Huawei S7 SLIM manual

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i 1 Getting started ........................................................................................... 1 1.1 About your T ablet ............................................................................................... 1 1.2 Getting to know your T ablet ............................................................................... 1 [...]

ii 1.8 Home screen ................................................................................................... 12 1.8.1 Getting to know the Ho me screen ......................................................... 12 1.8.2 Extensions to the Home screen ............................................................ 13 1.8.3 Customizing the Ho me [...]

iii 2.1 Wi - Fi ................................................................................................ ................ 23 2.1.1 Opening Wi-Fi se ttings .......................................................................... 23 2.1.2 T urning Wi-Fi on or off .......................................................................... 24 [...]

iv 2.4.1 Sharing Y our T ablet's Data Connection via USB ................................... 29 2.4.2 Sharing Y our T ablet's Data Connection as a Portable Wi -Fi Hotspot .... 30 2.5 T urning airplane mode on or off ....................................................................... 30 3 Google Services ...............................[...]

v 4.2.5 T o share a bookmark ............................................................................ 36 4.2.6 T o delete a bookmark ............................................................................ 36 4.3 Downloading files ............................................................................................ 36 4.3.1 T o downl[...]

vi 6.3 Working with the Call log ................................................................................. 41 6.3.1 T o open the Call log .............................................................................. 41 6.3.2 T o make calls from the Call log ............................................................. 41 6.3.3 T o add numb[...]

vii 8.4 Editing contacts ............................................................................................... 46 8.4.1 T o edit contact details ............................................................................ 46 8.4.2 T o set default phone nu mber ................................................................ 46 8.4.3 T o d[...]

viii 10.1 Calendar ........................................................................................................ 52 10.2 Weather ......................................................................................................... 52 10.3 RSS Reader .....................................................................................[...]

1 1 Getting sta rted 1.1 About your T ablet Thanks for cho osing IDEOS S7 Slim as assi stant and partner of yo ur daily life. IDEOS S7 Sli m (T abl et for short) is an inform ation termina l that provide s convenie nt and quality se rvice s suc h as pi cture, a udio, video, n etwork , and inform ation base o n the Android open so urce o peratin g s[...]

2 4 Micro U SB int erface 5 Speake r 6 Microph one 7 microSD card slot 8 Dock in terface 9 LCD scr een 10 Back key 11 Menu key 12 Home key 13 Power i nterfac e 14 Rear ca mera lens 15 Power key 16 Headse t jack 17 Speake r 18 Volume U p/Down key[...]

3 1.3 Installation 1.3.1 T o remove the bac k cover T o remo ve the back cover, refer to the foll owing figure . 1.3.2 T o install o r remove the SIM card Before in stalling or re moving the S IM card , pow er off the T ablet. Insert yo ur SI M card into th e S IM ca rd slo t as sho wn in the fo llowin g figure until the SI M card is compl etely in[...]

4 T o remo ve the SIM card, d o as th e follo wing fig ure. 1.3.3 T o install o r remove the battery T o install the ba ttery , refer to the followin g fi gure.[...]

5 T o remo ve the ba ttery , do as the foll owing figure. 1.3.4 T o install the back cover T o install the bac k cov er , refer to the followi ng fig ure.[...]

6 1.4 T urning the T ablet on or off 1.4.1 T o turn the T ablet on Before you turn the T a blet on , ensu re tha t the S IM ca rd has been corre ctly ins t alled and tha t the batte ry is correctl y installe d or t he T able t has b een p roperl y con nected to the power supply . T o turn the T able t on, press a nd hol d the Power key for abou t t[...]

7 2. T ouch Shut Down . 3. T ouch OK to assure you want to turn your T ablet off in the dialog that opens. 1.5 Charging the batt ery Before chargin g the batter y , ensure tha t the battery is prop erly installed o n you r T ablet. 1.5.1 Using the power adapter to charge the tablet T o charg e the batter y , you ca n con nect the T ablet to the p o[...]

8 1.5.2 Charging Partner The Cha rging Partne r is a portable storage batte ry tha t can b e use d to s upply p ower to you r T ablet. The Charg ing Part ner is opti onal. It may not be pro vided wi th your T ab let. If you wa nt to buy a C harging Part ner, select a co rrect m odel f or yo u r T ablet . Charging the Charging Partner T o charg e th[...]

