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5 Great HONOR 8X Tips and Tricks that You Need to Know

January 15, 2019

5 Great HONOR 8X Tips and Tricks that You Need to Know

January 15, 2019

There are some great tips and tricks you need to know when using HONOR 8X. With them, you will find your HONOR 8X is smarter than ever before.

1) Slow-mo

Slow-mo function helps you to record fast-paced events (such as a sports game, your child's performance or dance practice) in a slower motion so that you can get more detailed effect. That is to say, you can use slow motion recording to slow down important moments. If you want to capture a single moment, you can play back a section of the recording in slow motion and capture the exact moment you want.

Go to HONOR 8X Camera > More > Slow-mo, and then touch to start recording a video. The recorded video will be saved in Gallery > Albums > All videos.

2) Phone Manager

Phone manage is useful when you found your HONOR phone has slowed down. Use one-touch optimization to make your phone run smoother and protect it from security threats.

Open HONOR 8X Phone Manager, and touch OPTIMIZE. Your phone will automatically perform overall performance optimization, security optimization, battery performance optimization, and device management optimization. You can customize the optimization options. However, the system will recommend you to perform a one-touch manual optimization to increase its running speed, check for security risks, optimize power consumption, and monitor and block unknown phone numbers and harassing calls.

3) Pro mode

The Pro mode allows you to adjust your camera settings to shoot professional portraits. Then how to use pro mode? Go to Camera>More>Pro…

You can adjust brightness based on the shooting environment

Adjust ISO: To avoid excessive noises, it is recommended that you adjust the ISO to a low level when shooting portraits. You may adjust the ISO based on the actual shooting environments.

Adjust shutter speed: The shutter speed should be slow if the ambient light is low and fast when the ambient light is strong. The recommended shutter speed for static portraits is between 1/80 and 1/125. To shoot moving subjects, select a shutter speed at or above 1/125.

Adjust EV compensation: You may increase the EV compensation if the light on the subjects or background is low, and decrease the EV compensation if there is too much light.

Adjust AWB: Select AWB depending on the lighting conditions. When shooting under sunlight, you can select HONOR 8X . In a low light environment, you can select .

Adjust Focus: To better highlight a subject, it is recommended that you use manual focus (MF) when shooting portraits. In the viewfinder, touch to focus on the part (the subject"s face for example) you want to highlight.

4) Bluetooth

If you want to share HONOR contacts with others, you can use the Bluetooth. Just go to Contacts> More HONOR 8X > Import/Export >Share contacts>Select all>Share>Bluetooth. Then follow the onscreen instructions, you goal will be achieved.

5) Block or unblock a phone number

If you want to fed up of nuisance calls and telephone scams? You can try to block the phone number. Just Open HONOR 8X Dialer, go to > Blocked, and then touch . Configure the interception rules and blacklist or whitelist according to your preferences.

To sum up, the above 5 tips will help you use the phone easier than ever before, you will find a smarter device in the end.

5 Great HONOR 8X Tips and Tricks that You Need to Know