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Personal information
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Assembling
Unpack
Back key
Device layout
››Front view
››Rear view
Number Function GPS antenna1
Keys
Insert the SIM or Usim card and the 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 optional
Unmount SD card → OK
››Remove a memory card
››Format a memory card
Attach a hand strap optional
Getting started
Turn on or off your device
Use the touch screen
Drag
Tap
Tap and hold
Double-tap
Flick
Pinch
Get to know the Home screen
››Indicator icons
Lock or unlock the touch screen and the keys
Getting started
››Use the notifications panel
››Move an item on the Home screen
Tap and hold an item, and then drag it to the rubbish bin
››Customise the quick access panel
››Remove an item from the Home screen
Add, remove, or reorganise panels
Press the Back key to return to the previous screen
››Use widgets
To set the main panel of the Home screen, select
Application list, select Widgets to open the widget panel
Screenshots
Access applications
Select an application
››Organise applications
››Uninstall an application
Uninstall
››Download an application
Customise your device
››Access recently-used applications
Launch multiple applications
››Manage applications
››Change the display language
››Adjust the device’s volume
››Switch to Silent mode
››Turn on or off the touch tones
››Change the display font
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Select a wallpaper for the Home screen
››Lock your device
Screen lock → Password
Complete the setup of the secondary unlock PIN or pattern
Application list, select Settings → Lock screen →
Screen lock → Pattern
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
Application list, select Settings → Security → SIM
Change Alert
Select Alert message
Enter text
››Change the text input method
››Enter text with the Samsung keypad
››Copy and paste text
Calling
››Make a call
››Make an international call
››Answer a call
››Reject a call
››Use a headset
››Use options during a voice call
››Use options during a video call
Record video
››View and dial a missed call
To open the keypad, press the Option key and select Keypad
Select Create Enter a number and select Save
››Set auto rejection
Select Auto reject list
››Set call diverting
Select Enable FDN
Additional settings → Call barring → a call type
››Set call barring
››View a call or message log
››Customise call settings
››Set call waiting
Device vibration Ringtones
Be sent when you reject a call
Add or edit the message that will
Keypad tones
When a headset is connected
Calls →The power
Power key
Option Function Answering/ending
Video call fails to connect
Voicemail service
Shown to the other party
Enter the voicemail server
››Send a multimedia message
Messages
››Send a text message
Application list, select Messaging → Add recipients
››View a text or multimedia message
››Listen to a voicemail message
››View an email message
Google Mail
Send an email message
››Set up an email account
From the message view, use the following options
››Send an email message
Communication
››Add a contact to your friend list
Talk
››Set your status
Application list, select Talk
ChatON
››Start a conversation
Messenger
Google+
Camera
››Take a photo
Tap where you want to focus on the preview screen
Switch to the front camera to take a photo of yourself
View the storage location Switch to the camcorder
Select to take a photo Photo is saved automatically
Entertainment
Or accessories the subject is wearing
››Change the shooting mode
››Customise camera settings
Buddy photo You have tagged in a photo and send it
Deactivate the GPS tag setting
Signal may be obstructed, such
Photos when you upload them
To use the flash when needed
››Record a video
Video of yourself
Change the flash setting
Saving normally
You can add or remove shortcuts to
Entertainment
Normally
››Customise camcorder settings
To a multimedia message or for saving
Effects Apply a special effect
Video Player
››Edit the shortcut icons
››Play a video
››Customise video player settings
An image
Gallery
››View an image
Entertainment
Application list, select Gallery
››Tag a face in an image
Play a video
Select to begin playback
Copy to your memory card
Music Player
››Add music files to your device
››Play music
File tap and hold
Select Add music
››Customise music player settings
››Create a playlist
FM Radio
››Listen to the FM radio
››Save radio stations automatically
››Customise FM radio settings
