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Safety Precautions Before using the phone, please read the safety precautions carefully and let your children know these, so that you can use your phone correctly and safely. For details, see “Warnings and Precautions”. Do not switch on your phone when phone use is prohibited or when phone use may cause interference or danger.
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Do not place magnetic storage media near your phone. Radiation from the phone may erase the information stored on them. Do not put your phone in a high-temperature place or use it in a place with flammable gas such as a gas station.
Table of Contents 1 Getting to Know Your Phone ......1 Phone and Accessories ........1 General Conversions ...........1 Your Phone .............3 2 Getting Started ............8 Installing and Removing the Battery ....8 Inserting and Removing the UIM Card ..11 3 Functions ...............15 Powering On and Off Your Phone ....15...
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Entering Text in Hindi .........24 Entering Numbers ..........25 Entering Symbols ..........25 5 Short Message Service ........26 Creating a Message ...........26 Inbox ..............27 Outbox ..............28 Draftbox ..............28 Voice Mail .............29 Deleting All ............29 Settings ..............30 6 Phonebook ............32 Searching a Contact ..........32 Adding a Contact ..........32...
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7 Call Records ............37 Missed Calls ............37 Answered Calls ...........37 Dialed Calls ............38 Clearing Records ..........38 Call Duration ............38 8 Extras ..............39 Alarms ..............39 Calendar ...............40 Calculator .............40 Stopwatch .............41 Time Zone ............42 Games ..............42 9 Sound ..............43 Adjusting Volume ..........43 Setting Alert Mode ..........43...
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Setting Other Tones ...........45 10 Settings ..............46 Display ..............46 Time ...............48 Call .................49 Language ..............53 Security ..............53 Restoring ..............56 11 Troubleshooting ..........58 12 Warnings and Precautions ......60...
1 Getting to Know Your Phone Phone and Accessories Before using your phone, check the package for the following items: C3300 phone Travel charger Li-ion battery C3300 CDMA Mobile Phone User Manual After-sales Service Manual Warranty Card General Conversions Operation Conventions Action Description Press and Press a key for two or three seconds.
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GUI Conventions Convention Description The name of an item appear on the phone display Boldface are in boldface. For example, Messages. Multi-level menus are spearated by a rightward arrow. For example, Menu > Messages indicates > the Messages submenu under Menu. Symbols Eye-catching symbols are used in this manual to highlight the points worthy of special attention during the operation.
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Front Veiw Earpiece LCD screen Up key Left soft key Right soft key Right key Left key Send key Power key Down key Alphanumeric keys Star key Hash key Microphone Charger connector...
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Key Description Description Press it to make or answer a call. Send key In the standby mode, press it to access the Call Record menu. Press it to power on or off your phone. Press it to end a call. End key Press it to reject a call.
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Description In the standby mode, press them to enter a phone number. During the editing, press them to enter letters, Alphanumeric keys numbers or symbols. For items with a number prefix, press the numeric key to select a corresponding item. In the standby mode, press it to create a new message.
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Icon Description Icon Description Network signal strength. Outside the network service area. Alarm clock on. Call privacy set. Phone lock set. Voice mail received. Vibration on. Silence on. New message received. Urgent or high urgent message received. Roaming. Battery level.
2 Getting Started Installing and Removing the Battery Your phone is powered by the Li-ion battery. Use the battery approved by Huawei only. Handle the battery with care. Installing the Battery 1. Press and slide the back cover away.
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2. Install the battery into the battery compartment. 3. Slide the back cover back.
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Removing the Battery 1. Press and hold the End key to power off your phone. 2. Press and slide the back cover away. 3. Take out the battery.
Inserting and Removing the UIM Card A UIM card tracks subscriptions you subscribe to and contacts. Insert a UIM card into your phone before use. Inserting the UIM Card 1. Power off your phone 2. Remove the battery. 3. Slide the UIM card into the cardholder. Make sure that the golden contact of it is facing the connectors in the cardholder.
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To avoid damage to a UIM card or its golden contact, do not scratch or bend the UIM card when using, inserting or removing it. Charging Use the travel charger delivered with the C3300 phone. Unapproved charger may cause explosion. 1. Install the battery.
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2. Connect the plug of the travel charger to the charger connector of your phone. 3. Connect the power cord of the travel charger to the power socket. 4. After the charge completes, disconnect the travel charger from the power socket and your phone.
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Caution: To avoid damage to your phone or the charger, connect or disconnect the charger with care. To avoid damage to your phone or the charger, do not charge your phone when the battery is not installed. Do not use damaged or worn out batteries or damaged charger.
