Huawei U5509 User Manual
Wonderful Communication, Mobile Life
Welcome to U550
9(H11HW) Mobile Phone from Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
HUAWEI U5509 (EMOBILE H11HW) Mobile Phone
User Guide
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expressed or implied.
8 Please read the safety precautions carefully to
ensure the correct and safe use of your wireless
device. For detailed information, refer to the
9 section “Warnings and Precautions”.
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Safety Precautions
11 Please read the safety precautions carefully to
ensure the correct and safe use of your wireless
device. For detailed information, refer to the
12 section “Warnings and Precautions”.
Do not switch on your phone when it is
prohibited to use mobile phones or
when the phone may cause interference or danger.
Do not use your phone while driving.
Follow any rules or regulations in
hospitals and health care facilities.
Switch off your phone near medical
apparatus.
Switch off your phone in aircraft. The
phone may cause interference to
control signals of the aircraft.
Switch off your phone near high-precision electronic devices. The phone may
affect the performance of these
devices.
Do not attempt to disassemble your
phone or its accessories. Only qualified
personnel are allowed to service or
repair the phone.
Do not place your phone or its accessories in containers with strong electromagnetic field.
Do not place magnetic storage media
near your phone. Radiation from the
phone may erase the information stored
on them.
Do not put your phone in a hightemperature place or use it in a place
with flammable gas such as a gas
station.
Keep your phone and its accessories
away from children. Do not allow
children to use your 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 device. Respect others’
privacy and legal rights when using
your wireless device.
Strictly follow the relevant instructions
on 63 of this manual while using the
USB cable. Otherwise your phone or
PC may be damaged.
1Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Getting to Know Your Phone 1
Packing List........ ... .. ... ................................1
Your Phone ................................................2
Getting Started 6
Loading the SIM Card ................................6
Unloading the SIM card..............................7
Charging the Battery ..................................7
Loading/Removing a Memory Card............8
Powering On/Off.........................................9
Call Service 11
Making or Answering Calls.......................11
Operations During a Call. ... .. ... .................12
Operations During a Video Call................13
Call Log ....................................................14
Text Input 15
T9 Input Method .......................................15
Traditional Input Method ..........................15
"123" Numeric Input Method ....................16
Symbol Input Method ...............................16
Input Different Languages........................16
Contacts 17
Making Calls from the Contacts ...............17
Searching for a Contact............................17
Other Operations.................. ... .................18
Groups......................................................19
Messaging 20
Text Messages......................................... 20
Multimedia Messages ..............................23
Email........................................................27
Push Inbox...............................................30
Broadcast Inbox.......................................31
Voice Mail Number......... ... .......................31
Common Phrases ....................... .............31
Music 32
My Music........................ ... .. ... ..................32
Playlist......................................................33
Organiser & Tools 34
SIM ToolKit ..............................................34
Alarms...................................................... 34
Calendar ..................................................34
Calculator................................................. 35
Unit Converter..........................................36
Currency Converter... ............................... 36
Synchronise .............................................37
Task .........................................................37
Voice Recorder ........................... .............38
Memo Pad................................................39
World Time...............................................39
Stopwatch ................................................39
Timer........................................................ 39
Service Dial Number................................ 39
My Files 40
Browser 41
Browser.................................................... 41
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Enter URL.................................................41
Bookmarks ...............................................41
Internet Settings ...................... ... ..............42
Entertainment 43
Games......................................................43
Camera.....................................................43
Video Camera ..........................................44
Music........................................................45
Connections 46
Bluetooth (Optional) ................................ .46
USB..........................................................48
Settings 51
Phone Settings.........................................51
Display Settings........................................52
Message Settings.....................................52
Call Settings .............................................52
Video Call Settings...................................55
Connectivity Settings................................55
Network Settings ........................ .. ... .........56
Security Settings ......................................56
Warnings and Precautions 58
Electronic Device......................................58
Hospital ....................................................58
Storage Environment................................59
Children Safety.........................................59
Operating Environment ............................60
Cleaning and Maintenance.......................60
Environmental Protection .........................61
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Emergency Calls......................................61
Battery......................................................61
Charger....................................................62
Using the USB Cable...............................63
Certification Information (SAR) ................ 63
Acronyms and Abbreviations 67
Appendix 68
Index 1
1Getting to Know Your Phone
Your U5509(H11HW) phone can operate in virtually
all countries, automatically switching between
WCDMA 1700 and GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 networks. This allows you to enjoy communication wherever you use your mobile phone.
