Huawei Honor 6 User Manual

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Personalizing your phone  
Setting tones
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Sound. 
3. Touch Phone ringtone or Default notification tone, and choose either of the 
following tabs:
•Ringtone: Choose from the default selection.
•Music: Choose from the audio files you have saved to your phone.
4. Touch APPLY. 
Changing the font size
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Display. 
3. Touch Font size and select a font size. 
						

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Calls
Smart dialing
You can make a call by entering the phone number on the dialer or use smart 
dialing that lets you quickly find contacts by entering parts of their names or 
numbers.
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Enter the initials or first few letters of a contacts name, or part of the 
contacts phone number. Matching contacts in your phone and phone 
numbers in your call log are then displayed in a list.
3. From the list, select the contact you want to call.
4. To end the call, touch . 
Answering or rejecting a call
 
When a call comes in, you can press the volume button to mute the 
ringtone.
• Drag right to answer the call.
• Drag left to reject the call.
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On the dialer screen, touch   > Call settings > Reject calls with SMS to 
edit the message that will be sent. 
What you can do during a call
Touch  > to place the current call on hold, and touch 
again to resume the call.
Touch  > to start a three-way call. Before you use three-
way calling, make sure you have subscribed to this service. For 
details, contact your service provider.
Touch to display the dialer. 
Touch to use the speakerphone. 
Touch to end the call.
Touch to mute or unmute the microphone. 
Touch  > to write a note. 
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To return to the call screen, flick down from the status bar to open the 
notification panel, and touch 
Current call.
Answering a third-party call
Before you answer a third-party call, make sure you have enabled call waiting.
1. If a call comes in when you are already in another call, drag right to 
answer the new call and place the first call on hold.
2. To switch between the two calls, touch  > .
Making an emergency call
In the event of an emergency, you will still be able to make emergency calls 
without the use of a SIM card. However, you must still be under the coverage 
area.
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Enter your local emergency number and touch .
 
Emergency calls are subject to cellular network quality, use environment, 
service provider policies, and local laws and regulations. Never rely 
solely on your phone for critical communications when emergencies 
occur.
Using the call log
The call log records your called, answered, and missed calls. 
Adding a contact from the call log
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. From the call log, select the number you want to add as a contact, and 
touch 
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3. Touch Create new contact or Save to existing contact.
 
You can also touch and hold the number you want to add, and touch 
Create new contact or Save to existing contact. 
Deleting call records
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Dialer, you can: 
•Touch and hold a contact name or phone number, and touch Delete entry 
to delete the call record. 
•Touch  > Delete call log to delete multiple records simultaneously.  
						

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Contacts
Creating a contact
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch . 
3. Choose the save location for the contact. 
4. Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details. 
5. Touch SAVE. 
Importing or exporting contacts
Your phone supports contact files in .vcf format only. This is the standard 
format for files storing contacts. Contact names, addresses, phone numbers, 
and other information can be saved in .vcf files. 
Importing contacts from a storage device
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Import/Export > Import from storage. 
3. Select one or more .vcf files, and touch OK. 
Importing contacts from a SIM card
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Import/Export > Import from SIM card. 
3. Touch the contacts you want to import or touch All to select all contacts, 
and then touch 
IMPORT. 
Importing contacts from a Bluetooth device
1. On the home screen, touch . 
						

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2. Touch  > Import/Export > Import from another phone. 
3. Select Supports Bluetooth, and touch NEXT. The phone then turns on 
Bluetooth and scans for other Bluetooth devices in range. 
4. Touch the Bluetooth device from which you want to import contacts. 
When the two devices are paired, your phone automatically imports the .vcf 
file from the other device. 
Importing contacts using Wi-Fi Direct
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Import/Export > Import via Wi-Fi Direct. The phone then 
prompts you to turn on Wi-Fi and scans for Wi-Fi Direct devices in range. 
3. Touch the Wi-Fi Direct device from which you want to import contacts.
When the two devices are connected, your phone automatically imports the 
.vcf file from the other device. 
Exporting contacts to a storage device
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Import/Export > Export to storage. 
3. Touch EXPORT. 
4. Choose from where you want to export the contacts and touch OK. 
To view the .vcf file you just exported, open File Manager. By default, the file 
is saved to the root directory of your phones internal storage. 
Exporting contacts to a SIM card
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Import/Export > Export to SIM card. 
3. Touch the contacts you want to export or touch All to select all contacts, 
and then touch 
EXPORT. 
4. In the displayed dialog box, touch OK. 
						

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Copying contacts
You can copy contacts from a SIM card to your phone and vice versa. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Settings > Copy contacts and choose from where you want to 
copy the contacts. 
3. Touch the contacts you want to copy or touch All to select all contacts. 
4. Touch COPY and choose where you want to paste the contacts. 
Searching for a contact
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Enter the contact name or initials. Matching contacts are displayed as you 
type.
Merging contacts
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Settings > Merge duplicate contacts. 
3. Touch the contacts you want to merge or touch All to select all contacts 
that can be merged, and then touch 
MERGE. 
 
Only duplicate contacts saved in your phone storage can be merged. 
Creating a contact group
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Favorites, touch  > New group. 
3. Name the contact group.
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5. Touch the contacts you want to add to the group or touch All to select all 
contacts, and then touch 
ADD. 
6. Touch SAVE. 
Sending messages or emails to a contact 
group
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Favorites, touch and hold the contact group you want to send a 
message or email to, and choose 
Send message or Send email from the 
displayed option menu.
 
You can also open the contact group and touch  to send a message 
or  to send an email. 
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Messaging
Sending a text message
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. In the list of message threads, touch .
3. Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number. 
Matching contacts are displayed as you type. Select a contact. 
 
Touch  to select more contacts. 
4. Write your message.
5. Touch Send. 
Sending a multimedia message
Data usage fees may apply. For details, contact your service provider. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. In the list of message threads, touch .
3. Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number. 
Matching contacts are displayed as you type. Select a contact. 
 
Touch  to select more contacts. 
4. Touch  > Add subject and enter the message subject.
5. Write your message.
6. Touch , select the attachment type, and attach a file.
 
To attach more than one file to the message, touch Slideshow. You can 
touch 
Remove slide to delete the current slideshow. 
7. Touch Send.