Huawei Ideos X5, U8800 User Guide

User Guide

1 Reading Before Proceeding

1.1 Safety Precautions

Please read the safety precautions c aref ully to en sur e the c orr ect us e of y our mobile pho ne.

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.

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 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.

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. Radiat ion from the phone may erase the information stored on them.

Do not put your mobile phone in a high-temperature place or us e it in a plac e 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 ris k 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.

1.2 Legal Notice

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

No part of this document may be reproduced or tr ansmitted in any fo rm or by a ny me ans wit hout prior written consent of Huawei Technologies Co ., Lt d.

The product described in this manual may include copyrig hted s oftware o f Huaw ei Techno logies Co., Ltd. and possible licensors. Customers s hall not in any ma nner reprod uce, distrib ute, modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, rever se engin eer, lease, as si gn, or sublicen se the said software, unless such restrictions ar e proh ibited by app licab le law s or such a cti ons are approv ed by respective copyright holders under lice nse s.

Trademarks and Permissions

, , and are trademarks or registered trademarks o f Huawei Technologies Co.,

Ltd. Other trademarks and product, service and compa ny names mentione d are th e pro perty of the ir

respective owners.

WOW HD, SRS and the symbol are trademarks of SR S L abs, I nc. W OW HD t echnolo gy is incorporated under license from SRS Labs, Inc.

WOW HD™ significantly improves the playback quality of audio, deliver ing a dyna mic 3D entertainment experience with deep, rich bass and hig h frequ ency c larity for cr isp det ail.

Notice

Some features of the product and its accessories des cribed herein re ly on the sof twar e installed, capacities and settings of local network, and may not be ac tivat ed or may be limited by local network operators or network service prov iders. Thus th e descr iptions herein may not ex actly match the product or its accessories you pu rc hase.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. reserves the right t o change or mod ify any informa tion or specifications contained in this manual without prior notice or obliga tion.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is not re sponsible for the legitimacy and quality of any produc ts that you upload or download through this mobile phone, inclu ding bu t not limit ed to t he text, pictures , music, movies, and non-built-in software with copyright protection . Any consequences ar ising from the installation or usage of the preceding products on this mobile phone shall be borne by yourself.

NO WARRANTY

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Import and Export Regulations

Customers shall comply with all applicable export or import laws and regulations and will obtain all necessary governmental permits and licenses in order t o expo rt, r e-e xpo rt or impo rt th e pro duct mentioned in this manual including the software and tec hnical data t herein.

2 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone

2.1 Mobile Phone View

2.1.1 Phone at a Glance

■ Note:

All the pictures in this guide are for your reference only. The actual appearan ce and display features depend on the mobile phone you purchase.

Headset jack

Earpiece

Charge/Data port

■ Note:

If you apply protective film on the phone, please use the protectiv e film wit h good transmittance.

2.1.2 Key Functions at Your Fingertips

• Press to power on your mobile phone.

• Press and hold to open the

• Press to lock the screen when your mobile phone is active.

• Touch to return to the previous screen.

• Touch to exit any 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.

Phone options

menu.

Camera

Volume key

• Touch to open Google search for searching your mobile phone and the web.

• Touch and hold to open Google search by voice.

2.2 Installing Your Mobile Phone

2.2.1 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.

2.2.2 Installing the Battery

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

2. Push down the edge labelled b until the battery clicks firmly into place.

2.2.3 Removing the Battery

■ Note:

Do not use a sharply pointed object to remove the battery as this could puncture the battery and allow the release of toxic battery fluid.

2.2.4 Charging the Battery

Before charging the battery, ensure that it has been prop erly ins erted in to y our pho ne.

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

2. Connect the USB cable to your mobile phone. Th en, plug in the conne ctor of the char ger to an electrical outlet. The phone begins charging.

If your mobile phone is charged when it is powered on, the batte ry icon on t he Not ificatio n bar shows the charging status. When the battery icon c hang es to , it indicates that your mobile

phone is fully charged.

Status Indicator

The color of the status indicator tells the batte ry stat us of y our mobile ph one.

Status Indicator

Green: Fully charged (when connected to charger).

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

Red: Battery low.

2.2.5 Important Information About the Battery

• 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. Allow the battery to charge for a few minutes with the phone powered off before attempting to power on the phone.

• The battery will not hold a charge for the way it did when it was new. When the battery life becomes noticeably shorter than usual a fter bein g char ged proper ly, re plac e the batt ery w ith a new one of the same type.

• Using data services increases demand on the battery and will reduce the length of time it can hold a charge.

• The time required to charge the battery depends on the ambient temperature and the age of the battery.

• When the battery is low on power, the phone plays an alert and displays a prompt. When battery power is almost exhausted, your phone will power off automatically.

