Samsung VZW-i605 User Guide

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User Guide

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ANDROID SMARTPHONE

User Manual

Please read this manual before operating your

phone and keep it for future reference.

GH68_37731A Printed in Korea

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Intellectual Property

All Intellectual Property, as defined below, owned by or which is otherwise the property of Samsung or its respective suppliers relating to the SAMSUNG Phone, including but not limited to, accessories, parts, or software relating there to (the “Phone System”), is proprietary to Samsung and protected under federal laws, state laws, and international treaty provisions. Intellectual Property includes, but is not limited to, inventions (patentable or unpatentable), patents, trade secrets, copyrights, software, computer programs, and related documentation and other works of authorship. You may not infringe or otherwise violate the rights secured by the Intellectual Property. Moreover, you agree that you will not (and will not attempt to) modify, prepare derivative works of, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to create source code from the software. No title to or ownership in the Intellectual Property is transferred to you. All applicable rights of the Intellectual Property shall remain with SAMSUNG and its suppliers.

Open Source Software

Some software components of this product, including but not limited to 'PowerTOP' and 'e2fsprogs', incorporate source code covered under GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), OpenSSL License, BSD License and other open source licenses. To obtain the source code covered under the open source licenses, please visit:

http://opensource.samsung.com

Disclaimer of Warranties; Exclusion of Liability

EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE EXPRESS WARRANTY CONTAINED ON THE WARRANTY PAGE ENCLOSED WITH THE PRODUCT, THE PURCHASER TAKES THE PRODUCT "AS IS", AND SAMSUNG MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE PRODUCT OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE; THE DESIGN, CONDITION OR QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT; THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT; THE WORKMANSHIP OF THE PRODUCT OR THE COMPONENTS CONTAINED THEREIN; OR COMPLIANCE OF THE PRODUCT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY LAW, RULE, SPECIFICATION OR CONTRACT PERTAINING

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THERETO. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO CREATE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT. IN ADDITION, SAMSUNG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE PURCHASE OR USE OF THE PRODUCT OR ARISING FROM THE BREACH OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS OR BENEFITS.

SAMSUNG IS NOT LIABLE FOR PERFORMANCE ISSUES OR INCOMPATIBILITIES CAUSED BY YOUR EDITING OF REGISTRY SETTINGS, OR YOUR MODIFICATION OF OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE.

USING CUSTOM OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE MAY CAUSE YOUR DEVICE AND APPLICATIONS TO WORK IMPROPERLY. YOUR CARRIER MAY NOT PERMIT USERS TO DOWNLOAD CERTAIN SOFTWARE, SUCH AS CUSTOM OS. IF YOUR CARRIER PROHIBITS THIS, IF YOU ATTEMPT TO DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE ONTO THE DEVICE WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED ON THE SCREEN THAT THE PHONE WILL NO LONGER OPERATE AND BE INSTRUCTED TO POWER DOWN THE DEVICE. YOU MUST THEN CONTACT YOUR CARRIER TO RESTORE THE DEVICE TO THE CARRIER-AUTHORIZED SETTINGS.

SAFE™: "SAFE™" (Samsung for Enterprise) is a mark for a Samsung device which has been tested against Samsung's own internal criteria for interoperability with certain third party security-related solutions for MDM and VPN. The testing includes field testing with local network connection and menu tree testing which tests functionality of the solutions in conjunction with the Samsung device. During the testing, the device is tested with the security solutions to see if the solutions work with the device as described by the third party security solution providers. The testing, for example, includes field testing with local network connection and menu tree testing which tests functionality of the solutions in conjunction with the Samsung device. For more information about Samsung's SAFE™ program, please refer to

Disclaimer of Warranties: EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THEIR STANDARD END USER LICENSE AND WARRANTY, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, AND THEIR AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO HEREIN AS THE "SAMSUNG ENTITIES") EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,

www.samsung.com/us/safe

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INTEROPERABILITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY PROTECTION, SAFE™ DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS TESTED WITH SAFE™ DEVICES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SAMSUNG ENTITIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY PROTECTION, SAFE™ DEVICES OR APPLICATIONS TESTED WITH SAFE™ DEVICES. In addition, information technology security protection will be affected by features or functionality associated with, among other things the e-mail platform, master data management, and virtual private network solutions selected by the software provider, solution provider or user. Choice of an e-mail, master data management, and virtual private network solution is at the sole discretion of the software provider, solution provider or user and any associated effect on information technology security protection is solely the responsibility of the software provider, solution provider or user. For complete statement of limited warranty, please refer to devices are sold. [101212]

www.samsung.com/us/safe

, available on the web and where Samsung smartphone and Galaxy Tab™

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Samsung Telecommunications America (STA), LLC

Headquarters: 1301 E. Lookout Drive Richardson, TX 75082

Customer Care Center: 1000 Klein Rd. Plano, TX 75074 Toll Free Tel: 1.888.987.HELP (4357)

Internet Address:

http://www.samsung.com

2012 Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC. Samsung is a registered trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Do you have questions about your Samsung Mobile Phone? For 24 hour information and assistance, we offer a new FAQ/ARS System (Automated Response System) at:

www.samsung.com/us/support

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The Bluetooth® word mark, figure mark (stylized “B Design”), and combination mark (Bluetooth word mark and “B Design”) are registered trademarks and are wholly owned by the Bluetooth SIG.

, VSuite™, T9® Text Input, and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications,

Nuance Inc., or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries.

Swype and the Swype logos are trademarks of Swype, Inc. microSD™, microSDHC™ and the microSD logo are Trademarks of the SD Card Association.

, DivX Certified® and associated logos are trademarks of Rovi Corporation or its subsidiaries and are used under license.

DivX DivX Certified ABOUT DIVX VIDEO: DivX

Certified

to play DivX® video up to HD 720p, including premium content.

device that plays DivX video. Visit

is a digital video format created by DivX, LLC, a subsidiary of Rovi Corporation. This is an official DivX

www.divx.com

for more information and software tools to convert your files into DivX

videos.

ABOUT DIVX VIDEO-ON-DEMAND: This DivX Certified

device must be registered in order to play purchased DivX Video-onDemand (VOD) movies. To obtain your registration code, locate the DivX VOD section in License settings under Settings > About phone > Legal information. Go to

, the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED logo, and the Wi-Fi logo are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Wi-Fi

vod.divx.com

for more information on how to complete your registration.

LTE is a trademark of ETSI. Google, Google Play and other marks are trademarks of Google, Inc. ©Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (“Samsung”). Samsung, Super AMOLED, and AllShare are all trademarks of

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and/or its related entities. Other company names, product names and marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners and may be trademarks or registered trademarks. Appearance of device may vary.

©Verizon Wireless. Verizon Wireless and the Verizon Wireless logos are trademarks of Verizon Trademark Services LLC. All company names, trademarks, logos and copyrights not property of Verizon Wireless are the property of their respective owners.

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Table of Contents

Section 1: Getting Started .......................... 5

Understanding this User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Setting Up Your device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Turning the Device On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Your Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Your Samsung Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

TTY Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Securing Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Section 2: Understanding Your Device .... 16

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

S Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Multi Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Primary Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Section 3: Contacts and Accounts ...........42

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Speed Dials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Section 4: Calling ......................................55

Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Multi-party Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Answering Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Ending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Call Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Section 5: Messaging ................................67

Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Text and Multimedia Messaging . . . . . . . . . . .68

Emergency Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Section 6: Applications .............................78

Managing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

AllShare Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Amazon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Amazon Kindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Amazon MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Audible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Google . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Google+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Group Cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

IMDb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Kies Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Latitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Media Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

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Mobile Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Music Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

My Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

My Verizon Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

NFL Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Paper Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Play Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Play Magazines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Play Movies & TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Play Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Play Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Polaris Office 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

S Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

S Suggest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

S Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Video Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Viewdini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Voice Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Voice Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

VPN Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

VZ Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Zappos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Section 7: Connections ...........................108

Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Wi-Fi Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Mobile Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

VPN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Tethering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

NFC and Beaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

S Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Nearby devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Connecting to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Section 8: Settings ..................................121

Accessing Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

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Wireless and network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

More Wireless and Network Settings . . . . . . . 127

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

One-handed operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Language and input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Back up and reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

S Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

About phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Section 9: Health and Safety

Information ...............................................176

Exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) Signals . . .176 Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Certification

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

FCC Part 15 Information to User . . . . . . . . . .182

Commercial Mobile Alerting System (CMAS) .183

Smart Practices While Driving . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Battery Use and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Samsung Mobile Products and Recycling . . . .186

UL Certified Travel Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Display / Touch-Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Responsible Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC)

Regulations for Wireless Devices . . . . . . . .195

Restricting Children's Access to Your

Mobile Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

FCC Notice and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . .197

Section 10: Warranty Information ..........199

Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

End User License Agreement for Software . . .204

Index .........................................................212

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Section 1: Getting Started

Understanding this User Manual

The sections of this manual generally follow the features of your device. A robust index for features begins on page 212.

Also included is important safety information beginning on page 176, that you should know before using your device.

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 device. For more information, see “Securing Your Device” on page 15.

Note:

Instructions in this manual are based on default settings, and may vary from your device, depending on the software version on your device, and any changes to the device’s Settings.

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

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

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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 or

menu.

•

Tips

: Provides quick or innovative methods, or useful shortcuts.

•

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 device.

Text Conventions

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

➔

Arrows are used to represent the sequence of selecting successive options in procedures. For example:

“From the Home screen, touch

Settings

➔

Wi-Fi

.”

Many settings use an On/Off switch. Touch the On/Off switch to turn a setting On or Off. This graphic is used to represent the On/Off switch.

Apps

➔

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Setting Up Your device

Install the 4G LTE SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, battery, and optional memory card, then charge the battery to begin using your device.

Back Cover

The battery, SIM card, and optional memory card are installed under a removable cover on the back of the device.

Removing the battery cover



Pull up using the slot provided, while lifting the cover

off the device.

Installing the battery cover



Align the cover and press it firmly into place, making sure it snaps into place.

Note:

The battery cover is flexible. Take care to avoid bending or twisting the cover when removing and installing, to prevent damage to the cover.

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SIM Card

Your device uses a 4G LTE SIM (Subscriber Identity Module). The 4G LTE SIM is a small, rectangular plastic card that stores your phone number, information about your wireless service, and other information such as messages.

If you purchased your device at a Verizon Wireless store, the SIM card is activated and ready to use. If you ordered a new device, the card may need to be activated before you can use it. For more information about activating the SIM card, visit:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/4GSIM

Caution!

Turn the device off before installing or removing the SIM card. Do not bend or scratch the SIM card. Take care when handling, installing, or removing the SIM card, and avoid exposing the SIM card to static electricity, water, or dirt. Keep the SIM card out of reach of small children.

Installing the 4G LTE SIM Card

1. Remove the back cover.

2. With the Verizon Wireless logo facing up, carefully

insert the 4G LTE SIM Card into the slot, pressing gently until it locks into place.

3. Install the back cover.

Removing the 4G LTE SIM Card

1. Turn off the device, then remove the back cover.

2. Press the 4G LTE SIM Card in gently to release the lock,

then carefully slide the 4G LTE SIM Card out of the slot.

3. Install the back cover.

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Battery

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

The battery comes partially charged. You must fully charge the battery before using your device for the first time. A fully discharged battery requires up to 4 hours of charge time. After the first charge, you can use the device 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.

