Huawei U8815-71 User manual

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User Guide
HUAWEI U8815-71

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 Key Functions at Your Fingertips................................................. 6
2.2 Important Information About the Battery......................................6
2.3 Power Saving Tips ...................................................................... 7
2.4 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone...........................................7
2.5 Using the Touchscreen................................................................ 9
2.6 Locking and Unlocking the Screen..............................................9
2.7 Home Screen............................................................................. 10
2.8 Application Screen..................................................................... 14
2.9 Using a microSD Card............................................................... 15
3 Calling..................................................................................16
3.1 Making a Call............................................................................. 16
3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call.................................................... 17
3.3 Other Operations During a Call ................................................. 18
3.4 Using the Call log....................................................................... 19
3.5 Using Airplane Mode ................................................................. 19
4 Contacts...............................................................................19
4.1 Opening the Contacts Application ............................................. 20
4.2 Importing Contacts from a SIM Card ......................................... 20
4.3 Adding a Contact ....................................................................... 20
4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites........................................... 20
4.5 Searching for a Contact............................................................. 21
4.6 Editing a Contact ....................................................................... 21
4.7 Communicating with Your Contacts........................................... 21

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4.8 Deleting a Contact ..................................................................... 22
4.9 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts................................... 22
4.10 Managing Groups .................................................................... 23
4.11 Joining and Separating Contacts............................................. 24
4.12 Sending Contacts .................................................................... 25
5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard.............................................25
5.1 Displaying the Keyboard............................................................ 25
5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings................................................. 27
6 Messaging ...........................................................................27
6.1 SMS and MMS........................................................................... 27
6.2 Email.......................................................................................... 29
7 Getting Connected...............................................................32
7.1 Mobile Networks ........................................................................ 32
7.2 Wi-Fi .......................................................................................... 32
7.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection....................................33
7.4 Browser...................................................................................... 34
7.5 Bluetooth.................................................................................... 36
8 Entertainment ......................................................................37
8.1 Taking Photos and Recording Videos .......................................38
8.2 Using the Gallery ....................................................................... 39
8.3 Enjoying Music........................................................................... 41
8.4 Listening to the FM Radio.......................................................... 43
9 Google Services ..................................................................43
9.1 Creating a Google Account........................................................ 44
9.2 Gmail ......................................................................................... 44
9.3 Google Talk™............................................................................ 46
9.4 Maps.......................................................................................... 47
9.5 YouTube .................................................................................... 48
9.6 Play Store .................................................................................. 49

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10 Synchronizing Information.................................................50
10.1 Managing Your Accounts......................................................... 50
10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization............................ 52
11 Using Other Applications...................................................53
11.1 Traffic Manager(Optional)........................................................ 53
11.2 Calendar .................................................................................. 53
11.3 File Manager............................................................................ 55
11.4 Clock........................................................................................ 57
11.5 Calculator................................................................................. 58
11.6 Notepad................................................................................... 58
11.7 Weather Clock ......................................................................... 59
12 Managing Your Mobile Phone ...........................................60
12.1 Setting the Date and Time....................................................... 60
12.2 Setting the Display................................................................... 61
12.3 Setting Ringers ........................................................................ 61
12.4 Setting Phone Services ...........................................................62
12.5 Configuring Text-to-Speech..................................................... 62
12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone................................................. 63
12.7 Managing Applications............................................................. 64
12.8 Resetting Your Mobile Phone.................................................. 66
12.9 Online Update.......................................................................... 66
13 FAQs..................................................................................67

