Huawei Y6 User manual

Quick Start Guide
Y6

For more information
Read the Quick Start Guide included with your device.
Go to http://consumer.huawei.com/en/ to download the user
guide for your device and read the FAQ, privacy policy, and
other information.
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All pictures and illustrations in this guide, including but
not limited to the phone color, size, and display content,
are for your reference only. The actual product may vary.
Nothing in this guide constitutes a warranty of any kind,
express or implied.

Your phone at a glance
Before you start, let's take a look at your new phone.
Press and hold the power button to turn your phone on or
off.
To forcibly restart your phone, press and hold the power
button until your phone vibrates.
Power
button
Volume
button
Headset jack
Micro USB port
Front
Camera
Status
indicator
Microphone
Light
sensor
Earpiece
Speaker
Return Recent
Home

Getting started
Follow the instructions in the following figures to set up your
phone. Do not insert or remove a SIM card while your phone
is on.
Open the battery cover. Insert the SIM card.
1
Insert the microSD card
(optional).
Install the battery.
Charge the phone.
Install the battery cover.
3
5
2
4
6
a
b
a
b
Micro SIM
microSD

Locking and unlocking the screen
Press the power button to
lock the screen. If your phone
is idle for a specified period of
time, the screen will
automatically lock itself.
If the screen is off, press the
power button to turn it on.
Slide your finger in any
direction to unlock the
screen.
You can also quickly launch
commonly used applications
without unlocking the screen.

Calling and messaging
Touch to make a call
using the dialer. You can also
touch a phone number in
your contacts, or a number in
a message, email, web page,
or other source to place a call.
Touch to send a text or
multimedia message. You can
save photos, audio clips,
videos, and other
attachments from received
multimedia messages.

Camera
Touch .
Frame the scene you want to
capture. Let your camera
focus automatically or touch
the screen to focus on a
specific object. Then touch
to take a photo.
Swipe left or right to switch
between different capture
modes.
Time-lapse mode lets you
record the slow
transformation of objects or
scenes, such as a blooming
flower or the setting sun.

Internet connection
You can access the Internet
over Wi-Fi or a mobile data
network.
Swipe down from the status
bar to open the notification
panel.
Touch to turn on mobile
data.
Touch and hold to go to
the Wi-Fi settings screen. Turn
on Wi-Fi and connect to a Wi-
Fi network.

Backing up data
Touch .
Touch to open the
settings menu. You can set
how often you want to back
up your data by following the
onscreen instructions.
Touch and select the data
that you want to back up,
such as your contacts,
messages, and photos. Then
follow the onscreen
instructions to complete the
backup.

Phone manager
Touch .
You can quickly scan your
phone for potential risks with
one touch. Follow the
onscreen instructions to use
one-touch optimization, or
manually clean the system
storage and manage your
applications.
Touch the options on the
screen to clean your system
trash, set the harassment
filter, activate power saving
mode, manage your
applications' notification
permissions, and more.