User Guide
Contents New features 1 1 2 3 3 5 6 Read before use Unlocking with fingerprint Safe All focus mode Taking photos from the timeline album screen Scanning a QR code Protecting your privacy Getting started 7 8 11 12 13 15 15 16 Dual-card settings Basic screen features Personalizing your phone Basic operations Calling, contacts and messaging Email Internet connection Browser Entertainment 17 19 20 20 Camera Gallery Music Playing a video Transferring data 21 21 22 22 22 23 Bluetooth Wi-Fi Direct Multi-scr
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New features Read before use This guide only applies to phones that run EMUI 3.0. Features in this guide are for your reference only. Some features may not be supported by all phones. Unlocking with fingerprint Enrolling your fingerprint You can unlock the screen or access encrypted data with your fingerprint. To protect your privacy, this feature is only available when the screen lock method is PIN or Password. 1. Open Settings. 2. Touch Fingerprint ID. 3.
New features Unlocking the Safe with your fingerprint After enabling Safe in File Manager and setting your password, you will be prompted to enable fingerprint unlocking. Touch Associate to access the Safe and associate your fingerprint. If you skip this step, you can also enable this feature as follows: 1. Open Settings. 2. Touch Fingerprint ID and follow the onscreen instructions to enter your password. 3. Touch Access safe.
New features 3. If your phone supports and has a microSD card inserted, you can choose to create the Safe in SD card or Internal. 4. Enable Safe and follow the onscreen instructions to set a password and security question answer. Adding files to the Safe 1. Open File Manager. 2. Touch Safe and enter your password. 3. Touch . Then add some files to Safe. You can then view the encrypted files in Safe. All focus mode All focus mode lets you change the focus point on a photo after it's been taken. 1.
New features 2. Touch the view switching button at the bottom of the screen to switch to the timeline album view. 3. On the timeline album screen, drag down on a blank area to launch the camera in half-screen mode. Touch to take photos.
New features 4. Drag the viewfinder further down to enter full-screen capture mode. When you are done, touch Return to return to the timeline album screen. Scanning a QR code Scanning a QR code using Gallery 1. Open Gallery. 2. Choose a QR code photo. Gallery will automatically scan the QR code. 3. Touch View details to view the QR code details. Scanning a QR code using Camera 1. Open Camera. 2. Frame the QR code with the camera. Camera will automatically scan the QR code. 3.
New features Protecting your privacy What's Privacy protection? If you have content on your phone that you want to keep private, you can set two different unlock passwords, one for yourself, and the other for visitors. If your phone is unlocked using the visitor password, all your private content will be hidden. Your contacts, albums, and applications are all able to be set as private. Setting a privacy protection password 1. Open Settings. 2. Touch Security > Privacy protection > Let's start. 3.
Getting started Dual-card settings Enabling or disabling a SIM card You can install two SIM cards to your phone and use one or both of them at the same time. When you do not need to use a SIM card, disable it. 1. On the home screen, touch Settings. 2. Under All, touch SIM card management. 3. Select or deselect the check box next to Card 1 or Card 2 to enable or disable a SIM card. The settings displayed may vary according to your service provider and phone model.
Getting started This function may not be supported by some service providers. Basic screen features Magazine screen unlock Flick up from the bottom of the screen to display the magazine unlock control panel. 1 2 Magazine control area: Stop shuffling magazine covers, go to the next page, add the current cover to favorites, and more. Shortcut buttons: Access common tools, such as Calendar, Calculator, and Flashlight. Managing the home screen Adding a widget 1.
Getting started 3. Choose a widget and drag it to the home screen. Creating a folder On the home screen, drag one application on top of another to create a folder containing both of them. Adding or removing a home screen Pinch three fingers together on the home screen to display the home screen thumbnails. Touch to add a home screen or touch on the upper right corner of a blank home screen to remove it. Notification panel Flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel.
Getting started 3 Expand or collapse the shortcut switches. 4 Adjust the screen brightness. 5 Turn on or turn off common functions. Touch to customize the shortcut switch list. Auto-rotate screen Open the notification panel, go to the Shortcuts tab, and touch to turn on or turn off auto-rotate. Taking a screenshot Press the power and volume down buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot. To view your screenshots, open Gallery, switch to the list view, and touch Screenshots.
