Huawei U8832D 5 Users Manual

Quick Start Guide

HUAWEI Ascend G 500D

Welcome to HUAWEI

Phone at a Glance

1

2

3

1

WCDMA

2

GSM

USIM

SIM

1

WCDMA

2

GSM

All the pictures in this guide are for your reference only. Your
phone’s actual display features may be different to those
described here, depending on its software version.

power key

Earpiece

Front
camera

Back

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

Home

Sensors

Volume

Menu

Loud
speaker

Headset jack

Camera

Microphone

Flash LED
Micro USB

Secondary
microphone

Installing the SIM/USIM Card

There are three steps to install the SIM card:

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Remove the battery .

3. Insert the SIM/USIM card.

(Optional) Installing the microSD

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3

1

WCDMA

2

GSM

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WCDMA

2

GSM

a

b

Card

Your mobile phone is already equipped with a large-volume built-in
embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC). If you want to expand your
phone memory, you can also insert a microSD card.

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Remove the battery .

3. Insert the microSD card into the card slot as shown in the
diagram.

Installing the Battery

1. Angle the edge labeled a (with the contacts) into the bottom end
of the battery compartment.

2. Push the edge labeled
clicks firmly into place.

b

into the compartment until the battery

Charging the Battery

Status Indicator

Green: Fully charged (when connected to charger).

Red: Charging in progress (when connected to charger).

Before charging the battery, ensure that it has been properly installed
on your phone.

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

2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to your mobile phone.
Then, to start charging, plug the charger into an electrical outlet.

If you charge your mobile phone while it is powered on, the battery
icon on the notification bar indicates the charging status. When the

battery icon changes to , your mobile phone is fully charged.

Status Indicator

The color of the status indicator tells you the status of your mobile
phone’s battery.

Touchscreen Actions

Using your finger on the touchscreen, you can operate your phone
conveniently.

Touch & hold

Rotate Flick Drag

Touch Double touch

Home Screen

You can set up the Home screen according to your own
preferences, for example by adding a shortcut or a widget to your
Home screen, changing the wallpaper, or setting the number of
Home screen extensions.

To return to the Home screen from any of its extensions, press .

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Flick your finger left or
right across the Home
screen.

Touch to view thumbnails
of the Home screen and its
extensions. Touch a thumbnail
to open the screen.

When a new notification icon appears on the notification bar, place

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your finger on the notification bar and flick down to open the
notification panel.

Adding a New Home Screen Item

1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Home screen until the

to home screen

You can also touch >
the

menu is displayed.

Add to home screen

Add

on the Home screen to display

menu.

2. Select an item to add it to the Home screen.

Add

Removing a Home Screen Item

1. Touch and hold an item on the Home screen until the item
expands and the mobile phone vibrates.

2. Without lifting your finger, drag the item to the trash can. When
the item and the trash can turn red, the item is ready to be
removed.

3. Release the item to remove it from the Home screen.

Importing Contacts from a SIM/ USIM Card

1. In the contact list, touch >

2. Select the SIM/USIM card,and then touch

3. Select the item which you want to copy contacts to in the
displayed menu,and then touch

4. Select the contacts you want to import or touch
select all contacts.

5. Touch

Copy

.

OK

6. Touch

to import the contact.

More > Import/Export

Next

.

Next

.

Select All

.

Adding a Contact

1. In the contact list, touch >

2. If you have more than one item with contacts, touch the item
which you want to add contacts to in the displayed menu.

3. Enter the contact's name, and then add detailed information
such as phone number and address.

4. When you are finished, touch
information.

New contact

Save

to save the contact

.

Making a Call with the Dialer Application

Your phone supports dual- card dual-standby mode, but the two
SIM cards cannot be used simultaneously. When you are
making a call with one SIM card, the other SIM card becomes
unavailable, that is, no incoming calls can be received and the
data services cannot be used.

On the home screen, touch to open the

Phone

.

to

Your mobile phone supports the Smart Dial function, that is, when
you touch numbers on the dialer, the phone automatically searches
among your contacts and lists the matching results ordered
according to the accuracy of the match. If no contacts match the
information entered, the phone will not display any result.

Creating and Sending a Multimedia Message

On the home screen, touch to open the
You can use multimedia messages to make everyday
communications very special. You can record a message and send
it as an audio file, sing 'Happy Birthday' and send it to friend, or send
a slideshow of photographs of a special event. The possibilities are
endless.

1. Touch

2. Enter a phone number in the

3. Touch the composition text box to start entering your message.

4. Touch to display the options panel.

5. When the message is ready to be sent, touch

>

Messaging

contact from

Contacts

or

Groups

If you want to enter a smiley, touch , and then touch

smiley

.

Add subject

• Touch

mobile phone is now in multimedia message mode.

• Touch

• Touch

• Touch

to add the message subject. Your

Attach

to add a picture, music, or video file.

Insert quick text

More

to insert contacts or view all threads.

Messaging

.

>

Compose new message

To

field, or touch to select a

.

to replay quickly when you are busy.

Send

.

Insert

.

Connecting Internet

Get online using your phone’s WLAN to save your money.

Turning On WLAN

1. Touch >

2. Touch
check box to turn on WLAN.

Settings

Wireless & networks

.

, and then select the

WLAN

Opening the Browser

Touch >

Touch to open the browser options menu and perform one of
the following operations:

•

•

•

•

•

•

Browser

to open the home page.

When known or open WLAN networks and mobile data
networks are available at the same time, your phone will
preferably select a WLAN network for Internet access.

Close

: Touch to quit or minimize the window.

Bookmarks

: Touch to display bookmarks.

Windows

: Touch to view thumbnails of open browser windows.
You can switch to another browser window or open a new one
on this screen.

Backward

: Touch to browse the last web page.

Forward

: Touch to browse the next web page.

More

: Touch to open other menus and perform operations such

as searching, selecting text, downloading, or setting options.

Opening a Webpage

1. In a browser window, touch the URL field at the top of the
screen.

2. Use the keyboard to enter a webpage address. You can touch

to enter the web page address by voice.

Turning Off Your Data Service

When you are not using your data service, to eliminate unwanted
data traffic, you can turn it off quickly.