Huawei Honor 3 User Manual

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Personalizing your phone  
Unlocking the screen with a PIN
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Security. 
3. Touch Screen lock > PIN. 
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to set a screen unlock PIN.
After a PIN is set, you will have to enter it every time you want to unlock the 
phone screen. 
Unlocking the screen with a password
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Security. 
3. Touch Screen lock > Password. 
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to set a screen unlock password. Repeat 
the password and touch 
OK.
After a password is set, you will have to enter it every time you want to unlock 
the phone screen. 
Customizing switch shortcuts on the 
notification panel
You can quickly turn on or off Wi-Fi, mobile data, Bluetooth, and other 
functions by touching their corresponding switch shortcuts on the 
notification panel. You can also rearrange your switch shortcuts.
1. Flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel.
2. Touch to display the switch shortcut list.
3. Touch in the upper right corner to access the Custom shortcuts screen. 
4. Drag a switch shortcut to a new position in the list. 
						

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Changing the font size
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Display. 
3. Touch Font size and select a font size.
Adjusting the screen brightness
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under All, touch Display. 
3. Touch Brightness. 
4. In the displayed dialog box, perform either of the following operations:
•Select the Automatic brightness check box to have your phone 
automatically adjust its screen brightness based on the ambient light.
•Clear the Automatic brightness check box, and drag the slider left to 
reduce the screen brightness or drag it right to increase the screen 
brightness.
 
You can also flick down from the status bar to open the notification 
panel and adjust the screen brightness using the switch shortcuts.  
						

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Calls
Calls
Making a call
Smart dialing
Smart dialing lets you quickly find contacts by entering parts of their names 
or numbers.
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Enter the initials or first few letters of a contacts name, or part of the 
contacts phone number. Matching contacts in your phone and phone 
numbers in your call log are then displayed in a list.
3. From the list, select the contact you want to call.
4. Touch or to make a call. 
5. To end the call, touch . 
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 under the coverage 
area.
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Enter your local emergency number and touch .
 
Emergency calls are subject to cellular network quality, use environment, 
service provider policies, and local laws and regulations. Never rely 
solely on your phone for critical communications when emergencies 
occur.
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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   > Settings > Reject calls with SMS to edit 
the message that will be sent.  
						

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Calls
What you can do during a call
 
To return to the call screen, flick down from the status bar to open the 
notification panel, and touch 
Current call.
Touch  > to place the current call on hold, and touch 
again to resume the call.
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.
Touch to display the dialer. 
Touch to use the speakerphone. 
Touch to end the call.
Touch to mute or unmute the microphone. 
Touch  > to display the notepad. 
Touch  > to view the contact list. 
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Answering a third-party call
Before you answer a third-party call, make sure that you have turned on call 
waiting.
1. 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.
2. To switch between the two calls, touch .
Making a conference call
Making conference calls with your friends, family, and co-workers is easy with 
your phone.
 
Before you make conference calls, make sure that you have subscribed 
to this service. For details, contact your service provider.
1. Call the first participant.
2. When the call is connected, touch  > to call the second participant. 
The first participant will be placed on hold.
3. When the second call is connected, touch to start a conference call.
4. To add more people to the call, repeat steps 2 and 3.
5. Touch to end the call.
Using the call log
The call log records your called, answered, and missed calls. 
Adding a contact from the call log
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Dialer, select the number you want to add as a contact, and touch 
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3. Touch Create new contact or Save to existing contact. 
						

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Calls
 
You can also touch and hold the number you want to add, and touch 
Create new contact or Save to existing contact. 
Clearing the call log
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Dialer, you can: 
•Touch and hold a contact name or phone number, and touch Delete entry 
to delete that call record.
•Touch  > Delete call log. In the displayed dialog box, touch the logs 
you want to delete or touch All to select all logs, and then touch DELETE 
to clear the call log.  
						

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Contacts
Creating a contact
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Create a new contact (or touch ).
3. Choose the save location for the contact. 
4. Enter the contact name, phone number, and other details. 
5. Touch SAVE. 
Importing or exporting contacts
Your phone supports contact files in .vcf format only. This is the standard 
format for files storing contacts. Contact names, addresses, phone numbers, 
and other information can be saved in .vcf files. 
Importing contacts from a storage device
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Import contacts > Storage (or touch  > Import/Export > Storage).
3. Select one or more .vcf files, and touch OK. 
Importing contacts from the SIM card
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Import contacts > SIM 1 or SIM 2 (or touch  > Import/Export > 
Import from sim 1 or Import from sim 2).
3. Touch the contacts you want to import or touch All to select all contacts, 
and then touch 
IMPORT.  
						

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Contacts
Importing contacts from a Bluetooth device
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch Import contacts > Another phone (or touch  > Import/Export > 
Another phone). 
3. Select Supports Bluetooth, and touch NEXT. The phone then turns on 
Bluetooth and scans for Bluetooth devices. 
4. Touch the Bluetooth device from which you want to import contacts. 
When the two devices are paired, your phone automatically imports the .vcf 
file from the other device. 
Exporting contacts to a storage device
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Import/Export > Export to storage. 
3. Touch Export. 
4. Choose from where you want to export the contacts and touch OK. 
To view the .vcf file you just exported, open File Manager. By default, the file 
is saved to the root directory of your phones internal storage. 
Exporting contacts to a SIM card
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Import/Export > Export to sim 1 or Export to sim 2. 
3. Touch the contacts you want to export or touch All to select all contacts, 
and then touch 
EXPORT. 
4. In the displayed dialog box, touch OK.
Copying contacts
You can copy contacts from a SIM card to your phone and vice versa. 
1. On the home screen, touch . 
						

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2. Touch  > Settings > Copy contacts and choose from where you want to 
copy the contacts. 
3. Touch the contacts you want to copy or touch All to select all contacts. 
4. Touch COPY and choose where you want to paste the contacts. 
Searching for a contact
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Enter the contact name or initials. Matching results are displayed as you 
type.
For example, to search for John Doe, enter John Doe or JD. 
Sharing contacts
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Touch  > Import/Export > Share contacts. 
3. Touch the contacts you want to share, or touch All to select all contacts. 
4. Touch SHARE, and choose a sharing method from the displayed option 
menu. 
Contact groups
You can create a contact group and send a message or email to all group 
members simultaneously.
Creating a contact group
1. On the home screen, touch .
2. Under Favorites, touch  > Create group. 
3. Name the contact group.
4. Touch Add members.