Huawei Ascend 2 User Manual

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You can now transfer files 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 finished transferring 
files.
2.8.2  Removing the microSD Card
1. Touch  > Settings.
2.  Scroll down the screen, and then touch Storage > Unmount SD card.
3.  Carefully remove the microSD card.
3  Calling
To make a phone call, you can dial a number or touch a number from your contact 
list, on a Web page, or in a document. When you are on a call, you can answer other 
incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box. You can also set up conference 
calls with several participants.
3.1  Making a Call
To make a call, you can use the Dialer application, or select a number from  Contacts 
or Call log.
When you are on a call, you can touch   to use other functions. To return to the 
calling screen, flick the notification bar down and touch 
Current call. Do not block the microphone at the bottom of your phone if you want your voice 
heard.
3.1.1  Making a Call with the Dialer Application
1. Touch  > Dialer to display the dialer.
If you are already working with 
Contacts or Call log, touch the Dialer tab.
2.  Touch the appropriate numeric keys to enter the phone number.
 Your mobile phone supports the SmartDial function, that is, when you touch  
						

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numbers on the dialer, the phone automatically searches among your contacts 
and lists the matching results based on the accuracy. If no contact is matched 
with your entered information, the phone will not display any result.
3.  Touch   to initiate the call.
During a call, touch 
Dialpad to enter other numbers on the dialpad.
3.1.2  Making a Call from Contacts
1. Touch  > Contacts to display the contact list.
If you are already working with 
Dialer or Call log, touch the Contacts tab.
2.  In the list, touch the contact you want to call.
3.  Touch   to dial the phone number.
3.1.3  Making a Call from Call log
1.  If you are already working with Contacts or Dialer, touch the Call log tab.
2.  Touch   to the right of the log entry to dial.
 If you touch and hold a log entry, the options menu will open.
3.2  Answering or Rejecting a Call
3.2.1  Answering an Incoming Call
When you receive a phone call, the incoming call screen opens with the callers name 
and number that you have entered in Contacts.
Drag the   to the right to answer the call. 
						

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3.2.2  Ending a Call
During a call, touch End to hang up.
3.2.3  Rejecting an Incoming Call
Drag the   to the left to reject the call.
3.3  Other Operations During a Call
3.3.1  Making a Conference Call
If you receive a new call while you are already on a call, you can connect the second 
call to the call you are on. This feature is known as conference calling. You can also 
set up a conference call with multiple callers.
 Contact your network operator to learn if conference calls are supported and, if 
yes, how many can participate.
1.  To initiate a conference call, dial the number of the first participant. After you have 
connected to the first participant, keep the connection open, touch 
Add call.
2.  Enter the phone number of the next person you want to join the conversation and 
touch  , or select someone from your 
Call log or Contacts. The first participant 
is automatically placed on hold while you do this.
3.  Once you have connected to the second person, touch  > 
Merge calls to 
begin the conference call.
4.  To end the conference call and disconnect everyone, touch 
End. 
						

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3.3.2  Switching Between Calls
If you receive a new call while you are already on a call, you can switch between the 
two calls.
1.  While you are on the first call and the second call comes in, answer the incoming 
call, and then touch  > 
Manage calls.
2.  The current call is placed on hold and you are connected to the first call.
3.4  Using Call log
The Call log contains a list of calls that you have dialed, received, or missed. You can 
use the call log to reference a recently called number quickly or add an incoming 
number to your contact list.
3.4.1  Adding an entry to Contacts
1.  If you are already working with Dialer or Contacts, touch the Call log tab.
2.  Touch and hold the entry you want to add.
3. Touch 
Add to contacts in the options menu.
4. Touch Create new contact or scroll through the contact list and touch an existing 
contact name.
3.5  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.
3.6  TTY Operation 
3.6.1  Using the TTY Device 
The Teletypewriter (TTY) is a typewriting device. By connecting the phone to the TTY 
device, you can use the TTY functions to send/receive messages. When you use the 
TTY function, do as follows: 
						

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1.  Connect the TTY device to the headset 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 receive the letters.
4. Press the 
End to end the call.
3.6.2  Setting the TTY Mode
1. Touch  > Settings > Call settings > TTY mode.
2.  Select one TTY mode.
• 
TTY Off: The standard voice speaking mode and the listening mode.
• TTY Full: Transmit and receive the TTY characters.
• TTY HCO: Transmit TTY characters but receive by listening to the earpiece.
• TTY VCO: Receive TTY characters but transmit by speaking into the 
microphone.
3.7  Setting Hearing Aid Compatibility
Touch  > Settings > Call settings > Hearing aids to set your phone to be 
compatible with a hearing aid.
4  Contacts
The Contacts application enables you to save and manage information such as 
phone numbers and addresses of your contacts. After you save contact information 
on your mobile phone, you have easy access to the people with whom you want to 
communicate.
4.1  Opening the Contacts Application
If you have a new mobile phone and have not yet added any contacts, Contacts 
displays a message with hints on how to start adding contacts to your mobile phone.
Touch  > 
Contacts to open the Contacts application.
All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a list that you can scroll through. 
						

