QISU8350-3HSDPA/UMTS/GPRS/GSM/EDGE Mobile Phone with BT

Welcome to Huawei User Guide HUAWEI U8350-3 Contents 1 Reading Before Proceeding................................................1 1.1 Personal Information and Data Security ...................................... 1 1.2 Safety Precautions....................................................................... 2 1.3 Legal Notice................................................................................. 3 2 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone .................................6 2.1 Mobile Phone View ...................................................................... 6 2.2 Installing Your Mobile Phone ....................................................... 8 2.3 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone ......................................... 10 2.4 Using the Touchscreen.............................................................. 11 2.5 Locking and Unlocking the Screen ............................................ 12 2.6 Home Screen............................................................................. 13 2.7 Using a microSD Card ............................................................... 16 3 Calling.................................................................................17 3.1 Making a Call ............................................................................. 17 3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call.................................................... 18 3.3 Other Operations During a Call ................................................. 19 3.4 Using Call log............................................................................. 20 3.5 Using Airplane Mode ................................................................. 20 4 Contacts .............................................................................21 4.1 Opening the Contacts Application ............................................. 21 4.2 Importing Contacts from a SIM Card ......................................... 21 4.3 Adding a Contact ....................................................................... 21 4.4 Searching for a Contact ............................................................. 22 4.5 Editing a Contact ....................................................................... 22 4.6 Communicating with Your Contacts........................................... 22 4.7 Deleting a Contact ..................................................................... 23 4.8 Managing Groups ...................................................................... 23 4.9 Joining and Separating Contacts............................................... 24 ii 4.10 Staying close to your friends.................................................... 25 5 Using the Keypad ..............................................................25 5.1 Choosing an Input Method......................................................... 25 5.2 Using the Phone Keypad ........................................................... 25 5.3 Customizing Keyboard Settings................................................. 27 6 Messaging ..........................................................................27 6.1 SMS and MMS........................................................................... 27 6.2 Email .......................................................................................... 29 7 Getting Connected.............................................................31 7.1 GPRS/3G................................................................................... 31 7.2 Wi-Fi .......................................................................................... 32 7.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection .................................... 33 7.4 Browser...................................................................................... 33 7.5 Bluetooth.................................................................................... 35 8 Entertainment.....................................................................37 8.1 Taking Photos and Recording Videos ....................................... 37 8.2 Using the Gallery ....................................................................... 38 8.3 Enjoying Music........................................................................... 40 8.4 Listening to FM Radio................................................................ 41 9 Google Services.................................................................42 9.1 Creating a Google Account........................................................ 42 9.2 Using Gmail ............................................................................... 43 9.3 Using Talk.................................................................................. 44 9.4 Using Maps................................................................................ 45 9.5 Using YouTube .......................................................................... 46 9.6 Using Market.............................................................................. 47 10 Synchronizing Information .............................................48 10.1 Managing Your Accounts......................................................... 49 iii 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization ............................ 50 11 Using Other Applications................................................51 11.1 Using the Calendar .................................................................. 51 11.2 Using the Clock........................................................................ 52 11.3 Using the Calculator ................................................................ 53 11.4 Using the Notepad ................................................................... 54 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone ........................................54 12.1 Setting the Date and Time ....................................................... 54 12.2 Setting the Display................................................................... 55 12.3 Setting Ringers ...................…

