Huawei Ascend Y201 manual

User Guide Welcome to HUAWEI HUA WE I As c end Y 201[...]

i Contents 1 Read Before P roceeding .............................. ......................................... 1 1.1 Safety P recautions ......... ........... ............. .............. ............. ......... 1 1.2 Personal Informat ion and Data Security ........... ............. ............ 2 1.3 Legal No tice ... ........... ............. ....[...]

ii 4.8 Deleting a Conta ct .............. .............. ............. ........... .............. . 21 4.9 Backing Up and S ynchronizing Conta cts ................................. 21 4.10 Managi ng Groups ........... ............. .............. .......... .............. .... 22 4.11 Joining and Separat ing Contacts ......... .............. ......[...]

iii 10.1 Managin g Your Accounts ..... .............. ............. ........... ............ 47 10.2 Custo mizing Your Acco unt Synchro nization ................ .......... 48 11 Usin g Other A pplicatio ns ................................................................ 49 11.1 AppInstaller ..... ............. ........... ............. ...........[...]

1 1 Read Before Proceeding 1.1 Safety Prec autions Please read the safet y precautions carefu lly to ensure the correct use of your mobile phone. Do not crash, throw, or punc ture your mobile phone. Avoid the falling, squeezing, and bending of your mobile phone. Do not use your mobile phone in a moist enviro nment, such as the bathroom. Pr event yo[...]

2 1.2 Personal Informatio n and Data Security The use of some functions or thir d-party applications on y our device could result in your personal information an d data being lost or becoming accessible t o others. Several measures are rec ommended to help you protect personal and confidential information. • Place your devic e in a safe area to p[...]

3 • Periodically back up personal information ke pt on your SIM/UIM card , memory card, or stored in y our device memory. If you c hange to a different de vice, be sure to move or delete any per sonal information on your old device. • If you are worried abo ut viruses when you r eceive messages or emails from a stranger, you can delete them wit[...]

4 Trademarks and Perm issions , , and are trademarks or registe red trademarks of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. The Bluetooth ® word mark and logos are re gistered trademarks ow ned by | Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Huawei Technologie s Co., Ltd. is under license. Android is a trademark of Goog le Inc. Other trademarks, product[...]

5 shall bear the risk for any and all effects, including incompatib ility between the software and this product, whic h result from installing software or upload ing or downloading the third-p arty works. This product uses the open-s ource Android™ platform. Hua wei Technologies Co., Ltd. has made necessary changes to the platform. Ther efore, th[...]

6 2 Getting Started All the pictures in this guide are f or your reference only. Your phone’s actual display features may be diff erent to those describ ed here, depending on its software version. 2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingerti ps 2.2 Import ant Informa tion About th e Battery • If the battery has not bee n used for a long time, you may not[...]

7 • Using data services increa ses the power consu mption of the phone and will therefore reduce the lengt h of time that the phone can be used bet ween battery charges. • The time required to fully charge the batt ery depends on the ambient temper ature and the age of the battery. • When the battery power is low, the phone will alert you and[...]

8 phone, you must enter your PIN befor e using the mobile phone. 2.4.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Ph one The first time you po wer on your mobile phone, the ph one displays a se tup wizard to help you set up the phone. The setup wizard he lps you: • Create or sign in to you r account • Make some initial decisions a bout how you want to use y our mo[...]

9 • Flick : Move your finger eithe r vertically or horizontally across the screen. • Drag : Touch and hold the de sired item with your finge r. To move an item, drag the item to any part of the sc reen. You can dra g an icon to move or delete it. 2.5.2 Rotating Your M obile Phone Scree n The orientation of most screens will change to landscape [...]

10 2.7 Home Screen Touch and hold a shortcut until the mobile phone vib rates, you can then drag it to your desired location or mov e it to the trash. You can also d rag an icon f rom another area of the scree n to the shortcut position. 2.7. 1 Noti ficat ion and S tatus I cons Signal strength No signal Connected to GPR S mobile network GPRS in use[...]

11 Bluetooth on Receiving locat ion data from GPS Speakerphone on Alarm enabled Vibration mode Charging battery Call muted Battery extremely low Battery full Missed call Call in progress New mail from Gmail Call in progress with a Bluetooth headset used Problem with text or multimedia message delivery New text or multimedia message New email New ch[...]

