Introduction Symbols and Definitions The following symbols are used in this document to highlight sections that require special attention: Thank you for choosing the HUAWEI Ascend P1 LTE (HUAWEI U9202L-1) smartphone. Description Additional operation descriptions. Be sure to carefully read the function descriptions, operating instructions, and safety precautions described in this document before using your phone.
Installation • Press and hold to power on your phone. • Press and hold to display the options menu, from Keys and Functions where you can power off the phone and perform some shortcut operations. • Press to lock the screen when your phone is active.
• Touch to return to the Home screen. Removing battery cover Installing USIM card • Touch and hold to view the list of recently used applications. Installing a SIM Card and the Battery Install a SIM card and the battery as shown in the following diagram.
Installing and Removing a microSD Removing battery cover Installing *micro SD card Card Your phone's memory capacity can be expanded by installing a microSD card. For installation instructions, refer to the following diagram. *micro SD card is optional Installing battery Installing battery cover...
Charging the Battery To remove the microSD card: 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings. 2. Touch Storage > Unmount SD card. 3. Remove the battery cover. 4. Remove the battery. Remove the microSD card. 1. Connect your charger to the USB cable provided. 2.
While the battery is charging, the status indicator shows the Important Information About the Battery battery level or charging status. • If the phone has not been used for a long time, or the battery • Steady green: The phone is charging and the battery level is is fully depleted, you may not be able to power on your phone high or full.
• If your phone is very low on power, it displays a message. If and touch , or to disable these respective your phone is extremely low on power, it will power off functions. automatically. • Touch Display > Brightness to lower the screen brightness, and touch Sleep to shorten the period until the screen locks.
Getting Started Configuring Your Phone for the First Time Powering Your Phone On or Off A configuration wizard is displayed the first time the phone is powered on. Follow the instructions to configure your phone. • to power it on. If When your phone is off, press and hold •...
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4. Enter and confirm your Google account password, and then Ensure that your phone has an active data connection before touch Next. logging in to your Google account. 5. Set the recovery information to ensure that a security If you already have a Google account, you can touch Sign in on question is asked before account recovery in the event of the the Make it Google screen, and then enter your username and password being forgotten, and then touch Next.
10. When the Use Google location screen appears, select the • Touch Airplane mode to switch to airplane mode. When option for Google's location service, and then touch Next. Airplane mode is activated, all wireless connections on your phone are disabled. 11.
Locking and Unlocking the Screen Touch and hold: Touch and hold on the current screen or the input field to display Locking the Screen the options menu. • To lock the screen when the phone is active, press • If the phone is idle for a specified period of time, the phone automatically locks its screen.
• When the screen is locked, flick to the left or right in the clock area to switch to Music+ controller. • To open certain applications quickly, drag the icon over the corresponding icons. Face Unlock You can set your phone to unlock by recognizing your face. To enable and configure the settings of the Face Unlock application: 1.
Home Screen 3. Ensure that your face is at the centre of the capture screen, and then wait for the phone to capture a photo. After a photo Your phone is preloaded with multiple themes. The screen has been taken, touch Continue. layout varies depending on the theme.
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Notification bar: Displays notifications and status icons. Flick the notification bar downwards to open the notification panel. Display area: The main display area of your phone. Menu key: Touch to open the application list. Shortcuts: Touch to open the corresponding applications.
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Notification and Status Icons Roaming Airplane mode Signal strength No signal Receiving Bluetooth on location data from GPS GPRS network GPRS network connected in use Speaker Alarm enabled activated EDGE network EDGE network connected in use Vibration mode Silent mode 3G network 3G network in connected...
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Open Wi-Fi Call in progress Missed calls Upcoming network event available Call in progress New mail in using a your Gmail Uploading Downloading Bluetooth account headset • Storage location Message not can be changed New message Phone memory sent • Sign-in or full synchronisation New chat...
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Switching Between the Home Screen and Its Synchronising Synchronisation Extensions data failed Flick left or right across the screen to switch between the Home Portable Wi-Fi screen and its extensions. hotspot USB tethering activated Connected to a Select input method Headset SIM card not plugged in...
