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Contents
Personal information
Tools
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Assembling
Unpack
Device layout
››Front view
Touch screen
Back key Microphone
››Rear view
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
››Charge with a USB cable
››Reduce the battery consumption
Decrease the brightness of the display
Insert a memory card optional
››Format a memory card
››Remove a memory card
Unmount SD card → OK
Getting started
Turn on or off your device
Use the touch screen
Tap
Tap and hold
Drag
Double-tap
Flick
Use motions
Pinch
Hold to ear
Pick up
Tilt
Updates will not work for widgets on the Home screen
Pan to move
Pan to browse
Shake
Hand sweep
Turn over
Palm touch
Rotate
Lock or unlock the touch screen and the keys
You can use the motion unlock for
››Indicator icons
Get to know the Home screen
››Use the notifications panel
Power saving Activate or deactivate Power saving mode
››Change the Home screen mode
››Move an item on the Home screen
››Customise the quick access panel
››Remove an item from the Home screen
Tap and hold an item, and then drag it to the rubbish bin
Add, remove, or reorganise panels
››Use widgets
To set the main panel of the Home screen, select
Press the Back key to return to the previous screen
Application list, select Widgets to open the widget panel
››Organise applications
Access applications
Select an application
››Uninstall an application
Uninstall
››Download an application
Application list, press the Option key and select
››Access recently-used applications
Launch multiple applications
Customise your device
››Manage applications
››Adjust the device’s volume
››Switch to Silent mode
››Change the display language
››Turn on or off the touch tones
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Select a wallpaper for the Home screen
››Change the display font
Wallpaper → Home screen
››Lock your device
Select Next → Set it up → Continue
Screen lock → Pattern
Application list, select Settings → Lock screen →
Screen lock → PIN
Screen lock → Password
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
Enter text
››Change the text input method
Change Alert
Select Alert message
››Enter text with the Google voice input feature
››Enter text with the Samsung keypad
Select To switch to ABC mode
Select to switch to Number mode Select a number
Select to switch to Symbol mode
Symbol
››Copy and paste text
Calling
››Make a call
››Answer a call
››Reject a call
››Make an international call
››Use a headset
››Use options during a voice call
››Use options during a video call
To open the keypad, press the Option key and select Keypad
››View and dial a missed call
Record video
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
››Customise call settings
››View a call or message log
Be sent when you reject a call
Add or edit the message that will
Device vibration Ringtone
Keypad tones
Bluetooth headset, even when
To make you use a Bluetooth
Setting
Option Function Call answering Ending →
Option Function Increase volume Set the device to raise
Pocket
So that the other party can hear
→ Noise reduction
Messages
››Send a text message
››Send a multimedia message
Application list, select Messaging → Add recipients
››View a text or multimedia message
Google Mail
››Listen to a voicemail message
››View an email message
››Send an email message
→ Reply all
››Set up an email account
››Send an email message
Communication
Talk
››Set your status
››Add a contact to your friend list
››Start a conversation
ChatON
Messenger
Google+
Camera
››Take a photo
Switch to the front camera to take a photo of yourself
View the storage location Switch to the camcorder
Tap where you want to focus on the preview screen
Select to take a photo Photo is saved automatically
Entertainment
››Change the shooting mode
››Customise camera settings
Adjust the sensitivity of the imaging
Signal may be obstructed, such
Photos when you upload them
Deactivate the GPS tag setting
Option Function Set the camera to flip the image
››Record a video
Front camera
Change the flash setting
View the storage location Switch to the camera
Saving normally
Video of yourself
››Customise camcorder settings
Select to start recording
Option Function Flash Change the flash setting Recording
Resolution Select a resolution option White balance
Automatically when you record a video
To a multimedia message or for saving
Video Player
››Edit the shortcut icons
››Play a video
Application list, select Video Player Select a video
Entertainment
››Customise video player settings
Gallery
››View an image
Entertainment
››Tag a face in an image
Play a video
Application list, select Gallery
Select to begin playback
Music Player
››Add music files to your device
