Huawei Honor 8 User Guide

Backup and Restore  
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3 Select the backup you want to restore.
 If the backup data is encrypted, enter the encryption password when prompted.
4 Select the data you want to restore, and then touch Start restoration.
Restoring factory settings
Restore your phone to its factory settings if it crashes or is slow to respond.
 
Back up important data on your phone before restoring factory settings. For more 
information, see Using the Backup application to back up and restore data.
Restoring factory...

Backup and Restore  
115 third-party application developers to release updates for new Android releases. Please wait 
until a new version of the application is released.
 
Touch Settings > About phone > Build number to view your phones version number.
OTA updates
When a new system update is released, you will be prompted  t o   d o w n l o a d   a n d   i n s t a l l   t h e   l a t e s t             
version. Select OTA update for quick and secure updates.
 
Ensure that your phone is connected to the...

File Management 
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File Management
Viewing files
Viewing files by category
Open the Categories tab in Files. Your files are automatically sorted into different categories.
Finding files quickly
Use the search feature to quickly find what you are looking for.
1 Open Files.
2 In the Local tab, touch Internal storage or  SD card.
3 Touch and then enter the file name or keywords. Search results will be displayed below the 
search bar.
Sorting your files
Use the sort feature to arrange your files by type,...

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4 Choose a sharing method and follow the onscreen instructions to share your files.
Creating folders
Create folders and place files inside them to keep your phone organized.
1 Open Files.
2 In the Local tab, touch Internal storage or  SD card.
3 Touch , enter the name of the new folder, and then touch Save.
Renaming files
Give your files distinctive names so that you can find them more quickly.
1 Open Files.
2 In the Local tab, touch Internal storage or  SD card.
3 Touch and hold the...

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2 In the Local tab, touch Internal storage or  SD card.
3 Select the files or folders you want to add to the archive, and then touch  > Compress.
4 Choose the archive destination. The selected files will be compressed into a zip archive, which 
will be named automatically.
 
To extract an archive, touch and hold the archive file, and then touch  > Extract to. Select 
where the archive should be extracted to.
Excluding small images
When viewing images, you may find that Files  also...

Power Management 
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Power Management
Viewing battery usage statistics
Use Phone Manager to view detailed per-application battery usage statistics.
Open Phone Manager and then touch Battery manager. You can:
• Touch Optimize. Your phone will check for power consumption problems and automatically 
optimize performance.
• Touch Power usage details to view detailed battery usage statistics. 
• Touch Consumption level to see what is using the most power. 
• Turn on the Remaining battery percentage  switch...

Power Management 
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Enabling the Ultra power plan
If youre waiting for an important call but your phone has low battery, enable the Ultra  p o w e r             
plan in 
Phone Manager.  This  disables  everything  except  essential  calling,  SMS  and  contact            
functions, prolonging battery life.
Open Phone Manager. Touch Battery manager > Power plan > Ultra and then select             
> Enable.
Touch Exit to disable the Ultra power plan and restore the original settings.
Closing...

Power Management 
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Configuring display and sound settings
Reduce power consumption by optimizing the display and sound settings on your phone.
See Configuring the display settings to learn how to save power  by  disabling  Daydream,  turning            
off the indicator light, and reducing the screen brightness and screen-off time.
See Sound settings to learn how to save power by disabling unnecessary sound or vibration alerts. 

Phone Manager 
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Phone Manager
Optimizing your system
Use Phone Manager to make your phone run faster and optimize performance.
Conducting a comprehensive scan
Open Phone Manager.  Your  phone  will  automatically  conduct  a  comprehensive  scan  and           
optimize your system.
Cleaning up your phone
1 Open Phone Manager.
2 Touch System optimization to scan for and clear cached application data and system trash.
 
Follow the onscreen instructions to manually clear files or configure the...

Phone Manager 
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• Touch Harassment filter >  and follow the onscreen instructions to configure a call 
blacklist or whitelist, keywords, and spam settings.
• Touch Notification center and select an application to configure its notification permissions 
and settings.
Battery management
Phone Manager comes with a battery manag e m e n t   f e a t u r e   t o   h e l p   y o u   s a v e   p o w e r   a n d   p r e v e n t             
you from missing important calls and messages.
Open Phone Manager and...