Huawei Honor 3 User Manual

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Taking a photo
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Frame the scene you want to capture. Let your camera focus automatically 
or touch the screen to focus the camera. When the camera is focused, the 
frame in the center of the viewfinder turns green. 
3. Touch . 
Shooting a video
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Frame the scene you want to record.
3. Touch to start recording.
4. During the recording, touch an obje ct or a rea  to f oc us on it.
 
Touch  to pause recording.
5. Touch to stop recording. 
Continuous shooting
Continuous shooting allows you to record a series of dynamic images and pick 
the best from them. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Camera > Burst to enable continuous shooting.
3. Frame the scene you want to capture. 
4. Touch and hold . The camera then takes up to 20 photos at most in 
rapid succession. You can stop shooting anytime by releasing your finger.
Taking a panoramic photo
1. On the home screen, touch .
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3. Frame the scene you want to capture. 
4. Touch to start shooting. 
5. Follow the screen prompts to move your phone slowly and stably, when 
the two arrows are overlapping, the phone will automatically take one or 
multiple photos.
6. Touch to stop shooting. The camera automatically stitches the photos 
together to create one panoramic photograph.
Taking a photo in beauty mode
Want to look flawless in great quality photos? Enable beauty mode for simply 
stunning photos.
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > to switch to beauty mode. 
3. Drag the slider to adjust the beauty level. 
4. Frame the scene you want to capture. The camera will identify a face and 
focus on it. 
5. Touch . 
Taking an audio photo
You can record an audio clip while taking a photo to make the photo more 
vivid. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > to switch to audio photo mode. 
3. Frame the scene you want to capture. 
4. Touch to take a photo. The phone then records an audio clip for a few 
seconds. Record your thoughts for the photo youve just taken. 
Using HDR
High dynamic range (HDR) imaging technology improves the details in the 
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1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > to switch to HDR mode. 
3. Frame the scene you want to capture. 
4. Touch . 
 
The front camera does not support HDR. 
Taking a photo using audio control
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Camera > Voice activated shooting to switch to audio control 
mode.
3. Frame the scene you want to capture. Your phone will take a photo when 
the surrounding noise reaches a certain decibel level.
Gallery
Viewing photos or videos
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch an album.
3. Touch a photo or video to view it in full screen mode.
 
When viewing a photo, pinch two fingers together to zoom out or 
spread them apart to zoom in.
Playing a slideshow
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch an album.
3. Touch  > Slideshow to play a slideshow of the photos in the album.
4. Touch the screen to stop the slideshow. 
						

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Music
Listening to music
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Select a category.
3. Touch the song you want to play. 
4. Touch the playing song to enter the main playback interface. 
Flick left or right to switch between the album cover and lyrics. 
Touch to add a song to your Favorites. 
Touch to switch between different playing modes (repeat 
the current song, repeat the playlist, shuffle, and play in 
sequence). 
•Touch to play and touch to pause. 
•Touch to go back to the previous song.
•Touch to skip to the next song.
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When a song is playing, touch  to exit the playback screen without 
stopping the song. To return to the music playback screen, open the 
notification panel and touch the playing song. 
Creating a playlist
Creating playlists lets you be creative with your songs, and organize them into 
groups. Youll be able to listen to the playlist that best fits your mood. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Playlists > Create new playlist. 
3. Touch the text box to name the playlist, and touch Save. 
4. In the displayed dialog box, touch OK.
5. Select the songs you want to add.
6. Touch ADD. 
Playing a playlist
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Playlists. 
3. Touch and hold the playlist you want to play, and touch Play. 
Drag the slider to control the playback.
Touch to display the option menu from which you can 
perform additional operations.
Touch to enable or disable DTS audio. 
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Mobile data connection
Turning on the data service
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Mobile networks. 
3. Touch Data connection, and select the SIM which you want to turn on data 
service.
 
