Huawei Mate 20 Lite User Guide

User Guide

Exciting Features

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Featured Usage Tips 1

Camera Tips 5

Highlights: Turn Your Photos into a Personalized Video 7

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Conguration 9

Gestures and Operations

Screenshots and Screen Recording

Home Screen

Navigation Bar

Quick Switch 19

Notication Panel and Status Bar 20

Screen Lock and Unlock 23

Go Back to Basics with Simple Mode 24

Home Screen Management 25

Contacts

Managing Business Cards

Search Contacts 31

Managing Contacts 32

Merging Third-party App Contacts 33

Dialing

Message

Camera

Basic Calling Functions

Block Nuisance Calls: Get the Peace and Quiet You Deserve 37

VoLTE 37

Use VoWi-Fi for a New Calling Experience 38

Basic Messaging Functions

Basic Camera Functions

Portrait Mode 44

Use AR Lens to Add Effects to Your Photos 45

Wide Aperture 46

Panorama 47

3D Panorama 48

Pro Mode 49

Light Painting Mode 51

More Capture Modes 56

Gallery

Highlights 59

Photo Management 61

Phone Manager

Use One-touch Optimization 66

Manage Mobile Data Usage 66

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Calendar

Clock

Enable Smart Power-Saving Management to Optimize Power

Consumption

Enable Virus Scanner 68

Add Email Accounts

Manage Email Accounts 69

Manage VIP Email Contacts 70

Set Auto Response for Exchange Email 70

Calendar: Your Event Management Center

Navigate the Calendar 71

Import To-Dos to Keep Your Work Organized 72

Use the Clock

Notepad

Manage Your Notes to Keep Your Records in Order

Utilities

Check Additional Weather Forecasts

Use Recorder to Make Audio Notes 75

Multiple Users

Multiple Users: Create Separate User Accounts on Your Phone

Set and Use Multiple Users 76

Device Connection

Bluetooth

NFC 80

Multi-screen Display 86

Connecting USB Device 87

Huawei Share 89

Security and Privacy

Face Unlock

Fingerprint 95

Location Information Protection 98

PrivateSpace 99

Enable App Lock 102

Enable microSD Card Encryption 103

Backup and Restoration

Data Backup: Prevent the Loss of Your Data 104

Data Backup Using HiSuite 104

Data Backup to a USB Storage Device 104

Reset Your Phone 105

Restore Your Backup Data 105

Search for Backup Data on Your Phone 106

Wi-Fi and Network

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Wi-Fi

Connecting to the Internet 110

Share Your Mobile Network with Other Devices 110

Apps and Notications

App Twin: Log in to Two Social Media Accounts at Once

Sound and Display

Congure

Congure Your Sound Settings 113

Enable Eye Comfort Mode to Prevent Eye Strain 114

More Display Settings 114

Do Not Disturb Mode 113

Storage

Enable Memory Cleanup

Smart Assistance

Navigation Bar and Navigation Dock

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System

Change the Input Method

Accessibility 119

General Settings 121

System Update

Performing an Online Update

Legal Notice

Personal Information and Data Security 129

Obtaining help 130

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Featured Usage Tips

Tips: Get to Grips with Features on Your Phone

If you have a new Phone, but are unfamiliar with some of its features, try using the Tips app.

Tips is a pre-installed app in your Phone. Tips introduces selected features and includes links to the

user guide, helping you to get accustomed with your Phone more quickly.

Intuitive suggestions: After you have used your new Phone for a while, the smart suggestion

feature will be automatically enabled on your Phone. This feature offers intuitive suggestions for

specic usage scenarios, which should help you get more out of your Phone.

Continuous update: The content of Tips will be updated from time to time to bring you the latest

wonderful functions.

Use Huawei Share to Quickly Share Files Between Huawei Devices

You can use Huawei Share to quickly transfer photos, videos and other les between Huawei devices.

Huawei Share uses Bluetooth to detect other nearby Huawei devices and then uses Wi-Fi Direct to

quickly transfer les without using mobile data.

Huawei Share

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Huawei Share uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to transfer data. When Huawei Share is enabled, both Wi-

Fi and Bluetooth are automatically enabled.

Use Huawei Share to send les: Select the les you want to share and then touch Share. To send

les, select a receiving device from the list of nearby devices and conrm.

