Huawei U8100-7 User Manual

iContents

Reading Before Proceeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Notice and Copyright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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

What's in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Mobile Phone View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Getting Started with Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the Touchscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Locking and Unlocking the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Notifications and Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using a microSD Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Making a Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Answering and Rejecting a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Using Call log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Other Operations During a Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using the Airplane Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Opening and Viewing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Adding a Contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Deleting a Contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Adding a Contact to Your Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Removing a Contact from Your Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Editing a Contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Importing Contacts from a SIM Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Searching for a Contact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Communicating with Your Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Using the Onscreen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Displaying the Keyboard Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Customizing Keyboard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Messaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

SMS and MMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Getting Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

GPRS/3G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Connecting to a Computer via USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Modem Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Taking Photos and Recording Videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Using the Gallery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Using the Gallery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Enjoying Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Listening to FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Google Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Creating a Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Using Gmail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Using Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Using Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Using YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Using Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Synchronizing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Managing Your Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Customizing Your Account Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Using the PC Suite to Synchronize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Using Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Using the Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Using the Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Using Sound Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Using the File Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Using the Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Using the Notepad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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Managing Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Setting the Date and Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Setting the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Setting Ringers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Setting Phone Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Setting Text-to-Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Protecting Your Mobile Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Managing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Resetting Your Mobile Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Upgrading the Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Warnings and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

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Safety Precautions

Please read the safety precautions carefully to ensure the

correct use of your mobile phone. For detailed information, refer

to the section “Warnings and Precautions” on page 193.

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.

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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. Radiation from the phone

may erase the information stored on them.

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Do not put your mobile phone in a high-

temperature 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.

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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Notice and Copyright

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 sublicense the said software,

unless such restrictions are prohibited by applicable laws or

such actions are approved by respective copyright holders

under licenses.

Trademarks and Permissions

, , and are trademarks or registered trademarks

of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

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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

installation or usage of the preceding products on this mobile

phone shall be borne by yourself.

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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 OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE MADE IN RELATION TO THE

ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENTS OF THIS

MANUAL.

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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.

Import and Export R egulations

Customers shall comply 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

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product mentioned in this manual including the software and

technical data therein.

Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone

Getting to Know Your Mobile

Phone

Your mobile phone can operate in almost all countries, so you'll

be able to enjoy communications wherever you are using your

mobile phone.

What's in the Box

Look. 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:

• Mobile phone

• Battery

• Charger

• USB cable

• Quick start guide

• Safety information

Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone

Mobile Phone View

Key F eatures at a Glance

Earpiece

Microphone

Camera key

Volume

control keys

Headset jack

Camera

Speaker

Charging/Data

interface

Wrist strap

opening

Navigation key

key

Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone

Key F unctions at Your Fingertips

• Press to power on your mobile phone.

• Press and hold to open the Phone

options menu.

• Press to lock the screen when your

mobile phone is on.

• Press to go to the Call log tab.

• Press and hold to open Voice Search.

• Press to open the menu on an active

screen.

• Press and hold to open the keyboard so

you can perform quick searches.

• Press to unlock the screen.

Navigatio

n key

• Press to navigate selectable items on

the screen.

• Press to select a highlighted item or

action.

key

Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone

Note: To customize the function of the End key, touch Settings >

General info & option > End button behavior.

Press to select a highlighted item or

action.

Press to return to the Home screen.

Press to return to the previous screen or

exit the application you are running.

• Press to hang up a call.

• Press to return to the Home screen.

key

Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone

Getting Started with Your Mobile Phone

Installing the SIM Card

1. Remove the battery cover.

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

Note: When inserting the SIM card, ensure that the golden contact faces

downward.

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Installing the Battery

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Insert the battery at a downward angle (a) and move it slightly

forward until it snaps into place at (b).

3. Replace the battery cover.

Note: Ensure that the printed side of the battery faces upward.

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