Huawei P8 Manual

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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 Select the playlist you want to play and then touch one of the songs in the playlist or 
shuffle all songs.
Deleting a playlist
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Touch Playlists.
3 Touch...

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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 side of the screen to adjust the 
screen brightness.
•Swipe up or down on the right side of the screen to adjust the 
volume.
Stream the video to your TV.
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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 then scans for available...

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Connecting to a Wi-Fi network using WPS
Wi-Fi protected setup (WPS) helps make it easier to connect your phone to a Wi-Fi 
network. Simply press the WPS button or enter the PIN to connect your phone to a Wi-Fi 
router that supports WPS.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
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...

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USB tethering
You can share your phones data connection with a computer using a USB cable.
Depending on your computers operating system, you may need to install phone drivers 
on the computer or establish a network connection in order to use USB tethering.
1 Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
2 On the home screen, touch Settings and then go to the All tab.
3 Under Wireless & networks, touch More.
4 Touch Tethering & portable hotspot.
5 Touch the USB tethering...

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Renaming your phone
By default, your phone model is used as your phone name when Bluetooth is turned on. 
You can change the name to make it easier to recognize.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 On the All tab, touch Bluetooth.
3 Touch Device name.
4 Rename the phone and touch Rename.
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...

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Sending a file using Wi-Fi Direct
Touch and hold the file you want to send, and then touch Share > Wi-Fi Direct. Your 
phone will automatically search for and display available devices. Select the receiving 
device.
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....

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Connecting in USB flash drive mode
If you have a microSD card in your phone, you can use your phone as a USB flash drive 
and transfer files between the microSD card and a computer.
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...

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1 Connect the two phones using a USB OTG cable and USB cable.
2 Set the USB connection method on the other phone to USB drive.
3 On your phone, touch  > Local > USB to read data from the other phones microSD 
card.
To read data from other USB storage devices, such as USB flash drives or card readers, 
connect the two devices using a USB OTG cable, and then touch   > 
Local > USB on 
your phone.
 This feature is available only on phones that support USB OTG cables.
Multi-screen display
You can push...

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Apps
Managing applications
Downloading applications
Applications can be downloaded through a variety of channels, including:
• 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.
 During the...