Huawei Nokia 8 User Guide

Upload a picture or video to a service
Use the Social application to upload your pictures or videos to social networking
services, such as Facebook.
Select 
 > Social, and sign in to a social networking service.
1 Select 
.
2 Select whether to upload a picture or video.
3 To mark the items to upload, select the items.
The maximum file size is 4 MB for pictures and 10 MB for videos.
4 If uploading a single picture, you can add a caption and a tag with a comment to
a particular section of the picture.
To...

Contact a friend from a social networking service
When commenting your friends status is not enough, you can call or send a message
to the friend.
Select 
 > Social.
1 Select a friends profile picture.
2 From the pop-up menu, select View contact info.
3 Select a communication method.
This feature is available if you have linked your online friends to their contact
information in your phone.
The available communication methods vary. To call or send a text message to a friend,
the feature needs to be...

1 Press the camera key halfway down to lock the focus on an object (not available
in landscape or sport scene modes). A green locked focus indicator is displayed.
If the focus is not locked, a red focus indicator is displayed. Release the camera
key, and press it halfway down again. You can also take a picture without locking
the focus.
2 Press the camera key fully down. Do not move the phone before the picture is
saved and the final picture displayed.
Zoom in or out.
Use the volume keys.
The face...

contains location information, the location information may be visible to those who
view the picture or video. You can deactivate geotagging in the camera settings.
Activate the location recording feature
Select 
 >  > Save location info > Yes.
It may take several minutes to obtain the coordinates of your location.
The availability and quality of GPS signals may be affected by your location, satellite
positions, buildings, natural obstacles, weather conditions, and adjustments to GPS
satellites made by...

Take a picture of a moving object
Are you at a sports event and want to capture the action with your phone? Use sport
mode to take sharper pictures of moving people.
Press and hold the camera key.
Activate sport mode
Select 
 > .
Picture and video tips
Press and hold the camera key.
When taking a picture:
•Use both hands to keep the camera steady.
•When you zoom in, the image quality may decrease.
•The camera activates battery saving mode after about a minute of inactivity. To
activate the camera again,...

Press and hold the camera key.
1 To switch from image mode to video mode, if necessary, select 
 .
2 To start recording, press the camera key.
3 To pause recording, select 
 . If you pause recording and do not press any key
within five minutes, the recording stops.
To zoom in or out, use the volume keys.
4 To stop recording, press the camera key. The video is automatically saved in
Gallery.
Tip: You can send your video in a multimedia message. To limit the video size for
sending, before recording, select...

Press and hold the camera key.
After taking a picture or recording a video, select 
 , and follow the displayed
instructions.
The first time you upload a picture or video to a social networking service, you need
to log in to the service. The service you add is set as the default sharing service.
Not all social networking services support all file formats or videos recorded in high
quality.
Your pictures and videos
GalleryAbout Gallery
Select  > Gallery.
Watch the videos you have recorded, or browse and...

Zoom in
Place two fingers on the screen, and slide your fingers apart. To zoom out, slide your
fingers together.
Tip: To quickly zoom in or zoom back out, tap the screen twice.
View the toolbar
Tap the screen.
View pictures as a slide show
Select a picture and 
 >  Slide show >  Play. The slide show starts from the selected
picture.
View the pictures in an album as a slide show
Open the Albums
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Tip: To upload a picture or video to a social networking service, select the item, tap
the screen, and select  .
Organize your pictures
You can organize your pictures into albums, to make it easier to find a particular
picture.
Select 
 > Gallery.
Create a new album
Open the Albums
 tab, and select  . Enter a name for the album.
Move a picture to an album
1 Select and hold a picture, and from the pop-up menu, select Add to album.
2 Select the album to move the picture to. To create a new album to move...

1 Use a compatible USB data cable to connect your phone to a compatible
computer.
If copying between a memory card in your phone and a computer, make sure the
memory card is inserted.
2 Open Nokia Suite on your computer, and follow the displayed instructions.
Back up your pictures
Want to make sure that you will not lose any important pictures? Back up your pictures
with Nokia Suite.
1 Use a compatible USB data cable to connect your phone to a computer.
If copying between a memory card in your phone and...