Galaxy s6 Manual

7/23/2019 Galaxy s6 Manual

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islessthanthespecifiedcapacitybecausethe

operatingsystemanddefaultapplicationsoccupy

partofthememory.Theavailablecapacitymay

changewhenyouupgradethedevice.

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TableofContents

GettingStarted .................................................................1

FrontView

...........................................................................2

BackView ...........................................................................3

AssembleYourDevice ...............................................4

SetUpYourDevice...................................................... 6

SetUpAccountsonYourDevice ........................7

KnowYourDevice .........................................................8

HomeScreen....................................................................9

StatusBar .........................................................................12

Navigation,Motions,andGestures..................13

NotificationPanel .........................................................14

MultiWindow..................................................................15

EnterText..........................................................................17

Calling......................................................................................19

MakeandAnswerCalls ...........................................20

Applications ......................................................................24

AppsScreen...................................................................25

GoogleApplications..................................................27

CricketApplications...................................................29

OtherApplications......................................................30

Calculator ..........................................................................31

Calendar ............................................................................32

CameraandVideo ......................................................34

Clock ....................................................................................37

Contacts

.............................................................................38

Email ....................................................................................41

GalaxyApps...................................................................42

Gallery .................................................................................43

Internet ................................................................................45

Memo..................................................................................47

Messages.........................................................................48

MusicPlayer ....................................................................50

MyFiles

..............................................................................51

SHealth .............................................................................53

SVoice...............................................................................54

VideoPlayer ....................................................................55

VoiceRecorder ..............................................................56

Settings ..................................................................................57

HowtoUseSettings ..................................................58

Wi-FiSettings ..................................................................59

Wi-FiDirect

.......................................................................61

Bluetooth ...........................................................................62

AirplaneMode...............................................................64

DataUsage ......................................................................65

MobileNetworks ...........................................................66

NFCandPayment .......................................................67

MoreConnectionSettings ......................................68

SoundsandNotifications ........................................7

DisplaySettings

............................................................73

MotionsandGestures ...............................................75

ApplicationsSettings .................................................76

WallpaperSettings ......................................................78

Themes ...............................................................................79

LockScreenandSecurity ......................................80

PrivacyandSafety .......................................................84

EasyMode.......................................................................86

Accessibility

.....................................................................87

Accounts ............................................................................89

BackupandReset .......................................................90

LanguageandInputSettings ...............................9

.................................................................................93Battery

Storage ...............................................................................94

DateandTimeSettings...........................................95

iv



Help ......................................................................................96

AboutYourDevice ......................................................97

v



GettingStarted

Learnaboutyourmobile

devicehardware,assembly

procedures,andhowtogetstartedusingyournew

device.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 8/1032 FrontGetting Started

FrontView

Proximityand

gesture sensors

Statuslight

Volumekeys

Recents

• Back:Taptoreturntothepreviousscreen,orto

closeadialogbox,menu,orkeyboard.

• Earpiece:Listentoacall.

• Frontcamera:Takeself-portraitsandrecord

videosofyourself.

• Homekey:PressoncetoreturntotheHome

screen.Presstwice,quickly,tolaunchtheCameraapp.AlsousedtoactivatetheFingerprintsecurity

feature.

• Proximityandgesturesensors:Detectsthe

presenceofobjectsnearthedevice.

• Recents:Taptodisplayrecentappsortouchand

holdforhomescreenoptions.

Homekey

Earpiece

Frontcamera

Power/Lockkey

Back

• Power/Lockkey:Pressandholdtoturnthe

deviceonoroff.Presstolockorwakeupthe

screen.Pressandholdtoturnthedeviceoffor

restartit,orforquickaccesstoAirplaneMode

andEmergencyMode.

• Statuslight:Displaysredwhenchargingorthe

batteryislow,bluewhenanotificationhasarrived

oryouarevoicerecording,andgreenwhenfullycharged.

• Volumekeys:Presstoadjustthevolumeofyour

device’ssoundsandaudio.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 9/1033 BackGetting Started

BackView

Microphone

Rearcamera

Heartratesensor

SIMtray

Speaker

Microphone

• Flash:Illuminatesubjectsinlow-light

environmentswhentakingaphotoorrecording

video.

• Headsetjack:Connectanoptionalheadset

(not included).

• Heartratesensor:WhenusingtheSHealthapp,

thissensormeasuresyourheartrateviayour

fingertip.

• Infraredtransmitter:Controlsexternaldevices

usinginfraredlight.

Infraredtransmitter

Flash

Headsetjack

USBcharger/Accessory

port

• Microphone:Recordsaudioanddetectsvoice

commands.

• Rearcamera:Takepicturesandrecordvideos.

• SIMtray:ThetraythatholdstheSIMcard.For

moreinformation,see InstalltheSIMCard .

• Speaker:Playsmusicandothersounds.

• USBcharger/Accessoryport:Connectthe

Charger/USBcable(included),andotheroptional

accessories(notincluded).


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 10/1034 AssembleYourDGetting Started

AssembleYourDevice

Thissectionhelpsyouto

assembleyourdevice.

InstalltheSIMCard

Whenyousubscribetoacellularnetwork,youare

providedwithaplug-inSIMcard.Duringactivation,

yourSIMcardwillbeloadedwithyoursubscription

details,suchasyourPIN,availableoptional

services,andotherfeatures.

Warning:PleasebecarefulwhenhandlingtheSIMcardtoavoiddamagingit.KeepallSIMcardsoutof

reachofsmallchildren.

Caution:Exercisecarewhenusingthemetallic

removaltooltoejecttheinternalSIMcardslot.

1. InserttheremovaltoolintotheholeontheSIM

tray,andpushuntilthetraypopsout.

2. PlacetheSIMcardonthetray,andslidethetray

backintotheslot.

Makesurethatthecard’sgoldcontactsface

downintothedeviceandthatthecardis

positionedasshown.

Caution:Ifthecardisnotinsertedcorrectly,the

devicewillnotdetecttheSIMcard.Re-orientthe

cardandplaceitbackintotheslotiftheSIMis

not detected.

ChargetheBattery

Note:Forfastestchargingtimes,usetheAdaptive

FastChargingchargerthatcamewithyourphone.

Thischargerprovidesfasterchargingonlywhen

connectedtodevicesthatsupportAdaptive

Fast Charging.

Caution:UseonlySamsung-approvedcharging

devices.Samsungaccessoriesaredesignedto

maximizebatterylife.Usingotheraccessoriesmay

invalidateyourwarrantyandmaycausedamage.

1. InserttheUSB2.0cableintotheport.

2. ConnecttheUSBcabletothecharging

head,andthenplugthechargingheadintoa

standard outlet.

3. Whenchargingiscomplete,unplugthecharging

headfromtheoutletandremovetheUSBcable

fromthedevice.


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WhentoChargetheBattery

Whenthebatteryisweakandonlyafewminutesof

operationremain,thedevicesoundsawarningtone

atregularintervals.

Inthiscondition,yourdeviceconservesits

remainingbatterypowerbydimmingthescreen.

Whenthebatterylevelbecomestoolow,thedevice

automaticallyturnsoff.

►

Foraquickcheckofyourbatterylevel,view

thebatterychargeindicatorlocatedinthe

upper-rightcornerofyourdevice’sdisplay.

A solidcolor indicatesafullcharge.(

)


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 12/1036 SetUpYourDGetting Started

SetUpYourDevice

TurnYourDeviceOnorOff

TurntheDeviceOn

► PressandholdthePower/Lockkeyuntilthe

devicevibratesandstartsup.

TurntheDeviceOff

1. PressandholdthePower/Lockkeyuntilthe

devicevibratesandtheDeviceoptionsmenu

displays.

2. TapPoweroff.

3. Onthewindowthatappears,tapPOWEROFF.

ConfigureyourPhone

Whenyoufirstturnonyourphone,youwillneedto

setupafewthings.

1. Aseachscreenisdisplayed,followthe

instructionsoneachscreentosetupthat

particularfeature.

2. TapNEXT,SKIP,orLATERtoprogresstothe

nextscreen.

SecureYourDevice

Useyourdevice’sscreenlockfeaturestosecure

yourdevice.

LocktheDevice

Bydefault,thedevicelocksautomaticallywhenthe

screentimesout.

►

Tolockthedevice,pressthe Power/Lockkey.

UnlocktheDevice

ThedefaultScreenlockonyourdeviceisSwipe.

►

Tounlockyourdevice,pressthe Power/Lock

keyorHomekey,andthentouchanddragyour

fingeracrossthescreen.

SetUpaSecureScreenLock

ThedefaultScreenlockisSwipe,whichoffersno

security.Tochooseamoresecurescreenlock,see

SetaScreenLock.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 13/1037 SetUpAccountsonYourDGetting Started

SetUpAccountsonYourDevice

GoogleAccount

YournewdeviceusesyourGoogleAccountto

fullyutilizeitsAndroidfeatures,includingGmail,

Google Hangouts,andtheGooglePlayStore.

Whenyouturnonyourdeviceforthefirsttime,set

upyourexistingGoogleAccount,orcreateanew

Google Account.

–or–

TocreateanewGoogleAccountorsetupyour

GoogleAccountonyourdeviceatanytime,use

Accountssettings.For moreinformation,seeAccounts.

► FromaHomescreen,tap

Apps>

Settings>PERSONALtab>Accounts>

Addaccount>Google.

SamsungAccount

CreateaSamsungaccount,foraccesstoSamsung

contentandappsonyourdevice.Whenyouturnon

yourdeviceforthefirsttime,setupyourexisting

Samsungaccount,orcreateanewSamsung

account.

–or–

TocreateanewSamsungaccountorsetupyour

Samsungaccountonyourdeviceatanytime,

useAccountssettings.For moreinformation,see

Accounts.


Apps>

Settings>PERSONALtab>Accounts>

Addaccount>Samsung account.



KnowYourDevice

Warning:Pleasenotethatatouchscreen

respondsbesttoalighttouchfromthepad

ofyourfingeroranon-metallicstylus.Using

excessiveforceorametallicobjectwhen

pressingonthetouchscreenmaydamagethe

temperedglasssurfaceandvoidthewarranty.

Learnsomeofthekey

featuresofyourmobile

device,includingthescreensandicons,aswellashowto

navigatethedeviceandenter

textusingthekeyboard.


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Statusicons

StatusBar

Appfolders

Appsscreen

HomeScreen

Notificationicons

Widget

Homescreenindicator

Appshortcuts

• Appfolders:Foryourconvenience,thereare

severalapplicationsthataregroupedintoafolder

onthemainHomescreen.

• Appsscreen:Allowsquickaccesstoallofyour

applications.

• Appshortcuts:Shortcutstoyourfavorite

applications.

• Homescreenindicator:Indicateswhich

Home screenispresentlydisplayed.Swipeacross

thescreentotherighttoopentheFlipboard

Briefingscreen.

• Notificationicons:Displaynewmessagesand

emails,notifications,availablesoftwareupdates,

andsoon.

• StatusBar:Displaysdevicestatusicons(right)

andnotificationicons(left).

• Statusicons:Displayinformationaboutthe

device,suchasthenetworksignalstrength,

batterylevel,thetime,andsoon.

• Widget:Self-containedapplicationthatrunson

theHomescreen(notshortcuts).



TheHomescreenisthestarting

pointforusingyourdevice.

CustomizeyourHomescreen

byaddingapplicationshortcuts,

widgets,folders,and using

wallpapers.

ManageHomeScreens

YourdevicecomeswithmultipleHomescreensto

holdappsandwidgets.YoucanrearrangetheHome

screensinadifferentorder.

1. FromaHomescreen,pinchthescreen.

–or–

Touchandholdanemptyspaceonthescreen.

2. Usetheseoptionstomanagescreens:

• Addascreen:Scrolltotheendofthe

screens,andthentap

Add.

• Removeascreen:Touchandholdona

screen,andthendragitto

Remove.

• SetascreenasthemainHomescreen:

Tap

MainHomescreenatthetopofa

screen.Thisscreendisplayswhenyoupress

theHomeKey.

• Changetheorderofscreens:Touchand

holdonascreen,andthendragtoanew

position.

