Huawei Mate 8 Manual

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Finding a contact
Search contacts stored on the phone, SIM card or linked to an online account.
1 Open Contacts.
 For more complete search results, ensure that Contacts is configured to display all of 
your contacts. In 
Contacts, touch   > Display preferences and then select All 
contacts
.
2 On the contact list, use one of the following methods to find a contact:
• Swipe the contact list up or down. 
• Slide your finger up or down the index on the right hand side of the screen to scroll 
through your contacts.
• Enter the contacts name, initials, phone number, email address or other contact 
information in the search bar at the top of the contact list. Search results will be 
displayed underneath.
3 Select a contact. You can then choose to call them, send them a text message or edit 
their contact information.
Viewing contacts from different accounts
If you have too many contacts, you can choose to display only phone contacts, SIM card 
contacts or contacts linked to a particular account.
1 Open Contacts.
2 Touch  > Display preferences.
3 Select the accounts you want to display or customise display settings. 
						

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Adding a contact to your favourites
You can add frequently-contacted people to your favourites so that they are easier to 
find.
1 Open Contacts.
2 Touch and hold the contact you want to add to your favourites, and then touch Add to 
favourites
.
 
When viewing contact details, you can also touch  to add the contact to your 
favourites.
Contact groups
Organise friends and family into different groups. You can send text messages or emails 
to everyone in a group. Contacts now also features 
Smart groups. Your phone can 
automatically sort contacts according to their company, location or the date you last 
contacted them. This allows for smart management of contacts and groups.
Creating a group
1 Open Contacts.
2 Touch Groups and then .
3 Enter the group name (for example Family or Friends) and then touch OK.
4 Touch . Select the contacts you want to add to the group, and then touch .
Editing a group
Add or remove people from a group or change the group name.
1 Open Contacts.
2 Touch Groups and select the group you want to edit.
3 Touch and add new members to the group.
4 Touch . You can:
• Touch Remove members and remove members from the group. 
						

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• Touch Delete group and delete the group.
• Touch Rename to edit the group name.
Sending messages or emails to a group
1 Open Contacts.
2 Touch Groups and select the group you want to send a message or an email to.
3 Touch to send a message or touch to send an email.
Deleting a group
1 Open Contacts.
2 Touch Groups.
3 Touch and hold the group you want to delete, and then touch Delete.
4 Touch Delete.
 Deleting a contact group will not remove the contacts in the group from your phone. 
						

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Messaging and email
Viewing a text message
Open Messaging, and then swipe up or down to scroll through your messages. To 
search for a message, swipe down in the list of message threads and enter your search 
term in the search bar.
Viewing spam messages
If your phone has incorrectly marked a message as spam, touch   > Harassment filter 
in the list of message threads. You can view spam messages and configure the spam 
settings.
Sending an text message
You can spice up your text messages by adding emoticons, images, videos, music, 
recordings and more.
1 Open Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch .
3 Select the recipient box and enter the contact name or phone number. You can also 
touch 
to open your contact list and choose a contact or contact group.
4 Select the text field and enter your message, and then touch .
 
If you have entered more than three lines of text, touch  to switch to full screen 
view. Touch  to add an attachment to your message.
 
How do I cancel a text message after it was sent? You can cancel a text message 
up to four seconds after it was sent. Touch   > 
Settings, and then turn on the 
Cancel send switch. Touch the message twice to cancel sending. 
						

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Replying to a message
1 Open Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the 
conversation thread.
3 Select the text field and enter your message, and then touch .
 
How do I reply to a message in the notification bar? New messages will be 
displayed in the notification bar. Touch the button to compose a reply.
Deleting a thread
You can delete unwanted or old threads to tidy up your inbox.
1 Open Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch and hold a thread.
3 Select the threads you want to delete, and then touch  > Delete.
Managing messages
You can delete unwanted messages, forward messages to other contacts, copy and paste 
message content, and lock messages or add them to your favourites to prevent them 
from being deleted by accident.
1 Open Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the 
conversation thread.
3 Touch and hold a message. You can:
• Forward the message: Touch to forward the message to another contact.
• Delete the message: Touch  > Delete to delete the message. 
						

