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2.12  Home Screen

2.12.1  Notification and Status Icons

Signal strength

No signal

Connected to GPRS 
mobile network

GPRS in use

Connected to EDGE 
mobile network

EDGE in use

Connected to 4G mobile 
network

4G in use

Bluetooth on

Receiving location data 
from GPS

Speakerphone on

Alarm enabled

Vibration mode

Ringer silenced

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Touch to view all your applications.

Shortcuts

Notification bar:
Displays reminders and phone status icons. 
Flick down to open the notification panel. 

Display area: 
Main display area of the phone.

Home screen and extension indicator

Touch to open the Phone application.

Summary of Contents for myTouch U8680

Page 1: ...User Guide T Mobile myTouch Model U8680 one s...

Page 2: ...rging the Battery 8 2 7 Important Information About the Battery 9 2 8 Power Saving Tips 10 2 9 Power On or Off Your Mobile Phone 10 2 10 Using the Touchscreen 11 2 11 Locking and Unlocking the Screen...

Page 3: ...25 4 10 Managing Groups 26 4 11 Joining and Separating Contacts 27 4 12 Sending Contacts 27 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 28 5 1 Displaying the Keyboard 28 5 2 Customizing Keyboard Settings 31 6 Messa...

Page 4: ...11 1 All Backup 57 11 2 Calendar 57 11 3 File Manager 59 11 4 Clock 61 11 5 Calculator 62 11 6 Notepad 62 11 7 Weather Clock 63 11 8 Genius Button 64 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone 64 12 1 Setting the...

Page 5: ...iv...

Page 6: ...hone when it is prohibited to use phones or when the phone may cause interference or danger Do not use your mobile phone while driving Follow any rules or regulations in hospitals and health care faci...

Page 7: ...ectromagnetic field Do not place magnetic storage media near your mobile phone Radiation fromthe phone mayerasethe informationstored onthem Donotputyourmobilephoneinahigh temperatureplaceoruseitin a p...

Page 8: ...cation providers Someapplicationsrequireandtransmitlocationinformation Asaresult athird partymaybeabletoshareyourlocationinformation Yourdevicemayprovidedetectionanddiagnosticinformationtothird party...

Page 9: ...uaweiTechnologiesCo Ltd providesupport tocustomerswhousethesethird partysoftwareandapplications norberesponsible or liable for the functions ofthese third party software and applications Third partyso...

Page 10: ...IS MANUAL LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY TOTHEMAXIMUMEXTENTPERMITTEDBYAPPLICABLELAW INNOEVENT SHALL HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIESCO LTD BELIABLEFOR ANYSPECIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT ORCONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOST PROFI...

Page 11: ...its software version 2 2 Key Functions at Your Fingertips Press and hold to power on your mobile phone Press and hold to open the Phone options menu Press to lock the screen when your mobile phone is...

Page 12: ...microSD Card If you want to expand yourphone memory you can also insert a microSD card 1 Removethebatterycover 2 InsertthemicroSDcardintothecardslotasshowninthediagram Touch to open the menu on an ac...

Page 13: ...our phone 1 ConnecttheUSBcablethatcamewithyourmobilephonetothecharger 2 ConnecttheotherendoftheUSBcabletoyourmobilephone Then tostart charging plugthechargerintoanelectricaloutlet If you charge your m...

Page 14: ...y shorter than usualafterbeingchargedproperly replacethebatterywithanewoneofthesame type Using data services increases the power consumption of the phone and will therefore reduce the length of time t...

Page 15: ...o establish a Bluetooth connection Turn off Wi Fi when you are not using it Turn off your phone s GPS receiver when you are not using it Lower the volume Close power draining programs when you do not...

Page 16: ...n the phone 2 9 5 Restarting Your Mobile Phone 1 Pressandhold toopenthePhoneoptionsmenu 2 TouchRestart 3 TouchOK 2 10 Using the Touchscreen 2 10 1 Touchscreen Actions Touch Tapthescreenwithyourfingert...

Page 17: ...king and Unlocking the Screen 2 11 1 Locking the Screen Whenyourphone ison press tolockthescreen Whenthescreen islocked you can still receive messages and calls If your phone is idle for a while the s...

Page 18: ...network 4G in use Bluetooth on Receiving location data from GPS Speakerphone on Alarm enabled Vibration mode Ringer silenced 10 23 Touch to view all your applications Shortcuts Notification bar Displ...

Page 19: ...or multimedia message delivery New chat message New email New voicemail Connected to a PC Open Wi Fi network available Upcoming event Uploading Downloading Phone storage space is getting low Sign ino...

