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Samsung SPH-L500 Basic Manual

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SPH-L500
M O B I L E
P H O N E
Basics Guide
Please read this manual before operating your
phone and keep it for future reference.
DRAFT - Internal Use Only
GH68XXXXXX Printed in Korea

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  • Page 1 Samsung, except to Samsung's carrier customer for testing purposes. Distributing...

  • Page 2: Open Source Software

    Intellectual Property All Intellectual Property, as defined below, owned by or which is otherwise the property of Samsung or its respective suppliers relating to the SAMSUNG Phone, including but not limited to, accessories, parts, or software relating there to (the “Phone System”), is proprietary to Samsung and protected under federal laws, state laws, and international treaty provisions.
  • Page 3 THE BREACH OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR BENEFITS. SAMSUNG IS NOT LIABLE FOR PERFORMANCE ISSUES OR INCOMPATIBILITIES CAUSED BY YOUR EDITING OF REGISTRY SETTINGS, OR YOUR MODIFICATION OF OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
  • Page 4 Google, Google Play and other marks are trademarks of Google, Inc. ©2013 Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC. Samsung is a registered trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. All product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Section 1: Getting Started ....3 Section 5: Contacts and Accounts . 15 Installing the Battery ....3 Adding a New Contact ... . . 15 Removing the Battery .
  • Page 6 Battery Use and Safety ... . 38 Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling ....39 UL Certified Travel Charger .

  • Page 7: Section 1: Getting Started

    Section 1: Getting Started Installing the Battery Removing the Battery 1. Remove the battery cover by pulling up on 1. Turn the phone off. Removing the battery the slot provided. when the device is on may cause loss of stored numbers or messages. 2.

  • Page 8: Turning The Phone On Or Off

    Securing your Phone Connect the charger to the USB/Accessory port, then plug the Charger into an Use your phone’s screen lock features to secure electrical outlet. your phone. Turning the Phone On or Off To set a personal screen lock, and for other settings related to securing your phone, refer to Settings Security.

  • Page 9: Section 2: My Account

    Section 2: My Account Activating Your Device Before using your device, you must activate your service with Virgin Mobile. You will need your After setting up your account on phone’s serial number, printed on a sticker inside virginmobileusa.com, simply turn your device on. the battery compartment.

  • Page 10: Managing Your Account

    Managing Your Account Manual Top-Ups From Your Computer Access your account, where you can: If you don’t want to register a credit or debit • Check your minutes card, you can still log in at virginmobileusa.com • Add money (Top-Up) whenever you need a quick Top-Up.

  • Page 11: Section 3: Understanding Your Phone

    Section 3: Understanding Your Phone Front View Back View DRAFT - Internal Use Only Understanding Your Phone...

  • Page 12: Side Views

    Side Views Navigation Navigate your phone’s features using the command keys and the touch screen. Warning! Warning! Please note that a touch screen responds best to a light touch from the pad of your finger or a nonmetallic stylus. Using excessive force or a metallic object when pressing on the touch screen may damage the tempered glass surface and void the...

  • Page 13: Home Screen

    Home Screen Finger Gestures Touch The Home screen is the starting point for using Touch items to select or launch them. For your phone. example:3 • Touch the onscreen keyboard to enter characters or text. • Touch an item to select it. •...

  • Page 14: Notifications

    Using Samsung Keyboard 1. Touch and drag downward from the top of Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY the screen to display notifications. keyboard, featuring optional predictive text. Input 2. Touch an item to open it, or to launch the characters by tapping the on-screen keys with related app or feature.

  • Page 15: Memory Card

    Memory Card Using Google Voice Typing Use your voice to enter text using the Google Your phone supports optional microSD™ or Voice typing feature. microSDHC™ memory cards (not included), for 1. While entering text, touch and drag storage of music, pictures, and other files. Installing a Memory Card downward from the top of the screen to display Notifications, then touch Choose...
  • Page 16 Removing a Memory Card Important! To prevent damage to data stored on the memory card, unmount the card before removing it from the phone. 1. From the Home screen, touch Settings Storage Unmount SD card. 2. At the prompt, read the warning and select OK to continue.

  • Page 17: Section 4: Calling

    Section 4: Calling Making a Call Muting an Incoming Call Ringer 1. From the Home screen, touch Phone. When an incoming call’s ringer plays, you can quickly mute the ringer by pressing the Volume 2. Touch the digits of the telephone number Key.

  • Page 18: Options After A Call Ends

    Options After a Call Ends Using Speakerphone After a call, you can use these options: To use your phone hands-free, or to share a call with others, touch Speaker to turn Speakerphone • Create Contact: Save the phone number as a new On or Off.