3 Functions Powering On and Off Your Phone Powering On When your phone is off, press and hold the Power key to power on it. Powering Off In the standby mode, press and hold the Power key to power off it. Making a Call Through the Keypad 1.
From a Message 1. Press the Right key to access Inbox. 2. Select a message. 3. Select View > Options > Call to dial. Speed Dialing Press and hold 2 to 9 to speed dial a contact. For details, see "Speed Dial" on page 31 Making an International Call 1.
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you have save the phone number of the incoming call as a contact to the phonebook, your phone displays the name and the phone number. Otherwise, you phone only displays the phone number. The caller ID display is network dependent. &...
Available Options During a Call During a call, you can: Adjust the earpiece volume Switch between the handsfree and handheld mode Set the voice privacy Mute the call View the phonebook Send a message Adjusting Volume Press the Up or Down key to adjust the earpiece volume. Handsfree 1.
2. Select the voice privacy level. You can select Standard or Enhanced. For details, see "Privacy" on page Short Message 1. Press the left soft key to select Messages. 2. Press the left soft key to access Messages to use the function.
4 Text Entry Input Modes You can enter English and Hindi characters, numbers, and symbols on your phone. The following input modes are available: : Upper case/Initial capital/Lower case English input mode : Upper case/Initial capital/Lower case predictive English input mode : Hindi input mode Predictive Hindi input mode 123: Number input mode...
Alternatively, you can press Down to move the cursor to the next space. Example: To enter "HUAWEI", do as follows: 1. Switch to the upper case mode 2. Press 4 twice to enter the letter "H".
3. Press 8 twice to enter the letter "U". 4. Press 2 once to enter the letter "A". 5. Press 9 once to enter the letter "W". 6. Press 3 twice to enter the letter "E". 7. Press 4 three times to enter the letter "I". Entering Text in Predictive Input Mode In the mode, you can press and hold...
Hindi Input Mode Hindi characters are based on the Devanagari script. It consists of independent vowel characters, dependent vowel signs, and consonants. Key 1 corresponds to independent vowels; keys 3 and 9 correspond to dependent vowel signs; keys 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 correspond to consonants.
Entering Text in Hindi The Hindi input mode is a Multitap mode. To type a character associated with a key, you must tap the key a multiple number of times, until you get the desired character. The following example illustrates how to enter text in the Hindi input mode.
To type , do as follows: 1. Press # to switch to the Hindi input mode 2. Press 8 eight times to type 3. Press 3 four times to type . 4. Press 2 twice to type 5. Press 8 five times to type 6.
5 Short Message Service You can use your phone to send and receive messages. Creating a Message Create a message to send it to a phone number or contact. 1. Select Menu > Messages > White Message. Also, you can press the Up key to access White Message. 2.
5. After selecting a contact, you can press the Send key to send the message. Alternatively, you can press the left soft key to select Option to select: Ø Send to send the message. Ø Add to add more contacts. Ø...
Ø Save Number to save the sender's phone number to the phonebook. Ø Add to Name to add the sender's phone number to a contact in the phonebook. 4. After reading the message, press the right soft key to return to the previous menu. Outbox The outbox saves sent messages.
3. When reading the draft, press the left soft key to select Options to select: Ø Edit to edit the draft. Ø Send to send the draft. Ø Delete to delete the draft. 4. Press the right soft key to return to the previous menu. Voice Mail The voice mail function is network dependent.
Inbox to delete all messages in the inbox. Outbox to delete all messages in the outbox. Draftbox to delete all drafts in the draftbox. All to delete all messages and drafts. Settings Select Menu > Messages > Settings to access Settings. You can set Voice Mail No., Call Back No., Memory Status, Delivery ACK, Phrase, Signature and Statistic.
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You phone can save up to 80 messages. The UIM card capacity decides how many messages it can save. Delivery Acknowledgement 1. Select Delivery ACK. 2. Press the Up or Down key to scroll to On or Off. 3. Select OK to select. If you select On, a delivery report will be sent to your phone when a message is sent successfully.
6 Phonebook The phonebook can save up to 300 contacts. The UIM card capacity decides how many contacts it can save. Searching a Contact Contacts are arranged in accordance with the alphabetic order. Do the following to search a contact: 1.
1. Select Menu > Phonebook > Add New. 2. Enter the phone number and select Save. 3. You can set the type of the phone number to: Ø Mobile Ø Office Ø Home 4. Enter the name and select Save. Groups You can classify contacts into groups to manage.
