Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Ascend P2 Huawei
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All t he pi cture s in this guide are for y our r efere nce o nly. The a ctual appea rance and displ ay fe ature s dep end o n the mobi le ph one y ou purch ase.
i Contents 1 Reading Bef ore Proceeding........ .................... ..................... ..1 1.1 Safet y Precautions .......... .............. .......... .............. .......... ............. 1 1.2 Personal Infor mation and Data Secur ity ........
ii 4.7 Deleti ng a Conta ct .. ........... ............. ........... ............. ........... ........ 23 4.8 Managing Groups ..................................... ................................. 23 4.9 Joining and Separ ating Contacts .... .......
iii 10.1 Managing Your Accounts. ........... ............. ........... ............. ........ 50 10.2 Customizing Your Account Synchr onization .... ........... ............. 51 11 Using Othe r Applications ...................... .....................
1 1 Reading Before Proceeding 1.1 Safety Prec autions Please read the safet y precautions carefully t o ensure the correct use of you r mobile phone. Do not cras h, throw, or punctu re your mob ile phone. Avo id droppi ng, squeezing, or bending your mob ile phone.
2 1.2 Personal Informatio n and Data Security The use of some functions or thir d-party applications on your de vice could result in your personal information an d data being lost or becoming accessible to ot hers. Several measures are rec ommended to help you protect pers onal and confidential information.
3 • Periodically back up personal information ke pt on your memory card or stored in your device memory. If you c hange to a different device, be sure to move or delete any personal inform ation on your old device.
4 Trademarks and Perm issions , , and are trademarks or re gistered trademarks of Hua wei Technologies Co., Ltd. Android is a trademark of Goog le Inc. Other trademarks, product , service and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners .
5 This product uses the open-s ource Android™ platform. Hua wei Technologies Co., Ltd. has made necessary changes to the platform. Theref ore, this product may not support all the functions tha t are supported by the standard Android platform or may be incompatible with th ird-party software.
6 2 Getting to Know Your Mobile Phone 2.1 Mobile Phon e View 2.1.1 Phone at a G lance All the pictures in this guide ar e for your reference only. The actual appearan ce and display features depend on the mobile phone you pu rchase.
7 2.1. 2 Key Funct ion s at Your Finger tips 7 Camera 8 Volume keys 9 The second mic rophone 10 Headset jack 11 Power • Press and hold to power on your mo bile phone. • Press and hold to open the Phone options menu. • Press to lock the screen wh en your mobile phone is active.
8 2.2 Installing Your Mobile Phone 2.2.1 Installing the Battery and the m icroSD Card 2.2.2 Charging the Battery Before charging the b attery, ensure that it has been properly in serted into your phone . 1. Connect the USB cable that came wit h your mobile phone to the ch arger.
9 If your mobile phone is charged when it is powered on, the battery icon on the Notification bar sho ws the charging status. When the battery icon changes to , it indicates that your mobile pho ne is fully charged.
10 • Lower the volume. • Close power-draining programs, when you do not need them. • Turn off the data service. 2.3 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone 2.3.1 Powering On Your Mobile P hone Press and hold . The first time you power on your phone, you will be asked t o sign in to your account and se t up your mobile phone.
11 • Drag : Touch and hold the de sired item with your finge r. To move an item, drag the item to any part of the sc reen. You can drag an ic on to move or delete it. 2.4.2 Rotating Your M obile Phone Screen The orientation of most scr eens will rotate with the phone as you turn it from upright to sideways and back aga in.
12 2.6 Home Screen Touch and hold one of the shortcuts unt il the mobile phone vibrates, you can drag it to your desired loc ation or move it to the trash.
13 2.6.2 Notifications Panel Your mobile phone will notify you wh en you receive a new message or there is an upcoming event. The notifications panel als o informs you of alarms and settings. Open the notification s panel to see your network oper ator or to view a message, reminder, or event notification.
14 2.6.3 Viewing Other Parts of the Hom e Screen Touch > Home settings > Advance d setti ngs > Screen number to set the screen number. 2.6.4 Customizing the H ome Screen Adding a New Screen Item 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the Ho me screen until the Select action menu is displayed.
15 Removing a Screen Item 1. Touch and hold an item on the Home s creen until the item expands a nd 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 rea dy to be removed.
16 2.6. 9 Edit ing a Sc reen It em 1. Touch and hold an item on the Home scree n until the Select action menu is displayed. 2. Touch Edit icon , and then do any of the following: • Customize the title of the screen item. • Select a new icon f or the screen item.