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11 2.3.3 Restarting Your Mobile Phone 1. Press and hold to open the Phone options menu. 2. Touch Restart. 3. Touch OK. 2.3.4 Turning On Fast Boot 1. Touch > Settings > Applications. 2. Select the Fast boot check box. Do not turn on Fast boot while in the aircraft. 2.3.5 Powering Off Your Mobile Phone 1. Press and hold to open the Phone options menu. 2. Touch Power off. If fast boot is enabled, the phone will go to hybernation-like state. If fast boot is disabled, touch OK to shut down the phone completely. 2.4 Using the Touchscreen 2.4.1 Touchscreen Actions • Touch: Use the touch of your finger to select an item, confirm a selection, or start an application. • Touch and hold: Touch an item with your finger and continue to press down until your mobile phone responds. For example, to open the options menu for the active screen, touch the screen and hold down until the menu appears. • Flick: Move your finger either vertically or horizontally across the screen. • Drag: Touch and hold the desired item with your finger. To move an item, drag the item to any part of the screen. You can drag an icon to move or delete it. 2.4.2 Rotating Your Mobile Phone Screen The orientation of most screens will rotate with the phone as you turn it from upright to the left side and back again. 12 2.5 Locking and Unlocking the Screen 2.5.1 Locking the Screen • When your phone is on, press to lock the screen. When the screen is locked, you can still receive messages and calls. • If your phone is idle for a while, the screen will lock automatically. 2.5.2 Unlocking the Screen 1. Press to wake up the screen. 2. Drag the lock icon from left to right to unlock the screen. If you have set up a screen unlock pattern, you will be prompted to draw the pattern on the screen to unlock it. 13 2.6 Home Screen 2.6.1 Notification and Status Icons Call in progress Call in progress using a Bluetooth device Call forwarding onCall on hold Missed callConnected to a PC GPS connectedMusic playing New voicemailNew message GPRS connectedGPRS in use EDGE connectedEDGE in use 10:23 Notifications bar: Displays the reminders and status icons of your phone. Display area: Shows the operation and display areas of your phone. Screen switching dots: Indicate the number of the screens on the left or right. Touch the left or right dots to switch between the screen. Shortcuts 14 2.6.2 Notification Panel Your mobile phone will notify you when you receive a new message or there is an incoming event. The notification panel also informs you about alarms and settings, for example, when Call forwarding is activated. Open the notification panel to see who the wireless network operator is or to view a message, reminder, or event notification. Opening the Notification Panel 1. When a new notification icon appears on the notification bar, touch and hold the notification bar, and then flick down to open the notification panel. 2. On the notification panel, you can do the following: • Touch a notification to open the related application. • Touch Clear to clear all notifications. Closing the Notification Panel Touch and hold the bottom of the panel. Then flick up to close it. 2.6.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen Data service enabledData service disabled 10:23 Flick your finger left or right across the Home screen. 15 2.6.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Screen Item 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Home screen until the Add to Home screen menu is displayed. 2. Select an item to add it to the Home screen. Moving a Screen Item 1. Touch and hold an item on the Home screen until the item expands in size and the mobile phone vibrates. 2. Without lifting your finger, drag the item to the desired position on the screen, and then release it. Removing a 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. 2.6.5 Changing the Wallpaper 1. On the Home screen, press > Wallpaper. 2. Do any of the following: • Touch Live wallpapers to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper. • Touch Pictures to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper. • Touch Wallpapers to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper. 16 2.7 Using a microSD Card 2.7.1 Installing the microSD Card (Optional) 1. Remove the battery cover. 2. Insert the microSD card into the card slot as shown in the diagram. 2.7.2 Using the microSD Card as USB Mass Storage To transfer all your favorite music and pictures from your PC to your mobile phone’s microSD card, set the microSD card as USB mass storage. 1. Connect your mobile phone to your PC with the USB cable. Your PC will detect the microSD card as a removable disk. 2. Open the notification bar, and then touch USB connected. 3. Touch Turn on USB storage in the dialog box that opens to confirm that you want to transfer files. You can now transfer files from your PC to your mobile phone’s microSD card. When your microSD card acts as USB mass storage, your mobile phone will not use this memory space. Your PC will tell you how to safely disconnect the USB mass storage device (your mobile phone) when you have finished transferring files. 2.7.3 Removing the microSD Card 1. Touch > Settings. 2. Scroll down the screen, and then touch SD card & phone storage > Unmount SD card . 3. Carefully remove the microSD card. 1 17 3 Calling To make a phone call, you can dial a number or touch a number from your contact list, on a Web page, or in a document. When you are on a call, you can answer other incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box. You can also set up conference calls with several participants. 3.1 Making a Call To make a call, you can use the Phone application, or select a number from Contacts or Call log. When you are on a call, you can press to use other functions. To return to the call…