Changing the Theme Using Auto-rotate Screen If you rotate your phone when browsing a web page, viewing an • > Theme To select a theme, on the Home screen, touch image, or composing a message, the orientation of your screen settings.
Accessing Applications and Widgets • Touch to delete all notifications. • Touch to display the settings screen. To access the application list, on the Home screen, touch Flick upwards to hide the notification panel. From the application list, you can: •...
the shortcut bar, and then drag it to the shortcut bar at the Managing Shortcuts and Widgets bottom of the screen. If there is no available space, a folder will be created for the overlapped icons. • To add a shortcut icon or widget: From the application list, touch and hold an application icon, and then drag it to the Managing Folders on the Home Home screen.
Calling Be careful not to block the microphone or the speaker to avoid affecting the call quality. To make a call, you can manually enter phone numbers on the Making a Call from Contacts dialer, touch a number in your contacts list or call log, or use voice control.
Answering or Rejecting a Call Using Voice Dialing Calls can be placed using voice dialing. When you open the When a call comes in, you can: voice dialing application, your phone's speaker will be enabled. • Answer the call: Drag to the right.
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• Reject the call and send a text message to the caller: Drag • Reject the call: Drag to the left. upwards. On the Phone screen, touch > Settings > Quick responses to edit the message that will be sent.
Operations During a Call : Returns to the Home screen, from where you can use During an active call, you can touch any of the following buttons: other functions. To return to the call screen, open the notification panel and touch Current call. •...
Supplementary Services 2. Enter the phone number of the next participant, or touch to select a phone number. The first participant is Your phone supports multiple supplementary services, automatically placed on hold while this process is carried out. including call forwarding and call waiting. These services are network dependent.
Call Waiting Contact your network operator to subscribe to the voicemail With the call waiting function enabled, your phone plays an alert function and obtain your voicemail number. If required, enable if someone calls you when you are already busy on the phone. the call forwarding function and set all incoming calls to be The caller is also informed that you are busy and is prompted to forwarded to your voicemail inbox.
Contacts If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account to which you want to import the contacts. Creating a Contact People enables you to save and manage contacts on your phone, including such details as your contacts' phone numbers and addresses.
Communicating with a Contact Searching for a Contact Quickly 1. In the contacts list, touch In the contacts list, touch the contact's picture or picture frame (if 2. Enter the first letters of the contact name in the search box. no picture is assigned to the contact) and touch one of the Search results appear as you type.
Deleting a Contact 5. Touch DONE to save the contact group. Editing a Contact Group 1. In the contacts list, select the contact you want to delete, and You can change a contact group at any time. To update the then touch >...
Adding a Contact to a Group You can also separate a contact and assign different Select a group, touch to select the desired contact, and communication methods to the contact. From the contacts list, then touch ADD MEMBERS. select a contact you want to separate, touch Manage joined contacts to display the joined contacts list.
Contacts can also be restored to your phone. To restore Backing Up Your Contacts contacts, in the contacts list, touch > Manage contacts > Import from storage, and then select one or multiple .vcf files 1. In the contacts list, touch >...
Text Input Switching Between Text Input Methods The keyboard layout may vary slightly depending on the input 1. When the keyboard is displayed, open the notification panel. method. Figures in this section are provided for your reference 2. Touch Select input method to select a desired input only.
When the text entry method is for lower-case letters, touch to capitalise the next letter you enter, or touch Using the Huawei Keyboard and hold to capitalise all letters you enter. Slide your finger left or right across the onscreen keyboard to switch between the QWERTY and alphanumeric keyboards.
Using the Android Keyboard • Touch to enter a space. • Touch and hold to switch to another input method. • Touch to switch to voice input. • Touch and hold to go to the Input options screen. Touch to switch to the number and symbol keyboard.
• : Cut the selected content. Touch and hold the text. Drag the On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Language & grab points to select the text you want to cut. Then touch this input. Touch to the right of Android keyboard to display button to cut the selected text.
