Huawei P8 User Guide
P8
User Guide
Contents
Foreword
Highlights
Getting started
Voice wakeup 2
New camera modes 3
Director mode 4
Wi-Fi+ 4
Thumb mode 5
Touchplus 6
Safe 8
Locking and unlocking the screen 9
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network 10
Turning on mobile data 10
Connecting your phone to a computer 10
Importing contacts from your old phone 11
Touchscreen gestures 12
Motion control 14
Status icons 15
Navigation bar settings 16
Home screen 17
Notifications 20
Accessing applications 21
Personalizing your phone 22
Entering text 24
Calls and contacts
Making a call 28
Answering or rejecting a call 30
In-call menu 31
Answering a third-party call 32
Making a conference call 32
Using the call log 32
Turning on pocket mode 33
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Call settings 33
Managing contacts 34
Searching for a contact 35
Importing or exporting contacts 35
Adding a contact to your favorites 37
Contact groups 38
Messaging and email
Sending a text message 39
Replying to a message 39
Managing messages 40
Setting up an email account 41
Sending an email 42
Checking your email 43
Account settings 43
Camera and gallery
Capture screen 45
Taking a photo 46
Launching the camera from the gallery 46
Capture modes 46
Shooting a video 49
Video shooting modes 50
Camera settings 50
Gallery 51
Scanning a QR code 53
Music and videos
Adding songs 54
Listening to music 54
Creating a playlist 56
Playing a playlist 56
Deleting a playlist 56
Setting a song as the ringtone 56
Playing a video 57
Network and sharing
Enabling mobile data 58
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Apps
Phone settings
Wi-Fi network 58
Sharing your phone's mobile data 59
Transferring data using Bluetooth 60
Transferring data using Wi-Fi Direct 61
Transferring data between your phone and computer
62
Transferring data between your phone and a USB
storage device 63
Multi-screen display 64
Managing applications 65
Backup 66
Phone Manager 68
Calendar 69
Clock 71
Weather 72
FM Radio 73
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 your phone 82
Setting the date and time 83
Changing the system language 84
Privacy protection 84
Accessibility 85
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Safety information
Legal Notice 91
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Foreword
This guide is intended to be used with phones running EMUI 3.1.
All pictures and illustrations are for your reference only and may differ from the final
product.
The features described in this guide may not be available on all phones or carriers due to
local service supplier policy.
Symbols and definitions
Note
Caution
For more information
You can refer to the Quick Start Guide packaged with your phone.
Open
HiCare
to read the user guide and service information or get help from the online
forum.
Go to http://consumer.huawei.com/en/ to download product manuals (including safety
information), read the FAQs, and view the Privacy Policy.
Settings
Go to
Please visit http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/hotline/ for the most up-to-date
contact information for your country or region.
>
About phone
Highlights important information and tips, and
provides additional information.
Indicates potential problems that may arise, such
as device damage or data loss, if proper care or
attention is not given.
>
Legal information
to view important legal information.
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Highlights
Voice wakeup
If you can't find your phone when you know it's somewhere nearby, or your hands are
tied when you need to call somebody, use speech control to find your phone and place
calls.
This feature may not be available on all phones.
Waking up your phone and making a call
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
All
, touch
Speech awareness
3
Touch the
4
Follow the onscreen instructions to set up a wakeup keyword.
5
Say the keyword to wake up your phone and use voice dialing.
Speech awareness
Waking up your phone and locating it
Settings
switch to enable voice wakeup.
.
.
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
All
, touch
Speech awareness
3
Touch the
4
Follow the onscreen instructions to set up a wakeup keyword.
5
Say the keyword and ask your phone where it is. Your phone will ring to reveal its
location.
Speech awareness
Settings
switch to enable voice wakeup.
.
.
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Highlights
New camera modes
These new modes may not be supported by all phones.
Perfect selfie
Set your own custom beauty settings for facial enhancement and beautifying effects
Beauty
when you take photos in
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Touch > >
3
Enable
Perfect selfie
4
Touch
Perfect selfie
On the camera settings screen, you can touch
update you personal information.
