Samsung A886 User Manual

QUAD BAND Series

SGH-A886

Portable Digital Mobile Phone

User Manual

Please read this manual before operating your phone,

and keep it for future reference.

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Table of Contents

Important Safety Precautions ................................................................1

Getting Started ........................................................................................3

Setting Up Your Phone ....................................................................................... 3

Switching the Phone On and Off ......................................................................... 8

Locking the Touch Screen .................................................................................. 8

Access Codes ..................................................................................................... 8

Your Phone ............................................................................................ 11

Features of Your Phone .................................................................................... 11

Phone Layout .................................................................................................... 12

Edge Views of Your Phone .............................................................................. 13

Unlocking the Phone ......................................................................................... 15

Display .............................................................................................................. 16

Using Menus .........................................................................................20

Menu Navigation ............................................................................................... 20

Using the Multitasking Menu ............................................................................. 23

Widget Bar Navigation ...................................................................................... 24

Menu Structure ................................................................................................. 31

Call Functions ....................................................................................... 32

Making a Call .................................................................................................... 32

Answering a Call ............................................................................................... 35

Dialing Options .................................................................................................. 36

Recent Calls ...................................................................................................... 36

Call Time ........................................................................................................... 39

Options During a Call ........................................................................................ 40

Making a Multi-party Call .................................................................................. 43

Entering Text .........................................................................................45

Using the QWERTY Keyboard .......................................................................... 45

Using the Alphanumeric Keypad ....................................................................... 49

Using Handwriting Recognition ......................................................................... 51

Transferring Files ................................................................................. 54

Transferring Files via USB Cable ...................................................................... 54

Transferring Files via Bluetooth ........................................................................ 56

Transferring Files via microSD Card ................................................................. 57

Transferring Music Using Media Player ............................................................ 57

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Contacts .................................................................................................59

Add New Contact ..............................................................................................59

Using Contacts .................................................................................................. 63

Groups .............................................................................................................. 66

Favorites ........................................................................................................... 68

Managing Contacts ...........................................................................................69

Contacts Settings .............................................................................................. 71

My Account ...........................................................................................74

Home .....................................................................................................75

Internet ...................................................................................................76

Open the Browser .............................................................................................76

Browser Navigation ........................................................................................... 76

Access a Web Site ............................................................................................ 79

Bookmarks ........................................................................................................ 80

Browser Settings ............................................................................................... 83

Messages ...............................................................................................87

Types of Messages ........................................................................................... 87

Creating and Sending Messages ...................................................................... 87

Additional Message Options ............................................................................. 88

View Received Messages ................................................................................. 90

MobileMail ......................................................................................................... 93

IM ...................................................................................................................... 93

Friends .............................................................................................................. 93

Exchange ActiveSync .......................................................................................94

Templates ......................................................................................................... 97

Voice Mail .......................................................................................................... 98

Messaging Settings ........................................................................................... 98

Delete by Folder .............................................................................................. 102

Memory Status ................................................................................................ 102

Media ....................................................................................................103

Create a New Folder ....................................................................................... 103

Manage Files and Folders ............................................................................... 103

File and Folder Options ................................................................................... 104

Audio ............................................................................................................... 104

Pictures ........................................................................................................... 107

Videos ............................................................................................................. 107

Other Files ....................................................................................................... 108

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Memory Status ................................................................................................ 109

Games & Apps ....................................................................................110

Games ............................................................................................................ 110

Get New Applications ...................................................................................... 110

Tools ............................................................................................................... 111

urMusic ............................................................................................... 142

IM .........................................................................................................143

MobileMail ..........................................................................................144

Settings ................................................................................................145

Sound Profile .................................................................................................. 145

Display and Light ............................................................................................ 147

Time and Date ................................................................................................ 150

Phone .............................................................................................................. 151

Calls ................................................................................................................ 156

Connectivity .................................................................................................... 158

Applications Settings ....................................................................................... 163

Memory Management ..................................................................................... 164

Phone Status .................................................................................................. 165

Solving Problems ............................................................................... 166

Health and Safety Information ........................................................... 169

Warning Regarding Display ............................................................................ 169

Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals ................................................... 169

For Body Operation ......................................................................................... 170

Precautions When Using Batteries ................................................................. 171

Operating Environment ................................................................................... 172

Electronic Devices .......................................................................................... 173

Potentially Explosive Environments ................................................................ 174

Emergency Calls ............................................................................................. 175

Other Important Safety Information ................................................................. 176

Care and Maintenance .................................................................................... 177

FCC Notice ..................................................................................................... 178

Appendix A: Certification Information (SAR) ................................................... 179

Appendix B: Safe and Responsible Wireless Phone Use ............................... 182

Appendix C: Consumer Update on Wireless Phones ..................................... 185

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STANDARD LIMITED WARRANTY .....................................................194

Index .....................................................................................................199

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Important Safety Precautions

Please read these guidelines before using your wireless phone. Failure to
comply with them may be dangerous or illegal.

Road Safety

Do not use a hand-held phone while driving; park the vehicle first.

Switch Off When Refueling

Do not use the phone at a refueling point (service station) or near fuels or
chemicals.

Switch Off in Aircraft

Wireless phones can cause interference. Using them in aircraft is both
illegal and dangerous.

Switch Off in Hospitals

Switch your phone off near medical equipment. Follow any regulations or
rules in force.

Special Regulations

Follow any special regulations in force in any area and always switch your
phone off whenever it is forbidden to use it, or when it may cause
interference or danger (for example, in a hospital).

Sensible Use

Use the phone only in the normal position (held to the ear).

Important Safety Precautions

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Emergency Call

Ensure the phone is switched on and in service. Press Keypad, key in the
emergency number for your present location, then press Call. You must
deactivate any unnecessary features before you can make an emergency
call. Give all the necessary information as accurately as possible. Do not
end the call until given permission to do so.

Water Resistance

Your phone is not water-resistant. Keep it dry.

Accessories and Batteries

Use only Samsung-approved accessories and batteries. Use of any
unauthorized accessories could damage your phone and may be
dangerous.

Qualified Service

Only qualified service personnel may repair your phone.

For more detailed safety information, see “Health and Safety Information”
on page 169.

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Getting Started

This section explains how to start using your phone by first configuring your
hardware, activating your service, and then setting up your voice mail.

Setting Up Your Phone

When you subscribe to a cellular network, you receive a plug-in SIM
(Subscriber Identity Module) card loaded with your subscription details,
such as your PIN, and optional services you have selected.

Prior to using your phone it is necessary to install both the battery and SIM
into their corresponding internal compartments. The microSD card slot is
also located in this same internal area.

1. Apply pressure to the battery cover and slide the cover in the direction
of the arrow.

2. Lift the cover away from the phone.

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Installing the SIM Card

Important! The plug-in SIM card and its contacts can be easily damaged by scratches or

bending. Use caution when inserting or removing the card and keep it out of reach of children.

Position the SIM card as indicated on the SIM card slot (angled corner at
the upper edge), then carefully slide the card into the socket.

Installing the Memory Card

Your phone also supports the use of a microSD™ memory card for data
storage such things as music, pictures, and video files.

1. Position the microSD card as indicated on the phone (gold contact pins
facing upward and toward the slot).

2. Slide the microSD card into the slot then press in with your fingertip
until it locks into position with an audible click.

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Note: The Samsung a886 has been tested to support cards up 16GB capacity.

Installing the Battery

1. Align the top edge of the battery under the tabs at the top edge of the
battery chamber with the arrow on the battery pointing toward the
battery contacts.

2. Press the battery down until it is seated in the battery chamber.

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3. While applying slight pressure, slide the cover back on the phone until
it locks into position.

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Charging the Battery

Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion (lithium ion) battery. Use
the travel adapter supplied with your phone to charge the battery, and use
only Samsung approved batteries and chargers.

Note: Fully charge the battery before using your phone for the first time. A discharged battery
recharges fully in approximately four hours. You can use the phone while the battery is charging,
but this causes the phone to charge more slowly.

Warning! For connection to an electrical supply not located in North America, you must use an
adapter of the proper configuration for the power outlet. Use of the wrong adapter could damage
your phone and void your warranty.

Important! Verify that the phone battery is installed prior to connection. If the battery is not
properly installed when the wall charger is connected, the phone may power off and on
continuously, preventing proper operation.

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1. Open the cover over the jack on the right side of the phone and plug
the connector of the travel adapter into the jack.

2. Plug the adapter into a standard AC wall outlet. If the phone is off, the
display indicates that the phone is charging. If the phone is on, a bar in
the battery icon flashes to indicate charging.

3. When the phone is fully charged, the message “Battery Full” appears
on the display or the bars in the battery icon stop flashing. Unplug the
adapter from the power outlet and disconnect it from the phone by
gently pulling the connector out of the jack.

Note: To avoid damaging the phone, unplug the adapter before removing the battery from the
phone.

Note: The phone is also charged when connected to the USB port of a PC using the USB cable.

Low Battery Indication

When only a few minutes of talk time remain, the empty battery icon
flashes and a warning tone sounds at regular intervals. The backlight dims
to conserve the remaining battery power. When the battery level becomes
too low, the phone automatically turns off. Recharge the battery to restore
phone operation.

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Switching the Phone On and Off

To switch the phone on:

1. Press and hold

2. If prompted, enter the password and touch Confirm. For further details,
see the Lock Phone option in “Phone” on page 151.

3. If prompted, enter the PIN and touch Confirm. For further details, see
the Check PIN Code section in “Phone” on page 151.

The phone searches for your network and, after finding it, the Idle
screen appears on the display. You can now make and receive calls.

The default display language setting is Automatic, which is dependent
on the setting programmed into your SIM. For further details or to
change the language, see the Language section in “Phone” on
page 151.

To switch the phone off, press and hold
displayed.

or until the phone switches on.

until the power-off image is

Locking the Touch Screen

To lock the touch screen and prevent accidental presses, press
(on the top of the phone). Press again to unlock the touch screen.

LOCK

LOCK

Access Codes

There are several access codes used by your phone and its SIM card.
These codes help protect the phone against unauthorized use.

When requested to enter any of the codes, enter the code and touch
<Confirm>.

Except for the PUK and PUK2 codes, access codes can be changed using
the Security menu (see the Security section in “Phone” on page 151).

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Important! Avoid using access codes that are similar to emergency numbers, such as 911, to
prevent accidentally dialing an emergency number.

Phone Password

The Phone Lock feature allows you to set a password to protect your
phone against unauthorized use. For instructions, see the Security section
in “Phone” on page 151.

PIN

The Personal Identification Number or PIN (4 to 8 digits) protects your SIM
card against unauthorized use. It is usually supplied with the card.