The services supported by your phone
Note
should be also supported by the network
from where you use the phone. For details,
please consult your service provider.
Packing List
Your phone package box contains the following articles:
1 One U5509(H11HW) mobile phone
2 One travel charger
3 One Li-ion battery
4 One user guide
5 One quick start guide
6 One headset
7 One headset converter
8 One USB cable
9 One CD-ROM disk
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Your Phone
Your Phone
Scroll key
• Press this key to scroll through a menu.
• To quick access Browser, Contacts, text message
editor and My Files.
Left function key
• To activate the function indicated at the left of
the prompt bar on the screen.
• To access the main menu in standby mode.
V-P calls
• To make a video call.
• To access the Call Log screen in the
standby mode.
Send key
• To make or answer a call.
• To access the Call Log screen in t he
standby mode.
Clear key
To delete a character before the cursor in the
editing mode.
Microphone
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Earpiece
Camera
Right function key
• To activate the function indicated at the right of the
prompt bar on the screen.
• To access Homepage in standby mode.
OK key
• To start the selected function in the menu.
• To access the main menu in standby mode.
Music key/option key
• To access the Music screen.
• To select the check box of the option item.
Power/End key
• To end an ongoing call or reject an incoming call.
• To return to the Home screen.
• Press and hold this key to power on or power off the
phone.
key
Press and hold it to switch to the meeting profile from
the current profile.
Your Phone
Front View and Back View
Camera
External screen
Music Touch Key
To play, stop, next/
,
last
track when audios
file
are played folded
and the music touch
key
are unlocked.
Side View
Camera key
• press and hold to activate the
camera in the standby mode.
• Press and hold to lock/unlock
the music touch key when
audio files are played.
Charge/Cable connector
Battery latch
Volume keys
Music key
Strap hole
Battery
Home Screen
Icon bar
Desktop
To display the operations and
the function options
Prompt bar
To display the operations
currently available.
◆ Icon bar
This area displays the phone status. The following
table illustrates all the icons that may appear on this
bar.
Icon Description
Indicates signal strength. The more the
vertical bars appear, the stronger the
signal is.
The phone is currently in a GSM
network.
The phone is currently in a WCDMA
network.
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Your Phone
Icon Description
You are using the roaming service.
Indicates network connection state.
Indicates security connection state of
the network.
The phone is in a call.
Alarm clock is enabled.
Bluetooth is enabled.
You have new text messages.
You have new PUSH messages.
You have new emails.
You have new multimedia messages.
You have new voice mail.
The vibration mode is enabled.
Indicates in mute mode.
The headset is plugged in.
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Icon Description
The normal profile is activated. The icon
that corresponding to the profile displays
when you select different profiles.
Forwarding all incoming voice calls to
line 1.
Call line 2 is enabled currently.
Forwarding all incoming voice calls to
line 2.
Your PC connects to the Internet
through your phone.
Indicates battery power level.
Introduction to the Menu
Your ph one provides an extensive range of functions.
You can use these functions by navigating the following menus: Entertainment, Music, Call Log, Browser,
Messaging, My Files, Organiser & Tools, Contacts
and Settings.
1 In the standby mode, press to display the
main menu.
2 Press the scroll key to scroll through the menu,
and then press to select.
3 If the menu contains further submenus, repeat
step 2.
4 Use the selected function according to the
prompts on the screen.
5 Select Back to return to the previous menu.
Press to return to the standby mode.
Your Phone
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2Getting Started
Loading the SIM Card
Load your SIM card before using your phone. To use
the SIM card properly, please read the following
instructions carefully.
• Keep the SIM card out of the reach of chil-
Note
To load the SIM card, do as follows:
1 Position the card at the card slot entrance, mak-
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dren.
• The SIM card and its metal contacts are
easily damaged by scratching or bending.
So be careful when you carry, load or
remove it.
• Always disconnect the charger from the
phone before loading or removing the SI M
card.
ing sure it is facing the same way as shown in
the diagram below, with the notche d corner at
the bottom right. Then slide in as shown.
2 Fit the battery into the battery slot on back of th e
phone. Press the battery down until it clicks into
place.
3 Slide the back cover to the phone.
Unloading the SIM card
Only unload the SIM card and the battery after powering off your phone. Otherwise, your phone may be
damaged.
To unload the SIM card, do as follows:
1 Unload the back cover out of the phone.
2 Take out the battery.
3 Press the SIM card with one finger and slide it
out of the slot.
