Huawei MatePad Pro User manual

User Guide

MatePad Pro

Contents

Essentials

System Navigation 1

Phone Clone 2

Lock and Unlock Your Screen 3

Get Familiar with the Home Screen 4

Shortcut Switches 4

Home Screen Widgets 4

Set Your Wallpaper 5

Screenshots & Screen Recording 5

View and Clear Notications 7

Adjust Sound Settings 7

Enter Text 8

Split-screen Mode & Floating Window 8

Charging 10

Smart Features

AI Lens 13

HiTouch 13

Easy Projection 13

Multi-Screen Collaboration 15

Huawei Share 17

Camera and Gallery

Launch Camera 20

Take Photos 20

Master AI 21

Take Wide-Angle or Long-Focus Photos 22

Take Panoramic Photos 22

Light Painting 22

Take HDR Photos 24

Moving Pictures 24

Add Stickers to Photos 25

Documents Mode 25

Pro Mode 26

Record Videos 27

4K HD Videos 28

Slow-Mo Recording 28

Time-Lapse Photography 28

Filters 29

Edit Camera Modes 29

Adjust Camera Settings 30

Manage Gallery 30

Huawei Vlog Editor 34

Huawei Vlogs 35

Highlights 36

Apps

Apps 38

Contacts 39

Phone 42

Messaging 48

Calendar 50

Clock 51

Notepad 53

Recorder 54

Email 55

Calculator 59

Flashlight 60

Compass 60

App Twin 60

Quickly Access Frequently Used App Features 60

Tablet Manager 61

Phone Clone 63

HiSuite 64

Tips 65

Settings

Wi-Fi 67

Bluetooth 68

Mobile Data 69

More Connections 71

Home Screen & Wallpaper 76

Display & Brightness 78

Sounds & Vibration 81

Notications 84

Biometrics & Password 85

Apps 87

Battery 87

Storage 89

Security 89

Privacy 93

Accessibility Features 96

Users & Accounts 98

System & Updates 98

About Tablet 103

Contents

Essentials

System Navigation

Change the Navigation Mode

Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation to select a navigation mode

according to your preferences.

Navigate with Gestures

Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation and enable or disable

Gestures.

After enabling Gestures, you can:

•Go back to the previous screen: Swipe inward from the left or right edge.

•Return to the home screen: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen.

•Access the recent tasks screen: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and hold.

•Close an app from the recent tasks screen: Swipe up on an app preview.

•Access in-app menus: In applicable third-party apps, swipe inward from the left or right

edge near the top of the screen.

Three-Key Navigation

Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation, and select Three-key

navigation.

Touch Settings to select the navigation key combination you prefer.

The icons on the navigation bar are as follows:

•: Back key to return to the previous screen, exit an app, or close the onscreen keyboard.

•: Home key to return to the home screen.

•: Recents key to display the recent tasks screen. Touch and hold it to access Split-screen

mode.

Customize the Navigation Key Combination

Go to Three-key navigation > Settings. You can:

•Select a navigation key combination.

•Enable Hide navigation keys to allow you to hide the navigation bar when not in use.

Navigation Dock

Go to Settings > System & updates > System navigation > Navigation dock, and

enable Navigation dock.

After the Navigation dock button appears, you can:

•Drag the button to your desired position.

•Touch the button to go back.

•Double-touch the button to go back two steps.

•Touch and hold the button, then release it to go back to the home screen.

•Touch and hold the button, then swipe left or right to view recent tasks.

Phone Clone

Phone Clone lets you quickly and seamlessly move all the basic data (including contacts,

calendar, images, and videos) from your old tablet to your new tablet.

Clone Data from an Android Device

1On your new tablet, open Phone Clone (in the Tools folder by default). Alternatively,

go to Settings > System & updates > Phone Clone, touch This is the new phone,

then touch Huawei or Other Android.

2Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install Phone Clone on your old device.

3On your old device, open Phone Clone and touch This is the old phone. Follow the

onscreen instructions to connect your old device with your new tablet by scanning a code

or connecting manually.

4On your old device, select the data you want to clone, then touch Transfer to start

cloning.

Phone Clone is only available on tablets running Android 4.4 or later.

Clone Data from an iPhone or iPad

1On your new tablet, open Phone Clone (in the Tools folder by default). Alternatively,

go to Settings > System & updates > Phone Clone, touch This is the new phone,

then touch iPhone/iPad.

2Follow the onscreen instructions to download and install Phone Clone on your old device.

3On your old device, open Phone Clone and touch This is the old phone. Follow the

onscreen instructions to connect your old device with your new tablet by scanning a code

or connecting manually.

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4On your old device, select the data you want to clone, then follow the onscreen

instructions to complete the data cloning.

Phone Clone is only available on tablets running iOS 8.0 or later.

Lock and Unlock Your Screen

Lock the Screen

If your tablet remains inactive for a period of time, it will automatically lock the screen and

enter sleep mode to save power.

Alternative, you can manually lock the screen in either of the following ways:

•Press the Power button.

•On the home screen, pinch together two ngers to enter screen editing mode. Touch

Widgets, then drag the Screen Lock icon to the home screen. You can now touch the

Screen Lock icon to lock the screen.

Wake Screen

You can turn on the screen in either of the following ways:

•Press the Power button.

•Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Wake screen and

enable Raise to wake or Double-tap screen to wake.

•When Raise to wake is enabled, you can pick up your tablet to turn on the screen.

•When Double-tap screen to wake is enabled, you can touch the screen twice to turn it

on.

