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  • Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS YOUR DEVICE Front and Back Features Side Features Charging Your Battery Turning Your Device On or Off Locking and Unlocking Your Device Home Screen DEVICE FUNCTIONS Extending Your Battery Life Creating a New Google Account Signing Into Your Google Account Voicemail Calling Features Contacts...
  • Page 3 Web Browsing Setting Up Email Messaging Using The Play Store Customizing Your Phone Camera & Camcorder NOTES...

  • Page 4: Your Device

    YOUR DEVICE FRONT AND BACK FEATURES 1. INDICATOR LIGHT 2. MENU KEY 3. HOME KEY 4. BACK KEY 5. DISPLAY 6. FRONT-FACING CAMERA 7. SENSORS 8. RECEIVER 9. FLASH 10. CAMERA LENS 11. HEADSET CONNECTOR...

  • Page 5: Side Features

    SIDE FEATURES 1. IR TRANSMITTER 2. MICROPHONE 3. VOLUME KEY 4. CHARGER/ACCESSORY JACK 5. MEMORY CARD SLOT* NOTE: *The memory card slot is located under the battery cover. 6. POWER/LOCK KEY...

  • Page 6: Charging Your Battery

    CHARGING YOUR BATTERY Your device comes with a USB cable and charging head to rapidly charge your phone from any 120/220 VAC outlet. NOTE: Although the battery comes partially charged, you must fully charge this battery before using your phone for the first time. 1.
  • Page 7 IMPORTANT: Verify that the battery is installed prior to connecting the wall charger. If both the wall charger is connected and the battery is not installed, the handset will power cycle continuously and prevent proper operation. Failure to unplug the wall charger before you remove the battery, can cause the device to become damaged.

  • Page 8: Turning Your Device On Or Off

    TURNING YOUR DEVICE ON OR OFF IMPORTANT: Before removing or replacing the battery, make sure the device is switched off. To power on your device: X Press and hold (Power/Lock) until the device turns on. It searches for your network and after finding it, you can make or receive calls.

  • Page 9: Locking And Unlocking Your Device

    LOCKING AND UNLOCKING YOUR DEVICE By default, the device screen locks when the backlight turns off. To unlock your device from the lock screen: X With your device turned on, press (Power/Lock) to wake the display and sliding your finger across the screen in any direction.

  • Page 10: Home Screen

    HOME SCREEN Swipe your fingers left or right to view various Home screens. You can customize the screen with widgets and shortcuts to your favorite applications. Status Bar The Status bar appears at the top of your Home screen. Icons indicating your device’s status and new notification alerts appear on the Status bar.

  • Page 11: Notification Screen

    Notification Screen The Notification area indicates new message events (data sync status, new messages, calendar events, call status, etc). You can expand this area to reveal the Notification screen that provides more detailed information about the current on-screen notification icons. Opening the Notification Screen 1.
  • Page 12 Accessing Additional Functions In addition to notifications, this screen also provides quick and ready access to device functions. These can be quickly activated or deactivated. Scrolling across a horizontal list of functions has been enhanced with an accessible Grid view. NOTE: You can select the function buttons you see at the top of the Notifications panel.

  • Page 13: Device Functions

    DEVICE FUNCTIONS EXTENDING YOUR BATTERY LIFE Active applications, light levels, Bluetooth usage, and GPS functionality all drain your battery. The following is a list of helpful tips that can help conserve your battery power: ● Reduce the time your backlight stays on. ●...

  • Page 14: Creating A New Google Account

    ● Animated wallpapers use processing power, memory, and more battery power. Change your Live Wallpaper to a non-animated Wallpaper gallery or Gallery image. CREATING A NEW GOOGLE ACCOUNT You should create a Google account when you first use your ™ device in order to fully utilize available functionality.

  • Page 15: Signing Into Your Google Account

    SIGNING INTO YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT 1. Launch an application that requires a Google account (such as Play Store or Gmail). 2. Tap Existing. 3. Tap the Email and Password fields and enter your information. 4. Tap (Sign in). Your device communicates with the Google servers to confirm your information.

  • Page 16: Voicemail

    VOICEMAIL Voicemail allows callers to leave voice messages, which can be retrieved any time. Your device automatically transfers all unanswered calls to voicemail, even if your device is in use or turned off. IMPORTANT: Always use a password to protect against unauthorized access. Setting Up Voicemail 1.

  • Page 17: Calling Features

    Accessing Your Voicemail From Another Phone 1. Dial your wireless phone number. 2. When you hear your voicemail greeting, press the asterisk key (*) on the dialpad you are using. 3. Enter your passcode. CALLING FEATURES Making a Call 1. From the Home screen, tap (Phone).

