Huawei P10 User Guide

							UsingBluetoothtethering

BeforeusingBluetoothtethering,pairyourdevicewiththosethatwanttouseyourmobile
Internet.Formoreinformation,refertoConnectingtootherdevicesusingBluetooth .
1 Open Settings.
2 T
ouchMore!Tethering&portablehotspot .
3 SwitchonBluetoothtethering toshareyourmobileInternet.
4 OntheBluetooth screen,touch nexttothepaireddevice,andthenswitchon
Internet
access toshareyourmobileInternet.
W

i-Fi
AboutWi-Fi ConnecttoaWi-FinetworktoaccesstheInternetonyourdevice. Topreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourpersonaldataandfinancialinformation,always
exercisecautionwhenconnectingtopublicWi-Finetworks.
ConnectingtotheInternetusingWi-Fi ConnectingtoaW
 i-Finetwork
1 Goto Settings.
2 T

ouchWi-FiandturnontheWi-Fiswitch.YourdevicewilldisplayalistofavailableWi-Fi
networks.
z Refreshthelist:TouchScantorefreshthelistofavailableWi-Finetworks.
z Manuallyaddanetwork :Swipedowntothebottomofthemenuandtouch Add
network
						

							ConnectingtoaWi-FinetworkusingWi-FiProtectedSetup(WPS)
WPSallowsyourdevicetoconnecttoaWPS-enabledrouterwithoutenteringapassword.
1 Goto Settings.
2 T
ouchWi-FiandswitchonWi-Fi.
3 Touch !AdvancedW

i-Fisettings.Therearetwooptions:
z TouchWPSconnection andpresstherouter'sWPSbutton.
z TouchWPSPINconnection togenerateaPIN,andthenenterthePINontherouter.
UsingWi-Fi+ WhenWi-Fi+isenabled,yourdevicewillautomaticallyenableordisableWi-Fiandconnectto
theWi-Finetworkwiththebestsignal. Youmayincuradditionaldatachargeswhendownloadinglargefilesorwatchingonline
videosovermobiledata.T

oavoidincurringexcessivedatacharges,purchaseadataplan.
Contactyourcarrierfordetails.
1 Open Settings.
2 T

ouchWi-Fi! Wi-Fi+andturnontheWi-Fi+switch.
WhenWi-Fi+isenabled,yourdevicewillrecordyourWi-Ficonnectionhistoryandmonitoryour
signalstrengthandlocation.ThisinformationisthenusedtoenableordisableWi-Fiand
connecttotheWi-Finetworkwiththestrongestsignal.
UsingaQRcodetoshareyourWi-Fihotspot
CreateaQRcodetoshareyourdevice'sWi-Fihotspotwithfriends. z
QRcodescanbegeneratedforthefollowingwirelessencryptionmethods:WP
 A,WPA2,
WEP,WPA-PSK,andWPA2-PSK.YoucannotuseaQRcodetoconnecttoWLAN
networksthatareencryptedusingtheEAPprotocol.
z EnsurethattheconnectingdevicesupportsusingQRcodestoimportWi-Finetwork
credentials.
1 Goto Settings.
2 SelectW

i-FiandturnontheWi-Fi switch.
3 Onceconnected,touchthenameofthenetworktogenerateaQRcode.
4 Ontheconnectingdevice,touchthecenterofthescreenandswipedown.T ouch ,scan
theQRcode,andthenfollowtheonscreeninstructionstoconnecttotheWi-Fihotspot.
T

ransferringdatausingWi-FiDirect
Wi-FiDirectletsyoutransferdatadirectlybetweentwoHuaweideviceswithoutconnectingtoa
Wi-Finetwork.Wi-FiDirectissimilartoBluetooth,butoffersfastertransferspeeds,makingit
suitableforsharinglargerfiles. NetworkandSharing
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							EnablingordisablingWi-FiDirect
1 Goto Settings.
2 T
ouchWi-Fi.Turnonthe Wi-Fiswitchandthentouch .
3 Y

