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