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