Huawei C8100 Users Manual

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C8100 Mobile Phone

User Guide

Security and Usage Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Notice and Copyright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Getting to Know Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Powering On or Off Your Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Switching to Sleep Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using the Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Entering Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Searching Files and Viewing Help Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Making a Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Other Operations During a Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Messaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Multimedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	23
Pictures and Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	25
Windows Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	26
FM Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	28	i
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Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Connecting to a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Synchronizing Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Synchronizing Music and Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Synchronizing with the Exchange Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Internet Explorer Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Internet Sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Office Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Managing Your Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Adding and Deleting a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using File Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Resetting the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Managing Memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Saving Battery Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Warnings and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Notice and Copyright

Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2010. All rights reserved.

No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written 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 sublicensethe said software, unless such restrictions are prohibited by applicable laws or such actions are approved by respective copyright holders under licenses.

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Trademarks and Permissions

, , and are trademarks or registered trademarks of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Other trademarks and product, service and company names mentioned are the property 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 may not be activated or may be limited by local network operators or network service providers. Thus the descriptions herein may not exactly match the product or its accessories you purchase.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. reserves the right to change or modify any information or specifications contained in this manual without prior notice or obligation.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is not responsible for the legitimacy and quality of any products that you upload or download through this mobile phone, including but not limited to the text, pictures, music, movies, and non-built-in software with

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copyright protection. Any consequences arising from the installation or usage of the preceding products on this mobile phone shall be borne by yourself.

NO WARRANTY

THE CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”. EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OFMERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESSFOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE MADE IN RELATION TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO CASE SHALL HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS.

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Import and Export Regulations

Customers shallcomply with all applicable export or import laws and regulations and will obtain all necessary governmental permits and licenses in order to export, re-export or import the product mentioned in this manual including the software and technical data therein.

Safety Precautions

Please read the safety precautions carefully to ensure the correct use of yourmobile phone. For detailed information, refer to the section “Warnings and Precautions” on page 46.

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. Prevent your mobile phone from being soaked or washed in liquid.

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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 highprecision electronic devices. The phone may affect the performance of these devices.

Do not attempt to disassemble your mobile phone or its accessories. Only qualified personnel are allowed to service or repair the phone.

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Do not place your mobile phone or its accessories in containers with a strong electromagnetic field.

Do not place magnetic storage media near your mobile phone. Radiation from the phone may erase the information stored on them.

Do not put your mobile phone in a hightemperature place or use it in a place with flammable gas such as a gas station.

Keep your mobile phone and its accessories away from children. Do not allow children to use your mobile phone without guidance.

Use only approved batteries and 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.

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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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Getting to Know Your Phone

Powering On or Off Your Device

Powering On Your Device

1.Press and hold the POWER Key fora few seconds.

2.When you turn on your device for the first time, aQuick Start Wizard is displayed to prompt you to set up regional settings, date and time, and password.

Powering Of f Your Device

1.Press and hold the POWER Key fora few seconds.

2.Select Yes when a message prompts you to choose whether to power off the device completely.

Switching to Sleep Mode

Press the POWER key to turn off the display temporarily and switch your device to Sleep mode. The sleep mode suspends your deviceto a low power state while thedisplay is turned off in order to save battery power.

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•Select Settings > System > Keylock to setwhether to lock the buttons in sleep mode.

•Your deviceautomatically goesinto sleep mode when you leave the device idle after a certain period oftime. Select

Settings > System > Power > Advanced to set the idle time.

•You can receive messages and ca lls while your device is in sleep mode.

•Pressing thePOWER Key againor incomingcalls/messages will wake upyour device.

Using the Touchscreen

The C8100 provides a touchscreen. You can perform the required operations by tapping the screen, tapping and holding an item, or dragging on the screen.

Note: If you find that the phone does not respond to your touching operation correctly, you can calibrate the touchscreen as follows: Select Start > Settings > System > Screen > Align Screen.

Tapping the Screen

• You can tap thescreen with the stylus or your fingers.

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•Through the tapping operation, you can selectan item, open a file, or run an application.

Tapping and Holding an Item

• To tap and hold an item, touch the screen by using your finger or stylusand do not release until the progress circleis closed.

•You can tap and hold an application screen to open the pop-up menu.

Dragging on the Scre en

The C8100 supports the dragging operation on the screen. You can drag on the screen with the stylus or your fingers.

•You can drag an item on the screen by tapping and holding it and then moving it.

•By dragging on the screen, you can perform the operations such as viewing lists and flipping through pages.

Adjusting the Volume

Adjusting the systemvolume changesthe volume level ofsound notifications and audio/video playback, whereas adjusting the ring volume affects only the volume of the phone ring.

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Touch the icon area in the title bar and then touch the Speaker icon on the System Status screen. To increase or decrease the volume level, flicker your finger up ordown the volume bars.You can also press the VOLUME UP/DOWN keys on the right of your device. Touch Vibrate to enable or disable the Vibrate mode. Touch Off to mute both the system volume and ring volume.

Entering Text

When you start a program or select a field that requires text or numbers, the Input Panel icon becomes available on the menu bar.

•Tap the Input Selector arrow(that appears nextto the Input Panel icon) to open amenu where youcan select atext input method and customizeinput options.

• After selectinga textinput method, the corresponding Input Panel is displayed, whichyou can use toenter text.

Using Keyboard

The Keyboard is a full on-screen QWERTY keyboard layout similar to a desktop PC keyboard.

• Tap the Input Selector arrow, then tap Keyboard.

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•Start tappingkeys on the keyboard as you would on a PC keyboard to enteryour text.

Using Block Recog nizer and Letter Recogn izer

Using Block Recognizer

With Block Recognizer, you can use a single stroke to write letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation, which are then converted into typed text.

• Enter letters by writingin the abc (left) area of the box.

•Enter numbers by writing in the 123 (right) area of thebox.

•Enter symbols andpunctuation by tapping the left or rightarea of the box(a graydot appears), then writingthe desired character.

Using Letter Recognizer

With Letter Recognizer, you can write individual letters, numbers, and punctuation marks, which are then converted into typed text.

•Enter uppercase letters bywriting inthe ABC (left) area of the box.

•Enter lowercase letters by writing in the abc (middle) area of

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•Enter numbers by writing in the 123 (right) area of thebox.

•Enter punctuation and symbols by writing thedesired character inthe 123 (right) area of the box.

Using Transcriber

Transcriber is a handwriting recognition program that enables you to write in cursive, print, or a combination of both.

•Use the stylusto write anywhere on the screen. The handwriting will be converted totext shortly afteryou lift the stylus from the screen.

•Transcriber comes with anon -screen keyboard that provides an easyway to add punctuation or a specialsymbol to existing text. To use thison-screen ke yboard, tap the keyboard icon on the Transcriber toolbar.

Searching Files and Viewing Help

Information

You can use your device more conveniently by searching files

and viewing help information.

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Searching Files

You device supports the search function. You can quickly find the required files stored on your device byperforming the search function.

1.Select Start > Programs > Search todisplay the search screen.

2.Enter the name of thefile you are searching for in the search bar and the type of the file in the type field.

3.Tap Search to display the searchresult inthe result field.

4.Tap Advanced to displayadvanced search options.

Note: Only part of the files supports advanced search.

Viewing Help Information

You device provides comprehensive help information.

1.On anyapplication screen, select Start > Helpto display help screen.

2.The help information about theapplication isdisplayed onthe screen. You cantap the corresponding entry to view the detailed helpinformation.

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