Huawei Ascend P7 Manual

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File Manager 
File Manager
Creating a folder
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. Touch  > New folder. 
4. Name the folder and touch Save. 
Searching for a file
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. Touch  > Search. 
4. Enter part or all of the file name. Search results are displayed as you type. 
Copying, cutting, and pasting a file
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. Touch or ....

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Compressing or decompressing a file
You can compress files into .zip files to save space or decompress .zip and .rar  
files. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. Touch  > Compress. 
4. Select the file or folder you want to compress, and touch COMPRESS. 
5. Choose the save path of the co mpressed file, name it, and touch OK. 
To decompress a file, touch and hold it, and choose Extract from the  
displayed option menu.
Renaming a file
1. On the...

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File Manager 
Creating a shortcut for a file or folder
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch Internal or SD card. 
3. 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
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Local, touch  > Storage. 
3. On the Storage screen, view the total and available space in your phones 
internal storage or microSD card. 

Managing applications 
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Managing applications
Downloading applications
A rich selection of applications are available from a variety of sources. You  
can: 
• Download applications fr om Googles 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. 
• Connect the phone to a computer,  and download applications using  
HiSuite or other third-party applications. 
Installing an application...

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Managing applications 
Viewing applications
You can view the sizes and access permissions of applications installed on  
your phone. You can also view the runni ng applications to check the system  
running status. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Manage apps. 
3. Select an application type: downloaded, running, or all. 
4. Touch an application to view its details, and flick up or down for more 
information. 
Sharing an application
1. On the home screen, touch and hold  the...

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Clearing the application cache
You can clear the application cache to free up the phone storage. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Manage apps. 
3. Flick to ALL, and touch Clear cache.  

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Phone Manager 
Phone Manager
Optimizing the system
Phone scanning
Phone scanning lets you run a full check of your phones operation status and  
quickly optimize the system.
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Scan or Touch to scan.
After the scan is complete, follow the  onscreen instructions to clear trash  
files, optimize the system, and remove  potential threats to your phone.
Phone accelerator
If you are experiencing slowdown issues with your phone, you may have too  
many applications using...

Phone Manager 
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Startup manager
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Flick left and touch Startup manager. 
3. Select applications to have them run automatically at system startup.
Power manager
Setting the power saving mode
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Power saving. 
3. 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. 
•Touch Ultra to enable...

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Phone Manager 
3. On the Harassment filter screen, you can: 
•Touch Calls or Messages to view blocked calls or messages. 
•Touch Blacklist > ADD CONTACTS to add a number to the blacklist. 
 
On the Harassment filter screen, touch  to turn on or turn off  
Harassment filter and In terception reminders.
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...

Backup, restoration, and update   
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Backup, restoration, and  
update
Backing up data to the local storage
1. On the home screen, touch Tools > .
2. Select or clear the Encrypt your backup check box. Once the backup file is  
encrypted, you need to enter the password to access it. 
3. Touch New backup. 
4. Select the data you want to back up, and follow the onscreen instructions 
to ba ck  i t u p. 
By default, backup fi les are saved to the HuaweiBackup folder in File  
Manager. 
 
Encrypted backup...