Huawei Ascend Y 101 User manual

1 Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Your Phone at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Keys and Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Inserting the UIM Card and the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Inserting the microSD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3 Text Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Entering English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Entering Spanish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Entering a Digit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
4 Voice Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
5 Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adding a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Searching for a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
6 Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Writing and Sending a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Reading a Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
7 Media Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Taking a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Picture Viewer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
8 Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Bluetooth-based Data Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Using Bluetooth Headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
9 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Enabling/Disabling the Phone Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Locking the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
10 TTY Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the TTY Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Setting the TTY Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
11 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
12 Warnings and Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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1 Copyright
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2011. All rights
reserved.
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, distribute, modify,
decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, reverse engineer, lease,
assign, or sublicense the said software, unless such restrictions are
prohibited by applicable laws or such actions are approved by
respective copyright holders under licenses.
Trademarks and Permissions
, HUAWEI, and re trademarks or registered trademarks of
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Other trademarks, product, service and company names mentioned
are the property of their respective owners.

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Notice
Some features of the product and its accessories described herein
rely on the software installed, capacities and settings of local
network, and may not be activated or may be limited by local
network operators or network service providers, thus the
descriptions herein may not exactly match the product or its
accessories you purchase.
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd reserves the right to change or
modify any information or specifications contained in this manual
without prior notice or obligation.
NO WARRANTY
THE CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”.
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CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN
NO CASE SHALL HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD BE LIABLE
FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL

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DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS, REVENUE, DATA,
GOODWILL OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS.
Import and Export Regulations
Customers shall comply with all applicable export or import laws
and regulations and will obtain all necessary governmental permits
and licenses in order to export, re-export or import the product
mentioned in this manual including the software and technical data
therein.

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2 Getting Started
Your Phone at a Glance
1Earpiece 2Screen
3Microphone 4Data/Charger Port
5Volume key 6Speaker
7Camera 8Headset jack
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Keys and Functions
1Send key • Make or answer a call.
• Access call logs in standby mode.
2Left soft
key
Select the option displayed in the lower left
corner of the screen.
3Speaker
key
Press and hold to turn on or off the speaker
mode.
123 45678
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1213
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4Confirm
key Confirm a selection.
5Navigation
keys
• Scroll through a menu.
• Access the corresponding functions in
standby mode.
6Camera
key
• Press to access camera in standby mode.
• Press to take a photo in camera preview
mode.
7Right soft
key
Select the option displayed in the lower right
corner of the screen.
8End key
• Power on or power off the phone by pressing
and holding it.
• End or reject a call.
• Return to the standby mode.
• Turn on or off the phone backlight.
9Del key Delete a character in editing mode or delete a
selected item in an application.
10 Enter key In text input mode, press this key to enter a
linefeed character.

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Input
Method/
lock key
• In text input mode, press this key to switch
between text input modes.
• In standby mode, press and hold to lock the
keyboard.
12 Sym key In text input mode, press to display the symbol
list.
13 Space key In text input mode, press to input a space.
14 Caps key
In text input mode, press the key to switch
between "abc" mode (lower case), "Abc" mode
(capitalization of the first letter), and "ABC"
mode (upper case).
15 Fn/Vibrate
key
• In text input mode, press this key and another
key to enter the upper character on the other
key.
• In text input mode, press the Fn key for two
consecutive times, and then press other keys
to enter upper characters on the keys. Press
the Fn key again to cancel this function.
• In standby mode, press and hold to switch
between Vibration mode and the current
profile mode.

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Inserting the UIM Card and the Battery
Inserting the microSD Card
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Charging the Battery
Before charging the battery with the travel charger, ensure that the
battery is installed in your phone. Do not use a damaged battery or
charger.
1. Connect the charger to a power outlet.
2. Connect the charger to the charger connector of the phone. The
phone begins charging. When the battery icon changes to fully
charged, it indicates that your phone is fully charged.
3. When the phone is fully charged, disconnect the charger from
the phone and then from the power outlet.
Status Icons
Signal strength Roaming
Call in progress The memory for text
messages is full
New text message
received
New multimedia
message received

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The memory for
multimedia messages
is full
New voicemail
message received
New emergency
message received microSD card inserted
Alarm clock enabled Bluetooth on
Bluetooth headset
connected
The phone is receiving
date through Bluetooth
The phone is sending
data through Bluetooth Battery level
Battery charging Music player playing in
the background
Ringing mode
activated
Silence mode
activated
Vibration mode
activated
Ringing and Vibration
mode activated
Headset connected

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3 Text Entry
Entering English
When you turn Predictive input on, your phone supports smart text
input methods; otherwise, only traditional text input methods are
supported. To turn on or off Predictive input, select Menu >
Settings > Phone > Text Input Settings > Predictive Onput .
Smart English Input Method
1. Based on the sequence of the word, press the key labeled with
the desired letter. Then the phone predicts the commonly used
words according to the numeric sequence of key presses.
2. Select the desired word, and press Confirm key or Space key to
enter the word.
3. Press Sym key to display the symbol list. Then you can select
and enter a symbol.
Note:
The indicator of the current input method is displayed in the upper right
corner of the screen. You can press Input Method/lock key to change the
input method.

