Maintaining Water And Dust Resistance; Extending Your Battery Life; Switching The Device On Or Off; Initial Device Configuration - Samsung Galaxy S5 User Manual

Important! If your handset has a touch screen display, please note that a touch screen responds best to a light
touch from the pad of your finger or a non-metallic stylus. Using excessive force or a metallic object
when pressing on the touch screen may damage the tempered glass surface and void the warranty.

Maintaining water and dust resistance

This device is rated IP67 using the Ingress Protection rating system. The dust rating is 6 (highest level of
protection), and the water resistance rating is 7 (water resistant up to 1 meter for up to 30 minutes). Despite this
classification, your device is not impervious to water damage in any situation. It is important that all compartments
are closed tightly.
Follow these tips carefully to prevent damage to the device.
● Whenever your device gets wet, dry it thoroughly with a clean, soft cloth.
● Do not expose the device to salt water or ionized water, or to water over 1 meter deep for more than 30
minutes. If your device is exposed to salt water, wash the device with fresh water then dry thoroughly with
a clean, soft cloth. Otherwise, when it dries, salt may accumulate and block the microphone, earpiece,
and speaker.
● When drying off your device, be sure to pat the earpiece (top front of phone), microphone (bottom of
phone), and speaker (rear of phone) with a clean, soft cloth to remove as much water as possible.
● When making a call immediately after your device is wet, the microphone may have water in it which may
lower the volume that the other person will hear. After drying off the device, allow the device to air-dry
before making a call.
● The back and multipurpose jack covers may be loosened slightly if the device is dropped or receives an
impact. Ensure that all the covers are properly aligned and tightly closed. Otherwise, they may not provide
protection from water and dust.
● Always keep the multipurpose jack cover clean and be careful to avoid damaging it.
Note: The touch screen may not be active in water.

Extending Your Battery Life

Active applications, light levels, Bluetooth usage, and GPS functionality all act to 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.
● Turn Bluetooth off when not in use.
● Turn Wi-Fi off when not in use.
● Deactivate your GPS functionality when not needed. Most applications using this function will periodically
query the GPS satellites for your current location; each query drains your battery.
● Do not wait until your battery is completely depleted before charging your device. Repeating this process
of a complete discharge and recharge can over time reduce the storage capacity of any battery.
● Use the Power Saving feature to deactivate some hardware and interface functions.
● Check the Battery use screen to review what features or functions have been consuming your battery
resources.
● Check the Running Services and close any unnecessary applications.
● Use the Task Manager feature to end/shutdown background applications that are still running. These
minimized applications can, over time, cause your device to "slow down".
● Animated wallpapers use processing power, memory, and more power. Change your Live Wallpaper to a
non-animated Wallpaper gallery or Gallery image.

Switching the Device On or Off

Once the device has been configured, you will not be prompted with setup screens again.
To turn the device on:
► Press and hold
Power/End until the device switches on.
The device searches for your network and after finding it, you can make or receive calls.
Note: The display language is preset to English at the factory. To change the language, use the Language
menu. For more information, refer to "Language and Input" on page 88.
To turn the device off:
1. Press and hold Power/End until the Device options screen appears.
2. Tap Power off.

Initial Device Configuration

1. Select a language from the associated field.
English is the default language.
Note: If you are visually impaired or have difficulty hearing, tap Accessibility to configure the accessibility
settings.
2. Tap Start and follow the on-screen setup instructions.
Note: You may be prompted with a notification that your activation is completed. Enabling Google location
services can drain battery power.
For more information, refer to "Creating a Samsung Account" on page 86.
Note: Read the on-screen Dropbox set up and registration information regarding new services.
3. Enter a unique device name.
Important! The device name is also used to provide an identification for your device's Bluetooth and
Wi-Fi Direct names.
4. Tap Finish to complete the setup process.
5. Read the on-screen Collect diagnostics information.
Note: This software collects only diagnostic data from your device so that customer service technicians can
better troubleshoot issues with your device.
6. Select either More info... (to read additional information) or Close to close the message screen.
Important! Selecting Close only closes the current description screen and does not disable data collection.
To disable data collection, go to Settings g Backup and reset g Collect diagnostics and turn off
the Allow Diagnostics feature. For more information, refer to "Collect Diagnostics" on page 88.

Restarting the Device

1. Press and hold Power/End until the Device options screen appears.
2. Tap Restart.
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