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25 3. Touch Joined Contacts. 4. Select a contact, and then it is separated. The contact is then separated into two contacts and displayed as two contacts in Contacts. 4.10 Staying close to your friends Touch > Streams, you can stay close to your friends through social networks. The first time you do this, you will be asked to sign in to your account. 5 Using the Keypad 5.1 Choosing an Input Method 1. Touch and hold the space where you enter your text until the Edit text menu is displayed. 2. Touch Input method. 3. Select the input method. The keyboard panel will be displayed automatically. 5.2 Using the Phone Keypad The following operations are applicable only to the Huawei IME input method. 26 Cursor: To enter an upper character of one key, press first and then the desired key. Cursor: To enter only upper characters, press twice before typing. Press again to switch back to lower-case letters. Cursor: To enter one upper-case letter, press first and then a key. Cursor: To enter only upper-case letters, press twice before typing. Press again to input lower-case letters. To switch input language,press + . The selected language will be displayed on the notifications bar. •Press to input a smiley face. • Press and hold to display all e xpressions. del , del , aA aA aA del , aA del , 27 5.3 Customizing Keyboard Settings 1. Touch > Settings > Language & keyboard. 2. Select an input method to customize the keyboard settings. 6 Messaging The Messaging application allows you to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) with anyone using an SMS-or-MMS-capable phone. With the Email application you can read and send emails. 6.1 SMS and MMS 6.1.1 Opening Messaging Touch > Messaging. 6.1.2 Creating and Sending a Text Message 1. Touch > Messaging > New message. 2. Enter a phone number in the To field. As you enter the phone number, matching contacts appear. You can touch a suggested recipient or continue entering the phone number. 3. Touch the composition text box to start entering your message. 4. Once you are done, touch Send. The sent and replied messages will display in the same window. As you view and send additional messages, a message thread is created. •Press to display all symbols. • Press and hold to mute the phone. del , 28 6.1.3 Creating and Sending a Multimedia Message 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 > Messaging > New message. 2. Enter a phone number in the To field. 3. Touch the composition text box to start entering your message. If you want to enter a smiley face, press , and then touch Insert smiley. 4. Press to display the options panel. • Touch Add subject to add the message subject. Your mobile phone is now in multimedia message mode. • Touch Attach to add a picture, music, or video file. 5. When the message is ready to be sent, touch Send. Adding a Slideshow If you want to attach more than one file to your message, use the Slideshow option. 1. On the message editing screen, touch to display the options panel. 2. Touch Attach > Slideshow, and then select a slide to start editing it. 3. Touch and touch More > Add slide to add more slides. 4. Touch Done to finish composing your message and return to the multimedia message screen. 5. To alter your multimedia message, touch Edit on the multimedia message screen. When the message is ready to be sent, touch Send. 6.1.4 Opening and Viewing a Multimedia Message 1. In the message list, touch the message thread you wish to view. 2. Touch the multimedia message to view the message. 6.1.5 Replying to a Message 1. In the message list, touch a text or multimedia message thread to open it. 29 2. Touch the text box to compose your message, and then touch Send. 6.1.6 Customizing the Message 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 your phone’s Email application, you can use your email account with Yahoo!, AOL, or other popular email services on your phone. 6.2.1 Adding an Email Account When using the Email application for the first time, you must configure an email account. The Email setup wizard helps you set up your account. A number of popular email systems are supported. You can work with the same email service that you use on your PC or you can select another email service. 1. Touch > Email. 2. To customize your email settings, answer the onscreen prompts, and then touch Next. Or touch Manual setup if you want to set the mail server yourself. If you choose to set up your account manually, you will need the correct parameters for the account. Contact your email service provider for this information. 3. Enter the account name and the name you want other people to see when they receive an email from you. 4. Touch Done. After the initial setup, your Email opens to the screen you were viewing the last time the application was opened. If, however, the Email application has not been used for a period of time, it displays the contents of your Inbox or the accounts screen (if you have more than one account). Adding Other Email Accounts 1. After creating your initial email account, touch on the Inbox screen, and then touch Accounts to access the accounts screen. 30 2. Touch on the accounts screen, and then touch Add account to create another email account. When adding an additional email account, you have the option to use the new account to send all outgoing messages. 6.2.2 Viewing an Email Message 1. On the accounts screen, touch the email account you want to use. 2. Access a folder, and then touch the message that you want to view. 6.2.3 Creating and Sending an Email Message 1. On the accounts screen, touch the email account you want to use. 2. On the Inbox screen, touch , and…