ourdevicewilllistavailableWi-FiDirectdevices.Selectthedeviceyouwanttosharefiles
withandthenfollowtheonscreeninstructionstoconnect.
Todisconnectfromthereceivingdevice,touch andgototheW

i-FiDirectscreen.Select
thereceivingdeviceandtouch OK.
UsingWi-FiDirecttosendandreceivefiles FirstensurethatWi-FiDirectisenabledonbothdevices.
1 Goto Files
andtouchandholdtheimagethatyouwanttoshare.
2 TouchMore!Share!Wi-FiDirect.YourdevicewilllistnearbyWi-FiDirectdevices.Select
thereceivingdevice.
3 Onthereceivingdevice,select Acceptfromthepopupdialogtoacceptthefiletransfer
request.
Openthenotificationpaneltoviewfiletransferprogress.
Bydefault,receivedfilesaresavedtothe Wi-FiDirectfolderinFiles.
Bluetooth
ConnectingtootherdevicesusingBluetooth
EnablingBluetoothandpairingwithotherdevices 1 Goto Settings.
2 T

ouchBluetoothandswitchonTurnonBluetooth .Ensurethatthedeviceyouwanttopairwithisvisible.
3 Selectthedeviceyouwanttopairwithandfollowtheonscreeninstructions.
UnpairingBluetoothdevices
1 Goto Settings.
2 T

ouchBluetoothandswitchonTurnonBluetooth .
3 Touchthe iconnexttothedevicenameandselect
Unpair.
T

ransferringdatausingBluetooth
UsingBluetoothtosharefiles EnsurethatBluetoothisenabledonbothdevicesandthatbothdevicesarevisible. NetworkandSharing
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Selectthefile(s)youwanttoshareandtouch Share!Bluetooth.Y ourdevicewillsearchfor
availableBluetoothdevices.
2 Selectthereceivingdevice.
3 Onthereceivingdevice,select Acceptfromthepopupdialogtoacceptthefiletransfer
request.Openthenotificationpaneltoviewthefiletransferprogress. Bydefault,receivedfilesaresavedtothe
BluetoothfolderinFiles.
SharingphotosandvideoswithBluetooth
Whenviewingphotosorvideosinfullscreen,youcansharecontentrapidlyusingBluetooth. EnsurethatBluetoothisenabledonbothdevicesandthatbothdevicesarevisible.
1 Goto Gallery.
2 Selectthephotoorvideoyouwanttoshareandopenitinfullscreenview

.TouchShare!
Transfer!Starttosharethefile.YourdevicewillsearchfornearbyavailableBluetooth
devices.
3 Selectthereceivingdevice.
4 Onthereceivingdevice,select Acceptfromthepopupdialogtoacceptthefiletransfer
request.Openthenotificationpaneltoviewfiletransferprogress. Bydefault,receivedfilesaresavedtothe
BluetoothfolderinFiles.
Bluetoothsettings Renamingyourdevice
WhenyouenableBluetooth,yourdevicemodelisusedasthedefaultdevicename.T

omake
yourdeviceeasiertoidentify,youcanchangethedevicename.
1 Goto Settings.
2 T

ouchBluetooth! Devicename.
3 Enteranewname,andthentouch Save.
Makingyourdevicevisible
1 Goto Settings.
2 T

ouchBluetoothandthenswitchonVisibilitytomakeyourdevicevisibletootherBluetooth
devices.
3 TouchMore!Visibilitytimeout andconfigurethevisibilitytimeout.Afterthevisibilitytimeoutelapses,
V
 isibilityisdisabledautomaticallyandyourdevicewill
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							NFC
AboutNFC NFC(NearFieldCommunication)letsyoumakefast,securepaymentswithyourdeviceand
alsoallowsconvenientfilesharingwithotherdevices.
NFC-enableddevicessupportthefollowingthreemodes:
z Cardemulation :Emulatecontactlesssmartcards(suchasbank,transport,andaccess
cards).
z Read/write:ScanNFCtags(inordertotopupyourtransportcardforexample).
z Peer-to-peer :T
ransferfilesbetweentwoNFC-enableddevices.
EnablingNFC
1 Open Settings.
2 T

