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  • Page 1 IDEOS S7 Slim User Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 Getting started...................1 1.1 About your Tablet....................1 1.2 Getting to know your Tablet ................1 1.3 Installation ......................3 1.3.1 To remove the back cover...............3 1.3.2 To install or remove the UIM card ............3 1.3.3 To install or remove the battery ...............5 1.3.4 To install the back cover................5 1.4 Turning your Tablet on or off................6 1.4.1 To turn your Tablet on ................6...
  • Page 3 1.8.2 Home screen extensions ..............12 1.8.3 Customizing the Home screen..............13 1.9 Locking and unlocking the screen ..............15 1.9.1 To lock the screen .................15 1.9.2 To set screen timeout period..............15 1.9.3 To unlock the screen ................15 1.9.4 To set unlock pattern................15 1.10 Text input .......................16 1.10.1 Using onscreen keyboard to enter text ..........16 1.10.2 Cutting or copying text ................17...
  • Page 4 2.1.1 Opening Wi-Fi settings................25 2.1.2 Turning Wi-Fi on or off ................25 2.1.3 Connecting to a Wi-Fi network..............26 2.1.4 Turning open network notification on or off ...........26 2.1.5 Adding a Wi-Fi Network ................27 2.1.6 Forgetting a Wi-Fi network..............27 2.2 Bluetooth ......................27 2.2.1 Opening Bluetooth settings..............28 2.2.2 Turning Bluetooth on or off..............28 2.2.3 Changing the Bluetooth name of your Tablet ........28...
  • Page 5 2.5 Turning airplane mode on or off...............31 3 Google Services..................33 3.1 Creating a Google Account................33 3.2 Using Market ....................34 3.2.1 Searching for Applications ..............34 3.2.2 Installing an Application ................34 3.2.3 Uninstalling an Application ..............34 4 Browser....................36 4.1 Browsing webpages ..................36 4.1.1 To open Browser ...................36 4.1.2 To navigate within a webpage ...............36 4.1.3 To navigate between webpages............37...
  • Page 6 4.3 Downloading files ....................39 4.3.1 To download and install only trusted applications .........39 4.3.2 To download a file .................40 5 Email .......................41 5.1 Opening Email....................41 5.2 Adding and deleting email accounts ..............41 5.2.1 To add an email account ...............41 5.2.2 To delete an email account ..............41 5.3 Sending and responding to email messages...........42 5.3.1 To compose and send email messages ..........42 5.3.2 To receive email messages..............42...
  • Page 7 6.3.2 To make calls from the Call log .............45 6.3.3 To add numbers to the Contacts ............45 6.3.4 To clear the Call log ................45 6.4 Calling listed contacts..................45 6.5 Calling favorite contacts ..................46 7 Messaging....................47 7.1 Opening Messaging..................47 7.2 Exchanging messages ..................47 7.2.1 To create and send a text message ............47 7.2.2 To create and send a multimedia message...........47 7.2.3 To view and respond to a message............48...
  • Page 8 8.4.2 To set default phone number ..............50 8.4.3 To delete a contact................51 8.4.4 To set contact group to display..............51 8.5 Editing favorite contacts ..................51 8.5.1 To add a contact to favorites ..............51 8.5.2 To remove a contact from favorites ............52 9 Multimedia applications................53 9.1 Sound Recorder ....................53 9.2 Camera and Camcorder ..................53...
  • Page 9 10.3 RSS Reader ....................56 10.4 Memo ......................56 10.5 Alarm Clock ....................56 10.6 Calculator ......................57 10.7 Documents ....................57 10.8 File Manager ....................57 10.8.1 Creating a Folder ................57 10.8.2 Deleting files and folders..............57 10.8.3 Searching a File..................58 11 Security settings..................59 11.1 Enabling the UIM card PIN ................59 11.2 Changing the UIM card PIN................59 12 Personal Information and Data Security ..........60 13 Legal Notice ..................61...

