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Check your product box for the following items
Assembling
Unpack
Install the SIM or Usim card and battery
Insert the battery Replace the back cover
Charge the battery
››Charge with a travel adapter
About the battery charging icons
Charging
Decrease the brightness of the display
››Reduce the battery consumption
››Charge with a USB cable
Insert a memory card
Unmount SD card → OK
››Remove the memory card
››Format the memory card
Attach a hand strap
Getting started
Turn your device on and off
Get to know your device
››Device layout
Keys
››Indicator icons
Key Function
Getting started
Use the touch screen
Lock or unlock the touch screen and keys
Get to know the Home screen
››Use the notifications panel
››Move items on the Home screen
››Change the Home screen mode
››Customise the quick access panel
››Remove items from the Home screen
Add a widget to the Home screen
››Add or remove panels to the Home screen
››Use widgets
On the Home screen, press → Edit
Select an application
Access applications
Add a Settings shortcut to the Home screen
››Organise applications
Screenshots
››Use the task manager
››Access recent applications
Customise your device
››Set the current time and date
››Change the display language
››Adjust the device’s volume
››Switch to the silent mode
››Turn on or off the touch tone
››Select a wallpaper for the Home screen
››Adjust the brightness of the display
Set your device to adjust the brightness automatically
››Change the display font
Set a motion unlock
Adjust the brightness manually
››Set a screen lock
Set a face detection unlock
Set an unlock pattern
Set an unlock password
Screen lock → Password
Set an unlock PIN
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
Application list, select Settings → Security → SIM
Change Alert
Drag the SIM Change Alert switch to the right
Select Alert message
Enter text
››Enter text using the Samsung keypad
››Enter text with the Google voice input feature
››Change the text input method
Getting started
Select To switch to Number mode Select a number
››Enter text using the Swype keyboard
Select To switch to ABC mode
Holding a virtual key in ABC mode
Release the finger on the last character
››Install an application
››Copy and paste text
››Uninstall an application
Download files from the web
››Make and answer a call
Communication
Calling
Make a call
Reject a call
››Use a headset
Answer a call
Call an international number
To switch between the two calls, select Swap
››Use options during a voice call
››Use options during a video call
Press → Call settings → Call rejection
Drag the Auto reject mode switch to the right
››View and dial missed calls
Select Auto reject list
››Use Fixed Dialling Number FDN mode
››Set call forwarding
Select Create Enter a number and select Save
Press → Call settings → Additional settings → Call waiting
Press → Call settings → Call forwarding → a call type
Press → Call settings → Additional settings → Call
››Set call barring
Be sent when you reject a call
››Customise call settings
Press → Call settings
››View call logs
Option Function Ringtones Keypad tones →
Calls →The power
Power key
Device vibration Ringtones
Select the type of outgoing calls
When a headset is connected
Answering
Pocket
→ Noise reduction
Voicemail service
So that the other party can hear
You more clearly
For all calls or only for IP calls
Messaging
››Send a text message
Select to send the message
Press → Add subject and add a subject for the message
››Send a multimedia message
››View a text or multimedia message
››Send an email message
Google Mail
››Listen to voice mail messages
Enter a subject and message
››View email messages
Forward
››Set up an email account
››View an email message
Talk
››Set your status
››Start a chat
ChatON
››Add friends to your friend list
Messenger
Google+
››Capture a photo
Entertainment
Camera
Entertainment
→ Crop
→ Set as
››Change the shooting mode
››Customise camera settings
Timer
Adjust the exposure value
Focus mode
Adjust the sensitivity of the camera
Front camera lens
››Record a video
Option Function Set the camera to flip the image
You can add or remove shortcuts to
Saving normally
Camera lenses
Frequently used options. p
Camera starts recording a video
››Customise camcorder settings
Resolution Change the resolution option
With the front camera lens
Automatically when you record a video
››Edit the shortcut icons
Video Player
››Play a video
Press → Scan for nearby devices
File automatically
››Customise video player settings
Gallery
SoundAlive Select a sound effect Subtitles
››View a photo
Press → Face tag → On
››Tag a face in an image
Application list, select Gallery. Select an image
Application list, select Gallery
Music Player
Play a video
Select a video with the icon to play
››Add music files to your device
››Play music
Entertainment
Create a playlist
