Huawei P8 User Guide

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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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 This feature is available only on phones that support USB OTG cables. For detailed 
instructions about connecting your phone to a USB storage device, see Transferring 
data between your phone and a USB storage device.
Restoring data from local storage
1 On the home screen, touch Tools > Backup.
2 Select the data you want to restore.
 You can refer to the backup time included in the file name to find the data you want 
to restore.
3 If the backup file is encrypted, follow the onscreen...

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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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Security and privacy
On the home screen, touch Phone Manager. Then you can:
• Touch App lock to enable app lock and set the password for accessing locked 
applications.
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 about public...

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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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Clock
Alarm
1 On the home screen, touch Clock.
2 Under Alarm, you can:
• 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 volume key behavior.
• Delete an alarm: Touch and hold the alarm you want to delete, and then touch .
World clock
1 On the home screen,...

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Timer
1 On the home screen, touch Clock.
2 Under Timer, drag the red dot clockwise along the wheel to set the countdown time. 
Touch  to set a tone for the timer.
3 When you are done, touch to start the timer.
4 When the timer ends, your phone will play a tone. 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....

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Updating the weather
1 On the home screen, touch Tools > Weather.
2 Swipe left or right to find the city whose weather you want to update.
3 Swipe down from the top of the screen to manually update the weather.
 
You can also configure automatic weather updates. Touch  >  . Enable the 
Auto update switch, and then configure the Update interval. Your phone will then 
update weather data at the scheduled interval.
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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Phone settings
Turning on location services
Make sure you have turned on location services before using a map or navigation 
application.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Location access.
3 Touch Access my location to enable your phones location services.
4 Touch Location mode. Then you can:
• Touch High accuracy to locate your position using GPS, Wi-Fi, and mobile data.
• Touch Battery saving to locate your position using Wi-Fi and mobile data.
• Touch Device only to locate...