GT-I8530
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Trademarks
Copyright
Copyright 2012 Samsung Electronics
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Contents
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Unpack
Assembling
Close the cover of the SIM card slot
Install the SIM or Usim card
Install the battery
Replace the back cover
Charge the battery
››Charge with a travel adapter
››Charge with a USB cable
GB depending on memory card manufacturer and type
Insert a memory card optional
››Remove the memory card
››Format the memory card
Turn your device on and off
Getting started
››Device layout
Get to know your device
Earpiece
Number Function Home key Menu key Microphone
Touch screen
Keys
››Indicator icons
Getting started
Getting started
Use the touch screen
Lock or unlock the touch screen and keys
Get to know the idle screen
››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
Select an application
Access applications
Bottom of the screen
››Organise applications
Repeat steps 2-3 to add more applications
››Use the task manager
››Access recent applications
››Switch to Silent mode
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
Customise your device
››Set the current time and date
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Activate animation for switching windows
››Change your ringtone
››Select a wallpaper for the idle screen
→ Location and security → Set up screen lock → PIN
→ Location and security → Set up screen lock → Pattern
››Set a screen lock
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
→ Location and security → Set up screen lock → Password
Enter text
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
→ Location and security → SIM change alert
To create a Samsung account, select Sign up
››Change the keyboard type
››Enter text using the Swype keyboard
Start a new line. Enter text by voice
››Enter text using the Samsung keypad
››Copy and paste text
Download applications from Play Shop Play Store
››Uninstall an application
››Install an application
Select Uninstall → OK
Download files from the web
Synchronise data
››Set up a server account
››Activate automatic sync
→ Accounts and sync
››Synchronise data manually
Calling
Communication
››Make or answer a call
Answer a call
››Use a headset
››Use options during a voice call
To switch between the two calls, select Swap
››View and dial missed calls
››Use options during a video call
→ Call → Call rejection
››Use additional features
Select Auto reject list
→ Call → Call forwarding → a call type. Select a condition
Use Fixed Dialling Number FDN mode
››View call logs
→ Call → Additional settings → Call barring → a call type
Select a call barring option
→ Logs
››Send a text message
Messaging
››Send a multimedia message
Messaging
››View a text or multimedia message
››Listen to voice mail messages
Google Mail
››Send an email message
››Organise email by labels
››View email messages
Idle mode, open the application list and select Google
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
››View an email message
››Add friends to your friend list
Talk
From the message view, use the following options
››Start a chat
ChatON
Google+
Messenger
Social Hub
Check and use contents delivered from Social Hub
Idle mode, open the application list and select Social
Hub
Camera
Entertainment
››Capture a photo
Entertainment
Select → Scene mode → a scene. Press
››Capture a photo in Self shot mode
Make any necessary adjustments Select to take a photo
Select → Self portrait
Select → Shooting mode → Smile shot
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
Select → Shooting mode → Panorama
››Capture a panoramic photo
Select → Shooting mode → Action shot
››Capture a photo in Cartoon mode
Select → Shooting mode → Cartoon
››Capture a photo of action
››Customise camera settings
GPS tag setting
Photos when you upload them to
Close their eyes
Frequently used options. p
››Record a video
Switch to the camera Select to start recording
Default storage location
Camera starts recording a video
››Customise camcorder settings
››Edit the shortcut icons
Video player
››Supported file formats
Gallery
››View a photo
Select a video with the icon to play
Play a video
Control playback with the virtual keys. p
Editor
Photo editor
Select → New selection → OK
→ Add to selection or Remove from selection
››Add music files to your device
Music player
Hold Pause playback Select To resume Playback
››Play music
››Create a playlist
››Customise music player settings
››Add songs to the quick list
FM radio
Music Hub
››Listen to the FM radio
Press → Settings
››Customise FM radio settings
››Save a radio station automatically
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Game Hub
Contacts
Personal information
››Create a contact
››Find a contact
Contacts Press → Speed dial settings
››Set a speed dial number
››Create your namecard
