Huawei u8800 Installation guide

HUAWEI U8800 SmartPhoneFAQs
HUAWEI U8800 SmartPhone FAQs
V100R001
Issue 01
Date 2010-11-16
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

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Contents
1Basics ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1PhoneataGlance.......................................................................................................................................5
1.2StatusIcons................................................................................................................................................6
1.3SMS...........................................................................................................................................................6
1.3.1Whatisthedifference betweenthetextmessage(SMS)inanAndroidOS andthatinatraditional
system?What istheadvantageof thetextmessageintheAndroidOS?.......................................................6
1.3.2HowdoIsendatextmessage?...........................................................................................................7
1.3.3HowdoIchangetheinputmethod?...................................................................................................7
1.3.4HowdoIsaveatextmessageasadraft?............................................................................................8
1.3.5HowdoIsendatextmessagetomultiplerecipients?.........................................................................8
1.3.6HowdoIdeleteatextmessageinamessagethread?..........................................................................8
1.3.7Whatisthefunctionof lockingamessage? ........................................................................................9
1.3.8Howmanytextmessagescanbesavedonmyphone?........................................................................9
1.3.9Whileforwarding amessage,doIforwardallmessagesinathreadorforwardonlythelatestmessage?
................................................................................................................................................................10
1.3.10 HowdoIsetmessageringtoneandvibrate?...................................................................................10
1.3.11HowdoIsearchforamessage? .....................................................................................................10
1.3.12 HowdoIdisablethekeypress sound?...........................................................................................11
1.4MMS .......................................................................................................................................................11
1.4.1HowdoIsendamultimediamessage?.............................................................................................11
1.4.2Isamultimediamessageaffectedbythefilesize, videoformat,orresolution?..................................12
1.4.3Whatarethefailurecausesof sendingorreceivingamultimediamessage? Howtosolvesuch
problems?................................................................................................................................................12
1.5Music.......................................................................................................................................................13
1.5.1Whatarethemeaningsof Artists,Albums,Songs,andPlaylists?......................................................13
1.5.2HowdoImanagemyfavoritesongs?...............................................................................................13
1.5.3HowdoIcreateplaylists?................................................................................................................13
1.5.4Whataretheplaymodes?................................................................................................................14
1.5.5HowdoIplaysongsinbackground andexitMusic? ........................................................................16
1.5.6Doesthephonesupportthecallrecording?......................................................................................16
1.6Camera.....................................................................................................................................................17
1.6.1AmIabletotakepicturesorvideoswhentheSDcardisunavailable?..............................................17
1.6.2Whatisthedefaultsavingpathof picturesorvideos?HowdoIchangethepath?.............................17