17 You can now transfer f iles 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 fini shed transferring files.
18 numbers on the diale r, the phone automatically searches among y our contacts and lists the matching results bas ed on the accuracy. If no cont act is matched with your entered information, the phone will not display any resu lt. 3. Touch to initiate the call.
19 3.2.2 Ending a Call During a call, touch End to hang up. 3.2.3 Rejecting an Inco ming Call Drag the to the left to reject the call. 3.3 Other Operation s During a Call 3.3.1 Making a Conferenc e Call If you receive a new call while yo u are already on a call, you can connect th e second call to the call you are on.
20 3.3. 2 Switchi ng Betwee n Calls If you receive a new ca ll while you are already on a call, you ca n switch between the two calls. 1. While you are on the first ca ll and the second call comes in, answer the incomin g call, and then touch > Manage calls .
21 1. Connect the TTY device to the head set jack of the phone and set the phone to the TTY mode. 2. Make or answer calls as normal. 3. When the call is put through, use the TTY device to send or r eceive the letters. 4. Press the End to end the call.
22 4.2 Adding a Contact 1. In the contact list, touch > Create contact . 2. If you have more than one accou nt with contacts, touch the account to which you want to add the cont act. 3. Enter the contact's name, and then add de tailed information such as phon e number or address.
23 2. Touch the category of contact inf ormation you wish to change: name, phone number, email address, or any other information you rec orded earlier. 3. Make the desired changes to th e contact information, and the n touch Done . To cancel all of your change s, touch Cancel .
24 4.8. 1 Creati ng a Gro up 1. Press > Contacts , and the n touch the Groups tab. 2. In the groups list, touch , and then touch Create group . 3. Enter the name and picture you want to s tore for the group, and then giv e the group a ringtone. 4. Touch Add Members to add members on the group list.
25 4.9. 1 Joinin g Contact s Make sure you have adde d an account and have duplicate contacts in Contacts . 1. Touch > Contacts . 2. Touch a duplicated contact. 3. Touch Joined Contacts > Add contact . 4. Select the contact to be joined to combine two d uplicate contacts.
26 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 5.1 Displaying the Keyboard Panel To enter text, use the onsc reen keyboard. Some applic ations open the keyboar d automatically. In others, touch a text field to open the keybo ard. Touch the space where you want to w rite text to display the keyboard.
27 Touch > Settings > Language & keyboard > Android keyboard > Voice input to turn on or turn off voice input. 5.1. 3 Using t he Swype Ke yboard q w e # 1 23 _ %( & !7 8 90/ ? $ 456 +: ; ” ) r t y u i o p a s d f g h j k z x c v b n m .
28 5.1.4 Using the Lan dscape Key board If you find the keyboard incon venient or difficult to use, turn you r mobile phone sideways. The screen will display the keyboard in landscape orientation, prov iding you with a w ider keyboard layout. 5.2 Customizing Keyboard Setti ngs 1.
29 3. Touch the composition text box to start entering your message. While entering your message, you can touch > Insert contact to insert contact information. 4. When you are ready to send the mes sage, touch Send . The message list opens, and your name appears in the list, followed by the message you just sent.
30 3. Touch and touch 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 the slideshow on the mult imedia message screen. Whe n the message is ready to be se nt, touch Send .
31 6.2.1 Adding an E mail Account When us ing the Email application for the first time , you must configure an email account. The Email setup wizard helps you set up yo ur account. A number of popular email systems are supp orted. You can wo rk with the same email serv ice that you use on your PC or you can select another email service.
32 6.2. 3 Creati ng and Sending a n Email Mess age 1. On the accounts screen, touch the ema il account you want to use. 2. On the Inbox screen, touch , and then touch Compose in the options panel. 3. In t he To field, enter the name or the email add ress.
33 service you are using. You can enter the necessary details man ually, although you may need to contact you r email service provider to obt ain the correct information for the accou nt. 1. Touch > Email . 2. On the accounts screen, touch and hold t he email account you want to chang e.
34 • If you select an open network, you will be automatically connected to the network . • If you select a network that is secur ed with Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and connect to it for the first time, e nter the password , and then touch Connect .
35 7.3.2 Sharing Your Pho ne’s Data Connection as a Portable Wi-F i Hots pot A Tethering Plan from your servic e provider is requ ired to use this s ervice. 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot .
36 7.4.2 Opening a W eb Page 1. In a browser window, touch the U RL field at the top of the scree n. 2. Use the keyboard to enter the web pa ge address. You can touc h to enter the web page address by voice. 3. As you enter the address, matching web page addresses will appear on th e screen.
