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  • Page 1 User Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Exciting Features Featured Usage Tips Camera Tips Manage Your Phone New Device New Device Configuration Gestures and Operations Smart Recognition Home Screen Navigation Bar Notification Panel and Status Bar Home Screen Management Contacts Managing Business Cards Managing Contacts Link Contact Information with Social Media Accounts Dialling Basic Calling Functions Enable VoLTE to Enjoy HD Calls...
  • Page 3 Navigate the Calendar Utilities Use Recorder to Make Audio Notes Device Connection Connect Your Phone to Bluetooth Devices Transfer Data between Your Phone and Computer Huawei Share Security and Privacy Face Unlock Fingerprint Enable or Disable Location Services PrivateSpace Enable App Lock...
  • Page 4 Contents Personal Information and Data Security Obtaining help For more information...

  • Page 5: Exciting Features

    Exciting Features Featured Usage Tips Enrol Your Facial Information and Enable Face Unlock Face unlock allows you to unlock your device quickly and securely, without the need of a password. Face unlock can only be used when the owner account is logged in. It is not supported by PrivateSpace.

  • Page 6: Camera Tips

    Exciting Features Back: Touch the Navigation dock once to go back one step, or touch it twice to go back two steps. Home: Touch and hold the Navigation dock and then release it to go to the home screen. View background apps: Touch and hold the Navigation dock and then swipe left or right to view any apps that are running in the background.

  • Page 7: Manage Your Phone

    Exciting Features Update shooting modes: To update shooting modes, go to the More screen. The shooting modes with available updates will have red dots next to them. You can follow the onscreen prompts to update them. Delete shooting modes: Go to More > , and touch to delete unneeded shooting modes.
  • Page 8 Exciting Features If you enter the wrong password five times in a row while logging in to App lock, your device will remain locked for one minute. Try again after one minute. If you enter the wrong password another three times in a row, you will need to wait 10 minutes to try unlocking again. Enable PrivateSpace Do you worry that potentially embarrassing information might be seen by your friends and co-workers when you are showing them photos and other things on your Phone? PrivateSpace lets you store...
  • Page 9 Exciting Features Open Settings, and then go to Home screen & wallpaper > Wallpaper. You can: Set a picture as your home screen wallpaper: Touch Gallery or select a preset wallpaper in your device, and follow the onscreen instructions to select Lock screen, Home screen or Both. Set a photo as your wallpaper from Gallery: Have a great photo you want to set as your wallpaper? In Gallery, open the photo that you like, go to...
  • Page 10 Exciting Features Move widgets: Touch and hold a widget on the home screen until your Phone vibrates. Drag the widget to any position on the screen. Use App Drawer to Store Apps Want to store your apps in one location on your home screen to make your home screen look cleaner? You can enable app drawer on your home screen to store all your apps and free up space on your home screen.

  • Page 11: New Device

    New Device New Device Configuration Enrol Your Facial Information and Enable Face Unlock Face unlock allows you to unlock your device quickly and securely, without the need of a password. Face unlock can only be used when the owner account is logged in. It is not supported by PrivateSpace.
  • Page 12 New Device Connect to a Wi-Fi Network: Open Settings, go to Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi, and enable Wi-Fi. Touch a Wi-Fi network to access it, and enter the network password or complete the authentication if required. Alternatively, you can scroll to the bottom of the menu, touch Add network, and follow the onscreen instructions to add a network hotspot by entering its name and password.

  • Page 13: Gestures And Operations

    Gestures and Operations Smart Recognition Scan Food to Acquire Calorie Information Ever just start wondering about how to select healthy food and keep slim? Scan the food to get the weight, the calorie, and the nutrient information using HiVision. This feature requires an Internet connection. Connect to a Wi-Fi network to avoid unnecessary data charges.
  • Page 14 Gestures and Operations On the HiVision screen, touch , and frame the arts in the viewfinder. HiVision will automatically identify the arts and display detailed information cards for that arts.

