Huawei T-Mobile Move Balance User Guide

Contents

Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What's in Your Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Mobile Phone View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installing the SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Using the microSD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Starting Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using the Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Accessing your top six applications with Task List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Customizing Your Mobile Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Getting to know your Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Notification and status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Notifications panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

How to switch the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

How to customize the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Answering and Rejecting a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using the Call log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the Airplane Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

MyPhonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

How to get started with MyPhonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Organize your Contacts with MyPhonebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Change your device easily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Your Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Text Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using the Onscreen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Customising the Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Inputting Text, Numbers, and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SMS and MMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Getting Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

GPRS/3G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

VPNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Working with Secure Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Modem Behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using the Music Palyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using the Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Using the Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Listening to the FM Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Google Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Creating a Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Using Gmail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Using Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Using Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Using YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Using Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Synchronizing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Managing Your Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Customizing Your Account Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Using the Hi Suite to Synchronize. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Using Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Using the Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Using the Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Using the Notepad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Using the Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Using the File Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Managing Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Setting the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Setting Ringers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Setting Phone Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Other Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Protecting Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Managing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Managing the Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Backing Up My Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Resetting Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Legal Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Trademarks and Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Please note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

NO WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Import and Export Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Warnings and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

How to remove the battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone

Ready to get hands-on with your touchscreen? To take every last gadget and gizmo for a spin? Great – here is where you will get to grips with the basics and best bits of your new mobile phone. So thumb through our manual and get up to speed with your mobile phone!

What's in Your Box

Take a peak in your mobile phone box and you will find much more in there than your new mobile phone– in fact, you will have all these handy items to play with:

 Mobile phone  Battery (internal)  Charger  USB cable  3.5 mm headset  Quick start guide

Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone

Mobile Phone View

Phone at a Glance

Note: If you apply protective film on the phone, please use the protective film with good transmittance.

Key features at a glance

 Press and hold 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 Home screen.

Touch and hold to show the most recently used



applications.

Touch to open the menu on an active screen.

Headset jack

Earpiece

Camera

Volume key

Charge/Data port

Phone options menu.

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 Touch to return to the previous screen.  Touch to exit any application you are running. 

Touch to hide the keyboard.

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

Installing the SIM Card

How to slot in your SIM card

Caution: Tur n off your mobil e pho ne be fore y ou sl ot in o r out your SIM card.

It takes just three simple steps to install your SIM card:

1. Turn off your mobile phone.

2. Remove the battery cover.

3. Insert the SIM card.

How to charge your mobile phone

Your mobile phone has an internal rechargeable battery.

Note: If your mobile phone is charged when it is powered on, the battery icon on the Notification bar shows the charging status. When the battery icon changes to fully charged.

, it indicates that your mobile phone is

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To charge your mobile phone through charger

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

2. Connec

3. Plug in the connector of the charger to an electrical outlet. The

To charge

t the USB cable to your mobile phone.

phone begins charging.

your mobile phone through computer

Connect your mobile phone to the computer with the USB cable that came with your mobile phone. Then the phone begins charging.

Note: It takes longer time to charging through computer than through charger.

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How to keep your battery in top shape

 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. The icon as shown in the following figure is displayed on the screen.

 Allow the battery to charge for a few minutes with the phone

powered off. When the chargi screen, power the phone on.

 Using data services increases demand for electrical power and will

hence the stand-

 The time required to charge the battery depends on the ambient

temperature and the age of the bat charge at room temperature (20°C–22°C).

 When the battery is low, the phone plays an alert and displays a

message. When the battery power phone will power off automatically.

 The battery undergoes aging which results in a decrease of the

capacity with time. This will be n reduction of the stand-by and talk time of the device. In order to revert to the original stand-by and talk time it is recommended to replace the battery with a new one of the same type.

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 We recommend you to not replace the battery by yourself. Instead

any Huawei or a Huawei authorized service provider will be happy to offer a battery replacement to you. In case you choose to replace the battery by yourself, please refer to .

Battery saving advice

The stand-by and talk time also depends on the network that you connect to, and how you use your mobile phone.

