Huawei MATE S User manual

User Guide
HUAWEI Mate s

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Contents
Foreword
Highlights
Voice wakeup 2
New camera modes 3
Director mode 4
Wi-Fi+ 4
Thumb mode 5
Fingerprint ID 6
Safe 8
Getting started
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 16
Navigation bar settings 17
Home screen 18
Notifications 21
Accessing applications 22
Personalising your phone 23
Entering text 25
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 33
Turning on pocket mode 33
Call settings 34
Managing contacts 35

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Searching for a contact 35
Importing or exporting contacts 36
Adding a contact to your favourites 38
Contact groups 38
Messaging and email
Sending a text message 40
Replying to a message 40
Managing messages 41
Setting up an email account 42
Sending an email 43
Checking your email 43
Account settings 44
Camera and gallery
Capture screen 45
Taking a photo 46
Launching the camera from the gallery 46
Capture modes 47
Shooting a video 50
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
Wi-Fi network 58
Sharing your phone's mobile data 59
Transferring data using Bluetooth 60
Transferring data using Wi-Fi Direct 61

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Transferring data between your phone and
computer 62
Transferring data between your phone and a USB
storage device 63
Multi-screen display 64
Huawei Beam 65
Apps
Managing applications 66
Backup 67
Phone Manager 69
Calendar 70
Clock 72
Weather 73
Notes 74
FM Radio 74
Phone settings
Turning on location services 76
Modifying sound settings 76
Modifying display settings 77
Enabling one-hand UI 78
Touch-disable mode 78
Turning on gloves mode 79
Using the suspend button 79
Changing the lock screen style 80
Turning aeroplane mode on or off 81
Setting your SIM card PIN 81
Setting up an account 82
Restoring factory settings 83
Updating your phone 83
Setting the date and time 84
Changing the system language 85
Privacy protection 85
Accessibility 86
Safety information
Legal Notice

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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
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.
Go to
Settings > About phone > Legal information to view important legal information.
Please visit http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/hotline/ for the most
up-to-date contact information for your country or region.
Note Highlights important information and tips and
provides additional information.
Caution
Indicates potential problems that may arise, such
as device damage or data loss, if proper care or
attention is not given.

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Highlights
Voice wakeup
If you can't find your phone when you know it's nearby or your hands are full when you
need to call somebody, use voice wakeup 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 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 a wakeup keyword.
5 Say the keyword to wake up your phone and use voice dialling.
Waking up your phone and locating it
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 a wakeup keyword.
5 Say the keyword and ask your phone where it is. Your phone will ring to reveal its
location.

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New camera modes
Perfect selfie
Set your own custom beauty settings for facial enhancement and beautifying effects
when you take photos in
Beauty mode.
1 On the home screen, touch Camera .
2 Touch > > Perfect selfie .
3 Enable Perfect selfie .
4 Touch Perfect selfie and take three self-portrait shots.
On the camera settings screen, you can touch Perfect selfie > Edit personal info to
update your personal information.
5 On the Set beauty effects screen, adjust your beauty settings and then touch .
6 In Beauty mode, touch to take photos.
Light painting mode
Capture trails of light by using slow shutter speeds.
1 On the home screen, touch Camera .
2 Touch Light painting and select a preset effect.
3 Touch to begin shooting. When the desired exposure time is reached, touch to
complete the shot.
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 Camera .
2 Swipe left or right to select Time-lapse .
3 Touch to start recording.

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4 Touch to stop recording. The captured video will be played back at an accelerated
pace.
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
Director Mode is
available on each phone.
1 On the home screen, touch Director Mode .
2 On your phone, touch Record > Create group and follow the onscreen instructions to
set up a group. Your phone will act as the director's phone while shooting.
3 On the other phones, touch Director Mode and then touch Record > Join group . Follow
the onscreen instructions to join the group.
After a connection is set up, you can view each 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.
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 Settings and then go to the All tab.
2 Under Wireless & networks , touch More .
3 Touch LINK+ > Wi-Fi+ .
4 Touch Wi-Fi+ settings .

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5 Turn on Wi-Fi+ .
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 Settings .
2 Under All , touch One-hand UI > One-hand layout .
3 Enable One-hand layout . You can then swipe the virtual navigation bar to either side to
change the screen layout, bringing everything within reach.
Shifting keyboard
1 On the home screen, touch Settings .
2 Under All , touch One-hand UI > Shifting keyboard .
3 Enable Shifting keyboard . You can then touch the arrow on either side of the screen to
move the keyboard, dialler or in-call menu to the side within reach.
This feature may not be available on all phones.

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Moving the screen down
On the contacts, dialler, 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 dialler, 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.
Fingerprint ID
Use your fingerprint to unlock the screen or encrypt important or private information.
This function is only available on phones that have a fingerprint sensor.
Registering a fingerprint
Use your fingerprint to unlock the screen or view encrypted data. To better protect your
privacy, you can use the fingerprint screen unlock feature only when the unlocking
method is set to
PIN or Password .
1 On the home screen, touch Settings .
2 Under All , touch Fingerprint ID .