If you enter an incorrect PIN three times in succession, the code is disabled
and cannot be used until you re-enable it by entering the PUK (see below).
For instructions on activating or deactivating the PIN Check feature and
changing the PIN, see the Security section in “Phone” on page 151.

PUK

The 8-digit PUK (PIN Unblocking Key) is required to change a disabled PIN. If a
PUK was not supplied with your SIM card, contact your service provider.

To re-enable your PIN:

1. Enter the PUK and touch Confirm.

2. Enter a new PIN of your choice and touch Confirm.

3. When the Confirm PIN Code message displays, enter the same code
again and touch Confirm.

If you enter an incorrect PUK ten times in succession, the SIM card
becomes invalid. Contact your service provider for a new card.

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PIN2

A 4 to 8 digit PIN2 is supplied with some SIM cards to allow access to
specific functions supported by those cards.

If you enter an incorrect PIN2 three times in succession, the code is
disabled and you cannot access the functions until you re-enable it by
entering the PUK2.

To change the PIN2, see the Security section in “Phone” on page 151.

PUK2

An 8-digit PUK2 (PIN Unblocking Key 2) is required to change a disabled

If a PUK was not supplied with your SIM card, contact your service

PIN2.
provider.

To re-enable your PIN2:

1. Enter the PUK2 and touch Confirm.

2. Enter a new PIN2 of your choice and touch Confirm.

3. When the Confirm PIN2 Code message displays, enter the same code
again and touch Confirm.

If you enter an incorrect PUK2 ten times in succession, the SIM card
becomes invalid. Contact your service provider for a new card.

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Your Phone

The section outlines some key features of your phone. It also explains the
screens and the icons that appear when the phone is in use.

Features of Your Phone

Your phone is lightweight, easy-to-use and offers many valuable features.
The following list outlines a few of the features included in your phone.

Touch screen provides quick response to menus and options

Multitasking

Widgets that provide fast access to frequently used functions.

Ready access to the Internet

Built-in Bluetooth technology

Instant Messaging capability

microSD card compatibility for additional data storage

Camera

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Phone Layout

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The following illustrations show the main elements of your phone.

Front View of Your Phone

1. Speaker: Allows you to hear the caller.

2. Touch screen: Display screen that responds to touch. Provides all
information needed to operate your phone.

3. Widget tab: Accesses the Widget toolbar (see “Widget Bar Navigation”
on page 24).

4. Contacts key: Accesses your current Contacts, Groups and Favorites
lists.

5. Keypad key: Accesses the Phone Functions screen, where you can
enter a phone number and place a call, send a message or open your
contact list.

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6. Talk/Send key: Allows you to power on the phone, make or answer a

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call, and access the Call History list. Press and hold to redial the last
phone number.

7. Back key: Returns to the previous menu or Web page.

8. Power/End key: Ends a call. Press and hold for three seconds to turn
the phone on or off. While in a menu, press to return to Idle mode.

9. Menu key: Accesses the phone’s Main Menu screen. While using the
menu screens, this key is replaced by the Message key, which opens
the Create screen for creating a new text message.

Edge Views of Your Phone

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1. Microphone: Allows other callers to hear you during a call when the
phone is in Speakerphone mode.

2. Volume keys: Adjust ringer volume in standby mode, mute ringer
when receiving a call, adjust volume during a call and adjust text size
when reading a message or using the browser.

3. Microphone: Allows other callers to hear you during a call when the
phone is not in Speakerphone mode.

4. Camera key: In Idle mode, press to launch the camera. In Camera
mode, press to take a picture.

5. Multitask key: Launches the multitask menu, which provides ready
access to several commonly used features: Messages, IM, MobileMail,
Friends, Shop. You can also select End all? to close all running
features and return to the Idle screen.

6. Power/Accessory Interface connector: Allows you to connect a
Travel Charger or other optional accessories such as a USB/data cable
or hands-free headset.

7. Lock key: Lets you lock and unlock the touch screen. If you receive an
incoming call while the screen is locked, you can answer it without
unlocking the screen.

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Rear View of Your Phone

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1. Camera lens: Used to take pictures and videos.

2. Mirror: Helps position the camera when taking a self-portrait.

Unlocking the Phone

When the A886 is locked, press (on the top of the phone) to
unlock the phone and display the Idle screen.

LOCK

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Display

To be replaced

Indicators

Main display area

Function categories

Widget bar

Display Layout

Your display screen provides information about the phone’s status and
options, as well as providing access to the innovative widget bar.The
display has four main areas:

Widget Bar

The Widget bar allows quick access to frequently used functions: Home,
Rogers and Contents (links to Rogers services); Analog Clock; Digital
Clock; Dual Clock (World Clock); Create New Message; Photo Favorites;
Voice Recognition; Today; Calendar; Bookmarks; Pictures; Birthday;
Sound Profile; Bluetooth; Alarms; Calculator; Notifications; Media Player;
Yahoo! Finance; Communities; Yahoo! Search; Google Search;
AccuWeather; digg; and More Widgets. For details on using the Widget
bar, see “Widget Bar Navigation” on page 24.

Note: The Notifications widget only appears to inform you of calendar events, missed calls, or
new messages.

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Icons

Received signal strength. The more bars, the stronger the
signal.

Indicates that the Airplane Mode is active. You cannot send
or receive calls or access online information.

No network coverage available.

Call in progress.

Displays on the Lock screen when a call has been missed.

Displays in the Event Widget when a call has been missed.

Battery level. The more bars, the more power remaining.

Connection to an Edge network is active.

Phone is communicating with an Edge network.

Connection to a 3G (HSDPA) network is active.

Phone is accessing services on a 3G (HSDPA) network.

Phone is communicating with a 3G (HSDPA) network.

A microSD memory card is inserted.

Phone is connected to a computer via USB cable connection

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Displays in the Indicators area when a new text message has
been received.

Displays in the Event Widget as a tab when a new message
has been received.

Displays in the Indicators area when a new Multimedia
message has been received.

Displays in the Event Widget as a tab when a new OTA
(over-the-air) message has been received from your service
provider.

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Displays in the Event Widget as a tab when an event has
been missed.

Displays in the Indicators area when a new voice mail has
been received.

Displays in the Indicators area when a new WAP message
has been received.

Text message inbox is full.

An alarm is set. For details, see “Alarms” on page 130.

Call Forwarding feature is active. For details, see “Call
Forwarding” on page 157.

Sound profile is set to Normal.

Sound profile is set to Silent or the volume has been lowered
to level 0.

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Sound profile is set to Driving.

Sound profile is set to Outdoor.

Bluetooth is activated.

Bluetooth headset has been paired with the phone.

Displays when browsing the Web.

ActiveSync file transfer, SYNC schedule set to Push: icon is blue
while connecting, red during SYNC, blue when SYNC has
successfully completed, gray if SYNC failed.

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Using Menus

This section explains how to use your phone’s menus. The A886 has done
away with the need for navigation wheels or keypads; it is completely
navigable by either onscreen touch or scroll.

Menu Navigation

Opening and Closing an Application



To open any phone application, touch the associated screen icon.

To return to the previous screen, press .
To return to the Idle screen, press .

Accessing the Main Menu

To access the Main menu from the Idle screen, touch

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Navigating Lists

When you open a menu, the menu options display on the screen as a
scrollable list.

To activate a list item, touch it.
To scroll through the list, firmly press and slide your finger up or down

the screen.

To move up or down by a full screen, press the volume keys.

Note: Scrolling requires that you press firmly on the screen and then drag. When scrolling
through a list do not touch or press individual entries on the list as this will open the list entry.

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Scrolling Through Field Entries

Some screens will ask you to assign a value to an onscreen field by either
touching up/down selection arrows or by quickly sliding through the values
using your fingertip. An example of these actions is the Jog screen on the
Alarm page, where you can set the time by touching the + and - buttons or
by quickly sliding your fingertip over the numbers.

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Using the Multitasking Menu

The Multitask menu can be activated from within any active window or
page on the phone by pressing , allowing you to temporarily exit
from your current location, quickly do something else, then return to the
previous task. The menu lets you select the following functions:

Messages: Opens the Messages menu (see “Messages” on page 87).

IM: Opens Instant Messaging (see “IM” on page 93).

MobileMail: Opens the MobileMail application (see “MobileMail” on

page 93).

Friends: Opens the browser and accesses the Rogers Friends page (see
“Friends” on page 93).

Shop: Opens the browser and accesses the Rogers Zone page.

End All: exits the Multitask menu and returns you to your previously active

menu or page.

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Widget Bar Navigation

The Widget Bar is a slide-out pane located at the left of the Idle screen that
provides quick access to a series of “widgets”, which are user-selected
mini-applications that provide information at a glance and easy access to
frequently used tools such as: Home, Rogers and Contents (links to
Rogers services); Analog Clock; Digital Clock; Dual Clock (World Clock);
Create New Message; Photo Favorites; Voice Recognition; Today;
Calendar; Bookmarks; Pictures; Birthday; Sound Profile; Bluetooth;
Alarms; Calculator; Notifications; Media Player; Yahoo! Finance;
Communities; Yahoo! Search; Google Search; AccuWeather; digg; and
More Widgets.

Accessing the Widget Bar

To open the Widget Bar, tap the Widget Bar tab on the left side of the Idle

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screen

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Scrolling Through the Widget Bar

The Widget Bar contains more widgets than can be displayed on screen at
one time. To scroll the Widget Bar:

Use your fingertip to scroll the Widget Bar up and down.
 Flick the screen in an upward or downward motion to quickly scroll

through the list.

Undocking Widgets

You can drag widgets to the desktop to use the application, then drag them
back to the Widget Bar when you are finished.

1. Touch and hold your fingertip on the widget.

2. While still touching the icon, in a single motion drag it over to the main
display and remove your finger from the screen. The application
remains on the Main display screen.

Note: Many widgets can be used from the menu bar without dragging them on to the screen by
simply touching the corresponding icon.

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Rearranging Widgets

You can also customize the Widget bar by rearranging the location of your
current widgets, for example to place frequently used (favorite) widgets at
the top of the list.

1. Touch and hold your fingertip on the widget.

2. While still touching the icon, in a single motion drag it away from the
Widget Bar and drop it in the new location on the Widget Bar.

You can also drop the widget on the main screen, then drag it back into the
Widget Bar in the desired location.

Activating a Widget

1. Locate the widget you want to use (whether it is still docked in the
Widget bar or on the main screen).

2. Touch the icon to activate the mini-application (widget).

Note: The Analog Clock, Digital Clock, and Today widgets must be dragged to the Main Display
screen.

Adding and Deleting Widgets

To select which items are displayed or hidden within the Widget bar:

1. From Idle mode, touch

 Settings  Display and Light

 Widget.

2. Widgets with a check mark in the associated check box are displayed,
widgets without a check mark are not displayed. To add or remove
check mark, touch the check box.