  • Page 15: 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, open Settings, then go to System >...

  • Page 16: Notification Panel And Status Bar

    Home Screen Switch to a recently used app: Swipe left or right on the screen to find the app you want to use, and touch the app tab. Close an app: Swipe up on an app tab to close the corresponding app. Close all apps: Touch to close all apps.
  • Page 17 Home Screen Bluetooth enabled Silent mode enabled Wi-Fi network available Charging Vibration mode enabled Battery level low Alarms enabled No SIM card detected Battery fully charged Headset plugged in Power saving mode enabled Performance mode enabled Wired or wireless projection in use Super charging Quick charging Eye comfort mode enabled...

  • Page 18: Home Screen Management

    Home Screen Prevent all apps from pushing notifications: Touch Batch management, and then turn off All. Home Screen Management Manage Home Screen Icons Move and delete app icons from the home screen, or rearrange them in folders so that your home screen is organised the way you like it.
  • Page 19 Home Screen Rename a folder: Open the folder and touch the folder name to enter a new name. Add or remove app icons from a folder: Open the folder and touch . Select the apps you wish to add to the folder, deselect those you wish to remove, and then touch OK. Another way to remove an app icon from a folder is to touch and hold the icon in the folder until your device vibrates, then drag it to an empty space on the home screen.
  • Page 20 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 Phone vibrates, and then select Remove.

  • Page 21: 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 22: Managing Contacts

    Contacts Share your business card: Open Contacts and touch 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 23: Link Contact Information With Social Media Accounts

    Contacts Export contacts: Select Export to storage, Share contacts, or Export to SIM and follow the onscreen instructions. By default, .vcf files exported through Export to storage are saved in the root directory of your device's internal storage. Open Files to view exported files. Manage Your Contacts The Contacts app includes a host of features for managing contacts.

  • Page 24: Dialling

    Dialling Basic Calling Functions Make Emergency Calls In an emergency situation, if your device is powered on and in service, emergency calls can be made even if the screen is locked or there is no reception. The emergency call feature is subject to local regulations and your Internet service provider. Network or environmental factors may affect emergency call performance.

  • Page 25: Enable Volte To Enjoy Hd Calls

    Dialling Enable VoLTE to Enjoy HD Calls Some carriers may not support this feature. Only dual-SIM phones support both SIM card slots enabling 4G, VoLTE, and VoWiFi. Open Settings, and go to Wireless & networks > Mobile network. In the settings section for SIM 1 or 2 (if supported by your network provider), you can: Enable 4G: Turn on 4G.

  • Page 26: 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. Open Camera and touch to access the Settings screen. From here you can: Capture smiles automatically: From Settings, enable Capture smiles.

  • Page 27: Use Wide Aperture Mode To Highlight Your Shooting Subjects

    Camera Use Wide Aperture Mode to Highlight Your Shooting Subjects Wide aperture mode produces photographs with a shallow depth of field. This creates a blurred background that lends greater emphasis to the photo's subject. Take a wide aperture photo: Go to Camera >...

  • Page 28: Light Painting Mode

    Camera When taking a panorama, find a wide, open space that is some distance away from the subject and try to avoid backgrounds that are all in one colour. Go to Camera > More > Panorama. Touch at the bottom of the screen to configure the shooting direction. Hold your Phone steady, and then touch to start shooting.
  • Page 29 Camera 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 30 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 31 Camera Capture Rivers and Waterfalls with Silky Water The Silky water feature lets you capture silky smooth photos of waterfalls and rivers. This feature works best with 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. Go to Camera >...
  • Page 32 Camera Use Star Track to Capture the Beauty of Stars Star track allows you to capture the movement of stars in the night sky. For best results, choose a clear night in a location free of light pollution with an unobstructed view of the sky.

  • Page 33: More Capture Modes

    Camera More Capture Modes Custom Shooting Modes Want to discover new ways of using your camera besides the preset functions? You can download or delete shooting modes based on your needs. Download more shooting modes: Open Camera > More > Download. Select the shooting modes to download, and touch ADD.
  • Page 34 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 picture effect. When you share moving pictures to third-party apps or...