Renaming 1. In a group. 2. Select Rename to rename the group. 3. Select Save to confirm. Deleting 1. In a group. 2. Select Delete. 3. Press the Up and Down key to scroll to a contact. 4. Select Select to select the contact. 5.
Select Menu > Phonebook > Copy All to select: Copy To Phone to copy contacts in the UIM card to your phone. Copy To UIM to copy contacts in your phone to the UIM card. Move To Phone to move contacts in n the UIM card to your phone.
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Memory In Use Select Memory In Use to set the memory of saving contacts. Select Phone to set the memory in use to your phone. You can save up to 300 contacts to your phone. Select UIM to set the memory in use to the UIM card. The UIM card capacity decides how many contacts it can save.
7 Call Records Your phone records missed calls, received calls, dialed calls and the call duration. Missed Calls You can do the following to check missed calls: 1. Select Menu > Call Records > Missed Calls. 2. Press the Up or Down key to scroll to a missed call. 3.
Caution: Answered Calls also saves calls rejected by you. Dialed Calls For details of how to check dialed calls and relative operations, see Missed Calls on page 37. Clearing Records Select Menu > Call Records > Delete All to select: Missed Calls to delete all missed calls.
8 Extras Your phone provides the alarm clock, calendar, calculator, stopwatch, time zone, and game function. Alarms Your phone provides three alarm clocks. After you set the alarm clock, your phone displays Your phone plays the alarm tone at the set time. You can press the Power key to turn off the alarm clock.
Caution: If you do not turn off the alarm clock, your phone automatically snoozes it and plays the alarm tone in ten minutes. Your phone can snooze the alarm clock for three times. Calendar You can check both the solar calendar. The date range is from January 1, 1900 to December 31, 2099.
Function 0 – 9 Press them to enter 0 – 9 Up key Press it to enter + Down key Press it to enter -. Press it to enter ×. Left key Press it to enter ÷. Right key Star key Press it to enter a decimal.
Time Zone Your phone provides 72 time zones for you to check the time of different time zone. 1. Select Menu > Extras > Time Zone. 2. Select List to view the list of cities. 3. Press the Up or Down key to scroll to a city. 4.
9 Sound You can: Adjust the volume Set the alert type Set the ring tone Set the alarm tone Set the SMS receive tone Set other tones Adjusting Volume Select Menu > Sound > Volume to select: Ring Tone to adjust the ring tone volume. Earpiece to adjust the earpiece volume.
Setting Ring Tone Your phone provides 12 ring tones. 1. Select Menu > Sound > Ring Tone. 2. Press the Up or Down key to scroll to a ring tone, then your phone plays the ring tone. 3. Select Select to confirm. Setting the Alarm Tone Your phone provides 12 alarm tones.
Setting Other Tones Select Menu > Sound > Other Tones. You can set Power On Tone, Power Off Tone, Flip Tone, Warning Tone and Info Prompt Tone. Power On Tone Your phone provides two power on tones. You can also disable the power on tone.
10 Settings The setting items include: Display Time Call Language Security Factory restore Display Select Menu > Settings > Display. You can set: Wallpapers Backlight LCD contrast Animation Greetings Operator logo Wallpaper Your phone provides 32 wallpapers of which one is blank. 1.
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3. Select Preview to view it. 4. Select Set to select. Backlight 1. Select Backlight. 2. Select 10 sec, 20 sec or Always On. 3. Select Select to complete the setting. LCD Contrast 1. Select LCD Contrast. 2. Select the Up key to increase the LCD contrast. 3.
3. Select Select to complete the setting. 1. Select LED. 2. Select Enable or Disable. 3. Select Select to complete the setting. Time Select Menu > Settings > Time. You can set: Time format Date format Display time Time Format 1.
Call Select Menu > Settings > Call. You can set: Call waiting Call forward Call restriction Answer mode Auto retry Minute International call prefix Privacy Call Waiting 1. Select Call Waiting. 2. Select Activate or Deactivate. 3. Select OK to complete the setting. The call waiting is network dependent.
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Unconditional to forward all incoming calls. Busy to forward an incoming call when your phone number is busy. No Answer to forward an incoming call when no body answers it. Busy/No Answer to forward an incoming call when your phone number is busy or no body answers the call.
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Auto to set your phone to automatically answer a call if no body answers the call within the preset period. You can select Disable, 5 sec, 10 sec or 15 sec. Any Key to press any key to answer a call. However, you cannot press the Power key, right soft key, Up key, Down key, Left key or Right key to answer a call.
