Huawei P8 Manual

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• Touch Vibrate when ringing to enable or disable vibration when your phone rings. 
If your phone has dual SIM support, you can apply different vibration settings for 
each SIM card.
• Touch Default notification tone to set a notification tone.
• Under System, touch the switches to enable or disable the notification tone or 
vibration when you touch or lock the screen, dial a number, and more.
 The preceding sound options may not be available on all phones.
Modifying display settings
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Enabling one-hand UI
One-hand UI makes using a phone with a large screen much easier.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch One-hand UI.
3 On the One-hand UI screen, you can:
• Go to the One-hand layout screen and enable One-hand layout. Swipe left or right 
on the virtual navigation bar to reposition the screen to either side.
• Go to the Shifting keyboard screen and enable Shifting keyboard. When using the 
shifting keyboard, touch the arrow on either side of the...

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Using the suspend button
The suspend button is a quick launch tool that gives you a direct path to common 
functions on your phone, such as return to home screen and phone optimization.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings and then go to the All tab.
2 Under Smart assistance, touch More.
3 Touch Suspend button.
4 Enable Suspend button. will then appear on all screens except the lock screen and 
notification panel.
5 Touch to expand the button.
6 From the expanded menu, you can:
• Touch...

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Setting a screen unlock PIN
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Screen lock & passwords.
3 Touch Password > PIN.
4 Enter a PIN containing at least four digits, and then enter the PIN again to confirm.
Setting a screen unlock password
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Screen lock & passwords.
3 Touch Password > Password.
4 Enter a password containing at least four characters, and then enter the password 
again to confirm.
Turning airplane mode...

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Setting your SIM card PIN
A personal identification number (PIN) is delivered with your SIM card to protect your 
phone data. If you enable SIM card lock, you must enter the PIN each time you turn on 
your phone.
Before you perform the following operations, make sure you have obtained your SIM card 
PIN from your carrier.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Security.
3 Touch Set up SIM card lock. If your phone has dual SIM support, touch Set Card 1/Card 
2 lock
.
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Deleting an account
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Accounts.
3 On the Accounts screen, select an account type.
4 Select the account you want to delete.
5 Follow the onscreen instructions to delete the account.
Synchronizing email
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Accounts. 
3 Touch and select Auto-sync data. Follow the onscreen instructions and touch OK 
to enable data synchronization.
4 On the Accounts screen, select an account type.
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Updating your phone
 
•Using unauthorized third-party software to update your phone may damage your 
phone or put your personal information at risk. It is recommended that you update 
through your phones online update feature or download official update packages 
from Huaweis official website.
•All your personal data may be erased during a system update. It is recommended 
that you back up important data before updating your phone.
Online update
Make sure your phone is connected to the...

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Updating your phone using a USB flash drive
Download the update package from http://consumer.huawei.com/en/ and save the dload 
folder in the update package to the root directory of your USB flash drive.
Use only USB OTG cables certified by Huawei. To purchase a cable, please contact your 
device vendor.
1 Connect the USB flash drive to your phone using a USB OTG cable.
2 On the home screen, touch Settings.
3 Under All, touch Updater.
4 Touch  > Update via USB drive and follow the...

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Changing the system language
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Language & input.
3 Touch Language & region.
4 Select the desired language.
Privacy protection
You can prevent other users from accessing your private content. Enable privacy 
protection and set two different screen unlock passwords, one for yourself and one for 
guests.
Enabling privacy protection
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Security.
3 Touch Privacy protection > Lets...

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Disabling privacy protection
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Security.
3 Touch Privacy protection.
4 Enter the owner password, and then touch Next.
5 Disable Privacy protection. After privacy protection is disabled, the owner password will function as the screen 
unlock password and the guest password will become invalid.
Accessibility
Your phone is equipped with accessibility features for visually impaired users. You can 
enable or disable these features as...