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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. Preventyour mobilephone from being soakedor washed
in liquid.
Do not switch on your mobile phone when it is prohibited to use
phones or 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 care facilities.
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.
Switch off your mobile phone near high-precision electronicdevices.
The phone may affect the performance of these devices.
Donotattemptto disassembleyourmobilephone or its 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 applications on your device could result in
your personal informationand data being lost or becoming accessible to others.
Several measures are recommendedto help you protect personal and confidential
information.
• Placeyourdeviceinasafeareatopreventitfromunauthorizeduse.
• Setyourdevicescreentolockandcreateapasswordorunlockpatterntoopenit.
Donot place your mobile phoneor its accessoriesin containers with
a strong electromagnetic field.
Do not place magnetic storage media near your mobile phone.
Radiationfrom the phonemayerase the informationstored on them.
Donot putyour mobilephonein a high-temperatureplace oruse itin
a place with flammable gas such as a gas station.
Keepyourmobile phoneand itsaccessoriesawayfromchildren.Do
not allow childrento use your mobile phone without guidance.
Use only approved batteriesand 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/UIMcard,memory
card,orstoredinyourdevicememory.Ifyouchangetoadifferentdevice,besure
tomoveordeleteanypersonalinformationonyourolddevice.
• Ifyouareworriedaboutviruseswhenyoureceivemessagesoremailsfroma
stranger,youcandeletethemwithoutopeningthem.
• IfyouuseyourdevicetobrowsetheInternet,avoidwebsitesthatmightposea
securityrisktoavoidtheftofyourpersonalinformation.
• IfyouuseservicessuchasWi-FitetherorBluetooth,setpasswordsforthese
servicestopreventunauthorizedaccess.Whentheseservicesarenotinuse,turn
themoff.
• Installorupgradedevicesecuritysoftwareandregularlyscanforviruses.
• Besuretoobtainthird-partyapplicationsfromalegitimatesource.Downloaded
third-partyapplicationsshouldbescannedforviruses.
• InstallsecuritysoftwareorpatchesreleasedbyHuaweiorthird-partyapplication
providers.
• Someapplicationsrequireandtransmitlocationinformation.Asaresult,a third-
partymaybeabletoshareyourlocationinformation.
• Yourdevicemayprovidedetectionanddiagnosticinformationto third-party
applicationproviders.Thirdpartyvendorsusethisinformationtoimprovetheir
productsandservices.
• Ifyouhaveconcernsaboutthesecurityofyourpersonalinformationanddata,
pleasecontact[email protected].
1.3 Legal Notice
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2012. All rights reserved.
No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means without priorwritten consent of Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd.
The product described in this manual may include copyrighted software of Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd. and possible licensors. Customers shall not in any manner
reproduce, distribute, modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, reverse
engineer, lease, assign, or sublicense the said software, unless such restrictions are
prohibited by applicable laws or such actionsare approved by respective copyright
holders.

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TechnologiesCo., Ltd.
Android is a trademark of Google Inc.
Othertrademarks,product,serviceandcompanynamesmentionedaretheproperty
of their respective owners.
Notice
Some features of the product and its accessories described herein rely on the
software installed, capacities and settings of local network, and therefore maynot be
activated or may be limited by local network operators or network service providers.
Thusthedescriptionshereinmaynotmatchexactlytheproductoritsaccessoriesyou
purchase.
HuaweiTechnologiesCo.,Ltd.reservestherighttochangeormodifyanyinformation
or specifications containedin this manual without prior notice and withoutany liability.
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tocustomerswhousethesethird-partysoftwareandapplications,norberesponsible
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software and this product, which result from installing software or uploading or
downloading the third-party works.

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liable for any of such situation.
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2 Getting Started
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.
2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingertips
2.2 Important Information About the
Battery
• If the battery has not been used for a long time, you may not be able to power on
your mobile phone immediately after you begin charging the battery. Allow the
battery to charge for a few minutes with the phone powered off before attempting
to power the phone on.
• Asitages,thebattery’sperformancewilldegrade,inparticularitwillnotholdcharge
as it did when it was new. When the battery life becomes noticeably shorter than
usualafterbeingchargedproperly,replacethebatterywith anew oneof thesame
type.
• 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 previous screen or exit the application you are
running.
• Touch to hide the keyboard.
Touch to open the menu on an active screen.
• Touch to return to the Home screen.
• Touch and hold to show the most recently used applications.

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• Using data services increases the power consumption of the phone and will
therefore reduce the length of time that the phone can be used between battery
charges.
• The time required to fully charge the battery depends on the ambient temperature
and the age of the battery.
• When the battery power is low, the phone will alert you and display a message.
When the battery power is almost exhausted, your phone will power off
automatically.
2.3 Power Saving Tips
The longevity of battery power depends on the network to which youconnect, and
how you use your mobile phone.
Try the following to conserve battery power:
• When your mobile phone is not in use, turn off the screen backlight.
• Reduce the time it takes for your screen backlight to turn off when your phone is
idle.
• Lower the screen brightness.
• TurnoffBluetoothwhenyouarenot usingit.Onlymakeyourphonevisibletoother
Bluetooth devices when you need to establish a Bluetooth connection.
• Turn off Wi-Fi when you are not using it.
• Turn off your phone’s GPS receiver when you are not using it.
• Lower the volume.
• Close power-draining programs, when you do not need them.
• Turn off the data service.
2.4 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone
2.4.1 Powering On Your Mobile Phone
Press . The first time you power on your phone, you will be asked to sign in to
your account and setup your mobile phone.