37 7.5 Bluetoo th Your mobile phone has Bluet ooth, which allows you to create a wireless connection with other Bluetooth devic es so you can share files with you r friends, talk hands-free with a Bluetooth headset , or even transfer photos on your phone to your PC .
38 7.5.3 Sending Files v ia Bluetooth With Bluetooth, you can sha re pictures, videos, or music files with yo ur family and friends. To send files via Bluetooth, do as follows: 1. Touch and hold the file to be sent in your mobile phone or SD card. The active options menu is display ed.
39 Capture Screen On the capture screen, touch to show the capture panel. 8.1. 2 Taking a Photo 1. Open your camera and switch to the camer a mode. 2. If necessary, change the camera settings. The preview changes as you change the settings. 3. Compose your photo within the photo capture screen.
40 8.1.4 Recording a V ideo 1. Open the camera, and then sw itch to camcorder mode. 2. If necessary, change the c amcorder settings. 3. Frame the scene which you wa nt to start your video. 4. Touch to start recording a video. 5. Touch to stop recording.
41 3. Touch the screen. Then the zoom panel appears. You can zoom in or zoom out on the picture. The picture view er supports the automatic rotation f unction. When you rotate your mobile phone, the picture ad justs itself to the rotation. 8.2. 3 Rotat ing a P ictu re 1.
42 5. After copying music, unmount or eject the drive as required by your PC ’s operating system to safely remove the mobile ph one. 6. Disconnect the mobile phone from the PC . 8.3.2 Opening the M edia Library Touch > Music to display the media library.
43 9 Google Services Availability of Google applications, servic es, and features may vary according to your country or ca rrier. Please follow the local law s and regulations to use the m.
44 9.2 Using Gmail Gmail is Google’s web-based email s ervice. 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, yo ur Inbox will contain the messages from your Gmail account on the web .
45 • If you select ed Reply or Reply all , enter your me ssage. • If you select ed Forward , specify the me ssage recipient s and add any additional text you want to include with the forwarded mes sage. 4. Touch to send, or touch to save as a draft.
46 9.3. 4 Start ing a Cha t 1. In the friends list, touch a friend's name in the f riends list. 2. Use the onscreen keybo ard to enter text and chat with your friend.
47 1. Touch > Settings . 2. Touch Location & security . 3. In t he My Location section, sele ct the Use wireless networks check box, Use GPS satellites check box , or both. 9.4.2 Opening M aps Touch > Maps to open the application. 9.4. 3 Searc hing fo r Plac es of In tere st 1.
48 9.5.2 Searching for a Vide o 1. On the YouTube screen, touch , and then touch Search . 2. Enter a search keyword, and t hen touch the Search icon. 3. You will see a number of search results displayed below the notification bar. Scroll through the results and touch a video to watch it.
49 9.6. 3 Instal li ng an Appl icat ion If you want to install a non-Market app lication, touch > Settings > Applications , and then select the Unknown sources check box to allow installation of the non-Mark et application. 1. In t he Market , touch Apps .
50 10 Synchronizing Information Some applications on your mobile pho ne give you a ccess to the s ame personal information that yo u can add, view, a nd edit on your compu ter. If you add, cha nge, or delete your inf ormation in any of these applicatio ns on the web, the updated information also appears on yo ur mobile phone.
51 on the kind of account and the configuration of the ser vice to which you are connecting. 5. Configure the account. Depend ing on the kind of account , you may be asked to configure what kind of dat a you want to sync to the mobile phone, to name the account, and for other details.
52 10.2.1 Configuring General S ync Settings On the Accounts & sync settings screen , do th e foll owing: • Select or clear the Background data check box to control wh ether applications and services can t ransmit data when you a re not working wi th them directly (that is , when they are running in the bac kground).
53 3. Enter a file name in the Filename: field. 4. In t he Backup contents: field, select the conten ts you want to back up . 5. Touch Backup to back up the selected dat a. To cancel the backup, touch Cancel . 11.2 Using the Calendar Use Calendar to create and manage events, meetings, and ap pointments.
54 appear with the selected t ime slot and date in the From and To fields. 11.2.3 Setting an Event Rem inder 1. On any calendar view, touch an event to view its details or an event summary . 2. Touch the Add reminder button to add a reminder. Or to uch the reminder’s “-” button to delete an exist ing reminder.