When you dont need to access the Internet, turn off the data service to 
save battery power and reduce data usage. 
Creating an APN
The Access Point Name (APN) is a necessary parameter for a phone to connect 
to a mobile network or send multimedia messages. It is usually automatically 
set after you insert a SIM card into your phone. If your phone cannot connect 
to a mobile network using the automatically set APN, contact your service 
provider for the specific parameters and create a new APN.
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Mobile networks. 
3. Touch Access Point Names. 
4. Select a SIM card you want to create an APN.
5. Touch  > New APN. 
6. Enter the access point name and other parameters. 
7. Touch SAVE. 
 
In the APN list, touch   > Reset to default to reset the APN 
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Wi-Fi network
Your phone can connect to Wi-Fi networks. Some public locations, such as 
airports and libraries, may have Wi-Fi networks available for use. Using Wi-Fi 
networks provided by certain Internet service providers may produce fees. 
Before you use a public Wi-Fi hotspot, make sure you check and are aware of 
that service providers fee policies. 
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch the Wi-Fi switch to turn on Wi-Fi.
3. Touch Wi-Fi. Your phone then scans for available Wi-Fi networks and 
displays them.
4. Touch the Wi-Fi network you want to connect to. 
•If the Wi-Fi network is open, you will directly connect to it. 
•If the Wi-Fi network is encrypted, enter the key when prompted, and 
touch 
Connect. 
 
If Wi-Fi and mobile data are both enabled, your phone connects to the 
Wi-Fi network preferentially. 
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network using WPS
Wi-Fi protected setup (WPS) lets you quickly connect to a Wi-Fi network. 
Simply press the WPS button or enter the PIN to connect your phone to a Wi-
Fi router that supports WPS. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch the Wi-Fi switch to turn on Wi-Fi.
3. Touch Wi-Fi. 
4. Touch  > WPS Push Button and press the WPS button on the Wi-Fi 
router.  
To connect to a Wi-Fi network through WPS PIN, touch   > Enter WPS 
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Sharing your phones mobile data 
connection
Wi-Fi hotspot
Your phone can function as a Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices, sharing its 
mobile data connection. 
1. On the home screen, touch then the All tab.
2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch More….
3. Touch Tethering & portable hotspot. 
4. Select the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box to turn on Wi-Fi hotspot. 
5. Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. 
6. Set the Wi-Fi hotspots name, encryption mode, and key. When other 
devices want to access your phones network, this key must be entered. 
 
It is recommended that you set the encryption mode to WPA2PSK to 
better secure the Wi-Fi network.
7. Touch Save. 
On the device you want to use, search for and connect to your phones Wi-Fi 
network. 
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. 
Setting your mobile data usage limits
1. On the home screen, touch then the All tab.
2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch More….
3. Touch Data usage.  
						

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4. Select the Set mobile data limit check box.
5. Set the data usage limits as follows:
•Drag the limit line up or down to adjust the mobile data usage limit. 
•Drag the warning line up or down to adjust the mobile data usage 
warning value. When your data usage reaches the warning line, you will 
be notified. 
•Drag the date lines left or right to check the data usage during a specific 
period of time. 
•Touch Data usage cycle to set the statistical cycle for data usage. 
Viewing the data usage of an application
1. On the home screen, touch then the All tab.
2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch More….
3. Touch Data usage. 
4. Flick down to view the data usage of all applications. 
5. Touch an application for more details. 
Restricting the background mobile data usage
You can restrict the background mobile data usage of some or all applications 
to save data traffic. This function only takes effect when your phone is using 
a mobile data connection. When your phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, 
applications run without any data restrictions. 
1. On the home screen, touch then the All tab.
2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch More….
3. Touch Data usage. 
4. Touch , and select the Restrict mobile bkgd. data check box to restrict 
the background mobile data usage of all applications. 
 
To restrict the background mobile data usage of a specific application, 
choose the application from the application list on the 
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Restrict 
mobile bkgd. data
 check box. 
Restricting automatic data synchronization
Restricting automatic data synchronization helps save data traffic and battery 
power. After this function is enabled, you have to manually synchronize your 
accounts. 
1. On the home screen, touch then the All tab.
2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch More….
3. Touch Data usage. 
4. Touch and clear the Auto-sync data check box.