Use Huawei Share to receive les: Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel,

and then touch to enable Huawei Share. Touch Accept when the le transfer notication is

displayed. Received les are saved by default to your Huawei Share folder in Files.

conrmation is required if the two Huawei devices have been logged in using the same

HUAWEI ID.

Transfer Files between Your Phone and Computer Using Huawei Share

With Huawei Share, you can easily share photos and les from your Phone to your computer (PC/

Mac), with no USB cable necessary.

Huawei Share uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to transfer data. When Huawei Share is enabled, Wi-Fi

and Bluetooth are automatically enabled.

l During the data transfer, ensure that your Phone and computer are connected to the same

network (for example, to the same Wi-Fi network).

Share les on your Phone with a PC

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1 Open Settings, then touch Device connection > Huawei Share to enable Huawei Share.

Record Name shown on computers.

2 From your PC, open the Network folder, and double-click Name shown on computers.

3 Then enter the password. You can view the password under Device connection > Huawei Share

> Verication on computers.

4 View your albums or internal storage.

Share les on your Phone with a Mac computer

Open Settings, then touch Device connection > Huawei Share to enable Huawei Share. Record Name shown on computers.

2 From your Mac, open Finder and double-click the recorded Name shown on computers.

3 Choose to register a new user, then enter the user name and password. You can then view the

password under Device connection > Huawei Share > Verication on computers.

4 View your albums or internal storage.

Access Phone Functions from Anywhere with Navigation Dock

In order to close an app or return to the home screen, you must use the navigation bar at the bottom

of your Phone. You can enable the Navigation dock feature on your Phone to avoid using navigation

buttons and to comfortably operate your device with one hand.

Open

Navigation dock. The Navigation dock will appear on the screen. You can then drag it to your

preferred location. The Navigation dock can perform the following actions:

l Back: Touch the Navigation dock once to go back one step, or touch it twice to go back two steps.

l Home: Touch and hold the Navigation dock and then release it to go to the home screen.

l View background apps: Touch and hold the Navigation dock and then swipe left or right to view

any apps that are running in the background.

Settings. Go to System > System navigation > Navigation dock and enable

Take Scrolling Screenshots to Capture Entire Pages

Tired of having to take several screenshots to capture long articles or chat records? You can use your

Phone's scrolling screenshot feature to take a screenshot that scrolls all the way down to the bottom

of the page, capturing all of the information on the page in a single screenshot.

Use shortcuts to take a scrolling screenshot: Swipe down from the status bar to open the

notication panel, then touch to take a scrolling screenshot. Touch within two seconds of

taking the screenshot, and the screen will automatically scroll down and keep taking the screenshot.

During the scrolling process, touch the scrolling area to end the screenshot.

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Use knuckle gestures to take a scrolling screenshot: Tap the screen with one knuckle and draw

an "S" shape without taking your knuckle off the screen. The screen will automatically scroll down to

the bottom of the page while taking a screenshot. During the scrolling process, touch the scrolling

area to end the screenshot.

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After taking the screenshot, touch or to edit or share the screenshot. The screenshot will be

saved in Gallery by default.

App Twin: Log in to Two Social Media Accounts at Once

Have you ever wished you could log in to two WeChat and Facebook accounts on your Phone

without the hassle of constantly switching between them? App twin lets you log in to two WeChat

and Facebook accounts at the same time, allowing you to keep your work and private life separate.

The App twin feature is currently limited to WeChat, QQ Messenger, LINE, Facebook, Snapchat,

WhatsApp, and Messenger. Please download and install the latest version of these apps before

using the App twin feature.

Touch Settings, and go to Apps & notications > App twin. Enable App twin as required.

When App twin is enabled for an app, two app icons are displayed for the app on the home screen.

This means that you can log in to two accounts at the same time. Touch and hold the twinned app

icon on the home screen to quickly disable App twin.

Camera Tips

Use Portrait Mode to Take Stunning Portraits

Want to make your seles or group shots even more beautiful? Portrait mode provides you with

customized options to make every photo beautiful and memorable.

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Enable Portrait mode to capture more beautiful photos: Open Camera > Portrait > .

Drag the sliders left and right to adjust beautication settings. A higher Beauty level will make the

beautication effects more distinct. Touch the

icon in the viewnder, and select (No lighting,

Soft lighting, Buttery lighting, Split lighting, Stage lighting, Classic lighting). After making the

adjustments, touch to take photos.

