Samsung SCH-I500RKAUSC Contacts and Accounts, Setting Up Your Accounts, Adding a Google account

Section 4: Contacts and Accounts

This section explains how to manage your contacts and accounts.

Accounts

Your phone provides the ability to synchronize information from a variety of accounts, including Google, a Corporate Exchange server, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. With synchronization, you can ensure that information on your phone is updated with any information that changes in your accounts.

Synchronize contacts with your Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace accounts.

Note: You must register your phone with your social network site before using the phone to access the networks.

With Corporate Exchange, Google, and Facebook accounts you can synchronize Calendar events and Contacts.

Tip: For more information on setting up your email contact your service provider.

Setting Up Your Accounts

Set up and manage your synchronized accounts with the Accounts & sync setting.

For information about setting up other, non-synchronized email accounts, see “Configuring Email Accounts” on page 64.

Adding a Google account

1.From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Accounts & sync.

2.Touch Add account ➔ Google.

3.At the Add a Google Account screen, touch Next to begin, then touch an option:

•Create: Follow the prompts to create a new account.

•Sign in: Enter your Google Username and Password, then touch Sign In.

4.The phone communicates with the Google server to set up your account. When complete, your Google account appears in the Manage accounts area of the Accounts & sync screen.

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