Contents • Contents Read Before Proceeding ............1 Safety Precautions..................1 Personal Information and Data Security............2 Legal notice ....................3 Getting Started ................. 6 Your phone at a glance ................6 Preparing your phone..................7 Charging the battery ...................8 Key Functions at Your Fingertips ..............9 Important Information About the Battery ............9 Power Saving Tips ..................10 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone............10...
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Contents Text Input ................31 Displaying the Keyboard................31 Choosing an Input Method ...............31 Using the Android Keyboard ..............31 Using the Swype Keyboard................32 Editing text....................33 Using the Landscape Keyboard..............33 Customizing Your Keyboard Settings............33 Messaging ................34 Opening Messaging ..................34 Creating and Sending a Text Message ............34 Creating and Sending a Multimedia Message ..........34 Opening and Viewing a Multimedia Message..........35 Replying to a Message ................36...
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Contents Google Services............... 52 Creating a Google Account ...............52 Gmail ......................53 Hangouts ....................54 Maps......................55 YouTube ....................56 Play Store....................57 Accounts and synchronization..........59 Adding an Account ...................59 Deleting an Account..................59 Turning on data synchronization ...............60 Changing an Account's Synchronization Settings ........60 Using Other Applications............
Read Before Proceeding • Read Before Proceeding 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.
Read Before Proceeding 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. Keep your mobile phone and its accessories away from children. Do not allow children to use your mobile phone without guidance.
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Your phone at a glance Thank you for choosing the HUAWEI smartphone. First, let's take a look at a few basics: Press and hold the power button to power on your phone. After your phone is powered up, you can use the power button to turn the screen off and on.
Getting Started Preparing your phone Your phone supports only micro-SIM cards. Other sizes may not work properly. Contact your service provider to replace or purchase a new card. Power off your phone before installing or removing the micro-SIM card. The dimensions (L x W) of a standard micro-SIM card is 15 mm x 12 mm (0.59 in. x 0.47 in.).
Getting Started Charging the battery Your phone is shipped with the battery partially charged. It is recommended that you fully charge the battery before using it for the first time. Insert the battery Close the battery cover Charge the battery...
Getting Started Key Functions at Your Fingertips •Press and hold to power on your mobile phone. •When your mobile phone is powered on, press and hold this button to display the options menu. You can then Power Key choose to power off the phone or perform shortcut operations.
Getting Started • When the battery power is low, the phone will alert you and display a message. When the battery power is almost exhausted, your phone will power off automatically. Power Saving Tips The longevity of battery power depends on the network to which you connect, and how you use your mobile phone.
Getting Started 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 •...
Getting Started Using the Touchscreen 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. For example, to open the options menu for the active screen, touch and hold the screen until the menu appears.
Getting Started Locking and Unlocking the Screen 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. Unlocking the Screen 1.
Getting Started Home Screen Notifications bar: 10:23 Displays the reminders and status icons of your phone. Flick down to open the notifications panel. Display area: Shows the operation and display areas of your phone. Touch to view all your applications. Shortcuts 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.
Getting Started Call muted Charging battery Battery full Battery extremely low Call in progress Missed call Alarm enabled New mail from Gmail Problem with text or New text message multimedia message delivery New chat message New email New voicemail Connected to a PC Open Wi-Fi network Connected to a Wi-Fi available...
Getting Started 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. 2. On the panel, you can: • Touch a notification to open the corresponding application. •...
Getting Started Removing an Icon from the Home Screen 1. Touch and hold an item on the Home screen that you want to remove until your mobile phone vibrates. 2. Without lifting your finger, drag the item to the trash can. Wait until the item and the trash can turn red.
Getting Started Changing the Theme 1. On the home screen, touch > Themes. 2. Select a theme and touch APPLY to apply it. Applications and Widgets 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.
Getting Started 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. 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.
Calling • 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.
Calling Using Voice Dialing Calls can be placed using voice dialing. When you open the voice dialing application, your phone's speaker will be enabled. Background noise will affect the accuracy of voice dialing. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Voice Dialer.
Calling Rejecting an Incoming Call Drag to the left to reject the call. You can also drag to the message icon to reject the call and send a message to the caller. Other Operations During a Call 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.
Calling 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 2.
People • People The People 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. Opening the People Application On the Home screen, touch >...
People Adding a Contact 1. In the contact list, touch 2. From the screen displayed, create a contact in your mobile phone, SIM card or your account. Add a new account if you do not have one. 3. Enter the contact's name, and then add detailed information such as phone numbers.
People Communicating with Your Contacts 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 viewed in your contacts list.
People Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts You can back up contacts from your phone to a microSD card, or synchronize phone contacts with a server using your Google account. Using a microSD Card to Back Up Contacts Backing Up Contacts 1.
