Huawei Mate 9 User Manual

Huawei Mobile Phones

This manual is related to the following products:

Mate 9 Pro

Table of contents

Document Outline

Contents
Foreword
Unboxing your Phone
- Getting to know your phone
- Inserting a SIM card and microSD card
- Charging your phone
- Viewing the battery status
  - Viewing the battery status
  - Displaying the remaining battery percentage in the status bar
Getting Started
- Setup wizard
- Enabling or disabling a SIM card
- Naming a SIM card
- Selecting the default mobile data SIM
- Setting the default SIM card
- Connectingto the Internet
- Importing data from your old phone
- Viewing recommended settings
Screen and Display
- Home screen
- Locking and unlocking the screen
- Notification panel and status bar
- Navigation bar
- Themes
  - About themes
  - Changing the theme
    - Changing the theme
- Floating dock
- Global search
  - About global search
  - Searching for content on your phone's internal storage
- Screenshot
- Screen recording
- Split-screen mode
- Using motion gestures
- Eye comfort mode
- Display settings
Network and Sharing
- Mobile Internet
  - Usingmobile data
  - Sharing your mobile Internet with other devices
- Wi-Fi
- Bluetooth
- NFC
- Multi-screen
  - Using multi-screen
  - Mirroring your screen to a display device
- VPNs
  - About VPNs
  - Connecting to a VPN
- HiSuite
  - Using HiSuite
  - Installing HiSuite
    - System requirements
    - Installing HiSuite and connecting your phone to a computer
- Using Huawei Share to transfer files between two Huawei devices
  - Enabling Huawei Share
  - Using Huawei Share to transfer files
- Using a USB port to transfer data
Security and Backup
- Fingerprint recognition
- User accounts
- Security settings
  - Setting your SIM card PIN
  - Encrypting a microSD card
- Backing up and restoring data
- File management
Calls and Contacts
- Making calls
- Answering calls
  - Answering or rejecting a call
  - Switching between calls
- Making a conference call
- In-call options
- Managing call logs
- Call settings
- Creating a contact card
- Creating a new contact
- Importing and exporting contacts
- Managing contacts
- Searchingfor contacts
  - Finding contacts
  - Searching for a contact from thehome screen
- Sharingcontacts
  - Sharea contact's vCard
  - Share a contact's QR code
- Adding a contact to your favorites
- Changing contact photos
- Viewing call records for individual contacts
- Assigning a ringtone to a contact
- Contact groups
Messaging and Email
- Sending a message
- Replying to a message
- Using RCS instant messaging
- Searching for messages
- Deleting message threads
- Managing messages
- Returning to the top of the message list
- Pinning messages to the top of the list
- Marking messages as read
- Blocking spam messages
- Adding a message signature
- Configuring the message ringtone
- Identifying malicious URLs in text messages
- Receiving delivery reports
- Adding an email account
  - Adding a personal email account
  - Adding an Exchange account
- Sending emails
- Replying to emails
- Managing emails
  - Viewing emails
  - Saving email attachments
  - Moving multiple emails
  - Syncing emails
- Searching emails
- Viewing email folders
- Managing VIP contacts
- Managing email accounts
  - Adding an email account
  - Switching between email accounts
  - Configuring an email account
- Configuring Mail
  - Configuring automatic replies
  - Configuring an email signature
  - Configuring email notifications
  - Configuring the email view
  - Configuring how emails are sorted
Calendar and Notepad
- Changing the calendar view
- Viewing global holidays
- Birthday reminders
- Syncing events
  - Syncing events from your Exchange account
- Creating an event
- Sharing events
- Deleting an event
- Searching for events
- Sending event invitations
- Creating a note
- Managing notes
- Backing up notes
  - Backing up notes
  - Importing notes
Camera and Gallery
- Camera options
- Photos and video recordings
  - Taking a photo
  - Ultra Snapshot
  - Burst shooting
  - Self timer
  - Audio-controlled shooting
  - Muting the camera shutter
  - Adding a Leica watermark
  - Shooting a video
- Object recognition and Pro camera mode
  - Pro camera options
  - Pro camera settings
- Wide aperture mode
- Monochrome mode
- Beauty mode
- Perfect Selfie mode
- HDR mode
- Taking panoramic shots
  - Taking a panoramic self-portrait
  - Taking a panoramic photo
- Super Night mode
- Light Painting mode
  - Open Camera. Swipe right on the viewfinder and touch Light painting. Touch the button at the bottom-right corner of the screen to choose a setting:lTail light trails: Capture trails of light made by cars at night.lLight graffiti: Capture trails of light in a dark environment.lSilky water: Capture silky-smooth images of flowing water.lStar track: Capture stunning images of star trails in the night sky.Light Painting mode uses longer exposures. To minimize camera shake, place your phone on a stable surface or use a tripod.
