Huawei MediaPad M5 User Manual

Huawei MediaPad M5 User Manual

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  • Page 1 User Guide...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Take Moving Pictures Gallery Organise Photo Albums Tablet Manager Enable Storage cleaner Email Manage Email Accounts Import Important Events to Calendar HUAWEI ID and Multiple Users Set and Use Multiple Users Device Connection Connect Your Tablet to Bluetooth Devices Connecting USB Device...
  • Page 3 Contents Security and Privacy Fingerprint Enable or Disable Location Services PrivateSpace Enable App Lock Password Vault Backup and Restoration Reset Your Tablet Wi-Fi and Network Wi-Fi Share Your Mobile Network with Other Devices Apps and Notifications App Twin: Log in to Two Social Media Accounts at Once Sound and Display Configure Do Not Disturb Mode Configure Your Sound Settings...
  • Page 4: Exciting Features

    Exciting Features Featured Usage Tips Use Shortcuts to Access Frequently Used Features Touch and hold an app icon to display a menu of frequently used features for quick access. You can also touch and hold a feature and drag it to your home screen to create a shortcut. If you touch and hold an app icon and a shortcut is not created, the app does not support home screen shortcuts.
  • Page 5 Exciting Features Use Assistive Grid to Compose Your Photos Ever get annoyed that your photos turn out looking skewed or the subject always seems to be off- center? You can use your camera's assistive grid feature to help you line up the perfect shot. To select an assistive grid, open Camera and touch to enter Settings.
  • Page 6 Exciting Features Spiral composition method: Use either Fibonacci spiral (left) or Fibonacci spiral (right). Place the subject of your photo within the centre of the spiral. Take Moving Pictures Want to make your photos more interesting and dynamic? Take a moving picture and prolong life's wonderful moments.
  • Page 7 Moving pictures can be shared directly through Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Huawei Share, and more. The receiving device must be a Huawei device that supports the capture of moving pictures in order to play the moving photo effects. When you share moving pictures to third-party apps or...
  • Page 8: New Device

    New Device New Device Configuration 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 unauthorised access to your personal data and financial information), please exercise caution when connecting to a public Wi-Fi network. Connect to a Wi-Fi Network: Open Settings, go to Wireless &...
  • Page 9: Home Screen

    Home Screen Navigation Bar Configure Your Navigation Bar Layout Using the navigation bar, you can conveniently access the home screen, return to the previous page, exit an app, or view recent apps used. To configure your navigation bar layout, go to Settings, then go to System >...
  • Page 10: Notification Panel And Status Bar

    Home Screen For Tablets that feature a front navigation button, the virtual navigation bar is disabled by default. If you want to enable the navigation bar, go to Settings > System > System navigation > Virtual navigation bar. After you enable the virtual navigation bar, the front navigation button will be disabled.
  • Page 11: Set A Lock Screen Password To Protect Your Privacy

    Home Screen Set a Lock Screen Password to Protect Your Privacy Your Tablet stores a lot of sensitive information, such as personal photos, contact information, banking apps (for example, Alipay). Set a lock screen password so that a password is required each time you unlock your Tablet.
  • Page 12: Home Screen Management

    Home Screen Home Screen Management Manage Home Screen Icons Is your home screen cluttered with app icons? You can move or delete icons from the home screen or sort and move them to folders for more convenient use. Move a home screen icon: From the home screen, touch and hold an app icon until your Tablet vibrates, then drag it to any position on the home screen.
  • Page 13 Home Screen Add or remove app icons from a folder: Open the folder, touch , select or deselect apps and then touch OK. The selected app icons will be automatically added to the folder while the deselected apps will be removed from the folder. Another way to remove an app icon from a folder is to touch and hold the icon in the folder until your Tablet vibrates, and then drag it to the home screen.
  • Page 14 Home Screen Check that there are enough empty spaces on the home screen for the widget. If there is not enough space, add an empty screen page or free up some space on the current home screen page. Delete widgets: Touch and hold a widget on the home screen until your Tablet vibrates, and then select Remove.
  • Page 15: Contacts

