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
About the battery charging icons
Charging
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
Getting started
Turn on or off your device
Use the touch screen
Tap
Tap and hold
Drag
Double-tap
Pinch
Use motions
Flick
Tilt
Pick up
Hold to ear
Updates will not work for widgets on the Home screen
Pan to move
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
››Indicator icons
Get to know the Home screen
››Use the notifications panel
››Move an item on the Home screen
››Change the Home screen mode
Power saving Activate or deactivate Power saving mode
››Customise the quick access panel
››Remove an item from the Home screen
Tap and hold an item, and then drag it to the rubbish bin
Add, remove, or reorganise panels
››Use widgets
To set the main panel of the Home screen, select
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 an application
Uninstall
››Download an application
Application list, press the Option key and select
››Access recently-used applications
Launch multiple applications
Customise your device
››Manage applications
››Adjust the device’s volume
››Switch to Silent mode
››Change the display language
››Turn on or off the touch tones
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Select a wallpaper for the Home screen
››Change the display font
Wallpaper → Home screen
››Lock your device
Select Next → Set it up → Continue
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
Enter text
››Change the text input method
Change Alert
Select Alert message
››Enter text with the Google voice input feature
››Enter text with the Samsung keypad
Select To switch to ABC mode
Select to switch to Number mode Select a number
Select to switch to Symbol mode
Symbol
››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
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
Select Enable FDN
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
Be sent when you reject a call
Add or edit the message that will
Device vibration Ringtone
Keypad tones
Bluetooth headset, even when
To make you use a Bluetooth
Setting
Option Function Call answering Ending →
Option Function Increase volume Set the device to raise
Pocket
So that the other party can hear
→ Noise reduction
Messages
››Send a text message
››Send a multimedia message
Application list, select Messaging → Add recipients
››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
Talk
››Set your status
››Add a contact to your friend list
››Start a conversation
ChatON
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
››Customise camera settings
Adjust the sensitivity of the imaging
Signal may be obstructed, such
Photos when you upload them
Deactivate the GPS tag setting
Front camera
››Record a video
Option Function Set the camera to flip the image
Change the flash setting
View the storage location Switch to the camera
Saving normally
Video of yourself
››Customise camcorder settings
Select to start recording
Option Function Flash Change the flash setting Recording
Resolution Select a resolution option White balance
Automatically when you record a video
To a multimedia message or for saving
Video Player
››Edit the shortcut icons
››Play a video
Application list, select Video Player Select a video
Entertainment
››Customise video player settings
Gallery
››View an image
Entertainment
››Tag a face in an image
Play a video
Application list, select Gallery
Select to begin playback
Music Player
››Add music files to your device
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
››Record a song from the FM radio
››Save radio stations automatically
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Plug a headset into your device
››Customise FM radio settings
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
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
Internet
››Browse a webpage
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Select a search result
››Search for information by voice
››Bookmark your favourite webpage
››Download a file from the Internet
Flipboard
Game Hub
››View your recent history
Select Get Started
Friends
Latitude
Maps
Search for a location
››Get directions to a specific destination
Clear Map
More Services
Navigation
Local
Play Store
Select Uninstall → OK
Samsung Apps
Suggest
YouTube
››Upload a video
Voice Search
Video Hub
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
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
Wi-Fi
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
››Set the static IP settings
Application list, select Settings → Wi-Fi
Select the IP settings drop-down menu Select Static
Wi-Fi Direct
››Customise Wi-Fi settings
››Send data via Wi-Fi
››Receive data via Wi-Fi
Application list, select Settings → Wi-Fi→ Wi-Fi
››Connect your device to another device
AllShare Cast
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 USB
Tethering and portable hotspot
Bluetooth
››Share your device’s mobile network via Bluetooth
››Activate the Bluetooth feature
››Send data via Bluetooth
Application list, select Settings → Bluetooth →
››Find and pair with another device
››Receive data via Bluetooth
Select Accept to confirm the connection between two devices
››Activate location services
VPN connections
››Set up a VPN profile
VPN → Add VPN network
››Connect to a private network
Option Function
VPN server
Connect
Calculator
Clock
››Perform a calculation
››View the calculation history
››Set an alarm
››Stop an alarm
Select Create alarm
››Create a world clock
››Use the countdown timer
››Use the stopwatch
››Use the desk clock
Set to hide or show the status bar
Downloads
Dropbox
››Activate Dropbox
››Upload files to your Dropbox folder
››View a file
Select I’m already a Dropbox user
Learn to access various types of files saved in your device
Help
My Files
››Supported file formats
NFC
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
Beam
Google
SIM Toolkit
Voice
You can deactivate voice prompts by selecting
Access the setting options
Data usage
››Mobile networks
More settings
››Flight mode
››S Beam
Set up and manage virtual private networks VPNs
››Tethering and portable hotspot
Home screen mode
››Kies via Wi-Fi
››Nearby devices
››AllShare Cast
Blocking mode
Sound
Wallpaper
LED indicator
Display
Storage
Power saving
Battery
Location services
Applications manager
Lock screen
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Security
Encrypt external SD card
SIM Change Alert Activate the Find my mobile feature
Set up SIM card lock
››Default
Language and input
››Language
››Google voice typing
››Voice recogniser
Select a voice recognition engine
››Voice search
About View version information
››Text-to-speech output
››Pointer speed
Motion
Back up and reset
Add account
Accessory
Change the accessory settings
Date and time
Answering key Set to answer calls by pressing the Home key
Accessibility
Call answering/ending
Activate and change the settings for application development
Developer options
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
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