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    G6 User Guide
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    Foreword Preparations 2 Your phone at a glance 3 Charging the battery 4 Powering your phone on and off Getting started 5 can do during a call Answering a third-party call Making emergency calls Other call services People 21 21 21 22 23 23 Creating a contact Searching for a contact Importing
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    Messaging 24 Sending a text message 24 Sending a multimedia message 25 Replying to a message 25 Searching for a message 25 Managing messages Browser 27 Browsing web pages 27 Managing bookmarks 28 Setting the home page 28 Clearing your browsing history Email 29 29 30 30 Adding a POP3 or IMAP email
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    49 Display settings 49 Setting the date and time 50 Changing the system language 50 Modifying location service settings 51 Restoring factory settings 51 Online update Legal Notice iii
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    Foreword Foreword Thank you for choosing the HUAWEI Ascend G6 smartphone. This guide introduces you to the features and functions of document. Note Caution Provides additional information. Indicates potential problems that may arise without the proper care and, if necessary, how to handle
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    Preparations Your phone at a glance 10 11 12 1 9 2 8 7 6 Preparations 5 3 4 1 Proximity sensor/light sensor 2 Front camera 3 Headset jack 4 Microphone 5 Speaker 6 Power button 7 Volume button 8 Status indicator 9 Earpiece 10 Micro USB port 11 Rear camera 12 Flashlight Buttons •
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    . Touch to return to the home screen. Touch to display the option menu. Charging the battery Your phone's built-in battery is not user-removable. To replace the battery, contact an authorized service center. Do not attempt to remove it yourself. Use the provided USB cable and power adapter
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    Steady green (when charging): The battery is almost or already full. Important information about the battery • If the battery power is depleted, you may not be able to power on your phone immediately after you begin charging the battery. This is normal. Allow the battery to charge for a few minutes
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    Getting started Getting started Getting to know your home screen Your home screens are where you'll find your favorite widgets and all your applications. We did away with the application list to give you a more convenient and direct path to your applications. The default home screen is shown below
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    Getting started • Pinch two fingers together to display the home screen thumbnails. Touch a thumbnail to enter that particular home screen. Taking a screenshot Want to share an interesting scene in a movie or show off your new high score in a game? Take a screenshot and share away. Press and the
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    Getting started To quickly turn the auto-rotate screen function on or off, flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel and touch . Using the notification panel Flick down from the status bar to open the notification panel. 1 2 3 4 1 Touch to delete all notifications. 2 Touch to
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    Viewing recently used applications Getting started To display the list of recently used applications, touch and hold then: • Touch an application to start it. • Flick left or right across an application to dismiss it. • Touch to clear the list. . You can Texting Your phone comes with multiple
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    Getting started • Select text: Touch and hold the text to bring up . Then drag and to select more or less text, or touch Select all to select all text in a text box. • Cut text: Select text and touch Cut. • Copy text: Select text and touch Copy. • Paste text: Touch where you want to insert the text,
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    Personalizing your phone Personalizing your phone Setting the theme Your phone comes with a variety of themes. You can download more themes and mix and match theme elements to find a perfect fit. Changing the theme 1. On the home screen, touch Themes. 2. Select a theme and touch APPLY. Customizing a
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    Personalizing your phone Organizing home screen widgets and application icons Adding a widget to the home screen 1. On the home screen, touch and hold a blank area to display the Set home screen dialog box. 2. Touch Widgets. 3. Drag a widget from the screen's lower section to a screen thumbnail. 4.
