Huawei U8600 User manual

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Contents
Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What's in Your Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Mobile Phone View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the microSD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Starting Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Accessing your top six applications with Task List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Customizing Your Mobile Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Home Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Getting to know your Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Notification and status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Notifications panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How to switch the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How to customize the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Answering and Rejecting a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Using the Call log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Airplane Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
MyPhonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
How to get started with MyPhonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Organize your Contacts with MyPhonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Change your device easily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Your Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Text Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the Onscreen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Customising the Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Inputting Text, Numbers, and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SMS and MMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Getting Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
GPRS/3G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
VPNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Working with Secure Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Modem Behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using the Music Palyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using the Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Using the Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Listening to the FM Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Google Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Creating a Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Using Gmail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Using Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Using Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Synchronizing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Managing Your Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Customizing Your Account Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Using the Hi Suite to Synchronize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Using Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Using the Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Using the Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

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Using the Notepad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Using the Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Using the File Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Managing Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Setting the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Setting Ringers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Setting Phone Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Other Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Protecting Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Managing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Managing the Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Backing Up My Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Resetting Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Legal Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Trademarks and Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Please note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
NO WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Import and Export Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Warnings and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
How to remove the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

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Getting to Know Your Mobile
Phone
Ready to get hands-on with your touchscreen? To take every last
gadget and gizmo for a spin? Great – here is where you will get to grips
with the basics and best bits of your new mobile phone. So thumb
through our manual and get up to speed with your mobile phone!
What's in Your Box
Take a peak in your mobile phone box and you will find much more in
there than your new mobile phone– in fact, you will have all these
handy items to play with:
Mobile phone
Battery (internal)
Charger
USB cable
3.5 mm headset
Quick start guide

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Mobile Phone View
Phone at a Glance
Note: If you apply protective film on the phone, please use the
protective film with good transmittance.
Key features at a glance
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 Home screen.
Touch and hold to show the most recently used
applications.
Touch to open the menu on an active screen.
Charge/Data port
Camera
Volume
key
Headset
jack
Earpiece

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Installing the SIM Card
How to slot in your SIM card
Caution: Turn off your mobile phone before you slot in or out your SIM
card.
It takes just three simple steps to install your SIM card:
1. Turn off your mobile phone.
2. Remove the battery cover.
3. Insert the SIM card.
How to charge your mobile phone
Your mobile phone has an internal rechargeable battery.
Note: If your mobile phone is charged when it is powered on, the
battery icon on the Notification bar shows the charging status. When
the battery icon changes to , it indicates that your mobile phone is
fully charged.
Touch to return to the previous screen.
Touch to exit any application you are running.
Touch to hide the keyboard.
Touch to open Google search for searching your mobile
phone and the web.

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To charge your mobile phone through charger
1. Connect the USB cable that came with your mobile phone to the
charger.
2. Connect the USB cable to your mobile phone.
3. Plug in the connector of the charger to an electrical outlet. The
phone begins charging.
To charge your mobile phone through computer
Connect your mobile phone to the computer with the USB cable that
came with your mobile phone. Then the phone begins charging.
Note: It takes longer time to charging through computer than through
charger.

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How to keep your battery in top shape
If the battery has not been used for a long period of time, you may
not be able to power on your mobile phone immediately after you
begin charging the battery. The icon as shown in the following
figure is displayed on the screen.
Allow the battery to charge for a few minutes with the phone
powered off. When the charging animotion is displayed on the
screen, power the phone on.
Using data services increases demand for electrical power and will
hence the stand-by and talk time of the device.
The time required to charge the battery depends on the ambient
temperature and the age of the battery. We recommend you to
charge at room temperature (20°C–22°C).
When the battery is low, the phone plays an alert and displays a
message. When the battery power charge is almost drained, your
phone will power off automatically.
The battery undergoes aging which results in a decrease of the
capacity with time. This will be noticeable by some incremental
reduction of the stand-by and talk time of the device. In order to
revert to the original stand-by and talk time it is recommended to
replace the battery with a new one of the same type.

