GT-S7500
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Unpack
Assembling
Assembling
Replace the back cover
Charge the battery
››Charge with a travel adapter
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
Attach a hand strap optional
Turn your device on and off
Getting started
››Device layout
Get to know your device
Open a list of options available on
Keys
Lock For 8-10 seconds until the Samsung
Indicator icons
Getting started
Current time
Use the touch screen
Lock or unlock the touch screen and keys
››Move items on the idle screen
Get to know the idle screen
››Add items to the idle screen
››Add or remove panels to the idle screen
››Remove items from the idle screen
››Use the notifications panel
Select an application
Access applications
To access your device’s applications
››Organise applications
››Set the current time and date
››Access recent applications
Customise your device
››Use the task manager
››Turn on or off the touch tone
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
››Switch to Silent mode
››Activate animation for switching windows
Select Save or Set wallpaper
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Select a wallpaper for the idle screen
››Set a screen lock
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
→ Location and security → Set up screen lock → Pattern
→ Location and security → Set up screen lock → PIN
→ Location and security → Set up screen lock → Password
Select Alert message recipients
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
→ Location and security → SIM Change Alert
››Change the keypad type
››Enter text using the Samsung Chinese IME keypad
Enter text
Pinyins Select Select a character
Canjies Select Select a character
Select To switch to Stroke Mode
Option Function Change the input language to
Canjie Select
Korean Select an appropriate virtual key until
Number Select Switch to Number mode
Symbols
That appears
››Enter text using the Samsung keypad
Number Function Start a new line Insert a space
››Enter text using the Swype keypad
Start a new line. Enter text by voice
Select Select word or Select all
Download applications from Android Market
››Copy and paste text
Download files from the web
››Install an application
››Uninstall an application
Select Uninstall → OK
→ Unknown sources → OK
››Set up a server account
Synchronise data
To download files from the web
››Synchronise data manually
››Activate automatic sync
Select To make a call
Communication
Calling
››Make or answer a call
Answer a call
››Use a headset
››Use options during a call
Select Auto reject list
››Use additional features
››View and dial missed calls
→ Call → Call rejection
Idle mode, open the application list and select
→ Call → Additional settings → Call barring
Logs
››View call logs
Select a call barring option
Select New message
Messaging
››Send a text message
››Send a multimedia message
Add recipients of your message
››View a text or multimedia message
››Send an email message
Google Mail
››Listen to voice mail messages
To move to the next or previous message, select or
››View email messages
››Organise email by labels
Select a label to add and select OK
››Set up an email account
From the Inbox screen, tap and hold a message
Select Change labels
››View an email message
Forward
Talk
››Add friends to your friend list
→ Reply
››Start a chat
Social Hub
››Capture a photo
Entertainment
Camera
Entertainment
Select → Smile shot
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
Repeat to complete the panoramic photo
››Capture a series of photos
››Capture a panoramic photo
Select → Continuous
››Customise camera settings
››Record a video
Length of video that can be
Camera starts recording a video
››Customise camcorder settings
After recording videos, select to view the recorded videos
To delete a video, select Delete
Supported file formats
Gallery
››View a photo
Playback
Videos
››Play a video
Pause playback Select to resume
››Add music files to your device
Music
››Play music
Select Add music
››Create a playlist
Idle mode, open the application list and select Music
Select Playlists
››Add songs to the quick list
››Customise music player settings
››Listen to the FM radio
FM radio
Select to add the radio station to the favourites list
››Save a radio station automatically
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Radio
››Customise FM radio settings
Select Add to Contacts → Create contact
Personal information
Contacts
Create a contact
››Set a speed dial number
Press → More → Speed dial setting
››Find a contact
Press → Import/Export → Import from SIM card
››Create your namecard
››Create a group of contacts
››Copy contacts
Press → Import/Export → Export to SD card
››Import or export contacts
Press → Import/Export → Export to SIM card
Press → Import/Export → Import from SD card
Calendar Select Tap to create event or press → Create
Calendar
››Create an event
››View events
››View memos
››Stop an event alarm
Memo
››Create a memo
Recorder
Voice recorder
››Record a voice memo
To record more voice memos, select Record again
››Play a voice memo
››Browse web pages
Web
Internet
Bookmark
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
Maps
››Search for a specific location
Press → Search
››Get directions to a specific destination
Select → Select from Contacts or Add via email address
Latitude
Navigation
Places
››Watch videos
YouTube
Select a video Select → an option
››Share videos
››Upload videos
YouTube
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
››Send data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings → Visible
Wi-Fi
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
Select a network indicated by the WPS icon and select
Wi-Fi Direct
Setup WPS
››Connect your device to another device
AllShare
››Send data via Wi-Fi
››Receive data via Wi-Fi
››Customise Dlna settings for sharing media files
››Play your files on another DLNA-enabled device
Select Remote device
Mobile network sharing
Idle mode, open the application list and select AllShare
››Share your device’s mobile network via USB
→ Wireless and network → Tethering and portable hotspot
Satellites Your location
››Activate location services
→ Location and security
››Connect with Samsung Kies
PC connections
››Connect as a mass storage device
Secret
››Set up VPN connections
→ Wireless and network → VPN settings → Add VPN
VPN connections
››Connect to a private network
Tools
››Set a new alarm
››Stop an alarm
Alarm
World clock
››Delete an alarm
››Create a world clock
››Use the stopwatch
››View the calculation history
››Use the count-down timer
Calculator
››Perform the calculation
→ Start
››Customise Kies air settings
››Connect a PC to your device via Wi-Fi
Kies air
Google Search
Downloads
Idle mode, open the application list and select SIM Toolkit
My files
SIM Toolkit
ThinkFree Office
Task Manager
ThinkFree Office
››Create a new document
››View and edit a document on your device
Search
Voice Search
››Manage documents online
Wireless and network
Settings
Access the Settings menu
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
››Kies via Wi-Fi
››Bluetooth settings
››VPN settings
Call answering/ending
Call
››Mobile networks
Call alert
Sound
Change the settings for various sounds on your device
Home screen
Change the settings for the display
Display
Screen display
Custom power saving mode settings
Power saving
Location and security
Set up SIM card lock
Applications
Change the settings for managing installed applications
Development
Accounts and sync
Privacy
››Select input method
Storage
Language and keyboard
››Select language
››Samsung Chinese IME
››Samsung keypad
Voice input and output
Engines View the text-to-speech engines in your device
Accessibility
››Voice recognition settings
››Text-to-speech settings
Date and time
About phone
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
Device beeps and the battery icon flashes
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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Using a USB cable, connect your device to your PC
To install Kies PC Sync
Proper care and use of your mobile device
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Specific Absorption Rate SAR certification information
Disclaimer