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The following table contains a description of the widgets included with your phone.

Home: Opens the browser and accesses the Rogers Home page.

Content: Provides links to the Games & Apps, Ringtones, and

Videos folders.

Rogers: Provides links to Rogers Home, Rogers Zone and My
Account (open in browser).

Analog Clock: Displays the current time on an analog clock face.
Drag and drop the Analog Clock onto the desktop to view the time in
an analog format.

Digital Clock: Displays the current time on a digital clock face.
Drag and drop the Digital Clock onto the desktop to view the time in
a digital format.

Dual Clock: Displays the time in two different time zones. For more
information, see “World Clock” on page 139.

Create New Message: Allows you to create new text or picture
messages. For more information, see “Creating and Sending
Messages” on page 87.

Voice Recognition: Opens the voice recognition application. For
more information, see “Voice Recognition” on page 120.

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Photo Favorites:

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Displays Contacts Favorites arranged as a scrollable
series of pictures. Touch an entry to see the associated contact
information. Touch the phone icon to place a call. Touch the message
icon to write a message. Touch and drag to rotate the list. These

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favorites are listed and can be edited in Contacts

Favorites.

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Today: Displays the current date (day/month/year).

Calendar: Displays a calendar for the current month. Touch the

calendar to open the Calendar application (see “Calendar” on
page 132).

Bookmarks: Allows you to access a list of frequently visited
internet locations, including Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace,
RingBacks, Wikipedia, craigslist.ca, Get New Games, Get New
Ringtones, and locations you have saved.

Pictures: Opens the Pictures menu, where you can view photos
you have downloaded, received or taken using the internal camera.
You can set an image as the current wallpaper. For more
information, see “Camera” on page 112.

Birthday: Displays an onscreen alert for up to five upcoming
birthdays that have been previously entered in Contacts (birthday is
within 29 days of the current date). For more information, see“Add
New Contact” on page 59 and “Understanding the Notifications
Widget” on page 30.

Sound Profile: Allows you to quickly modify your current sound
Profile. For more information, see “Sound Profile” on page 145.

Bluetooth: Opens the Bluetooth Settings screen. For more
information, see “Bluetooth” on page 159.

Alarms: Accesses alarm settings. For more information, see
“Alarms” on page 130.

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Calculator: Opens the built-in calculator. For more information, see

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“Calculator” on page 138.

Notifications: Displays on the screen to inform you of calendar
events, missed calls, or new messages. For more information, see
“Understanding the Notifications Widget” on page 30.

Media Player: Controls playback of music files stored on the phone
or external card. Drag and drop on the main screen, then touch
“Media Player” to launch the media player. Touch the arrows to
control playback of the currently active song. For more information,
see “Media Player” on page 122.

Communities: Lets you directly access online communities such
as: Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, Photobucket, Friendster and
MySpace.

Yahoo! Finance: Lets you add and watch stocks and equity indices
on the desktop.

Yahoo! Search: Lets you initiate a Yahoo Search. Drag and drop,
tap the search field, enter a keyword, then tap the magnifying glass.

Google Search: Lets you initiate a Google Search. Drag and drop,
tap the search field, enter a keyword, then tap the magnifying glass.

AccuWeather: Lets you view the weather forecast for up to six
days. Touch the forecast area to open the browser and access the
AccuWeather site, where you can change location or language.

digg: Opens the browser and accesses popular news and stories
on Web site digg.com. Touch the short description to open the full
story in the browser.

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More Widgets: Opens the browser and accesses site where you
can download free widgets.

Note: Downloadable widgets are provided by Samsung at no cost, however you must have a
data plan subscription with your service provider.

Understanding the Notifications Widget

The Notifications widget displays on the screen to inform you of calendar
events, missed calls, or when new messages have been sent to the phone.
The following is a description of these onscreen notification tabs:

Displays within the Notifications widget as a tab when a new
message is received.

Displays within the Notifications widget as a tab when a call has
been missed.

Displays within the Notifications widget as a tab when a new
voicemail message is received.

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Note: The Notifications widget only appears to inform you of calendar events, missed calls, or
new messages.

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Displays within the Notifications widget as a tab when a scheduled
event has been missed.

Menu Structure

The menu structure is as follows:

1. Call History

2. Contacts

1. Contacts

2. Groups

3. Favorites

4. Add New Contact

5. Service Number

6. Contacts Settings

7. SIM Management

3. My Account

4. Home

5. Internet

6. Messages

1. Create New Message

2. Inbox

3. MobileMail

4. IM

5. Friends

6. Sent

7. Outbox

8. Drafts

9. Exchange ActiveSync

10. Templates

11. Voice Mail

12. Messaging Settings

13. Delete by Folder

14. Memory Status

7. Media

1. Audio

2. Pictures

3. Videos

4. Other Files

5. Memory Status

8. Games & Apps

1. Get New Games

2. Get New Applications

3. Tools

9. urMusic

10. IM

11. MobileMail

12. Settings

1. Sound Profile

2. Display and Light

3. Time and Date

4. Phone

5. Calls

6. Connectivity

7. Applications Settings

8. Memory Management

9. Phone Status

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Call Functions

This section describes how to make or answer a call, and all associated
features and functionality.

Making a Call

1. From the Idle screen, touch and use the onscreen keypad to
enter the number you wish to dial.

2. Touch or press .

Note: When you activate the Auto Redial option, the phone automatically redials up to ten times
when the call is not answered or someone is already on the phone. For carriers that
automatically divert unanswered calls to voice mail, the Auto redial feature will not provide useful
service. See the Auto Redial section in “Voice Call” on page 157 for further details.

Making an International Call

1. Touch , then touch and hold . The + character appears.

2. Use the onscreen keypad to enter the country code, area code, and phone
number.

3. If you make a mistake, touch until the desired numbers have been
deleted.

4. Touch or press .

Manual Pause Dialing

To add pause(s) to the number you are calling without storing it in your
Contacts list:

1. Touch and use the onscreen keypad to enter the phone number.

2. Press and hold to add a two-second pause, then use the keypad
to enter the additional numbers.

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3. Touch or press .

Note: You can create pauses longer than two seconds by pressing P multiple times.

Correcting an Entered Number

Use the following steps to correct a mis-typed entry when dialing:

To clear the last digit displayed, press .
To clear a different digit in the number, touch the number immediately to

the right of the digit to be cleared, which moves the cursor to the
immediate right of the digit to be cleared, then press .

To enter a missing digit, touch the number immediately to the right of the

spot where the digit is to be entered, which moves the cursor to the
required spot, and touch the digit.

To clear the entire string of numbers, press and hold .

Ending a Call

When you want to end your call, press .

Dialing a Recent Number

All incoming, outgoing and missed calls are listed in the Call History menu.
If the number or caller is listed in Contacts, the name associated with the
number also displays.

1. From the Idle screen, press or press and select
Call History.

2. The screen opens to the All Calls list. To view lists of individual types of
calls, touch the drop-down arrow at the upper right of the screen and
select Missed, Dialed or Received.

3. Touch next to the desired phone number (or entry name if the
caller is already in Contacts).

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- or -

Touch the contact to enter the Details page, then touch Call or press

to dial the number.

Note: You can also press and hold to redial the last number from the Idle screen.

Making a Call Using Speed Dial

You can assign a short cut number to a phone number for speed dialing.

1. Touch
Speed Dial. The Speed Dial screen displays showing the numbers 1
through 9. The number 1 is reserved for Voice Mail.

2. Touch an unused number. The Contacts screen displays.

3. FInd the contact you want to assign to the number. You can scroll
through the list or tap on the search box and enter the letters of the
name you are searching for until the name appears.

4. Tap the contact to assign to the number.

To replace a number, touch Replace, touch the number you wish to
reassign, and touch the contact.

To remove one or more numbers, touch Remove, touch the check box in
the upper right corner of each entry to be removed, then touch OK.

 Contacts Contacts Settings 

Making a Call from the Contacts List

You can store phone numbers that you use regularly in the SIM card or the
phone’s memory and recall them to place a call. These entries are
collectively grouped in Contacts (see “Contacts” on page 59 for more
information).

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Answering a Call

When a call is received, the phone rings and displays the caller’s phone
number. If the number is associated with an entry in Contacts, the contact’s
Display Name is displayed. If your phone service includes “call display” and
the caller can be identified, the caller’s name is displayed.

1. Press

2. End the call by pressing .

Note: You can answer a call while using Contacts or menu features. After ending the call, the
phone returns to the previously active menu screen.

Other Answer Options

To mute the ring tone when receiving an incoming call:

Briefly press either volume key.
If Motion Detection is turned on and the phone is facing upwards, flip it

To reject a call and send it directly to voicemail, press and hold either
volume key.

or touch Accept on the Incoming call screen.

If the Any Key option in the Call Answer menu is activated, you can
press any key to answer a call except
Answer section in “General Call Settings” on page 156 for more
information.

over so that it is facing down; if the phone is facing downwards, flip it
over so it is facing upward and then flip it over again so that it is facing
downward. To set up your phone to utilize Motion Detection, see “Motion
Detection” on page 153.

or Reject. See the Call

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Dialing Options

From the Idle screen and Main menu, you have the option to access the
Keypad and initiate a call. When you manually enter numbers from the
Keypad, there are three dialing options displayed on the screen.

Call: dials the entered number.
Send Message: Lets you create a new text message and send it to the

entered number.

Contacts: takes you to Contacts where you can select a contact to call.

Recent Calls

The phone stores the numbers of the calls you’ve dialed, received, or
missed in the Call History menu. You can access this menu from the Idle
screen by doing one of the following:

Briefly press .

– or –

Touch  Call History.

The All Calls list is displayed. Touch the drop-down list located at the top
right of the screen to select list of calls Missed, Dialed, or Received.

If the number or caller is listed in Contacts, the associated name is
displayed.

Viewing All Calls

1. From the Recent Calls menu, touch the drop-down list and select All.
All calls dialed, received and missed are listed.

2. Touch an entry on the list to access the following options:

•Call: Allows you to return the call automatically.

•Send Message: Allows you to sent a text or Multimedia message to
the caller.

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•Save: Allows you to save the number to your Address Book on either
the phone or SIM card.

•Block Caller: Allows you to add the sending number to your Reject
List, where incoming calls are sent directly to voice mail.

•Delete: Allows you to delete the selected call.

Viewing Missed Calls

If you only missed a single call, call details are displayed in the Missed Call
dialog on the Idle screen.

If you missed more than one call, the number of calls missed is displayed
on the Idle screen. To view details of the most recent missed calls:

1. Touch Logs. A list of the most recent missed calls is displayed. If the
caller left a voicemail, a voicemail icon is displayed and can be
selected. You can also touch and drag to scroll through the list of
missed calls.

