Huawei P7 Manual

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Basic features 
Suspend button
The suspend button contains a variety of useful functions and shortcuts,  
which lets you quickly launch tools, su ch as Calendar, Messaging, and Notes,  
and quickly perform common  functions like return to the home screen and  
memory cleanup. 
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Suspend button to turn on suspend button. will then 
appear on all screens except the lock screen and notification panel. 
3. Touch to expand the suspend button.
4. From the...

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Organizing applications and widgets on the  
home screen
Adding a widget to the home screen
1. On the home screen, touch and ho ld a blank area to display the Set Home  
Screen dialog box. 
2. Touch Widgets. 
3. Drag a widget from the screens lower section to a screen thumbnail. 
4. Touch to return to the home screen.
 
If the home screen doesnt have  enough space, your phone will  
automatically create a new home screen to the right of the original and 
place the widget on the new...

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Basic features 
2. Touch the folder to open it. You can then: 
•Touch the folder name to rename it.
•Touch and add more items to the folder. 
•Drag an icon out from the folder to remove the icon. 
 
A folder must contain at least two items; otherwise, the folder will  
automatically disappear.
Managing home screens
Adding a home screen
1. On the home screen, touch and ho ld a blank area to display the Set Home  
Screen dialog box. 
2. Touch Thumbnails. 
3. Touch . 
Moving a home screen
1. On the home...

Personalizing your phone  
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Personalizing your phone
Changing the home screen style
Your phone supports the standard and simple home screen styles.
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Home screen style. 
3. Choose Simple or Standard and touch APPLY. 
Changing the theme
Changing the theme
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Flick left or right to browse different local and online themes. You can  
then: 
•Select a theme on the Local tab, and touch APPLY. 
•Select a theme on the Online tab,...

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Personalizing your phone  
3. On the Wallpaper screen, you can: 
•Touch Lock screen wallpaper to set the wallpaper displayed on the phone  
lock screen.
•Touch Home screen wallpaper to set the home screen wallpaper.
•Touch Random change to have the home screen wallpaper change 
randomly at preset intervals.
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...

Personalizing your phone  
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To turn off face unlock, touch  on the home screen. Under All, touch 
Security > Screen lock. Use the secondary unlock method to enter the Select  
screen lock screen, and select an other unlock method. 
Setting a screen unlock pattern
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Security. 
3. Touch Screen lock > Pattern. 
4. Connect at least four dots to draw a pattern, then draw the pattern again  
for confirmation.
5. Set a backup PIN as an alternative meth od to...

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Personalizing your phone  
Changing the font size
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Display. 
3. Touch Font size and select a font size. 

Calls
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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 contac ts 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 co ntacts in your phone and phone  
numbers in your call log ar e then displayed in a list.
3. From the list, select the contact you want to call.
4. To end the call,...

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Calls
• Drag right to answer the call.
• Drag left to reject the call.
• Drag up to reject the call and send the caller a message.
 
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.
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To return to the call screen, flick down from the status bar to open the  
notification pa nel, 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 a conference call
Making conference calls with your friends, family, and co-workers is...