Huawei P8 Lite User Guide

Messaging and email  
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Setting up an email account
Adding an email account
When adding an account, contact your email service provider if you are unsure about the 
settings required.
1 On the home screen, touch Email.
2 Touch Others.
3 Enter your email address and password, and then touch Next.
4 Follow the onscreen instructions to configure your account. The system will then 
automatically connect to the server.
Once your account is set up, Inbox will be displayed.
 
After adding an email account, in...

Messaging and email  
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Sending an email
1 On the home screen, touch Email.
2 Touch .
3 Touch From: to choose an email account.
4 Enter one or more recipients.
 To Cc or Bcc the email to multiple recipients, touch Cc/Bcc:.
5 Compose your email and touch to add any attachments.
6 Touch .
Checking your email
1 On the home screen, touch Email.
2 In Inbox, touch in the upper left corner to select an email account.
3 Touch the email you want to read. Then you can:
• Touch to delete it.
• Touch to reply to...

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Account settings
Switching between email accounts
If you have added multiple email accounts on your phone, make sure you are on the right 
account before viewing or sending emails.
1 On the home screen, touch Email.
2 In Inbox, touch in the upper left corner to open the account list.
3 Select the email account you want to use.
Removing an email account
1 On the home screen, touch Email.
2 In Inbox, touch  > Settings.
3 Select the account you want to remove.
4 Touch Remove account...

Camera and gallery  
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Camera and gallery
Capture screen
Switch between flash modes.
Swipe left or right to switch between common capture modes.
View captured photos or videos.
•Touch to take a photo.
•Touch and hold to take burst shots. Release your finger to stop.
Apply filter effects.
•Touch an object on the screen to focus the camera on it.
•Spread two fingers apart to zoom in or pinch them together to zoom out.
Switch between the rear and front cameras.
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Camera and gallery  
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Taking a photo
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Frame the scene you want to capture. Let your camera focus automatically or touch 
the screen to focus on an object.
 If the focus box turns red, the camera was unable to focus.
3 Touch .
 If the GPS tag switch was enabled when the photo was taken, the photo can be 
viewed in 
Gallery under Map.
Launching the camera from the gallery
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Under Photos, swipe down on the albums to display the...

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• Audio note: You can record a brief audio clip after you take a photo.
• Audio control: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. You can issue voice 
commands to have your camera take photos for you.
• Timer: Touch and enable this mode under Settings to set a countdown timer for 
taking a photo.
• Touch to capture: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. Touch the screen to 
take a photo.
• Capture smiles: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. The camera will...

Camera and gallery  
43 You can also scroll through the photos taken and select a different one. The phone will 
automatically save the selected photo and delete the remaining ones.
Adding watermarks to photos
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > Watermark to switch to watermark mode.
3 Swipe left or right and select the desired watermark.
4 Drag the watermark to adjust its position.
5 Touch .
Taking a photo using audio control
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  >  > Audio control.
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All focus mode
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > All-focus to switch to all focus mode.
3 Touch to take a photo.
4 Go to gallery and select the photo that was taken using all focus mode.
 
 indicates photos that were taken in all focus mode.
5 Touch to enter the all focus editing mode.
6 Touch another area of the photo that you want to focus on.
7 Touch .
Shooting a video
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Swipe left or right to select Video.
3 Touch to start...

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Camera settings
On the capture screen, touch  > to configure the following settings:
• Resolution: Set the camera resolution. To change the video resolution, touch  > 
 > Resolution on the video capture screen.
• GPS tag: Display the location where the photo or video was taken.
• Preferred save location: Set the default save location for your photos and videos.
• Perfect selfie: Enable this function in Beauty mode for automatic facial recognition and 
customized portrait...

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Editing a photo
You can adjust a photos brightness, saturation, size, and more. You can also use the 
facial enhancement feature to enhance portrait photos in a variety of different ways.
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Select the photo you want to edit and then touch .
3 You can then:
• Touch to rotate the photo.
• Touch to crop the photo.
• Touch to select a filter.
• Touch to adjust the saturation, color, and more.
• Touch to add whitening, smoothing, or other...