Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Ascend Mate7 Huawei
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User Guide.
i Contents Foreword First-class functions 2 Fingerprint ID 3S a f e 4 Taking a photo before focusing the camera 5 Launching the camera from gallery 5 QR code 5 Privacy protection Getting star ted 7 Lo.
ii Messaging and email 35 Sending a text message 35 Replying to a message 35 Managing messages 37 Adding an email account 38 Sending an email 38 Checking your emails 39 Setting up an account Camera an.
iii 67 Note 68 FM radio Phone settings 70 Turning on location services 70 Modifying tone settings 71 Modifying display settings 71 Turning on one-hand UI 72 Turning on gloves mode 72 Turning on the su.
1 Foreword This guide only applies to phones that are running EMUI 3.0. Please read this guide carefully before you start using the phone. All pictures and illustrati ons in this do cument are for your reference only. The actual product may vary . Features in this guide are fo r your refe rence only.
2 First-class functions Fingerprint ID Use your fingerprint to unlock the screen or enc rypt your private information. This function is available only on ph ones that have a fingerp rint sensor.
3 First-class functions using your fingerprint. If you skip this step, you can also enable this feature as follows: 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Touch Fingerpri nt ID . 3. Follow the onscreen instructions and enter your phone's unlock password.
First-class functions 4 2. Under Categ ories or Local , touch . 3. Touch Enable . 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter passwords and answers to security questions, and then touch Done . Adding files to the Safe 1. On the home screen, touch Files .
5 First-class functions Launching the camera from gallery 1. On the home screen, touch Gallery . 2. Flick down f rom the Time screen to display the vi ewfinder in half screen mode and flick down again to open the camera. Not all camera featu res are availabl e in half screen m ode.
First-class functions 6 Enabling privacy protection 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Security . 3. Touch Privacy p rotecti on > Let's start . 4. Select a passw ord format. 5. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter the owner pass word and visitor passwor d.
7 Getting started Locking and unlocking the screen Locking the screen • Method 1: Press the power button to manually lock the screen. • Method 2: After being idle for a specifi ed period of time, your phone automatically locks its screen. To set the screen lock method, touch Settings on the home screen.
Getting started 8 Connecting to a Wi-Fi network 1. Flick down fr om the status bar to open the notification panel. 2. Under Shortcuts , touch and hold to display the Wi-Fi settings screen. 3. Touch the Wi-Fi switch to turn on Wi-Fi. Your phon e then scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays t hem.
9 Getting started Importing contacts from your old phone You can import contacts from your ol d phone in any of the following ways: USB flash drive If you have a microSD card installed, you ca n use your phone as a USB storage device, read data from its microSD card, and transfe r data to and from a computer.
Getting started 10 Touchscreen gestures Touch : Tap an item once. For example, touch an application to select or open it. Touch and hold : Touch and leave your finger on the screen for 2 seconds or more. For example, touch and hold a blank area on the home screen to enter editing mode.
11 Getting started Motio n contr ol Motion control lets you control your phone using simple moti ons. For example, mute the phone by turning ov er your phone or answer and make calls quickly. 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Motion cont rol .
Getting started 12 • Pick up : Pick up the phone to reduce the ring volume of incoming calls, alarms, and timers. • Raise to ear : When a call comes in, raise your phone to your ear to answer it. Similarly, from the call or contac t deta ils screen, rais e your phone to your ear to call the correspo nding number.
13 Getting started Status ic ons Status icons may vary according to your region or service provider. Signal strength No signal GPRS network connected 3G network connected Enhanced Data Rates for GSM E.
Getting started 14 Home Your hom e screens are w here you can find your favo rite widgets a nd all your applications. We did away with the application li st to give you a more convenient and direct path to your applications.
15 Getting started Switching between home screens Running out of space on the home screen? Not to worry. Your phone lets you create additional home screens. Auto-rotate screen If you rotate your phone when browsing a web page or viewing a photo, your screen automatically changes between land scape and po rtrait views.
Getting started 16 Organizing appl ications and widg ets on the home screen The following operations allow you to or ganize your application, widget, or folder: • Adding a widget : On the home screen, touch and hold a blank area to display the Widgets option menu.
17 Getting started Notification Status indicator The status indicator on your phone indicat es the following informatio n in different status: • Blinking red: The battery level is low. • Steady red (when charging): The battery l evel is low. • Steady yell ow (when cha rging): The batte ry level is med ium.
Getting started 18 Accessing applications Starting applications and switching between them On the home screen, touch an appl ication icon to open it. To switch to another application, touch Home to return to the home screen, and touch the icon of the application you wan t to open.
