Enable Read in Background for Select to Speak
If Select to Speak stops reading the moment you switch to another app on your Huawei phone, the background reading option is turned off. This feature is still experimental and can behave unpredictably in some apps.
Enable High Contrast Text (Accessibility)
Small system fonts on a Huawei phone can turn into a strain, especially in bright light or with low vision. The Accessibility settings include a High contrast text option that outlines letters in black to make body text and menu labels easier to read.
Turn Off Keyboard Usage Statistics Sharing
If your Huawei phone keeps sending keystroke patterns and app usage data back to Microsoft SwiftKey, the Help improve Microsoft SwiftKey option is switched on by default. This setting shares what and how you type to refine the keyboard, which raises privacy concerns for many users. You can review and turn it off directly from the keyboard settings.
Set the Date Manually
If your Huawei phone keeps resetting the date after every reboot or shows the wrong day, the automatic network sync is likely still active. Manual changes to the date only stick once you switch off this automatic setting first.
Unlock App Lock with Fingerprint
Locked apps on your Huawei phone normally ask for the App Lock password every time you open them, which gets tedious fast. If Fingerprint ID is not linked to App Lock, you end up typing the same PIN or pattern over and over. This setting controls whether your fingerprint can replace that password screen entirely.
Restore Archived Conversations
A conversation disappears from the main inbox in Messages, but nobody deleted it - that usually means it landed in the Archive instead. Archived chats stay hidden from the default list until you pull them back manually, which is easy to miss if you don't know where to look.
Enable or Disable Bluetooth Contact Sharing
When your Huawei phone connects to a car stereo or infotainment system, the paired device sometimes cannot show or dial your saved contacts. This usually happens because Contact sharing for that specific Bluetooth connection is switched off, so the car system never receives your address book. Voice commands like 'call John' then fail even though the phone shows as connected.
Set Default Phone App
If a third-party dialer or call-recording app does not open automatically when you tap a contact or make a call, your Huawei phone is likely still routing calls through the built-in Phone app. Some apps offer caller ID, spam blocking, or call recording that only work once they are set as the default. Android lets you switch the default calling app in the system settings at any time.
Allow or Deny Picture-in-Picture for an App
If a video freezes the moment you switch to another app, or a floating window never shows up while you type a message, the picture-in-picture permission for that app is probably the issue. Some apps get this permission by default, others need it turned on manually before the pop-up window works. Checking which side an app is on saves a lot of guessing.
Mount Memory Card Again
If your Huawei phone suddenly stops showing photos, videos or files from the SD card, the card is likely unmounted rather than damaged. This often happens after using 'Safely remove' or after a read error during boot, and the storage stays hidden until you reactivate it manually.
Delete Conversations
Deleting a conversation message by message takes forever when you just want the whole thread gone. Huawei's Messages app has a direct option to remove a full conversation at once, but there is no undo once you confirm it.
Edit Quick Response Text Messages
When you cannot pick up a call on your Huawei phone, decline-with-message sends a short text instead. If the default wording never fits your situation, you can rewrite these Respond with text entries to match how you actually communicate. The setting sits inside the Phone app, not in your messaging app.
Enable or Disable Google Feed
If a scrolling panel with news, video clips and trending stories keeps showing up on the left edge of your Huawei home screen, that is Google Feed pulling in content automatically. Some people find it useful, others just want a clean home screen without extra swiping. Whether you want to bring it back or shut it off for good, the option sits in a place you would not expect.
Clear Keyboard Typing Data
If SwiftKey keeps suggesting old words, names, or phrases you no longer type, the keyboard is still holding onto your typing history. Voice input samples and personal dictionary entries pile up over time and resurface in predictions long after they were useful.
Default Volume Button Control (Media vs. Ringtone)
On Huawei phones, pressing the volume buttons usually changes the media volume, even when you are trying to turn the ringtone up or down before a call. This happens because EMUI sets media as the default target for the volume rocker. If you keep missing calls because the ringer stays too quiet, this default setting is the reason.
Set Sound and Vibration for Calendar Reminders
If calendar reminders on your Huawei phone stay silent or skip the vibration you expect, the notification sound for the Calendar app is usually set to Mute or the vibration toggle got switched off. This sits separately from your general ringtone settings, so changing your phone's ringtone won't fix it. A quick check inside the Calendar app settings solves it.
Set Date & Time Automatically
If your Huawei phone shows the wrong time after switching networks or traveling, the automatic clock sync may be pulling incorrect data from your carrier. By default the device fetches time, date and time zone straight from the mobile network, which can fail with a weak signal or a foreign SIM. Turning off the automatic setting lets you enter the correct values yourself.
Set Up a New Alarm
If your Huawei phone stays silent when it should wake you up, the alarm entry in the Clock app may be missing a setting. No repeat days, a muted sound or an unconfirmed ringtone all lead to the same result: you sleep through it. Custom titles, ring length and vibration also depend on how the alarm was set up in the first place.
Enable or Disable Do Not Disturb
If calls suddenly go straight to a busy signal or message alerts stop making a sound on your Huawei phone, Do Not Disturb is likely switched on. The mode silences calls, messages and system alerts at once, and it can also trigger itself on a schedule without you noticing. Knowing where this setting lives helps you turn it off fast or set it up the way you actually want.
Enable or Disable Content Feed in Browser App
Opening the Huawei Browser homepage normally shows shortcuts to Google, YouTube or N-TV, but no rolling news headlines underneath them. That extra feed lives behind a separate News service option, and until you find it, the start page sticks to plain website tiles. Turning the feed off works the same way, in case a busy homepage got in the way of quick searches.
Power Off Your Smartphone
If Do Not Disturb, Sleep Time or Concentration Mode is active, the regular power-off screen on your Huawei phone can feel stuck or unresponsive. These focus modes only silence notifications, they do not stop background apps and services from running, which is why an occasional full shutdown still matters.
Change a Group's Ringtone
If every group on your Huawei phone still rings with the same default tone, you cannot tell by sound alone who or which group is calling. The option to change this sits inside the Contacts app rather than the general sound settings, so many people never find it. Individual contacts can also override the group tone, which leads to confusing results if you expect one sound for the whole group.
Share a Calendar Event
When you want to send a meeting time or event details to a friend or colleague, forwarding a Calendar entry directly saves you from retyping the date and location. On Huawei phones running EMUI, this option sits inside the event details screen rather than the main app menu, so it is easy to overlook the first time you look for it. Without it, you end up describing the appointment manually instead of sending the real entry.
Resize a Widget on the Home Screen
A widget that takes up half the screen or shows too little information usually just has the wrong size set. On Huawei phones this happens after moving a widget between home screens or after a system update resets its layout. Adjusting the size fixes cramped text and oversized tiles without removing and re-adding the widget.