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