Huawei Ascend Y User manual

6. Navigation
Find your way from A to B! Useful navigational features, nd destinations
and work out the best routes. You will also nd this on the home screen.
(A) From the home screen select the
navigation icon . A pop up screen
will ask to show location settings and
turn on GPS satellite navigation. Select
the check box. You can agree to provide
extra information for assisted GPS.
(B) Now press the back key once.
Either type your destination using the
keyboard (the easiest way is to use a
postcode) or select the map icon
to give your current location.
(C) Skip the voice guidance at this stage.
You can now touch, pinch and zoom
in on your map and route.
(D) The blue arrow will centre the map
on your current location. The circle
radius denes the accuracy of your
current location. Settings
will provide additional map and
service information.
(E) When you have nished using your map
it is useful to turn off the GPS receiver.
Go to the home screen drag down the
top menu and select the GPS icon .
This will prolong battery life.
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5. Maps
Don’t get lost! Use the Huawei Android smartphone’s comprehensive
multi-layered Map features. You will nd them on the home screen.
(A) From the home screen select
the map icon . This is a Google
application and it will automatically
download the relevant digital map
of your current location.
(B) For the rst time its often easiest to
be connected by Wi-Fi (see step 1)
before you download the map. The
map has different digital layers
that can show terrain and
satellite views.
(A) The rst time you do this Google
require you to sign in (see step 3).
(B) Once signed in you can swipe the screen
to search the titles ranked in popularity
including games and books.
(C) Alternatively, you can search for
apps and content. For example,
look for movies, books, games,
social networking and information.
(D) Catch up TV service apps
such as BBC iPlayer and ITVplayer
can be streamed to your mobile,
don’t forget to check your data costs
or alternatively switch to Wi-Fi for
these services.
(E) There is plenty of memory on your
device for plenty of apps but if you
want to have more you can add
additional memory with an SD Card.
Alternatively, you can delete
downloaded apps just as easily by
selecting the app menu , select
the apps set up key, select the app
you want to delete, then a cross will
appear – select the cross to uninstall.
4. Apps
We have already pre-selected some applications that can be found
by selecting the apps menu from the home screen. There are
many more apps available from the Google Play Store under
the apps menu .

1. Turning on Wi-Fi
The quickest and most cost-effective way to start using your smartphone
is by connecting to Wi-Fi. Once your smartphone is congured using
Wi-Fi you can then use the operators 3G network to provide updates
on the move. When in a Wi-Fi area, at home or out and about, make sure
you have the appropriate Wi-Fi access password.
(A) Select the home screen, select the
menu key , select settings
,
select wireless & networks and tick
the Wi-Fi box to turn on Wi-Fi.
(B) Under Wi-Fi settings the local Wi-Fi
networks will be displayed, this might
take 30 seconds or more.
(C) Select the option that you have the
password for and type in the password.
When successful it will prompt with
‘connected’ and the Wi-Fi symbol
will be displayed in green to show that
it is activated.
(D) Select the home key
to go back
to the main menu.
Congratulations – you can
now surf the internet.
(If you ever need to turn off Wi-Fi, pull down
the top menu and select the Wi-Fi icon to
turn off at any time this will save battery
while on the move).
2. Browsing and surng the internet
You can use the web browser from the home screen.
3. Gmail and Google accounts
To get the most from your Huawei Android smartphone it is
recommended you set up a Google account. You may have completed
this when you rst turned on your smartphone, or you might already
be a Gmail user. The easiest way to set up a Google account is to set up
a Google email account known as Gmail.
(A) From the home screen select the
web browser icon to go surng.
(B) To nd a website select the text entry
box and the keyboard will appear.
The keyboard is dual mode, touch the
key and it will type q for example,
stroke the q key downwards and
the number 1 will appear.
Other keyboards can be selected using
the language key
.
(C) As you type, a prompt list will appear.
If your website is shown, select it.
Alternatively, use the search function
or enter the full address and press .
(A) From the home screen select the
email icon . The rst time you
do this it will prompt you for an
email account.
(B) If you already have a Gmail account
enter the details or select ‘create an
account now’ and enter your details.
(C) Don’t forget you can pinch and zoom
to read the secure password called
‘word verication’.
You can have more than one email account.
(D) To set up an additional account from
the home screen, select menu ,
settings , accounts & sync.
(E) The ‘Add account’ function will allow
additional accounts to be set up and
Auto-sync will regularly update you
if ‘Background data’ is selected.
Note: Using email on the move provided
by the operator’s data network will incur
data costs.
Getting more from your
Huawei Ascend Smartphone
This Quick Start Guide will help you get more
from your new Huawei Ascend Smartphone.
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