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2.3.5 Restarting Your Mobile Phone 1. Press and hold 2. Touch Restart. 3. Touch OK. to open the Phone options menu. 2.3.6 Using Airplane Mode Some locations may require you to turn off your phone's wireless connections. Rather than powering off your phone, you can place it in Airplane mode. 1. Press and hold . 2. Touch Airplane mode in the options menu. 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 sideways and back again. Touch > Settings > Display > Auto-rotate screen to disable the function. 11

Section	Page
1 Reading Before Proceeding	5
1.1 Safety Precautions	5
1.2 Legal Notice	6
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2011. All rights reserved.	6
Trademarks and Permissions	7
Notice	7
Third-Party Software Statement	7
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES	8
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY	8
Import and Export Regulations	8
1.3 Personal Information and Data Security	9
2 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone	10
2.1 Mobile Phone View	10
2.1.1 Phone at a Glance	10
2.1.2 Key Functions at Your Fingertips	11
2.2 Installing Your Mobile Phone	11
2.2.1 Installing the SIM Card	11
2.2.2 Installing the Battery	12
2.2.3 Charging the Battery	12
2.2.4 Important Information About the Battery	13
2.2.5 Battery Saving Tips	13
2.3 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone	14
2.3.1 Powering On Your Mobile Phone	14
2.3.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Phone	14
2.3.3 Turning On Fast Boot	14
2.3.4 Powering Off Your Mobile Phone	14
2.3.5 Restarting Your Mobile Phone	15
2.3.6 Using Airplane Mode	15
2.4 Using the Touchscreen	15
2.4.1 Touchscreen Actions	15
2.4.2 Rotating Your Mobile Phone Screen	15
2.5 Locking and Unlocking the Screen	16
2.5.1 Locking the Screen	16
2.5.2 Unlocking the Screen	16
2.6 Home Screen	17
2.6.1 Notification and Status Icons	17
2.6.2 Notifications Panel	18
Opening the Notifications Panel	18
Closing the Notification Panel	19
2.6.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen	19
2.6.4 Customizing the Home Screen	19
Adding a New Screen Item	19
Moving a Screen Item	19
Removing a Screen Item	20
2.6.5 Setting Home Screen Animations	20
2.6.6 Changing the Wallpaper	20
2.6.7 Changing the Theme	20
2.6.8 Editing a Screen Item	20
2.7 Application List	21
2.7.1 Moving Icons in the Application List	21
2.8 Using a microSD Card	21
2.8.1 Installing the microSD Card (Optional)	21
2.8.2 Using the microSD Card as USB Mass Storage	21
2.8.3 Removing the microSD Card	22
3 Calling	22
3.1 Making a Call	22
3.1.1 Making a Call with the Dialer Application	22
3.1.2 Making a Call from Contacts	23
3.1.3 Making a Call from Call log	23
3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call	23
3.2.1 Answering an Incoming Call	23
3.2.2 Ending a Call	24
3.2.3 Rejecting an Incoming Call	24
3.3 Other Operations During a Call	25
3.3.1 Making a Conference Call	25
3.3.2 Switching Between Calls	25
3.4 Using Call log	25
3.4.1 Adding an entry to Contacts	26
4 Contacts	26
4.1 Opening the Contacts Application	26
4.2 Importing Contacts from a SIM Card	26
4.3 Adding a Contact	26
4.3.1 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites	27
4.4 Indexing Contacts	27
4.5 Searching for a Contact	27
4.6 Editing a Contact	27
4.7 Communicating with Your Contacts	28
