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