Huawei Y6 User Manual

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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 .
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. 
						

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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.
Personalizing your email account
Personalize your inbox: display contact pictur es, choose what to display after deleting an  
email, change your signature, set how of ten 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.
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.
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Taking a photo
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Frame the scene you want to capture. Let your camera focus automatically or touch  
the screen to focus on an object.
 If the focus box turns red, th e camera was unable to focus.
3 Touch .
 If the GPS tag switch was enabled when the photo was taken, the photo can be  
viewed in Gallery under Map.
Launching the camera from the gallery
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Under Photos, swipe down on the albums to display the viewfinder in half screen 
mode, and then swipe down again to launch the camera.
 Not all camera features are available in half screen mode.
3 Touch to take a photo.
4 Touch Return to return to gallery.
Capture modes
 Your phone may not feature  all of these capture modes.
• Beauty: Drag the slider to adjust the beauty level and apply facial enhancements.
• Panorama: Use this mode to take wider shots.
• HDR: Enhance a photo taken under insufficient or excessive lighting conditions.
• All-focus: You can re-adjust the focal point of photos taken in this mode at a later time.
• Best photo: Your phone takes several photos in rapid succession and automatically  
picks the best one for you.
• Watermark: Add various watermarks to your photos. 
						

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• Audio note: You can record a brief audio clip after you take a photo.
• Audio control: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. You can issue voice 
commands to have your camera take photos for you.
• Timer: Touch and enable this mode under Settings to set a countdown timer for 
taking a photo.
• Touch to capture: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. Touch the screen to 
take a photo.
• Capture smiles: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. The camera will 
automatically take a photo when it detects a smile.
• Object tracking: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. Touch an object on 
the screen. Your camera will track and stay focused on this object.
• Ultra snapshot: Touch and enable this mode under Settings. When the screen is off 
or locked, frame the object you want to capture and press the volume down key twice  
to take a photo.
Taking a panoramic photo
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > Panorama to switch to panorama shooting mode.
3 Touch to start shooting.
4 Follow the onscreen instructions and move your phone slowly to capture multiple 
photos.
5 Touch to stop shooting. The came ra automatically stitches the photos together to 
create one panoramic photograph.
Using best photo mode
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > Best photo to switch to best photo mode.
3 Touch to shoot. Your phone takes several photos in a row and automatically 
selects the best photo. 
						

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4 Touch .
You can also scroll through the photos taken and select a different one. The phone will  
automatically save the selected ph oto and delete the remaining ones.
Adding watermarks to photos
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > Watermark to switch to watermark mode.
3 Swipe left or right and select the desired watermark.
4 Drag the watermark to adjust its position.
5 Touch .
Taking a photo using audio control
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  >  > Audio control.
3 Touch Audio control to switch to the audio control mode. Then you can:
• Get your phone to take a photo when you issue a voice command.
• Get your phone to take a photo when the surrounding noise reaches a certain  
decibel level.
4 Frame the scene you want to capture. Yo ur phone will take a photo automatically  
when you issue a voice command or the surrounding noise reaches a certain decibel 
level.
Object tracking mode
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > .
3 Touch Object tracking to ena bl e obje ct tr ac ki ng mode.
4 Touch an object on the screen . Your camera will track and stay focused on this object  
as youre shooting. 
						

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 Object tracking mode and smile capture cant be used at the same time.
All focus mode
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Touch  > All-focus to switch to all focus mode.
3 Touch to take a photo.
4 Go to gallery and select the photo that was taken using all focus mode.
 
 indicates photos that were taken in all focus mode.
5 Touch to enter the all focus editing mode.
6 Touch another area of the photo that you want to focus on.
7 Touch .
Shooting a video
1 On the home screen, touch Camera.
2 Swipe left or right to select Video.
3 Touch to start recording.
4 While recording, touch an object or a position on the screen to focus on it. Touch 
to pause recording, and touch to resume.
5 Touch to stop recording.
 
While recording, you can touch  to take a still photo.
Video shooting modes
 Your phone may not feature all of these shooting modes. 
On the video recording screen, touch   > to select a video shooting mode. 
						

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• Beauty mode: Automatic facial enhancement during recording.
• Object tracking: Touch an object on the screen. Your camera will track and stay  
focused on this object as  youre shooting the video.
Camera settings
On the capture screen, touch  > to configure the following settings:
• Resolution: Set the camera resolution. To change the video resolution, touch  > 
 > Resolution on the video capture screen.
• GPS tag: Display the location where the photo or video was taken.
• Preferred save location: Set the default save location for your photos and videos.
• ISO: Set a photos ISO. Increasing the ISO can reduce blurring caused by dark  
conditions or movement.
• White balance: Adjust a photos white balance. Ad just the white balance according to  
the brightness of the surroundings.
• Image adjustment: Adjust exposure compensation , saturation, contrast, and  
brightness.
Gallery
Viewing photos
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 You can then:
• Select the Photos tab and view photos in a timeline.
• Select the Photos tab, select Map and view photos grouped according to location.
• Select the Albums tab and view photos grouped by album.
Playing a slideshow
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery. 
						

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2 Under Photos, touch  > Slideshow.
3 Touch the screen to stop the slideshow.
Editing a photo
You can adjust a photos brightness, saturation, size, and more. You can also use the  
facial enhancement feature to  enhance portrait photos in a variety of different ways.
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Select the photo you want to edit and then touch .
3 You can then:
• Touch to rotate the photo.
• Touch to crop the photo.
• Touch to select a filter.
• Touch to adjust the saturation, color, and more.
• Touch to add whitening, smoothing, or other beautifying effects to faces.
• Touch to add a mosaic effect to the photo.
• Touch to add a watermark to the photo.
• Touch to add a label to the photo.
Hiding photos
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Under Albums, touch  > Hide albums.
3 Touch the switch next to the album to hide the photos.
 Not all local albums on the phones internal storage can be hidden.
Deleting a photo
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Select the photo you want to delete and then touch  > Delete. 
						

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Sharing photos and videos
You can share your photos or videos in various ways.
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Select the photo or video that you want to share.
3 Touch , choose a sharing method, and follow the onscreen instructions to share 
your photo or video.
Setting a photo as the wallpaper
1 On the home screen, touch Gallery.
2 Select the photo you want to set as the wallpaper.
3 Touch  > Set as and follow the onscreen instructions to set the photo as the 
wallpaper.
Taking a screenshot
Press the power and volume down buttons at the same time to take a screenshot. Open  
the notification panel  and touch  to share the screenshot. By default, screenshots are  
saved to the Screenshots folder in Gallery.
 You can also swipe down from the status  bar to open the notification panel and  
touch under Shortcuts.