  • Page 35: Gallery

    Gallery Customise Highlights Albums Highlights creates albums based on time and location information and generates a short video clip so you can instantly relive the good times. You can make a custom Highlights album by choosing your favourite photos and videos, then selecting a video template and the background music. To start using Highlights, open Camera, touch , and enable Location tag.
  • Page 36 Gallery Sort photos intelligently: Gallery will automatically sort the photos you take into categories such as portraits, locations, scenery, and food, so you can quickly find what you're looking for. Customise photo aggregation: After Gallery automatically aggregates different portrait albums for you, you can manually change the album names of portraits and set the relationship (for example, "Baby"...

  • Page 37: Optimiser

    Optimiser...

  • Page 38: Email

    Email Manage Email Accounts You can manage multiple email accounts concurrently on your Huawei Phone. 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 39: Import Important Events To Calendar

    Email Import Important Events to Calendar Worried about missing an important event among a sea of emails? You can import important events to Calendar and view them at anytime and anyplace. Open Email, select the event from the email, and select >...

  • Page 40: Calendar

    Calendar Navigate the Calendar Want to bring order to your busy life? Try using the app Calendar on your Huawei Phone to manage your daily schedule. Create an event: Open Calendar, touch , and enter your event information including title, location, and start and end times.

  • Page 41: Use Recorder To Make Audio Notes

    Utilities Use Recorder to Make Audio Notes Have you ever felt like you do not have enough time to take important notes during a meeting? Do you need to sort out a pile of notes from an interview or class? Recorder lets you record audio files that you can conveniently play back later.

  • Page 42: Device Connection

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

  • Page 43: Nfc

    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 44 Device Connection Use NFC to Share Data Quickly NFC lets you share data across two devices quickly without the hassle of pairing. Simply place the NFC detection areas of both your devices in close proximity to each other, and then you can transfer files and other data quickly between the two NFC-enabled devices.
  • Page 45 Settings, then touch Device connectivity and enable NFC and Huawei Beam. Select the files to be sent and touch Share > Huawei Beam. Keep your Phone unlocked and the screen on. Place the NFC detection areas of both devices close together. Once a connection is established, the transmitting device will play an audio prompt and the sharing screen will minimise.

  • Page 46: Transfer Data Between Your Phone And Computer

    Device Connection For example, when pairing Bluetooth devices, enable NFC, Huawei Beam, and Bluetooth on both devices. Open the Bluetooth pairing screen on both devices and place the NFC detection areas of devices close together. When the transmitting device plays an audio prompt and the transmitting screen shrinks, follow the onscreen instructions and touch the screen on the transmitting device to establish a Bluetooth connection.

  • Page 47: Huawei Share

    Huawei Share supports data transfers between the following devices: Between mobile phones and tablets: You can use Huawei Share to share photos, and files on your Phone with other phones or tablets. Touch and hold the photos, and files you want to share, then select Huawei Share from the sharing option to enjoy a simple and easy sharing process that doesn't consume your mobile data.
  • Page 48 Use Huawei Share to Quickly Share Files between Huawei Devices You can use Huawei Share to quickly transfer photos, videos and other files between Huawei devices. Huawei Share uses Bluetooth to detect other nearby Huawei devices and then uses Wi-Fi Direct to quickly transfer files without using mobile data.
  • Page 49 Device Connection Use Huawei Share to send files: Select the files you want to share and then touch Share. To send files, select the receiving device from the list of nearby devices and confirm. Use Huawei Share to receive files: Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel, and then touch to enable Huawei Share.

  • Page 50: Security And Privacy

    Security and Privacy Face Unlock Delete Face Data If you no longer use Face unlock or want re-input your face data, you can delete the current face data. Open Settings, go to Security & privacy > Face recognition, follow the onscreen instructions and enter the lock screen password, then touch Delete facial data and follow the onscreen instructions to delete your current face data.

