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  • Page 1 Y6 Pro User Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Foreword ....................... 1 First-class functions ..................2 Safe ..........................2 Launching the camera from gallery ................2 QR code ......................... 3 Getting started ....................4 Your phone at a glance ....................4 Key functions at your fingertips ..................5 Locking and unlocking the screen..................
  • Page 3 Managing messages ....................26 Adding an email account ..................... 27 Sending an email ......................28 Checking your emails ....................28 Setting up an account ....................28 Camera and gallery ..................30 Capture screen ......................30 Taking a photo ......................31 Capture mode ......................
  • Page 4 Changing the lock screen style ..................51 Turning on or off airplane mode .................. 52 Setting the PIN of your SIM card ................. 52 Setting up an account ....................53 Restoring factory settings .................... 53 Updating your phone ....................54 Setting the date and time ....................

  • Page 5: Foreword

    Foreword Please read this guide carefully before you start using the phone. All pictures and illustrations in this document are for your reference only. The actual product may vary. Features in this guide are for your reference only. Some features may not be supported by all phones.

  • Page 6: First-Class Functions

    First-class functions Safe The Safe function helps you keep your important files and privacy protected. Enabling the Safe On the home screen, touch Under Categories or Local, touch Touch Enable. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter passwords and answers to security questions, and then touch Done.

  • Page 7: Qr Code

    QR code You can scan QR codes using the camera and gallery. Scanning a QR code using Gallery On the home screen, touch Choose a QR code photo. Touch the photo. Touch View details. Gallery will automatically scan the QR code entry. Touch the QR code entry to view further details.

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    Getting started Your phone at a glance Power key Headset jack Ambient light Volume key sensor/Proximity sensor Status indicator Home Front camera Back Speaker Earpiece Charge/Data port Rear camera Noise reduction Microphone microphone Recent Camera flash Do not block the area around the ambient light and proximity sensor. When you attach a protective film to the screen, make sure it does not block the sensor.

  • Page 9: Key Functions At Your Fingertips

    Key functions at your fingertips Press and hold to power on your mobile phone.  Press to lock the screen when your mobile phone is active.  Touch to return to the previous screen or exit the application you are running.

  • Page 10: Dual-Card Settings

    Unlocking the screen When the screen is off, press the power button to turn it on. Slide your finger towards any direction to unlock the screen. Dual-card settings Enabling or disabling a SIM card You can install two SIM cards on your phone and use one or both of them at the same time.

  • Page 11: Connecting To A Wi-Fi Network

    Under All, touch Dual card management. Touch SIM 1 or SIM 2 next to Data. The settings displayed may vary according to your service provider and phone model. Setting the default SIM card for calling and messaging You can set the default SIM card for calling or messaging. On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Dual card management.

  • Page 12: Touchscreen Gestures

    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.

  • Page 13: Motion Control

    Motion control Motion control lets you control your phone using simple motions. For example, mute the phone by turning over your phone or answer and make calls quickly. On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Motion control. On the Motion control screen, select an option, and select a motion to enable it. Flip: Mute sounds and stop vibration from incoming calls, alarms, and timers.
  • Page 14 Ringer silenced Preparing microSD card Charging battery Battery full Battery extremely low Call in progress Missed call New email New text or multimedia Screenshot captured message Problem with text or USB debugging connected multimedia message delivery Uploading Downloading Phone storage space is getting Sign-in or synchronization problem Wi-Fi network available Connected to a Wi-Fi network...

  • Page 15: Home

    Home Your home screens are where you can find your favorite widgets and all your applications. We did away with the application list to give you a more convenient and direct path to your applications. Status bar: displays notifications and icons. Flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel.
  • Page 16 Under Shortcuts, touch Auto-rotate to enable or disable the auto-rotate screen function. Taking a screenshot Want to share an interesting scene in a movie or show off your new high score in a game? Take a screenshot and share away. Press the power and volume down buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot.

  • Page 17: Notification

    Moving a home screen: Touch and hold a home screen until the screen is highlighted,  and drag the home screen to the desired position. Adding a home screen: Touch to add a home screen.  Deleting a home screen: Touch to delete a blank home screen.

  • Page 18: Accessing Applications

    Accessing applications Starting applications and switching between them On the home screen, touch an application icon to open it. To switch to another application, touch to return to the home screen, and touch the icon of the application you want to open. Viewing recently used applications Touch to display the list of recently used applications.

