Huawei P8 Lite User Guide

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During a call, touch the Home or Return to hide the in-call menu. To return 
to the menu, swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel, and 
then touch 
Ongoing call.
Answering a third-party call
 Before you answer a third-party call, make sure that you have enabled call waiting. 
For details, contact your carrier.
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 Touch to switch...

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1 Call the first participant.
2 When the call is connected, touch to call the second participant. The first 
participant will be placed on hold.
3 When the second call is connected, touch to start a conference call.
4 To add more people to the call, repeat steps 2 and 3.
5 Touch to end the call.
Using the call log
Records of all outgoing, incoming, and missed calls are stored in your call log.
Adding a contact from the call log
1 On the home screen, touch Dialer.
2 Under Dialer,...

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Turning on pocket mode
If youre ever worried about missing important calls when your phone is in your pocket 
or bag, try turning on pocket mode. Once enabled, pocket mode will gradually increase 
the ringtone volume and vibration intensity for incoming calls.
1 On the home screen, touch Dialer.
2 Under Dialer, touch  > Call settings.
3 Turn on Pocket mode.
Call settings
Enabling call forwarding
If you arent able to take calls on your phone, you can forward them to another...

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Managing contacts
Creating a contact
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch .
3 Select a location to save the contact from the options menu.
4 Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details.
5 Touch .
Editing a contact
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch and hold the contact you want to edit, and then touch Edit.
3 Edit the contact information.
4 Touch .
Deleting contacts
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Delete. 
3 Select the contacts you...

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Importing contacts from a storage device
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Import from storage.
3 Select one or more .vcf files, and then touch OK.
Importing contacts from a SIM card
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Import from SIM card. If your phone has dual SIM 
support, you can choose whether to import from SIM 1 or SIM 2.
3 Select the contacts you want to import or touch Select all to select all contacts, and...

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3 Select Import via Wi-Fi Direct and then touch Next. Your phone then prompts you to 
turn on Wi-Fi and scans for Wi-Fi Direct devices.
4 Touch the Wi-Fi Direct device from which you want to import contacts.
Once the two devices are connected, your phone will automatically import contacts from 
the other device.
Exporting contacts to a storage device
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Export to storage.
3 Touch Export.
4 Choose where you want to...

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Adding a contact to your favorites
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch and hold the contact you want to add to your favorites, and then touch Add to 
favorites
.
 
When viewing contact details, you can also touch  to add the contact to your 
favorites.
Contact groups
You can add contacts on your phone to a contact group. This makes it easier to send 
messages or emails to all group members at once.
Creating a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch...

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Sending messages or emails to a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch Groups and select the contact group you want to message or email.
3 Touch to send a message or touch to send an email.
Deleting a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch Groups.
3 Touch and hold the contact 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 phone. 

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Messaging and email
Sending a text message
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch .
3 Select the recipient box and enter the contact name or phone number. You can also 
touch 
to open your contact list and choose a contact or contact group.
4 Select the text field to begin composing your message.
 
Touch  to select an attachment type and then select the attachment you want to 
add. If you attach images, videos, or other multimedia files,...

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3 Touch and hold the message you want to forward, and then touch .
4 Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number.
5 Touch .
Adding a message to your favorites
You can add important messages to your favorites. Your favorites messages will not be 
deleted when you delete conversations.
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the 
conversation thread.
3 Touch and hold the...