12 2.7. 2 Noti ficat ion Pane l Your mobile phone will notify you wh en you receive a new mess age or there is an upcoming event. The notification panel also inf orms you of alarms and settings. Open the notification panel to see your network operator o r to view a message, remind er, or event no tificati on. Opening the Notification Panel 1. When [...]

13 2.7.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Hom e Screen 2.7.4 Customizing the H ome Screen Adding a New Home Scree n Item 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Ho me screen until the Add to home screen menu is displayed. You can also touch > Add on the Home screen to display the Add to home screen menu. 2. Select an item to add it to the Home screen. M[...]

14 2. Without lifting your finger, drag the it em to the trash can. When the item and t he trash can turn red, the item is rea dy to be removed. 3. Release the item to remove it from the Home screen. 2.7. 5 Servi ce Short cut s 1. Open the notification bar. 2. Touch at the top of the screen to switch data services on or off. You can also touch , , [...]

15 2.9 Using a microSD Card 2.9.1 Using the microSD Card as a USB M a ss Storage To transfer all y our favorite mu sic and pictures from your PC to your mob ile phone’s microSD card, set the microSD card as a U SB mass storage. 1. Connect your mobile phone to your PC with the USB cabl e provided. Your PC will detect the microSD card as a removabl[...]

16 Be careful not to block the microphone at the bottom of your pho ne if you want your voice heard by the othe r parties in a call. 3.1. 1 Making a Cal l wit h the Dial er Appl icati on 1. On the Home screen, touch > Dialer to display the dial er. If you are alre ady working w ith Contacts or Call lo g , touch the Dialer tab. 2. Touch the appro[...]

17 displayed. If the caller’s number is not saved in Contacts , the caller’s number is displaye d. Drag to the right to answer the ca ll. 3.2.2 Ending a Call During a call, touch End to hang up. 3.2.3 Rejecting an Inco ming Call Drag to the left t o reject the call. 3.3 Other Operation s During a Call 3.3.1 Making a Conferenc e Call If you rece[...]

18 Contact your n etwork operator to ask if conference ca lls are suppor ted and, if yes, how many parties can pa rticipate. 1. To initiate a conference call, dial the numb er of the first participan t. After you have connected to the fir st participant, keep th e connection open, touch Add call . 2. Enter the phone number of the ne xt person you w[...]

19 1. Press and hold . 2. Touch Airplane mode in the opt ions menu. 4 Contacts The Contacts application enables you to sa ve and manage information such as phone numbers and addres ses of your contacts. Af ter you save contac t information on your mobile phone, you hav e easy access to the peo ple with whom you want to communicate. 4.1 Opening the [...]

20 4. When you are finished, touch Save to save the contact information. 4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites • Touch and hold the contact you w ant to add to Favorites . Then to uch Add to Favorites . • Touch a con tact, and then touch the star to the right of the contact’s name. The s tar turns gold. 4.5 Searching fo r a Contact 1. In the[...]

21 4.7. 1 Using Qui ck Cont act for Andr oid 1. Touch the contact's picture or p icture frame (if you hav e not assigned a picture to the contact) to open Quick Contact for Android. 2. Touch the icon for the way you want to communicate with the cont act. The icons available depend on the informat ion you have entered for the contac t, the appl[...]

22 2. Touch Restore from SD ca rd in the di splayed menu. If there is more than one .vcf files saved on the microSD card, y ou can choose to restore one, multiple, or all the of them. 4.9. 2 Using a Google Acco unt to Synchron ize Conta cts You can sync hronize contacts using your Google account. For de tails, see Changin g an Account’s Synchroni[...]

23 • When editing a group, touch , and then touch Add Members to select t he contacts you w ant to add to group. You can add contacts in pho ne memory rather than in SIM/UIM car d to a group. 4.11 Joining and Separa ting Contacts You may have duplicate c ontacts if you import contact s by: • Adding an account, suc h as a Gmail account. • Usin[...]

24 The joint contact is then separa ted into two contacts displayed se parately in Contacts . 4.12 Sending Contacts You can send contacts as a .vc f file via Bluetooth or Email. 1. In the contacts list, touch . 2. Select contacts that you want to sen d. 3. Touch Send . 4. Select the way you prefer to send the c ontacts you have se lected, for examp[...]