5
On the
Set beauty effects
6
In
Beauty
mode, touch to take photos.
Perfect selfie
.
and take three self-portrait shots.
Light painting mode
Capture trails of light by using slow shutter speeds.
mode.
Camera
.
.
Perfect selfie
screen, adjust your beauty settings, and then touch .
>
Add personal info
to
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Touch
Light painting
3
Touch to begin shooting. When the desired exposure time is reached, touch to
complete the shot.
and select a preset effect.
Camera
.
Time-lapse mode
Use this mode to create an accelerated video of a slow-changing scene, such as the
sunset or sunrise.
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Swipe left or right to select
3
Touch to start recording.
4
Touch to stop recording. The captured video will be played back at an accelerated
pace.
Camera
Time-lapse
.
.
3
Highlights
Director mode
Director mode lets you play the role of a movie director and partner with friends to create
a professional film.
You can connect up to four phones for different shooting angles and activate the
camera on each as necessary. Make sure Wi-Fi is turned on and
available on each phone.
1
On the home screen, touch
2
On your phone, touch
set up a group. Your phone will act as the director's phone while shooting.
3
On the other phones, touch
the onscreen instructions to join the group.
After a connection is set up, you can view of the phone cameras from sub-windows
at the bottom of your screen.
4
Touch to start recording. Touch any sub-window to switch to another camera.
Record
Director Mode
>
Create group
Director Mode
.
and follow the onscreen instructions to
and then touch
Record
Director Mode
>
Join group
is
. Follow
5
Touch to stop recording.
You will be able to the edit the video clip after shooting by cropping, adding background
music, adding titles, and more.
Wi-Fi+
If you enable Wi-Fi+, your phone will monitor the quality of available networks and
automatically switch to the network with the best signal and speed.
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
Wireless & networks
3
Touch
LINK+
>
Wi-Fi+
4
Turn on
Wi-Fi+
.
.
Settings
, touch
and then go to the
More
.
All
tab.
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Highlights
Thumb mode
Thumb mode makes it easier to use phones with large screens and quickly share QR
contact cards with friends.
One-hand layout
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
All
, touch
One-hand UI
3
Enable
One-hand layout
change the screen layout, bringing everything within reach.
This feature is available only on phones that support a virtual navigation bar. If the
virtual navigation bar is replaced by film navigation keys, this feature will not be
available.
. You can then swipe the virtual navigation bar to either side to
Settings
>
One-hand layout
.
.
Shifting keyboard
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
All
, touch
One-hand UI
3
Enable
Shifting keyboard
move the keyboard, dialer, or in-call menu to the side within reach.
This feature may not be available on all phones.
. You can then touch the arrow on either side of the screen to
Settings
>
Shifting keyboard
.
.
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Highlights
Moving the screen down
On the contacts, dialer, messaging, or email screen, if you can't reach items near the top
of the screen, touch the upper half of the screen and drag down and release (after 1
second) to shift the entire interface down closer to your thumb.
From the dialer, contacts or messaging screen, drag down and then release to display
your personal QR contact card. Your friends can scan this to obtain your phone number
instantly.
Touchplus
Use the Huawei Touchplus screen protector to enhance your phone's functionality and
accessibility. The navigation keys on the protective film replace the system's own virtual
keys and add more touch control areas to your screen.
This feature works only on phones that support Touchplus. The Touchplus fitted
screen protector is available for purchase on vmall.com.
After attaching the screen protector, double-tap or touch and hold any of the five touch
zones located in the upper left and right corners or bottom of the screen to launch the
Touchplus setup guide. Follow the onscreen instructions, proceed to the settings screen,
and then enable
Touchplus
and
Film navigation keys replace virtual navigation bar
.
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1
2
3
You can also set up Touchplus by opening
Smart assistance
under
.
Settings
and touching
Highlights
Touchplus
Upper left corner: double-tap this zone to start or stop
recording audio (default). You can customize this zone's
shortcut later from Touchplus settings.
Film navigation keys: these keys replace the virtual navigation
bar, which is hidden.
