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Pinyin, Stroke, English word, ABC, Number, and Symbol
modes
You can enter text in some features such as Messages,
Phonebook, or Calendar, by using Pinyin, Stroke
modes for chinese, and English word and ABC modes
for English. You can also enter numbers and symbols.
Changing the text input mode
• Press the right soft key and select the text input
mode you want.
• Press and hold
[ ]
to quickly switch to Symbol
mode.
Using Pinyin mode
Pinyin is a system to enter Chinese words by spelling
them phonetically (how they sound) using the Latin
alphabet. With the Pinyin input method, you can enter
Chinese characters by keying in the Pinyin string using
the phone’s keypad.
Entering characters in Pinyin mode
1. Press the keys corresponding to the phonetic
spelling, referring to the letters printed on the
keys.
Example: To enter (Li), press [5] and [4].
2. Press [Left] or [Right] to select alternative pinyins
for the keys you have pressed.
3. If you cannot find the character you want from the
display, press [Up] or [Down] to scroll through
choices.
4. Press [1] to activate the character selection field. A
number, from 1 to 5, is added to each character.
5. Press the number key corresponding to the
character you want.
Phrasal Pinyin (PY)
English word (ENG)
Phrasal T Stroke (T STR)
English (ABC)
Phrasal S Stroke (S STR)
Number (123)
Symbol (SYM)
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