2. Touch the desired missed call. Information for that call and caller is
displayed on a Missed Calls page. For more information regarding the
available options, see “Viewing All Calls” above.

To move to another call type, touch the call drop-down list (upper right of
the Call History page) and make your selection.

Calling Back a Missed Call

If there was only a single missed call, touch Call.

If there were multiple missed calls:

1. Touch Logs to display a list of the most recent missed calls.

2. Touch the desired missed call.

3. Touch Call or press .

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Saving a Missed Call to Contacts

1. Touch Logs. A list of the most recent missed calls is displayed.

2. Touch the desired missed call. You will see different choices,
depending on the settings for your “Save New Contacts to” option.

3. Touch Save

For further details on saving Contacts, see “Add New Contact” on page 59.

 New.

Sending a Message to a Missed Call

1. Touch Logs. A list of the most recently missed calls is displayed.

2. Touch the desired missed call.

3. Touch Send Message.

4. At the Create screen, touch the empty text field and use the onscreen
alphanumeric keys to type a message.

5. When you are finished your message, touch OK.

6. To add additional recipients, touch the yellow recipients field. Insert
new recipients by:

•Press the yellow field and then enter the number manually.

•Select from Recent Contacts.

•Select an entry from Contacts.

•Select members of a Group.

7. Touch Send to initiate delivery.

Deleting a Missed Call

1. Touch Logs. A list of the most recently missed calls is displayed.

2. Touch Delete.

3. Touch the check box next to each entry you wish to select for deletion
to place a check mark in the box. You can also touch All to place a
check mark next to every entry.

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4. Touch Delete.

Note: You can press at any time to exit the Missed Call feature.

Call Time

View Recorded Call Times

To uc h  Call History  Call Time

The following times are displayed:

Last Call Duration: Length of the last call.
Dialed Calls: Total time for all voice calls made.
Received Calls: Total time for all voice calls received.
Total Call Duration: Total time for all calls made and received.

To reset all fields except Total Call Duration:

1. Touch Reset All.

2. Touch Yes to confirm the reset.

3. Enter your password and touch Confirm to reset the counters.

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Options During a Call

Your phone provides a number of control functions that you can use during
a call.

Adjusting the Call Volume

To adjust the earpiece volume during a call, use the Volume keys on the
left side of the phone. Press the Up key to increase the volume level and
the Down key to decrease the volume level.

In Idle mode, the volume keys can be used to adjust the ringer volume.

In-Call Options

During an active call there are several functions available by touching a
corresponding onscreen button.

Speaker On/Off: Routes the phone’s audio through either the speaker

or the earpiece.

•Slide Speaker to On to route the audio through the speaker. (You can
adjust the speaker volume using the volume keys.)

•Slide Speaker to Off to use the phone’s earpiece.

Mute/Unmute: Turns the onboard microphone on and off.

•Touch Mute to mute the microphone.

•Touch Unmute to turn the microphone on.

Hold/Resume: Places the current active call on hold.

•Touch Hold to place the call on hold.

•Touch Resume to return to the call.

Dial: Displays the onscreen keypad, where you can choose to Save the

entered number to Contacts, Send a new text message, or initiate a new
call.

Contacts: Displays your current Contacts entries.
More: Accesses additional in-call options such as:

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•Save to Contacts to store the current phone number into Contacts.

•Send Message to send a new text message.

•Memo to write a memo concerning this call.

Placing a Call on Hold

You can place the current call on hold at any point during a conversation.
You can also make another call while you have a call in progress if your
network supports this service.

To put a call on hold:

1. While on a call, touch Hold. This action places the current caller on
hold (displayed onscreen as a greyed-out box).

2. To reactivate this call, touch Resume.

To make a call while you have a call in progress:

1. Touch Hold.

2. Touch Contacts to look up a number in contacts.

- or -

Touch Dial, enter the new number and touch New Call.

3. Press to dial the second number.

Once connected, the active call is displayed in an In Call tab and the call on
hold in an On Hold tab.

Switching Between Calls

To switch between an active call and a call on hold, placing the active call
on hold and reactivating the call that was being held, touch Swap.

Press to end the currently active call.

To end a call:

1. Press the associated tab (In call or On hold).

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2. Touch to end the call.

3. Press to end the remaining call.

Using the Speakerphone

To turn on the speakerphone during a call, slide Speaker to On. A screen
prompt confirms “Speaker on?”.

Use the volume keys (left side of the phone) to adjust the volume.

To deactivate the speakerphone, slide Speaker to Off.

Switching Off the Microphone (Mute)

You can temporarily switch your phone’s microphone off so that the other
person on the call cannot hear you. For example, you might wish to speak
to another person in the room without the person on the call hearing you.

To switch the microphone off, press <Mute>. The soft key indicator
changes to Unmute and the person on the call can no longer hear you.

To switch the microphone back on, press <Unmute>. The other person on
the call can hear you again.

Searching for a Number in Contacts

You can search for a number in the Contact List during a call.

1. Touch Contacts.

2. Touch the Contacts entry.

For further details on using Contacts, see “Find a Contact” on page 63.

Call Waiting

Call Waiting lets you answer an incoming call while you have a call in
progress, if your network supports this service and you have set the

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 Settings  Calls  Voice Call  Call Waiting status to
Activated. You are notified of an incoming call by a call waiting tone.

To answer a call while you have a call in progress:

1. Press to answer the incoming call. The first call is automatically
put on hold.

2. To switch between the two calls, touch Swap.

To end a call on hold

1. Touch the On hold tab and touch adjacent to the caller you wish
to disconnect.

2. Press to end the current active call.

Making a Multi-party Call

Multi-party calling is a network service that lets multiple people take part
simultaneously in a multi-party or “conference” call.

Note: Please contact your service provider to determine if multi-party calling is supported.

To set up the multi-party call:

1. Call the first participant in the normal manner (see “Making a Call” on
page 32).

2. To call another participant, touch Dial. Enter the new number and

or touch New Call to dial the second call.

press

3. To add this person to the call, touch Join.

4. To continue adding people to the call, repeat steps 2 and 3 above.

You can also add incoming callers by answering the call and touching
Join.

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To have a private conversation with one participant:

1. Touch Split.

2. Touch the number of the person you wish to talk with.

3. You can now talk privately to that person. The other participants can
still converse with each other.

4. To return to the multi-party call, touch Join.

5. All the call participants can now hear each other.

To remove a participant:

Touch adjacent to the caller you wish to disconnect. Repeat this step
as necessary. The call to each removed participant is ended but you can
continue to talk to the others.

To end the call:

When you want to end a multi-party call, press

.

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Entering Text

Text Input Mode

Text Input Selector New ParagraphT9 Mode Selector

This section outlines how to select the desired text entry mode when
entering characters using the QWERTY keyboard or keypad. It also
describes how to use the T9 predictive text entry system to reduce the
number of key strokes needed to enter text.

The A886 is equipped with an orientation detector that can tell if the phone
is being held in an upright (portrait) or sideways (landscape) orientation.
This is useful when entering text. If the phone is sideways, the QWERTY
keyboard is displayed. When upright, the alphanumeric keypad is shown.

The A886 also provides handwriting recognition to further simplify the task
of text entry.

Using the QWERTY Keyboard

From a screen where you can enter text, rotate your phone
counterclockwise to a Landscape orientation. The onscreen QWERTY
keyboard displays.

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Your phone has the following text input modes (indicated near the top right
corner of the display when text entry is allowed):

Alphabet modes (ABC, abc, Abc): Let you enter letters in all upper

case, all lower case, or initial capital format by pressing the keypad keys.

T9 modes (T9Ab, T9AB, T9ab): T9 predictive input lets you enter

by entering a few letters then selecting the word from a pop-up list.

Note: The letter E or F is added in the middle of T9 modes to indicate whether the phone
language is set to English or French (e.g., T9Eab, T9Fab).

words

Number/Symbol mode (123Sym): Activates the number and symbol

keys.

Emoticons (Emo): Activates the emoticon keys.

Using Abc Mode

To enter text using Abc (alphabet) mode:

1. Rotate your phone counterclockwise to Landscape orientation.

2. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom left of the screen until
it says 123Sym. If the Text Input Mode Indicator at top right corner of
the screen indicates one of the T9 modes, press the T9 Mode Selector
to turn T9 mode off. The Text Input Mode Indicator should now indicate
one of the alphabet modes (ABC, abc or Abc).

3. Touch the desired letters.

To enter text in lower case, touch Shift until the Text Input Mode

Indicator is abc.

To enter text in sentence mode (first letter entered and the first letter

after each period are upper case), touch Shift until the Text Input
Mode Indicator is abc.

To enter all text in upper case, touch Shift until the Text Input Mode

Indicator is ABC. Press space to enter a space.

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4. Touch the desired letters.

Note: Whenever you enter a period (.) and then a space, the text input mode defaults to Abc
(sentence mode).

5. Touch OK to complete the message and return to the previous screen.

Using T9 Mode

To enter text using T9 (predictive input) mode:

1. Rotate your phone counterclockwise to Landscape orientation.

2. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom left of the screen until
it says 123Sym. If the Text Input Mode Indicator at top right corner of
the screen indicates one of the alphabet modes, press the T9 Mode
Selector to turn T9 mode on (indicator on the T9 key turns green). The
Text Input Mode Indicator should now indicate one of the T9 modes
(T9Ab, T9AB, T9ab).

3. Start entering the letters of the word. As you type, the built-in dictionary
matches the letters to commonly used words and a pop-up list of words
appears.

4. Use the up and down navigation keys to scroll through the list until the
correct word is shown, then touch the word. If the word is not in the list,
continue typing letters until it appears or you have entered the entire
word.

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5. Press Space to insert a space, then start entering the next word.

Using 123Sym Mode

1. Rotate your phone counterclockwise to a Landscape orientation.

2. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom left of the screen until
it says Text Input. The Text Input Mode Indicator at top right corner of
the screen reads 123Sym.

3. Touch the desired numbers and symbols. Use the left or right arrow to
view additional symbols.

4. To return to text input, touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom
left of the screen. To complete the message and return to the previous
screen, touch OK.

Using EMO Mode

1. Rotate your phone counterclockwise to a Landscape orientation.

2. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom left of the screen until
it says Text Input. The Text Input Mode Indicator at top right corner of
the screen reads 123Sym.

3. Touch Emo.

4. Touch the desired symbol. Use the left or right arrow to view additional
symbols.

5. To return to text input, touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom
left of the screen. To complete the message and return to the previous
screen, touch OK.

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Using the Alphanumeric Keypad

Using T9 Predictive Text

To enter text using T9 (predictive input) mode:

1. Hold your phone in upright (Portrait) orientation.

2. Touch the screen to open the keypad. If the Text Input Mode button at
the bottom right of the screen says T9ab, move to step 4.

3. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom right of the screen
and touch T9 Predictive Text.

4. Start entering a word by pressing the numeric keys. Press each key
only once for each letter.

Example: To enter “HELLO”, press

[ ], [ ], [ ], [ ] and [ ].

As you type, the built-in dictionary matches the letters to commonly
used words and a pop-up list of words appears.

5. Use the up and down navigation keys to scroll through the list until the
correct word is shown, then touch the word. If the word is not in the list,
continue typing letters until it appears or you have finished entering the

at which time you can add the word to the phone’s dictionary (see

word,

.

below)

6. Press Space to insert a space, then start entering the next word.

To add a new word to the T9 dictionary:

1. Scroll to the bottom of the pop-up list and touch Add Word.

2. Enter the word you want (text entry in this field is in Alphabet mode,
see below for instructions).

3. Press OK. The word is added to the T9 dictionary and becomes the
first word for the associated key presses.

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Using Abc Mode

1. Hold your phone in upright (Portrait) orientation.

2. Touch the screen to open the keypad. If the Text Input Mode button at
the bottom right of the screen says abc, move to step 4.

3. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom right of the screen
and touch Abc Mode.

4. Touch the keys labeled with the character you want:

• Once to enter the first character

• Twice in quick succession for the second character

• Three times in quick succession for the third character

• Four times in quick succession for the fourth character

Press Space to enter a space.

5. Touch OK to complete the message and return to the previous screen.

Using Numeric Mode

1. Hold your phone in upright (Portrait) orientation.

2. Touch the screen to open the keypad. If the Text Input Mode button at
the bottom right of the screen says 123, move to step 4.

3. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom right of the screen
and touch Numeric.

4. Touch the keys labeled with the number or symbol you want.

5. Touch OK to complete the message and return to the previous screen.

Using Symbols Mode

1. Hold your phone in upright (Portrait) orientation.

2. Touch the screen to open the keypad. If the Text Input Mode button at
the bottom right of the screen says SYM, move to step 4.

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3. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom right of the screen
and touch Symbols.

4. Touch the keys labeled with the symbol you want. Use the left or right
arrow to view additional symbols.

5. Touch OK to complete the message and return to the previous screen.

Using Handwriting Recognition

Handwriting mode uses a handwriting recognition program to allow you to
enter characters by drawing them on the screen with your finger.

Start Handwriting Recognition

1. From a screen where you can enter text, touch the Input Select field.

2. On the drop-down list touch Handwriting.

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Change Input Modes

To change the text input mode, touch the Text Input Mode button at the
bottom right of the screen and touch the mode that you require. The
available text input modes are:

ABC: The phone interprets all characters entered as upper case.

Abc: The phone enters words with the initial character in upper case and

the remaining characters in lower case.

abc: The phone interprets all characters entered as lower case.

Numeric: The phone interprets all characters entered as numbers.

Symbols: The phone interprets all characters entered as symbols.

Entering Characters

1. Change the text input mode to ABC, Abc or abc (see above).

2. Use your finger tip to write each character.

Touch Shift to change the case of the next letter.
Touch Space or draw a horizontal line from left to right across the

screen with your finger to create a space between letters, numbers,
or symbols.

Touch or draw a horizontal line from right to left across the

screen with your finger to erase a single character.

Touch and hold

to erase an entire word or line.

Draw a diagonal slash (/) across the screen to enter a paragraph

return.

Note: To allow characters to be properly recognized and to prevent scratching the LCD, draw
each character individually (“print”), do not use cursive writing.

3. When you are finished entering characters, touch OK to complete the
message and return to the previous screen.

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Entering Numbers

1. Change the text input mode to 123 (see above).

2. Use your finger tip to write each number.

Touch Space or draw a horizontal line from left to right across the

screen with your finger to create a space between letters, numbers,
or symbols.

Touch or draw a horizontal line from right to left across the

screen with your finger to erase a single character.

Touch and hold

to erase an entire word or line.

Draw a diagonal slash (/) across the screen to enter a paragraph

return.

3. When you are finished entering characters, touch OK to complete the
message and return to the previous screen.

Entering Symbols

1. Change the text input mode to SYM (see above).

2. Use your finger tip to draw each symbol.

Touch Space or draw a horizontal line from left to right across the

screen with your finger to create a space between letters, numbers,
or symbols.

Touch or draw a horizontal line from right to left across the

screen with your finger to erase a single character.

Touch and hold

to erase an entire word or line.

Draw a diagonal slash (/) across the screen to enter a paragraph

return.

3. When you are finished entering characters, touch OK to complete the
message and return to the previous screen.

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Transferring Files

You can transfer music, pictures, video clips and other files between your
phone and a personal computer in several ways, including:

using a USB cable

using Bluetooth

using a microSD card reader

Transferring Files via USB Cable

Using PC Studio

File transfer between your phone and a PC or card using Samsung’s PC
Studio software (included with your phone) requires a PC with available
USB port, installation of PC Studio on the PC, and a USB cable.

Note: For more information on Samsung PC Studio software, consult the online help provided
with the program.

Note: Your phone’s USB Setting must be set to PC Studio or Ask on Connection to use PC
Studio (see “Select USB Mode” on page 162).

1. Start the PC Studio software.

2. Connect the USB cable to a USB port on your PC and to your phone.

USB Mode set to Ask on Connection: the Ask on Connection

window appears on the phone. Touch PC Studio and then Select.
When the software connects to the phone, a popup displays “SGH­A886 has been connected” then the SGH-A886 icon appears.

USB Mode set to PC Studio: When the software connects to the

phone, a popup on the PC displays “SGH-A886 has been

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connected” then the SGH-A886 icon appears on PC Studio’s
Communicator screen.

3. In the PC Studio program, click on the SGH-A866 icon. The Phone
Explorer window appears.

4. Using Phone Explorer, navigate to the phone folder you want to
access.

5. At the left side of the Communicator screen, Click the My Computer
icon to view file folders on the PC. Navigate to the PC folder you want
to access.

6. You can now drag and drop files between phone and PC folders.

Using Mass Storage Mode

You can also transfer files between a microSD card in your phone and a
PC using a USB cable and Microsoft Windows using the following
procedure.

Note: Your phone’s USB Setting must be set to Mass Storage or Ask on Connection (see “Select
USB Mode” on page 162).

1. Connect the USB cable to a USB port on your PC and to your phone.

USB Mode set to Ask on Connection: the Ask on Connection

window appears on the phone. Touch Mass Storage then touch
Select. “Connected” appears on the phone display.

USB Mode set to Mass Storage: “Connected” appears on the

phone display.

2. Open My Computer on the PC. The list of contents will include a
“Removable Disk” with the name of the microSD card in your phone.

3. Double click the disk icon to view the contents of the card. You can
drag and drop files between the computer and the folders on the card.

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Transferring Files via Bluetooth

File transfer between your phone and a PC using Bluetooth requires a PC
with Bluetooth wireless capability and installation of Samsung’s PC Studio
software (included with your phone).

Note: For more information on Samsung PC Studio, consult the online help provided with the PC
Studio software.

To transfer files using Bluetooth:

1. Establish a Bluetooth connection between the phone and PC (see
“Bluetooth” on page 159).

Note: To receive data via Bluetooth, your phone’s Bluetooth feature must be active. For more
information on activating Bluetooth on your phone, see “Activation” on page 159.

2. Start the PC Studio software.

3. Click Search device to open the Connection Wizard and scan for
connected devices. When the name of the phone (SGH-A886)
appears, highlight the name and click Connect.

4. When the SGH-A886 icon appears, click the icon. The Phone Explorer
window appears.

5. Using Phone Explorer, navigate to the phone folder you want to
access.

6. Click the My Computer icon at the left side of the screen to view file
folders on the PC. Navigate to the PC folder you want to access.

7. You can drag and drop files between phone and PC folders.

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Transferring Files via microSD Card

You can directly transfer music and other files between your PC and a
microSD memory card.

1. Remove the microSD card from your phone (see “Installing the Memory
Card” on page 4) and insert it into your PC’s microSD card reader or, if
you are using an SD card reader, insert the microSD card into a
microSD adapter then insert the adapter into the SD card reader.

2. Open My Computer on the PC. The list of contents will include a
“Removable Disk” with the name of the microSD card.

3. Double click the disk icon to view the contents of the card. You can
drag and drop files between the computer and the folders on the card.

Note: The first time that a microSD card is inserted into your phone, your phone automatically
creates a series of folders on it for file storage: Audio (Music, Recorded Audio, Ringtones),
Pictures and Videos.

Transferring Music Using Media Player

This procedure allows you to synchronize music files between a memory
card in your phone and Windows Media Player on a PC using Microsoft
MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), which transfers media files and associated
metadata to/from devices with optional additional support for remote
control of the device, reading and setting of device parameters such as
special DRM-related device parameters for restricted content.

Note: Your phone’s USB Setting must be set to Media Player or Ask on Connection to use this
procedure (see “Select USB Mode” on page 162).

1. Connect the USB cable to a USB port on your PC and to your phone.

USB Mode set to Ask on Connection: the Ask on Connection

window appears on the phone. Touch Media Player and then
Select. “Connected” appears on the phone display.

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USB Mode set to Media Player: “Connected” appears on the phone

display.

2. Open Windows Media Player on the PC and click the Sync tab. The
list of devices at the right side of the screen will include your phone
(SGH-A886).

3. Drag and drop the files you want to transfer to your phone to the Sync
List at the right side of the screen.

4. Click the Start Sync button to download the selected music to your
memory card. “Synchronizing” is displayed in Windows Media Player
while file transfer is in progress.

Note: Do not unplug the USB connector from the phone or PC while files are being transferred or
you may corrupt the files.

5. When file transfer is complete, unplug the USB connector from the
phone.

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Contacts

The Contacts menu is used to manage your contact list. You can store
names, phone numbers and other information in both your SIM card and
your phone’s memory, which are physically separate but both used to
create the contact list. You can also create contact groups, an FDN list, and
speed dial numbers.

Note: When you change phones, numbers stored in your SIM card memory are automatically
available with the new phone, whereas numbers stored in the phone’s memory must be re­entered or transferred using a data kit accessory. However, contacts stored on the phone can
include additional details that can not be stored on the SIM card.

Note: When storing an Address Book entry in your SIM card, only the name, phone number,
group, and slot location are initially available as fields (some SIM cards allow an address as
well). Although you may add additional fields to a SIM entry; if you move that SIM card to another
model phone, it is possible that only the basic information will be transferred.

Add New Contact

Use the following procedures to store a new contact to your phone or SIM
card.

