Huawei P smart Pro User Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Huawei Manuals
  4. Cell Phone
  5. P smart Pro
  6. User manual
Huawei P smart Pro User Manual

Huawei P smart Pro User Manual

Hide thumbs Also See for P smart Pro:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
HUAWEI P smart Pro
User Guide

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the P smart Pro and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Subscribe to Our Youtube Channel

Related Manuals for Huawei P smart Pro

Summary of Contents for Huawei P smart Pro

  • Page 1 HUAWEI P smart Pro User Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Exciting Features Featured Usage Tips Use Panorama Mode to Take Panoramic Photos More Features New Device New Device Configuration Home Screen Navigation Bar Use Shortcut Switches to Quickly Enable Frequently Used Features Notification Panel and Status Bar Screen Lock and Unlock Home Screen Management Contacts Managing Contacts...
  • Page 3 Manage Your Notes to Keep Your Records in Order Utilities Check Your Screen Time Device Connection Connect Your Phone to Bluetooth Devices Transfer Data between Your Phone and Computer Huawei Share Security and Privacy Fingerprint Enable or Disable Location Services Enable App Lock Backup and Restoration...
  • Page 4 Contents Legal Notice Legal Notice Personal Information and Data Security Obtaining help For more information...

  • Page 5: Exciting Features

    Exciting Features Featured Usage Tips 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 6: More Features

    Exciting Features Touch at the bottom of the screen to configure the shooting direction. Hold your Phone steady, and then touch to start shooting. Slowly move the Phone in the direction indicated, holding the device steady and ensuring that the arrow stays level with the centre line.
  • Page 7 Exciting Features 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 > Set as > Wallpaper, and follow the onscreen instructions to set the photo as your home screen wallpaper. Manage Your Home Screen Widgets Want to quickly add widgets such as screen lock, weather, notepad, clock, contacts, or calendar to your home screen? You can add, move or delete home screen widgets to tidy up...

  • Page 8: New Device

    New Device New Device Configuration Connecting to the Internet Connect to Wi-Fi networks effortlessly with your device. Connecting to a Wi-Fi network Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Touch and hold to open the Wi-Fi settings screen. Switch on Wi-Fi.
  • Page 9 New Device 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.

  • Page 10: 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 11: Use Shortcut Switches To Quickly Enable Frequently Used Features

    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. •...
  • Page 12 Home Screen Signal strength No signal 4G+ network connected 3G network connected 4G network connected HSPA network connected 2G network connected LTE network connected LTE+ network connected NFC enabled HSPA+ network connected Airplane mode enabled VoLTE available Wi-Fi network connected Roaming Receiving location data from GPS Bluetooth enabled...
  • Page 13 Home Screen Downloading data New voicemails Events reminder Uploading data Synchronising data Memory full Sign-in or synchronisation Synchronisation failed problem VPN connected More notifications Open the Notification Panel to Get Important Information Check the notifications and the operating status of your device on the status bar. When there is a notification reminder, you can turn on the screen and swipe down from the status bar to view the notification.

  • Page 14: Screen Lock And Unlock

    Home Screen Screen Lock and Unlock Set a Lock Screen Password to Protect Your Privacy Your Phone 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 Phone.

  • Page 15: Home Screen Management

    Home Screen Lock the Screen to Quickly Secure Your Phone If you don't use your Phone for a set period of time, the screen will turn off and lock. As long as the screen stays on, you can use your Phone without needing to unlock the screen. Lock your screen when you are not using your Phone to protect your privacy and prevent mistaken inputs.
  • Page 16 Home Screen Manage Your Home Screen Too many icons on your home screen? You can add a new page to your home screen and customise it to your liking. Pinch in with your fingers on the home screen to enter home screen editing mode. You can do the following: Add a new screen page: Touch at the left or right side of the screen to add a new...
  • Page 17 Home Screen Move widgets: Touch and hold a widget on the home screen until your device 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 18: Contacts

    Contacts Managing Contacts Add Contacts to the Blocklist or Trustlist To add a contact to the blocklist, open Contacts, touch the contact, then go to > Block contact. All calls and messages from this contact will be blocked. You can also add contacts to the blocklist in Optimiser. Go to Blocked > >...