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We recommend you to not replace the battery by yourself. Instead
any Huawei or a Huawei authorized service provider will be happy
to offer a battery replacement to you. In case you choose to
replace the battery by yourself, please refer to .
Battery saving advice
The stand-by and talk time also depends on the network that you
connect to, and how you use your mobile phone.
Try the following to conserve battery power:
When you do not need 3G services, set your phone to connect to
a 2G network: on the Home screen, touch > Settings >
Wireless & networks > Mobile networks, then select Use only 2G
networks.
When your mobile phone is not in use, press the key to switch
off the screen.
Reduce the time until the display illumination goes off when in idle
mode: on the Home screen, touch > Settings > Display >
Screen timeout.
Lower the display brightness: on the Home screen, touch >
Settings > Display > Brightness.
Use the AC adapter to plug your phone into an external power
source whenever possible.
Turn Bluetooth off whenyou’re not using it. Only make your phone
visible to other Bluetooth devices when you need to establish a
Bluetooth connection: on the Home screen, touch > Settings
> Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.
Switch off Wi-Fi when you’re not using it: on the Home screen,
touch > Settings > Wireless & networks > WiFi settings.
Turn off your phone connection to GPS satellites when you’re not
using it: on the Home screen, touch > Settings > Location &
security, and then clear the Use GPS satellites check box.
Lower the volume.
Close power-draining programs, like the Camera application,
when you don’t need them.

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Turn off the data service: on the Home screen, touch >
Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks, clear Data
enabled and Data always on check boxes.
Using the microSD Card
How to install the microSD card
1. Remove the battery cover.
2. Insert the microSD card as shown in the diagram.
Note: When inserting the microSD card, make sure that the golden
contact is facing downwards.
How to remove the microSD card while your mobile phone
is on
1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings.
2. Scroll down the screen, and then touch Storage > Unmount SD
card.
3. Carefully remove the microSD card.
How to use the microSD card as the USB mass storage
To transfer all your favorite music and pictures from your PC onto your
mobile phone’s microSD card, set the microSD card as the USB mass
storage.
1. Connect your mobile phone to your PC with the USB cable. Your
PC will detect the microSD card as a removable disk.
2. Open the notification bar, and then touch USB connected.

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3. Touch Turn on USB storage in the dialog box that opens to
confirm that you want to transfer files.
You can now transfer files from your PC to your mobile phone’s
microSD card.
Note: When your microSD card acts as the USB mass storage, your
mobile phone will not use this memory space. Your PC will tell you how
to safely disconnect the USB mass storage device (that is your mobile
phone by the way) when you have finished transferring files.
Starting Up
Setting up your T-mobile move balance involves just a few simple
steps.
How to turn your mobile phone on and off
To turn on your mobile phone
Press . The first time you power on yourphone, you will be asked to
sign in to your account and set up your mobile phone.
Note: When personal identification number (PIN) protection is
enabled on your mobile phone, you need to enter the PIN before using
the mobile phone.
To set up your mobile phone
The first time you power on your mobile phone, the phone displays a
setup wizard to instruct you on how to set up the phone.
The setup wizard includes the following parts:
Using the onscreen keyboard
Setting up your accounts
Important settings
1. Touch the Android image to learn a few important things to get the
most out of your phone.
2. Touch Begin to start learning how to use the onscreen keyboard.

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3. Touch the text field to open keyboard and try to start typing, or
touch Skip to continue.
4. Touch the Google account, or Email account icon to access the
relevant settings.
Tip: On the Setting up your accounts screen, you can touch , and
then touch APN settings to set the APN. When a SIM card has been
installed on your phone, the phone can automatically read the APN
settings from the SIM card. Contact your operator for details.
5. After you set an email account, a tick appears on the relevant email
icon. You can also touch Skip to set an account later and go to the
next step.
6. If you want to enable the data service, select the Enable data
service check box, and then touch Next.
7. You'll be prompted whether to enable the Google location service.
This service gives you basic information about your location
without using GPS. Then touch Next to go to the next step.
8. Set the date and time. If you want to set the time manually rather
than use the system time, clear the Automatic check box, and then
touch Next to finish and go to the Home screen.
To turn off your mobile phone
1. Press and hold to open the Phone options menu.
2. Touch Power off.
Tip: When the mobile phone is in an abnormal state and can not be
turned off properly, you can press at least 8 seconds to turn off the
phone.
How to lock and unlock the screen
To lock 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.