Page 20: ...g the Notification Panel 1 Whenanewnotificationiconappearsonthenotificationbar placeyourfingeron thenotificationbarandflickdowntoopenthenotificationpanel 2 Onthepanel youcan Touch a notification to op...

Page 21: ...thenreleaseit Removing a Home Screen Item 1 TouchandholdanitemontheHomescreenuntiltheitemexpandsandthemobile phonevibrates 2 Withoutliftingyourfinger dragtheitemtothetrashcan Whentheitemandthe trashca...

Page 22: ...ar andthentouchUSBconnected 3 TouchTurnonUSBstorageinthedialogboxthatopenstoconfirmthatyouwant totransferfiles You can now transfer files from your PC to your mobile phone smicroSD card When your micr...

Page 23: ...er tab 2 Touchtheappropriatenumberkeystoenterthephonenumber Your mobile phone supports the SmartDial function that is when you touch numbers on the dialer the phone automatically searches among your c...

Page 24: ...ive a phone call the incoming call screen opens If you have previouslysaved thecaller snumberinContacts thecaller sname and numberare displayed If the caller s numberis notsaved inContacts the caller...

Page 25: ...perator to ask if conference calls are supported and if yes how many parties can participate 1 Toinitiateaconferencecall dialthenumberofthefirstparticipant Afteryouhave connectedtothefirstparticipant...

Page 26: ...dding an Entry to Contacts 1 IfyouarealreadyworkingwithDialerorContacts touchtheCalllogtab 2 TouchandholdtheentryyouwanttoaddtoyourContacts 3 TouchAddtocontactsintheoptionsmenu 4 TouchCreatecontactort...

Page 27: ...Airplane Mode Somelocationsmayrequireyoutoturnoffyourphone swirelessconnections Rather than powering offyour phone you can place it inAirplanemode 1 Pressandhold 2 TouchAirplanemodeintheoptionsmenu 4...

Page 28: ...theaccounttypeorsetthedefaultaccount thecontactwillsyncwith If you need to set the default account please first select theUseby default for this actioncheck box then touch the account you want to set...

Page 29: ...cordedearlier 3 Makethedesiredchangestothecontactinformation andthentouchSave To cancelallofyourchanges touchCancel 4 7 Communicating with Your Contacts From the Contacts or Favoritestab you can quick...

Page 30: ...oamicroSDcard orsynchronizephone contacts with a server using your Google account 4 9 1 Using a microSD Card to Back Up Contacts Backing Up Contacts 1 Inthecontactlist touch Managecontacts 2 TouchBack...

Page 31: ...roupinformation You can only add contacts saved in the phone memory to a group 4 10 2 Editing a Group You can always make changes to the information you have saved for a group 1 Inthegroupslist toucha...

Page 32: ...necontact Touchthecontact to view the joined information You can see thatthe contact is joined together by two contacts You can also combine more than two contacts 4 11 2 Separating Contacts If contac...

Page 33: ...send 5 Using the Onscreen Keyboard 5 1 Displaying the Keyboard To enter text use the onscreen keyboard Some applications open the keyboard automatically In others touch a text field to open the keybo...

Page 34: ...y u i o p a s d f g h j k z x c v b n m 123 l Touch once to capitalize the next letter you type Touch twice to capitalize all letters to be entered Touch to change from the text mode to the symbol num...

Page 35: ...left of the cursor Touch and hold to delete all characters to the left of the cursor q w e 2 3 _ 7 8 9 0 4 5 6 r t y u i o p a s d f g h j k z x c v b n m l 123 EN 1 _ q w e 2 3 _ 7 8 9 0 4 5 6 r t y...

Page 36: ...sing an SMS or MMS capable phone With theEmail application you can read and send emails 6 1 SMS and MMS 6 1 1 Opening Messages Touch Messages 6 1 2 Creating and Sending a Text Message 1 Touch Messages...

Page 37: ...rmessage 4 Touch todisplaytheoptionspanel TouchAddsubjecttoaddthemessagesubject Yourmobilephoneisnowin multimedia message mode Touch Add to add a picture music or video file 5 Whenthemessageisreadytob...

Page 38: ...ge to Notepad or Calendar 1 Inthemessagelist touchatextmessagethreadtoopenit 2 Touchandholdoneofthemessages andthentouchCopymessageto 3 TouchNotepadorCalendartosaveitasanoteoranevent Forinformationabo...

