Tips and tricks for you to take full advantage of the Honor 8X which is one of the latest models out from Huawei’s sub-brand Honor.
List of Honor 8X tips and tricks
Automatic record calls
This feature helps you to ease your job and remember the things said on the phone, the phone has a feature that allows you to automatically record either all of the incoming calls or calls from selected numbers. This can be done through:
- Settings -> then Wireless & networks -> and then Call settings
Data Saver
We know that most of your data packages get used up because of background apps eating away the data and thus, this phone has the feature to save your data automatically. The steps to enable this are:
- Settings -> Wireless & networks -> then Mobile data -> now hit one Data Saver
Scheduled switching on and off of the phone
To enable Scheduled power on and off feature, you should go to:
- Settings -> then Smart Assitance -> Scheduled power on/ off.
You can decide when the phone should switch off and switch on automatically with this feature which is beneficial for your sleep schedules.
Motion option regarding calls
There is a “raise to ear” kind of feature which allows you to change from Bluetooth to earpiece mode or calls someone directly from the contact details screen just by making the motion of moving the phone to your ear. Follow up on these steps:
- Settings -> Smart assistance -> Motion Control -> then Raise to ear.
Three finger screenshot gesture
Most of the OEMs today have implemented the facility to take a screenshot with a gesture of running your three fingers down on the screen. This feature can be enabled by following up on the following the order of:
- Settings -> Smart assistance -> Motion control -> Three-finger screenshot.
Step count
The Honor 8X by default has a daily step counter on the lock screen to help you with your fitness. As this doesn’t have to be set up, if it doesn’t suit your taste or feels like an unnecessary addition, you can disable it following the given steps:
- Settings -> Security & privacy -> Screen lock & passwords
Fingerprint sensor for the camera
Apart from the standard purpose of a fingerprint sensor, On Honor 8X it can also be used to click pictures while using the camera application. It can also be used as a video shutter while using the video camera feature. This can be enabled through the options you will get by following
- Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Fingerprint ID
Automatically changing Wallpapers
The Emotion UI will facilitate to you an automatic change of wallpapers from its gallery to keep you entertained. You can do this through:
- Settings -> Display -> Wallpaper, select the option of “Randomly change home screen wallpaper.”
Power off button to end calls
In this fast-paced world, small changes have a huge impact, and thus there is a feature where you can use the power button to end calls directly if it suits your choices. This can be enabled through:
- Settings -> Smart Assitance -> Accessibility -> Power button ends the call.
Change of Font and Battery percentage
You can change the default font by following up on these steps to suit your style from the options given even though you cannot install new fonts on Honor 8X:
- Settings -> Display -> Text Style
Even the layout regarding the Battery percentage can be changed, even though the possibility of having to worry about your battery with Honor 8X is profoundly low. This can be changed through:
- Settings -> Battery -> Battery percentage