25 5.1. 2 Using t he Andr oid Key board 5.1.3 Using the Lan dscape Key board If you find the keyboard incon venient or difficult to use, turn you r mobile phone sideways. The screen will display the keyboard in landscape orientation, providing you with a w ider keyboard layout. 5.2 Customizing Keyboard Setti ngs 1. On the Home screen, touch > Se[...]

26 6.1 SMS and MMS 6.1.1 Opening M essaging Touch > Messaging . 6.1. 2 Creati ng and Se nding a Te xt Message 1. Touch > Messaging > New message . 2. Enter a phone number or a contact's name in the To field, or touch to select a contact from Contacts or Groups . As you enter the phone n umber or the cont act's name, the phone dis[...]

27 • Touch Add to add a picture, music, or video file. 5. When the message is ready to be sent , touch . You can sele ct a media fil e (music, vi deo or pictu re) and send it as an attac hment in a multimedia message. In File Manager , touch and ho ld a media file, and then touch Share > Messaging . Adding a Slideshow If you want to attach mor[...]

28 6.1.7 Customizing M essage Settings In the message list, touch , and then touch Settings to customize the message settings. 6.2 Email Your mobile phone also puts email at your fingertips. With you r phone’s Email application, you can u se your email account with Yahoo!, AOL, or other popular email services on your phone. 6.2.1 Adding an E mail[...]

29 6.2. 3 Saving an Email At tachment 1. On the accounts screen, touch the ema il account you want to us e. 2. Touch the email message you want to view. 3. Touch Save next to the attachment in the email. 4. Select a path for saving the attac hment and touch Save . 6.2. 4 Creati ng and Se nding an E mail Messag e 1. On the accounts screen, touch the[...]

30 service you are using. You can enter the necessary det ails manually, although you may need to contact you r email service provider t o obtain the correct information. 1. Touch > Email . 2. On the accounts screen, touch and hold t he email account you want to chang e. 3. Touch Account settings . 4. Change General settings , Notification setti[...]

31 7.2 Wi-Fi Wi-Fi gives you wireless access to broadband Internet. To use Wi-Fi on you r mobile phone, you must ha ve an access to wir eless access point s (hotspots). Obst acles that block the Wi-Fi signal will reduce its st rength. 7.2.1 Turning On Wi-Fi 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Touch Wireless & networks , and then select the Wi-Fi check [...]

32 7.3. 1 Instal ling the USB tet hering Dr iver If your computer is running Windows 7 or a recen t distribution of s ome flavors of Linux (such as Ubuntu), yo u typically do not need to prepa re your computer for tether ing. But if you are running an ear lier version of Windows o r another operating syst em, you may need to prepare your computer t[...]

33 7.4 Browser Your mobile phone comes wit h an Internet browser pre-in stalled. 7.4.1 Opening the Brow ser Touch > Browser to open the home page. When known or o pen Wi-Fi networks and mo bile data networks are available at the same time, your phone will preferab ly select a Wi-Fi network for Internet access. Touch to open the browse r options [...]

34 7.4.4 Managing Bo okmarks You can store as many bookmark s as you want on your mob ile phone. Adding a Bookmark 1. In a browser window, go to the webpage you want to sav e as a bookmark. 2. Touch , and then touch Bookmarks > Add . 3. Edit the bookmark name and t hen touch OK . Opening a Bookmark 1. In a browser window, touch , and then touch [...]

35 3. Touch Bluetooth settings , and then select the Discoverable to make your mobile phone visible to oth er Bluetooth devices. 7.5. 2 Pairi ng with an d Connecti ng to a Bl uetoot h Device Your mobile Bluetooth lets you do t he following: • Hands Free Prof ile (HFP): allows yo u to use a hands-free B luetooth device. • Headset Profile (H SP):[...]

36 8 Entertainment In addition to being a communication dev ice and personal assistan t, your mobile phone also provides you with a multitude of entertainmen t possibilities. You can take photos, create videos , and down load and listen to music. 8.1 Taking Pho tos and Recording Videos The camera is a comb ination of came ra and camcord er that you[...]

37 Photos taken are displayed for a momen t. You can take anot her photo or review y our photos. 8.1. 3 Viewin g Your Phot os 1. After taking a photo, a thumbnail of th e photo you have just taken is shown in the low er right corner of the capt ure screen. Touch th e thumbnail to view it. 2. Touch the onscreen button t o do any of the following : ?[...]