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If you leave your mobile phone undisturbed for a while, the screen
will lock automatically.
To unlock the screen
1. Press to wake up the screen.
2. Drag the lock icon from the bottom up to unlock the screen.
Note: If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, you will be prompted
to draw the pattern on the screen to unlock it.
Using the Touchscreen
Enjoying the touchscreen at your fingertips
Touch: Use the touch of your finger to select an item, confirm a
selection, or start an application.
Touch and hold: Touch an item with your finger and continue to
press down until your mobile phone responds. For example, to
open the options menu for the active screen, touch the screen and
hold down until the menu appears.
Flick: Move your finger either vertically or horizontally across the
screen.
Drag: Touch and hold the desired item with your finger. To move
an item, drag the item to any part of the screen. You can drag an
icon to move or delete it.
Rotating your mobile phone
Now you will never get in a spin – because when you turn your mobile
phone, the screen twists too. And that means your screen is always the

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right way up, even if you are holding it portrait or landscape. But watch
out – for this tricksy technology to work, you will always have to turn
your mobile phone anti-clockwise.
Tip: On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Display > Auto-rotate
screen to disable the function.
Accessing your top six applications
with Task List
1. On any screen, touch and hold to open the Recent menu.
You will pull up your six most recently used applications.
2. To use an application, just touch the appropriate icon.
Customizing Your Mobile Phone
Settings
Let’s get personal – if you want your mobile phone to feel near enough
tailor-made, altering your settings is the only way to go. First, to open
the Settings screen, do either of the following:

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On any Home screen, touch to open the Main Menu, and then
touch Settings.
On any Home screen, touch , and then touch Settings.
Now tap into the features below and tweak them to your tastes:
Wireless &
networks
Alter the wireless connections of your phone,
such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, enable the
Airplane mode, or set the options for roaming,
networks, and more.
Call settings Set up call services such as voicemail, call
forwarding, call waiting, and caller ID.
Sound Set up call and notification ring-tones.
Display Set up screen brightness and screen timeout.
Location &
security
Select the GPS location source to use, set the
screen unlock pattern, or enable the SIM card
lock.
Applications Manage applications and control currently
running services.
Accounts & sync
Select the master synchronization server. You
can also set up automatic synchronisation of
Google Mail, Calendar, and Contacts, account
switching, and synchronisation.
Privacy Restore your mobile phone to factory settings
and clear the data on the phone.
Storage Check the available storage card and format the
microSD card.
Language &
keyboard
Set the language and region where you want to
use your phone. You can also set onscreen
keyboard options.

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Voice input &
output
Set voice input and output parameters,
including the language and speech rate.
Accessibility Enable the screen reader to provide spoken
feedback when using native applications.
Date & time Set the date, time, time zone, and date or time
format.
About phone
From signal strength to battery power, your
network name to the legal and software
information on your phone - it's all here.

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Home Screen
The Home screen gives a lot of fun to play with and you can adds the
items you need in one place.
Getting to know your Home screen
1Notifications bar: Displays the reminders and status icons of
your phone. Flick down to open the notifications panel.
2Display area: Shows the operation and display areas of your
phone.
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Notification and status icons
The notifications panel at the top of the screen contains icons that tell
you about messages and phone status. To view your notifications,
touch the notifications panel and drag it down.
3Screen switching dots: Indicate the number of the screens on
the left or right.
4Touch to open the Messaging.
5Touch to view all your applications.
6Touch to open the Dialer screen.
Signal strength No signal
Connected to GPRS
mobile network GPRS in use
Connected to EDGE
mobile network EDGE in use
Connected to 3G mobile
network 3G in use
Receiving location data
from GPS Airplane mode
Bluetooth is on Preparing mircoSD card
Speakerphone is on Alarm is set
Vibrate mode Ringer is silenced
Call mute Battery is charging

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*Memory is full
If you're running out of the storage space, an icon will appear in the
notifications bar. Just delete some old junk you don't want anymore -
an application that's collecting dust, tired old texts from your ex - it's a
big hint to spring-clean your mobile memory!
Battery is full Battery is very low
Call in progress Missed call
Call in progress using a
Bluetooth headset New gmail
New text or multimedia
message
Problem with text or
multimedia message
delivery
New chat message New email
New voicemail Connected to a PC
An open Wi-Fi network is
available Upcoming event
Uploading Downloading
Memory is full Problem with sign-in or
sync
Carrier data use threshold
approaching or exceeded
More undisplayed
notifications
Synchronizing data Synchronization failed
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is
on USB tethering is on
Connected To VPN Disconnected From VPN