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  • Page 1 Welcome to HUAWEI HUAWEI C8655 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 ..............23 4.9 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts........23 4.10 Managing Groups ..............24 4.11 Joining and Separating Contacts..........25 4.12 Sending Contacts ..............26 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard..........26 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard............26 5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings..........27 6 Messaging ................27 6.1 SMS and MMS................
  • 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 All Backup................54 11.2 Calendar .................. 54 11.3 File Manager................56 11.4 Clock..................58 11.5 Calculator.................
  • 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

    Third-party service providers provide content and services through network or transmission tools outside of the control of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. To the greatest extent permitted by applicable law, it is explicitly stated that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not compensate or be liable for services provided by third-party service providers, or the interruption or termination of third-party contents or services.
  • 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 and hold . 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

    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. 2.7.1 Notification and Status Icons Signal strength No signal...
  • Page 16: Notification Panel

    Problem with text or New text or multimedia multimedia message message delivery 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...
  • Page 17: Viewing Other Parts Of The Home Screen

    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. You can also open the notification panel from the Home screen: Touch >...
  • Page 18: Customizing The Home Screen

    2.7.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Home Screen Item 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Home screen until the Add to home screen menu is displayed. You can also touch > Add on the Home screen to display the Add to home screen menu.
  • Page 19: Application Screen

    2.7.7 Changing the Wallpaper 1. On the Home screen, touch > Wallpaper. 2. Touch the following menu items to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper: • Gallery • Live wallpapers • Wallpapers 2.7.8 Changing the Theme 1. On the Home screen, touch >...
  • Page 20: Using A Microsd Card

    2.9 Using a microSD Card 2.9.1 Using the microSD Card as a 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 a USB mass storage. 1.
  • Page 21: Making A Call From Contacts

    When you are in a call, you can touch to use other functions. To return to the call screen, flick the notification bar down and touch Current call. Be careful not to block the microphone at the bottom of your phone if you want your voice heard by the other parties in a call.
  • Page 22: 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 23: 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 24: 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 Manage calls.
  • Page 25: Opening The Contacts Application

    4.1 Opening the Contacts Application If you have not yet added any contacts to your mobile phone, Contacts displays a message with hints on how to start adding contacts information. On the Home screen, 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

    4.5 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. On the contact list screen, you can touch a letter on the right to display contacts starting with the touched letter.
  • Page 27: Deleting A Contact

    4.7.2 Communicating with a Contact 1. In the contacts list, touch the contact that you want to communicate with. 2. On the contact’s details screen, touch the icon to the right of the number to call or send messages. 4.8 Deleting a Contact 1.
  • Page 28: Managing Groups

    4.9.2 Using a Google Account to Synchronize Contacts You can synchronize contacts using your Google account. For details, see Changing an Account’s Synchronization Settings. 4.10 Managing Groups 4.10.1 Creating a Group 1. On the Home screen, touch > Contacts. Then flick the tab bar to the left and touch Groups.
  • Page 29: Joining And Separating Contacts

    4.11 Joining and Separating Contacts You may have duplicate contacts if you import contacts by: • Adding an account, such as a Gmail account. • Using other methods, such as exchanging emails. To avoid duplication, join two or more contacts together to form a single contact. Availability of Facebook or Twitter may vary depending on your country or carrier.
  • Page 30: Sending Contacts

    4.12 Sending Contacts You can send contacts as a .vcf file via Bluetooth or Email. 1. In the contacts list, touch 2. Select contacts that you want to send. 3. Touch Send. 4. Select the way you prefer to send the contacts you have selected, for example Bluetooth or Email.
  • Page 31: Customizing Keyboard Settings

    5.1.2 Using the Android Keyboard q w e r t y u i o p a s d f g h j k Touch to delete a character z x c v b n m to the left of the cursor. Touch and hold to delete all ?123 characters to the left of the...
  • 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

    • Touch Add to add a picture, music, or video file. 5. When the message is ready to be sent, touch On the message editing screen, you can also touch , and then select your desired files to add. You can select a media file (music, video or picture) and send it as an attachment in a multimedia message.
  • Page 34: Email

    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. 6.1.7 Customizing Message Settings In the message list, touch , and then touch Settings to customize the message settings.
  • Page 35: Viewing An Email Message