    Contacts Managing Business Cards Scan Business Cards to Add Them to Contacts Open Contacts, go to Business cards > Scan, and you can: Scan a single business card: Place the business card on a flat surface and adjust the camera's focus frame so that the contents on the business card are clearly displayed in the viewfinder, then touch Scan multiple business cards: Switch to Multiple mode and follow the onscreen instructions to...
  • Page 16: Merging Third-Party App Contacts

    Contacts Share your business card: Open Contacts and touch My card to set your profile picture and enter your name, work address, telephone number, and other information. Then touch and your device will automatically generate your QR code business card. You can share your business card directly using the QR code.
  • Page 17 Contacts From the Email inbox, open an email you have received. Go to email details, then touch the sender's profile picture and select View LinkedIn profile.
  • Page 18: Dialling

    Dialling Make Emergency Calls In an emergency situation, if your Tablet is powered on and within the service area, you can make emergency calls even if the screen is locked or there is no mobile reception. Calling services are not supported on Wi-Fi only tablets. The emergency call feature is subject to your local regulations and Internet service provider.
  • Page 19: Message

    Message Basic Messaging Functions Send Messages Text messages give you a quick and easy way to communicate with friends, family and colleagues. In addition to text, you can also add emojis or insert pictures and audio files to enrich your messages. SMS services are not supported on Wi-Fi only tablets.
  • Page 20: Camera

    Camera Basic Camera Functions Adjust Camera Settings On the Camera setting screen, you can adjust a variety of camera settings, modes, and specifications to suit your needs. Capture smiles automatically: From Settings, enable Capture smiles. The camera will now take a picture automatically when it detects a smile in the viewfinder.
  • Page 21 Camera Spiral composition method: Use either Fibonacci spiral (left) or Fibonacci spiral (right). Place the subject of your photo within the centre of the spiral.
  • Page 22: Use Panorama Mode To Take Panoramic Photos

    Camera Use Panorama Mode to Take Panoramic Photos Panoramas provide a wider viewing angle than ordinary photos, letting you take sweeping landscape shots. To capture a panorama shot, the camera takes multiple photos of objects within our visual field and stitches them together into a single photo.
  • Page 23: Light Painting Mode

    Camera Light Painting Mode Use Tail Light Trails to Capture the Lights of the City Tail light trails lets you create artistic photos of car tail lights at night. Shoot from a distance and slightly above your subject for best results. Ensure that car headlights do not point directly at the camera, as this can overexpose the image.
  • Page 24 Camera Use Light Graffiti to Create Light Patterns Light graffiti lets you create patterns or write words by moving a light source in front of the camera. Find a dark location away from other light sources and ensure that the subject's silhouette is not visible.
  • Page 25 Camera Use Silky Water to Capture Rivers and Waterfalls Silky water lets you capture silky smooth photographs of waterfalls and rivers. For better results, find a stream or waterfall with lots of water. Place your device on a tripod or solid surface so that it does not move during the exposure. Open Camera >...
  • Page 26 Camera Use Star Track to Capture the Beauty of Stars Star track lets you use your camera to capture the movement of stars in the night sky. For best results, choose a location free of light pollution with an unobstructed view of the sky, and on a clear night.
  • Page 27: Take Moving Pictures

    Camera Take Moving Pictures Want to make your photos more interesting and dynamic? Take a moving picture and prolong life's wonderful moments. With moving pictures, you can record a scene approximately one second before and after the shutter button is pressed. When browsing these pictures in Gallery, you can not only view the static picture taken the moment you press the shutter button, but also play the dynamic picture and sound.
  • Page 28 Moving pictures can be shared directly through Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Huawei Share, and more. The receiving device must be a Huawei device that supports the capture of moving pictures in order to play the moving photo effects. When you share moving pictures to third-party apps or...
  • Page 29: Gallery