Unloading the SIM card
Charging the Battery
Before charging the battery , please read th e following
precautions carefully.
• When you charge the battery for the first
Note
time, please charge it for a minimum of 12
hours.
• The battery discharges even while not
being used. If you haven't used it for a
long time, please recharge it first.
• The charging time depends on the environmental temperature and the age of the
battery.
• The battery can be recharged but eventually wears out. If the battery lasts for a
shorter time period than usual after being
charged normally, replace it with a battery
of the same type.
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Loading/Removing a Memory Card
• Do not strike, toss or cause any kind of
violent shock to the battery , otherwise liquid leakage, body damage, overheating,
explosion or fire may occur.
• Charge the battery by using the charger
supplied with your phone.
Charging with a Cable Charger
Before charging the battery with a cable charger,
ensure that the battery has been properly loaded i nto
your phone.
To charge the battery, do as follows:
1 Insert the plug of the charger into the connector
of the phone as shown in the following figure.
Before inserting the plug, ensure that the arrow
on the charger output jack points to the front side
of the phone.
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2 Plug in the connector of the charger to a power
socket.
• When the battery power level is very low,
Note
the phone makes alert sounds and displays a prompt. When the battery power
level is too low, the phone will power off
automatically
• When the battery is being charged, the
charging indicator blinks continuously.
When the charging indicator stops blinking, it indicates that the battery is full.
Loading/Removing a Memory Card
Your mobile phone supports a memory card (microSD) with a capacity up to 1 GB.
1 Power off the phone and remove the battery.
2 Then insert the memory card into the slot, as
shown in the following figure.
3 To remove a memory card, power off the phone
and remove the battery. Then press the memory
card gently. Now the memory card will pop up
automatically. Then take it out as shown in the
following figure.
Powering On/Off
Powering On
Ensure that the SIM card is in your phone and that
the battery has been charged.
Press and hold to power on your phone.
Powering On/Off
Switching Off
Press and hold to power off your phone.
Access Codes
If you have set the phone password and the PIN is
ON, you have to enter the corresponding access
codes when you power on your phone. For setting
and changing the access codes, please refer to "Settings/Security Settings" on page 56.
◆ Phone Password
The phone password is used to protect your phone
from unauthorized use. The phone password is
preset as 0000 for your mobile phone.
◆ PIN
The PIN (Personal Identification Number) code is
used to protect your SIM card from unauthorized use.
Usually you will be supplied with the PIN code when
you get the SIM card from your service provider. If
you have not got one or you have lost it, please consult your service provider.
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Powering On/Off
◆ PIN2
Some SIM cards provide PIN2 code. Some special
functions such as the "Fixed Dialer Number" are not
available until you enter the PIN2 code and, at the
same time, your SIM card must support these functions.
◆ PUK
To unlock the locked SIM card, you have to enter the
PUK (PIN Unblocking Key) code. Usually you will be
supplied with the PUK code when you get the SIM
card from your service provider. If you have not got
one or you have lost it, please consult your service
provider.
◆ PUK2
Some SIM cards provide PUK2 code which is used to
unlock the locked PIN2 code. Usually you will be supplied with the PUK2 code when you get the card from
your service provider. If you have not got one or you
have lost it, please consult your service provider.
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3Call Service
Making or Answering Calls
Making a Video Call
Yo u can make a video call under the 3G network with
someone whose phone also supports video calls.
1 Enter or edit a phone number in any of the fol-
lowing ways:
• Enter a phone number through the keypad.
• Select a number from the Call Log screen.
• Select a number from the Contacts screen.
2 Select Options > Call > Video Call to dial.
3 Press to end the video call.
To delete a wrong number, press
Note
once to delete the digit to the left of the cursor.
Making a Voice Call
1 Enter or edit a phone number in any of the fol-
lowing ways:
• Enter a phone number through the keypad.
• Select a number from the Call Log screen.
• Select a number from the Contacts screen.
2 Press to dial.
3 Press to end the call.
Making Voice Calls Using SDN
You ca n make a voice call throug h speed dialing. For
instructions on assigning speed dialing numbers,
refer to "Contacts/Other operations" on page18.
To make a call by speed dialing number (SDN),
press and hold the number key in the standby mode
until the phone dials the corresponding phone number.
Answering or Rejecting Calls
You can set the answer mode to Open flip, Any key
or Send key. For details, refer to "Settings/Call Settings/Answer Mode".