Try the following to conserve battery power:

 When you do not need 3G services, set your phone to connect to

a 2G network: on the Hom Wireless & networks > Mobile networks, then sel networks.

 When your mobile phone is not in use, press the key to switch

off the screen.

 Reduce the time until the display illumination goes off when in idle

: on the Home scr

mode Scree

n timeout.

 Lower the display brightness: on the Home screen, touch >

ttings > Display > Brightness.

 Use the AC a

source whenever po

 Turn Bluetooth off when you’re not using it. Only make your phone

le to other Bluetooth devices when you need to establish a

visib Bluetooth connection: on the Home screen, touch > Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings.

 Switch off Wi-F

touch > Settings > Wireless & ne

 Turn off your phone connection to GPS satellites when you’re not

using it: on the Home security, and then

 Lower the volume.  Close power-draining programs, like t

when you don’t need them.

e screen, touch > Settings >

een, touch > Settings > Display >

dapter to plug your phone into an external power

ssible.

i when you’re not using it: on the Home screen,

screen, touch > Settings > Location &

r the Use GPS satellites check box.

clea

tworks > WiFi settings.

he Camera application,

ect Use only

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 Turn off the data service: on the Home screen, touch >

Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks, clear Data

led and Data always on check boxes.

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Using the microSD Card

How to install the microSD card

1. Remove the battery cover.

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

Note: When inserting the microSD card, make sure that the golden contact is facing downwards.

How to remove the microSD card while your mobile phone is on

1. On the Home screen, touch > Settings.

2. Scroll down the screen, and then touch Storage > Unm card.

3. Carefully remove the microSD card.

How to use the microSD card as the USB mass storage

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

1. Connect your mobile phone to your PC with the USB cable. Your PC will detect the microSD card as a remo

2. Open the notification bar, and then touch USB connected.

vable disk.

ount SD

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3. Touch Turn on USB storage in the dialog box that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files.

You can now transfer files from your PC to your mobile phone’s microSD card.

Note: When your microSD card acts as the USB mass storage, your mobile phone will not use this memory space. Your PC will tell you how to safely disconnect the USB mass storage device (that is your mobile phone by the way) when you have finished transferring files.

Starting Up

Setting up your T-mobile move balance involves just a few simple steps.

How to turn your mobile phone on and off

To turn on your mobile phone Press . The first time you power on your phone, you will be asked to

Note: When personal identification number (PIN) protection is enabled on your mobile phone, you need to enter the PIN before using the mobile phone.

To set up your mobile phone

The first time you power on your mobile phone, the phone displays a setup wizard to instruct you on how to set up the phone.

The setup wizard includes the following parts:

 Using the onscreen keyboard  Setting up your accounts  Important settings

1. Touch the Android image to learn a few important things to get the

2. Touch Begin to

most out

of your phone.

earning how to use the onscreen keyboard.

start l

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3. Touch the text field to open keyboard and try to start typing, or touch Skip to continue.

4. Touch the Google account, or Email account icon to access the relevant settings.

Tip: On the Setting up your accounts screen, you can touch , and

then touch APN settings to set the APN. When a SIM card has been installed on your phone, the phone can automatically read the APN settings from the SIM card. Contact your operator for details.

5. After you set an email account, a tick appears on the relevant email icon. You can also touch Skip to set an account later and go to the next step.

6. If you want to enable the data service, select the Enable da service check box, and then touch Next.

7. You'll be prompted whether to enable the Google location service. This service without using GPS. Then touch Next to g o to the next st ep.

8. Set the date and time. If you want to set the time manually rather than use the system touch Next to fi nish an d go to t he Home screen.

To turn off your mobile phone

1. Press and hold to open the Phone options menu

2. Touch Power off.

Tip: When the mobile phone is in an abnormal state and can not be

turned off properly, you can press phone.

gives you basic information about your location

time, clear the Automatic check box, and then

at least 8 seconds to turn off the

How to lock and unlock the screen

To lock the screen

 When your mobile phone is on, press to lock the screen. When

the screen is locked, you can still receive messages and calls.

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