Battery Indicator

The battery icon in the Status Bar shows battery power level. Before the battery becomes too low to operate, the battery icon flashes and a tone plays. If you continue using the device without charging, the device will power off.

Tip:

Task Manager provides helpful information about extending battery life. For more information, see “Task Manager” on page 13.

Installing and Removing the Battery

Installing the battery

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Insert the battery into the device, aligning the gold

contacts on the battery with the gold contacts in the device.

3. Replace the battery cover.

Removing the Battery

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Lift the battery up and out of the device, using the slot

provided.

3. Replace the battery cover.

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Charging the Battery

Incorrect

Your device comes with a Wall/USB Charger (charging head and USB cable) to charge your device from any 110/220 VAC outlet.

Note:

1. Insert the USB cable into the port.

2. Connect the USB cable to the charging head, then plug

the charging head into a standard AC power outlet.

Incorrect

3. When charging is complete, unplug the charging head

from the power outlet and remove the USB cable from the device.

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Turning the Device On and Off

Turning the Devi ce On



Press and hold the device vibrates and starts up.

Turning the Device Off

1. Press and hold the

device vibrates and the Device Options menu displays.

2. At the prompt, tap

Power off

Power/Lock Key

until the

Your Google Account

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

To create a Google account, or set up your Google account on your device, use Accounts and sync settings (see “Accounts” on page 162).

Your Samsung Account

Create a Samsung account, for access to Samsung apps on your device, including Media Hub, Music Hub, and AllShare Play. For more information, see “Accounts” on page 162.

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Setup Wizard

The first time you turn your device on, Setup Wizard will guide you through the basics of setting up your device.

Follow the prompts to choose a default language, set up accounts, choose location services, and learn more about your device.

You can also use the Setup Wizard to quickly configure your device at any time.



From the Home screen, touch

Setup Wizard

Apps

➔

Help

Get information about using your device, including videos, useful tips, and other information.



From the Home screen, touch

Help

Apps

➔

Your Phone Number



From the Home screen, touch Apps

Settings ➔ About phone ➔ Status

➔

Voice Mail

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

For more information, see “Voicemail” on page 76.

TTY Mode

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

For more information about enabling TTY mode, see “Call Settings” on page 61.

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Roaming

When you travel outside your home network’s coverage area, your device can use roaming to acquire service on other compatible digital networks. When roaming, the

Roaming

icon displays in the Status bar.

Tip:

You can set your device’s roaming behavior. For more information, see “Mobile networks” on page 127.

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, connecting to the Internet, or using data services. Contact Verizon Wireless for more information about your coverage area and service plan.

Task Manager

Your device can run apps simultaneously, with some apps running in the background. Use Task Manager to see which apps are running on your device, and to end running apps to extend battery life. You can also uninstall apps from your device and check memory usage.

1. From any unlocked screen, press and hold the

2. Touch the

3. Touch the

4. Touch the

5. Touch the

6. Touch th e

Tip:

Touch and drag your finger on the tabs to scroll the tabs.

Home Key

, then select

on your device. Touch

apps you’ve installed on your device. Touch remove an app from your device.

(Random Access Memory) in use. Touch to clear processes to increase available RAM.

SD card memory statistics.

RAM, and tips for extending battery life.

Active applications

Downloaded

RAM

tab to display the amount of RAM

Storage

tab for internal system storage and

Help

tab to view information about managing

Task manager

tab to view apps running

End

, or

End all

to close apps.

tab to view information about

Clear memory

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Memory Card

Your device supports optional, removable, microSD™ or microSDHC™ memory cards of up to 64GB capacity (not included), for storage of music, pictures, and other files.

For more information about using memory cards, see “Memory Card” on page 119.

Installing a Memory Card

1. Remove the back cover.

2. With the gold contacts facing down, slide the memory

card into the slot, pushing gently until it locks into place.

3. Install the back cover.

Removing a Memory Card

Important!

To prevent damage to data stored on the memory card, unmount the card before removing it from the device.

1. From the Home screen, touch Settings ➔ Storage

2. At the prompt, read the warning and select

continue. Wait for the Status bar and Notifications.

3. Remove the back cover.

4. Gently press on the memory card to release the lock,

then carefully pull the card out.

5. Install the back cover.

➔ Unmount SD card

SD card safe to remove

, then touch

to appear in

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Securing Your Device

Use your device’s screen lock features to secure your device.

Note:

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

To set a personal screen lock, use the Screen lock option under Security settings. For more information, see “Screen lock” on page 146.

For other settings related to securing your device, see “Security” on page 151.

Locking the Device



By default, the device locks automatically when the screen times out. – or –

Press the

Tip:

When the device is locked, the Emergency call feature is available on the lock screen, to allow you to make emergency calls even while the device is locked.

Power/Lock Key

Unlocking the Device

Unlock the device using one of the default unlock screens, or use Screen lock options for increased security.



Press the drag your finger across the screen.

Tip:

Special notification icons display for missed calls or new messages. Drag a missed call or message icon to view the message or call log.

Power/Lock Key

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Section 2: Understanding Your Device

Features

•

5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED™ touch screen, 16:9 aspect ratio

•

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

•

1.6 GHz quad-core processor with 2GB RAM

•

Android® 4.1, Jelly Bean

•

SAFE

•

Create and collaborate with S Pen

–

Precise and natural writing and drawing experience

–

Exclusive features, such as Easy Clip, Air View, Quick Command, Idea Sketch, and Photo Notes

–

Create original content and annotate documents

–

Store on the device, keep tabs with visual and audible alarms

•

Multitask with Popup Note, Popup Video, and Popup Browser

•

Keep in touch

–

SMS (Text) and MMS (Multimedia)

–

Voice

–

Email and Gmail

–

Chat

•

Enjoy pictures, music and video

–

Discover new media with Media Hub and Music Hub

–

Gallery, Music player, and Video player

–

DivX Certified® to play DivX® video up to HD 720p, including premium content

•

Connect to other devices

–

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n

–

Wi-Fi Direct

–

Mobile Hotspot

–

DLNA

–

Bluetooth 4.0

–

USB 2.0 High-speed

–

Tet he ri ng

–

NFC and S Beam

–

VPN

•

Capture memories

–

8 MP Camera and LED flash + 1.9 MP front-facing camera

–

Seamlessly share pictures via Share Shot to other devices

–

Capture rapid-fire still pictures with Burst Shot

–

Use Best Shot and Best Face to choose the best pictures

•

Control your device with S Voice, for natural voice commands

•

Share with friends

–

S Beam™, for easy sharing of files via NFC

–

Specialized apps, including AllShare Play™ and Group Cast

–

Integrated features, such as Share Shot in Camera

•

Take your content with you

–

16GB device memory (actual formatted capacity may vary)

–

Support for microSD™ and microSDHC™ memory cards up to 64GB capacity (not included)

™

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Front

•

LED Indicator

more information, see

•

Earpiece:

•

Proximity and Light Sensors

for use with motion settings, and to control the screen display, such as when you move the device away from your ear during a call. Detects ambient light when Automatic brightness is enabled, and when using the Front camera.

•

1.9 MP Front Camera

•

the current screen or feature. While using your device, you may notice that the Menu Key dims, but it is always available at a touch to provide a context-sensitive menu for the current screen or app (you can set the touch key light duration, see page 140).

•

Home

device is locked. Press and hold to display recent applications or launch Task Manager. Press twice from an unlocked screen to launch S Voice.

•

Back

using your device, you may notice that the Back Key dims, but you can always use it to return to the previous item.

: Flashes or glows for alerts or device status. For

“LED Indicator”

Plays sounds.

: Captures pictures and video.

: Touch to display a context-sensitive menu of options for

: Press to display the Home screen, or Lock screen if the

: Touch to return to the previous screen or option. While

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: Detects the presence of objects,

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Side

•

Volume

: From the Home screen, press to adjust master volume. During calls or media playback, press mute the ringtone of an incoming call.

•

Power/Lock

access a device options menu. Press to lock the device, or to wake the screen for unlocking.

: Press and hold to turn the device on or off, and to

to adjust volume. Press to

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Back

•

8 MP Camera

•

LED Flash

•

Microphones (top and bottom)

during phone calls, and video chat.

•

3.5mm Headset Jack

equipment.

•

S Pen

•

Speaker

music and media playback, and other sounds.

•

USB Charging/Accessory Port

charging or to sync music and files, or connect to optional accessories (not included).

: Use when taking photos or recording videos.

: Use when taking photos or recording video.

: Capture audio during recording,

: Plug in an optional headset or TTY

: Use to create and collaborate on your device.

: Play ringtones, call audio when in Speakerphone mode,

: Connect a USB cable for

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S Pen

S Pen button

Create and collaborate with S Pen.

Removing S Pen

S Pen stores inside your device, for convenient access.



Slide S Pen from your device using the notch on the end of the S Pen.

S Pen Settings

Configure S Pen settings, including options for sounds and for tracking S Pen when it’s not stored in your device.

For more information about S Pen, and to configure settings, touch page 165.

Apps ➔

Settings ➔ S Pen

, or see “S Pen” on

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Easy Clip

Instantly outline and crop images on the screen, in any shape, to share or paste. You can edit the cropped content, or personalize it with your own handwriting.

To use Easy Clip:

1. Press and hold the S Pen button, then draw around the

image you want to clip, making sure to close the shape.

2. Tap the app you want to paste the image into, or if you

do nothing, the image is pasted to Clipboard.

Air View

Hover S Pen over the screen to preview content, or view information about an item on the screen. For example:

•

Hover over an email in a list to preview the message before opening it.

•

Hover over a photo album to preview the contents, or see a picture enlarged.

•

Hover over the timeline during video playback to preview and navigate to specific scenes.

•

In S Planner, hover over dates and events to see details

•

Hover over an icon or screen button to view the item’s title

For more information about Air View, and to configure settings, touch

View

, or see “Air view” on page 166.

Apps ➔

Settings ➔ S Pen ➔ Air

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Quick Command

Multitask like never before. Launch Quick Command pad from any screen, to hand-write tasks. Use S Pen to draw a Quick Command to launch a feature, or draw a Quick Command followed by a keyword to personalize the command. For example, draw a question mark “?” to search the Internet, or draw a question mark followed by a search term to search on the term.

For more information about Quick Command, and to configure settings, touch

➔

Quick Command settings

settings” on page 166.

To launch Quick Command:



Press and hold the S Pen button and swipe upwards on the screen.

Apps ➔

, or see “Quick Command

Settings ➔ S Pen

Idea Sketch

Express your ideas with an image. Add illustrations by handwriting keywords on the Idea Sketch pad.

To use Idea Sketch:

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. From the toolbar, select the Idea Sketch

3. Write a search term for something you want to draw or

insert into your S Note. Or, select category.

4. S Note displays images matching your search term. Select an image to insert it into your S Note. You can edit the image, or draw on it, and changes are saved in the note.

from the menu.

Apps ➔

Insert

tool, then choose

List

and choose a

S Note

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Photo Notes

Hand-write a note on the back of pictures to add detail to your memories.

To add a Photo Note:

1. From the Home screen, touch Gallery

2. Select a picture, then select

3. Use S Pen to write a note on the back of the picture,

Done

then select

Note:

Photo notes are saved with the picture on your device, but are not transferred when you share the picture.

to save the note with the picture.