55 11.3 Using the Clock In addition to displaying the date and time, the Clock application displays information about the weather and your phone. You can also use Clock to turn your mo bile phone into an a larm clock. 11.3.1 Opening the C lock Touch > Clock to open the application.
56 11.4 Using the File Manager File Manager is like having a pocket-sized personal a ssistant (PA), letting you organize, edit, and delete files and folders. 11.4.1 Opening the File M anager Touch > File Manager to open the application. 11.4.2 Creating a Folder 1.
57 5. A list of search results will be displayed. Touch a file in the list to open it. 6. Touch New search for a new search or press the back key to re turn to the file manager screen. 11.4.5 Compressing or Ex tracting Files Your phone supports compressing and extracting files.
58 11.5 Using the Calculator Use the calculator to solve simple a rithmetic problems o r use its ad vanced operators to solve more complex eq uations. 11.
59 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone To configure your mobile phone , touch > Settings . 12.1 Setting the Date and Time By default, your mobile phone automat ically uses the date, time zone, and time provided by the network .
60 12.3.2 Adjusting the Volum e You can adjus t the volume from the Home screen or any application s creen (except during a call or when playing music or vid eos). Press the Volume keys to adjus t volume to the level you desire. You can also adjust the volume from the setting s screen.
61 12.4.2 Turning on D ata Roaming 1. On the Settings screen, touch Wireless & networks > Mobile networks . 2. Select the Data roami ng check box. Accessing data se rvices while roaming may incur additi onal charges. Ask your wireless service provide r about data roaming fees.
62 12.6 Protecting Your Mobile Phone 12.6.1 Protecting Your Mobile Phone with a Screen Lock Pattern To keep your data more sec ure, lock the screen and /or require a screen unlock pattern every time your mobile phon e is turned on or wakes up from sleep mode.
63 • After you have entered the wrong pattern tw enty times, you will be taken directly to the Google acc ount interface. A fter you have entered your Google account password, you wi ll be able to reset the unlock patt ern. 12.7 Managing Applications 12.
64 2. Touch an application in the list. Then touch Move to SD card to move the bulk of the application from the phone ’s internal stor age. The Storage section of the applicat ion’s details screen shows det ails about the memory used by the applicati on.
65 2. When prompted, touch Reset phone , and then touch Erase everything . The mobile phone resets the s ettings to the original factory s ettings, and then restarts. 12.9 Online Update Your mobile phone has pre-ins talled the online update functio n.
66 13 Appendix 13.1 Warnings and Precau tions This section contains importan t information pertaining to the operat ing instructions of your device. It also contains informa tion about how to use the device safely. Read this information carefully before using your device.
67 but not alwa ys, clearl y marked. Su ch location s include a reas below th e deck on bo ats, chemical transfer or storage facilities, and areas where the air c ontains chemicals or particles such as gr ain, dust, or metal powders.
68 • When you are on a c all, do not touch t he antenna. Touc hing the antenna a ffects the call quality and resu lts in increase in power co nsumption. As a re sult, the talk time and the standby time ar e reduced. • While using the device, o bserve the local laws and regulations, and respe ct others' privacy and legal rights .
69 • If battery electroly te leaks out, ensure that the electrolyte does n ot touch your skin and eyes. When the electrolyte touche s your skin or splas hes into your eyes, was h your eyes with clean w ater immediately and cons ult a doctor.
70 • Do not place your d evice, battery, and ch arger in places where they can get damaged because of collision. Otherw ise, it may lead to battery leakage, device malfunction, overhe ating, fire, or explosion. • Do not place magnetic stor age media such as magnetic c ards and floppy disks near the device.
71 (ICNIRP) and include s afety measures design ed to ensure safety for all use rs, regardless of age and health. The Specific Absorption Rate (SA R) is the unit of measurement for the amount of radio frequency ener gy absorbed by the bod y when using a device.
72 Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) regulations for Mobil e phones In 2003, the FCC adopted ru les to make digital wireless telep hones compatible with hearing aids and cochle ar implants.
73 13.2 FAQ How do I set a song a s phone ringtone? Touch and hold the song to be set as ring tone, and then touch Use as phone ringtone . How do I prevent automatic switching of orientation when rotating phone? Touch > Settings > Displ ay > Auto-rotate screen to disable the function.
V1 00 R00 1_ 01 All t he pi cture s in this guide are for y our r efere nce o nly. The a ctual appea rance and displ ay fe ature s dep end o n the mobi le ph one y ou purch ase. Andro id is a tr adema rk of Goog le In c. Us e of this trade mark is subje ct to Goog le Pe rmiss ions.
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