Page 39: ...ccountsscreen andthentouchAddaccounttocreate anotheremailaccount When adding an additional email account you have the option to use the new account to send all outgoing messages 6 2 2 Viewing an Email...

Page 40: ...uchandholdtheemailaccountyouwanttodelete 2 TouchRemoveaccount 3 TouchOK 6 2 7 Changing Email Account Settings You can change a number of account settings including how often you check for emails howyo...

Page 41: ...thenetwork connection Donotchangetheaccesspointparameters otherwise youmightnotbeableto access network resources 7 1 2 Turning on the Data Service 1 Touch Settings 2 TouchWireless networks Mobilenetwo...

Page 42: ...screen touch Add Wi Fi network to add a new Wi Fi network 7 3 Sharing Your Phone s Data Connection Youcanshareyourmobilephone sdataconnectionwithasinglecomputerviaaUSB cable USBtethering You can share...

Page 43: ...ireless networks Tethering portablehotspot 3 SelecttheUSBtetheringcheckboxtoshareyourdataconnection 7 3 3 Sharing Your Phone s Data Connection as a Portable Wi Fi Hotspot 1 Touch Settings 2 TouchWirel...

Page 44: ...abrowserwindow touchtheURLfieldatthetopofthescreen 2 Usethekeyboardtoenterawebpageaddress Youcantouch toenterthe webpageaddressbyvoice 3 Asyouentertheaddress matchingwebpageaddresseswillappearonthescr...

Page 45: ...talkhands free with a Bluetooth headset oreven transfer photosfrom your phone to your PC If you are using Bluetooth remember to stay within 10 meters 33 feet of the other Bluetoothdevicestowhichyouwan...

Page 46: ...dtocompletetheconnection 7 5 3 Sending Files via Bluetooth With Bluetooth you can share pictures videos or musicfileswith your family and friends To send files via Bluetooth 1 Touchandholdthefiletobes...

Page 47: ...fnecessary changethecamerasettings Thepreviewchangesasyouchange thesettings 3 Frameyourphotowithinthephotocapturescreen 4 Touch totakeyourphoto Photostakenaredisplayedforamoment Youcantakeanotherphoto...

Page 48: ...ouch tostoprecording 8 1 5 Viewing Your Videos 1 Afterrecordingavideo athumbnailofthevideoyouhavejustrecordedisshownin thelowerrightcornerofthecapturescreen Touchthethumbnailtoviewit 2 Touchtheonscree...

Page 49: ...on When you rotate your mobile phone the picture adjusts itself to the rotation 8 2 3 Rotating a Picture 1 Whenviewingapicture touch todisplaytheoperationspanel 2 TouchMore 3 SelecteitherRotateLeftorR...

Page 50: ...ibrary automatically scans for music stored on your microSD card and displaysthem inAlbums Songs Playlists Folders Touch Moreto view music in other ways 8 3 2 Playing Music 1 Fromthemusiclibrary selec...

Page 51: ...d touchOKtoaddsongs 3 Selectthesongstobeaddedtotheplaylist andtouchDone Touch and hold a playlist to Rename or Delete it 8 3 4 Adding Music to a Playlist 1 Fromthemusiclibraryselectawaytoviewyourmusic...

Page 52: ...xt channel Slide the knob left or right to perform precision tuning When a channel is found touch then Save channel Enter the channel name touch OK and then select an empty channel to save the new cha...

Page 53: ...ee Next 8 Enterthecharactersthatappearonthescreen andthentouchNext To use another Google account go to the Accounts sync settings screen and touch Add account to select which type of accounts you want...

Page 54: ...ture you want to attach 4 Afterwritingyouremail touch 9 2 4 Replying to or Forwarding an Email 1 Inthemaillist touchtheemailthatyouwanttoreplytoorforward 2 Touch toreply Youcanalsotouch andthentouchRe...

Page 55: ...ation 9 3 3 Accepting an Invitation 1 Ifyouhaveinvitedanyonetochatorifsomeoneelsehasinvitedyoutochat this informationwillappearinthefriendslist 2 Touchapendinginvitation andthentouchAccept 9 3 4 Start...

Page 56: ...rest youmust enable the location service 1 OntheHomescreen touch Settings 2 TouchLocation security 3 IntheMyLocationsection selecttheUsewirelessnetworkscheckbox theUse GPSsatellitescheckbox orboth 9 4...

Page 57: ...x 3 Touchtheiconforcar publictransit orwalkingdirections 4 TouchGetdirections Yourdirectionswillappearonthemap 5 Whenyoufinishviewingorfollowingthedirections touch andthentouch ClearMaptoresetthemap 9...