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1.6.3Whyam Iunabletoopencertainpicturesorstartcertainvideos?......................................................17
1.6.4HowdoIeditapictureorvideo?.....................................................................................................17
1.7StreamingMedia......................................................................................................................................18
1.7.1WillthephonestopsplayingstreamingmediawhenIreceiveanincomingcall?Afterthecall,doesit
continuetoplay?......................................................................................................................................18
1.7.2Whydoesthephonenotplaycertainstreamingmedia?....................................................................18
1.7.3Whatarethepossiblereasonsof poorqualityofplayingastreaming mediaonline?..........................18
1.7.4Duringanonlinestreamingmediaplay, will thephonememorybeinsufficient?...............................18
1.8Bluetooth.................................................................................................................................................18
1.8.1WhatfilescanbetransmittedviaBluetooth?....................................................................................18
1.8.2HowdoItransmitafilevia Bluetooth?............................................................................................18
1.8.3Whyismyphoneunabletobesearchedbyotherdevices?HowdoIsolvethisproblem?..................19
1.8.4Whatisthevaliddistance of Bluetooth?...........................................................................................19
1.8.5Whatarethepossiblecausesofmyphonefailedtopairwithotherdevices?.....................................20
1.9Email.......................................................................................................................................................20
1.9.1HowdoIsetupanemailaccount?...................................................................................................20
1.9.2HowdoIchangetoanotheremailaccount?......................................................................................21
1.10Gmail.....................................................................................................................................................22
1.10.1HowdoIsetupaGmailaccount?..................................................................................................22
1.10.2HowdoIchangetoanotherGmailaccount?...................................................................................23
1.10.3WhichapplicationsdotheGmailaccountandpasswordconnectto?...............................................23
1.10.4WhatshouldIdoifIforgotmyGmailaccountorpassword?..........................................................23
1.11GoogleMaps..........................................................................................................................................24
1.11.1HowdoIchoosewireless networksorGPS satellitesforMaps?.....................................................24
1.11.2Isitfree of chargetouseGPS andwireless networklocations?.......................................................24
1.11.3Whyam IunabletouseMyLocationservice andhowtosolvethisproblem?.................................25
1.11.4HowdoIquicklysearchforroute?.................................................................................................25
1.11.5Whataretheadvantagesof GoogleMapsoverothermaps?............................................................25
2Common Settings................................................................................................................... 26
2.1ForcedUpgrade........................................................................................................................................26
2.2HowdoIinstalltheADBdriver?..............................................................................................................26
2.3NetworkParameters.................................................................................................................................29
2.4HowdoIenableanddisabledataservice?................................................................................................29
2.5HowdoIuseUSBtethering?....................................................................................................................29
2.5.1HowdoItouseUSBtetheringintheWindows XPoperating system?..............................................29
2.5.2HowdoIuseUSBtetheringintheWindowsVista and Windows7operatingsystems?.....................32
2.6RingtoneSettings.....................................................................................................................................32
2.6.1HowdoIsettheincomingcallringtone?..........................................................................................32
2.6.2HowdoIsetincomingcallandmessagevibration?..........................................................................33
2.6.3HowdoIsetmusicof mychoiceasaringtoneforincomingcallsormessages?...............................33
2.6.4IfmusiconmySD cardisset asmyringtone, willthesongstillbesetasmyringtone,ifIejecttheSD
card?........................................................................................................................................................34

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2.7Languageand Keyboard...........................................................................................................................34
2.7.1HowdoIchangethephonelanguage? .............................................................................................34
2.7.2Howwill IdoifIamunabletoselectmydesiredlanguage?.............................................................34
2.7.3Whyam Iunabletousetheinputmethodaftertheinputsoftwareissuccessfullyinstalled?..............34
2.7.4HowdoIchangethefontsize? ........................................................................................................34
2.8UnlockPattern .........................................................................................................................................35
2.8.1HowdoIsetthescreenunlock?.......................................................................................................35
2.8.2Howmanywrongunlockpatternswilllockthephonepermanently?................................................36
3Applications............................................................................................................................ 37
3.1Whatarethethird-partyapplicationssupportedbyanAndroidphone? ......................................................37
3.2HowdoIgetthird-partyapplications?......................................................................................................37
3.3HowdoIinstall, manage,and uninstallapplications?................................................................................37
3.3.1HowdoIinstallapplications?..........................................................................................................37
3.3.2HowdoImanageapplications?........................................................................................................38
3.3.3HowdoIuninstallapplications?......................................................................................................38
3.4WhyamIunabletoinstallanapplicationandhowtosolvetheproblem?..................................................39
4DataBackup andRestoration............................................................................................... 40
4.1Whatdatacanbebackedup onmyphone? ...............................................................................................40
4.2HowdoIbackupandrestorecontactsinphoneContacts?........................................................................40
4.2.1HowdoIbackup contactstoSD card?............................................................................................40
4.2.2HowdoIrestorecontactsfromSDcardtophone? ...........................................................................40
4.3HowdoIusethird-partyapplicationstosynchronizedata?........................................................................41
5Others...................................................................................................................................... 42
5.1HowdoIexaminefilesonmySD card?...................................................................................................42
5.2Whatarethecommonskills?....................................................................................................................42
5.2.1HowdoIquicklyaddashortcuttothehomescreen?........................................................................42
5.2.2HowdoIuseotherapplicationsduringacall?..................................................................................42
5.2.3HowdoIsetthealarmtoringwhenthephoneispoweredoff?.........................................................42
5.2.4HowdoIsetmyphonetovibrateormutequickly?..........................................................................42
5.2.5AmIabletoswitchtheorientationof thescreenwhenrotatingthephone? .......................................43
5.3HowdoImaximizethebatterylife?.........................................................................................................43
5.4HowdoIsavedatatraffic?.......................................................................................................................43

