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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 and hold  .
2. Touch 
Airplane mode in the options menu.
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 not yet added any contacts to your mobile phone, Contacts 
displays a message with hints on how to start adding contacts information. 
On the Home screen, touch 
Contacts to open the Contacts application.
On the Home screen, touch  > 
Contacts to open the Contacts 
application.
All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a list that you can scroll 
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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, 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 and address.
4. When you are finished, touch 
Save to save the contact information.
4.4  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.
4.5  Searching for a Contact
1. In the contact list, touch  > Search. 
						

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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 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 
Save. To cancel all of your changes, touch Cancel.
4.7  Communicating with Your 
Contacts
From the Contacts or Favorites tab, you can quickly call or send a text 
(SMS) or multimedia (MMS) message 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.
4.7.1  Using 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 installed on your phone, and the accounts you 
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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 your phone to a microSD card, or 
synchronize phone contacts with a server using your Google account.
4.9.1  Using a microSD Card to Back Up Contacts
Backing Up Contacts
1. In the contact list, touch  > Manage contacts.
2. Touch Backup to SD card in the displayed menu.
3. Touch OK to export your phone contacts information to the installed 
microSD card.
You can copy the .vcf files backed up on the microSD card to your 
computer. The files are stored in the microSD cards 
Contact folder. 
Restoring Contacts
1. In the contact list, touch  > Manage contacts.
2. Touch Restore from SD card in the displayed menu.
If there is more than one .vcf files saved on the microSD card, you can 
choose to restore one, multiple, or all the of them. 
						

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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.
4.10.1  Logging in to an Account
1. The first time you access Streams, touch Login to Social Network. 
2. Select the type of account that you want to log in to. Then follow the on-
screen setup instructions to complete login. 
You can log in to different types of accounts at the same time. To add an 
account of another type, touch  > 
Accounts > Add account.
4.10.2  Importing Friends
After login, the phone asks you whether to import all friends. If you choose 
to import friends, Streams will import the SNS accounts of all your friends to 
your phone. If not, you can import your friends accounts in Settings later. 
After friends are imported, the group of imported accounts is automatically 
added to the groups of 
Contacts.
4.10.3  Preference Settings
You can configure account settings, such as refresh mode, refresh 
frequency, and notifications.
1. On the Streams screen, touch  > 
Accounts. Then touch the account 
to be configured.
2. On the account screen, touch 
Huawei Social Club and then touch Social Preference Settings to configure the settings. 
						

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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  , and then touch 
Create group.
3. Enter the name and picture you want to assign to the group, and then set 
a ringtone for it.
4. Touch  > 
Add Members to add members to the group.
5. Select the contacts to be added to the group, and then touch OK.
6. When you are finished, touch Saveto save the group information. You can only add contacts saved in the phone memory to a group.
4.11.2  Editing a Group
You can always make changes to the information you have saved 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 
Save. To cancel all changes you made to the group information, touch Cancel.
4.11.3  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 
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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 other methods, such as exchanging emails.
To avoid duplication, join two or more contacts together to form a single 
contact.
 Availability of Facebook or Twitter may vary depending on your country 
or carrier. Please use them according to local laws and regulations.
4.12.1  Joining Contacts
1. On the Home screen, touch  > Contacts.
2. Touch a duplicated contact.
3. Touch 
Joined Contacts, and then touch 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. You can see that the contact is 
joined together by two contacts. You can also combine more than two 
contacts.
4.12.2  Separating Contacts
If contact information from different sources was joined together in error, 
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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 contacts you have selected, for 
example Bluetooth or Email.
 You can send one contact by another way. Touch and hold a contact, 
touch Send contact, and then select the way you prefer to 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 keyboard.
Touch  to hide the keyboard.
 Touch and hold a text field to open the Edit text menu.
5.1.1  Choosing an Input Method
1. Touch and hold a text field until the Edit text menu is displayed. 
						

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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 panel and then flick the panel to the edge of the 
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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 (SMS) 
and multimedia messages (MMS) with anyone using an SMS-or-MMS-
capable phone. With the 
Email application you can read and send emails.
6.1  SMS and MMS
6.1.1  Opening Messaging
Touch  > Messaging.
6.1.2  Creating and Sending a Text Message
1. Touch  > Messaging > New message.