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    2. You can then: •Touch the folder name to rename it. •Touch and add more items to the folder. Personalizing your phone Removing an item from a folder 1. On the home screen, touch a folder. 2. Drag an item out from the folder to remove the item. A folder must contain at least two items; otherwise,
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    On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. 2. Under PERSONAL, touch Security. 3. Touch Screen lock > Face Unlock. 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to take a photo of your face. Your phone will use face unlock as the primary unlock method. 5. Set a secondary unlock method. If face unlock
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    screen with a PIN 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. 2. Under PERSONAL, 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. If
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    Personalizing your phone After a password is set, you will have to enter it every time you want to unlock the phone screen. If you enter incorrect passwords five consecutive times, the screen stops responding to further unlock attempts for 30 seconds. You will still be able to make emergency calls
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    Calls Calls Smart dialing In addition to standard call procedures, smart dialing lets you quickly find contacts by entering parts of their names or numbers. 1. On the home screen, touch Phone. 2. Enter a phone number or the initials or first several letters of a contact name. Matching contacts in
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    touch 1 again to resume the call. Touch > to start a three-way call. Before you use three2 way calling, make sure you have subscribed to this service. For details, contact your service provider. 3 Touch to use the speakerphone. 17
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    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 Emergency calls are subject to cellular network quality, use environment, service provider policies, and local laws and regulations. Never rely
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    Calls Other call services Your phone also supports other call functions, such as call forwarding, call waiting, and voicemail. Before you use these functions, make sure you have subscribed to these services. For details, contact your service provider. Enabling call forwarding Too busy to answer all
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    Calls 2. Under APPS, touch Call. 3. Touch Voicemail > Voicemail settings > Voicemail number. 4. Enter your voicemail number, and touch OK. To listen to your voicemail messages, touch and hold the 1 key on the dialer and follow the voice instructions. 20
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    are displayed as you type. For example, to search for John Doe, enter John Doe or JD. Importing or exporting contacts Your phone supports contact files in .vcf format only. This is a standard format for files storing contacts. Contact names, addresses, phone numbers, and other information can
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    People 2. Touch > Manage contacts > Import from storage. 3. Select one or more .vcf files. 4. Touch OK. Importing contacts from a Bluetooth device You can import contacts saved in a .vcf file from a Bluetooth device to your phone. 1. On the home screen, touch People then the Contacts tab. 2. Touch >
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    People 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. Creating a contact group 1. On the home screen, touch People then the Groups tab. 2. Touch . 3. Name the contact group. 4. Touch . 5. Select
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    the contact name or phone number. Touch to select more contacts. 4. Write your message. 5. Touch Send. Sending a multimedia message Make sure your data service is on before trying to send multimedia messages. 1. On the home screen, touch Messaging. 2. In the list of message threads, touch . 3. Touch
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    Replying to a message Messaging 1. On the home screen, touch Messaging. 2. In the list of message threads, touch a contact name or phone number to view the conversation thread. 3. Touch the text field to write your reply. 4. Touch Send. Searching for a message 1. On the home screen, touch
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    Messaging 3. Touch and hold the message you want to forward. 4. From the displayed option menu, choose Forward. 5. Touch the recipient text box and enter the contact name or phone number. Touch to select more contacts. 6. Touch Send. Deleting a message 1. On the home screen, touch Messaging. 2. In
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    Browser Browser Your phone's browser lets you surf the web and stay on the ball with up-todate news and information. Staying connected has never been easier. Browsing web pages 1. On the home screen, touch Browser. 2. Enter a website address in the address box. Your phone displays matching websites
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    2. On the Browser screen, touch . 3. Touch Bookmarks. 4. Touch and hold the bookmark you want to edit. 5. From the displayed option menu, choose Edit bookmark. 6. Edit the bookmark. 7. Touch OK. Browser Setting the home page Set your favorite web page as your browser's home page to make life a
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    POP3 or IMAP email account. For details, contact your email service provider. 1. On the home screen, touch Email. 2. Select an email account type. 3. Enter your Email address and Password, and touch Next. 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to configure the email settings. When the email account is
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    Email Sending emails 1. On the home screen, touch Email. 2. Open an email account. 3. On the Inbox screen, touch . 4. Enter the recipient and subject and write your message. Upload any attachments. 5. When you are done, touch to send the email. Checking your emails 1. On the home screen, touch Email
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    Multimedia Camera As time flies by, there must be some memories you want to keep forever. Camera is a great tool for this. It supports a variety of capture modes, such as beauty and smile. Viewfinder 1 7 2 A 6 3 4 5 1 Touch to switch between the rear and front cameras. 2 Touch A to set
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    Multimedia •Touch an object on the viewfinder to focus the camera on it. 4 •Spread two fingers to zoom in or pinch to zoom out. 5 Touch the thumbnail to view your photos. 6 Touch to take a photo. • Drag the slider to to switch to photo mode. 7 •Drag the slider to to switch to video mode.
