Huawei Honor 4x manual

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i Contents Foreword Exciti ng featur es 2S a f e 2 Taking a photo before focusing the camera 3 Launching the camera from gallery 3 QR code Getting star ted 5 Locking and unlo cking the screen 6 Connecting to a Wi-Fi network 6 Turning on mobile data 6 Connecting your phone to a comput er 7 Importing conta cts from your old phone 8 Touchscreen gestur[...]

ii 34 Managing messages 36 Adding an email account 37 Sending an email 37 Checking your emails 38 Setting up an account Camera and Gallery 39 Capture screen 40 Taking a photo 40 Capture mode 42 Shooting a video 43 Video shooting mode 43 Camera settings 43 Gallery Music and video 46 Adding songs 46 Listening to music 48 Creating a playlist 48 Playin[...]

iii 66 Modifying display settings 67 Turning on one-hand UI 67 Turning on the suspend button 68 Changing the lock screen style 69 Turning aeroplane mode on or off 70 Setting your SIM card PIN 70 Setting up an account 71 Restoring fa ctory settings 72 Updating your phone 73 Setting the date a nd time 73 Changing the system language 73 Accessibility [...]

1 Foreword Foreword This guide only applies to phones that are running EMUI 3.0. Please read this guide carefully before you start using the phone. All pictures and illustrati ons in this do cument are for your refere nce only. The actual product may vary . Features in this guide are fo r your refe rence only. Some features may not be supported by [...]

Exciting features 2 Exciting features Safe The Safe function h elps you protect your important files an d privacy. Enabling the Safe 1. On the home screen, touch Files . 2. Under Categ ories or Local , touch . 3. Touch Enable . 4. Follow the onscreen prompts to ente r passwords and answers to security questions, then touch Done . Adding files to th[...]

3 Exciting features 3. Touch to take a photo. 4. Go to Gallery and select a photo that was taken in all-focus mode. indicates photos that we re taken in all-focus mode. 5. Touch to enter all-focus editing mode. 6. Touch an area of the photo to change the focal point to that location. 7. Touch . Launching the camera from gallery 1. On the home scree[...]

Exciting features 4 S c a n n i n g a Q R c o d e u s i n g C a m e r a 1. On the home screen, touch Camera . 2. Frame the QR code with th e camera. The camera will automat ically scan the QR code entry. 3. Touch the QR code entry to view details.[...]

5 Getting started Getting started Locking and unlocking the screen Locking the screen • Method 1: Press the power button to manually lock the screen. • Method 2: After being idle for a specifi ed period of time, the scree n will lock automatically . To set the screen lock method, touch Settings on the home screen. On the General tab, touch Scre[...]

Getting started 6 Connecting to a Wi-Fi network 1. Swipe down from the status bar to open the noti fication panel. 2. Under Shortcuts , touch and hold to display the Wi-Fi settings screen. 3. Touch the Wi-Fi switch to turn on Wi-Fi. Your phon e then scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays t hem. 4. Touch the Wi-Fi network you wan t to conne[...]

7 Getting started Importing contacts from your old phone You can import contacts from your ol d phone in any of the following ways: USB flash drive If you have a microSD card inserted, you ca n use your phone as a USB storage device, read data from the microSD card an d transfer data to and from a computer. For details, see USB flash drive mode . S[...]

Getting started 8 Touchscreen gestures Touch : Tap an item once. For example, touch an application to select or open it. Touch and hold : Touch and leave your finger on the screen for 2 seconds or more. For example, touch and hold a blank area on the home screen to enter editing mode. Swipe : Move your finger ver tically or horizontally across the [...]

9 Getting started Motio n cont rol Motion contro l lets you c ontrol your phone using simple g estures. For example, mute the phone by turning ov er your phone or answer and make calls quickly. 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Motion cont rol . 3. On the Mot ion con tr ol screen, select an option and selec t a motion to [...]

Getting started 10 • Shake : Touch and hold a blank area on the home screen to enter editing mode. Shake your phon e to arrange your icon s. • Doubl e touc h : Touch the screen twice to turn it on. • Draw : When your phone's screen is turn ed off, draw a letter to open the corresponding applic ation. Motion control gestures may vary acco[...]

11 Getting started Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) network connected High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network connected Long Term Evolution (LTE) network connected Roaming Aeropla ne mode enabled Bluetooth on Receiving loc ation data from GPS Vibration mod e enabled Silence mode enabled Alarms enabled Charging Battery full Battery low C[...]

