Huawei Honor 7X User Guide (BND L21, 01, English, Normal)

2017-12-22

• Contents
• Foreword
• Unboxing your Phone
  • Inserting a SIM card and microSD card
  • Charging your device
    • Using a charger to charge your device
    • Using a USB port to charge your device
    • Safety information
    • Battery status information
  • 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
  • Connecting to the Internet
    • Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
    • Connecting using mobile data
• Screen and Display
  • Home screen
    • About the home screen
    • Basic screen gestures
    • Enabling the Drawer home screen
      • Enabling the Drawer home screen
      • Adding app shortcuts to the home screen
      • Reverting to the standard home screen
    • Switching to simple home screen
    • Displaying or hiding notification badges
    • Setting the home screen wallpaper
      • Changing the wallpaper
      • Changing the wallpaper automatically
    • Managing home screen icons
      • Moving home screen icons
      • Deleting apps from the home screen
      • Shaking your device to auto-align icons
    • Managing home screens
      • Adding home screens
      • Deleting home screens
      • Moving home screens
      • Setting the default home screen
    • Managing home screen widgets
      • Adding widgets
      • Moving widgets
      • Deleting widgets
    • Managing home screen folders
      • Creating a folder
      • Renaming folders
      • Adding apps to a folder
      • Removing apps from a folder
      • Deleting folders
  • Locking and unlocking the screen
    • Changing the lock screen style
      • Changing the screen lock method
      • Setting the screen lock password
    • Locking the screen
    • Unlocking the screen
    • Accessing tools from the lock screen
    • Configuring your lock screen signature
  • Notification panel and status bar
    • About the status bar
    • Opening the notification panel and status bar
      • Opening the notification panel and status bar from the lock screen
      • Opening the notification panel and status par when the screen is unlocked
    • About notification and status icons
      • Status icons
      • Notification icons
    • Configuring notifications
    • Configuring the screen to turn on when you receive a notification
    • Configuring the status bar
    • Using shortcut switches to access settings
      • Accessing shortcut switches
      • Configuring shortcut switches
  • Navigation bar
    • About the navigation bar
    • Changing the navigation bar style
    • Using the navigation bar
      • Opening the notification panel
      • Accessing Google Search and split screen mode
    • Managing recent tasks
      • Viewing recent tasks
      • Switching between recent tasks
      • Ending recent tasks
  • Themes
    • About themes
    • Changing the theme
      • 1Open Themes.2You can:lSelect a theme and follow the onscreen instructions to configure the settings.lTouch Customise to mix and match lock screen methods, wallpapers, app icons, and more.
  • Global search
    • About global search
    • Searching for content on your device
      • Searching for contacts
      • Searching for SMS messages
      • Searching for emails
      • Searching for apps
      • Searching for settings
  • Screenshot
    • Capturing the entire screen
      • Taking a screenshot with the power and volume down buttons
      • Screenshot shortcut
    • Taking scrolling screenshots
      • Using the shortcuts tab
    • Viewing, editing, deleting, and sharing screenshots
      • Viewing screenshots
      • Editing a screenshot
      • Sharing a screenshot
      • Deleting a screenshot
  • Screen recording
    • About screen recordings
    • Screen recorder
      • Using the screen recorder shortcut switch
      • Pressing buttons to record
    • Viewing, sharing, and deleting screen recordings
      • Viewing screen recordings
      • Sharing screen recordings
      • Deleting screen recordings
    • Configuring the default storage location for screen recordings
  • Split-screen mode
    • About split-screen mode
    • Enabling split screen mode
      • Using the Recent key to enable split screen mode
      • Using swipe gestures to enable split screen mode
    • Using split screen mode
      • Switching to full screen mode
      • Moving screens
      • Changing the screen orientation
      • Accessing the home screen
    • Exiting split-screen mode
  • Using motion gestures
  • Eye comfort mode
    • Eye comfort mode
    • Adjusting the colour temperature
    • Enabling and disabling eye comfort mode
    • Configuring the timer
  • Display settings
    • Changing the font size
    • Adjusting the screen brightness
    • Configuring the screen rotation settings
• Network and Sharing
  • Mobile Internet
    • Using mobile data
      • Enabling mobile data
      • Enabling data roaming
    • Sharing your mobile Internet with other devices
      • Setting up a portable Wi-Fi hotspot
      • Using USB tethering
      • Using Bluetooth tethering
  • Wi-Fi
    • About Wi-Fi
    • Connecting to the Internet using Wi-Fi
      • Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
      • Connecting to a Wi-Fi network using Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
    • Using Wi-Fi+
    • Using a QR code to share your Wi-Fi hotspot
    • Transferring data using Wi-Fi Direct
      • Enabling or disabling Wi-Fi Direct
      • Using Wi-Fi Direct to send and receive files
  • Bluetooth
    • Connecting to other devices using Bluetooth
      • Enabling Bluetooth and pairing with other devices
      • Unpairing Bluetooth devices
    • Transferring data using Bluetooth
      • Using Bluetooth to share files
      • Sharing photos and videos with Bluetooth
    • Bluetooth settings
      • Renaming your device
      • Making your device visible
  • VPNs
    • About VPNs
    • Connecting to a VPN
  • 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