  • Page 19: Section 5: Contacts And Accounts

    Section 5: Contacts and Accounts Adding a New Contact Saving a Phone Number 1. From the Home screen, touch 1. From the Home screen, touch Phone. Contacts Create contact. 2. Touch the digits of the telephone number 2. At the prompt, select a save option for the on the Keypad.
  • Page 20 Adding accounts Synchronization 1. From the Home screen, touch Apps You can choose to have your phone Settings Add account. automatically sync with your accounts, or manually synchronize each account when you 2. Select an account provider, then follow the want to check messages.

  • Page 21: Section 6: Messaging

    Section 6: Messaging Text and Multimedia Messages – Add subject: Add a subject field (converts the Sending Messages message to MMS.) – Scheduled message: Set the time and date for 1. From the Home screen, touch this message to send. Messaging New message.

  • Page 22: Voicemail

    Voicemail Retrieving Voicemail Messages Setting Up Voicemail Review your messages directly from your wireless phone or from any other touch-tone All unanswered calls go to your voicemail, even if phone. your phone is turned off. You should set up your From your phone voicemail and personal greeting as soon as your phone is activated.

  • Page 23: Email

    Email Gmail Send and receive email from your phone. Access your Gmail account from your phone. Setting Up Email Accounts Setting Up Gmail 1. From the Home screen, touch Apps Configure Email in just a few steps. Gmail. 1. From the Home screen, touch Apps Email.

  • Page 24: Section 7: Apps

    Samsung Apps Your phone comes pre-loaded with popular apps, and you can download and install apps from the Your device comes preloaded with popular Google Play™ Store, Samsung Apps, or from Samsung apps, such as: other sources. • Media Hub: Your one stop for the hottest movie and The Apps screens display all applications TV content.
  • Page 25 Uninstalling Apps Removing Apps from the Home Screen • Touch and hold the shortcut until Remove You can uninstall apps you download and install. Pre-loaded apps cannot be uninstalled. displays, then drag the shortcut to the Remove 1. From the Home screen, touch Apps.

  • Page 26: Camera

    Camera Recording Video Taking pictures 1. From the Home screen, touch Apps Camera Mode. 1. From the Home screen, touch Apps Camera. 2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose 2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your shot by aiming the lens at the subject. your picture by aiming the lens at the You can rotate the phone to any position, subject.

  • Page 27: Internet

    Internet Selecting items on a page While browsing pages, use gestures and menus Your phone is equipped with a full HTML to navigate: Browser, which allows you to access the • Touch an item to select it. internet. • Touch a hyperlink to follow the link. From the Home screen, touch Apps •...
  • Page 28 Using Bookmarks While browsing, bookmark a site to quickly access it later. Creating a bookmark 1. From the Home screen, touch Apps Internet. 2. Browse to the desired website, then touch Bookmarks Add bookmark. 3. Confirm the Name and Folder for the bookmark, then touch Save.

  • Page 29: Section 8: Connections

    Section 8: Connections Wi-Fi Scanning and Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that provides access to local area networks. When you turn on Wi-Fi, your phone searches for available Wi-Fi connections, then displays them. Wi-Fi communication requires access to an 1.

  • Page 30: Bluetooth

    Bluetooth Pairing with a Bluetooth Device Search for a Bluetooth device and pair with it, to Bluetooth is a short-range wireless exchange information between your phone and communications technology for exchanging the device. information over a distance of about 30 feet. After pairing, your phone and the target device Your device can use Bluetooth to share photos, will recognize each other and exchange...

  • Page 31: Section 9: Settings

    Section 9: Settings Brightness Customize your phone with these popular settings. Other settings are available: Set the default screen brightness. From the Home screen, touch Apps 1. From the Home screen, touch Apps Settings. Settings Display Brightness. Display 2. Touch and drag the slider to set the Wallpaper brightness, or touch Automatic brightness to allow the phone to adjust brightness in...

  • Page 32: Sound

    Sound Device ringtone Choose a ringtone for incoming calls. Adjust Sound settings to suit your needs and your environment. 1. From the Home screen, touch Apps Volume Settings Sound Device ringtone. 2. Touch a ringtone to select it. As you touch Set the system volume level, and set default ringtones, a sample plays, unless Silent volume for ringtones, notifications, and media...
  • Page 33 • Pattern: When enabled, you draw a pattern, which you create, on the screen to unlock the phone. Touch the option, then follow the prompts to create or change your screen unlock pattern. • PIN: When enabled, you enter a numeric PIN (Personal Identification Number), which you create, to unlock the phone.

