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GT-S5301
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Tools
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Unpack
Device layout
Main antenna
Keys
Insert the SIM or Usim card and the battery
Charge the battery
Insert the battery Replace the back cover
››Charge with a travel adapter
Assembling
››Charge with a USB cable
››Reduce the battery consumption
Decrease the brightness of the display
Insert a memory card optional
››Remove a memory card
Unmount SD card
Attach a hand strap optional
››Format a memory card
Getting started
Turn on or off your device
Use the touch screen
Tap and hold
Tap
Drag
Double-tap
Tap an item twice quickly
Flick
Pinch
Lock or unlock the touch screen and the keys
Get to know the Home screen
Indicator icons
››Use the notifications panel
››Remove an item from the Home screen
››Move an item on the Home screen
Tap and hold an item, and then drag it to the rubbish bin
Add, remove, or reorganise panels
››Use widgets
Press the Back key to return to the previous screen
››Organise applications
Access applications
Select an application
››Uninstall an application
››Access recently-used applications
Uninstall
››Download an application
Launch multiple applications
Customise your device
››Manage applications
››Change the display language
››Adjust the device’s volume
››Switch to Silent mode
››Select a wallpaper for the Home screen
››Change the display font
››Adjust the brightness of the display
Application list, select Settings → Security →
››Lock your device
Screen lock → Pattern
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
Screen lock → Password
Screen lock → PIN
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
Application list, select Settings → Security → SIM
Change Alert
Select Sign
Enter text
››Change the text input method
››Enter text with the Samsung keypad
→ Portrait keyboard types → a keypad type
Select to switch to Number mode Select a number
Select To switch to ABC mode
Appropriate character appears
Select a symbol
Mode Function Select To switch to Symbol mode
››Copy and paste text
››Make a call
Calling
››Answer a call
››Reject a call
››Make an international call
››Use a headset
››Use options during a voice call
››View and dial a missed call
Select Auto reject list
››Set auto rejection
Select Create Enter a number and select Save
Select Enable FDN
Additional settings → Call barring → a call type
››Set call diverting
››Set call barring
››Set call waiting
Messages
››View a call or message log
››Send a multimedia message
››Send a text message
Application list, select Messaging → Add recipients
››View a text or multimedia message
››Listen to a voicemail message
››Send an email message
Google Mail
››View an email message
→ Replay all
From the message view, use the following options
To forward the message to other people, select → Forward
››Set up an email account
››View an email message
››Set your status
Talk
››Add a contact to your friend list
››Start a conversation
ChatON
Application list, select Talk
Messenger
Google+
Camera
››Take a photo
Entertainment
››Change the shooting mode
››Customise camera settings
Timer
Camera takes a photo
Screen
Signal may be obstructed, such
››Record a video
Shooting in locations where
As between buildings or in low
Entertainment
››Customise camcorder settings
Recording
To a multimedia message or for saving
Normally
Gallery
››View an image
Entertainment
Video Player
Play a video
Application list, select Gallery
Select to begin playback
››Play a video
››Customise video player settings
Music Player
››Add music files to your device
››Play music
Copy to your memory card
File tap and hold
››Create a playlist
Enter a title for your new playlist and select OK
Select Add music
Select the files to include and select Done
››Customise music player settings
FM Radio
Music library screen
Time
››Listen to the FM radio
Search for an available radio station
››Customise FM radio settings
››Save radio stations automatically
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Only from radio stations that provide
Option Function Alternative
Frequency
Is weak
Set the FM radio to turn off
››Create a contact
Contacts
››Find a contact
››Create your namecard
››Set a speed dial number
To edit the contact information, select
››Create a group of contacts
››Copy a contact
From SIM card
To SIM card
››Import or export a contact
From SD card
››Change the view mode
Planner
››Create an event or task
Enter the details of the event and select Save
››Stop an event alarm
››View an event or task
››Create a memo
Memo
››View a memo
Record a voice memo
Voice Recorder
Play a voice memo
››Customise voice recorder settings
Quality
Internet
››Browse a webpage
Number Function View thumbnails of active browser windows
››Search for information by voice
››Bookmark your favourite webpage
››Download a file from the Internet
››View your recent history
Latitude
Add friends
Maps
››Search for a location
To search for a location by voice, select
Select the location to view its details
When you are finished, press the Option key and select
››Get directions to a specific destination
While viewing the map, use the following options
Clear Map
Select Uninstall → OK
Play Store
Navigation
Learn to get spoken directions to your destination
Local
Samsung Apps
YouTube
Application list, select YouTube. Select a video
››Upload a video
Application list, select YouTube Scroll right
USB connections
››Connect with Samsung Kies
››Connect with Windows Media Player
Connect your device to a computer with a USB cable
››Connect as a media device
››Connect as a camera device
Select Connected as a media device → Media device MTP
Transfer files between your device and the computer
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
Wi-Fi
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
Application list, select Settings → Wi-Fi
Advanced options
Press a WPS button on the AP within 2 minutes
Wi-Fi Direct
››Set the static IP settings
Application list, select Settings → More settings →
Wi-Fi Direct
››Send data via Wi-Fi
››Receive data via Wi-Fi
→ Tethering and portable hotspot → Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
Mobile network sharing
››Share your device’s mobile network via USB
Tethering and portable hotspot
Bluetooth
››Share your device’s mobile network via Bluetooth
››Activate the Bluetooth feature
››Send data via Bluetooth
Application list, select Settings → Bluetooth →
››Find and pair with another device
››Receive data via Bluetooth
GPS
››Activate location services
VPN connections
››Set up a VPN profile
VPN → Add VPN network
››Connect to a private network
Option Function
VPN server
Connect
››Set an alarm
Select Create alarm
Calculator
Clock
Downloads
››Stop an alarm
Search
Learn to access various types of files saved in your device
My Files
››Supported file formats
››View a file
››Open a document
Quickoffice
Application list, select Quickoffice
SIM Toolkit
Access the setting options
Data usage
››Flight mode
More settings
››Mobile networks
››Wi-Fi Direct
Set up and manage virtual private networks VPNs
Sound
››Tethering and portable hotspot
Display
Wallpaper
Battery
Location services
Storage
Application manager
Security
Set up SIM card lock
SIM Change Alert Activate the Find my mobile feature
Encrypt external SD card
Language and input
››Default
››Language
To change the Samsung keypad settings, select
››Google voice typing
››Samsung keyboard
Portrait keyboard types Select a keypad type
››Text-to-speech output
››Voice search
››Pointer speed
Back up and reset
Change the settings for managing settings and data
Backup account Set up or edit your Google backup account
Date and time
Call answering/ending
Accessibility
Answering key Set to answer calls by pressing the Home key
Developer options
Change the settings for application development
Development device ID View your device’s development ID
About device
Using Lock SIM card
Your device freezes or has fatal errors
If using a headset, ensure that it is properly connected
Ensure that you have pressed the Dial key
Number you are dialling
Ensure that your device is turned on
Device beeps and the battery icon is empty
Error messages appear when opening music files
Another Bluetooth device is not located
Index
Memory card
Tethering
To install Samsung Kies PC Sync