Apps

➔

Menu ➔ Draw on image

Popup Note

Multitask with Popup Note - open an S Note instantly in a popup window to jot down a quick note during a meeting, or write down information from another area of the screen.

To use Popup Note:

1. From any screen, press and hold the S Pen button and

double-tap on the screen.

2. Use S Pen to write your note, then save it for later. You

can move the popup window around the screen.

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Popup Video

Multitask with Popup Video - transform your video player into a popup window floating on the screen. The video will continue to play, and the popup window can be resized or moved anywhere on the screen.

To use Popup Video:



While watching a video, touch the Popup Video icon in the lower right corner of the screen.

Popup Browser

Multitask with Popup Browser - Launch a new, floating browser window by selecting a web link from any application.

To launch Popup Browser:



In any app, touch a web link, then choose

from the menu.

Browser

Popup

Other S Pen gestures

You can perform other functions with S Pen, for example:

•

Go back

screen.

•

Open menu

on the screen.

•

Screen capture

hold S Pen on the screen.

•

Select text

S Pen over the text to select

: Press and hold the S Pen button, then draw on the

: Press and hold the S Pen button, then draw

: Press and hold the S Pen button, then touch and

: Press and hold the S Pen button, then touch and drag

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Home Screen

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

•

Status Bar

power, and connection details. For a list of icons, see

Bar”

•

Shortcuts

Home screen by default, and you can add more shortcuts to your favorite apps. For more information, see page 36.

•

Widgets

found on the Home screen by default, and you can add your favorites. For more information, see

Note:

: Presents icons to show network status, battery

“Status

on page 33.

: Shortcuts to apps.These shortcuts are found on the

“Shortcuts”

: Apps that run on the Home screen. These widgets are

“Widgets”

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

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

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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 App Shortcuts

page 36.

•

Add Widgets

•

Add Folders

•

Change the Wallpaper

on page 37.

•

Display settings

page 137.

: For more information, see

“Shortcuts”

“Widgets”

“Folders”

“Display”

on page 36.

on page 37.

“Wallpaper”

Adding and removing Home screen panels

Your device comes with 6 Home screen panels. You can customize the Home screen to include up to the seven default panels.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Slide your finger across the screen to scroll the panels,

and use these controls to configure panels:

Remove

: Touch and hold on a panel, then drag it

Remove

Add

: Touch a previously-removed panel to add it,

up to the default total of seven.

Set as Home

when you press the

Tip:

You can also “pinch” the Home screen to display Edit options.

: The panel set as Home will display

Menu ➔ Edit page

Home Key

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Navigation

Navigate your device’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 199.

Context-sensitive Menus

While using your device, context-sensitive menus offer options for the feature or screen.

To access context-sensitive menus:

•

Touch

•

Touch and hold on an item.

Finger Gestures

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.

Touch and Hold

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

•

Touch and hold a widget 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 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.

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.

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Hand Gestures

Your device recognizes motion, to allow you to navigate and access features by moving the device in specific gestures.

To use gestures, enable the Motion settings. For more information, see “Motion” on page 163.

Pick Up or Turn Over

Lift the device, or place the device screen-down, on a horizontal surface, such as a table.

•

Direct call

: When this setting is On, you can lift the device to your ear to call a displayed contact in Messaging, Contacts, or Recent calls to dial the contact’s device number.

•

Smart alert

: When this setting is On, the device will automatically notify you to missed calls and alerts that occurred while the device was stationary.

•

Turn over to mute/pause

device screen-down automatically mutes incoming call ringtones and alerts sounds.

: When this setting is On, turning the

Tap to to p

Tap on the top of the device twice, quickly.

•

Tap to top

: When this setting is On, a double tap on the top of the

device takes you to the top of a list.

Tilt

Touch and hold with your thumbs on the screen, then tilt the device forward and back to zoom in or out.

•

Tilt to zoom

Gallery or Internet causes the screen to zoom in or out.

Pan

Touch and hold on the screen, then move the device in a side-to-side motion.

•

Pan to move icon

panning motion (side-to-side) moves a highlighted icon to a new location on the Home screen.

•

Pan to browse images

in a panning motion while viewing an image moves focus around in the image.

: When this setting is On, tilting the device while in

: When this setting is On, moving the device in a

: When this setting is On, moving the device

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Shake

Shake your device to scan for nearby devices, such as Bluetooth or Kies air devices, and more, for connecting to your device for sharing files.

•

Shake to update

starts a scan for nearby devices for sharing.

Palm

Use your hand to swipe across the screen, or cover the screen.

•

Palm swipe to capture

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

•

Palm touch to mute/pause

screen with your hand mutes or pauses media playback.

: When this setting is On, shaking the device

: When this setting is On, swiping the

: When this setting is On, covering the

Multi Window

Multi Window allows you to use multiple apps on the same screen, in multiple, resizable windows.

Enabling Multi Window

Enable Multi window on the Notifications screen.

1. Sweep your finger down from the top of the screen to

display Notifications.

2. Scroll the settings at the top of Notifications, then Multi window

touch

Displaying Multi Window

When Multi window is enabled, the tab appears on the left side of the screen by default. You can show or hide the tab.



Touch and hold the

Moving the Multi Window Tab

When Multi window is enabled, its tab displays on the edge of the screen where it’s docked. You can move the Multi window tab up or down on the edge of the screen.



Touch and hold on the tab, then drag it up or down along the edge of the screen.

to enable it.

Back Key

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Moving Multi Window

By default, Multi window is docked on the left side of the screen. You can dock the Multi window at any edge of the screen (top, bottom, or either side).



Touch the tab to open Multi Window (the tab turns gray), then drag Multi Window to another edge of the screen.

Using Multi Window to Run Multiple Apps

You can launch apps from Multi window, or drag an app to the screen to run multiple apps at the same time.

The apps display together on a split screen. You can switch between the apps, or adjust the size of their display on the screen.

Launching multiple apps

When you drag an app from Multi Window on top of an open app, both apps display in a split window.

1. While using one app, touch the tab to display Multi

Window, then touch and drag an app to the screen.

2. As you drag the app over the screen, a blue screen

displays. Release the app when the blue screen displays where you want to place the app.

Adjusting the size of app windows

You can adjust the size of the two apps on the screen. Touch and drag the border between the windows.

Switching Multi window positions and making an app full screen

You can switch the position of the app windows from top to bottom.



Touch the border between the windows, then touch

Switch

Making an app full screen

You can change from the split window display to full screen.



Touch the border between the windows, then touch

Full screen

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Notifications

Notifications shows information about connections, alerts and other items.

1. Touch and drag downward from the top of the screen

to display notifications.

2. Touch an item to open the item, or to launch the related

app or feature.

World Clock

While displaying Notifications, touch the time in the Status bar to display a World clock. Add cities to the clock to display the time in different zones around the world.

Clearing Notifications

1. Sweep your finger downward from the top of the

screen to display Notifications.

Clear

2. Touch a notification to clear it, or touch

notifications.

to clear all

Settings

Use settings at the top of Notifications to control popular settings. Slide your finger right and left to see all the icons.

•

Bluetooth

: Turn Bluetooth On or Off. See

page 113.

•

GPS

: Turn Standalone GPS services on or off. See

GPS services”

•

Sound

silenced) and Vibrate (all sounds replaced by vibration).

•

Mobile data

mobile data service. See

•

Screen rotation

control whether the screen automatically updates when you rotate the device. See

•

Airplane mode

mode”

•

Power saving

“Power saving mode”

•

Driving mode

caller ID and text messages read out. See

output”

on page 145.

: Switch between your sound settings, Mute (all sounds

: Activate or deactivate your device’s access to

“Mobile networks”

: Enable or disable the Auto rotation setting, to

“Auto-rotate screen”

: Turn Airplane mode On or Off. See

on page 121.

: Enable or disable Power saving mode. See

on page 142.

: Enable or disable Driving mode, to have incoming

on page 160.

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“Bluetooth”

“Text-to-speech

“Standalone

on page 127.

on page 139.

“Airplane

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•

AllShare Cast

with other devices. see

•

Multi window

enabled, touching and holding on the Back Key activates the multi window feature on the screen. Multi window gives you quick access to apps from a window on the right side of the screen, and you can drag an app from the multi window to run multiple apps on the same screen.

: Enable or disable AllShare Cast, for easy sharing

“AllShare Play”

: Enable or disable the multi window feature. When

on page 80.

LED Indicator

The LED indicator, on the front of the device above the screen (see “Front” on page 17) animates or glows to show alerts or device status.

Blue

Red

Green

• Pulses in multi-color blue while the device is

turning On or Off.

• Blinks blue for a missed call, message or

other notification.

• Glows red when the device is connected to a

charger and charging.

• Blinks red when the device is connected to a

charger and there is a problem with charging.

• Blinks red when battery power is low (device

not connected to charger)

•

Glows green when the device is connected to a charger and the battery is fully charged.

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Status Bar

The Status Bar shows network and battery status and other details, including these common icons.

Airplane Mode Active

communications are disabled. See “Airplane mode” on page 121.

USB Connected

computer using a USB cable. For more information about transferring data between your device and a computer, see “Transferring Data” on page 118.

Voice Call

: A voice call is in progress.

Speakerphone

Missed Call

Mute

: Voice or playback volume is muted.

Battery Level

Battery Charging

Device Power Critical

remaining. Charge immediately.

: All wireless

: The device is connected to a

: Speakerphone is enabled.

: Displays when there is a missed call.

: Shown fully charged.

: Battery is charging.

: Battery has very little power

GPS E911 Only

: E911 location is active (cannot be

turned off). See “E911” on page 144.

GPS Location Active

: One or more GPS location services are active. See “Location services” on page 144.

Missing SIM

No Network

3G connection

: No SIM is installed.

: No wireless network is available.

: device is active on a 3G system. The arrows are colored when data is being transferred.

4G LTE Connection

: device is active on a 4G LTE system. The arrows are colored when data is being transferred.

Signal Strength

: Current signal strength. The greater the number of bars, the stronger the signal.

Signal Strength Roaming, Open

strength, when the device is roaming. The greater the number of bars, the stronger the signal.

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: Current signal

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Signal Strength Roaming, CDMA

strength, when the device is roaming on CDMA networks. The greater the number of bars, the stronger the signal.

Wi-Fi Active

Wi-Fi network. The greater the number of rays, the stronger the signal. The arrows are colored when data is being transferred. For more information about configuring Wi-Fi, see “Wi-Fi” on page 108.

Wi-Fi Action Needed

Wi-Fi network. For more information about configuring Wi-Fi, see “Wi-Fi” on page 108.

New Message New Voicemail

number indicates the number of new messages.

New Email Message Download Successful

successfully.

: Wi-Fi is active, and connected to a

: Action needed to connect to

: You have new message(s).

: You have new voicemail. A

: You have new email.

: A file was downloaded

: Current signal

Update Available

installed app.

Update Successful

app.

Alarm

: An alarm is set.

Silent mode

are silenced, and Vibrate is not active.

Vibrate

Music Playing

the background. You can control playback from Notifications, or from Music player.

Music Paused

control playback from Notifications, or from Music player.

SD Card Ready

to prepare the card for use. For more information about using memory cards, see “Memory Card” on page 119.

: An update is available for an

: An update was installed for an

: All sounds except media and alarms

: Vibrate Silent mode is active.

