Huawei Y6 User Manual

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Apps
Managing applications
Downloading applications
Applications can be downloaded through a variety of channels, including:
• An 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.
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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  
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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 maxi mize 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...

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• Enable Do not disturb. Your phone will ring only when you receive calls from allowed  
contacts. Tones and vibrations for other ca lls, messages, and notifications will be  
disabled.
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  
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2 Touch  > Calendars to display.
3 Select the account whose calendar you want to display.
4 Touch  > Calendars to sync.
5 Select the account and synchronize its calendar.
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...

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2 Under Stopwatch, touch to start timing.
3 While timing, touch to count laps.
4 Touch to pause the stopwatch.
When the stopwatch is paused, touch  to clear all stopwatch records.
Timer
1 On the home screen, touch Clock.
2 Under Timer, drag the 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. Follow the onscreen instructions  
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3 Touch to view more detailed weather information.
Removing cities
1 On the home screen, touch Tools > Weather.
2 Touch , and then touch and hold the city you want to remove. Select .
3 Touch .
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 
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FM Radio
Connect a headset to the phone first because the FM radio uses the headset as its  
antenna.
Searching for stations
1 On the home screen, touch Tools > FM Radio.
2 Touch  > . The FM Radio will aut omatically search for and save stations it finds.
 Your phone will automatically search for and save stations the first time you open  
the FM radio.
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.
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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 usin g GPS, Wi-Fi, and mobile data.
• Touch Battery saving to locate your position using Wi-Fi and mobile data.
• Touch Device...