Huawei Ascend Y511 User manual

Quick Start Guide
Y511

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Charging the Battery
Before charging the battery, ensure that it has been properly
installed on your phone.
1. Connect the charger to USB cable.
2. Connect the charger to a power outlet.
3. Connect the USB cable to the phone to start charging.
If your phone is powered on, the battery icon on the notification
bar displays the charging status. The icon indicates the battery
is fully charged.
Touchscreen Actions
Using your finger on the touchscreen, you can operate your
phone conveniently.

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Powering On Your Mobile Phone
Press and hold (Power key) located on the right side of the device.
The first time you power on your phone, you will be asked to
sign in to your account and set up your mobile phone.
If personal identification number (PIN) protection is enabled
on your mobile phone, you must enter your PIN before
using the mobile phone.
Power-On Setup
When you turn on your phone for the first time, you can follow
the onscreen instructions to complete the setup, or skip the
setup and do it at another time.
Powering Off Your Mobile
Phone
1. Press and hold (Power key)to open the options menu.
2. Touch Power off.
3. Touch OK.
Locking the Screen

When your phone is on, press (Power key) to lock the screen.

If your phone is idle for a while, the screen will lock
automatically.
Unlocking the Screen
1. Press (Power key) to wake up the screen.
2. Drag the lock icon from left to right to unlock the screen.

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Home Screen
Touch and hold a shortcut, you can then drag it to your
desired location. You can also drag an icon from another
area of the screen to the shortcut position.
Adding a New Home Screen Item
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch and hold an item to add it to the home screen.

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Moving a Home Screen Item
1. Touch and hold an item on the home screen until the item
expands in size.
2. Without lifting your finger, drag the item to the desired
position on the screen, and then release it.
Removing a Home Screen Item
1. Touch and hold an item on the home screen until the item
expands.
2. Without lifting your finger, drag the item to Remove.
When the item and the remove icon turn red, the item is
ready to be removed.
3. Release the item to remove it from the home screen.
Importing Contacts from a SIM
Card
1. In the contact list, touch > Import/export.
2. Select the SIM card to copy contacts from and touch Next.
3. Select copy contacts to Phone contact and touch Next.
4. Select the contacts you want to import and then touch
OK to import.
Adding a Contact
1. In the contact list, touch .
2. If you have more than one account with contacts, touch
the account to which you want to add the contact.
3. Enter the contact’s name, and then add detailed
information such as phone number and address.
4. When you are finished, touch DONE to save the contact
information.

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Making a Call with the Dialer
Application
1. On the home screen, touch or > Phone to
display the dialer.
2. Touch the appropriate number keys to enter the phone
numbe r.
3. Touch at the bottom to initiate the call.
Your mobile phone supports the smart dial function, that is,
when you touch numbers on the dialer, the phone automatically
searches among your contacts and lists the matching results
ordered according to the accuracy of the match. If no contacts
match the information entered, the phone will not display any
result.
Creating and Sending a
Multimedia Message
You can use multimedia messages to make everyday
communications very special. You can record a message and
send it as an audio file, sing 'Happy Birthday' and send it to
friend, or send a slideshow of photographs of a special event.
The possibilities are endless.
1. On the home screen, touch > Messaging > .
2. Enter a phone number or a contact's name in the Type
name or number field, or touch to select one or
more contacts.
3. Touch Type text message to start entering your message.
4. Touch > Add subject to add the message subject.
5. Touch to add a picture, audio, video file, etc.
6. When the message is ready to be sent, touch .

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Connecting to the Internet
Turning On WLAN
1. On the home screen, touch > Settings.
2. Slide the slider to the right to turn on WLAN.
Opening the Browser
Touch > Browser to open the home page.
When known or open WLAN networks and mobile data
networks are available at the same time, your phone will
preferably select a WLAN network for Internet access.
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.
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.
Opening Your Camera
You can take and share photos using the camera. Your camera
supports multiple capture modes and photo effects. After taking
a picture, access the Gallery to view it.