4.7.1 Connecting Through Quick Contact for Android	28
4.7.2 Communicating with a Contact	28
4.8 Deleting a Contact	28
4.9 Managing Groups	28
4.9.1 Creating a Group	28
4.9.2 Editing a Group	29
4.9.3 Adding a Contact to Your Groups	29
4.10 Joining and Separating Contacts	29
4.10.1 Joining Contacts	29
4.10.2 Separating Contacts	30
4.11 Staying Close to Your Friends	30
5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard	30
5.1 Displaying the Keyboard Panel	30
5.1.1 Choosing an Input Method	31
5.1.2 Using the Android Keyboard	31
5.1.3 Using the Landscape Keyboard	31
5.2 Customizing Keyboard Settings	32
6 Messaging	32
6.1 SMS and MMS	32
6.1.1 Opening Messaging	32
6.1.2 Creating and Sending a Text Message	32
6.1.3 Creating and Sending a Multimedia Message	33
Adding a Slideshow	33
6.1.4 Opening and Viewing a Multimedia Message	34
6.1.5 Replying to a Message	34
6.1.6 Copying a Text Message to Notepad or Calendar	34
6.1.7 Customizing the Message Settings	34
6.2 Email	34
6.2.1 Adding an Email Account	34
Adding Other Email Accounts	35
6.2.2 Viewing an Email Message	35
6.2.3 Creating and Sending an Email Message	35
6.2.4 Replying to an Email Message	36
6.2.5 Deleting an Email Account	36
6.2.6 Changing Email Account Settings	36
7 Getting Connected	37
7.1 Using the Smart Traffic Manager	37
7.1.1 Open the Smart Traffic	37
7.2 GPRS/3G	37
7.2.1 Checking the Network Connection	37
7.2.2 Turning on the Data Service	38
7.2.3 Service Shortcuts	38
7.3 Wi-Fi	38
7.3.1 Turning On Wi-Fi	38
7.3.2 Connecting to a Wireless Network	38
7.4 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection	39
7.4.1 Installing the USB tethering Drive	39
7.4.2 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection via USB	39
7.4.3 Sharing Your Phone’s Data Connection as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot	40
7.5 Browser	40
7.5.1 Opening the Browser	40
7.5.2 Opening a Web Page	41
7.5.3 Setting a Home Page	41
7.5.4 Managing Bookmarks	41
Adding a Bookmark	41
Opening a Bookmark	41
7.5.5 Customizing the Browser Settings	41
7.6 Bluetooth	42
7.6.1 Turning On Bluetooth	42
7.6.2 Pairing and Connecting a Bluetooth Device	42
7.6.3 Sending Files via Bluetooth	43
7.6.4 Disconnecting or Unpairing a Bluetooth Device	43
8 Entertainment	43
8.1 Taking Photos and Recording Videos	43
8.1.1 Opening Your Camera	43
Capture Screen	44
8.1.2 Taking a Photo	44
8.1.3 Viewing Your Photos	44
8.1.4 Recording a Video	45
8.1.5 Viewing Your Videos	45
8.2 Using the Gallery	45
8.2.1 Opening the Gallery	45
8.2.2 Viewing a Picture	45
8.2.3 Rotating a Picture	46
8.2.4 Cropping a Picture	46
8.3 Enjoying the Music	46
8.3.1 Copying Music to the microSD Card	46
8.3.2 Opening the Music Library	47
8.3.3 Playing Music	47
8.3.4 Creating Playlists	48
8.3.5 Adding Music to Playlist	48
8.3.6 Playing Music in Playlists	48
8.4 Listening to FM Radio	49
8.4.1 Opening the FM Radio	49
8.4.2 Tuning the FM Radio	49
9 Google Services	49
9.1 Creating a Google Account	50
9.2 Using Gmail/Google Mail	50
9.2.1 Opening Gmail/Google Mail	50
9.2.2 Switching Between Accounts	51
9.2.3 Creating and Sending an Email	51
9.2.4 Replying To or Forwarding an Email	51
9.2.5 Searching for an Email	51
9.2.6 Customizing Your Gmail/Google Mail Settings	52
9.3 Using Talk	52
9.3.1 Opening Talk	52
9.3.2 Adding a Friend	52
9.3.3 Accepting an Invitation	52
9.3.4 Starting a Chat	52
9.3.5 Setting Notifications for New Instant Messages	53
