Mate 8 User Guide (NXT-L09&NXT-L29, 01, English)

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Table Of Contents

Exciting new features
- Pro camera mode
- Smart fingerprint
- Knuckle screenshots
- Screen recorder
- Opening two apps on one screen
Unboxing your phone
- Getting to know your phone
- Inserting a SIM card and microSD card
- Charging your phone
  - Using your battery
  - Battery status indicator
- Turning your phone on and off
Transferring data
- Using the Backup app to transfer data
  - Backing up data to local storage
  - Restoring data from local storage
- Transferring data between your phone and a computer
- Copying contacts from an old phone to a new phone
First use and initial setup
- First use
- Dual SIM settings
- Connecting to the Internet
  - Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
  - Using mobile data
- Themes and wallpaper
  - Changing the theme
  - Changing the wallpaper
- Notification and permission settings
  - Configuring notification permissions
- Configuring the fingerprint sensor
- Gestures and navigation settings
  - Gestures
  - Navigation bar
Installing apps
- Installing an app from a microSD card
- Installing an app shared by another phone
- Uninstalling an app
Getting to know your phone
- Locking and unlocking the screen
- Touchscreen gestures
- Status and notification icons
- Home screen
- Notification
- Using fingerprint recognition
- Accessing applications
- Personalizing your phone
- Entering text
Tips and tricks
- Adding contact details quickly
- Taking snapshots when the screen is off
- Perfect Selfie
- Using time-lapse mode to fast forward the action
- Taking photos while recording a video
- Calling contacts when the screen is off
- Using voice wakeup
- Answering or rejecting a call using voice commands
- Finding applications quickly
- Using Wi-Fi+ to connect to the Wi-Fi network with the strongest signal
- Easy one-handed operation on large phones
- Sharing your QR card
- Using your phone while wearing gloves
- Pocket mode
- Rapidly adjusting the system volume
- Using the floating dock instead of phone keys
- Aligning home screen apps automatically
- Touch-disable mode
Call and Contacts
- Opening the dialer
- Answering or rejecting a call
- Functions available during a call
- Answering a third-party call
- Making a conference call
- Viewing the call log
  - Adding a number from the call log
  - Clearing the call log
- Turning on pocket mode
- Call settings
- Creating a contact
- Adding contact details quickly
- Importing or exporting contacts
- Managing contacts
- Finding a contact
- Viewing contacts from different accounts
- Adding a contact to your favorites
- Contact groups
Messaging and Email
- Viewing a text message
  - Viewing spam messages
- Sending a text message
- Replying to a message
- Deleting a thread
- Managing messages
- Managing common phrases
- Adding an email account
  - Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account
  - Adding an Exchange account
- Sending an email
- Checking your emails
- Managing VIP contacts
- Configuring account settings
Camera and Gallery
- Accessing the viewfinder
- Taking a photo
- Capture modes
- Time-lapse mode
- Slow motion recording
- Pro camera mode
  - Using Pro camera mode
  - Pro camera settings
- Light Painting mode
- Panoramic shots
  - Taking a panoramic photo
  - Taking panoramic self-portraits
- Launching the camera from Gallery
- Shooting a video
- Video settings
- Camera settings
- Viewing photos and videos
- Adding notes to an image
- Organizing photos and videos
- Sharing images or videos
- Editing an image
- Using Camera or Gallery to scan a QR code
  - Scanning a QR code in an image
  - Scanning a QR code using Camera
Music and Video
- Adding songs to your phone
- Searching for local music
- Listening to music
- Creating a playlist
- Playing a playlist
- Setting a song as the ringtone
- Playing a video
Accessing the Internet
- Using mobile data to access the Internet
- Using Wi-Fi to access the Internet
- Sharing your mobile Internet with other devices
- Transferring data using Bluetooth
- Transferring data using Wi-Fi Direct
  - Connecting two phones using Wi-Fi Direct
  - Using Wi-Fi Direct to send and receive files
- Transferring data between your phone and a computer
- Transferring data between your phone and a USB storage device
  - Transferring data between your phone and a microSD card
  - Transferring data between your phone and a USB storage device
- Multi-screen
- Using NFC to transfer data between phones
  - Enabling NFC
  - Using NFC to share web pages or contacts
Backup and restore
- Using the Backup app to back up and restore data
  - Backing up data to local storage
  - Restoring data from local storage
- Restoring factory settings
- Updating your phone
  - OTA updates
File management
- Viewing files
- Sharing files
- Creating folders
- Renaming files
- Copying, moving, or deleting files
- Creating or extracting archives
- Excluding small images
- Storing private files in a Safe
- Using your phone to view files shared by a computer
Power management
- Monitoring your power usage
- Viewing power usage
- Enabling the Ultra power plan
- Closing background apps when the screen is locked
- Preventing background apps from accessing the Internet
- Configuring display and sound settings
Phone Manager – round-the-clock protection for your phone
- Optimizing your system
  - Conducting a comprehensive scan
  - Cleaning up your phone
- Managing data usage
- Harassment filter
- Battery management
- App lock
Convenient features, making life easier for you
- Calendar
- Clock
- Weather
- Notepad
  - Adding a note
  - Deleting notes
- FM Radio
- Calculator
- Sound recorder
  - Recording sound
  - Playing a recording
- Mirror
Settings
- Enabling location access
- Display settings
- Sound settings
- Changing the screen unlock method
- Airplane mode
- Using the floating dock
- Setting your SIM card PIN
- Setting up an account
- Setting the date and time
- Changing the system language
Accessibility features
- About your phone's accessibility features
- TalkBack
- Captions
- Using magnification gestures
- Using the power button to end a call
- Adjusting the screen response time
- Color correction
Safety information
- Safety information
- Personal Information and Data Security
- Legal Notice

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