  • Page 10: Getting Started

    1.1 About your Tablet Thanks for choosing IDEOS S7 Slim. The IDEOS S7 Slim (Tablet for short) is an information terminal that provides convenient and high quality picture, audio, video, networking, and information services based on the Android open source operating system and supports classification and dragging of elements on the home screen.
  • Page 11 Speaker Microphone microSD card slot Dock interface LCD screen Back key Menu key Home key Power interface Rear camera lens Power key Headset jack Speaker Volume Up/Down key...

  • Page 12: Installation

    1.3 Installation 1.3.1 To remove the back cover Push the back cover in the direction as shown in the following figure until it separates from the Tablet, and gently remove the back cover. 1.3.2 To install or remove the UIM card Before installing or removing the UIM card, power off the Tablet.
  • Page 13 To remove the UIM card, do as shown in the following figure.

  • Page 14: To Install Or Remove The Battery

    1.3.3 To install or remove the battery To install the battery, refer to the following figure. To remove the battery, do as shown in the following figure. 1.3.4 To install the back cover Place the back cover onto the Tablet, and push the back cover in the direction as shown in the following figure until it clicks into place.

  • Page 15: Turning Your Tablet On Or Off

    1.4 Turning your Tablet on or off 1.4.1 To turn your Tablet on Before you turn the Tablet on, ensure that the battery is correctly installed or the Tablet has been properly connected to the power supply. To turn the Tablet on, press the Power key.

  • Page 16: Pin Protection

    1.4.2 PIN protection If your UIM card is preset with a PIN, the Tablet prompts you to enter the PIN. The PIN may have been provided by your service provider with your UIM card. If you have lost your PIN, consult your service provider. 1.4.3 To turn your Tablet off Press and hold Power key to open the Tablet options menu.

  • Page 17: Keys

    To charge the battery, you can connect the Tablet to the power supply through the power adapter, as shown in the following figure. The image shown here is indicative only. If there is inconsistency between the image the actual product, the actual product shall govern. 1.6 Keys You access a variety of functions and shortcuts by using the physical keys in addition to buttons displayed on the touchscreen.

  • Page 18: Using The Touchscreen

    Press and hold to open the most recently used applications screen. − Menu  Press to open an option menu with items relevant to the current screen or − application. Press and hold to open the keyboard to perform quick search (only available on −...

  • Page 19: Home Screen

    Action Description Touch Simply touch items on the screen, such as applications and controls. For example, you can type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard. Touch and Touch and hold an item on the screen until an action occurs. For hold example, you can usually touch and hold the screen to open the context menu of the active item.

  • Page 20: Getting To Know The Home Screen

    1.8.1 Getting to know the Home screen Item Description Home screen category tabs. Touch the tabs to switch directly to the one desired, or flick your finger right or left across the main display area to move between them in sequence. Home screen indicator.

  • Page 21: Home Screen Extensions

    Item Description System status indicators. Displays system status information including time, cellular network signal type and strength, Wi-Fi connection status and signal strength, and battery status. You can touch some of them for more details. Event button. You can touch the event button to open the event manager to view and manage the notifications and tasks.

  • Page 22: Customizing The Home Screen

    1.8.3 Customizing the Home screen You can add items such as shortcuts, widgets, Emotion widgets and folders to the Home screen if there is enough room. You can also change the wallpaper of the Home screen. To add an item Flick the Home screen to where you want to add the item.
  • Page 23 To move an item Touch and hold an item's icon on the Home screen until the icon magnifies. Without lifting your finger, drag the icon to the target position on the screen. Pause at the bottom of the screen to drag the item onto the corresponding Home screen panel.

  • Page 24: Locking And Unlocking The Screen

    1.9 Locking and unlocking the screen 1.9.1 To lock the screen When the Tablet is on, press the Power key to turn off and lock the screen. When the Tablet remains idle for a time period that you have set, the screen will automatically lock.

  • Page 25: Text Input

    1.10 Text input You can enter and edit text in text fields and use menu commands to cut, copy, and paste text, within or across applications. 1.10.1 Using onscreen keyboard to enter text Touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the onscreen keyboard. The following tips will help you to enter text more efficiently.