The following describes how to answer or reject a call
in different answer modes:
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Operations During a Call
Opera-
tion
Answer
a call
Reject
a call
End a call • If the headset is not in use, you can
Reply by
message
Note
• If the answer mode is Open flip, open
the phone.
• If the answer mode is Any key, open
the phone and press any key. except
• If the answer mode is Send key, press
• If the headset is in use, press the control key on the headset.
Press or select Options > Reject.
press .
• If the headset is in use, press the control key of the headset or press .
Select Options > Reply SMS to send a
predefined message to the caller.
When the phone is closed and there is no
ongoing call, you can press and hold the
Description
and .
.
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camera key to mute the ringtone of an
incoming call. You can also press and hold
the volume keys to reject the call.
You can set the auto answer mode to Immediate
answer, Message or Recorded message. For
details, refer to “Settings/Call settings/Auto Answer”.
Operations During a Call
Icon Description
◆ Icon Description
: A call is ongoing.
: The call is on hold.
: There is a new incoming call during a call.
Operations
During a voice call, you can select Options to perform the following operations.
• Hold/Resume: To hold or resume the call during a
call.
Operations During a Video Call
• End: To end all calls, the active call, the current
call or the on hold call.
• New Call: To make a 3-party call during a call.
• Start Recording/Stop Recording: to record or stop
recording the conversation.
• Other Applications: To access the SMS screen, the
Contacts screen or the Call Log screen.
• Answer/Reject: Your phone allows you to handle
two calls simultaneously. During a call, if there is a
new incoming call, select Options > Answer to
answer it or select Options > Reject to reject it.
• Swap: To swap between calls during a 3-party call.
• Conference call/Private call: To switch to the conference call during a 3-party call or to talk with a
party privately during a conference call.
Operations During a Video Call
Icon Description
Icon Description
Press the up/down scroll key to adjust
the brightness.
Icon Description
Press the left/right scroll key to zoom in
or zoom out.
Press the volume keys to adjust the volume.
Press to switch between the lou d-
/
speaker mode and the earpiece mode.
Operations
During a video call, you can press to hold the call
and send a preset file to the other party. You can
press again to resume the call. Before you use
the function, you can preset a file in settings/video
call/Send specific file.
During a video call, you can select Options to perform the following operations.
• Handsfree/Earpiece: Switch between the loudspeaker mode and the earpiece mode.
• Picture in Picture: T o set the P-in-P mode to off, top
left, top right, bottom right or bottom left.
• Switch picture: To switch display.
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Call Service
Call Log
• External view/Internal view: To switch between the
main lens and the assistant lens.
• Image quality: To set the image quality to best quality or more smooth.
• Camera off/Open video: To forbid or allow the video
from your side.
• Audio off/Open audio:To forbid or allow the audio
from your side.
• Play file: To play a media file.
• Record: To record a video clip. A recorded video
clip is saved to the My Files/Videos directory .
• Other Applications:To access the SMS screen, the
Contacts screen or the Call Log screen.
Call Log
The recently dialed calls, received calls and missed
calls are saved automatically.
Select Call Log in the main menu and then press
the left/right scroll key to select All calls , Missed
, Received or Dialed . Then select Options
for the following options.
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• Edit before call: To edit the number before ma king a
call.
• Create Message: To send a SMS or MMS.
• Save number: To save the numbers of the selected
record to the phone, the SIM card, or an existing
contact.
• Call: To make a voice call or a video call.
• Display mode: Y ou can select Normal to disp lay al l
records or select Simple to ignore the repeated
records
• Delete: To delete the selected record.
• Mark/Unmark: To mark/unmark a record or all
records.
• Calls status: To display the information on voice
calls, video calls and data services. In the voice
call, video call and data page, you can select Reset
to clear all records.
4Text Input
You can use the keypad to enter alphanumeric characters and symbols. For example, you can add
entries to the contacts, write messages or schedule
events on the calendar.
While entering text:
Note
• Press to switch between input meth-
ods, including "abc", "Abc", "ABC", and
numbers.
• Press to enable or disable T9 input
method.
• Press to display the commonly-used
symbols list. Y ou can use the scroll keys
to select.
• Press to delete the letter before the
T9 Input Method
With the T9 input method, you can easily and quickly
enter words. T9 is a predictive text entry mode, Press
the relevant key that corresponds to t he desire d lette r
and T9 will offer you candidate words.
Press each key carrying the desired letter once, and
then the predictive text scheme will present the can-
cursor.
didate words composed by the letters you have
entered in the drop-down menu.
