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Customizing the Home Screen, Service Shortcuts, Changing the Wallpaper

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2.7.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Home Screen Item 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Home 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 screenmenu. 2. Select an item to add it to the Home screen. Moving a Home 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 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. 2.7.5 Service Shortcuts 1. Open the notification bar. 2. Touch at the top of the screen to switch data services on or off. You can also touch , , or turn the corresponding services on or off. 2.7.6 Changing the Wallpaper 1. On the Home screen, touch > Wallpaper. 2. Touch the following menu items to select a picture and set it as the wallpaper: • Gallery 14

Section	Page
1 Read Before Proceeding	5
1.1 Safety Precautions	5
1.2 Personal Information and Data Security	6
1.3 Legal Notice	7
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2012. All rights reserved.	7
Trademarks and Permissions	8
Notice	8
Third-Party Software Statement	8
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES	9
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY	9
Import and Export Regulations	9
2 Getting Started	10
2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingertips	10
2.2 Important Information About the Battery	10
2.3 Power Saving Tips	11
2.4 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone	11
2.4.1 Powering On Your Mobile Phone	11
2.4.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Phone	12
2.4.3 Powering Off Your Mobile Phone	12
2.4.4 Turning On Fast Boot	12
2.4.5 Restarting Your Mobile Phone	12
2.5 Using the Touchscreen	12
2.5.1 Touchscreen Actions	12
2.5.2 Rotating Your Mobile Phone Screen	13
2.6 Locking and Unlocking the Screen	13
2.6.1 Locking the Screen	13
2.6.2 Unlocking the Screen	13
2.7 Home Screen	14
2.7.1 Notification and Status Icons	15
2.7.2 Notification Panel	16
Opening the Notification Panel	17
Closing the Notification Panel	17
2.7.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen	17
2.7.4 Customizing the Home Screen	18
Adding a New Home Screen Item	18
Moving a Home Screen Item	18
Removing a Home Screen Item	18
2.7.5 Service Shortcuts	18
2.7.6 Changing the Wallpaper	18
2.7.7 Editing a Screen Item	19
2.8 Application Screen	19
2.8.1 Moving Icons on the Application Screen	19
2.9 Using a microSD Card	19
2.9.1 Using the microSD Card as a USB Mass Storage	19
2.9.2 Removing the microSD Card	20
3 Calling	20
3.1 Making a Call	20
3.1.1 Making a Call with the Dialer Application	20
3.1.2 Making a Call from Contacts	21
3.1.3 Making a Call from Call log	21
3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call	21
3.2.1 Answering an Incoming Call	21
3.2.2 Ending a Call	22
3.2.3 Rejecting an Incoming Call	22
3.3 Other Operations During a Call	23
3.3.1 Making a Conference Call	23
3.3.2 Switching Between Calls	23
3.4 Using the Call log	23
3.4.1 Adding an Entry to Contacts	23
3.5 Using Airplane Mode	24
4 Contacts	24
4.1 Opening the Contacts Application	24
4.2 Importing Contacts from a SIM Card	24
4.3 Adding a Contact	25
4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites	25
4.5 Searching for a Contact	25
4.6 Editing a Contact	25
4.7 Communicating with Your Contacts	26
4.7.1 Using Quick Contact for Android	26
