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  • Page 1 User Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Foreword ....................... 1 First-class functions ..................2 Safe ..........................2 Launching the camera from gallery ................2 Getting started ....................3 Your phone at a glance ....................3 Key functions at your fingertips ..................4 Locking and unlocking the screen.................. 4 Dual-card settings ......................
  • Page 3 Sending an email ......................25 Checking your emails ....................25 Setting up an account ....................26 Camera and gallery ..................27 Capture screen ......................27 Taking a photo ......................28 Capture mode ......................28 Shooting a video......................29 Camera settings ......................29 Gallery .........................
  • Page 4 Setting the PIN of your SIM card ................. 48 Setting up an account ....................49 Restoring factory settings .................... 50 Updating your phone ....................50 Setting the date and time .................... 51 Changing the system language ..................51 Accessibility ......................... 51 Legal Notice ....................

  • Page 5: Foreword

    Foreword Please read this guide carefully before you start using the phone. All pictures and illustrations in this document are for your reference only. The actual product may vary. Features in this guide are for your reference only. Some features may not be supported by all phones.

  • Page 6: First-Class Functions

    First-class functions Safe The Safe function helps you keep your important files and privacy protected. Enabling the Safe On the home screen, touch Under Categories or Local, touch Touch Enable. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter passwords and answers to security questions, and then touch Done.

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Getting started Your phone at a glance HUAWEI Y560-L02&L03&L23&U03&U23: HUAWEI Y560-L01: Volume key Charge/Data port Ambient light sensor/Proximity sensor Earpiece...

  • Page 8: Key Functions At Your Fingertips

    Front camera Headset jack Speaker Home Camera flash Back Microphone Rear camera Noise reduction microphone Menu (Only partial areas and carriers are supported) Power key Do not block the area around the ambient light and proximity sensor. When you attach a protective film to the screen, make sure it does not block the sensor. Key functions at your fingertips Press and hold to power on your mobile phone.

  • Page 9: Dual-Card Settings

    Unlocking the screen When the screen is off, press the power button to turn it on. Slide your finger towards any direction to unlock the screen. Dual-card settings Enabling or disabling a SIM card You can install two SIM cards on your phone and use one or both of them at the same time.

  • Page 10: Connecting To A Wi-Fi Network

    Touch OK. The settings displayed may vary according to your service provider and phone model. Connecting to a Wi-Fi network Flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Under Shortcuts, touch and hold to display the Wi-Fi settings screen. Touch the Wi-Fi switch to turn on Wi-Fi.

  • Page 11: Status Icons

    Flick: Move your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen. For example, you can flick left or right under Notifications of the notification panel to dismiss a notification. Flick vertically or horizontally to go to other home screens, scroll through a document, and more. Drag: Touch and hold an item and then move it to another position.

  • Page 12: Home

    New text or multimedia Screenshot captured message Problem with text or USB debugging connected multimedia message delivery Uploading Downloading Phone storage space is getting Sign-in or synchronization problem Wi-Fi network available Connected to a Wi-Fi network Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on USB tethering on Home Your home screens are where you can find your favorite widgets and all your applications.

  • Page 13: Switching Between Home Screens

    Switching between home screens Running out of space on the home screen? Not to worry. Your phone lets you create additional home screens. Auto-rotate screen If you rotate your phone when browsing a web page or viewing a photo, your screen automatically changes between landscape and portrait views.

  • Page 14: Notification

    Organizing applications and widgets on the home screen The following operations allow you to organize your application, widget, or folder: Adding a widget: On the home screen, touch and hold a blank area to display the  Widgets option menu. Select a widget and drag it to the home screen. If the home screen doesn't have enough space, your phone will automatically create a new home screen to the right of the original and place the widget on the new home screen.

  • Page 15: Accessing Applications

    Touch to view the notification details and flick left or right across a notification to dismiss it. Touch to delete all notifications. Touch to expand or collapse the shortcut switches. Touch to enable or disable automatic brightness. Touch the shortcut switches on the notification panel to turn on or off the functions.

  • Page 16: Personalizing Your Phone

    Personalizing 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. Touch Simple and touch Touch Standard home to switch from simple home screen to standard home screen.

  • Page 17: Texting

    Texting Your phone comes with multiple text input methods. You can quickly enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Touch a text box to bring up the onscreen keyboard.  To hide the onscreen keyboard, touch  Selecting an input method On the text input screen, flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel.
  • Page 18 Paste text: Touch where you want to insert the text, drag to move the insertion  point, and touch Paste to paste the text you copied or cut.

  • Page 19: Calls And Contacts

    Calls and contacts Making a call Smart dialing Smart dialing lets you quickly find contacts by entering parts of their names or numbers. On the home screen, touch Under Dialer, enter the initials or first few letters of a contact's name, or part of the contact's phone number.

  • Page 20: Making An Emergency Call

    Making an emergency call In the event of an emergency, you will still be able to make emergency calls without the use of a SIM card. However, you must still be in the coverage area. On the home screen, touch Under Dialer, enter your local emergency number, and then touch Emergency calls are subject to cellular network quality, use environment, service provider policies, and local laws and regulations.

