Huawei Ascend Y220 User manual

User Guide
Y220

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Contents
Contents .....................................................................i
1Read Before Proceeding........................................ 1
Safety Precautions...............................................................1
Personal Information and Data Security..............................2
2Legal Notice........................................................... 5
3Getting Started....................................................... 9
Key Functions at Your Fingertips.........................................9
Important Information About the Battery............................10
Power Saving Tips .............................................................10
Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone .................................11
Powering On Your Mobile Phone ...............................11
Setting Up Your Mobile Phone ...................................12
Powering Off Your Mobile Phone ...............................12
Turning On Quick Boot...............................................12
Using the Touchscreen ......................................................12
Touchscreen Actions ..................................................12
Rotating Your Mobile Phone Screen ..........................13
Locking and Unlocking the Screen....................................13
Locking the Screen.....................................................13
Unlocking the Screen .................................................13

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Home Screen .....................................................................15
Notification and Status Icons......................................15
Notification Panel .......................................................16
Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen ..................18
Customizing the Home Screen ..................................18
Service Shortcuts .......................................................19
Setting a Home Screen Animation .............................19
Changing the Wallpaper .............................................20
Changing the Theme..................................................20
Application Screen.............................................................20
Using a microSD Card .......................................................21
Using the microSD Card as a USB Mass Storage.....21
Removing the microSD Card .....................................21
4Calling ................................................................. 22
Making a Call .....................................................................22
Making a Call with the Dialer Application ..................22
Making a Call from Contacts .....................................23
Making a Call from Call log .......................................23
Making an IP Call .......................................................23
Answering or Rejecting a Call ...........................................24
Answering an Incoming Call.......................................24
Ending a Call ..............................................................25
Rejecting an Incoming Call ........................................25

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Other Operations During a Call .........................................26
Making a Conference Call ..........................................26
Switching Between Calls ............................................26
Using the Call log..............................................................27
Adding an Entry to Contacts .....................................27
Using Airplane Mode..........................................................27
5 Contacts ............................................................. 28
Opening the Contacts Application ....................................28
Importing Contacts from a SIM Card .................................28
Adding a Contact ...............................................................28
Adding a Contact to Your Favorites ...................................29
Searching for a Contact .....................................................29
Editing a Contact................................................................30
Communicating with Your Contacts...................................30
Using Quick Contact for Android ................................30
Communicating with a Contact ..................................31
Deleting a Contact .............................................................31
Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts ..........................31
Using a microSD Card to Back Up Contacts .............31
Using a Google Account to Synchronize Contacts ....32
Managing Groups .............................................................32
Creating a Group........................................................32
Editing a Group...........................................................33

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Sending Contacts...............................................................33
6Using the Onscreen Keyboard ............................. 35
Displaying the Keyboard....................................................35
Choosing an Input Method .........................................35
Using the Android Keyboard ......................................36
Using the Huawei Keyboard.......................................36
Using the Landscape Keyboard .................................37
Customizing Keyboard Settings ........................................38
7 Messaging .......................................................... 39
SMS and MMS...................................................................39
Opening Messaging ..................................................39
Creating and Sending a Text Message ......................39
Creating and Sending a Multimedia Message ...........40
Opening and Viewing a Multimedia Message............41
Replying to a Message...............................................41
Copying a Text Message ............................................42
Customizing Message Settings..................................42
Email ..................................................................................42
Adding an Email Account ...........................................42
Viewing an Email Message ........................................43
Saving an Email Attachment ......................................43
Creating and Sending an Email Message..................43
Replying to an Email Message...................................44

