Huawei U8220

  • Released 2009, October
    135g, 14mm thickness
    Android 1.5
    192MB storage, microSD slot
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  • 3.5"
    320x480 pixels
  • 3MP
    Video recorder
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  • 1500mAh
    Li-Ion

Huawei U8220 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 7.2/2 Mbps
Launch Announced 2009, August. Released 2009, October
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 116 x 63 x 14 mm (4.57 x 2.48 x 0.55 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
 Trackball
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors (65K effective)
Size 3.5 inches, 36.5 cm2 (~49.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~165 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 1.5 (Cupcake)
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 16 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 192MB
Main Camera Single 3.15 MP, AF
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio No
USB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer
Browser HTML
 MP3/AAC+/WAV player
MP4/H.264 player
Voice memo
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 3 h 30 min
Misc Colors Black
Price About 230 EUR

Huawei U8220 - User Reviews

  • i have tried to access internet using my huawei u8220 but its not going through and when i have opened network settings to open data or wifi it doesn't show signals on upper part of the screen but when its disabled it indicates disabled and also when setting APNs it load and endup not bringing the APNs to select please help

  • i want to upgrade it

  • Hello, I use T-mobile Pulse U8220 already 4 years. The mobile phone is lost update package, and I do not know where to look, because I can not download through the Market. I tried 4 types of Market download, download stopped because they could not, and I do not really know why. Can you tell me where do I find the download package on your phone? thank you my email pls: [email protected]

  • Hey guy.. my Huawei U8220 runs android 4.1.1 is ok..

  • android is a very low. plz upgrade

  • how can I upgrade google playstore on my phone if possible reply on my e mail [email protected]

  • hi this kiberu even my phone is like that it has android 1.2 and i want to upgrade it. so did u get some one who upgrade yours? if so then u send me the reply on my email [email protected]

  • how can I upgrade my phone becoz the os is old so it does not support most app even google play store is not on it.

  • will it be possible to load Firefox OS onto this device? screen and many specs are similar to ZTE Open...

  • its a very nyc smartphone but I want to know how to change the Android version of 1.5 to 4....

  • my own does the same it doesn't look like it is a problem at all it's probly just how the phone works

  • hi, i install 20 applications, after i finished that the cell phone is doing restart a several times! still not working! what i have to do?

  • this think, it isn't the battry. in my country i can't check another because this phone is not yet exist! help

  • my phone does not boot. when i turn it on it starts and then restarts automaticaly. anybody to help

  • It's just wonderfull how did i recycle this phone. I left it last year. Last week i put cyanogenmod7 it work awesome andros 2.3.7. I recomend this soft works really good.

  • can anybody please tell me how to update huawei u8220 1.5 framversion to 2.1/2.2 . my huwaei pulse u8220 is a china model built for UK . kind regards

  • please let me know how i can download app directly to sd card as phone memory is very little. i m not able to download anything fro the android market to sd card.

  • I have one Huawei U8220 that I have been using for over a year now. The battery is not good, how can I buy one battery for my phone from you. I have search every shop in my Country but could not find it. My mail add. is [email protected]. What's the present cost for one? Thnx. Ish

  • VGA front camera, no MultiTouch... please modify it on specs.. overall pretty cool device.. im using it now while i wait for my motorola defy. works just fine with flb mod 1.7 and better with overclock to 672mhz and microSD swap. cyanogen makes it slow, and secondary camera works no more in that mod. too bad people stopped developing roms for this phone..

  • throw it into the pond...... just go to the service centre its a software defect or else root your phone and put cyanogen mod

  • switch of the phone whils swiching on hold the red button and the menue button i had the same problem now fixed

  • why is my camera phone doesnt work?? it always says that the application has stopped unexpectedly.. why did it happen?? what will i do make work??? i need the cam of my phone ,, what willl i do???

  • recently a member of my family tried to unlock my phone..tried several time and end up locking my phone. It say to log in with my google account to unlock it..when I tried..it cannot open so my phone is lock for a month now...Help please

  • This telephone do not support video telephony. It is simply upgradeable to Android 2.1 though. This will solve some problems with freezing, but the device is getting slower depending on time since last boot. Looks like some memory leak. It's recommended to backup your files and phonebook entries.

  • Hi all, Does it support video telephony? My firmware is 1.5 is there a way to upgrade? Touch screen sometimes hang and strange alarm clock force close window appear from time to time! THX

  • yes visit any huawei centre near you. please.

  • Put in the password box "null"

  • I need to unlock my phone,there has been many attempts by some else to try and unlock it,so now it's requiring my gmail address and i cant remember the pass word,is there another way to unlock it??

  • you must push the power buttom a little... and you have de optins...

  • you must to turn off your phone and hold volume key + and the red buton and then to tur on your phone then will boot your software from micro sd

  • download german tmobile 2.1 update instead,,,file has to be the one named dload

  • Great phone so far, have had it for two weeks now, but can someone pls help me ugrade to 2.1, have downloaded the kernel from the huawei website, unzipped it to my microSD card but i get the following error "the upgrade package is not detected."

