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