Samsung SCH-R970ZKAUSC User Manual

4G LTE SMARTPHONE

ANDROID SMARTPHONE

User Manual

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Table of Contents

Section 1: Getting Started .......................... 6

Understanding This User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Setting Up Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Turning Your Phone on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

TTY Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Your Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Creating a Samsung Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Securing Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ..... 20

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Side Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Google Search Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Motions and Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Multi Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Notifications Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Customizing the Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Section 3: Accounts and Contacts ...........50

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Section 4: Calling ......................................62

Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Options During a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Managing Reject Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

International Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Pause Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Wait Dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Multi-Party Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Call Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Section 5: Messaging ................................75

Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Text and Multimedia Messaging . . . . . . . . . . .75

Emergency Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Hangouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

ChatON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Section 6: Applications and Widgets .......84

Accessing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Downloading and Installing Apps . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Customizing the Applications Screens . . . . . . .85

Amazon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

ChatON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

City ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Dropbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Flipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Gameloft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Google . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Google Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Google+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Group Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Hangouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

KNOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Mobile Data Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Mobile TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

My Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Optical Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Play Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Play Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Play Movies & TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Play Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Play Newsstand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Play Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

POLARIS Office 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

S Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

S Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

S Translator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

S Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Samsung Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Samsung Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Samsung Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Slacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Story Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Tone Room Deluxe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

TripAdvisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Voice Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Voice Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Wallet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

WatchON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Wi-Fi Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Your Navigator Deluxe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Accessing Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Section 7: Connections ...........................124

Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Tethering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

VPN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Personal Computer Connections . . . . . . . . . . 133

NFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

S Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Nearby Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Screen Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Section 8: Settings ..................................139

Accessing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

CONNECTIONS SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Data Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

More Wireless and Network Settings . . . . . . . 144

NFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

S Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Nearby Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Screen Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

MY DEVICE SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Lock Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Home Screen Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Blocking Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Hands-Free Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Power Saving Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

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Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Language and Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Motions and Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Smart Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Air View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Voice Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

ACCOUNTS SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

My Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Backup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

MORE SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Application Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Default Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

About Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Section 9:

Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals . . .182
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)

Health and Safety Information

Certification Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

.182

FCC Part 15 Information to User . . . . . . . . . . 189

Commercial Mobile Alerting System (CMAS) . 189

Smart Practices While Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Battery Use and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling . . . 193

UL Certified Travel Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Display / Touch-Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

GPS & AGPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC)

Regulations for Wireless Devices . . . . . . . 202

Restricting Children's Access to

Your Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . 204

Section 10: Warranty Information .......... 206

Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

End User License Agreement for Software . . 211

Index ........................................................ 219

5

Section 1: Getting Started

This section allows you to quickly start using your Samsung
SCH-R970 phone by installing the SIM and microSD cards,
installing and charging the battery, activating your service,
and setting up your voicemail account.

Understanding This User Manual

The sections of this manual generally follow the features of
your phone. A robust index for features begins on page 219.

Also included is important safety information that you should
know before using your phone. Most of this information is
near the back of the guide, beginning on page 182.

This manual gives navigation instructions according to the
default display settings. If you select other settings,
navigation steps may be different.

Unless otherwise specified, all instructions in this manual
assume that you are starting from the Home screen. To get to
the Home screen, you may need to unlock the phone or
keypad. (For more information, refer to “Securing Your
Phone” on page 19.)

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Note: Instructions in this manual are based on default

settings, and may vary from your phone, depending on
the software version on your phone, and any changes
to the phone’s Settings.

Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User
Manual start with the phone unlocked, at the Home
screen.

All screen images in this manual are simulated. Actual
displays may vary, depending on the software version
of your phone and any changes to the phone’s Settings.

Special Text

In this manual, you’ll find text that is set apart from the rest.
These are intended to point out important information, share
quick methods for activating features, to define terms, and
more. The definitions for these methods are as follows:

• Notes: Presents alternative options for the current feature,

menu, or sub-menu.

• Tips: Provides quick or innovative methods, or useful

shortcuts.

• Example: Gives an example of the feature or procedure.

ConnectionsConnections

• Important: Points out important information about the

current feature that could affect performance.

• Warning: Brings to your attention important information to

prevent loss of data or functionality, or even prevent
damage to your phone.

Text Conventions

This manual provides condensed information about how to
use your phone. To make this possible, the following text
conventions are used to represent often-used steps:

➔

Arrows are used to represent the sequence of

selecting successive options in longer, or
repetitive, procedures.

Example: “Press Home, then touch

Menu

➔

Settings ➔ ➔

Wi-Fi.”

Setting Up Your Phone

Before using your phone, you need to install the SIM card,
the microSD card, and the battery into their respective
internal slots and compartment.

Important! Before removing or replacing the battery cover,

make sure the phone is switched off. To turn the
phone off, hold down the power key until the
power-off image displays, then touch Power off.

Getting Started 7

Removing the Battery Cover

1. Locate the cover removal opening.

2. Place your fingernail in the opening and pry the cover

away from the device.

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Caution! Do not bend or twist the back cover excessively.

Doing so may damage the cover.

Replacing the Battery Cover

䡲

Align the cover (1) and press it firmly into place (2),
making sure it snaps into place at the corners (3).

Installing the SIM Card

When you subscribe to a 4G LTE cellular network, you are
provided with a plug-in SIM card loaded with your
subscription details, such as your PIN, available optional
services, and many others features. This SIM card will only
work with this device.

Important! The SIM card must be installed for your phone to

establish a network connection.

The plug-in SIM card information and its contacts
can be easily damaged by scratching or bending,
so be careful when handling, inserting, or
removing the card. Keep all SIM cards out of
reach of small children.

1. Remove the battery cover. (See “Removing the Battery

Cover” on page 8.)

2. Locate the SIM card slot on the top inside of the phone.

3. Make sure the gold contacts of the SIM card face

downward and that the notched corner of the card
faces toward the slot to the left (as shown).

4. Carefully slide the SIM card into the SIM card socket

(as shown) until the card locks into place.

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Note: If the SIM card is not inserted correctly, the phone

cannot make a network connection.
Once the SIM card is inserted, do not remove it.

If your SIM card is ever separated from the device or
damaged, your device will not function. If you experience
any issues with your device, contact Customer Service at
888-944-9400 or visit your nearest U.S. Cellular

®

retail

location.

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SIM Card Limited Warranty

Subject to the exclusions contained below, United States
Cellular Corporation (“U.S. Cellular”) warrants to the original
purchaser (“You” or “Your”) of the handset with which the
SIM card was provided that the SIM card will be free from
defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1)
year from the date You purchased the handset (the “Warranty
Period”). This warranty is not transferable. Should a defect
appear during the Warranty Period, U.S. Cellular will send a
replacement SIM card to Your address within the United
States without charge provided that you request the
replacement SIM card during or within thirty (30) days
following the Warranty Period by calling U.S. Cellular
Customer Service at 888-944-9400 (or dialing 611 on Your
U.S. Cellular handset) or by visiting a U.S. Cellular retail
store.

REPLACEMENT OF THE SIM CARD AS PROVIDED HEREIN IS
YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY,
AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
WARRANTIES OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT OR
ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.
NEITHER U.S. CELLULAR NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR

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RETAILERS SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, ECONOMIC, EXEMPLARY,
PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF REVENUE OR
PROFITS, DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR LOSS OF USE). IN NO
EVENT SHALL U.S. CELLULAR’S, ITS AFFILIATES’ OR
RETAILERS’ LIABILITY TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY WITH
RESPECT TO THE SIM CARD EXCEED THE COST OF
REPLACING THE SIM CARD.

THIS LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL BE CONSTRUED UNDER
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, EXCLUDING ITS
CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS. SOME STATES AND
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS on HOW LONG
AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS, OR THE DISCLAIMER OR
LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT
APPLY TO YOU.

No agent, employee, dealer, retailer, representative or
reseller is authorized to modify or extend the terms of this
Limited Warranty.

Removing the SIM Card

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Press the card into the slot and carefully release it. The

card should pop partially out of the slot.

4. Remove the card from the slot.

5. Replace the battery and the battery cover.

Installing a Memory Card

Your device lets you install an optional microSD (SD) or
microSDHC memory card to expand available memory to
store images, videos, music, applications, and data.

1. Remove the battery cover. (See “Removing the Battery

Cover” on page 8.)

2. Locate the microSD card slot on the top inside of the

phone.

3. With the gold contacts facing down, carefully slide the

memory card into the slot (as shown), pushing gently
until it clicks into place.

Important! Be sure to align the gold contact pins on the

memory card with the phone’s contacts.

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Removing a Memory Card

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Important! To prevent damage to information stored on the

memory card, unmount the card before removing
it from the phone.

1. Press

➔

.

2. Touch Storage

Home, then touch Menu ➔ Settings

➔

Unmount SD card.

3. Remove the battery cover. (See “Removing the Battery

Cover” on page 8.)

4. Press the Memory card into the slot and carefully

release it. The card should pop partially out of the slot.

5. Remove the card from the slot.

6. Replace the battery cover. (For more information, refer

to “Replacing the Battery Cover” on page 8.)

Battery

Your phone is powered by a rechargeable, standard Li-Ion
battery. A Wall/USB Charger (Charging Head and USB cable)
is included with the phone, for charging the battery.

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Note: The battery comes partially charged. You must fully

charge the battery before using your phone for the first
time. A fully discharged battery requires up to 4 hours
of charge time.

After the first charge, you can use the phone while
charging.

Warning! Use only Samsung-approved charging devices and

batteries. Samsung accessories are designed to
maximize battery life. Using other accessories may
invalidate your warranty and may cause damage.

Note: Failure to unplug the wall charger before you remove

the battery, can cause damage to the phone.

Battery Indicator

The battery icon in the Annunciator Line shows battery
power level. Two to three minutes before the battery
becomes too low to operate your phone, the empty battery
icon will flash and a tone will sound. If you continue to
operate the phone without charging the battery, the phone
will power off.

Installing the Battery

1. Remove the battery cover. (See “Removing the Battery

Cover” on page 8.)

2. Slide the battery into the compartment (1) so that the

tabs on the end align with the slots at the bottom of the
phone, making sure the connectors align.

3. Gently press down to secure the battery (2).

Removing the Battery

1. Remove the battery cover. (See “Removing the Battery

Cover” on page 8.)

2. Lift the battery up by the slot provided (1).

3. Lift the battery up and out of the phone (2).

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Charging the Battery

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Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery. A
wall charger, which is used for charging the battery, is
included with your phone. Use only approved batteries and
chargers. Ask your local Samsung dealer for further details.

Before using your phone for the first time, you must fully
charge the battery. A discharged battery recharges fully in
approximately 4 hours.

Note: Verify that the battery is installed prior to connecting

the wall charger. If both the wall charger is connected
and the battery is not installed, the handset will power
cycle continuously and prevent proper operation.
Failure to unplug the wall charger before you remove
the battery, can cause the phone to become damaged.

1. Insert the USB cable into the device’s USP Power/

Accessory Port at the bottom of the device.

Important! It is recommended you fully charge the battery

before using your device for the first time.

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Note: This illustration displays both the correct and

incorrect orientation for connecting the USB cable. If

the USB cable is incorrectly connected, damage to the
USB Power/Accessory Port will occur therefore voiding
the phone’s warranty.

2. Connect the USB cable to the charging head.

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3. Plug the charging head into a standard AC power

outlet. The device turns on with the screen locked and
indicates both its charge state and percent of charge.

Warning! While the device is charging, if the touch screen

does not function due to an unstable power supply
unplug the USB power adapter from the power
outlet or unplug the USB cable from the device.

4. When charging is finished, first unplug the charger’s

power plug from the AC wall outlet, then disconnect
the USB cable connector from the device.

Important! If your handset has a touch screen display, please

note that a touch screen responds best to a light
touch from the pad of your finger or a non­metallic stylus. Using excessive force or a
metallic object when pressing on the touch
screen may damage the tempered glass surface
and void the warranty.

For more information, refer to “Standard Limited
Warranty” on page 206.

Getting Started 15

Turning Your Phone on

䡲

Press and hold the Power/Lock key (on
the upper right side of the phone) for three seconds.

While powering on, the phone connects with the
network, then displays the Locked screen and any
active Notification alerts.

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Note: Your phone’s internal antenna is located along the

bottom back of the phone. Do not block the antenna;
doing so may affect call quality or cause the phone to
operate at a higher power level than necessary.

Unlocking Your Phone

1. If needed, press Press
Home to wake the

screen.

2. If there are no

Notification alerts (such
as for calls or messages)
on your phone, swipe
across the lower half of
the screen to unlock it.

