Samsung SGH-i607 User Manual
SGH-i607
Smartphone
Please read this manual before operating your
phone, and keep it for future reference.
User Guide
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Table of Contents
Section 1: Getting Started .......................................................................................... 7
Activating Your Phone ................................................................................................................ 7
Powering On or Off the Phone .................................................................................................. 14
The Home Screen .................................................................................................................... 14
Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ..................................................................... 17
Basics ..................................................................................................................................... 18
Front View of Your Phone ......................................................................................................... 18
Rear View of Your Phone .......................................................................................................... 21
Internal Display Layout ............................................................................................................ 24
Customizing the Home Screen ................................................................................................. 27
Start menu screen ................................................................................................................... 28
Entering text ............................................................................................................................ 29
Customizing Your Phone .......................................................................................................... 30
Power Settings ........................................................................................................................31
Security Settings ...................................................................................................................... 34
Using an Optional microSD Memory Card ................................................................................. 39
Resetting your Phone ............................................................................................................... 43
Using Online Help .................................................................................................................... 44
Section 3: Synchronization ...................................................................................... 45
Installing Microsoft® ActiveSync®............................................................................................ 46
Customizing Connection Settings ............................................................................................. 47
Connecting Your Phone to a Computer ..................................................................................... 48
Connecting with a PC data cable .............................................................................................. 48
Synchronizing Information .......................................................................................................50
Customizing Synchronization Settings ...................................................................................... 51
Section 4: Call Functions .........................................................................................55
Turning the Phone Functions On and Off .................................................................................. 56
Using the Dialling Screen ......................................................................................................... 56
Making a call ........................................................................................................................... 57
Advanced Calling Features ....................................................................................................... 57
Answering or Ignoring a Call .................................................................................................... 59
Options During a Call ............................................................................................................... 59
Call-related features ................................................................................................................ 61
Customizing Your Phone Functions .......................................................................................... 63
Section 5: Menu Navigation ..................................................................................... 67
Menu Navigation ...................................................................................................................... 68
Using Shortcuts .......................................................................................................................68
Section 6: Cingular Music ........................................................................................ 73
Windows Media Player.............................................................................................................. 74
Shop Music .............................................................................................................................. 80
MusicID ................................................................................................................................... 81
Streaming Music ...................................................................................................................... 83
Music Videos ........................................................................................................................... 83
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The Buzz .................................................................................................................................. 85
Music Community ....................................................................................................................86
Music Apps .............................................................................................................................. 86
Section 7: Cingular Video ......................................................................................... 87
Media Clip Options ................................................................................................................... 88
Using the Video Categories ......................................................................................................91
Customizing Cingular Video ...................................................................................................... 92
My Purchases .......................................................................................................................... 93
Parental Controls ..................................................................................................................... 94
Section 8: Cingular Mall ........................................................................................... 97
Shop Tones .............................................................................................................................. 97
Shop Games ............................................................................................................................ 98
Shop Graphics ......................................................................................................................... 99
Shop Multimedia ...................................................................................................................... 99
Shop Application .................................................................................................................... 100
MEdia Net Home ...................................................................................................................100
Section 9: Messaging, Internet, and Messenger ...................................................103
Messaging .............................................................................................................................104
Working with SMS or MMS Messages .................................................................................... 104
Internet Explorer .................................................................................................................... 116
Section 10: Camera ................................................................................................ 121
Camera ..................................................................................................................................122
Section 11: Organizer ............................................................................................. 129
Alarms ................................................................................................................................... 130
