Huawei Y6 User 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...

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hold your phone when you perform certain actions, such as browsing a web page,  
viewing a picture, or writing a message.
 The preceding display options may not be available on all phones.
Enabling one-hand UI
One-hand UI makes using a phone wi th 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...

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Changing the lock screen style
Setting a screen unlock pattern
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Screen lock & passwords.
3 Touch Password > Pattern.
4 Draw the screen unlock pattern by connecting at least four dots, and then draw the  
pattern again to confirm.
5 Set a screen unlock PIN as an alternative method to unlock your phone should you 
forget your unlock pattern.
Setting a screen unlock PIN
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Screen...

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•Airplane mode disables your phones wireless features, but you can still use your  
phone to listen to  music or play games. 
Use one of the following methods to turn Airplane mode on or off:
• Swipe down from the status bar to  open the notification panel. Under Shortcuts, touch  
the Airplane mode switch.
• Press and hold the power button, and then touch Airplane mode.
• On the home screen, touch Settings and then go to the All tab. Under Wireless & 
networks, touch More and then the...

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Setting up an account
Adding an account
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Accounts.
3 Touch Add account.
4 Select an account type.
5 Follow the onscreen instructions and enter your account information.
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...

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Restoring factory settings
 Restoring your phone to the factory settings will erase all personal data from your  
phone storage, including account informatio n, system and application settings, and  
downloaded applications. Back up important  data on your phone before restoring  
factory settings.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Backup & reset.
3 Touch Factory data reset > Reset phone > Reset phone. Your phone will be restored to 
its factory settings, and...

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Local update
Download the update package from http://consumer.huawei.com and save the dload  
folder in the update package to  the root directory of your phones internal storage. If  
your phone supports a microSD ca rd, you can also save the folder to the root directory of  
your microSD card.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Updater.
3 Touch  > Local update and follow the onscreen instru ctions to update your phone.
Setting the date and time
1 On the home...

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Privacy protection
You can prevent other users from accessing your private content. Enable privacy  
protection and set two different screen unlo ck 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 start.
4 Select a password type.
5 Follow the onscreen instructions to en ter the owner password and guest password.
After privacy protection is enabled, entering...

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 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 needed, su ch as zoom gestures and enlarged font size.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Accessibility.
3 Select the accessibility features you want to enable. 

Legal Notice 
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Legal Notice
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