Huawei P8 lite User manual

User Guide
P8
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Contents
Foreword
Highlights
Voice wakeup 2
New camera modes 3
Director mode 4
Wi-Fi+ 4
Thumb mode 5
Touchplus 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 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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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
Apps
Managing applications 65
Backup 66
Phone Manager 68
Calendar 69
Clock 71
Weather 72
FM Radio 73
Phone settings
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
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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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 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 dialing.
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
These new modes may not be supported by all phones.
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 > Add personal info to
update you 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.
4 Touch to stop recording. The captured video will be played back at an accelerated
pace.
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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 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 Turn on Wi-Fi+ .
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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.
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.
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, dialer, or in-call menu to the side within reach.
This feature may not be available on all phones.
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