9 Using the Charging Partner to charge the tablet Y ou can u se the C har ging Partn er to c harge your T abl et. Connec t the Ch argin g Partn er to the T able t, as shown in the follow ing fig ure.[...]

10 1.6 Working w ith the keys Y ou can e njoy a variet y of fun ctions and sh ortcuts by using the physica l key s in ad dition to the soft b uttons.  Power − Press to turn on the T ablet when it is off. − Press to turn off and lock the screen when the T ablet is on. And press again to turn on the screen. − Press and hold to open a me nu w[...]

11 − When the T ablet is ringing, press to silence the rin ger . − On the Home screen when no call is in progress, press to increase or decrease t he ringtone volume, or set the T ablet to be silent instead of ringin g. − In other applications, press to contr ol the volume of music, spo ken directions, and other audio. − Press and hold to q[...]

12 1.8 Home screen The Home screen is the starting point to ac cess all the applications. When you sign in , press the Home key , the Home screen opens. Y o u can customi ze the Home scr een with different wallpapers and display the items you want. 1.8.1 Getting to know the Home screen Item Description 1 Category tabs of the Hom e screen. You can t[...]

13 Item Description 3 Main disp lay area . Main displa y area displa ys appli cation short cuts, widgets and o ther i tems th at can be ope ned by tou ching them. 4 Status bar . The s tatus b ar is a t the to p of the Ho me sc reen, i t show s the system status and e vent n otifica tion p rompt s. 5 System sta tus indi cators. It show s the s yste [...]

14 1.8.3 Customizing the Home screen Y ou can add items such a s shortcuts, widgets, Emotion widgets and folders to the Home screen if there is eno ugh room. Y ou can also change the wallpaper of the Home screen. T o add an item 1. Flick the Home screen to where you want to add the item. 2. Open the Add to Home screen menu, b y performing either of[...]

15 For example, you can touch Folder s > New folder to add a f older to the Home screen, and drag items on the scre en to your folder . If there are not enou gh roo m on the H ome scre en, the add actio n will be n eglec ted wit h prompt such a s This group ha s no room . Y ou must m ove o r del ete oth er item s to make ro om, o r switc h to an[...]

16 T o rename a folder 1. Open a folder . Then touch and hold the title bar of the folder wi ndow until the Rename folder dialog appears. 2. Enter a new name, and then touc h OK . 1.9 Locking and unlocking the screen 1.9.1 T o lock the screen When th e T ablet is on, press the Power key to turn o ff and lo ck the sc reen . When the T ablet remains [...]

17 1.9.4 T o set unlock p attern T o set t he unlo ck patt ern, you can p ress th e Home key to go to the Ho me sc reen and pr ess the Menu key , and the n touch Settings > Location & secur ity > Set up scr een lock > Pattern , and t hen foll ow the instru ction s on th e scre en . 1.10 T ext input Y ou can enter and edit text in text [...]

18 − T ouch the DEL key to erase a character to the left of the cursor . T ouch and hold the DEL key to erase all characters to t he left of the cursor . − T ouch the Symbols key (?12 3) to switch to the numbers and s ymbols keyboard, and touch the alphabet key (ABC) to switch back. − On the numbers and symbols ke yboard, touch the AL T key t[...]

19 6. T ouch Cut or Copy . After you cut or copy text, the text is store d in a tempo rary area so that you can pa ste it i nto other te xt field . Befo re you can pa ste, you must have cut or c opied text a t least for once . Once yo u cut or cop y text, you ca n paste multip le time s. T o paste the mo st re cently text yo u have cu t or co pied [...]

20  If you recently opened the settings list, you can touch the Even t button on the status bar to display Event Man ager , and tou ch Settings in the T asks scroll li st tha t open s. 1.13 Setting date and time By defa ult, the T ablet automati cally uses th e netw ork p rovide d date , time zone , and ti me. When th e time provid ed by the ne [...]