People You can add only contacts saved in the phone memory to a group. Editing a Group You can always make changes to the information you have saved for a group. 1. In the groups list, touch the group that you want to edit, and then touch >...
People 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. Contacts stored in the SIM card cannot be joined.
Text Input • Text Input Displaying the Keyboard To enter text, use the onscreen keyboard. The keyboard is displayed automatically when you run certain applications. If not, touch a text field to open the keyboard. Touch to hide the keyboard. Choosing an Input Method 1.
Text Input The keyboard layout may vary slightly depending on the field where you are entering text. The previous figure is provided for your reference only. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > > Language & input > Google keyboard, then touch Voice input key to turn on or turn off voice input.
Text Input Editing text Learn how to select, cut, copy, and paste text on your phone. • Select text: Touch and hold the text to bring up . Then drag to select more or less text, or touch Select all to select all text in a text box.
Messaging • Messaging The Messaging application allows you to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) with anyone using an SMS-or-MMS-capable phone. Opening Messaging Messaging to open the message application. On the Home screen, touch > Creating and Sending a Text Message 1.
Messaging 2. Enter a phone number in the To field, or touch to select a contact from People. 3. Touch the composition text box to start composing your message. If you want to enter a smiley, touch , then Insert smiley. 4.
Messaging Replying to a Message 1. In the message list, touch a text or multimedia message thread to open it. 2. Touch the text box to compose your message. Once finished, touch Send. Searching for a Message To find a message quickly: On the messages list screen, touch and enter the message content to search for.
Getting Connected • Getting Connected Mobile Networks Your mobile phone will be automatically configured to use your network operator's 2G/3G/4G service (if available) when you turn on the phone for the first time. Note that the SIM card must be inserted. Checking the Network Connection 1.
Getting Connected 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch the button next to Wi-Fi. Connecting to a Wireless Network 1. After turning on Wi-Fi, touch > Settings > All. 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch Wi-Fi to display the Wi-Fi screen. You will see a list of detected Wi-Fi networks.
Getting Connected Sharing Your Phone's Data Connection as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Settings All. 1. Touch > > 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch More... Tethering & Mobile > Hotspot. 3. Touch Configure Mobile Hotspot. 4. Name the Wi-Fi hotspot. 5.
Getting Connected traffic reaches the red line, your phone's mobile networks data connection will be disabled. • Scroll the white time axis to view data usage within a certain period. • Touch an application to check its data usage. Browser Your mobile phone comes with an Internet browser pre-installed.
Getting Connected Opening a Webpage 1. In a browser window, touch the URL field at the top of the screen. 2. Use the keyboard to enter a webpage address. You can touch to enter the web page address by voice. 3.
Getting Connected 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, or even transfer photos from your phone to your PC.
Getting Connected 1. Ensure that the Bluetooth function on your mobile phone is enabled. 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch Bluetooth.Your mobile phone will then scan for Bluetooth devices in range. 3. From the list of found devices, touch the device you want to pair your mobile phone with.
Email • Email Your mobile phone also puts email at your fingertips. With your phone's Email application, you can use your email account with Yahoo!, AOL, or other popular email services on your phone. Adding an Email Account When using the Email application for the first time, you must configure an email account.
Email Saving an Email Attachment 1. On the Inbox screen, touch the email message you want to view. 2. Touch the attachment tab to display the attachment. 3. Touch SAVE to download the attachment. After being downloaded, the attachment is saved in the Download folder on the microSD card.
Email Changing Email Account Settings You can change a number of account settings, including the email checking frequency, new mail notification method, and details about the account's email sending and receiving servers. Your account's incoming and outgoing settings depend on the kind of email service you are using.
Entertainment • 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. 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.
Entertainment Viewing Your Photos 1. After taking a photo, a thumbnail of the photo you have just taken is shown in the lower right corner of the capture screen. Touch the thumbnail to view the photo. 2. Touch the onscreen buttons for the following functions: •...
Entertainment 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.
Entertainment Enjoying Music Before you using music player, you must copy music files from your computer to the microSD card. Once you have done this, the player will search for music on the microSD card. After the search is complete, you will be able to view all available music files in the music library.
Entertainment Adding Music to a Playlist 1. Touch a category on the music library screen. 2. In the list that appears, select the song you want to add to the playlist. 3. Touch > Add to playlist in the options menu. •...
Google Services • 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 Hangouts, Gmail, or Play Store, and you will be prompted to sign in to your Google account.
Google Services 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.
Google Services 3. Do one of the following: • If you selected 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.
Google Services 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 >...
Google Services Opening Maps On the Home screen, touch > Maps to open the application. Searching for Places of Interest 1. On the map, touch 2. Enter the place you want to search for in the search box, and then touch the Search icon.
Google Services 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. Sharing a Video From the video list on the YouTube screen, select a video clip and touch share the video.