Note: Your phone can be set to automatically save contacts to your Phone, automatically save to
your SIM Card, or Ask on Saving. The default setting is Phone. The following procedures
assume that the phone is set to Ask on Saving. To change the setting, see “Save New Contacts
to” on page 71.

Store a Number in Phone Memory

1. From the Idle screen, touch Contacts  Create Contact  Phone

or touch
Add New Contact screen opens.

Contacts  Add New Contact  Phone. The

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2. To assign a picture to the entry, touch the image area at the top of the
screen and choose Take Photo to take a picture or Caller Image to
retrieve a previously stored image from your Pictures folder.

3. Touch the First Name field, use the onscreen keyboard to enter the
first name for the new entry, then touch OK.

4. Touch the Last Name field, use the onscreen keyboard to enter the
last name for the new entry, then touch OK.

5. Touch the Display Name field, use the onscreen keyboard to enter the
name you want to appear onscreen when you receive a call from this
contact, then touch OK.

6. Touch the Mobile field, use the onscreen keypad to enter the mobile
phone number for the entry, and touch OK. You can also change the
category type for this field (touch

Others).

and choose Home, Work, Fax or

7. In a similar manner, to add information to any of the remaining fields
touch the field, enter the information or make a selection and touch OK.
The available fields are:

•Email: Stores an email address for this contact.

•Group: Assigns this contact to group. For information on using
groups, see “Groups” on page 66.

•Ringtone: Assigns a ringtone for this contact. Touch a music file to
play a sample. Touch Add to complete the selection.

•Vibration: assigns a vibration type for this contact information. Touch

a setting (Vibration 1 - 5) to sample. Touch Save to complete the
selection.

•Birthday: Records the calendar date for the contact’s birthday. Touch

each box (Month, Day, Year) and use the keypad to enter the
number. Touch Save to store the date.

•Note: Allows you enter any other information for contact.

8. When you have finished entering information, touch Save to store the
new entry in Contacts.

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Add More Fields to a Number

While creating a new entry to be saved on the phone or editing an existing
contact saved on your phone, you can add additional fields to the list of
information.

Note: A miximum of five phone numbers can be saved with each contact.

1. On the Contacts screen, touch Add More Fields.

2. Touch the check box next to each field you wish to add to place a
check mark in the box. You can also touch All to place a check mark
next to every entry. The available fields are:

•Mobile: Adds an additional Mobile number field.

•Home: Adds an additional Home number field.

•Work: Adds an additional Work number field.

•Fax: Adds an additional Fax number field.

•Others: Adds an Others field.

•Email: Adds an additional contact Email address field.

•URL: Adds a Web site URL.

•DTMF: Adds a DTMF tone string for use with this contact.

•Group: Adds an additional group field for group assignment.

•Message Tone: Adds a field used to assign a message tone that
sounds when messages are received from this contact.

•NickName: Adds a field that can be used to enter a nickname for the
contact. The nickname is not displayed when calls are made to or
received from the contact.

•Company: Adds a Company field.

•Job Title: Adds a Job Title field.

•Address - Home: Adds a field used to record a physical home
address for this contact.

•Address - Work: adds a field used to record a physical work address
for this contact.

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3. Touch Done to store the new fields to the entry and return to the
previous screen.

Delete Fields From a Number

1. On the Contacts screen, touch Delete Fields.

Note: Only certain new fields can be deleted. If you have not added any new fields to the
contact, the Delete Fields button does not appear.

2. Touch the check box next to each field you wish to add to place a
check mark in the box.

3. Touch Delete.

4. Touch Save to store the modified contact.

Store a Number in the SIM Card

1. From the Idle screen, touch Contacts  Create Contact  SIM

Card or touch Contacts  Add New Contact  SIM
Card. The Add New Contact screen opens.

2. Touch the Name field, use the onscreen keyboard to enter the name
for the new entry, then touch OK.

3. Touch the Phone Number field, use the onscreen keypad to enter the
phone number for the contact, and touch OK.

4. Touch the second Phone Number field, use the onscreen keypad to
enter another phone number for the entry, and touch OK. You can also
change the category type for this field (touch

Home, Mobile, Fax or Other).

and choose Work,

Save a Number During a Call

To save a number while on a call:

1. Touch More

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 Save to Contacts.

2. Touch New if this is a new contact entry, Update if you are updating an
existing contact.

3. Enter the required information (see above).

Save a Number After a Call Has Ended

1. Touch (or  Call History) to bring up the recent calls
screen.

2. Touch the phone number to reveal the Details page for the call.

3. Touch Save, and then New if this is a new contact entry, Update if you
are updating an existing contact.

4. Enter the required information (see above).

Add Pauses to Numbers

When you call automated systems, you are often required to enter a
password or account number. Instead of manually entering the numbers
each time, you can store the numbers in Contacts with pauses between
entries.

To add a pause between a series of numbers:

1. Touch the screen at the place where the pause needs to be added to
position the cursor at that location.

2. Press and hold P to add a two-second pause. If more than two seconds
is required, continue to press and hold P as many times as needed to
add additional two-second pauses.

3. Touch OK and then Save to store the change.

Using Contacts

Find a Contact

1. On the Idle screen, touch Contacts.

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2. If necessary, touch the Contacts Filter field (upper-right) and select

Contacts
Filter

Power
Search
Tab

Contacts.

3. Within the Contacts list (sorted alphabetically by first name), drag the
Power Search tab to quickly “thumb through” the alphabetical listing.

4. When you find the required contact, touch adjacent to the entry to
make the call.

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Contact Options

Phone Options

Phone Options

While in the details page for a specific contact, there are two sets of options
available.

Phone Options

1. Touch to access phone options:

Call: allows you to call the selected number.
Send Message: allows you to send a text message or multimedia

message to the selected number.

2. Press to return to the previous page.

Additional Options

Edit: Lets you change the information for the current contact. Touch the

field, use the onscreen keyboard to make changes, then touch OK.

Delete: Deletes the current contact.
More: reveals an additional set of entry options:

•Print via Bluetooth: Sends the selected contact entry information to
a Bluetooth compatible printer.

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•Send Business Card via: Sends your Business Card information to
the selected contact in a message, via Exchange ActiveSync, or via
Bluetooth.

•Add to Favorites: Adds the current contact entry to your Favorites
list.

Groups

Using Groups you can organize your contacts into lists such as Family,
Friends and Work. You can also assign a unique Caller ID or ringtone to
members of the group.

Note: Groups stored on your phone accept contacts stored on the phone only. If your SIM card
supports Groups, Groups stored on the SIM card accept contacts stored on the SIM card only.

Only contacts that are stored on the phone can be added to groups.

Create a New Group

1. From the Idle screen, touch  Contacts  Groups 

Create Group.

2. Touch Group Name and use the onscreen keypad/keyboard to enter a
new group name. Touch OK to store the new group name.

3. Touch Group Picture and choose a location for the new image:

Take Photo: Take a picture using the built-in camera and assign it to

this entry.

Group Picture: Retrieve a previously stored image from your

Pictures folder and assign it to this entry.

4. Touch Group Ring Tone to choose an audio file for assignment to this
group. Touch a music file to play a sample. Touch Add to complete the
selection.

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5. Touch Group Vibration to choose a vibration type for assignment to
this group. Touch a vibration option to activate a short sample. Touch
Save to complete the selection.

6. Touch Save to store the new Group category.

Add Contacts to a Group

1. From the Idle screen, touch  Contacts  Groups.

2. Touch a group entry.

3. Touch Add Member.

4. Touch the check box next to each contact you wish to add to the group
to place a check mark in the box. You can also touch All to place a
check mark next to every entry.

5. Touch Add.

Remove an Entry From a Group

1. From the Idle screen, touch  Contacts  Groups.

2. Touch a group entry.

3. Touch Remove Member.

4. Touch the check box next to each contact you wish to remove from the
group to place a check mark in the box. You can also touch All to place
a check mark next to every entry.

5. Touch Remove.

Edit Group Information

Note: To edit a Group entry, there must be at least one member of the group.

1. From the Idle screen, touch  Contacts  Groups.

2. Touch a group entry.

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3. Touch More  Edit Group.

4. Make modifications to the Group Name, Group Picture, Group Ring
Tone, and Group Vibration fields as required. For more information,
see “Create a New Group” on page 66.

5. Touch Save to store your changes.

Favorites

Once you have stored phone numbers in Contacts, you can add them to
your Favorites list.

Add Contacts to Favorites

1. From the Idle screen, touch  Contacts  Favorites.

2. Touch Add.

3. Touch the check box next to each contact you wish to add to Favorites
to place a check mark in the box.

4. Touch Add.

Remove Contacts from Favorites

1. From the Idle screen, touch  Contacts  Favorites.

2. Touch Remove.

3. Touch the check box next to each contact you wish to remove from
Favorites to place a check mark in the box.

4. Touch OK.

Change the Order of Favorites

1. From the Idle screen, touch  Contacts  Favorites.

2. Touch Change Order.

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3. Using your finger tip, drag and drop the entries to place them in the
desired order.

4. Touch OK.

Managing Contacts

You can copy, delete, and view the memory status for the Phone and SIM
entries on your phone.

Copy Contacts to SIM Card

Note: When storing a contact on the SIM card, only the name, phone number, group, and slot
location are initially available as fields (some SIM cards may allow an address as well). To save
additional information for a contact, such as other phone numbers or e-mail, it is important to add
new fields to the contact information. Also note that if you move the SIM card to a phone that
does not support additional fields on the SIM card, this additional information is not available.

1. From the Idle screen, touch  Contacts  SIM
Management  Copy Contacts to SIM. The phone displays the
contacts saved to your phone.

2. Touch the check box next to each contact you wish to copy to place a
check mark in the box or touch All to place a check mark beside all
contacts.

3. Touch Copy. The selected contacts are copied to the SIM card.

Copy Contacts from SIM Card

1. From the Idle screen, touch  Contacts  SIM
Management  Copy Contacts from SIM. The phone displays the
contacts saved to your SIM card.

2. Touch the check box next to each contact you wish to add to copy to
place a check mark in the box or touch All to place a check mark
beside all contacts.

3. Touch Copy. The selected contacts are copied to the phone.

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Delete Contacts

You can delete contacts saved on your phone or SIM card.

Delete Contacts from Phone

1. From the Idle screen, touch  Contacts  Contacts 

Delete. The phone displays the contacts saved to your phone.

2. Touch the check box next to each contact you wish to delete to place a
check mark in the box or touch All to place a check mark beside all
contacts.

3. Touch Delete. The selected contacts are deleted.

Delete Contacts from SIM Card

1. From the Idle screen, touch
Management  Delete Contacts from SIM. The phone displays the
contacts saved to your SIM card.

2. Touch the check box next to each contact you wish to delete to place a
check mark in the box or touch All to place a check mark beside all
contacts.