19 Getting started 2. Under All , touch Home screen style . 3. Choose Simple and touch . Touch Standard to switch from simple home screen to standard home screen. Changing the theme 1. On the home screen, touch Themes . 2. Flick left or right to browse different l ocal and online themes.
Getting started 20 2. Under All , touch Sound . 3. Touch Phone ringtone or Default n otification to ne , 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.
21 Getting started Huawei Swype input method Slide across letters to enter a word. Touch to switch between lowerc ase and uppercase letters. Touch and hold to go to the input settings screen. Touch to enter numbers a nd symbols. • Touch to enter a space.
Getting started 22 Android input method The Android input method may no t be available on all phones. • Touch to switch between lowercase and uppe rcase letters. • Touch and hold or quickl y touch twice to turn on caps lock. Touch to enter numbers a nd symbols.
23 Getting started Editing text You can select, cut, copy, and paste text on your ph one. • Select text : Touch and hold the text to bring up . Then drag or to select more or less text, or touch Select all to select all text in the text box. • Copy text : Select text and touch Copy .
24 Calls and contacts Making a call Smart dialing Smart dialing lets you quickly find contac ts by entering parts of their names or numbers. 1. On the home screen, touch Dialer . 2. Under Dialer , enter the initials or fir st few letters of a contact's name, or part of the contact's phone number.
25 Calls and contacts 1. On the home screen, touch Dialer . 2. Under Dialer , enter your local em ergency number , and then touch . Emergency calls are subject to cel lular network quality, use environment, service provider policies, an d local laws and regulations.
Calls and contacts 26 • Drag right to answer the call. • Drag left to reject the call. • Drag up to reject the call and send the caller a message. On the dialer scree n, touch > Call settings > Reject calls with SMS to edit the messag e that will be sent.
27 Calls and contacts Answering a third-part y call Before you answer a third -party call, make sure that you have turned on call waiting. 1. If a call comes in when you ar e already in another call, drag right to answer the new call and place the f irst call on hold.
Calls and contacts 28 2. When the call is connected, touch > to call the second participant. The first participant will be pla ced on hold. 3. When the second call is connec ted, touch to start a conference call . 4. To add more people to the call, repeat steps 2 and 3.
29 Calls and contacts 1. On the home screen, touch Dialer . 2. Under Dialer , touch > Call settings . 3. Touch Pocket mod e to turn on pocket mode. Call settings Enabling call forwarding Too busy to answer all your calls wit h one phone? Fo rward them to another number and never miss an important call again.
Calls and contacts 30 2. Touch . When you enter contacts first time, touch Create a new contact . 3. Touch the save location you wan t fo r the contact in the drop-down list box. 4. Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details. 5. Touch . Editing a contact 1.
31 Calls and contacts Importing or exporting contacts Your phone supports contact files in .v cf format only. This is a standard contact file format. Con tact names, ad dresses, phone numbers, and other information can be saved in .v cf files. Importing contacts from a storage device 1.
Calls and contacts 32 When the two devices ar e connected, yo ur phone automatically imports the .vcf file from the other device. Importing contacts using Wi-Fi Direct 1. On the home screen, touch Contacts . 2. Touch > Import/Exp ort > Import via Wi-Fi Direc t .
33 Calls and contacts 2. Touch > Import/Exp ort > Share contacts . 3. Touch the contacts you want to share, or touch Select all to select all contacts. 4. Touch , select a sharing mode, and follow the onscre en instructions to share the contact.
Calls and contacts 34 2. Touch Groups and select the group you want to edit. 3. Touch . You can then: • Touch Remove members and delete a member from the group. • Touch Delete group and delete the group. • Touch Rename to edit the group name. Sending messages or emails to a cont act group 1.
35 Messaging and email Sending a text message 1. On the home screen, touch Messaging . 2. In the list of message threads, touch . 3. Touch the recipient text box and ente r the contact name or phone number. You can also touc h to enter the contact list screen and choose a contact or contact group.
Messaging and email 36 2. In the list of message threads, touc h a contact name or phone number to view the conversation thread. 3. Touch and hold the message you want to forward, and touch . 4. Touch the recipient text box and ente r the contact name or phone number.
37 Messaging and email Adding an email account Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account Certain parameters must be set when you add a POP3 or IMAP email account. For details, co ntact your em ail service prov ider. 1. On the home screen, touch Email . 2. Touch Others .
Messaging and email 38 Sending an email 1. On the home screen, touch Email . 2. Touch . 3. Touch Sender to choose an email account. 4. Enter one or more recipients. To send the email to mu ltiple recipients, touch Cc/Bcc: . Separate different emai l addre sses with semicolons (;) .
39 Messaging and email Setting up an account Switching between email accounts If you have logged into multiple email ac c o u n t s o n y o u r p h o n e , s w i t c h t o t h e one you want to use before you view or send emails. 1. On the home screen, touch Email .