  • Page 26: Cutting Or Copying Text

    On the numbers and symbols keyboard, touch the ALT key to view additional − symbols, and touch it again to switch back. Touch and hold almost any of the number and symbol keys to open a window of − additional symbols. When you want to edit the text you have entered, touch to move the cursor to the location where you want to add or delete text.

  • Page 27: Opening And Switching Applications

    you cut or copy text, you can paste multiple times. To paste the most recent text that you have cut or copied in another text field: Touch the text field where you want to paste the text. Touch to move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the text. Touch and hold the text field to display the Edit text menu.

  • Page 28: Setting Date And Time

    1.13 Setting date and time By default, the Tablet automatically uses the network provided date, time zone, and time. When the time provided by the network is automatically used, you cannot set the date, ime, and time zone by yourself. To manually set date and time: Open the Settings list.

  • Page 29: Connecting To Or Disconnecting From A Computer Using Usb

    To remove the microSD card, touch Settings > SD card & tablet storage > Unmount card. Then gently push the card into the slot and release it. The card will eject from the slot, and can then be removed. 1.15 Connecting to or disconnecting from a computer using USB To connect your Tablet to a computer using USB: Use the USB cable supplied with your Tablet to a USB port on your computer.
  • Page 30 A multifunctional cable may be provided with your product. Do not connect your Tablet o a PC as shown in the following figure.

  • Page 31: Using Hi Suite To Synchronize

    Tablet to the PC. If the installation wizard does not run the first time you connect your Tablet to your PC, open My Computer and then the CD drive with Huawei logo. Run Setup.exe to launch the installation wizard. 1.16 Using Hi Suite to Synchronize Install the Hi Suite stored in your Tablet.

  • Page 32: Connecting Your Tablet To A Tv

    1.17 Connecting your Tablet to a TV You can connect your Tablet to a TV to output audio and video from the Tablet to the TV. Playing pictures, videos, and music on your Tablet via a TV brings you a better experience. You must use a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) cable to connect the Tablet to the TV.
  • Page 33 Select the TV’s correct program source for the HDMI interface.

  • Page 34: Wireless Networks

    2 Wireless networks Your Tablet can connect to a variety of wireless networks and devices, including Wi-Fi data networks, Bluetooth devices such as headsets, and mobile networks for voice and data transmission. Using a wireless device or accessory while driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.

  • Page 35: Connecting To A Wi-Fi Network

    To extend your battery life, turn Wi-Fi off when you are not using it. 2.1.3 Connecting to a Wi-Fi network When you turn Wi-Fi on, the available Wi-Fi networks found within range are listed with the names and security scheme information, and secured networks are indicated with a lock icon. You can view the Wi-Fi networks list by opening Wi-Fi settings.

  • Page 36: Adding A Wi-Fi Network

    2.1.5 Adding a Wi-Fi Network When a Wi-Fi network with security credentials does not broadcast its name (SSID), or it is not in range, you can add and save the network settings and connect to it when it is available. Contact the Wi-Fi network service provider for details about the network’s security scheme and to obtain the password or other required security credentials.

  • Page 37: Opening Bluetooth Settings

    2.2.1 Opening Bluetooth settings You can turn Bluetooth on or off, change the Bluetooth name of your Tablet, connect to a Bluetooth device and scan to view Bluetooth devices in the Bluetooth settings list. To open Bluetooth settings list: Open the Settings list. Touch Wireless &...

  • Page 38: Disconnecting From Or Unpairing A Bluetooth Device

    Touch Discoverable to make the Bluetooth of your Tablet discoverable. If the device you want to pair with is not in the list, follow the instruction documentation that came with the device to make it discoverable and touch Scan for devices to display it.

  • Page 39: Mobile Networks

    Touch and hold the device in the Bluetooth devices list on the Bluetooth settings screen. Touch Options… in the menu that opens. A screen opens with a list of profiles for the device. Touch a profile to make it checked or checked to use it or not. When you are finished, press the Back key.