38 8.2.1 Opening the Gallery On the Home screen, touch > Gallery . The Gallery application categorizes your pictures and videos by s torage location and displays these files in folders. Touch a folder to view the pictur es or videos inside. 8.2. 2 Viewin g a Pict ure 1. In Gallery , touch the folder that con tains the pictures you wan t to view.[...]

39 8.3 Enjoying Mus ic 8.3.1 Opening the M usic Library On the Home screen, touch > Music to open the music library. The music library automatically sc ans for music s tored on you r microSD ca rd and displays them in Albums ， Songs ， Playlis ts ， Folders . Touch More to view music in othe r ways. 8.3. 2 Playi ng Music 1. From the music li[...]

40 By default, the albu m cover is displayed while the music is play ing. You can flick left or right to switch to visual ization effects or the lyrics screen. While playing music, touch t o return to the Home screen, the music will continue to play in the background and you ca n use other applications . Open the notifications panel and touch the p[...]

41 2. The first time you open FM radio , touch Auto tuning , which automatically scans f or available FM channels, saves t hem as presets, and plays t he first FM channel found. 8.4. 2 Tuning t he FM Radio Open the FM Radio application, and then do the followi ng: • Touch or to tune the radio to the pr evious or next channe l. • Slide the knob [...]

42 5. Select a security question from th e drop-down menu, and t hen enter the answer. 6. Touch Create . 7. When the Google Terms of Service screen appears, touch I agree, Next . 8. Enter the characters that appear on the scree n, and then touch Next . To use another Google accoun t, go to the Accounts & sync settings screen, and touch Add acco[...]

43 9.2. 4 Replyi ng to or Forwar ding an Emai l 1. In the mail list, touch the email that you wan t to reply to or forward. 2. Touch to re ply. You c an als o touch , and then touch Reply , Reply a ll , or Forward . 3. Do one of the following: • If you select ed Reply or Reply all , enter your me ssage. • If you select ed Forward , specify the [...]

44 9.3.3 Accepting an Invitation 1. If you have invited anyone to chat or if someone else has inv ited you to chat, this information will appear in the friends list. 2. Touch a pending invitation, and then touch A ccept . 9.3. 4 Start ing a Chat 1. In the friends list, touch a friend's name in t he friends list. 2. Use the onscreen keybo ard t[...]

45 9.4 YouTube YouTube is Google’s free onlin e video streaming se rvice for watching , searching for, and uploading videos. 9.4.1 Opening You Tube On the Home screen, touch > YouTube . You will then se e the YouTube screen . 9.4.2 Searching for a Vide o 1. On the YouTube screen, touch , and then touc h Search . 2. Enter a search keyword, and [...]

46 9.5. 3 Instal ling an Appli cati on 1. In the Play Store , select a category, an d then touch the applicati on you want to download. On the applicat ion details screen, you can view more information abo ut this application, such as its cost, overall rating, use r comments, and similar applications. When scrolling down, you can also view develope[...]

47 10.1 Managing Your Accounts You can synchronize cont acts, email, and other information on your mobile phone with multiple Google accounts or other kinds of ac counts, dep ending on the applications installed on your mobile pho ne. For example, you can start by adding your personal Goo gle account, so your personal email, contacts, and cale ndar[...]

48 3. Follow the instructions and enter t he required information abou t the exchange account you wan t to add. For details, co ntact the server ad ministrator. 4. Touch Next to display t he Account options screen. Configure the synchronization se ttings for this account . 5. Touch Next to finish configuring the accoun t settings. If emails are not[...]

49 • Select or cl ear the Background data check box to control wh ether applications and services can t ransmit data when y ou are not working w ith them directly (t hat is, when they are running in the bac kground). If you clear t his op tion, Gmail stops receiving ne w mails, Calendar stops synchronizing even ts, and so on, until you refresh th[...]

50 11.2 All Backup You can back up data usin g All Backup , which provides the following op tions: Backup to SD , Restore from SD , and Quick Backup . 11.2.1 Backing Up d ata by using Backup to SD 1. On the Home screen, touch > All Backup . 2. Touch Backup to SD . 3. Enter a file name in the Filename: field. 4. In the Backup contents: field, sel[...]