    6.2.2 Viewing an Email Message 1. On the accounts screen, touch the email account you want to use. 2. Access a folder, and then touch the message that you want to view. 6.2.3 Saving an Email Attachment 1. On the accounts screen, touch the email account you want to use. 2.
  • Page 36: Getting Connected

    6.2.7 Changing Email Account Settings You can change a number of account settings, including how often you check for emails, how you are notified of a new mail, and details about the servers the account uses to send and receive mails. Your account’s incoming and outgoing settings depend on the kind of email service you are using.
  • Page 37: Wi-Fi

    7.1.2 Turning on the Data Service 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks. 3. Select the Data enabled check box to turn on the data connection. 7.2 Wi-Fi Wi-Fi gives you wireless access to broadband Internet. To use Wi-Fi on your mobile phone, you must have an access to wireless access points (hotspots).
  • Page 38: Sharing Your Phone's Data Connection

    7.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection You can share your mobile phone's data connection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering. You can share your mobile phone's data connection with a number of devices at the same time, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
  • Page 39: Browser

    7.3.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3. Select the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box to share your data connection. When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is selected, you can touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings to change its network name or secure it.
  • Page 40: Setting A Home Page

    2. Use the keyboard to enter a webpage address. You can touch to enter the web page address by voice. 3. As you enter the address, matching webpage addresses will appear on the screen. If you see the address you want, touch it and go directly to that webpage or complete entering your desired webpage.
  • Page 41: 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, or even transfer photos from your phone to your PC. If you are using Bluetooth, remember to stay within 10 meters (33 feet) of the other Bluetooth devices to which you want to connect.
  • Page 42: 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: 1. Touch and hold the file to be sent in your mobile phone or SD card. The active options menu is displayed.
  • Page 43: Taking A Photo

    Capture Screen Thumbnail of the last photo. Touch to preview the photos or videos. Slide up to record videos; slide down to take photos. Touch to take a photo. Touch to customize the camera settings. On the capture screen, touch to show the capture panel.
  • Page 44: Using The Gallery

    8.1.4 Recording a Video 1. Open the camera application, and then switch it to camcorder mode. 2. If necessary, change the camcorder settings. 3. Frame the scene with which you want to start your video. 4. Touch to start recording a video. 5.
  • Page 45: Dts Envelo

    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. 8.2.3 Rotating a Picture 1.
  • Page 46: Enjoying Music

    8.4 Enjoying Music 8.4.1 Opening the Music Library On the Home screen, touch > Music to open the music library. The music library automatically scans for music stored on your microSD card and displays them in Albums, Songs, Playlists, Folders. Touch More to view music in other ways.
  • Page 47: 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. Playlist screen Back 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 48: Listening To The Fm Radio

    8.4.5 Playing Music in a Playlist 1. In music library, touch Playlists. 2. Touch and hold the playlist you want to play. 3. Touch Play to play the playlist. 8.5 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.
  • Page 49: Creating A Google Account

    Ensure that your mobile phone has an active data connection (3G/GPRS) before you sign in to your Google account. If you already have a Google account, touch Sign in and enter your username and password. 9.1 Creating a Google Account If you do not have a Google account, you can create one: 1.
  • Page 50: Creating And Sending An Email

    9.2.2 Switching Between Accounts 1. In the mail list, touch , and then touch Accounts. 2. Touch the account that contains the email you want to read. 9.2.3 Creating and Sending an Email 1. In the mail list, touch , and then touch Compose. 2.
  • Page 51: Talk

    9.2.6 Customizing Your Gmail Settings In the mail list, touch , and then touch More > Settings to customizing your Gmail. 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 >...
  • Page 52: Maps

    friends list, and then touch . Then touch Settings. Now choose from one of the following: Select the check box to receive a notification on the Notifications notification bar when you receive an instant message. Touch to choose the ringtone used for a new instant message.
  • Page 53: Youtube

    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. 3. Your search results will then be displayed. Touch a place you are interested in and the application will show where it is on the map.
  • Page 54: Play Store

    9.6 Play Store Play Store provides direct access to applications and games which you can download and install on your phone. 9.6.1 Opening Play Store 1. On the Home screen, touch > Play Store. 2. When you open Play Store for the first time, the Google Play Terms of Service window will appear.
  • Page 55: Synchronizing Information