: Music is playing, but the app is in

: Music playback is paused. You can

: A memory card scan is underway,

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SD Card Safe to Remove

unmounted, and it is safe to uninstall it. For more information about using memory cards, see “Memory Card” on page 119.

SD Card Removed

uninstalled. For more information about using memory cards, see “Memory Card” on page 119.

Bluetooth Active

information, see “Turning Bluetooth On or Off” on page 113.

Bluetooth Paired

another Bluetooth device. For more information, see “Pairing with a Bluetooth Device” on page 113.

: A memory card was

: Bluetooth is turned on. For more

: Your device is paired with

Primary Shortcuts

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

Editing the Primary Shortcuts

To add or remove shortcuts:



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:



Touch and hold the shortcut until then drag the shortcut to the

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Remove

Apps

Remove

icon.

appears,

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Widgets

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

Adding Widgets to the Home screen

Adding widgets from the Home screen

1. Navigate to a Home screen panel, then touch and hold

on the screen to display the

2. Touch

3. Touch the

Adding Shortcuts from Widgets

1. Navigate to a Home screen panel.

2. Touch

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

Apps and widgets

Widgets

tab, then touch and hold and drag it

to the Home screen.

Apps

, then touch the

the widget and place it on the Home screen.

Removing Widgets



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

Home screen

Widgets

Remove

menu.

tab.

appears,

Shortcuts

Use App shortcuts for quick access to applications from the Home screen. Your device 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. Navigate to a Home screen panel, then touch and hold

on the screen to display the

2. Tou ch

3. Touch and hold an app to add it to the Home screen.

Adding Shortcuts from Apps

1. Navigate to a Home screen panel.

2. Tou ch

3. Touch and hold an app to add it to the Home screen.

Apps and widgets

Apps

Add to Home screen

Removing Shortcuts



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

Remove

menu.

appears,

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Folders

Place folders on the Home screen to organize items.

Adding Folders

1. Navigate to a Home screen panel, then touch and hold

on the screen to display the

Folder

2. Tou ch

Touch the folder to name it.

. The folder displays on the Home screen.

Removing Folders



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

Home screen

Remove

appears,

Wallpaper

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

1. From the Home screen, touch and hold on the screen

to display the

wallpaper

2. Choose screens

3. Choose a source:

•Gallery

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

Done

• Live wallpapers

wallpapers. Touch a wallpaper, then touch

• Wallpaper

a wallpaper, then touch

Note:

You can also set Wallpaper in Settings. For more information, see “Wallpaper” on page 137.

Home screen

Home screen, Lock screen

: Choose a picture stored on your device or on an

to set the picture as wallpaper.

: Choose from pre-loaded interactive moving

: Choose from pre-loaded wallpaper images. Touch

menu, then select

, or

Home and lock

Set wallpaper

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Set

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Apps

Apps holds all applications installed on your device. Applications that you download and install are also added to Apps.

The Apps screen is like the Home screen, it consists of panels that extend beyond the display width to provide more space. 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.

For more information about applications, see “Applications” on page 68.

You can place shortcuts to apps on the Home screen, for quick access to the app. For more information, see “Adding Shortcuts from Apps” on page 36.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Slide your finger left or right to scroll the Apps screens.

3. Touch an icon to launch the application.

Apps

Entering Text

Your device uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry. Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and other characters into text entry fields or applications. Access the keyboard by touching any text entry field.

You can also use voice input to speak your inputs. The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of the

screen. By default, when you rotate the device, the screen orientation updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of the screen.

Text Input Methods

Your device offers three text input methods: Google voice typing, Samsung keyboard, and Swype.

You can set a default text entry method in Settings. For more information, see “Keyboards and input methods” on page 155.

To choose a text input method at any time:



While entering text, touch and drag downward from the top of the screen to display Notifications, then touch

Choose input method

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Using Samsung Keyboard

The Samsung keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY keyboard, featuring optional predictive text. Input characters by tapping the on-screen keys with your finger, or use speech recognition.

You can enable predictive text, to have the Samsung keyboard match your key touches to common words and displays them. Select a word from the display to insert it into your text.

Configuring Samsung keyboard

Configure the Samsung keyboard to your preferences.

•

For more information, see

•

While entering text, touch , then select from the pop-up menu.

Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters

The default case is lower case (abc). Enter upper and lower case alphabet letters by touching the Shift key to toggle the case, before touching the letter key(s).

•

Touch once to switch from abc to Abc mode

•

Touch and hold to switch to ABC mode

“Samsung keyboard”

on page 156.

Entering Symbols and Numbers

To enter common symbols, touch to switch to symbol mode, then touch the corresponding key.

To enter less-common symbols, touch touch the corresponding key.

To enter numbers, touch , then touch the number keys.

Using Google Voice Typing from the Samsung keyboard

When you enable the Voice input setting for Samsung keyboard, you can access Google Voice Typing from the Samsung keyboard.

For more information about enabling Voice input, see “Samsung keyboard” on page 156.



Touch , then speak your input.

Using Predictive text

When using Predictive text, you can have next-letter prediction and regional error correction, which compensates for pressing the wrong keys on the QWERTY keyboard.



While entering characters, potential word matches display in the Predictive text area above the keyboard. Touch a word to insert it into your text.

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➔ , then

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Using Google Voice Typing

Use your voice to enter text using the Google Voice typing feature.

1. While entering text, touch and drag downward from the

top of the screen to display Notifications, then touch

Select input method ➔ Google voice typing

Listening

2. At the

the text is displayed in the text field.

prompt, speak your text. As you speak,

Entering Text using Swype

Swype is a new way to enter text on touch screens. Instead of touching each key individually, use your finger to trace over the letters of a word. For each word, place your finger on the first letter and glide to the subsequent letters, lifting on the last letter.

Swype Help

While entering text, you can get information about Swype.



Touch and hold

How to Swype

tutorial.

Swype

to access Settings, for the

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Configuring Swype

Configure Swype options in the Language and input settings.

•

While entering text, touch and hold

•

For more information about Swype settings, see page 158.

Using the Numeric Keyboard

Switch to a Numeric Keyboard, to quickly enter numbers and mathematical operators.



Tou ch .

Entering Symbols and Numbers

Using the Swype Keyboard:

•

Touch and hold on a key to enter the character at the top of the key.

•

Touch and hold on a key until a menu of all characters available on that key appears, then touch a character to enter it.

•

Touch to switch to Symbol mode, then touch a key.

Swype

“Swype”

Editing Keyboard

The Editing Keyboard provides a quick way to move the cursor and highlight text. If the application in which you are working supports editing, you can cut, copy or paste highlighted text.



Swype from

Using Swype Voice Input

Enter text by speaking. Swype recognizes your speech and enters text for you.



Tou ch you want to enter.

Swype

to .

Voice Input

. At the prompt, speak the text

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Section 3: Contacts and Accounts

Accounts

Your device 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 device’s Contacts.

With synchronization, you can ensure that information on your device is updated with any information that changes in your 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 “Setting Up Email Accounts” on page 72.

Tip:

For more information on setting up your email, visit the Smartphone Resource Center at: https://smartphones.verizonwireless.com

Adding an account

1. From the Home screen, touch Settings ➔ Add account

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

enter your credentials and sign in.

3. The device communicates with the provider’s server to

set up your account on the device.

Apps

➔

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Managing accounts

1. From the Home screen, touch Settings

2. Select an account, then touch a setting to enable or

disable synchronization. When enabled, a check mark appears in the check box.

Apps

➔

Contacts

Use Contacts to store information for your friends, family and colleagues, to make contacting them easy.

To a cces s Cont acts :



From the Home screen, touch

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.

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Creating Contacts

1. From the Home screen, touch Create contact

2. At the

3. Touch contact fields to enter information:

Save contact to

the contact (options depend on accounts set up):

• Phone

: Save to the phone’s Contacts.

•Google

: Save to your Google account.

•Corporate

•

Tou c h

•

Tou c h

Name

enter

Name prefix, First name, Middle name, Last name,

Name suffix

•

Touch

Phone number

Label

button to choose a label, from

Work Fax, Home Fax, Pager, Other, Custom

add another number, touch .

•

Touch

Email address

Label

button to choose a label, from

Custom

prompt, select a save option for

: Save to your Corporate account.

Photo ID

to choose a picture to identify the contact.

to enter a name for the contact. Touch to

to enter a phone number, then touch the

to enter an email address, then touch the

to create a new label. To add an address, touch .

Contacts

➔

Mobile, Home, Work

Callback

Home, Work, Other

, or

. To

•

Touch

Address

to enter an email address, then touch the

Label

button to choose a label, from

Custom

to create a new label. To add an address, touch .

•

Touch next to the

Label

Anniversary, Other

•

Touch

Groups

information about Groups, see

•

Touch

Ringtone

•

Touch

Vibration pattern

along with the ringtone when this contact calls or sends you a

message.

•

Touch

Add another field Phonetic Name, Organization, IM, Notes, Nickname Website

4. When you finish entering information, touch

Events

button to choose a label, from

, or

Custom

to assign the contact to a group. For more

to choose a ringtone for the contact.

to choose a vibration pattern to play

, or

Relationship

Home, Work, Other

to enter a special date, then touch

Birthday

to create a new label.

“Groups”

on page 51.

to add more fields, including

Save

, or

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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, see “Creating or Updating Contacts Using Recent calls” on page 60.

Creating Contacts from the Phone Keypad

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

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch the digits of the phone number on the

3. Touch

4. Continue entering contact information. For more

Tip:

Add to Contacts

the pop-up menu.

information, see “Creating Contacts” on page 44.

While entering a phone number, you can add waits or pauses. Enter the number up to the pause or wait, then touch Menu

to select

, then select

Add 2 sec pause

Phone

Keypad

Create contact

Add wait

from

Updating Contacts

Make changes to update an existing contact.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch a contact to view its information, then touch Edit

– or – Touch and hold a contact, then select

menu.

3. Continue entering contact information. For more

information, see “Creating Contacts” on page 44.

Updating Contacts from the Phone Keypad

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

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch the digits of the phone number on the

3. To uc h

4. Select a contact to update, then continue entering

Add to Contacts

the pop-up menu.

contact information. For more information, see “Creating Contacts” on page 44.

, then select

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Contacts

Edit

from the

Phone

Keypad

Update existing

from

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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, see “Creating or Updating Contacts Using Recent calls” on page 60.

Choosing Contacts to Display

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

•

Choose

•

Choose an account to only display contacts from that account.

•

Touch

•

Touch

•

Choose account, or the phone.

, then touch

All contacts

Phone SIM

Customized list

to show all contacts.

to show only show contacts saved to the phone.

to show only contacts saved to the SIM card.

to select contact types for each

Contacts

Contacts to display

Contacts Settings

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Tou ch

•

Select least one stored phone number.

•

Touch

•

Touch

•

Tou c h your service provider.

•

Touch transferring contacts by Bluetooth. You can choose to send all namecards at once, or individually. For more information about sending contacts, see page 49.

, then touch

Only contacts with phones

List by

to sort contacts by first or last name.

Display contacts by

Service numbers

Contact sharing settings

to list contacts by first or last name.

to view and call customer service for

“Sending Namecards (vCards)”

Contacts

Settings

to show contacts with at

to set your preferences for

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Other Contacts Options

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch a contact to display it, then touch

•History

: View calls and messages to and from this contact.

•Edit

: Modify contact information.

