Huawei Honor 8 User Guide

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2 Touch Wi-Fi and then turn on the Wi-Fi switch.
3 Touch  > Advanced settings, and then choose one of the following methods:
• Touch WPS connection and then press the Wi-Fi routers WPS button.
• Touch WPS PIN connection to generate a PIN, and then enter this PIN on the Wi-Fi router.
Once your phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, it will display the i c o n   i n   t h e   s t a t u s   b a r .             
Your phone will remember Wi-Fi networks that you have u s e d   b e...

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• Bluetooth tethering: Share your mobile Internet with other devices using Bluetooth.
• USB tethering: Use a USB cable to share your mobile Internet with a computer.
Using a portable Wi-Fi hotspot to share your mobile Internet
Set up a portable Wi-Fi hotspot to share your phones mob i l e   I n t e r n e t   w i t h   o t h e r   d e v i c e s .             
Compared with Bluetooth tethering, the portable Wi-Fi hotspot feature offers q u i c k e r ,   l o n g e r -...

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• Configure the maximum number of connections: Touch Maximum connections 
allowed
 and change the maximum number of connections. By default, your phone will allow 
eight devices to connect to the hotspot concurrently.
You will need to remember the hotspot name and password to connect to it using other devices.
 
Limit the amount of data that other devices can use: Touch Data limit on the Portable 
Wi-Fi hotspot
 screen, and then follow the onscreen instructions to set the...

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Bluetooth tethering can be used to share your Wi-Fi and mobile Internet connection. To 
enable mobile data, see Connecting to the Internet using mobile data.
1 Establish a Bluetooth connection between two devices and check that they are paired. For more 
information, see 
Enabling Bluetooth and pairing your phone with another device.
2 Open Settings.
3 Touch More > Tethering & portable hotspot.
4 Turn on the Bluetooth tethering switch to share your mobile Internet.
5 On the...

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• Receive files: When another device tries to send you files using Bluetooth, select Accept from 
the dialog box that appears. Open the notification panel to view file transfer progress.
By default, received files are saved to the bluetooth folder on your devices internal storage.
Unpairing Bluetooth devices
1 Open Settings and touch Bluetooth.
2 Turn on the Turn on Bluetooth switch.
3 Touch the icon next to the name of the paired device, and then touch Unpair.
Renaming your...

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3 When your phone detects the other device, select it. Follow the onscreen instructions to 
establish a Wi-Fi Direct connection between the two devices.
To terminate the Wi-Fi Direct connection, select to open the Wi-Fi Direct s c r e e n .  S e l e c t  t h e             
device you want to disconnect from and touch OK to disconnect.
Using Wi-Fi Direct to send and receive files
Share files between two devices by establishing a Wi-Fi Direct connection.
 
This feature requires...

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1 Connect to the other phone using a USB OTG cable and a USB data cable.
2 On the other phone, set the USB connection mode to USB flash drive.
3 Touch  > Local >  USB drive to browse data on the microSD card. You can select and copy 
data to a destination folder. For more information, see Copying, moving, or deleting files. 
4 When you have finished browsing, touch Settings > Advanced settings > Memory & storage 
> 
 USB drive > Eject.
5 Disconnect the USB OTG and USB data...

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2 Touch  > Local >  USB drive to browse data on the flash drive. You can select and copy 
data to a destination folder. For more information, see Copying, moving, or deleting files.
3 When you have finished browsing, touch Settings > Advanced settings > Memory & storage 
> 
 USB drive > Eject.
4 Disconnect the USB OTG cable from your phone and the USB flash drive.
Streaming multimedia content to your TV
Use MirrorShare  to  share  multimedia  content  with  friends  and...

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Check that the screen is unlocked on both phones and ensure that NFC is enabled. Enable Android            
Beam on the other phone (if required).
1 Select the web page or contact that you want to share.
2 Hold your mobile phone and the receiving device back to back. Your phones NFC sensor is 
located next to the rear camera. After a connection is established, a sound will be played and 
the content you are sharing will shrink on the screen.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions...

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Backup and Restore
Using the Backup application to back up and restore 
data
Backups help ensure that you never lose  y o u r   d a t a .   Y o u   c a n   u s e   a   l o c a l   b a c k u p   t o   c o p y   d a t a   t o             
your phones internal storage or a microSD card.
 
Features may vary depending on your carrier.
Backing up data to local storage
You can back up your contacts, messages, call log, photos, music, videos, files, and applications.
1 Open Backup.
2...