GT-I9300
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Contents
Personal information
Tools
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Assembling
Unpack
Device layout
››Front view
Touch screen
Back key Microphone
››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
››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
Getting started
Turn on or off your device
Use the touch screen
Tap
Tap and hold
Drag
Double-tap
Flick
Pinch
Use motions
Pick up
Hold to ear
Tilt
Pan to move
Pan to browse
Updates will not work for widgets on the Home screen
Shake
Turn over
Hand sweep
Palm touch
Rotate
Lock or unlock the touch screen and the keys
››Indicator icons
Get to know the Home screen
››Use the notifications panel
››Move an item on the Home screen
››Remove an item from the Home screen
Tap and hold an item, and then drag it to the rubbish bin
››Customise the quick access panel
Add, remove, or reorganise panels
Press the Back key to return to the previous screen
››Use widgets
Application list, select Widgets to open the widget panel
Access applications
Select an application
››Uninstall an application
Uninstall
››Organise applications
››Download an application
››Access recently-used applications
Launch multiple applications
››Manage applications
Control active applications
Customise your device
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Select a wallpaper for the Home screen
››Change the display font
Style
Application list, select Settings → Security →
Complete the setup of the secondary unlock PIN or pattern
››Lock your device
Screen lock → Face unlock Select Set it up → Continue
Screen lock → Pattern
Screen lock → PIN
Screen lock → Password
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
Application list, select Settings → Security → SIM
Change Alert
Select Alert message
Enter text
››Change the text input method
››Enter text with the Samsung keypad
→ Portrait keyboard types → a keypad type
Getting started
››Copy and paste text
Calling
››Make a call
››Answer a call
››Reject 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
Record video
Select Enable FDN
››Set auto rejection
Select Auto reject list
Select Create Enter a number and select Save
Additional settings → Call barring → a call type
››Set call diverting
››Set call barring
Select a call barring option
››Customise call settings
››Set call waiting
››View a call or message log
Be sent when you reject a call
Answering When a headset is connected
Add or edit the message that will
Call alert → Call
Bluetooth headset, even when
To make you use a Bluetooth
Set to allow outgoing calls with
Call conditions Your device is locked
Option Function Additional settings
Additional settings Customise the equaliser settings
Voicemail service
So that the other party can hear
Messages
››Send a text message
Option Function Accounts
For all calls or only for IP calls
››Send a multimedia message
››View a text or multimedia message
Application list, select Messaging → Add recipients
Google Mail
››Listen to a voicemail message
››Send an email message
Application list, select Google Mail →
››View an email message
››Set up an email account
››View an email message
Talk
››Set your status
ChatON
››Add a contact to your friend list
››Start a conversation
Application list, select Talk
Messenger
Google+
Camera
››Take a photo
Switch to the front camera to take a photo of yourself
View the storage location Switch to the camcorder
Tap where you want to focus on the preview screen
Select to take a photo Photo is saved automatically
Entertainment
››Change the shooting mode
Burst shot
Photos
Then combine them to improve
››Customise camera settings
Adjust the sensitivity of the imaging
Signal may be obstructed, such
Photos when you upload them
Deactivate the GPS tag setting
Automatically when you take a photo
››Record a video
Set the camera to flip the image
With the front camera
View the storage location Switch to the camera
Select to start recording
To capture an image from the video while recording, select
››Customise camcorder settings
To a multimedia message or for saving
Normally
Camcorder starts recording a video
Automatically when you record a video
››Edit the shortcut icons
Video Player
››Play a video
Entertainment
››Customise video player settings
Gallery
››View an image
››Tag a face in an image
Play a video
Application list, select Gallery
Select to begin playback
Control playback with the keys. p
Music player
››Add music files to your device
››Play music
Copy to your memory card
File tap and hold
››Create a playlist
Enter a title for your new playlist and select OK
Select Add music
Select the files to include and select Done
››Customise music player settings
Music Hub
Music library screen
Time
FM Radio
››Listen to the FM radio
››Record a song from the FM radio
››Save radio stations automatically
Fine-tune the frequency
Plug a headset into your device
››Customise FM radio settings
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Contacts
››Create a contact
››Find a contact
Select a contact’s name
››Set a speed dial number
››Create your namecard