Getting started 12 Home Your home screens are where you can fin d your favourite widgets and all your applications. We did away with the application li st to give you a more convenient and direct path to your applications. Status bar: displays notifications and ic ons. Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Display area: dis[...]

13 Getting started Switching between home screens Running out of space on the home screen? Not to worry. Your phone lets you create additional home screens. Auto-rotate screen If you rotate your phone when browsing a web page or viewing a photo, your screen automatically changes between land scape and po rtrait views. Additionally, this feature all[...]

Getting started 14 Organising applications and widgets on the home screen The following operations allow you to or ganise your applic ation, widget or folder: • Adding a widget : On the home s creen, touch and ho ld a blank area to display the Widgets option menu. Select a widget and drag it to the home screen. If the home screen doesn't hav[...]

15 Getting started Notification Status indicator The status indicator on your phone indicat es the following informati on depending o n the phone's status: • Blinking red: The battery level is low. • Steady red (when charging): The battery l evel is low. • Steady yell ow (when cha rging): The batte ry level is med ium. • Steady green ([...]

Getting started 16 Accessing applications Starting applications and switching between them On the home screen, touch an appl ication icon to open it. To switch to another application, touch Home to return to the home screen and then touch the icon of the application you want to open. Viewing recently used applications Touch Recent to display the li[...]

17 Getting started 2. Under All , touch Home screen style . 3. Choose Simple and touch . Touch Standard hom e to switch from the simple home screen to the standard home screen. Changing the theme 1. On the home screen, touch Themes . 2. Select a the me and touch Apply . Changing the w allpaper 1. Touch and hold a blank area on the home screen to en[...]

Getting started 18 • Music : Choose from the audio files you have saved to your phone. If your phone features dual SIM suppo rt, you can set a ringtone for each SIM. 4. Touch . Changing the font size 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Display . 3. Touch Font size and select a font size. Textin g Your phone comes with mul[...]

19 Getting started Huawei Swype input method Slide across letters to enter a word. Touch to switch between lowerc ase and uppercase letters. Touch and hold to go to the input settings screen. Touch to enter numbers a nd symbols. • Touch to enter a space. • Touch and hold to choose another language. • Touch to delete the character next to the [...]

Getting started 20 Android input method The Android input method may no t be available on all phones. • Touch to switch between lowercase and uppe rcase letters. • Touch and hold or quickl y touch twice to turn on caps lock. Touch to enter numbers a nd symbols. • Touch to use voice input. • Touch and hold to open the Input options menu. •[...]

21 Getting started Editing text You can select, cut, copy and paste text on your ph one. • Select text : Touch and hold the text to bring up . Then drag or to select more or less text or touch Select all to select all text in the text box. • Copy text : Select text and touch Copy . • Cut tex t : Select text and touch Cut . • Paste text : To[...]

Calls and contacts 22 Calls and contacts Making a call Smart dialling Smart diallin g lets you qu ic kly find c ontacts by ente ring parts of their names or numbers. 1. On the home screen, touch Dialler . 2. Under Diall er , enter the initials or first few letters of a contact's name or part of the contact's phone number. Ma tching contac[...]

23 Calls and contacts Making an emergency call In the event of an emergency, you will still be able to make emergency calls without using a SIM card. However, you must be in an area with network coverage. 1. On the home screen, touch Dialler . 2. Under Diall er , enter your local emergency n umber and then touch . For some phone models, you can mak[...]

Calls and contacts 24 Making an international call 1. On the home screen, touch Dialler . 2. On the dial ler, touch and hold 0 to enter + . 3. Enter the country or region code, area code and phon e number in sequence. 4. Touch . If your phone features dual SIM support, touch or . Answering or rejecting a call When a call comes in, you can press the[...]

25 Calls and contacts What you can do during a call To return to the call screen, swipe down from the status bar to open the notification pane l and then touch Current call . Touch > to place the current call on hold, then touch again to resume the call. Touch to mute or unmute the microphone. Touch to start a three-way call. Make sure you have [...]

Calls and contacts 26 Answering a third-part y call Before you answer a third -party call, make sure that you have turned on call waiting. 1. If a call comes in when you ar e already in another call, drag right to answer the new call and place the f irst call on hold. 2. To switch betwee n the two calls, touc h > . Making a conference ca ll You [...]

27 Calls and contacts 3. Touch or . You can also touch and hold the number yo u want to add and touch Create new contact or Save to existing co ntact . Deleting call records 1. On the home screen, touch Dialler . 2. Under Diall er , you can: • Touch and hold a contact name or phone number and then t ouch Delete entry to delete the call record. ?[...]