Using the Landscape Keyboard To use a wider keyboard, turn your phone sideways. Your phone will automatically display the keyboard in landscape mode. To have the phone automatically change its screen orientation, select Auto-rotate screen. Selecting an Input Method To customise the settings of the input method you selected. 1.
Messaging Adding a Slideshow To attach more than one file to your message: 1. On the message editing screen, touch On the Home screen, touch > Messaging to open the message application. 2. Touch Slideshow to start editing the slideshow, or add another presentation slide.
Searching for a Message To find a message quickly: On the messages list screen, touch • You can also touch to edit the slide. and enter the message content to search for. • To replace an image, touch on the slide editing Replace screen.
Using Talk Accepting an Invitation 1. If you have invited someone to chat or if someone has invited Talk is Google's instant messaging service. You can use it to you to chat, the invitation message is displayed in the communicate in real time with other people using Talk on a recipient's or your friends list.
Setting Notifications for New Instant Messages Vibrate • : Select the check box to set your phone to vibrate when you receive an instant message. When you receive an instant message, your phone can play a ringtone, vibrate, or display a notification icon. Logging Out of Talk >...
Data Connection services while roaming may incur additional charges. Contact your network operator for details about data roaming charges. • Access point settings have been configured on your phone. Note that changing these settings may prevent you from accessing the Turning On Mobile Data Services Internet.
4. Select the desired Wi-Fi network. If you select a secured Before connecting your device to a Wi-Fi hotspot, ensure that network, enter the password when prompted. the Wi-Fi hotspot supports the WPS function. Using the WPS Button • If Wi-Fi and mobile network are both enabled, your phone 1.
Sharing Your Phone's Data WPS PIN Connection Connection 1. Enable Wi-Fi, and then go to the Wi-Fi screen. In the Wi-Fi network list, touch the hotspot you want to connect to. To share your phone's data connection with a PC, connect your 2.
Sharing Your Phone's Data Connection as a • You cannot share your phone's data connection via Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot USB tethering and access its microSD card as a mass storage device at the same time. 1. On the Home screen, touch >...
Controlling Data Usage On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Data usage to configure the data usage settings: With Data usage, you can set a data usage cycle and the mobile data limit for this period. You will be notified when data usage reaches the set limit.
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Drag the red line to set a data usage limit or the Touch Mobile Data to turn on or off the mobile data orange line to set a warning limit. When data traffic function. The mobile data function must be turned on reaches the yellow line, you will be notified;...
• View Wi-Fi data usage: Select the Show Wi-Fi usage 2. In the WIRELESS & NETWORKS section, touch the switch check WI-FI tab is displayed. Touch to tab to view Wi-Fi on the right of Bluetooth, and a Bluetooth icon will be box, and a data usage.
From the detected Bluetooth device list, select the desired 2. On the Home screen, touch > Settings. device. 3. In the WIRELESS & NETWORKS section, touch DLNA Bluetooth. Your phone will then scan for other Bluetooth devices within range. Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) enables users using the 4.
Email/Gmail 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to configure the account settings. Configure the email account based on the instructions provided Email by your email service provider. For specific settings, access the website of your email service provider. With Email, you can easily send and receive emails. 4.
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Creating and Sending an Email You can also touch to view more folders. 1. On the Inbox screen, touch Saving an Email Attachment 2. In the To field, enter the recipient's email address. 1. In your Inbox, touch the email you want to view. 3.
Opening Gmail Customising Email Account Settings On the Home screen, touch > Gmail. The email list is 1. On the Inbox screen, touch > Settings to display the displayed. Any emails you keep on your phone will be stored in account settings screen.
2. In the To field, enter recipients' email addresses. 2. Touch to reply. You can also touch , then Reply all or Forward. If you want to copy or blind copy the email to other recipients, Add Cc/Bcc touch , then 3.
continue. Customising Your Gmail Settings Installing an Application from Play Store In the email list, touch > Settings to customise your Gmail settings. 1. Open the Play Store application. Managing Applications 2. Touch a category, then the application you want to download. 3.
