Huawei U1280 User manual

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HUAWEI U1280 Mobile Phone
User Guide

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Safety Precautions
Please read the safety precautions carefully to ensure the
correct and safe use of your wireless device. For detailed infor-
mation, refer to the section “Warnings and Precautions”.
Do not switch on your phone when it is prohibited
to use mobile phones or when the phone may
cause interference or danger.
Switch off your phone near high-precision
electronic devices. The phone may affect the
performance of these devices.
Do not use your phone while driving.
Do not attempt to disassemble your phone or its
accessories. Only qualified personnel are allowed
to service or repair the phone.
Follow any rules or regulations in
hospitals and health care facilities. Switch off your
phone near medical apparatus.
Do not attempt to disassemble your phone or its
accessories. Only qualified personnel are allowed
to service or repair the phone.
Switch off your phone in aircraft. The phone may
cause interference to
control signals of the aircraft.

Use only approved batteries and
chargers to avoid the risk of explosions.
Do not place magnetic storage media near your
phone. Radiation from the phone may erase the
information stored on them.
Observe any laws or regulations on the use of
wireless device. Respect others’ privacy and
legal rights when using your wireless device.
Do not put your phone in a high-
temperature place or use it in a place with
flammable gas such as a gas
station.
Strictly follow the relevant instructions on Chapter
5of this manual while using the USB cable.
Otherwise your phone or PC may be damaged.
Keep your phone and its accessories away from
children. Do not allow
children to use your phone without guidance.

1.Introduction
Packing List . . . . . . . . . . 1
Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . 2
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Text Input . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.Customized Settings
Phone Settings . . . . . . 13
Display Settings . . . . . 13
Network Settings . . . . . 14
STK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.Call Function
Managing Contacts . . . 15
Viewing the Call
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Setting the Call
Function . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Making or Ending
a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Answering or Rejecting
a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.Message Function
Message . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.Connection Function
Connectivity Settings . . 24
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Bluetooth®. . . . . . . . . . 28
6.Entertainment
Function
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . 32
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mobile TV . . . . . . . . . . 33
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Games . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7.Business Function
Calendar
Management . . . . . . . . 35
Tool Applications . . . . 36
File Management . . . . 37
8.Warnings and
Precautions
Electronic Device . . . . 38
Medical Device . . . . . . 38
Potentially Explosive
Atmospheres . . . . . . . . 38
Traffic Security . . . . . . 39
Operating
Environment . . . . . . . . 40
Preventing Hearing
Damage . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety of Children . . . . 41
Environment
Protection . . . . . . . . . . 42
Accessories . . . . . . . . 42
Battery and Charger . . 42
Contents

Clearing and
Maintenance . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency Call . . . . . . 44
Certification Information
(SAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

1
1. Introduction
Your Phone can operate in virtually all countries,
automatically switching between WCDMA 2100 and
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 networks.
NOTE: The services supported by your phone should be
also supported by the network from where you use the
phone. For details, contact your service provider.
Packing List
Your phone package box contains the following:
1. One mobile phone
2. One travel charger
3. One Li-ion battery
4. One User Guide
5. One USB data cable
6. One Stereo headset (Optional)

Your Phone
2
Your Phone
Appearance and Keys
1. Charger
connector/ Cable
connector
2. Headset
Jack
3. Earpiece
4. Left function
key
5.Music key 6. Send key

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Your Phone
7. Scroll key 8. Power/End
key
9. Clear key
10. Right function
key
11. OK key 12. Volume
keys
Left
function
key
• Active the function indicated at the left
of the prompt bar.
• Access the main menu in standby
mode.
Music
key
Access the music menu in standby
mode.
Send key • Make or Answer a call.
• Enter the Calls screen in standby
mode.
Scroll key • Scroll through a menu.
• Access the corresponding shortcut
menu in standby mode.
Right
function
key
• Active the function indicated at the
right of the prompt bar.
Clear key Delete a character before the cursor.

Your Phone
4
SIM Card and Memory Card
Load your SIM card before using your phone. And only
unload the SIM card and the battery after powering off your
phone. To use the SIM card properly, please read the
following instructions carefully.
NOTE:
• Keep the SIM card out of the reach of children.
• The SIM card and its metal contacts can be easily
damaged by scratching or bending. Ensure care when
you carry , load or remove it.
• Always disconnect the charger from the phone before
loading or removing the SIM card.
To load or remove the SIM card, please according to the
following figures.
Power/En
d key
• End an ongoing call or reject an
incoming call.
• Return to the standby mode.
• Press and hold it to power on or power
off the phone.
OK key • Start the selected function in the
menu.
• Access the main menu in standby
mode.

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Your Phone
Your phone supports a memory card (microSD) with a
capacity up to 8 GB.
To load or remove the memory card, please remove the
cover to the microSD card slot. And then please according
to the following figure.
Antenna
As with any radio transmitting device, avoid touching an
antenna unnecessarily when the antenna is in use. For
example, avoid touching the cellular antenna during a
phone call. Contact with a transmitting or receiving antenna

Your Phone
6
affects the quality of the radio communication, may cause
the device to operate at a higher power level than otherwise
needed, and may reduce the battery life. The picture shows
the antenna area marked in grey.
Charging the Battery
NOTE:
• When you charge the battery for the first time, please
charge it for a minimum of 12 hours.
• The battery discharges even while not being used. If
you have not used it for a long time, please recharge it
first.
• The charging time depends on the environmental
temperature and the age of the battery.
• Do not strike, throw or cause any kind of violent shock
to the battery, otherwise liquid leakage, body damage,
overheating, fire or explosion may occur.
• The battery can be recharged but eventually wears out.
If the battery lasts for a shorter time period than usual
after being charged normally, replace it with a battery
of the same type.