Calls and contacts 28 4. Select a forwa rding mode. 5. Enter the phone number to which you wa nt to forwar d calls and then touch Enable . Enabling call waiting The call waiting function lets you answer another i ncoming call when you are already busy in a call and switch be tween the two calls. 1. On the home screen, touch Phone . 2. Under Phone ,[...]

29 Calls and contacts Deleting a contact 1. On the home screen, touch Contacts . 2. Touch > Delete . 3. Touch the contacts you want to delete or touch Select all to select all contacts. 4. Touch . 5. Touch Delete . Searching for a contact 1. On the home screen, touch Contacts . 2. Enter the contact name or initials. Matching contacts are display[...]

Calls and contacts 30 2. Touch > Import/Exp ort > Import from SIM card 1/ Import f rom SIM c ard 2 . If your phone features dual SIM support, you can select which card you want to export your contacts to. 3. Touch the contacts you want to import or touch Select all to select all contacts, then touch . 4. Choose the location you want the conta[...]

31 Calls and contacts Exporting contacts to a storage device 1. On the home screen, touch Contacts . 2. Touch > Import/Exp ort > Export to st orage . 3. Touch Export . 4. Choose where you want to export the contacts from and touch OK . To view the .vcf file you just exported, open Files . By default, the file is saved to the root directory of[...]

Calls and contacts 32 2. Touch and hold the contact you want to add to your favourites, then touch Add to favourit es . You can also touch > Add to favou rites on a contact details screen to add the contact to your favourit es. Contact groups You can create a contact group and send a message or email to all group members simultaneously. Creating[...]

33 Calls and contacts Sending messages or emails to a cont act group 1. On the home screen, touch contact . 2. Touch Groups and select the contact group yo u want to send a message or email to. 3. Touch to send a mess age or touc h to send an email. Deleting a contact group 1. On the home screen, touch Contacts . 2. Touch Groups . 3. Touch and hold[...]

Messaging and email 34 Messaging and email Sending a text message 1. On the home screen, touch Messaging . 2. In the list of message threads, touch . 3. Touch the recipient text box and ente r the contact name or phone number. You can also touc h to enter the contact list screen and choose a contact or contact group. 4. Touch the text field to wr i[...]

35 Messaging and email 2. In the list of message threads, touc h a contact name or phone number to view the conversation thread. 3. Touch and hold the message you want to forward, and touch . 4. Touch the recipient text box and ente r the contact name or phone number. 5. Touch . Add a message to your favourites You can add important messages to you[...]

Messaging and email 36 Adding an email account Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account Certain parameters must be set when you add a POP3 or IMAP email account. For details, co ntact your em ail service prov ider. 1. On the home screen, touch Email . 2. Touch Others . 3. Enter your email address and password, then touch Next . 4. Follow the onscreen pr[...]

37 Messaging and email Sending an email 1. On the home screen, touch Email . 2. Touch . 3. Touch Sender to choose an email account. 4. Enter one or more recipients. To send the email to mu ltiple recipients, touch Cc/Bcc: . Separate different emai l addre sses with semicolons (;) . 5. Enter your email subjec t and content and to uch to a dd an atta[...]

Messaging and email 38 Setting up an account Switching between email accounts If you have logged into multiple email ac c o u n t s o n y o u r p h o n e , s w i t c h t o t h e one you want to use before you view or send emails. 1. On the home screen, touch Email . 2. On the Inbox screen, touch in the upper left corner to open the account list. 3.[...]

39 Camera and Gallery Camera and Gallery Capture screen Touch to set the flash mode. Swipe left or right to switch the c apture mode. Touch to view your photos and videos. Touch and hold to take burst shots. Re lease your finger to stop shooting. Touch to switch the filter. • Touch an object on the vi ewfinder to focus the camera on it. • Sprea[...]

Camera and Gallery 40 Taking a photo 1. On the home screen, touch Camera . 2. Frame the scene you want to captur e. Your phone wi ll automa tically determine a f ocal point. Y ou can al so touch a point on the screen to focus the camera on it. If the frame turns red, the camera wa s unable to focus . Adjust the fram e until the camera is able to fo[...]

41 Camera and Gallery • Object tracking : Touch and enable this under Settings . Touch an object on the capture screen . Your camera wil l keep it as the focal poi nt while capturi ng a ph oto. • Volume button function : Touch and enable th is under Settings . When your screen is off or locked, align your phone with the object you wan t to capt[...]

Camera and Gallery 42 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 cont rol . 3. Touch Audio cont rol to switch to audio control mode. 4. Frame the scene you want to capture. Your phon e will take a photo when the surrounding nois e reaches[...]

