Contents Foreword Getting started Your phone at a glance Charging the battery Turning your phone on or off Dual-card management Locking and unlocking the screen Getting to know your home screen Basic operations Status icons Accessing applications Texting Personalising your phone Changing the home screen style Changing the theme Changing the wallpaper...
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Messaging Sending a text message Sending a multimedia message Replying to a message Searching for a message Managing messages Browser Browsing web pages Managing bookmarks Setting the home page Clearing your browsing history Email Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account Adding an Exchange account Sending an email Checking your emails...
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Managing applications Downloading applications Installing an application Viewing applications Sharing an application Uninstalling an application Clearing the application cache Phone Manager Phone accelerator Storage cleaner Harassment filter Power saving Notification manager Startup manager Tools Clock Weather Calculator FM radio Phone settings Turning aeroplane mode on or off Tone settings Display settings...
Foreword Foreword Thank you for choosing the HUAWEI Ascend G750 smartphone! This guide introduces you to the features and functions of your new phone. Also included are safety precautions you should be aware of, so please read this guide first before you begin using your new phone.
Getting started Getting started Your phone at a glance Headset connector Earpiece Front camera Buttons USB port Speaker Power Volume Proximity sensor/Ambient Status indicator light sensor Flash Microphone Camera Microphone...
Getting started Do not block the area around the ambient light and proximity sensor. If you attach a protective film to the screen, make sure it does not block the sensor. Buttons • Touch to return to the previous screen or exit the current application.
Getting started Battery indicator The battery indicator shows your phone's battery level. • Blinking red: The battery level is lower than 10%. • Steady red (when charging): The battery level is lower than 10%. • Steady yellow (when charging): The battery level is higher than 10%. •...
Getting started • To turn off your phone, press and hold the power button to display an option menu. Then touch Power off > OK. Dual-card management Your phone supports dual card dual standby mode of WCDMA+GSM. You can use one card for your personal life and one card for work. Enabling or disabling a SIM card You can install a WCDMA and GSM card on your phone and use both of them at the same time.
Getting started • Method 2: After being idle for a specified period of time, your phone automatically locks its screen. To set the screen lock method, touch on the home screen. On the displayed General tab, touch Screen lock. Unlocking the screen If the screen is off, press the power button to turn it on.
Getting started Getting to know your home screen Your home screens are where you'll find your favourite widgets and all your applications. We removed the application list to give you a more convenient and direct path to your applications. The default home screen is shown below.
Getting started • Flick left and right across the screen to switch between the home screens. • Pinch two fingers together to display the home screen thumbnails. Touch a thumbnail to enter that particular home screen. Taking a screenshot Want to show off your new high score in a game or capture something interesting on your phone? Take a screenshot and share away.
Getting started Auto-rotate screen Your phone features a tilt sensor. If you rotate your phone when browsing a web page or viewing a photo, your screen automatically changes between landscape and portrait view. You'll also be able to enjoy tilt sensor-based applications, such as racing games.
Basic operations Basic operations Status icons Signal strength No signal Roaming Aeroplane mode enabled Receiving location data Bluetooth on from GPS Vibration mode enabled Silence mode enabled Alarms enabled Charging Battery full Battery low Call in progress Missed calls New messages New emails New voicemails Select input method...
Basic operations Accessing applications Starting applications and switching between them On the home screen, touch an application icon to open it. To switch to another application, touch to return to the home screen, then touch the icon of the application you want to open. Viewing recently used applications Touch and hold to display the list of recently used applications.
Basic operations Editing text Discover how to select, cut, copy, and paste text on your phone. Hello, huawei • Select text: Touch and hold the text to bring up . Then drag to select more or less text, or touch...
Personalising your phone Personalising your phone Changing the home screen style Your phone supports the standard and simple home screen styles. On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Home screen style. Choose Simple or Standard, then touch APPLY. Changing the theme Changing the theme On the home screen, touch Select a theme and touch APPLY.
Personalising your phone • Touch Random change to have the home screen wallpaper change randomly. Setting the home screen transition effect On the home screen, touch and hold a blank area to display the Set Home Screen dialogue box. Touch Transitions. Select a home screen transition effect.
Personalising your phone Unlocking the screen with a PIN On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Security. Touch Screen lock > PIN. Follow the onscreen instructions to set a screen unlock PIN. After a PIN is set, you will have to enter it every time you want to unlock the phone screen.
Personalising your phone Changing the font size On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Display. Touch Font size and select a font size. Adjusting the screen brightness On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Display. Touch Brightness. In the displayed dialogue box, perform either of the following operations: •...
Calls Calls Making a call Smart dialling Smart dialling lets you quickly find your contacts, just enter part of their name or number to find them. On the home screen, touch Enter the initials or first few letters of a contact's name, or part of the contact's phone number.
Calls • Drag right to answer the call. • Drag left to reject the call. • Drag up to reject the call and send the caller a message. On the dialler screen, touch > Settings > Reject calls with SMS to edit the message that will be sent.
Calls Touch > to place the current call on hold, and touch again to resume the call. Touch > to start a three-way call. Before you use three- way calling, make sure you have subscribed to this service. For details, contact your service provider. Touch to display the dialler.
