Huawei Y6 User Manual

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Music and videos
Adding songs
Before you can listen to music, add songs onto your phone by:
• Copying songs from your computer using the USB cable.
• Downloading songs from the Internet.
• Copying songs via Bluetooth. For details, see Receiving a file using Bluetooth.
• Copying songs from other devices using Wi-Fi Direct. For details, see Receiving a file 
using Wi-Fi Direct.
Listening to music
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Select a category.
3 Touch the song you want to play. 
Touch the playing song to enter the main playback interface. 
						

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When a song is playing, touch Home to exit the playback screen without  
stopping the song. To return to the musi c playback screen, open the notification  
panel and touch the playing song.
Creating a playlist
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Touch Playlists > Create new playlist.
3 Name the playlist and touch Save.
•Swipe left or right to switch between  the album cover, playlist, and lyrics.
•Touch here to adjust the volume, open the options menu, and more.
Add the playing song to a playlist.
Use the buttons here to control the playback.
Add the playing song to your Favorites.
Drag the slider to control the playback.
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4 In the displayed dialog box, touch Add.
5 Select the songs you want to add and touch .
Playing a playlist
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Touch Playlists.
3 Select the playlist you want to play and then touch one of the songs in the playlist or  
shuffle all songs.
Deleting a playlist
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Touch Playlists.
3 Touch next to the playlist you want  to delete and then touch Delete.
Setting a song as the ringtone
1 On the home screen, touch Music.
2 Select a category.
3 On the song list screen, touch next to the song and then touch Set as ringtone.
Playing a video
1 On the home screen, touch Videos.
2 Touch the video you want to play.
3 To stop the video playback, touch . 
						

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Lock the screen. After the screen is locked, all video operations will be  
disabled until you unlock it.
•Swipe left or right to rewind  or fast-forward the video.
•Swipe up or down on the left side of the screen to adjust the screen  
brightness.
•Swipe up or down on the right side  of the screen to adjust the volume.
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Network and sharing
Enabling mobile data
1 On the home screen, touch Settings and then go to the All tab.
2 Under Wireless & networks, touch More.
3 Touch Mobile network.
4 Touch the Mobile data switch to enable your phones mobile data service.
 When you dont need Internet access, disable mobile data to save battery power and  
reduce mobile data usage.
Wi-Fi network
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Touch Wi-Fi. 
3 Turn on Wi-Fi. Your phone then scans for available Wi-Fi networks and lists them on 
the screen.
4 Select the Wi-Fi network to which you want to connect.
• If the network is open, you wi ll connect to it directly.
• If the network is encrypted, enter the password when prompted, and then touch 
Connect.
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network using WPS
Wi-Fi protected setup (WPS) helps make it easier to connect your phone to a Wi-Fi  
network. Simply press the WPS button or ente r the PIN to connect your phone to a Wi-Fi  
router that supports WPS.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings. 
						

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2 Touch Wi-Fi. 
3 Turn on Wi-Fi.
4 Touch  > Advanced settings. Then you can:
• Touch WPS connection and press the WPS button on the Wi-Fi router. 
• Touch WPS PIN connection and enter the PIN generated on your phone into the  
router.
Sharing your phones mobile data
Wi-Fi hotspot
Your phone can function as a Wi-Fi hotspot  for other devices, sharing its mobile data  
connection.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings and then go to the All tab.
2 Under Wireless & networks, touch More.
3 Touch Tethering & portable hotspot > Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
4 Turn on the Wi-Fi hotspot.
5 Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.
6 Set the Wi-Fi hotspots name, encrypti on mode, and password. Then touch Save.
 It is recommended that you set the encryption mode to WPA2 PSK for better security.
USB tethering
You can share your phones data connection with a computer using a USB cable.
Depending on your computers operating system, you may need to install phone drivers  
on the computer or establish a network connection in order to use USB tethering.
1 Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
2 On the home screen, touch Settings and then go to the All tab.
3 Under Wireless & networks, touch More. 
						

