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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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Assembling
Unpack
Assembling
Charge the battery
Insert the battery Replace the back cover
››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
Getting started
Turn your device on and off
Get to know your device
››Device layout
Bar press and hold
››Indicator icons
Keys
Home
Getting started
Current time
Use the touch screen
Get to know the idle screen
Lock or unlock the touch screen and keys
››Move items on the idle screen
››Add items to the idle screen
››Remove items from the idle screen
››Use the shortcuts panel
››Add or remove panels to the idle screen
››Organise applications
Access applications
Select an application
››Access recent applications
››Set the current time and date
Customise your device
››Use the task manager
››Turn on or off the touch tone
››Activate animation for switching windows
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
››Switch to Silent mode
››Change your ringtone
››Set a screen lock
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Select a wallpaper for the idle screen
Select Save or Set wallpaper
→ Location and security → Set screen lock → PIN
→ Location and security → Set screen lock → Pattern
Idle mode, open the application list and select
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
››Activate the mobile tracker
››Change the keyboard type
››Enter text using the Swype keyboard
Enter text
Select Alert message recipients
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
Select Uninstall → OK
››Install an application
››Uninstall an application
Download applications from Android Market
Synchronise data
Download files from the web
→ Unknown sources → OK
››Synchronise data manually
››Set up a server account
››Activate automatic sync
→ Accounts and sync
Calling
Communication
››Make and answer a call
››Use a headset
Answer a call
››Use options during a voice call
››Use options during a video call
››Use additional features
››View and dial missed calls
→ Call → Call rejection
Select Black list
→ 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
Messaging
››Send a text message
››Send a multimedia message
Select Add recipients of your message
››View a text or multimedia message
››Listen to voice mail messages
››View email messages
Google Mail
››Send an email message
Mail
Select Change labels
››Organise email by labels
From the Inbox screen, tap and hold a message
Select a label to add and select OK
››Set up an email account
Select the subject field to enter a subject
→ Reply
››View an email message
Forward
››Add friends to your friend list
Talk
››Start a chat
Idle mode, open the application list and select Social
Check and use contents delivered from Social Hub
Social Hub
Hub
Camera
Entertainment
››Capture a photo
Entertainment
››Capture a photo by using preset options for various scenes
Make any necessary adjustments Select to take a photo
››Capture a photo in Self shot mode
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
Select → Shooting mode → Smile shot
››Capture a panoramic photo
Select → Shooting mode → Panorama
Select → Shooting mode → Action shot
››Capture a photo of action
››Customise camera settings
››Capture a photo in Cartoon mode
Select → Shooting mode → Cartoon
Black and white tones
Adjust the sensitivity of the camera
Option Function Effects
Imaging sensor
››Record a video
Frequently used options. p
Default storage location
You can add or remove shortcuts to
Check the camcorder status
››Customise camcorder settings
Camera starts recording a video
Videos
››Edit the shortcut icons
Gallery
Supported file formats
››View a photo
Select a video with the icon to play
Photo editor
Play a video
Control playback with the virtual keys. p
→ Add to selection or Remove from selection
Music
Select → New selection → OK
Selection
››Play music
››Add music files to your device
Hold Pause playback Select To resume Playback
Idle mode, open the application list and select Music
››Create a playlist
››Add songs to the quick list
Select Playlists
Music Hub
››Customise music player settings
Music library screen
FM radio
››Listen to the 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 → Import from SIM card
››Create a group of contacts
››Copy contacts
Contacts Press → Import/Export → Export to SIM card
››Import or export contacts
Calendar
››Create an event
››View events
››Create a task
››Stop an event alarm
Task
››View a task
››Create a memo
Memo
››View memos
››Play a voice memo
Voice recorder
››Record a voice memo
Recorder
Internet
Web
››Browse web pages
→ Forward
Depending on your region
→ Refresh
Add bookmark
››Search for information by voice
Select → Bookmarks
››Bookmark your favourite web pages
Idle mode, open the application list and select Internet
New window
››Search for a specific location
››Access the frequently visited pages or the recent history
Maps
Select → Most visited or History
››Get directions to a specific destination
Latitude
Select → Select from Contacts or Add via email address
Places
Navigation
YouTube
››Upload videos
››Watch videos
››Share videos
YouTube
Market
Samsung Apps
Samsung Apps
››Read news articles
News & Weather
››View the weather information
Idle mode, open the application list and select News
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings
Bluetooth
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
Select Bluetooth to turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
››Send data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
Wi-Fi
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings → Visible
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings → Add Wi-Fi network
››Activate the Wlan feature
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings
››Find and connect to a Wlan
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
Mobile network sharing
››Share your device’s mobile network via Wlan
→ Wireless and network → Tethering and portable hotspot
››Share your device’s mobile network via USB
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
››Connect as a mass storage device
Select Connect USB storage
Enter the L2TP secret password
››Set up VPN connections
→ Wireless and network → VPN settings → Add VPN
VPN connections
››Connect to a private network
››Delete an alarm
››Set a new alarm
››Stop an alarm
Tools
››Use the stopwatch
››Use the count-down timer
››Create a world clock
World clock
››Use the desk clock
Desk clock
››View the calculation history
Calculator
››Perform the calculation
→ Scientific calculator
Google Search
Downloads
Kies air
››Connect a PC to your device via a Wlan
››Customise Kies air settings
→ Start
››View a Mini diary
Mini diary
››Create a Mini diary
Diary
My files
Polaris Office
››Create a document
››Open a document
Idle mode, open the application list and select Polaris
SIM Toolkit
››Manage documents online
Office
Voice Search
Task manager
Search
Access the Settings menu
Settings
Wireless and network
››USB utilities
››VPN settings
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings
››Tethering and portable hotspot
Call alert
Call
Call answering/ending
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Sound
Change the settings for various sounds on your device
Change the settings for the display
Display
Power saving mode
Set up SIM card lock
Location and security
Change the settings for managing installed applications
Applications
Motion
Tutorial Learn how to control motions
Accounts and sync
Development
Language and keyboard
Privacy
Storage
››Select language
››Swype
››Samsung keypad
››Text-to-speech settings
››Voice recognition settings
Voice input and output
Date and time
Accessibility
About phone
Troubleshooting
Touch screen responds slowly or improperly
→ Erase everything
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
Safety precautions
Handle and dispose of batteries and chargers with care
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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
Index
Call barring 47 call forwarding 47 call log Calls
Dlna
Phonebook
Wlan
GSM Wcdma Wi-Fi Mobile Phone GT-I8150
Declaration of Conformity R&TTE
To install Kies PC Sync