Huawei Ascend Mate 7 Manual

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Adding a widget
1. Touch and hold a blank area on the home screen.
2. Touch Widgets.
3. Choose a widget and drag it to the home screen.
Creating a folder
On the home screen, drag one application on top of another to create a folder 
containing both of them. 
Adding or removing a home screen
Pinch three fingers together on the home screen to display the home screen 
thumbnails. Touch  to add a home screen or touch  on the upper right 
corner of a blank home screen to remove it.
Notification panel
 Flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Flick left or 
right to switch between the 
Notifications and Shortcuts tabs.




 
						

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Auto-rotate screen
 
Open the notification panel, go to the Shortcuts tab, and touch  to turn on 
or turn off auto-rotate. 
Taking a screenshot
 Press the power and volume down buttons simultaneously to take a 
screenshot. To view your screenshots, open 
Gallery, switch to the list view, 
and touch 
Screenshots.
Suspend button
 
Open Settings. Under Smart assistance, touch More > Suspend button to 
enable 
Suspend button. When this feature is enabled, the suspend button will 
be displayed on most screens. You can move it around by dragging it.
View detailed information about push notifications. Flick left or 
right across a notification to dismiss it. 
Clear all push notifications.
Expand or collapse the shortcut switches. (This feature may not 
be supported by all models.)
Adjust the screen brightness. 
Turn on or turn off common functions. Touch to customize 
the shortcut switch list.
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10 Touch the suspend button to expand the suspend button menu for the 
following actions:
• Touch to return to the previous screen. 
• Touch to go to the home screen.
• Touch to view the list of recently used applications.
• Touch to lock the screen.
• Touch to optimize the system.
Personalizing your phone
Changing the wallpaper
 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the home screen.
2. Touch Wallpapers. 
3. Set the wallpapers displayed on the phone lock screen and home screen. 
You can also choose whether to have the home screen wallpaper change 
randomly at timed intervals.
Using the simple home screen
 
1. Open Settings.
2. Touch Home screen style. 
3. Select Simple.
 
To switch back to the standard home screen, touch Settings > Home 
screen style
 > Standard on the simple home screen.
Changing the theme
 
Touch Themes to browse through and apply different themes. You can 
also customize the themes.
 
						

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Setting notification tones
 1. Open the notification panel and go to the Shortcuts tab.
2. Touch and hold from the shortcut switches to enter the tone settings 
screen.
3. Set your notification tones, such as the ringtone. 
Changing the font size
 
1. Open Settings.
2. Touch Display. 
3. Touch Font size to sel ec t a  font si ze . 
Basic operations
Displaying or hiding the onscreen keyboard
 
• Touch a text box to display the onscreen keyboard.
• To hide the onscreen keyboard, touch Return. 
Selecting an input method
 Open the notification panel, switch to the Notifications tab, and touch 
Choose input method to select an input method. 
Editing text
 
• Touch and hold the text to display . Then, drag and to select 
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• Touch where you want to insert the text and drag to move the insertion 
point. You can then paste the text you copied or cut. 
Calling, contacts and messaging
Placing a call
 
Placing a call
Open Dialer. 
• Enter the initials or first few letters of a contacts name, or part of the 
contacts phone number. Then, select the contact you want to call from 
the search results. 
• Touch Contacts, and select the contact you want to call from the contacts 
list.
• Touch the contact you want to call from the call log.  
						

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Answering a call
• Drag right to answer the call.
• Drag left to reject the call.
• Drag up to reject the call and send the caller a message. To edit the 
message that will be sent, touch  > Call settings > Reject calls with SMS. 
 
When there is an incoming call, you can press the volume button to mute 
the ringtone.
Turning on pocket mode
 
1. Open Dialer.
2. Touch  > Call settings. 
3. Turn on Pocket mode.
Creating a contact
 
1. Open Contacts.
2. Touch . 
3. Choose the save location for the contact. 
4. Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details. Then, save the 
contact. 
Importing or exporting contacts
  
						

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1. Open Contacts.
2. In the contacts list, touch  > Import/Export. You can then: 
•Choose a method to import contacts. 
•Export contacts to a storage device or SIM card. 
•Share your contacts. 
Messaging
 
1. Open Messaging.
2. On the message thread screen, touch .
3. Touch to choose a contact. 
4. Write a message, touch to add attachments, and send the message.
Email
Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account
 
1. Open Email.
2. Choose an email account type. 
3. Enter your email address and password, and touch Next. 
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up the email account. 
Sending an email
 
1. Open Email.
2. On the inbox screen, touch to create an email. 
•Touch From: to choose an email account.
•Enter the recipient and subject, and compose your email. 
•Touch to upload attachments.  
						

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3. When you are done, touch to send the email.
Internet connection
Turning on the mobile network
 To quickly turn on or turn off your mobile network, open the notification 
panel, go to the 
Shortcuts tab, and touch  . 
 
When you dont need to access the Internet, turn off the mobile network 
to save battery power and reduce mobile data usage. 
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
 1. Open the notification panel and go to the Shortcuts tab.
2. Touch and hold from the shortcut switches to enter the Wi-Fi settings 
screen.
3. Turn on Wi-Fi. Your phone then scans for available Wi-Fi networks and 
displays them. 
4. Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect to. 
•If the network is open, you will directly connect to it. 
•If the network is encrypted, enter the password when prompted. 
Browser
 
With Browser, you can:
• Browse web pages: Enter a web address in the address box. 
• Add a bookmark: Touch  > Bookmarks & history to view or add 
bookmarks. 
• Clear the browsing history: Touch  > Settings > Privacy & security > Clear 
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Entertainment
Camera
Capture screen
 
Turn on the flash.
Flick left or right to switch between common capture modes.
View photos and videos in Gallery. 
Take a photo or shoot a video.
Apply a special effect.







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Taking a photo
 
1. Open Camera.
2. Frame the scene you want to capture. Let your camera focus automatically 
or touch the screen to focus the camera. 
3. Touch to take a single photo, or touch and hold to take several 
photos in rapid succession. 
Capture mode
 
• Beauty: Your phone automatically beautifies your skin and gives your 
portraits a more professional touch-up. For some device models, you can 
flick left or right on the capture screen to switch to beauty mode.
• Panorama: Your phone takes several photos as you pan and stitches them 
into one stunning panoramic shot. 
• HDR: High dynamic range imaging (HDR) helps improve the photo quality 
when ambient light is unbalanced. 
• Audio note: Your phone records a brief audio clip after you take a photo. 
• Best photo: Your phone takes several photos in rapid succession and 
automatically picks the best.
• Watermark: Add the time, location, weather, and other information to a 
photo as watermarks.
Shooting a video
 
1. Open Camera.
Switch between the rear and front cameras.
Choose a capture mode and set the camera parameters.
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