Calls Call the first participant. When the call is connected, touch > to call the second participant. The first participant will be placed on hold. When the second call is connected, touch to start a conference call. To add more people to the call, repeat steps 2 and 3. Touch to end the call.
Contacts Contacts Creating a contact On the home screen, touch Touch Create a new contact (or touch Choose the save location for the contact. Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details. Touch SAVE. Importing or exporting contacts Your phone supports contact files in .vcf format. This is the standard format for files storing contacts.
Contacts Importing contacts from a Bluetooth device On the home screen, touch Touch Import contacts > Another phone (or touch > Import/Export > Import from another phone). Select Supports Bluetooth, and touch NEXT. The phone then turns on Bluetooth and scans for Bluetooth devices. Touch the Bluetooth device from which you want to import contacts.
Contacts Touch > Settings > Copy contacts and choose from where you want to copy the contacts. Touch the contacts you want to copy or touch to select all contacts. Touch COPY and choose where you want to paste the contacts. Searching for a contact On the home screen, touch Enter the contact name or initials.
Contacts Select contacts you want to add to the group or touch to select all contacts, then touch ADD. Touch SAVE. Sending messages or emails to a contact group On the home screen, touch . Under Favorites, touch and hold the contact group you want to send a message or email to, then choose Send message Send email...
Messaging Messaging Sending a text message On the home screen, touch In the list of message threads, touch Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number. Matching results are displayed as you type. Touch to select a contact. Touch to select more contacts.
Messaging Replying to a message On the home screen, touch In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the conversation thread. Write your message. Touch Searching for a message On the home screen, touch In the list of message threads, touch >...
Messaging Touch and hold the message you want to forward, then touch Forward. Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number. Touch to select more contacts. Touch Deleting a message On the home screen, touch In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the conversation thread.
Browser Browser Browsing web pages On the home screen, touch Enter a website address in the address box. Your phone displays matching websites as you type. Touch the website you want to visit. Managing bookmarks Bookmarks let you keep track of your favourite websites. Adding a bookmark On the home screen, touch On the...
Browser Rename the bookmark, change the website address, or revise the account information. Then touch OK. Setting the home page On the home screen, touch Touch > Settings > General > homepage. From the displayed option menu, choose the web page you want to set as the home page.
Email Email Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account Certain parameters must be set when you add a POP3 or IMAP email account. For details, contact your email service provider. On the home screen, touch Select an email account type. Enter your Email address and Password, then touch Next.
Email Follow the onscreen instructions to configure the email settings. The system then automatically connects to the server and checks server settings. When the email account is set up, the Inbox screen is displayed. Sending an email On the home screen, touch Touch the email address bar at the top of the screen to select an email account.
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Email • Touch to go back to the previous email. • Touch to skip to the next email. Mail retrieval may be slightly delayed, depending on network conditions. Touch to refresh the inbox.
Multimedia Multimedia Camera Capture screen Touch to switch to video mode. Touch to switch to photo mode. Touch the thumbnail to view your photos and videos. • Touch an object on the viewfinder to focus the camera. • Spread two fingers apart to zoom in or pinch them together to zoom out.
Multimedia Taking a photo On the home screen, touch Frame the scene you want to capture. Let your camera focus automatically or touch the screen to focus the camera. When the camera is focused, the frame in the centre of the viewfinder turns green. Touch Shooting a video On the home screen, touch...
Multimedia Frame the scene you want to capture. Touch to start shooting. Follow the onscreen prompts. Move your phone slowly and steadily. When the two arrows overlap, your phone will automatically take one or more photos. Touch to stop shooting. The camera automatically stitches the photos together to create one panoramic photograph.
Multimedia On the home screen, touch Touch > to switch to HDR mode. Frame the scene you want to capture. Touch The front camera does not support HDR. Taking a photo using audio control On the home screen, touch Touch >...
Multimedia Music Listening to music On the home screen, touch Select a category. Touch the song you want to play. Touch the playing song to enter the main playback interface. Flick left or right to switch between the album cover and lyrics. Touch to add a song to your Favorites.
Multimedia Drag the slider to control the playback. Touch to display the option menu from which you can perform additional operations. Touch to enable or disable DTS audio. When a song is playing, touch to exit the playback screen without stopping the song.
Internet connection Internet connection Mobile data connection Turning on the data service On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Mobile networks. Touch Data connection, and select the SIM card on which you want to turn on the data service. When you don't need to access the Internet, turn off the data service to save battery power and reduce data usage.
Internet connection Wi-Fi network Your phone can connect to Wi-Fi networks. Some public locations, such as airports and libraries, may have Wi-Fi networks available for either free or paid use. Connecting to a Wi-Fi network On the home screen, touch Under All, touch the Wi-Fi switch to turn on Wi-Fi.
Internet connection Sharing your phone's mobile data connection Wi-Fi hotspot Your phone can function as a Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices, sharing its mobile data connection. On the home screen, touch then the tab. WIRELESS & Under NETWORKS, touch More…. Tethering &...