  • Page 21: Answering Or Rejecting A Call

    Answering or rejecting a call When a call comes in, you can press the volume button to mute the ringtone. Drag right to answer the call. Drag left to reject the call. Drag up to reject the call and send the caller a message. What you can do during a call Touch to place the current call on hold, and then...

  • Page 22: Answering A Third-Party Call

    Touch to use the speaker. Touch to end the call. Touch to display the dialer. Touch to hide the first row. Touch to display your contacts. Touch to write a note. Touch to start a three-way call. Before you use three-way calling, make sure you have subscribed to this service.

  • Page 23: Using The Call Log

    Using the call log Records of all outgoing, incoming, and missed calls are stored in your call log. Adding a contact from the call log On the home screen, touch Under Dialer, touch beside the number you want to add. Touch Deleting call records On the home screen, touch...

  • Page 24: Managing Contacts

    Touch Additional settings. If your phone supports dual cards, touch SIM Settings > SIM1 or SIM2 and then Additional settings. Touch Call waiting to enable this function. Managing contacts Creating a contact On the home screen, touch Touch Touch the save location you want for the contact in the drop-down list box. Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details.

  • Page 25: Importing Or Exporting Contacts

    Importing or exporting contacts Your phone supports contact files in .vcf format only. This is a standard contact file format. Contact names, addresses, phone numbers, and other information can be saved in .vcf files. Importing contacts from a storage device On the home screen, touch Touch >...

  • Page 26: Contact Groups

    Touch > Import/export > Share visible contacts. Touch the contacts you want to share, or touch Select all to select all contacts. Touch , select a sharing mode, and follow the onscreen instructions to share the contact. Contact groups You can create a contact group and send a message or email to all group members simultaneously.

  • Page 27: Messaging And Email

    Messaging and email Sending a text message On the home screen, touch In the message list, touch Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number. You can also touch to enter the contact list screen and choose a contact or contact group.

  • Page 28: Adding An Email Account

    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. Touch and hold the message you want to delete, and touch Delete. Deleting a thread On the home screen, touch From the message list, touch and hold the thread you want to delete, and touch Touch Delete.

  • Page 29: Sending An Email

    Touch Exchange. Enter your Email address and Username, and touch Next. Follow the onscreen instructions to configure the email settings. The system then automatically connects to the server and checks server settings. When the Exchange account is set up, the Inbox screen is displayed. Sending an email On the home screen, touch Touch...

  • Page 30: Setting Up An Account

    Setting up an account Switching between email accounts If you have logged into multiple email accounts on your phone, switch to the one you want to use before you view or send emails. On the home screen, touch On the Inbox screen, touch to open the account list.

  • Page 31: Camera And Gallery

    Camera and gallery Capture screen Touch to set the flash mode. Flick left or right to switch the capture mode. Touch to view your photos and videos. Touch to take your photo.  Touch and hold to take burst shots, and release your ...

  • Page 32: Taking A Photo

    Taking a photo On the home screen, touch Frame the scene you want to capture. Your phone will automatically determine a focus point. You can also touch a point on the screen to focus the camera on it. If the frame turns red, the camera was unable to focus. Adjust the frame until the camera is able to focus.

  • Page 33: Shooting A Video

    Taking a photo with a watermark On the home screen, touch Touch > Watermark to switch to watermark mode. Flick left or right to add the watermark you like. Drag the watermark to adjust its position. Touch Taking a photo using audio control On the home screen, touch Touch >...

  • Page 34: Gallery

    Image adjustment: Adjust a photo's exposure compensation, saturation, contrast and  brightness. Gallery Displaying photos in timeline mode On the home screen, touch Touch Albums or Photos at the top of your screen to display your photos in list or timeline mode.

  • Page 35: Setting A Photo As The Wallpaper

    Touch the photo or video you want to share. Touch , choose a sharing method, and follow the onscreen instructions to share your photo or video. Setting a photo as the wallpaper On the home screen, touch Choose the photo you want to set as the wallpaper. Touch >...

  • Page 36: Music And Video

    Music and video 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, ...

  • Page 37: Creating A Playlist

    Touch to add the playing song to your Favorites. Touch to manage this music. When a song is playing, touch to exit the playback screen without stopping the song. To return to the music playback screen, open the notification panel and touch the playing song. Creating a playlist On the home screen, touch Touch Playlists >...

  • Page 38: Playing A Video

    Playing a video On the home screen, touch Touch the video you want to play. To stop the video playback, touch Touch to lock the screen. After the screen is locked, you will not be able to perform any operations on the video playing interface.

  • Page 39: Network And Sharing

    Network and sharing Turning on mobile data On the home screen, touch then All. Under Wireless & networks, touch More. Touch Mobile networks. Touch the Mobile Data to enable your phone's mobile data service. When you don't need to access the Internet, turn off mobile data to save battery power and reduce mobile data usage.

  • Page 40: Sharing Your Phone's Mobile Data Connection

    Touch WPS Pin Entry and enter the PIN generated from your phone on your router.  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 All tab.