  • Page 19: Dialling

    Dialling Basic Calling Functions Make Calls On the dialler screen of your device, enter part of the phone number, the first letter of the contact's name, or the contact's initials to find a contact. Open Phone. From the dialler screen, enter the phone number, the first letter of the contact's name, or the contact's initials (for example, enter "jl"...

  • Page 20: Volte: Make Calls And Use Data At The Same Time

    Dialling Open Phone and touch to hide the dialpad. You can now perform one of the following: Delete a single record: Touch and hold an entry, then touch Delete entry. • Delete multiple records: Go to > Delete multiple entries, select the entries you want •...

  • Page 21: Camera

    Camera Basic Camera Functions Use Basic Camera Features Learn about the basic features of your camera to take better photos. Take a photo: Open Camera. In the viewfinder, touch or press the Volume down button to take a photo. Select a camera mode: Open Camera and choose a preinstalled camera mode in the lower part of the screen.

  • Page 22: 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 23: 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 24 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 •...
  • Page 25 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 •...
  • Page 26 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 •...
  • Page 27 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 •...

  • Page 28: More Capture Modes

    Camera More Capture Modes Use Time-Lapse to Create a Short Video Use Time-lapse mode to capture images over a long period of time and condense them into a short video. Capture and watch nature in its entirety: blooming flowers, drifting clouds, or even star trails against the night sky.
  • Page 29 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 incompatible devices, moving pictures will be displayed as static images.

  • Page 30: Gallery

    Gallery Photo Management Organise Albums Add an album: From the Albums tab, touch Add album, name the album, then touch OK. Select the photos or videos you want to add. Move photos and videos: Move photos and videos from various albums into the same one for easy management and browsing.

  • Page 31: Optimiser

    Optimiser Use Optimise Have you noticed that your device has slowed down recently? Do you worry that it might be vulnerable to malware and other security threats? Use Optimise to make your device run smoother and protect it from security threats. Open Optimiser, and touch OPTIMISE.
  • Page 32 Optimiser The virus scan reminder is enabled by default. You will be notified if no anti-virus scan has been performed for more than 30 days.

  • Page 33: Email

    The system will automatically connect to the server and check server settings. After configuration, the system will open the Inbox screen by default. Manage Email Accounts You can manage multiple email accounts concurrently on your Huawei Phone. Open Email. You can:...
  • Page 34 Email Configure email accounts: On the account screen, go to > Settings, select an account • to set Account name, Default account, and Remove account.

  • Page 35: Calendar

    Calendar Import To-Dos to Keep Your Work Organised Many to-dos cannot be handled in time. What can I do if I forget to handle them? Import each to-do item to Calendar for easy reference and you will not miss any important events. Import meeting reminders: Open Calendar, go to >...

  • Page 36: Use The Clock

    Clock Use the Clock You can find various functions, including alarm, world clock, stopwatch, or timer in Clock. View the time all over the world: Open Clock, touch on the World clock tab, and enter the name of a city or select one from the list of cities. Display the time in two different regions: Open Settings, and then go to System >...

  • Page 37: Notepad

    Notepad Manage Your Notes to Keep Your Records in Order Want to share important notes or add something to favourites? Manage your notes to keep your records in order. Share a note: Want to send your meeting notes to your colleague? On the list page of All notes or All to-dos, open the note you want to share, then touch to select a sharing method and follow the onscreen prompts.

  • Page 38: Utilities

    Utilities Check Your Screen Time Digital balance allows you to check the app usage, helps you manage your screen time and guides you towards healthier device usage habits. To check your device usage, open Settings, and go to Digital balance > More. Check today's screen time: Touch Today, and you can check your Screen time, App usage, Unlocks.

