Locking and unlocking the screen Getting to know your home screen Status icons Viewing recently used applications Texting Selecting an input method Huawei Swype input method Android input method Editing text Personalising your phone Changing the home screen style Changing the theme...
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Contents Messaging Sending a text message Sending a multimedia message Managing messages Browser Browsing web pages Managing bookmarks Setting the home page Clearing your browsing history Email Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account Adding an Exchange account Sending an email Checking your emails Multimedia Camera...
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Contents Managing applications Downloading applications Installing an application Sharing an application Uninstalling an application Clearing the application cache Phone Manager Optimising the system Power manager Harassment filter Backup, restoration, and update Backing up data to the local storage Backing up data to a USB storage device Restoring data from the local storage Restoring data from a USB storage device Restoring factory settings...
Foreword Thank you for choosing the honor 6 smartphone! This guide introduces you to the features and functions of your new phone. Also included are safety precautions you should be aware of, so please read this guide first before you begin using your new phone. Symbols and definitions Highlights important information and tips, and Note...
Getting started Your phone at a glance Headset socket Status indicator Proximity sensor/Ambient Navigation bar light sensor Microphone Micro-USB port microSD card slot Micro-SIM card slot Power button Volume button Earpiece Front camera Noise reduction Flash microphone...
Getting started Rear camera Speaker Do not block the area around the ambient light and proximity sensor. If you attach a protective film to the screen, make sure it does not block the sensor. Navigation bar Touch to return to the previous screen or exit the Return current application.
Getting started • Use a USB cable to connect your phone to a computer, and touch Charge only on the USB connection methods screen. Battery indicator Your phone's battery level is shown on the status indicator. • Blinking red: The battery level is lower than 2%. •...
Getting started • Use the original battery, power adapter, and USB cable to charge your phone. Using third-party accessories may reduce your phone's performance or pose security risks. Do not operate your phone or cover it with any object while it is charging. Do not cover the power adapter either. •...
Getting started To set the screen lock method, touch on the home screen. On the displayed General tab, touch Screen lock > Screen lock. Unlocking the screen If the screen is off, press the power button to turn it on. Slide your finger in any direction to unlock the screen.
Getting started Getting to know your home screen Your home screens are where you'll find all of your favourite widgets and applications. We removed the application list to give you a more convenient and direct path to your applications. The default home screen is shown below.
Getting started Using the notification panel Flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Touch to dismiss all notifications. Touch an application to view it and flick left or right across a notification to dismiss it. Touch the shortcut switches on the notification panel to turn the functions on or off.
Getting started Auto-rotate screen Your phone contains a tilt sensor. If you rotate your phone when browsing a web page or viewing a photo, your screen automatically changes between landscape and portrait view. You'll also be able to enjoy tilt sensor-based applications, such as racing games.
Getting started Status icons Signal strength No signal Enhanced Data Rates for GPRS network connected GSM Evolution (EDGE) network connected Evolved High-Speed 3G network connected Packet Access (HSPA+) network connected High Speed Packet Access Long Term Evolution (LTE) (HSPA) network network connected connected Roaming...
Getting started Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on More notifications Connected to a VPN Headset plugged in USB debugging mode USB tethering on enabled Viewing recently used applications Touch to display the list of recently used applications. You can then: • Touch an application to start it. •...
Under All, touch Language & input > Default to select an input method. Huawei Swype input method Slide across letters to enter a word, such as "bay". Touch to switch between lowercase letters, uppercase letters, and caps lock.
Texting Touch and hold to go to the settings screen. Touch to enter numbers and symbols. • Touch to enter a space. • Touch and hold to choose another language. Touch to use voice input. • Touch to delete the character to the left of the cursor. •...
Texting • Touch to enter a full stop. • Touch and hold to enter symbols. • Touch to delete the character to the left of the cursor. • Touch and hold to quickly delete multiple characters to the left of the cursor. Editing text Discover how to select, cut, copy, and paste text on your phone.
Personalising your phone Changing the home screen style Your phone supports the standard and simple home screen styles. On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Home screen style. Choose Simple or Standard, and touch APPLY. Changing the theme On the home screen, touch Flick left or right to browse different local and online themes.
Personalising your phone Setting tones On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Sound. Touch Phone ringtone Choose notification ringtone, and choose either of the following tabs: • Ringtone: Choose from the default selection. • Music: Choose from the audio files you have saved to your phone. Touch APPLY.
