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Page 1: User Guide
User Guide HUAWEI Ascend Y 201 Pro Welcome to HUAWEI... -
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 .............. - Page 3 4.8 Deleting a Contact ..............21 4.9 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts ......... 21 4.10 Managing Groups ..............22 4.11 Joining and Separating Contacts ........... 23 4.12 Sending Contacts ..............24 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard ............24 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard ............24 5.2 Customizing Your Keyboard Settings ........
- Page 4 10 Synchronizing Information .............. 48 10.1 Managing Your Accounts ............48 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization ......50 11 Using Other Applications ..............51 11.1 Calendar ................51 11.2 File Manager ................53 11.3 Clock ..................54 11.4 Calculator ................55 11.5 Notes ..................
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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
® The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is under license. Other trademarks, product, service and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. - 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.
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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
usual after being charged properly, replace the battery with a new one of the same type. • 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. -
Page 12: Using The Touchscreen
If you have protected your mobile phone with a personal identification number (PIN), enter it before using the mobile phone. 2.4.2 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 13: 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 14: Home Screen
2.6.2 Unlocking the Screen 1. Press to wake up the screen. 2. Drag the unlocking icon to the small open lock, the screen is unlocked. 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 message multimedia 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 card notifications... -
Page 17: Viewing Other Parts Of The Home Screen
2. On the panel, you can: • Touch a notification to open the corresponding application. • Touch the cross sign (x) to clear all notifications. Closing the Notification Panel Touch and hold the bottom of the panel. Then flick up to close it. 2.7.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen 10:23 Flick your finger left or right across the Home screen. -
Page 18: Application Screen
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. -
Page 19: Calling
2. Open the notification bar, and then touch USB connected. 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 20: Answering Or Rejecting A Call
3.1.2 Making a Call from People 1. On the Home screen, touch > Phone. 2. Touch to display the contacts saved on your mobile phone. Select a contact to place a call. 3.1.3 Making a Call from the Call Log 1. -
Page 21: Other Operations During A Call
3.2.3 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. 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 22: Using The Call Log
4. To end the conference call and disconnect from everyone, touch 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 2. -
Page 23: People
4 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. -
Page 24: Adding A Contact To Your Favorites
4. Touch DONE to save the contact information. 4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites Select a contact and touch the star on the right of the contact's name. If the icon is highlighted, the contact is in your favorites list. 4.5 Searching for a Contact 1. -
Page 25: Deleting A Contact
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. 4.7.2 Communicating with a Contact 1. -
Page 26: Managing Groups
You can copy the .vcf files backed up on the microSD card to your computer. Restoring Contacts 1. In the contact list, touch > Manage contacts. 2. Touch Import from storage in the displayed menu. If there is more than one .vcf files saved on the microSD card, you can choose to restore one, multiple, or all the of them. -
Page 27: Joining And Separating Contacts
add contacts saved in your SIM/UIM card. 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 the social networking services such as Facebook or Twitter. •... -
Page 28: Sending Contacts
4.12 Sending Contacts You can send contact information as a .vcf file via Bluetooth or Email. 1. Select a contact from the contacts list. 2. Touch > Share. 3. Select your preferred method to send the contacts you have selected, for example Bluetooth or Email. -
Page 29: Customizing Your 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 30: 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 31: Opening And Viewing A Multimedia Message
3. Touch the composition text box to start composing your message. If you want to enter a smiley, touch , then Insert smiley. 4. Perform the following steps to convert a text message into a multimedia message: • Touch > Add subject to add the message subject. Your mobile phone is now in multimedia message mode. -
Page 32: Email
6.1.6 Customizing Message Settings In the message list, touch , and then touch Settings to customize the message settings. 6.2 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. -
Page 33: Saving An Email Attachment
6.2.4 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. -
Page 34: Getting Connected
service you are using. You can enter the necessary details manually, although you may need to contact your email service provider to obtain the correct information. 1. On the Inbox screen, touch > Settings to enter the account configuration screen. 2. -
Page 35: Wi-Fi
If you do not need to access a wireless data network, you can clear the Data enabled check box to save data traffic costs. 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 36 number of devices at the same time, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. 7.3.1 Installing the USB tethering Driver If your computer is running Windows 7 or a recent distribution of some flavors of Linux (such as Ubuntu), you typically do not need to prepare your computer for tethering. But if you are running an earlier version of Windows or another operating system, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB.
