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Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen, Customizing the Home Screen

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Opening the Notification Panel 1. When a new notification icon appears on the notification bar, place your finger on the notification bar and flick down to open the notification panel. You can also open the notification panel from the Home screen: Touch > Notifications to open the panel. 2. On the panel, you can: • 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 10:23 Flick your finger left or right across the Home screen. 2.6.4 Customizing the Home Screen Adding a New Home Screen Item 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Home screen until the Select action menu is displayed. You can also touch > Add on the Home screen to display the Select 16

Section	Page
1 Reading Before Proceeding	6
1.1 Safety Precautions	6
1.2 Personal Information and Data Security	7
1.3 Legal Notice	8
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2011. All rights reserved.	8
Trademarks and Permissions	9
Notice	9
Third-Party Software Statement	9
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES	10
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY	10
Import and Export Regulations	10
2 Getting Started	11
2.1 Appearance	11
2.1.1 Phone at a Glance	11
2.1.2 Key Functions at Your Fingertips	12
2.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Phone	13
2.2.1 Before getting started	13
2.2.2 Charging the Battery	14
Status Indicator	14
2.2.3 Important Information About the Battery	15
2.2.4 Power Saving Tips	15
2.3 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone	16
2.3.1 Powering On Your Mobile Phone	16
2.3.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Phone	16
2.3.3 Turning On Fast Boot	16
2.3.4 Powering Off Your Mobile Phone	16
2.4 Using the Touchscreen	17
2.4.1 Touchscreen Actions	17
2.4.2 Rotating Your Mobile Phone Screen	17
2.5 Locking and Unlocking the Screen	17
2.5.1 Locking the Screen	17
2.5.2 Unlocking the Screen	18
2.6 Home Screen	18
2.6.1 Notification and Status Icons	19
2.6.2 Notification Panel	20
Opening the Notification Panel	21
Closing the Notification Panel	21
2.6.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen	21
2.6.4 Customizing the Home Screen	21
Adding a New Home Screen Item	21
Moving a Home Screen Item	22
Removing a Home Screen Item	22
2.6.5 Service Shortcuts	22
2.6.6 Changing the Wallpaper	22
2.7 Application Screen	23
2.7.1 Moving Icons on the Application Screen	23
2.8 Using a microSD Card	23
2.8.1 (Optional) Installing the microSD Card	23
2.8.2 Using the microSD Card as a USB Mass Storage	23
2.8.3 Removing the microSD Card	24
3 Calling	24
3.1 Making a Call	24
3.1.1 Making a Call with the Dialer Application	25
3.1.2 Making a Call from Contacts	25
3.1.3 Making a Call from Call log	25
3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call	25
3.2.1 Answering an Incoming Call	25
3.2.2 Ending a Call	26
3.2.3 Rejecting an Incoming Call	26
3.3 Other Operations During a Call	27
3.3.1 Making a Conference Call	27
3.3.2 Switching Between Calls	27
3.4 Using the Call log	27
3.4.1 Adding an Entry to Contacts	27
3.5 Using Airplane Mode	28
4 Contacts	28
4.1 Opening the Contacts Application	28
4.2 Importing Contacts from a SIM Card	28
4.3 Adding a Contact	29
4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites	29
4.5 Searching for a Contact	29
4.6 Editing a Contact	29
4.7 Communicating with Your Contacts	30
4.7.1 Using Quick Contact for Android	30
4.7.2 Communicating with a Contact	30
4.8 Deleting a Contact	30
4.9 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts	31
4.9.1 Using a microSD Card to Back Up Contacts	31
Backing Up Contacts	31
Restoring Contacts	31
4.9.2 Using a Google Account to Synchronize Contacts	31
4.10 Streams	31
4.10.1 Logging in to an Account	32
