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 silent profile is activated, all ringtones and alert tones are muted. Activate
this profile when you are, for example, at movie theater or in a meeting.
Press the power key 
, and select Silent.
Change your profile for meetings
When the meeting profile is activated, your phone discreetly beeps once instead of
ringing.
Press the power key 
, and select Meeting.
Create a new profile
How can you make your phone meet your needs at work or college or home? You can
create new profiles for different situations, and give them appropriate names.
Select 
 > Settings > Tone profiles.
Select 
 > Create new, and define your profile settings.
Tip: You can set a ringtone specifically for your profile. Select Ringtone.
Set a timed profile
You can activate a profile until a set time, after which the previously used profile is
activated.
Select 
 > Settings > Tone profiles.
1 Select the desired profile, and select Timed.
2 Set the time that you want the timed profile to expire at.Customization 31 
						

							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 writing a message
•View your favorite contacts, and quickly call or send messages to them
You can have more than one home screen page, for example, separate home screens
for work and private life.
The home screen elements are interactive. For example, if you select the clock, the
clock application opens.
Customize the home screen
Want to see your favorite landscape or pictures of your family in the background of
the home screen? You can change the wallpaper, and rearrange items on each home
screen individually, to customize them to your liking.
Change the wallpaper
Tap and hold an empty area on the home screen, and from the pop-up menu, select
Change wallpaper.
Tip: Download more background images from Nokia Store. For more information, go
to www.nokia.com/support.
Rearrange items on the home screen
Tap and hold an item, and drag it to a new location. 32 Customization 
						

							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 the
application works.
Tip: You can download more widgets from Nokia Store.
Using services or downloading content may cause transfer of large amounts of data,
which may result in data traffic costs.
Some home screen widgets may connect to the internet automatically. To prevent
this, close the mobile data connection. Swipe down from the notification area, and
select 
 .
Remove a widget from the home screen
Select and hold the widget, and select 
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							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 them to have different content.
To switch to another home screen, swipe left or right.
 indicates your current home screen.
Add your important contacts to the home screen
Add your most important contacts to the home screen, so you can quickly call or send
messages to them.
Select 
 > Contacts.
Select a contact that is stored in your phone memory and 
 > Add to Home
screen.
Call a contact
On the home screen, select the contact and Voice call. If the contact has more than
one number, select the desired number.
Send a message to a contact
On the home screen, select the contact and Message.
Remove a contact from the home screen
On the home screen, select and hold the contact, and select 
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							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 menu, tap and hold the screen,
and from the pop-up menu, select Arrange.
Download a game, application, or other item
Download free games, apps, or videos, or buy more content to your phone. From
Nokia Store, you can find content designed specifically for your phone.
The availability of payment methods depends on your country of residence and your
network service provider.
Select 
 > Store, and sign in to your Nokia account.
1 Select the item.
2 If the item has a price, select Buy. If the item is free, select Download.
3 You can pay with a credit or debit card, or, if available, on your phone bill.
To save your card information to your Nokia account, select Save this card to my
Nokia account..
If your card information is already saved, to use a different payment method,
select Change billing details.
4 To get a receipt of your credit or debit card purchase, select or enter a mail
address.
5 Select Confirm.
6 When the download is complete, you can open or view the item, or continue
browsing for more content. The content type determines where the item is stored
in your phone. To change the default location, select Account > Installation
preferences and the desired memory.Customization 35 
						

							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 number, select 
 .
To enter the + character, used for international calls, select * twice. The character
+ as a replacement for the international access code may not work in all regions.
In this case, enter the international access code directly.
3 To make the call, select 
 .
4 To end the call, select 
 .
Answer a call
When a call arrives, select 
.
Activate the loudspeaker during a call
To allow others in the room to join in with a call, activate the built-in loudspeaker.
Select 
.
Deactivate the loudspeaker
Select 
.
Search for a contact from the dialer
On the home screen, select 
, and start entering the contacts first or second name.
You can also search by company name. Select each number key once for each letter.
For example, to search for Nokia, select 6, 6, 5, 4, and 2. 36 Telephone 
						

							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 Calling > Call > Message text, and write the message.Telephone 37 
						

							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 your phone rings, turn your phone face down.
Call a contact
Select 
 > Contacts.
1 To search for a contact, select 
, and enter the first letters or characters of the
first or second name in the search field.
2 Select the contact.
3 In the contact card, select Voice call.
4 If the contact has more than one phone number, select the desired number.
Answer a waiting call
You can answer a call when you have another call in progress. Call waiting is a network
service.
Select 
 . The first call is put on hold. 38 Telephone 
						

							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 calls are a network service.
Video conference calls are not supported.
1 Make a call to the first participant.
2 To make a call to another participant, select 
. Enter the phone number, or to
select a contact, select . The first call is put on hold.
3 When the new call is answered, select 
 > Conference.
Add a new participant to a conference call
Make a call to another participant, and select 
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							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 numbers you use the most
You can quickly call your friends and family when you assign your most-used phone
numbers to the number keys of your phone.
Select 
 > Settings and Calling > 1-touch dialing.
Assign a phone number to a number key
1 Select the number key to which you want to assign the phone number.
1 (
 ) is reserved for the voice mailbox.
2 Select the contact from your contacts list.
Remove or change a phone number assigned to a number key
Select and hold the assigned key, and from the pop-up menu, select Remove or
Change.
Make a call
On the home screen, select 
 , and select and hold the assigned number key.
Internet callsAbout internet calls
You can make and receive calls over the internet. Internet call services may support
calls between computers, between cell phones, and between a VoIP device and a
traditional telephone. The internet call service is a network service.
Some internet call service providers allow free internet calls. For availability and
connectivity costs, contact your internet call service provider. 40 Telephone