Huawei T-Mobile myTouch User manual

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User Guide
T-Mobile myTouch

Contents
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1 Read Before Proceeding .......................................................1
1.1 Safety Precautions....................................................................... 1
1.2 Personal Information and Data Security...................................... 2
1.3 Legal Notice................................................................................. 3
2 Getting Started.......................................................................6
2.1 Phone at a Glance....................................................................... 6
2.2 Key Functions at Your Fingertips................................................. 6
2.3 Installing the SIM Card ................................................................ 7
2.4 (Optional) Installing the microSD Card ........................................ 7
2.5 Installing the Battery.................................................................... 8
2.6 Charging the Battery.................................................................... 8
2.7 Important Information About the Battery......................................9
2.8 Power Saving Tips .................................................................... 10
2.9 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone......................................... 10
2.10 Using the Touchscreen............................................................ 12
2.11 Locking and Unlocking the Screen.......................................... 12
2.12 Home Screen........................................................................... 13
2.13 Opening Applications............................................................... 17
2.14 Using a microSD Card............................................................. 18
3 Calling..................................................................................18
3.1 Making a Call............................................................................. 18
3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call.................................................... 20
3.3 Wi-Fi Calling .............................................................................. 21
3.4 Other Operations During a Call ................................................. 22
3.5 Using the Call log....................................................................... 23
3.6 TTY Operation .......................................................................... 23
3.7 Setting Hearing Aid Compatibility .............................................. 24
3.8 Using Airplane Mode ................................................................. 24

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4 Contacts...............................................................................24
4.1 Opening the Contacts Application ............................................. 25
4.2 Importing Contacts from a SIM Card ......................................... 25
4.3 Adding a Contact ....................................................................... 25
4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites........................................... 26
4.5 Searching for a Contact............................................................. 26
4.6 Editing a Contact ....................................................................... 26
4.7 Communicating with Your Contacts........................................... 26
4.8 Deleting a Contact ..................................................................... 27
4.9 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts................................... 27
4.10 Managing Groups .................................................................... 28
4.11 Joining and Separating Contacts............................................. 29
4.12 Sending Contacts .................................................................... 30
5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard.............................................30
5.1 Displaying the Keyboard............................................................ 30
5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings................................................. 33
6 Messages ............................................................................33
6.1 SMS and MMS........................................................................... 33
6.2 Email.......................................................................................... 35
7 Getting Connected...............................................................38
7.1 Mobile Networks........................................................................ 38
7.2 Wi-Fi .......................................................................................... 38
7.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection.................................... 39
7.4 Browser...................................................................................... 41
7.5 Bluetooth.................................................................................... 42
8 Entertainment ......................................................................44
8.1 Taking Photos and Recording Videos ....................................... 44
8.2 Using the Gallery ....................................................................... 46
8.3 Enjoying Music........................................................................... 47
8.4 Listening to the FM Radio.......................................................... 48

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9 Google Services ..................................................................49
9.1 Creating a Google Account........................................................49
9.2 Gmail ......................................................................................... 50
9.3 Talk............................................................................................ 51
9.4 Maps.......................................................................................... 53
9.5 YouTube.................................................................................... 54
9.6 Play Store .................................................................................. 54
10 Synchronizing Information.................................................55
10.1 Managing Your Accounts......................................................... 56
10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization............................ 57
11 Using Other Applications...................................................58
11.1 Calendar .................................................................................. 58
11.2 File Manager............................................................................ 60
11.3 Clock........................................................................................ 62
11.4 Calculator................................................................................. 63
11.5 Notepad................................................................................... 64
11.6 Weather................................................................................... 64
11.7 Genius Button.......................................................................... 65
12 Managing Your Mobile Phone ...........................................66
12.1 Setting the Date and Time.......................................................66
12.2 Setting the Display................................................................... 66
12.3 Setting Ringers........................................................................ 67
12.4 Setting Phone Services ........................................................... 68
12.5 Configuring Text-to-Speech..................................................... 68
12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone................................................. 69
12.7 Managing Applications............................................................. 70
12.8 Resetting Your Mobile Phone.................................................. 72
13 Appendix............................................................................73
13.1 FAQs........................................................................................ 73

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1 Read Before Proceeding
1.1 Safety Precautions
Please read the safety precautions carefully to ensure the correct use of your mobile
phone.
Do not crash, throw, or puncture your mobile phone. Avoid the
falling, squeezing, and bending of your mobile phone.
Do not use your mobile phone in a moist environment, such as the
bathroom. Prevent your mobile phone from being soaked or washed
in liquid.
Do not switch on your mobile phone when it is prohibited to use
phonesor when the phone may cause interference or danger.
Do not use your mobile phone while driving.
Follow any rules or regulations in hospitals and health carefacilities.
Switch off your mobile phone near medical apparatus.
Switch off your mobile phone in aircraft. The phone may cause
interference to control equipment of the aircraft.
Switchoff your mobile phone nearhigh-precisionelectronic devices.
The phone may affect the performance of these devices.
Donotattempttodisassemble your mobile phoneorits accessories.
Only qualified personnel are allowed to service or repair the phone.

