GT-S7500
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Copyright 2012 Samsung Electronics
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Contents
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Assembling
Unpack
Assembling
Charge the battery
Replace the back cover
››Charge with a travel adapter
Insert a memory card optional
››Charge with a USB cable
GB depending on memory card manufacturer and type
Assembling
››Remove the memory card
››Format the memory card
Attach a hand strap optional
Getting started
Turn your device on and off
Get to know your device
››Device layout
Keys
Lock For 8-10 seconds until the Samsung
Open a list of options available on
Indicator icons
Getting started
Use the touch screen
Current time
Lock or unlock the touch screen and keys
Get to know the idle screen
››Add items to the idle screen
››Move items on the idle screen
››Remove items from the idle screen
››Use the notifications panel
››Add or remove panels to the idle screen
Access applications
To access your device’s applications
Select an application
››Organise applications
››Use the task manager
››Access recent applications
Customise your device
››Set the current time and date
››Activate animation for switching windows
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
››Switch to Silent mode
››Turn on or off the touch tone
››Set a screen lock
››Adjust the brightness of the display
››Select a wallpaper for the idle screen
Select Save or Set wallpaper
→ Location and security → Set up screen lock → Password
→ Location and security → Set up screen lock → Pattern
→ Location and security → Set up screen lock → PIN
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
→ Location and security → SIM Change Alert
Select Alert message recipients
››Enter text using the Samsung Chinese IME keypad
Enter text
››Change the keypad type
Pinyins Select Select a character
Canjie Select
Select To switch to Stroke Mode
Option Function Change the input language to
Canjies Select Select a character
That appears
Number Select Switch to Number mode
Symbols
Korean Select an appropriate virtual key until
››Enter text using the Samsung keypad
››Enter text using the Swype keypad
Number Function Start a new line Insert a space
Start a new line. Enter text by voice
Download applications from Android Market
››Copy and paste text
Select Select word or Select all
Select Uninstall → OK
››Install an application
››Uninstall an application
Download files from the web
To download files from the web
››Set up a server account
Synchronise data
→ Unknown sources → OK
››Activate automatic sync
››Synchronise data manually
››Make or answer a call
Communication
Calling
Select To make a call
››Use a headset
Answer a call
››Use options during a call
→ Call → Call rejection
››Use additional features
››View and dial missed calls
Select Auto reject list
→ Call → Additional settings → Call barring
Idle mode, open the application list and select
››View call logs
Select a call barring option
Logs
››Send a multimedia message
Messaging
››Send a text message
Select New message
››View a text or multimedia message
Add recipients of your message
Google Mail
››Listen to voice mail messages
››Send an email message
››View email messages
››Organise email by labels
To move to the next or previous message, select or
Select Change labels
››Set up an email account
From the Inbox screen, tap and hold a message
Select a label to add and select OK
››View an email message
→ Reply
Talk
››Add friends to your friend list
Forward
Social Hub
››Start a chat
Entertainment
Camera
››Capture a photo
Entertainment
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
Select → Smile shot
Select → Continuous
››Capture a series of photos
››Capture a panoramic photo
Repeat to complete the panoramic photo
››Customise camera settings
››Record a video
Length of video that can be
To delete a video, select Delete
››Customise camcorder settings
After recording videos, select to view the recorded videos
Camera starts recording a video
Gallery
Supported file formats
››View a photo
Pause playback Select to resume
Videos
››Play a video
Playback
Music
››Add music files to your device
››Play music
Select Playlists
››Create a playlist
Idle mode, open the application list and select Music
Select Add music
››Customise music player settings
››Add songs to the quick list
FM radio
››Listen to the FM radio
Radio
››Save a radio station automatically
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
Select to add the radio station to the favourites list
››Customise FM radio settings
Create a contact
Personal information
Contacts
Select Add to Contacts → Create contact
Press → More → Speed dial setting