  • Page 19: Texting

    Touch Shake to change to change the home screen wallpaper by shaking your  phone. Touch the Random change switch to have the home screen wallpaper changed  automatically at periodic intervals. Setting the ringtone On the home screen, touch Under All, touch Audio profiles.
  • Page 20 Huawei Swype input method Slide across letters to enter a word. Switch between lowercase and uppercase letters. Touch and hold to access input method settings. Enter numbers and symbols. Touch and hold to view more language input options. Touch to delete the character to the left of the cursor.
  • Page 21 Touch to enter a comma.  Touch and hold to open the input options menu.  Touch to enter a space.  Touch and hold to choose another input method.  Touch to enter a period.  Touch and hold to enter symbols. ...

  • Page 22: Calls And Contacts

    Calls and contacts Making a call Smart dialing Smart dialing lets you quickly find contacts by entering parts of their names or numbers. On the home screen, touch Under Phone, enter the initials or first few letters of a contact's name, or part of the contact's phone number.
  • Page 23 Making an emergency call In the event of an emergency, you will still be able to make emergency calls without the use of a SIM card. However, you must still be in the coverage area. On the home screen, touch Under Phone, enter your local emergency number, and then touch For some phone models, you can make an emergency call even on the lock screen.

  • Page 24: Answering Or Rejecting A Call

    Answering or rejecting a call When a call comes in, you can press the volume button to mute the ringtone. Drag right to answer the call. Drag left to reject the call. Drag up to reject the call and send the caller a message. On the dialer screen, touch >...

  • Page 25: What You Can Do During A Call

    What you can do during a call Touch to place the current call on hold, and then touch again to resume the call. Touch to display the calendar. Touch to start a three-way call. Before you use three-way calling, make sure you have subscribed to this service. For details, contact your service provider.

  • Page 26: Answering A Third-Party Call

    Answering a third-party call Before you answer a third-party call, make sure that you have turned on call waiting. If a call comes in when you are already in another call, drag right to answer the new call and place the first call on hold. To switch between the two calls, please touch the phone number to switch.

  • Page 27: Call Settings

    Touch > Delete Calls to delete multiple records simultaneously.  Call settings Enabling call forwarding Too busy to answer all your calls with one phone? Forward them to another number and never miss an important call again. On the home screen, touch Under Phone, touch >...

  • Page 28: Searching For A Contact

    Edit the contact information. Touch Deleting a contact On the home screen, touch Touch > Delete contact. Touch the contacts you want to delete or touch Select all to select all contacts. Touch Touch OK. Searching for a contact On the home screen, touch Enter the contact name or initials.
  • Page 29 Select contacts you want to add to the group or touch Select all to select all contacts. Touch Touch Editing a contact group On the home screen, touch Touch Groups and select the group you want to edit. Touch to edit the group name. Touch .

  • Page 30: Messaging And Email

    Messaging and email Sending a text message On the home screen, touch In the message list, touch Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number. You can also touch to enter the contact list screen and choose a contact or contact group.

  • Page 31: Adding An Email Account

    Deleting a message On the home screen, touch In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the conversation thread. Touch and hold the message you want to delete, and touch Deleting a thread On the home screen, touch From the message list, touch and hold the thread you want to delete, and touch Touch Delete.

  • Page 32: Sending An Email

    Enter your Email address, Domain, Username, and Password, and touch Next. Follow the onscreen instructions to configure the email settings. The system then automatically connects to the server and checks server settings. When the Exchange account is set up, the Inbox screen is displayed. Sending an email On the home screen, touch Touch...
  • Page 33 On the home screen, touch On the Inbox screen, touch on the upper left corner to open the account list. Touch the email account you want to use. Removing an email account On the home screen, touch On the Inbox screen, touch >...

  • Page 34: Camera And Gallery

    Camera and gallery Capture screen Touch to set the flash mode. Flick left or right to switch the capture mode. Touch to view your photos and videos. Touch to take your photo.  Touch and hold to take burst shots, and release your finger to stop. ...

  • Page 35: Taking A Photo

    Taking a photo On the home screen, touch Frame the scene you want to capture. Your phone will automatically determine a focus point. You can also touch a point on the screen to focus the camera on it. If the frame turns red, the camera was unable to focus. Adjust the frame until the camera is able to focus.

  • Page 36: Shooting A Video

    Touch to stop shooting. The camera automatically stitches the photos together to create one panorama photo. Taking a photo with a watermark On the home screen, touch Touch > Watermark to switch to watermark mode. Flick left or right to add the watermark you like. Drag the watermark to adjust its position.

