GT-I9300
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Contents
Personal information
Tools
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Unpack
Assembling
››Front view
Device layout
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
Charging
About the battery charging icons
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
Tap and hold
Tap
Drag
Double-tap
Pinch
Use motions
Flick
Tilt
Pick up
Hold to ear
Pan to move
Updates will not work for widgets on the Home screen
Pan to browse
Shake
Palm touch
Turn over
Hand sweep
You can use the motion unlock for
Lock or unlock the touch screen and the keys
Rotate
Get to know the Home screen
››Indicator icons
››Use the notifications panel
››Move an item on the Home screen
››Change the Home screen mode
Power saving Activate or deactivate Power saving mode
››Remove an item from the Home screen
››Customise the quick access panel
Tap and hold an item, and then drag it to the rubbish bin
Add, remove, or reorganise panels
To set the main panel of the Home screen, select
››Use widgets
Press the Back key to return to the previous screen
Application list, select Widgets to open the widget panel
Select an application
Access applications
››Organise applications
Uninstall
››Uninstall an application
››Download an application
Application list, press the Option key and select
Launch multiple applications
››Access recently-used applications
Customise your device
››Manage applications
››Switch to Silent mode
››Adjust the device’s volume
››Change the display language
››Turn on or off the touch tones
››Select a wallpaper for the Home screen
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Change the display font
Wallpaper → Home screen
Select Next → Set it up → Continue
››Lock your device
Screen lock → PIN
Application list, select Settings → Lock screen →
Screen lock → Pattern
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
Screen lock → Password
››Change the text input method
Enter text
Change Alert
Select Alert message
››Enter text with the Samsung keypad
››Enter text with the Google voice input feature
Select to switch to Number mode Select a number
Select To switch to ABC mode
Select to switch to Symbol mode
Symbol
››Copy and paste text
››Make a call
Calling
››Reject a call
››Answer a call
››Make an international call
››Use a headset
››Use options during a voice call
››Use options during a video call
Record video
››View and dial a missed call
To open the keypad, press the Option key and select Keypad
Select Create Enter a number and select Save
››Set auto rejection
Select Auto reject list
Additional settings → Call barring → a call type
Select Enable FDN
››Set call diverting
››Set call barring
››View a call or message log
››Customise call settings
››Set call waiting
Add or edit the message that will
Be sent when you reject a call
Device vibration Ringtone
Keypad tones
To make you use a Bluetooth
Bluetooth headset, even when
Setting
Option Function Call answering Ending →
Pocket
Option Function Increase volume Set the device to raise
So that the other party can hear
→ Noise reduction
››Send a text message
Messages
Application list, select Messaging → Add recipients
››Send a multimedia message
››Listen to a voicemail message
Google Mail
››View a text or multimedia message
→ Reply all
››Send an email message
››View an email message
››Set up an email account
››Send an email message
Communication
››Set your status
Talk
››Add a contact to your friend list
››Start a conversation
Messenger
ChatON
Google+
››Take a photo
Camera
View the storage location Switch to the camcorder
Switch to the front camera to take a photo of yourself
Tap where you want to focus on the preview screen
Select to take a photo Photo is saved automatically
Entertainment
››Change the shooting mode
››Customise camera settings
Signal may be obstructed, such
Adjust the sensitivity of the imaging
Photos when you upload them
Deactivate the GPS tag setting
Front camera
››Record a video
Option Function Set the camera to flip the image
View the storage location Switch to the camera
Change the flash setting
Saving normally
Video of yourself
Select to start recording
››Customise camcorder settings
Resolution Select a resolution option White balance
Option Function Flash Change the flash setting Recording
Automatically when you record a video
To a multimedia message or for saving
››Edit the shortcut icons
Video Player
››Play a video
Application list, select Video Player Select a video
Entertainment
››Customise video player settings
››View an image
Gallery
Entertainment
Play a video
››Tag a face in an image
Application list, select Gallery
Select to begin playback
››Add music files to your device
Music Player
Copy to your memory card
››Play music
Download from a computer with Windows Media Player
File tap and hold
Select Add music
››Customise music player settings