  • Page 34: Section 10: Health And Safety Information

    Section 10: Health and Safety Information published have failed to show an association This section outlines the safety precautions between exposure to radio frequency from a cell associated with using your phone. The terms phone and health problems. “mobile device” or “cell phone” are used in this section to refer to your phone.
  • Page 35 light, infrared radiation (heat), and other forms of usage for more than 5,000 people with brain electromagnetic radiation with relatively low tumors (glioma and meningioma) and a similar frequencies. number of healthy controls. While RF energy does not ionize particles, large Results of this study did NOT show that cell amounts can increase body temperatures and phones caused brain cancer.
  • Page 36 Cell Phone Industry Actions information about the COSMOS study can be found at Although the existing scientific data do not justify http://www.ukcosmos.org/index.html. FDA regulatory actions, the FDA has urged the Risk of Brain Cancer from Exposure to Radio cell phone industry to take a number of steps, Frequency Fields in Childhood and including the following: Adolescence (MOBI-KIDS)
  • Page 37 Cell Phone Accessories that Claim to Shield about avoiding even potential risks, you can take the Head from RF Radiation a few simple steps to minimize your RF exposure. Because there are no known risks from exposure • Reduce the amount of time spent using your cell to RF emissions from cell phones, there is no phone;...

  • Page 38: Specific Absorption Rate (Sar) Certification Information

    • Kingdom made such a recommendation in Health Protection Agency: December 2000. In this report, a group of http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/Radiation/. independent experts noted that no evidence • US Food and Drug Administration: exists that using a cell phone causes brain http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/ tumors or other ill effects.
  • Page 39 of watts per kilogram (W/kg). The FCC requires accessory that contains no metal and that wireless phones to comply with a safety limit of positions the mobile device a minimum of 1.5 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). cm from the body. The FCC SAR limit incorporates a substantial Use of other accessories may not ensure margin of safety to give additional protection to...

  • Page 40: Fcc Part 15 Information To User

    Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. cautioned that changes or modifications not • Increase the separation between the equipment and expressly approved by Samsung could void your receiver. authority to operate the device. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit...
  • Page 41 Notice regarding legal restrictions on mounting in the activity that your ability to concentrate on this device in an automobile: the act of driving becomes impaired. Samsung is Laws in some states may prohibit mounting this committed to promoting responsible driving and...

  • Page 42: Battery Use And Safety

    + and - them checked by your service provider or contact terminals of the battery (metal strips on the battery), Samsung, even if they appear to be working for example when you carry a spare battery in a properly.

  • Page 43: Samsung Mobile Products And Recycling

    Samsung Mobile Products and Important! Use only Samsung-approved batteries, Recycling and recharge your battery only with Samsung-approved chargers which Samsung cares for the environment and encourages its customers to recycle Samsung are specifically designed for your phone. mobile devices and genuine Samsung accessories.

  • Page 44: Ul Certified Travel Charger

    Warning! Never dispose of batteries in a fire because they may explode. Mail It In The Samsung Mobile Take-Back Program will UL Certified Travel Charger provide Samsung customers with a free recycling mailing label. Just go to The Travel Charger for this phone has met http://www.samsung.com/us/aboutsamsung/...

  • Page 45: Display / Touch-Screen

    Certain Samsung mobile devices can also use an significant impact. Do not use if screen is Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS), broken or cracked as this could cause which obtains information from the cellular injury to you.

  • Page 46: Emergency Calls

    Emergency Calls with third-parties, including your wireless service provider, applications providers, This mobile device, like any wireless mobile Samsung, and other third-parties providing device, operates using radio signals, wireless services. and landline networks, as well as Use of AGPS in Emergency Calls...

  • Page 47: Care And Maintenance

    Keep your Samsung Mobile Device away from: Shock or vibration Liquids of any kind Do not drop, knock, or shake the mobile Keep the mobile device dry.
  • Page 48 • loud sounds (including music) is the most Be aware that you can adapt to higher volume common cause of preventable hearing loss. settings over time, not realizing that the higher Some scientific research suggests that using volume may be harmful to your hearing. portable audio devices, such as portable music •...

  • Page 49: Operating Environment

    You can obtain additional information on this Email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov subject from the following sources: Internet: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/ American Academy of Audiology default.html 11730 Plaza American Drive, Suite 300 1-888-232-6348 TTY Reston, VA 20190 Operating Environment Voice: (800) 222-2336 Email: info@audiology.org Remember to follow any special regulations in Internet: force in any area, and always switch your mobile http://www.audiology.org/Pages/...
  • Page 50 Vehicles Persons who have such devices: • Should ALWAYS keep the mobile device more than RF signals may affect improperly installed or six (6) inches from their implantable medical device inadequately shielded electronic systems in motor vehicles. Check with the manufacturer or when the mobile device is turned ON;...