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Disable 45 sec 50 sec 55 sec If you enable the minute alert function, your phone will reminds you of the time by playing the minute alert every minute during a call. International Call Prefix 1. Select Int'l Call Prefix. 2.
Privacy 1. Select Privacy. 2. Select Standard or Enhanced. 3. Select Select to complete the setting. Language 1. Select Menu > Settings > Language. 2. Select English or Simplified Chinese. 3. Select Select to complete the setting. Security Select Menu > Settings > Security. You can: Set the phone lock code Change the phone lock code...
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3. Enter the phone lock code. 4. Select OK to complete the setting. Changing Phone Lock 1. Select Change Phone Lock. 2. Enter the default phone lock code 0000. 3. Select OK. 4. Enter the new phone lock code in the New Phone Lock field.
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Caution: If you enter wrong PIN codes three times in a row, your phone locks the UIM card. In this case, you need to use the personal unblocking key (PUK) to unlock PIN. Changing PIN1 1. Select Change PIN1. 2. Enter the current PIN code in the Old PIN field. 3.
Changing PIN2 The PIN2 code is delivered with the UIM card. You need to enter the PIN2 code when you subscribe to some services. 1. Select Change PIN2. 2. Enter the current PIN2 code in the Old PIN field. 3. Select OK. 4.
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Caution: Your phone can be restored to the default setting. However, contacts and messages saved in the phone will not be deleted.
11 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when using your phone, try to solve the problem according to the following table. If the problem still occurs, contact the local vendor. Problem To Make Sure… The battery cannot The charger is properly connected to your be charged phone and the power socket.
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Problem To Make Sure… The signal strength is strong enough. Bad call quality. If you are stay indoors, move near to a window. During a call, the The microphone is not covered. other side cannot You do not mute the microphone. hear your voice.
12 Warnings and Precautions Electronic Device Turn off your phone near high-precision electronic devices. The phone may affect the performance of these devices. Such devices include hearing aids, pacemakers, fire alarm systems, automatic gates, other automatic-control devices. If you are using an electronic medical device, consult the device manufacturer to confirm whether the radio wave affects the operation of this device.
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inflammables and explosives include, but are not limited Gas station Area for storing fuels (such as the bunk under the deck of a ship) Device/Vehicle for transporting and storing fuels or chemical products Area with chemical substances and particles (such as: granule, dust, metal powder) in the air Area with the sign of "Explosives"...
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Do not place the phone over the air bag or in the air bag outspread area. Otherwise, the phone may hurt you owing to the strong force when the air bag inflates. Observe the rules and regulations of airline companies. When boarding or approaching a plane, turn off the phone and take out the battery.
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Do not subject your phone, battery, and charger to serious collision or shock. Otherwise, battery leakage, phone malfunction, overheat, fire, or explosion may occur. Do not put your phone in the back pocket of your trousers or skirt to avoid phone damage while seated. Children Safety Put your phone, battery, and charger in places beyond the reach of children.
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When carrying or using the phone, keep the antenna at least one inch (2.5 centimeters) away from your body, to avoid negative impact on your health caused by radio frequency leakage. If you feel uncomfortable (such as falling sick or qualm) after playing games on your phone for a long time, please go to see a doctor immediately.
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Do not use any chemical detergent, powder, or other chemical agent (such as alcohol and benzene) to clean the phone and the charge. Otherwise, part damage or a fire can be caused. You can clean the phone and the charger with a piece of soft antistatic cloth that is a little wet.
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Do not dispose of the battery in fire. Otherwise, the battery may ignite or explode. Do not connect two poles of the battery with conductors such as cables, jewelries or any other metal material. Otherwise, the battery is short-circuited and it may burn your body. Do not disassemble the battery or solder the battery poles.
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If you do not use the battery for a long time, store it in normal temperature after charging. Charger Use the charger approved by the phone manufacturer only. Any violation of this rule may result in fire or malfunction of the charger. Do not short-circuit the charger.
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Do not place any heavy object on the power cord of the charger. Do not damage, change, or pluck the power cord. Otherwise electric shock or fire may occur. When you are charging the battery with the charger, do not touch the plug, power cord or the charger with a wet hand.
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This is because the mobile phone is designed to use the minimum power required to reach the network. All models of Huawei’s mobile phone are designed to meet radio frequency exposure guidelines. Before a phone model is available for sale to the public, it must be...
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The highest SAR value reported to the FCC and IC for this device type when tested for use at the ear is 1.18W/kg, and when properly worn on the body is 0.620 W/kg. Ver: V1.10 BOM: 31016264...