Calls Smart dialling You can make a call by entering the phone number on the dialler or use smart dialling that lets you quickly find contacts by entering parts of their names or numbers. On the home screen, touch Enter the initials or first few letters of a contact's name, or part of the contact's phone number.
Calls What you can do during a call Touch > to place the current call on hold, and touch again to resume the call. Touch > to start a three-way call. Before you use three- way calling, make sure you have subscribed to this service. For details, contact your service provider.
Calls Answering a third-party call Before you answer a third-party call, make sure you have enabled call waiting. If a call comes in when you are already in another call, drag right to answer the new call and place the first call on hold. To switch between the two calls, touch >...
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Calls • Touch and hold a contact name or phone number, and touch Delete entry to delete the call record. • Touch > Delete call log to delete multiple records simultaneously.
Contacts Creating a contact On the home screen, touch Touch Choose the save location for the contact. Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details. Touch SAVE. Importing or exporting contacts Your phone supports contact files in .vcf format only. This is the standard format for files storing contacts.
Contacts Importing contacts from a Bluetooth device On the home screen, touch Touch > Import/Export > Import from another phone. Select Supports Bluetooth, and touch NEXT > NEXT. The phone then turns on Bluetooth and scans for other Bluetooth devices in range. Touch the Bluetooth device from which you want to import contacts.
Contacts Touch the contacts you want to export or touch to select all contacts, and then touch EXPORT. In the displayed dialogue box, touch OK. Copying contacts You can copy contacts between your phone and SIM card. On the home screen, touch Touch >...
Contacts Creating a contact group On the home screen, touch Under Favorites, touch > Create group. Name the contact group. Touch members. Touch the contacts you want to add to the group or touch to select all contacts, and then touch ADD. Touch SAVE.
Messaging Sending a text message On the home screen, touch In the list of message threads, touch Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number. Matching contacts are displayed as you type. Select a contact. Touch to select more contacts.
Messaging Managing messages Copying messages to a SIM card On the home screen, touch In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the conversation thread. Touch and hold the message you want to copy, and touch Copy to SIM card.
Messaging Touch and hold the message you want to delete, and touch Delete. Touch > Delete to delete multiple messages simultaneously. Deleting a thread On the home screen, touch In the list of message threads, you can: • Touch and hold the thread you want to delete, and touch Delete conversation.
Browser Browsing web pages On the home screen, touch Enter a website address in the address box. Your phone then displays matching websites as you type. Touch the website you want to visit. Managing bookmarks Bookmarks let you keep track of your favourite websites. You can organise your bookmarks by placing them into different folders.
Browser Editing a bookmark On the home screen, touch Touch > Bookmarks then the Bookmarks tab. Touch and hold the bookmark you want to edit, and touch Edit bookmark. Rename the bookmark, change the website address, or revise the account information.
Email Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account Certain parameters must be set when you add a POP3 or IMAP email account. For details, contact your email service provider. On the home screen, touch Touch Others. Enter your Email address and Password, and touch Next.
Email Follow the onscreen instructions to configure your Exchange account. The system then automatically connects to the server and checks server settings. When your Exchange account is set up, the Inbox screen is displayed. Sending an email On the home screen, touch On the Inbox screen, touch...
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Email • Flick left to go back to the previous email or flick right to skip to the next email. Mail retrieval may be slightly delayed, depending on network condition. On the Inbox screen, touch > Refresh to refresh the inbox.
Multimedia Camera Your phone supports a variety of capture scenarios, such as scenery, portrait, and dynamic. It also supports smart, beauty, panoramic, audio control, and burst capture modes. Capture screen Touch to switch to video mode. • Touch to switch to photo mode. •...
Multimedia Touch to switch between the rear and front cameras. Touch for more options. Taking a photo On the home screen, touch Frame the scene you want to capture. Let your camera focus automatically or touch the screen to focus the camera. When the camera is focused, the frame in the centre of the viewfinder turns green.
Multimedia Frame the scene you want to capture. Touch and hold . The camera then takes up to 20 photos in rapid succession. You can stop shooting anytime by releasing your finger. Taking a panoramic photo On the home screen, touch Touch >...
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Multimedia Touch The front camera does not support HDR. Taking a photo using audio control On the home screen, touch Touch > to switch to audio control mode. Frame the scene you want to capture. Your phone will take a photo when the surrounding noise is loud enough.