››Add songs to the quick list
››Customise music player settings
Music Hub
FM Radio
››Listen to the FM radio
Fine-tune the frequency
››Record a song from the FM radio
››Save a radio station automatically
Sdcard0 → Sounds
Only from radio stations that provide
››Customise FM radio settings
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
This information
Game Hub
››Create a contact
Personal information
Contacts
››Find a contact
››Create your namecard
Press → Speed dial setting
››Set a speed dial number
››Create a group of contacts
Copy contacts from the SIM or Usim card to your device
››Copy contacts
››Import or export contacts
Copy contacts from your device to the SIM or Usim card
Export contacts
Planner
››Create an event or task
Or Export to SD card
››Change the view mode
››View an event or task
››Create a memo
››Stop an event alarm
Memo
››View memos
Play a voice memo
Voice Recorder
Record a voice memo
››Customise voice recorder settings
Quality
››Browse webpages
Web
Internet
Bookmark this
Press → Bookmark this
››Search for information by voice
››Bookmark your favourite webpages
New tab
››Access the recent history
Maps
Application list, select Maps
››Search for a specific location
››Get directions to a specific destination
To search for a location by voice, select
Local
Navigation
Play Store
Play Movies
Select Uninstall → OK
Play Books
››Download an application
Readers Hub
Samsung Apps
YouTube
Voice Search
Video Hub
››Upload videos
››Connect with Samsung Kies
Connectivity
USB connections
››Connect as a camera device
››Connect with Windows Media Player
››Connect as a media device
Select Connected as a media device → Media device MTP
››Find and pair with another device
Bluetooth
››Activate the Bluetooth feature
Scan
Select Accept to confirm the connection between two devices
››Send data via Bluetooth
››Receive data via Bluetooth
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
Wi-Fi
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
Connect with a WPS PIN
››Set the static IP settings
Connect with a WPS button
Press → WPS push button
Application list, select Settings → Wi-Fi→ Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Direct
››Customise Wi-Fi settings
››Connect your device to another device
AllShare Play
››Send data via Wi-Fi
››Receive data via Wi-Fi
››Play a file on a remote device
››Send a file
››Share a file
Application list, select AllShare Play
››Manage contents on a web storage server
››Customise AllShare Play settings
Group Play
››Join another Group Play
→ Tethering and portable hotspot → Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
Mobile network sharing
››Share your device’s mobile network via USB
Tethering and portable hotspot
››Share your device’s mobile network via Bluetooth
GPS
››Activate location services
VPN connections
››Set up VPN connections
VPN → Add VPN network
››Connect to a private network
VPN server
Clock
Tools
Calculator
››Perform the calculation
Select Create alarm
››Set a new alarm
››Stop an alarm
››Create a world clock
››Use the desk clock
››Use the count-down timer
››Use the stopwatch
Set to hide or show the status bar
Help
Temperature unit
Downloads
With latest information and select a
››View a file
My Files
››Supported file formats
Der
Google
SIM Toolkit
Voice talk
Voice command
Say a command into the microphone
Select Tap & Speak
››View a Mini diary
Mini diary
››Create a Mini diary
Learn to keep a photo diary
Data usage
Settings
Access the Settings menu
››USB utilities
More settings
››Flight mode
››Mobile networks
››Tethering and portable hotspot
Network mode Select a network type
Set up and manage virtual private networks VPNs
››Nearby devices
››Kies via Wi-Fi
Home screen mode
Blocking mode
Sound
Wallpaper
Change the settings for the display
Display
View the amount of power consumed by your device
Power saving mode
Battery
Storage
Application manager
Location services
Change the settings for location services
Lock screen
Security
Encrypt external SD card
Set up SIM card lock
››Language
››Default
Language and input
››Google voice typing
Preferences
››Swype
Advanced
››Voice recogniser
Select a voice recognition engine
››Voice search
About View version information
››Text-to-speech output
››Pointer speed
Motion
Back up and reset
Add account
Accessory
Change the accessory settings
Accessibility
Date and time
Text-to-speech output
Activate and change the settings for application development
Developer options
About device
Troubleshooting
Your device freezes or has fatal errors
Number you are dialling
If using a headset, ensure that it is properly connected
Ensure that you have pressed the Dial key
Ensure that your device is turned on
Battery does not charge properly or the device turns off
Error messages appear when opening music files
Another Bluetooth device is not located
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