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39 8.2.1 Opening the Gallery Touch > Gallery to open the viewer. The Gallery application categorizes your pictures and videos by storage location and stores these files in folders. Touch a folder to view the pictures or videos inside. Touch to display the gallery panel. On the panel, you can do the following: • Touch Capture picture to open the camera and switch to the picture capture mode. • Touch Capture video to open the camera and switch to the video capture mode. • Touch Settings to go to the gallery settings screen. There, you can set the size of a picture, arrange pictures, play a slideshow, and specify whether to prompt for confirmation when you delete a picture. 8.2.2 Viewing a Picture 1. In the Gallery, touch the folder that contains the pictures you want to view. 2. Touch the picture to view it in full-screen mode. 3. Touch the screen. Then the zoom panel appears. You can zoom in or zoom out on the picture. The picture viewer supports the automatic rotation function. When you rotate your mobile phone, the picture adjusts itself to the rotation. 8.2.3 Rotating a Picture 1. When viewing a picture, touch to display the operations panel. 2. Touch Rotate. 3. Select either Rotate left or Rotate right. The picture is saved with the new orientation. 8.2.4 Cropping a Picture 1. When viewing a picture, touch to display the more operations panel, and then touch Crop. 2. Use the cropping tool to select the portion of the picture to crop. • Drag from the inside of the cropping tool to move it. 40 • Drag an edge of the cropping tool to resize the image. • Drag a corner of the cropping tool to resize the image without changing the l ength to width ratio. 3. Touch Save to save the cropped picture. Touch Discard to discard the changes. 8.3 Enjoying Music 8.3.1 Copying Music to the microSD Card 1. Connect the phone to your computer with a USB cable and mount the microSD card. 2. On the PC, navigate to the USB drive and open it. 3. Create a folder in the root directory of the microSD card (for example, Music). 4. Copy the music from your computer to the folder you have created. 5. After copying music, unmount or eject the drive as required by your PC’s operating system to safely remove the mobile phone. 6. Disconnect the mobile phone from the PC. 8.3.2 Opening the Media Library Touch > Music to display the media library. The Music application organizes your music files by storage location. It contains five tabs: Artists, Albums, Songs, Playlists and Now playing. 8.3.3 Playing Music 1. Touch a category on the music library screen. 2. Touch the song you want to play. When you are listening to music, press , to use another application. Your music continues to play. To return to the music controls, open the notification panel and then touch the song. 8.3.4 Adding Music to a Playlist 1. Touch a category on the music library screen. 2. In the list that appears, select the song you want to add to the playlist. 41 3. Touch and hold the song, and then touch Add to playlist in the options menu. • Touch Current playlist to add the song to an existing playlist. • Touch New to create a playlist and add the song to it. 8.3.5 Playing a Playlist 1. Touch the Playlists tab on the music library screen. 2. Touch and hold the playlist you want to play. 3. Touch Play to play the playlist. 8.4 Listening to FM Radio FM Radio lets you listen to FM radio stations on your mobile phone. Since FM Radio uses the provided wired stereo headset as the antenna, connect the headset first to the audio jack of your phone before you open the application. 8.4.1 Opening the FM Radio 1. Touch > FM Radio to open the application. 2. The first time you open FM Radio, touch Auto tuning, which automatically scans for available FM channels, saves them as presets, and plays the first FM channel found. 8.4.2 Tuning the FM Radio Open the FM Radio application, and then touch to do the following: • Touch Inching tuning, then touch or to fine tune the frequency at -0.05 MHz or +0.05 MHz intervals. Touch OK when you are satisfied. After tuning, touch , and then touch Save channel. • Touch Auto tuning to scan automatically for available FM channels. 42 9 Google Services Availability of Google applications, services, and features may vary according to your country or carrier. Please follow the 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 Market, 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 Sign in and enter your username and password. 9.1 Creating a Google Account If you do not have a Google account, you can create one: 1. After reading the setup information, touch Next. 2. Touch Create. 3. Enter a first name, last name, and user name for your Google account, and then touch Next. The mobile phone will connect to the 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. 5. Select a security question from the drop down menu, and then 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 screen, and then touch Next. To use another Google account, go to the Accounts & sync screen, and touch Add account to select which type of accounts you want to add. 43 9.2 Using 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 account on the web. 9.2.1 Opening Gmail Touch > Gmail. The Inbox mail list appears. A…

