Huawei Honor 5x User manual

User Guide

Contents

Foreword

Highlights

New camera modes 2

Thumb mode 2

Safe 4

Getting started

Locking and unlocking the screen 6

Dual SIM settings 6

Connecting to a Wi-Fi network 7

Turning on mobile data 8

Connecting your phone to a computer 8

Importing contacts from your old phone 8

Touchscreen gestures 9

Motion control 11

Status icons 12

Home screen 13

Notifications 16

Accessing applications 17

Personalizing your phone 18

Entering text 20

Calls and contacts

Making a call 24

Answering or rejecting a call 26

In-call menu 26

Answering a third-party call 27

Making a conference call 27

Using the call log 28

Turning on pocket mode 29

Call settings 29

Managing contacts 30

Importing or exporting contacts 30

Adding a contact to your favorites 33

Contents

Contact groups 33

Messaging and email

Sending a text message 35

Replying to a message 35

Managing messages 35

Setting up an email account 37

Sending an email 38

Checking your email 38

Account settings 39

Camera and gallery

Capture screen 40

Taking a photo 41

Launching the camera from the gallery 41

Capture modes 41

Shooting a video 44

Video shooting modes 44

Camera settings 45

Gallery 45

Scanning a QR code 47

Music and videos

Adding songs 48

Listening to music 48

Creating a playlist 49

Playing a playlist 49

Deleting a playlist 49

Setting a song as the ringtone 50

Playing a video 50

Network and sharing

Enabling mobile data 51

Wi-Fi network 51

Sharing your phone's mobile data 52

Transferring data using Bluetooth 53

Transferring data using Wi-Fi Direct 54

Transferring data between your phone and computer

iii

Contents

Multi-screen display 56

Apps

Managing applications 57

Backup 58

Phone Manager 59

Calendar 60

Clock 61

Weather 63

Notes 64

FM Radio 64

Phone settings

Turning on location services 66

Modifying sound settings 66

Modifying display settings 67

Enabling one-hand UI 68

Touch-disable mode 68

Turning on gloves mode 68

Using the suspend button 69

Changing the lock screen style 69

Turning airplane mode on or off 70

Setting your SIM card PIN 71

Setting up an account 71

Restoring factory settings 72

Updating your phone 73

Setting the date and time 73

Changing the system language 74

Privacy protection 74

Accessibility 75

Legal Notice

Contents

Foreword

This guide is intended to be used with phones running EMUI 3.1.

All pictures and illustrations are for your reference only and may differ from the final

product.

The features described in this guide may not be available on all phones or carriers due to

local service supplier policy.

Symbols and definitions

For more information

You can refer to the Quick Start Guide packaged with your phone.

Go to http://www.hihonor.com to download product manuals (including safety

information), read the FAQs, and view the Privacy Policy.

Go to

Settings

About phone

Legal information

to view important legal information.

Please visit http://www.hihonor.com/global/support for the most up-to-date contact

information for your country or region.

Note Highlights important information and tips, and provides

additional information.

Caution

Indicates potential problems that may arise, such as

device damage or data loss, if proper care or attention is

not given.

Highlights

New camera modes

These new modes may not be supported by all phones.

Perfect selfie

Set your own custom beauty settings for facial enhancement and beautifying effects

when you take photos in

Beauty

mode.

On the home screen, touch

Camera

Touch > >

Perfect selfie

Enable

Perfect selfie

Touch

Perfect selfie

and take three self-portrait shots.

On the

Set beauty effects

screen, adjust your beauty settings, and then touch .

Beauty

mode, touch to take photos.

Time-lapse mode

Use this mode to create an accelerated video of a slow-changing scene, such as the

sunset or sunrise.

On the home screen, touch

Camera

Swipe left or right to select

Time-lapse

Touch to start recording.

Touch to stop recording. The captured video will be played back at an accelerated

pace.

Thumb mode

Thumb mode makes it easier to use phones with large screens and quickly share QR

contact cards with friends.

Highlights

One-hand layout

On the home screen, touch

Settings

Under

All

, touch

One-hand UI

One-hand layout

Enable

One-hand layout

. You can then swipe the virtual navigation bar to either side to

change the screen layout, bringing everything within reach.

This feature is available only on phones that support a virtual navigation bar. If the

virtual navigation bar is replaced by film navigation keys, this feature will not be

available.

Shifting keyboard

On the home screen, touch

Settings

Under

All

, touch

One-hand UI

Shifting keyboard

Enable

Shifting keyboard

. You can then touch the arrow on either side of the screen to

move the keyboard, dialer, or in-call menu to the side within reach.

This feature may not be available on all phones.

Highlights

Moving the screen down

On the contacts, dialer, messaging, or email screen, if you can't reach items near the top

of the screen, touch the upper half of the screen and drag down and release (after 1

second) to shift the entire interface down closer to your thumb.

From the dialer, contacts or messaging screen, drag down and then release to display

your personal QR contact card. Your friends can scan this to obtain your phone number

instantly.

Safe

The safe is a secure storage location where you can store your important and private

data.

Enabling the safe

On the home screen, touch

Files

Under

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