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GT-I8150
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Instructional icons
Represents the Menu key
Trademarks
Copyright
Copyright 2011 Samsung Electronics
About Divx Video
Contents
Entertainment
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Unpack
Assembling
Assembling
Insert the battery Replace the back cover
Charge the battery
››Charge with a travel adapter
Assembling
››Charge with a USB cable
Insert a memory card optional
GB depending on memory card manufacturer and type
Assembling
››Remove the memory card
Idle mode, select Applications → Settings → Storage
››Format the memory card
Turn your device on and off
Getting started
››Device layout
Get to know your device
Home
››Indicator icons
Keys
Bar press and hold
Getting started
Current time
Use the touch screen
Lock or unlock the touch screen and keys
Get to know the idle screen
››Move items on the idle screen
››Add items to the idle screen
››Remove items from the idle screen
››Add or remove panels to the idle screen
››Use the shortcuts panel
››Organise applications
Access applications
Select an application
››Access recent applications
››Turn on or off the touch tone
Customise your device
››Use the task manager
››Set the current time and date
››Change your ringtone
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
››Switch to Silent mode
››Activate animation for switching windows
Select Save or Set wallpaper
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Select a wallpaper for the idle screen
››Set a screen lock
→ Location and security → Set screen lock → PIN
→ Location and security → Set screen lock → Pattern
Idle mode, open the application list and select
››Activate the mobile tracker
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
Select Alert message recipients
››Enter text using the Swype keyboard
Enter text
››Change the keyboard type
Getting started
Start a new line. Enter text by voice
››Enter text using the Samsung keypad
Number Function Start a new line
››Copy and paste text
Then scroll left or right
Download applications from Android Market
››Install an application
››Uninstall an application
Select Uninstall → OK
Synchronise data
Download files from the web
→ Unknown sources → OK
→ Accounts and sync
››Set up a server account
››Activate automatic sync
››Synchronise data manually
Calling
Communication
››Make and answer a call
Answer a call
››Use a headset
››Use options during a voice call
››Use options during a video call
››Use additional features
››View and dial missed calls
Select Black list
→ Call → Call rejection
→ Call → Call forwarding → a call type. Select a condition
→ Call → Additional settings → Call barring → a call type
Select a call barring option
››View call logs
Messaging
→ Logs
Select Add recipients of your message
››Send a text message
››Send a multimedia message
Messaging
››Listen to voice mail messages
››View a text or multimedia message
Mail
Google Mail
››Send an email message
››View email messages
Select a label to add and select OK
››Organise email by labels
From the Inbox screen, tap and hold a message
Select Change labels
Select the subject field to enter a subject
››Set up an email account
→ Reply
››View an email message
Forward
››Add friends to your friend list
Talk
››Start a chat
Hub
Check and use contents delivered from Social Hub
Social Hub
Idle mode, open the application list and select Social
Camera
Entertainment
››Capture a photo
Entertainment
››Capture a photo by using preset options for various scenes
Select → Shooting mode → Smile shot
››Capture a photo in Self shot mode
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
Make any necessary adjustments Select to take a photo
››Capture a photo of action
Select → Shooting mode → Panorama
Select → Shooting mode → Action shot
››Capture a panoramic photo
››Customise camera settings
››Capture a photo in Cartoon mode
Select → Shooting mode → Cartoon
Imaging sensor
Adjust the sensitivity of the camera
Option Function Effects
Black and white tones
››Record a video
Check the camcorder status
Default storage location
You can add or remove shortcuts to
Frequently used options. p
Camera starts recording a video
››Customise camcorder settings
››Edit the shortcut icons
Videos
Supported file formats
Gallery
››View a photo
Control playback with the virtual keys. p
Photo editor
Play a video
Select a video with the icon to play
Selection
Music
Select → New selection → OK
→ Add to selection or Remove from selection
››Play music
››Add music files to your device
Hold Pause playback Select To resume Playback
Select Playlists
››Create a playlist
››Add songs to the quick list
Idle mode, open the application list and select Music
Music Hub
››Customise music player settings
Music library screen
››Listen to the FM radio
FM radio
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
››Save a radio station automatically