- Slow motion recording
- Time-lapse mode
- Adding watermarks to photos
- Audio notes
- Document correction
- Managing shooting modes
  - Rearranging the shooting mode list
  - Updating shooting modes
  - Deleting shooting modes
- Configuring the camera settings
  - Setting the photo and video resolutions
  - Configuring the default storage location for photos and videos
  - Adding an overlay
  - Configuring the volume button function
  - Configuring the touch and hold settings for the shutter
  - Other camera settings
- Viewing photos and videos
  - Viewing photos in full screen mode
  - Viewing photos and videos in chronological order
  - Viewing photos by location
  - Viewing photos and videos by album
  - Viewing photos as a slideshow
- Organizing albums
  - Adding photos or videos to a new album
  - Moving photos and videos
  - Moving albums
  - Rearranging albums
  - Deleting photos and videos
- Sharing photos and videos
  - 1Open Gallery.2Touch and hold a photo or video thumbnail and select the files that you want to share.3Touch . Choose a sharing method and follow the onscreen instructions to share your files.
- Editing a photo
- Editing Videos
  - Editing a video
  - Cropping slow-motion videos
- Configuring Gallery
  - Displaying the photo date and location
Music and Video
- About Music
- Searching for music
  - Sort your music by category or search with a keyword to find your music files quickly.1Open Music.2Touch Local songs.3Touch to search for and view music stored on your phone.4You can choose to organize your music by song name, artist, album name, or folder. To search for a specific song, touch and enter the song name, artist, or album in the search bar.
- Deleting songs
- Creating a playlist
- Playing a playlist
  - 1Open Music.2Touch Playlists.3Select the desired playlist. Touch a song to start playback, or touch Shuffle all to shuffle all songs.
- Controlling playback using a smart headset
- Playing a video
Phone Manager
- Optimizing performance
- Enhancing speed
- Managing data usage
- Harassment filter
- Battery management
  - Viewing battery usage statistics
  - Reducing power consumption
- Managing app permissions
- Virus scanner
- Encrypting apps
- Setting apps to close automatically when the screen is locked
- Configuring Phone Manager
  - Adding shortcuts
Tools
- Logging in to two social media accounts at the same time
- Health
  - Recording exercise data
- Weather
- Clock
- Smart Controller
- Sound recorder
- Calculator
  - Use the calculator
  - Calculator shortcut
- Mirror
- Compass
- Flashlight
  - Using the flashlight
  - Turning off the flashlight
System Features and Settings
- Power on and off timer
- Restarting your phone
- Changing the system language
- Using the Google input method
- Input method settings
  - Adding a keyboard
  - Displaying the onscreen keyboard when your phone is connected to a physical keyboard
  - Selecting the default input method
- Editing text
  - Selecting text
  - Copying text
  - Cutting text
  - Pasting text
  - Sharing text
- Airplane mode
- Updating your carrier settings
- Configuring the sound settings
  - Adjusting the system volume
  - Configuring silent mode
  - Quickly switch between Silence mode, Vibration, Sound mode
  - Setting the default notification tone
  - Configuring dialpad touch tones
  - Enabling or disabling system alert sounds and haptic feedback
- One-hand mode
- Gloves mode
- Do not disturb
  - Do not disturb mode
  - Configuring the do not disturb timer
  - Enabling do not disturb mode for events in your Exchange calendar
  - Enabling do not disturb mode for events in your calendar
  - Adding do not disturb rules
- Setting up an account
  - Adding an account
  - Deleting an account
  - Syncing data with your phone
- Viewing memory and storage information
- Setting the date and time
- Enabling location access
  - Configuring the location settings
  - Increasing indoor positioning accuracy
- Restoring system settings
- Restoring the network settings
- Restoring factory settings
- OTA updates
- Viewing product information
  - Renaming your device
  - Viewing your model number and version information
  - Viewing your IMEI
  - Viewing your phone's specifications
- Accessibility features
  - About TalkBack
  - Enabling TalkBack
  - Using TalkBack to control your phone
  - Configuring the TalkBack settings
  - Captions
  - Magnification gestures
  - Using the power button to end a call
  - Audible password prompts
  - Text To Speech (TTS) output
  - Configuring the touch and hold delay
  - Color correction
  - Enabling shortcuts for accessibility features
Accessories
- Flip Case Mode
Obtaining help
Personal Information and Data Security
List of safety features
Legal Notice
- Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2016. All rights reserved.
- Trademarks and Permissions
- Notice
- Third-Party Software Statement
- DISCLAIMER
- Import and Export Regulations