Enable or Disable Flip to Mute
If a call or alarm keeps blaring while you are stuck in a meeting, Flip to mute can silence your Huawei phone the moment you turn it face down. The setting is not all-or-nothing though, since you can limit it to incoming calls, extend it to timers and alarms, or turn the whole motion control off. Get the toggle wrong and you either lose that quick silence trick or end up muting alarms you actually wanted to hear.
Contact Name Order: First Name or Last Name First
If your contact list sorts by last name when you expect first name first, calls and messages get harder to scan at a glance. Huawei phones control this through one shared display setting, not something you fix contact by contact.
Add or Remove Browser Bookmarks
Losing track of frequently visited pages in the Huawei Browser app is a common annoyance once bookmarks are missing or scattered without order. Without a saved shortcut, you end up retyping URLs or scrolling through browsing history every time you need a page again. The save option sits in a spot many people overlook, and removing old bookmarks later works differently than adding them.
Set Screen Resolution Manually
If photos, videos, or text look softer than they should on your Huawei phone, Smart resolution is likely lowering the display output to save power. This automatic setting is on by default and can leave a high-resolution panel running below its real sharpness. You can override it and pick a fixed resolution yourself instead of letting the system decide.
Ringtone Volume Settings
If your Huawei phone rings too loud or too quiet compared to media playback, the ringtone volume runs on its own slider. This also affects notification sounds for incoming SMS or WhatsApp messages, so a wrong setting can mean missed calls or overly loud alerts.
Add a New Browser Tab
Comparing gadget prices or checking multiple news articles usually means closing your current page just to open another one. On Huawei phones the Browser app lets you keep the page you are on running in the background while you open a fresh tab for research. Many users overlook this because the tab controls sit in a spot that is easy to miss on first use.
Set Separate Volume for Media, Ringtone, Alarms and Calls
If your ringtone blasts at full volume while alarms barely wake you up, or media volume drowns out an incoming call, the four sound categories on your Huawei phone run on separate levels. EMUI keeps Media, Ringtone, Alarm and Calls as independent sliders, so turning down one does not touch the others. Getting a balanced setup means checking each slider on its own.
Filter Call List by Missed Calls
When your call log on a Huawei phone fills up with dozens of entries, spotting the calls you actually missed gets tedious. The Phone app can switch between showing every call or only the missed ones, but that toggle is easy to overlook if you have never used it before.
Delete a Photo
When storage on your Huawei phone runs low or a shot simply didn't turn out right, removing single pictures from the Gallery app is the fastest fix. Many users hesitate at the delete confirmation because it's unclear whether removing an image locally also wipes the cloud backup. Knowing what the 'Also delete from Cloud gallery and synced albums' toggle actually does prevents losing photos on other synced devices by accident.
Pair Messages for Web with a PC
When a text comes in while you are working on your laptop, reaching for the Huawei phone every time gets old fast. Messages for web only works once the phone and the browser tab have been linked through a QR code scan, and that pairing session can drop if the phone loses network or the browser tab closes. If the scanner window on the computer stays blank or the code never gets recognized, the two devices are usually not on the same Wi-Fi network or the phone camera has not been given permission.
Remove an Assigned Number from Speed Dial
When every speed dial slot on your Huawei phone is already taken, adding a new contact means one of the existing entries has to go first. Many users only find the option to change or delete a slot after the assigned number, not the contact itself, gets edited.
Set Screen Timeout
If your Huawei display locks itself just seconds after you stop tapping it, or stays lit far too long and drains the battery, the Sleep setting is probably not matched to how you use the phone. This value decides when the screen goes into standby, anywhere from 15 seconds to 10 minutes of inactivity. If a password, PIN, or fingerprint is active as the unlock method, every standby also means unlocking again for the next tap.
Pin the Keyboard to One Side
Typing one-handed on a large Huawei phone usually means stretching your thumb across the full keyboard width, which is slow and often triggers typos. The Microsoft SwiftKey Keyboard built into EMUI has no dedicated one-handed switch, so the keyboard stays centered and full-width by default. Resizing it manually is the only way to shift it to one side.
Change Default Search Engine
If every search on your Huawei phone routes through Google, you might want to switch to Bing or Qwant instead. The Browser app ships with Google as the default provider, and there is no shortcut for this on the home screen or in the quick settings. Many users assume the engine is locked and give up before finding the actual option.
Delete Facial Data
If Face Recognition keeps unlocking your Huawei phone with an old look or you simply want to switch face unlock off, deleting the stored facial data solves it in one step. This also removes any alternate appearance you registered alongside your main face profile. The setting is separate from your PIN or fingerprint, so those stay untouched.
Adjust Colour Mode & Temperature
If your Huawei display looks too cold and bluish, or colours seem flat and washed out, the colour mode and temperature are likely stuck on a default that does not suit you. Huawei lets you switch between a neutral 'Normal' look and a punchier 'Vivid' mode, and you can fine-tune the warmth of the screen yourself instead of relying on the factory setting.
Enable or Disable Smart Lock
If your Huawei phone keeps locking every time you pick it up at home or on a walk, Smart Lock (also called Smart Unlock) might be turned off or set up wrong. The feature relies on signals like On-body detection, Trusted places or Trusted devices to decide when the screen can skip the lock screen. When one of those signals is misconfigured, your phone either stays unlocked too long or locks itself constantly for no reason.
Delete a Contact Group
If a contact group on your Huawei phone is outdated or no longer needed, you can remove it without losing the contacts inside it. Deleting a group only removes the grouping itself, not the people stored in your contact list. This is useful when you organized contacts for a one-off event or project and want a cleaner overview in the Contacts app.
Delay a Notification Temporarily
A notification arrives at a bad moment, but swiping it away removes it completely instead of just hiding it for a while. EMUI has a Delay option that lets you snooze a single alert for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or 1 hour without changing your general notification settings. It only affects that one notification, not the whole app.
Uninstall an App
On some Huawei phones every app icon sits right on the home screen, on others they are hidden inside a separate app drawer. Whether you tap and hold the icon on the home screen or inside the drawer, the wrong starting point often makes the Uninstall option seem missing. The layout your phone uses depends on the App drawer setting, not on the app itself.
Enable or Disable Wi-Fi Direct
Trying to send a photo or stream a video straight from your Huawei phone to a TV or Fire TV Stick only works if Wi-Fi Direct is active. When the toggle stays greyed out or nearby devices simply do not show up, the feature is usually switched off or hidden inside the Wi-Fi menu. Both devices also need to sit on the same Wi-Fi network before a direct transfer can start.
Enable or Disable Data Roaming
If your Huawei phone locks onto a foreign or unfamiliar network abroad, mobile data simply stops working until roaming is switched on. Once you activate it, the phone can use a foreign carrier's mobile network, and that access almost always comes with extra charges from your provider. Leaving roaming off protects you from surprise bills but also blocks data, calls, and messages on networks outside your home carrier.
Add App Shortcut to Home Screen
With the App Drawer enabled as your home screen style on a Huawei phone, newly installed apps land only in the drawer, not on the home screen. Finding a specific app then means opening the drawer and scrolling through it every time. A manual shortcut fixes that without switching the home screen style back to the classic layout.
Search Within a Conversation
Scrolling through a long chat to find one specific message wastes time, especially when the conversation stretches back months. Huawei's Messages app includes a built-in search that scans a single conversation for a keyword or phrase and highlights every match in yellow. You can then jump between hits with dedicated back and forward buttons instead of scrolling manually.