Accounts And Synchronization - Samsung Galaxy S Captivate SGH-I897 User Manual

Stay awake
To share this devices internet with your laptop or computer
through the USB port, you must use a screen saver to keep the
device awake. Without a screen saver, the phone will disconnect
from a Wi-Fi, 2G (Edge), or 3G connection. Use the Stay awake
option to keep the phone awake so you can share the internet.
This feature is used for Android application development.
Note: The phone will not go into sleep mode while charging when this
feature is activated.
Allow mock locations
This feature is used for development purposes only.
If you are a developer who is testing a GPS applications using
this device, you can tell the device that the phone is at different
GPS locations. In other words, the phone is allowed to "mock"
the coordinates.
USB Settings
From the Home screen, tap
1.
Applications USB settings.
Select one of the following USB settings:
2.
• Kies (Firmware update): Samsung Kies Mini is a software that
enables you to update your device firmware by connecting to the
Settings
PC. For more information, refer to "Updating Firmware by USB
Cable" on page 140.
• Media player: connects your device to a PC in order to synchronize
files with Windows Media Player. For more information, refer to
"Synchronizing with Windows Media Player" on
page 141.
• Mass storage: allows you to use the onboard storage capacity of
the phone to store and upload files. This option allows your
computer to detect the phone as a removable storage drive. For
more information, refer to "Connecting as a Mass Storage
Device" on page 141.
• Ask on connection: allows you to make a USB setting selection as
soon as the USB cable from your phone is connected with a PC.
Note: To use any downloaded market application that requires a USB
connection between your phone and your PC, you should first set the
USB setting to Mass storage.

Accounts and Synchronization

Sign in to your Google account.
1.
From the Home screen, tap
2.
and sync.
From the General sync settings section, tap one of the
3.
following options:
Settings Accounts
Changing Your Settings 118