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Backup, restoration, and update   
5. Select the data you want to back up, and follow the onscreen instructions  
to ba ck  i t u p. 
 
For details about how to connect yo ur phone to a USB storage device,  
see Connecting your phone to a USB storage device. 
Restoring data from the local storage
1. On the home screen, touch Tools > . 
2. Select the backup file you want to  restore. You can use the files backup  
time as a reference. 
3. If the backup file has been encrypte d, enter the password when prompted,  
and touch OK. 
4. Select the data you want to restore, and touch RESTORE. 
Restoring data from  a USB storage device
Connect the USB storage device to your phone using a USB OTG cable. Make  
sure your phone can detect the USB storage device. 
1. On the home screen, touch Tools > . 
2. Touch  > Back up to external USB storage. 
3. Select the backup file you want to  restore. You can use the files backup  
time as a reference. 
4. If the backup file has been encrypte d, enter the password when prompted,  
and touch OK. 
5. Select the data you want to restore, and touch RESTORE. 
 
For details about how to connect yo ur phone to a USB storage device,  
see Connecting your phone to a USB storage device.  
						

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Restoring factory settings
 
Restoring your phone to the factory settings erases all your personal  
data from the phone storage, in cluding information about your  
accounts, your system and application settings, and downloaded 
applications. Back up im portant data on your phone before you restore  
factory settings. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Backup & reset. 
3. Touch Factory data reset > Reset phone > Reset phone. The phone will 
restore its factory settings and restart.
Online update
Once in a while, new updates for your phone will be available online. You will 
receive a notification when updates are av ailable. Before updating, make sure  
your phone has enough storage space for the update package.
 
•Using unauthorized third-party soft ware to update your phone may  
damage your phone or put your pers onal information at risk. It is  
recommended that you update thro ugh your phones online update  
feature or download official update  packages from Huaweis official  
website.
•All your data may be erased during a system update. It is  
recommended that you back up impo rtant data before updating your  
phone. 
To update your phone manually, go to the home screen, touch   > Updates  
> System updates > Online update to check for updates, and follow the 
onscreen instructions to update your phone online.  
						

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Tools
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, Calenda r automatically creates birthday reminders. 
Creating an event
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch . 
3. Enter event details, such as the event name, time, location, and how often  
it repeats.
4. Touch SAVE. 
Viewing events
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch the tabs at the top of the screen  to switch between the year, month,  
week, day, and agenda views. The agen da view displays all your calendar  
events. 
Sharing an event
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Select the event you want to share. 
3. Touch to share the event using Bluetoot h, email, or other methods.  
						

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Clock
Clock lets you view the time around the world, use stopwatch or timer to keep  
track of time, or set alarms to  wake you up in the morning.
Alarm
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Alarm, you can: 
•Add an alarm: Touch , and set the alarm time, ringtone, how often it 
repeats, and more. Then touch DONE. 
•Turn on or turn off an alarm: Touch the switch button to the right of an  
alarm to turn it on or off. 
•Configure alarm settings: Touch , and set the snooze duration, 
whether the alarm rings in silent mode, and what the volume buttons do  
when pressed. 
•Delete an alarm: Touch , select the alarm you want to delete, and 
touch DELETE. 
World clock
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under World clock, 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 zone and system 
date and time. 
•Delete a city: Touch , select the city you want to delete, and touch 
REMOVE. 
Stopwatch
1. On the home screen, touch . 
						

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2. On the Stopwatch tab, touch Start to start timing. 
3. Touch Lap to record multiple times. 
4. Touch Stop to stop the stopwatch. 
Touch Reset to clear all stopwatch records. 
Timer
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. On the Timer tab, rotate the dial to set the timer duration, or touch an  
option to quickly sele ct a time duration. 
 
Touch  to set a tone for the timer.
3. When you are done, touch Start to start the timer. 
4. When the timer ends, the phone plays a tone and starts overtime timing.  
Touch Close to stop the tone and reset the timer. 
 
When the timer is running, touch Reset to reset it. 
Weather
Weather provides you with the latest wea ther information for any city around  
the world. You can share weather information with your family and friends. 
 
Before you use Weather, turn on your phones GPS and data service. 
Adding a city
Add cities to check their real-time weather information. 
1. On the home screen, touch Tools > .
2. Touch  > . 
3. Enter a city name. Matching  cities are then displayed. 
4. Select the city you want to add.
 