ouchMore!NearFieldCommunication(NFC).
3 SwitchonNearFieldCommunication(NFC)toenableNFC.
UsingNFCtomakepayments NFCletsyouuseyourdevicetomakecontactlesspaymentsinshopsoronpublictransport.
UsingaSIMcardtomakepayments BeforeyoucanusetheNFCfeature,youmustfirstrequestanNFC-enabledSIMcardfrom
yourcarrier
 .
1 Goto NearFieldCommunication(NFC)
.
2 Under Defaultpaymentapp,selectyourcarrier'spaymentappandfollowtheonscreen
instructionstoaddabankcardandaddcredit.
T

omakepayments,placeyourdeviceagainstanNFCsensoratapaymentterminal. Youcanalsomakepaymentswhenyourdeviceisswitchedoff.Todothis,firstensure
thatNearFieldCommunication(NFC)
isenabledbeforeyouswitchof

fyourdevice.
Usingcardemulationtomakepayments
Useyourdeviceasavirtualbankcardtomakesecure,contactlesspaymentsinstoresand
online. Beforeusingthisfeature,downloadyourbank'smobileappandfollowtheonscreen
instructionstoaddyourcard.Formoredetails,contactyourbank.
1 Goto NearFieldCommunication(NFC)
.
2 Under Defaultpaymentapp,selectthemobileappforyourbank.
3 T

omakeapayment,unlockyourdeviceandplaceitagainstthecontactlesssymbolata
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							UsingNFCtotransferfiles
PlacetwoNFC-enableddevicesback-to-backforrapidfilesharing.
CheckthatthescreenisunlockedonbothdevicesandensurethatNFCandHuaweiBeamare
bothenabled.
 1
Onthesendingdevice,selectthecontentthatyouwanttobeam(suchaswebpages,
contacts,images,orvideos).T ouchShare!HuaweiBeam .
2 Holdbothdevicesback-to-backsothattheNFCsensorsoneachdevicetoucheachother.A
soundwillbeplayedandthesharingwindowwillshrinkonthescreen.
3 Touchthescreenonthesendingdevicetotransferfilestothereceivingdevice.
Bydefault,receivedfilesaresavedtothe beamfolderinFiles.
UsingNFCtopairtwodevices
YoucanuseNFCtorapidlyconnecttwodevicesoverBluetoothorWi-FiDirect,ortoshareaWi-
Fiormobiledataconnection.
CheckthatthescreenisunlockedonbothdevicesandthatNFCandHuaweiBeamareboth
enabled.
1 EnableBluetoothonbothdevices.
2 Holdyourdeviceandthereceivingdeviceback-to-backsothattheNFCsensorsoneach
devicetoucheachother.Asoundwillbeplayedandthesharingwindowwillshrinkonthe
screen.
3 Touchthescreenonthesendingdevicetoconnecttothereceivingdevice. ThesamemethodcanbeusedtoestablishaWi-FiDirectconnection,shareaWi-Fi
hotspot,orsharenetworkcredentials.
Multi-screen Usingmulti-screen
Usemulti-screentodisplayyourdevice'sscreenonaTV

,projector,orotherdisplay.NetworkandSharing
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							Tousemulti-screen,yourdisplaydevicemustsupportMiracast.Ifyourdisplaydevicedoes
notsupporttheabove,youcanbuyanAndroidset-topboxandconnectittoyourdisplay
device.
 Mirroringyourscreentoadisplaydevice
Mirroryourscreentoalargerdisplaydevicewhenplayinggamesorsharingcontentwithothers. EnsurethatyourdeviceisconnectedtothesameWi-Finetworkasyourdisplaydeviceor
set-topbox.
1 Goto Settings.
2 T
ouchSmartassistance !MirrorShare.Selectyourdisplaydeviceorset-topboxfrom
thoselisted.Yourdevice'sscreenwillbemirroredtothatdevice. Tousethisfeature,youmustfirstenabletheMiracastfeatureonyourdisplaydeviceor
set-topbox.Formoreinformation,seethemanualforyourdevice.
Tostopmirroringyourscreen,touch !Disconnect.
VPNs AboutVPNs
AVPN(virtualprivatenetwork)isasecureconnectionthatallowsyoutosendandreceivedata
acrosssharedorpublicnetworks.Y

