Answer Calls with the Fingerprint Sensor
Struggling to answer calls when the touchscreen is hard to use, your fingers are wet, or you are wearing gloves? Huawei phones can accept a call with a long press on the fingerprint sensor, but this option is usually switched off by default. Without it, every incoming call still needs the on-screen slide gesture, even if that is exactly what is causing you trouble.
Turn Bluetooth On or Off
Can't pair your Bluetooth headset or speaker? Your Huawei phone will not find any nearby devices until Bluetooth is switched on. Leaving it running when you are not using it also drains the battery faster and keeps the radio searching for connections in the background.
Enable or Disable Service Messages
Random texts from your carrier about data usage, promotions, or account balance can clutter your inbox on a Huawei phone. These service messages come through the regular Messages app and are controlled by a setting most people never touch. If you keep getting them after asking your provider to stop, the toggle inside the Messages app is usually still switched on.
Switch Between User Accounts
Managing several user profiles on a Huawei phone gets confusing once you are past the initial setup. Right after creating a new account, the phone asks directly if you want to switch, but that prompt only appears once. After that, many people end up digging through the Settings app every time they just want to swap to another profile.
Set Default SMS Messages App
If a new messaging app you installed from the Google Play Store never actually receives your texts, the old app is probably still set as default. Huawei phones send every SMS and MMS through whichever app is marked as the standard, no matter how many others sit on your home screen. Switching that setting is the only way to make a new app take over completely.
Set Up Parental Controls with Digital Balance
If your kid is glued to their Huawei phone and homework keeps getting pushed back, screen time is probably the real issue. Huawei bundles parental control inside the Digital Balance feature, which most parents never open because it looks like a personal wellbeing tool. Without setting limits here, apps stay unrestricted and screen time goes untracked.
Enable or Disable Smart Cover Display Window
When you close a smart cover with a cutout window on your Huawei phone, the screen behind the window stays blank instead of showing the time or date. This happens because the Smart cover feature is switched off or the display window option inside it was never turned on. A related step counter toggle controls whether your daily steps show up in that same window.
Manually Select a Mobile Network
Near a border or in a rural area, your Huawei phone might latch onto a foreign network that offers a stronger signal instead of your home carrier. This happens because automatic network search always prioritizes reception over your default provider. Roaming charges or dropped data sessions are the usual result until you pick the carrier yourself.
Set Up Fingerprint Unlock
If your Huawei phone still asks for a pattern, PIN or password every time you wake the screen, fingerprint unlock probably has not been set up yet. Huawei phones require an existing backup unlock method before a fingerprint can be registered, since the print alone is never used as the sole security layer. Without that fallback in place, the fingerprint menu blocks you from adding a print at all.
Set Up or Reset APN Settings
When mobile data stays off even though your SIM is active, a wrong or missing APN entry is often the cause. Carriers usually push this configuration automatically, but a failed update or a manual change can break the connection. If your Huawei phone shows a signal but no internet access, the APN list is the first place to check.
Unhide Albums in Gallery
Albums you hid in Gallery for privacy do not vanish, they just stop appearing in the main overview. If a folder with photos or videos suddenly seems missing on your Huawei phone, it is usually parked in the Hide albums list rather than deleted.
Allow Calls Through Do Not Disturb
When Do Not Disturb is active on a Huawei phone, urgent calls can get silenced along with everything else, so an important contact never gets through. EMUI lets you carve out exceptions so specific calls still ring while the rest stays muted. Getting this wrong usually means either missed calls from people who matter or a phone that keeps buzzing during focus time.
Activate or Deactivate a SIM Card
If you run Dual-SIM on your Huawei phone, you might want to switch off one number without pulling the physical card out. A deactivated SIM stops receiving calls, texts and mobile data until you turn it back on. This control sits inside the mobile network settings, not on the SIM tray or lock screen.
Share Wi-Fi Password via QR Code
Typing out a long Wi-Fi password for guests or family members wastes time and often ends in typos. Huawei phones can turn the active connection into a scannable code instead of a string of characters. This works only for networks your device is already connected to.
Turn Vibrate on Touch On or Off
Every tap on the back button, a menu item, or a toggle triggers a short buzz on your Huawei phone, even when you just want a quiet browsing session. Or the opposite happens: you rely on that haptic click to confirm a tap and suddenly it stops firing. Either way, the setting sits inside the sound options, not the vibration settings you would expect.
Enable or Disable Speak Passwords
When TalkBack reads out loud every character you type into a password field, anyone nearby can hear your login details. This happens because the Speak passwords option inside TalkBack is switched on by default on some Huawei phones. Turning it off keeps password entries silent while TalkBack still announces everything else.
Turn Personal Hotspot On or Off
When other devices show no internet connection through your Huawei phone, the personal hotspot is often switched off or was never configured. You can also give it a custom name and password so people around you connect quickly without sharing your regular Wi-Fi.
Set Alarm Volume Separately
If your alarm sounds too quiet or too loud even after adjusting the ringtone, the problem is not the ringtone at all. On Huawei phones the alarm has its own volume level, separate from calls and media playback. Missing this setting is a common reason people oversleep or get startled awake.
Enable or Disable Dual Clocks
Travel to a different time zone with your Huawei phone and the lock screen suddenly shows two clocks side by side. That second clock reflects your home city time and keeps appearing until you switch the dual clocks feature off or update the home time zone yourself.
Enable or Disable Magazine Unlock
If your Huawei lock screen keeps swapping in a new photo every time you wake the display, Magazine Unlock is running in the background. The images refresh automatically over Wi-Fi and rotate through a category you can pick, which some people find distracting or unnecessary. If you never chose this look, or you want it back after a reset, the switch sits inside the wallpaper settings rather than the lock screen menu itself.
Enable or Disable Huawei Share
If you cannot send photos or files directly to another Huawei phone nearby, Huawei Share is likely switched off. The feature ships deactivated by default, so nearby devices will not detect each other until you turn it on. Once active, you can also enable Computer Share to move files between your phone and a PC or laptop on the same network.
Add a New User Account
Sharing your Huawei phone with family or a colleague usually means everyone sees your apps, photos, and messages. Adding a separate user account keeps each person's home screen, apps, and background apart from yours. Some settings, like WiFi, still stay shared across every user on the device.
Enable or Disable Google Autofill
If login fields, addresses or payment details fill in on their own, the Google Autofill service is active on your Huawei phone and pulling data straight from your Google account. Some users want that convenience back, others want it switched off after noticing sensitive data appearing in forms it should not touch. Either way, the setting sits in a place that is easy to miss.
Turn Wi-Fi On or Off
If your phone keeps burning through mobile data at home or at work, Wi-Fi might be switched off without you noticing. On the other hand, a Wi-Fi radio left running all day in areas with no network drains battery for nothing. Knowing exactly where this switch sits on your Huawei saves both your data plan and your battery.