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Traditional English Input Method
The traditional text input method allows you to enter uppercase or
lowercase English letters. You can press the key labeled with the
desired letter.
• Press Sym key to display the symbol list. Then you can select
and enter a symbol.
• Press Space key enter a space.
Entering Spanish
You can enter Spanish words using Spanish text input methods.
The traditional Spanish input method and the smart Spanish input
method are similar to the traditional English input method and the
smart English input method. For details, see "Entering English".
Entering a Digit
• In "123" input mode, press the key labeled with your desired
digit.
• In "Abc" and "En" input mode, press Fn/Vibrate key and then
press a number key.
• In any text input mode, except the "123" input mode, press and
hold a number key to enter the digit.

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4 Voice Services
Making a Call
Dialing via Keypad
1. In standby mode, enter the phone number.
• To make an international call, press O/+ key to enter the
international long-distance code (+), and then enter the
country code or region code, area code, and phone number in
sequence.
• To dial an extension number, enter the phone number, press
P/@ key to insert P or press T/( key to insert T, and then enter
the extension number.
2. Press Send key to dial the number.
3. Press End key or Select End to end the call.
Dialing via Contacts
Select Menu > Contacts, Select a contact, and press Send key to
make a call.

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Dialing via Call Log
Select Menu > Recent Calls or press Send key to select the
required number from call logs. Then press Send key to dial the
number
Answering a Call
When there is an incoming call, you can press Send key to answer
it, press End key to reject it.
• If the any-key answer function is enabled, you can press any key
except End key and Right soft key to answer an incoming call.
• If the headset auto-answer function is enabled, when the
headset is connected to the phone, the incoming call is
answered automatically.

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5 Contacts
Adding a Contact
1. Select Menu > Contacts > Create Contact。
2. On the Edit screen, enter the information about the contact. (For
each contact, at least one number needs to be entered.)
3. Select Save to save the contact.
Searching for a Contact
1. Select Menu > Contacts.
2. Enter the name of the contact in the text box. The automatically
lists the contacts that comply with the search information you
entered.

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6 Messaging
Writing and Sending a Message
1. Select Menu > Messaging > Create Message.
2. Enter one or more recipient’s numbers directly, or press
Confirm key to access the contact list and then select one or
multiple recipients.
3. Enter text contents in the text box. You can press Confirm key to
add picture, audio or slide to the message, and the message will
be converted to MMS mode automatically.
4. Select Options > Send to send the message
Note:
Your phone supports a multimedia message of a maximum size of 500 KB.
Reading a Message
To read a text message stored in the inbox, do the following:
1. Select Menu > Messaging > Inbox.
2. Press Navigation keys to scroll to a message. Press Confirm
key to read the message.

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7 Media Applications
Taking a Photo
1. Select Menu > Tools > Camera。
2. In the viewfinder screen, press Left soft key for the camera
settings.
3. Focus the camera on the scene. Press Confirm key to take a
photo.
4. Your photo is automatically saved to the album of the default
storage that you select.
Music Player
Starting the Music Player
To start the music player, select Menu > Music Player.
Adding a Playlist
1. Select Menu > Music Player.
2. Select Options > Media Library > Playlist.
3. Select Options > Create to create a new playlist. Open the
playlist and select Add to add songs to the playlist.

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Note:
You can also select Menu > Multimedia to select music to play.
Playing music
When the music is played, you can do the following:
• Press Confirm key to pause the song; press it again to continue
playing.
• Press Right navigation key to play the next song. Press and
hold Right navigation key to fast-forward the song.
• Press Left navigation key to play the previous song. Press and
hold Left navigation key to rewind the song.
• Select Options > Exit to exit the media player.
Note:
When a song is played, you can select Minimize or press End key to minimize
the media player screen. In this case, the media player is running in the
background.
Picture Viewer
1. Select Menu > Pictures.
2. Select Options > Refresh to search for the recently added
pictures and photos.