Getting started • Touch • Touch to lock the screen. to optimize the system. Personalizing your phone Changing the wallpaper 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the home screen. 2. Touch Wallpapers. 3. Set the wallpapers displayed on the phone lock screen and home screen. You can also choose whether to have the home screen wallpaper change randomly at timed intervals. Using the simple home screen 1. Open Settings. 2. Touch Home screen style. 3. Select Simple.
Getting started Changing the font size 1. Open Settings. 2. Touch Display. 3. Touch Font size to select a font size. Basic operations Displaying or hiding the onscreen keyboard • Touch a text box to display the onscreen keyboard. • To hide the onscreen keyboard, touch Return. Selecting an input method Open the notification panel, switch to the Notifications tab, and touch Choose input method to select an input method. Editing text • Touch and hold the text to display .
Getting started Calling, contacts and messaging Placing a call Placing a call Open • Dialer. Enter the initials or first few letters of a contact's name, or part of the contact's phone number. Then, select the contact you want to call from the search results. • Touch Contacts, and select the contact you want to call from the contacts list. • Touch the contact you want to call from the call log. Answering a call • Drag right to answer the call. • Drag left to reject the call.
Getting started • Drag up to reject the call and send the caller a message. To edit the message that will be sent, touch > Call settings > Reject calls with SMS. When there is an incoming call, you can press the volume button to mute the ringtone. Turning on pocket mode 1. Open Dialer. 2. Touch > Call settings. 3. Turn on Pocket mode. Creating a contact 1. Open Contacts. 2. Touch . 3. Choose the save location for the contact. 4. Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details.
Getting started 3. Touch to choose a contact. 4. Write a message, touch to add attachments, and send the message. Email Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account 1. Open Email. 2. Choose an email account type. 3. Enter your email address and password, and touch Next. 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up the email account. Sending an email 1. Open Email. 2. On the inbox screen, touch to create an email. • Touch From: to choose an email account.
Getting started Connecting to a Wi-Fi network 1. Open the notification panel and go to the Shortcuts tab. 2. Touch and hold from the shortcut switches to enter the Wi-Fi settings screen. 3. Turn on Wi-Fi. Your phone then scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays them. 4. Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect to. • If the network is open, you will directly connect to it. • If the network is encrypted, enter the password when prompted.
Entertainment Camera Capture screen 1 Turn on the flash. 2 Flick left or right to switch between common capture modes. 3 View photos and videos in Gallery. 4 Take a photo or shoot a video. 5 Apply a special effect.
Entertainment 6 Switch between the rear and front cameras. 7 Choose a capture mode and set the camera parameters. Taking a photo 1. Open Camera. 2. Frame the scene you want to capture. Let your camera focus automatically or touch the screen to focus the camera. 3. Touch to take a single photo, or touch and hold to take several photos in rapid succession. Capture mode • Beauty: Your phone automatically beautifies your skin and gives your portraits a more professional touch-up.
Entertainment 2. Flick left or right to switch to video mode. 3. Frame the scene you want to record. 4. Touch to start recording. Setting the preferred save location for photos and videos This section only applies to phones that support microSD cards. After a microSD card is properly inserted into your phone, you can change the preferred save location for photos and videos. 1. Open 2. Touch Camera. > Settings > Preferred save location. 3. Set the preferred save location for your photos and videos.
Entertainment 2. Touch the photo or video you want to share. 3. Flick up on the photo or video, and touch START to turn on Transfer. Your phone then automatically enables Bluetooth and searches for nearby Bluetooth devices. Make sure Bluetooth is enabled on the receiving device and the device is set to discoverable. 4. From the search results, touch the receiving device's name. After the two devices are paired for the first time, flick up on a photo or video to quickly share it.