››Create a playlist
››Listen to the FM radio
Music Hub
FM Radio
Fine-tune the frequency
››Save radio stations automatically
››Record a song from the FM radio
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Plug a headset into your device
››Customise FM radio settings
››Create a contact
Contacts
››Find a contact
Select a contact’s name
››Create your namecard
››Set a speed dial number
››Copy a contact
››Create a group of contacts
From SIM card
To SIM card
››Import or export a contact
Planner
To SD card or Export to USB storage
Select OK to confirm
Enter the details of the event and select Save
››Change the view mode
››Create an event or task
››View an event or task
››Stop an event or task alarm
Memo
››Create a memo
››View a memo
Record a voice memo
Voice Recorder
››Organise memos in folders
Quality
››Customise voice recorder settings
Play a voice memo
››Browse a webpage
Internet
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Select a search result
››Search for information by voice
››Bookmark your favourite webpage
››Download a file from the Internet
Game Hub
Flipboard
››View your recent history
Select Get Started
Friends
Latitude
Maps
››Get directions to a specific destination
Search for a location
Clear Map
More Services
Navigation
Play Store
Local
Samsung Apps
Select Uninstall → OK
YouTube
Suggest
››Upload a video
Video Hub
Voice Search
››Connect with Samsung Kies
USB connections
››Connect as a media device
››Connect with Windows Media Player
››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
››Set the static IP settings
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
Application list, select Settings → Wi-Fi
Select the IP settings drop-down menu Select Static
››Customise Wi-Fi settings
Wi-Fi Direct
››Receive data via Wi-Fi
››Send data via Wi-Fi
Application list, select Settings → Wi-Fi→ Wi-Fi
››Connect your device to another device
AllShare Cast
Send a file
AllShare Play
››Play a file on a remote device
››Use the Group Cast feature
Select → Group Cast
On another device, join Group Cast with the PIN
››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 USB
››Share your device’s mobile network via Bluetooth
Bluetooth
››Send data via Bluetooth
››Activate the Bluetooth feature
Application list, select Settings → Bluetooth →
››Find and pair with another device
Select Accept to confirm the connection between two devices
››Receive data via Bluetooth
VPN connections
››Activate location services
VPN → Add VPN network
››Set up a VPN profile
Option Function
››Connect to a private network
VPN server
Connect
Clock
Calculator
››Perform a calculation
››View the calculation history
››Stop an alarm
››Set an alarm
Select Create alarm
››Create a world clock
››Use the stopwatch
››Use the countdown timer
››Use the desk clock
Set to hide or show the status bar
Dropbox
Downloads
››Upload files to your Dropbox folder
››Activate Dropbox
››View a file
Select I’m already a Dropbox user
Help
Learn to access various types of files saved in your device
My Files
››Supported file formats
Application list, select My Files Select a folder
NFC
››Make a purchase with the NFC feature
››Activate the NFC feature
››Read information from an NFC tag
››Send data via Android Beam
Beam
››Send data via S Beam
SIM Toolkit
Google
Voice
You can deactivate voice prompts by selecting
Data usage
Access the setting options
››Mobile networks
More settings
››Flight mode
››S Beam
Set up and manage virtual private networks VPNs
››Tethering and portable hotspot
››Kies via Wi-Fi
Home screen mode
››Nearby devices
››AllShare Cast
Sound
Blocking mode
Wallpaper
LED indicator
Display
Storage
Battery
Power saving
Location services
Applications manager
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Lock screen
Encrypt external SD card
Security
Set up SIM card lock
SIM Change Alert Activate the Find my mobile feature
Language and input
››Default
››Language
››Google voice typing
Select a voice recognition engine
››Voice recogniser
About View version information
››Voice search
››Pointer speed
››Text-to-speech output
Motion
Back up and reset
Add account
Change the accessory settings
Accessory
Date and time
Answering key Set to answer calls by pressing the Home key
Accessibility
Call answering/ending
Developer options
Activate and change the settings for application development
About device
Using Lock SIM card
Your device freezes or has fatal errors
Ensure that you have pressed the Dial key
If using a headset, ensure that it is properly connected
Number you are dialling
Ensure that your device is turned on
Device beeps and the battery icon is empty
Error messages appear when opening music files
Another Bluetooth device is not located
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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Text input
To install Samsung Kies PC Sync