  • Page 18: Reject A Call

    Reject a Call X Touch and slide (Reject) in any direction. This action routes the incoming call to your voicemail system. Reject a Call with a Message 1. At the incoming call screen, touch and drag the Reject call with message tab upward. 2.
  • Page 19 To return to your original call: X Tap (Swap) to switch to the original call. This Swap Swap places the new caller on hold and activates the previous call. To alternate between calls: X Tap (Swap) to alternate between the two calls. Swap Swap IMPORTANT: The currently active call is displayed on top and shows an adjacent call...

  • Page 20: Contacts

    2. Enter the number using the on-screen dialpad. 3. Tap Add to contacts Create contact. 4. Tap a destination type (Device, SIM, Samsung account, Google, or Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync) (depending on where you want to save the new contact information).
  • Page 21 Copying a Contact to the Memory Card This procedure allows you to copy entry information saved on the device’s memory, onto an installed microSD card. ™ NOTE: The option to Export to SD is only available if you already have a microSD card installed before beginning the process.

  • Page 22: Bluetooth

    Deleting a Contact 1. From the Home screen, tap (Apps) (Contacts). 2. Touch and hold an entry and from the on-screen context- menu, select Delete BLUETOOTH Bluetooth is a short-range communications technology that ® allows you to connect wirelessly to a number of Bluetooth devices, such as headsets and hands-free car kits, and Bluetooth-enabled handhelds, computers, printers, and wireless devices.

  • Page 23: Pairing Bluetooth Devices

    To turn Bluetooth off: 1. From the Home screen, press (Menu) and then tap Settings (Connections tab). 2. In a single motion touch and slide the Bluetooth slider to the left to turn it off. The slider color indicates the activation status.

  • Page 24: Wi-Fi

    WI-FI Your device can connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi communication requires access to an existing and accessible Wireless Access Point (WAP). These WAPs can either be Open (unsecured) as within most HotSpots, or Secured (requiring knowledge of the Router name and password). Turn on Wi-Fi: 1.

  • Page 25: Near Field Communication

    To turn Wi-Fi off: 1. From the Home screen, press (Menu) and then tap Settings (Connections tab). 2. In a single motion touch and slide the Wi-Fi slider to the left to turn it off. The slider color indicates the activation status.

  • Page 26: Beam

    S BEAM This feature (when activated via NFC) allows you to beam large files directly to another compatible device that is in direct contact. These files can be larger, such as Videos, HD pictures, and other large files. You can beam images and videos from your gallery, music files from your music player, and more.

  • Page 27: Entering A Url

    Entering a URL You can access a website quickly by entering the URL. Websites are optimized for viewing on your device. X Tap the URL field at the top of the screen, enter the URL and Adding and Deleting Windows You can have up to eight Internet windows open at one time.

  • Page 28: Setting Up Email

    SETTING UP EMAIL In addition to Gmail, your device supports the following account types: POP3, IMAP, and Exchange. Set Up Gmail 1. From the Home screen, tap (Apps) (Gmail). 2. Tap Existing if you have a Google account. The Inbox loads conversations and email.
  • Page 29 ● Tap the Notify me when email arrives field to receive new email notifications. 4. At the Set up email screen, name the account and enter a screen name to identify yourself on this account. 5. Tap Done to store the new account. Microsoft Exchange Email Set Up Your device also provides access to your company’s Outlook Exchange server.
  • Page 30 4. Tap Next Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. IMPORTANT: If you receive a message that your “Setup could not finish”, tap Edit details to manually configure any remaining exchange account information that could not be automatically retrieved by the device. 5. If prompted, tap Edit details and edit the account information as necessary and tap Next.

  • Page 31: Messaging

    MESSAGING Create and Send a Multimedia Message NOTE: Multimedia messages are text messages that contain file attachments like a voice memo, ringtone, image, video, or downloaded melody. You can send a Picture message to up to ten recipients at the same time. Enter each recipient’s address or phone number in a separate To field of the Picture message composer.

  • Page 32: Using The Play Store

    6. Tap (Attach) to insert various file types to your message (such as Images, Videos, or Audio). – Select the file and complete the on-screen instructions to insert it to the current message. 7. Review your message and tap (Send). USING THE PLAY STORE The Play Store (also known as Google Play Store) provides access to downloadable applications and games to install on...

  • Page 33: Customizing Your Phone

    Downloading a New Google Application To download a new application, you will need to use your Google account to sign in to the Play Store. 1. From the Home screen, tap (Apps) (Play Store). 2. Browse through the categories, find an application you’re interested in, and tap the name.
  • Page 34 3. Touch and hold the on-screen icon. The new shortcut then appears to hover over the current screen. 4. While still holding the on-screen icon, position it on the current screen. Once complete, release the screen to lock the shortcut into its new position. Setting a Home Wallpaper 1.

  • Page 35: Camera & Camcorder

    CAMERA & CAMCORDER Use your device’s built-in Camera to take pictures and record video. Camera 1. From the Home screen, tap (Apps) (Camera). 2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your shot by aiming the lens at the subject. 3.

  • Page 36: Notes

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