21 T o remove the microSD card , slightly push the card further into the slot, and wait for it to eject ou t for about 2 mm, and t hen re move i t. 1.15 Connecting to or disconne cting from a computer via USB T o conn ect yo ur T able t to a co mput er via U SB, do as fo llows .[...]

22 1. Use the USB cable that came with your T ablet to connect the T ablet to a USB port on your computer . The T ablet displays a notification indicating that the USB is connected. 2. T ouch the Event button to open the Event Manager and touc h USB connected in the Notifications list. 3. T ouch T urn on USB storage in the dialog that opens to conf[...]

23 2 Wireless networks Y ou r T ablet c an con nect to a vari ety o f wirel ess ne twork s and d evic es, inclu ding Wi -Fi data network s, and Blueto oth d evices such a s he adsets an d mobi le net works for voic e and data transmis sion . Using a wirele ss de vice or acces sory w hile d riving m ay cau se dis traction and may b e illegal. Always[...]

24 2.1.2 T urning Wi-Fi on or of f T o turn Wi- Fi on o r off, you can o pen Wi -Fi settin gs and tou ch Wi - Fi to ma ke it ch ecked or unchec ked. T o exte nd you r batt ery life , turn Wi- Fi off wh en yo u are n ot usin g it. 2.1.3 Connecting to a Wi-Fi netw ork When y ou tur n Wi- Fi o n, the a vailab le Wi -Fi netwo rks foun d wi thin ran ge [...]

25 2.1.4 T urning open network notifi cation on or off When W i-Fi is on, yo u ca n touc h Network notificat ion to ma ke it ch ecked or unch ecke d to turn ope n ne twork n otifica tion on or off in the Wi -Fi settin gs list, a nd you r eceiv e or sto p receiving notifi catio ns in th e status bar wh en ope n ne tworks in ran ge are detec ted. 2.1[...]

26 2.2 Bluetooth Bluetoo th is a short -ra nge wir eless c ommu nicatio n techn ology for e xchang ing info rmati on betwee n Bluetoo th device s such as headphones and mobile phones over a dist an ce of abou t 10 mete rs. The c apabili ty of you r Blue tooth conne ction d epend s on yo ur su rround ings an d may be interfe red b y obstacle s such [...]

27 2.2.4 Connecting to Bluetooth devices The firs t time you co nnect to a B luetoo th devi ce, you mu st pair th e Blueto oth of your T ablet with the Blueto oth de vice to ma ke sure they conne ct secu rely to each other. And you ca n simply c onnec t to a paired de vice when Blueto oth is o n. T o p air with a Bluetooth device 1. When Bluetooth [...]

28 1. T ouch and hold the device in the Bl uetooth devices list on the Bluetooth settings screen. 2. T ouch Unpair to confirm that you want to disconnect or unpair. 2.2.6 Configuring the Bluetoo th features Some B luetoot h devi ces ha ve mul tiple profiles . P rofil es can includ e the ability to tran smit convers ations , or to play music in ster[...]

29 2.3.2 T urn Data roaming on or off When Data roaming is on, your T abl et tran smit data ove r mobil e netw orks o f othe r carrie rs when yo u leav e the service area of mob ile n etworks of you r carri ers. T o t urn Data roamin g on or o ff, do as the follo wing ste ps. 1. Open the Mobile networks settings scre en. 2. T urn Data roaming on or[...]

30 to establis h a ne twork conne ction via U SB. Y ou can n ot share you r T ablet„s data con nectio n and access SD c ard via USB at the same ti me. 1. Use the USB cable that came with your T ablet to connect the T ablet to a US B port on your computer . 2. Open the Settings list. 3. T ouch Wireless & networks , and then to uch T ethering &[...]

31 3 Google Services 3.1 Creating a Google Account When y ou tur n on yo ur mo bile ph one fo r the first tim e, touc h a Go ogle s ervic es suc h as Market , and y ou wil l be pro mpte d to sig n in t o your Googl e acco unt. When c reating a Go ogle a ccoun t, ensu re th at your T ablet is conn ected to a ne twork . If you al ready have a Goo gle[...]

