Huawei Gr 5 Manual

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Answering or rejecting a call
 When a call comes in, you can press the volume button to mute the ringtone.
• Touch  to answer the call.
• Touch  to reject the call.
 
On the dialer screen, touch  > Call settings > Reject calls with SMS to edit the 
message that will be sent.
In-call menu
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During a call, touch the Home or Return to hide the in-call menu. To return 
to the menu, swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel, and 
then touch 
Ongoing call.
Answering a third-party call
 Before you answer a third-party call, make sure that you have enabled call waiting. 
For details, contact your carrier.
1 If a call comes in when you are already in another call, drag right to answer the 
new call and place the first call on hold.
2 Touch to switch between the two calls.
Making a conference call
Its easy to set up a conference call using the multi-party call feature on your phone. Call 
one number (or receive a call), and then call another number to add it to the conference 
call.
 Conference calling may not be supported by all mobile plans. Please make sure you 
have subscribed to this service. For details, contact your carrier.
Place the current call on hold. To resume the call, touch again. (Make 
sure your carrier supports this feature.)
Mute the call so that the other party cant hear you.
Start a three-way call. (Make sure your carrier supports this feature.)
Activate the speaker for a hands-free call.
End the current call.
Open the dialer.
Display your contacts.
View your notes.
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1 Call the first participant.
2 When the call is connected, touch to call the second participant. The first 
participant will be placed on hold.
3 When the second call is connected, touch to start a conference call.
4 To add more people to the call, repeat steps 2 and 3.
5 Touch to end the call.
Using the call log
Records of all outgoing, incoming, and missed calls are stored in your call log.
Adding a contact from the call log
1 On the home screen, touch Dialer.
2 Under Dialer, touch next to the number you want to add.
3 Touch or .
 You can also touch and hold the number you want to add, and then touch Create 
new contact
 or Save to existing contact.
Deleting call records
1 On the home screen, touch Dialer.
2 Under Dialer, you can:
• Touch and hold a contact name or phone number, and then touch Delete entry to 
delete the call record.
• Touch  > Delete call log to delete multiple records simultaneously. 
						

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Turning on pocket mode
If youre ever worried about missing important calls when your phone is in your pocket 
or bag, try turning on pocket mode. Once enabled, pocket mode will gradually increase 
the ringtone volume and vibration intensity for incoming calls.
1 On the home screen, touch Dialer.
2 Under Dialer, touch  > Call settings.
3 Turn on Pocket mode.
Call settings
Enabling call forwarding
If you arent able to take calls on your phone, you can forward them to another number.
1 On the home screen, touch Dialer.
2 Under Dialer, touch  > Call settings.
3 Touch Call forwarding. If your phone has dual SIM support, touch Call forwarding 
under 
Card 1 settings or Card 2 settings.
4 Select a forwarding mode.
5 Enter the phone number to which you want to forward calls, and then touch Enable.
Enabling call waiting
The call waiting function allows you to answer an incoming call during an active call, and 
freely switch between the two.
1 On the home screen, touch Dialer.
2 Under Dialer, touch  > Call settings.
3 Touch Additional settings. If your phone has dual SIM support, touch Card 1 settings or 
Card 2 settings and then Additional settings.
4 Touch the Call waiting switch to enable this function. 
						

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Managing contacts
Creating a contact
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch .
3 Select a location to save the contact from the options menu.
4 Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details.
5 Touch .
Editing a contact
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch and hold the contact you want to edit, and then touch Edit.
3 Edit the contact information.
4 Touch .
Deleting contacts
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Delete. 
3 Select the contacts you want to delete or touch Select all to select all contacts.
4 Touch .
5 Touch Delete.
Importing or exporting contacts
Your phone supports .vcf contact files. .vcf is a standard file format for storing contact 
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Importing contacts from a storage device
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Import from storage.
3 Select one or more .vcf files, and then touch OK.
Importing contacts from a SIM card
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Import from SIM card. If your phone has dual SIM 
support, you can choose whether to import from SIM 1 or SIM 2.
3 Select the contacts you want to import or touch Select all to select all contacts, and 
then touch 
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4 Choose the location to where you want to import contacts. Your phone will 
automatically import the contacts.
Importing contacts from a Bluetooth device
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Import from another phone.
3 Select Supports Bluetooth and then touch Next.
4 Turn on Bluetooth on the device from which you want to import contacts and set the 
device to be visible to other Bluetooth devices.
5 Touch Next. Your phone then turns on Bluetooth and scans for Bluetooth devices.
6 Touch the Bluetooth device from which you want to import contacts.
Once the two devices are connected, your phone will automatically import contacts from 
the other Bluetooth device.
Importing contacts using Wi-Fi Direct
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
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3 Select Import via Wi-Fi Direct and then touch Next. Your phone then prompts you to 
turn on Wi-Fi and scans for Wi-Fi Direct devices.
4 Touch the Wi-Fi Direct device from which you want to import contacts.
Once the two devices are connected, your phone will automatically import contacts from 
the other device.
Exporting contacts to a storage device
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Export to storage.
3 Touch Export.
4 Choose where you want to export the contacts from and touch OK.
The exported .vcf file is saved to the root directory of your phones internal storage by 
default. You can open 
Files to view the exported file.
Exporting contacts to a SIM card
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Export to SIM card. If your phone has dual SIM support, 
you can choose whether to export to SIM 1 or SIM 2.
3 Select the contacts you want to export or touch Select all to select all contacts, and 
then touch 
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4 Touch OK.
Sharing contacts
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Share contacts.
3 Select the contacts you want to share or touch Select all to select all contacts.
4 Touch . Select a sharing method and then follow the onscreen instructions to 
share the contacts. 
						

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Adding a contact to your favorites
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch and hold the contact you want to add to your favorites, and then touch Add to 
favorites
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When viewing contact details, you can also touch  to add the contact to your 
favorites.
Contact groups
You can add contacts on your phone to a contact group. This makes it easier to send 
messages or emails to all group members at once.
Creating a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch Groups then .
3 Name the group and touch OK.
4 Touch .
5 Select the contacts you want to add to the group or touch Select all to select all 
contacts, and then touch 
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Editing a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch Groups and select the group you want to edit.
3 Touch and add new members to the group. 
4 Touch . You can then:
• Touch Remove members to remove members from the group.
• Touch Delete group to delete the group.
• Touch Rename to edit the group name. 
						

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Sending messages or emails to a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch Groups and select the contact group you want to message or email.
3 Touch to send a message or touch to send an email.
Deleting a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch Groups.
3 Touch and hold the contact group you want to delete, and then touch Delete.
4 Touch Delete.
 Deleting a contact group will not remove the contacts in the group from your phone. 
						

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Messaging and email
Sending a text message
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch .
3 Select the recipient box and enter the contact name or phone number. You can also 
touch 
to open your contact list and choose a contact or contact group.
4 Select the text field to begin composing your message.
 
Touch  to select an attachment type and then select the attachment you want to 
add. If you attach images, videos, or other multimedia files, the message will be 
automatically converted into a multimedia message.
5 Touch .
Replying to a message
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the 
conversation thread.
3 Select the text field to begin composing your message.
4 Touch .
Managing messages
Forwarding a message
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the 
conversation thread.