Huawei Ascend Y5 User manual

Quick Start Guide
Y5

1
Getting to know your phone
Thank you for choosing the HUAWEI smartphone.
First, let's take a look at a few basics.
Press and hold the power button to power on your phone.
After your phone is powered up, you can use the power button
to turn the screen off and on.

2
Preparing your phone
To insert the SIM card, the battery and a microSD card, please
perform the few steps shown in the following figures.
Your phone is shipped with the battery partially charged. It is
recommended that you fully charge the battery before using it
for the first time.

3
Locking and unlocking the
screen
When you are not using your phone, press the power button
to turn off the screen.
After being idle for a specified period of time, your phone locks
its screen automatically.
Follow the onscreen instructions and slide to unlock the screen.

4
Making a call
On the home screen, touch .
You can dial a phone number directly.
You can also touch a phone number in places like messages,
email and webpages to make a call.

5
Sending messages
On the home screen, touch .
Adding a photo or audio clip to a text message turns it into a
multimedia message.
You can also save attachments from multimedia messages.

6
Taking a photo or video
On the home screen, touch .
Flick left or right to switch between photo and video capture
modes.
When the screen is turned off, double-press the volume down
button to take a snapshot.

7
Listening to music
On the home screen, touch .
You can copy songs to your phone and immerse yourself with
extraordinary audio experience anytime.
You can also mark your songs to add them to the playlist.

8
Internet connection
Flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel.
Touch to turn on the mobile network.
Touch and hold to go to the Wi-Fi settings screen. Turn
on Wi-Fi and follow the onscreen instructions to connect your
phone to a Wi-Fi network.

9
Personal information and data
security
The use of some functions or third-party applications on your
device could result in your personal information and data being
lost or becoming accessible to others. Several measures are
recommended to help you protect personal and confidential
information.

Place your device in a safe area to prevent it from
unauthorized use.

Set your device screen to lock and create a password or
unlock pattern to open it.

Periodically back up personal information kept on your
SIM/USIM card, memory card, or stored in your device
memory. If you change to a different device, be sure to
move or delete any personal information on your old
device.

If you are worried about viruses when you receive messages
or emails from a stranger, you can delete them without
opening them.

If you use your device to browse the Internet, avoid
websites that might pose a security risk to avoid theft of
your personal information.

If you use services such as Wi-Fi tether or Bluetooth, set
passwords for these services to prevent unauthorized
access. When these services are not in use, turn them off.

Install or upgrade device security software and regularly
scan for viruses.

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.