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- Page 1 Welcome to HUAWEI HUAWEI U8815N User Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents 1 Read Before Proceeding ............1 1.1 Safety Precautions............... 1 1.2 Personal Information and Data Security ........2 1.3 Legal Notice................. 3 2 Getting Started...............6 2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingertips..........6 2.2 Important Information About the Battery........6 2.3 Power Saving Tips ..............7 2.4 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone ........... - Page 3 4.8 Deleting a Contact ..............22 4.9 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts........22 4.10 Managing Groups ..............23 4.11 Joining and Separating Contacts..........24 4.12 Sending Contacts ..............24 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard..........25 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard............25 5.2 Customizing Your Keyboard Settings ........26 6 Messaging ................27 6.1 SMS and MMS................
- Page 4 9.6 Play Store .................. 48 10 Synchronizing Information ..........49 10.1 Managing Your Accounts............49 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization......51 11 Using Other Applications ...........52 11.1 Calendar .................. 52 11.2 File Manager................54 11.3 Clock..................55 11.4 Calculator................. 56 11.5 Notes ..................57 11.6 Weather Clock .................
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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
Third-party service providers provide content and services through network or transmission tools outside of the control of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. To the greatest extent permitted by applicable law, it is explicitly stated that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not compensate or be liable for services provided by third-party service providers, or the interruption or termination of third-party contents or services. - Page 9 Ltd. has made necessary changes to the platform. Therefore, this product may not support all the functions that are supported by the standard Android platform or may be incompatible with third-party software. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not be liable for any of such situation.
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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: Setting Up Your Mobile Phone
OK to power off the phone. 2.4.4 Turning On/Off Fast Boot Your HUAWEI mobile phone is equipped with a unique Fast boot feature. If Fast boot is enabled, the phone will enter a deep sleep mode instead of switching completely off once you touch Power off off. -
Page 13: Using The Touchscreen
2.4.5 Restarting Your Mobile Phone 1. Press and hold to display the options menu. 2. Touch Restart. 3. Touch OK. 2.5 Using the Touchscreen 2.5.1 Touchscreen Actions Touch: Tap the screen with your finger to select an item, confirm a selection, or start an application. Touch and hold: Touch an item with your finger and do not release it until the mobile phone responds. -
Page 14: Locking And Unlocking The Screen
2.6 Locking and Unlocking the Screen 2.6.1 Locking the Screen • When your phone is on, press to lock the screen. When the screen is locked, you can still receive messages and calls. • If your phone is idle for a while, the screen will lock automatically. 2.6.2 Unlocking the Screen 1. -
Page 15: Home Screen
2.7 Home Screen Notifications bar: 10:23 Displays the reminders and status icons of your phone. Flick down to open the notifications panel. Display area: Shows the operation and display areas of your phone. Touch to view all your applications. Shortcuts 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. - Page 16 Receiving location data Bluetooth on from GPS Vibration mode Ringer silenced Call muted Charging battery Battery full Battery extremely low Call in progress Missed call Alarm enabled New mail from Gmail Problem with text or New text message multimedia message delivery New chat message New email...