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2.4.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Phone
Thefirsttime youpoweron yourmobile phone, thephonedisplays asetup wizard to
help you set up the phone.
Thesetupwizard helpsyou:
• Createorsignintoyouraccount
• Makesomeinitialdecisionsabouthowyouwanttouseyourmobilephone
2.4.3 Powering Off Your Mobile Phone
1. Pressandhold toopenthe Phoneoptions menu.
2. Touch Power off .
If Fast boot is enabled, the phone will enterthe deep sleep mode. If Fast boot
is disabled, touch OK to shut down the phone.
2.4.4 Turning On/Off Fast Boot
Your HUAWEI mobile phone is equipped with a unique Fast boot feature.
If Fast boot is enabled, the phonewill enter a deep sleepmode instead of switching
completely off onceyou touch Power off . Your phone will consume asmall amount
of energy in this state to pause at the last thing you’ve been doing.With Fast boot
enabled you will be able to continue using your phone within secondsonce you
press again.
Fast boot is enabled by default.
1. Touch > Settings > Applications .
2. Select/deselectthe Fastboot checkbox.
Sinceyourmobilephonewillnot befullyswitchedoff in Fastboot ,pleasedonot
use Fast boot while being on an airplane or in other environments you are
required to switch off your phone completely.
2.4.5 Restarting Your Mobile Phone
1. Pressandhold toopenthe Phoneoptions menu.
2. Touch Restart .
3. Touch OK .

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2.5 Using the Touchscreen
2.5.1 Touchscreen Actions
• Touch :Tapthescreenwithyourfingertoselectanitem,confirmaselection,or
startanapplication.
• Touchandhold :Touchanitemwithyourfingeranddonotreleaseituntilthe
mobilephoneresponds.Forexample,toopentheoptionsmenufortheactive
screen,touchandholdthescreenuntilthemenuappears.
• Flick :Moveyourfingereitherverticallyorhorizontallyacrossthescreen.
• Drag :Touchandholdthedesireditemwithyourfinger.Tomoveanitem, dragthe
itemtoanypartofthescreen.Youcandraganicontomoveordeleteit.
2.5.2 Rotating Your Mobile Phone Screen
The orientation of most screens will change to landscape or portrait view when you
rotateyour phone sideways.
On the Home screen, touch > Settings > Display > Auto-rotate screen
to disable this function.
2.6 Locking and Unlocking the Screen
2.6.1 Locking the Screen
• Whenyourphoneis on, press tolockthe screen.When thescreenis locked,
you can still receive messages and calls.
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2.6.2 Unlocking the Screen
1. Press towakeup thescreen.
2. Dragthelock iconfromlefttorighttounlock thescreen.
If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, you will be prompted to draw the
pattern on the screen to unlock it.
2.7 Home Screen
Touch and hold a shortcut until the mobile phone vibrates, you can then drag it
to your desired location or move it to the trash. You can also drag an icon from
another area of the screen to the shortcut position.
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Touch to view all your applications.
Shortcuts
Notifications bar:
Displays the reminders and status icons of
your phone. Flick down to open the
notifications panel.
Display area:
Shows the operation and display areas of
your phone.
Indicates the current screen.

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2.7.1 Notification and Status Icons
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
Connected to HSDPA
mobile network HSDPA in use
Roaming Airplane mode
Bluetooth on Receiving location data
from GPS
Speakerphone on Alarm enabled
Vibration mode Ringer silenced
Call muted Charging battery
Battery full Battery extremely low
Call in progress Missed call
Call in progress with a
Bluetooth headset used New mail from Gmail