Multimedia Gallery Viewing photos or videos On the home screen, touch Touch an album. Touch a photo or video to view it in full screen mode. When viewing a photo, pinch two fingers together to zoom out or spread them apart to zoom in. Playing a slideshow On the home screen, touch Touch an album.
Multimedia On the home screen, touch Touch an album. Touch , and choose a sharing method from the displayed option menu. Select the photo or video you want to share. Touch SHARE and follow the onscreen instructions to share the photo or video.
Multimedia Touch to add a song to your Favorites. Touch to switch between different playing modes (repeat the current song, repeat the playlist, shuffle, and play in sequence). • Touch to play and touch to pause. • Touch to go back to the previous song. •...
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Multimedia Sharing a song On the home screen, touch Select a category. On the song list, touch > Share. Select the song you want to share. Touch SHARE. From the displayed option menu, choose a file type. Choose a sharing method and follow the onscreen instructions to share the song.
Internet connection Mobile data connection Turning on your mobile network On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Mobile networks. Select the Data enabled check box. When you don't need to access the Internet, turn off your mobile network to save battery power and reduce mobile data usage. Creating an APN The Access Point Name (APN) is used when your phone connects to a mobile network or sends multimedia messages.
Internet connection Connecting to a Wi-Fi network On the home screen, touch Under All, touch the Wi-Fi switch to turn on Wi-Fi. Touch Wi-Fi. Your phone then scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays them. Touch the Wi-Fi network you want to connect to. •...
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Internet connection Select the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box to turn on Wi-Fi hotspot. Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings > Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. Set the Wi-Fi hotspot's name, encryption mode, and password. It is recommended that you set the encryption mode to WPA2PSK for better security.
Sharing data Bluetooth Your phone is Bluetooth-capable, allowing you to connect to other Bluetooth-enabled devices for wireless data transmission. When using Bluetooth, stay within 10 meters (33 feet) of other Bluetooth devices. Turning Bluetooth on or off On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Bluetooth to turn Bluetooth on or off.
Sharing data Sharing a file using Bluetooth To exchange data with another Bluetooth device, enable Bluetooth on both devices and pair them with each other. On the home screen, touch Touch and hold the file you want to send, and touch Share >...
Windows Media Player. HiSuite mode HiSuite is Huawei's file transfer application. It lets you back up, synchronise, and transfer data between your phone and computer. Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
Compatible USB storage devices include USB flash drives, card readers, and phones that have a microSD card inserted. To purchase a USB OTG cable, please contact an authorised Huawei retailer or your device supplier. USB cable...
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Sharing data To connect your phone to another phone, make sure that phone has a microSD card installed. To establish a connection and read data stored on the microSD card: Use a USB OTG cable and USB cable to connect the two phones. Turn on USB mass storage mode on the phone from which you want to read data.
File Manager Creating a folder On the home screen, touch Under Local, touch Internal card. Touch > folder. Name the folder and touch Save. Searching for a file On the home screen, touch Under Local, touch Internal card. Touch > Search. Enter part or all of the file name.
File Manager Compressing or decompressing a file You can compress a file into a .zip file, or decompress a .zip or .rar file. On the home screen, touch Under Local, touch Internal card. Touch > Compress. Select the file or folder you want to compress, and touch COMPRESS. Choose where you want the compressed file to be saved, name it, and touch OK.
File Manager Creating a shortcut for a file or folder On the home screen, touch Under Local, touch Internal card. Touch and hold the file or folder you want to create a shortcut for, and choose Desktop shortcuts from the displayed option menu. Checking the storage status On the home screen, touch Under Local, touch...
Managing applications Downloading applications A rich selection of applications are available from a variety of sources. You can: • Download applications from Google's Play Store. • Download applications from web pages using the browser on your phone. • Download applications using a computer, and copy the applications to the phone.
Managing applications Drag the application to On the displayed dialogue box, select a sharing method and follow the onscreen instructions to share the application. System applications can't be shared. Uninstalling an application On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Manage apps.
Phone Manager Optimising the system Phone scanning Phone scanning lets you run a full check of your phone's operation status and quickly optimise the system. On the home screen, touch Touch Scan Touch to scan. After the scan is complete, follow the onscreen instructions to clear unwanted files, optimise the system, and remove potential threats to your phone.
Phone Manager Power manager Setting the power saving mode On the home screen, touch Touch Power saving. On the Power saving screen, you can: • Touch Normal to enable normal mode. • Touch Smart to enable smart mode and have your phone conserve power while still allowing full use of all phone functions.