oucanuseaVPNtoconnecttoyourcompanynetworkand
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							ConnectingtoaVPN
Useavirtualprivatenetwork(VPN)forsecure,remoteaccesstocompanydataandother
networkresources. ContactyourVPNadministratortoobtaintheserverinformation.
1 Open Settings.
2 T
ouchMore!VPN.
3 Touch AddVPNnetwork .Whenprompted,entertheservername,selecttheservertype,
andthenentertheserveraddress.Touch Savetosavetheserversettings.
4 ToconnecttotheVPN,touchtheVPNname,enteryourusernameandpassword,andthen
touchConnect. ContactyourVPNadministratortoobtainyourusernameandpassword.
HiSuite UsingHiSuite
UseHiSuitetomanageyourphone'sappsanddatafromyourcomputer

.Downloadandinstall
appswithasingleclickandgetthemostoutofyoursmartphone.
z Manageappsanddata :UseHiSuitetomanagecontacts,messages,multimediafiles,andto
syncyourcalendarandcontacts.
z Backupandrestoredata:Backupdatafromyourphonetoyourcomputer,orrestoredatato
anyHuaweiphone.
z Repairorupdatethesystem:Ifyourphonewon'tturnonorbootproperly,useHiSuiteto
performafactoryreset.Youcanalsocheckforsoftwareupdatesandinstallthemonyour
phone.
z Screenmirroring:UseHiSuitetodisplayyourphonescreenonyourcomputerandtake
screenshots.
InstallingHiSuite Visithttp://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/HiSuiteBen/index.htmlonyourcomputertodownload
andinstallHiSuite.Checkthatyoursystemmeetstheminimumrequirements.
1 UseaUSBcabletoconnectyourdevicetothecomputer.HiSuitewilllaunchautomatically.
2 IftheAllowaccesstodevicedatadialogappearsonyourdevice,touch Yes,allow
access .
3 Onyourcomputer,followtheonscreeninstructionstoaccepttheconnectionrequestsent
fromthereceivingdevice.Oncetheconnectionhasbeenestablished,yourdevicescreen
andmodelwillbedisplayedonyourcomputer. Ifyoucan'testablishaconnectionautomatically,touch
Settings!Security&privacy!
Additionalsettings onyourdeviceandswitchon AllowHiSuitetouseHDB.
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							UsingHuaweiSharetotransferfilesbetweentwo
Huaweidevices
HuaweiShareprovidesaquickandeasymethodtosharefilesbetweentwoHuaweidevices.It
combinestheconvenienceofBluetoothsharingwiththespeedofWi-Fitransfers.
EnablingHuaweiShare
1 Swipedownfromthestatusbartoopenthenotificationpanel.
2 T
ouchHuaweiShare. z
T
ouchtheHuaweiShareswitch.Thisenables Wi-FiandBluetooth automatically.
z IfyoudisableWi-FiorBluetooth,theHuaweiShareswitchwillturnoffautomatically.
UsingHuaweiSharetotransferfiles EnsurethatHuaweiShareissupportedonbothdevices.HuaweiSharemustbeenabledon
thereceivingdeviceandthescreenmustbeswitchedon.
1 Onyourdevice,selectthefile(s)youwanttoshare.T
 ouchShare.
2 Selectthereceivingdevicefromthoselisted.
3 Onthereceivingdevice,select ACCEPTfromthepopupdialogtoacceptthefiletransfer
request.Openthenotificationpaneltoviewfiletransferprogress. Tocancelsending,touchthenameofthereceivingdeviceonyourdevice.
Bydefault,receivedfilesaresavedtothe HuaweiSharefolderinFiles.
UsingaUSBporttotransferdata
SelectingtheUSBconnectionmode 1 WhenyouuseaUSBcabletoconnectyourphonetoacomputeroranotherdevice, Allow
accesstodevicedata willbedisplayedinapopupdialog.
2 T