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2.7.2 Notification Panel
Your mobile phone will notify you when you receivea new message or there is an
upcomingevent.Thenotificationpanelalsoinformsyouofalarmsandsettings.Open
thenotificationpaneltoseeyournetworkoperatorortoviewamessage,reminder,or
eventnotification.
New text or multimedia
message
Problem with text or
multimedia message
delivery
New chat message New email
New voicemail Connected to a PC
Open Wi-Fi network
available Upcoming event
Uploading Downloading
Phone storage space is
getting low Sign-inorsynchronization problem
Preparing the mircoSD
card More undisplayed notifications
Synchronizing data Synchronization failed
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on USB tethering on
Connected to a VPN Disconnected from a
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Opening the Notification Panel
1. Whenanew notificationiconappearsonthe notificationbar,placeyourfingeron
thenotificationbarandflickdowntoopen thenotificationpanel.
You can also open the notification panel from the Home screen: Touch >
Notifications to open the panel.
2. Onthepanel, youcan:
• Touch a notification to open the related application.
• Touch Clear to clear all notifications.
Closing the Notification Panel
Touch and hold thebottom of the panel. Then flick upto close it.
2.7.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen
2.7.4 Customizing the Home Screen
Adding a New Home Screen Item
1. Touchandhold ablankareaontheHome screenuntilthe Addto homescreen
menuisdisplayed.
You can also touch > Add on the Home screen to display the Add to
home screen menu.
2. Selectanitem toadditto theHomescreen.
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Flick your finger left or
right across the Home
screen.
Touch to view thumbnails
of the Home screen and its
extensions. Touch a thumbnail
to open the screen.
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Moving a Home Screen Item
1. Touchandholdanitemon theHomescreenuntiltheitem expandsinsize andthe
mobilephonevibrates.
2. Withoutliftingyourfinger,dragtheitem tothedesired positiononthe screen,and
thenreleaseit.
Removing a Home Screen Item
1. TouchandholdanitemontheHomescreenuntiltheitemexpandsandthemobile
phonevibrates.
2. Withoutliftingyourfinger, dragtheitemtothe trashcan.Whentheitem andthe
trashcanturn red,theitem isreadytoberemoved.
3. Releasetheitemtoremoveit fromtheHomescreen.
2.7.5 Service Shortcuts
1. Openthenotificationbar.
2. Touch atthetopof thescreentoswitchdataserviceson oroff.
Youcanalsotouch , , or turnthecorrespondingserviceson
or off.
2.7.6 Changing the Wallpaper
1. OntheHome screen,touch > Wallpaper .
2. Touchthefollowingmenuitemsto selectapicture andsetitasthewallpaper:
• Gallery
• Live wallpapers
• Wallpapers
2.8 Application Screen
TheApplicationscreenholds icons forall of the applicationson yourphone. Youcan
touch ontheHome screen to opentheapplication screen.

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2.8.1 Moving Icons on the Application Screen
1. Ontheapplicationscreen, touch .
2. Touchandhold theicon youwantto moveontheapplicationscreen.
3. Withoutliftingyourfinger,dragtheicon tothedesiredlocation,andthenreleaseit.
To move more icons, repeat steps 2 and 3.
4. Touch or tosave.
2.9 Using a microSD Card
2.9.1 Using the microSD Card as a USB Mass Storage
To transfer all your favorite music and pictures from your PC to your mobile phone’s
microSD card, set the microSD card as a USB mass storage.
1. Connectyourmobile phonetoyour PCwith theUSBcableprovided.YourPCwill
detectthemicroSDcard asaremovablestoragedevice.
2. Openthenotificationbar, andthentouch USBconnected .
3. Touch TurnonUSB storage inthe dialogboxthatopenstoconfirmthatyouwant
totransferfiles.
You can now transfer filesfrom your PC to your mobile phone’s microSD card.
When your microSD card acts as a USB mass storage, your mobile phone will
not use this memory space. Ensure thatyou follow the correct procedures to
disconnect the USB mass storage device (your mobile phone) from the PC
when you have finished transferring files.
2.9.2 Removing the microSD Card
1. OntheHome screen,touch > Settings .
2. Scrolldownthescreen,andthentouch Storage > UnmountSDcard .
3. CarefullyremovethemicroSD card.

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3 Calling
To make a phone call, you can dial a number usingthe keypad or touch a number
saved in your contact list, on a webpage, or in other places. When you are in a call,
youcananswer otherincomingcalls orredirectthemtoyourvoicemail.You canalso
set up conferencecalls with several participants.
3.1 Making a Call
Tomakeacall,youcanusethe Dialer application,orselectanumberfrom Contacts
or Calllog .
Whenyouare ina call,youcantouch touseother functions.Toreturnto thecall
screen, flick the notification bar down and touch Current call .
Be careful not to block the microphone at the bottom of your phone if you want
your voice heard by the other parties in a call.
3.1.1 Making a Call with the Dialer Application
1. OntheHome screen,touch > Dialer todisplay thedialer.
If you are already working with Contacts or Call log , touch the Dialer tab.
2. Touchtheappropriatenumberkeystoenterthephonenumber.
Your mobile phone supports the SmartDial function, that is, when you touch
numbers on the dialer, the phone automatically searches among your contacts
andlists the matchingresults orderedaccording tothe accuracyof the match.If
no contacts match the information entered, the phone will not display anyresult.
3. Touch toinitiatethe call.
During a call, touch Add call to enter other numbers on the dialpad.
3.1.2 Making a Call from Contacts
1. OntheHome screen,touch > Contacts to displaythecontactlist.
If you are already working with Dialer or Call log , touch the Contacts tab.
2. Inthelist, touchthe contactyouwant tocall.
3. Touch todialthephone number.