Huawei IDEOS User manual

Quick Start

1. What is in your box
Your phone box contains the following items:
• Mobile phone • Battery
• Charger • USB cable
• Headset • Quick start guide
• Safety information
2. Phone at a glance
• : Press to open the menu on an active screen.
• : Touch and hold to open the Recent panel.
• : Press to go to the Call log screen.
Earpiece
Touch
screen
Home
Menu
Back OK
Search
Send End
Microphone
Navigation
Headset jack Power
Volume keys
Charge/Data port Wrist strap hold
Speaker
Camera
Status indicator

3. Before getting started
Installing the SIM card
Installing the microSD card* and the battery
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4. Charging the battery
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The color of the status indicator tells the battery status of
your mobile phone.
• Green: Fully charged (when connected to charger).
• Orange: Charging (when connected to charger).
• Red: Battery low.
5. Powering on or off your mobile phone
Powering on your mobile phone
Press to power on your mobile phone. The first time you
do this, you will be asked to sign in to your account and set
up your mobile phone.
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Powering off your mobile phone
Press and hold to open the Phone options menu, and
then touch Power off.
6. Using the Touchscreen
• Touch: Touch a desired item with your finger to confirm
your selection or start an application.
• Touch and hold: Touch and hold the screen until your
mobile phone responds. For example, you can always
touch and hold the screen to open the options menu of
the active screen.
• Flick: Flick your finger vertically or horizontally across the
screen.
• Drag: Touch and hold your desired item with your finger.

Then, drag the item to any part of the screen to move the
item.
7. Home screen
Home screen view
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screen★and★its★extensions,★which★you★can★touch★to★
open.
Locking the screen
• When your mobile phone is on, press to lock the
screen. When the screen is locked, you can still receive
messages and calls.
• If you leave your mobile phone idle for a while, the screen
will lock automatically.
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Touch to open the Phone screen.
Touch to open the Launcher screen.
Touch to open Browser.
Notifications bar:
Displays the reminders and status icons of your
phone. Flick down to open the notifications panel.
Display area:
Shows the operation and display areas of your phone.
Interface switching dots:
Indicate the number of the screens on the left or
right. Touch the left or right dots to switch between
the screens.

Unlocking the screen
1. Press , , or to wake up the screen.
2. Drag the lock icon from left to right to unlock the screen.
Adding a new screen item
1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Home screen until
the Add to Home screen menu is displayed.
2. Select an item to add it to the Home screen.
8. Getting your contacts into the phone
Importing contacts from a SIM card
1. In the contact list, press , and then touch Import/
Export.
2. Touch Import from SIM card. Wait for the SIM card
contents to be loaded.
3. Select the check boxes of the contacts you want to
import.
★You can press , and then touch Import all to
import all contacts from SIM card.

Adding a contact
1. In the contact list, press , and then touch New contact.
2. Enter the contact's name, and then add detailed
information such as phone number or address.
3. When you are finished, touch Done to save the contact
information.
9. Making a call
Making a call with the dialer
1. To make a call, you can use the Phone application.
2. Touch the appropriate numeric keys to enter the phone
number.
3. Press or touch to initiate the call.
4. When finished, press .

Answering an incoming call
• Press or drag to the right to answer the call.
Rejecting an incoming call
• Press or drag to the left to reject a call.
10. Entering text
Using the onscreen keyboard
• Touch the space where you will enter your text to show
the keyboard.
• Press to hide the keyboard.

Switching the input method
Touch and hold the space where you enter your text until the
Edit text menu is displayed. Touch Input method.
11. Sending a message
1. Touch Launcher > Messaging > New message.
2. Enter a phone number in the To field.
3. Touch the Type to compose text box to start entering
your message.
★On the edit messages screen, press to display the
options panel. Touch Add subject to add the
message subject or touch Attach to add a picture,
music, or video le.
4. When you finished editing message, touch Send to send
the message.
12. Getting connected
Connecting to a wireless network
1. On the Home screen, press > Settings.
2. Touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks, and
then select the Data enabled check box to turn on date
services.
★If you do not need a wireless network, you can
uncheck the Data enabled check box to save data
trafc costs.

Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
1. On the Home screen, press > Settings.
2. Touch Wireless & networks, and then select the Wi-Fi
check box to turn on Wi-Fi.
3. Touch Wi-Fi settings. You will see a list of detected Wi-
Fi networks in the Wi-Fi networks section.
4. Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect to it.
When you connected to a Wi-Fi network, will display on
the notifications bar.
Sharing data connection as a portable Wi-Fi
hotspot
1. On the Home screen, press > Settings.
2. Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable
hotspot.
3. Select the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box to share
your data connection.
★When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is selected, you can
touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings to change its
network name or secure it.
Opening a web page
On the Home screen, touch to open the browser.
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