GT-I8530
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Trademarks
Copyright
Copyright 2012 Samsung Electronics
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Contents
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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
Earpiece
Number Function Home key Menu key Microphone
Touch screen
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
››Move items on the idle screen
››Add items to the idle screen
››Remove items from the idle screen
››Use the notifications panel
››Add or remove panels to the idle screen
Access applications
Select an application
Bottom of the screen
››Organise applications
Repeat steps 2-3 to add more applications
››Access recent applications
››Use the task manager
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
››Switch to Silent mode
Customise your device
››Set the current time and date
››Activate animation for switching windows
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››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
→ Location and security → Set up screen lock → Password
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
Enter text
→ Location and security → SIM change alert
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
››Install an application
››Uninstall an application
Select Uninstall → OK
Download files from the web
››Set up a server account
Synchronise data
››Activate automatic sync
→ Accounts and sync
››Synchronise data manually
Calling
Communication
››Make or answer a call
››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
→ Call → Call rejection
››Use additional features
Select Auto reject list
Use Fixed Dialling Number FDN mode
→ Call → Call forwarding → a call type. Select a condition
→ Call → Additional settings → Call barring → a call type
››View call logs
Select a call barring option
→ Logs
Messaging
››Send a text message
››Send a multimedia message
Messaging
››View a text or multimedia message
››Listen to voice mail messages
Google Mail
››Send an email message
››View email messages
››Organise email by labels
Idle mode, open the application list and select Google
Mail
››Set up an email account
From the Inbox screen, tap and hold a message
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
ChatON
››Start a chat
Messenger
Google+
Check and use contents delivered from Social Hub
Social Hub
Idle mode, open the application list and select Social
Hub
Camera
Entertainment
››Capture a photo
Entertainment
››Capture a photo in Self shot mode
Select → Scene mode → a scene. Press
Make any necessary adjustments Select to take a photo
Select → Self portrait
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
Select → Shooting mode → Smile shot
Select → Shooting mode → Panorama
››Capture a panoramic photo
››Capture a photo in Cartoon mode
Select → Shooting mode → Action shot
Select → Shooting mode → Cartoon
››Capture a photo of action
››Customise camera settings
GPS tag setting
Photos when you upload them to
Close their eyes
››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
Select a video with the icon to play
Play a video
Control playback with the virtual keys. p
Photo editor
Editor
Select → New selection → OK
→ Add to selection or Remove from selection
Music player
››Add music files to your device
››Play music
Hold Pause playback Select To resume Playback
››Create a playlist
››Customise music player settings
››Add songs to the quick list
Music Hub
FM radio
››Listen to the FM radio
››Customise FM radio settings
Press → Settings
››Save a radio station automatically
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Game Hub
Contacts
Personal information
››Create a contact
Contacts Press → Speed dial settings
››Find a contact
››Set a speed dial number
››Create your namecard
››Retrieve contacts from your community accounts
››Create a group of contacts
Contacts Press → More → View SNS friends
Select an account Follow the on-screen instructions
››Copy contacts
››Import or export contacts
Contacts Press → More → Import/Export → Export to SIM card
Select contacts to copy and select Export → Yes
Calendar
››Create an event
Contacts Press → More → Import/Export → Export to SD card
Select OK to confirm
››Stop an event alarm
››View events
Task
Memo
››Create a task
››View a task
››View memos
With some Samsung printers
Voice recorder
››Record a voice memo
››Play a voice memo
Recorder
Internet
Web
››Browse web pages
Downloads
To customise the browser settings, press → More → Settings
››Search for information by voice
››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
Maps
››Search for a specific location
››Get directions to a specific destination
Latitude
Select → Select from Contacts or Add via email address
Places
Navigation
YouTube
››Watch videos
››Share videos
››Upload videos
Samsung Apps
Samsung Apps
Play Shop Play Store
News & Weather
››View the weather information
Idle mode, open the application list and select News
››Read news articles
Bluetooth
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings
Connectivity
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
Select Bluetooth to turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
Wi-Fi
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings → Visible
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings
Wi-Fi Direct
Setup WPS
→ 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
››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
PC connections
››Activate location services
→ Location and security
››Connect with Samsung Kies
››Connect as a mass storage device
VPN connections
››Set up VPN connections
→ Wireless and network → VPN settings → Add VPN
Enter the user name and password and select Connect
Domains Address When you are finished, press → Save
››Connect to a private network
››Set a new alarm
››Stop an alarm
››Delete an alarm
Tools
››Use the count-down timer
››Create a world clock
››Use the stopwatch
World clock
››Use the desk clock
Calculator
Desk clock
Downloads
››Perform the calculation
››View the calculation history
→ Scientific calculator
Mini diary
››Create a Mini diary
››View a Mini diary
Diary
Polaris Office
My files
››Create a document
››Open a document
Adjust the focus if images are blurred
Projector
››Manage documents online
Idle mode, open the application list and select Polaris
››Distance and screen size
››Project a file saved in your device
››Use Ambience mode
Projector → Ambience mode
Set the display and sound settings Select Start
››Project an image via the camera
››View alarms with the projector
››Customise the projector settings
››Activate the torch light
Projector → Torch light
SIM Toolkit
Search
Backlight
Voice command
Say a command into the microphone
Task manager
Select Tap & Speak
Say a command into the microphone Select an item’s name
Voice Search
Voice talk
Search
Access the Settings menu
Settings
Wireless and network
››Kies via Wi-Fi
››Bluetooth settings
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings
››USB utilities
››VPN settings
Set up and connect to virtual private networks VPNs
Call
››Mobile networks
Call answering/ending
Change the settings for various sounds on your device
Sound
Power saving mode
Display
Screen display
Home screen
Location and security
Change the settings for managing installed applications
Set up SIM card lock
Applications
Accounts and sync
Development
Change the settings for managing your settings and data
Motion
Privacy
Storage
Language and keyboard
››Select language
››Select input method
››Swype
››Samsung keypad
››Voice recognition settings
Voice input and output
››Voice recognition
Select a voice recognition engine
››Text-to-speech settings
Accessibility
Speech rate Select a speed for the text-to-speech feature
Dock
Engines View the text-to-speech engines in your device
Date and time
About phone
Troubleshooting
Touch screen responds slowly or improperly
→ Erase everything
If using a headset, ensure that it is properly connected
Ensure that you have pressed the Dial key
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
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