Huawei Ascend Mate 7 manual

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i Contents New features 1 Read before use 1 Unlocking with fingerprint 3S a f e 3 All focus mode 4 Taking photos from the timeline album screen 5 Scanning a QR code 6 Protecting your privacy Getting star ted 7 Basic screen features 10 Personalizin g your phone 11 Basic operations 12 Calling, contacts and messaging 14 Email 15 Internet connection 15[...]

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1 New features New features Read before use This guide only applie s to phones that run EMUI 3.0. Features in this guide are fo r your refe rence only. So me features may not be supported by all phones. Unlocking with fingerprint Enrolling your fingerprint You can unlock the sc reen or access encr ypted data with your fingerprint. To protect your p[...]

New features 2 Unlocking the Safe with your fingerprint After enabling Safe in File Manager and setting your password, you will be prompted to enable fingerprint unloc king. Touch Associate to access the Safe and associat e your fingerpri nt. If you sk ip thi s step, you can also enable this feature as follows: 1. Open Settings . 2. Touch Fingerpri[...]

3 New features Safe Encrypt importan t and private files to prevent others from viewing them. Enabl ing th e Safe 1. Open File Manager . 2. Touch Safe . 3. If your phone supports and has a micr oSD card inserted, you can choose to create the Safe in SD card or Internal . 4. Enable Safe and follow the onscreen instructions to set a password and secu[...]

New features 4 Taking photos from the timeline album screen You can take photos directly from Gallery . 1. Open Gallery . 2. Touch the view switching button at the bottom of the screen to switch t o the timeline album vi ew. 3. On the timeline album sc reen, drag down on a bl ank area to launch th e camera in half-screen mode . Touch to take photos[...]

5 New features 4. Drag the viewfinder further down to enter full-screen capt ure mode. When you are done, touch Return to return to the timeline album screen. Scanning a QR code Scanning a QR code usin g Gallery 1. Open Gallery . 2. Choose a QR code photo. Gallery will automatically scan the QR code. 3. Touch View details to view the QR code detail[...]

New features 6 Protecting your privacy What's Privacy protection? If you have content o n your phone tha t you want to keep private, you can set two different unlock passwords, one for yo urself, and the other for visitors. If your phone is unlocked using the visi tor password, all your private content will be hidden. Your contacts, al bums, a[...]

7 Getting started Getting started Basic screen features Magazine screen unlock Flick up from the bottom of the screen to display the magazine unlock control panel. This function may not be supported by all models. Managing the home screen Magazine control area: Stop shuffling magazine c overs, go to the next page, add the current cover to favorites[...]

Getting started 8 Adding a widget 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the home screen. 2. Touch Widge ts . 3. Choose a widget and drag it to the home screen. Creating a folder On the home screen, drag one application on top of another to create a folder containing both of them. Adding or removing a home screen Pinch three fingers together on the h om[...]

9 Getting started Auto-rotate screen Open the notification panel, go to the Shortcuts tab, and touch to turn on or turn off auto-rotate. Taking a screenshot Press the power and volume down buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot. To view your screenshots, open Gallery , switch to the list view, and touch Screenshots . Suspend button Open Settin[...]

Getting started 10 Touch the suspend button to ex pand the suspend bu tton menu for the following actions: • Touch to return to the previous screen. • Touch to go to the home screen. • Touch to view the list of recently used applications. • Touch to lock the screen. • Touch to optim ize the system. Personalizing your phone Changing the w [...]

11 Getting started Setting notification tones 1. Open the no tification p anel and go to th e Shortcuts tab. 2. Touch and hold from the shortcut switches to enter the tone settin gs screen. 3. Set your notification tones, such as the ringtone. Changing the font size 1. Open Settings . 2. Touch Displ ay . 3. Touch Font size t o s e l e c t a f o n t[...]

Getting started 12 • Touch where you wa nt to insert the text and drag to move the insertion point. You can then paste the text you copied or cut. Calling, contacts and messaging Placing a call Placing a call Open Dialer . • Enter the initials or fir st few letters of a contact's name, or part of the contact's phone number. Then, sele[...]

13 Getting started Answering a call • Drag right to answer the call. • Drag left to reject the call. • Drag up to reject the call and send the caller a message. To edit the message that will be sent, touch > Call settings > Reject calls wit h SMS . When there is an incoming call, you can press the volume button to mute the rin gtone . T[...]

Getting started 14 1. Open Contacts . 2. In the contacts list, touc h > Import/Export . You can then: • Choose a method to import contacts. • Export contacts to a stor age device or SIM card. • Share your contacts. Messaging 1. Open Messaging . 2. On the message thread screen, touch . 3. Touch to choose a contact. 4. Write a message, touch[...]

15 Getting started 3. When you are done, tou ch to send the email . Internet connection Turning on the mobile network To quickly turn on or turn off your mobile network, open the notification panel, go to the Shortcuts tab, and touch . When you don't need to access the In ternet, turn off the mobile network to save battery power and reduce mob[...]