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4 Touch Tethering & portable hotspot.
5 Touch the USB tethering switch to share your mobile data connection.
 You cant use your phones USB tethering function when the phone is in USB mass  
storage mode.
Bluetooth tethering
You can share your phones mobile data connection with other devices using Bluetooth.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings and then go to the All tab.
2 Under Wireless & networks, touch More.
3 Touch Tethering & portable hotspot.
4 Touch the Bluetooth tethering switch to share your mobile data connection.
Transferring data using Bluetooth
Turning on Bluetooth and pairing your phone with another  
Bluetooth device
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Bluetooth.
3 Touch the Turn on Bluetooth swi tch  to tur n on Bl u etooth. You r phone wi ll   
automatically search for and displ ay available Bluetooth devices.
4 Touch a device and follow the onscreen instructions to pair it with your phone.
To unpair the two devices, touch  next to the paired device, and then touch Unpair.
Renaming your phone
By default, your phone model is used as your phone name when Bluetooth is turned on.  
You can change the name to make it easier to recognize.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Bluetooth. 
						

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3 Touch Device name.
4 Rename the phone and touch OK.
Sending a file using Bluetooth
To exchange data with another Bluetooth device, turn on Bluetooth on both devices and  
make sure they are both discoverable.
Touch and hold the file you want to send, and then touch Share > Bluetooth. Your phone 
will automatically search for and display available devices. Select the receiving device.
Receiving a file using Bluetooth
When your phone receives a file transfer request, a File transfer dialog box will be 
displayed. Touch Accept to start receiving the file. Open  the notification panel and touch 
Notifications to check the file transfer progress. 
By default, received  files are saved to the bluetooth folder in Files.
Transferring data using Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-Fi Direct allows two devices to connect to each other for data transmission without  
an access point.
Connecting two devices using Wi-Fi Direct
 Before connecting, ensure  that you have enabled Wi-Fi Direct on both devices.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Wi-Fi.
3 Turn on Wi-Fi.
4 Touch Wi-Fi direct to enable Wi-Fi Direct. Your phone will search for available devices.
5 Select the device to which you want to connect.
Sending a file using Wi-Fi Direct
Touch and hold the file you want to send, and then touch Share > Wi-Fi Direct. Your  
phone will automatically search for and displa y available devices. Select the receiving  
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Receiving a file using Wi-Fi Direct
When a file transfer request is made using Wi-Fi Direct, the File transfer dialog box will  
be displayed. Touch Accept  to receive the file. Open th e notification panel and touch 
Notifications to check the file transfer progress. 
By default, received  files are saved to the Wi-Fi Direct folder in Files.
Transferring data between your phone and  
computer
Connecting in picture transfer mode
The Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) is an im age transfer protocol that can be used to  
transfer images between yo ur phone and computer, making sharing easier. 
1 Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
2 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Set USB connected to 
Photos. Any drivers required will be installed automatically on the computer.
Once the drivers are installed, double-click the new drive icon that appears on your  
computer to view the images stored on your phone.
Connecting in media transfer mode
The Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is a comm unication protocol that can be used to  
transfer files between your phone and computer . Before using MTP, make sure you have  
Windows Media Player 11 or late r installed on your computer.
1 Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
2 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Set USB connected to 
Files. Any drivers required will be installed automatically on the computer.
Once the drivers are installed, double-click the new drive icon that appears on your  
computer to view the files stored on your  phone. You can browse multimedia content on  
your phone easily using Windows Media Player.
Connecting in USB flash drive mode
If you have a microSD card in your phone, you can use your phone as a USB flash drive 
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1 Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer.
2 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Set USB connected to 
USB drive. Any drivers required will be installed automatically on the computer.
Once the drivers are installed, the computer will recognize the phone as a USB flash drive.  
Double-click the new drive icon that appears on your computer to view the files on your 
phones microSD card.