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• Copy the message: Touch to copy the message to the clipboard and paste it 
elsewhere. When viewing a message, touch the message twice to enter full screen 
text selection view.
• Add the message to your favourites: Touch  > Copy to Favourites to add the 
message to your favourites. When you delete messages, messages in your favourites 
will not be affected. In the list of message threads, touch 
 > Copy to Favourites 
to view your favourite messages.
• Lock the message: Touch  > Lock to lock the message. When you delete 
messages, locked messages will not be affected.
Managing common phrases
You can create common phrases to save your time when youre composing a text 
message.
1 Open Messaging.
2 In the list of message threads, touch  > Settings > Advanced > Common phrases. 
You can:
• Touch a common phrase to edit it.
• Touch to create a common phrase.
 
How do I add a common phrase to a text message? When composing a text 
message, touch  . Select 
Phrase, and then select a common phrase to add it to 
your message.
Adding an email account
Adding a POP3 or IMAP email account
When adding an account, consult your email service provider if you are unsure about the 
account settings.
1 Open Email.
2 Choose an email service provider or touch Others. 
						

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3 Enter your email address and password, and then touch Next. Touch Manual setup to 
add an account manually.
4 Follow the onscreen instructions to configure your account. The system will 
automatically connect to the server and check the server settings.
Once the account has been set up, the Inbox will be displayed.
 
After adding an email account, touch   > Settings > Add account in your Inbox to 
continue adding other accounts.
Adding an Exchange account
Exchange is an email system developed by Microsoft for businesses. Some email service 
providers also provide Exchange accounts for individuals and families.
When adding an account, consult your email service provider if you are unsure about the 
account settings.
1 Open Email.
2 Touch Exchange.
3 Enter your email address, username and password. Touch Next.
4 Follow the onscreen instructions to configure your account. The system will 
automatically connect to the server and check the server settings.
Search
Change email settings
Change account or folder
Compose email 
						

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Inbox will be displayed.
Sending an email
1 Open Email.
2 Touch .
3 Touch From:, and then select the email account you want to use.
4 Enter one or more recipients.
 To Cc or Bcc the email to multiple recipients, touch Cc/Bcc:.
5 Enter your email subject and main body. Touch to add an attachment.
6 Touch .
Touch  > Save to save your email as a draft.
Checking your emails
When you open Email, your phone will automatically check for new emails. To check for 
new emails manually, swipe down in your 
Inbox.
1 Open Email.
2 In your Inbox, touch in the upper left corner to select an account.
3 Touch the email you want to read. You can:
• Touch to star for future reference.
NZ!IVBXFJDPN
Choose recipient from contact list
Add attachment
Send
Recipient
Email body
Subject 
						

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• Touch to delete.
• Touch to reply.
• Touch to reply to all.
• Touch to forward.
• Touch , and then select Mark unread to mark an email as unread.
• Swipe left or right to read the next or previous email.
Managing VIP contacts
You can add important contacts to your VIP list. Emails from your VIP contacts will appear 
in a separate inbox.
1 Open Email.
2 In your Inbox, open the email that you want to read.
3 Touch the contacts photo, and then select Add to VIP list in the pop-up menu.
  To change the notification settings and ringtones for your VIP contacts, go to the 
Inbox screen and touch   > Settings > VIP notifications.
Configuring account settings
Changing email accounts
If you have added multiple email accounts on your phone, ensure you switch to the right 
account before viewing or sending emails.
1 Open Email.
2 In your Inbox, touch in the upper left corner to open the account list.
3 Select the email account you want to use.
Removing an email account
1 Open Email. 
						

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2 In Inbox, touch  > Settings.
3 Select the account you want to remove.
4 Touch Remove account > OK.
After you remove an email account, you will no longer be able to send or receive emails 
using that account.
Personalising your email account
You can display contact pictures and set the inbox update frequency, choose what to 
display after deleting an email, change your signature, and change email notification 
tones.
1 Open Email.
2 In your Inbox, touch  > Settings, and then choose the desired settings.