• FlipboardBriefing:Scrolltotheleftofthe

screenstofindtheFlipboardBriefingscreen.

Toactivatethisfeature,tapthecheckboxat

thetopcenterofthescreen.

Wallpapers

ChangethelookoftheHomeandLockscreens

withwallpaper.Youcandisplayafavoritepictureor

choosefrompreloadedwallpapers.


–or–


2. TapWallpapers.

Fordetailsonviewingandchangingwallpapers,see

WallpaperSettings.

ToaccessWallpapersettings:


Apps>

Settings>PERSONALtab>Wallpaper.

Widgets

Widgetsareself-containedappsthatrunona

Home screen.Thereareallkindsofwidgets,

includinglinkstoaspecificcontact,Internet

bookmarks,Gmailandemailaccounts,and

many others.

AddaWidgettoaHomeScreen


–or–


2. TapWidgets.

3. Touchandholdawidget,dragittoa

Home screen,andthenreleaseit.

RemoveaWidget

1. FromaHomescreen,touchandholdawidgetto

release it.

2. Dragthewidgetto Removeandrelease it.

Note:Removingawidgetdoesnotdeletethewidget,

itjustremovesthewidgetfromtheHomescreen.



Themes

Setvisualthemesforallsystemscreensandicons

onyourphone.


–or–


2. TapThemes.

Fordetailsonviewingandchangingthemes,see

Themes.

ToaccessThemesettings:


Apps>

Settings>PERSONALtab>Themes.

ScreenGridChangethenumberoficonsthatcanbeplacedon

eachHomescreenbychangingtheScreengrid

dimensions.


–or–


2. TapScreengrid.

3. Tapadimensionoption(4x4,4x5,or5x5)

topreviewitsappearance.Thenumbersindicate

howmanyiconscanbeplacedhorizontallyby

howmanyiconscanbeplacedvertically.

4. TapAPPLY toapplytheselecteddimensions.

AppShortcuts

Youcanuseappshortcutstolaunchanappfrom

anyHomescreen.

AddaShortcuttoaHomeScreen

1. FromaHomescreen,tap

Apps.

2. Touchandholdanappshortcut,dragittoa

Homescreen,andthenreleaseit.

RemoveaShortcut

1. Touchandholdanappshortcuttorelease it.

2. Dragtheappshortcutto

Removeand

release it.

Note:Removingashortcutdoesnotdeletetheapp,it

justremovestheshortcutfromtheHomescreen.

Folders

PlacefoldersonaHomescreentoorganizeitems.

CreateaFolder

YoucancreateappfolderonaHomescreen.

1. Touchandholdanappiconanddragitontopo

anotherappuntilahighlightedboxappears.

2. Releasetheappicontocreatethefolder.

3. TapEnterfoldernametoenteranameforthe

folder.

4. Tapthe

Paletteicontochangethecolor(if

desired).

5. Tapanywhereoutsideofthefoldertocloseit.

6. Toaddmoreapps,touchanholdanappicon

anddragittothefolder.

RemoveaFolderfromaHomeScreen

1. Touchandholdthefolderuntilitdetaches.

2. Dragthefolderto

Removeandreleaseit.


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StatusBar

TheStatusBaratthetopofthe

Homescreenprovidesdeviceinformation(suchasnetwork

status,batterycharge,andtime)

ontherightsideandnotification

alertsontheleft.

StatusIcons

Batteryisfullycharged.

Batteryislow.

Batteryischarging.

Vibratemodeisenabled.

Mutemodeisenabled.

Thedeviceisconnectedtoa4GLTEwirelessnetwork.

Signalstrength.

Wi-Fiisactive.

Nowirelessnetworkisavailable.

NotificationIcons

Missedcall.

Callinprogress.

Callisonhold.

Callisusingspeakerphone.

Newemailhasarrived.

NewGmailhasarrived.

Newvoicemailmessagehasbeen

received.

Newtextormultimediamessagehas

arrived.

Downloadofafileorappisinprogress.

Fileisbeinguploadedorsent.

Locationservice(GPS)isactive.

Appupdatesareavailablefromthe

GooglePlayStore.

Appupdatesarecomplete.

Keyboardisinuse.

12 Statu


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 19/10313 Navigation,Motions,andGesKnow Your Device

Navigation,Motions,andGestures

TouchscreenNavigation

Tap

Lightlytapitemstoselectorlaunchthem.

• Taptheonscreenkeyboardtoentercharacters

or text.

• Tapanitemtoselectit.

• Tapanappicontolaunchtheapplication.

TouchandHoldActivateonscreenitemsbyatouchandhold

gesture.Forexample:

• TouchandholdawidgetontheHomescreento

moveit.

• Touchandholdafieldtodisplayapop-upmenu

ofoptions.

SwipeorSlide

Toswipe,lightlydragyourfingerverticallyorhorizontallyacrossthescreen.

• Swipethescreentounlockthedevice.

• Swipethescreentoscrollthroughthe

Home screensormenuoptions.

Drag

Todrag,touchandholdonanitem,andthenmove

ittoanewlocation.

• DraganappshortcuttoaddittoaHomescreen.

• Dragawidgettoplaceitinanewlocationona

Home screen.

PinchandSpread

Pinchthescreenusingyourthumbandforefingerorspreadbymovingyourfingersapart.

• Pinchorspreadthescreentozoominoroutwhile

viewingapictureoraweb page.

• Pinchorspreadthescreentozoominoroutwhile

takingapicture.

MotionsandGestures

Controlyourdevicebymakingspecificgestureswithyourhandabovethedevice’sscreen.For

detailsseeMotionsandGestures.

ToaccesstheMotionsandGesturessettings:

►

FromaHomescreen,tap

Apps>

Settings>DEVICEtab>Motionsand

Gestures.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 20/10314 NotificationKnow Your Device

NotificationPanel

Quicksettings

Adjustscreen

brightness

Tapnotification

tolaunchappor

viewdetail

NotificationiconsontheStatus

Bardisplaycalendarevents,

devicestatus,andmore.For

details,opentheNotificationPanel.

ViewtheNotificationPanel

1. SwipedownontheStatusBartodisplaythe

NotificationPanel.

2. Scrolldownthelisttoseenotificationdetails.

• Tapanitemtoopenit.

• Toclearasinglenotification,dragthe

notificationleftorright.Tap

Cleartoclear

allnotifications.

3. ToclosetheNotificationPanel,swipeupward

fromthebottomofthescreenortap

Back.

Settings

Clearall

notifications

QuickSettings

Inadditiontonotifications,theNotificationPanel

alsoprovidesquickaccesstodevicefunctionssuch

asWi-Fi,allowingyoutoquicklyturnthemonoroff.

ToviewadditionalQuicksettings:

► OntheNotificationPanel,swipeleftorright

acrossthevisibleicons.

TocustomizetheQuicksettingsthatappear:

► OntheNotificationPanel,tapEDIT.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 21/10315 MultiWiKnow Your Device

MultiWindow

Multitaskbyusingmultipleapplicationsatthesametime.

ActivateMultiWindow

AppsthatsupportMultiwindowdisplaytogetheron

asplitscreen.Youcanswitchbetweentheapps,

adjustthesizeoftheirdisplayonthescreen,and

copyinformationfromoneapptotheother.

Note:Multiwindowisnotavailableforallapps.

1. Fromanyscreen,touchandhold

Recents.

2. Ifyouarecurrentlyusinganappthatsupports

Multiwindow,tapanapptoaddinsplitscreen,

ortaptwonewappstoopeninsplitview.

Youcanalsolaunchrecentlyusedappsdirectlyinto

Multi windowview:

Windowcontrols

1. Tap

Recents.

2. RecentlyusedappsthatsupportMulti window

havea

Multi windowiconinthetitlebar.Tap

theMulti windowiconinthetitlebartolaunch

theapplicationinMulti windowview.

3. Otherrecentlyusedappsthatsupport

Multi windowappearbelowthelaunchedapp.

TaptheappicontoaddittotheMulti window

view.

Note:OnlyapplicationsthatsupportMultiwindow

havetheMultiwindowicon.



WindowControls

Selectanapplicationwindowandtapthe

Border buttoninthemiddleofthewindow

border.

ControlButtons

Switchwindows:Switchlocations

betweenMultiwindowapplications.

Draganddropcontent:Moveitems

betweentheapplicationwindows.Dragan

itemtosharefromonewindowtoanother.

Someapplicationsmaynotsupportthis

feature.

Minimizewindow:Minimizetheselected

appwindow.Thisturnstheappintoa

circular,movableiconthatcanbeopened

bytappingonit.

Maximizewindow:Opentheselectedwindowinfullscreenview.

Closeapp:Closetheselectedapplication.

16 MultiWi



EnterText

UsetheSamsung Keyboard

TypeyourtextinputusingaQWERTYkeyboard.

PredictiveText

Optionskey

SpecialKeys

Taptoinsertnumbersandsymbols.

Taptoinsertletters.

TouchandholdtheOptionskeyto:

UseGoogleVoiceTyping.

Accesstheclipboard.

Insertemoticons.

Changethelayoutofthekeyboard.

Accesskeyboardsettings.

PredictiveText

Predictivetextsuggestwordsmatchingyourtext

entries,and,optionally,completescommonwords

automatically.Predictivetextcanlearnyourpersonal

writingstylefromyourcontacts,messages,email,

andsocialnetworkingsites— improvingitsaccuracy

ofpredictingyourtextentries.

ConfiguretheSamsungKeyboard

TocustomizetheSamsungKeyboard:


Apps>

Settings>SYSTEMtab>Languageand

input.

2. TapSamsungkeyboardforoptions.

UsingGoogleVoiceTyping

Insteadoftyping,speakyourtextinput.

1. OntheSamsungKeyboard,tap

Googlevoice

typing.Youmayneedtotouchandholdthe

Optionskey(leftoftheSpacekey)tofindit.

2. Speakyourtext.

ConfigureGoogleVoiceTyping

TocustomizeGoogleVoiceTyping:


Apps>


input.

2. TapGooglevoicetypingforoptions.

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UseSwype

Swypeisatextinputmethodthatmakesitpossible

toenterawordbyslidingyourfingerorstylusfrom

lettertoletter,liftingyourfingerbetweenwords.

EnableandConfigureSwype

ToenabletheSwypekeyboardwhileentering

text:

1. Touchthetopofthescreenandswipedownward

todisplaytheNotificationPanel.

2. TapSelectkeyboard.

3. TapSwype.

ConfigureSwype

TocustomizeSwype:


Apps>


input.

2. TapSwypeforoptions.



Calling

Maketelephonecallsusinga

varietyofcallingfeaturesand

services.


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MakeandAnswerCalls

Learnhowtomakeoranswer

acall.Explorefeaturesandfunctionalityassociatedwith

makingoransweringacall.

MakeaCall


Phone.

2. Enteranumberonthekeypadandtap

Dial.

Note:Ifthekeypaddoesnotappear,tapthe

Keypadicon.

QuicklyDialaNumberfrom

Your Contact List


Apps>

Contacts

–or–

FromaHomescreen,tap

Phone>CONTACTS.

2. Whileviewingyourcontactlist,swipeyourfinger

acrossacontacttotherightcallthecontact.

DialaRecentNumber

Allincoming,outgoing,andmissedcallsare

recordedintheCalllog.Ifthenumberorcalleris

listedinyourcontactslist,theassociatednameis

alsodisplayed.


Phone.

2. TapLOG.Alistofrecentcallsisdisplayed.

3. Tapanentry,andthentap

Call.

EndaCall

► Whenyouarereadytoendyourcall,tap

End.

AnsweraCall

Whenacallisreceivedthephoneringsand

displaysthecaller’sphonenumber,ornameif

storedinthecontactslist.

► Attheincomingcallscreen:

• Touchanddrag

Answertotherighttoanswerthecall.

• Touchanddrag

Rejecttothelefttoreject

thecallandsendittoyourvoicemail.

• TouchanddragREJECTCALLWITH

MESSAGEupward,andselectamessage.

Ifyouareusinganapp,apopupscreenappearsfor

theincomingcall.