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4.2  Adding a Contact
1.  In the contact list, touch  > Create contact.
2.  If you have more than one account with contacts, touch the account to which you 
want to add the contact.
3.  Enter the contacts name, and then add detailed information such as phone 
number or address.
4.  When you are finished, touch 
Done to save the contact information.
4.2.1  Adding a Contact to Your Favorites
•  Touch and hold the contact you want to add to Favorites. Then touch Add to 
Favorites.
•  Touch a contact, and then touch the star to the right of the contact’s name. The star 
turns gold.
4.3  Indexing Contacts
You can index your Contacts to quickly find your desired contact.
1. Touch  > 
Contacts.
2.  Touch or move any letter in the alphabet to list all contacts starting with the letter.
4.4  Searching for a Contact
1.  In the contact list, touch  > Search.
2.  Enter the name of the contact you wish to search for. As you type, contacts with 
matching names appear below the search box.
4.5  Editing a Contact
You can make changes to the information you have stored for a contact at any time.
1.  In the contacts list, touch and hold the contact whose details you want to edit, and 
then touch 
Edit contact in the options menu. 
						

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2.  Touch the category of contact information you wish to change: name, phone 
number, email address, or any other information you recorded earlier.
3.  Make the desired changes to the contact information, and then touch 
Done. To 
cancel all of your changes, touch Cancel.
4.6  Communicating with Your Contacts
From the Contacts or Favorites tab, you can quickly call or send a text (SMS) or 
multimedia message (MMS) to a contact’s default phone number. You can also open 
details to view a list of all the ways you can communicate with that contact. This 
section describes how to communicate with a contact when you view your contacts 
list.
4.6.1  Connecting Through Quick Contact for Android
1.  Touch the contacts picture or picture frame (if you have not assigned a picture to 
the contact) to open Quick Contact for Android.
2.  Touch the icon for the way you want to communicate with the contact.
 The icons available depend on the information you have entered for the contact, 
the applications on your phone, and the accounts you have.
4.6.2  Communicating with a Contact
1.  In the contacts list, touch the contact that you want to communicate with.
2.  On the contact’s details screen, touch the icon to the right of the number to call or 
send messages.
4.7  Deleting a Contact
1.  In the contacts list, touch and hold the contact that you want to delete, and then 
touch Delete contact in the options menu.
2. Touch OK to confirm that you want to delete the contact.
4.8  Managing Groups
You can create your own groups or use default groups, such as Coworkers, Family 
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4.8.1  Creating a Group
1. Press  > Contacts, and then touch the Groups tab.
2.  In the groups list, touch  , and then touch 
Create group.
3.  Enter the name and picture you want to store for the group, and then give the group 
a ringtone.
4. Touch 
Add Members to add members on the group list.
5.  Select the contacts to be added to the group, and then touch  OK6.  When you are finished, touch Done to save the group information.
4.8.2  Editing a Group
You can always make changes to the information you have stored for a group.
1.  In the groups list, touch and hold the group whose details you want to edit, and then 
touch 
Edit group in the options menu.
2.  Make the desired changes to the group information, and then touch Done. To 
cancel all changes you made to the group information, touch Cancel.
4.8.3  Adding a Contact to Your Groups
To add a contact to your groups, you can do any of the following:
•  Touch and hold the contact you want to add to 
Groups. Then touch Add to 
groups.
•  When editing a group, press  , and then touch 
Add Members to select the 
contacts you want to add to group.
4.9  Joining and Separating Contacts
You may have duplicate contacts if you import contacts by:
•   Adding an account, such as a Gmail account.
•   Using the social networking services such as Facebook or Twitter. (If your phone 
has the Streams function, you can use it to access Facebook or Twitter.)
•   Using other methods, such as by exchanging emails.
To avoid duplication, join two or more contacts together to form a single contact. 
						

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4.9.1  Joining Contacts Make sure you have added 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 duplicate contacts.
Two contacts will be joined together and displayed as one contact. Touch the contact 
to view the joined information. If you touch the contact, and then touch
 N Joined 
Contacts, you can see that the contact is joined together by two contacts.
4.9.2  Separating Contacts
If contact information from different sources was joined together with error, you can 
separate the contacts.
1. Touch  > 
Contacts.
2.  Touch a contact to be separated.
3. Touch 
N Joined Contacts.
4.  Select a contact, and then it is separated.
The contact is then separated into two contacts and displayed as two contacts in 
Contacts.
4.10  Staying Close to Your Friends
Touch  > Streams to log in to social networking sites and stay close to your 
friends.
 The first time you do this, you will be requested to sign in to your account. 
						

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5  Using the Onscreen Keyboard
5.1  Displaying the Keyboard Panel
To enter text, use the onscreen keyboard. Some applications open the keyboard 
automatically. In others, touch a text field to open the keyboard.
Touch the space where you want to write text to display the keyboard.
Touch   to hide the keyboard.
 Touch and hold the space where you usually write your text to open the options 
menu.
5.1.1  Choosing an Input Method
1.  Touch and hold the space where you enter your text until the Edit text menu is 
displayed.
2. Touch 
Input method.
3.  Select the input method.
The keyboard panel will be displayed automatically.
5.1.2  Using the Android Keyboard
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asdfghjk
zxcvbnm
.?123
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Touch once to capitalize the next letter you type. 
Touch and hold for all caps.Touch to change from text mode to symbol/number mode. Touch to enter text by voice.Touch to insert a space.Touch to delete a character
to the left of the cursor. 
Touch and hold to delete all 
characters to the left of the 
cursor.
... ...:-)...
Touch to select input method or set input method.