43 Camera and Gallery Video shooting mode On the video shooting screen, touch > to select a video shooting mode. • Beauty mode : Enable automatic beauty mode while recording. • Object tracking : Select an object as a focal point while recordi ng. Camera settings On the capture screen, touch > to configure the follow ing settings: • Reso[...]

Camera and Gallery 44 Playing a slideshow 1. On the home screen, touch Gallery . 2. View the album in timeline mode and tou ch > Slideshow . 3. Touch the screen to stop the slideshow. Editing a photo You can adjust the photo brightness, saturation a nd size and apply fa cial enhancement to people in the photo. 1. On the home screen, touch Galler[...]

45 Camera and Gallery 3. Touch , choose a sharing method and fo llow the onscreen prompts to share your photo or video. When viewing a photo or video, swipe up from the bottom of your screen to enable th e free sharing m ode and share the file with your friends through Bluetooth. Setting a photo as the wallpaper 1. On the home screen, touch Gallery[...]

Music and video 46 Music and video Adding songs You can copy songs to your phone so th at you can li sten to them wh erever you are. Add songs to y our phone by: • Copying songs from your com puter using the USB cable. For details, see MTP mode . • Downloading songs from the Internet. • Copying songs via Blueto oth. For details, see Rece ivin[...]

47 Music and video When a song is playing, touch Home to exit the playback screen without stopping the song. To return to the music playba ck screen, open the notification panel and touc h the playing song. • Swipe left or ri ght to switch be tween the album co ver, playlist and lyrics. • Touch this area to adjust the music volume and displa y [...]

Music and video 48 Creating a playlist 1. On the home screen, touch Music . 2. Touch Playli sts > Create new playlist . 3. Name the playlist and touch Save . 4. In the pop-up dialogue 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 Playli sts . 3. Select the playl [...]

49 Music and video 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 . Touch to lock t he screen. After the scre en has been locked, you will not be able to perform any operations on the video playing i nterface. • Swipe left or righ t to fast forward or replay the vide[...]

Network and sharing 50 Network and sharing Turning on mobile data 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then All . 2. Under Wirel ess & networks , touch More . 3. Touch Mobile networks . 4. Touch Data enab led to enable your phone's mobile data service. When you don't need to access the Inte rnet, turn off mobile data to save battery [...]

51 Network and sharing 2. Touch Wi-Fi . 3. Touch the Wi-Fi switch to enable Wi-Fi. 4. Touch Advanced settings . You can then: • Touch WPS c onn ecti on and press the WPS button on the Wi-Fi router. • Touch WPS PIN connecti on and enter the PIN gene rated from your phone on your router. Sharing your phone's mobile data connection Wi-Fi hots[...]

Network and sharing 52 USB tethering You can share you r phone's da ta connection with a comput er using a USB cable. To use USB tethering, you may need to install your phone's driver on the computer or establish a correspondin g network connection, depending on your computer's operating system. 1. Use a USB cable to connect your pho[...]

53 Network and sharing 3. Touch Turn on Blueto oth to turn on Bluetooth. Your phone will automatically search for and displ ay available Bluetooth devices. 4. Touch a device and follow th e onscreen prompts to pair it with your phone. To unpair the two devices, touch next to the paire d device and then touch Unpair . Renaming your phone By default,[...]

Network and sharing 54 Connecting two devices using Wi-Fi Direct Before us ing Wi-Fi Direc t to connect two devices, ensure that you have turned on Wi-Fi on both devices. 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Wi-Fi . 3. Touch Wi-Fi to enable Wi-Fi. 4. Touch Wi-Fi Di rec t to scan for available devices. 5. Choose a device. Sen[...]

55 Network and sharing After the driv er has been in stalled, open the newly re cognised driv e and start transferring media files betwe en your phone and computer. Multimedia content on your phone can be vi ewed through Wind ows Media Player. HiSuite mode HiSuite i s a file transfe r application de veloped by Huawei that lets you back up, synchron[...]

Applications 56 Applications Managing applications Downloading applications A wide se lection of ap plications are av ailabl e from a variet y of sources. You can: • Download applications from App Centre. • Download applications from w eb pages using the browser on your phone. • Download applications using a computer , and copy the applicatio[...]

57 Applications System applicat ions can't be shared. Uninstalling an application 1. On the home scree n, touch and hold the icon of the application you want to uninstall un til is displayed at the top of the screen. 2. Drag the icon to and follow the onscreen prompts to uninstall the application. Some pre-in stalled applicati ons can't b[...]

