Huawei U8815-71 User Guide
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User Guide
U8815-71
Contents
1 Read Before Proceeding.......................................................1
1.1 Safety Precautions.......... ................................................ .............1
1.2 Personal Information and Data Security ...................................... 2
1.3 Legal Notice ............................................... .................................. 3
2 Getting Started.......................................................................6
2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingertips.................................................6
2.2 Important Information About the Batt e ry........................... .. . .. ......6
2.3 Power Saving Tips ............................................... ....................... 7
2.4 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone ...........................................7
2.5 Using the Touchscreen................................................................ 9
2.6 Locking and Unlocking the Screen............................. . ................9
2.7 Home Screen.. ................................................ ........................... 10
2.8 Application Screen..................................................................... 14
2.9 Using a microSD Card ............................................................... 15
3 Calling..................................................................................16
3.1 Making a Call............................................................................. 16
3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call.................................................. .. 17
3.3 Other Operations During a Call ...................... ........................... 18
3.4 Using the Call log.......................................................................19
3.5 Using Airplane Mode ................................................................. 19
4 Contacts...............................................................................19
4.1 Opening the Contacts Application.............................................20
4.2 Importing Contacts from a SIM Card ...... ................................... 20
4.3 Adding a Contact ............... ................................................ ........20
4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites................................... ........20
4.5 Searching for a Contact.......................... ................................... 21
4.6 Editing a Contact . ................................................. .....................21
4.7 Communicating with Your Contacts...........................................21
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4.8 Deleting a Contact ............... ................................................. .....22
4.9 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts...................................22
4.10 Managing Groups ....................................................................23
4.11 Joining and Separating Contacts............................................. 24
4.12 Sending Contacts .................................................................... 25
5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard.............................................25
5.1 Displaying the Keyboard............................................................ 25
5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings. ................................................ 27
6 Messaging...........................................................................27
6.1 SMS and MMS........................................................................... 27
6.2 Email. ................................................. ........................................ 29
7 Getting Connected...............................................................32
7.1 Mobile Networks ................................................................ ... .....32
7.2 Wi-Fi ....... ................................................ ................................... 32
7.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection....................................33
7.4 Browser................ ................................................. ..................... 34
7.5 Bluetooth............ ................................................ ... ..................... 36
8 Entertainment......................................................................37
8.1 Taking Photos and Recording Videos.......................................38
8.2 Using the Gallery .......................................................................39
8.3 Enjoying Music...................................................................... .....41
8.4 Listening to the FM Radio..........................................................43
9 Google Services..................................................................43
9.1 Creating a Google Account.......................................... ..... .. . ... .. .44
9.2 Gmail .............. ...................................................... ..................... 44
9.3 Google Talk™............................................................................ 46
9.4 Maps.................................... ................................................. .....47
9.5 YouTube .................... ................................................ ................48
9.6 Play Store .................................................................. ................49
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10 Synchronizing Information.................................................50
10.1 Managing Your Accounts.........................................................50
10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization............................ 52
11 Using Other Applications ...................................................53
11.1 Traffic Manager(Optional)........................................................53
11.2 Calendar ..................................................................................53
11.3 File Manager............................................................................ 55
11.4 Clock........................................................................................ 57
11.5 Calculator................................................................................. 58
11.6 Notepad............................................ . ......................................58
11.7 Weather Clock .........................................................................59
12 Managing Your Mobile Phone ...........................................60
12.1 Setting the Date and Time...................... ... ..... .........................60
12.2 Setting the Display................................................................... 61
12.3 Setting Ringers ........................................................................61
12.4 Setting Phone Services............................................... ... .. . .. . ...62
12.5 Configuring Text-to-Speech.....................................................62
12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone................................................. 63
12.7 Managing Applications.............................................................64
12.8 Resetting Your Mobile Phone .................................................. 66
12.9 Online Update.......................................................................... 66
13 FAQs..................................................................................67
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1 Read Before Proceeding
1.1 Safety Precautions
Please read the safety precautions carefully to ensure the correct use of your mobile
phone.