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Page 17: Notification Panel
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on USB tethering on Connected to a VPN 2.7.2 Notification Panel Your mobile phone will notify you when you receive a new message or there is an upcoming event. The notification panel also informs you of alarms and settings. Open the notification panel to see your network operator or to view a message, reminder, or event notification. -
Page 18: Customizing The Home Screen
2.7.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Home Screen Item 1. On the Home screen, touch to display the application list. 2. Press and hold an application icon, and then drag the icon to a blank area on the Home screen. -
Page 19: Application Screen
2.7.7 Changing the Theme On the Home screen, touchpress > Theme settings to select a theme. 2.8 Application Screen The Application screen holds icons for all of the applications on your phone. You can touch on the Home screen to open the application screen. 2.8.1 Moving Icons on the Application Screen 1. -
Page 20: Calling
2.9.2 Removing the microSD Card 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings. 2. Scroll down the screen, and then touch Storage > Unmount SD card. 3. Carefully remove the microSD card. 3 Calling To make a phone call, you can dial a number using the keypad or touch a number saved in your contact list, on a webpage, or in other places. -
Page 21: Answering Or Rejecting A Call
3.1.3 Making a Call from the Call Log 1. On the Home screen, touch > Phone, and then touch to display the call log. 2. Touch on the right of a log entry to dial that number. 3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call 3.2.1 Answering an Incoming Call When you receive a phone call, the incoming call screen opens. -
Page 22: Other Operations During A Call
3.2.3 Rejecting an Incoming Call Drag to the left to reject the call. 10:23 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 23: Using The Call Log
3.3.2 Switching Between Calls If you receive a new call while you are already in a call, you can switch between the two calls. 1. While you are in the first call and the second call comes in, answer the incoming call, and then touch 2. -
Page 24: 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 25: Adding A Contact To Your Favorites
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. In the contact list, touch 2. -
Page 26: Deleting A Contact
4.7.2 Communicating with a Contact 1. In the contacts list, touch the contact that you want to communicate with. 2. On the contact's details screen, you can communicate with the contact in one of the following ways: • Touch the phone number to place a call. •... -
Page 27: Managing Groups
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. 4.9.2 Using a Google Account to Synchronize Contacts You can synchronize contacts using your Google account. -
Page 28: Joining And Separating Contacts
4.11 Joining and Separating Contacts You may have duplicate contacts if you import contacts by: • Adding an account, such as a Gmail account. • Using the social networking services such as Facebook or Twitter. • Using other methods, such as exchanging emails. To avoid duplication, join two or more contacts together to form a single contact. -
Page 29: Using The Onscreen Keyboard
2. Touch > Share. 3. Select your preferred method to send the contacts you have selected, for example Bluetooth or Email. 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard To enter text, use the onscreen keyboard. The keyboard is displayed automatically when you run certain applications. -
Page 30: Customizing Your Keyboard Settings
If you would like to learn how to use the onscreen keyboard, you can open a tutorial anytime under > Settings > Language & input. Touch next to TouchPal Input, and then touch Help & About > Tutorial. 5.1.3 Switching the Keyboard Layout You can switch the keyboard layout only when TouchPal Input is selected. -
Page 31: 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 32: 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. -
Page 33: 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 34: Switching Between Email Accounts
6.2.2 Switching Between Email Accounts On the Inbox screen, touch the email address bar on the top, and choose an email account from the email account list displayed. The selected account's Inbox is then displayed by default. 6.2.3 Viewing an Email Message On the Inbox screen, touch the email message you want to view. -
Page 35: Getting Connected
2. Select an email account. 3. In the menu at the bottom, touch Remove account then touch OK. 6.2.8 Changing Email Account Settings You can change a number of account settings, including the email checking frequency, new mail notification method, and details about the account's email sending and receiving servers. -
Page 36: Wi-Fi
you might not be able to access network resources. 7.1.2 Turning On the Data Service 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch More... > Mobile networks. 3. Select the Data enabled check box to turn on the data connection. If you do not need to access a wireless data network, you can clear the Data enabled check box to save data traffic costs. -
Page 37: Sharing Your Phone's Data Connection
7.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection You can share your mobile phone's data connection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering. You can share your mobile phone's data connection with a number of devices at the same time, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. -
Page 38: Browser
7.3.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch More... > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3. Select the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box to share your data connection. When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is selected, you can touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot to change its network name or secure it. -
Page 39: Setting A Home Page
7.4.2 Opening a Webpage 1. In a browser window, touch the URL field at the top of the screen. 2. Use the keyboard to enter a webpage address. You can touch to enter the web page address by voice. 3. As you enter the address, matching webpage addresses will appear on the screen. If you see the address you want, touch it and go directly to that webpage or complete entering your desired webpage. -