32 and ins tall on yo ur T able t. 3.2.1 Searching for Applications There a re a fe w differe nt way s to find app lication s on t he Mar ket s creen , includ ing: 1. Featured applications. 2. List of games. 3. Search function. 4. Y our downloads. 3.2.2 Installing an Application 1. On the Market scree n, touch Apps . 2. T ouch a category , and then[...]

33 4 Browser Use Browser to view webpag es and to sea rch for inform ation on the w eb . Y ou r T ablet m ay n ot supp ort Fla sh. If you w ant to b rowse Flash on so me Web pages, please downlo ad Fla sh Pla yer fr om Market . For d etailed in forma tion abo ut how to downloa d Flas h Pla yer, refer to the section Market . 4.1 Browsing webp ages 4[...]

34  T ouch t he plu s or mi nus si de of th e zoo m con trol to zoom in or o ut.  T o find text on a web page. T ou ch and th en tou ch Find on page . Enter the text you are loo king fo r . As you type, th e first word w ith m atchi n g char acters is high lighted on the screen, and su bseq uent m atche s are boxed . T ouch th e left arr owh [...]

35  Y ou can o pen up to M ulti Browser window s at a time and s witch a mong them. T o open a new Browser windo w , T ouch 1 . In the screen that opens , touch New win dow . New windows ope n with your ho me pag e.  T o swit ch Browser window s, T ouc h 1 . Y our open window s are displa yed. T ouc h a window to ope n it.  T o close a Bro[...]

36 1. In the bookmarks list, touch and hold the bookmark to edit. 2. T ouch Edit bookmark in the menu that opens. 3. Edit the name or folder in the dialo g that opens and touch OK . 4.2.5 T o share a bookma rk 1. In the bookmarks list, touch and hold the bookmark to share. 2. T ouch Share link in the menu. 3. T ouch the application you want to use [...]

37 5 Email 5.1 Opening Email T ouch Email on the Home scre en or on the Applicati ons sc reen to open Email . 5.2 Adding and deleting email acc ounts 5.2.1 T o add an email ac count The firs t time you op en Email , you are pro mpted to set up an email accoun t. Or i f you ha ve created an ema il ac count, you ca n touc h Add acco unt to creat e an[...]

38 3. T ouch Delete in the menu that opens. 4. T ouch OK in the dialog to confirm your de lete action. 5.3 Sending and responding t o email messages 5.3.1 T o compose and send email messages 1. O pen Email , touch the email account you want to use. 2. T ouch New email at the bottom of the scr een. 3. Enter the names or email addresse s of the desir[...]

39 5.3.3 T o read an email m essage T o read an email mes sage, you can open the Email screen, touch to select an accoun t inbox, then to uch th e mes sage to read . you ca n als o touch and h old the mes sage, a nd th en to uch View details in the menu . 5.3.4 T o reply to or forw ard an email message While re ading an em ail me ssage , you c an t[...]

40 6 Calls 6.1 Making calls by dialing 1. T o display the phone panel, you can touch Dialer on the home screen or on the Applications screen. Or if you have the Call log , C ontact s or Favorites tab open, you can touch to switch to the Dialer tab. 2. T ouch the digital keys to enter the phone number. T o dial an i nternational number, touch and ho[...]

41 6.3 Working w ith the Call log The Call log tab lists en tries o f all diale d call s, answe red ca lls, an d misse d calls . All rec eived calls are reco rded in the Call log . If you miss a call , you re ceive a notifi cation. T ouch a n en try in the Call log to ope n a sc ree n that g ives yo u op tions o n wha t you can d o with the contact[...]

42 6.4 Calling listed cont acts 1. Y ou can open the Co ntact s on the Home screen or on the Applications screen by touching Contacts . Y ou can also t ouch to switch to the Contacts tab if you have the Dialer , Call log or Favorites tab open. 2. T ouch the contact to call. Y ou can flick up and do wn to find a contact that listed in Contact s . 3.[...]

43 7 Messaging Use Messag ing to exc hange text m essage s (SM S) and multi medi a messa ges ( MMS) with your frie nds 7.1 Opening Messaging T ouch Messaging on the Applica tions scree n to op en the Messaging screen . The Messaging window ope ns, w here yo u can create a new mes sage or open an ong oing messag e thre ad. 7.2 Exchanging messages Y [...]