    Gallery Organise Photo Albums Add photos or videos to a new album: From the Albums tab, touch Add album, enter an album name, and then touch OK. Select a photo or video and add the selected item to a new album. Relocate photos and videos: You can move photos and videos from various locations to the same album for unified management and browsing.
  • Page 30: Tablet Manager

    Tablet Manager Enable Storage cleaner Your Tablet may slow down over time as your storage space gets smaller. You can use memory cleanup to free up storage space, improve system performance, and keep your Tablet running smoothly. Open Tablet Manager, touch Cleanup, and clean up memory and cache based on the scan results to speed up your device's performance.
  • Page 31: Email

    Email Manage Email Accounts You can manage multiple email accounts concurrently on your Huawei Tablet. Open Email. You can: Check emails: On the Inbox screen, touch , and then select an email account to view the list of your emails. Swipe down to refresh the list of emails. Open an email to read, reply, forward, or delete it.
  • Page 32: Huawei Id And Multiple Users

    HUAWEI ID and Multiple Users Set and Use Multiple Users Want to have more than one user account on your Tablet to keep your work and personal life separate? You can add multiple users to your Tablet and switch between them with a single touch.
  • Page 33 HUAWEI ID and Multiple Users Touch Settings, and go to Users & accounts > Users. Then, touch the username or profile picture of the desired user. You will be prompted to enter the password to unlock the screen when switching back to the...
  • Page 34: Device Connection

    You can also connect your Tablet to Bluetooth wearables to record and manage fitness data. Connecting Bluetooth devices to your Tablet does not increase power consumption significantly. Bluetooth protocols used by Huawei devices and their functions: HFP, HSP Make calls...
  • Page 35: Connecting Usb Device

    Device Connection Tethering Connect to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices Enable or disable Bluetooth: From the home screen, swipe down from the status bar, open the shortcuts panel, and then touch to enable or disable Bluetooth. Touch and hold to open the Bluetooth settings screen.
  • Page 36 Device Connection Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel, and then set your USB connection method to Transfer files. Your computer will automatically install the necessary drivers. After the installation is complete, click the new drive icon named Tablet on the computer to view the files on your Tablet.
  • Page 37: Security And Privacy

    Security and Privacy Fingerprint Fingerprint Recognition: Enjoy Faster Navigation and Enhanced Security Fingerprint recognition not only allows you to unlock your Tablet faster, it also provides added security to your personal information. You can use your fingerprint to: Unlock your screen with a single touch: Want to avoid the hassle of using PIN codes and patterns to unlock your screen? Use your fingerprint to quickly and securely unlock your screen with a single touch.
  • Page 38: Privatespace

    Features may vary depending on your carrier. Mobile data is not supported on Wi-Fi only tablets. Huawei only uses location data to provide you with necessary functions and services, not for the purpose of identifying and collecting your private information.
  • Page 39 Security and Privacy Transfer Your PrivateSpace Data to Your New Device You can clone your PrivateSpace to quickly transfer your private files to another device. Before transferring your data, ensure that the new device has enough storage space remaining. You can transfer the following data from one device to another: pictures, audio files and videos.
  • Page 40: Enable App Lock

    Security and Privacy Enable App Lock App lock allows you to set a password for your WeChat, Alipay, and other important apps. Once you restart your Tablet or unlock the screen, you will be asked to enter your App lock password when opening the apps for the first time.
  • Page 41 Security and Privacy Usernames and passwords are encrypted in the hardware of the device and stored locally. They cannot be read by any parties, including Huawei. Enable Password Vault Forget your password when logging in to an app? Password vault saves and automatically fills in your passwords, allowing you to log in to apps on your Tablet more conveniently and securely.
  • Page 42: Backup And Restoration

    SETTINGS, and follow the onscreen instructions to reset the settings. Restore all settings: This will restore your device's initial network settings, fingerprint data, face data, and lock screen passwords. It won't reset settings for Find my Tablet or HUAWEI ID, nor will it delete any data or files.
  • Page 43: Wi-Fi And Network