››Create a group of contacts
››Retrieve contacts from your community accounts
Contacts Press → More → View SNS friends
Select an account Follow the on-screen instructions
››Import or export contacts
››Copy contacts
Contacts Press → More → Import/Export → Export to SIM card
Select contacts to copy and select Export → Yes
››Create an event
Calendar
Contacts Press → More → Import/Export → Export to SD card
Select OK to confirm
››View events
››Stop an event alarm
Memo
Task
››Create a task
››View a task
With some Samsung printers
››View memos
››Record a voice memo
Voice recorder
››Play a voice memo
Recorder
Internet
Web
››Browse web pages
Downloads
››Search for information by voice
To customise the browser settings, press → More → Settings
››Bookmark your favourite web pages
Idle mode, open the application list and select Internet
New window
››Access the frequently visited pages or the recent history
Select → Most visited or History
››Search for a specific location
Maps
››Get directions to a specific destination
Latitude
Select → Select from Contacts or Add via email address
Places
Navigation
››Watch videos
YouTube
››Share videos
››Upload videos
Samsung Apps
Samsung Apps
News & Weather
Play Shop Play Store
››View the weather information
Idle mode, open the application list and select News
››Read news articles
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
Bluetooth
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings
Connectivity
Select Bluetooth to turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
Wi-Fi
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings → Visible
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings
Setup WPS
Wi-Fi Direct
→ OK → Wi-Fi Direct
››Connect your device to another device
››Receive data via Wi-Fi
››Send data via Wi-Fi
AllShare
››Customise Dlna settings for sharing media files
Idle mode, open the application list and select AllShare
››Play your files on another DLNA-enabled device
Select Remote device
Mobile network sharing
››Share your device’s mobile network via Wi-Fi
››Share your device’s mobile network via USB
→ Wireless and network → Tethering and portable hotspot
PC connections
››Activate location services
→ Location and security
››Connect as a mass storage device
››Connect with Samsung Kies
VPN connections
→ Wireless and network → VPN settings → Add VPN
››Set up VPN connections
Enter the user name and password and select Connect
Domains Address When you are finished, press → Save
››Connect to a private network
››Stop an alarm
››Set a new alarm
››Delete an alarm
Tools
››Create a world clock
››Use the count-down timer
››Use the stopwatch
World clock
››Use the desk clock
Calculator
Desk clock
››Perform the calculation
Downloads
››View the calculation history
→ Scientific calculator
››Create a Mini diary
Mini diary
››View a Mini diary
Diary
Polaris Office
My files
››Create a document
››Open a document
Projector
Adjust the focus if images are blurred
››Manage documents online
Idle mode, open the application list and select Polaris
››Project a file saved in your device
››Distance and screen size
Projector → Ambience mode
››Use Ambience mode
Set the display and sound settings Select Start
››Project an image via the camera
››Customise the projector settings
››View alarms with the projector
››Activate the torch light
Projector → Torch light
SIM Toolkit
Search
Backlight
Say a command into the microphone
Voice command
Task manager
Select Tap & Speak
Voice Search
Say a command into the microphone Select an item’s name
Voice talk
Search
Access the Settings menu
Settings
Wireless and network
››Bluetooth settings
››Kies via Wi-Fi
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings
››USB utilities
Set up and connect to virtual private networks VPNs
››VPN settings
Call
››Mobile networks
Call answering/ending
Sound
Change the settings for various sounds on your device
Display
Power saving mode
Screen display
Home screen
Location and security
Change the settings for managing installed applications
Set up SIM card lock
Applications
Development
Accounts and sync
Motion
Change the settings for managing your settings and data
Privacy
Storage
››Select language
Language and keyboard
››Select input method
››Swype
››Samsung keypad
Voice input and output
››Voice recognition settings
››Voice recognition
Select a voice recognition engine
››Text-to-speech settings
Speech rate Select a speed for the text-to-speech feature
Accessibility
Dock
Engines View the text-to-speech engines in your device
About phone
Date and time
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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Correct disposal of this product
Disclaimer
Call barring 51 call forwarding 50 call log Calls
Index
Dlna
Phonebook
Video player 73, 75 videos
Declaration of Conformity R&TTE
Using a USB cable, connect your device to your PC
To install Kies PC Sync