  • Page 39: 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 40: Transfer Data Between Your Phone And Computer

    Device Connection 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. Pair a Bluetooth device: Enable Bluetooth from the Bluetooth device's settings screen.

  • Page 41: Huawei Share

    Huawei Share uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to transfer data. When Huawei Share is enabled, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are both automatically enabled. 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.
  • Page 42 Huawei Share now supports one-touch printing for images and PDF files. • For a list of supported printers, touch Learn more in the Huawei Share section (access • this section by touching the Share icon on the picture or PDF you want to share), swipe left on the screen, then touch What printers are supported? to see the list.
  • Page 43 Device Connection Power on the printer, and make sure that it connects to the same network as your device, or that Wi-Fi Direct is enabled. Preview the file you want to print on your device, and then touch Share. Once the printer has been discovered, touch its name, and adjust specifications on the preview screen.

  • Page 44: Security And Privacy

    Security and Privacy Fingerprint Fingerprint Recognition: Enjoy Faster Navigation and Enhanced Security Fingerprint recognition not only allows you to unlock your device 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 •...
  • Page 45 Security and Privacy Fingerprint unlocking is only available when your unlock method is set to Pattern, PIN • or Password. You will be required to unlock your Phone using the screen unlock password after the device is restarted or if your fingerprint is not recognised. Before enrolling a fingerprint, make sure your finger is clean and dry.

  • Page 46: Enable Or Disable Location Services

    Features may vary depending on your network provider. • 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 47: 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 48 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 49: Wi-Fi And Network

    Wi-Fi and Network Wi-Fi Introduction to Wi-Fi+ Wi-Fi+ intelligently connects to Wi-Fi networks to save mobile data consumption. When your device detects a known or free Wi-Fi network, it will automatically turn on Wi-Fi and connect to the network. Your device will also automatically select the optimal network in the area for the best Internet connection.
  • Page 50 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...

  • Page 51: Connecting To The Internet

    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 52: Share Your Mobile Network With Other Devices

    Wi-Fi and Network Connecting using mobile data Before using mobile data, ensure that you have a data plan with your network provider to avoid incurring excessive data charges. Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Touch to enable mobile data.

  • Page 53: 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 54: Sound And Display

    Sound and Display Set Up 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, then go to Sounds > Do not disturb to do the following: Do not disturb: Touch Do not disturb to immediately enable or disable this function.

  • Page 55: 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 56: 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 57: System

    System Change the Input Method You can change the input method on your device as desired. Switch the input method: Open Settings, go to System > Language & input > Default keyboard, and select an input method. Accessibility Use Text-to-Speech Output with TalkBack The text-to-speech feature can read aloud texts on the screen of your device.
  • Page 58 System Open Settings, and go to System > Date & time. From here you can: Change the date and time: Enable Set automatically to sync your device's date and time • with that of your mobile network. Disable Set automatically to set your date and time manually.
  • Page 59 System Print an image: Go to Gallery. Open the image that you want to print, go to More > • Print or export to PDF, and then follow the onscreen instructions to send the image to the printer. Print a webpage: In your browser, open the webpage that you want to print, and then •...
  • Page 60 Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2019. All rights reserved. This document, whether in part or whole, shall not be reproduced or transmitted in any way, shape, or form without the prior written consent of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and its affiliates ("Huawei").
  • Page 61 Huawei shall not be responsible for the legality, quality, or any other aspects of any third- party software installed on this product, or for any uploaded or downloaded third-party works in any form, including but not limited to texts, images, videos, or software etc.
  • Page 62 Be sure to obtain third-party applications from a legitimate source. Downloaded third-party • applications should be scanned for viruses. Install security software or patches released by Huawei or authorised third-party • application providers. Using unauthorised third-party software to update your device may damage your device or •...
  • Page 63 All statements, information, and recommendations in this guide do not constitute a warranty of any kind, express or implied. Please visit http://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/hotline for recent updated hotline and email address in your country or region. Model: STK-L21...

This manual is also suitable for:

Stk-l21

Table of Contents