Huawei Y 201 manual

User Guide

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HUAWEI Ascend Y 201

Contents

Main Contents i 1 Read Before Proceeding.......................................................1 2 Getting Started.......................................................................6 3 Calling..................................................................................15 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard.............................................25 6 Messaging...........................................................................27 7 Getting Connected...............................................................32 8 Entertainment......................................................................38 9 Google Services..................................................................43 10 Synchronizing Information.................................................50 11 Using Other Applications...................................................53 13 FAQs..................................................................................67 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone...........................................61 1 Read Before Proceeding 1.1 Safety Precautions 1.2 Personal Information and Data Security 1.3 Legal Notice Page Page 2 Getting Started 2.1 Key Functions at Your Fingertips 2.2 Important Information About the Battery 2.3 Power Saving Tips 2.4 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone 2.4.1 Powering On Your Mobile Phone 2.4.2 Setting Up Your Mobile Phone 2.4.3 Powering Off Your Mobile Phone 2.5 Using the Touchscreen 2.5.1 Touchscreen Actions 2.5.2 Rotating Your Mobile Phone Screen 2.6 Locking and Unlocking the Screen 2.6.1 Locking the Screen 2.6.2 Unlocking the Screen 2.7 Home Screen 2.7.1 Notification and Status Icons Page 2.7.2 Notification Panel 2.7.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Home Screen 2.7.4 Customizing the Home Screen 2.7.5 Service Shortcuts 2.7.6 Changing the Wallpaper 2.8 Application Screen 2.8.1 Moving Icons on the Application Screen 2.9 Using a microSD Card 2.9.1 Using the microSD Card as a USB Mass Storage 2.9.2 Removing the microSD Card 3 Calling 3.1 Making a Call 3.1.1 Making a Call with the Dialer Application 3.1.2 Making a Call from Contacts 3.1.3 Making a Call from Call log 3.2 Answering or Rejecting a Call 3.3 Other Operations During a Call 3.3.1 Making a Conference Call 3.3.2 Switching Between Calls 3.4 Using the Call log 3.4.1 Adding an Entry to Contacts 4 Contacts 4.1 Opening the Contacts Application 4.2 Importing Contacts from a SIM Card 4.3 Adding a Contact 4.4 Adding a Contact to Your Favorites 4.5 Searching for a Contact 4.6 Editing a Contact 4.7 Communicating with Your Contacts 4.7.1 Using Quick Contact for Android 4.7.2 Communicating with a Contact 4.8 Deleting a Contact 4.9 Backing Up and Synchronizing Contacts 4.10 Streams 4.10.1 Logging in to an Account 4.10.2 Importing Friends 4.10.3 Preference Settings 4.10.4 Adding the Streams Widget to the Home Screen 4.11 Managing Groups 4.11.1 Creating a Group 4.11.2 Editing a Group 4.11.3 Adding a Contact to Your Groups 4.12 Joining and Separating Contacts 4.12.1 Joining Contacts 4.12.2 Separating Contacts 4.13 Sending Contacts 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard 5.1.1 Choosing an Input Method 5.1.2 Using the Android Keyboard 5.1.3 Switching the Keyboard Layout q w e r t y u i o p a s d f g h j k z x c v b n m . l 6 Messaging 6.1 SMS and MMS 6.1.1 Opening Messaging 6.1.2 Creating and Sending a Text Message 6.1.3 Creating and Sending a Multimedia Message 6.1.4 Opening and Viewing a Multimedia Message 6.1.5 Replying to a Message 6.1.6 Copying a Text Message to Notepad or Calendar 6.1.7 Customizing Message Settings 6.2 Email 6.2.1 Adding an Email Account 6.2.2 Viewing an Email Message 6.2.3 Saving an Email Attachment 6.2.4 Creating and Sending an Email Message 6.2.5 Replying to an Email Message 6.2.6 Deleting an Email Account 6.2.7 Changing Email Account Settings 7 Getting