Contents Foreword First-class functions Safe Taking a photo before focusing the camera Launching the camera from gallery QR code Privacy protection Getting started Locking and unlocking the screen Connecting to a Wi-Fi network Turning on mobile data Connecting your phone to a computer Importing contacts from your old phone Touchscreen gestures Motion control...
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Messaging and email Sending a text message Replying to a message Managing messages Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account Sending an email Checking your emails Setting up an account Camera and Gallery Capture screen Taking a photo Capture mode Shooting a video Video shooting mode Camera settings...
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Phone settings Turning on location services Modifying tone settings Modifying display settings Turning on one-hand UI Turning on gloves mode Turning on the suspend button Changing the lock screen style Turning airplane mode on or off Setting the PIN of your SIM card Setting up an account Restoring factory settings Updating your phone...
Foreword Foreword This guide only applies to phones that are running EMUI 3.0. Please read this guide carefully before you start using the phone. Symbols and definitions Highlights important information and tips, and Note provides additional information. Indicates potential problems that may arise, such Caution as device damage or data loss, if proper care or attention is not given.
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 Files. Under Categories or Local, touch Touch Enable. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter passwords and answers to security questions, and then touch Done.
First-class functions Touch to take a photo. Go to Gallery, and select a photo that was taken in all-focus mode. indicates photos taken in all-focus mode. Touch to enter all-focus editing mode. Touch an area of the photo to change the focus point to that location. Touch Launching the camera from gallery On the home screen, touch...
First-class functions Scanning a QR code using Camera On the home screen, touch Camera. Frame the QR code with the camera. The camera will automatically scan the QR code entry. Touch View details to view details. Privacy protection If you have private data in your phone that you wish to keep hidden from others, you can enable privacy protection and set two different passwords, one for yourself and one for guests.
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First-class functions Disabling privacy protection On the home screen, touch Settings. Under All, touch Security. Touch Privacy protection. Enter the owner password, and touch Next. Touch the Privacy protection switch to disable privacy protection. After privacy protection is disabled, your owner password will function as the screen unlock password and the visitor password will be invalid.
Getting started Getting started Locking and unlocking the screen Locking the screen • Method 1: Press the power button to manually lock the screen. • Method 2: After being idle for a specified period of time, your phone automatically locks its screen. To set the screen lock method, touch Settings on the home screen.
Getting started 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. Your phone then scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays them.
Getting started Importing contacts from your old phone You can import contacts from your old phone in any of the following ways: Copy your contacts on your SIM card to your new SIM card phone. For details, see Importing contacts from a SIM card.
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Getting started Touch and hold: Touch and leave your finger on the screen for 2 seconds or more. For example, touch and hold a blank area on the home screen to enter editing mode. Flick: Move your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.
Getting started Pinch three fingers together: On the home screen, pinch three fingers together to display screen thumbnails. Motion control Motion control lets you control your phone using simple motions. For example, mute the phone by turning over your phone or answer and make calls quickly.
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Getting started • Pick up: Pick up the phone to reduce the ring volume of incoming calls, alarms, and timers. • Shake: Touch and hold a blank area on the home screen to enter editing mode. Shake your phone to arrange your icons.
Getting started Status icons Status icons may vary according to your region or service provider. Signal strength No signal Headset plugged in Roaming Airplane mode enabled Bluetooth on Receiving location data Vibration mode enabled from GPS Silence mode enabled Alarms enabled Charging Battery full Battery low...
Getting started Home Your home screens are where you can find your favorite widgets and all your applications. We did away with the application list to give you a more convenient and direct path to your applications. Status bar: displays notifications and icons. Flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel.
Getting started 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.
Getting started 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.
Getting started Notification Status indicator The status indicator on your phone indicates the following information in different status: • Blinking red: The battery level is low. • Steady red (when charging): The battery level is low. • Steady yellow (when charging): The battery level is medium. •...
Getting started Touch to delete all notifications. Touch to expand or collapse the shortcut switches. (This feature may not be available on all phones.) Touch to enable or disable automatic brightness. Touch the shortcut switches on the notification panel to turn the functions on or off.
Getting started Under All, touch Home screen style. Choose Simple and touch Touch Standard home to switch from simple home screen to standard home screen. Changing the theme On the home screen, touch Themes. Select a theme and touch Apply. Changing the wallpaper Touch and hold a blank area on the home screen to enter editing mode.
Getting started Touch Changing the font size On the home screen, touch Settings. Under All, touch Display. Touch Font size and select a font size. Texting Your phone comes with multiple text input methods. You can quickly enter text using the onscreen keyboard. •...
Getting started Editing text You can select, cut, copy, and paste text on your phone. • Select text: Touch and hold the text to bring up . Then drag to select more or less text, or touch Select all to select all text in the text box.
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 Dialer. Under Dialer, enter the initials or first few letters of a contact's name, or part of the contact's phone number.
Calls and contacts 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 Dialer.