3. Touch Delete. The selected contacts are copied to the phone.

Note: Fixed dial (FDN) contacts must be deleted from within the FDN list.

 Contacts  SIM

Service Number

You can view the list of SDNs (Service Dialing Numbers) assigned by your
service provider. These numbers may include emergency numbers,
customer service numbers, and directory inquiries.

1. From the Idle screen, touch
Number.

2. To dial a number, touch adjacent to the entry.

 Contacts  Service

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Note: Service Number only appears on the menu when supported by your SIM card.

Contacts Settings

My Business Card

Creates a virtual business card that can be used as an attachment to
outgoing messages.

1. In Idle mode, touch
My Business Card.

2. Touch each field, enter information using the keypad/keyboard, and
touch OK.

3. Touch Save.

Speed Dial

Lets you set up Speed Dial for your contacts. For more information, see
“Making a Call Using Speed Dial” on page 34.

Save New Contacts to

Defines the destination for new contact entries (Phone, SIM Card, Always
Ask).

View Contacts From

Lets you filter the display of Contacts entries. Options include: All, Phone,
SIM Card.

 Contacts  Contacts Settings 

Own Number

This function is a memory aid that shows you the phone number assigned
to the SIM card in your phone.

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In Idle mode, touch  Contacts  Contacts Settings  Own
Number.

Fixed Dial Contacts

This selection accesses your FDN (Fixed Dialing Number) list. FDN mode,
if supported by your SIM card, allows you to restrict outgoing calls to phone
numbers stored in the FDN List on the SIM card.

Note: Use of the FDN List requires a PIN2 code (contact your service provider).

Change FDN Mode Status

1. In Idle mode, touch

2. Under Fixed Dialing Mode touch On to enable fixed dialing or Off to
disable the option.

Note: With Fixed Dialing Mode enabled, you can not dial any number other than those in the
FDN list.

Create FDN Numbers

1. Turn Fixed Dialing Mode on (see above).

2. On the Idle screen, touch

 Settings  Phone  Security.

 Contacts  Contacts Settings

 Fixed Dial Contacts  Create FDN

3. Enter your PIN2 code and touch Confirm.

4. Touch Name and use the keypad to enter a name for this FDN contact.
To uc h OK.

5. Touch Phone Number and use the keypad to enter a phone number
for this FDN contact. Touch OK.

6. Touch the SIM card location field and use the keypad to enter a
location value for the entry on the SIM card. Touch OK.

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7. Touch Save to store the new FDN entry.

8. Press to return to Idle mode.

Memory Status

You can check how many contacts are stored in your SIM card and phone
memory. You can also see the maximum capacity for each category.

From the Idle screen, touch
Settings Memory Status. The information provided includes:

 Contacts  Contacts

Phone: The number of contacts stored on your phone (maximum 2000).
SIM Card: The number of contacts stored on your SIM card.
FDN: Tells you how many entries are in saved to your FDN list.

Note: The maximum amount of data stored in each SIM card category depends on the card.

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My Account

This menu selection opens the Internet browser and automatically
accesses the My Account page.

For more information on using the Internet browser, see “Internet” on
page 76.

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Home

This menu selection opens the Internet browser and automatically
accesses the My Account page.

For more information on using the Internet browser, see “Internet” on
page 76.

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Internet

Screen View

View Mode

Magnification

Navigation Toolbar

Web Toolbar

Your phone is equipped with a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)
browser that allows you to access the Internet. This section explains how to
access the WAP services of your service provider and navigate the WAP
browser.

Open the Browser

From the Idle screen, touch Internet.

Browser Navigation

Browser Window

Navigation within web pages is done via touch points on the touchscreen.

Note: The browser default is to display as much of the web page as possible so the Web Toolbar
is not displayed.

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Back: Returns the browser to the previous web page.

Forward: Moves the browser to the next web page.

Home: Returns the browser to the currently assigned

homepage.

Reload: Reloads the current page.

Magnify: Launches magnification slider that lets you zoom in

and out using an onscreen slider.

Search: launches the Google Search or Yahoo! Search
window (depending on the preference setting, see “Set
Browser Preferences” on page 85).

Add to Bookmarks: adds the current page to the Bookmarks
list.

Bookmarks: displays the Bookmarks list.

Browser Settings: accesses the Browser Settings menu,

which allows you to clear caches, delete cookies, access
cookie options, delete history, change preferences, view the
page details, change the browser profiles, and view
information about the browser software.

Fullscreen View: displays the page in fullscreen view. No
toolbars are visible.

Too lbar View : Displays the page with toolbars visible.

View Mode: Toggles between PC Web view and Mobile

view.

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Change Web Page Orientation

The A886 is equipped with an orientation detector that can tell if the phone
is being held in an upright (portrait) or sideways (landscape) orientation.

Hold the phone upright to see a portrait view of the current page

Turn the phone on its side to see a landscape/widescreen view of the

same page.

Change Screen Modes

By default, only the Toolbar View icon is displayed on the screen when the
browser is opened.

Touch the Toolbar View icon to reveal the Web toolbar.

When the toolbar is displayed, touch the Fullscreen View icon to hide

the Web toolbar.

Magnify the Page

To change the screen magnification:

1. If the Toolbar View icon is displayed, touch the icon to reveal the Web
toolbar.

2. Touch in the upper-right corner of the screen.

3. Touch and drag the magnification slider (at the bottom when in
landscape mode, on the left in portrait mode) to zoom in and out on the
page.

Scroll the Page

To scroll the screen image around on a Web page, press your fingertip
firmly on the screen and then drag in the direction you want to move the
page.

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Note: The page must be magnified enough that there are unseen areas. If the entire page is
already being displayed, the image will not move when you attempt to scroll.

Select Onscreen Items

To select a hyperlink appearing on the screen, touch the link.

Enter Text in a Search or Text Field

Touch an onscreen text field (such as the Navigation Toolbar) once to
reveal the cursor and onscreen keyboard.

Touch a search field on a Web page twice to display the cursor and the
onscreen keyboard. For more information on text entry methods, see
“Entering Text” on page 45.

Return to Page

To return to the previous page, touch .

To return to the homepage, touch .

Access a Web Site

1. From the Idle screen, touch Internet.

2. Touch the URL text field at the top of the screen.

3. Using either the onscreen alphanumeric keypad or keyboard, enter the
complete Web address, beginning with www. (the http:// prefix is
pre-inserted into the text string).

4. Touch Go to open the web page.

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Bookmarks

While navigating through either the Internet or Mobile Web pages, you can
bookmark a site to quickly and easily access it at a future time. The URLs
(web site addresses) of bookmarked sites are stored in the Bookmarks
folder.

There is also a series of preset bookmarks in the Bookmarks folder:

Yahoo!

Facebook

Twitt er

MySpace

RingBacks

Wikipedia

craigslist.ca

Get New Games

Get New Ringtones

Access a Web Site Using Favorites

1. From the Idle screen, touch Internet  .

2. Touch the bookmark for the site you want to open.

Add Favorites

1. From the Idle screen, touch Internet 

or
touch Internet  Add New.

2. Touch the Enter URL Address field and use the onscreen keypad or
keyboard to enter the desired web address. Touch OK to continue.

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3. Touch the Title field to associate a display name for this link. Use the
onscreen keypad or keyboard to enter a title for the web site. Touch OK
to continue.

4. Touch Save to store the new bookmark.

Edit Bookmarks

1. From the Idle screen, touch Internet  .

2. Touch adjacent to the bookmark to be edited (do not touch the
name as this will launch the assigned web site).

Note: Only entries with beside can be edited.

3. Touch the field to be edited and use the onscreen keypad or keyboard
to make the changes (for more information on text entry, see “Entering
Text” on page 45).

4. Touch Save to save the changes to the entry.

Delete Bookmarks

1. From the Idle screen, touch Internet  .

2. Touch Delete.

3. Touch the check box next to each bookmark you wish to add delete to
place a check mark in the box or touch Select all to place a check mark
beside all bookmarks.

4. Touch Delete.

Copy URL to a Message

You can copy any URL saved as a bookmark into a message.

1. From the Idle screen, touch

Internet  More

Copy URL to Message.

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2. Touch the button next to the bookmark you wish to copy to highlight the
button.

3. Touch Done.

4. Enter any additional message text using the onscreen keypad/
keyboard (see “Entering Text” on page 45).

5. Touch the Tap to Add Recipient field and use the onscreen keypad/
keyboard to enter or select the recipient’s phone number.
or
To uc h Send to to open the Recipient List screen, where you can add
addresses from Contacts or Groups

Sending a URL

A selected URL can also be sent as a file attachment to a new multimedia
message or transmitted to any paired Bluetooth device that can receive
data.

1. From the Idle screen, touch

Internet  More

Send URL via.

2. Touch one of the following options and follow the onscreen prompts to
complete the process:

Message: Attaches the selected URL to a new multimedia message.
Exchange ActiveSync: Synchronizes data with a PC running

Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.

Bluetooth: Sends the selected URL as a data file to a paired

Bluetooth device capable of receiving the file.

3. Touch the button next to the bookmark you wish to copy to highlight the
button.

4. Touch Done.

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Browser Settings

To configure browser settings:

1. From the Idle screen, touch

2. Touch the menu item you want to open. The Browser Settings menu
provides the following selections:

Clear Caches: Deletes the information stored in the phone’s cache

of recently accessed Web pages (see below).

Delete Cookies: Cookies are pieces of personal information sent to

a web server while navigating the web (see “Delete Cookies” on
page 84).

Cookie Options: sets whether cookies are stored on your phone

(Accept All or Reject All). If you select Prompt, the phone will ask you
to save the cookies on every page requiring cookies (see “Set
Cookie Options” on page 84).

Delete History: deletes the record of any previously visited web

sites (see “Delete the History List” on page 85).

Preferences: changes the settings for the web browser to suit your

preference (see “Set Browser Preferences” on page 85).

Page Details: Provides details for the displayed page (Title,

Address, Size, Last Updated).

Browser Profiles: Allows changing the current browser profile.
About Browser: displays the access version and copyright

information about the browser.

3. Touch Yes to activate a feature, Save to save a new setting.

Internet  .

Clear Caches

A cache is temporary memory in which the most recently accessed web
pages (and their associated images) are stored. The cache can be cleared
at any time.

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1. From the Idle screen, touch Internet  Clear

Caches.

2. Touch Yes to continue, No to cancel the operation.

Delete Cookies

A cookie is a small file placed on your phone by a web site while you are
visiting the site. In addition to containing some site-specific information, it
can also store some personal information (such as username and
password for the site), which can pose a security risk if not properly
managed. Cookies can be deleted at any time.

1. From the Idle screen, touch

Cookies.