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1 Basics
1.1PhoneataGlance

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1.2StatusIcons
Call inprogress Call inprogress using aBluetoothdevice
Missedcall ConnectedtoaPC
Problemwithsign-inorsynchronization Memoryfull
Preparing SDcard Roaming
Signalstrength Airplanemode
Nosignal ConnectedtoaWi-Finetwork
Synchronizingdata Synchronizationfailed
Bluetoothison ConnectedtoanotherBluetoothdevice
Vibratemode Microphonemuted
Batteryisfull Batteryisverylow
Batteryischarging Alarmisset
Musicisplaying Newcalendarreminder
Newemail Newmessage
Silence mode USBdebug mode
Speakeron
1.3SMS
1.3.1Whatis thedifferencebetweenthetextmessage(SMS)inan
AndroidOSandthatinatraditionalsystem?Whatisthe
advantageofthetextmessageintheAndroidOS?
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Inatraditionalsystem, textmessagesaresavedin Inbox and Sent;Inan Androidsystem, text
messageswiththesamecontactaresavedinthesamethread, whichdoesnotdifferentiate
inbox andsent.
Advantage:
MessaginginanAndroidphoneissimilartotheinstantmessagingservicessuchasMSNor
QQ.Therefore, it helpsyoubrowseyourchatrecordsmorequicklyandconveniently.
1.3.2How doIsend atextmessage?
1. Touch Messaging andthentouch Newmessage.
2. Enteramobilephonenumberinthe To field,touchthecomposition textboxtostart
enteringyourmessage, andthentouch Send.
1.3.3How doIchangetheinputmethod?
Touchandholdthecompositiontextbox andtouch Inputmethod inthe Edittext menu.
Then, touch TouchPal or Androidkeyboard inthe Selectinputmethod menu.
Press and hold

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1.3.4How doIsaveatextmessageasadraft?
Touch Newmessage, enteramobilephonenumberinthe To fieldandenteryourtext
messageinthecompositiontextbox, andthentouch .Thetextmessageisautomatically
savedasadraft.
Note:If youenterthetextmessagebutdonotenterthemobilephonenumber,youcannot
savethetextmessageasadraft.
1.3.5How doIsend atextmessageto multiplerecipients?
1. Entermultiplephonenumbersandseparatethemwithcommas.
1.3.6How doIdeleteatextmessageinamessagethread?
1. Touchandholdthemessagetobedeleted,andthenselect Deletemessage inthe
Messageoptions menu.
2. Touch > Deletethread, all themessage(s)tobedeleted.
Touchback

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1.3.7Whatis thefunctionoflockingamessage?
Whendeletingmessagesinbatches,youareunabletodeletealockedmessage.
1.3.8Howmanytextmessagescanbesavedonmyphone?
1. Thetotalnumberofmessagessavedonyourphoneisrelatedtothephonestorage.
Touch > Settings > SDcard&phonestorage > Internalphonestorage.
2. Athreadcancontainupto999 textmessages.Bydefault,athreadcontains200 text
messagesonyourphone.
Tosetthetextmessagesinathread:Touch Messaging > > Settings > Textmessage
limit, and thensetthetextmessagelimit.

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1.3.9Whileforwardingamessage,doIforward all messages ina
threadorforward only thelatestmessage?
You will forwardany onemessage.Touchandholdthemessageandtouch Forward inthe
Messageoptions menu.
1.3.10How doIsetmessageringtoneand vibrate?
1. Tosetmessageringtone, touch Messaging > > Settings > Selectringtone.
2. Tosetmessagevibrate, touch Messaging > > Settings > Vibrate.
1.3.11How doIsearchforamessage?
Touch (or > Search), enterthesearchkeywords, andthentouch .
All messagesrelatedtothesearchkeywordsaredisplayed.

