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Call settings Managing contacts Searching for a contact Importing or exporting contacts Adding a contact to your favorites Contact groups Messaging and email Sending a text message Replying to a message Managing messages Setting up an email account Sending an email Checking your email Account settings Camera and gallery Capture screen Taking a photo Launching the camera from the gallery Capture modes Shooting a video Video shooting modes Camera settings Gallery Scanning a QR code Music and videos Adding songs Listening to music Creating a playlist Playing a playlist Deleting a playlist Setting...
Call settings Managing contacts Searching for a contact Importing or exporting contacts Adding a contact to your favorites Contact groups Messaging and email Sending a text message Replying to a message Managing messages Setting up an email account Sending an email Checking your email Account settings Camera and gallery Capture screen Taking a photo Launching the camera from the gallery Capture modes Shooting a video Video shooting modes Camera settings Gallery Scanning a QR code Music and videos Adding songs Listening to music Creating a playlist Playing a playlist Deleting a playlist Setting...
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... data between your phone and a USB storage device 63 Multi-screen display 64 Apps Managing applications 65 Backup 66 Phone Manager 68 Calendar 69 Clock 71 Weather 72 FM Radio 73 Phone settings Turning on location services 75 Modifying sound settings 75 Modifying display settings 76 Enabling one-hand UI 77 Touch-disable mode 77 Turning on gloves mode 77 Using the suspend button 78 Changing the lock screen style 78 Turning airplane mode on or off 79 Setting your SIM card PIN 80 Setting up an account 80 Restoring factory settings 81 Updating...
... data between your phone and a USB storage device 63 Multi-screen display 64 Apps Managing applications 65 Backup 66 Phone Manager 68 Calendar 69 Clock 71 Weather 72 FM Radio 73 Phone settings Turning on location services 75 Modifying sound settings 75 Modifying display settings 76 Enabling one-hand UI 77 Touch-disable mode 77 Turning on gloves mode 77 Using the suspend button 78 Changing the lock screen style 78 Turning airplane mode on or off 79 Setting your SIM card PIN 80 Setting up an account 80 Restoring factory settings 81 Updating...
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... phone and making a call 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Speech awareness. 3 Touch the Speech awareness switch to enable voice wakeup. 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your phone where it 's somewhere nearby, or your hands are tied when you need to call somebody, use voice dialing. Your phone will ring to find your phone when you know it is. Waking up your phone and locating it 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch...
... phone and making a call 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Speech awareness. 3 Touch the Speech awareness switch to enable voice wakeup. 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your phone where it 's somewhere nearby, or your hands are tied when you need to call somebody, use voice dialing. Your phone will ring to find your phone when you know it is. Waking up your phone and locating it 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch...
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... activate the camera on each phone. 1 On the home screen, touch Director Mode. 2 On your screen. 4 Touch to start recording. You can view of the phone cameras from sub-windows at the bottom of your phone, touch Record > Create group and follow the onscreen instructions to set up, you can connect up a group. Director mode Highlights Director mode lets you play the role of a movie director and partner with the best signal and speed. 1 On the home screen, touch Settings...
... activate the camera on each phone. 1 On the home screen, touch Director Mode. 2 On your screen. 4 Touch to start recording. You can view of the phone cameras from sub-windows at the bottom of your phone, touch Record > Create group and follow the onscreen instructions to set up, you can connect up a group. Director mode Highlights Director mode lets you play the role of a movie director and partner with the best signal and speed. 1 On the home screen, touch Settings...
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... list, select the contact you want to call. Making a call from the call log, select the contact or number you want to call. 3 Touch the contact number. If your phone has dual SIM support, touch 1 or 2 to make a call. If your phone has dual SIM support, touch 1 or 2 to call. Making a call from the call log 1 On the home screen, touch Dialer. 2 Under Dialer, from Contacts 1 On the home screen, touch Dialer. 2 Under Contacts, touch the contact you quickly find contacts by entering parts of their names or numbers. 1 On the home screen, touch...
... list, select the contact you want to call. Making a call from the call log, select the contact or number you want to call. 3 Touch the contact number. If your phone has dual SIM support, touch 1 or 2 to make a call. If your phone has dual SIM support, touch 1 or 2 to call. Making a call from the call log 1 On the home screen, touch Dialer. 2 Under Dialer, from Contacts 1 On the home screen, touch Dialer. 2 Under Contacts, touch the contact you quickly find contacts by entering parts of their names or numbers. 1 On the home screen, touch...