40 Camera and Gallery Capture screen Touch to set the flash mode. Flick left or right to switch the capt ure mode. Touch to view your photos and videos. • Touch to switch to photo mode. • Touch and hold to take burst shots, an d release your finge r to stop.
41 Camera and Gallery Taking a photo 1. On the home screen, touch Camera . 2. Frame the scene you want to captur e. Your phone wi ll automa tically determine a focus point. You can also touch a point on the screen to focus the camera on it. If the frame turns red, the camera wa s unable to focus .
Camera and Gallery 42 • Object tracking : Touch and enable this under Settings . Touch an object on the capture screen . Your camera wil l keep it as the focus point while capturi ng a ph oto. • Double-press volume down key when phone locked : Touch and enable this under Settings .
43 Camera and Gallery 4. Drag the watermark to adjust its position. 5. Touch . Taking a photo using audio control 1. On the home screen, touch Camera . 2. Touch > > Audio cont rol . 3. Touch Audio cont rol to switch to audio control mode. 4. Frame the scene you want to capture.
Camera and Gallery 44 Video shooting mode On the video shooting screen, touch > to select a video shooting mode. • Beauty mode : Enable automatic beauty mode while recording. • Object tracking : Select an object as a focus point while recordi ng.
45 Camera and Gallery Playing a slideshow 1. On the home screen, touch Gallery . 2. View the album in timeline mode and tou ch > Slideshow . 3. Touch the screen to stop the slideshow. Editing a photo You can adjust the photo brightness, saturation, and size, and beau tify portraits in the photo.
Camera and Gallery 46 3. Touch , choose a sharing method, and follow the onscreen instructions to share your photo or video. When viewing a photo or video, flick up from the bottom of your screen to enable th e free sharing m ode, and share the file with your f riends through Bluetooth.
47 Music and video Adding songs You can copy songs to your phone an d immerse yo urself in a world of extraordinary sound a nytime. Add songs to your phone by: • Copying songs from your com puter using the USB cable. For details, see MTP mode . • Downloading songs from the Internet.
Music and video 48 When a song is playing, touch Home to exit the playback screen without stopping the song. To return to the music playba ck screen, open the notification panel and touc h the playing song. Creating a playlist 1. On the home screen, touch Music .
49 Music and video 3. Select the playl ist you want to pl ay and touch one o f the songs in the playlist or play all songs one by one in shuffle playback. Deleting a playlist 1. On the home screen, touch Music . 2. Touch Playli sts . 3. Touch next to the playlist you want to delete and then touch Delete .
Music and video 50 Touch to lock the screen. After the screen is locked, you will not be able to perform any operations on the vide o playing interface. • Flick left or right to fo rward or repl ay the vide o. • Flick up or down at the left side of the screen to adjust the screen brightness.
51 Network and sharing Turning on mobile data 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then All . 2. Under Wirel ess & networks , touch More . 3. Touch Mobile network .
Network and sharing 52 2. Touch Wi-Fi . 3. Touch the Wi-Fi switch to enable the Wi-Fi. 4. Touch Advanced settings . You can then: • Touch WPS c onne cti on and press the WPS button on the Wi-Fi router. • Touch WPS PIN connecti on and enter the PIN gene rated from your phone on your router.
53 Network and sharing 1. Use a USB cable to connect your phon e to the computer. 2. On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. 3. Under Wirel ess & networks , touch More . 4. Touch Tethering & portable hotspot . 5. Touch USB tethering to share your mobile data connection.
Network and sharing 54 Renaming your phone By default, your phone model is used as your phone name after Bluetooth is turned on. You can change the n ame to one that's more personal and easier to find. 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Bluetooth .
55 Network and sharing Transferring data using Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi Direct allows two devices to connect to each other for dat a transmission without using any ac cess point. Connecting two devices using Wi-Fi Direct Before you use Wi-Fi Direct to connect two devices, ensure that you have turned on the Wi-Fi network connection on both devices.
Network and sharing 56 Transferring data between your phon e and computer MTP mode MTP mode lets you transfe r media files, such as photos, songs, and vid eos, between your phone and a com puter. Windows Media Player 11 or la ter is required. 1. Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer .
57 Network and sharing The computer recognizes yo ur phone as a USB storag e devic e. Open the newly recognized drive to view file s on your microSD card. Transferring data between your phone and a USB storage device You can connect your phone to a USB storage device directly using a USB OTG cable to transfer data.
Network and sharing 58 Touch Settings > Storage > My USB storage > Unmount USB storage on your phone and d isconnect the USB O TG cable from the USB cabl e. Multi-screen display You can push photos, videos, or games from y our phone to a larg e screen, such as a TV, to view them more conveniently to share with your family and friends.