The Home screen
displays.

Note: If you have purchased your phone online, the first time

you power your phone on and unlock the screen, the
Setup Wizard displays.

Follow the prompts to activate and set-up your phone.

Turning Your Phone off

1. Press and hold the Power/Lock Key (on

the upper right side of the device) for two seconds.

2. At the prompt, touch Power off. The Power off pop-up

displays.

3. At the prompt, touch OK.

TTY Mode

Your phone is fully TTY-compatible, allowing you to connect
a TTY device to the phone’s headset jack. Before you can use
your phone with a TTY device, you’ll need to enable
TTY Mode.

(For more information, refer to “Other Call Settings” on
page 74.)

Voicemail

All unanswered calls to your phone are sent to voicemail,
even if your phone is turned off, so you’ll want to set up your
voicemail and personal greeting as soon as you activate your
phone.

Setting Up Voicemail

1. Press Home, then touch Phone, then touch

and hold .

2. Follow the automated instructions to set up your new

password and record a greeting.

Checking Voicemail

1. Press Home, then touch Phone, then touch

and hold .

2. Follow the automated instructions to manage

voicemail.

Tip: You can also access Voicemail by dialing your phone

number from any touch-tone phone.

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Displaying Your Phone Number

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AccountsAccounts

AccountsAccounts

1. Press Home, then touch Menu ➔ Settings

➔

.

➔

2. Touch About device

Status. Your phone number

displays under My phone number.

Your Google Account

Your new phone uses your Google account to fully utilize its
Android features, including Gmail, Google Maps, Hangouts,
and the Google Play Store. When you turn on your phone for
the first time, you should set up a connection with your
existing Google account, or create a new Google account.

1. From the Home screen, touch

➔

.

➔

Google.

2. Touch Add account

3. Follow the onscreen instructions to sign in if you

already have a Google Account, or to create a new
Google Account.

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Menu ➔ Settings

Creating a Samsung Account

An active Samsung account is required to use applications
such as Group Play, Samsung Hub, and WatchON.

1. From the Home screen, touch

➔

.

➔

2. Tou ch Add account

Samsung account.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to sign in if you

already have a Samsung Account, or to create a new
Samsung Account.

Menu ➔ Settings

Roaming

When you travel outside your home network’s coverage area,
your phone can roam to acquire service on other compatible
digital networks. When Roaming is active, the Roaming icon
( ) displays in the Status Bar of the screen.

Tip: You can set your phone’s roaming behavior. (For more

information, refer to “Mobile Networks” on page 144.)

During roaming, some services may not be available.
Depending on your coverage area and service plan, extra
charges may apply when making or receiving calls.

Note: Contact your Wireless Provider for more information

about your coverage area and service plan.

Securing Your Phone

By default, the phone locks automatically when the screen
times out, or you can lock it manually. You can unlock the
phone using one of the default Unlock screens, or for
increased security, use a personal screen unlock pattern, a
Personal Identification Number (PIN), or a password.

For more information about creating and enabling a Screen
unlock pattern, see “Lock Screen” on page 147.

Note: Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User

Manual start with the phone unlocked, at the Home
screen.

Locking the Phone Manually

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Press the Power/Lock key on the top
right side of the phone.

Unlocking the Phone

For information on unlocking your phone, see “Unlocking
Your Phone” on page 16.

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Section 2: Understanding Your Phone

Features

• 5.0-inch 1920x1080 Super AMOLED Full HD touch screen

• CDMA 1X/EV-DO Rev-A /LTE Wireless Technology

• 1.9 gigahertz quad-core processor

®

• Android

• Google Play

• SAFE

• Galaxy Gear

• Smart Switch

• Support for Air View

• Connections:

• WatchON

4.4 platform

™

Store, plus pre-loaded applications

™

Certified

™

compliant. For a list of compatible smart

phones, please visit

samsungsmartswitch.com

samsung.com/us/galaxygearsupport.

™

compliant. For more information, visit

.

®

and Air Gestures®.

– Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n – Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot

(2.4 GHz band or 5 GHz band) –

Bluetooth 4.0

– Tethering (USB and Bluetooth) – VPN
– NFC – Android Beam
– S Beam – Wi-Fi Direct
– AllShare Cast – DLNA
– USB 2.0

®

—Rich TV experience with Infrared (IR) remote

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• Samsung Link

connected devices. Cloud connectivity is enabled by using
an external Web storage service.

™

to share your media content across

• Messaging Services:
– Text Messaging – Picture Messaging
– Video Messaging – Voice Messaging
– Email – Gmail
– Mobile Instant Messenger (IM) – Chat

• 13 Megapixel Camera-Camcorder with LED flash +

2 Megapixel Front Camera-Camcorder

• Picture Gallery

• Video Player (1080p–MP4 and 3GP)

• DivX Certified

including premium content

®

to play DivX® video up to HD 720p,

• Music Player (AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, and WMA)

• Speakerphone

• Support for microSD

to 64GB capacity

™

and microSDHC™ memory cards up

Front View

1

2

3

4

6

5

7

8

1. Earpiece: Use during calls to listen to callers.

2. LED Indicator: Flashes or glows to alert you to alert

notifications or phone status.

3. Menu Key: Press to show options for the current

screen.

4. Home Key: Press to display the Home screen, or Lock

screen if the phone is locked. Press and hold to display
recent applications, or to launch the Task Manager or
Google Now.

5. Microphone: Use during calls to allow callers to hear

your voice, and when recording.

6. Back Key: Press to return to the previous screen or

option.

7. 2 Megapixel Front Camera: Use for taking pictures

and recording video.

8. Proximity and Light Sensors: Detect the presence of

nearby objects to control device functions or blank the
screen display, such as when you hold the phone to
your ear during a phone call. Detect ambient light to
determine screen brightness when Brightness is set to
Automatic brightness (see “Brightness” on
page 151), and when taking pictures with the Front
camera.

Understanding Your Phone 21

Side Views

1

3

2

1. Volume Key: From the Home screen, touch to adjust

Master Volume. During calls or music playback, press
to adjust volume. Press to mute the ringtone of an
incoming call.

2. USB Power/Accessory Port: Connect a USB cable for

charging or to sync music and files.

3. Power/Lock Key: Press and hold to turn the phone on

or off. Press to lock the phone, or to wake the screen
for unlocking.

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Back View

1

2

3

4

6

5

1. Infrared Lens: Use when controlling media devices

remotely.

2. 13 Megapixel Camera Lens: Use when taking photos

or recording videos.

3. Camera Flash: Use when taking photos.

4. External Speaker: Play ringtones, call audio when in

Speakerphone mode, media sounds (music and video),
and other sounds.

5. 3.5mm Headset Jack: Plug in an optional headset or

TTY equipment.

6. Noise cancelation microphone: Captures background

noise that the phone uses to produce a quiet
background during calls and video chats.

Understanding Your Phone 23

Google Search Bar

The Google Search Bar provides you an onscreen Internet
search engine powered by Google.

1. From the main Home screen, touch the Google Search

bar

2. Use the onscreen keypad to enter the item you want to

search for, then touch .

3. Touch to use Google Voice Search and follow the

prompts.

Navigation

Navigate your phone’s features using the command keys and
the touch screen.

Warning! Please note that a touch screen responds best to a

light touch from the pad of your finger or a non­metallic stylus. Using excessive force or a metallic
object when pressing on the touch screen may
damage the tempered glass surface and void the
warranty. (For more information, see “Warranty
Information” on page 206.)

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Context-Sensitive Menus

While using your phone, context-sensitive menus offer
options for the feature or screen currently in use.

To access context-sensitive menus:

• Touch Menu.

• Touch and hold on an item.

Command Keys

Menu Key

• Touch

options for the current screen or feature.

Home Key

• Press the

• Press and hold the

recently used features and applications, and to access the
following options:

Back Key

• Touch

or step.

Menu to display a context-sensitive menu of

Home key to display the Home screen.

Home key to launch a menu of

Back to return to the previous screen, option

Finger Motions

Touch

Touch items to select or launch them. For example:

• Touch the onscreen keyboard to enter characters or text.

• Touch an item to select it.

• Touch an app icon to launch the application.

Touch and Hold

Activate onscreen items by a touch and hold gesture.
For example:

• Touch and hold a widget or icon on the Home screen to

move it.

• Touch and hold on a field to display a pop-up menu of

options.

Swipe

Swipe your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.
For example:

• Unlocking the screen

• Scrolling the Home screen or a menu

• Combine touch and hold with swipe to drag an item to a

new location.

Pinch

Using two fingers, make a pinch motion on the screen.
For example:

• Pinch in to zoom in on pictures or screens.

• Pinch out to zoom out on pictures or screens.

Swipe and Palm Swipe

To swipe, lightly drag your finger vertically or horizontally
across the screen. Use swipe when:

• Unlocking the screen

• Scrolling through the Home screen or a menu

To palm swipe, swipe the side of your hand horizontally
across the screen. Use palm swipe when:

• Capturing the screen

Understanding Your Phone 25

Motions and Gestures

Your phone recognizes motion, gestures over it’s surface, or
motions on its surface, to let you navigate and access
features by moving the phone in specific patterns.

To use hand and phone motions and gestures to control your
phone, turn the respective settings on. (For more information,
see “Motions and Gestures” on page 169.)

Note: Finger motions are always active.

Air Gestures

Air gestures (you make them an inch or so above the display,
and near the top of the phone) can control the following
functions:

• Quick glance: With the display off, reach your hand

toward the top of your phone’s display to view selected
information, such as Time and date, Notification icons,
Missed calls, Unread messages, Battery power, or Current
music info.

• Air jump: Scroll web pages or email message lists by

moving your hand up or down above the display.

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• Air browse: Go to the previous or next by your hand to the

right or left above the display.

• Air move: Move app shortcuts to different home screen

panels or apps lists, or move Calendar events to different
pages. Just touch and hold the app shortcut or Calender
event with one hand, then move your other hand left or
right above the display.

• Air call-accept: Accept incoming calls by waving your

hand above the display. You can have your phone answer
accepted calls in speakerphone mode by enabling

Auto start speakerphone.

Tip: Air gesture is set to off by default. (For information about

setting this feature to on, see “Motions and Gestures” on
page 169.)

Phone Motions

Pick Up

• Direct call: When this option is set to on, you can lift the

phone to your ear to call a contact displayed in a
Messaging, Contacts, or Call Log screen.

• Smart alert: When this option is set to on, you can lift the

phone to be automatically notified of missed calls,
messages, and alerts that occurred while the phone was
stationary.

Tilt

• Zoom: When this option is set to on, touching and holding

with your thumbs on the screen while in Gallery or Internet,
then tilting the phone forward and back causes the screen
to zoom in or out.

Pan

• Browse an image: When this option is set to on, moving

the phone in a panning motion (in an arc side-to-side or up
and down) while viewing an enlarged (zoomed in) image
moves your viewpoint around in the image.

Tur n Ove r

• Mute/pause: When this option is set to on, turning the

phone screen-down automatically mutes incoming call
ringtones and alert sounds.

Palm Motions

Use your hand to swipe across or cover the screen.

• Capture screen: When this option is set to on, swiping the

screen with the side of your hand (left to right, or right to
left) captures a screen shot.

• Mute/pause: When this option is set to on, covering the

screen with your hand mutes or pauses media playback.

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Finger Motions

Multi
Window
Tra y

Tab

Panel
options

Touch

Touch items to select or launch them.
For example:

• Touch the onscreen keyboard to enter characters or text.

• Touch an item to select it.

• Touch an app’s icon to launch the application.

• Double touch to top: When this option is set to on, a

double touch on the top of the phone takes you to the top of
a list.

Touch and Hold

Activate on-screen items by a touch and hold gesture.
For example:

• Touch and hold a widget or icon on the Home screen to

move it.

• Touch and hold on a field to display a pop-up menu of

options.

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Multi Window

When enabled and activated, the
Multi window feature lets you run
two applications on the current
screen at the same time.

Note: Only applications found

within the Multi window
tray can be active along
with another, currently
running application on
the screen.

You can use Multi window
with your phone either
upright or rotated onto its
side. You can also rotate
your phone with Multi
window already running
two applications.

Enabling Multi Window

My deviceMy device

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings

➔

➔ Display. The Display settings menu

displays.

2. Under General, touch Multi window.

• A check mark displays in the check box on the Multi
window option to indicate that it is enabled.

• The Multi window tray displays on the left side of the

screen (by default) for a few seconds, then closes
leaving the Multi window tab showing.