Enable Perfect sele mode to customize beautication settings: Open Camera > Portrait >

to enter the Camera settings screen. Touch Perfect sele to enable it. Follow the onscreen

prompts to take photos of yourself looking to the front, sides, and downwards, and then set the

beauty parameters. Larger parameter values produce more pronounced slimming and beautication

effects. After conrming your settings, touch to save your personalized beauty information.

l Re-enter personal information: In Camera settings screen, go to Perfect sele > Edit personal

info, then follow the onscreen prompts to re-take photos of yourself looking to the front, sides, and

downwards. This will reset the beauty parameters.

l Adjust beauty parameters: In Camera settings screen, go to Perfect sele > Set beauty effects

to adjust parameters such as skin smoothness and tone.

Use 3D Panorama to Take 360-degree Photos

Try the 3D panorama function to capture a 360-degree view of a scene or person.

There are three shooting modes for the 3D panorama function:

l Shooting objects: Go to Camera > More > 3D panorama. Touch and hold , then follow

the onscreen prompts to slowly move your Phone around your subject in one direction. Release

to stop shooting. After shooting, touch the camera thumbnail, and then touch

photo to generate a 3D panoramic photo.

l Shooting scenery: Go to Camera > More > 3D panorama. Touch and hold , then follow

the onscreen prompts to slowly move your Phone around your subject in one direction. Release

to stop shooting. After shooting, touch the camera thumbnail, and then touch

photo to generate a 3D panoramic photo.

After a 3D panorama has been generated, you can tilt your Phone or drag the photo to view the 3D

effect.

above the

Use Wide Aperture Mode to Highlight Your Shooting Subjects

Wide aperture mode produces photographs with a shallow depth of eld. This creates a blurred

background that lends greater emphasis to the photo's subject.

Take a wide aperture photo: Go to

select a focal point, and then touch to take the photo.

Camera > Aperture. When shooting, touch the screen to

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l For optimal results, ensure that the subject is positioned no more than 2 m away from the

camera.

l Touch and swipe left or right on the slider to adjust the aperture level. The smaller the

aperture value, the more blurred the background will appear.

Highlights: Turn Your Photos into a Personalized Video

Highlights creates a short clip of your photos based on time and location information. You can edit

the video clip and share it with your friends.

l Phone automatically creates videos based on the time and geographical information in your

photos. Before taking a photo, open Camera, touch

l Check that your Phone is connected to the Internet.

l Highlights albums are created automatically when your Phone is charging, the screen is

, and check that GPS tag is enabled.

switched off, and the battery is at least 50% charged. It may take some time for your Phone to

create the album. Highlights albums will not be created if there are insufcient photos or

videos (less than 7 photos) in Gallery.

You can use Highlights to do the following:

l Automatically create theme-based albums: Highlights automatically creates albums of photos

based on time or location (such as a birthday party or graduation ceremony). A push notication will

be sent to your Phone when a new album is created. Touch the notication to view the album.

l Remind you about past albums: You will be prompted to view past albums one year after an

album was created, or when you return to the location where the photos were taken.

l Edit an album: You can change the album name, add or remove photos, or edit the background

music or animation effects. After editing the album, save the video clip to Phone, or share it with

your friends.

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Connecting to the Internet

Connect to Wi-Fi networks effortlessly with your device.

Connecting to a Wi-Fi network

1 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel.

2 Touch and hold to open the Wi-Fi settings screen. 3 Switch on Wi-Fi. Your device will list all available Wi-Fi networks at your location. 4 Select the Wi-Fi network you want to connect to. If you select an encrypted network, you will also

need to enter the Wi-Fi password.

Connecting using mobile data

Before using mobile data, ensure that you have a data plan with your carrier to avoid incurring

excessive data charges.

1 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel.

2 Touch to enable mobile data.

When you don't need to access the Internet, disable mobile data to save battery power and

reduce data usage.