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After the application has been downloaded and installed on • You can search for a desired application in Play Store your phone, the content download icon appears in the notification bar. by touching • On the application details screen, touch to share the application.
Installing an Application from a Touch , then Select all or Deselect all to select or deselect microSD Card all applications. Touch > Install to install the selected application. Using AppInstaller, you can install an application stored on a microSD card. Viewing and Uninstalling To install an application that was not downloaded from Android Applications...
Browser Managing Bookmarks Adding a Bookmark Browsing a Web Page 1. Launch the browser, and go to the web page you want to save as a bookmark. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Browser to launch the 2. Touch >...
On the BOOKMARKS screen, you can also touch the HISTORY tab to view the pages you have visited or touch the SAVED PAGES tab to view saved pages. Setting the Home Page 1. In a browser window, touch > Settings > General > Set homepage.
Maps Opening Maps On the Home screen, touch > Maps. Maps enables you to find your current location, view real-time Searching for Places of Interest traffic conditions (depending on availability in your area), and get detailed directions to your destinations. You can view satellite images, traffic maps, or other kinds of maps of your 1.
Getting Directions 1. When viewing a map, touch 2. Enter your start point in the first text box and your destination in the second. 3. Touch the icon for driving, public transport, or walking directions. 4. Touch GET DIRECTIONS. Directions are displayed in a list. 5.
Capturing Photos and Camera Mode Videos Your phone supports various capture modes and picture effects, with which you can take a photo, record a video, and share the photos and videos. Camera On the Home screen touch > Camera to activate the camera.
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Touch to display the options menu as follows: Switch between camera and video capture modes. • : Switch the picture mode. • Touch to take a photo. • : Select a filtering mode. • Touch and hold to focus the camera, and then release •...
You can then touch the thumbnail in the lower right corner of the Taking a Photo viewfinder screen to view the photo you just took. When viewing 1. Open the camera and frame the photo you want to take on a picture, you can: the viewfinder screen.
To save location information with your photos, enable the GPS Video Camera Mode location function on your phone. To do so, on the Home screen touch , and select the > Settings > Location services check box. satellites Video Camera On the Home screen touch >...
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Touch to display the options menu as follows: Switch between camera and video camera modes. • : Set the video size. Touch to start recording. • : Adjust the white balance. Thumbnail of the previous recording. Touch to view • : Select a video effect.
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Recording a Video • Touch > Delete to delete a video. • Flick left or right across the screen to switch between videos. 1. Open Camera and switch to video camera mode. Customise the video capture settings if necessary. When you are customising the settings, the image displayed on the viewfinder screen changes accordingly.
Gallery 2. On the picture editing screen, you can: Your Gallery application is a great tool for managing photos and videos. Viewing Photos or Videos 1. On the Home screen touch > Gallery to open the media library. In Gallery, touch the desired folder to view its contents.
Rotating a Picture 1 Save the changes. 1. When viewing a picture, touch to display the options 2 Undo the last step or redo the cancelled step. menu. Touch Rotate Left or Rotate Right. The picture will be saved 3 Crop or rotate the picture, or remove red eye. with the new orientation.
Music Player Adding an Audio File to a Playlist 1. Choose a tab from the media library. With a built-in music player, your phone enables you to play 2. Touch and hold the audio file you want to add to a playlist, your favorite songs at any time.
Playing a Playlist 1. On the media library screen, touch the Playlists tab. 2. Touch and hold the playlist you want to play. From the displayed menu, touch Play. Playing an Audio File 1. Select a tab on the media library screen. 2.
Copying an Audio File Activate or deactivate the Dolby Mobile sound effect. Audio files can be copied to a microSD card using MTP and Display the playlist. HiSuite, or by setting your phone as a mass storage device and transferring files from your PC using a USB connection. Progress slider, showing the playback progress of Copying an Audio File Using MTP the current song.
Copying Audio Files to USB Mass Storage You can access files saved in the phone memory and on the microSD card from the PC and copy music to the microSD Devices card. Before using this function, ensure that a microSD card is correctly installed.
