Huawei Mate 20 Pro Tips and Tricks
Here’s how to pair your device with another Bluetooth device.
First you will need to turn Bluetooth on. To do this, drag your finger from the top of the screen down, to show your notifications menu. Then press Bluetooth so the icon is green.
Then press the Scan button and your device will start to scan for pairable devices.
Choose the desired device and press Accept. You may be asked to enter a PIN or Password.
Android cleverly uses Picasa to sync photos between your account and your phone. Sometimes however, this means that you will get duplicates appearing in your Gallery when they’re not actually on your phone.
To stop this from happening, and so you only see photos on the Phone or SD card, then follow these steps:
Drag down your notification menu from the top and click on the Gear icon to bring up your Settings. Then select Accounts and Google. Then select your Gmail account.
You should see a list of options that are ticked. Scroll down to the one that refers to Picasa and untick that.
Now that’s done we want to remove the thumbnails from your Gallery, so we need to refresh the Gallery. To do that, swipe down and go to Settings again. Then select More – Application Manager. Swipe across to show ALL Apps. Then find the Gallery App and press Clear Data.
This will erase the thumbnails in your Gallery, so don’t panic that your photos have disappeared. Just wait for the Gallery to re-build its index which could take awhile.
But the good news is that your Picasa Albums shouldn’t be there anymore.
Android manages your applications so if the phone is running low on memory, it will close the oldest running App.
If you do need to manually close an application go to Settings – Applications – Application manager. Then swipe the screen from right to left until you are on the Running screen.
Then choose the application you want to stop and select Force Stop.
To show the Browser History, open your Android stock browser (the default browser). Then press the Menu or More button and select Settings. Then Advanced – Manage website data.
To clear history, go to Privacy and Delete personal data.
To change the backlight screen timeout, drag down your notifications screen and press Settings. Then under System select Display. Then under Screen timeout you can set the screen time out duration.
You can also tell the phone screen to always stay lit when it is plugged in via USB. Go to Settings – System – Developer Options. Then check Stay Awake.
Note: Developer Options is not always enabled by default. To enable, go to Settings – System – About Device. Then tap on Build number 7 times to enable this secret option.
To change your default font, go to Settings – Display – Font.
Now you can change the font size.
Another option is to install the popular Go Launcher EX App. Then once this is installed, download their GoLauncher Fonts App.
To take a screen shot, hold down the Volume Down and Power Buttons together (i.e. exactly the same time).
Press and hold the power button to open the power menu- then tap on the ‘Screen Shot’. This may depend on the model you are using.
This will save the current screen to your phone’s memory card. They will be stored in the folder /Device Storage/Pictures/Screenshots. You can get to this folder by going to your Files App.
If you like to use vibration mode but you don’t want to disrupt a whole room due to the Huawei Mate 20 Pro vibration intensity, you can adjust or reduce that accordingly. Just follow the steps below on your phone:
- From your home screen, swipe down to open the notifications menu.
- Tap on the Settings icon (usually a gear-shaped one at the top-right portion).
- Scroll to Device then tap “Sound” or “Sounds and notifications” or “Sound & Vibration.”
- Under Sound, tap “Vibrations” or “Vibration Intensity.”
- A bar will appear where you can slide left or right to adjust the intensity of your phone’s vibration. On some phones, users can select from either Light, Medium, or Strong.
- Tap “OK.” This will automatically save your preference.
This generally works for the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and most Android phones.
For Huawei users, you may need to follow a slightly different method. If you use a Huawei unit, follow the instructions below instead:
- From the home screen, tap up to locate Settings.
- Then tap Settings → Strength
- Swipe up or down to adjust the vibration intensity. That’s from Strong, Soft, or None.
- Tap “OK.”
- You will be automatically reverted to the home screen. Don’t worry, your preferred vibration intensity is saved at this point.
To soft reset your phone press and hold the Power/Lock button for around 8 to 10 seconds. The phone will restart automatically.
If that doesn’t work, then remove the battery (if it has one). Wait 30 seconds and put the
battery back in. Then press the Power/Lock button to turn the phone on.
Some devices also provide reboot option on pressing Power Button.
To use your phone as a WiFi hotspot, tether it via USB or via Bluetooth, then go to Settings – Wireless and Network – Mobile hotspot and tethering.
You can then choose from three options:
1) USB – connect your phone via a USB cable. The phone should automatically configure the correct settings.
2) Mobile/WiFi Hotspot – To turn your phone into a WiFi hotspot, press Configure WiFi hotspot. You will then be asked to enter a Network SSID (this is your own name for the WiFi hotspot). Then choose Security and lastly, choose a password (this is password for your WiFi hotspot which you will enter on your computer).
3) Bluetooth – With this option, you will need to pair a Bluetooth device with your phone. On the other device, ensure you search for Bluetooth devices and your phone should show up.