Phone Manager Notification manager Some applications may push all kinds of notifications to your phone. Notification manager lets you set restriction rules on notifications to avoid receiving unnecessary information. On the home screen, touch Flick left and touch Notification manager. On the Notification manager screen, you can:...
Backup, restoration, and update Backing up data to the local storage On the home screen, touch Management > Touch backup. Select the data you want to back up, and follow the onscreen instructions to back it up. By default, backup files are saved to the HuaweiBackup folder in File Manager.
Backup, restoration, and update Restoring data from the local storage On the home screen, touch Management > Select the backup file you want to restore. You can use the file's backup time as a reference. If the backup file has been encrypted, enter the password when prompted, and touch OK.
It is recommended that you update through your phone's online update feature or download official update packages from Huawei's website. • Your data may be erased during a system update. It is recommended that you back up important data before updating your phone.
Tools Calendar Calendar is your personal assistant that helps you manage, arrange, and keep track of all important events. If you have saved the birthday information for your contacts, Calendar automatically creates birthday reminders. Creating an event On the home screen, touch Touch Enter event details, such as the event name, time, location, and how often it repeats.
Tools Alarm On the home screen, touch Under Alarm, you can: • Add an alarm: Touch , and set the alarm time, ringtone, how often it repeats, and more. Then touch DONE. • Turn an alarm on or off: Touch the switch button to the right of an alarm to turn it on or off.
Tools Touch Reset to clear all stopwatch records. Timer On the home screen, touch On the Timer tab, rotate the dial to set the timer duration, or touch an option to quickly select a time duration. Touch to set a tone for the timer. When you are done, touch Start to start the timer.
Tools Setting the default city On the home screen, touch Tools > Touch Touch to the right of the city you want to set as the default city. To rearrange the cities, in the city list, touch > Rearrange cities. Updating the weather On the home screen, touch Tools...
Phone settings Turning aeroplane mode on or off Your phone's signal may interfere with an aeroplane's flight systems. When you are aboard an aeroplane, turn off your phone or switch it to aeroplane mode. In aeroplane mode, your phone's wireless features are disabled, but you can still listen to music or play games.
Phone settings • Touch Volume and drag the sliders to set the volume of music, ringtones, notification tones, alarms, calls, and more. • Touch Silent mode to turn silence mode on or off. • Select or clear the Vibrate in silent mode check box to set whether your phone vibrates when it is in silence mode.
Phone settings • Touch Daydream to enable or disable the screen saver. If this function is enabled, the screen saver will automatically run while your phone is being charged. • Touch Font size to change the display font size. • Touch Pulse notification light to enable or disable the blinking indicator...
Phone settings • Select the Automatic date & time Automatic time zone check boxes to use the network date and time. • Clear the Automatic date & time Automatic time zone check boxes to manually set the date, time, and time zone. •...
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Phone settings incorrect PIN is entered. If this limit is exceeded, you must enter a PIN unblocking key (PUK), which you can obtain from your service provider. The number of consecutive attempts to enter the PUK incorrectly is also limited. If this limit is exceeded, your SIM card will be permanently disabled.
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Index Accessing a bookmark Adding a bookmark Adding a city Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account Adding an alarm Adding an Exchange account Adjusting the screen brightness Android input method Answering a call Answering a third-party call Applying a special effect Auto-rotate screen Backing up data to a USB storage device Backing up data to the local storage...
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Index Copying a file Copying contacts Copying messages to a SIM card Copying text Copyright Creating a contact Creating a contact group Creating a folder Creating a playlist Creating a shortcut for a file or folder Creating an event Cutting a file Cutting text Decompressing a file Deleting a city...
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Index Import regulations Important information about the battery Importing contacts from a Bluetooth device Importing contacts from a SIM card Importing contacts from a storage device Importing contacts using Wi-Fi Direct Installing an application Listening to music Locking the screen Making an emergency call Managing notifications Merging contacts...
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Index Receiving a file using Wi-Fi Direct Rejecting a call Rejecting a call and sending the caller a message Renaming a file Restarting your phone Restoring data from a USB storage device Restoring data from the local storage Restoring factory settings Searching for a contact Searching for a file Selecting an input method...
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Index Turning aeroplane mode on or off Turning an alarm on or off Turning Bluetooth off Turning Bluetooth on Turning do not disturb mode off Turning do not disturb mode on or off Turning off Turning off aeroplane mode Turning on Uninstalling an application Unlocking the screen Updating the weather...
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