Accounts and 3. Configure the account, and set the type of data you want to synchronise. Synchronisation 4. When the configuration is complete, the account is displayed on the Accounts & sync screen. You can use certain applications to synchronise data such as The types of data you can set to synchronise to your phone contacts and emails with Internet services.
Synchronising Data On the Accounts & sync screen, enable the account synchronisation function, and your phone will synchronise your data in the background automatically. Changing the Account Synchronisation Settings 1. On the Accounts & sync screen, choose the account whose synchronisation settings you want to change. 2.
More Applications your phone blocks calls and messages from contacts on the blacklist or accepts only calls and messages from contacts on the whitelist. Security Guard • To define your private contacts and view records of messages and calls from or to them, touch Privacy center. Security Guard is integrated with your phone to provide •...
3. In the BACKUP CONTENTS section, select the data you • To specify whether to enable or disable Enable service at want to back up. phone startup > Settings > Enable service at , go to 4. Touch BACKUP to back up the data you have selected. phone startup.
Backing Up Data Quickly • Restore: Restore an application you have previously backed 1. On the All Backup screen, touch Quick backup. • Manage: Manage an application you have previously 2. A dialog box is displayed, showing data that can be backed backed up.
Creating an Event Customising Calendar Settings 1. Open the calendar application, touch , and then select On the Home screen, touch Calendar, then > Settings to customise your calendar settings. New event from the displayed options menu. Setting an Event Reminder You can also touch any date on the screen to create an event on that date.
Synchronising and Displaying Calendar Events On the Home screen, touch > File Manager to open the File Manager screen. Calendar events in your accounts (such as an email account) on your phone can be synchronised to and displayed on the Creating a Folder Calendar application.
Files and folders can be compressed into .zip files, but can be Touch > Select item(s) to select multiple files, and then extracted from both .zip and .rar files. touch to copy or cut the files. Compressing a File Searching for a File File Manager 1.
Extracting a File 2. To set the alarm time, touch Time. 1. Touch and hold the compressed file you want to extract, 3. To set the alarm to repeat on certain days, touch Repeat and Extract and then choose from the displayed options set the desired intervals.
Using the Calculator To delete one or multiple notes, touch on the notes screen. To delete all notes, touch SELECT ALL. > Calculator 1. On the Home screen, touch Weather Clock 2. On the calculator screen, flick your finger left or right Advanced across the screen to switch between the You can use Weather Clock to check the date and time at...
Adding a City screen, touch > Refresh or to update the current city's weather. On the Weather Clock screen, touch > Add city to add a You can also set your phone to update Weather Clock city. automatically: When using Weather Clock, you can add up to four additional 1.
FM Radio Touch to send weather information to the recipient. FM Radio The built-in FM radio enables you to listen to radio on your phone. Because the application uses the headset as its antenna, connect the headset to the phone before using the application.
Opening YouTube Tune the radio to the next station. On the Home screen, touch > YouTube. Access the station list. Searching for a Video Turn the FM radio on or off. 1. On the YouTube screen, touch 2. Enter appropriate keywords in the search box, and then Activate or deactivate the speaker.
Configuring Phone Settings 4. Touch Set time, then to adjust the time. Touch Set. 5. Touch Select time zone, and then select a desired time On the Home screen, touch > Settings to configure your zone from the list. Scroll down to view more time zones. phone settings.
The volume can also be adjusted as follows: • Wallpaper: Change the background picture of the Home screen. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Volumes. • Auto-rotate screen: If this function is enabled, when you 2. Drag the slider left to reduce the volume, or drag it right to rotate your phone while browsing a webpage, viewing a increase the volume.
Security Settings 3. Enter the SIM PIN, and then touch OK. To change the SIM PIN, touch Change SIM PIN. Turning On the SIM PIN Setting a Screen Unlock Pattern A Personal Identification Number (PIN) protects your SIM card from unauthorised use. If you incorrectly enter the PIN three To protect your data from unauthorised access, set a screen consecutive times, the PIN will be blocked and the phone unlock pattern and require it to be used every time your screen...