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1.2 Personal Information and Data
Security
The use of some functions or third-party applicationson your device could result in
your personal information and data being lost or becoming accessible to others.
Several measures are recommended to helpyou protect personal and confidential
information.
• Placeyourdeviceinasafeareatopreventitfromunauthorizeduse.
• Setyourdevicescreentolockandcreateapasswordorunlockpatterntoopenit.
Donot placeyourmobilephoneor its accessoriesin containerswith
a strong electromagnetic field.
Do not place magnetic storage media near your mobile phone.
Radiationfromthephone mayerasetheinformationstoredonthem.
Donotputyourmobilephoneinahigh-temperatureplaceoruseitin
a place with flammable gas such as a gas station.
Keepyourmobilephoneanditsaccessoriesawayfromchildren.Do
not allow children to use your mobile phone without guidance.
Use only approved batteries and chargers to avoid the risk of
explosions.
Observe any laws or regulations on the use of wireless devices.
Respect others’ privacy and legal rights when using your wireless
device.
Strictly follow the relevant instructions of this manual while using the
USB cable. Otherwise your mobile phone or PC may be damaged.

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• PeriodicallybackuppersonalinformationkeptonyourSIM/USIM/ISIMcard,
memorycard,orstoredinyourdevicememory.Ifyouchangetoadifferentdevice,
besuretomoveordeleteanypersonalinformationonyourolddevice.
• Ifyouareworriedaboutviruseswhenyoureceivemessagesoremailsfroma
stranger,youcandeletethemwithoutopeningthem.
• IfyouuseyourdevicetobrowsetheInternet,avoidwebsitesthatmightposea
securityrisktoavoidtheftofyourpersonalinformation.
• IfyouuseservicessuchasWi-FitetherorBluetooth,setpasswordsforthese
servicestopreventunauthorizedaccess.Whentheseservicesarenotinuse,turn
themoff.
• Installorupgradedevicesecuritysoftwareandregularlyscanforviruses.
• Besuretoobtainthird-partyapplicationsfromalegitimatesource.Downloaded
third-partyapplicationsshouldbescannedforviruses.
• InstallsecuritysoftwareorpatchesreleasedbyHuaweiorthird-partyapplication
providers.
• Someapplicationsrequireandtransmitlocationinformation.Asaresult,athird-
partymaybeabletoshareyourlocationinformation.
• Yourdevicemayprovidedetectionanddiagnosticinformationtothird-party
applicationproviders.Thirdpartyvendorsusethisinformationtoimprovetheir
productsandservices.
• Ifyouhaveconcernsaboutthesecurityofyourpersonalinformationanddata,
pleasecontact[email protected]om.
1.3 Legal Notice
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2012. All rights reserved.
No part ofthis document may bereproduced or transmitted in any formor by any
means withoutprior written consent of Huawei TechnologiesCo., Ltd.
The product described in this manual may include copyrighted software of Huawei
Technologies Co.,Ltd. and possible licensors.Customersshall not in any manner
reproduce, distribute, modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt,extract, reverse
engineer,lease, assign, or sublicense the said software,unless suchrestrictions are
prohibitedby applicable laws or such actionsare approved by respective copyright
holders.

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Trademarks and Permissions
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TechnologiesCo.,Ltd.
Androidis a trademark ofGoogleInc.
Othertrademarks,product,serviceandcompanynamesmentionedaretheproperty
of their respective owners.
Notice
Some features of the product and its accessories described hereinrely on the
softwareinstalled, capacitiesand settings of local network, and therefore maynot be
activated or may be limited by local network operators or network serviceproviders.
Thusthedescriptionshereinmaynotmatchexactlytheproductoritsaccessoriesyou
purchase.
HuaweiTechnologiesCo.,Ltd.reservestherighttochangeormodifyanyinformation
or specifications containedin this manual without prior notice and without any liability.
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softwareand applications that are delivered with this product. Therefore, Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd. will not provide any warranty of any kind for these third-party
softwareandapplications.NeitherwillHuaweiTechnologiesCo.,Ltd.providesupport
tocustomerswhousethesethird-partysoftwareandapplications,norberesponsible
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Third-partysoftware andapplicationsservices may be interrupted or terminatedat
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interruption or termination of third-party contents or services.
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other aspects of any software installed on this product, or for any uploadedor
downloadedthird-partyworks,suchastexts,images,videos,orsoftware.Customers
shall bear the risk for anyand all effects, including incompatibility between the
software and this product, which result from installing software or uploading or
downloading the third-partyworks.

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This product usesthe open-source Android™platform. Huawei Technologies Co.,
Ltd. hasmade necessary changes to the platform. Therefore, this product may not
support all the functions that are supported by the standard Android platform ormay
beincompatiblewiththird-partysoftware.HuaweiTechnologiesCo.,Ltd.shallnotbe
liable forany of such situation.
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softwareand technicaldatatherein.

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2 Getting Started
2.1 Phone at a Glance
All the pictures in this guide are for your reference only. Your phone’s actual
display features may be different to those described here, depending on its
software version.
2.2 Key Functions at Your Fingertips
• Press and hold to power on your mobile phone.
• Press and hold to open the Phone options menu.
• Press to lock the screen when your mobile phone is active.
• Touch to return to the previousscreen or exit the application you
are running.
• Touch to hide the keyboard.
Charger/Data port
Back camera
Mircophone
Speaker
Volume keys
Camera
key
Power key
Headset
jack
Earpiece
Front
camera
Flash