    Applications, and then select the Unknown sources check box to allow installation of the non-Play Store application. 9.6.4 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.
  • Page 56: Adding An Exchange Account

    1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Accounts & sync. The screen displays your current synchronization settings and a list of your current accounts. In some cases, you may need to obtain account details from IT support. For example, you may need to know the account’s domain or server address.
  • Page 57: Customizing Your Account Synchronization

    1. On the Accounts & sync settings screen, touch the account to be deleted. 2. Touch Sign Out. 3. Confirm that you want to remove the account. 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization You can configure background data use and synchronization options for all the applications on your phone.
  • Page 58: Using Other Applications

    3. Select the items you want to synchronize from the list. Your phone will automatically synchronize the selected items. 11 Using Other Applications 11.1 All Backup You can back up data using All Backup, which provides the following options: Backup to SD, Restore from SD, and Quick Backup. 11.1.1 Backing Up data by using Backup to SD 1.
  • Page 59: Creating An Event

    11.2.2 Creating an Event 1. In any calendar view, touch , and then touch 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. Enter the event name. •...
  • Page 60: File Manager

    2. Touch the icon next to a calendar to change whether it is synchronized and whether it is displayed. You remain subscribed to Calendars that you configure not to store on the phone and can still work with them with Google Calendar on the web, or using other calendar services.
  • Page 61: Searching For A File

    4. Touch Save. 11.3.3 Moving or Copying a File 1. On the File Manager screen, touch to show the options panel, and then touch Multiselect. 2. Touch the file or folder you want to move or copy. When a file or a folder is selected, a check mark will appear.
  • Page 62: Clock

    2. Select the files or folders you want to compress. When a file is selected, a check mark will appear. To select or unselect all files, touch Select all or Unselect all. 3. Touch Compress. 4. Edit the save path and the name of the target file, and then touch OK to start compressing the files and folders.
  • Page 63: Calculator

    Adding an Alarm 1. On the alarm list screen, touch Add alarm. 2. Set the alarm, and then touch Done. Setting an Alarm 1. On the alarm list screen, touch one of the alarms on the screen. 2. Touch Time to set the time of the alarm. 3.
  • Page 64: Weather Clock

    2. Touch , and then touch Add note to create a note. 3. Touch > OK to save the note. 11.7 Weather Clock You can use Weather Clock to check the date and time of cities around the world, to get the latest weather of any city in any time and to share weather information with others.
  • Page 65: Managing Your Mobile Phone

    2. Select a city from the Popular cities list, or search for another city by entering its name in the search field. 11.7.4 Sharing Weather Information 1. On the weather clock screen, touch > Share weather. 2. Enter a phone number or a contact's name in the To field, or touch to select a Contacts or Groups.
  • Page 66: Setting The Display

    12.2 Setting the Display 12.2.1 Adjusting the Screen Brightness 1. On the Settings screen, touch Display > Brightness. If you want to adjust the screen brightness manually, first clear the Automatic brightness checkbox. 2. Drag the slider left to make the screen darker, or right to make it brighter. 3.
  • Page 67: Setting Phone Services

    12.3.3 Changing the Phone Ringtone 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Phone ringtone. 2. In the displayed list, select an option: • Ringtone: Select a preinstalled ringtone. The ringtone plays when selected. • Music: Select the music stored in the phone or on the microSD card. The music plays when selected.
  • Page 68: Configuring Text-To-Speech

    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 Configuring 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. 12.5.1 Installing Voice Data 1.
  • Page 69: Managing Applications

    3. Your mobile phone will record the pattern. Touch Continue. 4. When prompted, draw the screen unlock pattern again, and then touch Confirm. To change your unlock screen pattern, touch Location & security > Change screen lock. 12.6.2 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Numeric PIN You can set up a numeric PIN to lock your phone.
  • Page 70: Resetting Your Mobile Phone

    it helpful to move large applications off your internal storage, to make more room for other applications that do not offer the option. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Applications > Manage applications. 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.
  • Page 71: Online Update

    data stored on your SD card or on the phone’s internal SD card, which includes files that you have downloaded or copied there, such as music or photos. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Privacy > Factory data reset. 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.
  • Page 72 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 Set a Song As a Phone Ringtone? In Music, touch and hold the song to be set as a ringtone, and then touch Set as ringtone.
  • Page 73 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 >...
  • Page 74 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. V100R001_01...

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