2.2.6 Battery Saving Tips

The longevity of battery power depends on t he network th at you connec t to, and ho w you use your mobile phone.

Try the following to conserve batte ry pow er:

• When you do not need 3G services, set your phone to connect to a 2G network.

• When your mobile phone is not in use, switch off the screen.

• Reset the time it takes for your screen light to switch off when you leave your phone idle.

• Lower the screen brightness.

• Use the AC adapter to plug your phone into an external power source whenever possible.

• Turn Bluetooth off when you are not using it. Only make your phone visible to other Bluetoo th devices when you need to establish a Bluetooth connection.

• Switch off Wi-Fi when you are not using it.

• Turn off your phone connection to GPS satellites when you are not using it.

• Lower the volume.

• Close power-draining programs, when you do not need them.

• Turn off th e data service.

2.3 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone

2.3.1 Powering On Your Mobile Phone

Press . The first time you power on your phone, you will be asked to sign in to your ac count and set up your mobile phone.

■ Note:

If personal identification number (PIN) protection is enabled on your mobile phon e, you must enter your PIN before using the mobile phone.

2.3.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Phone

The first time you power on your mobile phone, the phone displays a setup wizar d to help yo u set up the phone.

The setup wizard helps you:

• Learn about your mobile phone

• Create or sign into your account

• Make some initial decisions about how you want to use your mobile phone

2.3.3 Powering Off Your Mobile Phone

1. Press and hold to open the

Phone options

menu.

2. Touch

Power off

3. Touch OK.

2.4 Using the Touchscreen

2.4.1 Touchscreen Actions

•

Touch

: Use the touch of your finger to select an item, co nfirm a selection, or start an

application.

•

Touch and hold

phone responds. For example, to open the options menu for the active screen, touch the screen and hold down until the menu appears.

•

Flick

•

Drag

part of the screen. You can drag an icon to mov e or delete it.

: Touch an item with your finger and continue to pre ss down until your mobile

: Move your finger either vertically or horizo ntally across the sc reen. : Touch and hold the desired item with your finger. To move an item, Dr ag the item to any

2.4.2 Rotating Your Mobile Phone Screen

The orientation of most screens will rotate with the phone as you turn it from upr ight to side ways and back again.

2.5 Locking and Unlocking the Screen

2.5.1 Locking the Screen

• When your phone is on, press to lock the screen. When the screen is locked, you can still receive messages and calls.

• If your phone is idle for a while, the screen will lock automatically.

2.5.2 Unlocking the Screen

1. Press to wake up the screen.

2. Drag the lock icon from left to right 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.

2.6 Home Screen

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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.

Screen switching dots:

Indicate the number of the screens on the left or right. Touch the left or right dots to switch between the screen.

Touch to open the Browser. Touch to view all your applications. Touch to open the Phone application.

2.6.1 Notification and Status Icons

Call in progress

Call in progress using a Bluetooth device

Call forwarding on Call on hold

Missed call Connected to a PC

GPS connected Music playing

New voicemail New message

GPRS connected GPRS in use

EDGE connected EDGE in use

2.6.2 Notification Panel

Your mobile phone will notify you when you receive a new message or there is an inc oming event. The notification panel also informs you about a larms and s ettin gs, fo r examp le, w hen

forwarding

is activated. Open the notification panel to s ee who the wireless n etwork operator is or

to view a message, reminder, or event notification.

Call

Opening the Notification Panel

1. When a new notification icon appears on the notification bar, touch and hold the notification bar, and then flick down to open the notification pane l.

2. On the notification panel, you can do the following:

• Touch a notification to open the related application.

• Touch

Clear

to clear all notifications.

Closing the Notification Panel

Touch and hold the bottom of the panel. Then flick up to clo se it.

2.6.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen

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Flick your finger left or right across the Home screen.

Touch a thumbnail to open the Home screen or its extensions.

Touch and hold the small dots to view thumbnails of the Home screen and its extensions.

2.6.4 Customizing the Home Screen

Adding a New Screen Item

1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Home screen until the displayed.

2. Select an item to add it to the Home s creen.

Moving a Screen Item

1. Touch and hold an item on the Home screen until the item expands in size and the mobile phone vibrates.

2. Without lifting your finger, drag the ite m to the desired pos ition on the screen, and then release it.

Removing a Screen Item

1. Touch and hold an item on the Home screen until the item expands and the mobile phone vibrates.

2. Without lifting your finger, drag the item to the trash can. When the item and the trash can turn red, the item is ready to be r emoved.

3. Release the item to remove it from the Home screen.

Add to Home screen

menu is

2.6.5 Changing the Wallpaper

1. On the Home screen, touch >

2. Do any of the following:

• Touch

Live wallpapers

• Touch

Gallery

• Touch

to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper.

Wallpapers

to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper.

