Huawei Ascend Y 201 Pro Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

HUAWEI Ascend Y 201 Pro

Welcome to HUAWEI

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.

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1 Earpiece 2 Menu key

3Home key4 Back key

5 Speaker 6 Volume keys

7Camera 8 Headset jack

Power key

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Charging/Data

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interface

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Key Functions at Your Fingertips

• Press and hold to power on your mobile phone.

• When your mobile phone is powered on, press and
hold the button to display the options menu from
where you can power the mobile phone off or
perform some shortcut operations.

• 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 display recently used
applications.

Installing the SIM Card

There are two steps to install the SIM card:

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1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Insert the SIM card.

Removing a SIM Card

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1. Pull out the card holder.

2. Carefully remove the SIM card.

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(Optional) Installing the microSD Card

Your mobile phone is already equipped with a large-volume built-in
embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC). If you want to expand your
phone memory, you can also insert a microSD card.

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Insert the microSD card into the card slot as shown in the
diagram.

Installing the Battery

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a

1. Angle the edge labeled a (with the contacts) into the bottom end
of the battery compartment.

2. Push the edge labeled b into the compartment until the battery
clicks firmly into place.

Charging the Battery

Before charging the battery, ensure that it has been properly installed
on your phone.

1. Connect the USB cable that came with your mobile phone to
the charger.

2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to your mobile phone.
Then, to start charging, plug the charger into an electrical outlet.

If you charge your mobile phone while it is powered on, the battery
icon on the notification bar indicates the charging status. When the

battery icon changes to , your mobile phone is fully charged.

Status Indicator

Drag

TouchTouch & hold Double touch

Rotate Flick

The color of the status indicator tells you the status of your mobile
phone’s battery.

Status Indicator

Green: Fully charged (when connected to charger).

Orange: Charging in progress (when connected to charger).

Red: Battery low.

Touchscreen Actions

Using your finger on the touchscreen, you can operate your phone
conveniently.

Home Screen

Flick your finger left or right across the Home screen.

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You can set up the Home screen according to your own
preferences, for example by adding a shortcut or a widget to your
Home screen, or changing the wallpaper.

To return to the Home screen from any of its extensions, press .

When a new notification icon appears on the notification bar, place
your finger on the notification bar and flick down to open the
notification panel.

Adding a New Home Screen Item

1. On the Home screen, touch to display the application list.

2. Press and hold an application icon, and then drag the icon to a
blank area on the Home screen.

Removing an Icon from the Home Screen

1. Touch and hold an item on the Home screen that you want to
remove until your mobile phone vibrates.

2. Without lifting your finger, drag the item to the cross sign .
Wait until the item and the turn red.

3. Release the item.

Importing Contacts from a SIM Card

1. In the contacts list, touch >

2. Touch

Copy from SIM card

3. Wait for the SIM card contents to be loaded. Touch one contact
to import that contact individually to your mobile phone, or touch

SELECT ALL

4. Touch

5. If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the
account into which you want to import the contacts.

to import all contacts to your mobile phone.

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Manage contacts

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Adding a Contact

1. I n the contact list, touch .

2. From the screen displayed, create a contact in your mobile
phone, SIM card or your account. Add a new account if you do
not have one.

3. Enter the contact's name, and then add detailed information
such as phone numbers and address.

4. Touch

DONE

to save the contact information.

Making a Call with the Phone Application

1. On the Home screen, touch >
displayed, touch .

2. Enter the phone number.

3. Touch to initiate the call.

Phone

. If the dialer is not

Creating and Sending a

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Multimedia Message

You can use multimedia messages to make everyday
communications very special. You can record a message and send
it as an audio file, for example, sing "Happy Birthday" and send it to a
friend, or send a slideshow of photographs of a special event. The
possibilities are enormous.

1. Touch >

2. Enter a phone number in the To field, or touch to select a
contact from

3. Touch the composition text box to start composing your
message.

4. When you are ready to send the message, touch .

Messaging

People

, then .

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