51 • If the event is a special occasion such as a birthday or a day-long ac tivity, set the date for From and To , and then select the All da y check box. 3. Enter the location of the event and a de scription. 4. Specify in Repetition whether the even t recurs and, if it does, ho w frequently, and then set the time for your event reminder in Remi[...]

52 • Hide declined events : Selec t to hi de event s for wh ich you have dec lined invita tions. • Set alerts & notifications : Touch to set event re minders to alert you , to send you a notification, or to turn off event notific ations on your mobile phone. • Select ringtone : Touch to selec t the ringtone to sound when you receive an ev[...]

53 4. Select the path where you wa nt the file to be copied or moved. Touch to op en the options panel, and t hen touch Paste to move or copy the file to th e selected path. 11.4.4 Searching for a F ile 1. On the File Manager screen, touch a folder to acc ess the directory wher e the file you want is located. 2. Touch to open the o ptions panel, an[...]

54 11.4.6 Viewing Your M emory Status On the File Manager screen, touch to open the options panel, and then touch Memory Stat us . The memory manage ment screen will be displayed. This sc reen allows you to view the memory status and available memory on your mobile phone and microSD card. 11.5 Clock In addition to displaying the date and time, t he[...]

55 Customizing Alarm Settings On the alarm list screen, touch , and then touch Settings . 11.6 Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple a rithmetic problems or use its advance d operators to solve more complex equations . 11.6.1 Opening Calculator On the Home screen, touch > Calculator to open the application. 11.6.2 Switching Betwee n Basic an[...]

56 3. Select the city you want to add . In addition to your current city, you can add up to four more cities to the weather clock and get weather informat ion for all of them at the same time. 4. Touch > More > Set as d efault city to set the n ewly added city as the default city. 11.8.2 Updating Wea ther You can update weath er information o[...]

57 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone To configure your mobile phone , touch > Settings . 12.1 Setting the Date and Time By default, your mobile phone aut omatically uses the date, time, and ti me zone provided by the network . When your mobile phone is using the dat e and time settings provided automatically by the netwo rk, you cannot manually set [...]

58 12.2.2 Adjusting the Time Before the Screen Turns Off If your mobile phone is idle for sever al minutes, it will turn off the screen to s ave battery power. To set a longer or shor ter idle time: 1. On the Settings screen, touch Displa y > Screen timeout . 2. Select the duration you want the screen to be illuminated. 12.3 Setting Ringers 12.3[...]

59 3. Touch the ringtone you want to use, and then touch OK . The ringtone plays whe n selected. 12.4 Setting Phone Services 12.4.1 Customizing Ca ll Settings Mobile phone service providers offer different services such as call forwarding, call waiting, fixed dialing numbers, and voicemail. You can customize many of these services if they are part [...]

60 12.5.2 Adjusting the Speec h Rate 1. On the Settings screen, touch Voice input & output > Text-to-speech settings > Speech rate . 2. Select a speed at which the text is to be s poken. 12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phon e 12.6.1 Turning on Your S IM Card PIN 1. On the Settings screen, touch Location & security > Set up SIM card l o[...]

61 3. Touch Continue . 4. Enter the same characters ag ain and touch OK . To change your PIN, touch Location & security > Change screen lock . 12.7 Managing Applications 12.7.1 Viewing an Installed Ap plication 1. On the Settings screen, touch Applications > Manage applications . 2. In the applications list, do either of the followin g: ?[...]

62 12.7.4 Ways to Free Up Your Mobile Phon e Memory • Move files and email attach ments to the microSD card. • In Browser , clear all temporary I nternet files and Browser his tory information. • Move applications to th e microSD card. • Uninstall any downloaded programs that you no longer use. • Reset your mobile phone. 12.8 Resetting Yo[...]

63 1. Back up your personal information. All personal information will be removed after th e update. 2. Make sure that yo ur microSD card has su fficient space to s tore the new software ve rsion. 3. Perform the online updat e following the onscree n instructions. 13 FAQs How Can I Use a microSD Card to Import Contacts to My Phone from a Different [...]

64 How Can I Change the Input Method? Touch and hold the area where you write text and then select the input method y ou prefer. How Do I Stop the Song Playing in the Ba ckground? Touch the notification bar , flick downwards to open the notifications panel, touch t he music playing notification to go to the music playing sc reen, and then stop play[...]

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