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1.3.12How doIdisablethekeypress sound?
1. Thekeypress soundisrelatedtotheinputmethod.Inthespecificinputmethodmenu,
youcandisablethekeypress sound.
Touch > Settings > Language&keyboard. Selecttosetatextinputmethod.
2. Disabling thekeypress sounddoesnotaffecttheincomingcall ringtoneandtext
messageringtone.
1.4MMS
1.4.1How doIsend amultimediamessage?
1. Touch Messaging andthentouch Newmessage.
2. Enteramobilephonenumberinthe To fieldand touchthecompositiontextboxtostart
enteringyourmessage.If youentermorethantwopagesinatextmessage,thetext
messageisautomaticallychangedtoamultimediamessage.
3. Touch > Add subject.If youaddasubjecttoatextmessage,thetextmessageis
automaticallychangedtoamultimediamessage.
4. Touch > Attach toattachpictures,audiofiles,orvideos.Ifyouattacha
multimediafiletoatextmessage,thetextmessageisautomaticallychangedtoa
multimediamessage.
5. Touch Send.

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1.4.2Is amultimediamessageaffectedbythefilesize, video
format, orresolution?
1. If anaudiofileorvideoexceeds300 KB, it cannotbeattachedtothemessage.
2. If apicturesizeexceedsthelimit,it isautomaticallycompressed.Then,it canbe
attachedtothemultimediamessageand thereceivedpicturewill beinlow-resolution.
1.4.3Whatarethefailurecauses ofsendingorreceivinga
multimediamessage?How to solvesuchproblems?
1. If yourphonememoryisinsufficient(smallerthan10%),youcannotreceivea
multimediamessage.
Solution:Deleteunnecessaryfilestoreleaseyourphonememory. Theavailablememory
shouldbelargerthan10%.
2. If dataserviceisdisabled, youareunabletosendorreceivemultimediamessages.

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Solution:Touch > Settings > Wireless &networks > Mobilenetworks.Touchto
select Data enabled.
1.5Music
1.5.1Whatarethemeanings ofArtists, Albums,Songs, and
Playlists?
1. Artists:Songsofthesameartistareplacedinthesamedirectory.
2. Albums:Songsofthesamealbumareplacedinthesamedirectory.
3. Songs:All songsareplacedinonedirectorybynamingschemas.
4. Playlists:Favoritesongscanbeaddedtotheplaylists.
1.5.2How doImanagemyfavoritesongs?
You cancreatedifferentplaylistsand addsongstotheplaylists.Fordetailsabouthowtoadd
songstoaplaylist, see thenextquestion.
1.5.3How doIcreateplaylists?
1. Touch Music andselectanysongtobeaddedtotheplaylist.
2. Touchandholdthesongandthentouch Add toplaylist > New.Enteranametothe
Playlistname textbox andtouch Save.

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1.5.4Whataretheplaymodes?
1. Shuffleisoff (bydefault):Setthephonetoplayall songsintheplaylistinorderand stop
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2. Shuffleison:Setthephonetoplayall songsintheplaylistinrandomorderandstopthe
playafterall songshavebeenplayed.
3. Repeatingall songs:Setthephonetoplayall songsintheplaylistinorderandrepeatto
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4. Repeating currentsong:Setthephonetoplaythecurrentsongrepeatedly.
5. Shuffleison + Repeatingall songs:Setthephonetoplayall songsintheplaylistina
randomorderandrepeattoplayall songsafterall songshavebeenplayed.
1.5.5How doIplaysongs inbackground and exit Music?
1. Playinbackground:Touch Music andplayanyaudiofile.Press or .The
songisplayinginbackground.
2. Exit Music:Touch Music and pausethesong. Press or toexit Music.
1.5.6Doesthephonesupportthecall recording?
No.