4.7.2 Communicating with a Contact	26
4.8 Deleting a Contact	26
4.9 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts	26
4.9.1 Using a microSD Card to Back Up Contacts	27
Backing Up Contacts	27
Restoring Contacts	27
4.9.2 Using a Google Account to Synchronize Contacts	27
4.10 Managing Groups	27
4.10.1 Creating a Group	27
4.10.2 Editing a Group	28
4.10.3 Adding a Contact to Your Groups	28
4.11 Joining and Separating Contacts	28
4.11.1 Joining Contacts	28
4.11.2 Separating Contacts	29
4.12 Sending Contacts	29
5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard	29
5.1 Displaying the Keyboard	29
5.1.1 Using the TouchPal keyboard	30
5.1.2 Switching the Keyboard Layout	30
5.1.3 Using the Landscape Keyboard	31
5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings	31
6 Messaging	31
6.1 SMS and MMS	31
6.1.1 Opening Messaging	31
6.1.2 Creating and Sending a Text Message	31
6.1.3 Creating and Sending a Multimedia Message	32
Adding a Slideshow	32
6.1.4 Opening and Viewing a Multimedia Message	33
6.1.5 Replying to a Message	33
6.1.6 Copying a Text Message to Notepad or Calendar	33
6.1.7 Customizing Message Settings	33
6.2 Email	33
6.2.1 Adding an Email Account	33
Adding Other Email Accounts	34
6.2.2 Viewing an Email Message	34
6.2.3 Saving an Email Attachment	34
6.2.4 Creating and Sending an Email Message	34
6.2.5 Replying to an Email Message	35
6.2.6 Deleting an Email Account	35
6.2.7 Changing Email Account Settings	35
7 Getting Connected	36
7.1 Mobile Networks	36
7.1.1 Checking the Network Connection	36
7.1.2 Turning on the Data Service	36
7.2 Wi-Fi	36
7.2.1 Turning On Wi-Fi	36
7.2.2 Connecting to a Wireless Network	37
7.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection	37
7.3.1 Installing the USB tethering Driver	37
7.3.2 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection via USB	38
7.3.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot	38
7.4 Browser	38
7.4.1 Opening the Browser	38
7.4.2 Opening a Webpage	39
7.4.3 Setting a Home Page	39
7.4.4 Managing Bookmarks	39
Adding a Bookmark	39
Opening a Bookmark	40
7.4.5 Customizing Browser Settings	40
7.5 Bluetooth	40
7.5.1 Turning On Bluetooth	40
7.5.2 Pairing with and Connecting to a Bluetooth Device	40
7.5.3 Sending Files via Bluetooth	41
7.5.4 Disconnecting from or Unpairing with a Bluetooth Device	41
8 Entertainment	41
8.1 Taking Photos and Recording Videos	42
8.1.1 Opening Your Camera	42
Capture Screen	42
8.1.2 Taking a Photo	42
8.1.3 Viewing Your Photos	43
8.1.4 Recording a Video	43
8.1.5 Viewing Your Videos	43
8.2 Using the Gallery	43
8.2.1 Opening the Gallery	44
8.2.2 Viewing a Picture	44
8.2.3 Rotating a Picture	44
8.2.4 Cropping a Picture	44
8.3 DTS Envelo™	45
8.4 Enjoying Music	45
8.4.1 Opening the Music Library	45
8.4.2 Playing Music	46
8.4.3 Creating a Playlist	46
8.4.4 Adding Music to a Playlist	46
8.4.5 Playing Music in a Playlist	47
8.5 Listening to the FM Radio	47
8.5.1 Opening the FM Radio	47
8.5.2 Tuning the FM Radio	47
9 Google Services	48
9.1 Creating a Google Account	48
9.2 Gmail	49
9.2.1 Opening Gmail	49
9.2.2 Switching Between Accounts	49
9.2.3 Creating and Sending an Email	49
9.2.4 Replying to or Forwarding an Email	49
9.2.5 Searching for an Email	50
9.2.6 Customizing Your Gmail Settings	50
9.3 Talk	50
9.3.1 Opening Google Talk	50
9.3.2 Adding a Friend	50
9.3.3 Accepting an Invitation	50
9.3.4 Starting a Chat	51
9.3.5 Setting Notifications for New Instant Messages	51