››Create a group of contacts
››Copy a contact
From SIM card
To SIM card
Planner
››Import or export a contact
››Create an event or task
To SD card or Export to USB storage
››Change the view mode
››View an event or task
Select an event type at the top of the screen
Enter the details of the event and select Save
››Stop an event or task alarm
Memo
››Create a memo
Application list, select S Memo
››View a memo
››Organise memos in folders
Voice recorder
Record a voice memo
Play a voice memo
››Customise voice recorder settings
Quality
Internet
››Browse a webpage
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››Search for information by voice
››Bookmark your favourite webpage
Select a search result
Application list, select Internet
››Download a file from the Internet
Flipboard
Game Hub
››View your recent history
Select Get Started
Latitude
Maps
Friends
Search for a location
››Get directions to a specific destination
More Services
Navigation
Clear Map
Places
Play Books
Select Uninstall → OK
Play Movies
Play Store
Samsung Apps
Suggest
YouTube
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Video Hub
››Upload a video
USB connections
››Connect with Samsung Kies
››Connect with Windows Media Player
››Connect as a media device
››Connect as a camera device
Select Connected as a media device → Media device MTP
Select Connected as a media device → Camera PTP
Wi-Fi
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
Application list, select Settings → Wi-Fi
Advanced options
Press the WPS button on the AP within 2 minutes
››Set the static IP settings
››Customise Wi-Fi settings
Wi-Fi Direct
››Send data via Wi-Fi
››Receive data via Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Direct
AllShare Play
Send a file
››Use the Group Cast feature
››Play a file on a remote device
Select → Group Cast
On another device, join Group Cast with the PIN
››Manage contents on a web storage server
››Customise AllShare Play settings
→ Tethering and portable hotspot → Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
Mobile network sharing
››Share your device’s mobile network via Bluetooth
Tethering and portable hotspot
Bluetooth
››Activate the Bluetooth feature
››Send data via Bluetooth
Application list, select Settings → Bluetooth →
››Find and pair with another device
Scan
››Receive data via Bluetooth
Select Accept to confirm the connection between two devices
››Activate location services
››Set up a VPN profile
VPN connections
VPN → Add VPN network
››Connect to a private network
IPSec server Server will use to identify you. You
To the VPN server
Connect
››Set an alarm
Calculator
Clock
››Perform a calculation
››Stop an alarm
››Create a world clock
››Use the stopwatch
City
››Use the countdown timer
››Use the desk clock
Desk clock displays the current time, date, and weather
Change the following options Option Function
Downloads
Dropbox
››Activate Dropbox
Application list, select Dropbox → Start
My files
››Upload files to your Dropbox folder
››View a file
››Supported file formats
Application list, select My files Select a folder
››Activate the NFC feature
››Make a purchase with the NFC feature
››Read information from an NFC tag
››Send data via Android Beam
››Send data via S Beam
Android Beam
Beam
Search
SIM Toolkit
Voice
Application list, select S Voice
You can deactivate voice prompts by selecting
Access the setting options
Data usage
More settings
››Flight mode
››Kies via Wi-Fi
››Tethering and portable hotspot
››Wi-Fi Direct
››Android Beam
››S Beam
››Nearby devices
Sound
››Mobile networks
Display
LED indicator
Wallpaper
Motion
Power saving
Storage
Battery
Location services
Application manager
Accounts and sync
Security
Help text Set to show the help text on the locked screen
SIM Change Alert Activate the Find my mobile feature
Encrypt SD card
››Default
Set up SIM card lock
Language and input
››Language
To change the Samsung keypad settings, select
››Google voice typing
››Samsung keyboard
Portrait keyboard types Select a keypad type
››Voice cmd for apps
››Voice recogniser
››Voice Search
Select a voice recognition engine
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››Text-to-speech output
››Pointer speed
Back up and reset
Change the settings for managing settings and data
Backup account Set up or edit your Google backup account
Dock
Accessibility
Call answering/ending
Answering key Set to answer calls by pressing the Home key
Change the settings for application development
Developer options
Development device ID View your device’s development ID
About device
Using Lock SIM card
Your device freezes or has fatal errors
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
Device beeps and the battery icon is empty
Another Bluetooth device is not located
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Safety information
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Proper care and use of your mobile device
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Correct disposal of this product
Disclaimer
Index
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Tethering
To install Samsung Kies PC Sync