Radio
››Customise FM radio settings
Game Hub
Contacts
Personal information
››Create a contact
››Find a contact
Contacts Press → More → Speed dial setting
››Set a speed dial number
››Retrieve contacts from your community accounts
››Create your namecard
Contacts Press → More → View Friends
Contacts Press → Import/Export → Export to SIM card
››Create a group of contacts
››Copy contacts
Contacts Press → Import/Export → Import from SIM card
››Import or export contacts
Calendar
››Create an event
››View events
››View a task
››Stop an event alarm
Task
››Create a task
››Create a memo
Memo
››View memos
Recorder
Voice recorder
››Record a voice memo
››Play a voice memo
Internet
Web
››Browse web pages
Add bookmark
Depending on your region
→ Refresh
→ Forward
››Search for information by voice
New window
››Bookmark your favourite web pages
Idle mode, open the application list and select Internet
Select → Bookmarks
Select → Most visited or History
››Access the frequently visited pages or the recent history
Maps
››Search for a specific location
››Get directions to a specific destination
Latitude
Select → Select from Contacts or Add via email address
Places
YouTube
Navigation
YouTube
››Watch videos
››Share videos
››Upload videos
Market
Samsung Apps
Samsung Apps
Idle mode, open the application list and select News
News & Weather
››View the weather information
››Read news articles
Select Bluetooth to turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
Bluetooth
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings
››Send data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
Wi-Fi
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings → Visible
››Find and connect to a Wlan
››Activate the Wlan feature
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings → Add Wi-Fi network
AllShare
Setup WPS
Select a network indicated by the WPS icon and select
››Customise Dlna settings for sharing media files
Idle mode, open the application list and select AllShare
››Play your files on another DLNA-enabled device
Select Remote device
››Share your device’s mobile network via Wlan
Mobile network sharing
››Share your device’s mobile network via USB
→ Wireless and network → Tethering and portable hotspot
PC connections
››Activate location services
→ Location and security
››Connect with Samsung Kies
Ensure that Windows Media Player is installed on your PC
››Synchronise with Windows Media Player
Select Connect USB storage
››Connect as a mass storage device
VPN connections
››Set up VPN connections
→ Wireless and network → VPN settings → Add VPN
Enter the L2TP secret password
››Connect to a private network
Tools
››Set a new alarm
››Stop an alarm
››Delete an alarm
World clock
››Use the count-down timer
››Create a world clock
››Use the stopwatch
Desk clock
››Use the desk clock
→ Scientific calculator
Calculator
››Perform the calculation
››View the calculation history
Google Search
Downloads
Kies air
››Connect a PC to your device via a Wlan
››Customise Kies air settings
→ Start
Diary
Mini diary
››Create a Mini diary
››View a Mini diary
Polaris Office
My files
››Open a document
››Create a document
Office
SIM Toolkit
››Manage documents online
Idle mode, open the application list and select Polaris
Voice Search
Task manager
Search
Access the Settings menu
Settings
Wireless and network
››Tethering and portable hotspot
››VPN settings
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings
››USB utilities
Call alert
Call
Call answering/ending
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Display
Change the settings for various sounds on your device
Change the settings for the display
Sound
Power saving mode
Location and security
Set up SIM card lock
Applications
Change the settings for managing installed applications
Development
Tutorial Learn how to control motions
Accounts and sync
Motion
››Select language
Privacy
Storage
Language and keyboard
››Swype
››Samsung keypad
››Text-to-speech settings
››Voice recognition settings
Voice input and output
Date and time
Accessibility
About phone
Troubleshooting
→ Erase everything
Touch screen responds slowly or improperly
Ensure that your device is turned on
If using a headset, ensure that it is properly connected
Ensure that you have pressed the Dial key
Number you are dialling
Battery does not charge properly or the device turns off
Error messages appear when opening music files
Another Bluetooth device is not located
Handle and dispose of batteries and chargers with care
Safety precautions
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Proper care and use of your mobile device
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Specific Absorption Rate SAR certification information
Correct disposal of this product
Disclaimer
Call barring 47 call forwarding 47 call log Calls
Index
Dlna
Phonebook
Wlan
Declaration of Conformity R&TTE
GSM Wcdma Wi-Fi Mobile Phone GT-I8150
To install Kies PC Sync