Huawei Mate 8 Manual

Call and Contacts  
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Finding a contact
Search contacts stored on the phone, SIM card or linked to an online account.
1 Open Contacts.
 For more complete search results, ensure that Contacts is configured to display all of 
your contacts. In 
Contacts, touch   > Display preferences and then select All 
contacts
.
2 On the contact list, use one of the following methods to find a contact:
• Swipe the contact list up or down. 
• Slide your finger up or down the index on the right hand side of the screen to...

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Adding a contact to your favourites
You can add frequently-contacted people to your favourites so that they are easier to 
find.
1 Open Contacts.
2 Touch and hold the contact you want to add to your favourites, and then touch Add to 
favourites
.
 
When viewing contact details, you can also touch  to add the contact to your 
favourites.
Contact groups
Organise friends and family into different groups. You can send text messages or emails 
to everyone in a group. Contacts now also...

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• Touch Delete group and delete the group.
• Touch Rename to edit the group name.
Sending messages or emails to a group
1 Open Contacts.
2 Touch Groups and select the group you want to send a message or an email to.
3 Touch to send a message or touch to send an email.
Deleting a group
1 Open Contacts.
2 Touch Groups.
3 Touch and hold the group you want to delete, and then touch Delete.
4 Touch Delete.
 Deleting a contact group will not remove the contacts in the group from your...

Messaging and email  
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Messaging and email
Viewing a text message
Open Messaging, and then swipe up or down to scroll through your messages. To 
search for a message, swipe down in the list of message threads and enter your search 
term in the search bar.
Viewing spam messages
If your phone has incorrectly marked a message as spam, touch   > Harassment filter 
in the list of message threads. You can view spam messages and configure the spam 
settings.
Sending an text message
You can spice up your text...

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Replying to a message
1 Open Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the 
conversation thread.
3 Select the text field and enter your message, and then touch .
 
How do I reply to a message in the notification bar? New messages will be 
displayed in the notification bar. Touch the button to compose a reply.
Deleting a thread
You can delete unwanted or old threads to tidy up your inbox.
1 Open Messaging.
2 In the list of message...

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• Copy the message: Touch to copy the message to the clipboard and paste it 
elsewhere. When viewing a message, touch the message twice to enter full screen 
text selection view.
• Add the message to your favourites: Touch  > Copy to Favourites to add the 
message to your favourites. When you delete messages, messages in your favourites 
will not be affected. In the list of message threads, touch 
 > Copy to Favourites 
to view your favourite messages.
• Lock the message: Touch...

Messaging and email  
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3 Enter your email address and password, and then touch Next. Touch Manual setup to 
add an account manually.
4 Follow the onscreen instructions to configure your account. The system will 
automatically connect to the server and check the server settings.
Once the account has been set up, the Inbox will be displayed.
 
After adding an email account, touch   > Settings > Add account in your Inbox to 
continue adding other accounts.
Adding an Exchange account
Exchange is an email...

Messaging and email  
81 Once the account has been set up, the 
Inbox will be displayed.
Sending an email
1 Open Email.
2 Touch .
3 Touch From:, and then select the email account you want to use.
4 Enter one or more recipients.
 To Cc or Bcc the email to multiple recipients, touch Cc/Bcc:.
5 Enter your email subject and main body. Touch to add an attachment.
6 Touch .
Touch  > Save to save your email as a draft.
Checking your emails
When you open Email, your phone will automatically check for new emails....

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• Touch to delete.
• Touch to reply.
• Touch to reply to all.
• Touch to forward.
• Touch , and then select Mark unread to mark an email as unread.
• Swipe left or right to read the next or previous email.
Managing VIP contacts
You can add important contacts to your VIP list. Emails from your VIP contacts will appear 
in a separate inbox.
1 Open Email.
2 In your Inbox, open the email that you want to read.
3 Touch the contacts photo, and then select Add to VIP list in the pop-up...

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2 In Inbox, touch  > Settings.
3 Select the account you want to remove.
4 Touch Remove account > OK.
After you remove an email account, you will no longer be able to send or receive emails 
using that account.
Personalising your email account
You can display contact pictures and set the inbox update frequency, choose what to 
display after deleting an email, change your signature, and change email notification 
tones.
1 Open Email.
2 In your Inbox, touch  > Settings, and then...