For example, to enter the word "good" with the T9
input method, follow these steps.
1 Press successively the keys , , , and
which "g", "o", "o", and "d" belong to, and the
candidate words composed by these letters will
be shown in the drop-down menu.
2 Use the up/down scroll key to select "good".
Press repeatedly and you will see "T9
Note
abc", "T9 Abc" and "T9 ABC" on the upper
left corner of the screen successively. It indicates the words to be entered will be in
lower case, first letter capitalized or in upper
case.
Traditional Input Method
When T9 input method is off, you can use the traditional input method for entering alphabetic characters. Repeatedly press the key that carries the letter
to be entered when it appears on the screen.
For example, to enter the word "Hello" with the traditional input method, follow these steps.
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"123" Numeric Input Method
1 Press that carries "h" repeatedly and all let-
ters carried by this key will be displayed successively on the screen. Stop when you see an "h"
on the screen.
2 After entering the first letter, you can directly
press another key to enter the next letter. If the
next desired letter is on the same key as the current one, wait until the cursor appears to the right
of the current letter and then you can enter the
next one.
3 Enter "e", "l", "l" and "o" in the same way.
• Press repeatedly and you will see
Note
"abc", "Abc" or "ABC" on the upper left
corner of the screen successively . It indicates the words to be entered will be in
lower case, first lett e r capitalized or in
upper case.
• Press and hold number keys to enter
numbers.
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"123" Numeric Input Method
With the "123" numeric input method, you can enter
corresponding numeric characters by pressing the
character/number keys. For example, to enter "1"
with the "123" numeric input method, you can press
. Then "1" appears on the screen.
Symbol Input Method
Your mobile phone provides an independent symbol
input method.
For example, to enter ":" with the symbol input
method, you can just press the scroll keys to select
":" in the symbol list and then press .
Input Different Languages
In a text editing screen, select Options>Input lan-
guage to set the language for the text. The indi cator
of the selected language will be displayed on the
upper left cornor of the editing screen.
5Contacts
Contacts enables you to save and manage such
information as phone numbers and addresses of your
contacts. You can save such information in your
phone or your SIM card. You can also assign eight
frequently-used numbers to speed dialing keys for
your convenience.
Making Calls from the Contacts
You can make a voice/video call with a contact
selected from the contacts list.
1 In the Contacts screen, press the left/right
scroll key to select Phone or SIM .
2 Select a contact and select Options > Call.
Then, you can select Voice Call or Video Call to
make a call. Alternatively, you can select Edit
before call to edit the number before making the
call.
Searching for a Contact
You can find a contact from the contacts list easily
and quickly by using this function on both the Phone
screen and the SIM screen.
1 In the Contacts screen, press the left/right
scroll key to select Phone or SIM .
2 Select Options > Search.
3 Select Options > Search, and then enter the
contact name you are searching for. The contact
will be displayed.
The search result will include all matched
Note
contacts from both the phone and SIM
memories, no matter from which screen
(Phone or SIM) you start searching.
You can also use quick search in the Phone or SIM
screen:
1 In the Contacts screen, press the left/right
scroll key to select Phone or SIM .
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Other Operations
2 Enter a string (one or more letters or numbers)
contained in the contact name you are se arching
for (which is displayed at the bottom of the
screen). Then the contacts whose names con-
tain this string will be displayed.
You can also find a contact by entering the initials of
the first name and the last name of the contact. For
example, to find a contact named "Alice Green",
enter the initials "ag". This contact will be displayed in
the candidate list.
Other Operations
In the Contacts screen, press the left/right scroll
key to select Phone or SIM .Then select
Options for the following options.
• Details: To view the details of contact.
• Create Message: To send a message, MMS or
Email to the selected contact.
• New: To create a new contact.
• Delete: To delete the selected contact.
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• Copy to SIM/Copy to phone: To Copy one or more
contacts from your phone to the SIM card or from
your SIM card to the phone.
• Send contact: To send a contact to ot her devices
supporting SMS or Bluetooth.
• Mark/Unmark: To mark/unmark a record or all
records in your phone and SIM card.
• My business card: To save your own information to
a Business Card. You can send the information by
SMS or Bluetooth.
• Backup contacts: To back up your contacts from
your phone to a memory card or from your memory
card to your phone.
• Speed Dial Number: To assign of ten-used numbers
to speed dialing keys "2" to "9".
• Memory status: To view the memory status of both
your phone and SIM card.
• Settings: To sort the contacts in the phone and the
SIM card or to set an alert before saving.
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