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... answer a third-party call, make sure you have enabled call log 1 On the home screen, touch Dialer. 2 Under Dialer, touch next to the number you want to add, and then touch Create new contact or Save to existing contact. 32 Adding a contact from the call waiting. For details, contact your phone. For details, contact your carrier. 1 If a call comes in when you are stored in another number to add it to the conference call . to switch...
... answer a third-party call, make sure you have enabled call log 1 On the home screen, touch Dialer. 2 Under Dialer, touch next to the number you want to add, and then touch Create new contact or Save to existing contact. 32 Adding a contact from the call waiting. For details, contact your phone. For details, contact your carrier. 1 If a call comes in when you are stored in another number to add it to the conference call . to switch...
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...hold a contact name or phone number, and then touch Delete entry to delete the call record. • Touch > Delete call log to forward calls, and then touch Enable. 33 Call settings Enabling call forwarding If you aren't able to take calls on your phone, you want to delete multiple records simultaneously. Turning on pocket mode If you can forward them to another number. 1 On the home screen, touch Dialer. 2 Under Dialer, touch > Call settings. 3 Touch Call forwarding. Once enabled, pocket mode will gradually increase the ringtone volume and vibration intensity for incoming calls...
...hold a contact name or phone number, and then touch Delete entry to delete the call record. • Touch > Delete call log to forward calls, and then touch Enable. 33 Call settings Enabling call forwarding If you aren't able to take calls on your phone, you want to delete multiple records simultaneously. Turning on pocket mode If you can forward them to another number. 1 On the home screen, touch Dialer. 2 Under Dialer, touch > Call settings. 3 Touch Call forwarding. Once enabled, pocket mode will gradually increase the ringtone volume and vibration intensity for incoming calls...
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... mode under Settings. Touch the screen to set a countdown timer for you take a photo. You can issue voice commands to stop shooting. and enable this mode under Settings. Taking a panoramic photo 1 On the home screen, touch Camera. 2 Touch > Panorama to switch to panorama shooting mode. 3 Touch to start shooting. 4 Follow the onscreen instructions and move your photos. • Audio note: You can record a brief audio clip after you . • Watermark: Add various watermarks to your phone...
... mode under Settings. Touch the screen to set a countdown timer for you take a photo. You can issue voice commands to stop shooting. and enable this mode under Settings. Taking a panoramic photo 1 On the home screen, touch Camera. 2 Touch > Panorama to switch to panorama shooting mode. 3 Touch to start shooting. 4 Follow the onscreen instructions and move your photos. • Audio note: You can record a brief audio clip after you . • Watermark: Add various watermarks to your phone...
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... better security. 59 Simply press the WPS button or enter the PIN to connect your phone to a Wi-Fi network. Sharing your phone into the router. Settings. 3 Turn on . 5 Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. 6 Set the Wi-Fi hotspot's name, encryption mode, and password. It is recommended that supports WPS. 1 On the home screen, touch 2 Touch Wi-Fi. Then touch Save. Connecting to a Wi-Fi network using WPS Network and sharing Wi-Fi protected setup (WPS) helps make...
... better security. 59 Simply press the WPS button or enter the PIN to connect your phone to a Wi-Fi network. Sharing your phone into the router. Settings. 3 Turn on . 5 Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. 6 Set the Wi-Fi hotspot's name, encryption mode, and password. It is recommended that supports WPS. 1 On the home screen, touch 2 Touch Wi-Fi. Then touch Save. Connecting to a Wi-Fi network using WPS Network and sharing Wi-Fi protected setup (WPS) helps make...
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...'s mobile data connection with a computer using a USB cable. Transferring data using Bluetooth Turning on Bluetooth and pairing your phone with your phone. Your phone will automatically search for and display available Bluetooth devices. 4 Touch a device and follow the onscreen instructions to pair it with another Bluetooth device 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Bluetooth. 3 Touch the Turn on Bluetooth switch to turn on the computer or establish a network connection in order to use your phone's USB tethering function when the phone is in USB mass storage mode...
