GT-S5690
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Contents
Mobile network sharing
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Unpack
Assembling
Assembling
Assembling
››Charge with a travel adapter
Charge the battery
Assembling
GB depending on memory card manufacturer and type
Insert a memory card optional
››Charge with a USB cable
Assembling
››Format the memory card
››Remove the memory card
Turn your device on and off
Getting started
››Device layout
Get to know your device
››Maintain your water and dust resistant feature
Keys
››Indicator icons
Getting started
Current time
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
Access applications
Press → Save
››Access recent applications
››Organise applications
››Use the task manager
››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
→ Location and security → Set screen lock → Pattern
››Set a screen lock
Set an unlock pattern
Set an unlock PIN code
Idle mode, open the application list and select
Set an unlock password
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
Select Alert message recipients
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
→ Location and security → SIM change alert
To create a Samsung account, select Sign up
››Change the keyboard type
››Enter text using the Samsung keypad
Enter text
››Enter text using the Swype keypad
Release the finger on the last character
Number Function
››Copy and paste text
Download applications from Android Market
››Install an application
››Uninstall an application
Select Uninstall → OK
→ Unknown sources → OK
Download files from the web
Synchronise data
→ Accounts and sync
››Set up a server account
››Activate automatic sync
››Synchronise data manually
Make a call
Communication
Calling
››Make or answer a call
Call an international number
››Use a headset
Answer a call
Reject a call
››Use options during a call
››View and dial missed calls
››Use additional features
Use Fixed Dialling Number FDN mode
→ Call → Fixed Dialling Numbers → Enable FDN
Logs
Messaging
››View call logs
Set call waiting
Select New message
››Send a text message
››Send a multimedia message
››Listen to voice mail messages
››View a text or multimedia message
››Send an email message
Google Mail
Mail
››View email messages
››Organise email by labels
Add a label to a message
Filter messages
››Set up an email account
››View an email message
Forward
Talk
››Add friends to your friend list
→ Reply
Idle mode, open the application list and select Social
Check and use contents delivered from Social Hub
Social Hub
››Start a chat
››Capture a photo
Entertainment
Camera
Entertainment
Select → Smile shot
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
››Capture a panoramic photo
››Customise camera settings
››Record a video
Entertainment
To delete a video, select Delete
››Customise camcorder settings
Select to stop recording Video is saved automatically
After recording videos, select to view the recorded videos
Type Format Image
→ to access
Gallery
Supported file formats
››Play a video
››View a photo
››Play music
Music
››Add music files to your memory card
Open the playlist
Control playback with the following keys Number Function
Tapping the bar
Press → Party shuffle
››Use the party shuffle feature
››Customise music player settings
To turn off the party shuffle feature, press → Party
Music Hub
Equaliser Select a default equaliser type
››Listen to the FM radio
FM radio
Radio
››Customise FM radio settings
››Save a radio station automatically
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Can control the FM radio from
Background Background while using other
Option Function
Playing
Select Add to Contacts → Create contact
Personal information
Contacts
››Create a contact
Press → More → Speed dial
››Find a contact
››Set a speed dial number
Press → View SNS Friends
››Create your namecard
››Retrieve contacts from your community accounts
››Create a group of contacts
Press → Import/Export → Import from SD card
››Copy contacts
››Import or export contacts
Press → Import/Export → Export to SIM card
››View social network activities
Calendar
››View the communication log
Enter the details of the event as required. Select Done
››Create an event
››View events
Calendar Press → More → Create
››View memos
››Stop an event alarm
Memo
››Create a memo
Recorder
Voice recorder
››Record a voice memo
››Play a voice memo
››Browse web pages
Web
Internet
To go to a next page in history, press
Select → Bookmarks
››Search for information by voice
››Bookmark your favourite web pages
Idle mode, open the application list and select Internet
Select → Most visited or History
››Access the frequently visited pages or the recent history
New window
Together. You can also select
Maps
››Search for a specific location
Select → Select from Contacts or Add via email address
Latitude
››Get directions to a specific destination
Places
Navigation
YouTube
YouTube
››Watch videos
››Upload videos
Samsung Apps
Samsung Apps
Market
Idle mode, open the application list and select News
News & Weather
››View the weather information
››Read news articles
Select Bluetooth to turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
Bluetooth
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings → Scan devices
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings → Discoverable
Wi-Fi
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Find and connect to a Wlan
››Activate the Wlan feature
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings → Add Wi-Fi network
››Connect your device to another Wlan device
Wi-Fi Direct
Setup WPS
→ Wi-Fi Direct
››Receive data via a Wlan
→ Wireless and network → Tethering and portable hotspot
Mobile network sharing
››Send data via a Wlan
››Share your device’s mobile network via USB
When you are finished, select Save
Satellites Your location
››Activate location services
PC connections
→ Location and security
››Connect as a mass storage device
››Connect with Samsung Kies
VPN connections
››Set up VPN connections
→ Wireless and network → VPN settings → Add VPN
Enter the L2TP secret password
››Connect to a private network
Clock
››Set a new alarm
››Stop an alarm
Tools
Select Delete → OK
››Delete an alarm
Calculator
CardioTrainer
Google Search
Downloads
Music
My files
››Open a document
Polaris Office
››Create a document
Office
SIM Toolkit
››Manage documents online
Idle mode, open the application list and select Polaris
Search
Task manager
Voice Search
Wireless and network
Settings
Access the Settings menu
››Tethering and portable hotspot
››Bluetooth settings
››VPN settings
Set up and connect to virtual private networks VPNs
››Voicemail number
››Voicemail service
Call
››Fixed Dialling Numbers
Sound
››Additional settings
Change the settings for various sounds on your device
Home screen
Display
Location and security
Screen display
Set up SIM card lock
Development
Applications
Language and keyboard
Accounts and sync
Privacy
Storage
››Swype
Select a default keypad type for text input
››Select Input Method
››Samsung keypad
Engines View the text-to-speech engines in your device
››Voice recognition settings
››Text-to-speech settings
Voice input and output
About phone
Accessibility
Date and time
Torchlight
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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Specific Absorption Rate SAR certification information
Correct disposal of batteries in this product
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Index
Battery
Fixed dialling number mode Flight mode 18 FM radio
Wlan
YouTube
To install Kies PC Sync