Huawei Nokia 8 User Guide

Tip: Want quick access to the profiles? Add a profile widget to the home screen.
Customize your ringtone and other tones
You can customize your phone tones for each profile.
Select 
 > Settings > Tone profiles.
Select the profile, Customize, and the desired option.
Tip: To download more ringtones from Nokia Store, select Download sounds. For
more information, go to www.nokia.com/support.
Tip: To set your favorite song from the music player as your ringtone, select Songs.
Silence your phone
When the...

Change your theme
 You can change the colors and look of your display.
Select 
 > Settings > Themes.
Select General and a theme.
Tip: To download more themes from Nokia Store, select Download themes. To learn
more about Nokia Store, go to www.nokia.com/support.
Home screenAbout the home screen
On the home screen, you can:
•See notifications of missed calls and received messages
•Open your favorite applications
•Control applications, such as the music player
•Add shortcuts for different features, such as...

Tip: You can drag and drop items between different home screens.
Add a new home screen
Select 
 > Add another home screen.
Add a widget to the home screen
Interested in todays weather or whats currently in the news? You can add mini-
applications (widgets) to your home screen, and see your most relevant information
at a glance.
Tap and hold an empty area on the home screen, and from the pop-up menu, select
Add widget and a widget.
A widget can enhance the related application, and may also change the way...

Add a shortcut to the home screen
Did you know that you can create shortcuts to your most used applications and
features? You can add shortcuts to application s  o r  a c t i o n s ,  s u c h  a s  w r i t i n g  a  m e s s a g e .
Tap and hold an empty area on the home screen, and from the pop-up menu, select
Add shortcut and the application or action.
Switch between home screens
You can have more than one home screen. For example, create separate home
screens for work and private life, and customize...

The contact is removed from the home screen, but remains in your contacts list.
Organize your applications
Want to find your most used applications more quickly? In the main menu, you can
organize your applications into folders, hiding your least used applications.
Select 
.
Create a new folder
Select 
 > New folder.
Move an application to a folder
Select and hold the application, and from the pop-up menu, select Move to folder
and the new folder.
Tip: To drag and drop applications and folders, in the...

Tip: Use a Wi-Fi connection to download larger files, such as games, applications, or
videos.
Tip: To avoid entering your payment card details over and over when buying items
from Nokia Store, save your details to your Nokia account. You can add more than
one payment card, and choose which one to use when buying.
For more information on an item, contact the publisher of the item.
Telephone
Call a phone number
1 To open the dialer, on the home screen, select 
 .
2 Enter the phone number.
To delete a...

Call the found contact
Select the contact.
Send a message to the contact
Select and hold the contact, and from the contact card, select Message.
Decline a call
When a call arrives, select 
 .
Silence the call, without declining
From the toolbar, select 
 .
Send a decline call text message
1 Silence the call, and from the toolbar, select 
 .
2 Edit the message, informing that you cannot answer the call, and select 
 .
3 Decline the call.
Write a standard decline call text message
Select 
 > Settings and...

Tip: You can automatically forward declined calls to your voice mailbox or another
phone number. Call forwarding is a network service.
Select 
 > Settings and Calling > Call forwarding > Voice calls > If busy >
Activate > To voice mailbox or To other number.
Turn to silence
If your phone rings in a situation where you do not want to be disturbed, you can turn
the phone to silence the ringtone.
Activate the turn to silence feature
Select 
 > Settings and Phone > Sensor settings > Silence calls > On.
When...

Activate, deactivate, or check the status of the service
Select 
 > Settings and Calling > Call > Call waiting > Activate, Deactivate, or
Check status.
Swap between an active call and a call on hold
Select 
 > Swap.
Connect the call on hold to the active call
Select 
 > Transfer. You disconnect yourself from the calls.
End an active call
Select 
.
End both calls
Select 
 > End all calls.
Make a conference call
You can have a conference call with up to six participants, including yourself.
Conference...

Have a private conversation with a conference call participant
Select 
 >  Show participants, the participant, and . The conference call is put on
hold on your phone. The other participants continue the conference call.
To return to the conference call, select 
 > Conference. Or, if there are more than
three participants in the call, select .
Drop a participant from a conference call you have initiated
Select 
 > Show participants, the participant, and .
End an active conference call
Select 
.
Call the...