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1.6Camera
1.6.1AmIableto takepictures orvideos whentheSD cardis
unavailable?
Yes,youare abletotake picturesorvideoswhentheSDcardis unavailable.
1.6.2Whatis thedefault savingpathofpictures orvideos?How
doIchangethepath?
1. WhentheSDcardisavailable:
Thedefault savingpathforpicturesissdcard/DCIM/Camera.
Thedefault savingpathforvideosissdcard/DCIM/Camera.
2. Thepathcan tbechanged.
1.6.3WhyamIunableto opencertainpictures orstartcertain
videos?
1. Thephonedoesnotsupportthefileformat.
2. Thephonememoryisinsufficient. Pleaseclosesomerunningthird-partyapplications.
3. Thefileisdamaged.
4. Thefileiscopy-rightprotected.
5. Unknownerroroccurstotheapplicationorphonesystem.Thisisveryrarecaseandyou
canrestartthephonetotrythemagain.
1.6.4How doIedit apictureorvideo?
1. Touch > More > RotateLeft/RotateRight or Crop.
2. You areunabletoedit avideoclip.

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1.7Streaming Media
1.7.1Will thephonestops playingstreamingmediawhenI
receiveanincomingcall?Afterthecall,does it continueto play?
1. Thephonestopsplayingthestreamingmediawhenyouhaveanincomingcall.
2. Afterthecall, thephonecontinuestoplaythestreaming media.
1.7.2Whydoesthephonenot playcertainstreamingmedia?
1. Thephonedoesnotsupportthefileformat.
2. Thenetworkisunstable.
3. Thephonememoryisinsufficient.
1.7.3Whatarethepossiblereasons ofpoorquality ofplayinga
streamingmediaonline?
1. Thesource streamingmediahaspoorquality.
2. Thenetworkispoor.
3. Phonehardwaremaybefaulty,forexample,thephonedisplayisdamaged.Insuchcase,
comparethestreaming mediawithanotherdevice.
4. Phonememorymaybeinsufficient.
5. CPUusageishigh.
6. Too much applicationsarerunning.
1.7.4Duringanonlinestreamingmediaplay,will thephone
memorybeinsufficient?
No.ThedownloadoccupiesRAMratherthanthephonememoryduringanonlinestreaming
mediaplay.
1.8Bluetooth
1.8.1WhatfilescanbetransmittedviaBluetooth?
Pictures, audiofiles,videos, texts, web pages,orcontactsareabletobetransmittedvia
Bluetooth.
1.8.2How doItransmit afileviaBluetooth?
1. Touch Music or Gallery and selectany filetobesent.Touchandholdthefileandtouch
Share > Bluetooth.
2. Openthewebbrowserandaccessanypage.Press andtouch More > Share
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3. In Contacts,press and touch Import/Export > Share visiblecontacts >
Bluetooth.
1.8.3Whyismyphoneunableto besearchedbyotherdevices?
How doIsolvethis problem?
1. Bluetoothmaybeturnedoff.
Solution:Touch > Settings > Wireless &networks and start Bluetooth.
2. Thephonemaybesetto Hidden afterBluetoothisturned on.
Solution:Touch > Settings > Wireless &networks > Bluetoothsettings andtouch
Discoverable.
1.8.4Whatis thevaliddistanceofBluetooth?
Itiswithin10 meters.

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1.8.5Whatarethepossiblecauses ofmyphonefailedto pairwith
otherdevices?
1. Iamunabletosearchotherdevices.
CheckthatBluetoothon otherdevicesisturnedonandthedevicesareabletobe
searched.
2. IamunabletosearchtheBluetoothheadset.
Checkthattheheadsetissetto Discoverable. Fordetails, see theheadsetuserguide.
3. IamunabletoconnecttootherphoneswhenIsendfiles.
Checkthatthepairedphoneisabletoreceivefilesorsupportsthefileofthespecific
format.
1.9Email
1.9.1How doIsetup anemail account?
Touch > Email and setupyouremail account, asshown inthefollowing figures.