How to turn off a Huawei MatePad 10.8 from the settings

How to power off a Huawei MatePad 10.8

If you need to turn off your Huawei MatePad 10.8, either because you need to save battery at night, get on a plane, protect your privacy, or switch it off to take it in for repair and you don't know or remember how to do it, in a few simple steps we show you the instructions to completely turn off your device.

In recent updates to the Android operating system, the power button is no longer used to turn off the MatePad 10.8, but has been replaced by the virtual assistant, so the shutdown option has been a little more hidden.

Table of Contents:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

With the Huawei MatePad 10.8 locked or unlocked, long press the power or unlock button until a screen with several options appears.

2- Second step:

Among the options displayed on the screen of the Huawei MatePad 10.8, choose "Power off". If a confirmation message appears, tap accept.

3- Third step:

The screen will go dark and the Huawei MatePad 10.8 will turn off, wait a few seconds or minutes for the shutdown to complete. When it is turned on again, it will request the PIN code of the SIM card and the pattern, fingerprint or unlock code.

If the MatePad 10.8 power button does not work or activate the assistant.

1- First step:

First of all, display the quick access or settings bar of your Huawei MatePad 10.8. To do this, with the Huawei MatePad 10.8 unlocked, you can slide your finger from the top of the screen downwards, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

2- Second step:

Swipe a second time to fully display the shortcuts panel. You will see in the lower right part a button with the symbol to turn on / off, click on this button to continue.

3- Third step:

Several options will be displayed on the MatePad 10.8 screen, including activating emergency mode, restarting, and the option you are looking for: "Turn off". Click on the "Turn off" button to continue.