  • Page 37: Gallery

    ISO: Set a photo's ISO. Increasing the ISO can reduce blurring caused by dark conditions or  movement. White balance: Adjust a photo's white balance according to the sunlight conditions.  Image adjustment: Adjust a photo's exposure compensation, saturation, contrast, and ...
  • Page 38 Deleting a photo On the home screen, touch Touch the photo you want to delete, and touch > Delete. Sharing a photo or video You can share your photos or videos in various way. On the home screen, touch Touch the photo or video you want to share. Touch , choose a sharing method, and follow the onscreen instructions to share your photo or video.

  • Page 39: Music And Video

    Music and video Listening to music On the home screen, touch Select a category. Touch the song you want to play. Touch the playing song to enter the main playback interface. Flick left or right to switch between the album cover, playlist, and lyrics. ...

  • Page 40: Creating A Playlist

    Touch to manage this music. When a song is playing, touch to exit the playback screen without stopping the song. To return to the music playback screen, open the notification panel and touch the playing song. Creating a playlist On the home screen, touch Touch Playlists >...

  • Page 41: Playing A Video

    Playing a video On the home screen, touch Touch the video you want to play. To stop the video playback, touch Touch to lock the screen. After the screen is locked, you will not be able to perform any operations on the video playing interface. Flick left or right to forward or replay the video.

  • Page 42: Network And Sharing

    Network and sharing Turning on mobile data On the home screen, touch then ALL. Under Wireless & networks, touch More. Touch Cellular networks. Touch the MMS and mobile data to enable your phone's mobile data service. When you don't need to access the Internet, turn off mobile data to save battery power and reduce mobile data usage.

  • Page 43: Sharing Your Phone's Mobile Data Connection

    Touch WPS PIN Entry and enter the PIN generated from your phone on your router.  Sharing your phone's mobile data connection Wi-Fi hotspot Your phone can function as a Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices, sharing its mobile data connection. On the home screen, touch then the All tab.

  • Page 44: Transferring Data Through Bluetooth

    Touch Tethering & portable hotspot. Touch Bluetooth tethering to share your mobile data connection. Transferring data through Bluetooth Turning on Bluetooth and pairing your phone with another Bluetooth device On the home screen, touch Under ALL, touch Bluetooth. Touch to turn on Bluetooth. Then your phone will automatically search for and display available Bluetooth devices.

  • Page 45: Transferring Data Using Wi-Fi Direct

    Receiving a file using Bluetooth When your phone receives a file transfer request, a file transfer dialog box will be displayed. Touch ACCEPT to start receiving the file. Open your notification panel and touch Notifications to check the file transfer progress. By default, received files are saved to the bluetooth folder in Files.

  • Page 46: Transferring Data Between Your Phone And Computer

    Transferring data between your phone and computer MTP mode MTP mode lets you transfer media files, such as photos, songs, and videos, between your phone and a computer. Windows Media Player 11 or later is required. Use a USB cable to connect your phone to the computer. On the USB computer connection screen, touch Media device (MTP).

  • Page 47: Applications

    Applications Managing applications Downloading applications A wide selection of applications are available from a variety of sources. You can: Download applications from web pages using the browser on your phone.  Download applications using a computer, and copy the applications to your phone. ...

  • Page 48: Backup

    Uninstalling an application On the home screen, touch and hold the icon of the application you want to uninstall until is displayed at the top of the screen. Drag the icon to and follow the onscreen instructions to uninstall application. Some pre-installed applications can't be uninstalled.

  • Page 49: Calendar

    Touch Scan or Touch to scan to check your phone’s running status, clean trash files,  optimize system performance, and clear up security risks. Touch Phone accelerator to close the power-intensive applications, scan for and clear the  cache, trash files, and unnecessary applications and application installation packages. Power saving On the home screen, touch Touch Power saving to check your phone’s power consumption and extend your...

  • Page 50: Clock

    On the Calendar screen, you can: Touch Month, Week, and Day to switch between month, week, and day views.  On the month view, flick left or right to switch between months.  On the week view, flick left or right to switch between weeks. ...

  • Page 51: Weather

    Set your time zone: Touch to set your home time zone and system date and  time. Delete a city: Touch , touch beside the city you want to delete, and touch  Stopwatch On the home screen, touch Under Stopwatch, touch to start timing.