•Delete

: Erase the contact record.

• Join contact/Separate contact

one. For information, see

• Mark as default

(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

see

“Sending Namecards (vCards)”

• Add to reject list

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

• Print contact info

to a compatible Samsung Bluetooth-enabled printer (not included).

: Set a default phone number or other field

: Mark the contact so that calls or messages

: Print the contact’s information via Bluetooth

: Manage multiple contacts as

“Joining Contacts”

: Send the namecard. For information,

Remove from reject list

Contacts

on page 48.

on page 49.

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 Home screen, touch

2. To uc h

contact fields. Contacts” on page 44.

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 Home screen, touch

2. Touch your profile to display your contact information.

3. To uc h

4. Choose a sending method, then follow the prompts to

send the profile.

Set up profile

, then enter your information

For more information, see “Creating

, then touch

Share namecard via

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Contacts

in the

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Joining Contacts

Your device 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 device, you may have multiple contacts for one person.

Joining contact records allows you to see all the contact’s numbers and addresses together. Joining 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.

Joining contacts

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch and hold on a contact, then select

3. Select a contact to join to the selected contact.

Contacts

Join contact

Separating contacts

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch a contact to display its information.

3. Under the

4. Touch next to a contact to remove it from the

Contacts

Connection

many contacts are joined to this one. Touch the

Connection

displayed contact.

heading, phone icons show how

field to display joined contacts.

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Exporting and Importing Contacts

You can export your contact list to and from USB storage (your device’s memory), or an installed memory card. Contacts are exported and imported as a special VCF file, and contacts are sent as vCards.

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

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

the operation:

• Import from USB storage

device memory.

• Export to USB storage

• Import from SD card

memory card (not included).

• Export to SD card

• Import from SIM card

SIM card to device memory.

• Share namecard via

information, see page 49.

, then touch

: Copy contacts that are saved in

: Copy contacts to device memory.

: Copy contacts from an optional installed

: Copy contacts to an installed memory card.

: Copy contacts that are saved to the

: Share contacts as vCards. For more

“Sending Namecards (vCards)”

Contacts

Import/Export

Sending Namecards (vCards)

You can send a contact namecard as a vCards via Bluetooth to other Bluetooth devices, or as an attachment via Gmail or Email.

Important!

Not all Bluetooth devices will accept contacts, and not all devices support transfers of multiple contacts. Check the target device’s documentation.

Contacts

➔

Send

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. To uc h

namecard via

3. Touch contacts to mark them for sending, or touch

Select all

the check box for marked contacts.

4. To uc h

Done

then follow the prompts to send the namecard:

• Bluetooth

see

“Bluetooth”

•Email

“Email”

, then touch

to mark all contacts. A check mark appears in

. At the prompt, choose a sending method,

: For more information about sending via Bluetooth,

on page 113.

: For more information about sending email, see

on page 72.

Import/Export

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•Gmail

: For more information about sending Gmail, see

“Composing and Sending Gmail”

• Messaging

• Wi-Fi Direct

: For more information about sending messages,

see

“Creating and Sending Messages”

: For more information about using Wi-Fi Direct,

see see

“Wi-Fi Direct”

on page 110.

on page 75.

on page 68.

Backing Up Contacts

Use Backup Assistant Plus to save a copy of your Contacts to a secure web site.

For more information, see “Backup Assistant+” on page 72.

Contacts

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Tou ch

3. Follow the prompts to log in to your Backup Assistant

account.

, then touch

Backup

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Favorites

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

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

Creating Favorites

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch and hold on a contact, then select favorites

from the pop-up menu.

– or – Touch a contact to display it, then touch at the top

right of the screen.

Contacts

Add to

Groups

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

Accessing Groups



From the Home screen, touch

Groups

Creating a New Group

1. From the Home screen, touch Groups

➔

2. To uc h

•

Touch

Group name

•

Touch

Group ringtone

members of this group.

•

Touch

Vibration pattern

from members of this group.

•

Touch

Add member

3. Touch to save the new group.

Create

to enter a Group Name.

to choose a ringtone for calls from

to choose a vibration to play for calls

to select members from Contacts.

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Contacts

➔

Contacts

➔

, then enter information:

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Editing a Group

1. From the Home screen, touch Groups

Contacts

2. Touch a Group to display it.

➔

Edit

3. Touch

, then update information for the group. For more information, see “Creating a New Group” on page 51.

Deleting a Group

1. From the Home screen, touch Groups

2. Touch

, then touch

Delete

Contacts

3. Touch a group to mark it for deletion, or touch

to mark all groups. When selected, a check mark appears in the check box. You cannot delete preloaded groups.

4. Touch

Delete

, then choose

group members

Group only

Group and

➔

Select all

Adding Contacts to a Group

1. From the Home screen, touch Groups

Group

2. Tou ch a

member

to display it, then touch

Contacts

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

Select all

to mark all contacts. When selected, a check

mark appears in the check box.

Done

4. Tou ch

to add the selected contact(s).

Removing Contacts from a Group

1. From the Home screen, touch

Group

2. Tou ch a

3. Tou ch

to display it.

, then touch

Contacts

Remove member

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

Select all

to mark all contacts. When selected, a check

mark appears in the check box.

Done

5. Tou ch

to remove the selected contact(s).

➔

Add

➔

Groups

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Sending a Message to Group Members

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

1. From the Home screen, touch Group

to display it.

, then touch

Done

2. Touch a

3. Touch

4. Touch contacts to mark them as recipients for the new

message, then touch

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

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

Messages” on page 68, or see “Composing and Sending Email” on page 74.

Contacts

Send message

➔

Groups

Send

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 55.

Note:

Some speed dials are reserved by default, and cannot be assigned: Speed dial 1 is reserved for Voicemail. Speed dial 97 is reserved for balance inquiries. Speed dial 98 is reserved for minutes inquiries. Speed dial 99 is reserved for payment inquiries. Speed dial 100 is reserved for data usage inquiries.

Assigning Speed Dials

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. To uc h

3. A list of speed dials displays.Touch a speed dial, then

touch a contact to assign the contact to the speed dial.

, then touch

Speed dial setting

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Removing or Reassigning a Speed Dial

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

3. Touch

• Change order

new speed dial location to change the order.

•Remove

, then touch

, then touch an option:

: Touch an assigned speed dial, then touch a

: Touch a speed dial to remove it.

Contacts

Speed dial setting

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Section 4: Calling

Making Calls

Your device offers multiple ways to make calls:

•

Use the touch screen or speed dial.

•

Call a contact from

•

Call a contact from

•

Return a call, or call a recent caller, from

•

Voice dial using

Phone Keypad

Contacts Favorites

S Voice

to enter the phone number

Recent

calls.

Making Calls Using the Phone Keypad

1. From the Home screen, touch

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

3. Touch to place the call.

Phone

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 53.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch the digits of the speed dial number on the Keypad

, holding the last digit until the number dials.

Phone

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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, see “Contacts” on page 43.

Contacts

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Find the contact and touch it to open the Contact entry.

3. 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.

Making Calls using S Voice

Place a call by speaking the name or number.

1. From the Home screen, touch

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

confirm the license agreement, and view information about.

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

commands such as:

• Call <Name >

• Dial <Phone number>

•Redial

Tip:

You can launch S Voice from most unlocked screens by pressing the

: Call an entry in your Contacts list.

: Call a spoken phone number.

: Repeat a recent call.

Home Key

twice.

Phone

. then touch

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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 51.

1. From the Home screen, touch Favorites

2. Touch

3. Find the contact and touch it to open the 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.

to display favorites.

Phone

Making Calls from Recent calls

Return a call, or call a number from a recent call stored in Recent calls.

For more information, see “Recent Calls” on page 59.

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.

Add call

2. To uc h

3. Make the second call by touching the phone number

digits, then press .

4. To uc h

call.

5. To end the call touch

. The first call is placed on hold.

Merge

to merge the calls into one conference

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Answering Calls

You can answer incoming calls when the device is locked or unlocked.



Touch and drag the middle of the screen.

Tip:

To silence the ringtone for an incoming call, press the

Volume Key

Sending Calls to Voicemail

When your device 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.

Rejecting a call



Touch and drag the of the screen.

Answer

icon toward the

Reject

icon toward the middle

Rejecting a call with a message



Touch and drag middle of the screen, then select an existing message,

Create new message

Note:

For more information about creating reject messages,

see “Set reject messages” on page 62.

Reject call with message

toward the

Answering Call-Waiting Calls

When you receive a call while on a call:

•

Touch and drag the 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.

•

To uch

Swap

to place a call on hold and return to the original call.

Answer

icon to answer the incoming

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Options During a Call

While in a call, you can use these features:

•

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 (device

and headset must already be paired; for more information see

“Pairing with a Bluetooth Device”

•

Tou ch

– – – –

–

for options:

Contacts

: Launch Contacts.

Message

: Launch Messaging.

S Note

: Launch S Note.

Noise reduction on/Noise reduction off

reduction, to improve call audio quality in noisy environments.

My call sound

you might need the sound softer or clear, or optimized for your right or left ear.

: Choose options for call audio, in cases where

on page 113).

: Enable or disable noise

Ending a Call



To end a call, touch .

Recent Calls

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

Accessing Recent calls



From the Home screen, touch

Recent calls

Making Calls using Recent calls

1. From the Home screen, touch Recent

2. Touch

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

redial. – or –

Touch a call, then touch to dial the number.

to display recent calls.

Phone

➔

Phone

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Sending Messages using Recent calls

1. From the Home screen, touch Recent calls

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

– or – Touch a call, then touch to create a message to

the number.

Phone

➔

Creating or Updating Contacts Using Recent calls

1. From the Home screen, touch Recent calls

2. Touch and hold on a call, then select

from the pop-up menu.

3. Choose

4. Continue entering contact information. For more

Create contact

information, see “Contacts” on page 43.

Phone

Add to Contacts

Update existing

➔

Managing Recent calls

Deleting records

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. While viewing the calls, touch Delete

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

4. Tou ch

Filtering records

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. While viewing the calls, touch View by

3. Select a filter type, from calls

Missed calls, Dialed calls, Received calls, Rejected

calls

All messages, Sent messages

messages

Phone

Recent calls

. A check indicates marked records.

Delete

Recent calls

to delete marked records.

All calls and messages, All

Phone

, and

➔

, then touch

➔

, then touch

Received

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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 Recent calls

2. While viewing calls, touch

duration

Phone

➔

, then touch

Call

Call Settings

Configure settings for calling with your device.

Call restriction

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

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. To uc h

3. Select

• Auto reject mode ON

will be rejected.

• Auto reject list

Auto reject mode is ON. Turn on calls with no caller ID. Touch enter numbers to reject, or select them from Contacts. Touch

Match criteria

➔ Call Settings

Call restriction

OFF

. When ON, calls from numbers on the Auto reject list

for these options:

: Touch to turn Auto reject mode

: Enter telephone numbers to be rejected in

Unknown number

Create

to set options for using the reject number list.

Phone

to reject

, then follow the prompts to

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Set reject messages

Create and manage text messages to send to callers when rejecting incoming calls. Messages you create here are available from the incoming call screen when you use the Reject with message option.

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

3. Manage messages:

•

To create new messages, touch prompts.

•

To modify an existing message, touch the message, then edit the text.