Calculator ..............................................................................................................................131
D-Day ....................................................................................................................................131
NotePad .................................................................................................................................132
Smart Converter ....................................................................................................................133
Stopwatch ............................................................................................................................. 134
Tasks .....................................................................................................................................134
Voice Notes ............................................................................................................................ 135
World Clock ........................................................................................................................... 136
Section 12: Games ..................................................................................................139
Games ...................................................................................................................................140
Section 13: Extra Programs ...................................................................................143
Download Agent ....................................................................................................................144
File Explorer ........................................................................................................................... 144
Java ......................................................................................................................................145
Picsel Viewer ......................................................................................................................... 145
RSS Reader ...........................................................................................................................148
Smart Search ......................................................................................................................... 150
Speed Dial ............................................................................................................................. 151
Task Manager ........................................................................................................................ 151
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Section 14: Getting Connected ..............................................................................153
Beaming with Bluetooth ......................................................................................................... 153
Connecting to the Internet or your network ............................................................................ 157
Creating a VPN connection ..................................................................................................... 159
Section 15:Troubleshooting ................................................................................... 163
General ..................................................................................................................................164
Call Problems ........................................................................................................................168
Power and Charging Problems ............................................................................................... 170
Program Problems ................................................................................................................. 172
Section 16: Health and Safety Information ...........................................................179
Health and Safety Information ................................................................................................ 179
UL Certified Travel Adaptor .................................................................................................... 181
Consumer Information on Wireless Phones ............................................................................182
Road Safety ........................................................................................................................... 192
Operating Environment .......................................................................................................... 194
Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices .................................................................... 194
Potentially Explosive Environments ........................................................................................196
Emergency Calls .................................................................................................................... 197
FCC Notice and Cautions ........................................................................................................ 198
Other Important Safety Information ........................................................................................ 199
Product Performance ............................................................................................................. 199
Availability of Various Features/Ring Tones ............................................................................ 201
Battery Standby and Talk Time .............................................................................................. 201
Battery Precautions ................................................................................................................ 201
Care and Maintenance ........................................................................................................... 203
Section 17: Warranty Information .........................................................................205
Standard Limited Warranty ....................................................................................................205
Index ....................................................................................................................... 212
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Section 1: Getting Started
Topics Covered
• Activating Your Phone
• Powering On or Off the Phone
• The Home Screen
This section describes how to start using your phone
by activating your phone, inserting your SIM card
and battery, and navigating from the Home screen.
Activating Your Phone
When you subscribe to a cellular network, a plug-in
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is provided
loaded with your subscription details, such as your PIN
and other optional services.
Removing the Battery
1. If necessary, power-off the phone by holding down the
key (located at the top-left of your handset) until the
power-off image displays.
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2. Remove the battery cover by pressing the battery lock
down and slide the battery cover away, as shown.
3. Lift the battery from the bottom up and out of the phone.
Installing the SIM Card
Important! The plug-in SIM card and its contacts can be easily damaged
by scratches or bending. Use caution when inserting or removing the card
and keep all SIM cards out of reach of children.
Make sure the gold contacts of the card face into the
phone, then slide the SIM card into the socket.
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Removing the SIM Card
To remove the SIM card, slide it away from socket. See
the following illustration.
Installing the Battery
1. Align the battery tabs with the slots at the bottom of the
phone.
2. Press the battery down until it clicks into place. Make
sure that the battery is properly installed before
switching on the phone.
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3. With the battery in position on the phone, place the cover
back on the handset and slide it in until it clicks.
Charging a Battery
Your phone is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery.
Use the travel adaptor to charge the battery, and use
only Samsung approved batteries and chargers.
Note: You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the
first time. A discharged battery recharges fully in approximately
200 minutes. You can use the phone while the battery is charging, but this
causes the phone to charge more slowly.
Note: For connection to an electrical supply not located in the U.S., you
must use an adaptor of the proper configuration for the power outlet. Use
of the wrong adaptor could damage your phone and void your warranty.
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1. Plug the connector of the travel adaptor into the jack on
the left side of the phone.
Note: The following illustration shows the correct and incorrect method
for connecting the charger. Verify the arrow on the adapter is showing and
pointing to the handset for a correct connection. If it is not, damage to the
accessory port will occur therefore voiding the phones warranty.
