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