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 hosp itals and health c are 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 de vices.
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 cont ainers with
a strong electromagnetic field.
Do not place magnetic storage media near your mobile phon e.
Radiation from the phone may erase the information stored on them.
Do not put your mobile phone in a high-tempe rature place or use it in
a place with flammable gas such as a gas station.
Keep your mobile phone and its accessorie s away from children. Do
not allow children to use your mobile phon e 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 w hile using the
USB cable. Otherwise your mobile ph one or PC ma y be damaged.
1.2 Personal Information and Data
Security
The use of some functions or third-party applications on your device co uld result in
your personal information and data being lost or becoming accessible to others.
Several measures are recommended to help you protect persona l and confidential
information.
• Place your device in a safe area to prevent it from unauthorized use.
• Set your device screen to lock and create a password or unloc k pattern to open it.
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• Periodically back up personal information kept on your SIM/UIM card , memory
card, or stored in your device memory. If you change to a dif ferent device, be sure
to move or delete any personal information on your old device.
• If you are worried about viruses when you receive messages or emails f rom a
stranger, you can delete them without opening them.
• If you use your device to browse the Internet, avoid websites that might pose a
security risk to avoid theft of your personal informatio n.
• If you use services such as Wi-Fi tether or Bluetooth, set pass words for these
services to prevent unauthorized access . When these services are not in use, turn
them off.
• Install or upgrade device security software and regularly scan for viru ses.
• Be sure to obtain third-party applications from a legitimate source. Downloaded
third-party applications should be scanned for viruses .
• Install security software or patches released by Huawei or third-par ty application
providers.
• Some applications require and transmit location information. As a result, a thirdparty may be able to share your location information.
• Your device may provide detection and diagnostic information to third- party
application providers. Third party vendors use this informat ion to improve their
products and services.
• If you have concerns about the security of your personal informat ion and data,
please contact mobile@huawei.com.
1.3 Legal Notice
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2012. 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., Lt d.
The product described in this manual may include copyrighted softw are of Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd. and possible licensors. Customers sha ll not in any manner
reproduce, distribute, modify, deco mpile, disassemble, d ecrypt, extract, reverse
engineer, lease, assign, or sublicense the said software, unless such restrictions are
prohibited by applicable laws or such actions are approved by re spective copyright
holders.
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Trademarks and Permissions
, , and are trademarks or registered trademarks of Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd.
Android is a trademark of Google Inc.
Other trademarks, product, service and company names mentioned are the property
of their respective owners.
Notice
Some features of the product and its accessories described herein re ly on the
software installed, capacities and settings of local network , and therefore may not be
activated or may be limited by local network operators or networ k service providers.
Thus the descriptions herein may not match exac tly 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 and without any liability.
Third-Party Software Statement
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. does not own the intellectual property of the third-pa rty
software and applications that are delivered with this product. Therefore, Huaw ei
Technologies Co., Ltd. will not provide any warranty of any kind for these third-party
software and applications. Neither will Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. provide support
to customers who use these third-party software and applications, nor be res ponsible
or liable for the functions of these third-party software and applicat ions.
Third-party software and applications services may be interrupted or terminated at
any time. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. does not guarantee that any content or
service would be maintained for any period during its availability. Third-party service
providers provide content and services through network or transmiss ion tools outside
of the control of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. To the greatest extent permitted by
applicable law, it is explicitly stated that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not
compensate or be liable for services provided by third-party service providers, or the
interruption or termination of third-party contents or ser vices.
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. shall not be responsible for the legality, quality, or any
other aspects of any software installed on this product, or for any uploaded or
downloaded third-party works, such as texts, images, videos, or softw are. Customers
shall bear the risk for any and all effects, including incompatibility between the
software and this product, which result from installing software or uploading or
downloading the third-party works.
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