Connected 7.1 Mobile Networks 7.1.1 Checking the Network Connection 7.1.2 Turning on the Data Service 7.2 Wi-Fi 7.2.1 Turning On Wi-Fi 7.2.2 Connecting to a Wireless Network 7.3 Sharing Your Phones Data Connection 7.3.1 Installing the USB tethering Driver 7.3.2 Sharing Your Phones Data Connection via USB 7.3.3 Sharing Your Phones Data Connection as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot 7.4 Browser 7.4.1 Opening the Browser 7.4.2 Opening a Webpage 7.4.3 Setting a Home Page 7.4.4 Managing Bookmarks 7.5 Bluetooth 7.5.1 Turning On Bluetooth 7.5.2 Pairing with and Connecting to a Bluetooth Device 7.5.3 Sending Files via Bluetooth 7.5.4 Disconnecting from or Unpairing with a Bluetooth Device 8 Entertainment 8.1 Taking Photos and Recording Videos 8.1.1 Opening Your Camera 8.1.2 Taking a Photo 8.1.3 Viewing Your Photos 8.1.4 Recording a Video 8.1.5 Viewing Your Videos 8.2 Using the Gallery 8.2.1 Opening the Gallery 8.2.2 Viewing a Picture 8.2.3 Rotating a Picture 8.2.4 Cropping a Picture 8.3 Enjoying Music 8.3.1 Opening the Music Library 8.3.2 Playing Music 8.3.3 Creating a Playlist 8.3.4 Adding Music to a Playlist 8.3.5 Playing Music in a Playlist 8.4 Listening to the FM Radio 9 Google Services 9.1 Creating a Google Account 9.2 Gmail 9.2.1 Opening Gmail 9.2.2 Switching Between Accounts 9.2.3 Creating and Sending an Email 9.2.4 Replying to or Forwarding an Email 9.2.5 Searching for an Email 9.2.6 Customizing Your Gmail Settings 9.3 Talk 9.3.1 Opening Talk 9.3.2 Adding a Friend 9.3.3 Accepting an Invitation 9.3.4 Starting a Chat 9.4 Maps 9.4.1 Enabling the Location Service 9.4.2 Opening Maps 9.4.3 Searching for Places of Interest 9.4.4 Getting Directions 9.5 YouTube 9.5.1 Opening YouTube 9.5.2 Searching for a Video 9.6 Play Store 9.6.1 Opening Play Store 9.6.2 Searching for Applications 9.6.3 Installing an Application 9.6.4 Uninstalling an Application 10 Synchronizing Information 10.1 Managing Your Accounts 10.1.1 Adding an Account 10.1.2 Adding an Exchange Account 10.1.3 Removing an Account 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchronization 10.2.1 Configuring General Synchronization Settings 10.2.2 Changing an Accounts Synchronization Settings 11 Using Other Applications 11.1 AppInstaller 11.1.1 Install Applications 11.2 All Backup 11.2.1 Backing Up data by using Backup to SD 11.3 Calendar 11.3.1 Opening Calendar 11.3.2 Creating an Event 11.3.3 Setting an Event Reminder 11.3.4 Setting Synchronization and Display 11.3.5 Customizing Calendar Settings 11.4 File Manager 11.4.1 Opening File Manager 11.4.2 Creating a Folder 11.4.3 Moving or Copying a File 11.4.4 Searching for a File 11.4.5 Compressing or Extracting Files 11.4.6 Viewing Your Memory Status 11.5 Clock 11.5.1 Opening the Clock 11.5.2 Opening the Alarms 11.6 Calculator 11.6.1 Opening Calculator 11.6.2 Switching Between Basic and Advanced panel 11.7 Notepad 11.8 Weather Clock 11.8.2 Updating Weather 11.8.3 Changing a City 11.8.4 Sharing Weather Information 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone 12.1 Setting the Date and Time 12.2 Setting the Display 12.2.1 Adjusting the Screen Brightness 12.2.2 Adjusting the Time Before the Screen Turns Off 12.3 Setting Ringers 12.3.1 Turning On Silent Mode 12.3.2 Adjusting the Volume 12.3.3 Changing the Phone Ringtone 12.3.4 Changing the Message Ringtone 12.4 Setting Phone Services 12.4.1 Customizing Call Settings 12.4.2 Turning on Data Roaming 12.4.3 Switching off the Data Service 12.5 Configuring Text-to-Speech 12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone 12.6.1 Turning on Your SIM Card PIN 12.6.2 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Screen Lock 12.6.3 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Numeric PIN 12.7 Managing Applications 12.7.1 Viewing an Installed Application 12.7.2 Uninstalling an Application 12.7.3 Moving an Application to the microSD Card 12.7.4 Ways to Free Up Your Mobile Phone Memory 12.8 Resetting Your Mobile Phone 12.8.1 Backing Up My Data 12.8.2 Restoring Factory Data 12.9 Online Update 13 FAQs