Number Function Adjust the volume
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Music Hub
Game Hub
››Find a contact
Contacts
››Create a contact
››Create a group of contacts
››Set a speed dial number
››Create your namecard
From SIM card
››Copy a contact
››Import or export a contact
To SIM card
To SD card or Export to USB storage
Planner
››Create an event or task
Select OK to confirm
››View an event or task
››Change the view mode
››Stop an event or task alarm
››View a memo
Memo
››Create a memo
To send the memo to others, select Share via
Play a voice memo
Voice Recorder
Record a voice memo
Learn to operate your device’s voice recorder
Quality
››Customise voice recorder settings
Filename Filenames Default name
Internet
››Browse a webpage
Web and GPS-based services
Select a search result
››Search for information by voice
››Bookmark your favourite webpage
››Download a file from the Internet
››Search for a location
Maps
››View your recent history
››Get directions to a specific destination
When you are finished, press the Option key and select
Navigation
Clear Map
Local
Play Books
Play Music
Play Magazines
Play Movies
Play Store
Select Uninstall → OK
Samsung Apps
YouTube
Voice Search
››Upload a video
››Read news articles
News & Weather
››View the weather information
USB connections
››Connect with Samsung Kies
››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 connect to a Wi-Fi AP
Wi-Fi
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
Application list, select Settings → Wi-Fi
››Set the static IP settings
››Customise Wi-Fi settings
Select an AP → Show advanced options
Direct
Wi-Fi Direct
››Connect your device to another device
→ Tethering and portable hotspot → Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
››Send data via Wi-Fi Direct
››Receive data via Wi-Fi Direct
Mobile network sharing
Set to prevent other devices from
When you set the security option
Set to show your password as you
Locating your device
››Share your device’s mobile network via Bluetooth
Tethering and portable hotspot
Application list, select Settings → Bluetooth →
Bluetooth
››Activate the Bluetooth feature
››Find and pair with another device
Select Accept to confirm the connection between two devices
››Send data via Bluetooth
››Receive data via Bluetooth
››Activate location services
For using mobile networks
VPN → Add VPN network
Set up a VPN profile
VPN connections
Certificate
Option Function L2TP secret Enter an L2TP secret password
Enter a user name
Or download them from the Internet
››Connect to a private network
Connect
››Perform a calculation
Calculator
Clock
››View the calculation history
Select Create alarm
››Set an alarm
››Stop an alarm
››Create a world clock
››Use the desk clock
››Use the countdown timer
››Use the stopwatch
Desk clock displays the current time, date, and weather
My Files
Learn to access various types of files saved in your device
Downloads
››Supported file formats
Google
View a file
SIM Toolkit
Voice command
Say a command into the microphone
Voice talk
››View a Mini diary
Mini diary
››Create a Mini diary
Learn to keep a photo diary
››Open a document
Polaris Office
››Create a document
→ Find & Replace
NFC
››Manage documents online
››Read information from an NFC tag
››Activate the NFC feature
››Make a purchase with the NFC feature
››Send data via Android Beam
››Send data via S Beam
Beam
Access the setting options
Data usage
››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
››S Beam
Sound
››Kies via Wi-Fi
Connect your device to Samsung Kies via Wi-Fi
››Nearby devices
Display
Wallpaper
Storage
Power saving mode
Battery
Application manager
Lock screen
Location services
Change the settings for location services
On the locked screen
Encrypt external SD card
SIM Change Alert Activate the Find my mobile feature
Security
Language and input
››Default
Set up SIM card lock
››Language
››Samsung keyboard
To change the Samsung keypad settings, select
››Google voice typing
Portrait keyboard types Select a keypad type
Select a voice recognition engine
››Voice recogniser
››Voice search
››Text-to-speech output
››Pointer speed
Date and time
Backup and reset
Add account
Accessibility
Text-to-speech output
Activate and change the settings for application development
Developer options
About device
Using Lock SIM card
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
Device beeps and the battery icon is empty
Another Bluetooth device is not located
Index
Memory card
Videos
To install Samsung Kies PC Sync