► Ontheincomingcallpopupscreen:

• Tap

Answertoanswerthecall.

• Tap

Rejecttorejectthecallandsenditto

yourvoicemail.

• TapREJECTCALLWITHMESSAGE,and

selectamessage.

• Tap

Expandtoexittheapp,andviewthe

mainincomingcallscreen.



MultitaskWhileonaCall

IfyouexitthecallscreenandreturntoaHome

screen,youractivecallisindicatedby onthe

StatusBar.

Thisletsyoucontinuewithyourcurrentcallanddo

somethingelse,suchasaccessthecontactslist,

viewarecentemail,locateapicture,andsoon.

Toreturntothecallscreen:

► SwipetheStatusBardownwardtoreveal

theNotificationPanel,andthentaptheCall

notification.

Toendacallfromanyapplication:

► SwipetheStatusBardownwardtorevealthe

NotificationPanel,andthentap

Endcall.

OptionsDuringaCall

Yourphoneprovidesanumberoffunctionsthatyou

canuseduringacall.

AdjusttheCallVolume

► PresstheVolumeKeytoincreaseordecrease

thevolume.

–or–

Quicklyaddmorevolumetotheincomingaudio

bytapping

Extravolume.

ListenwiththeSpeakeror

BluetoothHeadset

Listentothecallusingthespeakerorthrougha

Bluetooth headset(notincluded).

► Tap

Speakertohearthecallerusingthe

speaker.

–or–

Tap

BluetoothtouseaBluetoothheadset

(not included).

PlaceaNewCallWhileonaCall

Ifyourserviceplansupportsthisfeature,youcan

makeanothercallwhileacallisinprogress.

1. Fromtheactivecall,tap

Addcalltodialthe

secondcall.

2. Dialthenewnumberandtap

Dial.When

thecallisanswered:

• Tap

Swaptoswitchbetweenthetwo

calls.

• Tap

Mergetohearbothcallersatonce

(multi conferencing).

CallWaiting

Ifyourserviceplansupportsthisfeature,youcan

answeranincomingcallwhileyouhaveacallin

progress.Youarenotifiedofanincomingcallbya

callwaitingtone.

Toansweranewcallwhileyouhaveacallin

progress:

1. Slide

Answerinanydirectiontoanswerthe

newcall.

2. Tapanoption:

• Put[caller]onholdtoplacetheprevious

calleronholdwhileyouanswerthenew

incomingcall.

• Endcallwith[caller]toendthepreviouscall

andanswerthenewcall.

3. TapthepreviousOnholdnumberentryand

selectSwaptoswitchbetweenthetwocalls.

Thisplacesthenewcalleronholdandactivates

thepreviouscall.



CallLog

Thenumbersofthecallsyouhavedialed,received,

ormissedarestoredintheCalllog.


Phone.

2. TapLOG.Alistofrecentcallsisdisplayed.Ifthe

callerisinyourcontactslist,thecaller’snameis

displayed.

SaveaRecentCalltoYourContactsList


Phone>LOG.

2. Tapthecallthatcontainstheinformationthatyou

wanttosavetoyourcontactslist.

3. TapCREATECONTACT .

–or–

Ifyouwanttoreplacethenumberforanexisting

contact,tapUPDATEEXISTING.

DeleteaCallfromtheCallLog


Phone>LOG.

2. Touchandholdthecallyouwanttodeletefrom

theCalllog.

3. TapDELETE.

AddaCalltotheRejectList

ByaddingacallertoyourRejectlist,futurecalls

fromthisnumberwillbesentdirectlytoyour

voicemail.


Phone>LOG.

2. TapthecalleryouwanttoaddtotheRejectlist.

3. TapMORE>AddtoAutorejectlist.

UseSpeedDialtoMakeaCall

Youcanassignashortcutnumbertoacontactfor

speeddialingtheirdefaultnumber.

TocreateaSpeedDial:


Phone>

CONTACTS.

2. TapMORE>Speeddial.TheSpeeddialscreen

displaysshowingthenumbers1through100.

Number1isreservedforvoicemail.

3. Tapanunusednumber(Addcontact).

4. Tapacontacttoassigntothenumber.

The selectedcontactdisplaysinthespeeddial

numberbox.

TomakeacallusingSpeedDial:


Phone>Keypad.

2. Touchandholdthespeeddialnumber.

Ifthespeeddialnumberismorethan1digit

long,enterthefirstdigits,thenholdthelastdigit.

ToremoveaSpeedDialnumberassignment:


Phone>

CONTACTS.

2. TapMORE>Speeddial.

3. FindthecontacttoremovefromSpeeddialandtap

Remove.



FromtheLockscreen,tap

Emergencycall

anddragupward.

Entertheemergencynumber(example:911),

thentap

Dial.

MakeanEmergencyCall

TheEmergencycallingmodemakesredialingan

emergencynumberaone-tapprocess.

Note:Thismodecandrainyourbatterypowermore

rapidlythannormalcallingmode.

MakeanEmergencyCallwithoutaSIM Card

WithoutaSIMcard,youcanonlymakean

emergencycallwiththephone;normalcellphone

serviceisnotavailable.

1.

2. TapEMERGENCYCALLtodisplaythe

Emergencydialer.

3. Enter911andtap

Dial.

4. Completeyourcall.Duringthistypeofcall,you

willhaveaccesstotheSpeakermode,Keypad,

andEndCallfeatures.

MakeanEmergencyCallwithaSIMCard

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Phone.

2.

CallSettings

ToaccesstheCallsettingsmenu:


Phone>MORE>

Settings.

–or–

FromaHomescreen,tap

Apps>

Settings>DEVICEtab> Applications>

Phone.



Applications

TheAppsscreendisplaysall

applicationsinstalledonyour

device,bothpreloadedappsandappsyoudownloadand

installyourself.

Learnhowtochangetheway

appsappear,organizeapps

intofolders,anduninstallor

disableapps.


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AppsScreen

TheAppsscreenshowsall

preloadedappsandappsthat youdownloaded.Youcan

uninstall,disable,orhideapps

fromview.

Shortcutstoappscanbeplacedonanyof

theHomescreens.Formoreinformation,see

AddaShortcuttoaHomeScreen.

AccessApplications


Apps.

2. Tapanapplication’sicontolaunchit.

3. ToreturntothemainHomescreen,pressthe

Homekey.

DownloadandInstallNew Apps

Findnewappstodownloadandinstallonyourdevice:

PlayStore:Downloadnewapps•

fromtheGooglePlaystore.Visit

play.google.com/store/appstolearnmore.

GalaxyApps:ViewanddownloadSamsung•

appsthatareoptimizedforusewithGalaxy

devices.Visitapps.samsung.comtolearnmore.

UninstallorDisableApps

Youcanuninstallordisableappsyoudownloadand

install.

• Preloadedappscannotbeuninstalled.

• Appsthataredisabledareturnedoffandhidden

fromview.


Apps.

2. TapEDIT.Appsthatcanbeuninstalledor

disabledshow

Removeontheiricon.

3. Tap

Removeandfollowthepromptstoeitheruninstallordisabletheapp.

4. Whenyouarefinished,tapDONE.

OrganizeYourApps

TheAppsiconscanbeorganizedintofoldersand

rearrangedinyourowncustomorder.

ChangetheOrderAppsAreListed1. FromaHomescreen,tap

Apps.

2. TapEDIT.

3. Touchandholdanappiconorfolderanddragit

tothelocationyouwant.

4. TapDONEwhenfinished.

Toarrangeappsinalphabeticalorder:

►

FromaHomescreen,tap

Apps>A-Z.

http://play.google.com/store/apps

http://apps.samsung.com/

http://apps.samsung.com/

http://play.google.com/store/apps


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UseFolderstoOrganizeApps

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps>EDIT.

2. Touchandholdanappiconanddragitontopof

anotherappuntilahighlightedboxappears.

3. Releasetheappicontocreatethefolder.

• TapEnterfoldernametonamethefolder.

• Tapthe Paletteicontochangethecolor

(ifdesired).

4. Tapanywhereoutsideofthefoldertocloseit.

• Toaddmoreapps,touchanholdanappicon

anddragittothefolder.

5. TapDONEwhenyouarefinished.


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GoogleApplications

Enjoytheseapplicationsfrom

Google.

Note:CertainapplicationsrequireaGoogleaccount.

Visitgoogle.comtolearnmore.

Chrome

UseGoogleChrometobrowsethe

Internetandbringyouropentabs,

bookmarksandaddressbardatafrom

yourcomputertoyourmobiledevice.

Drive

Open,view,rename,andshareyour

GoogleDocsandfiles.

Gmail

SendandreceiveemailwithGmail,

Google’sweb-basedemailservice.

Google

SearchnotonlytheInternet,butalsothe

appsandcontentsofyourdevice.

GoogleNow

GoogleNowworksinthebackgroundto

collectinformationyouregularlylookup

andorganizeitintoconvenientcardsthat

appearwhenyouneedthem.

► PressandholdtheHomekey.

Note:WhenGoogleNowisenabled,you

canalsoaccessitbytouching Google.

GoogleSettings

QuicklyandeasilychangeGoogleapp

settingstosuityourpreferences.

Note:Youmustbesignedintothe

applicationyouwanttoconfigure.For

example,signintoGoogle+toconfigure

Google+settings.

Google+

StayconnectedandsharewithGoogle+.

Chatwithfriendsandfamily,postphotos,andseewhatothersaresharing.

Hangouts

Hangoutsisanonlineplacetomeet

friendsandfamily,sharephotos,and

hostvideocalls.Conversationlogsare

automaticallysavedtoaChatsareain

yourGmailaccount.

MapsUseGoogleMapstofindyourcurrent

location,getdirections,andother

location-basedinformation.

Note:Youmustenablelocationservicesto

useMaps.PleaseseeLocation.

Photos

ThisapplicationautomaticallybacksupyourphotosandvideostoyourGoogle+

account.

PlayBooks

WithGooglePlayBooks,youcanfind

millionsoffreee-booksandhundredsof

thousandsmoretobuyintheeBookstore.

https://www.google.com/

https://www.google.com/


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PlayGames

Discoverhundredsofgamesfordownload

andpurchasethroughtheGooglePlay

store.

PlayMovies&TV

WatchmoviesandTVshowspurchasedfromGooglePlay.Youcanstreamthem

instantly,ordownloadthemforviewing

whenyouarenotconnectedtothe

Internet.Youcanalsoviewvideossaved

onyourdevice.

PlayMusic

WithGooglePlayMusic,youcanplay

musicandaudiofilesonyourdevice.

PlayNewsstand

Subscribetoyourfavoritemagazinesto

readonyourdeviceatyourleisure.

Play Store

Findnewapps,moviesandTVshows,

music,books,magazines,andgamesin

GooglePlaystore.

VoiceSearch

Usevoicecommandstosearchtheweb

withGoogle.

YouTube

ViewanduploadYouTubevideosright

fromyourdevice.

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CricketApplications

Theseservicesmakeusing

Cricketevenbetterandeasier!

FindtheseappsintheCricket

folder.

Deezer

Listen,discover,andtakeyourmusic

anywhere.

MyCricketAccessbilling,makeaquickpayment,

viewusageandaccesssupportfromthe

palmofyourhand.

Voicemail

Quicklyview,accessandplayback

yourvoicemailmessages,easilysave

importantnumberstoyourFavoriteslist

andrespondtomessagesbycallingbackortexting.

Wi-Fi

Automaticallyconnecttofreeandopen

Wi-Fihotspots,helpingyoutomaximize

datausageandenhancecoverage.


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OtherApplications

Therearealsootherapps,

includingseveralSamsungapps, preloadedonyourdevice.

Facebook

Keepupwithfriendsandfamilywiththe

Facebookapp.Shareupdates,photos,

andvideos,aswellastext,chat,andplay

games.

HancomOffice2014OpensandmanagesHancomOffice

Hanword(*.hwp)andHanshow(*.show)

documents.

Instagram

Captureandsharephotosandvideos

withyourfriends.Customizewhatyou

capture,thenshareitonyourfeedorpost

itdirectlytoyourfriends.