››Find a contact
››Set a speed dial number
››Copy contacts
››Create your namecard
››Create a group of contacts
Press → Import/Export → Import from SIM card
Press → Import/Export → Import from SD card
››Import or export contacts
Press → Import/Export → Export to SIM card
Press → Import/Export → Export to SD card
››View events
Calendar
››Create an event
Calendar Select Tap to create event or press → Create
››Create a memo
››Stop an event alarm
Memo
››View memos
Voice recorder
››Record a voice memo
Recorder
››Play a voice memo
To record more voice memos, select Record again
Web
Internet
››Browse web pages
Bookmark
Idle mode, open the application list and select Internet
››Search for information by voice
››Bookmark your favourite web pages
Select → Bookmarks
››Search for a specific location
››Access the frequently visited pages or the recent history
Maps
Select → Most visited or History
››Get directions to a specific destination
Press → Search
Latitude
Select → Select from Contacts or Add via email address
Places
Navigation
YouTube
››Watch videos
YouTube
››Share videos
››Upload videos
Select a video Select → an option
Samsung Apps
Market
Samsung Apps
››Read news articles
News & Weather
››View the weather information
Idle mode, open the application list and select News
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings
Bluetooth
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
Select Bluetooth to turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
››Send data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
Wi-Fi
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
→ Wireless and network → Bluetooth settings → Visible
››Add a Wi-Fi AP manually
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
→ Wireless and network → Wi-Fi settings
››Connect your device to another device
Wi-Fi Direct
Setup WPS
Select a network indicated by the WPS icon and select
››Customise Dlna settings for sharing media files
››Send data via Wi-Fi
››Receive data via Wi-Fi
AllShare
››Play your files on another DLNA-enabled device
Mobile network sharing
Idle mode, open the application list and select AllShare
Select Remote device
→ Wireless and network → Tethering and portable hotspot
››Share your device’s mobile network via USB
››Activate location services
→ Location and security
Satellites Your location
PC connections
››Connect with Samsung Kies
››Connect as a mass storage device
VPN connections
››Set up VPN connections
→ Wireless and network → VPN settings → Add VPN
Secret
››Connect to a private network
Alarm
››Set a new alarm
››Stop an alarm
Tools
››Use the stopwatch
››Delete an alarm
››Create a world clock
World clock
››Perform the calculation
››Use the count-down timer
Calculator
››View the calculation history
Kies air
››Customise Kies air settings
››Connect a PC to your device via Wi-Fi
→ Start
Downloads
Google Search
My files
SIM Toolkit
Idle mode, open the application list and select SIM Toolkit
Task Manager
ThinkFree Office
››Create a new document
››View and edit a document on your device
ThinkFree Office
Voice Search
››Manage documents online
Search
Settings
Access the Settings menu
Wireless and network
››VPN settings
››Kies via Wi-Fi
››Bluetooth settings
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
Call alert
Call
››Mobile networks
Call answering/ending
Change the settings for various sounds on your device
Sound
Screen display
Change the settings for the display
Display
Home screen
Power saving
Custom power saving mode settings
Set up SIM card lock
Location and security
Change the settings for managing installed applications
Applications
Accounts and sync
Privacy
Development
››Select language
Storage
Language and keyboard
››Select input method
››Samsung Chinese IME
Voice input and output
››Samsung keypad
››Text-to-speech settings
Accessibility
››Voice recognition settings
Engines View the text-to-speech engines in your device
Date and time
About phone
Troubleshooting
Touch screen responds slowly or improperly
→ Erase everything
Number you are dialling
If using a headset, ensure that it is properly connected
Ensure that you have pressed the Dial key
Ensure that your device is turned on
Device beeps and the battery icon flashes
Error messages appear when opening music files
Another Bluetooth device is not located
Safety precautions
Handle and dispose of batteries and chargers with care
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To install Kies PC Sync
Using a USB cable, connect your device to your PC
Proper care and use of your mobile device
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Specific Absorption Rate SAR certification information
Disclaimer