Upper right corner: double-tap this zone to take a photo
(default). You can customize this zone's shortcut later from
Touchplus settings.
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Safe
The safe helps you secure important files and protects your privacy.
Enabling the safe
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
Categories
3
Touch
Enable
4
Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your password and set up the security
question, and then touch
or
Local
.
Adding files to the safe
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
Categories
3
Enter the password, and then touch
4
Touch
Add
or
Local
.
, touch
Done
.
, touch
Files
Safe
Files
Safe
.
.
.
.
Done
.
Highlights
5
Follow the onscreen instructions and select which files you want to add to the safe.
6
Touch
ADD
to add the selected files to the safe.
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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, the screen will lock itself
automatically.
Unlocking the screen
When the screen is off, press the power button to turn it on. Slide your finger in any
direction to unlock the screen.
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Getting started
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
1
Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel.
2
Under
Shortcuts
3
Turn on Wi-Fi. Your phone then scans for available Wi-Fi networks and lists them on
the screen.
4
Select the Wi-Fi network you want to connect to. If the Wi-Fi network is encrypted,
enter the password when prompted.
, touch and hold to enter the Wi-Fi settings.
Turning on mobile data
1
Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel.
2
Under
Shortcuts
When you don't need to access the Internet, disable mobile data to save battery
power and reduce data usage.
, touch to enable mobile data.
Connecting your phone to a computer
Use a USB cable to connect your phone to a computer. Follow the onscreen instructions
and select a connection mode to transfer photos, videos, songs, and other files between
your phone and computer.
Photos
Files
USB drive
Read, manage, and transfer multimedia files in your
phone storage. For details, see
Read, manage, and transfer files in your phone storage.
For details, see
If you have a microSD card installed, you can use your
phone as a USB storage device, read data on the
microSD card, and transfer data to and from a
computer. For details, see
mode.
Connecting using MTP.
Connecting using PTP.
Connecting in USB flash drive
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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
Storage device
Bluetooth
Backup
phone. For details, see
card.
If your old phone has a microSD card slot, export the
contacts in your old phone to a microSD card as a vCard
file, and then import the contacts to your new phone.
For details, see
device.
Enable Bluetooth on both your old and new phones,
and import your contacts using Bluetooth. For details,
Importing contacts from a Bluetooth device.
see
If your old phone supports Backup, back up your
contacts, and restore them to your new phone. For
details, see
Importing contacts from a storage
Backup.
Importing contacts from a SIM
Computer
Other accounts
Synchronize your contacts from your old phone to a
computer, and use HiSuite to synchronize them to your
new phone.
•
Install social network applications and synchronize
contacts from your social network accounts.
•
Log in to your Exchange account and synchronize your
contacts.
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Touchscreen gestures
Touch
: Tap an item once. For example,
touch to confirm an option or open an
application.
Getting started
Touch and hold
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.
Swipe
: Move your finger vertically or
horizontally across the screen. For example,
you can swipe left or right under
Notifications
dismiss a notification. Swipe horizontally or
vertically to transition through home
screens, scroll through a document, and
more.
Drag
: Touch and hold an item and then
move it to another position. For example,
you can rearrange applications and widgets
on the home screen this way.
: Touch and leave your
in the notification panel to
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Getting started
Pinch two fingers out
: Spread two fingers
apart on the screen. For example, pinch two
fingers out to zoom in on a picture or web
page.
Pinch two fingers together
: Pinch two
fingers together on the screen. For example,
pinch two fingers together to zoom out on a
picture or web page.
Pinch three fingers together
: On the
home screen, pinch three fingers together to
display screen thumbnails.
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Getting started
Motion control
Motion control lets you control your phone using simple motions and gestures. For
example, mute the phone by turning it over or raise the phone to your ear to answer and
make calls quickly.
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
All
, touch
Motion control
3
On the
Motion control
•
Flip
: Mute sounds and stop vibration from incoming calls, alarms, and timers.
•
Pick up
: Pick up your phone to reduce the ring volume of incoming calls, alarms, and
timers.
screen, select an option, and select a motion to enable it.