9.3.6 Signing Out of Talk	53
9.4 Using Maps	53
9.4.1 Enabling Location Source	53
9.4.2 Opening Maps	54
9.4.3 Searching for Places of Interest	54
9.4.4 Getting Directions	54
9.5 Using YouTube	54
9.5.1 Opening YouTube	54
9.5.2 Searching for a Video	54
9.5.3 Sharing a Video	55
9.6 Using Market	55
9.6.1 Opening Market	55
9.6.2 Searching for Applications	55
9.6.3 Installing an Application	55
9.6.4 Uninstalling an Application	56
10 Synchronizing Information	56
10.1 Managing Your Accounts	57
10.1.1 Adding an Account	57
10.1.2 Removing an Account	57
10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization	58
10.2.1 Configuring General Sync Settings	58
10.2.2 Changing an Account’s Synchronization Settings	59
11 Using Other Applications	59
11.1 Using the Calendar	59
11.1.1 Opening the Calendar	59
11.1.2 Creating an Event	59
11.1.3 Setting an Event Reminder	60
11.1.4 Setting the synchronize and display	60
11.1.5 Customizing the Calendar Settings	60
11.2 Using the Clock	61
11.2.1 Opening the Clock	61
11.2.2 Opening the Alarms	61
Adding an Alarm	61
Setting an Alarm	61
Customizing Alarm Settings	62
11.3 Using the Calculator	62
11.3.1 Opening the Calculator	62
11.3.2 Switching to the Advanced panel	62
11.4 Using the Notepad	62
12 Managing Your Mobile Phone	62
12.1 Setting the Date and Time	63
12.2 Setting the Display	63
12.2.1 Adjusting the Screen Brightness	63
12.2.2 Adjusting the Time Before the Screen Turns Off	63
12.3 Setting Ringers	64
12.3.1 Turning On Silent Mode	64
12.3.2 Adjusting the Volume	64
12.3.3 Changing the Phone Ringtone	64
12.3.4 Changing the Message Ringtone	64
12.4 Setting Phone Services	65
12.4.1 Customizing Call Settings	65
12.4.2 Turning on Data Roaming	65
12.4.3 Switching off the Data Service	65
12.5 Setting Text-to-Speech	65
12.5.1 Installing Voice Data	65
12.5.2 Adjusting the Speech Rate	66
12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone	66
12.6.1 Turning on Your SIM Card PIN	66
12.6.2 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Screen Lock	66
12.6.3 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a numeric PIN	66
12.6.4 Unlocking Your mobile phone if you forget the lock pattern	67
12.7 Managing Applications	67
12.7.1 Viewing an Installed Application	67
12.7.2 Uninstalling an Application	67
12.7.3 Moving an Application to microSD card	68
12.7.4 Ways to Free Up Your Mobile Phone Memory	68
12.8 Using All Backup	68
12.8.1 Backing up data by using Backup to SD	68
12.9 Resetting Your Mobile Phone	69
12.9.1 Backing Up My Data	69
12.9.2 Restoring Factory Data	69
13 Appendix	69
13.1 Warnings and Precautions	69
Electronic Device	70
Medical Device	70
Potentially Explosive Atmosphere	70
Traffic Security	70
Operating Environment	71
Prevention of Hearing Damage	71
Safety of Children	71
Accessories	72
Battery and Charger	72
Cleaning and Maintenance	73
Emergency Call	74
Certification Information (SAR)	74
FCC Statement	74
Disposal and Recycling Information	75
Reduction of Hazardous Substances	76
EU Regulatory Conformance	76
13.2 FAQ	76
How do I set a song as phone ringtone?	76
How do I prevent automatic switching of orientation when rotating phone?	77
How do I set the unlock pattern?	77
How can I change the input method?	77
How do I stop the song playing in the background?	77
How do I return to the calling screen?	77
How do I create an application shortcut on the Home screen?	77