Huawei P8 Lite User Guide

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Sharing photos, web pages, or contacts through Huawei Beam
Make sure that both phones are unlocked and that NFC and Huawei Beam are enabled.
1 Select the photo, web page, or contact you want to share.
2 Place the NFC sensor areas of the two phones close together. After a connection is 
established, a sound will be played and the content you are sharing will shrink on the 
screen.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions and touch anywhere on the screen to start the 
transfer. 

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Apps
Managing applications
Downloading applications
Applications can be downloaded through a variety of channels, including:
• An app market on your phone.
• Web pages using the phone browser.
• Web pages using your computer.
• Third-party app download software on your computer.
Installing an application
1 On the home screen, touch Files.
2 Under Categories, touch Applications > Apps. 
3 In the Apps list, touch the application you want to install and follow the onscreen 
instructions.
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Uninstalling an application
1 On the home screen, touch and hold the icon of the application you want to uninstall 
until you see 
at the top of the screen.
2 Drag the icon to and follow the onscreen instructions to uninstall the application.
 Some pre-installed applications cant be uninstalled.
Backup
Backing up data to local storage
1 On the home screen, touch Tools > Backup.
2 Touch New backup.
 On some phone models, backup files can be encrypted and password-protected. You 
will need to enter...

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Phone Manager
Phone Manager is Huaweis unique system management application that lets you better 
protect and manage your phone. With Phone Manager, you can:
• Scan for problems and clean system trash to optimize your system.
• Enable power saving mode to maximize your phones standby time.
• Block unwanted calls, messages, and notifications.
 The availability of Phone Manager features and services may depend on your country/
region or carrier.
Optimizing the system
Scan for problems and optimize...

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• Enable Do not disturb. Your phone will ring only when you receive calls from allowed 
contacts. Tones and vibrations for other calls, messages, and notifications will be 
disabled.
Managing data usage
1 On the home screen, touch Phone Manager.
2 Touch Traffic manager to configure data plan limits and warnings, and view detailed 
data usage information.
Calendar
Calendar helps you to manage your daily life and work. For example, you can plan your 
daily schedule in advance and view information...

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Viewing global holidays
1 On the home screen, touch Calendar.
2 Touch  > Subscribe.
3 Touch Add > Global holidays.
4 Touch the switch next to the country whose holidays you want to view. Your phone 
will automatically access the Internet and download the countrys holiday information.
Setting alternative calendars
1 On the home screen, touch Calendar.
2 Touch  > Subscribe.
3 Touch Add > Local calendar.
4 Choose an alternative calendar. Your phone will automatically download data for that...

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• Add an alarm: Touch and set the alarm time, ringtone, repetitions, and more. 
Touch to apply the settings.
• Enable or disable an alarm: Touch the switch next to an alarm to enable or disable it.
• Configure alarm settings: Touch to configure the snooze duration, silent mode 
settings and what volume keys do when an alarm goes off.
• Delete an alarm: Touch and hold the alarm you want to delete, and then touch .
World clock
1 On the home screen, touch Clock.
2 Under World clock, you can:
• Add a...

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3 When you are done, touch to start the timer.
4 When the timer ends, your phone will play a tone. Follow the onscreen instructions 
and swipe across the screen to stop the tone.
 
While the timer is running, touch  to reset it.
Weather
Weather allows you to check the current weather and multi-day forecast for your location 
and many other destinations around the world.
Adding a city
Add cities of interest to check their real-time weather information.
1 On the home screen, touch Tools > Weather....

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Notes
Adding a note
1 On the home screen, touch Notepad.
2 Touch New note and then enter your notes content.
 
Touch   to insert an image.
3 Touch .
Once the note is saved, you can also follow the onscreen instructions to share or delete 
the note, or add it to your favorites.
Modifying notepad settings
1 On the home screen, touch Notepad.
2 Touch  > Settings to adjust the font size or change the viewing format.
FM Radio
Connect a headset to the phone first because the FM radio uses the headset...

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Listening to FM radio
On the home screen, touch Tools > FM Radio.
Turn the speaker on or off.
Turn the FM radio on or off.
Return to the previous station.
Skip to the next station.
Add the current station to your favorites.
Enter the settings interface: view and search the station list, view your 
favorite stations, and set a timer to turn off the FM radio automatically.
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