4.10.2 Importing Friends	32
4.10.3 Preference Settings	32
4.10.4 Adding the Streams Widget to the Home Screen	32
4.11 Managing Groups	33
4.11.1 Creating a Group	33
4.11.2 Editing a Group	33
4.11.3 Adding a Contact to Your Groups	33
4.12 Joining and Separating Contacts	34
4.12.1 Joining Contacts	34
4.12.2 Separating Contacts	34
4.13 Sending Contacts	35
5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard	35
5.1 Displaying the Keyboard	35
5.1.1 Choosing an Input Method	35
5.1.2 Using the Android Keyboard	36
5.1.3 Using the Landscape Keyboard	36
5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings	36
6 Messaging	37
6.1 SMS and MMS	37
6.1.1 Opening Messaging	37
6.1.2 Creating and Sending a Text Message	37
6.1.3 Creating and Sending a Multimedia Message	37
Adding a Slideshow	38
6.1.4 Opening and Viewing a Multimedia Message	38
6.1.5 Replying to a Message	38
6.1.6 Copying a Text Message to Notepad or Calendar	39
6.1.7 Customizing Message Settings	39
6.2 Email	39
6.2.1 Adding an Email Account	39
Adding Other Email Accounts	39
6.2.2 Viewing an Email Message	40
6.2.3 Saving an Email Attachment	40
6.2.4 Creating and Sending an Email Message	40
6.2.5 Replying to an Email Message	40
6.2.6 Deleting an Email Account	41
6.2.7 Changing Email Account Settings	41
7 Getting Connected	41
7.1 Mobile Networks	41
7.1.1 Checking the Network Connection	41
7.1.2 Turning on the Data Service	42
7.2 Wi-Fi	42
7.2.1 Turning On Wi-Fi	42
7.2.2 Connecting to a Wireless Network	42
7.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection	43
7.3.1 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection via USB	43
7.3.2 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot	43
7.4 WPS	43
7.4.1 Connecting to a Wireless Network via the WPS Button	44
7.4.2 Connecting to a Wireless Network via the WPS PIN	44
7.5 Browser	44
7.5.1 Opening the Browser	44
7.5.2 Opening a Webpage	45
7.5.3 Setting a Home Page	45
7.5.4 Managing Bookmarks	45
Adding a Bookmark	45
Opening a Bookmark	45
7.5.5 Customizing Browser Settings	46
7.6 Bluetooth	46
7.6.1 Turning On Bluetooth	46
7.6.2 Pairing with and Connecting to a Bluetooth Device	46
7.6.3 Sending Files via Bluetooth	47
7.6.4 Disconnecting from or Unpairing with a Bluetooth Device	47
8 Entertainment	47
8.1 Taking Photos and Recording Videos	47
8.1.1 Opening Your Camera	47
Capture Screen	48
8.1.2 Taking a Photo	48
8.1.3 Viewing Your Photos	48
8.1.4 Recording a Video	49
8.1.5 Viewing Your Videos	49
8.2 Using the Gallery	49
8.2.1 Opening the Gallery	49
8.2.2 Viewing a Picture	49
8.2.3 Rotating a Picture	50
8.2.4 Cropping a Picture	50
8.3 Enjoying Music	51
8.3.1 Opening the Music Library	51
8.3.2 Playing Music	52
8.3.3 Creating a Playlist	52
8.3.4 Adding Music to a Playlist	52
8.3.5 Playing Music in a Playlist	53
8.4 Listening to the FM Radio	53
8.4.1 Opening the FM Radio	53
9 Google Services	53
9.1 Creating a Google Account	54
9.2 Gmail	54
9.2.1 Opening Gmail	54
9.2.2 Switching Between Accounts	54
9.2.3 Creating and Sending an Email	55
9.2.4 Replying to or Forwarding an Email	55
9.2.5 Searching for an Email	55
9.2.6 Customizing Your Gmail Settings	55
9.3 Talk	56
9.3.1 Opening Talk	56
9.3.2 Adding a Friend	56
9.3.3 Accepting an Invitation	56
9.3.4 Starting a Chat	56
9.3.5 Setting Notifications for New Instant Messages	56
9.3.6 Signing out of Talk	57
9.4 Maps	57
9.4.1 Enabling the Location Service	57
9.4.2 Opening Maps	57
9.4.3 Searching for Places of Interest	58
9.4.4 Getting Directions	58
9.5 YouTube	58
9.5.1 Opening YouTube	58
9.5.2 Searching for a Video	58
9.5.3 Sharing a Video	59
9.6 Market	59
9.6.1 Opening Market	59
9.6.2 Searching for Applications	59
9.6.3 Installing an Application	59
9.6.4 Uninstalling an Application	60
10 Synchronizing Information	60
10.1 Managing Your Accounts	60
10.1.1 Adding an Account	61
10.1.2 Adding an Exchange Account	61
10.1.3 Removing an Account	61