Page 58: ...similar applicationsinwhichyoumightbeinterested Youcanalsoscrolldowntoview informationabouttheapplicationdeveloper includingotherapplicationsfromthe samedeveloperandalinktothedeveloper swebsite Inaddi...

Page 59: ...ronize contacts email and otherinformation on your mobile phone with multiple Google accounts or other kinds of accounts depending on the applications installedon your mobilephone For example you can...

Page 60: ...owtheinstructionsandentertherequiredinformationabouttheexchange accountyouwanttoadd Fordetails contacttheserveradministrator 4 TouchNexttodisplaytheAccountoptionsscreen Configurethe synchronizationset...

Page 61: ...enyouarenotworkingwiththemdirectly thatis when they are running in the background If you clear this option Gmail stops receiving new mails Calendar stops synchronizing events and so on until you refre...

Page 62: ...e backup touch Cancel 11 2 Calendar Use Calendar to create and manage events meetings and appointments Depending on your synchronization settings the calendar on your phone can be synchronized with th...

Page 63: ...uchaneventtoviewitsdetailsoraneventsummary 2 TouchtheAddreminderbuttontoaddareminder ortouchthereminder s buttontodeleteanexistingreminder 3 Touchtheremindertime andthen fromthelistdisplayed touchthel...

Page 64: ...enyoureceiveaneventnotification Defaultremindertime Touchtoselectthe default time before an eventfor event reminders to occur 11 3 File Manager FileManager islike having a pocket sized personal assist...

Page 65: ...4 Touch nexttothesearchbox Yourmobilephonewillstartthesearch 5 Alistofsearchresultswillbedisplayed Touchafileinthelisttoopenit 6 TouchNewsearchforanewsearchortouchthebackkeytoreturntothefile managers...

Page 66: ...heClockapplicationdisplaysinformation about the weather and your phone You can also use Clockto turn your mobile phone into an alarm clock 11 4 1 Opening the Clock On the Home screen touch Clock to op...

Page 67: ...olvesimplearithmeticproblemsoruseitsadvancedoperatorsto solve more complex equations 11 5 1 Opening Calculator On the Home screen touch Calculatorto open the application 11 5 2 Switching Between Basic...

Page 68: ...morecitiestothe weather clock and get weather information for all of them at the same time 4 Touch More Setasdefaultcitytosetthenewlyaddedcityasthedefault city 11 7 2 Updating Weather You can update w...

Page 69: ...dressthe message SearchWeb SaywhatyouaresearchingforontheWeb Navigateto Saythedestinationaddress 12 Managing Your Mobile Phone To configure your mobile phone touch Settings 12 1 Setting the Date and T...

Page 70: ...screen brightness manually first clear the Automatic brightness checkbox 2 Dragthesliderlefttomakethescreendarker orrighttomakeitbrighter 3 TouchOKtosavetheadjustment 12 2 2 Adjusting the Time Before...

Page 71: ...installed ringtone The ringtone plays when selected Music Select the music stored in the phone or on the microSD card The music plays when selected 3 TouchOK 12 3 4 Changing the Message Ringtone 1 Ont...

Page 72: ...bledcheckbox 12 5 Configuring Text to Speech UsetheText to SpeechsettingstoconfiguretheAndroidtext to speechsynthesizer for applications that can take advantage of this feature 12 5 1 Installing Voice...

Page 73: ...y Setupscreenlock Pattern 2 Flickyourfingervertically horizontallyordiagonally connectatleastfourdotsin anyorderyouchoose Liftyourfingerfromthescreenwhenyouarefinished Youmustdragyourfingerbetweenthed...

Page 74: ...een touchApplications Manageapplications 2 Intheapplicationslist doeitherofthefollowing Touch andthentouchSortbysize Thentouchanapplicationtoviewits details Touch an application directly to view its d...

Page 75: ...YoucanuseyourGoogleaccounttobackupyourmobilephone ssettingstoGoogle servers If youreplace your mobilephone thesettings you have backed up will be transferred to the new mobile phone the firsttimeyousi...

Page 76: ...vcf file The phone displays a message asking whether you want to import the contacts 4 Touch OK to import the contacts Compatibility problems may occur with vcf files created by different mobile phone...

Page 77: ...notifications panel Then touch the current call notification to return to the call screen How Do I Create an Application Shortcut on the Home Screen Touchandholdanapplicationiconontheapplicationscree...

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