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2. Plug the adaptor into a standard AC wall outlet. When
charging is finished, unplug the adaptor from the power
outlet.
Note: You must unplug the adaptor before removing the battery from the
phone during charging to avoid damage.
Low Battery Indicator
When the battery is weak and only a few minutes of
talk time remain, a warning tone sounds and the “Main
Battery very low” message repeats at regular intervals
on the display and the battery icon displays. The
backlight turns off to conserve the remaining battery
power.
When the battery level becomes too low, the phone
automatically turns off.
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Using the Battery Charger
Your device comes with a battery charger to charge the
additional battery. The approximate battery charge
time using the battery charger is 200 minutes.
1. Open the battery charger cover and insert the battery as
shown.
2. Plug the power cord into the wall outlet after you have
inserted the battery into the battery charger and closed
the lid.
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3. Once the battery has compled charging, unplug the cord
from the wall outlet, open the battery charger, and
remove the charged battery from the charger.
Note: You can also use the battery charger as a carrying case for your extra
battery.
Powering On or Off the Phone
1. Press and hold the key until the phone power-on
screen displays.
The phone is logged into your home network and
receives the signal from the network. You can now make
or answer a call and use programs on the phone.
2. To turn off the phone, press and hold .
The Home Screen
The Home screen displays important information, such
as upcoming appointments, status indicators, the
current date, time, and profile, and icons of programs
that you have recently used. You can open a program
directly by selecting its icon and pressing .
• To access the Home screen from anywhere, press .
• To customize the Home screen display, including the
background, click Start > Settings > Display > Home
Screen and press the key.
Home Screen Options
Use the Up and Down Navigation keys to choose from
the options available in the following fields:
• Home screen layout
• Color scheme
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• Background image
• Time out.
Start Menu Style
Use the Left and Right Navigation keys to choose from
the Grid or List display options.
Dialer
Use the Left and Right Navigation keys to choose from
the MS default and Samsung dialer style display
options.
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Section 2: Understanding Your Phone
Topics Covered
•Basics
• Front View of Your Phone
• Rear View of Your Phone
• Internal Display Layout
• Customizing the Home Screen
• Start menu screen
• Entering text
• Customizing Your Phone
• Power Settings
• Inserting the microSD memory card
This section outlines some key features of your
phone. It also displays the screen and the icons that
will are displayed when the phone is in use.
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Basics
This chapter explains basic information about using
your phone, such as customizing your phone and using
online help.
Home Screen
When you turn on your phone, the Home screen, the
phone’s idle screen, appears. You can also access this
screen by pressing from any program.
On the Home screen, you can view important
information for the day or messages at a glance. You
can also quickly switch to the programs you recently
accessed.
Front View of Your Phone
The following illustrations show the main elements of your phone:
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Front View of Your Phone
Keys
The following list correlates to the front view illustration.
1. Power ON/OFF Button: Press and hold to turn the device
on or off. When the device is on, a short press displays
the Quick List screen.
2. Volume keys: Adjusts the earpiece volume or the to
adjust the ringer volume in standby mode or adjust the
voice volume during a call. To mute the ringer during an
incoming call, press the volume key up or down. To
reject an incoming call, press the Ignore soft key or
press and hold the down volume key. This will send the
call to your voicemail.
3. Headset/adapter jack/USB or data cable: Allows you
to plug in the travel adapter (power), PC connection
cable (data transfer), and optional headset for safe,
convenient, hands-free conversations.
4. OK key: Allows you to access the menu screen. It also
allows you to accept choices when navigating through a
menu.
5. Left Soft key (LSK): Allows you to select softkey actions
or menu items corresponding to the bottom left line on
the display screen.
6. Home key: Short press to return to the Home Screen
from any menu, submenu, or application.