In addition to your current city, you can add up to nine cities.  
						

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Setting the default city
1. On the home screen, touch Tools > .
2. Touch . 
3. 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.
Deleting a city
1. On the home screen, touch Tools > .
2. Touch  > . 
3. Select the city you want to delete, and touch DELETE.
Updating the weather
1. On the home screen, touch Tools > .
2. Flick left or right to find the city whose weather you want to update.
3. Touch to update the weather.
 
You can also set Weather to automatic update mode. Touch   >    
> Settings, select Auto update, and set Update interval. Your phone will 
then update the weather  at the interval you set.
Sharing weather information
Your phone lets you send weather information as a text message to remind  
your family and friends of weather changes.
1. On the home screen, touch Tools > .
2. Flick left or right to find the city whose weather you want to share.
3. Touch to display the messaging screen. 
						

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4. Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number.  
Matching contacts are displayed as you type. Touch to select a contact. 
 
Touch  to select more contacts. 
5. Touch Send to send the weather information.  
						

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Phone settings
Turning on or turning off airplane mode
 
Your phones signal reception or transmission may interfere with an  
airplanes flight system. Power off  your phone or switch to airplane  
mode as required when you are on a flight. In airplane mode, your 
phones wireless features are disabled, but you can still listen to music 
or play games.  
Use either of the following meth ods to turn on or turn off Airplane mode: 
• Press and hold the power button, and touch Airplane mode. 
• On the home screen, touch . Under All, touch Airplane mode. 
When airplane mode is on,  is displayed on the status bar.
Adjusting the screen brightness
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Display. 
3. Touch Brightness. 
4. Drag the slider left or right to adjust the screen brightness.
 
You can also flick down from the status bar to open the notification  
panel and adjust the screen bright ness using the shortcut switch. 
Modifying tone settings
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Sound. 
3. On the Sound screen, you can:  
						

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Phone settings 
•Touch Volume and drag the sliders to set the volume of music, ringtones,  
notification tones, al arms, calls, and more. 
•Touch Silent mode to turn on or turn off silence mode. 
•Select or clear the Vibrate in silent mode check box to set whether your  
phone vibrates when it is in silence mode. 
•Select or clear the Vibrate when ringing check box to set whether your  
phone vibrates when you have an incoming call.
•Touch Phone ringtone to select a ringtone.
•Touch Default notification tone to set a notification tone. 
•Select or clear the DTS mode to turn on or turn off DTS audio. 
•Touch or clear th e check box under SYSTEM to turn on or turn off the  
notification tone  or vibration when you touch or lock the screen, take a  
screenshot, dial a number, and more.
Modifying display settings
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Display. 
3. On the Display screen, you can: 
•Touch Brightness to adjust the screen brightness. 
•Touch Color temperature to adjust the screen color temperature. To  
manually adjust the color temperature, clear the Default check box. 
•Touch Wallpaper to set the lock screen and home screen wallpapers.
•Select or clear the Auto-rotate screen check box to enable or disable the 
screen auto-rotate function. If this  function is enabled, your screens  
orientation will automatically change  with the way you hold your phone  
when you perform certain operations , such as browsing a web page,  
viewing a picture, or writing a message. 
•Select or clear the Sunlight readable check box to enable or disable  
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phone will adjust the screen brightness based on the ambient light and  
help you read bette r in strong light.
•Touch Sleep to set a screen timeout period. If idle for the specified period,  
your phone automatically locks its  screen to save battery power. 
•Touch Daydream to enable or disable the screen saver. If this function is  
enabled, the screen saver will automatic ally run while your phone is being  
charged. 
•Touch Font size to change the di splay font size.
•Touch Font style to change the display font style.
•Touch Pulse notification light to enable or disable the blinking indicator  
when you receive notifications.
Turning on or turning off do not disturb  
mode
To avoid being disturbed when you need  to focus on important business, turn  
on do not disturb mode. In do not disturb mode, your phone will ring only 
when you receive calls from allowed co ntacts. Other calls will be rejected, and  
message and other notification tones will be muted. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Do not disturb. 
3. On the Do not disturb screen, you can: 
•Touch Enable to turn on or turn off do not disturb mode. In do not disturb  
mode, is displayed on the status bar. 
•Touch Scheduled to schedule the effective time period for do not disturb  
mode. 
•Touch Allowed contacts to add contacts whose calls you can still receive  
in do not disturb mode.