Messenger

Instantlyreachyourfriendsandfamily

withFacebookMessenger,whichworks

justliketexting.

Note:Adataplanisrequiredtouse

Messenger.

MilkExclusivetoGalaxyowners,MilkMusicis

aradioservicethatgivesyoumoreofthe

musicyoulove,curatedbytopDJsand

industryprosandallforfree.

MilkVideo

ExclusivetoGalaxyowners,MilkVideo

helpsyoudiscoverandsharethemost

talkedaboutvideos.

OneDrive

OneDriveisaplacetoeasilystoreand

sharephotos,videos,documents,and

more,whichyoucanthenaccessfrom

yourpersonalcomputer,tabletorphone.

OneNote

Youcanstayorganizedusingtext,

pictures,oraudionotes.CreateQuick

NotesorreviewandeditsharedOneNote

notebooksusingOneDrive.

Skype

UsefreeSkypetoholdvideoandvoice

calls,aswellassendinstantmessagesto

anyonearoundtheworld.Justopenthe

appandstartusingit.

SmartRemote

SmartRemoteletsyoucontrolselect

Wi-Fi-enabledSamsungTVmodelsusing

yourSamsungGalaxydevice.Nowyou

cancontrolallofyourTV’ssettings,such

asON/OFFfunction,channelnavigation,

andvolumecontrolfromthesame

Samsungdeviceyoualreadyknow.


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Calculator

TheCalculatorprovidesbasic

andadvancedarithmeticfunctions.

BasicOperation1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps>

Calculator.

2. Enterthefirstnumberusingthenumerickeys.

3. Taptheappropriatearithmeticfunctionkey.

4. Enterthenextnumber.

5. Toviewtheresult,tapthe Equalskey.

AdditionalFunctions

Tocleartheresults:

► Tap Clear.

Toclearthecalculatorhistory:

►

TapHISTORY>CLEAR HISTORY .

Tip:TapKEYPADtoreturntothecalculatorkeys.

Tocopyallorpartofthecalculationtothe

clipboard:

►

Touchandholdanentryinthedisplay field.

ScientificCalculator

Turnthedevicelandscapetouseadvanced

arithmeticfunctions,suchassin,cos,andtan.


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Calendar

Manageyourcalendarevents

andtasks.

CreateanEvent

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps>

Calendar.

2. Tap Addtoaddanevent.

3. Enterdetailsfortheevent,andthentap SAVE.

DeleteanEvent


Calendar.

2. Tapaneventtoviewit,andthentapDELETE,

andthenconfirmbytappingDELETE.

–or–

Touchandholdanevent,tapDelete,andthen

confirmbytappingDELETE.

ShareanEvent


Calendar.

2. Tapaneventtoviewit.

3. TapSHAREandtapasharingformat.

4. IntheShareaswindow,tapasharingmethod

andfollowtheprompts.

CreateaTask

Tasksareitemsyouaddtothecalendartobe

accomplishedonacertainday.Ataskappearsas

achecklistitemandisremovedonceyoumarkthe

taskascomplete.


Calendar.

2. Tapthedropdownmenuinthetopleftcorner

(bydefault,theMonthandYearareshown)and

tapTasks.

3. TaptheEnternewtaskfieldtoenteranewtask

4. YoucanchoosetosetthetaskforTODAY ,

TOMORROW,ortapthe Expandicontoview

andsetthefollowingoptions:

• Duedate:TaptheON/OFFswitchtoselecta

dateonthecalendarforthetask.

• Reminder:Taptosetareminderalert.

• Notes:Taptosaveanotewithyourtask.

• Priority:Taptoassignaprioritytothetask.

5. TapSAVEtosavethetask.

DeleteaTask


Calendar.

2. Tapadayonthecalendartoviewthetasksfor

theday,orselectTasksfromthedropdown

menu.

3. Tapthecheckboxbythetasktomarkitas

completeandremoveitfromthecalendar.

4. Todeletethetaskpermanently,tapthetaskto

openit,andthentapDELETE.


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CalendarSettings

Thesesettingsallowyoutomodifysettings

associatedwithusingtheCalendar.


Calendar.

2. TapMORE>Settings.

3. Tapanoptionandfollowtheprompts.


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CameraandVideo

Show/

HideQuick

settings

Quick

settings

Camera

settings

TakePictures

Takepictureswithyourdevice’sfrontorrear

camera,orcombineshotswithDualmode.


Camera.

Note:YoucanalsopresstheHomekeytwicefrom

anyscreentoaccesstheCameraifQuickLaunchis

enabled.

2. Usingthedisplayscreenasaviewfinder,

composeyourshotbyaimingthecameraatthe

subject.Whilecomposingyourpicture,usethe

onscreenoptionsorthesegestures:

Viewpicturesandvideosin

theGallery

Recordvideo

Takeapicture

Switch

betweenthe

frontandrear

cameras

Change

shooting

mode

• Touchthescreenwithtwofingersandpinch

orspreadthemonthescreentozoominand

out.

• Tapthescreentofocusontheareayou

touched.

3. Ifdesired,beforetakingthephoto,youcan

touchonscreeniconstoaccessvariouscamera

optionsandsettings.Youcanalsotouchthescreentomovethefocusfieldtotheareayou

touch.

4. Tap totakethepicture.

Note:YoucanalsopresstheVolumekeyupor

downtotakeapicture.Thisisthedefaultactionofthe

Volumekey.YoucanalsosettheVolumekeytoactas

thevideorecordkeyorasazoomkey.



ShootingMode

Severalvisualeffectsareavailable.Modesdifferby

whichcameraisactive(frontorrearfacing).


Camera.

2. TapMODEtoviewthefollowingoptions.Each

sectionindicateswhichcamera(frontorrear)themodesareavailablefor.

Rearcamera

• Auto:Allowthecameratoevaluatethe

surroundingsanddeterminetheidealmode

forthepicture.

• Pro:ManuallyadjusttheISOsensitivity,

exposurevalue,whitebalance,andcolortone

whiletakingpictures.

• Selectivefocus:Changethefocusofpictures

aftertheyhavebeentaken.Youcanfocuson

subjectsneartothecamera,farawayfromthe

camera,orboth.

• Panorama:Createalinearimagebytaking

picturesineitherahorizontalorvertical

direction.

• Slowmotion:Recordvideosatahighframe

rateforviewinginslowmotion.Youcanplaya

specificsectionofeachvideoinslowmotion

afterrecordingit.

• Fastmotion:Recordvideosforviewingin

fastmotion.Youcanplayaspecificsectionof

eachvideoinfastmotionafterrecordingit.

Frontcamera

• Selfie:Takeselfieshotsandapplyvarious

effects,suchasanairbrushedeffect.

• Wideselfie:Takewide-angleselfieshotstofit

morepeopleintoyourpictures.

• Intervalshot:Selectthebestpicturesfrom

aseriesofcontinuousshotstakenatsetintervals.

Bothcameras

• Virtualshot:Createmulti-directionalviewsof

objects.

• Download:Downloadadditionalshooting

modesfromtheGalaxyAppsstore.

CameraSettings1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps>

Camera.

2. Quicksettingsarelistedacrossonesideof

thecameraviewfinder.Availableoptionsvary

dependingonthecameraorrecordingmode

used.Defaultsettingsinclude:

• Flash:Activateordeactivatetheflash(rear

cameraonly).

•Beauty:Takeapicturewithlightenedfacesforgentlerimages(frontcameraonly).

• Timer:Taketime-delayedpicturesorvideos.

• HDR(richtone):SavethepictureinHDR

(richtone)only.

• Effects:Addspecialgraphicaleffects.

3. Tap Settingstoconfiguresettingsfor

Camera.Availableoptionsvarydependingonthe

camera/recordingmodeused.

Bothcameras

• Picturesize:Selectaresolution.Usehigher

resolutionforhigherquality.Higherresolution

picturestakeupmorememory.

• Videosize:Selectaresolution.Usehigher

resolutionforhigherquality.Higherresolution

videostakeupmorememory.

• Videostabilization:Activateanti-shake.

Anti-shakehelpstokeepthefocussteady

whenthecameraismoving.



• Gridlines:Displayviewfindergridlinestohelp

compositionwhenselectingsubjects.

• Locationtags:AttachaGPSlocationtagto

thepicture.

• Reviewpictures:Settoshowpicturesafter

takingthem.

• Quicklaunch:Opencamerabypressingthe

Homekeytwiceinquicksuccession.

• Voicecontrol:Totakepicturessaysmile,

cheese,capture,orshoot.Torecordvideos,

sayRecordvideo.

• Volumekeysfunction:UsetheVolumekeyas

thecamerakey,therecordkey,orasazoom

key.

• Shuttersound:Enableordisableashutter

soundwhenpicturesaretaken.

• Resetsettings:Resetthecamerasettings.

• Help:Viewinformationonusingthecamera.

Rearcamera

• TrackingAF:Focusonandtrackasubject

selectedonthepreviewscreen.

Frontcamera

• Gesturecontrol:Detectpalmand

automaticallytakeapicturetwosecondslater.

• Saveashorizontallyflipped:Savethe

self-portraitorself-recordingasareversed(or

‘mirrored’)image.


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Clock

TheClockappoffersfeaturesfor

keepingtrackoftimeandsettingalarms.


Clock.

2. Tapatabtouseafeature:

• Alarm:Setanalarmtoringataspecifictime.

• WorldClock:Viewthetimeofdayornightin

otherpartsoftheworld.WorldClockdisplays

timeinhundredsofdifferentcities,withinall

24timezonesaroundtheworld.

• Stopwatch:Measureintervalsoftime.

• Timer:Useatimertocountdowntoanevent

basedonapresettimelength(hours,minutes,

andseconds).

CreateanAlarm

Createanalarmevent.Youcansetone-timeor

recurringalarms,andchooseoptionsforhowtobe

notified.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Clock.

2. Tapthefollowingitemstoconfigureanalarm:

• Date:Choosethedayforthisalarm.

• Time:Setatimeforthealarm.

• Repeat:Choosewhentorepeatthealarm,if

sodesired.

• OPTIONS:Taptoviewandsetthefollowing

options:

- Alarmtype:Choosewhetherthealarmwill

useSound,Vibrate,orSound&vibrateto

alertyou.

- Volume:Ifyouhavechosenanalarmtype

thatincludessound,dragtheslidertoset

thevolumeofthealarm.

- Alarmtone:Ifyouhavechosenanalarm

typethatincludessound,chooseasound

toplayforthealarm.

- Snooze:Allowsnoozing,andsetintervalandrepeatvaluesforthealarmwhile

snoozing.

- Increasingvolume:Whenon,thealarmwill

startplayingatoneatalowvolumeatan

intervalbeforethealarmtime,andslowly

increaseinvolume.Availablewhenyouhave

chosenanalarmtypethatincludessound.

- Alarmname:Enteranameforthealarm.

3. TapSAVEtosavethealarm.

DeleteanAlarm

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Clock.

2. Findthealarminthealarmlist(undertheAlarm

tab),andthentap Deleteintheupperright

cornerofthealarmentry.


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Contacts

Storeandmanageyourcontacts

withtheContactsapp,whichcanbesynchronizedwitha

varietyofyourexistingpersonal

accounts,includingGoogle,

Email,Facebook,andyour

Samsungaccount.

Formoreinformationonconnectingwithand

managingyouraccountsthroughyourdevice,see

Accounts.

Note:TheContactsappisdifferentfromthe

CONTACTStabinthePhoneapp.Althoughbothlist

thecontactsinyourphoneandaccounts,theavailable

optionsandfunctionsaredifferent.

ManageContacts

AccessyourlistofcontactsbyusingtheContacts

app.ToaccessyourContactslist:

► FromaHomescreen,tap Apps>

Contacts.

FindaContact

Youcansearchforacontact,orscrollthelisttofind

onebyname.


Contacts.

2. TaptheSearchfield,andthenentercharacterstofindcontactsthatmatch.

–or–

Tapaletteronthesideofthelisttojumpdirectly

tothatletterinthealphabeticallist.Youcanalso

pressandslideacrossthealphabeticallistto

selectaletterwithbetterprecision.