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Your Phone
• Charge the battery by using the charger supplied with
your phone.
Before charging the battery with a cable charger, ensure
that the battery has been properly loaded into your phone.
To charge the battery, first plug in the charger connector to
a power socket, and then insert the plug of the cable into the
connector of the phone as shown in the following figure.
NOTE:
•The plug of the charger is in trapezium shape.
Reversely inserting the plug may damage the
mobile phone and charger. The connection
methods of USB data cable and headset are the
same as the charger.
• When the battery power level is very low, the phone
makes alert sounds and displays a prompt. When the
battery power level is too low, the phone will power off
automatically.

Your Phone
8
• When the battery is being charged, the charging indi-
cator blinks continuously. When the charging indicator
stops blinking, it indicates that the battery is full.
Screen
The icon bar displays the phone status. The following table
illustrates the icons that may appear on this bar.
Indicates signal
strength.
The normal profile
is activated.
Indicates power
level of the
battery.
The headset is
plugged in.
1. Icon bar
2. Desktop
3. Prompt bar

9
Your Phone
The phone is
currently in a
GSM or
WCDMA
network.
Your PC connects
to the Internet
through your
phone.
You are using
the roaming
service.
You have new text
messages.
Bluetooth is
enabled.
You have new
voice mails. Icon
Description
Call line 2 is
enabled
currently.
You have new
multimedia
messages.
Forwarding all
incoming voice
calls to line 1 or
line 2.
You have new
Emails.
The phone is in
a call.
You have new
PUSH messages.
Alarm clock is
enabled.

Security
10
Security
Phone/SIM Card Security Settings
NOTE:
• For certain SIM cards, you need to enter the PIN2 code
to use certain special functions.
• If you enter a wrong PIN code or wrong PIN2 code for
three consecutive attempts, the SIM card is locked. To
unlock the SIM card, enter the PIN Unblocking Key
(PUK) code or PUK2 code.
• The PIN code, PIN2 code, PUK code, or PUK2 code is
provided together with the SIM card. For details,
consult your service provider.
• The initial phone password of the phone is 0000.
Select Settings > Security.
• Reset your phone to the factory settings.
• Enable or disable the "Phone lock" and "PIN lock".
• Modify the phone password and PIN code.
•If your SIM card supports the Fixed Dialer Number
(FDN) function, you can set the limit for phone
numbers.
Digital Rights Management
Select Settings > License setting. Enter the correct phone
password and press OK key to confirm, and you can select
roaming network or delete all licenses.
Digital Rights Management (DRM) can protect the digital
content from piracy and protect the provider’s interests. The
digital content includes Java applications and multimedia

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Text Input
content such as images, audio and video. If the protected
content cannot be accessed, it indicates that the
corresponding license is overdue or used up.
Text Input
NOTE: While entering text:
• Press the * key to switch between input methods.
Press and hold the * key to enable or disable the T9
input mode.
• Press the # key to display the symbols list. Press and
hold the # key to set the input language.
• Press the Clear key to delete the letter before the
cursor.
• Press repeatedly the * key and you will see
"Abc","abc", "ABC" or "123" on the upper left corner of
the screen successively. It indicates the words to be
entered will be in lower case, first letter capitalized or in
upper case.
T9®Input Method
With the T9 input method, you can easily and quickly enter
words. T9 is a predictive text entry mode. Press the relevant
key that corresponds to the desired letter and T9 will offer
you candidate words.
Press each key carrying the desired letter once, and then
the predictive text scheme will present the candidate words
composed by the letters you have entered in the drop-down
menu.

Text Input
12
Traditional Input Method
When T9 input method is off, you can use the traditional
input method for entering alphabetic characters.
Repeatedly press the key that carries the letter to be
entered when it appears on the screen.
Number Input Method
In a text editing screen, press and hold the
character/number keys to enter corresponding numeric
characters.
You can also press successively the * key to switch to the
"123" numeric input method, and enter corresponding
numeric characters by pressing the character/number keys.
Symbol Input Method
You can press the # key to display the symbols list and then
select symbols to input.
You can also press the key with number 1 to input the
commonly-used symbols in a text editing screen (except
numeric input method).

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2. Customized Settings
Phone Settings
Select Settings > Phone Settings. You can change the
settings of the phone.
• Set the system date and time format of the phone. If
you have removed the battery from the mobile phone,
you may need set the time after power on the mobile
phone.
• Select different profiles for the phone to suit different
environmental situations.
• Set the phone language.
• Set the language used to enter text.
• Change the sound settings for the current profile.
• Set the keypad tone of the phone.
• Set the keypad lock period.
• Assign the frequently used functions to the scroll keys
as shortcut keys.
• Set your phone to power on or off automatically.
NOTE: In the standby mode, you can press and hold the #
key to switch between the current profile and the silent
profile. If the current profile is offline, you cannot use this
function.
Display Settings
Select Settings > Display Settings. You can change the
settings for the phone display.
• Set the wallpaper layout for the home screen.
• Set the theme of the phone.