Huawei Mate S: activate developer options - Here's how

For more functions, you can activate the developer options on your Huawei Mate S and thus activate the debugging mode, for example. We show you how this works in this article.

Activate developer options on the Android smartphone Huawei Mate S.

Note: Some functions in developer mode can damage your Android OS. In the worst case, the Huawei Mate S can then no longer be used. Therefore, only experienced users should activate the developer mode:

1. Go to the settings of your Huawei Mate S.
2. Scroll down to the "Over the phone" category.
3. Now tap the "Build number" entry seven times in succession.
4. After that, you have successfully activated developer mode on your Mate S. You can recognize this from the message in the small gray box at the bottom of the screen.
5. You will find the entry for this in the "Settings". You can also deactivate developer mode here.

This tip refers to the Huawei Mate S with Android 5. We'll show you what lies behind the "USB debugging" setting in another article.