Huawei P9 Manual

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Enabling the Ultra power plan
If youre waiting for an important call but your phone has low battery, enable the Ultra  p o w e r             
plan in 
Phone Manager.  This  disables  everything  except  essential  calling,  SMS  and  contact            
functions, prolonging battery life.
Open Phone Manager. Touch Battery manager > Power plan > Ultra a n d  t h e n  s e l e c t               
> 
Enable.
Touch 
Exit to disable the Ultra power plan and restore the original settings.
Closing background applications when the screen is 
locked
Reduce power consumption by closing background applications when the screen is locked.
1 Open Phone Manager.
2 Touch Protected apps.
3 Turn off switches for non-essential applications to prevent them from running while the screen 
is locked.
 If you want an application to continue running after the screen is locked (such as the Backup 
application), turn on the switch for that application.
Press the power button to lock the screen. Your phone will  c l o s e   a l l   b a c k g r o u n d   a p p l i c a t i o n s             
except those that are protected.
Preventing background applications from accessing 
the Internet
Use the networked applications manager to  prevent  certain  applications  from  connecting  to  the            
Internet and using your data allowance.
1 Open Phone Manager.
2 Touch Traffic manager > Networked apps.
3 Switch between the Installed apps and System apps tabs to configure the Internet access 
permissions for individual applications. Touch 
to configure which applications have 
Internet access while roaming.
If you disable Internet access for an application, you will be asked if you want to enable Internet            
access next time you open it. 
						

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Configuring display and sound settings
Reduce power consumption by optimizing the display and sound settings on your phone.
See Configuring the display settings to learn how to save power   b y   d i s a b l i n g   D a y d r e a m ,   t u r n i n g             
off the indicator light, and reducing the screen brightness and screen-off time.
See Sound settings to learn how to save power by disabling unnecessary sound or vibration alerts. 
						

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Phone Manager
Optimizing your system
Use Phone Manager to make your phone run faster and optimize performance.
Conducting a comprehensive scan
Open Phone Manager.  Your  phone  will  automatically  conduct  a  comprehensive  scan  and           
optimize your system.
Cleaning up your phone
1 Open Phone Manager.
2 Touch System optimization to scan for and clear cached application data and system trash.
 
Follow the onscreen instructions to manually clear files or configure the settings.
3 Once the data has been cleared, touch Finish.
Managing data usage
Phone Manager comes with a data management feature  that  you can  use  to  monitor  data  usage            
and avoid exceeding your monthly allowance.
Open Phone Manager and then touch Traffic manager.   Y o u   c a n   v i e w   d e t a i l e d   d a t a   u s a g e             
statistics or configure the following settings:
• Traffic use ranking: View per-application data usage.
• Networked apps: Manage Internet access permissions for applications. Close unnecessary 
background applications that connect to the Internet to reduce data usage and power 
consumption. For more information, see 
Preventing background applications from accessing 
the Internet.
• Portable WLAN hotspot: Configure the settings for a mobile hotspot or mobile network 
connection.
Harassment filter
Phone Manager features a harassment filter and notification  c e n t e r   t o   b l o c k   s p a m   c a l l s   a n d             
messages and unwanted push notifications.
Open Phone Manager. You can: 
						

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• Touch Harassment filter >  and follow the onscreen instructions to configure a call 
blacklist or whitelist, keywords, and spam settings.
• Touch Notification center and select an application to configure its notification permissions 
and settings.
Battery management
Phone Manager comes with a battery manag e m e n t   f e a t u r e   t o   h e l p   y o u   s a v e   p o w e r   a n d   p r e v e n t             
you from missing important calls and messages.
Open Phone Manager and then touch Battery manager. You can:
• View detailed battery usage statistics. For more information, see Viewing battery usage 
statistics.
• Optimize battery use to reduce power consumption, For more information, see Reducing power 
consumption.
• Select a suitable power plan. 
						

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Tools
Calendar
Calendar helps you to plan your daily schedule. For example ,   i t   h e l p s   y o u   t o   p l a n   a h e a d   a n d             
displays information about public holidays. If you have sav e d   y o u r   c o n t a c t s    b i r t h d a y s ,   C a l e n d a r             
will automatically create birthday reminders.
Adding and deleting events
Add events and set reminders to help you plan ahead.
• Add an event: Open Calendar, touch , and then enter the name, start and end time, 
and location of the event. Touch to save the event. If you add a reminder, your phone will 
send you a reminder at the preset time.
• Delete an event: Go to the event that you want to delete, and then touch .
Viewing the calendar
Open Calendar. You can:
• Switch to month, week, or day view: Touch Month, Week, or Day. When in month, week, 
or day view, swipe left or right to change the month, week, or day that is displayed.
• View week number: Touch  > Settings, and then turn on the Show week number switch 
to display the week number on the left of the calendar.
• Change first day of the week: Touch  > Settings > Week starts on, and then select a 
day.
Event
Selected day
Events on selected day
More settings Toggle between month, week, and day view
Go to today
Today
Week number
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• Switch to a different calendar: Make sure that you are connected to the Internet, and then 
touch 
 > Calendars to display. Touch Local calendar and select the desired calendar.
 