Transferring data Bluetooth Turning on Bluetooth 1. Open the notification panel and go to the Shortcuts tab. 2. Touch and hold to enter the Bluetooth settings screen. 3. Touch Turn on Bluetooth. 4. From the search results, choose a Bluetooth device, and follow the onscreen instructions to pair your phone with it. To unpair the two devices, touch next to the other device, and touch Unpair. If you can't set up a Bluetooth connection with another device, the device may not be compatible with your phone.
Transferring data 5. Choose a device. Sending a file using Wi-Fi Direct 1. Open File Manager. 2. Touch and hold the file you want to send, and touch Share > Wi-Fi direct. Multi-screen display Connect your phone to other phones and tablets, smart household appliances, and in-car devices for remote control and content sharing through a wireless connection or accessory. Open the notification panel, go to the Shortcuts tab, and turn on Multi-screen by touching .
Transferring data HiSuite mode HiSuite is a file transfer application developed by Huawei. It lets you back up, synchronize, and transfer data between your phone and computer. USB flash drive mode This section applies to phones that support microSD cards only. If a microSD card is inserted properly into your phone, you can use your phone as a USB flash drive and transfer data between your phone and a computer.
Managing your phone Managing applications Viewing recently used applications Touch Recent to view the list of recently used applications. (If your phone has a physical menu button, press and hold • Touch an application to open it. • Flick up on an application to close it. • Drag an application down until Menu). You can then: is displayed to lock the application. Drag the application down again to unlock it.
Managing your phone During the installation, an Install blocked message may be displayed. Read the message carefully. If you want to continue with the installation, follow the onscreen instructions to allow the installation of third-party applications. Uninstalling an application On the home screen, touch and hold the application you want to uninstall until is displayed at the top of the screen. Drag the application to , and follow the onscreen instructions to uninstall it.
Managing your phone 2. Touch the Local tab. 3. Under Internal or SD card (if available), switch to the list view, and touch or . 4. Choose a file, touch Copy or Cut, and choose where you want to paste the file. Compressing or decompressing a file 1. Open File Manager. 2. Touch the Local tab. 3. Under Internal or SD card (if available), switch to the list view, touch and hold the file you want to compress, and touch Compress. 4. Choose the save path of the compressed file and name the file.
Managing your phone 4. Take a photo or select a local file. Downloading a file 1. Open File Manager. 2. Under Cloud, select the folder that contains the file you want to download. 3. Touch . 4. Select the file you want to download. Viewing file transfer records 1. Open File Manager. 2. Under Cloud, touch > File transfers. 3. You can then view the file transfer records.
Managing your phone Open Phone Manager, and use the following features to block messages, calls, and notifications: • Harassment filter: Set a blacklist to block unwanted messages and calls. • Notification manager: Block unwanted push notifications. • Do not disturb: In do not disturb mode, your phone will ring only when you receive calls from specified contacts. Other calls will be rejected, and the message tone and other notification tones will be muted.
Managing your phone 2. Choose a data source. The default data source is the internal storage. If your phone supports Cloud Drive or OTG data restoration, touch to select data from Cloud Drive or a USB storage device. 3. Select the backup file you want to restore. If the backup file has been encrypted, enter the password when prompted. 4. Select the data you want to restore and follow the onscreen instructions to restore it.
Tools Weather With • Weather, you can: Check the weather information: Touch to check the air quality, humidity, wind force, and more. • Add a city: Touch > , enter a city name, and touch the city you want to add. • Update the weather: Drag down on the weather screen to update the weather, or touch > , turn on Auto update, and set the update interval. Alarms Open • Clock. Under Alarm, you can: Add an alarm: Touch , and set the alarm time, tone, how often it repeats, and more.
Tools • Adjust the brightness: Touch • Zoom in or out: Drag or at the top of the screen. along the bottom of the screen. Touch and hold an area on the screen to zoom in, and release your finger to zoom out and restore the image. • Freeze the screen: Touch the screen to freeze the screen, and touch to save the image. Touch the screen again to unfreeze it.
This guide is for reference only. The actual product, including but not limited to the color, size, and screen layout, may vary. All statements, information, and recommendations in this guide do not constitute a warranty of any kind, express or implied. Please visit http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/hotline for recent updated hotline and email address in your country or region.