➔ Call Settings

Phone

➔ Set reject messages

Create

, then follow the

Ringtones and keypad tones

Choose tones and/or vibration to play for incoming calls and keypad touches.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Tou ch

3. Configure settings:

keypad tones

• Device ringtone

• Device vibration

• Incoming call vibration

•Keytones

own pattern, to play for incoming calls when Incoming call vibration is turned On. Vibration plays along with the ringtone, if Silent mode is not enabled.

plays for incoming calls.

: When turned on, sounds play when you touch the

Phone keypad.

➔ Call Settings ➔ Ringtones and

: Choose a default ringtone for incoming calls.

: Choose a vibration pattern, or create your

: When enabled, the Device vibration

Phone

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Call alert

Set options for sounds and vibrations to occur during calls.

Phone

➔ Call alert

Minute minder

Call end

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

3. Configure options:

• Call vibrations

have your device vibrate when it connects to the network. Enable on the other caller ends the call.

•Call status tones

calls. Enable when the other caller answers a call. Enable have a tone play once per minute during a call. Enable

tone

to have the device play a tone when the other caller ends

the call. Touch

• Alerts on call

messages play during phone calls. When disabled, these notifications will be muted during a call.

➔ Call Settings

: Enable

Vibrate on connection to network

Call-end vibration

Call connect tone

: Enable to have notifications for alarms and new

to have the device vibrate when

: Choose options for sounds to play during

to have the device play a tone

to save the settings.

Call answering/ending

Manage settings for answering and ending calls.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. To uc h ending

3. Configure these options:

• Answering key

call by pressing the

• The power key ends calls

Auto screen off during calls

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

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. To uc h

3. To uc h

the option.

➔ Call Settings

: When enabled, you can answer an incoming

Power/Lock Key

➔ Call Settings

Auto screen off during calls

➔ Call answering/

Home Key

: When enabled, pressing the

ends a call.

Phone

to enable or disable

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Accessory settings for call

Configure headset options for calls.

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

for call

3. Configure settings:

• Automatic answering

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

• Automatic answering timer

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

• Outgoing call conditions

Bluetooth headset, you can choose to make calls even when the device is locked.

➔ Call Settings

: When enabled, and you have a

➔ Accessory settings

: Choose a time period to delay

: When the device is paired with a

Phone

My call sound

Choose options for call audio, in cases where you might need

the sound softer or more clear, or optimized for your right or left ear. These are the defaults, but you can change them during a call by touching

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Tou ch

3. Configure options:

• My call sound settings

• Personalize call sound

Use extra volume for calls

When enabled, the call screen displays a volume control, for adjusting call volume during calls.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Tou ch

3. Tou ch

option.

defaults, or choose Soft sound, Clear sound, Optimized for left ear, or Optimized for right ear.

call sound for you.

Use extra vol. for calls

Menu ➔ My call sound

Phone

➔ Call Settings

➔ My call sound

: Choose Off to use the phone’s

: Follow the prompts to find the best

Phone

to enable or disable the

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Increase volume in pocket

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

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

3. Tou ch

Additional settings

Enable or disable noise reduction. When enabled, the effect of background noise is suppressed, to help you and the other caller hear better.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch

3. Touch

Increase volume in pocket

the option.

➔ Call Settings

➔ Call Settings ➔ Additional settings

Noise reduction

to enable or disable the option.

Phone

. . to enable or disable

Phone

Voicemail

Configure options for voicemail.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. To uc h

3. Configure options:

• Voicemail service

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

• Voicemail settings

voicemail for your service provider is *86 (*VM). If you wish to use another speed dial, touch Voicemail number to set a new one.

•Ringtone

•Vibrate

notification.

Phone

➔ Call Settings

: By default, your device uses your wireless

: By default, the speed dial for calling

: Choose a ringtone to play for a voicemail notification.

: Choose an option for vibration to play for a voicemail

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Other call settings

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

3. Configure options:

• Current country

Assisted dialing.

• Assisted dialing

dials appropriate codes and prefixes for international calls. Touch to turn the option On or Off, then touch Assisted dialing to configure settings.

•Auto retry

call if it receives a busy signal from the network.

• TTY mode

with optional TTY equipment.

•DTMF tones

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

• Voice privacy

improve the security of phone calls.

➔ Call Settings

: Choose the country you are in. This is used in

: When turned On, your phone automatically

: When enabled, the device will automatically redial a

: Choose a TTY mode to enable TTY mode, for use

: Set the length of Dual-tone Multi-frequency

: Enable or disable Enhanced voice privacy, to

Phone

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Section 5: Messaging

Types of Messages

Your device supports these types of messages:

•

Text messages

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

•

Multimedia messages

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

•

Mobile IMs

popular messaging sites.

•

including Corporate mail.

•

Gmail

•

Voicemail

•

Google Talk

: Send and receive simple messages containing

: Send and receive text messages with

: Exchange Instant Messages with other users of

: Send and receive email from your email accounts,

: Send and receive Gmail from your Google account.

: Retrieve voice messages from callers.

: Chat with other Google Talk users.

Note:

Messaging service availability depends on your network and service plan. Multimedia Messaging charges apply per your Calling Plan. Monthly plans are available. Higher rates apply for International Multimedia Messaging (when available). Compatible Device required. Consult Verizon Wireless for more information.

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Text and Multimedia Messaging

Your device can send and receive text and multimedia messages.

Creating and Sending Messages

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch

3. Tou ch

or email address, or touch to add recipients from Contacts. As you enter text, matching contacts appear. Touch a contact to add it to the list.

4. Touch

entering the message, use these options (available options depend on attachment):

•

New message

Enter recipient

Enter message

Touch Attach (converts the message to MMS). Touch Menu

–

Insert smiley

–

Add text

templates to add.

–

View contact

–

Preview

and enter a name, phone number

, then enter the message. While

to add media or content to the message

for options:

: Add a text emoticon to the message.

: Select text from S Memo, Calendar, Contacts or Text

: Display the addressed contact’s information.

: View the message and attachments before sending.

Messaging

–

Add to Contacts

save the info as a new contact, or update an existing contact.

–

Add slide/Remove slide

pictures or other media, and adding a slide converts the

message to MMS.

–

Add subject

MMS.)

–

Duration

–

Layout

on top) of the attachment(s), or after (Text on bottom).

–

Priority level

–

Discard

5. Touch to send the message.

: If the recipients are not saved in Contacts,

: Add or remove a slide. Slides hold

: Add a subject field (converts the message to

: Set the length of time the media on the slide displays.

: Choose whether the message text appears above (Text

: Set the urgency of the message.

: Erase the message without sending it.

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Managing Messages

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

1. From the Home screen, touch

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:

–

View Contact / Add to Contacts

save the sender/recipient’s information.

–

Delete thread

–

Save messages

•

Tou ch

–

Delete threads

–

Draft messages

sent.

–

Locked messages

messages cannot be deleted.

: Erase the entire message thread.

: Save the message to

for options, including:

: Enter characters to search messages and recipients.

: Choose message threads to erase.

: View messages you’ve created but not yet

: View messages you’ve locked. Locked

Messaging

: View the contact record, or

–

Save messages

–

Settings

–

About

Message Settings

Configure settings for message storage, delivery, or alerts.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. To uc h

•Display

–

Bubble style

message thread. Touch a bubble style for each side of the conversation, then touch

–

Background style

behind message threads. Touch a style, then touch

–

Split view

view when the device is in landscape orientation.

–

Use the volume key

of message text while viewing by pressing the Volume Key.

• General settings

–

Restore messages

memory card back to the Messaging app.

: Save messages to storage.

: Configure Messaging settings.

: View information about Messaging.

Messaging

, then touch

: Choose the appearance of messages in a

: When enabled, messages display in a split screen

Settings

for options:

Save

: Choose the appearance of the screen

: When enabled, you can change the size

: Restore messages saved to an optional

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–

Delete old messages

automatically erased when storage reaches default limits. When disabled, the device will prompt you to delete old messages to make room.

–

Text message limit

conversation.

–

Multimedia message limit

messages per thread.

–

Text templates

to your messages. Use a pre-loaded text template, or create your own.

• Text message (SMS) settings

–

Delivery reports

for text messages you send.

–

Manage SIM card messages

you’ve stored on an installed SIM card.

• Multimedia message (MMS) settings

–

Delivery reports

for multimedia messages you send.

–

Auto-retrieve

automatically. When disabled, the device prompts for download.

: When enabled, messages are

: Set the number of SMS messages per

: Set the number of MMS

: Text templates are phrases that you can add

: When enabled, you receive a delivery report

: View and manage messages

: When enabled, you receive a delivery report

: When enabled, MMS messages download

–

Roaming auto-retrieve

download and display automatically when roaming. When disabled, the device prompts you to download new MMS messages.

–

MMS alert

: When enabled, your device alerts you when a message changes from SMS to MMS, such as when you attach a picture.

–

Group conversations

message is considered a group message. When this option is enabled, replies to the original message are sent to all recipients.

• Notification settings

–

Notifications

Status bar.

–

Select ringtone

–

Vibrate

: Configure vibration for message alerts.

–

Message alert repetition

new messages.

–

Preview message

messages appears in the Status bar with the message notification.

: When enabled, MMS messages

: When you enter multiple recipients, the

: When enabled, message alerts display in the

: Choose a sound for message alerts.

: Choose the frequency of alerts for

: When enabled, a preview of new

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• Emergency message settings

–

Emergency Alerts

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 (checkmark shown). For more information about Emergency Alerts see

“Emergency Alerts”

–

Emergency notification preview

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 reminder

device plays a sound to notify you of an Emergency Alert after the Emergency Alert tone has stopped.

: Choose whether, and at what interval, your

: This device is designed to receive Wireless

on page 72.

: Listen to an example of a

• Signature settings

–

Add signature

messages you send.

–

Signature text

when Add signature is enabled (available when Add signature is enabled).

• Callback number

–

Enable callback number

number is included in messages you send.

–

Callback number

messages when Enable callback number is enabled (available when Enable callback number is enabled).

: When enabled, a text signature is added to all

: Enter a text signature to add to messages

: When enabled, a telephone

: Enter a telephone number to add to

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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 three types of Emergency Alerts:

•

Presidential

•

Imminent (Severe or Extreme)

•

AMBER Alerts (missing person alert)

Customers may choose not to receive Imminent Alerts and AMBER Alerts. Presidential Alerts can not be disabled. To disable Imminent Threat Alerts (Extreme and Severe) and AMBER Alerts, follow these instructions:

1. From the Home screen, touch Menu

2. Touch

Alerts

3. All alerts are enabled by default (checkmark showing).

To disable alerts, touch an alert to remove the checkmark.

, then touch

Messaging

Settings ➔ Emergency

Email

Send and receive email using popular email services.

Setting Up Email Accounts

You can configure Email for most accounts in just a few steps.

1. From the Home screen, select Email

2. The first time you set up an email account, select your

email provider. – or –

For subsequent accounts, touch

➔

, then select your email provider.

3. Follow the prompts to set up your email account.

Note:

For more information on setting up your email, visit the Smartphone Resource Center at:

https://smartphones.verizonwireless.com

Apps

➔

Menu ➔ Settings

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Deleting Email Accounts

1. From the Home screen, select Email

2. Touch

3. Select email account(s) for deletion, then touch

DELETE

➔ Settings

➔ .