Enter the Password to Unlock the Screen

Once the screen is turned on, swipe from any position on the screen to display the password

input panel. Then enter your lock screen password.

Use Face Unlock

Turn on the screen and align it with your face. Your tablet will unlock once your face is

recognized.

Change the Lock Screen Display

Display Your Signature on the Lock Screen

Go to Settings > Home screen & wallpaper, touch Lock screen signature, then type

text to display on the lock screen.

To remove the signature, touch Lock screen signature and delete the text.

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Access Apps from the Lock Screen

You can access commonly used apps such as Camera, Recorder, and Calculator from the lock

screen.

•On the lock screen, swipe up on the icon to open Camera.

•On the lock screen, swipe up from the bottom of the lock screen to open the shortcut

panel. Shortcuts for Recorder, Flashlight, Calculator, and Timer will be available for you

to choose from.

Get Familiar with the Home Screen

From the home screen, you can:

•Check the status of your tablet and notications from the status bar at the top of the

screen.

•Swipe left or right to view apps and widgets displayed on the home screen.

Shortcut Switches

Turn on a Shortcut Switch

Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel, then swipe down on it again

to show all shortcuts.

•Touch a shortcut switch to enable or disable the corresponding feature.

•Touch and hold a shortcut switch to enter the settings screen for that feature.

•Touch to open Settings.

Customize Shortcut Switches

Touch , touch and hold an icon, then drag it to the desired position.

Home Screen Widgets

You can add, move, or delete home screen widgets, such as Screen lock, Weather, Notepad,

Clock, Contacts, and Calendar, according to your personal requirements.

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Add a Widget to the Home Screen

1Pinch together two ngers on the home screen to access the Home screen editor.

2Touch Widgets, then swipe left to view all widgets.

3Some widgets, like Weather, come in various formats. Touch the widget to view all

formats, then swipe right to return.

4Touch a widget to add it to the home screen. If there is no room on the current screen

page, touch and hold it, then drag it to a dierent screen page.

Move or Delete a Widget

Touch and hold a widget on your home screen until your tablet vibrates, then drag it to the

desired position or touch Remove.

Set Your Wallpaper

Use a Preset Wallpaper

1Go to Settings > Home screen & wallpaper > Wallpaper.

2Touch an image you want to set as the wallpaper.

3Set the following according to your preferences:

•Blur: applies a blur eect, which can be adjusted by dragging the slider.

•Scrollable: enables the wallpaper to be scrollable on the home screen.

4Touch , then determine whether you'd like to set it as the wallpaper for the Lock

screen, Home screen, or Both.

Set an Image from Gallery as Your Wallpaper

1Open Gallery, and open the image you want to set as your wallpaper.

2Go to > Set as > Wallpaper, then follow the onscreen instructions.

Screenshots & Screen Recording

Take a Screenshot

Use a Key Combination to Take a Screenshot

Press and hold the Power and Volume down buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot.

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Use a Shortcut to Take a Screenshot

Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel, then swipe down on it again

to show all shortcuts. Touch to take a screenshot.

Share and Edit a Screenshot, or Switch to Scrollshot

After you take a screenshot, a thumbnail will display in the lower left corner of the screen.

Then you can:

•Swipe down on the thumbnail to take a scrolling screenshot.

This function is not supported in landscape view.

•Swipe up on the thumbnail to select a sharing mode and share the screenshot with your

friends.

•Touch the thumbnail to edit or delete it.

Screenshots are saved to Gallery by default.

Record the Screen

Record your screen activities in sharable videos to compose a tutorial, show o your

awesome gaming skills, and a lot more.

Use a Key Combination to Start Screen Recording

Press and hold the Power and Volume up buttons simultaneously to start screen recording. To

stop recording, press and hold both buttons again.

Use a Shortcut to Start Screen Recording

1Swipe down from the status bar to open the notication panel, then swipe down on it

again to show all shortcuts.

2Touch Screen Recorder to start screen recording.

3To stop the recording, touch the timer at the top of the screen.

4The recording will be saved to Gallery.

Record Your Voice During Screen Recording

You can enable the microphone to record your voice while recording the screen.

Once you have started a screen recording, touch the microphone icon and ensure that it is

displayed as . Your voice can then also be recorded.

If the microphone is disabled (i.e. if it is displayed as ), you will only be able to record

system sounds (such as gameplay sounds). If you want the screen to be recorded in

silence, mute your tablet and turn o the music and any other media sound before

starting the screen recording.

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View and Clear Notications

View Notications

When there is a notication reminder, you can turn on the screen and swipe down from the

status bar to open the notication panel and view the notication.

Clear Notications

•Swipe right on a notication reminder to clear the notication.

•Touch at the bottom of the notication panel to clear all notications.

Block, Silence, or Delay Notications

Swipe left on a notication, then touch to block, silence, or delay notications from that

source.

Some system notications can't be blocked, cleared, or delayed.

Adjust Sound Settings

Press a Volume Button to Adjust the Volume

Press the Volume up or down button to adjust the volume.

Press the Power Button to Mute Your Device When It Rings

When your tablet rings for an incoming call or alarm, you can press the Power button to

mute it.

Flip to Mute or Raise to Reduce the Ringtone Volume

When there is an incoming call, you can ip your tablet to mute it, or raise it up to reduce

the ringtone volume.

For the features to take eect, go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts &

gestures > Mute ringtone/Reduce volume and make sure that Flip to mute ringtone and

Raise to lower volume are enabled.

Voice calls are not supported on Wi-Fi only tablets.

Set the Default Volume

Go to Settings > Sounds & vibration, then you can set the volume for the following

items:

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