.2.4 Setting Synchronization and Display 1. In any calendar view, touch . Then touch More > Calendars. The Calendars screen displays all the calendars you have added or subscribed to for each account that is configured to synchronize events to your phone, organized by account. -
Page 60: Creating A Folder
11.3.2 Creating a Folder 1. On the File Manager screen, access the directory in which you want to create a new folder. 2. Touch to open the options panel, and then touch New folder. 3. Enter the name of the new folder in the text box. 4. -
Page 61: Clock
11.3.5 Compressing or Extracting Files Your phone supports compressing and extracting files. You can only compress files and folders into .zip files, but can extract both .zip and .rar files. Compressing Files 1. On the File Manager screen, Touch , and then touch Multiselect. 2. -
Page 62: Calculator
11.4.1 Opening the Clock On the Home screen, touch > Clock to open the application. Clock opens with the date and time displayed on your Home screen wallpaper, along with your local weather and other useful information. 11.4.2 Opening the Alarms On the Clock screen, touch to open the Alarms. -
Page 63: Notepad
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. 11.6 Notepad Notepad features a simple text processor. In the note list, you can add, edit, and delete notes. -
Page 64: Setting The Display
6. Select or clear the Use 24-hour format check box to switch between 24-hour and 12-hour formats. 7. Touch Select date format to select how you want the date to display on your mobile phone. 12.2 Setting the Display 12.2.1 Adjusting the Screen Brightness 1. -
Page 65: Setting Phone Services
3. Touch OK to save the adjustment. 12.3.3 Changing the Phone Ringtone 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Phone ringtone. 2. Touch the ringtone you want to use, and then touch OK. The ringtone plays when selected. 12.3.4 Changing the Message Ringtone 1. -
Page 66: Protecting Your Mobile Phone
2. If your mobile phone does not have speech synthesizer data installed, connect to Android Market™/Google Play™ Store and let it guide you through the process of downloading and installing the data. 3. Follow the instructions to install the voice data. 12.5.2 Adjusting the Speech Rate 1. -
Page 67: Managing Applications
12.6.3 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. • After you have entered the wrong sequence five times, a Forgot pattern? button will appear. -
Page 68: Resetting Your Mobile Phone
2. Touch an application in the list. Then touch Move to SD card to move the bulk of the application from the phone’s internal storage. The Storage section of the application’s details screen shows details about the memory used by the application. If the application can be moved, the Move to SD card button is active. -
Page 69: Setting Power Saving Mode
2. When prompted, touch Reset phone, and then touch Erase everything. The mobile phone resets the settings to the original factory settings, and then restarts. 12.9 Setting Power saving mode 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Power saving mode. 2. - Page 70 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. How do I prevent automatic switching of orientation when rotating phone? On the Home screen, touch >...
- Page 71 Manufactured under license from DTS Licensing Limited. DTS, the Symbol, & DTS and the Symbol together are registered trademarks & DTS Envelo | Headphone is a trademark of DTS, Inc. Product includes software. © 2012 DTS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. HUAWEI H866C...