Apps

➔

Syncing Email Accounts

Syncing refreshes your device with the account’s servers. When you set up an email account, you can choose whether the account syncs in the background, or manually.



From the Home screen, select

➔

Sync

Apps

➔

Email Settings

Use settings to configure handling of your email.

Note:

Available settings depend on the email provider.

1. From the Home screen, select Email

2. To uc h

options:

• Auto-advance

message.

• Message preview line

text to display in the preview screen.

• Email title

• Confirm deletions

confirm when you delete messages.

• Quick responses

insert into emails.

•Split view mode

screen view when the device is in landscape orientation.

•Priority senders

the addresses treated as a priority.

➔ Settings

: Choose the screen to display after you delete a

: Choose the number of lines of email

: Choose how emails are titled in the preview screen.

: When enabled, Email will prompt you to

: View and manage text phrases that you can

: When enabled, emails display in a split

: Enter email addresses, to have emails from

Apps

➔ General preferences

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• Email notifications

for new emails in the Status bar.

• Select ringtone

notifications.

•Vibrate

: Enable or disable vibration to play with new email

notifications.

3. Touch an account to configure specific settings.

Available options depend on the account.

: Enable or disable display of notifications

: Choose a sound to play with new email

Composing and Sending Email

1. From the Home screen, select Email

2. If you have multiple accounts set up, choose an

account from the menu at the top of the screen.

COMPOSE

3. Tou ch

recipients and the email text.

4. While composing a message, use these options:

•

Touch Menu for options. Available options depend on the type of email account.

•

Touch Attach options depend on the type of email account.

5. Tou ch

, then touch fields to enter

to add a file to the message. Available

Send

to send the message.

Apps

➔

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Gmail

Send and receive emails via Gmail, Google’s web-based email.



From the Home screen, select

Gmail

Setting Up Your Gmail Account

The first time you launch Gmail, your device will prompt you to set up your Google account, if you haven’t already set it up. If you set up your Google account on your device, Gmail is set up automatically

1. From the Home screen, select Gmail

2. Follow the prompts to sign in, or create a new account.

3. The device 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 device. To add another account, use the

Settings ➔ ADD ACCOUNT

option.

Apps

➔

Refreshing Your Gmail Account

Syncing refreshes your device with the account’s servers. When you set up an email account, you can choose whether the account syncs in the background, or manually.



From the Home screen, select

Gmail ➔

Sync

Apps

➔

Gmail Settings

Use settings to configure your Gmail preferences.

1. From the Home screen, select Gmail

2. To uc h

Menu ➔ Settings

Apps

for options.

➔

Composing and Sending Gmail

1. From the Home screen, select Gmail

Compose

2. Touch

message. While composing, touch options.

3. To send the message, touch

, then touch fields to compose the

Apps

➔

for

Send

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Voicemail

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

Visual Voice Mail is a feature that allows you to review your voicemails on your device, including the option to listen to your voicemail in any order. There is a monthly charge for Visual Voice Mail, and airtime charges may apply. For more information, contact Verizon Wireless.

Setting up Voicemail

1. From the Home screen, touch Voice Mail

– or – From the Home screen, touch

and hold .

2. Follow the automated instructions to set up your

password and record a greeting.

Apps

Phone

➔

, then touch

Checking Voicemail

1. From the Home screen, touch Voice Mail

– or – From the Home screen, touch , then touch and

hold .

2. Follow the automated instructions to manage

voicemail.

Apps

➔

Clearing Voicemail Notifications

When you have new voicemail, your device alerts you by displaying an icon in the Status bar, and, depending on your settings, by playing sound and vibration. If you want to remove the icon from the Status bar, use the Clear notifications option.



From the Home screen, touch

Voice Mail

➔

Clear notifications

Apps

➔

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Google Talk

Chat with other Google Talk users.

Note:

Talk requires that you have a Google account set up on your device. For more information, see “Setting Up Your Accounts” on page 42. If you set up your Google account, you are automatically logged in.



From the Home screen, select

Apps

➔

Tal k

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Section 6: Applications

Managing Applications

Apps displays all applications installed on your device, including apps you download and install.

You can change the way apps appear on the screen, uninstall apps you’ve downloaded, and share apps with friends. When you install new apps, new screens are added to hold them.

Tip:

You can place shortcuts to apps on the Home screen, for quick access to the application. For more information, see “Shortcuts” on page 36.

Downloading and Installing Apps

Find new apps to download and install on your device:

•

Play Store

page 102.

•

page 103.

: For more information, see

S Suggest

: For more information, see

“Play Store”

“S Suggest”

Uninstalling Apps

You can uninstall apps you download and install. Pre-loaded apps cannot be uninstalled.

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Tou ch

3. Apps that can be uninstalled show on their icon.

Touch , then follow the prompts to uninstall the app. Pre-loaded apps cannot be uninstalled.

➔ Uninstall

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Customizing the Apps Screens

Choosing a view

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

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch Menu

3. Choose an option:

• Customizable Grid

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

• Alphabetical grid

• Alphabetical list

Apps screen options

1. From the Home screen, touch

2. Touch Menu

•Play Store

apps to download.

•Edit

: Touch and hold an app icon for these options:

–

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 and place the icon on it.

, then touch View type

: The default view, which allows you to

: Icons are arranged in a grid, in A-Z order.

: Icons display in a list, sorted from A-Z.

for options:

: Launch Google™ Play Store, to browse for new

Apps.

–

Drag it to to launch Application manager to view information about the app. For more information, see

manager”

on page 143.

–

Drag to (if available) to remove the icon. The trashcan is only available for apps you’ve installed. Pre-loaded apps cannot be removed.

•Create folder

• Uninstall

device. Preloaded apps cannot be uninstalled.

• Downloaded applications

downloaded.

•View type

• Share apps

pre-loaded apps) to share via Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, Google+, Messaging, S Note, or Wi-Fi Direct.

• Hide applications/Show hidden applications

whether app icons are visible in Apps. Hiding an icon does not remove the app from your device.

: Create a new folder to contain apps.

: Remove an app that you downloaded from your

: Display all apps you’ve

: Configure the apps screen.

: Select apps you’ve downloaded (not available for

“Application

: Control

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AllShare Play

Use AllShare Play to stream photos, music, and videos from web storage, or between your device and other DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) certified devices.

•

Visit: www.allshareplay.com for more information.

•

For more information about DLNA certified products, visit:

www.dlna.org/home

You must be signed in to your Samsung account to use AllShare Play. For more information, see “Your Samsung Account” on page 11.

Note:

AllShare Play uses Wi-Fi to communicate with other devices. Before launching AllShare Play, connect to the same Wi-Fi network as the device you want to stream with. For more information, see “Wi-Fi” on page 108.

Apps

1. From the Home screen, touch AllShare Play

2. The first time you launch AllShare Play, read the user

agreement and follow the prompts to continue.

3. If you are not already signed in to your Samsung

account, touch

and follow the prompts.

➔

4. Tou ch

•Registered Storage

• Registered Devices

• Setting up web services

• Auto Upload photos from mobile

• Video quality settings

• Lock AllShare Play

• Language

• About

•Contact Us

Menu ➔ Settings

use AllShare Play.

and videos. Defaults to your device; use the main screen to add more external devices.

as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

images from your device to storage locations specified within the Web storage list.

video content.

requiring the Samsung account password. Touch

AllShare Play

an email account set up on your device).

to enable or disable locking.

: Select a display language.

: Display application information.

: Contact the AllShare team via a email (if you have

for options:

: Add a Web storage location, required to

: Choose the source of streaming images

: Set up external Web services such

: Set up automatic upload of

: Configure video quality for streamed

: Restrict access to AllShare Play by

Locking

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Setting Up Web Storage

SugarSync is an optional Web storage service, offering up to 5GB of storage space, to store your files and share them in the “cloud”.

Note:

If you are using another Web storage service, log into that service first before using AllShare Play.

Apps

1. From the Home screen, touch AllShare Play

2. Sign in to your SugarSync account, or set up a new

account by touching Follow the prompts to complete sign-in.

3. After signing in, the Web storage icon or name appears

in the Web storage area of the main screen.

➔

SugarSync Sign Up

Sharing Media with a Target Device

Important!

Make sure all communicating devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi.

1. Launch AllShare on the target device (such as an

Internet TV, Samsung Tablet, etc.).

2. From the Home screen, tap ➔

3. Select your device name from the

4. Touch a category tab (Pictures, Music, Movies, Files, or

Info), then select file(s).

•

Touch and hold to select multiple files.

•

Files in web storage show .

•

Selected files show a check-mark.

5. On the target device, follow the prompts to allow

sharing. While sharing, displays in the Status bar of your device to indicate your device is the media source.

AllShare Play

Devices

list.

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Amazon

Shop with Amazon.

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From the Home screen, touch

Amazon

Apps

➔

Amazon Kindle

Use the Amazon KindleTM application to download books for reading, right on your device.

Note:

You must be registered with Amazon to use the Kindle application. At the prompt, enter your Amazon account credentials.

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From the Home screen, touch

Amazon Kindle

Apps

➔

Amazon MP3

Shop for music with Amazon.



From the Home screen, touch

Amazon MP3

Note:

Airtime or download charges may apply when using

Apps.

Apps

➔

Audible

Download digital audio books and listen on your phone.

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From the Home screen, touch

Audible

Apps

➔

Calculator

Use your device’s Calculator to perform mathematical calculations.

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From the Home screen, touch

Calculator

Apps

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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 36.

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From the Home screen, touch

Calendar

Sending Events

Send events as vCalendar files to other Bluetooth devices, as message attachments, or via Wi-Fi Direct.

1. From the Home screen, touch Calendar

2. Touch an event to display its details.

3. Touch

prompts to select a sharing method and share the event.

, then touch Share via

Apps

➔

Apps

➔

, then follow the

Camera

Use the Camera to take pictures and record video.

Sharing your photos and videos

Your device has exciting features for sharing your photos and videos with your friends and family:

•

Use

Share Shot

with your friends and family via Wi-Fi Direct.

•

Use

S Beam

NFC to other NFC-capable devices, by simply touching the devices together (typically back-to-back).

Important!

to automatically share your photos and videos

to transfer photos and videos (and other files) via

Do not take photos of people without their permission. Do not take photos in places where cameras are not allowed. Do not take photos in places where you may interfere with another person’s privacy.

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Taking Pictures

1. From the Home screen, touch Camera

2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your

picture by aiming the lens at the subject. You can rotate the device to any position, and the screen controls rotate to make taking pictures easy.

3. As you compose a picture, the Camera automatically

focuses the shot (the focus bracket turns green), or:

•

Touch the screen to focus on the area you touched.

•

To zoom, touch the screen with two fingers and move your fingers together to zoom in, or apart to zoom out, or press the Volume Key.

Apps

➔

•

Configure other options. For more information, see

on page 84.

Options”

4. Tou ch

Tip:

Capture

to take a picture.

After taking a picture, touch Gallery. For more information, see “Gallery” on page 91.

Gallery

to view the picture in

Picture Options

1. From the Home screen, touch Camera

2. Use these options to configure the camera:

• Self portrait

front camera, for self-portraits.

• Flash

• Shooting mode

Some modes are not available for Self-portraits.

–

Single shot

–

Best photo:

best to save.

–

Best face

face, based on open eyes, smile, movement, etc.

: Switch between the back camera and the

: Choose Off, On, or Auto flash.