  • Page 40: Sharing Your Tablet's Data Connection

    2.4 Sharing Your Tablet's Data Connection You can share your Tablet's data connection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering. Or you can share your Tablet's data connection with devices at the same time, by turning your Tablet into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. 2.4.1 Sharing Your Tablet's Data Connection via USB To use USB tethering in different operating systems, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB.
  • Page 41 may cause interference and is illegal in many countries. Always obey applicable laws and turn the airplane mode on. To turn Airplane mode on or off, you can press and hold the Power key and touch Airplane mode in the menu that opens. You can also do as follows. Open the Settings list.

  • Page 42: Google Services

    3 Google Services 3.1 Creating a Google Account When you first turn on your Tablet, touch a Google service icon, such as Market, and you will be prompted to sign in to your Google account. When creating a Google account, ensure that your Tablet is connected to a network. If you already have a Google account, touch Sign in and enter your username and password.

  • Page 43: Using Market

    3.2 Using Market Android Market provides direct access to applications and games which you can download and install on your Tablet. 3.2.1 Searching for Applications There are a few different ways to find applications on the Market screen, including: Featured applications. List of games.
  • Page 44 Choose the reason for removing the application, and then touch OK.

  • Page 45: Browser

    4 Browser Use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web. Your Tablet may not support Flash. If you want to browse Flash on some Web pages, please download Flash Player from Market. For detailed information about how to download Flash Player, refer to the section Market.

  • Page 46: To Navigate Between Webpages

    Touch the plus or minus side of the zoom control to zoom in or out.  To find text on a webpage. Touch and then touch Find on page. Enter the text you  are looking for. As you type, the first word with matching characters is highlighted on the screen, and subsequent matches are boxed.

  • Page 47: Working With Bookmarks

    You can open Multi Browser windows at a time and switch between them. To open a new  Browser window, Touch . In the screen that opens, touch New window. New windows open with your home page. To switch Browser windows, Touch .

  • Page 48: To Edit A Bookmark

    4.2.4 To edit a bookmark In the bookmarks list, touch and hold the bookmark to edit. Touch Edit bookmark in the menu that opens. Edit the name or folder in the dialog that opens and touch OK. 4.2.5 To share a bookmark In the bookmarks list, touch and hold the bookmark to share.

  • Page 49: To Download A File

    4.3.2 To download a file You can touch and hold an image and touch Save image in the menu that opens to download the image file. Or touch and hold a link to a file or to another webpage, and touch Save link in the menu that opens to download the linked file.

  • Page 50: Email

    5 Email 5.1 Opening Email Touch Email on the Home screen or on the Applications screen to open Email. 5.2 Adding and deleting email accounts 5.2.1 To add an email account The first time you open Email, you are prompted to set up an email account. Or if you have created an email account, you can touch Add account to create another email account.

  • Page 51: Sending And Responding To Email Messages

    Touch Delete in the menu that opens. Touch OK in the dialog to confirm your delete action. 5.3 Sending and responding to email messages 5.3.1 To compose and send email messages Open Email, touch the email account you want to use. Touch New email at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 52: To Read An Email Message

    5.3.3 To read an email message To read an email message, you can open the Email screen, touch to select an account inbox, then touch the message to read. Alternatively you can touch and hold the message, and then touch View details in the menu that opens. 5.3.4 To reply to or forward an email message While reading an email message, you can touch Reply or Reply all to reply to the message.

  • Page 53: Calls

    6 Calls 6.1 Making calls by dialing To display the phone panel, you can touch Dialer on the home screen or on the Applications screen. Or if you have the Call log, Contacts or Favorites tab open, you can touch to switch to the Dialer tab. Touch the digital keys to enter the phone number.

  • Page 54: To Open The Call Log

    6.3.1 To open the Call log To open the Call log, touch Call log on the Applications screen. You can also touch the Call log when you have the Dialer, Contacts or Favorites tab open. Calls are listed with the most recent at the top. Flick up and down to view all entries in he log.

  • Page 55: Calling Favorite Contacts

    Touch a contact to open the contact details screen. Touch and hold a contact to open he context menu. 6.5 Calling favorite contacts The favorite contacts list is a list of the numbers that you call most often. You can add and remove favorites by touching the star next to the contact names, while you are viewing contacts information.