Settings
.
.
•
Raise to ear
ear. Similarly, from the call or contact details screen, raise your phone to your ear
to call the corresponding number.
: When a call comes in, answer the call by raising your phone to your
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•
Shake
: Touch and hold a blank area on the home screen to enter editing mode.
Shake your phone to organize your icons.
•
Tilt
: In home screen editing mode, touch and hold an icon or widget and tilt your
phone to the left or right to move the icon or widget to the next screen.
Your phone may not feature all of these gestures.
Getting started
Status icons
Status icons may vary according to your region or carrier.
Signal strength No signal
GPRS network connected 3G network connected
Enhanced Data Rates for
GSM Evolution (EDGE)
network connected
Evolved High-Speed
Packet Access (HSPA+)
network connected
Long Term Evolution (LTE)
network connected
High Speed Packet Access
(HSPA) network
connected
USB tethering on
Roaming
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Airplane mode enabled Bluetooth on
Getting started
Receiving location data
from GPS
Silent mode enabled Alarms enabled
Charging Battery full
Battery low Call in progress
Missed calls New messages
New emails New voicemail
Selecting an input method Wi-Fi network available
Connected to a Wi-Fi
network
Downloading data Phone memory full
Upcoming events No SIM card found
Sign-in or synchronization
problem
Synchronization failed Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on
Vibration mode enabled
Uploading data
Synchronizing data
More notifications Connected to a VPN
Headset plugged in
USB debugging mode
enabled
Navigation bar settings
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
All
, touch
Navigation bar
3
Select one of the virtual navigation bars to customize your navigation bar. If you select
a navigation bar containing
panel.
This feature is only available on phones with virtual navigation keys.
Settings
.
, you can touch to quickly open your notification
.
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Getting started
1
2
3
4
5
Home screen
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.
1
2
3
4
5
Status bar: displays notifications and icons. Swipe down from
the status bar to open the notification panel.
Display area: displays application icons, folders, and widgets.
Screen position indicator: indicates which home screen is
displayed.
Dock: displays frequently used applications.
Navigation bar: displays virtual keys (only applicable to phones
with virtual navigation keys).
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Switching between home screens
Getting started
Swipe left or right to view the extended home screen. Touch
default home screen.
Swipe left or right to view all home screens.
Home
to return to the
Automatic screen rotation
If you rotate your phone when browsing a web page or viewing a photo, the screen
orientation changes automatically between landscape and portrait mode. This feature
allows you to enjoy tilt-controlled applications, such as racing games.
1
Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel.
2
Under
Shortcuts
, touch
Auto-rotate
to enable or disable screen rotation.
Organizing applications and widgets on the home screen
The following operations allow you to organize your applications, widgets, or folders:
•
Adding a widget
screen editing mode. Touch
a blank area on the home screen.
You must have enough space on the home screen to add the widget. If there is not
enough space, add another home screen or free up some space on the current
screen.
•
Moving an application or widget
application icon or widget until your phone vibrates. You can then drag the
application icon or widget to the desired location.
: On the home screen, pinch two fingers together to enter home
Widgets
and select a widget. The widget will be added to
: On the home screen, touch and hold an
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Getting started
•
Deleting an application or widget
application icon or widget you want to delete until is displayed. Drag the
unwanted application icon or widget to .
•
Creating a folder
a folder containing both applications. To rename the folder, open the folder and then
touch and hold the folder name.
•
Hiding application icons
, select the application icons you want to hide, and then touch OK. Applications
will not appear on the home screen after they have been hidden.
: On the home screen, drag an icon on top of another icon to create
: Place two fingers on the home screen and pinch out. Touch
: On the home screen, touch and hold the
Managing home screens
On the home screen, pinch three fingers together to display the home screen thumbnails.
•
Setting the default home screen
the current home screen as the default home screen.
•
Moving a home screen
Drag the home screens to adjust their positions.
•
Adding a home screen
•
Deleting a home screen
: Touch and hold the home screen until your phone vibrates.
: Touch to add a home screen.
: Touch to delete a blank home screen.
