Huawei M931 User manual

User Guide
Welcome to HUAWEI
M931

Contents
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 2
Keys and Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing a SIM Card and the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing and Removing a microSD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Powering Your Phone On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Configuring Your Phone for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Switching to Silent Mode or Airplane Mode Quickly . . . . . . . 9
Using the Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Locking and Unlocking the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Managing the NotificationPanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Accessing Applications and Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Managing Shortcuts and Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Managing Folders on the Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 20
Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Answering or Rejecting a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operations During a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Making a Conference Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Switching BetweenCalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Supplementary Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the Voicemail Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 26
Importing Contacts from a SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Creating a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Communicatingwith aContact Quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Adding a Contact to Your Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Searching for aContact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Editing a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Deleting a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Managing Contact Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Joining Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sending a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Backing Up Your Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Text Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Onscreen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Switching Between Text Input Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Android Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Editing Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Landscape Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Selecting an Input Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sending a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replying to a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Searching for a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Customizing Message Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Setting the MessageRingtone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using Google Talk™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Data Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 39
Turning On Mobile Data Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sharing Your Phone's Data Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Controlling Data Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
DLNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Email/Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Managing Applications. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using Play Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing an Application froma microSD Card . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Viewing and Uninstalling Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Browsing a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Managing Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Setting the HomePage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Customizing Browser Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 57
Enabling the LocationService . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Opening Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Searching for Places of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Getting Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Capturing Photos and Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Video Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 65
Viewing Photosor Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Editing a Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rotating a Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cropping a Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Music Player. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Opening the Media Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Adding an Audio File to aPlaylist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Playing a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Playing an Audio File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Copying an Audio File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accounts and Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adding an Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Removing an Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Synchronizing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Changing theAccount Synchronization Settings . . . . . . . . . 72
More Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
All Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Managing File Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Adding an Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Using the Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Using the Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Weather Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Configuring Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Configuring theDisplay Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Setting the Call Ringtone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Restoring Factory Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Online Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 87
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 90
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Personal Information and Data Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Legal Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Warnings andPrecautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Introduction
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Introduction
Thank you for choosing the M931 smartphone.
Be sure to carefully read the function descriptions, operating
instructions,andsafetyprecautionsdescribedin thisdocument
before using your phone.
All pictures and illustrations in this document are for your
referenceonly.Theactualappearanceanddisplayfeatureswill
dependonthespecificphone purchased.
Pleasevisitwww.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/support/hotline
for recently updated hotline and email address in your country
or region.
Symbols and Definitions
Thefollowingsymbols are used inthis documenttohighlight
sections that requirespecial attention:
Description Additional operation descriptions.
Tip Help you to solve a problem quickly
and efficiently.
Caution
Warnings andprecautions. If the
instructions in this document are not
followed, the device may be damaged,
or your data may be lost.

Installation
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Installation
Keys and Functions
Status
indicator
Charger jack/USB port
Power key Headset
jack
Speaker
Volume
keys
Front
camera
Earpiece
Microphone
Flash unit
Main camera
Home key
Back key
Menu key
• Press and holdto power on your phone.
• Pressandholdtodisplaytheoptionsmenu,from
whereyou canpoweroff thephoneand perform
some shortcut operations.
• Press to lock the screen when your phoneis
active.
• Touchto returntothepreviousscreenor exitthe
currently running application.
• Touch to hide the keyboard.
Touch to open themenu on an active screen.

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Installing a SIM Card and the Battery
Installa SIMcardandthebatteryasshownin the following
diagram.
Installing and Removing a microSD
Card
Yourphone'smemorycapacitycanbeexpandedbyinstallinga
microSDcard.Forinstallationinstructions,refertothefollowing
diagram.
When installing themicroSD card, push thecard into the slot
until it clicks into place.
ToremovethemicroSDcard:
• Touch to return tothe Home screen.
• Touch and hold to view the list of recently used
applications.

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1.OntheHomescreen,touch > Settings .
2.Touch
Storage > Unmount SD card .
3.Remove themicroSD card by gentling pushing it inwards
thenreleasing;thecardwillautomaticallypopoutfromthe
slot.
Charging the Battery
1.ConnectyourchargertotheUSBcable provided.
2.Connectthechargertoapoweroutlet.
3.Connect thephonetotheUSBcable. The battery will now
startcharging.
Whilethebatteryischarging,the statusindicatorshowsthe
battery level or charging status.
• Steadygreen:Thephoneischargingandthebatterylevelis
highorfull.
• Steadyyellow:Thephoneischargingandthebatterylevelis
higherthan10%.
• Steadyred:Thephoneischargingandthebatterylevelis
low.
• Blinkingred:Thebatterylevelislowandthephoneneedsto
becharged.

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If your phone is powered on, the charging icon is displayed in
thenotificationbarwhile thebattery is charging. Whentheicon
changesto ,thebatteryisfullycharged.
Important Information About the Battery
• Ifthephonehasnotbeenused for alongtime,orthe battery
isfullydepleted,youmaynotbeabletopoweronyourphone
immediatelyafteryoucommencechargingthebattery.Allow
the battery to charge for a few minutes with the phone
powered off before attempting to use the phone.
• Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge
cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. When the
battery life becomes noticeably shorter after being fully
charged,replacethebatterywithanewoneofthesametype.
• Using data services increases the phone's power
consumption andwill reduce battery life.
• The time requiredto fully charge the battery depends on the
ambient temperature and the age of the battery.
• If your phone is very low on power, it displays a message. If
your phone is extremely low on power, it will power off
automatically.
Battery Saving Tips
Trythefollowingactionstoreducepower consumption:
• When you do not need to access the Internet or to upload or
download data, flick the notification bar downwards to open
the notification panel and touch to disable your data
connection.
• When you do not need to use the phone's wireless services
suchasGPS,Bluetooth,orWi-Fi,openthenotificationpanel,