ouchNo,chargeonly.
3 Swipedownfromthestatusbartoopenthenotificationpanel,andthentouch Chargingvia
USB.YoucanchoosefromthefollowingUSBconnectionmodes:
z Chargeonly:Chargeyourphoneonly.
z Reversecharging:UseyourphonetochargeanotherdevicewithaUSBType-Ccable.
z Devicefilemanager(MTP):Transferfilesbetweenyourphoneandacomputer.
z Camera(PTP):Transferimagesbetweenyourphoneandacomputer.Ifyourphonedoes
notsupportMTP,thePTPprotocolwillbeusedtotransferfilesandimagesbetweenyour
phoneandcomputer.
z MIDI:UseyourphoneasaMIDIinputdeviceandplayMIDIfilesonyourcomputer .
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							Transferringdatabetweenyourphoneandacomputer
UseaUSBcabletoconnectyourphonetoacomputerandtransferdatabetweenthetwo
devices.
T
ransferfiles
MTP(mediatransferprotocol)isaprotocolfortransferringmediafiles.Y oucanuseMTPto
transferfilesbetweenyourphoneandacomputer.BeforeusingMTP,ensurethatyouhave
WindowsMediaPlayer11orlaterinstalledonyourcomputer.
Swipedownfromthestatusbartoopenthenotificationpanel,andthensettheUSBconnection
modetoDevicefilemanager(MTP).Yourcomputerwillautomaticallyinstallthenecessary
drivers.Toviewfilesstoredonyourphone,waituntilthedrivershavebeeninstalled,andthen
clickthenewdriveiconthatappearsonyourcomputer(thedriveisnamedafteryourphone
model).IfyouareusingaWindowscomputer,useWindowsMediaPlayertobrowsemultimedia
contentonyourphone.
Transferringimages
PTP(picturetransferprotocol)isanimagetransferprotocol.UsePTPtotransferimages
betweenyourphoneandacomputer.
Swipedownfromthestatusbartoopenthenotificationpanel,andthensettheUSBconnection
modetoCamera(PTP) .Yourcomputerwillautomaticallyinstallthenecessarydrivers.Toview
imagesstoredonyourphone,waituntilthedrivershavebeeninstalled,andthenclickthenew
driveiconthatappearsonyourcomputer(thedriveisnamedafteryourphonemodel).
TransferringMIDIdatatoyourphone
MIDI(MusicalInstrumentDigitalInterface)isamusictechnologyprotocolthatallowsdigital
musicinstrumentstocommunicatewitheachother.
Swipedownfromthestatusbartoopenthenotificationpanel,andthensettheUSBconnection
modetoMIDI.YoucanuseyourphonetoreceiveorprocessMIDIdatafromotherdevices.
TransferringdatabetweenyourphoneandaUSBstoragedevice
USBOTGisdesignedtotransferdatadirectlybetweentwoUSBdevices(suchasphones,
tablets,digitalcameras,andprinters)withouttheneedforacomputer .UseaUSBOn-The-Go
(OTG)cabletoconnectyourphonetoaUSBstoragedeviceandbackupyourfiles.
TransferringdatabetweenyourphoneandamicroSDcard
UseaUSBOTGcabletoaccessdataonanotherphone'smicroSDcardwithoutusinga
computer. z
ThisfeatureisonlyavailableonphonesthatsupportUSBOTGcables.
z IfyourphonehasaUSBT

ype-Cport,purchaseamicroUSBtoUSBType-Cadapter,or
useaUSBOTGcablewithaUSBType-Cconnector.
1 ConnecttotheotherdeviceusingaUSBOTGcableandaUSBdatacable. NetworkandSharing
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