AddaContact

Usethefollowingproceduretoaddanewcontact.


Contacts.

2. Tap Add,andthentapcontactfieldstoenter

information.

• Chooseastorageaccountforthecontact.You

canstorethecontactonthedevice,yourSIM

card,orsyncitwithanaccount.

• Tap Contactphototoassignapictureto

thenewcontact.

• Enteraname,phonenumber,emailaddress,

assignthecontacttoagroup,andassigna

ringtone.TapADD ANOTHERFIELDtoadd

additionalcontactinformation.

- Tap Addtoenteradditionalentries.

- Tap Removetoremoveanentry.

- Tap Expandforadditionalfields.

- Tapthelabeltotherightofanentryto

choosealabelforthefield(forexample,

HomeorWork).

3. TapSAVE.

EditaContact

Wheneditingacontact,youcantapafieldand

changeordeletetheinformation,oryoucanadd

additionalfieldstothecontact’slistofinformation.


Contacts.

2. Tapthecontacttodisplayit,andthentap EDIT.

3. Tapanyofthefieldstoadd,change,ordelete

information.

4. TapSAVE.



ShareaNameCard

Whenyoushareanamecard,thecontact’s

informationissentasavCardfile(.vcf).Youcan

shareavCardviaBluetoothorWi-FiDirect,attachit

toamessage,orsaveittoastoragelocation.


Contacts.

2. Tapacontacttodisplayit,andthentapMORE>

Sharenamecard.

3. Chooseasharingmethodandfollowthe

prompts.

LinkContacts

Whenyouhavecontactsfromvarioussources

(Gmail,Facebook,andsoon),youmayhave

multiplesimilarentriesforasinglecontact.Contacts

letsyoulinkmultipleentriesintoasinglecontact.


Contacts.

2. Tapthecontacttodisplayit,andthentap

Linkedcontact.

3. TapLINKANOTHERCONTACT,andthenselect

contactstolinktotheoriginalcontact.

4. TapLINK .

UnlinkContacts1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps>

Contacts.

2. Tapthecontacttodisplayit,andthentap

Linkedcontact.

3. Tap Removebesidecontactstounlinkthem

fromthemaincontact.

DeleteContacts

Youcandeleteasinglecontact,orchoosemultiple

contactstodelete.


Contacts.

2. Touchandholdacontacttoselectit.Youcan

alsotapothercontacts,ortapthecheckboxat

thetopofthescreentoselectall.

Favorites

Whenyoumarkcontactsasfavorites,theyare

easilyaccessiblefromotherapps.Favoritesdisplay

togetherontheFavoritestabinContacts.

MarkContactsasFavorites


Contacts.

2. Tapacontacttodisplayit,andthentap

Favorite(thestarturnsgold ).

RemoveContactsfromFavorites


Contacts.

2. Tapacontacttodisplayit,andthentap

Favorite(thegoldcolorisremoved ).

Groups

Youcanusegroupstoorganizeyourcontacts.Your

devicecomeswithpreloadedgroups,andyoucan

createyourown.Youmightcreateagroupforyour

family,forcoworkers,orateam.Groupsmakeit

easytofindcontacts,andyoucansendmessages

tothemembersofagroup.

CreateaGroup1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps>

Contacts.

2. TapGROUPS,andthentapADD.

3. Tapfieldstoenterinformationaboutthegroup:

• TapCreategroupin[location]tochoose

wheretosavethegroup.Youcansaveitto

aspecificaccount,tothedevicememory,or

toallaccounts.Taptheentriestoselector

deselectthem.

• TapGroupnametoenteranameforthenew

group.

• TapAddmemberandselectcontactstoadd

tothenewgroup,andthentapDONE.

• TapGroupringtonetoassignaringtoneto

membersofthegroup.

3. TapDELETE.4. TapSAVE.



RenameaGroup


Contacts.

2. TapGROUPS,andthentapagroup.

3. TapMORE>Editgroupandenteranewname.

4. TapSAVE.

AddContactstoaGroup


Contacts.


3. TapADD,andthentapthecontactsyouwantto

add.

4. TapDONE.

SendaMessageoranEmailtoaGroup

Youcansendatextmessageoranemailto

membersofagroup.


Contacts.


3. TapMORE>Sendmessageoremail.

4. TapeitherMessageorEmail.

5. Tapcontactstoselectthem,ortaptheselected

checkboxatthetopofthescreentoselectall,

andthentapDONE.Youwillonlyseegroup

membersthathavetheappropriatecontact

information(aphonenumberoranemail

address)intheirrecords.

6. Foremail,chooseanaccountandfollowthe

prompts.

DeleteaGroup

Presetgroups,suchasFamily,cannotbedeleted.


Contacts.

2. TapGROUPS.

3. TapDELETE.

4. Tapthegroupcategorytoopen.

5. Tapthegroupstoselectthemortapthe

Select groupcheckboxatthetopofthescreen

toselectall

6. TapDELETE.

ContactSettings


associatedwithusingtheContactsapp.


Contacts.


3. Tapanoptionandfollowtheonscreen

instructions.



Email

UsetheEmailapptoviewand

manageallyouremailaccountsinoneapplication.

ToaccessEmail:

►

FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Email.

ConfigureEmailAccounts

YoucanconfigureEmailformostaccountsinjusta

fewsteps.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Email.

2. Followtheonscreeninstructionstosetupyour

emailaccount.

–or–

Foradditionalaccounts,tapMORE>Settings>

Addaccount.

Thedevicecommunicateswiththeappropriate

servertosetupyouraccountandsynchronizeyour

email.Whencomplete,youremailappearsinthe

Inboxfortheaccount.

Note:Toconfigureemailaccountsettingsatany

time,tapMORE>Settings.Taptheemailaccountto

managetodisplayitssettings.

ManageYourEmailAccounts

Youcanviewemailyoureceiveforallaccountson

theCombinedviewscreenoryoucanviewemail

accountsindividually.


2. Tapthedropdownmenuatthetopleftofthe

screentoviewthecurrentaccountmailbox.

3. Tapontheaccountnametoview:

• Combinedview:Viewallemailinacombined

inbox.

• [AccountName]:Viewemailforonlyone

emailaccount.

DeleteEmailAccounts

TodeleteanEmailaccount:



3. Taptheaccountyouwanttoremove.

4. TapREMOVE.ConfirmbytappingREMOVEon

theprompt.

EmailSettings


associatedwithusingtheEmailapp.




instructions.


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GalaxyApps

SamsungGalaxyAppsisa

freestorefrontthatprovidesaquickandeasywaytofind

anddownloadappsthatare

compatiblewithyourGalaxy

device.

GalaxyEssentialsisacollection

ofspeciallychosenapplications

availablethroughSamsung Apps.

FromGalaxyEssentials,you

canaccessanddownloada

collectionofpremiumcontent,

freeofcharge.

ToaccesstheSamsungGalaxyAppswebsite:►

FromaHomescreen,tap Apps>

Galaxy Apps.

ToaccessGalaxyEssentials:

1. SwipeacrosstheGalaxyAppsscreenandthen

tapGalaxyEssentials.

–or–

SwipeacrosstheHomescreensandlocateand

taptheGalaxyEssentialswidget.

2. Followtheonscreeninstructionstodownload

GalaxyEssentialsappsspeciallychosenfrom

SamsungApps.

Note:ASamsungaccountisrequiredtopurchase

anddownloadapps.


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Gallery

View,edit,andmanagepictures

andvideos.

Note:Somefunctionsdescribedinthissection

areonlyavailableifthereareimagesorvideosin

the Gallery.

ViewImagesandVideos

LaunchingGallerydisplaysavailablefolders.When

anotherapplication,suchasEmail,savesanimage,

aDownloadfolderisautomaticallycreatedtocontaintheimage.Likewise,capturingascreenshot

automaticallycreatesaScreenshotsfolder.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Gallery.

2. Tapthedropdownmenuintheupperleftcorner,

andthentapanoptiontochoosetheway

items display.

• InAlbumview,youcancreatealbumsto

organizeyourimages.Onthedropdown

menu,tapAlbum,andthentapMORE>

Createalbum.

3. Dependingontheviewmodeselected,eithertap

animageorvideotoviewit,orfirsttapanalbum

orfolderandthentapanimageorvideo.

4. Whenviewinganimageorvideo,youcanscroll

leftorrighttoviewthenextorpreviousimage

or video.

ZoomInandOut

Useoneofthefollowingmethodstozoominoroutonanimage:

• Double-tapanywhereonthescreentozoominor

zoomout.

• Spreadtwofingersapartonanyplacetozoomin.

Pinchthescreentozoomout.

PlayVideos


2. Tapafolderorcategorytoopenit.

3. Tapavideotoviewit.

4. TapthePlayicontoplaythevideo.

TrimSegmentsofaVideo

1. Selectavideo,andthentapthescreenonceto

seethevideooptions.

2. Tap Editor,andthentap Trim.

3. Usetheslidersatthebottomofthescreento

trimthevideo.Movethestartbrackettothe

desiredstartingpoint,movetheendbracketto

thedesiredendingpoint.

4. TapEXPORTtosavethevideo.Modifythe

File nameorResolution,andthentapEXPORT

toconfirmthechanges.

EditImages1. Whileviewinganimage,tapthescreenonceto

seetheimageoptions.

2. Tap Edittoviewandusetheeditingtools.

DeleteImages



3. TapMORE>Edit.

4. Tapimagestoselectthem.

5. TapDELETE.


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ShareImages

Useoneofthefollowingmethods:



3. TapMORE>Share.

4. Tapimagestoselectthem,andthentapSHARE.

5. Tapasharingserviceandfollowthepromptsto

sendtheimageorimages.


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Backor

Backkeytoreturntotheprevious

page.

Internet

AccesstheInternetwithafully

featuredwebbrowser.

AccesstheInternet

► FromaHomescreen,tap Apps>

Internet.

CommandKeys

Thefollowingcommandkeysareavailableonthebrowserwindow:

•

Forwardtogoforwardtoarecentpage.•

HometodisplayyourInternetHomescreen.•

Bookmarkstomanagebookmarkedpages,

savedpages,andhistory.•

Tabstomanageopentabs.Thenumberon

theiconindicatesthenumberoftabsthatare

currentlyopen.

•

Refreshtorefreshorreloadthecurrent

Web page.•

ViewaWebSite

Toviewawebsite:

►

Taptheaddressfield,enterthewebaddress,

andthentapGoonthekeyboard.

Tozoominorout:

►

Tapthescreentwiceorpinchthescreento

zoomoutandstretchthescreentozoomin.

BrowserTabs

Usetabstoviewmultiplewebpagesatthe

same time.

Toopenanewtab:

►

Tap Tabs>NEW TAB.

Tocloseatab:

►

Tap Tabmanagerandthentap

Close tab.

Bookmarks

Tobookmarkthecurrentwebpage:

1. Tap Bookmarks>ADD.

2. TypeatitleforthebookmarkandtapSAVE.

Toopenabookmarkedwebpage:

► Tap Bookmarks,thentapafolder,andan

entry.


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History

Toviewalistofrecentlyvisitedwebpages:

►

Tap Bookmarks>HISTORY .

SavedPages

Tosaveawebpage:

► TapMORE>Save web page.

Toviewalistofsavedwebpages:

►

Tap Bookmarks>SAVEDPAGES.

SharePages

Toshareawebpageaddresswithothers:

►

TapMORE>Shareandfollowtheprompts.

SecretMode

Pagesviewedinsecretmodedonotappear

withinyourbrowserhistoryorsearchhistory,and

leavenotraces(suchascookies)onyourdevice.

Secrettabsareadarkershadethanthenormal

tab windows.

Note:Anydownloadedfileswillremainonyourdeviceafteryoucloseasecrettab.

Toopenanewsecrettab:

► Tap Tabs>MORE>New secret tab.

InternetSettings


associatedwithusingtheInternetapp.


Internet.



instructions.


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Memo

UsetheMemoapptowriteand

savenotesonyourdevice.

ComposeaMemo

1. Tap Apps>Samsungfolder> Memo.

2. Tap Creatememoandtypeamemo.

• Tochangethecategory,tap Category.

