GT-B5512
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Copyright 2012 Samsung Electronics
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Contents
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Unpack
Assembling
Install the SIM or Usim card and battery
SIM card
Insert the battery Replace the back cover
››Charge with a travel adapter
Charge the battery
Assembling
Insert a memory card optional
››Charge with a USB cable
GB depending on memory card manufacturer and type
››Remove the memory card
››Format the memory card
Attach a hand strap optional
Turn your device on and off
Getting started
››Device layout
Get to know your device
Keys
››QWERTY keyboard
››QWERTY keyboard shortcut key
Internet
+ G View the web page details
Others
››Indicator icons
Getting started
Current time
Use the touch screen
Getting started
Get to know the idle screen
Use the trackpad
››Add items to the idle screen
››Move items on the idle screen
››Remove items from the idle screen
››Add or remove panels to the idle screen
››Use the notifications panel
Access applications
››Organise applications
››Access recent applications
››Use the task manager
Press → Save
Customise your device
››Set application shortcuts
››Set the current time and date
››Switch to Silent mode
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
››Activate animation for switching windows
››Turn on or off the touch tone
››Select a wallpaper for the idle screen
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Set a screen lock
→ Display → Brightness
→ Location and security → Set screen lock → Pattern
→ Location and security → Set screen lock → PIN
Idle mode, open the application list and select
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
→ Location and security → SIM change alert
››Activate the SIM or Usim card
Switch SIM or Usim cards
To create a Samsung account, select Sign up
Select Alert message recipients
››Change the names and icons of the SIM or Usim cards
››Change the SIM or Usim card settings
››Enter text using the Qwerty keyboard
››Enter text using the Samsung keypad
Enter text
Getting started
››Use Qwerty keyboard shortcut key
››Copy and paste text
Select Select word or Select all
Select text by dragging your finger up
Download applications from Android Market
››Uninstall an application
››Install an application
Select Uninstall → OK
Download files from the web
Synchronise data
››Set up a server account
To download files from the web
→ Unknown sources → OK
››Synchronise data manually
››Activate automatic sync
Communication
Calling
››Make or answer a call
Answer a call
››Use a headset
››Use options during a voice call
››View and dial missed calls
››Use options during a video call
→ Call settings → Fixed Dialling Numbers → Enable FDN
››Use additional features
Logs
››View call logs
››Send a text message
Messaging
››Send a multimedia message
Select New message
››View a text or multimedia message
Add recipients of your message
Press → Add subject and enter a subject for the message
Google Mail
››Listen to voice mail messages
››Send an email message
››View email messages
››Organise email by labels
Mail
From the Inbox screen, tap and hold a message
››Set up an email account
Select Change labels
Select a label to add and select OK
››Send an email message
››View an email message
Talk
››Add friends to your friend list
Social Hub
››Start a chat
Hub
Camera
Entertainment
››Capture a photo
››Capture a photo by using preset options for various scenes
››Capture a panoramic photo
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
Select → Smile shot
Repeat to complete the panoramic photo
››Customise camera settings
››Record a video
Length of video that can be
Storage location
Customise camcorder settings
→ to access
Gallery
Supported file formats
››Play a video
››View a photo
Music
››Add music files to your memory card
››Play music
Tapping the bar
To turn off the party shuffle feature, press → Party
››Use the party shuffle feature
Number Function Pause playback Select to resume playback
Press → Party shuffle
Equaliser Select a default equaliser type
››Customise music player settings
FM radio
››Listen to the FM radio
››Save a radio station automatically
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Radio
››Customise FM radio settings
Contacts
Personal information
››Create a contact
Select Add to Contacts → Create contact
››Find a contact
Press → More → Speed dial setting
››Set a speed dial number
To send a message, select Message
››Create a group of contacts
››Create your namecard
››Import or export contacts
››Copy contacts
Press → Import/Export → Import from SIM card
Press → Import/Export → Export to SIM card
››View the communication log
Calendar
››View social network activities
››Create an event
››View events
››Stop an event alarm
Enter the details of the event as required. Select Done
Calendar
Voice recorder
Memo
››Create a memo
››View memos
››Play a voice memo
››Record a voice memo
Idle mode, open the application list and select Voice
Recorder
Web
Internet
››Browse web pages
Screen, press → More → Add shortcut to Home
››Bookmark your favourite web pages
››Search for information by voice
Idle mode, open the application list and select Internet
Select → Bookmarks
Maps
››Access the frequently visited pages or the recent history
››Search for a specific location
Select → Most visited or History
››Get directions to a specific destination
Latitude
Places
Select → Select from Contacts or Add via email address
Select a place name to view its details
Navigation
YouTube
››Watch videos
››Share videos
Samsung Apps
››Upload videos
YouTube
Samsung Apps
Market
››View the weather information
News & Weather
››Read news articles
Idle mode, open the application list and select News
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
Bluetooth
→ Wireless and networks → Bluetooth settings
Select Bluetooth to turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
→ Wireless and networks → Bluetooth settings → Scan devices
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
Wi-Fi
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
→ Wireless and networks → Bluetooth settings → Discoverable
→ Wireless and networks → Wi-Fi settings
››Activate the Wlan feature
››Find and connect to a Wlan
››Add a Wlan manually
→ Wireless and networks → Tethering and portable hotspot
Setup WPS
Mobile network sharing
Select a network indicated by the WPS icon and select
››Share your device’s mobile network via USB
GPS
PC connections
››Activate location services
››Connect with Samsung Kies
→ Location and security
››Connect as a mass storage device
VPN connections
››Set up VPN connections
››Connect to a private network
››Stop an alarm
››Set a new alarm
Tools
Clock
Calculator
››Delete an alarm
Downloads
Select Delete → OK
Google Search
My files
Amr-nb/wb, wav, midi
Polaris Office
››Open a document
››Create a document
Register
To search for text on the document, press → Find
SIM Toolkit
››Manage documents online
Office
Task manager
Voice Search
Search
Access the Settings menu
Settings
Wireless and networks
SIM card manager
››VPN settings
››Bluetooth settings
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings
››USB utilities
Customise the settings for calling features
Call settings
››Mobile networks
››Fixed Dialling Numbers
Sound
Ringtone
Display
Screen display
Home screen
Set up SIM card lock
Customised keys
Location and security
Applications
Change the settings for managing installed applications
Development
Accounts and sync
Privacy
SD card and phone storage
Locale and text
››Samsung keypad
››Text-to-speech settings
››Voice recognition settings
Voice input and output
››Device keyboard
Speech rate Select a speed for the text-to-speech feature
Accessibility
Date and time
About phone
Troubleshooting
→ Erase everything
Touch screen responds slowly or improperly
Ensure that you have pressed the Dial key
If using a headset, ensure that it is properly connected
Number you are dialling
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
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
Index
Battery
Fixed dialling number mode Flight mode 18 FM radio
Wlan
To install Kies PC Sync