1. On the Settings screen, touch Security > Screen lock > If you have set up a Google account, unlock your screen as PIN. follows if you forget the screen unlock pattern: 2. Enter at least four digits. • If you incorrectly draw the unlock pattern five times, a 3.
2. Touch Reset phone according to the onscreen instructions. Touch Erase everything. The phone is reset to its factory • Back up your personal data before any upgrade. After the settings, and then restarts. upgrade, all personal data will be erased. •...
FAQs How Do I Use a microSD Card to Import Contacts from Another Phone? Your phone supports only contact files in .vcf format. More FAQs are available at www.huaweidevice.com/cn/ 1. Save the contacts you want to import as a .vcf file and faq.do?method=index.
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How Do I Use HiSuite to Import Contacts from Another How Do I Set a Song as a Call Ringtone? Phone? In Music+, touch and hold the song you want to set as the ringtone, and then choose Set as ringtone from the displayed Your phone supports only contact files in .vcf format.
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How Do I Stop the Music Playing in the Background? How Do I Forward a Message? Open the notifications panel, touch the music playing Touch and hold the message you want to forward, and then notification to go to the music playback screen, and then stop choose Forward from the displayed options menu.
Appendix Do not switch on your mobile phone when it is prohibited to use phones or when the phone may cause interference or danger. Safety Precautions Do not use your mobile phone while driving. Please read the safety precautions carefully to ensure the correct use of your mobile phone.
Do not attempt to disassemble your mobile Use only approved batteries and chargers to phone or its accessories. Only qualified avoid the risk of explosions. personnel are allowed to service or repair the phone. Observe any laws or regulations on the use of wireless devices.
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Downloaded third-party applications should be • If you are worried about viruses when you receive messages scanned for viruses. or emails from a stranger, you can delete them without • Install security software or patches released by Huawei or opening them. third-party application providers.
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pacemaker to prevent potential interference with the often, but not always, clearly marked. Such locations include areas below the deck on boats, chemical transfer or storage pacemaker. If you are using a pacemaker, use the device on facilities, and areas where the air contains chemicals or the opposite side of the pacemaker and do not carry the particles such as grain, dust, or metal powders.
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Operating Environment • When you have to make or answer a call, park the vehicle at the road side before using your device. • Do not use or charge the device in dusty, damp, and dirty • RF signals may affect electronic systems of motor vehicles. places or places with magnetic fields.
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Prevention of Hearing Damage information about the availability of approved batteries, chargers, and accessories in your area. Using a headset at high volume can damage your hearing. To reduce the risk of damage to hearing, lower the headset volume Battery and Charger to a safe and comfortable level.
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battery may be short-circuited and may cause injuries and • Do not dispose of batteries in fire as they may explode. burns on your body. Batteries may also explode if damaged. • If battery electrolyte leaks out, ensure that the electrolyte •...
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• Use only the following listed AC Adapters/Power Supplies • Do not place magnetic storage media such as magnetic (HUAWEI Model): HW-050100E3W, HW-050100B3W, cards and floppy disks near the device. Radiation from the HW-050100A3W, HW-050100U3W. device may erase the information stored on them.
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device and the charger. Otherwise, parts of the device may be damaged or a fire can be caused. You can clean the device and the charger with a piece of damp and soft antistatic cloth. • Do not dismantle the device or accessories. Otherwise, the warranty on the device and accessories is invalid and the manufacturer is not liable to pay for the damage.
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Index Answering a Call ......22 Backing up an Application ....76 Backing Up Data on Your Phone .
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Copying a File ......78 DLNA ........48 Copying an Audio File Using HiSuite.
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Locking the Screen ..... . . 11 Playing a Playlist ......69 Logging Out of Talk .
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Saving an Email Attachment ....50 Sharing Weather Information ....82 Searching for a Contact .
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Using the Android Keyboard ....34 Using the Huawei Keyboard ....33 Using the Landscape Keyboard.
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