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Deleting an Email Account .........................................44
Changing Email Account Settings ..............................44
8Getting Connected............................................... 46
Mobile Networks ................................................................46
Checking the Network Connection.............................46
Turning on the Data Service.......................................46
Wi-Fi...................................................................................47
Turning On Wi-Fi ........................................................47
Connecting to a Wireless Network .............................47
Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection ............................48
Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection via USB.......48
Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection as a Portable
Wi-Fi Hotspot..............................................................49
Browser ..............................................................................49
Opening the Browser..................................................49
Opening a Webpage...................................................50
Setting a Home Page .................................................50
Managing Bookmarks.................................................51
Customizing Browser Settings ...................................51
Bluetooth............................................................................51
Turning On Bluetooth .................................................52
Pairing with and Connecting to a Bluetooth Device...52
Sending Files via Bluetooth........................................53

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Disconnecting from or Unpairing with a Bluetooth
Device.........................................................................53
9Entertainment ...................................................... 55
Taking Photos and Recording Videos ...............................55
Opening Your Camera................................................55
Capture Screen ..........................................................55
Taking a Photo............................................................56
Viewing Your Photos ..................................................56
Recording a Video ......................................................56
Viewing Your Videos...................................................57
Using the Gallery ..............................................................57
Opening the Gallery...................................................57
Viewing a Picture........................................................58
Rotating a Picture .......................................................58
Cropping a Picture......................................................58
Enjoying Music...................................................................59
Opening the Music Library .........................................59
Playing Music .............................................................59
Creating a Playlist ......................................................60
Adding Music to a Playlist ..........................................60
Playing Music in a Playlist ..........................................61
Listening to the FM Radio .................................................61
Opening the FM Radio...............................................61

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Tuning the FM Radio .................................................61
10 Google Services ................................................ 63
Creating a Google Account................................................63
Gmail .................................................................................64
Opening Gmail ...........................................................64
Switching Between Accounts .....................................64
Creating and Sending an Email .................................65
Replying to or Forwarding an Email ...........................65
Searching for an Email ...............................................66
Customizing Your Gmail Settings ..............................66
Talk ....................................................................................66
Opening Talk ..............................................................66
Adding a Friend ..........................................................66
Accepting an Invitation ...............................................67
Starting a Chat............................................................67
Setting Notifications for New Instant Messages ........67
Signing out of Talk......................................................68
Maps ..................................................................................68
Enabling the Location Service....................................68
Opening Maps ............................................................68
Searching for Places of Interest .................................68
Getting Directions.......................................................69
YouTube ............................................................................69

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Opening YouTube ......................................................69
Searching for a Video.................................................69
Sharing a Video ..........................................................70
Play Store .........................................................................70
Opening Play Store...........................................................70
Searching for Applications..........................................70
Installing an Application..............................................70
Uninstalling an Application .........................................71
11 Synchronizing Information.................................. 72
Managing Your Accounts ...................................................72
Adding an Account .....................................................72
Adding an Exchange Account ....................................73
Removing an Account ................................................74
Customizing Your Account Synchronization ......................75
Configuring General Synchronization Settings ..........75
Changing an Account’s Synchronization Settings .....76
12 Using Other Applications.................................... 77
All Backup ........................................................................77
Backing Up data by using Backup to SD..................77
Calendar............................................................................77
Opening Calendar .....................................................77
Creating an Event.......................................................78
Setting an Event Reminder ........................................79

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Setting Synchronization and Display .........................79
Customizing Calendar Settings..................................80
ES File Explorer ...............................................................80
Opening ES File Explorer .........................................80
Creating a Folder........................................................81
Moving or Copying a File............................................81
Searching for a File ....................................................81
Extracting a File..........................................................82
Clock .................................................................................82
Opening the Clock .....................................................82
Opening the Alarms...................................................82
Calculator .........................................................................83
Opening Calculator ...................................................83
Switching Between Basic and Advanced panel ......83
ToDo ..................................................................................84
Weather Clock ..................................................................84
Setting the Default City...............................................84
Updating Weather.......................................................85
Changing a City..........................................................85
Sharing Weather Information .....................................85
13 Managing Your Mobile Phone ............................ 87
Setting the Date and Time .................................................87
Setting the Display.............................................................88