Activating and Deactivating Multi Window

To activate Multi window:

1. If the Multi window tab is not showing on the current

screen, touch and hold Back. The Multi window
tray displays briefly (by default) on the left side of the
screen, then closes, leaving only the Multi window tab
showing.

2. Touch the tab to open the Multi window tray,

showing some of the available Multi window apps.

3. Swipe the tray upwards to show more Multi window

apps.

To deactivate Multi window:

䡲

With the Multi window tab showing, touch and hold

Back. This action hides the Multi window tab from

view.

Using Multi Window to Run Multiple Apps on the Same Screen

Any of the apps found within the Multi window panel can be
run at the same time as a current onscreen app.

Once multiple apps are running on the same screen, you can
then choose to either swap their positions or maximize a
desired app.

1. Launch an application, such as Internet.

• From the Home screen, touch Internet.

2. Activate the Multi window feature.

3. Touch the Multi window tab to display the apps tray.

4. Touch and hold the desired app, such as Maps,

until it detaches from the tray.

5. In a single motion, drag the app over the current app

and drop the new Multi window app over either the top
or bottom area of the current onscreen app.

Understanding Your Phone 29

Multi Window Controls

App #1

App #2 Border

bar

Controls

To increase the size of an application window:

䡲

With the two applications shown in a split screen,
touch and hold the
to resize the window.

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Border bar, and then drag it

To open a recent application in Multi window:

You can open recent applications in Multi window (the
application must be Multi window-compatible).

䡲

Tou ch the

Recent apps to replace the current Multi window

application. Swipe down to scroll through recent
applications, and then double-tap to open.

To swap the locations of the applications:

1. With the two applications shown in a split screen,

touch the

2. Touch the desired application area (top or bottom).

3. Touch Swap apps. The current apps swap places.

To drag content from one application to the other:

In selected apps, you can you can drag text or images
between apps.

䡲

Tou ch the

Swap apps to select content and drag it to

the other application.

Border bar, and then touch

Border bar to show the control icons.

Border bar, and then touch

To separate the current applications:

1. With the two applications shown in a split screen,

touch the Border bar to show the onscreen icons.

2. Touch the desired application area (top or bottom).

3. Touch Maximize apps. The current apps are the

both maximized.

To close an application:

1. With the two applications shown in a split screen,

touch the Border bar to show the onscreen icons.

2. Touch the desired application area (top or bottom).

3. Touch Close app. The current apps swap places.

Repositioning the Multi Window

The Multi window contains two components: tab and apps
tray. The tab can be manually moved across the screen. The
apps tray (containing the scrollable apps) can be relocated to
launch from the left or right side of the screen.

To move the tab:

1. Activate the Multi window feature. See “To activate

Multi window:” on page 29.

2. Touch and hold the tab for approximately one-second,

then slowly drag it to its new location along the edge of
the screen.

Note: This is a quick way to get the tab out of the way if you

can’t get to a button or option behind it.

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To relocate the Multi window tray:

1. Activate the Multi window feature. See“To activate

Multi window:” on page 29.

2. Touch the tab to display the apps tray.

3. In a single motion, touch and hold the Multi window

tab for approximately one-second to detach it from
the screen (1), then slowly drag it to the opposite
screen edge (2).

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Customizing the Multi Window Tray

The applications found within the Multi window tray can be
organized by either being rearranged or removed.

To rearrange the Multi window applications:

1. Activate the Multi window feature.

2. Touch the tab to display the apps tray.

3. In a single motion, touch and hold a desired app until it

detaches from the tray, then carefully drag it to a new
location in the list of apps. Lift your finger or stylus off
the screen to let go of the app and drop it into its new
location.

To remove a Multi window application:

1. Activate the Multi window feature.

2. Touch the tab to display the Multi window tray.

3. Tou ch

the list).

4. Follow the prompt to remove apps from the

Multi window tray to the revealed staging area.

5. Tou ch Done once you have completed the removal

process.

Panel options (located at the bottom of

To restore a Multi window application:

1. Activate the Multi window feature.

2. Touch the tab to display the apps panel.

3. Touch

the list) to reveal the staging area containing any
previously removed apps.

4. Locate the desired application.

5. In a single motion, touch and hold a desired app until it

detaches from the staging area, then carefully drag it
to a new location in the current list of apps.

Panel options (located at the bottom of

Notifications Shade

The Notifications shade shows information about
connections, alerts, applications, and other items.

1. To display the Notifications shade, touch the Status bar

and drag downward from the top of the screen.

2. Touch an item to open that item, or to launch a related

app or feature.

3. To uch Clear to clear all Notifications.

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Quick Settings Menu

Use Quick Settings toggles at the top of Notifications to
control popular settings. Slide your finger right and left
across the Quick Settings menu to see all of the toggles.

• Wi-Fi: Enable Wi-Fi. (See “Wi-Fi” on page 124.)

• GPS: Enable standalone GPS services. (See “Location” on

page 173.)

• Sound: Switch between your sound settings, Vibrate, and

Mute. (See “Volume” on page 153.)

• Screen rotation: Enable auto-rotation of your screen

when your rotate your device. (See “Auto-Rotate
Screen” on page 151.)

• Bluetooth: Enable Bluetooth. (See “Bluetooth” on

page 127.)

• Reading mode: Automatically adjust display settings for

selected apps. (See“Reading Mode” on page 150.)

• Mobile data: Enable access to mobile data. (See “Mobile

Networks” on page 144.)

• Blocking mode: Enable Blocking mode setting to control

which notifications you receive. (See “Blocking Mode” on
page 157.)

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• Power saving: Conserve battery usage. (See “Power

Saving Mode” on page 159.)

• Multi window: Enable Multi window mode.

(See“Multi Window” on page 28.)

• Screen Mirroring: Share your display with other devices.

(See“Screen Mirroring” on page 137.)

• S Beam: Share files with other S Beam-compatible

devices. (See “S Beam” on page 135.)

• NFC: Share files with other NFC-compatible devices.

(See“NFC” on page 134.)

• Air View: Preview the contents or view information in pop-

up windows by holding your finger above the screen.
(See“Air View” on page 171.)

• Air gesture: Control various phone functions by moving

your finger above the screen. (See “Air Gestures” on page

26.)

• Hands-free mode: Incoming calls and notifications will be

read out automatically. (See“Hands-Free Mode” on page

158.)

• Smart stay: Prevent screen time out, if you are using the

phone. (See “Smart Screen” on page 170.)

• Smart pause: Share files with other NFC-compatible

1

3

4

5

6

2

devices. (See “Smart pause” on page 170.)

• Smart scroll: Share files with other NFC-compatible

devices. (See “Smart scroll” on page 170.)

• Sync: Allow mobile data networks to update your

accounts. (See “Controlling Synchronization” on page 51.)

• Airplane mode: Disable all network connections.

(See “Airplane Mode” on page 144.)

Clearing Notifications

1. Sweep your finger downward from the top of the

screen to display Notifications.

2. Touch a notification to clear it, or to launch an app.

– or –
Touch Clear to clear all notifications.

Home Screen

The Home screen is the starting point for using your phone.

Note: Unless stated otherwise, instructions in this User

Manual start with the phone unlocked, at the Home
screen.

All screen images in this manual are simulated. Actual
displays may vary, depending on the software version
of your phone and any changes to the phone’s Settings.

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1. Status Bar: Presents icons to show network status,

battery power, and connection details.

2. Multi window tab: Access Multi window tray.

See “Multi Window” on page 28.

3. Primary Shortcuts: Shortcuts to your phone’s

common apps. For more information, see “Primary
Shortcuts” on page 39.

4. Panel Indicator: Shows which Home screen panel is

currently displayed.

5. Shortcuts: Shortcuts to common apps.These shortcuts

are found on the Home screen by default, and you can
add more shortcuts to your favorite apps. For more
information, see “Shortcuts” on page 39.

6. Widgets: Apps that run on the Home screen. These

widgets are found on the Home screen by default. For
more information, see “Widgets” on page 40.

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Status Bar Icons

The Status Bar shows network and battery status and other
details.

Airplane Mode Active: All wireless
communications are disabled. See “Airplane
Mode” on page 144.

USB Connected: The phone is connected to a
computer using a USB cable.

Voice Call: A voice call is in progress.

Speakerphone: Speakerphone is enabled.

Missed Call: Displays when there is a missed call.

Mute: Voice or playback volume is muted.

Battery Level: Shown fully charged.

Battery Charging: Battery is charging.

Device Power Critical: Battery has very little

power remaining. Charge immediately.
GPS Location Active: One or more GPS location

services are active. See “Location” on page 173.

No SIM: No LTE SIM is installed.

Smart stay Active: Smart stay setting is on. The

screen stays lighted while you look at it.

No Network: No wireless network is available.

3G connection: Phone is active on a 3G system.

4G LTE Connection: Phone is active on a 4G LTE

system.
Signal Strength: Current signal strength. The

greater the number of bars, the stronger the signal.

New Message: You have new message(s).

New Voicemail: You have new voicemail. A

number indicates the number of new messages.

New Email Message: You have new email.

Silent mode: All sounds except media and alarms

are silenced, and Vibrate is not active.
See “Volume” on page 153.

Vibrate: All sounds are silenced, and Vibrate is
active. See “Vibrations” on page 154.

SD Card Ready: A memory card scan is underway,
to prepare the card for use.

SD Card Removed: A memory card was un­installed.

Bluetooth Active: Bluetooth is turned on.

Bluetooth Connected: Your device is connected

with another Bluetooth device.
Wi-Fi Active: Wi-Fi is active, and connected to a

Wi-Fi network.
Wi-Fi Action Needed: Action needed to connect to

Wi-Fi network. See “Wi-Fi” on page 124.

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TTY: TTY Mode is active. For more information,
refer to “Other Call Settings” on page 74.

Blocking mode on: Notifications, alarm, timer, LED
indicator, and all calls may be blocked. For more
information, refer to “Blocking Mode” on page 157.

Display Settings

You can customize display settings to your preferences. For
more information, see “Display” on page 149.

Extended Home Screen

The Home screen consists of the Home panel, plus panels
that extend beyond the display width to provide more space
for adding shortcuts, widgets and folders.

Slide your finger horizontally across the screen to scroll to
the left or right side panels. As you scroll, the indicator at the
bottom of the display shows your current position.

Customizing the Home Screen

Customize the Home screen to suit your preferences.

• Add Shortcuts: See “Shortcuts” on page 39.

• Add Widgets: See “Widgets” on page 40.

• Add Folders: See “Folders” on page 40.

• Change the Wallpaper: See“Wallpaper” on page 41.

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Adding and Removing Home Screen Panels

Your phone comes with 7 Home screen panels. You can
customize the Home screen to include up to the seven
default panels, and set one panel as Home.

1. From the Home screen, touch
Edit page

.

Tip: You can also “pinch” the Home screen to display

Edit options.

2. Use these controls to configure panels:

Remove: Touch and hold on a panel, then drag
it to Remove.

Add: Touch a previously-removed panel to add

it, up to the default total of six.
Default Home Screen: Touch to set this panel

as the default Home Screen.

3. To change the order in which the panels appear, touch
and drag each panel you want moved in place of the
panel in the desired sequence.

Menu, then touch

Primary Shortcuts

Primary Shortcuts appear at the bottom of the display. You
can edit the Primary Shortcuts, except for Apps.

Editing the Primary Shortcuts

To add or remove shortcuts:

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Touch and hold a shortcut, then drag it from the
Primary Shortcuts to the Home screen, or from the
Home screen to the Primary Shortcuts.

To remove shortcuts:

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Touch and hold the shortcut until Remove displays,
then drag the shortcut to the Remove icon.

Shortcuts

Use App shortcuts to launch applications from the Home
screen. Your phone comes with app shortcuts already placed
on the Home screen, and you can add your favorites.

Adding Shortcuts to the Home Screen

Adding shortcuts from the Home screen

1. Press the
screen to display the Add to Home screen menu.

Home key, then touch and hold on the

2. To uch Apps and widgets

selection.

3. Follow the prompts to configure the shortcut and add it

to the Home screen.

Adding Shortcuts from Apps

1. Press the

2. Touc h Apps.

3. Touch and hold on an app until it displays on the

Home screen.

Removing Shortcuts

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Touch and hold the shortcut until Remove displays,
then drag the shortcut to the Remove icon.

➔

Apps tab, then touch a

Home key.

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Widgets

Widgets are self-contained applications that you can place
on the Home screen for quick, direct access.

