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Honestly, I have to say I'm pretty surprised. Wasn't expecting much from OnePlus after the One and 2 were mostly "meh." But the OnePlus 3? Holy crap. Great display, great battery life, great camera, awesome build quality, and an even better price. Can't believe they're only charging $400 for...

Should you ever come to the decision to sell your honor 5X or have it serviced, you'll first need to restore the device to its original factory settings. This ensures that all the everything is erased off the phone and all your personal data (photos, videos, music, documents, etc.) are deleted...

The honor 5X features a pretty hefty 5.5-inch display. It's not huge, but it can be difficult to use at times with only a single hand. Because Huawei knows this, they've created special software that can shrink the user-interface to make it easier to use with one hand. They call it One-hand UI...

QR codes while not too common, are increasingly becoming a part of every day life. Whether they're in advertisements, cereal boxes, or everyday household items, you may find yourself wondering how you can scan them on your phone. Well, the honor 5X actually has this functionality right out of...

The honor 5X is home to a plethora of camera settings, one of our favorites being audio control. In this setting, you'll be able to program the camera to take a photo simply by speaking a voice command. Here's how you do it:

Often times, the photos you post online are only as good as your photo editing skills. Thankfully, the honor 5X features a robust set of photo editing tools to tweak photos to heart's content. Here are all the tweaks you have at your disposal along with quick descriptions on what each of the...

For a good number of folks that rely on email accounts other than just Gmail, you can quickly and easily add other email accounts on the honor 5X with just a few quick steps. For those with a Microsoft Exchange account, those can be added to. Here's how you do it:

Since the honor 5X is, well, a smartphone, at some point you're going to want to add/delete contacts to your phone. Managing contacts on the honor 5X isn't too difficult, here's a quick step by step on how you can quickly add, edit, and delete them from your phone.

It's one of the basic features of the Android OS, but for anyone confused on how they can cut/copy/paste/select all, it's easy. Here's how you edit text on the honor 5X.

An important part of personalizing your brand new smartphone is by choosing a custom ringtone. You can either choose between the ringtones that come pre-loaded on the phone, or music files on your SD card. Here's how to do it:

The easiest and quickest way to personalize the look of your honor 5X is to change the wallpaper. With the honor 5X, you can change both the home and lock screen screen wallpaper independently of each other. Here's how you do it.

One of the better features introduced in Android 5.0 Lollipop was the ability to view notifications directly on your lock screen. If you're looking to add these to your lock screen (or just tweak some of the settings), here's where you'll find them on the honor 5X:

If you don't like bothering with 3rd party launchers, the default stock launcher (Huawei Home) on the honor 5X could be right for you. Of course, if you want to full advantage of the features it offers, you're going to need to learn how to use it first. Here's how you can manage your home...

The honor 5X is chock full of software features, one of those is Motion control. This feature allows you to control your phone using a variety of simple motions and gestures. For instance, you can mute the honor 5X phone by turning it over when receiving a call, or even answer or make calls by...

Taking a selfie is easy, but with the special "Perfect selfie" mode on the honor 5X, your quick snapshots will look better than ever. Here's how you can take the perfect selfie on the honor 5X.

Although a handful of Android devices feature virtual navigations buttons (back, home, and recents buttons on the display), the honor 5X is one of the few that lets you customize the order. It's incredibly easy and there's even the option to add a button to open the notification panel. Here are...

Google still hasn't introduced the Android equivalent of Reachability for iOS, but that doesn't mean manufacturers like Huawei aren't taking matters into their own hands. Thankfully, with ever increasing display sizes becoming the norm, EMUI on the honor 5X gives users the ability to shrink the...

There are so many UI tweaks available in the honor 5X, it's a little hard to keep track of all of them. One of our favorites is the ability to turn off/on carrier name and network speed in the status bar (notification area). Here's how you find the setting: Open the Settings app Select...

The honor 5X is home to some pretty great power management settings. The problem is, sometimes it can be a little aggressive in how it manages which apps are running in the background while the phone is sleeping (screen is off). Thankfully, Huawei provided an easy way to whitelist specific...

Unlike most other devices, the fingerprint sensor on the honor 5X is not only able to unlock the phone, but can be used to directly launch apps or call contacts depending on the finger being used. Getting everything up and running is easy, but there are a few steps involved. Here's exactly how...

One of the big new features in the latest version of iOS is the ability to change the temperature of your display with a feature called Night Shift. Believe it or not, but the $200 honor 5X allows you to do the same thing. Well, mostly. Color temp can be adjusted opening the Settings app and...

Whether you're permanently retiring your device to the junk drawer, or looking to sell it to a 3rd party, at some point you're going to need to perform a factory reset. In this How To, we'll show you how to remove all your personal information from the Honor 5X in the event you need to wipe it...

One of Android's best features is being able to add handy little widgets to your home screen and the Honor 5X is no different. Just about every app you install on your device will also have a widget you can place on your home screen -- you just gotta know where to find them. Now, every launcher...

Like just about every Android device, taking a screenshot on the Honor 5X is easy, but there are a few ways to get the job done. It's purely preference which method you use, so don't worry about which way is better. Here's how you do it. Press and hold the power + volume down buttons...

The Honor 5X is one of a handful of Android devices that supports micro SD card expansion. That means, even with limited internal storage, you can easily add up to 128GB in storage to the device (for storing apps, games, or other media) by inserting a simple micro SD card. The micro SD card...