: Touch at the bottom of the screen to select
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Getting started
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2
3
4
Notifications
Status indicator
The status indicator on your phone indicates the following status information:
•
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.
•
Steady green (when charging): The battery is almost full or already full.
•
Blinking green: There are unread messages or notifications.
Notification panel
Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Swipe left or right to
switch between the notification and shortcut tabs.
Touch to view the notification details and swipe left or right
across a notification to dismiss it.
Clear all notifications.
Enable or disable automatic screen brightness.
Touch the shortcut switches to enable or disable the functions.
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Getting started
Lock screen notifications
Use the lock screen notifications feature to place new messages, missed calls, and other
notifications on the lock screen.
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
3
Touch the
General
, touch
Show detailed notification info
Screen lock & passwords
Settings
.
.
switch to enable lock screen notifications.
Accessing applications
Opening and switching between applications
On the home screen, touch an icon to open the corresponding application.
Home
To switch to another application, touch
touch the icon of the application you want to open.
If you have installed many applications on your phone and you can't find the
application you want quickly on the home screen, swipe down from the top of the
screen and search for the application in the search bar.
to return to the home screen, and
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Viewing recently used applications
Getting started
Touch
•
Touch a thumbnail to open the corresponding application.
•
Swipe left or right to view recently used applications.
•
Swipe up on a thumbnail to close the corresponding application.
Recent
to display the list of recently used applications. Then you can:
•
Swipe down on a thumbnail to display at the top of the thumbnail and lock the
corresponding application. Swipe down on the thumbnail again to unlock the
application.
•
Swipe up from the bottom of the screen until is displayed to close all applications
in the list. Locked applications will not be closed.
Personalizing your phone
Changing the home screen style
You can choose from the standard and simple home screen styles as desired.
1
On the home screen, touch
2
On the
All
tab, touch
3
Select
Simple
Touch
screen.
and then touch .
Standard home
Home screen style
to switch from the simple home screen to the standard home
Settings
.
.
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Getting started
Changing the theme
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Swipe left or right to browse themes. You can:
•
Select a theme.
•
Touch and customize the theme style, wallpaper, font, and more.
3
Touch .
You can update your themes or download new ones online by turning on mobile data
or connecting to a Wi-Fi network.
Themes
.
Changing the wallpaper
1
On the home screen, touch
2
On the
3
On the
•
•
General
Wallpapers
Touch
Touch
tab, touch
screen, you can:
Lock screen wallpaper
Home screen wallpaper
Settings
Wallpaper
to set the lock screen wallpaper.
to set the home screen wallpaper.
.
.
•
Touch the
you shake your phone.
•
Touch the
automatically at periodic intervals.
Shake to change
Random change
switch to make the home screen wallpaper change when
switch to make the home screen wallpaper change
Changing the ringtone
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
General
3
Touch
Default notification tone
•
Ringtone
•
Music
If your phone has dual SIM support, you can set different ringtones for each SIM
card.
4
Touch .
, touch
: Choose from the preset ringtones.
: Choose from the audio files stored on your phone.
Sound
Settings
.
, and then choose one of the following tabs:
.
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Getting started
Changing the font size
1
On the home screen, touch
2
Under
General
3
Touch
Font size
4
Follow the onscreen instructions to select the font size.
, touch
.
Font
.
Settings
.
Entering text
Switching between input methods
Your phone comes with multiple text input methods. You can choose one of them to
input text.
1
On the text input screen, swipe down from the status bar to open the notification
panel.
2
Under
Notifications
, touch
Select input method
.
3
Select an input method.
To change your phone's default input method, touch
All
screen. Under
input method.
, touch
Language & input
>
Settings
Default keyboard
on the home
, and then select an
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Huawei Swype input method
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
Getting started
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2
3 4 65
Slide across letters to enter a word.
Switch between lowercase and uppercase letters.
Touch and hold to access input method settings.
Enter numbers and symbols.
Touch and hold to view more language input options.
Switch to voice input.
•
Touch to delete the character to the left of the cursor.
•
Touch and hold to delete multiple characters to the left of the
cursor.
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