Adding Widgets to the Home Screen

1. Press the Home key, swipe to a Home screen

panel, then touch and hold on the screen to display the

Home screen menu.

2. Touch Add to Home screen, then select Apps and
widgets.

3. Touch the Widgets tab, then touch a widget and follow

the prompts to configure the widget and place it on the
Home screen.

Adding Widgets from Apps

1. Press the Home key, and swipe to a Home
screen panel.

2. Touch Apps, then touch the Widgets tab.

3. Touch a widget, then follow the prompts to configure

the widget and place it on the Home screen.

Removing Widgets

䡲

Touch and hold the widget until Remove displays,
then drag the widget to the Remove icon.

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Folders

Place folders on the Home screen to organize items.

Adding Folders

1. Press the Home key.

2. Touch and hold on the screen to display the Home
screen menu, then select Add to Home screen
Folder.

– or –
Tou ch

3. The folder displays on the Home screen. Touch the
folder to name it.

Removing Folders

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Touch and hold the folder until Remove displays,
then drag the folder to the Remove icon.

Menu ➔ Create folder.

➔

Wallpaper

Choose a picture to display in the background of the Home
screen. You can choose from pre-loaded wallpaper images,
or select a picture you’ve taken with the Camera or
downloaded.

1. Press the
screen to display the Home screen menu, then select

Set wallpaper
and lock screens.

2. Choose a source:

• Gallery: Choose a picture stored on your phone or on

an optional installed memory card. Touch a picture to
select it, then use the crop tool to resize the picture, if
desired. Touch Done to save the picture as wallpaper.

• Live wallpapers (Home screen only): Choose from

pre-loaded animated wallpaper images. Touch a
wallpaper, then touch Set wallpaper.

Home key, touch and hold on the

➔

Home screen / Lock screen / Home

• Travel wallpaper (Lock screen only): A pop-up

describes Travel wallpaper as a slideshow of pictures
from recommended travel destinations. Warns of
possible data network charges. Touch OK. The Tra vel

wallpaper screen displays. Touch Slideshow
interval to select the time interval between downloads.

•Wallpaper: Choose from pre-loaded wallpaper images.
Touch a wallpaper, then touch Set wallpaper.

Note: You can also set Wallpaper in Settings. For more

information, see “Wallpaper” on page 149.

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Apps

Apps lists shortcuts for all applications installed on your
phone. Applications that you download and install from the
Google Play Store or from the web are also added to Apps.

Like the Home screen, the Apps screen consists of panels
that extend beyond the display width to provide more space.
Swipe your finger horizontally across the screen to scroll to
the additional Apps panels. As you scroll, an indicator at the
bottom of the screen shows your current position.

For more information about applications, see “Applications
and Widgets” on page 84.

You can place shortcuts to apps on the Home screen, for
quick access to the apps. For more information, refer to
“Adding shortcuts from the Home screen” on page 39.

1. Press the

2. Swipe your finger left or right to scroll the Apps

screens.

3. Touch an icon to launch the application.

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Home key, then touch Apps.

Customizing the Apps Screens

Choosing a View

By default, app icons appear in Grid view. You can change
the view to list view.

1. Press the

2. Tou ch

3. Choose an option:

• Customizable Grid: The default view, which allows

you to touch and hold on apps to move them from
screen to screen.

• Alphabetical grid: Icons are arranged in a grid, in

A-Z order.

• Alphabetical list: Icons display in a list, sorted

from A-Z.

Home key, then touch Apps.

Menu ➔ View type.

Apps Screen Options

1. Press the Home key, then touch Apps.

2. Touch

•Play Store: Launch Google Play Store, to browse for

•Edit: Touch and hold an app icon for these options:

Menu for options:

new apps to download.

– Drag it to a new location.
– Drag it to to create a new folder to contain the

icon.

– Drag it to to create a new apps screen panel and

place the icon on it.

– Drag it to to launch Application manager to view

information about the app. (For more information,
refer to “Application Manager” on page 177.)

– Drag it to (if available) to remove the icon. The

trash can is only available for apps you’ve installed.
Pre-loaded apps cannot be removed.

Note: The Uninstall icon is only available for your

downloaded apps. Pre-loaded apps cannot be
uninstalled.

•Create folder: Add folders in which to group your
apps.

•Uninstall: Remove an app that you downloaded from
your phone. Pre-loaded apps cannot be un-installed.

• Downloaded applications: Display all apps you’ve
downloaded.

•View type: Configure the apps screen.

•Share apps: Select apps you’ve downloaded (not

available for pre-loaded apps) to share via Dropbox,
Bluetooth, ChatON, Email, Flipboard, Gmail, Google,
Google+, Messaging, S Memo, or Wi-Fi Direct.

• Hide applications/Show hidden applications:
Control whether app icons are visible in Apps. Hiding an
icon does not remove the app from your phone.

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Entering Text

This section describes how to enter words, letters,
punctuation, and numbers when you need to enter text.

Keyboards and Input Methods

There are three text input methods available:

• Google Voice typing: Enter text by speaking.

• Samsung keyboard (default): Samsung’s onscreen

QWERTY keypad that can be used in both portrait and
landscape orientation.

• Swype: Instead of touching each key, use your finger to

trace over each letter of a word.

To change the input method, see “Keyboards and Input
Methods” on page 163.

Changing the Input Method

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

Status bar and drag down to display the Notifications
shade.

2. Under Ongoing, touch Select input method.

3. Touch Google voice typing, Samsung keyboard, or
Swype.

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Using the Google Voice Typing Feature

You can use your voice to enter text using the Google Voice
typing feature.

Note: This feature works best when you break up your

message into short segments.

1. Tou ch

2. At the Speak now prompt, speak clearly and distinctly

3. If the red microphone turns gray, the feature has timed

4. Touch to return to the keyboard.

Note: The feature works best when you break up your

message into short segments.

on the keyboard.

into the microphone.

out. To start again, touch the microphone icon.
The text is displayed in the message as you are
speaking.

Entering Text Using the Samsung Keyboard

New
Paragraph

Text Input Mode

Shift
Key

Delete

Key

Space Bar

Voice Typing
and Settings

Text Suggestions More Suggestions

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

Changing the Text Input Mode—Keypad

There are two main keypad layout keys that will change the
onscreen keys within the QWERTY keypad.

The available Text Input modes are: Sym and Abc.

Symbol Mode: Activates the number, symbol,
and emoticon keys.

Abc Mode: Activates the default alphabet keys.

ABC

Can also be set to Abc or abc by using the shift
(

) key.

Note: When in Abc mode, the Sym button displays.

When in Sym mode, the ABC button displays.

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Using ABC Mode

ABC

1. If desired, rotate your phone to a Landscape

2. When you touch a text entry field, such as the Enter

3. Touch the desired letter or number keys.

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orientation.

message field for a new text message, the following
keyboard image displays:

Note: The screen initially opens in Abc mode.

After typing the first letter, the Shift key ( )
will change to

and additional letters will

be lower case.

4. Touch to input another upper-case letter or touch

twice to switch to ABC mode. The shift key will

change to in ABC mode. Additional letters will be
uppercase until you touch the Shift key again.

Using Symbol/Numeric Mode

Use Symbol/Numeric Mode to add numbers, symbols, or
emoticons.

1. If desired, rotate your phone to a Landscape

orientation.

2. Touch . The following keyboard displays:

3. Touch the desired number, symbol, or emoticon

characters.

4. To access additional symbols, touch .

1/2

5. To return to Abc mode, touch .

Predictive Text

Predictive Text supplies next-letter prediction(s) and regional
error correction(s), which can compensate for pressing the
wrong keys on the QWERTY keyboard. Predictive text is
turned on by default.

To turn Predictive Text on:

1. Touch and hold

The

Samsung keyboard settings screen displays.

2. Touch the Predictive text slider to on.

3. In the text portion of the message screen, begin typing

a word. A list of word options is displayed.

4. To replace the word that has already been typed, touch

one of the words.

5. Continue typing your message.

on the keyboard, then touch .

6.

Tou ch to send the message or press for more

options. For more information, refer to “Creating and
Sending Messages” on page 75.

Entering Text Using Handwriting

You can enter text simply by using your finger to handwrite
letters on your screen.

1.

on the keyboard, press and hold , then touch

Handwriting

2. Use your finger tip to write out each character. You can

print or use cursive.

3. You can write out your entire message using the

Handwriting feature, or
Samsung keyboard.

.

touch to return to the

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Samsung Keyboard Settings

For information on how you can configure your Samsung
keyboard settings, see “Samsung Keyboard Settings” on
page 164.

Entering Text Using Swype

Swype is a text input method that allows you to enter a word
by sliding your finger or stylus from letter to letter, lifting your
finger between words. Swype uses error correcting
algorithms and a language model to predict the next word.
Swype also includes a predictive text system.

The following example shows how to enter the word “This”.
Put your finger down on the “T”, and without lifting, glide it
to the “h”, then to the “i” then over to the “s”.

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Swype Text Entry Tips
From the Swype settings screen, you can access How to

Swype tutorials on using Swype. You can also use the

following Swype text entry tips:

• Create a squiggle (like an S shape) to create a double letter

(such as pp in apple).

• Touch and hold a key to view the punctuation menu then

make a selection.

• Move your finger or stylus over the apostrophe to enter

contractions.

• Double-touch on the word you want to change to correct a

misspelled word, then touch the delete key to erase one
character. Touch and hold the delete key to erase an
entire word.

Enabling and Configuring Swype

The Samsung keyboard is the default text input method, so
to use Swype, you must first change the default keyboard
setting.

To enable Swype:

1. From a screen where you can enter text, touch and

drag down from the Notifications area then touch

Select input method.

2. Touch the Swype radio button, which turns green.

The Swype keyboard displays.

Swype Settings

For information on how you can configure your Swype
settings, see “Keyboards and Input Methods” on page 163.

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Section 3: Accounts and Contacts

Accounts

Accounts

Your phone provides the ability to synchronize information,
from a variety of accounts, including Email, Facebook,
Google, and your Samsung account. Depending on the
account, you can choose to synchronize your calendar,
contacts, and other types of content.

Contacts from your accounts appear in your phone’s
Contacts.

With synchronization, you can ensure that information on
your phone is updated with any information that changes in
your accounts.

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Accessing Your Accounts

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From the Home screen, touch Menu ➔

Settings

➔

.

Accounts

Setting Up Your Accounts

Set up and manage your accounts with the Accounts
settings.

For information about setting up other, non-synchronized
email accounts, see “Configuring Email Accounts” on
page 80.

Tip: For more information on setting up your email, contact

your Wireless Provider.

Adding an Account

1. From the Accounts menu, under My accounts, touch
Add account.

2. Select an account type, then follow the prompts to

enter your credentials and sign in.

3. The phone communicates with the provider’s server to
set up your account on the phone.

Controlling Synchronization

You can choose to have your phone automatically
synchronize with your accounts, or manually synchronize
each account when you want to check messages.

You may also choose to limit automatic or background
synchronization to extend battery life.

1. From the Accounts menu, under My accounts, touch

the desired account type. The related account type
screen displays.

2. Under Accounts, touch the desired account ID. The
Sync settings screen for the selected account displays

listing some or all of the following synchronization
settings:

• Sync App Data

• Sync Calendar

• Sync Contacts

• Sync Email

• Sync Gmail

• Sync Google Photos

• Sync Google Play Books

• Sync Google Play Magazines

• Sync Google Play Movies & TV

• Sync Google Play Music

• Sync Internet bookmarks

• Sync Internet opened pages

• Sync Memo

• Sync People details

• Sync Picasa Web Albums

• Sync Tasks

3. Touch these settings to enable/disable synchronization

of the associated file types.

• With automatic synchronization enabled, your phone

automatically synchronizes its related files with similar
files on on-line file servers.

• With automatic synchronization disabled, you can
manually sync accounts by touching Sync all in the
account type screen for each account.

Tip: You can control automatic synchronization using the

Sync toggle in the Quick Settings menu on the

Notifications screen. For more information, refer to
“Quick Settings Menu” on page 34.

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Managing Accounts

1. From the Accounts menu, under My accounts, touch

the desired account type. The related account type
screen displays.

2. Under Accounts, touch the desired account ID. The
Sync settings screen for the selected account

displays. For more information, refer to “Controlling
Synchronization” on page 51.

3. To enable or disable a synchronization setting, touch it.

4. To invoke the enabled synchronization settings for the
selected account, touch Sync now.

5. To remove the selected account from your phone,

touch Remove account. A Delete account? pop-up
prompts you to confirm the removal.