Google Services Uninstalling an Application 1. On the Play Store screen, touch > My apps. 2. Touch the application you want to uninstall, and then touch UNINSTALL. 3. When prompted, touch OK to remove the application from your mobile phone.
Accounts and synchronization • Accounts and synchronization You can synchronize data on your phone, such as contacts, emails, and events, to and from the web. Adding an Account 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > All. 2. In the ACCOUNTS area, touch Add account. 3.
Accounts and synchronization Turning on data synchronization 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > All. 2. In the ACCOUNTS area, touch Email. 3. Select the account you wish to synchronize. 4. Touch Sync Email to turn on data synchronization. You can touch >...
Using Other Applications • Using Other Applications Backup Backup lets you back up your important data and restore them after a system upgrade or reset. Backing up data to local storage Backup. 1. On the home screen, touch > 2. Touch Back up to SD card. 3.
Using Other Applications Calendar Calendar enables you 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. Opening Calendar On the Home screen, touch >...
Using Other Applications Setting Synchronization and Display 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. (Calendars for accounts you have configured not to synchronize Calendar events are not included in the list.) 1.
Using Other Applications Moving or Copying a File 1. On the File Manager screen, touch Internal or SD card. 2. Touch and hold the file you wish to cut or copy. 3. From the displayed option menu, choose Cut or Copy. 4.
Using Other Applications Viewing Your Memory Status On the File Manager screen, touch to open the options panel, and then touch Storage. The memory management screen will be displayed. This screen allows you to view the memory status and available memory on your mobile phone and microSD card.
Using Other Applications Using the World Clock 1. On the Home screen, touch > Clock then the World clock tab. 2. Touch Add world clock. 3. Touch a city from the city list, or touch the search box and enter a city name. 4.
Using Other Applications 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. Notes Notes features a simple text processor. In the note list, you can add, edit, and delete notes.
Managing Your Mobile Phone • Managing Your Mobile Phone To configure your mobile phone, touch > Settings > All. Setting the Date and Time By default, your phone relies on the network-based date and time. You can also manually set the date and time. 1.
Managing Your Mobile Phone • Touch Sleep to set a screen timeout period. If idle for the specified period of time, your phone automatically locks its screen to save battery power. • Touch Font size to change the display font size. Setting Ringers 1.
Managing Your Mobile Phone Turning on Data Roaming 1. On the Settings screen, touch Mobile networks. 2. Select the Data roaming check box. Accessing data services while roaming may incur additional charges. Ask your wireless service provider about data roaming fees. Disabling the Data Service 1.
Managing Your Mobile Phone 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.
Managing Your Mobile Phone • After you have entered the wrong pattern twenty times, you will be taken directly to the Google account interface. After you have entered your Google account password, you will be able to reset the unlock pattern. Managing Applications Viewing an Installed Application 1.
Managing Your Mobile Phone 1. On the Settings screen, touch Backup & reset. 2. Select the Back up my data check box. 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.
Glossary • Glossary Accessing widgets 18 Add a bookmark 41 Add a favorite contact 26 Add a new screen item 16 Add a slideshow 35 Add an account 59 Add an alarm 65 Add an email account 44 Add music to a playlist 51 Adjust the speech rate 70 Advanced panel 67 Airplane mode 11...
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Glossary Connect a Bluetooth device 42 Connect to a wireless network 38 Controlling data usage 39 Copy a file 64 Copy music to the microSD card 50 Copyright 3 Create a folder 63 Create a Google account 52 Create a group 28 Create a multimedia message 34 Create a text message 34 Create an email 53...
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Glossary Forward an email 53 Free up your phone memory 72 Get directions 56 Import contacts from a SIM card 25 Import regulations 5 Important information about the battery 9 Inserting a Micro-SIM card 7 Install an application 57 Landscape keyboard 33 Library screen 50 Lock the screen 13 Make a call from the contacts 20...
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Glossary Open the notifications panel 16 Open your camera 47 Pair a Bluetooth device 42 Permissions 3 Play music 50 Portable Wi-Fi hotspot 39 Power off your mobile phone 11 Power on your mobile phone 10 Privacy Policy 5 Protect your phone with a numeric pin 71 Protect your phone with a screen lock 71 Record a video 48 Remove a screen item 17...
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Glossary Send an email message 45 Send files via Bluetooth 43 Separating contacts 30 Set a home page 41 Set an event reminder 62 Set notifications for new instant messages 55 Set the date and time 68 Set up your mobile phone 11 Share a video 57 Share data connection via USB 38 Start a chat 54...
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Glossary View a multimedia message 35 View a picture 49 View an email message 44 View an installed application 72 View your memory status 65 View your photos 48 View your videos 48 Viewing recently used applications 18 Voice dialing 21...
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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. HUAWEI V100R001_01 Y301-A2...