Huawei P8 Manual

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Importing contacts from a Bluetooth device
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Import from another phone.
3 Select Supports Bluetooth and then touch Next.
4 Turn on Bluetooth on the device from which you want to import contacts and set the 
device to be visible to other Bluetooth devices.
5 Touch Next. Your phone then turns on Bluetooth and scans for Bluetooth devices.
6 Touch the Bluetooth device from which you want to import contacts.
Once the two devices are connected, your phone will automatically import contacts from 
the other Bluetooth device.
Importing contacts using Wi-Fi Direct
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Import from another phone.
3 Select Import via Wi-Fi Direct and then touch Next. Your phone then prompts you to 
turn on Wi-Fi and scans for Wi-Fi Direct devices.
4 Touch the Wi-Fi Direct device from which you want to import contacts.
Once the two devices are connected, your phone will automatically import contacts from 
the other device.
Exporting contacts to a storage device
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Export to storage.
3 Touch Export.
4 Choose where you want to export the contacts from and touch OK.
The exported .vcf file is saved to the root directory of your phones internal storage by 
default. You can open 
Files to view the exported file. 
						

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Exporting contacts to a SIM card
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Export to SIM card. If your phone has dual SIM support, 
you can choose whether to export to SIM 1 or SIM 2.
3 Select the contacts you want to export or touch Select all to select all contacts, and 
then touch 
.
4 Touch OK.
Sharing contacts
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch  > Import/Export > Share contacts.
3 Select the contacts you want to share or touch Select all to select all contacts.
4 Touch . Select a sharing method and then follow the onscreen instructions to 
share the contacts.
Adding a contact to your favorites
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch and hold the contact you want to add to your favorites, and then touch Add to 
favorites
.
 
When viewing contact details, you can also touch  to add the contact to your 
favorites. 
						

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Contact groups
You can add contacts on your phone to a contact group. This makes it easier to send 
messages or emails to all group members at once.
Creating a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch Groups then .
3 Name the group and touch OK.
4 Touch .
5 Select the contacts you want to add to the group or touch Select all to select all 
contacts, and then touch 
.
Editing a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch Groups and select the group you want to edit.
3 Touch and add new members to the group. 
4 Touch . You can then:
• Touch Remove members to remove members from the group.
• Touch Delete group to delete the group.
• Touch Rename to edit the group name.
Sending messages or emails to a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch Groups and select the contact group you want to message or email.
3 Touch to send a message or touch to send an email.
Deleting a contact group
1 On the home screen, touch Contacts.
2 Touch Groups.
3 Touch and hold the contact group you want to delete, and then touch Delete groups.
4 Touch Delete groups. Deleting a contact group will not remove the contacts in the group from your phone. 
						

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Messaging and email
Sending a text message
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch .
3 Select the recipient box and enter the contact name or phone number. You can also 
touch 
to open your contact list and choose a contact or contact group.
4 Select the text field to begin composing your message.
 
Touch  to select an attachment type and then select the attachment you want to 
add. If you attach images, videos, or other multimedia files, the message will be 
automatically converted into a multimedia message.
5 Touch .
Replying to a message
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the 
conversation thread.
3 Select the text field to begin composing your message.
4 Touch . 
						

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Managing messages
Forwarding a message
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the 
conversation thread.
3 Touch and hold the message you want to forward, and then touch .
4 Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number.
5 Touch .
Adding a message to your favorites
You can add important messages to your favorites to avoid deleting them by mistake.
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the 
conversation thread.
3 Touch and hold the message you want to add to your favorites, and touch  > Copy 
to Favorites.
 
In the list of message threads, touch   > Favorites to view your favorite messages.
Deleting a message
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view your 
conversations.
3 Touch and hold the message you want to delete, and touch .
4 Touch Delete. 
						

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Deleting a thread
1 On the home screen, touch Messaging.
2 From the message list, touch  > Delete.
3 Select the thread you want to delete, and touch .
4 Touch Delete.
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 Inbox, touch   > Settings > Add account to 
continue adding other accounts. 
						

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Adding an Exchange account
Exchange is an email system developed by Microsoft for enterprises. Some email service 
providers also provide Exchange accounts for individuals and families.
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 Exchange.
3 Enter your email address, domain name, user name, 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 Exchange account is set up, Inbox will be displayed.
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 . 
						

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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 it.
• Touch to reply to all.
• Touch to forward it.
• Swipe left or right on the screen to read the previous or next email.
 In Inbox, swipe down to refresh your email list.
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 then OK.
After you remove an email account, your phone will no longer be able to send or receive 
emails using that account. 
						

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Personalizing your email account
Personalize your inbox: display contact pictures, choose what to display after deleting an 
email, change your signature, set how often your inbox updates, and change email 
notification tones.
1 On the home screen, touch Email.
2 In Inbox, touch  > Settings and then choose the desired settings. 
						

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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 
taking photos.
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.
View more options.








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