To remove the selected account, touch Remove
account.

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Contacts

To access Contacts:

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From the Home screen, touch Contacts.

Contact tips:

• Swipe your finger left-to-right across a contact to make a

call to the contact.

• Swipe right-to-left across a contact to create a message

addressed to the contact.

Adding Contacts

1. From the Contacts screen, touch Add contact.

• If you have defined accounts (Google, Samsung, etc.),

the Save contact to pop-up displays. Select Device
or the account to receive the new Contact entry.

• If you have not defined any accounts, the Save
contact pop-up displays. The following options are

available:

– OK: Saves your contacts in “my device contacts”.
– Add new account: Lets you define an account to

which your device will save your contacts. The Add
new account screen displays. For more information,

refer to “Setting Up Your Accounts” on page 50.

2. Touch contact fields to select or enter information:

• Tou ch Add photo ID to choose a picture to identify

the contact.

• Touch the Name field and use the on-screen keyboard
to enter the full name. Touch beside the Name field
to display additional fields.

• Touch the Phone number field, and then enter the
phone number. Touch to add another Phone
number. Touch , and then choose a label for the
number.

• Touch the Email address field, and then enter an
email address. Touch to add another Email
address. Touch , and then choose a label for the
address

• Touch Groups to assign the contact to a group.

• Touch Ringtone to choose a ringtone to play for calls

from the contact.

• Touch Message alert to choose a ringtone to play for
new messages from the contact.

• Touch Vibration pattern to choose a vibration to play
for new calls or messages from the contact.

• Touch Add another field to add new fields for the

contact.

3. When you finish selecting and entering information,
touch Save.

Creating Contacts from Recent Calls

Save a phone number from a recent call to create a new
contact, or update an existing contact.

For more information, refer to “Creating or Updating Contacts
Using Recent Calls” on page 64.

Creating Contacts from the Phone Keypad

Enter a phone number with the Phone Keypad, then save it.

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone.

2. Touch the digits of the phone number on the Keypad.

3. To uch Add to contacts, then select Create contact

from the pop-up menu.

4. Continue entering contact information.

Tip: While entering a phone number, you can add waits or

pauses. Enter the number up to the pause or wait, then
touch

wait.

Menu to select Add 2 sec pause or Add

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Updating Contacts

Make changes to update an existing contact.

1. From the Contacts screen, touch a contact to view its
information, then touch Edit.
– or –
Touch and hold a contact, then select Edit from the
menu.

2. Continue entering/changing contact information.

Updating Contacts from the Phone Keypad

Enter a phone number with the Phone Keypad, then save it.

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone.

2. Touch the digits of the phone number on the Keypad.

3. Touch Add to contacts, then select Update existing

from the pop-up menu.

4. Select a contact to update, then continue entering
contact information.

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Updating Contacts from Recent Calls

Save a phone number from a recent call to create a new
contact, or update an existing contact.

For more information, refer to “Creating or Updating Contacts
Using Recent Calls” on page 64.

Choosing Contacts to Display

䡲

From the Contacts screen, touch Menu ➔
Contacts to display:

• Choose All contacts to show all contacts.

• Touch Device to show only show contacts saved to the

phone.

• Choose an account to only display contacts from that

account.

• Choose Customized list to display only selected

contact types for each account, or the phone.
To select the contacts to be listed, touch , then
select one or more contact Groups, All other contacts
stored on your Device and/or one or more accounts.

Contacts Settings

䡲

From the Contacts screen, touch Menu ➔
Settings:

• Select Only contacts with phones to show contacts

with at least one stored phone number.

• Touch List by to sort contacts by first or last name.

• Touch Display contacts by to list contacts by first or

last name.

• Touch Contact sharing settings to set your

preference for sending contacts namecards to other
accounts or devices. For more information about
sending contacts, see “Sending Namecards” on
page 58.

Other Contacts Options

䡲

From the Contacts screen, touch Menu. The
following options are available:

•History: View calls and messages to and from this

contact.

•Edit: Modify contact information. (For more

information, refer to “Updating Contacts” on page 54.)

•Delete: Erase the contact record.

•Link contact/Separate contact: Manage multiple

contacts as one. For more information, refer to “Linking
Contacts” on page 56.

• Mark as default: Set a default phone number or other

field (such as IM or email address). Defaults are the
contact method used when creating a message or
calling a contact. You can also set a default by touching
and holding on a contact field.

• Share namecard via: Send the namecard. For more

information, refer to “Sending Namecards” on page 58.

• Add to reject list: Mark the contact so that calls or

messages from the contact are rejected automatically.
To remove a contact from the reject list, touch and hold
on the contact in the main contacts screen, then
choose Delete from reject list.

• Print contact info: Print the namecard via Bluetooth

to a compatible Samsung Bluetooth-enabled printer.

• Place to home screen: Add shortcut to this contact to

Home screen.

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My Local Profile

My local profile is your own contact record, listed under ME
in Contacts. You can send My local profile as a vCard via
Bluetooth or as an attachment.

Creating My Local Profile

1. From the Contacts screen, under ME, touch:

• Your name entry, then touch Edit.

• Set up profile.
The My local profile screen displays.

2. Change/enter the name for your profile.

3. If you want, touch Add another field and enter your

information in the contact fields.

Sending My Local Profile

You can send your profile as a vCard via Bluetooth to other
Bluetooth devices, or as an attachment.

1. From the Contacts screen, touch your profile to display
your contact information.

2. Touch

3. Choose a sending method or app from the Share
namecard via pop-up, then follow the prompts to send

the profile.

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Menu ➔ Share namecard via.

Linking Contacts

Your phone can synchronize with multiple accounts,
including Google, Corporate, and other providers, plus social
networking sites like Facebook. When you synchronize
contacts from these accounts with your phone, you may have
multiple contacts for one person.

Linking contact records allows you to see all the contact’s
numbers and addresses together. Linking also helps you
keep your contacts updated, because any changes to
information in the respective accounts is automatically
updated the next time you synchronize with the account.

Linking Contacts

1. From the Contacts screen, touch a contact to display

its information.

2. Tou ch

contacts displays.

3. Select a contact to link to the displayed contact. The

linked contact displays.

Menu ➔ Link contact. A list of available

4. To link another contact, touch the Connection field.

The Linked contact screen displays.

• Touch Link another contact. A list of available

contacts displays.

• Select a contact to link to the displayed contact. The

linked contact displays.

Separating Contacts

1. From the Contacts screen, touch a contact to display

its information.

2. Touch the Connection field to display linked contacts.

3. Touch to the right of a contact to remove it from the

selected linked contact.

Exporting and Importing Contacts

You can export your contact list to an installed memory card,
or import a list of contacts (previously exported) from a
memory card.

1. From the Contacts screen, touch
Import/Export.

2. Select an option, then follow the prompts to complete

the operation:

• Import from USB storage: Copy contacts that are

saved in mass storage on your device.

• Export to USB storage: Copy contacts to mass

storage on your device.

• Import from SD card: Copy contacts that are saved

on an installed memory card.

•Export to SD card: Copy contacts to an installed

memory card.

• Share namecard via: Share contacts as Namecards.

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Menu ➔

Sending Namecards

You can send a contact entry as a namecard using Bluetooth,
as an attachment to a Gmail or Email message, or other file
sharing methods.

Important!Not all Bluetooth devices will accept contacts, and

not all devices support transfers of multiple
contacts. Check the target device’s documentation.

1. From the Contacts screen, touch
Import/Export

2. Touch contacts to mark them for sending, or touch
Select all to mark all contacts. A check mark displays

in the check box for marked contacts.

3. Touch Done.

4. Choose a sending method or app from the Share
namecard via pop-up, then follow the prompts to send

the profile.

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➔

Share namecard via.

Menu ➔

Favorites

Mark contacts with a star to identify them as Favorites.
Favorites display on the Favorites tab in the Phone and

Contacts screens for fast dialing or messaging, and are
indicated by the .

Creating Favorites

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From the Contacts screen, touch and hold on a
contact, then select Add to favorites from the pop-up
menu.

– or –
Touch a contact to display it, then touch at the top
right of the screen, it changes color to .

Groups

Assign contacts to Groups to make searching for contacts
faster, or to quickly call or send messages to group
members. Your phone comes with pre-loaded groups you
can use to add your contacts.

Adding a New Group

1. From the Contacts screen, touch Groups ➔
Menu

➔

Create, then enter information:

• Touch Group name to enter a Group Name.

• Touch Group ringtone to choose a ringtone for calls

from members of this group.

• Touch Message alert to choose a ringtone for

messages from members of this group.

• Touch Vibration pattern to choose a vibration to play

for calls from members of this group.

• Touch Add member to select members from Contacts.

2. Touch Save to save the new group.

Editing a Group

1. From the Contacts screen, touch Groups.

2. Touch a Group to display it.

3. To uch

Menu ➔ Edit, then update information for

the group.

Deleting a Group

Tip: You can only delete groups that you have created.

1. From the Contacts screen, touch Groups

➔

Delete groups.

Menu

2. Touch a Group to mark it for deletion, or touch Select
all to mark all groups. (You cannot delete pre-loaded

groups.)

3. To uch Delete, then choose Group only or Group and
group members.

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➔

Adding Contacts to a Group

1. From the Contacts screen, touch Groups.

2. Touch a Group to display it, then touch .

3. Touch contact(s) to mark them for addition, or touch
Select all to mark all contacts.

4. Touch Done to add the selected contact(s).

Removing Contacts from a Group

1. From the Contacts screen, touch Groups.

2. Touch a Group to display it.

3. Touch

4. Touch contact(s) to mark them for removal, or touch
Select all to mark all contacts.

5. Touch Done to remove the selected contact(s).

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Menu ➔ Remove member.

Sending a Message to Group Members

Create a new text or email message, addressed to the
group’s members.

1. From the Contacts screen, touch Groups.

2. Touch and hold a Group, then touch Send message or
Send email.

3. Touch contacts to mark them as recipients for the new
message, then touch Done.

4. The new message opens, with the marked contacts as

recipients. Continue creating the message, as desired.
For more information, refer to “Creating and Sending

Messages” on page 75, or “Composing and Sending
Email” on page 81.

Speed Dials

Speed dials are 1-, 2-, or 3-digit shortcuts (1 to 100) you
assign to contacts, to allow you to quickly call the contact.

For more information about calling using speed dials, see
“Making Calls Using Speed Dials” on page 62.

Note: Speed dial 1 is reserved for Voicemail, and cannot be

assigned.

Assigning Speed Dials

1. From the Contacts screen, touch Menu ➔
Speed dial setting. A list of speed dials displays.

2. Touch a speed dial, then touch a contact to assign the

speed dial to the contact.

Reassigning or Removing a Speed Dial

1. From the Contacts screen, touch Menu ➔
Speed dial setting. A list of speed dials displays.

2. Touch and hold an assigned Speed dial setting, the

following options pop-up:

•Replace: Touch a new speed dial location to assign it

to the contact.

•Remove: Un-assign the speed dial from the contact.

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Section 4: Calling

Making Calls

Your phone offers multiple ways to make calls:

• Use the touch screen Phone Keypad to enter the phone

number or speed dial.

• Call a contact from Contacts.

• Call a contact from Favorites.

• Return a call, or call a recent caller, from Recent.

• Voice dial using Voice Dialer.

Making Calls Using the Phone Keypad

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone.

2. Touch the digits of the telephone number on the
Keypad.

3. Touch to place the call.

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Making Calls Using Speed Dials

Speed Dials are 1-, 2-, or 3-digit shortcuts (1 to 100) you
assign to contacts, to allow you to quickly call the contact.

For more information about setting speed dials, see “Speed
Dials” on page 61.

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone.

2. Touch the digits of the speed dial number on the
Keypad, holding the last digit until the number dials.

Making Calls from Contacts

A contact is an entry that you have created to store the
name, numbers, and other information for people or groups
of interest.

For more information, refer to “Contacts” on page 52.

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts.

2. Swipe your finger from left to right across the contact

to dial their default number.
– or –

Touch the contact or its photo ID, then touch to dial
the desired number.

Making Calls Using S Voice

Place a call by speaking the name or number.

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone. then touch
S Voice.

2. The first time you access S Voice, follow the prompts to

confirm the license agreement, and view information
about S Voice.

3. Follow the prompts to speak a command. You can say

commands such as:

• Call <Name >: Call an entry in your Contacts list.

• Dial <Phone number>: Call a spoken phone number.

•Redial: Repeat a recent call.