• Toinsertanimageintothememo,tap

Image.

• Touseyourvoicetoinserttextintothememo,

tap Voice.

• Toaddtasks,tap Tasks.

3. Whenfinishedcreatingyourmemo,tapSAVE.

ManageMemos

1. Tap Apps>Samsungfolder> Memo.

2. Tapamemoentrytoopenit.

3. Toeditamemo,tapthecontentofthememo.

4. Todeletememos,tapMORE>Edit,select

memos,andtapDELETE.

5. Tosendamemotoothers,tapMORE>Share,

selectamemo,andthenselectamethodto

sharethememo.

BrowseMemos1. Tap Apps>Samsungfolder> Memo.

2. Browsememoentriesbyscrollingupordown.

3. Tosearchforamemo,tapSEARCH.

MemoOptions

►

Whilebrowsingmemos,tap MOREforthe

followingoptions:

• Edit:Selectnotestodeleteormove.

• Share:Sharememos.

• Managecategories:Createandmanage

categoriestoorganizeyourmemos.



Messages

Learnhowtosendandreceive

differentmessagesusingthedefaultmessagingapponyour

phone.

TypesofMessages

YourdefaultMessagingappprovidesthefollowing

messagetypes:

• TextMessages(SMS)

• MultimediaMessages(MMS)

TheShortMessageService(SMS)letsyousend

andreceivetextmessagestoandfromothermobile

phonesoremailaddresses.Tousethisfeature,you

mayneedtosubscribetoyourserviceprovider’s

messageservice.

TheMultimediaMessagingService(MMS)letsyou

sendandreceivemultimediamessages(suchas

picture,video,andaudiomessages)toandfrom

othermobilephonesoremailaddresses.Tousethis

feature,youmayneedtosubscribetoyourservice

provider’smultimediamessageservice.

Messagingiconsaredisplayedatthetopofthe

screenandindicatewhenmessagesarereceived

andtheirtype.

CreateandSendMessages

Thissectiondescribeshowtocreateasenda

messageusingtheMessagesapp.


Messages> Compose.

2. TaptheEnterrecipientsfieldtomanuallyenter

arecipientortap AddRecipienttoselecta

recipientfromyourContactsorGroups.

• Ifmanuallyenteringrecipients,enteradditiona

recipientsbyseparatingeachentrywitha

semicolon(;).Morerecipientscanbeaddedaanytimebeforethemessageissent.

• IfaddingarecipientfromyourContacts,

tapthecontacttoplaceacheckmarkthen

tapDONE.Thecontactwillbeplacedinthe

recipientsfield.

• FortheGroupoption,ifthenumberof

recipientsislessthan10,allmembersinthe

groupcanbeaddedbyplacingacheckmark

bythecontactsandthentapDONE.

3. TaptheEntermessagefieldandusetheonscreenkeypadtoenteramessage.

• Tap Addemoticonstochooseanavailable

emoticonfromanonscreenlistandthenadd

itintoyourmessage(atthecursorlocation)if

desired.

4. Reviewyourmessageandtap SEND.

Note:Ifyouexitamessagebeforeyousendit,the

messageisautomaticallysavedasadraft.

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ViewNewMessages

Whenyoureceiveanewmessage,anewmessage

iconappearsontheStatusBar.

Toviewthemessage:

►

OpentheNotificationPanelandselectthe

message.Formoreinformation,pleasesee

NotificationPanel.

–or–


Messages,andthentapthenewmessageto

viewit.

• Toplayamultimediamessage(audioor

video),tap Play.

• Toscrollthroughthelistofmessages,tapthe

screenandscrollupordownthepage.

DeleteMessages

Todeletemessages,followthesesteps:


Messages.

2. TapMORE>Edit.

3. Tapeachmessageyouwanttodeleteortapthe

checkboxAll.

4. TapDELETE.

MessageSearch

Youcansearchthroughyourmessagesbyusingthe

MessageSearchfeature.


Messages.

2. TapSEARCH.

3. Enterawordorphrasetosearchfor,andthen

tap Searchonthekeyboard.

MessagingSettings

Configurethesettingsfortextmessages,multimedia

messages,pushmessages,andsoon.

►


Messages>MORE>Settings.

EmergencyAlerts

Thisdeviceisdesignedtoreceivewireless

emergencyalertsfromtheCommercialMobile

AlertingSystem(CMAS)whichmayalsobeknown

asthePersonalLocalizedAlertingNetwork(PLAN).

Formoreinformation,pleasecontactyourwireless

provider.

EmergencyAlertsallowscustomerstoreceive

geographically-targetedmessages.Alertmessages

areprovidedbytheUSDepartmentofHomeland

Securityandwillalertcustomersofimminentthreats

totheirsafetywithintheirarea.Thereisnocharge

forreceivinganEmergencyAlertmessage.

TherearethreetypesofEmergencyAlerts:

• AlertsissuedbythePresident

• Alertsinvolvingimminentthreatstosafetyoflife

(ExtremeandSevere)

• AMBERAlerts(missingchildalert)

UsersmaychoosenottoreceiveImminentThreats

(ExtremeandSevere)andAMBERAlerts.Alerts

issuedbythePresidentcannotbedisabled.

TodisableImminentThreatsandAMBERAlerts,

followtheinstructionsbelow:

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Messages.

2. TapMORE>Settings>Emergency alerts>

Emergencyalerts.

3. Allalertsareenabledbydefault.Tapanalertoptiontodisableit.Youcannotdisable

Presidentialalerts.


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MusicPlayer

Playbackposition

Markasfavorite

Elapsedplayingtime

Shufflesongs

Rewindsongorgoto

previoussong

Addsongstothequeue

Moreoptions

Volume

Lengthofsong

Repeatmodeforthe

songorplaylist

Scanforwardor

go to nextsong

Pause/Play

Listentoyourfavoritesongs

withtheMusicplayer.Navigatethroughyourmusiclibrary,play

songs,andcreatecustomized

playlists.

ListentoMusic

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Music.

2. Tapacategoryatthetopleftofthescreento

viewyourmusicfiles.

3. Scrollthroughthelistofsongsandtapasongto

beginplayback.


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MyFiles

Accessfilesstoredonyour

device,includingimages,videos,songs,andsoundclips.

ViewFiles

Filesstoredinthedeviceareorganizedintothe

followinggroups:

• Recentfiles:Viewrecentlyaccessedfiles.

• Category:Filesaregroupedintothefollowingcategories:

Images:Viewimagefiles.•

Videos:Viewvideofiles.•

Audio:Viewaudiofiles.•

Documents:Viewdocumentfiles.•

Downloadhistory:Viewallappsandfiles

thathavebeendownloadedtothedevice.•

• Localstorage:Viewfoldersandfilesintheir

storagelocations.

Devicestorage:Viewfoldersandfiles

locatedonthedevice.•

• Cloudstorage:ContainsshortcutstoFTPservers

orothercloudstoragelocationsthatyouhave

added.

GoogleDrive:Signintoviewfoldersand

fileslocatedinyourGoogleDriveaccount.•

ToviewfilesinMyFiles:


Samsung folder> My Files.

2. Tapacategorytoviewtherelevantfilesor

folders.

3. Tapafileorfoldertoopenit.

MyFilesOptions

OnthemainMyFilesscreen,thefollowingoptions

areavailable:

• SEARCH:Searchforafileorfolder.

• MORE:Tapforthefollowingoptions:

• Edit:EditfilesshowninRecentfiles.

• Clearrecentfilehistory:CleartheRecent

filescategory.

• Show/Concealhiddenfiles:Showorconcea

hiddenfiles.

• STORAGEUSAGE:Taptoviewmemory

informationforyourdevice.

CategoryOptions

Aftertappingonacategory,thefollowingoptions

areavailable:

• HOME:ReturntothemainMyFilesscreen.

• SEARCH:Searchforafileintheselected

category.

• MORE:Tapforthefollowingoptions:

• Edit:Selectfilesorfolders.

• Share:Selectfilestoshare.

• Viewas:Changetheappearanceofthefiles

orfolders.

•Sortby:Changethesortorderofthefiles.

• Show/Concealhiddenfiles:Showorconcea

hiddenfiles.


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OptionsforSelectedFilesand

Folders

►

TapMORE>Edit,selectafileorfolder,andthen

useoneofthesefunctions:

• DELETE:Deletefilesorfolders.

• MORE:Selectoneofthefollowingoptions:

- Move:Movefilesorfolderstoanother

folder.

- Copy:Copyfilesorfolderstoanotherfolder

- Rename:Renameafileorfolder.This

optiononlyappearswhenjustonefileor

folderisselected.

- AddshortcutonHomescreen:Adda

shortcuttheHomescreen.

- Compress:Createazipfoldercontainingtheselectedfiles.Thisoptiononlyappears

inLocalStoragecategories.Aselectedzip

folderhastheadditionaloptionsofExtract

andExtracttocurrentfolder.

- Details:Viewdetailsoftheselectedfilesor

folders.


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SHealth

UseSHealthtoplan,track,and

manageyourhealthgoalsandactivities,includingexercise,

sleep,andmeals.

Note:Thisdeviceandrelatedsoftwarearenot

intendedforuseinthediagnosisofdiseaseorother

conditions,orinthecure,mitigation,treatmentor

preventionofdisease.

1. FromHome,tap Apps> S Health.

2. Readandacceptthetermsandconditions.

3. Setupyourhealthprofileandgoals.

BeforeYouStartExercising

Thisappcanbeusedtomonitoryourexercise.

Whilemoderatephysicalactivity,suchasbrisk

walking,issafeformostpeople,healthexperts

suggestthatyoutalkwithyourdoctorbeforeyou

startanexerciseprogram,particularlyifyouhave

anyofthefollowingconditions:

• Heartdisease;

• Asthmaorlungdisease;

• Diabetes,orliverorkidneydisease;

• Arthritis.

Youshouldalsocheckwithyourdoctorifyouhave

symptomssuggestiveofheart,lung,orotherserious

disease,suchas:

• Painordiscomfortinyourchest,neck,jaw,orarmsduringphysicalactivity;

• Dizzinessorlossofconsciousness;

• Shortnessofbreathwithmildexertionoratrest,

orwhenlyingdownorgoingtobed;

• Ankleswelling,especiallyatnight;

• Aheartmurmurorarapidorpronounced

heartbeat;

• Musclepainwhenwalkingupstairsorupahilltha

goesawaywhenyourest.

Finally,theAmericanCollegeofSportsMedicine

recommendsthatyouseeyourdoctorbefore

engaginginvigorousexerciseiftwoormoreofthe

followingapply:

• Youareamanolderthanage45orawoman

olderthanage55;

• Youhaveafamilyhistoryofheartdiseasebeforeage55;

• Yousmokeorquitsmokinginthepastsixmonths;

• Youhavenotexercisedforthreemonthsormore;

• Youareoverweightorobese;

• Youhavehighbloodpressureorhighcholesterol.

• Youhaveimpairedglucosetolerance,alsocalled

prediabetes.

WheninDoubt—CheckItOut

Ifyouareunsureofyourhealthstatus,haveseveral

healthproblems,orarepregnant,youshouldspeak

withyourdoctorbeforestartinganewexercise

program.Workingwithyourdoctoraheadoftimeis

agoodwaytoplananexerciseprogramthatisright

andsafeforyou.Consideritthefirststeponyour

pathtophysicalfitness.


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SVoice

Speakcommandstoperform

operationsonyourdevice,andtospeakcriteriaforsearches

andotheroperations.

UseS Voicetofindeverything

fromdirectionstotriviaanswers

tothecurrentweatherforecast.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> S Voice.

2. Speakacommand.

3. Tapthemicrophoneicon,ifthedevicedoesnot

hearyou,ortogiveitanothercommand.

Tip:Tap Helpforexamplecommandsandtoview

atutorial.

SVoiceSettings


associatedwithusingtheInternetapp.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> S Voice.

2. Tap Settings.


instructions.


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VideoPlayer

Videofilename

Playback

position

Elapsed

playingtime

Change

screenratio

Rewindvideo

orgoto

previousvideo

Playandmanagevideosstored

onyourdevice.

