››Activate the Find my mobile feature

When someone inserts a new SIM or USIM card in your device, the Find my mobile feature will automatically send the contact number to specified recipients to help you locate and recover your device.

To use this feature, you need a Samsung account for controlling the device from the web remotely.

1

In Idle mode, open the application list and select

 

Settings → Location and security → SIM Change

2

Alert.

Read the terms and conditions and select Accept.

3

Enter your email address and password for your

 

Samsung account and select Sign in.

4

To create a Samsung account, select Sign up.

Select Alert message recipients.

5

Enter the password for your Samsung account again

6

and select OK.

Enter a phone number including a country code

7

(with +).

Enter the text message to be sent to the recipients.

8

Select Done.

Enter text

You can enter text by selecting characters on the virtual keypad or by inputting handwriting on the screen.

You cannot enter text in some languages. To enter text, you should change the writing language to one of the supported languages. ► p. 105

››Change the keypad type

You can change the keypad type. Tap and hold the text input field and select Input method → a keypad type (Samsung keypad or Swype).

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