Enroll Your Facial Information to Enable Face Unlock

Face unlock allows you to quickly unlock your Phone by holding it up to your face.

l Only the owner can enable Face unlock. This feature is not available for users or guests, and

not supported in PrivateSpace either.

l Face unlock is only available if the unlock method is set to Pattern, PIN, or Password.

l Face unlock is not available if the screen unlock password has not been entered for three or

more days in a row, or if your Phone has been remotely locked, or has been restarted.

l When using Face unlock to unlock your Phone, keep your eyes open, face yourself directly

towards your Phone, and keep your face at a distance of 20 cm (7.87 in.) to 50 cm (19.69 in.)

from your device. In order to scan your face accurately, avoid using this feature when you are in

a dark environment or when facing direct light.

1 Open Settings. Go to Security & privacy > Face unlock and enter your lockscreen

password.

If you haven't set a lockscreen password, follow the onscreen instructions to do so. Face

unlock is only available if the unlock method is set to Pattern, PIN, or Password.

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2 If you have selected Enable Pick up to wake device to enhance the Face unlock experience,

your Phone will turn the screen on and recognize your face to unlock the screen automatically after you pick up your Phone and hold it to your face. If you do not wish to use this feature, deselect this option. Touch Continue and follow the onscreen instructions to enroll your facial information.

3 There are three ways to unlock the screen using this feature:

l Direct unlock: Turn on the screen. Your Phone will recognize your facial features and unlock

the screen after they are matched.

l Swipe to unlock: Turn on the screen. After your Phone has recognized your facial

information, swipe your

l Smart lock screen notication display: If you have enabled Slide to unlock and Smart

nger on the lockscreen to unlock your device.

lock screen notications, notication details will not display on the lockscreen until your

Phone recognizes your facial features.

l Access app lock: If you enable Access app lock, the face unlock function can be used to

access apps and locked apps.

Pick Up to Lock

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Enable Pick up to wake device to enhance the Face unlock experience, and set the Face unlock

method to Direct unlock. Once the setup is complete, you can simply raise your Phone to unlock the

screen, without a password or ngerprint.

If you haven't selected Enable Pick up to wake device to enhance the Face unlock experience

when enrolling the face data, you can set up this feature later: Open Settings, go to Security &

privacy > Face unlock, set the Face unlock method to Direct unlock. Then open Settings, go

Settings, go to Security & privacy > Face unlock. When enrolling the face data, select

to Smart assistance > Motion control > Pick up, and select Wake up device.

Enroll a Fingerprint

You can enroll a ngerprint on your Phone and then use your ngerprint to unlock your screen or

access your Safe or App Lock without a password.

Fingerprint unlocking is only available when your unlock method is set to Pattern, PIN or

Password. You will be required to unlock your Phone using the screen unlock password after

the device is restarted or if your ngerprint is not recognized.

l Before enrolling a ngerprint, make sure your nger is clean and dry.

1 Open Settings.

2 Go to Security & privacy > Fingerprint ID > Fingerprint management > Change unlock

method, select Pattern, 4-digit PIN, Custom PIN or Password, and then follow the onscreen

instructions to set an unlock password.

3 Once you have set an unlock password, touch New

ngerprint to enroll a ngerprint.

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4 Place your ngertip on the ngerprint sensor. Press down lightly on the sensor until your device

vibrates. Repeat this step using different parts of your ngertip.

5 After enrollment is complete, touch OK.

To unlock the screen, simply place your ngertip on the ngerprint sensor.

Connect to Wi-Fi

By connecting your device to a Wi-Fi network, you can effectively save mobile data.

To avoid potential security risks (such as unauthorized access to your personal data and nancial

information), please exercise caution when connecting to a public Wi-Fi network.

Connect to Wi-Fi: Open Settings, go to Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi, and enable Wi-Fi.

Select the network you want to connect to. Depending on the network settings, you may need to

enter a password or follow the onscreen instructions to complete the authentication if required. You

can add Wi-Fi hotspots using the automatic Scan or manual Add network… method.

l Refresh a Wi-Fi hotspot: Touch Scan to search again for available Wi-Fi networks.

l Manually add a Wi-Fi hotspot: Scroll to the bottom of the menu, touch Add network…, and

follow the onscreen instructions to enter the Wi-Fi hotspot name and password.

Connect to a Wi-Fi network through WPS: From the Wi-Fi screen, go to > Advanced Wi-Fi

settings > WPS connection. Press the WPS button on your router to establish a connection.

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Connecting to a WPS-enabled router over WPS enables you to quickly connect to Wi-Fi networks

without re-entering their passwords.