Making Calls Using Favorites

Favorites are contacts that you designate as favorites by
starring them. For more information about creating favorites,
see “Favorites” on page 58.

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone.

2. Touc h Favorites to display favorites.

3. Find the desired contact entry.

4. Swipe your finger from left to right across the contact

to dial their default number.
– or –

Touch a contact, then touch to dial the number.

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Recent Calls

When you place, answer, or miss a call, a record of the call is
saved in Recent calls.

Accessing Recent Calls

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From the Home screen, touch Phone ➔

Recent to display recent calls.

Making Calls Using Recent Calls

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone.

2. Touch Recent to display recent calls.

3. Swipe your finger from left to right across the call to

redial.
– or –

4. Touch the entry, and then touch to dial.

Sending Messages Using Recent Calls

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone ➔
Recent.

2. Swipe your finger from right to left across the call.

– or –
For a contact call, touch the picture ID icon, then touch

to create a message to the number.

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Creating or Updating Contacts Using Recent Calls

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone ➔
Recent

2. Touch and hold on a call, then select Add to Contacts

from the pop-up menu.

3. Choose Create contact or Update existing.

4. Continue entering contact information.

Managing Recent Calls

Deleting Records

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone ➔
Recent

2. While viewing the calls, touch

Delete.

3. Touch call records to mark them for deletion, or touch

Select all. A check indicates marked records.

4. Tou ch Delete to delete marked records.

Menu, then touch

Filtering Records

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone ➔
Recent

2. While viewing the calls, touch

View.

3. Select a filter type.

Menu, then touch

Answering a Call

When somebody calls you, the phone rings and displays the
incoming call image. The caller's phone number, picture, or
name if stored in Contacts List, displays.

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At the incoming call screen:

• Touch and slide in any direction to answer the call.

• Touch and slide in any direction to reject the call.

• Touch and drag the Reject call with message tab

upward
and touch a predefined rejection message or touch
Create new message to create a new custom
outgoing response.

Tip: Pressing the Volume down button mutes the ringer.

Answering a Call with Air Gesture

1. Verify the Air Gestures feature is on and Air call-accept

is active. For more information, refer to “Motions and
Gestures” on page 169.

2. At the incoming call screen, wave your hand over the

screen to accept the incoming call.

Sending Calls to Voicemail

When your phone alerts you to an incoming call, you can
reject the call to send the caller to voice mail, or reject the
call and send a message to the caller.

Answering Call-Waiting Calls

When you receive a call while on a call:

• Touch and drag the Answer icon to the right to answer

the incoming call. The original call is placed on hold, and
remains on hold until you end the second call, or swap
calls back to the original call.

• Touch Swap to place a call on hold and return to the

original call.

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Rejecting a Call

Personalize
call sound

Noise
reduction

Extra
volume

䡲

Touch and drag the Reject icon to the left.

Rejecting a Call with a Message

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Touch and drag Reject call with message toward the
middle of the screen, then select an existing message,
or Create new message.

Note: For more information about creating reject

messages, see “Set Up Call Rejection
Messages” on page 71.

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Options During a Call

While in a call, you can use these features:

• Personalize call sound: Apply a sound equalizer to the

call audio, in cases where you might need the sound softer
or clear, or optimized for your right or left ear.

• Noise reduction on/Noise reduction off: Enable or

disable noise reduction, to improve call audio quality in
noisy environments.

• Extra volume: Enable or disable increased volume in the

earpiece. Compensates for low sound from the other caller.

• Add call: Display the Dialer to set up a multi-party call.

• Keypad: Display a keypad to enter numbers.

• End call: End the phone call.

• Speaker: Enable or disable speakerphone.

• Mute: Mute or unmute your voice on the call.

• Headset: Switch the call’s audio to a Bluetooth headset.

• Touch Menu for additional options:
– Contacts: Launch Contacts.
– Message: Launch Messaging to view or create

messages.

– Memo: Launch S Memo to take notes in text, or create a

drawing.

Managing Reject Calls

This feature allows you to categorize both known and
unknown callers as rejected contacts. These Contacts are
then added to your Rejection list which can be managed for
individual entries from within the Contacts list or as a whole
from the Call rejection screen.

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone.

2. Press
rejection.

3. Touc h th e Auto reject mode field to configure your

automatic rejection settings. Rejected calls are routed
automatically to your voicemail. Choose from:

•off: disables the auto rejection feature.

• All numbers: enables the features for all known and

•Auto reject numbers: automatically rejects all entries

Menu and then touch Call settings ➔ Call

unknown numbers, including those contacts that are
not assigned to the rejection list.

assigned to the Reject list/Blacklist.

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Adding Numbers to the Rejection List

Entries can be added to the list via either the Contacts menu
or via the Auto reject list menu. The Contacts menu option
assigns all numbers for an individual as rejected. The Auto
reject list allows to assign individual numbers.

To assign multiple numbers as rejected via Contacts:

1. From the Home screen, touch Contacts.

2. Locate an entry and touch it to open the Contact

Overview Screen.

3. Press

phone numbers associated with this entry are then
added to the reject list.

Viewing Call Durations

View the length of the Last call, all Dialed calls, all Received
calls, or All calls.

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone ➔

2. Touch

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Menu and touch Add to reject list. All

Recent.

Menu ➔ Call duration.

International Calls

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone and then

touch and hold until the device displays “+” on the
screen.

2. Use the keypad to enter the country code, area code,

and phone number.

3. Touch once to delete a single digit.

– or –
Touch and hold to delete all digits.

4. Touch .



Pause Dialing

You can dial or save phone numbers with pauses for use with
automated systems, such as voicemail or financial phone
numbers.

• 2-Second Pause automatically sends the next set of

numbers after a two-second pause. This is indicated in the
number string as a comma (,).

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone and then
touch the Keypad tab.

2. Use the onscreen keypad to enter the phone number.

3. Press

This feature adds an automatic two-second pause.

4. Use the keypad to enter the additional numbers that

will be dialed automatically after the second pause.

Tip: You can create pauses longer than two seconds by

entering multiple 2 second pauses.

5. Touch .

Menu and then touch Add 2-sec pause.

Wait Dialing

Inserting a Wait into your dialing sequence means that the
phone waits until it hears a dial tone before proceeding with
the next sequence of numbers.

Wait sends the next set of numbers only after touching Yes .
This is indicated in the number string as a semicolon (;).

Note: Do not add multiple Waits (;) to a number string as this

will continue to prompt you after each sequence.

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone and then
touch the Keypad tab.

2. Use the keypad to enter the phone number.

3. Press

feature causes the phone to require your acceptance
before sending the next set of entered digits.

4. Touc h .

5. Once prompted to Send the following tones?, touch
Ye s to dial the remaining digits.

Menu and then touch Add wait. This

Multi-Party Calling

Use multi-party call features to set up a call between multiple
callers, such as for a conference call.

1. Establish the first call, by answering an incoming call
or making a call.

2. To uch Add call. The first call is placed on hold.

3. Make the second call by touching the phone number

digits, then press .

4. To uch Merge to merge the calls into one conference
call.

5. To end the call touch

.

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Recent Calls

When you place, answer, or miss a call, a record of the call is
saved in Recent calls.

Accessing Recent Calls

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From the Home screen, touch Phone ➔

Recent to display recent calls.

Making Calls Using Recent Calls

1. From the Home screen, touch Phone.

2. Touch Recent to display recent calls.

3. Swipe your finger from left to right across a call to

redial.
– or –

Touch a entry to display it, and then touch .

Call Settings

Configure settings for calling with your phone.

䡲

To access Call settings, from the Home screen, touch

Phone ➔

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Menu ➔ Call Settings.

Call Rejection

Create and manage a list of phone numbers, to have your
phone automatically reject calls you receive from those
numbers.

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From the Call Settings screen, touch Call rejection for
these options:

• Auto reject mode: Choose off, All numbers, or Auto

reject numbers. When set to Auto reject numbers, calls
from numbers on the Auto reject list will be rejected.

• Auto reject list: Enter telephone numbers to be

rejected when Auto reject mode is set to Auto reject
numbers. Touch Create, then follow the prompts to
enter numbers to reject, or select them from Contacts.
Touch Match criteria to set options for using the reject
number list. Enable Unavailable to reject calls with no
caller ID (that is, Unknown callers).

Set Up Call Rejection Messages

Create and manage text messages to send to callers when
you select Reject call with message in the Incoming call
screen.

1. From the Call Settings screen, touch Set up call
rejection messages.

2. Touch Create then follow the prompts.

Answering/Ending Calls

Manage settings for answering and ending calls.

䡲

From the Call Settings screen, touch Answering/
ending calls. The following options are available:

• The home key answers calls: When enabled, you

can answer an incoming call by pressing

• Voice control: When enabled, you can answer calls

using the S Voice wake-up command.

• The power key ends calls: When enabled, pressing

Power/Lock ends a call.

Home.

Turn off Screen During Calls

When enabled, the screen automatically turns off during
phone calls, and the proximity sensor on the front of the
phone is used to turn the screen back on when the phone is
moved or brought close to another surface, such as when
you move the phone to your ear.

䡲

From the Call Settings screen, touch Turn off screen
during calls to enable or disable this option.

When this option is enabled, a check mark displays in
the check box.

Call Alerts

Set options for sounds and vibrations to occur during calls.

䡲

From the Call Settings screen, touch Call alerts. The
following options are available:

• Call vibrations: Enable Vibrate on connection to
network to have your phone vibrate when it connects

to the network. Enable on Call-end vibration to have
the phone vibrate when the other caller ends the call.

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• Call status tones: Choose options for sounds to play
during calls. Enable Call connect tone to have the
phone play a tone when the other caller answers a call.
Enable Minute minder to have a tone play once per
minute during a call. Enable Call end tone to have the
phone play a tone when the other caller ends the call.

• Alerts on call: Enable to have notifications for alarms
and new messages play during phone calls. When
disabled, these notifications will be muted during a call.

Call Accessories

Configure headset options for calls.

䡲

From the Call Settings screen, touch Call
accessories. The following options are available:

• Headset settings for incoming calls:

– Automatic answering: When enabled, and you

have a headset connected to the Headset Jack,
incoming calls are answered automatically after a
delay, set at Automatic answering timer.

– Automatic answering timer: Choose a time period

to delay before automatically answering an incoming
call when Automatic answering is enabled and a
headset is connected to the phone.

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• Bluetooth headset settings:

– Outgoing call conditions: When the phone is

paired with a Bluetooth headset, you can choose to
make calls even when the phone is locked.

Ringtones and Keypad Tones

Select incoming call ringtone and vibration, and enable or
disable call vibration and keypad tones.

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From the Call Settings screen, under Ringtone and
sound settings, touch Ringtones and keypad tones.

The following options are available:

•Ringtones: Select the ringtone your phone plays to

alert you of incoming calls.

•Vibrations: Select the vibration pattern your phone

uses to alert you of incoming calls.

• Vibrate when ringing: Touch to enable/disable use of
your selected Vibrations.

• Dialing keypad tone: Touch to enable/disable playing
of DTMF tones when you enter numbers with the
phone keypad.

Personalize Call Sound

Apply a sound equalizer to the call audio, in cases where you
might need the sound softer or clear, or optimized for your
right or left ear.

䡲

From the Call Settings screen, under Ringtone and
sound settings, touch Personalize call sound and

select Adapt Sound, Soft sound, Clear sound, or off
(sound set with the Volume key).

Noise Reduction

When enabled, the phone uses both of its microphones to
detect background noise from your environment and
suppress it during calls.

䡲

From the Call Settings screen, under Ringtone and
sound settings, touch Noise reduction to enable or

disable the option.

Increase Volume in Pocket

When enabled, the phone uses the proximity sensor to detect
when the phone is in a pocket or other close-fitting location
such as a purse or bag, and increases the volume for
incoming call ringtones.

䡲

From the Call Settings screen, under Ringtone and
sound settings, touch Increase volume in pocket to

enable or disable the option.

Voicemail

Configure options for voicemail.

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From the Call Settings screen, under Voicemail, the
following options are available:

• Voicemail service: By default, your phone uses your

wireless service provider’s voicemail service. If you
have another option for voicemail installed, select it
here.

• Voicemail settings: By default, the speed dial for

calling voicemail (speed dial 1) is set to your phone
number. If you wish to use another Voicemail service,
touch Voicemail number to set a new one.

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•Sound: Choose the sound to play for a voicemail

notification.

•Vibrate: Choose an option for vibration to play for a

voicemail notification.