Entertainment 16 Entertainment Camera Capture screen Turn on the flash. Flick left or right to switch between c ommon capture modes. View photos and videos in Gallery . Take a photo or shoot a video. Apply a special effect.        1 2 3 4 5[...]

17 Entertainment Taking a photo 1. Open Camera . 2. Frame the scene you w ant to capture. Let your camera focus au tomatically or touch the screen to focus the camera. 3. Touch to take a single photo, or touch and hold to take several photos in rapid succession. Capture mode • Beauty : Your phone autom atically beautifies your skin and giv es you[...]

Entertainment 18 2. Flick left or right to switch to video mode. 3. Frame the scene you want to record. 4. Touch to start recording. Setting the preferred save lo cation for photos and videos This section only applies to ph ones that support microSD cards. After a microSD card is properly inserte d into your phone, you can chang e the preferred sav[...]

19 Entertainment Sharing a photo or vi deo 1. Open Gallery . 2. Touch the photo or video you want to share. 3. Flick up on the phot o or video, and touch START to turn on Transfer . Your phone then automati cally enab les Blue tooth and searches for nearby Bluetooth de vices. Make sure Bluetooth is enable d on the receiving dev ice and the device i[...]

Entertainment 20 2. Touch the video you want to play. 3. Touch the onscreen control buttons to fast forward, rewind, stop, or perform other operations.[...]

21 Transferring data Transferring data Bluetooth Turning on Bluetooth 1. Open the notification panel and go to the Shortcuts tab. 2. Touch and hold to enter the Bluetooth settings screen. 3. Touch Turn on Blueto oth . 4. From the search results, choose a Bluetooth device, and follow the onscreen instructions to pair your phone wit h it. To unpair t[...]

Transferring data 22 5. Choose a device. Sending a fil e using Wi-Fi Dire ct 1. Open File Manager . 2. Touch and hold the file you want to send, and touch Share > Wi-Fi direct . Multi-screen display Connect your phone to other phones a nd tablets, smart household appliances, and in-car devices for remote control and content sharing through a wir[...]

23 Transferring data Connecting your phone to a computer MTP mode MTP mode lets you transfe r media files, such as photos, songs, and vid eos, between your phone and a com puter. Windows Media Player 11 or la ter is required. HiSuite mode HiSuite is a file transfe r application d eveloped by Huawei. It lets you back up, synchronize, and transfer da[...]

Managing your phone 24 Managing your phone Managing applications Viewing rece ntly used applicatio ns Touch Recent to view the list of recently used appl ications. (If your phone has a physical menu butto n, press and hold Menu ). You can then: • Touch an application to open i t. • Flick up on an applicat ion to close it. • Drag an applicatio[...]

25 Managing your phone During the installation, an Install blocke d message may be displayed. Read the message carefully. If you want to continue with the installation, follow the onscre en instructions to allow the in stallation of third-p arty applications. Uninstallin g an app lication On the home screen, touch and h old th e application you wan[...]

Managing your phone 26 2. Touch the Local tab. 3. Under Internal or SD card (if available), switc h to the list view, and touc h or . 4. Choose a file, touch Copy or Cut , and choose where you want to paste the file. Compressing or decompressing a file 1. Open File Manager . 2. Touch the Local tab. 3. Under Internal or SD card (if available), switc[...]

27 Managing your phone 4. Take a photo or select a loc al file. Downloa ding a file 1. Open File Manager . 2. Under Cloud , select the folder that contains the file you want to download. 3. Touch . 4. Select the file you want to download. Viewing file tra nsfer records 1. Open File Manager . 2. Under Cloud , touch > File transfers . 3. You can t[...]

Managing your phone 28 Open Phone Manage r , and use the follow ing features to block messages, calls, and notifications: • Harassment filter : Set a blacklist to block un wanted message s and calls. • Notification manager : Block unwanted push notifications. • Do not disturb : In do not disturb mode, your phone will ring only when you receiv[...]

29 Managing your phone 2. Choose a data source. The default d ata source is the internal storage. If your phone supports Cloud Drive or OTG data restora tion, touch to select data from Cloud D rive or a USB storage device. 3. Select the backup file you want to re store. If the backup fi le has been encrypted, enter the password when prompted. 4. Se[...]

Tools 30 Tools Weather With Weather , you can: • Check the weather information: Touch to check the air quality, humidity, wind force, and more. • Add a city: Touch > , enter a city name, and touch the city you want to add. • Update the weather: Drag down on the weather screen to update the weather, or touch > , turn on Auto upd ate , an[...]

31 Tools Mirror On the Mirror screen, you can: • Adjust the brightness: Touch or at the top of the screen. • Zoom in or out: Drag along the bottom of the screen. Touch and hold an area on the screen to zoom in, an d release your fing er to zoom out and restore the image. • Freeze the screen: Touch the screen to freeze the screen, and touch to[...]

This guide is for reference only . The actual product, including but not limited to the color , size, and screen layout, may vary . All statements, information, and recommendations in this guide do not constitute a warranty of any kind, expr ess or implied. Please visit http://consumer .huawei.com/en/support/hotline for recent updated hotline and e[...]