Huawei P8 Lite User Guide

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2 Select the photo or video that you want to share.
3 Touch , choose a sharing method, and follow the onscreen instructions to share 
your photo or video.
Setting a photo as the wallpaper
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Select the photo you want to set as the wallpaper.
3 Touch  > Set as and follow the onscreen instructions to set the photo as the 
wallpaper.
Taking a screenshot
Press the power and volume down buttons at the same time to take a screenshot. Open 
the...

Music and videos  
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Music and videos
Adding songs
Before you can listen to music, add songs onto your phone by:
• Copying songs from your computer using the USB cable.
• Downloading songs from the Internet.
• Copying songs via Bluetooth. For details, see Receiving a file using Bluetooth.
• Copying songs from other devices using Wi-Fi Direct. For details, see Receiving a file 
using Wi-Fi Direct.
Listening to music
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Select a category.
3 Touch the song you want to...

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When a song is playing, touch Home to exit the playback screen without 
stopping the song. To return to the music playback screen, open the notification 
panel and touch the playing song.
Creating a playlist
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Touch Playlists > Create new playlist.
3 Name the playlist and touch Save.
4 In the displayed dialog box, touch Add.
5 Select the songs you want to add and touch .
Playing a playlist
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Touch Playlists.
3...

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Setting a song as the ringtone
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Select a category.
3 On the song list screen, touch next to the song and then touch Set as ringtone.
Playing a video
1 On the home screen, touch Videos.
2 Touch the video you want to play.
3 To stop the video playback, touch .
Lock the screen. After the screen is locked, all video operations will be disabled 
until you unlock it.
•Swipe left or right to rewind or fast-forward the video.
•Swipe up or down on the left...

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Network and sharing
Enabling mobile data
1 On the home screen, touch Settings and then go to the All tab.
2 Under Wireless & networks, touch More.
3 Touch Mobile network.
4 Touch the Data enabled switch to enable your phones mobile data service.
 When you dont need Internet access, disable mobile data to save battery power and 
reduce mobile data usage.
Wi-Fi network
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Touch Wi-Fi. 
3 Turn on Wi-Fi. Your phone...

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2 Touch Wi-Fi. 
3 Turn on Wi-Fi.
4 Touch  > Advanced settings. Then you can:
• Touch WPS connection and press the WPS button on the Wi-Fi router. 
• Touch WPS PIN connection and enter the PIN generated on your phone into the 
router.
Sharing your phones mobile data
Wi-Fi hotspot
Your phone can function as a Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices, sharing its mobile data 
connection.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings and then go to the All tab.
2 Under Wireless & networks, touch...

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4 Touch Tethering & portable hotspot.
5 Touch the USB tethering switch to share your mobile data connection.
 You cant use your phones USB tethering function when the phone is in USB mass 
storage mode.
Bluetooth tethering
You can share your phones mobile data connection with other devices using Bluetooth.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings and then go to the All tab.
2 Under Wireless & networks, touch More.
3 Touch Tethering & portable hotspot.
4 Touch the Bluetooth tethering...

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3 Touch Device name.
4 Rename the phone and touch OK.
Sending a file using Bluetooth
To exchange data with another Bluetooth device, turn on Bluetooth on both devices and 
make sure they are both discoverable.
Touch and hold the file you want to send, and then touch 
Share > Bluetooth. Your phone 
will automatically search for and display available devices. Select the receiving device.
Receiving a file using Bluetooth
When your phone receives a file transfer request, a File...

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Receiving a file using Wi-Fi Direct
When a file transfer request is made using Wi-Fi Direct, the File transfer dialog box will 
be displayed. Touch 
Accept  to receive the file. Open the notification panel and touch 
Notifications to check the file transfer progress.
By default, received files are saved to the 
Wi-Fi Direct folder in Files.
Transferring data between your phone and 
computer
Connecting in picture transfer mode
The Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) is an image...

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1 Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
2 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Set USB connected to 
USB drive. Any drivers required will be installed automatically on the computer.
Once the drivers are installed, the computer will recognize the phone as a USB flash drive. 
Double-click the new drive icon that appears on your computer to view the files on your 
phones microSD card.
Multi-screen display
You can push photos, videos, or...