How to pin the screen on an Huawei Honor 7i?

There are times when we need someone else to use our Huawei Honor 7i either to see a photo, a video, use an application or visit a web page, but we do not want them to be able to access the rest of the applications and data on our device either by privacy, security or to avoid mistakes.

For example, there are times when we need to give the Huawei Honor 7i to a friend, family member or even a small child and we do not want them to leave that app that we have opened. This is very useful, for example, so that young children can watch videos on YouTube without leaving the application and we can even prevent them from doing anything other than watching, that is, blocking the touch panel until we want.

Imagine that you want to let someone see a photo or video from Instagram but you don't want them to be able to “like” that publication or see the rest of the publications and “gossip”, since it is possible to do so on our Honor 7i, follow the following steps and we will tell you how to configure it.

This feature is only available from Android version 9, the Honor 7i comes from the factory with version Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop)| planned upgrade to 6.0 (Marshmallow).

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

As most Android functions “Screen pinning” must be activated from the Huawei Honor 7i settings, for this we click on “Settings” to start with the configuration.

Settings icon Android

2- Second step:

Scroll down the Huawei Honor 7i settings, look for the section called “Security”, click to access.

Android security settings

3- Third step:

The pin screen function is a bit hidden in the Huawei Honor 7i settings so we must click on “Advanced” to access these hidden settings.

Android advanced menu

4- Fourth step:

Scroll down through the Huawei Honor 7i screen until you find the “Screen pinning” section, press to activate it and define its settings.

Screen pinning Android

5- Fifth step:

Press to activate “Screen pinning” if it is not active.

Activate screen pinning Android

6- Sixth step:

Click on “Ask for unlock pattern before unpinning” if you want to enter a different code from the one you have to unlock the Huawei Honor 7i, in this way you can protect your personal unlock code or pattern.

Activate lock to deactivate

7- Seventh step:

We have already activated this very interesting function to loan the Huawei Honor 7i to someone else. Now to test how it works or put it to use you must open the application that you want to “pin” or keep open and from which you will not be able to exit without unlocking the Honor 7i, once opened you must click on the recent applications button, it is of the square button at the bottom right of the screen of your Honor 7i.

Recent Applications Android

8- Eighth step:

Now click on the icon of the application that you want to “pin on the screen” to display the menu of available options.

Android app settings

9- Ninth step:

Among the options that will now appear displayed, you will see “Pin” next to the icon of a thumbtack or tack. Press to pin this application on your Huawei Honor 7i.

Pin app Android

With these simple steps we have learned to activate and use “Screen pinning” in our Huawei Honor 7i, once configured you can use it at any time by pressing the recent applications button as shown in point seven.

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