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53 11.2.1 Opening the Clock Touch > Clock to open the application. Clock opens with the date and time displayed on your Home screen wallpaper, along with your local weather and other useful information. 11.2.2 Opening the Alarms On the Clock screen, touch to open the Alarms. Adding an Alarm 1. On the alarm list screen, touch Add alarm. 2. Set the alarm, and then touch Done. Setting an Alarm 1. On the alarm list screen, touch one of the alarms on the screen. 2. Touch Time to set the time of the alarm. 3. Touch Repeat to set the days when you want the alarm to sound. 4. Touch Ringtone to select a ringtone for the alarm. 5. Select the Vibrate check box to have the phone vibrate, in addition to playing the ringtone. 6. Touch Label to enter a name for the alarm. 7. Touch Done. Customizing Alarm Settings On the alarm list screen, touch , and then touch Settings. 11.3 Using the Calculator Use the calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex equations. 11.3.1 Opening the Calculator Touch > Calculator to open the application. 54 11.3.2 Switching to the Advanced panel On the Calculator screen, flick the screen to the right or left to switch between Advanced panel and Basic panel. 11.4 Using the Notepad Notepad features a simple text processor and lists all notes in a linear structure. You can add, edit, and delete notes. 1. Touch > Notepad to open the application. 2. Touch , and then touch Add note to create a note. 3. Touch to save the note. 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone To configure your mobile phone, touch > Settings. 12.1 Setting the Date and Time By default, your mobile phone automatically uses the date, time zone, and time provided by the network. When your mobile phone is using date and time settings provided automatically by the network, you cannot manually set the date, time, and time zone. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Date & time. 2. Clear the Automatic check box. 3. Touch Set date. On the set date screen, touch or to adjust the date, month, and year, and then touch Set when the configuration is complete. 4. Touch Select time zone, and then select the desired time zone from the list. Scroll the list to view more time zones. 5. Touch Set time. On the set time screen, touch or to adjust the hour and minute. Touch Set when the configuration is complete. 6. Select or clear the Use 24-hour format check box to switch between 24-hour format and 12-hour format. 55 7. Touch Select date format to select how you want the date to display on your mobile phone. 12.2 Setting the Display 12.2.1 Adjusting the Screen Brightness 1. On the Settings screen, touch Display > Brightness. 2. Drag the slider left to make the screen darker, or right to make it brighter. 3. Touch OK to save the adjustment. 12.2.2 Adjusting the Time Before the Screen Turns Off If your mobile phone is idle for several minutes, it will turn off the screen to save battery power. To set a longer or shorter idle time, do the following: 1. On the Settings screen, touch Display > Screen timeout. 2. Select the duration you want the screen to be illuminated. 12.3 Setting Ringers 12.3.1 Turning On Silent Mode 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound. 2. Select the Silent mode check box to silence all sounds except alarms, and music and video media sound. 12.3.2 Adjusting the Volume You can adjust the volume from the Home screen or any application screen (except during a call or when playing music or videos). Press the Volume keys to adjust volume to the level you desire. You can also adjust the volume from the settings screen. 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Volume. 2. Drag the slider left to make the volume lower, or right to make it higher. 3. Touch OK to save the adjustment. 56 12.3.3 Changing the Phone Ringtone 1. On the Settings screen, touch Sound > Phone ringtone. 2. Touch the ringtone you want to use, and then touch OK. The ringtone plays when selected. 12.3.4 Changing the Message Ringtone 1. On the Home screen, touch > Messaging. 2. In the message list, press > Settings > Select ringtone. 3. Touch the ringtone you want to use, and then touch OK. The ringtone plays when selected. 12.4 Setting Phone Services 12.4.1 Customizing Call Settings You mobile phone service provider offers different services such as call forwarding, call waiting, fixed dialing numbers, and voicemail. You can customize many of these services if they are part of your calling plan. On the Settings screen, touch Call settings to customize your call functions. 12.4.2 Turning on Data Roaming 1. On the Settings screen, touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks. 2. Select the Data roaming check box. Accessing data services while roaming may incur additional charges. Ask your wireless service provider about data roaming fees. 12.4.3 Switching off the Data Service 1. On the Settings screen, touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks. 2. Clear the Data enabled check box. 57 12.5 Setting Text-to-Speech Use the Text-to-Speech settings to configure the Android text-to-speech synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of this feature. 12.5.1 Installing Voice Data 1. On the Settings screen, touch Voice input & output > Text-to-speech settings > Install voice data. 2. If your mobile phone does not have speech synthesizer data installed, connect to Android Market and let it guide you through the process of downloading and installing the data. 3. Follow the instructions to install the voice data. 12.5.2 Adjusting the Speech 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 spoken. 12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone 12.6.1 Turning on Your SIM Card PIN 1. On the Settings screen, touch Location & security > Set up SIM card lock. 2. Select the Lock SIM card check box. 3. Use the keyboard to enter the SIM card PIN, and then touch OK. 4. To change the SIM card PIN at any time, touch Change SIM PIN. You can dial emer…

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