59 Network and sharing 1. Select the web page or contact you want to share. 2. Place the two phones back to back . After a connection is set up, the phones play a tone, and the web page or contact screen shrinks. 3. Touch the shrunken screen to display it s information on the other phone.
60 Applications Managing applications Downloading applications A wide se lection of ap plications are av ailabl e from a variet y of sources. You can: • Download applications from App Center. • Download applications from w eb pages using the browser on your phone.
61 Applications System applicat ions can't be shared. Uninstalling an application 1. On the home scree n, touch and hold the icon of the application you want to uninstall un til is displayed at the top of the screen. 2. Drag the icon to and follow the onscreen instructi ons to uninstall application.
Applications 62 Restoring data from local storage 1. On the home screen, touch Tools > Backup . 2. Select the backup file you want to re store. You can use the files' bac kup time as a reference. 3. If the back up file has been enc rypte d, enter the password when prompted , and touch OK .
63 Applications and service provider. Optimizing the system You can check and make your phone run more smoothly and quickly using Phone Manager. On the home screen, touch Phone Manager .
Applications 64 information for your contacts, Calen dar automatically creates birthday reminders. Creating an event 1. On the home screen, touch Calendar . 2. Touch . 3. Enter event details, such as the event name, sta rt and end time, location, and how often it repeats.
65 Applications 2. Touch > Subscribe . 3. Touch Add > Local c alendar . 4. Select a local calendar. Your phon e will automatically downl oad related information . Synchronizing a calendar 1. On the home screen, touch Calendar . 2. Touch > Calendars to display .
Applications 66 Using the world clock 1. On the home screen, touch Clock . 2. Under World cl ock , you can: • Add a city: Touch , enter a city name or ch oose a city from the city list, and touch the city you want to add. • Set your time zone: Touch to set your home time z one and system date and time.
67 Applications Weather Weather allows you to check the weather forecast for your location and many cities acro ss the globe. Adding a city Add cities to check their real-time weather information. 1. On the home screen, touch Tools > Weath er . 2. Touch > and enter a city name.
Applications 68 2. Touch Add and enter your note's content. Touch to add an image. 3. Touch . After the note is saved, yo u can also share, delete, or ad d it to your favorites. Modifying your note settings 1. On the home screen, touch Notepad . 2.
69 Applications Listening to FM radio On the home screen, touch Tools > FM Radio . Touch to enable or disable the speaker. Touch to turn on or off the FM radio. Touch to return to the previous station. Touch to go to the next station. Touch to add the current station to your favorites.
70 Phone settings Turning on location services Before you use a map or na vigation appl ication, make sure you have turned on location services. 1. On the home screen, touch Setti ngs . 2. Under All , touch Location access . 3. Touch Access my location to turn on your phone's location services.
71 Phone settings • Touch Default notification to ne to set a notification tone. • Touch System to turn on or off the notifi cation tone or vibration when you touch or lock the screen, dial a number, and more. Modifying display settings 1. On the home screen, touch Settings .
Phone settings 72 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. 2. Under Smart assistance , touch More . 3. Touch One-hand UI . 4. Touch One-hand UI to turn on one-hand UI. When one-hand UI is turned on, touch the arrow on either side of th e screen to move the dialer or other operation area to the si de of your choice.
73 Phone settings • Touch to return to the home screen. • Touch to display a list of rece ntly used applications. • Touch to lock the screen. • Touch to clean up the phone memory and close al l applications running in the background. • Touch to collapse the menu.
Phone settings 74 5. Set a screen unlock PIN as an altern ative method to unlock your phone should you forget your unlock pattern. Setting a screen unlock PIN 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Security . 3. Touch Screen lock > PIN .
75 Phone settings • On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. Under Wireless & networks , touch More and then Airplane mode to turn on or off airplane mode.
Phone settings 76 Setting up an account Adding an account 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Add account . 3. Select an ac count type. 4. Follow the onscreen instructions and enter your account information. Deleting an account 1.
77 Phone settings 2. Under All , touch Backup & reset . 3. Touch Factory data res et > Reset phone . The phone will restore i ts factory settings and restart. Updating your phone • Using unauthorized third-party soft ware to update your phone may damage your phone o r put your pers onal information at risk.
Phone settings 78 2. Under All , touch Updater . 3. Touch > Local update and follow the onscreen instruct ions to update your phone. USB update Download the update package from http://consumer.huawei.com , and save the dload folder in the update package to the root directory of a USB flash drive.
79 Phone settings • Touch Dual clocks to display two clocks when you are u sing data roaming. Manual date and ti me settings may not be prov id ed by all serv ice providers. Changing the system language 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Language & input .
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