Download from a computer with Windows Media Player
››Play music
Copy to your memory card
File tap and hold
››Create a playlist
››Customise music player settings
Select Add music
FM Radio
Music Hub
››Listen to the FM radio
Fine-tune the frequency
››Record a song from the FM radio
››Save radio stations automatically
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Plug a headset into your device
››Customise FM radio settings
Contacts
››Create a contact
››Find a contact
Select a contact’s name
››Set a speed dial number
››Create your namecard
››Create a group of contacts
››Copy a contact
From SIM card
To SIM card
Planner
››Import or export a contact
To SD card or Export to USB storage
Select OK to confirm
››Create an event or task
››Change the view mode
Enter the details of the event and select Save
Memo
››Stop an event or task alarm
››View an event or task
››Create a memo
››View a memo
››Organise memos in folders
Voice Recorder
Record a voice memo
Play a voice memo
››Customise voice recorder settings
Quality
Internet
››Browse a webpage
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››Bookmark your favourite webpage
››Search for information by voice
Select a search result
››Download a file from the Internet
Flipboard
Game Hub
››View your recent history
Select Get Started
Maps
Latitude
Friends
Search for a location
››Get directions to a specific destination
Navigation
More Services
Clear Map
Local
Play Store
Select Uninstall → OK
Samsung Apps
Suggest
YouTube
››Upload a video
Voice Search
Video Hub
USB connections
››Connect with Samsung Kies
››Connect with Windows Media Player
››Connect as a media device
››Connect as a camera device
Select Connected as a media device → Media device MTP
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
Wi-Fi
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
››Set the static IP settings
Application list, select Settings → Wi-Fi
Select the IP settings drop-down menu Select Static
Wi-Fi Direct
››Customise Wi-Fi settings
››Send data via Wi-Fi
››Receive data via Wi-Fi
Application list, select Settings → Wi-Fi→ Wi-Fi
››Connect your device to another device
AllShare Cast
AllShare Play
Send a file
››Use the Group Cast feature
››Play a file on a remote device
Select → Group Cast
On another device, join Group Cast with the PIN
››Manage contents on a web storage server
››Customise AllShare Play settings
→ 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
Select Accept to confirm the connection between two devices
››Activate location services
VPN connections
››Set up a VPN profile
VPN → Add VPN network
››Connect to a private network
Option Function
VPN server
Connect
Calculator
Clock
››Perform a calculation
››View the calculation history
››Set an alarm
››Stop an alarm
Select Create alarm
››Create a world clock
››Use the countdown timer
››Use the stopwatch
››Use the desk clock
Set to hide or show the status bar
Downloads
Dropbox
››Activate Dropbox
››Upload files to your Dropbox folder
››View a file
Select I’m already a Dropbox user
Learn to access various types of files saved in your device
Help
My Files
››Supported file formats
NFC
Application list, select My Files Select a folder
››Activate the NFC feature
››Make a purchase with the NFC feature
››Read information from an NFC tag
››Send data via Android Beam
››Send data via S Beam
Beam
Google
SIM Toolkit
Voice
You can deactivate voice prompts by selecting
Access the setting options
Data usage
››Flight mode
More settings
››Mobile networks
››Tethering and portable hotspot
Set up and manage virtual private networks VPNs
››S Beam
Home screen mode
››Kies via Wi-Fi
››Nearby devices
››AllShare Cast
Blocking mode
Sound
Display
LED indicator
Wallpaper
Storage
Power saving
Battery
Location services
Applications manager
Lock screen
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Security
Encrypt external SD card
SIM Change Alert Activate the Find my mobile feature
Set up SIM card lock
››Default
Language and input
››Language
››Google voice typing
››Voice recogniser
Select a voice recognition engine
››Voice search
About View version information
››Text-to-speech output
››Pointer speed
Add account
Back up and reset
Motion
Accessory
Change the accessory settings
Date and time
Call answering/ending
Accessibility
Answering key Set to answer calls by pressing the Home key
Activate and change the settings for application development
Developer options
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
Safety information
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Proper care and use of your mobile device
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Correct disposal of this product
Disclaimer
Index
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Text input
To install Samsung Kies PC Sync