Toaccessvideo:

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Video.

2. Scrollthroughthevideosstoredonyourdevice.

Afterafewseconds,eachvideothumbnail

beginsplayingapreviewoftheclip.


Pause/Play

Moreoptions

Volume

Lengthof

video

Pop-up

player

Scanforward

orgotonext

video

UsePop-UpPlay

MultitaskwithPop-UpPlay—transformyourvideo

playerintoapop-upwindow.Thevideowillcontinue

toplay,andthepop-upwindowcanberesizedor

movedanywhereonthescreen.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Video.


3. Tap Pop-upplayertocontinueplayingthe

videoinafloatingwindow.

• Dragthewindowtoanylocationonthe

screen.

• Usetwofingerstopinchorspreadtoresize

thefloatingwindow.


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VoiceRecorder

Recordvoicememosandnotes.

CreateaVoiceRecording

►


Samsung folder> Voice Recorder.

• Tapthedropdownmenuintheupperleft

cornertochoosetheappropriaterecording

mode:

- Standard:Thisrecordingmodepicksup

anysoundsdetectedbythemicrophones.

- Interview:Thetopandbottommicrophones

areusedfortwo-directionalrecording.The

topandbottomofthedevicepickupequal

amountsofsound.Microphonescanbe

mutedduringplayback.

- Voicememo:Voiceinputisconvertedto

textonscreen.Themaximumrecordingtime

isfiveminutes.

• Tap Recordtorecordanaudiofile.

• Tap Stoptostoprecording.Thefileis

automaticallysaved.

• Tap Pausetopausetherecordingofan

audiofile.

• Tap Bookmarktobookmarkapositionin

therecordingforlaterreference.

• Whilerecording,tapMORE>Turnon

Call rejectiontorejectincomingcallsduring

a recording.

ManageRecordings

Todisplayalistofrecordings:


Samsung folder> Voice Recorder.

2. Tap Recordings.

3. Taparecordingtoplayitback.

4. TapMOREforadditionaloptions:

• Edit:Taptoselectrecordings.Onceselected,

thefollowingoptionsareavailable:

- DELETE:Deletetherecording.

- MORE:TaptoeitherRenamethefileor

WritetoVoiceLabel(whichwritesthe

recordingtoanNFCvoicelabel).

• Share:Taptoselectrecordingfiles,andthen

tapSHAREtoselectasharingmethod.

• Search:Taptosearchforarecording.



Settings

Configureyourdevice’s

connectionsandsettings,

addaccounts,andcustomizethehomescreen,apps,and

features.

• SomeoptionsuseanON/OFFbuttontoturn

theoptionon oroff .( ) ( )

• Forsomeoptions,youmusttapafield,suchasEmailaddress,todisplayandset

options.

• Someoptionsareenabledordisabledby

tappinga checkbox.Whenenabled,a

checkmarkdisplays.Tapthecheckmarkto

removeitanddisabletheoption.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 64/10358 HowtoUseSeettings

HowtoUseSettings

AccessSettings

►


Settings.

–or–

FromaHomescreen,dragdownfromtheStatus

BartodisplaytheNotificationpanel,andthen

tap Settings.

SearchforSettings

Ifyouarenotsureexactlywheretofindacertainsetting,youcanusetheSearchfeature.


Settings.

2. TapSEARCH.

• EnterawordorwordsintheSearchbox.As

youtype,settingsthatmatchwillappearon

thescreen.

• Tapanentrytogotothatsetting.

CustomizetheQuickSettings

Menu

Quicksettingsarethesettingsthatyouaremost

likelytofrequentlyuse.Whenyoufirstaccessthe

Settingsmenu,theQuicksettingsaresettoa

defaultlistofsettings.

TofindtheQuicksettingsmenu:

►

FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Settings

>QUICKSETTINGStab.

ChangetheQuickSettings

YoucanchangetheQuicksettingslisttoincludeyourmostfrequentlyusedsettings.


Settings.

2. TapMORE>Editquicksettings.

• Selectadditionalsettingstoappearinyour

Quick settingsmenu.Settingsthatarealready

intheQuicksettingsmenuarechecked.Upto

ninesettingscanbeselected.

• UncheckasettingtoremoveitfromtheQuicksettingslist.

3. Tap BackarrowtosaveyournewQuick

settingsmenu.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 65/10359 Wi-FiSeettings

Wi-FiSettings

Wi-Fiisatermusedforcertain

typesofWirelessLocalAreaNetworks(WLAN).Wi-Fi

communicationrequiresaccess

toaWirelessAccessPoint

(WAP).

TurnWi-FiOnorOff

TurningWi-Fionmakesyourdeviceabletodiscoverandconnecttocompatiblein-rangeWAPs.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Settings

>CONNECTIONStab.

2. TapWi-Fi,andthentapON/OFFtoturnWi-Fion

oroff.

ScanandConnecttoaWi-Fi

Network1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Settings

>CONNECTIONStab.

2. TapWi-Fi,andthentapON/OFFtoturnWi-Fi

on.WhenWi-Fiisturnedon,yourdevicewill

automaticallyscanforavailablenetworksand

displaythem.

3. Tapthenetworkyouwanttoconnectto.

Whenyouselectanopennetwork,youare

automaticallyconnectedtothenetwork.

Otherwise,enterapasswordtoconnect.

ManuallyConnecttoa

Wi-FiNetwork1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Settings

>CONNECTIONStab.

2. TapWi-Fi,andthentapON/OFFtoturnWi-Fion

3. TapMORE>Add network.

4. EnterinformationabouttheWi-Finetwork:

• Enternetworkname:Enterthenameofthe

Wi-Finetwork.

• Security:Selectasecurityoptionandenter

yourpassword.

• Showadvancedoptions:Tapifyouneedto

addadvancedoptionssuchasIP settingsand

Proxysettings.

5. TapCONNECTtostorethenewinformationand

connecttoyourtargetWAP.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 66/10360 Wi-FiSeettings

Wi-FiOptions

TheWi-Fisettingsmenuallowsyoutosetupmany

ofyourdevice’sadvancedWi-Fiservices.


>CONNECTIONStab.

2. TapWi-Fi,andthentapON/OFFtoturnWi-Fion.

3. TapMOREforoptions:

• Addnetwork:ManuallyaddaWi-Finetwork.

• WPSpushbutton:Setupaconnectiontoa

WPS(Wi-FiProtectedSetup)routerorother

equipment.

• WPSPINentry:ViewthePINusedbyyour

devicetosetupaPIN-securedconnection

toaWi-Firouterorotherequipment(not

configurable).

• Smartnetworkswitch:Taptoenablethis

feature,whichautomaticallyswitchesto

amobilenetworkiftheWi-Ficonnection

becomesunstable.

• Advanced:

- Networknotification:Receiveanotification

whennewWirelessAccessPoints(WAPs)

areavailable.

- Passpoint:Connecttopasspoint-enabled

Wi-FiAccessPointsautomatically.

- KeepWi-Fionduringsleep:Specifywhen

todisconnectfromWi-Fi.

- Alwaysallowscanning:AllowGoogle

locationserviceandotherappstoscanfor

networks,evenwhenWi-Fiisturnedoff.

- Installnetworkcertificates:Install

authenticationcertificates.

- MACaddress:Viewyourdevice’s

MACaddress,whichisrequiredwhen

connectingtosomesecurednetworks(not

configurable).

- IPaddress:Viewyourdevice’sIPaddress

(notconfigurable).

Wi-FiStatusIndicators

StatusBariconsshowyourcurrentWi-Ficonnection

status:

• WhenWi-Fiisconnected,active,and

communicatingwithaWirelessAccessPoint

(WAP), displays.

• IfaWi-Fiaccesspointisavailable,butyourdevice

isnotconnectedtoit, displays.Itmayalso

displayifthereisacommunicationissuewiththe

targetWirelessAccessPoint(WAP).


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 67/10361 Wi-FiDettings

Wi-FiDirect

Wi-FiDirectallowsdirect

device-to-deviceconnectionsviaWi-Fi,withouthavingtoconnect

toaWi-Finetwork.


>CONNECTIONStab.

2. TapWi-Fi,andthentapON/OFFtoturnWi-Fion.

Wi-Fimustbeontoconfiguresettings.

3. TapWi-FiDirect.Yourdeviceautomatically

scansfornearbyWi-FiDirectdevices.

4. Afterscanningfordevices,selectadevice,

andthenfollowthepromptstocompletethe

connection.

Wi-FiDirectStatusIndicator

Whenyourdeviceisconnectedtoanotherdevice

usingWi-FiDirect, displaysintheStatusBar.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 68/10362 Blueettings

Bluetooth

Bluetoothisashort-range

communicationstechnologythatallowsyoutoconnectwirelessly

toanumberofBluetooth

devices,suchasheadsets

andhands-freecarBluetooth

systems,andBluetooth-enabled

computers,printers,and

wireless devices.

Note:TheBluetoothcommunicationrangeis

approximately30feet.

TurnBluetoothOnorOff


>CONNECTIONStab.

2. TapBluetooth,andthentapON/OFFtoturn

Bluetoothonoroff.

BluetoothStatusIndicator

WhenBluetoothisturned on, displaysinthe

StatusBar.

ScanforBluetoothDevices

WhenyouwanttopairwithanotherBluetooth

device,youcanscanfornearbydevicesthatare

visible.


>CONNECTIONStab.

2. TapBluetooth,andthentapON/OFFtoturnon

Bluetooth.

3. WhenBluetoothisfirstturnedon,itscansfor

nearbyBluetoothdevicesanddisplaysthem.

• TapREFRESHtomanuallyperformanew

scan.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 69/10363 Blueettings

PairBluetoothDevices

TheBluetoothpairingprocessallowsyouto

establishtrustedconnectionsbetweenyourdevice

andanotherBluetoothdevice.

PairingbetweentwoBluetoothdevicesisaone-time

process.Onceapairingiscreated,thedevices

willcontinuetorecognizetheirpartnershipand

exchangeinformationwithouthavingtore-entera

passcode.


>CONNECTIONStab.

2. TapBluetooth,andthentapON/OFFtoturnon

Bluetooth.

3. Makesurethatthetargetdeviceisdiscoverable,

sothatyourdevicecanfindit.Refertothe

instructionsthatcamewiththedevicetofindout

howtosetittodiscoverablemode.

4. TapREFRESH.Yourdevicewillstarttoscanfor

Bluetoothdeviceswithinrange.

5. Whenyouseethenameofthetargetdevice

displayedintheBluetoothdevicessection,tap

thename.Yourdevicethenautomaticallytriesto

pairwiththetargetdevice.Ifautomaticpairing

fails,enterthepasscodesuppliedwiththetarget

device.

Note:Duetodifferentspecificationsandfeatures

ofotherBluetooth-compatibledevices,displayandoperationsmaybedifferent,andfunctionssuchas

transferorexchangemaynotbepossiblewithall

Bluetooth-compatibledevices.

DeleteaPairedDevice

(Unpairing)

WhenyouunpairfromaBluetoothdevice,thetwo

deviceswillnolongerrecognizeeachother.To

connectagain,you’dneedtopairthedevices.

1. VerifyyourBluetoothisactive.

2. FromtheBluetoothsettingspage,tap

Settingsnexttothepreviouslypaireddevice,

andthentapUnpairtodeletethepaireddevice.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 70/10364 AirplaneMettings

AirplaneMode

Airplanemodedisconnectsyour

devicefromallnetworksandturnsoffconnectivityfeatures,

suchasphonecallsandWi-Fi.

Whileinairplanemode,you

canuseotherfeatures,suchas

playingmusic,watchingvideos,

andotherofflineapplications.


>CONNECTIONStab.

2. TapAirplanemode,andthentapON/OFFto

enableordisabletheoption.

Note:YoucanalsocontrolAirplanemodefrom

theDeviceoptionsmenu.Pressandholdthe

Power/Lockkey,andthentapAirplanemode.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 71/10365 DataUettings

DataUsage

Monitoryourmobiledatausage.