2. Touch Yes to continue, No to cancel the operation.

Internet  Delete

Set Cookie Options

Cookie options define how cookie installation is managed when a web site
is attempts to place them on your phone.

1. From the Idle screen, touch

Cookie Options.

2. Touch one of the following options:

Internet  

Accept All: Phone accepts all cookies.
Reject All: Phone accepts no cookies.
Prompt: You are prompted to accept or reject each cookie.

3. Touch Save to save the new setting.

History List

The History list provides you with a list of the most recently visited web
sites. These entries can be used to quickly return to a previously accessed
web page without the need to retype the entire address.

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Access the History List

1. From the Idle screen, touch

2. If the Toolbar View icon is displayed, touch the icon to reveal the Web
toolbar.

3. On the navigation Toolbar at the top of the page, touch the drop-down
arrow to open the History List.

4. Touch an entry on the list to open the associated web site.

Delete the History List

You can delete all entries from the history list at any time.

1. From the Idle screen, touch

History.

2. Touch Yes to continue, No to cancel the operation.

Internet.

Internet  Delete

Set Browser Preferences

Browser preferences allow you to set your browser’s ability to run
JavaScript, display images, and play sounds.

1. From the Idle screen, touch

Preferences.

2. Touch any of the following to change preferences.

Internet  

View Mode: Mobile View, PC Web View
Search Options: Google Search, Yahoo Search
Run JavaScript: On, Off
Display Images: On, Off
Display Flash Contents: On, Off
Play Sound: On, Off
Display Minimap: On, Off

3. Touch Save to save the new setting.

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Page Details

Page Details provides information on the currently displayed Web page,
including Title, Address, Size (in bytes), MIME type (Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions), and Last Updated (date the page was last changed).

Browser Profiles

Lets you view and change the settings for Browser Profiles: GoRogers,
Rogers Media, Rogers Internet and Rogers Tethering. The following
settings are available: Set Name, Access Name, Auth Type, User ID,
Password, Protocol, Home URL, Proxy Address and Linger Time.

Note: Do not change any settings in these profiles unless instructed to do so by your service
provider or the Browser features may not work properly.

About Browser

About Browser provides browser software version information.

1. From the Idle screen, touch

Browser.

2. Press to return to the previous page.

Internet  About

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Messages

This section explains how to send and receive different types of messages.
It also describes the features and functionality associated with messaging.

Types of Messages

Your phone sends and receives the following types of messages:

Text messages
Multimedia (picture and video) messages
IM messages

The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send and receive text
messages to and from other mobile phones and email addresses. To use
this feature, you must subscribe to your service provider’s message
service.

The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you send and receive
multimedia messages (such as picture messages and video messages) to
and from other mobile phones and email addresses. To use this feature,
you must subscribe to your service provider’s multimedia message service.

Note: When creating a message, adding an image, sound file or video clip to a text message
changes the message from a text message to a multimedia message.

Messaging icons are displayed at the top of the screen and indicate when
messages are received and their type. For more information, see “Icons”
on page 17.

Creating and Sending Messages

1. Touch Messages Create New Message.

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2. Touch Tap to Add Recipient and select a method for adding a
recipient:

Enter Manually: Manually enter a cellular phone number or email

address using the keypad and touch OK.

Contacts: Lets you select recipients from your Contacts list (valid

entries must have a wireless phone number or email address).
Touch the check box next to each Contact you wish to add to place a
check mark in the box, then touch Add.

Recent Contacts: Lets you select recipients from a list of recently

sent messages. Touch the check box next to each Contact you wish
to add to place a check mark in the box, then touch Add.

Groups: Lets you select recipients from the Group list. Touch the

group name to enter all group members to the recipients list.

3. To add more recipients, touch the recipient field and repeat step 2.

4. Touch the text field and use the onscreen keypad/keyboard to enter a
message. For more information on text entry, see “Entering Text” on
page 45.

5. Touch OK to save your text and return to the message screen.

6. Touch Send.

Additional Message Options

While you are entering a message, touch Insert to view a menu of
additional insert options.

Picture: Allows selection of an existing image from the Pictures list.

Touch the image name then touch Add.

Video: Allows selection of an existing video from the Videos list. Touch

the video name then touch Options Add.

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Audio: Allows selection of an existing audio file from the Audio list.

Touch a category (Ringtones, Music, Recorded Audio), touch the file
name then touch Add.

Take Picture: Lets you temporarily exit the message, take a photo with

phone’s camera, and then add it to your message. Press the camera key
to take the picture then touch OK to add it to the message.

Record Video: Lets you temporarily exit the message, record a video

clip using the phone’s camera, and then add it to your message. Press
the camera key to start and stop recording then OK to add it to the
message.

Record Audio: Lets you temporarily exit the message, record an audio

clip using the phone’s microphone, and then add it to your message. Use
the record buttons to start and stop recording then touch Add.

Templates: Lets you insert a message template into the text. Touch the

template name to add it to the message.

Bookmarks: Lets you temporarily exit the message, access your

Bookmarks list and select URLs to add to the current message. Touch
the check box next to each bookmark to be added then touch Add.

Contact Info: Lets you choose a Contact listing and add their

information to the message. Touch the contact then touch Insert.

To uc h More to view additional options:

Preview: Lets you preview the message before delivery (multimedia

messages only).

Slide Options: Lets you add a series of images to the message and

configure them to display as a slideshow on the recipients phone.
Options include: Add Slide, Delete Slide and Edit Style (multimedia
messages only).

Attach Files: Lets you various types of attachments to the message.

•File: Lets you to add an audio file, graphic, or video clip to your
message as an attached file.

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•Business Card: Lets you add your business card to the message as
an attached file.

•Event: Lets you add an Event from your calendar to the message as
an attached file.

•Tasks: Lets you add a Task to your message as an attached file.

•Memo: Lets you add a previously saved Memo (text) to your message
as an attached file.

•Bookmarks: Lets you to add a bookmark as an attachment to the
message.

Add Subject/Remove Subject: Lets you add a subject field to the

message or delete the subject field (multimedia messages only).

Save to Drafts: Saves the message to the Drafts folder.
Save as Template: Lets you save the message as a template for later

reuse.

Delivery Options: allows you to configure delivery options associated

with sending the message (Priority, Expiration, Delivery Time, Get
Delivery Report, Get Read Report, Keep a Copy).

View Received Messages

New Messages

On the idle screen, new messages are indicated by the New Messages
pop-up and by icons in the indicator area and Widget bar (see “Display
Layout” on page 16 and “Understanding the Notifications Widget” on
page 30).

To view new messages:

1. Touch View on the New Messages pop-up.

2. Touch the message you wish to view. The message appears in the
display.

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When viewing a text message, press the Up or Down volume keys to

increase or decrease the font size of the message text. Six font sizes
are available.

To play a multimedia message, touch .
To pause playback of the multimedia message, touch.
To stop playback of the multimedia message, touch Stop.
To scroll through the message (if additional text pages have been

added), touch the screen and in a single motion, scroll up or down
the onscreen page.

3. When you have finished, press .

Note: If you accidentally exit from the notification screen, go to Menu Messages Inbox to
view the new messages.

Message Folders

All incoming and outgoing text and picture messages are saved in a series
of folders on your phone.

Inbox: Stores received text and picture messages.
Outbox: Temporarily stores messages your phone is attempting to

send. It also stores messages that you have created and configured to
be sent some time in the future. Outbox messages are moved to the
Sent folder after they are successfully sent.

Sent: Stores messages you have sent successfully.
Drafts: Stores unsent messages you have saved as drafts. You can

access these drafts and send them at a later time.

Tem pla tes: Accesses message files saved as templates. For

information, see “Templates” on page 97.

To view a message stored in one of the message folders:

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1. From the Idle screen, Touch Messages message
folder (Inbox, Sent, Outbox, Drafts or Templates). The
corresponding message list opens.

2. Touch the message you wish to view. The message appears in the
display.

Message Folder Options

While viewing a message list, the following options are available:

List by: Lets you sort the list by Date, Sender, Read/Unread, Type,

Subject, Size, or Lock/Unlock status (selection varies with the type of
message):

Delete: Lets you delete one or more messages. Touch the check box

next to each message to be added or touch Select all to place a check
mark beside all messages, then touch Delete.

Message Options

While viewing a message, the following options are available:

Reply/Reply to: Lets you compose and send a reply to the message.
Delete: Deletes the current message.
More: Provides a menu additional message functions.

•Forward: Lets you forward the message.

•Save to Contacts: allows you to save the recipient or sender’s
information from the message to Contacts as either a New or
Updated entry. For more information, see “Contacts” on page 59.

•Save as Template: Lets you save message content as a template.

•Move to Phone/Move to SIM card: If a message is stored in the SIM
card, it is saved to the phone’s memory. If a message is stored in the
phone’s memory, it is then saved to the SIM card.

•Print via Bluetooth: Lets you to print the contents of the message on
a Bluetooth compatible printer.

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•Save Attachment: Lets you save the attachment to Phone or
Memory Card (multimedia message only).

•Properties: Displays the properties of the message: Subject, Date,
From, To, Size, Priority, Delivery Report, Read Report (multimedia
message only).

•Lock/Unlock: allows you to secure a selected message by protecting
it from accidental alterations.

MobileMail

MobileMail lets you send email to any email address. Recipients can
access your emails from email-equipped phones or from their computers.
The messages you create can contain text only.

Your phone allows selection of three online email services: Rogers Yahoo!
Mail, Yahoo! Mail or Windows Live Hotmail. Follow the online instructions
shown on your display after you launch this service.

IM

Instant Messaging or IM is a way of sending short, simple messages that
are delivered immediately to other users. To use this feature, you must be
subscribed to a message service. For further details, contact your service
provider

Friends

This menu selection opens the Rogers Friends Web page. Follow the
online instructions shown on your display.

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Exchange ActiveSync

Microsoft™ Exchange ActiveSync™ lets you wirelessly synchronize email,
calendar items, and contacts on a Microsoft™ Exchange Server 2003 or
2007 with corresponding information in your phone. Using “push”
technology, all changes are automatically and immediately synchronized.
You can also synchronize manually or at specific time intervals.

Note:

You will require the following information to enable Exchange ActiveSync: mail server
address, domain name, whether your company or email provider requires an encrypted (SSL)
connection, user name, and password. Contact your IT department or service provider if necessary.

Note: The A886 phone can only connect to one Microsoft Exchange server, such as at you work
location or a consumer service provider such as Gmail. Changing servers will delete all contact
information saved on the phone. Before deleting the saved Exchange client in order to connect to
a different Exchange server, be sure to back up your contacts to your SIM card or to a PC.

ActiveSync Setup

1. From the Idle screen, press and select Messages 

Exchange ActiveSync.

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