  • am using u 8220,currently its switching on its own to flight mode,pliz help coz if i remove flight mode it comes back on its own even without touchin the phone

  • No multi-touch

  • hi ive owned my u8220 since april 2010 it was bought as a present for my birthday of late it will not hold its charge for very long on standby it lasts about 3 hrs everything else about the fone is good except for this problem that has developed over the last month Can i return it to u for repair or replacement as surely its still under guarentee as its not yet 12 mths old regards steve ps feel free to contact me on my e-mail [email protected]

  • i am using android 2.1 to enable gps, press menu button which is to the left of the trackball, choose settings, then security and location option, the click the use gps satellite option so that a green tick appears.

  • can anybody tell me where to buy this great phone

  • Been struggling to sync with exchange. Any suggestions? I have roadrunner exchange in the phone

  • i have just got one but every time i try to use gps, it asks me to enable it from the setting. but there is no such option. any idea on how to fix this problem thnx

  • My brand new phone is working perfectly well especialy th 3g network is very fast..

  • I have had this phone for almost a year now and its still going strong. I have used it everyday, drop it a few times and its still like new. Very good build quality. I am currently running 2.1 OS in the handset which I got from the T-Mobile web site. Battery life is the same as all phones of this type. You have to charge it evey night. Mine likes to die about midnight. It comes off charge about 6am so lasts about 18 hours. As long as your not looking to play the newer 3D games this is a great phone and being an andriod can do eveything the others can do just with a little lag. But given the very cheap price tag what more can you ask for. Price is a very big issue for me so having a phone that is a good all rounder for internet, email, texting ect. This phone suits my needs. As I am a year on I am looking to upgrade. I am surprised to find that there are very few phones at this spec level under the £100. I might have to wait a while but happy to do so.

  • my youtube player is not playung videos saying unable to play please help

  • go to www.freewarelovers.com to get the most out of this phone u wount need android market

  • i cant wait to buy this phone...its not the best but its the best for its price..i think its a great phone...eat that i phone...

  • it have a secondary camera!! i have this phone and its great

  • It's one of the best phone I've ever used. Even froyo is coocked for it now. And the multitouch should work. It's a metter of days. Check the modaco forum.

  • I just bought this handset,it has most of the features like iPhone. The performance wise I cant say its awesome. But its worth the money.

  • I don't know which version of android os do u have but with 2.1 it is possible certainly. Remove gsm arena or add that the u8220 has 192 mb ram or 256 mb ram official , not official even more.

  • Please remove the references about Multitouch on your descriptions. Note that I've bought this phone "mainly" trusting in your descriptions, and it's not Multitouch "by hardware, it's simply not supported". Remove "Multi-touch input method" because it's not.

  • No multitouch at all, not on 1.5 and not on 2.1, no multitouch... These are the things that makes people want an iPhone, then they ask why? Sucks...

  • It is an under appreciated handset. I live in the US but still managed to obtain it when it launched. I love it and use it as my secondary next to my Droidx

  • gps not consumes credit.

  • hey GPS consumes lots of power. no doubt but with credit i dont know but i guess u are talking about data. yes it does

  • it comes with viewer for office and pdf

  • Does anybody know if this phone comes with an office documents (doc,xls,ppt) viewer/editor application? The specs doesn't mention a pdf viewer either...

  • do you know if its gps consumes credit? thanks

  • I got one U8220 on DEC 09, till now It works pretty good. Regarding quality, It's OK. But let me share with you about a new version of U8220 with DOUBLE MEMORY!! My old one has 192MB but new one I recently got is 390 MB, then performance is awsome. Will new low-memory Android handsets have good performance? (SE X10 mini just 132 MB, SS I5700 just 180 MB, etc.)...

  • Very lovely phone.

  • I do not believe Huawei only copies other vendors like Nokia, Samsung, Moto or SE. If that is so, how they can come up with Android phones before most of them? I've been to Barcelona in the 3G conference. They were also the 1st vendor to come up with world 1st LTE USB dongle! I also learned that Huawei is the 3rd largest Telecom equipment vendor in the world & soon to become no. 2 after Ericsson. Get used to the fact that China has advanced a lot in technology & soon to become the 2nd largest economy in the world.

  • A friend of mine has one and the touch screen is dead. The phone was 3 months of use.

  • i love it

  • Wye cant take video call?

  • I have a pulse, I know it has a secondary cam.

  • gsmarena compare t mobile pulse which is u8220 huawei so pls tell me why are there diference in specification .

  • not really, they make stuff for others like Tmo,huawei its like the HTC

  • this phone runs android and is the cheapest android handset on the market and first on PAYT so dont slag it of, it is a good idea cheap android = more people buy them therefore people make more apps coz there is a bigger market and makes iphone redundent coz its CRAP!!

  • no huawei actually make stuff that they sell to people like tmobile so they can rebrand them as their own

  • Huawei usually copy other's manufacturer's products same like Chinese mobile developers copying nokia, SE and samsung