GT-S8530
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Contents
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Unpack
Assembling
Install the SIM or Usim card and battery
Insert the battery Replace the back cover
Charge the battery
››Charge with a travel adapter
Assembling
››Charge with a USB cable
Insert a memory card optional
GB depending on memory card manufacturer and type
››Remove the memory card
››Format the memory card
Turn your device on and off
Getting started
››Device layout
Get to know your device
Speaker
Keys
››Idle screen
››Indicator icons
Getting started
››Notifications panel
Battery power level
Current time
Use the touch screen
Lock or unlock the touch screen and keys
Access menus
››Organise applications
››Use the task manager
Launch and manage applications
››Add new screens
››Launch multiple applications
››Open the widget panel
Use widgets
Applications → Yes
››Add new panels to the idle screen
Menu mode, select Settings → General → Date and time
Customise your device
››Organise the widget panel
››Select a wallpaper for the idle screen
››Adjust the volume of the ringtones
››Switch to Silent mode
››Change your ringtone
››Lock your device
››Adjust the brightness of the display
You can lock your device by activating the device password
Menu mode, select Settings → General → Security
››Lock your SIM or Usim card
››Activate the Find my mobile feature
››Change the text input method
Enter text
Keyboard
››Enter text using input methods
Symbol
Mode Function Select 123 to switch to Number mode
You want
Release the finger on the last character
››Copy and paste text
Repeat steps 2-5 to complete your text
Calling
Communication
››Make or answer a call
Or select to dial the number
→ Call → Reject call with message
››Use options during a voice call
››Use a headset
››View and dial missed calls
››Use options during a video call
Menu mode, select Settings → Call → Auto reject
››Use additional features
Set call diverting
Menu mode, select Settings → Call → Call waiting
You can view logs of your calls filtered by their types
Logs
Messages
››View call logs
Connections → Yes
››Set up an MMS profile
Menu mode, select Settings → Network →
››Send a text message
››Send a multimedia message
Settings Traffic class When you are finished, select Save
Select a connection profile
Select Advanced → Add folder
››View a text or multimedia message
››Listen to voice mail messages
››Create a folder to manage messages
››Send an SOS message
When you are finished setting the recipients, select Save
→ Yes
››Set up an email account and profile
Option Function Incoming
››Send an email message
Exchange server
››View an email message
Select an email message
Enter your email address for
Use SSL
ChatON
Option Function Domain
Server URL
Social Hub
Camera
Entertainment
››Capture a photo
Number of photos you can take according to available memory
››Capture a photo by using preset options for various scenes
Select → Smile shot
››Capture a photo in Smile shot mode
››Capture a beauty photo
››Capture a panoramic photo
Select a direction Make any necessary adjustments
››Customise camera settings
››Capture a vintage photo
Imaging sensor
Adjust the sensitivity of the camera
Option Function Auto contrast
Subject and background
››Record a video
Default storage location Switch to the camera
To play a video, select
Reset menus and recording options
››Customise camcorder settings
Play the video on other devices
Videos
››Play a video
Number Function
Supported file formats
Gallery
Skip forward Scan forward in a file tap and hold
Page
››Add music files to your device
Music
Play a video
››Play a slideshow
››Play music
Open the playlist
Select Playlists →
››Access the album view
Music Hub
››Create a playlist
››Listen to the FM radio
FM radio
››Record a song from the FM radio
››Save a radio station automatically
››Customise FM radio settings
››Add a radio station to the favourites list
››Download games and applications
Java
››Play games or launch applications
››Find a contact
Personal information
Contacts
››Create a contact
››Create your namecard
››Set a favourite number
Accounts list you added will appear
Menu mode, select Settings → Contacts → Accounts
››Retrieve contacts from your community accounts
››Create a group of contacts
→ Memory card
Calendar
››Import or export contacts
››Create an event
››View events
››Stop an event alarm
››Create a task
Task
››View tasks
››View memos
Memo
Voice recorder
››Create a memo
Speak into the microphone
››Play a voice memo
To record more voice memos, select and repeat steps
››Customise voice recorder settings
Web
››Set up an internet profile
Internet
››Browse web pages
Web
Select History or Most visited
››Access the frequently visited pages or the recent history
Navigation
››Bookmark your favourite web pages
Samsung Apps
Be synchronised
››Set up a synchronisation profile
Synchronise
››Start synchronisation
Google
YouTube
→ Always on
Bluetooth
››Turn on the Bluetooth wireless feature
Connectivity
››Send data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
››Find and pair with other Bluetooth-enabled devices
››Receive data using the Bluetooth wireless feature
Wi-Fi
››Activate the Wi-Fi feature
››Customise the connection profile
››Find and connect to a Wi-Fi AP
AllShare
Setup WPS
››Customise Dlna settings for sharing media files
Enabled devices
Select My device
››Play your files on another DLNA-enabled device
Select Remote device
Mobile network sharing
Unauthorised access to the network
Device Activate the tethering function to use
When you are finished, select
››Activate the GPS feature
››Enhance the GPS functionality
››Enable sensor aiding
Menu mode, select Settings → Location → Sensor aiding
Menu mode, select Settings → Location → My position
Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands
TV connections TV out mode
Australia, Austria, Belgium, China
Denmark, England, Finland, Germany
››Connect with Samsung Kies
PC connections
››Connect as a mass storage device
››Use your device as a wireless modem
VPN connections
››Set up VPN connections
Menu mode, select Settings → Connectivity → VPN → New
User name Enter your user name Password Enter your password
Identify you
Menu mode, select Settings → Connectivity → VPN
››Connect to a private network
Option Function Select a certificate authority CA Auth type
››Send data to your device
Tools
Calculator
Caster
To delete the data, select
››Set a new alarm
Clock
››View transferred data
››Use the stopwatch
››Stop an alarm
››Delete an alarm
››Create a world clock
››Supported file formats
››Use the count-down timer
Menu mode, select Clock → Timer
My files
››View a file
Select More → Set as → Wallpaper → Set
››Set an image as your wallpaper
››Set a sound clip as your ringtone
To sort files or folders, select List by
Select the item’s name you want to access
Voice commands
Listening
Network
Settings
Access the Settings menu
Flight mode
Location
Customise the settings related with GPS connections
Connectivity
Notification
Sound
Display
Incoming call
››Date and time
General
››Voice input and output
››Language
››Memory
››Accessibility
››Installation location
››Motions
››Usage
Change PIN Change the PIN used to access SIM or Usim data
››Security
››About phone
››Software update
Certificates View the details of certificates
Notification
››Reset
View, set up, or delete email or SNS accounts
Accounts
Set how often the phone will alert you to new messages
Customise the settings for messaging features
Call
››Alert repetition
››Multimedia messages
››Text messages
››Sending options
Customise the settings for email features
View, set up, or delete email accounts
››Email accounts
››Threaded list
Change the view mode
››Receiving options
››Block emails
Export to memory card Export memos to the memory card
Import from memory card Import memos from the memory card
Music player
Delete saved ID/password Delete all saved IDs and passwords
Delete database Delete all saved web database
Search
Communities’upload
Select the types of items to include in your search
Troubleshooting
Calls are being dropped
Ensure that your device is turned on
If using a headset, ensure that it is properly connected
Phone number
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 this product
Correct disposal of batteries in this product
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Call diverting 46 calls
Index
GPS
PC connections
Video player 67, 70 videos
Declaration of Conformity R&TTE
GSM Wcdma Wi-Fi Mobile Phone GT-S8530
Using a USB cable, connect your device to your PC
To install Kies PC Sync