44 2. Enter a mobile ph one number, or the name of a contact with a mobile number in the To field. As you type, matching contacts appear . Y ou can touch a suggested contact or continue your entering. 3. T ouch the composition text field to enter your message text. 4. T ouch the Back key and then tou ch Add subject to add a me ssage subject. 5. T o[...]

45 8 Contact s Contacts enable s you to sa ve and mana ge i nforma tion su ch as p hon e numbe rs, ema il addres ses and chat addres ses o f your contacts, a nd prov ides quick and eas y acce ss to commun icate with th e peo ple you wan t. 8.1 Opening Cont acts Y ou can open your contacts by touching Contacts on the Home screen or on the Applicati [...]

46 4. When your entering is finished, flick the page to the bottom and touch Done to save the contact details to your T ablet. 8.3 Searching for cont acts 1. Open the Contact s screen. 2. T ouch Search . 3. Enter the name of the contact you are se arching for . As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the search box. 4. T ouch the Nex[...]

47 3. T ouch and hold the phone number to us e as the default phone number. 4. T ouch Make default number in the menu that opens. The default phone number is marked with a checkmark. 8.4.3 T o delete a cont act 1. Open Contact s . 2. T ouch and hold the contact to delete, and touch Delete contact in the menu that opens to delete the contact from yo[...]

48 2. T ouch and hold a contact to open the contexts menu, and touch Add to favorites . Y ou can also touch the gray star to the right of the contact name while viewing details of th e contact. The star turns to red and the contact is added to your favorites. 8.5.2 T o remove a cont act from favourite s On the Favorit es tab, touc h and hold the co[...]

49 9 Multimedia applications 9.1 Sound Recorder T ouch Sound Reco rder on the Applicatio ns scree n to open th e Sound Recorder scree n, and the followi ng tips a re helpfu l for yo u to e ase w orking with it .  T ouch t he rou nd bu tton to start to record your messa ge.  T ouch t he trian gle b utton t o play back the re cording .  T ou[...]

50 T o add a song to a playlis t, touc h and hold th e desi red son g to a ccess the sh ortcut menu a nd sele ct Add to playlist . 9.4 Video On the Applications screen, touch Video to open the Video screen and disp lay the video files. On the Video scree n, touc h a file to p lay the video . 9.5 Photo Photo can au toma tically se arch for the pictu[...]

51 9.5.3 Sharing a Picture When y ou are viewin g a pi cture, T ouch a pictur e , and then touch on the sc reen , T ouch the appl ication you w ant to use to share a pic ture wi th you r friend s. 9.5.4 Rotating a Picture T ouch a pictu re, and then touch on the screen .[...]

52 10 Handy applications 10.1 Calendar Y ou can use the Calend ar to create and mana ge even ts such as mee tings and appo intme nts. T ouch Calendar on th e Applica tions s creen to ope n it. The e vents a bout th e curre nt da y and the day after cur rent d ay are shown on th e even t widg et on the Ho me scr een . 10.2 Weather The Weather applic[...]

53 Y ou can se t an al arm by modi fying an exi sting a larm o r by a dding a new one. T o uch an existing alarm to set its time and o ther a ttributes . Or p ress th e Menu key and touch Add alarm to add a new one . T ouch t o mak e the check box t o the l eft of an a larm checked or un chec ked to turn the alarm on or o ff. T ouch a nd hol d an a[...]

54 2. T ouch Delete , and touch files or fol ders you want to delete to make th em checked. 3. Press the Menu key , and touch Done . 4. T ouch OK on the dialog that opens to co nfirm your want to delete the fil es or folders. 10.8.3 Searching a File 1. Press the Menu key on the File Manager screen, and then touch Se arch . 2. Enter the name or keyw[...]

55 11 Security settings 11.1 Enabling the SIM card PIN 1. Open the Settings list. 2. T ouch Location & security > Set up SIM /USIM card lock . 3. T ouch Lock SIM/USIM card , and enter t he default SIM card PIN using t he onscreen keyboard. 4. T ouch OK . Emerge ncy ca lls ca n be placed at an y time , withou t enteri ng a PIN. 11.2 Changing [...]

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