  • Page 51: Enable Or Disable Location Services

    Features may vary depending on your carrier. Huawei only uses location data to provide you with necessary functions and services, not for the purpose of identifying and collecting your private information. Set indoor positioning assistance: Open Settings, go to Security &...
  • Page 52 Security and Privacy PrivateSpace provides you with the following features: Hide the entrance to your PrivateSpace: Want to keep all traces of your PrivateSpace hidden from other people? You can hide the entrance to your PrivateSpace in the MainSpace, keeping your PrivateSpace secret.
  • Page 53 Security and Privacy private information in a hidden space within your device that can only be accessed with your fingerprint or password. You can add up to three users to Phone and PrivateSpace on your Users. If you have already added three users under Settings >...
  • Page 54 Security and Privacy In PrivateSpace, open Settings and go to Security & privacy > PrivateSpace. Touch MainSpace to PrivateSpace or PrivateSpace to MainSpace. Follow the onscreen instructions to select files and transfer them to the target location. Files stored on your device or NM card can be transferred from your MainSpace to your PrivateSpace.

  • Page 55: Enable App Lock

    Security and Privacy Modify your PrivateSpace password: Enter the MainSpace, open Settings, and go to Security & privacy > PrivateSpace. Touch > Reset password. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your MainSpace password and the answer to the security question, and then set your PrivateSpace password.

  • Page 56: Backup And Restoration

    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 Phone or HUAWEI ID, nor will it delete any data or files.
  • Page 57 Backup and Restoration Open Settings, go to System > Reset > Reset phone, touch Reset phone, enter the screen unlock password (if any), and follow the onscreen instructions to reset the settings.

  • Page 58: 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 59 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 60: 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 Phone 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 61: Sound And Display

    Sound and Display Configure Your Sound Settings When you are watching movies or playing games, your device will automatically switch to stereo sound to enhance your audio experience. You can also set ringtones and audio reminders for a variety of different scenarios. Adjust system volume: Press a volume button or move the slider to quickly adjust the media volume.

  • Page 62: Storage

    Storage Enable Memory Cleanup Your device may slow down over time as your storage space gets smaller. Use Memory cleanup to free up storage space, improve system performance, and keep your device running smoothly. Open Optimiser, then touch Cleanup to clean up memory and clear the cache to optimise performance.

  • Page 63: Smart Assistance

    Smart Assistance Access device Functions from Anywhere with Navigation Dock In order to close an app or return to the home screen, you must use the navigation bar at the bottom of your device. You can enable the Navigation dock feature on your device to avoid using navigation buttons and to comfortably operate your device with one hand.

  • Page 64: System

    System Change the Input Method You can change the input method on your device as desired. Accessibility Enable Colour Correction The colour correction setting enables your device to compensate for the effects of colour blindness. When colour correction is enabled, users with normal colour vision may have difficulty viewing some colours.
  • Page 65 System Print Documents and Photos from Your Phone Connect your Phone to a printer over Wi-Fi to print out documents and photos with ease. Mopria allows you to print directly from your Phone to a Mopria-certified printer. The printer connects to your Phone over Wi-Fi. If your printer is not Mopria-certified, contact the printer manufacturer to obtain a plug-in for your model.
  • Page 66 System Open Settings. Go to Device connectivity > Printing > Default Print Service and check that Default Print Service is enabled. Select a printer from the search results, follow the onscreen instructions to manually add a printer. You can now print directly from your Phone: Print an image: Go to Gallery.

  • Page 67: System Update

    You are advised to update your device online or bring your device and proof of purchase to an Authorised Huawei Customer Service Centre for updates. Your data may be erased after a system update. Back up important data before updating your device.

  • Page 68: 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 69 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 70: Personal Information And Data Security

    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 71 Your phone can properly power on only after the identity authentication passes. Please visit http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/hotline for recently updated hotline and email address in your country or region. Model : ANE-LX1 EMUI 9.1_01...

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