7. Send key: Short press to open the dialing screen. Press
to make or answer a call. In standby mode, press the key
once to access the Recent Call log. If you press and hold
the key down, you will initiate the most recent call from
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the Recent Call log. During a call, press and hold will
launch the speakerphone option. During a call, a short
press will place the call on hold or unhold.
8. Voicemail key: Press and hold the key to
automatically dial your voicemail.
9. Built in QWERTY Keypad: allows you to enter numbers,
letters, and characters using a full Qwerty keypad
interface.
10. Microphone: The Microphone allows the other callers to
hear you clearly when you are speaking to them.
11. Messaging: A short press of the Messaging key allows
you to access the SMS/MMS, Microsoft Mobile®
®
Outlook
E-mail or other E-mail accounts you have setup. A long
press of this key will darken the screen to save battery
life-any key pressed will show the screen.
12. End key: Ends a call or exit a program. Press and hold
this key for two seconds to lock they keypad. While in the
main menu, it returns the phone to standby mode and
cancels your input. When you receive an incoming call,
press the Left Soft key Ignore. During a call, you can
reject by pressing the key.
13. Back/Clear key: Press to close the current menu and
return to the previous menu or screen. While in any text
edit screen, you can also press to backspace and clear
text. Press and hold to clear all text in the field.
14. Right Soft key (RSK): allows you to select softkey
actions or menu items corresponding to the bottom right
line on the display screen.
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Rear View of Your Phone
15. Navigation keys: This key allows you to scroll through
phone menu options and provides a shortcut to phone
functions from standby mode.
16. Display: This screen displays all the information needed
to operate your phone.
17. Earpiece: Used to listen to audio from your phone.
Rear View of Your Phone
Keys
The following list correlates to the rear view illustration.
1. microSD card slot: Your phone has an external memory
port for a microSD card.
2. Thumbwheel dial: used to navigate through menu
options or in your Contacts list. Press to select or execute
the program selected.Press and hold to display the quick
launcher.
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3. Back/Clear key or Camera key: A short press will clear
the entry or take you to the previous menu. A long press
launches the camera to take a photo or to whatever
option you have set for this key.
4. External Speaker: plays the audio during a call using
the speakerphone option and plays music or video files
using the Windows Media Player
®
.
5. Camera lens: the camera lens is used for taking pictures
and videos.
6. Mirror: displays your reflection when taking pictures.
Back Light
A back light illuminates the display and the keypad
when you press any key or open the phone. It turns off
when no keys are pressed within a given period of
time, and/or dims the light, depending on the settings
in the Start > Settings > More > Power Management >
Display Time Out options.
To quickly turn your screen off, press and hold the .
Back Light When Keypad is Locked
When the back light dims and your keypad is locked
you must follow the Unlock the Keypad instructions to
display the screen image.
To Lock the Keypad
To lock your keypad use the following steps.
1. Press and hold the key.
To Unlock the Keypad
To unlock your keypad use the following steps.
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1. Press the Power ON/OFF Button .
2. Press the Left Soft Key (Unlock).
3. Press the key to unlock the keypad.
Rear View of Your Phone
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Internal Display Layout
Status Bar
The display has 3 areas. On the top line of the screen,
the status bar displays icons to show your phone’s
current status. Just below the display area, the Quick
Launcher is displayed. And third is the Soft key
command line.
The following icons can be displayed:
Shows the strength of the signal. You can also
view the following service status:
Shows full wireless coverage using data in the
3G coverage.
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Internal Display Layout
No wireless coverage
Wireless is turned off
Changes the ringtone to vibrate.
Appears when Bluetooth is activated.
Appears when an error occurs during
synchronization.
Appears when an text (SMS) message, Instant
Message or an Email message has been
received.
Appears when a multimedia (MMS) message
has been received.
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Appears when a new voicemail has been
received.
Appears when there is a call you have missed
Appears when you have set incoming calls to
be forwarded to another destination.