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    Multimedia Taking a panoramic photo Are you still upset that your camera's view angle isn't wide enough to capture an incredible scene? Panorama mode is exactly the solution you need. You'll be able to piece together several photos and combine them into one seamless shot. 1. On the home screen,
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    . 2. Touch the album you want to view. 3. Touch the photo or video to view it in full screen mode. Multimedia When viewing a photo, pinch two fingers together to zoom out or spread them apart to want to share. 3. Touch . 4. Choose a sharing method and follow the onscreen instructions. 34
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    Setting a photo as the wallpaper 1. On the home screen, touch Gallery. 2. Choose the photo you want to set as the wallpaper. 3. Touch > Set as > Wallpaper. 4. Drag the frames of the grid to resize it. 5. Touch . Multimedia Music In the mood for music? Your phone provides you with a supreme audio
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    Multimedia 1 2 3 6 4 5 1 Flick left or right to switch between the album cover and lyrics. 2 Touch to add a song to your favorites. 3 Touch to switch the playing mode. 4 Drag the slider to control the playback. • Touch 5 •Touch • Touch to play and touch to pause. to go back to the
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    2. Touch Playlists > Create new playlist. 3. Touch the text box to name the playlist. 4. Touch Save. You can now add songs to the playlist. 5. In the displayed dialog box, touch OK. 6. Select the songs you want to add. 7. Touch ADD. Playing a playlist 1. On the home screen, touch Music. 2. Touch
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    your SIM card. Do not change the access point settings; otherwise, you may not be able to access the network. Enabling the data service Touch to enable your phone's data service. When you don't need to access the Internet, disable the data service to save battery power and reduce data usage. Setting
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    . To use the WPS function and set up a Wi-Fi connection between your phone and a Wi-Fi hotspot, make sure the Wi-Fi hotspot also supports the WPS. Using the WPS button 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch the Wi-Fi switch to
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    Share. 3. Touch Wi-Fi direct. You phone then scans for available devices and displays them. 4. Touch the device you want to send the file to. Specific steps may vary slightly by file type. Wi-Fi hotspot Your phone can also function as a Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices, sharing its mobile
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    Internet connection better secure the Wi-Fi network. 6. Set the key to the Wi-Fi hotspot. When other devices want to access your phone's network, this key must be entered. 7. Select the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot check box. 8. On the device you want to use, search for and connect to your phone's WiFi
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    the ALL tab. 2. Under WIRELESS & NETWORKS, touch Bluetooth. 3. From the list of detected Bluetooth devices, touch a device and follow the onscreen instructions to pair with it. To disconnect from a paired Bluetooth device, under PAIRED DEVICES, touch > Unpair. If a Bluetooth connection cannot be set
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    aims to implement intercommunication between computers and other electronic products through wired and wireless networks, providing users with seamless digital media services. DLNA enables users on the same Wi-Fi network to share multimedia files easily. Using DLNA, you can: • Share multimedia files
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    connection screen, choose Camera (PTP). The phone driver is then automatically installed on the computer. 3. After the driver is installed, follow the onscreen instructions on the computer to view or transfer files. Mass storage mode In mass storage mode, you can use your phone as a USB mass storage
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    Sharing data 2. On the USB computer connection screen, choose USB storage device. The phone driver is then automatically installed on the computer. 3. The computer will identify your phone as a USB mass storage device. You can then transfer files between your phone and the computer. After file
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    Managing applications Managing applications Downloading applications A rich selection of applications is available through Google's Play Store. You can also connect your phone to a computer and transfer applications over that way. Viewing applications You can view detailed information about all
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    Managing applications 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. 2. Under APPS, touch Manage apps. 3. Flick to All. 4. Touch Clear cache. 47
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    Settings Settings Turning on or off airplane mode Always comply with all airline rules and regulations. If allowed by the aircraft operator, you may switch on your phone and enable airplane mode in flight. In airplane mode, your phone's wireless features are disabled, but you can still listen to
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    idle for the specified period, your phone automatically locks its screen to save battery power. • Touch Daydream to turn on or off the screen saver. , your phone relies on the network-based date and time. You can also manually set the date and time. 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then the
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    touch Language & input. 3. Touch Language. 4. From the list, choose a language. Modifying location service settings You can modify your phone's location service settings for more convenient positioning and navigation services. 1. On the home screen, touch Settings then the All tab. 2. Under PERSONAL
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    tab. 2. Under PERSONAL, touch Backup & reset. 3. Touch Factory data reset > Reset phone > Reset phone. The phone will restore its factory settings manually, go to the home screen, touch Settings > About phone > System Update > Online update to check for updates, and follow the onscreen instructions
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    of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and its affiliates ("Huawei"). The product described in this manual may include copyrighted software of Huawei and and any use of such marks by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is under license. Other trademarks, product, service and company names mentioned may be the
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    reserves the right to change or modify any information or specifications contained in this manual without prior notice and without any liability. Third-Party Software Statement Huawei does not own the intellectual property of the third-party software and applications that are delivered with this
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    (THIS LIMITATION SHALL NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE LAW PROHIBITS SUCH A LIMITATION) OF HUAWEI ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS MANUAL SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS PRODUCT. Import and Export
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    screen layout, may vary. All statements, information, and recommendations in this guide do not constitute a warranty of any kind, express or implied. .huawei.com/en/support/hotline for recently updated hotline and email address in your country or region. Model: HUAWEI G6-U10 HUAWEI G6-U251 HUAWEI G6
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