10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization	62
10.2.1 Configuring General Synchronization Settings	62
10.2.2 Changing an Account’s Synchronization Settings	63
11 Using Other Applications	63
11.1 AppInstaller	63
11.1.1 Install Applications	63
11.2 Traffic Manager	64
11.2.1 Using Traffic Manager	64
11.3 All Backup	64
11.3.1 Backing Up data by using Backup to SD	64
11.4 Calendar	65
11.4.1 Opening Calendar	65
11.4.2 Creating an Event	65
11.4.3 Setting an Event Reminder	65
11.4.4 Setting Synchronization and Display	66
11.4.5 Customizing Calendar Settings	66
11.5 File Manager	67
11.5.1 Opening File Manager	67
11.5.2 Creating a Folder	67
11.5.3 Moving or Copying a File	67
11.5.4 Searching for a File	67
11.5.5 Compressing or Extracting Files	68
Compressing Files	68
Extracting a File	68
11.5.6 Viewing Your Memory Status	68
11.6 Clock	69
11.6.1 Opening the Clock	69
11.6.2 Opening the Alarms	69
Adding an Alarm	69
Setting an Alarm	69
Customizing Alarm Settings	69
11.7 Calculator	70
11.7.1 Opening Calculator	70
11.7.2 Switching Between Basic and Advanced panel	70
11.8 Notepad	70
11.9 Richpad	70
11.10 Weather Clock	71
11.10.1 Setting the Default City	71
11.10.2 Updating Weather	71
11.10.3 Changing a City	71
11.10.4 Sharing Weather Information	72
12 Managing Your Mobile Phone	72
12.1 Setting the Date and Time	72
12.2 Setting the Display	73
12.2.1 Adjusting the Screen Brightness	73
12.2.2 Adjusting the Time Before the Screen Turns Off	73
12.3 Setting Ringers	73
12.3.1 Turning On Silent Mode	73
12.3.2 Adjusting the Volume	73
12.3.3 Changing the Phone Ringtone	73
12.3.4 Changing the Message Ringtone	74
12.4 Setting Phone Services	74
12.4.1 Customizing Call Settings	74
12.4.2 Turning on Data Roaming	74
12.4.3 Switching off the Data Service	74
12.5 Configuring Text-to-Speech	75
12.5.1 Installing Voice Data	75
12.5.2 Adjusting the Speech Rate	75
12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone	75
12.6.1 Turning on Your SIM Card PIN	75
12.6.2 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Screen Lock	75
12.6.3 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Numeric PIN	76
12.6.4 Unlocking Your Mobile Phone If You Forget the Screen Lock Pattern	76
12.7 Managing Applications	76
12.7.1 Viewing an Installed Application	76
12.7.2 Uninstalling an Application	77
12.7.3 Moving an Application to the microSD Card	77
12.7.4 Ways to Free Up Your Mobile Phone Memory	77
12.8 Resetting Your Mobile Phone	78
12.8.1 Backing Up My Data	78
12.8.2 Restoring Factory Data	78
12.9 Setting Power Saving Mode	78
12.10 Online Update	78
13 Huawei Cloud+ (Optional)	79
13.1 Registration and Settings	79
13.1.1 Creating an Account	79
13.1.2 Configuring Cloud+ Settings	79
13.2 Cloud+ Drive	80
13.2.1 Uploading a File	80
13.2.2 Downloading a File	80
13.2.3 Viewing Upload and Download Records	80
13.2.4 Clearing the Cache	81
13.3 Phone Finder	81
13.4 Synchronizing Contacts	82
13.5 Backing Up Data	82
14 Appendix	82
14.1 Warnings and Precautions	82
Electronic Device	82
Medical Device	83
Potentially Explosive Atmosphere	83
Traffic Security	83
Operating Environment	84
Prevention of Hearing Damage	84
Safety of Children	84
Accessories	85
Battery and Charger	85
Cleaning and Maintenance	86
Emergency Call	87
Certification Information (SAR)	87
FCC Statement	87
Disposal and Recycling Information	88
Reduction of Hazardous Substances	88
EU Regulatory Conformance	89
14.2 FAQs	89
How Can I Use a microSD Card to Import Contacts to My Phone from a Different Mobile Phone?	89
How Do I Set a Song As a Phone Ringtone?	90
How Do I Prevent Automatic Change of Screen Orientation When Rotating My Phone?	90
How Do I Set an Unlock Pattern?	90
How Can I Change the Input Method?	90
How Do I Stop the Song Playing in the Background?	90
How Do I Return to the Call Screen?	90
How Do I Create an Application Shortcut on the Home Screen?	91
How Do I Hide the Keyboard?	91