  • Page 51: Fcc Hearing Aid Compatibility (Hac) Regulations For Wireless Devices

    metal powders, and any other area where you devices. Not all mobile devices have been rated. would normally be advised to turn off your Mobile devices that are rated have the rating on vehicle engine. their box or a label located on the box. When your Device is Wet The ratings are not guarantees.

  • Page 52: Restricting Children's Access To Your Mobile Device

    Under the current industry standard, American The HAC rating and measurement procedure are National Standards Institute (ANSI) C63.19, the described in the American National Standards hearing aid and wireless mobile device rating Institute (ANSI) C63.19 standard. HAC for Newer Technologies values are added together to indicate how usable they are together.

  • Page 53: Fcc Notice And Cautions

    FCC Notice and Cautions Other Important Safety Information FCC Notice • The mobile device may cause TV or radio Only qualified personnel should service the mobile interference if used in close proximity to device or install the mobile device in a vehicle. receiving equipment.
  • Page 54 • • For vehicles equipped with an air bag, remember Reduce risk of repetitive motion injuries. When you that an air bag inflates with great force. Do not repetitively perform actions, such as pressing keys, place objects, including installed or portable drawing characters on a touch screen with your wireless equipment near or in the area over the air fingers, or playing games, you may experience...

  • Page 55: Section 11: Warranty Information

    SAMSUNG; (g) defects or damage following specified period of time after that date: resulting from improper testing, operation,...
  • Page 56 Product is returned in accordance with the Product and the seller’s name and address. terms of this Limited Warranty, SAMSUNG will repair or replace the Product, at SAMSUNG’s sole To obtain assistance on where to deliver the option, without charge. SAMSUNG may, at Product, please call SAMSUNG Customer Care at SAMSUNG’s sole option, use rebuilt,...
  • Page 57 STATES AND JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW advertising, presentations or otherwise, on LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED behalf of SAMSUNG regarding the Products or WARRANTY LASTS, OR THE DISCLAIMER OR this Limited Warranty. LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL...
  • Page 58 Product box; (ii) on the Product information arbitrator fees, or $50.00 of such fees, screen, which can be found under “Settings;” whichever is less, and SAMSUNG shall pay the (iii) on a label on the back of the Product beneath remainder of such fees. Administrative, facility the battery, if the battery is removable;...

  • Page 59: End User License Agreement For Software

    License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a To avoid unintended information leaks and other single entity) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. problems of this sort, it is recommended that the ("Samsung Electronics Co.") for software, owned device be returned to Samsung’s Customer Care...
  • Page 60 Software provided to you, if any. Samsung computers at the same time. You may make one Electronics Co. and its affiliates may use this...
  • Page 61 To use Software identified as an Samsung Electronics Co. if you fail to comply upgrade, you must first be licensed for the with any of the terms and conditions of this Software identified by Samsung Electronics Co.
  • Page 62 DEEMED TO ALTER THIS DISCLAIMER BY party or its products and services. You agree that SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. OF WARRANTY Samsung Electronics Co. shall not be responsible REGARDING THE SOFTWARE, OR TO CREATE ANY or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or...
  • Page 63 DEVICE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ON AN "AS WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF FROM SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. OR ANY ANY KIND FROM SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY SHALL BE DEEMED EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
  • Page 64 EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES pursuant to the terms and conditions herein. All EVEN IF SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. HAS BEEN Products are provided only with "restricted ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH rights"...
  • Page 65 Samsung Electronics Co. its (b) United States residents. ALL DISPUTES WITH attorney fees, expert witness fees or costs SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.
  • Page 66 16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SEVERABILITY. This EULA is the entire agreement between you and Samsung Electronics Co. relating to the Software and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications, proposals and representations with respect to the Software or DRAFT - Internal Use Only any other subject matter covered by this EULA.

  • Page 67: Index

    Index Battery Health and Safety Information 30 charging 3 removing and installing 3 Messaging Battery Use & Safety 38 Email 19 Bluetooth Gmail 19 pairing with a device 26 text and multimedia 17 turning on or off 26 Voicemail 18 My Account Call Functions 13 activating device 5...
  • Page 68 Responsible Listening 43 Restricting Children's Access to Your Mobile device 48 Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling 39 Settings brightness 27 display 27 ringtone 28 screen timeout 27 security 28 Sound 28 volume 28 wallpaper 27 Smart Practices While Driving 36...

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