Accessing Information from the Home Screen
From the Home screen, you can:
• access your Contact List
• view upcoming appointments
• view unread text (SMS), multimedia (MMS) messages and Email
messages
• access the most recently accessed programs
• change the profile option
1. From the Home screen, scroll to the item you want on the
Quick Launcher by pressing the Navigation keys or
spinning the Thumbwheel Up or Down, and press to
access appointments or messages, or change the profile
setting. For more information on changing these items,
see the appropriate instructions for each task in this
guide.
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Customizing the Home Screen
2. Press or to return to the Home screen. To
change information on each item.
Note: To ensure that operations, such as moving or saving files, proceed to
completion, wait at least 50 seconds before removing the battery.
Customizing the Home Screen
You can customize the Home screen according to your
preferences.
Setting the Home Screen Properties
1. On the Home screen, press the Start soft key.
2. Select Settings > Display > Home Screen press
3. Press the Up or Down Navigation key to scroll to an
option.
4. Press the Left or Right key to change the setting.The
following options are available:
䢇 Home screen layout: Select the layout to be used for the
Home screen.
䢇 Color scheme: Select the color scheme to be used for the
Home screen.
䢇 Background image: Select an image to use as a
background image on the Home screen.
䢇 Time out: Specify the length of time the phone waits before
returning the display to the Home screen if the phone is not
used.
5. When you have finished, press the Done soft key.
.
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Changing the Right Soft Key Function
Contacts is assigned by default to the right soft key on
the Home screen. You can change the program
assignment for the key.
1. On the Home screen, press the Start soft key.
2. Select Settings > More... > Key Settings >Home
Screen RSK. Press
3. Use the Left or Right Navigation keys to select the
program you want in the Right Soft key Program field.
4. Use the keypad to enter the name to be displayed on the
Home screen for the program in the Display name field.
5. When you have finished, press the Done soft key.
Note: The Right Soft Key display will show the setting you have set in this
step. If you miss a call, Call History will display. When you receive the SMS
or MMS, Message is appeared.
.
Start menu screen
On the Start menu, you can access all of the programs
in your phone. On the Home screen, press the Start soft
key to open the Start menu screen.
Opening programs or folders
Scroll to a program or a folder by pressing the
Navigation keys and press to open it. If you have
selected the List display option, you can also press the
number key assigned to the program you want.
Switching between programs
Your phone is a multi-tasking device. You can run
multiple programs at the same time and switch from
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Entering text
one program to another. From any program, press
or to switch to the Home screen. Then access
another program from the Quick Launcher or Start
menu.
Note: When you use a GPRS connection, pressing terminates the
connection. If you want the current connection to continue, press , or
as many times as necessary, to switch to the Home screen.
Closing programs
Using Task Manager, you can end the programs which
are currently open.
1. On the Home screen, press the Start soft key and then
the More soft key.
2. Select Applications > Task Manager and press
press and hold the
key.
or
3. Scroll to a program, press the Stop soft key. To close all
of the running programs, press the Menu soft key and
select Stop all.
Entering text
Your phone is equipped with a QWERTY
) keypad to support easy and quick
(
text input. You can enter text as you would when using
a computer’s keyboard.
The keys are labelled with alphabet on the lower half
and numbers and symbols on the upper half. Press the
key corresponding to the character you want to enter.
To switch between using the upper case characters and
lower case characters, press .
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You can move the cursor by pressing the Navigation
keys.
In addition, you can use the following function keys:
Press to delete characters.
Press to start a new line.
Press to change the text input mode to Upper/Lower case mode.
Press to change the text input mode to the symbols above the
letter.
Press to change the text input mode to Numeric input mode.
Press to change the text input mode to Symbols mode.
Customizing Your Phone
You can customize the phone settings to suit the way
you work.
Regional settings
Using Regional Settings, you can change number,
currency, and time and date formats appropriate to the
countries in question.
1. On the Home screen, press the Start soft key.
2. Select Settings > More... > Regional Settings.
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