Page 40: Bluetooth
7.5 Bluetooth Your mobile phone has Bluetooth, which allows you to create a wireless connection with other Bluetooth devices so you can share files with your friends, talk hands-free with a Bluetooth headset, or even transfer photos from your phone to your PC. If you are using Bluetooth, remember to stay within 10 meters (33 feet) of the other Bluetooth devices to which you want to connect. -
Page 41: Android Beam
3. From the list of found devices, touch the device you want to pair your mobile phone with. 4. If prompted, enter the pairing password to complete the connection. 7.5.3 Sending Files via Bluetooth With Bluetooth, you can share pictures, videos, or music files with your family and friends. -
Page 42: Entertainment
7.6.2 Sharing Web Pages or Contacts Using Android Beam Before performing the following operations, ensure that NFC and Android Beam have been enabled on both mobile phones, and that the mobile phones are not in the lock screen. 1. On a mobile phone, select the web page or contact you want to share. 2. -
Page 43: Taking A Photo
8.1.2 Taking a Photo 1. Open your camera application and switch it to camera mode. 2. If necessary, change the camera settings. The preview changes as you change the settings. 3. Frame your photo within the photo capture screen. 4. Touch to take your photo. -
Page 44: Using The Gallery
3. If you want to view more videos, flick your finger left or right across the screen. 8.2 Using the Gallery Your Gallery application can automatically search for pictures and videos on your mobile phone and microSD card. Use Gallery to sort photos and videos into folders, view and edit pictures, watch videos, and set a picture as wallpaper or as a photo for a contact. -
Page 45: Enjoying Music
3. Touch CROP to save the cropped picture. Touch CANCEL to discard the changes. 8.3 Enjoying Music 8.3.1 Opening the Music Library On the Home screen, touch > Music+ to open the music library. The music library automatically scans for music stored on your microSD card and displays them in Playlists, Artists, Songs, Albums, Genres and Folders. -
Page 46: Listening To The Fm Radio
8.3.4 Adding Music to a Playlist 1. From the music library select a way to view your music. 2. Touch and hold a music file, and then touch Add to playlist. • Touch an existing playlist to add the song to that playlist. •... -
Page 47: Google Services
9 Google Services Availability of Google applications, services, and features may vary according to your country or carrier. Please follow local laws and regulations to use them. When you turn on your mobile phone for the first time, touch a Google services such as Talk, Gmail, or Play Store, and you will be prompted to sign in to your Google account. -
Page 48: Gmail
9.2 Gmail Gmail is Google’s web-based email service. When you first set up your phone, you may have configured it to use an existing Gmail account or create a new account. The first time you open the Gmail application on your phone, your Inbox will contain the messages from your Gmail web account. -
Page 49: Google Talk
• If you selected or Reply all, enter your message. • If you selected Forward, specify the message recipients and add any additional text you want to include in the forwarded message. 4. Touch to send, or touch to save as a draft. 9.2.5 Searching for an Email 1. -
Page 50: Maps
9.3.4 Starting a Chat 1. In the friends list, touch a friend's name in the friends list. 2. Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text and chat with your friend. 3. After entering your message, touch 9.3.5 Setting Notifications for New Instant Messages Whenever you receive an instant message, your mobile phone can play a sound, vibrate, or display an icon. -
Page 51: Youtube
9.4.1 Enabling the Location Service Before you open Maps to find your location or search for places of interest, you must enable the location service. 1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings. 2. Touch Location services. 3. Select the Google's location service check box, the GPS satellites check box, or both. -
Page 52: Play Store
9.5.1 Opening YouTube On the Home screen, touch > YouTube. You will then see the YouTube screen. 9.5.2 Searching for a Video 1. On the YouTube screen, touch 2. Enter a search keyword, and then touch the Search icon. 3. You will see a number of search results displayed below the notification bar. Scroll through the results and touch a video to watch it. -
Page 53: 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 54: 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 55: 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 56: 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 57: 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 58: 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 59: 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 60: 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 61: 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 62: Managing Your Mobile Phone
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. 11.6.4 Sharing Weather Information 1. -
Page 63: 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 64: Setting Phone Services
12.3.3 Changing the Phone Ringtone 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Phone ringtone. 2. In the displayed list, select an option: • Ringtone: Select a preinstalled ringtone. The ringtone plays when selected. • Music: Select the music stored in the phone or on the microSD card. The music plays when selected. -
Page 65: Configuring Text-To-Speech
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 66: 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 67: Resetting Your Mobile Phone
12.7.2 Uninstalling an Application You cannot uninstall the applications that are pre-installed on the system. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Apps. 2. Touch an application, and then touch Uninstall. 12.7.3 Ways to Free Up Your Mobile Phone Memory • Move files and email attachments to the microSD card. •... -
Page 68: 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 69 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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