Other Call Settings

䡲

From the Call Settings screen, under Other call
settings, the following options are available:

•Auto retry: When enabled, your phone will

automatically redial a call if it receives a busy signal
from the network.

• TTY mode: Choose a TTY mode to enable TTY mode,

for use with optional TTY equipment.

• Hearing aids: When enabled, improves your phone’s

sound quality to support hearing aids.

•DTMF tones: Set the length of Dual-tone Multi-

frequency tones, which play when you use the keypad
during a call, such as when navigating phone menus.

• Voice privacy: Enable or disable Enhanced voice

privacy, to improve the security of phone calls.

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Section 5: Messaging

This section describes how to send and receive messages,
and other features associated with messaging.

Types of Messages

Your phone supports these types of messages:

• Text messages: Send and receive simple messages

containing text to other mobile phones or email addresses
(also known as SMS).

• Multimedia messages: Send and receive text messages

with pictures, video, and/or sound to other mobile phones
or email addresses (also known as MMS).

• Email: Send and receive email from your email accounts,

including Corporate mail.

• Gmail: Send and receive Gmail from your Google account.

• Hangouts: Chat with other Hangout users.

• ChatON: Chat, share pictures, videos, animation messages

(Scribbles), audio, Contacts, Calendar entries, and Location
information.

Text and Multimedia Messaging

Your phone can send and receive text and multimedia
messages.

Creating and Sending Messages

1. From the Home screen, touch Messaging ➔
New message.

2. To uch Enter recipient and enter a name, phone

number or email address, or touch to add
recipients from the following:

•Groups: to select a recipient from the Group list.

•Favorites: to select a recipient from the Favorites list.

•Contacts: to select a recipient from your Contacts list

(valid entries must have a wireless phone number or
email address).

•Logs: to select a recipient from a list of recently sent

messages.

3. If adding a recipient from either Logs, Contacts, or

Group, touch the contact to place a check mark then
touch Done. The contact displays in the recipient field.

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4. Touch Enter message, then enter the message text.

The following options are available (which options are
available depends on whether you include an
attachment):

• Tou ch Attach

Video, Record video, Audio, Record audio files) or content (S
Memo text, Calendar events, Locations, Contacts) to the
message (converts the message to MMS).

• Tou ch Menu for options:

to add media (Image, Take a picture,

– Insert smiley: Add a text emoticon to the message.
– Add text: Select text from S Memo, Calendar,

Location, Contacts or Text templates to add.

– View contact: Displays contact information.
– Add slide /Remove slide: Add or remove a slide.

Slides hold pictures or other media (adding a slide
converts the message to MMS).

– Add subject: Add a subject field (converts the

message to MMS.)

– Scheduling: Select a delivery date and time.
– Discard: Erase this message.
– Translate: Launches the S Translator app.
– Font size: Change the size of the message font.

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5. Touch to send the message.

6. Touch to send the message.

Managing Messages

Messages you send and receive to the same contact, number
or address are grouped together as a “conversation”.
Threads allow you to see all the messages you exchanged
with a recipient in one place.

1. From the Home screen, touch Messaging.

2. Message threads display by contact, number, or

address. While viewing message threads, you have
these options:

• Touch and hold a thread to choose options, including:

– Delete: Erase the entire message thread.
– View Contact/Add to Contacts: View the contact

record, or save the sender/recipient’s information.

– Add to spam numbers: Add this number to

message reject list. Messages from this number are
automatically placed in the Spam messages folder.

• Tou ch

Menu for options, including:

– Search: Enter characters to search messages and

recipients.

– Delete threads: Touch message threads to mark

them for erasure, or touch Select all to mark all
message threads.

– Draft messages: Messages you have composed

and saved for later reuse and/or to be sent to a
recipient.

– Locked messages: Messages you have locked to

protect them from accidental deletion.

– Scheduled messages: Messages you have set to

be delivered at a selected date and time.

– Spam messages: Messages received from

numbers you have registered as spam senders.

– Font size: Change the size of the message font.
– Settings: Configure Messaging settings.

Message Settings

Configure settings for message storage, delivery, or alerts.

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From the Home screen, touch Messaging ➔

Menu ➔ Settings for options:

• Default messaging app: Set an app to be your

default messaging app.

• General settings:

– Delete old messages: When enabled, messages

are automatically erased when storage reaches
default limits. When disabled, the phone will prompt
you to delete old messages to make room.

– Text message limit: Set the number of SMS

messages per conversation.

– Multimedia message limit: Set the number of

MMS messages per thread.

– Text templates: Text templates are phrases that you

can add to your messages. Use a pre-loaded text
template, or create your own.

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• Text message (SMS) settings:

– Delivery reports: When enabled, you receive a

delivery report for text messages you send.

– Auto combination: When enabled, re-assembles

multi-segment messages and shows them as a
single message.

• Multimedia message (MMS) settings:

– Group messaging: When enabled, you can send a

single message to multiple recipients.

– Delivery reports: When enabled, you receive a

delivery report for multimedia messages you send.

– Auto-retrieve: When enabled, MMS messages

download automatically. When disabled, the phone
prompts for download.

– Roaming auto-retrieve: When enabled, MMS

messages download and display automatically when
roaming. When disabled, the phone prompts you to
download new MMS messages.

– MMS alert: When enabled, alerts you when a

message changes mode to MMS.

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•Display:

– Bubble style: Choose the appearance of messages

in a message thread. Touch a bubble style for each
side of the conversation, then touch Save.

– Background style: Choose the appearance of the

screen behind message threads. Touch a style, then
touch Save.

– Use the volume key: When enabled, you can

change the size of message text while viewing by
pressing the Volume Key.

• Notification settings:

– Notifications: When enabled, message alerts

display in the Status bar.

– Select ringtone: Choose a sound for message

alerts.

– Vibrate: Configure vibration for message alerts.
– Message alert repetition: Choose to have

message alert repeat Once, Every 2 minutes, or
Every 10 minutes.

– Preview message: When enabled, a preview of a

received message displays in the Status bar.

• Emergency message settings:

– Emergency alerts: This device is designed to

receive Wireless Emergency Alerts from the
Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS), including
Presidential Alerts, Imminent Alerts (Severe or
Extreme), and AMBER Alerts (missing persons). You
may choose not to receive Imminent and AMBER
alerts, but Presidential Alerts cannot be disabled. All
alerts are enabled by default. See “Emergency
Alerts” on page 80.

– Emergency notification preview: Listen to an

example of a Emergency Alert tone (and vibration, if
enabled). The Emergency Alert tone plays at the
same volume as your call ringtone.

– Vibrate: Configure vibration for Emergency Alerts.
– Alert sound: When enabled, a sound plays for

emergency alerts.

– Alert reminder: Choose whether, and at what

interval, your phone plays a sound to notify you of a
Emergency Alert after the Emergency Alert tone has
stopped.

• Signature settings:

– Add signature: When enabled, adds your signature

text to the end of your outgoing messages.

– Signature text: Enter text to be added to the end of

your outgoing messages.

• Spam message settings:

– Spam settings: When enabled, the Spam message

settings are activated.

– Add to spam numbers: Enter sender numbers

whose messages are blocked automatically.

– Add to spam phrases: Enter message text phrases

that will cause messages to be blocked
automatically.

– Block unknown senders: When enabled,

messages from “Unknown” senders are blocked
automatically.

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Emergency Alerts

This device is designed to receive Wireless Emergency Alerts
from the Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS).
Emergency Alerts are geographically-targeted, and alert
customers of imminent threats to their safety within their
area. There is no charge for receiving an Emergency Alert.

There are four types of Emergency Alerts:

• Presidential (You cannot disable this alert.)

• Extreme

• Severe

• AMBER Alerts (missing person alert)

You may choose not to receive Extreme Alerts, Sever Alerts,
and AMBER Alerts. Presidential Alerts, however, cannot be
disabled.

To disable Extreme and Severe Threat Alerts and AMBER
Alerts, do the following:

1. From the Home screen, touch Messaging ➔
Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Emergency alerts.

2. All alerts are enabled by default. To disable alerts,

touch an alert to remove the check mark.

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Email

Send and receive email using popular email services.

Configuring Email Accounts

You can configure Email for most accounts in just a few
steps.

Tip: For better management of Microsoft Exchange

ActiveSync email accounts, configure them using the
Accounts setting.

Configuring Your First Email Account

1. From the Home screen, touch Email.

2. Tou ch [e-mail] to enter your email

address, then touch Password or touch Next to enter
your password.

3. If prompted, touch a setup option:

•Manual setup: Configure the account manually. Touch
POP3, IMAP or Exchange, then enter the account

details. (For account details, contact your email service
provider or your organization’s IT support.)

•Next: Connect to the server to set up the account

automatically. Follow the prompts to complete set-up,
then touch Done.

Tip: For more information on setting up your email, contact

your Wireless Provider and your Email Service Provider.

Adding More Email Accounts

For information on adding additional Email accounts, see
“My Accounts” on page 172.

Composing and Sending Email

1. From the Home screen, touch Email ➔
Compose.

2. Touch fields to enter recipients and the message

Subject and text.

3. While composing a message, touch

options.

4. Touch Attach to add a file to the message.

5. Touch to save this message as a Draft.

6. Touch Send to send the message.

Menu for

Managing Emails

Refreshing Your Email Account

Refresh your account to update your phone from the servers.

1. From the Home screen, touch Email.

2. To uch

Email Account Settings

Use Account settings to configure handling of your email.

Note: Available settings depend on the email provider.

1. From the Home screen, touch Email.

2. Touch an account to view it, then touch
Settings ➔ General settings for options. For more

information, refer to “My Accounts” on page 172.

Refresh.

Menu ➔

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Gmail

Send and receive emails via Gmail, Google’s web-based
email.

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From the Home screen, select Apps ➔

Gmail.

Setting Up Your Gmail Account

The first time you launch Gmail, your phone will prompt you
to set up your Google account.

1. From the Home screen, select Apps ➔
Gmail.

2. Follow the prompts to sign in, or create a new account.

3. The phone communicates with the Google server to set

up your account and synchronize your email.

Note: You can use more than one Google account on your

phone. To add another account, from within Gmail,
touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ ADD ACCOUNT
option.

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Refreshing Your Gmail Account

Refresh your account to update messages on your phone.

1. From the Home screen, touch Apps ➔
Gmail.

2. Tou ch

Refresh.

Managing Your Gmail Account

Use menu options to manage your Gmail.

1. From the Home screen, touch Apps ➔
Gmail.

2. Tou ch

Menu for options.

Composing and Sending Gmail

1. From the Home screen, touch Apps ➔
Gmail ➔ New message.

2. Touch fields and to compose the message. While

composing, touch

3. When your message is complete, touch Send.

Menu for options.

Hangouts

Previously known as Google Talk, Hangouts is an online place
to meet friends and family, share photos, and host video
calls. Conversation logs are automatically saved to a Chats
area in your Gmail account.

1. Log on to your Google account if you have not already

done so. For more information, refer to “Your Google
Account” on page 18.

2. From the Home screen, touch Apps ➔
Hangouts.

3. Press ➔ Help for more information on using

Hangouts.

ChatON

Provides a global service where you can chat with more than
two buddies using a group chat. Share things such as
pictures, videos, animation messages (Scribbles), audio,
Contacts, Calendar entries, and Location information.

For more information, visit
“Adding an Account” on page 50.

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From the Home screen, touch Apps ➔

ChatON.

samsungchaton.com

and see

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Section 6: Applications and Widgets

This section contains a description of each application and
widget that is available in the Apps and Widget menus, the
function, and how to launch that particular application or
widget. If the application or widget is already described in
another section of this user manual, then a cross reference
to that particular section is provided.

Note: This manual only addresses applications that have been

loaded on your device as of the date of purchase.
Information concerning third party applications that you
may choose to download from the Google Play Store or
other sources should be obtained from the application
provider directly and not from Samsung.

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Tip:To open applications quickly, add the icons of frequently-

used applications to one of the Home screens. For details,
see “Customizing the Home Screen” on page 38.

You can also add an application icon as a Primary
Shortcut that will display on all Home screens. If you add
an application as a primary shortcut, the application icon
will not be displayed in the Apps menu. For more
information, refer to “Editing the Primary Shortcuts” on
page 39.

Accessing Applications

1. Press Home, then touch Apps ➔ Apps tab.
The Apps screen displays.

2. Sweep your finger right or left to scroll the Apps
screens.

3. To launch an application, touch the application’s icon.

Downloading and Installing Apps

Find new apps to download and install on your device.