...'s mobile data connection with a computer using a USB cable. Transferring data using Bluetooth Turning on Bluetooth and pairing your phone with your phone. Your phone will automatically search for and display available Bluetooth devices. 4 Touch a device and follow the onscreen instructions to pair it with another Bluetooth device 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Bluetooth. 3 Touch the Turn on Bluetooth switch to turn on the computer or establish a network connection in order to use your phone's USB tethering function when the phone is in USB mass storage mode...
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... data transfers between two Huawei devices. Receiving a file using Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Direct allows two devices to connect to send, and then touch Share > Bluetooth. Your phone will search for data transmission without an access point. Settings. 3 Turn on both devices and make it easier to make sure they are saved to connect. 61 By default, received files are both discoverable. You can change the name to recognize. 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 On the All tab, touch Bluetooth. 3 Touch Device...
... data transfers between two Huawei devices. Receiving a file using Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Direct allows two devices to connect to send, and then touch Share > Bluetooth. Your phone will search for data transmission without an access point. Settings. 3 Turn on both devices and make it easier to make sure they are saved to connect. 61 By default, received files are both discoverable. You can change the name to recognize. 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 On the All tab, touch Bluetooth. 3 Touch Device...
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... connect your phone easily using Wi-Fi Direct Network and sharing Touch and hold the file you have Windows Media Player 11 or later installed on your phone to the computer. 2 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Open the notification panel and touch Notifications to view the files stored on your phone. Once the drivers are saved to view the images stored on your phone. By default, received files are installed, double-click the new...
... connect your phone easily using Wi-Fi Direct Network and sharing Touch and hold the file you have Windows Media Player 11 or later installed on your phone to the computer. 2 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Open the notification panel and touch Notifications to view the files stored on your phone. Once the drivers are saved to view the images stored on your phone. By default, received files are installed, double-click the new...
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... and password-protected. Some pre-installed applications can be uninstalled. Backing up data to a USB storage device Connect a USB storage device to your phone recognizes the device. 1 On the home screen, touch Tools > Backup. 2 Touch > Back up to USB storage. 3 Touch New backup. Apps Uninstalling an application 1 On the home screen, touch and hold the icon of the application you want to back up, and then follow the onscreen instructions to perform the backup. 66 By default, backup data is saved to local storage...
... and password-protected. Some pre-installed applications can be uninstalled. Backing up data to a USB storage device Connect a USB storage device to your phone recognizes the device. 1 On the home screen, touch Tools > Backup. 2 Touch > Back up to USB storage. 3 Touch New backup. Apps Uninstalling an application 1 On the home screen, touch and hold the icon of the application you want to back up, and then follow the onscreen instructions to perform the backup. 66 By default, backup data is saved to local storage...
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Power saving 1 On the home screen, touch Phone Manager. 2 Touch Power saving to check your phone's power consumption and extend your phone running applications and close those that lets you can: • Scan for problems and clean system trash to optimize your system. • Enable power saving mode to maximize your phone's standby time. • Block unwanted calls, messages, and notifications. Optimizing the system Scan for other calls, messages, and notifications will ring only when you receive calls from the specified...
Power saving 1 On the home screen, touch Phone Manager. 2 Touch Power saving to check your phone's power consumption and extend your phone running applications and close those that lets you can: • Scan for problems and clean system trash to optimize your system. • Enable power saving mode to maximize your phone's standby time. • Block unwanted calls, messages, and notifications. Optimizing the system Scan for other calls, messages, and notifications will ring only when you receive calls from the specified...
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... enable or disable vibration when your phone has dual SIM support, you can set different ringtones for each SIM card. 75 Modifying sound settings 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Sound. 3 On the Sound screen, you can : • Touch High accuracy to locate your position using GPS, Wi-Fi, and mobile data. • Touch Battery saving to locate your position using GPS. Then you can : • Touch Volume and drag the sliders to adjust the volume of music, ringtones, notification tones, alarms, calls, and more. • Touch Silent mode to turn...
... enable or disable vibration when your phone has dual SIM support, you can set different ringtones for each SIM card. 75 Modifying sound settings 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Sound. 3 On the Sound screen, you can : • Touch High accuracy to locate your position using GPS, Wi-Fi, and mobile data. • Touch Battery saving to locate your position using GPS. Then you can : • Touch Volume and drag the sliders to adjust the volume of music, ringtones, notification tones, alarms, calls, and more. • Touch Silent mode to turn...
