Huawei Ascend P6 User Manual

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3. In the Wi-Fi network list, touch .
You phone then scans for available devices and displays them.
4. Select a device.
Sending a file using a Wi-Fi network
1. Touch and hold the file you want to send.
2. From the displayed option menu, choose Share.
3. Touch Wi-Fi. 
You phone then scans for available devices and displays them.
4. Touch the device you want to send the file to.
 Specific steps may vary slightly by file type. 
Receiving a file using a Wi-Fi network
When a file comes...

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5. Select the USB tethering check box to share your phones data connection.
 You cannot use your phones USB tethering function when the phone is in 
USB storage mode.
Bluetooth tethering
You can share your phones mobile data connection with other devices using Bluetooth.
1. On the home screen, touch then the All tab.
2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch More….
3. Touch Tethering & portable hotspot.
4. Select the Bluetooth tethering check box.
5. On the Bluetooth device you want to...

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Controlling your data usage
Your phones data usage control function lets you check and control your data usage.
Set a data usage cycle and a mobile data limit for this period and you will be notified when 
data usage reaches this limit. You can also query the data usage within a certain period of 
time or data traffic consumed by an application.
1. On the home screen, touch then the All tab.
2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch More….
3. Touch Data usage.
Turn the mobile data...

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On the Data usage screen, touch to open an option menu, from 
which you can:
•  Turn data roaming on or off.
•  Prevent background mobile data traffic.
•  Turn automatic data synchronization on or off.
• Select the Show Wi-Fi usage check box. The Wi-Fi tab will be displayed. 
Touch this tab to view Wi-Fi data usage.
• Touch Mobile hotspots and select the Wi-Fi networks that are mobile 
hotspots to prevent applications from accessing these networks in the 
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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 on Bluetooth
1. On the home screen, touch then the All tab.
2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch Bluetooth.
When Bluetooth is turned on, your phones name is displayed at the top of the Bluetooth 
screen. Touch the name to set your phones visibility.
 
To rename your...

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2. Touch and hold the file you want to send.
3. From the displayed option menu, choose Share > Bluetooth.
4. From the detected Bluetooth device list, select a device.
Receiving files using Bluetooth
1. When your phone receives a file transfer request, open the notification panel.
2. Touch Bluetooth share: Incoming file to display a file reception dialog box.
3. Touch Accept to start receiving the file.
When the file is received, you will receive a notification of a successful transfer....

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MTP mode
The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is used to transfer media files, such as pictures, songs, 
and videos, between your phone and a computer. The MTP mode is only compatible with 
Windows Media Player 10 or later. 
1. Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
2. On the USB computer connection screen, choose Media device (MTP).
The phone driver is then automatically installed on the computer.
3. After the driver is installed, follow the onscreen instructions on the...

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3. The computer will identify your phone as a USB mass storage device. You can 
then transfer files between your phone and the computer.
 After file transmission, safely remove the device from the computer and 
disconnect it from the USB cable to prevent your data from being lost or 
corrupted.
Connecting your phone to a USB storage device
You can connect your phone to a USB storage device directly using a USB OTG cable to 
transfer data. Compatible USB storage devices include USB flash...

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 Do not remove a storage device from your phone before unmounting; 
otherwise, data may become corrupted. To unmount the external device, 
touch  on the home screen. Then touch 
All > Storage > Unmount USB 
storage
 to unmount the USB device.
 Your phone supplies power to USB storage devices. Certain phone models 
and mobile hard drives have relatively high rates of power consumption, 
meaning your phone may not be able to supply enough power for them to 
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File Manager
File Manager helps you manage files and applications in your phones internal 
storage and microSD card. Youll be able to view, create, edit, delete, move, 
archive, compress, and decompress files.
Creating a folder
You can create folders to better manage the files and applications stored in your 
phones internal storage or microSD card.
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Internal or SD card.
3. Touch  > New folder.
4. In the displayed dialog box, name the new folder.
5. Touch Save....