  • Page 52: Note

    Touch , touch and hold the city you want to delete, and then touch Touch Updating the weather On the home screen, touch Tools > Weather. Flick left or right to find the city whose weather you want to update. Flick down from the top of your screen to manually update the weather.
  • Page 53 Listening to FM radio On the home screen, touch Tools > FM Radio. Touch to enable or disable the speaker. Touch to turn on or off the FM radio Touch to return to the previous station. Touch to go to the next station. Touch to add the current station to your favorites.

  • Page 54: Phone Settings

    Phone settings Turning on location services Before you use a map or navigation application, make sure you have turned on location services. On the home screen, touch Under ALL, touch Location. Touch the switch button to turn on your phone's location services. Touch Location mode.

  • Page 55: Changing The Lock Screen Style

    Touch Auto-rotate screen to turn the Auto-rotate screen function on or off. If this  function is turned on, your screen’s orientation will automatically change with the way you hold your phone when performing certain operations, such as browsing a web page, viewing a picture, or writing a message.

  • Page 56: Turning On Or Off Airplane Mode

    Turning on or off airplane mode Your phone's signal reception or transmission may interfere with an airplane's flight system. Power off your phone or switch to airplane mode as required when you are on a flight. In airplane mode, your phone's wireless features are disabled, but you can still listen to music or play games using your phone.

  • Page 57: Setting Up An Account

    Setting up an account Adding an account On the home screen, touch Under ALL, touch Accounts. Touch Add account. Select an account type. Follow the onscreen instructions and enter your account information. Deleting an account On the home screen, touch then the ALL tab.

  • Page 58: Updating Your Phone

    It is recommended that you update through your phone's online update feature or download official update packages from Huawei's official website. All your data may be erased during a system update. It is recommended ...

  • Page 59: Changing The System Language

    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 the time zone. Touch the Use 24-hour format switch to switch between 24-hour and 12-hour ...

  • Page 60: Safety Information

    Safety information This section contains important information about the operation of your device. It also contains information about how to use the device safely. Read this information carefully before using your device. Electronic device Do not use your device if using the device is prohibited. Do not use the device if doing so causes danger or interference with other electronic devices.
  • Page 61 Do not store or transport the device in containers with flammable liquids, gases, or  explosives. Traffic security Observe local laws and regulations while using the device. To reduce the risk of accidents,  do not use your wireless device while driving. Concentrate on driving.
  • Page 62 Stop using your device or applications for a while if the device is overheated. If skin is  exposed to an overheated device for an extended period, low temperature burn symptoms, such as red spots and darker pigmentation, may occur. Do not use your device's camera flash directly in the eyes of people or pets.
  • Page 63 If the power cable is damaged (for example, the cord is exposed or broken), or the plug  loosens, stop using it at once. Continued use may lead to electric shocks, short circuits, or fire. Do not touch the power cord with wet hands or pull the power cord to disconnect the ...
  • Page 64 Do not allow children or pets to bite or suck the battery. Doing so may result in damage or  explosion. Do not smash or pierce the battery, or expose it to high external pressure. Doing so may  lead to a short circuit or overheating. Do not drop the device or battery.
  • Page 65 Emergency calls The availability of emergency calls is subject to your cellular network quality, service provider policy, and local laws and regulations. Never rely solely on your device for critical communications like medical emergencies. Environmental protection The device and its accessories (if included), such as the power adapter, headset, and ...

  • Page 66: Personal Information And Data Security

    Be sure to obtain third-party applications from a legitimate source. Downloaded  third-party applications should be scanned for viruses. Install security software or patches released by Huawei or third-party application providers.  Some applications require and transmit location information. As a result, a third-party may ...

  • Page 67: Legal Notice

    Huawei does not own the intellectual property of the third-party software and applications that are delivered with this product. Therefore, Huawei will not provide any warranty of any kind for third-party software and applications. Neither will Huawei provide support to customers who use third-party software and applications, nor be responsible or liable for the functions or performance of third-party software and applications.
  • Page 68 Huawei shall not be responsible for the legality, quality, or any other aspects of any software installed on this product, or for any uploaded or downloaded third-party works in any form, including but not limited to texts, images, videos, or software etc.
  • Page 69 Privacy Policy To better understand how we protect your personal information, please see the privacy policy at http://consumer.huawei.com/privacy-policy.
  • Page 70 Google's anti-theft mechanism requires you to enter the Google account your phone last logged in to on the startup navigation screen for identity authentication. Your phone can properly power on only after the identity authentication passes. Model: HUAWEI TIT-AL00 6011847_01 HUAWEI TIT-U02...

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