• Play Store: For more information, refer to “Play Store”

on page 114.

• Samsung Apps: For more information, refer to

“Samsung Apps” on page 116.

Customizing the Applications Screens

Choosing a View

By default, application icons appear in Customizable grid
view. You can change the view to Alphabetical grid view or
Alphabetical list view.

1. From the Apps screen, touch
View type. The available options are:

• Customizable grid: Arrange application icons in the

order you prefer.

• Alphabetical grid: Application icons automatically

arranged in alphabetical order.

• Alphabetical list: Application icons automatically

listed in alphabetical order.

Menu ➔

Moving Application Icons

With the Apps screen in Customizable grid view, you can
arrange the application icons to suit yourself.

1. From the Apps screen, touch
Edit.

Note: The Edit option is not available with the Apps screen

View type set to Alphabetical list.

2. Touch and hold an application icon, then drag it to a
new location.

3. To uch Save when you are finished.

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Menu, then touch

Amazon

Shop with Amazon.

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From the Apps screen, touch Amazon.

Calculator

Use your phone’s Calculator to perform arithmetical
calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division).

1. From the Apps screen, touch Calculator.

2. To clear the calculator history, touch Menu
Clear history.

3. To change the text size, touch Menu

Touch Small, Medium, or Large.

4. Rotate your phone to the landscape position to display
the scientific calculator.

5. To change the text size, touch Menu

6. To display the scientific calculator, rotate your phone to

the landscape (horizontal) position.

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➔ Text size.

➔ Text size.

➔

Calendar

Record events and appointments to manage your schedule.

Tip: A Calendar widget is available in Widgets. For more

information about placing widgets on the Home screen,
see “Widgets” on page 40.

1. From the Apps screen, touch Calendar.

Important! You should add an account (Facebook, Microsoft

Exchange ActiveSync, or Google) prior to using
the Calendar.

2. Touch a tab to choose a calendar view:

•Year: Display the current year and scroll to other years.

•Month: Display the current month and scroll to other

months.

•Week: Display the current week, and scroll to other

weeks.

•Day: Display today’s schedule, and scroll to other days.

•List: Display events and tasks in a chronological list.

•Task: Display tasks in a chronological list.

3. Touch

•Go to: Display a specific date.

•Delete: Delete an event.

• Delete memo: Removes a memo saved to a specific

•Search: Search for calendar events.

•Sync: Synchronize your phones calendar with your

•Calendars: Select calendars to display.

•Settings: Customize the calendar.

Menu for these options:

calendar date.

account calendars. For more information, refer to
“Setting Up Your Accounts” on page 50.

Customizing the Calendar

1. From the Apps screen, touch Calendar.

2. Touch

settings:

• View settings:

Menu ➔ Settings to configure these

– View styles: Choose Month view styles (Calendar

view + list, Calendar view +pop-up), or Week view
(Timeline or Analog).

– First day of week: Choose a day to begin each

week.

– Hide declined events: Enable display of events.
– Lock time zone: When enabled, sets event times

and dates to a specified time zone, so that times and
dates will not change if you move to another time
zone.

– Select time zone: When Lock time zone is enabled,

specify the time zone for all events.

– Show week number: Display the number of the

week (1–52) in a W column to the left of Sun.

– Weather: Displays an Accuweather forecast for the

next 5 days (including the selected day).

• Event notification:

– Set alerts and notifications: Choose Alert to

receive alerts, Status bar notification to display
notifications in the Status bar, or off for no
notifications or alerts.

– Select ringtone: Choose a ringtone for event

notifications, then touch OK.

– Vibration: Enable/disable vibration for event

notifications.

– Quick responses: Pre-composed text to include

with email notifications to meeting attendees, guests,
and so on.

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Camera

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Use your 13.0 megapixel Camera feature to take photos and
save them in JPEG format. Your phone also functions as a
camcorder to record videos and save them in MPEG format.

Note: When taking a photo in direct sunlight or in bright

conditions, shadows may appear on the photo.

1. From the Home screen or the Apps screen, touch

Camera. The Camera view finder screen displays.

2. Before you take a picture, use the Up and Down

Volume keys to zoom in or out. You can magnify the
picture up to x4 (400 percent).

– or –
Pinch the screen to zoom out or pinch outwards to
zoom in.

3. If desired, before taking the photo, touch on-screen
icons to access various camera options and settings.

4. Touch the screen to move the focus to a desired area of
interest.

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Launching the Camera

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From the Home screen or the Apps screen, touch

Camera. The Camera view finder screen displays.

Camera Controls

1. Front/Rear Camera Toggle: Touch to select either the

Rear camera (default) or the Front camera.

2. Dual Camera Mode: Touch to combine the front and

rear camera views. You can take a picture of the
combined view.

3. Quick Settings: Touch to access Camera Settings and

Options (Flash, Auto night detection, Voice Control,
Video Recording Mode, and Sharing).

4. Focal Point: Indicates the Camera focal point. To

change the focal point, touch a new point on the view
finder image.

5. Camera MODE indicator: Indicates the current

Camera Mode setting. To change the Mode setting,
touch the Mode button.

6. Battery Level Indicator: Indicates the available

battery charge when the phone is connected to a
charger.

7. Camcorder Button: Touch to start recording a video of

the subject in the view finder screen. Displays video
recording controls.

8. Take Button: Touch to take a picture of the subject in

the view finder screen.

9. MODE Button: Touch to review or select the camera’s

shooting mode (Auto, Beauty face, Best photo, Best
face, Sound & shot, Drama, Animated photo, Rich tone
(HDR), Eraser, Panorama, Sports, or Night).

10. Effects Tray: Touch to review or select the color affect

applied to pictures (No effect, Vignette, Grayscale,
Sepia, Vintage, Faded color, Turquoise, Tint, Cartoon,
Moody, Rugged, Oil pastel, or Fisheye).

11. Gallery: Shows a thumbnail image of the last picture

or video you have taken or recorded. Touch to view the
image in Gallery (see “Gallery” on page 101).

Camera Options

Options are represented by icons across both sides of the
screen.

1. From the Home screen or the Apps screen, touch
Camera.

MODE

2. Touch the Mode button

to change the mode to one

of the following:

– Auto: Use this mode to automatically adjust the

exposure, color, and brightness settings. This mode
allows single image shots or burst shots.

– Beauty face: Use this to take photos with lightened

faces for gentler images.

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– Best photo: Use this to take multiple photos in a

short time, and then choose the best photos among
them. Press the Shutter button to take multiple
photos. When Gallery opens, touch and hold
thumbnails of photos to save, and then touch Done.

– Best face: Use this to take multiple group shots at

the same time and combine them to create the best
possible image. Press the Shutter button to take
multiple photos. When Gallery opens, touch the
yellow frame on each face, and choose the best
individual face for the subject. After choosing a pose
for each individual, touch Done to merge the images
into a single photo, and touch Save.

– Sound & shot: Use this mode to enrich pictures by

adding background sounds for a few seconds. The
background sound is recorded for up to 9 seconds
after taking the photo.

– Drama: Use this to take a series of photos of a

moving object and then merge them together into
one image.

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– Animated photo: Use this to create a picture in

which a few selected static objects move by
animating objects detected by the device.

– Rich tone (HDR): Use this to take photos with richer

colors and contrasts by merging images taken at
different exposure levels.

– Eraser: Saves the best of 5 taken pictures and

removes any passers by.

– Panorama: Use this to take wide panoramic photos.

Press the Shutter button to take a photo, and then
move the camera in any direction. When the blue
frame aligns with the preview screen, the camera
automatically takes another shot in the panoramic
sequence. To stop shooting, press the Shutter button
again.

– Sports: Use this to take fast action photos.
– Night: Use this to take brighter, clearer pictures in

low light settings without the use of the flash.

Taking Single Camera Pictures

Note: When taking a photo in direct sunlight or in bright

conditions, shadows may appear on the photo.

1. From the Home screen or the Apps screen, touch
Camera.

2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your

picture by aiming the lens at the subject.

• Touch the screen to focus on the area you touched.

• “Pinch” the screen, or press the Volume key, to zoom

in or out.

• To configure settings, see “Camera Settings” on

page 92.

3. To take the picture, touch Ta ke .

Taking Dual Camera Pictures

Using the Dual Camera feature, you can take pictures that
combine the views of both the front and rear cameras.

1. From the Home screen or the Apps screen, touch
Camera.

2. From the viewfinder, touch Dual Camera.

The front camera view is placed in a small picture
frame and overlaid on the rear camera view.

3. Once you have the desired pictures in both views,

touch Ta ke to take the combined photo.

Repositioning the front camera image

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Touch and hold the small picture frame, then drag it to
the desired position.

Resizing the front camera image

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Touch and hold the small picture frame at one of its
corners, then drag the corner to enlarge the image.

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Reviewing Pictures

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After taking a picture, touch Gallery to view the it. For
more information, refer to “Gallery” on page 101.

Picture Options

Use these view finder options to configure the camera:

• Self portrait: Switch between the back camera and

the front camera, for self-portraits.

• Dual Camera mode: Overlaps the front camera view onto

the rear camera view, creating a single image.

• Quick Settings

: Displays the following, configurable options:

– Flash: Choose Off, on, or Auto flash.
– Auto night detection: Displays the auto night

detection setting.

– Voice Commands: Displays when Voice

control is enabled.

– Recording mode: Determines the recording

speed for video recording. Selections: Normal, Limit
for MMS, Slow motion, and Fast motion.

– Share: Determines the Share method or mode.

Selections are off, Share shot, Buddy photo share,
ChatON photo share, or Remove viewfinder.

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Camera Settings

Values you choose for these settings become the new default
values until you change or Reset them.

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From the Camera viewfinder screen, touch

Quick settings ➔ Settings.

Camera tab

•Photo size: Choose a size (in pixels) for the image.

• Burst shot: Detects action to automatically take

multiple pictures to create a panorama.

• Face detection: Detects a face with eyes open to

automatically take a picture.

• Metering: Select a method for measuring light.

•ISO: Choose a setting for imaging sensitivity.

•Anti-Shake: Choose on to minimize the effect of

camera movement.

• Auto night detection: Choose on to automatically

enable Night Shot exposure according to available light.

• Save as: Delivers images with greater intensity which

is effective for reducing overexposure in bright
conditions.

Camcorder tab

• Video size: Choose 1920x1080 (16:9), 1440x1080

(4:3), 1280x720 (16:9), or 320x240 (4:3).

• Video stabilization: Choose on to minimize the effect

of camera movement.

Common Settings tab

•Location tag: Add GPS location information to photo

or video details.

•Review: When set to on, displays each picture after

you take it.

•Volume key: Choose the shortcut assigned to the

Volume key (Zoom, Camera Take, Camcorder Record).

•Timer: Set a delay before taking a picture or starting a

video recording.

• White balance: Choose a setting to match the light

source.

•Exposure value: Adjust the picture brightness level by

moving the slider.

• Guidelines: Enable or disable an on-screen grid to aid

in photo composition.

•Flash: Choose Off, on, or Auto flash.

• Voice control: Choose off or on, then enable or disable

voice commands Smile, Cheese, Capture, and Shoot.

• Contextual filename (requires GPS tagging): Lets you

adjust the filename based on contextual information,
such as your current GPS location.

• Save as flipped: Flips the images from the front

camera left-to-right so photos and videos are oriented
as though they were recorded by the rear camera.

•Storage: Choose to store your pictures and videos in

Phone memory or on an optional Memory card.

• Reset: Returns all settings to factory default values.

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Launching the Camcorder

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Tip: When shooting video in direct sunlight or in bright

conditions, it is recommended that you provide your
subject with sufficient light by having the light source
behind you.

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From the Camera view finder screen, touch . The
Camcorder view finder screen displays.

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Camcorder Controls

1. Auto Focus button: Indicates that the Focus Point has

been changed. Touch to return to default (image
center) Focus Point.

2. Recording Status indicator: Indicates whether

recording (as shown) or paused.

3. Recording Length counter: Indicates the current

length (in minutes and seconds) of this video.

4. Focal Point: Indicates the Camcorder focal point. To

change the focal point, touch a new point on the view
finder image. This causes the Auto Focus button to
appear.

5. Recording Size counter: Indicates the size of your

recording (in kilobytes).

6. Battery level indicator: Indicates the available battery

charge when the phone is connected to a charger.

7. Recording Stop button: Stops and saves the current

video recording and returns you to the Camera
viewfinder.

8. Recording Pause button: Interrupts the current video

recording. Replaced by the Recording Resume button.