    Transfer Data Using Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Direct allows you to rapidly transfer data between Huawei devices. Wi-Fi Direct is faster than Bluetooth and does not require devices to be paired. It is better suited to transferring large files over...
  • Page 44: Share Your Mobile Network With Other Devices

    Wi-Fi and Network Send files with Wi-Fi Direct: Open Files, touch and hold a file you want to send, and go to More > Share > Wi-Fi Direct. When another device is detected, touch its name to establish the connection and begin file transfer. Receive files with Wi-Fi Direct: Enable Wi-Fi.
  • Page 45 Wi-Fi and Network You can use Wi-Fi hotspot or Bluetooth to share your mobile data with other devices. Use Wi-Fi hotspot to share mobile data: Open Settings and go to Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot > Portable Wi-Fi hotspot > Configure hotspot. Set the hotspot name, encryption type, and password for the Wi-Fi hotspot, then touch Save and enable the hotspot to use it.
  • Page 46: Apps And Notifications

    Apps and Notifications 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 Tablet 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.
  • Page 47: Sound And Display

    Sound and Display Configure Do Not Disturb Mode Do not disturb mode blocks calls from strangers and only notifies you when you receive calls and messages from chosen contacts. Open Settings and go to Sounds > Do not disturb. Toggle on the Do not disturb switch, then touch Do not disturb mode and select one of the following options: Allow calls and messages from important contacts: Select Allow priority interruptions only, and then touch Define priority interruptions to configure which contacts can call or message...
  • Page 48 Sound and Display Set your Tablet to Silent mode: From the Sounds screen, enable Silent mode. After you enable Silent mode, enable Vibrate in silent mode. Now when you receive an incoming call, your screen will light up and your device will vibrate. Customise your ringtone and notification tone: From the Sounds screen, select a custom ringtone or use the Notification.
  • Page 49: System

    Automatic switch to handwriting input of the stylus: When you touch the text box using a stylus, the system can automatically switch to the handwriting input method. Currently, only Huawei tablet M5 Pro supports the stylus. Accessibility Enable TalkBack to Have Onscreen Content Read Aloud TalkBack reads aloud content on the screen that you touch, select, or activate.
  • Page 50: General Settings

    System General Settings Change Your System Language Want to change your Tablet's system language? This can be done with ease. Open Settings, go to System > Language & input > Language and select your system language. If you cannot find your language from the language list, touch Add language to add your language.
  • Page 51 System Print a note: Open Notepad. Open the note that you want to print, go to Print, and then follow the onscreen instructions to send the note to the printer. View Memory and Storage Status Unsure of how much memory and storage you have left after using your Tablet for a long time? You can view your Tablet's memory and storage information to help you monitor your memory and storage use and decide whether to perform a cleanup.
  • Page 52: System Update

    The system will be automatically restored to the specified version when your Tablet restarts. Use eRecovery to Restore Your Tablet If your Tablet does not boot properly or the system is unstable, you can use the Huawei system recovery feature (eRecovery) to restore your Tablet.
  • Page 53: Legal Notice

    Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and its affiliates ("Huawei"). The product described in this document may include software that is the copyright of Huawei or its licensors. Such software shall not be reproduced, distributed, modified, decompiled, disassembled, decrypted, extracted, reverse engineered, leased, assigned, or sublicensed unless such restrictions are prohibited by law or such actions are approved by the copyright holder.
  • Page 54: Personal Information And Data Security

    Huawei. To the greatest extent permitted by applicable law, it is explicitly stated that Huawei shall not compensate or be liable for services provided by third-party service providers, or the interruption or termination of third-party contents or services.
  • Page 55: For More Information

    It is recommended that you update through your device's online update feature or download official update packages for your device model from Huawei. Some applications require and transmit location information. As a result, a third-party may be able to share your location information.
  • Page 56 Your device can properly power on only after the identity authentication passes. Please visit http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/hotline for recent updated hotline and email address in your country or region. Model: SHT-AL09 SHT-W09 EMUI9.0.1_01...

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