For more information on connecting to the Internet, see Accessing the Internet.
• Automatically import contacts birthdays: Touch  > Calendars to display, and then 
turn on the Contacts birthdays switch. Your phone will automatically import your contacts 
birthdays and create birthday reminders.
Viewing global holidays
Enable the global holidays option to help you plan your next business trip or holiday.
 
This feature requires Internet access. For more information, see Accessing the Internet.
1 Open Calendar.
2 Touch  > Calendars to display > Global holidays.
3 Turn on the switch next to the country whose holidays you want to view. Your phone will 
automatically download the countrys holiday information.
Synchronizing a calendar
Sync your calendar with your account for easy access wherever you are.
1 Open Calendar.
2 Touch  > Calendars to display.
3 Select the account whose calendar you want to display.
4 Touch  > Calendars to sync.
5 Select the desired account, and then log in to your Exchange account to sync the calendar.
Clock
In the Clock application, you can add alarms, view world times and public holiday dates, and use            
the stopwatch and timer features.
Managing alarms
Open Clock. In the Alarm tab, you can:
• Add an alarm: Touch and set the alarm time, ringtone, repetitions, and more. Touch 
to apply.
• Enable or disable an alarm: Touch the switch next to an alarm. 
						

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• Configure the alarm settings: Touch to configure the snooze duration, silent mode 
settings, and volume button behavior.
• Delete an alarm: Touch and hold the alarm you want to delete, and then touch .
• Turn off an alarm: Touch Slide to turn off alarm at the bottom of the lock screen.
• Mute an alarm: Press the volume down button.
• Snooze for 10 minutes: Press the power button. The alarm will go off again after 10 minutes. 
Swipe down on the screen to open the notification panel and touch the alarm notification to 
turn off the alarm.
• Enable alarm when phone is powered off: Select Keep alarm active, will ring in hours 
minutes
 when you turn off your phone. Alarms will still go off after your phone turns off.
World clock
Add multiple clocks to view the time in various cities around the world.
Open Clock. In the World clock tab, you can:
• Add a city: Touch . Enter a city name or select a city from the list.
• Set the home time zone: Touch , turn on the Display home clock switch, and then touch 
Home time zone.
• Set the system date and time: Touch  > Date & time.
• Delete a city: Touch Edit cities. Touch the icon next to the city you want to delete, and 
then touch .
Dual clock display
Your phone displays the network time by default. Turn on dual clocks to display  t h e  l o c a l  t i m e  a n d             
home time on the lock screen.
Set date, time, and home time zoneCurrent network timeDelete cities
World clock Home time
Add city 
						

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Date & time > Dual clocks and then turn on the Dual clocks switch. Touch S e t             
home city
, and then select your home time zone from the list of cities.
 
Only one clock is displayed when the local time zone is the same as the home time zone.
Stopwatch
1 Open Clock.
2 Under Stopwatch, touch to start timing.
 
While timing, touch  to count laps. Swipe up on the timer in the middle of the screen to 
view your lap data.
3 Touch to pause the stopwatch.
4 Touch to resume the stopwatch, or touch to clear the stopwatch records.
Timer
1 Open Clock.
2 Under Timer, turn the wheel to set the countdown time.
 
Touch  to set a ringtone for the timer.
3 Touch to start the timer.
4 When the timer goes off, swipe the screen to silence the ringtone.
 
When the timer is counting down, touch  to reset the timer, or touch  to pause the 
countdown.
Current time zoneHome time zone 
						

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Weather
Weather allows you to check the current weather and multi-d a y   f o r e c a s t   f o r   y o u r   l o c a t i o n   a n d             
many other destinations around the world.
Viewing weather information
Open Weather. You can:
• View detailed weather information: Swipe up on the screen to view the weather forecast for 
the next 24 hours, chance of rainfall, air quality, comfort index, wind speed and direction, and 
sunrise/sunset times.
• View weather for other cities: Swipe left or right on the screen to view the weather forecast 
for other cities.
• Change temperature unit: The temperature unit is set according to the system language. 
Touch 
 > Temperature unit to change the unit.
• Enable weather sounds: Weather sounds are disabled by default. To enable them, touch , 
and then turn on the Weather tones switch.
Updating the weather
1 Open 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 update the weather manually.
 
You can also configure automatic weather updates. Touch  . Turn on the Auto update 
switch, and then configure your 
Update interval. Your phone will update weather data at 
Chance of rain
Manage cities 
						

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Adding and deleting cities
Add multiple cities to the weather application so that you can keep track of the weather in cities            
of interest to you.
1 Open Weather.
2 Touch . You can then:
• Add a city: Touch  > . Select a city from the list or search for the desired city in the 
search bar. You can add a maximum of 10 cities to the weather application.
• Remove a city: Touch and hold the city you wish to remove, and then touch .
Notepad
Use Notepad to record important information or shopping lists .  Y o u  c a n  s e t  u p  r e m i n d e r s  f o r  e a c h             
note. 
 
On the Notepad home screen, pending notes are prefixed with - to help you quickly identify 
which notes require your attention.
Creating a note
1 Open Notepad.
2 Touch , enter your note, and then touch to save.
No status added to note
Note completed
Pending note
Select display settings Create a note
Search bar