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Page 37: Browser
3. Select the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box to share your data connection. When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is selected, you can touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot to change its network name or secure it. 7.4 Browser Your mobile phone comes with an Internet browser pre-installed. 7.4.1 Basic Operations Touch >... -
Page 38: Bluetooth
7.4.3 Setting a Home Page 1. In a browser window, touch 2. Touch Settings > General > Set homepage. 3. Select one page from the list, or touch Other to enter desired homepage's URL, and then touch OK. 7.4.4 Managing Bookmarks You can store as many bookmarks as you want on your mobile phone. -
Page 39: Turning On Bluetooth
7.5.1 Turning On Bluetooth 1. Touch > Settings. 2. On the WIRELESS & NETWORKS screen, touch the button next to Bluetooth. When Bluetooth is turned on, the Bluetooth icon appears in the notification bar. 3. Touch Bluetooth, and your device's Bluetooth name is displayed on the screen. Touch the device name and set your device to be visible to other Bluetooth devices. -
Page 40: Entertainment
2. Touch Share, then Bluetooth to select a paired device. 7.5.4 Disconnecting from or Unpairing with a Bluetooth Device 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch Bluetooth. 3. Navigate to the Paired devices section, and then touch 4. -
Page 41: Taking A Photo
Capture Screen Drag up to take photos, drag down to record videos. Touch to take a photo. Auto Auto Thumbnail of last photo. Touch to preview the photos or videos. Touch to customize the camera settings. 8.1.2 Taking a Photo 1. -
Page 42: 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 43: Enjoying Music
2. Touch the picture to view it in full-screen mode. 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. When viewing a picture, touch to display the operations panel. -
Page 44: Playing Music
8.3.2 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 45: Listening To The Fm Radio
2. Touch and hold the playlist you want to play. 3. Touch Play to play the playlist. 8.4 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 46: Creating A 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. After reading the setup information, touch New. 2. -
Page 47: Creating And Sending An Email
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 2. Enter the message recipient’s email address in the To field. If you are sending the email to several recipients, separate the email addresses with commas. -
Page 48: Talk
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 > Talk to open the application. Your Talk account is based on the Google account you set up with your mobile phone. -
Page 49: Maps
Select the check box to receive a notification on the notification bar when you receive an instant message. notifications Touch to choose the ringtone used for a new instant Notification message. You will hear a short sample of the ringtone when ringtone you select it. -
Page 50: Youtube
9.4.3 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. 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 51: Play Store
9.5.3 Sharing a Video From the video list on the YouTube screen, select a video clip and touch share the video. 9.6 Play Store Android 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. -
Page 52: Synchronizing Information
3. To check the progress of a download, open the notification panel. Most applications are installed within seconds. To stop an application from downloading, touch the cross (×). After the application has been downloaded and installed on your mobile phone, the content download icon appears in the notification bar. -
Page 53: Adding An Account
10.1.1 Adding an Account When you add an account, the People 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 People. While it is presented as a single contact entry, the contact data itself is not merged. -
Page 54: 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. 1. On the Accounts & sync screen, touch the account to be deleted. 2. -
Page 55: Using Other Applications
11 Using Other Applications 11.1 Calendar Use Calendar 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. 11.1.1 Opening Calendar On the Home screen, touch >... -
Page 56: Customizing Calendar Settings
2. Touch the Add reminder button to add a reminder, or touch the reminder’s button to delete an existing reminder. 3. Touch the reminder time, and then, from the list displayed, touch the length of time before the event when you want to be reminded. When the time comes, you will receive a notification about the event. -
Page 57: File Manager
11.2 File Manager File Manager is like having a pocket-sized personal assistant (PA), letting you organize, edit, and delete files and folders. 11.2.1 Opening File Manager On the Home screen, touch > File Manager to open the application. Before performing operations on the SD card list, ensure that a microSD card is inserted. -
Page 58: Clock
6. Touch to return to the file manager screen. 11.2.5 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. -
Page 59: Calculator
11.3.1 Opening the Clock On the Home screen, touch > Clock to open the application. 11.3.2 Opening the Alarms On the Clock screen, touch to open the Alarms. Adding an Alarm 1. On the alarm list screen, touch Add alarm. 2. -
Page 60: Notes
11.5 Notes Notes features a simple text processor. In the note list, you can add, edit, and delete notes. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Notes to open the application. 2. Touch to create a note. 3. Touch to save the note. 11.6 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... -
Page 61: Managing Your Mobile Phone
3. Touch Update interval to set the interval between automatic weather updates. 11.6.3 Changing a City 1. On the weather clock screen, touch > Change city. 2. Select a city from the Popular cities list, or search for another city by entering its name in the search field. -
Page 62: 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 63: 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. • Local music: Select the music stored in the phone or on the microSD card. The music plays when selected. -
Page 64: Configuring Text-To-Speech
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 Adjusting the Speech Rate 1. On the Settings screen, touch Language & input > Text-to-speech output > Speech rate. -
Page 65: Managing Applications
12.6.3 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Numeric PIN You can set up a numeric PIN to lock your phone. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Security > Screen lock > PIN. 2. Enter at least four characters. 3. Touch Continue. 4. -
Page 66: Resetting Your Mobile Phone
The Move to phone 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. Touch Move to phone to move the application back to the phone’s internal storage. 12.7.4 Ways to Free Up Your Mobile Phone Memory •... -
Page 67: Online Update
12.9 Online Update Your mobile phone has pre-installed the online update function. When there is new software available, the version information appears and prompts you to update. You can also touch Settings > About phone > Online update to check whether the new software is available. - Page 68 How Do I Disable Automatic Change of Screen Orientation When Rotating My Phone? On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Display, and then clear the Auto- rotate screen check box to disable this function. How Do I Set an Unlock Pattern? On the Home screen, touch >...
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