    • Selecting the USB connection mode
    • Transferring data between your phone and a computer
      • Transfer files
      • Transferring images
      • Transferring MIDI data to your phone
    • Transferring data between your phone and a USB storage device
      • Transferring data between your phone and a USB storage device
• Security and Backup
  • Fingerprint recognition
    • Adding a fingerprint for the first time
    • Adding, deleting, or renaming a fingerprint
    • Accessing Safe with your fingerprint
    • Accessing App Lock with your fingerprint
  • Security settings
    • Setting your SIM card PIN
    • Setting microSD card password
• Camera and Gallery
  • Camera options
  • Photos and video recordings
    • Taking a photo
      • Geotagging photos
      • Zooming in and out
      • Adjusting the exposure
      • Turning on the flash
      • Using filters to enhance images
    • Ultra Snapshot
    • Burst shooting
    • Self timer
    • Audio-controlled shooting
    • Shooting a video
      • Shooting a video
      • Zooming in and out
      • Turning on the flash
  • Object recognition and Pro camera mode
    • Pro camera options
    • Pro camera settings
      • Selecting the metering mode
      • Adjusting the ISO
      • Adjusting the shutter speed
      • Adjusting the exposure compensation
      • Changing the focus mode
      • Setting the white balance
      • Using the spirit level
  • Wide aperture mode
  • Taking a beautiful photo in Portrait mode
    • Enabling Portrait mode on the front camera
    • Enabling Portrait mode on the rear camera
  • Perfect Selfie mode
  • Slow motion recording
  • Time-lapse mode
  • Adding watermarks to photos
  • Audio notes
  • 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
  • Organising albums
    • Adding photos or videos to a new album
    • Moving photos and videos
    • Moving albums
    • Rearranging albums
    • Deleting photos and videos
  • Editing a photo
  • Editing Videos
    • Editing a video
    • Cropping slow-motion videos
  • Configuring Gallery
    • Displaying the capture time and location
• Calls and Contacts
  • Making calls
    • Smart dialling
    • Making a call from Contacts
    • Making a call from the call log
    • Calling contacts when the screen is off
    • Making an emergency call
  • Answering calls
    • Answering or rejecting a call
    • Switching between calls
  • Making a conference call
  • In-call options
  • Managing call logs
    • Viewing missed calls
    • Managing unknown numbers in the call log
    • Merging call logs
    • Clearing the call log
    • Backing up the call log
  • Creating a contact card
  • Creating a new contact
    • Creating a contact
  • Importing and exporting contacts
    • Importing contacts from a storage device
    • Exporting contacts to a storage device
    • Importing contacts from a SIM card
    • Exporting contacts to a SIM card
  • Managing contacts
    • Editing a contact
    • Merging duplicate contacts
    • Deleting contacts
    • Deleting contact history
    • Adding contacts to the blacklist
    • Identifying contacts with incomplete information
  • Searching for contacts
    • Finding contacts
    • Searching for a contact from the home screen
  • Sharing contacts
    • Share a contact's vCard
    • Share a contact's QR code
  • Adding a contact to your favourites
  • Changing contact photos
  • Viewing call records for individual contacts
  • Assigning a ringtone to a contact
  • Contact groups
    • Creating a group
    • Editing a group
    • Sending a group text message or email
• Messaging and Email
  • Sending a message
  • Replying to a message
  • 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
  • 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
    • Syncing emails
  • 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
  • Creating an event
  • Sharing events
  • Deleting an event
  • Searching for events
  • Creating a note
  • Managing notes
    • Adding a note to favourites
    • Sharing a note
    • Deleting a note
    • Searching your notes
• Music and Video
  • Listening to music
  • Deleting songs
  • Creating a playlist
  • Playing a video
    • Playing a video
• Phone Manager
  • Optimising performance
  • 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 shortcut for Phone Manager
• Tools
  • Logging in to two social media accounts at the same time
  • Clock
    • Configuring the world clock
    • Enabling dual clocks
  • Sound recorder
    • Recording sound
    • Playing a recording
    • Managing recordings
• System Features and Settings
  • Power on and off timer
  • Restarting your device
  • Changing the system language
  • Changing the input method
  • Input method settings
    • Adding a keyboard
    • Selecting the default input method
  • Editing text
  • Airplane mode
  • Configuring the sound settings
    • Adjusting the system volume
    • Enabling silent mode
    • Quickly switch between Silence mode, Vibration, Sound mode
    • Setting the default notification tone
    • Configuring dialpad touch tones
  • One-hand mode
  • Do not disturb mode
  • Viewing memory and storage information
  • Setting the date and time
  • Enabling location access
    • Configuring the location settings
    • Increasing indoor positioning accuracy
  • Restoring factory settings
  • OTA updates
  • Viewing product information
    • Renaming your device
    • Viewing your model number and version information
    • Viewing your IMEI
    • Viewing your device's specifications
  • Accessibility features
    • Enabling TalkBack
    • Using TalkBack to control your device
    • Configuring the TalkBack settings
    • Colour correction
• Obtaining help
• Personal Information and Data Security
• List of safety features
• Legal Notice
  • Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2017. All rights reserved.
  • Trademarks and Permissions
  • Notice
  • Third-Party Software Statement
  • DISCLAIMER
  • Import and Export Regulations