Calls and contacts Making an international call On the home screen, touch Dialer. On the dialer, touch and hold 0 to enter +. Enter the country or region code, area code, and phone number in sequence. Touch . If your phone supports dual cards, touch Answering or rejecting a call When a call comes in, you can press the volume button to mute the ringtone.
Calls and contacts What you can do during a call Touch > to place the current call on hold, and then touch again to resume the call. Touch > to display the calendar. Touch to mute or unmute the microphone. Touch to start a three-way call.
Calls and contacts To return to the call screen, flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel, and then touch Current call. Answering a third-party call Before you answer a third-party call, make sure that you have turned on call waiting.
Calls and contacts 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 Dialer. Under Dialer, touch beside the number you want to add. Touch You can also touch and hold the number you want to add, and touch Create new contact...
Calls and contacts TTY Operation Using the TTY Device The Teletypewriter (TTY) is a typewriting device. By connecting the phone to the TTY device, you can use the TTY functions to send/receive messages. When you use the TTY function, do as follows: Connect the TTY device to the headset jack of the phone and set the phone to the TTY mode.
Calls and contacts On the home screen, touch Dialer. Under Dialer, touch > Call settings. Under Card 1 settings Card 2 settings, touch Call forwarding. Select a forwarding mode. Enter the phone number to which you want to forward calls, and touch Enable.
Calls and contacts Touch and hold the contact you want to edit, and then touch Edit. Edit the contact information. Touch Deleting a contact On the home screen, touch Contacts. Touch > Delete. Touch the contacts you want to delete or touch Select all to select all contacts.
Calls and contacts Importing contacts from a SIM card On the home screen, touch Contacts. Touch > Import/Export > Import from Card 1 Import from Card 2. If your phone supports dual cards, you can select which card you want to export your contacts to.
Calls and contacts When the two devices are connected, your phone automatically imports the .vcf file from the other device. Exporting contacts to a storage device On the home screen, touch Contacts. Touch > Import/Export > Export to storage. Touch Export. Choose where you want to export the contacts from and touch OK.
Calls and contacts Touch and hold the contact you want to add to your favorites, and then touch Add to favorites. You can also touch > Add to favorites on a contact details screen to add the contact to your favorites. Contact groups You can create a contact group and send a message or email to all group members simultaneously.
Calls and contacts Sending messages or emails to a contact group On the home screen, touch contact. Touch Groups and select the contact group you want to send a message or email to. Touch to send a message or touch to send an email.
Messaging and email Messaging and email Sending a text message On the home screen, touch Messaging. In the list of message threads, 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.
Messaging and email 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 forward, and touch Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number. Touch Add a message to your favorites You can add important messages to your favorites to avoid deleting them by...
Messaging and 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 Email. Touch Others. Enter your email address and password, and touch Next. Follow the onscreen instructions to configure the email settings.
Messaging and email On the Inbox screen, touch to select an email account. Touch the email you want to read. You can then: • Touch to delete it. • Touch to reply to it. • Touch to reply to all. •...
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Messaging and email Personalizing your email account On the home screen, touch Email. On the Inbox screen, touch > Settings. You can then: • Touch General to set the sender photo and the screen displayed after you delete an email. •...
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 to take a photo. • Touch and hold to take burst shots, and release your finger to stop.
Camera and Gallery Touch to switch between the rear and front cameras. Touch for more options. Taking a photo On the home screen, touch Camera. 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.
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Camera and Gallery • Object tracking: Touch and enable this under Settings. Touch an object on the capture screen. Your camera will keep it as the focus point while capturing a photo. Taking a panorama photo On the home screen, touch Camera.
Camera and Gallery Using object tracking On the home screen, touch Camera. Touch > Touch Object tracking to turn on object tracking mode. Touch an object on the capture screen. Your camera will keep it as the focus point while capturing a photo. Object tracking can't be used with smile capture at the same time.
Camera and Gallery • Resolution: Set the camera resolution. To change the video resolution, on the video shooting screen, touch > > Resolution. • tag: Display the location where the photo or the video was taken. • Preferred save location: Set the default save location for your photos and videos.
Camera and Gallery You can then: • Touch to rotate the photo. • Touch to select a filter. • Touch to adjust the saturation, color, and more. • Touch to crop the photo. • Touch to add whitening, smooth, or other beautifying effects to faces.
Music and video Music and video Adding songs You can copy songs to your phone and immerse yourself in a world of extraordinary sound anytime. Add songs to your phone by: • Copying songs from your computer using the USB cable. For details, see mode.
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Music and video • Flick left or right to switch between the album cover, playlist, and lyrics. • Touch this area, and music volume adjustment, playback modes, and options menu will be displayed. Touch to add the playing song to a playlist. •...
Music and video Creating a playlist On the home screen, touch Music. Touch Playlists > Create new playlist. Name the playlist and touch Save. In the displayed dialog box, touch Add. Select the songs you want to add and touch Playing a playlist On the home screen, touch Music.
Music and video Playing a video On the home screen, touch Videos. 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.
