Huawei U86551 User Manual

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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 to your 
Contacts.
3. Touch Add to contacts in the options menu.
4. Touch Create 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...

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4.2  Importing Contacts from a SIM 
Card
1. In the contact list, touch  > Manage contacts.
2. Touch Copy from SIM card.
3. Wait for the SIM card contents to be loaded. Select the contacts you want 
to import or touch 
Select All to select all contacts.
4. Touch Copy.
5. If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account into 
which you want to import the contacts.
4.3  Adding a Contact
1. In the contact list, touch  > Create contact.
2. If you have more than one account with contacts,...

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2. Enter the name of the contact you wish to search for. As you type, 
contacts with matching names appear below the search box.
 On the contact list screen, you can touch a letter on the right to display 
contacts starting with the touched letter.
4.6  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.
2. Touch the...

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4.7.2  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.
4.8  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.
4.9  Backing Up and Synchronizing 
Contacts
You can back up contacts from...

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4.9.2  Using a Google Account to Synchronize Contacts 
You can synchronize contacts using your Google account. For details, see 
Changing an Account’s Synchronization Settings.
4.10  Streams
Streams is a client that integrates social networking service (SNS) 
functions, such as Facebook and Twitter. Using Streams, your SNS 
accounts can be closely linked with Contacts.
To access the Streams screen, touch  > 
Streams. You can also touch Contacts, and then flick left to switch to the Streams screen....

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4.10.4  Adding the Streams Widget to the Home Screen
Touch and hold the blank area of the Home screen. In the displayed menu, 
touch Add widget > Streams to add Streams to the Home screen.
Using the widget, you can quickly access Streams, or directly browse the 
latest events and update the status of your friends on the Home screen.
4.11  Managing Groups
4.11.1  Creating a Group
1. On the Home screen, touch  > Contacts. Then flick the tab bar to the 
left and touch Groups.
2. In the groups list, touch...

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•  When editing a group, touch  , and then touch Add Members to 
select the contacts you want to add to group.
 You can add contacts in phone memory rather than in SIM/UIM card to 
a group.
4.12  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...

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1. On the Home screen, touch  > Contacts.
2. Touch the joint contact to be separated.
3. Touch the option for separating a contact.
4. Select the contact to be separated from the joint contact.
The joint contact is then separated into two contacts displayed separately in 
Contacts.
4.13  Sending Contacts
You can send contacts as a .vcf file via Bluetooth or Email.
1. In the contacts list, touch  .
2. Select contacts that you want to send.
3. Touch 
Send.
4. Select the way you prefer to send the...

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2. Touch Select input method.
3. Select the input method.
5.1.2  Using the TouchPal keyboard
5.1.3  Switching the Keyboard Layout
You can switch the keyboard layout only when TouchPal is selected.
There are three keyboard layouts for you to choose:Full QWERTY, 12-Key 
PhonePad and CooTek T+.
To switch the keyboard layout, touch and hold one side of the keyboard 
panel, and then flick the panel to the edge of the screen.
 When you switch the keyboard layout, you need to touch and hold 
anywhere on the...

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screen.
5.1.4  Using the Landscape Keyboard
If you find the keyboard inconvenient or difficult to use, turn your mobile 
phone sideways. The screen will display the keyboard in landscape 
orientation, providing you with a wider keyboard layout.
5.2  Customizing Keyboard Settings
1. On the Home screen, touch  > Settings > Language & keyboard.
2. In Keyboard settings, select an input method to customize the keyboard 
settings.
6  Messaging
The Messaging application allows you to exchange text messages...