  • Page 56: Messaging

    7 Messaging Use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) with your friends. 7.1 Opening Messaging Touch Messaging on the Applications screen to open the Messaging screen. The Messaging window opens, where you can create a new message or open an ongoing message thread.

  • Page 57: To View And Respond To A Message

    Enter a mobile phone number, or the name of a contact with a mobile number in the To: field. As you type, matching contacts appear. You can touch a suggested contact or continue to enter the name or number. Touch the composition text field to enter your message text. Touch the Back key and then touch Add subject to add a message subject.

  • Page 58: Contacts

    8 Contacts Contacts enables you to save and manage information such as phone numbers, email addresses and chat addresses of your contacts, and provides quick and easy access to communicate with the people you want. 8.1 Opening Contacts You can open your contacts by touching Contacts on the Home screen or on the Applications screen.

  • Page 59: Searching For Contacts

    When you have finished entering details, flick to the bottom of the page and touch Save to save the contact details to your Tablet. 8.3 Searching for contacts Open the Contacts screen. Touch Search. Enter the name of the contact you are searching for. As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the search box.

  • Page 60: To Delete A Contact

    Touch Mark default number in the menu that opens. The default phone number is marked with a checkmark. 8.4.3 To delete a contact Open Contacts. Touch and hold the contact to delete, and touch Delete contact in the menu that opens.

  • Page 61: To Remove A Contact From Favorites

    8.5.2 To remove a contact from favorites On the Favorites tab, touch and hold the contact. In the menu that opens touch Remove from Favorites. You can also touch the red star to the right of the contact name while viewing details of the contact.

  • Page 62: Multimedia Applications

    9 Multimedia applications 9.1 Sound Recorder Touch Sound Recorder on the Applications screen to open the Sound Recorder screen. Touch the round button to start to record your message.  Touch the triangle button to play back the recording.  Touch the square button to stop recording or playing.

  • Page 63: Video

    To add a song to a playlist, touch and hold the desired song to access the shortcut menu and select Add to playlist. 9.4 Video On the Applications screen, touch Video to open the Video screen and display the video files. On the Video screen, touch a file to play the video.

  • Page 64: Sharing A Picture

    9.5.3 Sharing a Picture When viewing a picture, touch it, and then touch . Touch the application you want to use to share a picture with your friends. 9.5.4 Rotating a Picture To rotate a picture, touch the picture, and then touch...

  • Page 65: Handy Applications

    10 Handy applications 10.1 Calendar You can use the Calendar to create and manage events such as meetings and appointments. Touch Calendar on the Applications screen to open it. The current and following day’s events are shown on the event widget on the Home screen. 10.2 Weather The Weather application displays the weather forecast of your specified location.

  • Page 66: Calculator

    You can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one. Touch an existing alarm to set its time and other attributes. Or press the Menu key and touch Add alarm to add a new one. Touch to make the check box to the left of an alarm checked or unchecked to turn the alarm on or off.

  • Page 67: Searching A File

    Touch Delete, and touch files or folders you want to delete to make them checked. Press the Menu key, and touch Done. Touch OK on the dialog that opens to confirm that you want to delete the files or folders. 10.8.3 Searching a File Press the Menu key on the File Manager screen, and then touch Search.

  • Page 68: Security Settings

    11 Security settings 11.1 Enabling the UIM card PIN Open the Settings list. Touch Location & security > Set up UIM/RUIM card lock. Touch Lock UIM/RUIM card, and enter the default UIM card PIN using the onscreen keyboard. Touch OK. Emergency calls can be placed at any time, without entering a PIN.

  • Page 69: Personal Information And Data Security

    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 ...

  • Page 70: Legal Notice

    No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written consent of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. The product described in this manual may include copyrighted software of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and possible licensors. Customers shall not in any manner reproduce,...
  • Page 71 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 72 THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY (THIS LIMITATION SHALL NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE LAW PROHIBITS SUCH A LIMITATION) OF HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS PRODUCT.
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