9.3.6 Signing out of Talk	51
9.4 Maps	51
9.4.1 Enabling the Location Service	52
9.4.2 Opening Maps	52
9.4.3 Searching for Places of Interest	52
9.4.4 Getting Directions	52
9.5 YouTube	52
9.5.1 Opening YouTube	53
9.5.2 Searching for a Video	53
9.6 Market	53
9.6.1 Opening Market	53
9.6.2 Searching for Applications	53
9.6.3 Installing an Application	53
9.6.4 Uninstalling an Application	54
10 Synchronizing Information	54
10.1 Managing Your Accounts	54
10.1.1 Adding an Account	55
10.1.2 Adding an Exchange Account	55
10.1.3 Removing an Account	56
10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization	56
10.2.1 Configuring General Synchronization Settings	56
10.2.2 Changing an Account’s Synchronization Settings	57
11 Using Other Applications	57
11.1 Traffic Manager	57
11.1.1 Using Traffic Manager	57
11.2 Calendar	58
11.2.1 Opening Calendar	58
11.2.2 Creating an Event	58
11.2.3 Setting an Event Reminder	59
11.2.4 Setting Synchronization and Display	59
11.2.5 Customizing Calendar Settings	59
11.3 File Manager	60
11.3.1 Opening File Manager	60
11.3.2 Creating a Folder	60
11.3.3 Moving or Copying a File	60
11.3.4 Searching for a File	60
11.3.5 Compressing or Extracting Files	61
Compressing Files	61
Extracting a File	61
11.3.6 Viewing Your Memory Status	61
11.4 Clock	62
11.4.1 Opening the Clock	62
11.4.2 Opening the Alarms	62
Adding an Alarm	62
Setting an Alarm	62
Customizing Alarm Settings	62
11.5 Calculator	63
11.5.1 Opening Calculator	63
11.5.2 Switching Between Basic and Advanced panel	63
11.6 Notepad	63
11.7 Weather Clock	63
11.7.1 Setting the Default City	63
11.7.2 Updating Weather	64
11.7.3 Changing a City	64
11.7.4 Sharing Weather Information	64
12 Managing Your Mobile Phone	65
12.1 Setting the Date and Time	65
12.2 Setting the Display	65
12.2.1 Adjusting the Screen Brightness	65
12.2.2 Adjusting the Time Before the Screen Turns Off	66
12.3 Setting Ringers	66
12.3.1 Turning On Silent Mode	66
12.3.2 Adjusting the Volume	66
12.3.3 Changing the Phone Ringtone	66
12.3.4 Changing the Message Ringtone	66
12.4 Setting Phone Services	67
12.4.1 Customizing Call Settings	67
12.4.2 Turning on Data Roaming	67
12.4.3 Switching off the Data Service	67
12.5 Configuring Text-to-Speech	67
12.5.1 Installing Voice Data	67
12.5.2 Adjusting the Speech Rate	68
12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone	68
12.6.1 Turning on Your SIM Card PIN	68
12.6.2 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Screen Lock	68
12.6.3 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Numeric PIN	68
12.6.4 Unlocking Your Mobile Phone If You Forget the Screen Lock Pattern	69
12.7 Managing Applications	69
12.7.1 Viewing an Installed Application	69
12.7.2 Uninstalling an Application	69
12.7.3 Moving an Application to the microSD Card	70
12.7.4 Ways to Free Up Your Mobile Phone Memory	70
12.8 Resetting Your Mobile Phone	70
12.8.1 Backing Up My Data	70
12.8.2 Restoring Factory Data	71
12.9 Online Update	71
13 FAQs	71
How Can I Use a microSD Card to Import Contacts to My Phone from a Different Mobile Phone?	71
How Do I Set a Song As a Phone Ringtone?	72
How Do I Prevent Automatic Change of Screen Orientation When Rotating My Phone?	72
How Do I Set an Unlock Pattern?	72
How Can I Change the Input Method?	72
How Do I Stop the Song Playing in the Background?	72
How Do I Return to the Call Screen?	72
How Do I Create an Application Shortcut on the Home Screen?	73
How Do I Hide the Keyboard?	73