Huawei U8815-71 User Guide

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HUAWEI U8815-71

User Guide

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 Battery......................................	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

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

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 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.

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.

1.2 Personal Information and Data

Security

The use of some functions or third-party applications on your device could result in your personal information and data being lost or becoming accessible to others. Several measures are recommended to help you protect personal and confidential information.

•Place your device in a safe area toprevent itfrom unauthorized use.

•Setyour device screen to lockandcreate a password orunlock pattern to openit.

•Periodically backup personal information kept on your SIM/UIM card, memory card, orstored in your device memory. If you change to a different device, be sure to move or delete anypersonal informationon your old device.

•If you are worried about viruseswhen you receive messagesor emails from a stranger,youcandelete them without opening them.

•If you use yourdevice to browse the Internet, avoid websites thatmightpose a security riskto avoid theftofyour personal information.

•If you use services such as Wi-Fi tether or Bluetooth,set passwordsfor these services to prevent unauthorized access. When these services are not in use,turn them off.

•Install orupgradedevice security software and regularlyscan for viruses.

•Be sure to obtainthird-party applicationsfrom a legitimate source.Downloaded third-partyapplicationsshould be scanned for viruses.

•Install security softwareor patchesreleased byHuawei or third-partyapplication providers.

•Some applications require andtransmit location information. Asa result, a thirdparty maybe able toshare yourlocationinformation.

•Yourdevice may provide detection and diagnostic information to third-party application providers.Third partyvendors use this information to improvetheir products and services.

•If you have concerns aboutthe security ofyour personal information and data, please contactmobile@huawei.com.

1.3 Legal Notice

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.

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 rely 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 network service providers. Thusthedescriptionshereinmaynotmatchexactlytheproductoritsaccessoriesyou purchase.

HuaweiTechnologiesCo.,Ltd.reservestherighttochangeormodifyanyinformation or specifications contained in this manual without prior notice and without any liability.

Third-Party Software Statement

HuaweiTechnologiesCo.,Ltd.doesnotowntheintellectualpropertyofthethird-party software and applications that are delivered with this product. Therefore, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. will not provide any warranty of any kind for these third-party softwareandapplications.NeitherwillHuaweiTechnologiesCo.,Ltd.providesupport to customers who use these third-party software and applications, nor be responsible or liable for the functions of these third-party software and applications.

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 contentand services through network or transmission 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 services.

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-partyworks,suchastexts,images,videos,orsoftware.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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