Wallpaper

to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper.

2.7 Using a microSD Card

2.7.1 Installing the microSD Card (Optional)

Your mobile phone is already equipped with a large-volume b uilt-in eMMC ca rd. If y ou want to expand your phone memory, you can also insert a microSD card.

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1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Insert the microSD card into the card slot as shown in the diagr am.

2.7.2 Using the microSD Card as USB Mass Storage

To transfer all your favorite music and pictures from yo ur PC to your mobile phone’s microSD card, set the microSD card as USB mass storage.

1. Connect your mobile phone to your PC with the USB cable. You r PC will detect the mic roSD card as a removable disk.

2. Open the notification bar, a nd then touch

3. Touch

Turn on USB storage

files.

You can now transfer files from your PC to your mobile p hone’s mic roSD c ard.

■ Note:

When your microSD card acts as USB mass storage, your mobile phone will no t use this memory space. Your PC will tell you how to safely disconnect the USB mass storage device (your mobile phone) when you have finished transferring files.

2.7.3 Removing the microSD Card

1. Touch >

2. Scroll down the screen, and then to uch

3. Carefully remove the microSD card.

Settings

USB connected

in the dialog box that opens to confirm that you want to transfer

SD card & phone storage

Unmount SD card

3 Calling

To make a phone call, you can dial a number or touch a number from your contact lis t, on a Web page, or in a document. When you ar e on a call, you can answer other incomin g calls or send them to your voicemail box. You can also set up conference calls with several participants.

3.1 Making a Call

To make a call, you can use the When you are on a call, you can touch to return to the Home screen and use other funct ions.

To return to the calling screen, flick the notification bar down and touch

■ Note:

Do not block the microphone at the bottom of your phone if you want your voice heard.

3.1.1 Making a Call with the Phone Application

1. Touch > If you are already working with

2. Touch the appropriate numeric keys to enter the phone number.

3. Touch to initiate the call. During a call, touch

Phone

3.1.2 Making a Call from Contacts

1. Touch > If you are already working with

2. In the list, touch the contact you want to call.

3. Touch to dial the phone number.

Contacts

3.1.3 Making a Call from Call log

1. If you are already working with

2. Touch to the right of the log entry to dial.

★ Tip:

If you touch and hold a log entry, the options menu will open.

3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call

3.2.1 Answering an Incoming Call

When you receive a phone call, th e incoming call sc reen opens wit h the caller's name and number that you have entered in

Drag the to the right to answer the call.

Phone

application, or select a number from

to display the dialer.

Contacts

Call log

Dialpad

to enter other numbers on the dialpad.

to display the contact list.

Phone

Call log

Contacts

Phone

Contacts

, touch the

Current call

Phone

Contacts

Call log

Contacts

tab.

Call log

3.2.2 Ending a Call

During a call, touch

End

to hang up.

3.2.3 Rejecting an Incoming Call

Drag the to the left to reject the call.

3.3 Other Operations During a Call

3.3.1 Making a Conference Call

If you receive a new call while you are already on a call, you can connect the second call to the call you are on. This feature is known as conference calling. You can also set up a conference call with multiple callers.

■ Note:

Contact your network operator to learn if confere nce calls are supported and, if yes, how many can participate.

1. To initiate a conference call, dia l the numb er of the first par ticipant. A fter yo u have c onnected to the first participant, keep the connection open, touc h

Add call

2. Enter the phone number of the next person you want to join the conve rsation and touch , or select someone from your on hold while you do this.

3. Once you have connected to the second person, tou ch call.

4. To add more people, touch

5. To end the conference call and disconnect everyone, touch

Call log

Contacts

Add call

, and then repeat steps 2 and 3.

. The first participant is automatica lly placed

Merge calls

to begin the conference

End

3.3.2 Switching Between Calls

If you receive a new call while you are already on a call, yo u can s witch b etwee n the tw o ca lls.

1. While you are on the first call and the second call comes in, answer the incoming call, and then touch

Swap

2. The current call is placed on hold and you are connected to the new call.

3.4 Using Call log

The

Call log

log to reference a recently called number quickly or add an inc oming number to your c ontact lis t.

contains a list of calls that you have dialed, received, or missed. You can use the call

3.4.1 Adding an entry to Contacts

1. If you are already working with

2. Touch and hold the entry you want to add.

3. Touch

Add to contacts

4. Touch

Create new contact

name.

Phone

Contacts

, touch the

Call log

tab.

in the options menu.

or scroll through the contact list and to uch an exis ting contact

3.5 Using Airplane Mode

Some locations may require you to turn off your phon e’s w ireless co nnectio ns . Rath er than powering off your phone, you can place it in

1. Press and hold .

2. Touch

Airplane mode

in the options menu.

Airplane mode

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