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
››Organise applications
››Access recent applications
››Use the task manager
Press → Save
››Switch to Silent mode
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
Customise your device
››Set the current time and date
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Activate animation for switching windows
››Change your ringtone
››Select a wallpaper for the idle screen
Set an unlock pattern
››Set a screen lock
Set an unlock PIN code
→ Location and security → Set screen lock → Pattern
Idle mode, open the application list and select
Set an unlock password
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
→ Location and security → SIM change alert
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
To create a Samsung account, select Sign up
Select Alert message recipients
››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
››Uninstall an application
››Install an application
Select Uninstall → OK
Download applications from Android Market
→ Unknown sources → OK
Download files from the web
Synchronise data
››Activate automatic sync
››Set up a server account
››Synchronise data manually
→ Accounts and sync
Calling
Communication
››Make or answer a call
Make a call
Answer a call
››Use a headset
Reject a call
Call an international number
››Use options during a call
Use Fixed Dialling Number FDN mode
››Use additional features
→ Call → Fixed Dialling Numbers → Enable FDN
››View and dial missed calls
››View call logs
Messaging
Set call waiting
Logs
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
››Organise email by labels
››View email messages
Add a label to a message
Mail
Filter messages
››Set up an email account
››View an email message
››Add friends to your friend list
Talk
→ Reply
Forward
Social Hub
Check and use contents delivered from Social Hub
››Start a chat
Idle mode, open the application list and select Social
››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
Select to stop recording Video is saved automatically
››Customise camcorder settings
After recording videos, select to view the recorded videos
To delete a video, select Delete
Gallery
→ to access
Supported file formats
Type Format Image
››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
››Customise music player settings
››Use the party shuffle feature
To turn off the party shuffle feature, press → Party
Press → Party shuffle
Music Hub
Equaliser Select a default equaliser type
››Listen to the FM radio
FM radio
››Save a radio station automatically
››Customise FM radio settings
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Radio
Option Function
Background Background while using other
Playing
Can control the FM radio from
Contacts
Personal information
››Create a contact
Select Add to Contacts → Create contact
Press → More → Speed dial
››Find a contact
››Set a speed dial number
››Retrieve contacts from your community accounts
››Create your namecard
››Create a group of contacts
Press → View SNS Friends
››Import or export contacts
››Copy contacts
Press → Import/Export → Export to SIM card
Press → Import/Export → Import from SD card
››View social network activities
Calendar
››View the communication log
››View events
››Create an event
Calendar Press → More → Create
Enter the details of the event as required. Select Done
Memo
››Stop an event alarm
››Create a memo
››View memos
››Record a voice memo
Voice recorder
››Play a voice memo
Recorder
››Browse web pages
Web
Internet
To go to a next page in history, press
››Bookmark your favourite web pages
››Search for information by voice
Idle mode, open the application list and select Internet
Select → Bookmarks
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
››Watch videos
YouTube
››Upload videos
YouTube
Samsung Apps
Samsung Apps
Market
››View the weather information
News & Weather
››Read news articles
Idle mode, open the application list and select News
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
Bluetooth
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings
Select Bluetooth to turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
→ 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
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings
››Activate the Wlan feature
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings → Add Wi-Fi network
››Find and connect to a Wlan
Setup WPS
Wi-Fi Direct
→ Wi-Fi Direct
››Connect your device to another Wlan device
Mobile network sharing
→ Wireless and network → Tethering and portable hotspot
››Send data via a Wlan
››Receive data via a Wlan
››Share your device’s mobile network via USB
When you are finished, select Save
PC connections
››Activate location services
→ Location and security
Satellites Your location
››Connect as a mass storage device
››Connect with Samsung Kies
→ Wireless and network → VPN settings → Add VPN
››Set up VPN connections
Enter the L2TP secret password
VPN connections
››Connect to a private network
››Stop an alarm
››Set a new alarm
Tools
Clock
Calculator
››Delete an alarm
CardioTrainer
Select Delete → OK
Google Search
Downloads
Music
My files
››Open a document
Polaris Office
››Create a document
››Manage documents online
SIM Toolkit
Idle mode, open the application list and select Polaris
Office
Search
Task manager
Voice Search
Wireless and network
Settings
Access the Settings menu
››VPN settings
››Bluetooth settings
Set up and connect to virtual private networks VPNs
››Tethering and portable hotspot
Call
››Voicemail service
››Fixed Dialling Numbers
››Voicemail number
Sound
››Additional settings
Change the settings for various sounds on your device
Location and security
Display
Screen display
Home screen
Set up SIM card lock
Development
Applications
Privacy
Accounts and sync
Storage
Language and keyboard
››Swype
Select a default keypad type for text input
››Select Input Method
››Samsung keypad
››Text-to-speech settings
››Voice recognition settings
Voice input and output
Engines View the text-to-speech engines in your device
Date and time
Accessibility
Torchlight
About phone
Troubleshooting
→ Erase everything
Touch screen responds slowly or improperly
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
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