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.
 During the installation, the Install blocked message may be displayed. Read the 
message carefully. If you want to continue with the installation, follow the onscreen 
instructions to allow the installation of applications from unknown sources.
Sharing an application
1 On the home screen, touch and hold the application you want to share until you see 
at the top of the screen.
2 Drag the application to .
3 Select a sharing method and follow the onscreen instructions to share the application.
 Some pre-installed applic ations cant be shared. 
						

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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  
will need to enter  a password to access encrypted backup files.
3 Select the data you want to back up, and then follow the onscreen instructions to  
perform the backup.
By default, backup data is saved to the HuaweiBackup folder in Files.
 On some phone models, the  backup procedure may vary depending on the backup  
application version.
Restoring data from local storage
1 On the home screen, touch Tools > Backup.
2 Select the data you want to restore.
 You can refer to the backup time included in  the file name to find the data you want  
to restore.
3 If the backup file is encrypted, follow  the onscreen instructions to enter your  
password, and then touch OK.
4 Select the data you want to restore, and then touch Restore. 
						

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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 optimize the syst em to keep your phone running smoothly. 
On the home screen, touch Phone Manager. Then you can:
• Touch Scan or Touch to scan. You can view your phones running status, clean system  
trash, optimize the system, an d eliminate security threats.
• Touch Phone accelerator to display running applications and close those that are not  
needed.
• Touch Storage cleaner to scan the cache, clean system  trash, and remove infrequently- 
used applications and installation packages.
Power saving
1 On the home screen, touch Phone Manager.
2 Touch Power saving to check your phones power consumption and extend your  
phones standby time. You can switch to di fferent power saving modes as required.
Harassment filter
On the home screen, touch Phone Manager. Then you can:
• Touch Harassment filter to set a blacklist to block unwanted messages and calls.
• Touch Notification center to block unwanted push notifications from the specified  
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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  
daily schedule in advance and view informatio n about public holidays. If you have saved  
your contacts birthdays, the calendar wil l automatically create birthday reminders.
Creating an event
1 On the home screen, touch Calendar.
2 Touch .
3 Enter the event details, such as the event name, start and end time, location, and how  
often it repeats.
4 Touch .
Viewing the calendar
1 On the home screen, touch Calendar.
2 On the Calendar screen, you can:
• Select Month, Week, and Day to switch between the month, week, and day views.
• In month, week, or day view, swipe left or right to change the month, week, or day  
that is displayed.
Synchronizing calendars
1 On the home screen, touch Calendar. 
						

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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 duration, silent mode 
settings and what volume keys do when an alarm goes off.
• Delete an alarm: Touch and hold the alarm you want to delete, and then touch .
World clock
1 On the home screen, touch Clock.
2 Under World clock, you can:
• Add a city: Touch . Enter a city name or select a city from the city list.
• Set your time zone: Touch to set your home time zone and system date and 
time.
• Remove a city: Touch Edit cities. Touch next to the city you want to remove, and 
then touch .
Stopwatch
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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  
and swipe across the scr een to stop the tone.
 
While the timer is running, touch  to reset it.
Weather
Weather allows you to check the current weather and multi-day forecast for your location  
and many other destinat ions around the world.
Adding a city
Add cities of interest to check their real-time weather information.
1 On the home screen, touch Tools > Weather.
2 Touch  > and enter the name of a city. Matching cities are listed under the 
search bar.
3 Select the city you want to add.
Checking the weather
1 On the home screen, touch Tools > Weather.
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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 
Auto update switch, and then configure the Update interval. Your phone will then  
update weather data at  the scheduled interval.
Notes
Adding a note
1 On the home screen, touch Notepad.
2 Touch New note and then enter your notes content.
 
Touch  to insert an image.
3 Touch .
Once the note is saved, you can also follow the onscreen instructions to share or delete  
the note, or add it to your favorites.
Modifying notepad settings
1 On the home screen, touch Notepad.
2 Touch  > Settings to adjust the font size or change the viewing format. 
						

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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.
Return to the previous station.
Skip to the next station.
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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 only to locate your position using GPS.
Modifying sound settings
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Sound.
3 On the Sound screen, you can:
• Touch Volume and drag the sliders to adjust the volume of music, ringtones,  
notification tones, alarms, calls, and more.
• Touch Silent mode to turn silent mode on or off.
• Touch Vibrate in silent mode to enable or disable vibration when your phone is in  
silent mode.
• Touch Phone ringtone to select a ringtone. If your phone has dual SIM support, you  
can set different ringtones for each SIM card.