Huawei Y301-A1 User Manual

Google Services

• Google Services

Availability of Google applications, services, and features may vary according to your country or carrier. Please follow local laws and regulations to use them.

When you turn on your mobile phone for the first time, touch a Google services such as Talk, Gmail, or Play Store, and you will be prompted to sign in to your Google account.

Ensure that your mobile phone has an active data connection (3G/ GPRS) before you sign in to your Google account.

If you already have a Google account, touch Existing and enter your username and password.

Creating a Google Account

If you do not have a Google account, you can create one:

1.After reading the setup information, touch New.

2.Enter the first name, last name, and then touch .

3.Enter the user name for your Google account, and then touch . The mobile phone will connect to a Google server to check whether the username is available. If the username you entered is already in use, you will be prompted to choose another one or select one from a list.

4.Enter and confirm your Google account password, and then touch

5.Select a security question from the drop-down menu, and then enter the answer, and then touch .

6.Enter the characters that appear on the screen, and then touch .

To use another Google account, go to the Settings screen, and touch Add account to select which type of accounts you want to add.

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Gmail

Gmail is Google's web-based email service. When you first set up your phone, you may have configured it to use an existing Gmail account or create a new account. The first time you open the Gmail application on your phone, your Inbox will contain the messages from your Gmail web account.

Opening Gmail

On the Home screen, touch > Gmail. The Inbox mail list appears. Any emails you decide to keep on your mobile phone will go to your Inbox folder.

Switching Between Accounts

On the Inbox screen, touch the email address bar on the top, and choose an email account from the email account list displayed. The selected account's Inbox is then displayed by default.

Creating and Sending an Email

1.In the mail list, touch .

2.Enter the message recipient's email address in the To field. If you are sending the email to several recipients, separate the email addresses with commas. You can add as many message recipients as you want.

If you want to send a copy (Cc) or a blind copy (Bcc) of the email to other recipients, touch , and then touch Add Cc/Bcc.

3. Enter the email subject and write your email.

If you want to add a picture attachment, touch , and then touch Attach picture to select the picture you want to attach.

4. After writing your email, touch .

Replying to or Forwarding an Email

1. In the mail list, touch the email that you want to reply to or forward.

2. Touch	to reply. You can also touch	, and then touch Reply all or
Forward.

3. Do one of the following:

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•If you selected or Reply all, enter your message.

•If you selected Forward, specify the message recipients and add any additional text you want to include in the forwarded message.

4.Touch to send, or touch to save as a draft.

Searching for an Email

1.In the mail list, touch .

2.Enter the search keywords in the box, and then touch .

Customizing Your Gmail Settings

In the mail list, touch > Settings to customizing your Gmail.

Talk

Talk is Google's instant messaging service. You can use it to communicate in real time with other people using Talk on a phone or on the web.

Opening Talk

On the Home screen, touch > Talk to open the application.

Your Talk account is based on the Google account you set up with your mobile phone.

Adding a Friend

1.In the friends list, touch .

2.Enter the Gmail address of the friend you want to add.

3.Touch .

Accepting an Invitation

1.If someone else has invited you to chat, this information will appear in the friends list.

2.Touch a pending invitation, and then touch Accept.

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Starting a Chat

1.In the friends list, touch a friend's name in the friends list.

2.Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text and chat with your friend.

3.After entering your message, touch .

Setting Notifications for New Instant Messages

Whenever you receive an instant message, your mobile phone can play a sound, vibrate, or display an icon. To set up one of these handy notifications, start in the friends list, and then touch > Settings. Then touch the account that you want to set. Now choose from one of the following:

	IM	Select the check box to receive a notification on the
	notifications	notification bar when you receive an instant message.
	Notification	Touch to choose the ringtone used for a new instant
		message. You will hear a short sample of the ringtone
	ringtone
		when you select it. To turn the ringtone off, select Silent.
	Vibrate	Select the check box to make your mobile phone vibrate
		when you receive a new instant message.

Signing out of Talk

On the friends list screen, touch , and then touch Sign out to quit Talk.

Maps

Maps lets you find your current location, view real-time traffic conditions (depending on availability in your locale), and get detailed directions to various destinations. You can view satellite images, traffic maps, or other kinds of maps of your current or other locations.

Enabling the Location Service

Before you open Maps to find your location or search for places of interest, you must enable the location service.

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1.On the Home screen, touch > Settings.

2.Touch Location services.

3.Select the Google's location service check box, the GPS satellites check box, or both.

Opening Maps

On the Home screen, touch > Maps to open the application.

Searching for Places of Interest

1.On the map, touch .

2.Enter the place you want to search for in the search box, and then touch the Search icon.

3.Your search results will then be displayed. Touch a place you are interested in and the application will show where it is on the map.

Getting Directions

1.While viewing a map, touch .

2.Enter the starting point in the first text box, and then enter your destination in the second text box.

3.Touch the icon for car, public transit, or walking directions.

4.Touch GET DIRECTIONS. Your directions will appear in a list.

5.Touch a direction item on the list to show it on the map.

6.When you finish viewing or following the directions, touch , and then touch Clear Map to reset the map.

YouTube

YouTube is Google's free online video streaming service for watching, searching for, and uploading videos.

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Opening YouTube

On the Home screen, touch > YouTube. You will then see the YouTube screen.

Searching for a Video

1.On the YouTube screen, touch .

2.Enter a search keyword, and then touch the Search icon.

3.You will see a number of search results displayed below the notification bar. Scroll through the results and touch a video to watch it.

Sharing a Video

From the video list on the YouTube screen, select a video clip and touch to share the video.

Play Store

Android Play Store provides direct access to applications and games which you can download and install on your phone.

Opening Play Store

1.On the Home screen, touch > Play Store.

2.When you open Play Store for the first time, the Google Play Terms of Service window will appear. Touch Accept to continue.

Installing an Application

1.In the Play Store, select a category, and then touch the application you want to download. On the application details screen, you can view more information about the selected application, such as its cost, overall rating, user comments, and similar applications in which you might be interested. You can also scroll down to view information about the application developer, including other applications from the same developer and a link to the developer's website. In addition, you can send the developer an email.

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2.To install the application, touch Install (if it is free) or touch the button with its price (if it is not free), and confirm your download or purchase.

3.To check the progress of a download, open the notification panel. Most applications are installed within seconds. To stop an application from downloading, touch the cross (×).

After the application has been downloaded and installed on your mobile phone, the content download icon appears in the notification bar.

If you want to install a non-Play Store application, touch > Settings

> Security, and then select the Unknown sources check box to allow installation of the non-Play Store application.

Uninstalling an Application

1.On the Play Store screen, touch > My Apps.

2.Touch the application you want to uninstall, and then touch Uninstall.

3.When prompted, touch OK to remove the application from your mobile phone.

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