  • Page 41: Transferring Data Through Bluetooth

    Touch Tethering & portable hotspot. Touch Bluetooth tethering to share your mobile data connection. Transferring data through Bluetooth Turning on Bluetooth and pairing your phone with another Bluetooth device On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Bluetooth. Touch to turn on Bluetooth. Then your phone will automatically search for and display available Bluetooth devices.

  • Page 42: Transferring Data Using Wi-Fi Direct

    By default, received files are saved to the bluetooth folder in Files. Transferring data using Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Direct allows two devices to connect to each other for data transfers without using any access point. Connecting two devices using Wi-Fi Direct Before you use Wi-Fi Direct to connect two devices, ensure that you have turned on the Wi-Fi network connection on both devices.
  • Page 43 On the USB computer connection screen, choose Media device (MTP). The phone driver is then automatically installed on the computer. After the driver is installed, open the new drive and begin transferring media files between your phone and computer. Multimedia content on your phone can only be viewed through Windows Media Player.

  • Page 44: Applications

    Applications Managing applications Downloading applications A wide selection of applications are available from a variety of sources. You can: Download applications from web pages using the browser on your phone.  Download applications using a computer, and copy the applications to your phone. ...

  • Page 45: Backup

    Drag the icon to and follow the onscreen instructions to uninstall application. Some pre-installed applications can't be uninstalled. Backup Backing up data to local storage On the home screen, touch Backup. Touch New backup. Select the data you want to back up, and follow the onscreen instructions to back it By default, backup data are saved to the HuaweiBackup folder in Files.

  • Page 46: Clock

    On the week view, flick left or right to switch between weeks.  On the day view, flick left or right to switch between days.  Synchronizing a calendar On the home screen, touch Touch > Calendars to display. Select the account whose calendar you want to display. Touch >...

  • Page 47: Weather

    Stopwatch On the home screen, touch Under Stopwatch, touch to start timing. Touch to record multiple laps. Touch to stop the stopwatch. Touch to clear all stopwatch records. Timer On the home screen, touch Under Timer, drag the red dot to set the countdown time. Touch to set a tone for the timer.

  • Page 48: Note

    Flick left or right to find the city whose weather you want to update. Flick down from the top of your screen to manually update the weather. You can also set the weather to automatic update mode. Touch > select Auto update, and set Update interval. Your phone will then update the weather at the interval you set.

  • Page 49: Listening To Fm Radio

    Listening to FM radio On the home screen, touch Tools > Radio. Touch to enable or disable the speaker. Touch to search the radio station. Touch to return to the previous station. Touch to turn on or off the FM radio. Touch to go to the next station.

  • Page 50: Phone Settings

    Phone settings Turning on location services Before you use a map or navigation application, make sure you have turned on location services. On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Location. Touch to turn on your phone's location services. Touch Mode. You can then: Touch High accuracy to locate your position using GPS, Wi-Fi, and mobile data.

  • Page 51: Modifying Display Settings

    Modifying display settings On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Display. On the Display screen, you can: Touch Brightness level to adjust the screen brightness.  Touch Wallpaper to set the lock screen and home screen wallpapers.  Touch Sleep to set a screen sleep period. If idle for the specified period, your phone ...

  • Page 52: Turning On Or Off Airplane Mode

    Setting a screen unlock password On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Screen lock & passwords. Touch Screen lock > Password. Enter at least four characters, among which one should be a letter, and then enter them again for confirmation. Turning on or off airplane mode Your phone's signal reception or transmission may interfere with an airplane's flight system.

  • Page 53: Setting Up An Account

    Touch Change SIM PIN to change the PIN. Generally, SIM cards only allow a limited number of consecutive retries if an incorrect PIN is entered. If this limit is exceeded, you must enter a PIN unblocking key (PUK), which you can obtain from your service provider. The number of consecutive attempts to enter the PUK incorrectly is also limited.

  • Page 54: Restoring Factory Settings

    It is recommended that you update through your phone's online update feature or download official update packages from Huawei's official website. All your data may be erased during a system update. It is recommended ...

  • Page 55: Setting The Date And Time

    phone supports a microSD card, you can also save the file to the root directory of your microSD card. On the home screen, touch Under All, touch System updates. Touch > Local update and follow the onscreen instructions to update your phone.

  • Page 56: Legal Notice

    Huawei does not own the intellectual property of the third-party software and applications that are delivered with this product. Therefore, Huawei will not provide any warranty of any kind for third-party software and applications. Neither will Huawei provide support to customers who use third-party software and applications, nor be responsible or liable for the functions or performance of third-party software and applications.

  • Page 57: Import And Export Regulations

    Huawei shall not be responsible for the legality, quality, or any other aspects of any software installed on this product, or for any uploaded or downloaded third-party works in any form, including but not limited to texts, images, videos, or software etc.
  • Page 58 Privacy Policy To better understand how we protect your personal information, please see the privacy policy at http://consumer.huawei.com/privacy-policy.
  • Page 59 Google account your phone last logged in to on the startup navigation screen for identity authentication. Your phone can properly power on only after the identity authentication passes. Model: HUAWEI Y560-U03 HUAWEI Y560-U23 HUAWEI Y560-L01 HUAWEI Y560-L02...

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