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Internet connection Select the Set mobile data limit check box. Set the data usage limits as follows: • Drag the limit line up or down to adjust the mobile data usage limit. • Drag the warning line up or down to adjust the mobile data usage warning value.
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Internet connection to display its data usage details. Then touch and select the Restrict mobile bkgd. data check box. Restricting automatic data synchronisation Restricting automatic data synchronisation helps save data traffic and battery power. After this function is enabled, you have to manually synchronise your accounts.
Sharing data Sharing data Bluetooth Your phone is Bluetooth-capable, allowing you to connect to other Bluetooth-enabled devices for wireless data transmission. When using Bluetooth, stay within 10 meters (33 feet) of other Bluetooth devices. Turning Bluetooth on or off On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Bluetooth to turn Bluetooth on or off.
Sharing data Under All, touch Bluetooth. Your phone will then scan for other Bluetooth devices in range. In the list of detected Bluetooth devices, touch a device and follow the onscreen instructions to pair with it. To disconnect from a paired Bluetooth device, under PAIRED DEVICES, touch >...
Sharing data Connecting two devices using Wi-Fi Direct On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Wi-Fi to turn on Wi-Fi. In the Wi-Fi network list, touch > Wi-Fi direct to scan for available devices. Select a device. Sending a file using Wi-Fi Direct On the home screen, touch Touch and hold the file you want to send, then touch Share.
Windows Media Player. HiSuite mode HiSuite is Huawei's file transfer application. It lets you back up, synchronise, and transfer data between your phone and computer. Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
File Manager File Manager Switching between category and list views File Manager provides category and list views. • Under the category view, audio clips, videos, images, and applications in your phone's internal storage and microSD card are displayed by category, easy for you to browse through.
File Manager Copying, cutting, and pasting a file On the home screen, touch Touch Internal card. Touch Touch the file you want to copy or cut, then touch COPY or CUT. Select where you want to paste the file, then touch PASTE. Renaming a file On the home screen, touch Touch...
File Manager Checking the storage status Before you save large files to your phone's internal storage or microSD card, make sure there is enough space. On the home screen, touch Touch > Storage. On the Storage screen, view the total and available space in your phone's internal storage or microSD card.
Managing applications Managing applications Downloading applications A rich selection of applications are available from a variety of sources. You can: • Download applications from Google's Play Store. • Download applications from web pages using the browser on your phone. • Download applications using a computer, and copy the applications to the phone.
Managing applications Viewing applications You can view the sizes and access permissions of applications installed on your phone. You can also view the running applications to check the system running status. On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Manage apps.
Managing applications Clearing the application cache You can clear the application cache to free up the phone storage. On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Manage apps. Flick to All, then touch Clear cache.
Phone Manager Phone Manager Phone accelerator If your phone is slow to respond, there may be too many open applications using too much memory. Use phone accelerator to optimise your system. On the home screen, touch Touch Phone accelerator. Select the unwanted applications, then touch CLOSE. Storage cleaner On the home screen, touch Touch...
Phone Manager Power saving On the home screen, touch Touch Power saving. On the Power saving screen, you can: • Turn off the functions not in use to save power. • Touch Power monitoring and manually optimise the power plan based on the scan results.
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Phone Manager On the Startup manager screen, you can: • Select an application to have it run automatically at system startup. • Deselect an application to prevent it from running at system startup.
Tools Tools Clock Clock lets you view the local time from around the world, keep track of time with the stopwatch or timer, and set an alarm for your morning wake-up call. Alarm On the home screen, touch Under Alarm, you can: •...
Tools • Delete a city: Touch , select the city you want to delete, then touch DELETE. Timer On the home screen, touch On the Timer tab, rotate the dial to set the timer duration, or touch min, min, or 5 min to quickly set a time duration.
Tools Touch to update the weather. You can also set Weather to automatic update mode. Touch > > Settings, select Auto update, and set Update interval. Your phone will then update the weather at the interval you set. Sharing weather information Your phone lets you send weather information as a text message to remind your family and friends of weather changes.
Tools Searching for stations On the home screen, touch Tools > Touch > to search for and save available stations. Your phone will automatically search for and save stations the first time you open the FM radio. Listening to FM radio Touch to return to the previous station.
Phone settings Phone settings Turning aeroplane mode on or off Your phone's signal may interfere with an aeroplane's flight systems. When you are aboard an aeroplane, turn off your phone or switch it to aeroplane mode. Aeroplane mode lets you safely use your phone to listen to music or play games, but disables your phone's wireless features.
Phone settings • Touch or clear the check box under SYSTEM to turn the notification tone or vibration on or off when you touch or lock the screen, take a screenshot, dial a number, and more. Display settings On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Display.
Phone settings Under All, touch Do not disturb. On the Do not disturb screen, you can: • Touch Enable to turn do not disturb mode on or off. In do not disturb mode, is displayed on the status bar. • Touch Scheduled to schedule the effective time period for do not disturb...
Phone settings Select a language. Setting the PIN of your SIM card A personal identification number (PIN) is delivered with your SIM card to better protect your phone data. If you enable the SIM card lock, you must enter the PIN each time you turn your phone on. Before you perform the following operations, make sure you have obtained your SIM card's PIN from your service provider.
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