: Choose an automatic shooting mode.

: Take a single photo. Take 8 pictures automatically, then choose the

: Take 5 pictures, then select the best image of each

Apps

➔

“Picture

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–

Face detection

subject’s face to zoom in and focus on their face.

–

Panorama

use the on-screen guideline to move the viewfinder and take the next 7 shots automatically.

–

Share shot

Wi-Fi Direct. For more information, see on page 89.

–

HDR

increase image detail.

–

Buddy photo share

recognizes faces from Contacts, so you can easily share the picture with your friends.

–

Beauty

effect.

–

Smile shot

face. If a smile is detected, the picture is taken automatically.

–

Low light

• Effects

: While composing the picture, double-tap a

: Touch the Camera button to take a picture, then

: Share the pictures you take, with other devices via

“Using Share Shot”

: Take pictures in HDR (High Dynamic Range) mode to

: When you take a picture, the Camera

: Adjust the contrast to create a smooth facial feature

: Touch the Camera button to focus on the subject’s

: Adjust exposure for low light conditions. : Choose an effect to apply to pictures.

• Settings

–

Edit shortcuts

Touch and drag shortcuts between the toolbar and the list.

–

Burst shot

time you touch Capture.

–

Self-portrait

front Camera.

–

Flash

–

Shooting mode

–

Effects

–

Scene mode

you’re taking.

–

Exposure value

–

Focus mode

–

Timer

and taking a picture.

–

Resolution

–

White balance

–

ISO

–

Metering

: Choose shortcuts to appear on the toolbar.

: When On, Camera takes multiple pictures each

: When On, the Camera takes pictures with the

: Choose the default flash mode.

: Choose the default mode for taking pictures.

: Apply an effect to pictures.

: Choose a mode to match the kind of pictures

: Set the default brightness level.

: Set the default focus mode.

: Set a delay to wait between touching the Camera button

: Choose a size for the image.

: Choose a setting for the light source.

: Choose a setting for imaging sensitivity.

: Select a method for measuring light.

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–

Outdoor visibility

outside.

–

Auto contrast

–

Guidelines

composition.

–

Auto share shot

take with other devices via S Beam and NFC.

–

Anti-Shake

movement.

–

GPS tag

picture’s details.

–

Contextual filename

part of the filename, if GPS Tag is On.

–

Take photos using voice

by speaking words such as “Capture”, “Shoot”, “Smile”, or “Cheese”.

–

Save as flipped

image of the screen display.

–

Image quality

: Adjusts the screen for improved viewing

: Allow automatic light/dark adjustment.

: Enable or disable an on-screen grid to aid in photo

: When On, you can quickly share pictures you

: When enabled, minimizes the effect of camera

: When On, GPS location information is saved in the

: When On, the location is included as

: When On, you can capture pictures

: When On, pictures are saved as a mirror-

: Choose a quality level for pictures you take.

–

Storage

: If an optional memory card (not included) is installed, choose the default save location for new pictures to phone memory or the memory card.

–

Reset

: Set all Camera settings to the defaults.

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Recording Videos

Use the Camera to record video.

Important!

Do not take videos of people without their

permission. Do not take videos in places where cameras are not allowed. Do not take videos in places where you may interfere with another person’s privacy.

1. From the Home screen, touch Camera

➔

Camera/Camcorder

Apps

2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your shot

by aiming the lens at the subject. You can rotate the device to any position, and the screen controls rotate to make recording easy.

3. As you compose a shot, the Camera automatically

focuses the shot (the focus bracket turns green), or you can:

•

Touch the screen to focus on the area you touched.

•

To zoom, touch the screen with two fingers and move your

➔

fingers together to zoom in, or apart to zoom out, or press the Volume Key.

•

Configure options. For more information, see

Options”

on page 88.

4. To start recording, touch

•

Touch to capture a still shot. This feature is not available

Record

. During recording:

“Video

when the Anti-shake option is enabled.

•

Touch the screen to focus on the area you touched.

•

Touch the

Stop

button.

Tip:

After recording video, touch

Gallery

to review the video in

Gallery. For more information, see “Gallery” on page 91.

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Video Options

Configure the camcorder.

1. From the Home screen, touch Camera

➔

Mode

2. Use these options to configure the camera:

• Self recording

• Flash

• Recording mode

–

Normal

–

Limit for MMS

as a message attachment.

–

Slow motion/Fast motion

• Effects

• Settings

–

Edit shortcuts

Touch and drag shortcuts between the toolbar and the list.

–

Self-recording

Camera.

–

Flash

: Choose the default flash mode.

–

Recording mode

–

Effects

: Record video with the front lens.

: Choose Off or On.

: Choose a recording mode, from:

: Record a video of any length.

: Restrict the length of the video so it can be sent

: Choose a frame speed.

: Choose an effect to apply to videos.

: Choose shortcuts to appear on the toolbar.

: When On, the Camera records with the front

: Choose the default recording mode.

: Apply an effect to videos.

Apps

➔

–

Exposure value

–

Timer

starting recording.

–

Resolution

–

White balance

–

Outdoor visibility

outside.

–

Guidelines

composition.

–

Anti-Shake

movement.

–

GPS Tag

video’s details.

–

Contextual filename

part of the filename, if GPS Tag is On.

–

Save as flipped

of the screen display.

–

Video quality

–

Storage

optional memory card is installed.

–

Reset

: Set the default brightness level.

: Set a delay to wait between touching Record and

: Choose a size for the image.

: Choose a setting for the light source.

: Adjusts the screen for improved viewing

: Enable or disable an on-screen grid to aid in video

: When enabled, minimizes the effect of camera

: When On, GPS location information is saved in the

: When On, the location is included as

: When On, videos are saved as a mirror-image

: Choose a quality setting for videos.

: Choose the default save location for videos, if an

: Set all settings to the defaults.

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Sharing Pictures and Video

Using Share Shot

Set up a connection with other Share Shot-capable devices, then take pictures to share them in real-time.

1. Turn on Wi-Fi Direct. For more information, see

“Turning Wi-Fi Direct On or Off” on page 110.

2. Enable Share Shot shooting mode in Camera:

•

From the Home screen, touch

•

Touch

Settings ➔

•

Touch , then select devices to share your pictures with.

3. Take photos. For more information, see “Taking

Pictures” on page 84. The photos you take while in

Share Shot mode are shared automatically with connected devices, and your device displays an alert in the Status bar and Notifications.

Apps

➔

Shooting mode ➔

Camera

Share shot

Using S Beam

Enable NFC and S Beam, then share pictures, videos (and other files) with other S Beam-capable devices.

1. Activate NFC. For more information, see “NFC and

Beaming” on page 116.

2. Activate S Beam. For more information, see “S Beam”

on page 116.

3. Choose pictures, videos, or other files for sharing. This

can be in Gallery, from My files, or from another app with file-sharing capability.

4. Select a file to display it, then touch the devices back-

to-back. At the prompt, touch the picture to beam it to the other device.

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Clock

The Clock application includes these features:

•

Alarm

: Create alarms to go off once, or to repeat.

•

World clock

•

Stopwatch

•

Timer

•

Desk clock

viewing.



: Display the time and date in any time zone.

: Record lap times.

: Measure elapsed time.

: Display the date and time in large format, for easy

From the Home screen, touch

Clock

Apps

➔

Contacts

Use Contacts to store information for your friends, family and colleagues, to make contacting them easy.

For more information, see “Contacts” on page 43.



From the Home screen, touch

Contacts

Apps

➔

Downloads

View and manage files and other items you download to your device.



From the Home screen, touch

Downloads

Note:

Applications you download in Google Play™ Store are managed in Play Store, and will not appear in Downloads.

Apps

➔

Email

Send and receive email using popular email services. For more information, see “Email” on page 72.



From the Home screen, select

Apps

➔

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Gallery

Use Gallery to view, capture, and manage pictures and videos.

Apps

1. From the Home screen, touch Gallery

2. Use these options:

•

To zoom in, place two fingers on the screen and move them, closer together to zoom in, or apart to zoom out. You can also double-tap to zoom all the way in or out.

•

Tou ch

Share via

to send the picture or video.

•

Tou ch

Delete

to erase the picture or video.

•

Touch Menu

–

Favorites

–

Slideshow

–

Face tag

you can touch to add tag information.

–

Tag buddy

add to pictures, from Weather, Location, Person, and/or Date.

–

Draw on image

notes are saved to the pictures on your device, but are not included when you share the picture.

for options:

: Mark the item as a favorites.

: Create a slideshow to view all pictures and videos.

: When enabled, identifies faces with a yellow box, so

: Turn automatic tags On or Off, and choose tags to

: Add a note to the “back” of a photo. Photo

➔

–

Copy to clipboard

–

Rotate left/Rotate right

–

Crop

: Change the picture’s size.

–

Advanced edit

–

Set as

–

Buddy photo share

the picture.

–

: Print the picture via Wi-Fi to a compatible Samsung

printer.

–

Rename

–

Scan for nearby devices

sharing (available when Wi-Fi is turned On).

–

Details

: Create a copy, to paste into other apps.

: Change the picture’s orientation.

: Launch Paper Artist to modify the picture.

: Assign the picture as a Contact photo, or as wallpaper.

: Send the picture to the people tagged in

: Change the picture’s filename.

: Search for nearby Wi-Fi devices for

: View information about the picture.

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Setting a Picture as a Contact Photo

Set a picture as a contact’s photo. The contact’s photo will appear with notifications to calls or messages from the contact.

1. From the Home screen, touch Gallery

2. Touch a category, then touch a picture to select it.

3. Touch

4. Select a contact, or create a new contact, with the

selected picture as the contact’s photo.

Menu ➔ Set as ➔ Contact photo

Apps

➔

Setting a Picture as Wallpaper

Set a picture as the wallpaper for the Home and Lock screens.

Apps

1. From the Home screen, touch Gallery

2. Touch a category, then touch a picture to select it.

3. Touch

4. Select an option, from Home and lock screens, Home

screen wallpaper, or Lock screen wallpaper. Use the crop tool to edit the picture, then touch

Menu ➔ Set as

➔

Done

Sharing pictures and video

You can share pictures and videos via Email, Messaging, Bluetooth or popular sharing services.

1. From the Home screen, touch Gallery

2. Touch an album to display thumbnails, then select

items for sharing:

•

To select an entire album, touch Menu ➔ while viewing categories, then touch the category to select all pictures in the category.

•

To select multiple pictures or videos from a category, touch

➔ Select item

Touch thumbnails to mark them for sharing.

3. Tou ch

Share via

while viewing the thumbnails.

, then follow the prompts.

Apps

➔

Select album

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Gmail

Send and receive emails via Gmail, Google’s web-based email.

For more information, see “Gmail” on page 75.



From the Home screen, touch

Gmail

Apps

➔

Google

Use Google to search the Web.

1. From the Home screen, touch Google Search

2. Enter search criteria. Search results display

automatically. Touch a search result to display it in a browser window.

Tip:

You can also access Google Search from the Google widget on the Home screen.

Apps

➔

Google+

Google+ makes messaging and sharing with your friends a lot easier. Set up Circles of friends, visit the Stream for updates from your Circles, use Messenger, or use Instant Upload to automatically upload photos and videos from your device to your private album on Google+.

For more information, visit:



From the Home screen, touch

Google+

www.google.com/+

Apps

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➔