Network and sharing Network and sharing Turning on mobile data On the home screen, touch Settings then All. Wireless & Under networks, touch More. Touch Mobile network. Touch Data enabled 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.
More. Tethering & portable Touch hotspot. Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot and then touch Huawei AP to turn on the Wi- Fi hotspot. Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. Set the Wi-Fi hotspot's name, encryption mode, and password. Then touch Save.
Network and sharing To use USB tethering, you may need to install your phone's driver on the computer or establish a corresponding network connection, depending on your computer's operating system. Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer. On the home screen, touch Settings then the...
Network and sharing Touch a device and follow the onscreen instructions to pair your phone with it. To unpair the two devices, touch next to the paired device, and touch Unpair. Renaming your phone By default, your phone model is used as your phone name after Bluetooth is turned on.
Network and sharing 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. On the home screen, touch Settings. Under All, touch Wi-Fi. Touch Wi-Fi to enable the Wi-Fi.
Windows Media Player. HiSuite mode HiSuite is a file transfer application developed by Huawei that lets you back up, synchronize, and transfer data between your phone and computer. Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
Applications Applications Managing applications If you want to allow an application to keep running after the screen is turned off, go to Settings > Protected apps and touch the corresponding application to enable. Downloading applications A wide selection of applications are available from a variety of sources. You can: •...
Applications 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 Tools > Backup. Read the User Agreement carefully, and then touch Agree. Touch backup.
Applications • Optimize the system performance by diagnosing your phone, cleaning out trash files, and more. • Enable power saving mode to maximize your phone's standby time. • Block unwanted calls, messages, and notifications. • Manage application permissions and set App lock to protect your privacy. Services and functions provided by Phone Manager vary with country and service provider.
Applications • Turn on Do not disturb. Your phone will ring only when you receive calls from allowed contacts. Tones for other calls, the message tones, and other notification tones will be muted. Calendar Calendar is your personal assistant that helps you manage, arrange, and keep track of all important events in your life.
Applications Touch > Subscribe. Touch > Global holidays. Touch the country whose holidays you want to view. Your phone will automatically download the country's holiday information. Setting a local calendar On the home screen, touch Calendar. Touch > Subscribe. Touch >...
Applications • Turn on or turn off an alarm: Touch the switch button next to an alarm to turn it on or off. • Configure alarm settings: Touch , and set the snooze duration, whether the alarm rings in silent mode, and what the volume buttons do when pressed.
Applications Under Timer, turn the wheel to set the countdown time. Touch to set a tone for the timer. When you are done, touch to start the timer. When the timer ends, your phone plays a tone and starts overtime timing. When the timer is running, touch to reset it.
Applications , select Auto update, and set Update interval. Your phone will then update the weather at the interval you set. Note Adding a note On the home screen, touch Notepad. Touch New note and enter your note's content. Touch to add an image.
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Applications Touch to enable or disable the speaker. Touch to turn the FM radio on or off. Touch to return to the previous station. Touch to go to the next station. Touch to add the current station to your favorites. Touch to search and view the station list, view your favorite stations, and set a timer for turning off the FM radio.
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 Settings. Under All, touch Location access. Touch Access my location to turn on your phone's location services. Touch Location mode.
Phone settings • Touch Card 1 phone ringtone Card 2 phone ringtone to select a ringtone. • Touch Default notification tone to set a notification tone. • Touch System to turn the notification tone or vibration on or off when you touch or lock the screen, dial a number, and more.
Phone settings Turning on one-hand UI One-hand UI makes using a phone with a large screen much easier. On the home screen, touch Settings then the tab. Under Smart assistance, touch More. Touch One-hand Touch One-hand UI to turn on one-hand UI. When one-hand UI is turned on, touch the arrow on either side of the screen to move the dialer or other operation area to the side of your choice.
Phone settings From the expanded menu, you can: • Touch to return to the previous screen or exit the current application. • Touch to return to the home screen. • Touch to display a list of recently used applications. • Touch to lock the screen.
Phone settings Setting a screen unlock password On the home screen, touch Settings. Under All, touch Security. Touch Screen lock > Password. Enter at least four characters, among which one should be a letter, and then enter them again for confirmation. Turning airplane mode on or off Your phone's signal reception or transmission may interfere with an airplane's flight system.
Phone settings On the home screen, touch Settings. Under All, touch Security. Touch Set Card 1 lock Set Card 2 lock. Select the Lock SIM card check box. If your phone has dual cards, you can set individual PINs for each card respectively. Enter your PIN, and touch OK.
Using unauthorized third-party software to update your phone may damage your phone or put your personal information at risk. It is recommended that you update through your phone's online update feature or download official update packages from Huawei's official website. •...
Phone settings Before you perform updates on your phone, ensure that your phone is connected to the network. On the home screen, touch Settings. Under All, touch Updater. Touch Check for updates. Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install any available updates. Online update may incur excessive data usage fees.
Phone settings Accessibility You can turn accessibility features on or off, such as zoom magnification and large font. On the home screen, touch Settings. Under All, touch Accessibility. Select the accessibility features you want to enable.
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