Applications 58 Phone Manager Phone Manager is a free syste m mana gement application that helps you protect and man age your ph one. With Phone Manager, you can: • Optimise system performance by diag nosing your phone, cleaning trash files and more. • Enable power saving mode to maxi mise your phone's standby time. • Block unwanted call[...]

59 Applications • Touch Harassment filter to set a blacklist to block unwanted messages and calls. • Touch Notification manager to block unwanted push notifications. • Turn on Do not disturb . Your phone will only ring when you recei ve calls from authorised contacts. Tones for ot her calls, messag e tones and other notification tones will be[...]

Applications 60 Synchronising a calendar 1. On the home screen, touch Calendar . 2. Touch > Calendars to be displayed . 3. Select the account whose calendar you want to display. 4. Touch > Calendars to be synced . 5. Select the account to synchronise its calendar. Clock Alarm 1. On the home screen, touch Clock . 2. Under Alarm , you can: • [...]

61 Applications • Set your time zone: Touch to set your home time z one and system date and time. • Delete a city: Touch > Edit cities , touch beside the city you want to delete and then touch . Stopwatch 1. On the home screen, touch Clock . 2. Under Stopwatch , touch to s tart ti ming. 3. Touch to record mul tiple laps. 4. Touch to stop the[...]

Applications 62 Weather Weather allows you to check the weather forecast for your location and many cities acro ss the globe. Adding a city Add cities to check their weather information in real-time. 1. On the home screen, touch Tools > Weath er . 2. Touch > and enter a city name. Match ing cities are then displayed. 3. Select the city you wa[...]

63 Applications Note Adding a note 1. On the home screen, touch Tools > Notepad . 2. Touch New note and enter your note. Touch to add an image. 3. Touch . After the note has been saved, you can al so share, delete or add it to your favourites. Modifying your note settings 1. On the home screen, touch Tools > Notepad . 2. Touch > Settings t[...]

Applications 64 Listening to FM radio On the home screen, touch Tools > FM Radio . Touch to enable or disable the speaker. Touch to turn the FM radio on or off. Touch to return to the previous station. Touch to go to the next station. Touch to add the current station to your favourites. Touch to search and vie w the station list, view your favou[...]

65 Phone settings Phone settings Turning on location services Before you use a map or na vigation appl ication, make sure you have turned on location services. 1. On the home screen, touch Setti ngs . 2. Under All , touch Location services . 3. Touch Access to my location to turn on your phone's location services. 4. Touch Mode . You can then:[...]

Phone settings 66 • Touch Phone ringtone to select a ringtone. If your phone features dual SIM support, you can set indivi dual ringtones for each card. • Touch Notif ication rington e to set a notification tone. • Touch System to turn the notification tone or vibration on or off when you touch or lock the scr een, dial a number and more. Mod[...]

67 Phone settings Turning on one-hand UI One-hand UI makes using a phone wi th a large screen much easier. 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. 2. Under Smart assistance , touch More . 3. Touch One-hand UI . 4. Touch One-hand UI to turn on one-hand UI. When one-hand UI is turned on, touch the arrow on either side of the screen to[...]

Phone settings 68 • Touch to clean up the phone memory and close al l applications running in the background. • Touch to collapse the menu. The suspend button may not be available on all phones. Changing the lock screen style Face unlock 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Security . 3. Touch Screen lock > Face Unloc[...]

69 Phone settings Setting a screen unlock PIN 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Security . 3. Touch Screen lock > PIN . 4. Enter at least four digits and then enter them again to confirm. Setting a screen unlock password 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Security . 3. Touch Screen lock > P[...]

Phone settings 70 Setting your SI M card PIN A personal identification number (PIN) i s delivere d with your SIM card to protect your phone data. If you enable the SIM card lock, you must enter the PIN each time you turn your phone on. Before you perform the following operat ions, make s ure you have obtained the PIN for your SIM card from your net[...]

71 Phone settings Deleting an account 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. 2. Under Account s , select an ac count type. 3. Select the account you want to delete. 4. Follow the onscreen prompts to delete the account. Turning on data synchronisation 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. 2. Under Account s , selec[...]

Phone settings 72 Updating your phone • Using unauthorised third-party soft ware to update your phone may damage your phone o r put your pers onal information at risk. It is recommended that you update thro ugh your phone's online update feature or download offi cial update packages from Huawei's official website. • All your data may [...]

73 Phone settings Setting the date and time 1. On the home screen, touch Settings . 2. Under All , touch Date & time . 3. On the Date & time screen, you can: • Touch the Automatic date & time switch to use the network time or manually set the time. • Touch the Automatic time zone switch to use the network time zone or manually set t[...]

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