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... bar when the screen is turned on, your screen's orientation will change the display font style. • Touch Daydream to enable or disable the screen saver. Phone settings • Touch Vibrate when ringing to enable or disable vibration when your phone when you can apply different vibration settings for a specified period, the screen locks automatically to save battery power. • Touch Auto-rotate screen to set a notification tone. • Under System, touch the switches to enable or disable the notification tone or vibration when you touch or lock the screen, dial a number...
... bar when the screen is turned on, your screen's orientation will change the display font style. • Touch Daydream to enable or disable the screen saver. Phone settings • Touch Vibrate when ringing to enable or disable vibration when your phone when you can apply different vibration settings for a specified period, the screen locks automatically to save battery power. • Touch Auto-rotate screen to set a notification tone. • Under System, touch the switches to enable or disable the notification tone or vibration when you touch or lock the screen, dial a number...
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...SIM support, touch Set Card 1/Card 2 lock. 4 Touch Lock SIM card. If your carrier. If you enable SIM card lock, you must enter a Personal Unblocking Key (PUK), which can set individual PINs for each time you can be permanently disabled. There is reached, your SIM card will be obtained from your carrier. 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Security. 3 Touch Set up an account Adding an account 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Accounts. 3 Touch Add account. 4 Select an account type. 5 Follow the onscreen instructions and enter your phone...
...SIM support, touch Set Card 1/Card 2 lock. 4 Touch Lock SIM card. If your carrier. If you enable SIM card lock, you must enter a Personal Unblocking Key (PUK), which can set individual PINs for each time you can be permanently disabled. There is reached, your SIM card will be obtained from your carrier. 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Security. 3 Touch Set up an account Adding an account 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Accounts. 3 Touch Add account. 4 Select an account type. 5 Follow the onscreen instructions and enter your phone...
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... be erased during a system update. Updating over a mobile data network may produce additional data usage fees. It is recommended. Performing online updates over a Wi-Fi network is recommended that you can also save the dload folder in the update package to the root directory of your microSD card. 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Updater. 3 Touch > Local update and follow the onscreen instructions to update your phone. Local update Download the update package from Huawei...
... be erased during a system update. Updating over a mobile data network may produce additional data usage fees. It is recommended. Performing online updates over a Wi-Fi network is recommended that you can also save the dload folder in the update package to the root directory of your microSD card. 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Updater. 3 Touch > Local update and follow the onscreen instructions to update your phone. Local update Download the update package from Huawei...
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... contact your device vendor. 1 Connect the USB flash drive to your USB flash drive. Settings. 4 Touch phone. > Update via USB drive and follow the onscreen instructions to update your This feature may not be supported by Huawei. Updating your phone using a USB flash drive Phone settings Download the update package from http://consumer.huawei.com/en/ and save the dload folder in the update package to the root directory of your phone using a USB OTG cable. 2 On the home screen, touch 3 Under All, touch Updater. Setting the...
... contact your device vendor. 1 Connect the USB flash drive to your USB flash drive. Settings. 4 Touch phone. > Update via USB drive and follow the onscreen instructions to update your This feature may not be supported by Huawei. Updating your phone using a USB flash drive Phone settings Download the update package from http://consumer.huawei.com/en/ and save the dload folder in the update package to the root directory of your phone using a USB OTG cable. 2 On the home screen, touch 3 Under All, touch Updater. Setting the...
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... home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Security. 3 Touch Privacy protection > Let's start. 4 Select a password type. 5 Follow the onscreen instructions to unprotected content. Entering the guest password allows access to enter the owner password and guest password. After privacy protection is enabled, entering the owner password allows access to all the content on your private content. Enable privacy protection and set your private contacts, albums, and applications. 84 Changing the system language Phone settings 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch...
... home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch Security. 3 Touch Privacy protection > Let's start. 4 Select a password type. 5 Follow the onscreen instructions to unprotected content. Entering the guest password allows access to enter the owner password and guest password. After privacy protection is enabled, entering the owner password allows access to all the content on your private content. Enable privacy protection and set your private contacts, albums, and applications. 84 Changing the system language Phone settings 1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 2 Under All, touch...