Note:Yourserviceprovidermayaccountfordata

usagedifferently.


>CONNECTIONStab>Datausageforoptions:

• Mobiledata:Enablemobiledata.Youcanalso

controlMobileDataattheNotificationpanel.

• Setmobiledatalimit:Yourmobiledata

connectionwillbeturnedoffwhenthe

specifiedlimitisreached.

• Datausagecycle:Tapthedrop-downmenu,

andthenchooseatimeperiodfordatausage.

Datausagefortheperioddisplaysonthe

graph,alongwithusagebyapplicationbelow.

• Byapplication:Viewdatausageby

application.

2. TapMOREforthefollowingoptions:

• Restrictbackgrounddata:Restrictsome

appsandservicesfromworkingunlessyou

areconnectedtoaWi-Finetwork.

• ShowWi-Fiusage:DisplayaWi-Fitabthat

showsWi-Fiusage.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 72/10366 MobileNetwettings

MobileNetworks

Controlyourdevice’saccess

tonetworksandmobiledataservice.


Settings>CONNECTIONStab.

2. TapMobilenetworksforoptions:

• Mobiledata:Allowyourdevicetoconnecttoa

mobiledatanetwork.

• DataRoaming:Allowyourdevicetoconnect

todataserviceswhileroaming.Significantlyhigherchargesmayresult.

• AccessPointNames:SelecttheAccessPoint

NameformobileconnectiontotheInternet.

• Networkoperators:Chooseavailableand

preferrednetworks.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 73/10367 NFCandPayettings

NFCandPayment

NFC(NearFieldCommunication)

allowsdataexchangewhenyoutouchyourdevicewithanother

compatibledevice.Thisisused

forfeatureslikeAndroidBeam.

ToactivateNFC :


>CONNECTIONStab>NFCandpayment.

2. TapNFC

,andtapON/OFF

toturnNFCon.

AndroidBeam

WhenAndroidBeamisactivated,youcanbeamapp

contenttoanotherNFC-capabledevicebyholding

thedevicesclosetogether.Youcanbeambrowser

pages,YouTubevideos,contacts,andmore.



2. TapNFC,andtapON/OFFtoturnNFCon.

3. TapAndroidBeam,andtapON/OFFtoturn

AndroidBeamon.

4. Touchthebackofyourdevicewithanother

NFC-capabledeviceandthecontentis

transferred.

TapandPay

Tapandpayallowsyoutoselectthedefault

paymentapplicationyouwanttouseformaking

purchasesonyourphone.



2. TapTapandpay.

3. Selectthepaymentappthatyouwantas

your default.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 74/10368 MoreConnectionSeettings

MoreConnectionSettings

Thisoptiondisplaysadditional

connectivityinformation.

Printing

PrintimagesanddocumentstoSamsungprinters

andothercompatibleprinters(not included).


>CONNECTIONStab>Moreconnection

settings>Printing.

2. Tapaprintserviceandfollowtheprompts.

Note:TapDownloadplug-intoinstalladditionalprint

servicedrivers.

MirrorLink

Mirroryourdevice’sdisplayonyourcar’s

entertainmentandinformationscreenusingaUSB

connection.Tousethisfeature,yourcarsystem

mustsupportMirrorLink.

ToturnonMirrorLink:

1. Connectyourdevicetoyourcar’ssystemusing

theUSBcable.

2. Onyourdevice’sHomescreen,tap Apps

> Settings>CONNECTIONStab >More

connectionsettings>MirrorLink.

3. TapConnecttovehicleviaUSB.

VirtualPrivateNetworks(VPN)

SetupandmanageyourVirtual PrivateNetworks

(VPNs).

Note:YoumustsetascreenlockPINorpassword

beforesettingupaVPN.Formoreinformation,see

LockScreenandSecurity.

AddaVPN



settings>VPN.

2. TapADDVPNandfollowthepromptstosetup

your VPN.

ConnecttoaVPN



settings>VPN.

2. TaptheVPN,enteryourlogininformation,and

tapCONNECT.

EditorDeleteaVPN



settings>VPN.

2. TouchandholdtheVPNthatyouwanttoeditor

delete.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 75/10369 MoreConnectionSeettings

DefaultMessagingApp

Ifyouhavemultiplemessagingappsinstalled,

youcanselectwhichappshouldbeyourdefault

messagingapp.



settings.

2. TapDefaultmessagingapptoselectadefault.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 76/10370 SoundsandNotificaettings

SoundsandNotifications

Configurethesoundsand

vibrationsusedtoindicatenotifications,screentouches,

andotheractivities.

SoundMode

Youcanswitchbetweensoundmodes,while

preservingtheindividualsoundsettingsyouhave

made.


Settings>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotifications>Interruptions>

Soundmode,andthenchooseamode:

• Sound:Yourdeviceusesthesounds,

vibrations,andvolumelevelsyouhavechosen

inSoundsettingsfornotificationsandalerts.

• Vibrate:Yourdevicevibratesfornotifications

andalerts.ThisusestheVibrationintensity

youchooseinSoundsettings.

• Mute:Yourdeviceplaysnosoundsor

vibrations.Onscreenreminderswillstilloccur.

AdjusttheVolume

Setthesystemvolumelevel,andsetdefaultvolume

forcallringtones,notifications,andotheraudio.

Tip:YoucanalsosetSystemvolumefromthehome

screenbypressingtheVolumekey.


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotifications>Volume.

3. Dragthesliderstosetthedefaultvolumefor:

• Ringtone

• Media

• Notifications

• System

RingtonesandSound

SelectaDefaultRingtone

Choosefrompresetringtonesoraddyourown.


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotifications>Ringtonesand

sounds>Ringtone

3. Taparingtonetohearapreviewandselectit.

–or–

TapAddringtonetouseanaudiofileasa

ringtone.



ChangetheNotificationSound

Chooseasoundfornotifications,suchasfornew

messagesandeventreminders.


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotifications>Ringtonesand

sounds>Defaultnotification sound.

3. Tapasoundtohearapreviewandselectit.

SetNotificationSoundsforSamsung

Applications

Choosenotificationalertsfornewmessages,

calendarevents,andemail.


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotification>Ringtonesandsounds,andtaptoconfigureeachoption:

• Messages:Configuremessagenotifications

andalerts.

• Calendar:Configureeventnotifications.

• Email:Configureemailaccountnotifications.

SystemSounds

Setvariousothersystemsoundoptions.


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotification>Ringtonesand

sounds,andtaptoenableeachoption:

• Touchsounds:Playtoneswhenyoutouchor

tapthescreentomakeselections.

• Dialingkeypadtone:Playtonewhenthe

dialingkeypadistapped.

• Screenlocksounds:Playasoundwhenyou

unlockthescreen.

• Keyboardsound:Playasoundwhenthe

Samsungkeyboardistapped.

Vibrations

Settheamountofvibrationforincomingcalls,

notifications,andhapticfeedback.


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotification>Vibrations.

• TapVibrationintensityandmovethesliders

tochangetheamount.

• TapVibrationpatterntochooseapattern.

• TapON/OFFforeachoptiontoenable.

- Vibratewhenringing

- Vibrationfeedback

- Keyboardvibration

SoundQualityandEffects

Choosefromadvancedsoundoptionstocustomize

youraudioexperience.

SoundQuality

Findthebestsoundsettingforyourpreferences


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotification>Soundquality

andeffects.

3. TapAdaptSoundandfollowthepromptsto

customizeyoursoundsettings.

SoundEffects


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundandnotification>Soundquality

andeffects.

3. TapON/OFFtoenableeachoption:

• SoundAlive+:Recreatetheeffectsofrich

surroundsound.

• TubeAmp:Simulatethesofttimbreofatube

amplifier.



DoNotDisturb

Thissettingallowsyoutoblockallnotifications

andalerts.Theoptionsbelowdeterminewhat

notificationscanmakesounds,andduringwhattime

periodsyouwanttoenterthismode.


Settings>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotifications>Donotdisturb.

3. TapON/OFFtoenablethisoption.

AllowExceptions

Thisoptionletsyoucustomizewhatnotificationsare

allowedwhileyourphoneisinDonotdisturbmode.


Settings>DEVICEtab.


3. TapAllowexceptions,andtapON/OFFto

enabletheexceptionsyouwanttoallow.

Scheduling

ThisoptionallowsyoutoturnDonotdisturbmode

onandoffautomaticallyatscheduledtimes.

Note:SchedulingisnotavailableifDonotdisturb

modehasbeenturnedonmanually.


Settings>DEVICEtab.


3. TapSetschedule,andsettheDays,Starttime,

andEndtime.

NotificationsonLockScreen

Choosewhatnotificationscandisplaywhilethe

deviceislocked.


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotifications>Notifications

onlockscreen,andchooseanoption.

AppNotifications


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotifications>

App notifications,andchooseanapptoenable

ordisablenotifications.

LEDIndicator

LightuptheLEDindicatorwhencharging,voice

recording,orreceivingnotifications.


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapSoundsandnotifications>LEDindicator

toenablethisfeature.


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DisplaySettings

Adjustdisplayoptionsand

features,includingscreenbrightness,fontoptions,and

screenmode.

AdjusttheScreenBrightness

Adjustthescreenbrightnesstosuityour

surroundingsorpersonalpreference.Youmayalso

wanttoadjustscreenbrightnesstoconservebattery

power.


>DEVICEtab>Display.

2. TapBrightnessforoptions:

• TapAutotoallowthedevicetoadjust

brightnessautomatically.

• Tosetacustombrightnesslevel,clearthe

Automaticbrightnesscheckmarkanddragthe

Brightnessslider.

Note:YoucanalsocontrolBrightnessfromthe

Notificationpanel.DragdowntheStatusBaratthetop

ofthescreentofindtheBrightnessoptions.

ChangetheFontStyleandSize

Youcansetthefontstyleandsizeforalltextthat

displaysonthescreen.


>DEVICEtab>Display.

2. TapFonttochooseafontsizeandfontstyle.

• Dragtheslidertoadjustthefontsize.

• Tapafontstyletoselectafont,ortap

Downloadfontstofindnewfontsfrom

Galaxy Apps.

3. TapDONEtosetthefontsizeandstyle.

SettheScreenTimeoutDelay

Choosehowlongthedisplayscreenremainslitafter

youtapthescreenorpressanykey.


>DEVICEtab>Display.

2. TapScreentimeout,andthenchooseatime

period.

SmartStay

Usingthefrontcameratodetectyourface,thescreenwillnottimeoutaslongasyouarefacing

thescreen.


>DEVICEtab>Display.

2. TapSmartstaytoturnthefeatureon.

SelectaScreenMode

Chooseascreenmodetomatchyourtypeofviewing.Youcanchoosetohavethedevice

automaticallyadaptthedisplaydependingonthe

typeofimagebeingdisplayed,andothercriteria

suchasbatterylevel.


>DEVICEtab>Display.

2. TapScreenmode,andthenchooseascreen

mode.

• Tohaveyourdeviceautomaticallyoptimize

thedisplaytomatchthetypeofimagebeing

displayedandothercriteria,suchasbattery

level,tapAdaptivedisplay.

–or–

Chooseaspecifictypeofscreenmodebased

onwhatyourareviewing.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 80/10374 DisplaySeettings

Daydream(ScreenSaver)

TheDaydreamsettingcontrolswhatthescreen

displayswhenthedeviceisdocked(docknot

included),orwhilecharging.Youcanchooseto

displaycolors,ordisplayphotosstoredonyour

device.


>DEVICEtab>Display.

2. TapDaydream.TapON/OFFtoturnDaydream

on.Configureoptions:

• Colors:Taptheselectortodisplayachanging

screenofcolors.

• GooglePhotos:Displaypicturesfromyour

Google+account.(Onlyavailableifyou

aresignedintoyourGoogleaccount.)Tap

Settingsforoptions.

• PhotoFrame:Displaypicturesinaphotoframe.Tap Settingsforoptions.

• PhotoTable:Displaypicturesinaphototable.

Tap Settingsforoptions.

3. TapMORE>Previewtoseeademonstrationof

Daydream.

4. TapMORE>Selectwhentodaydreamto

choseanoption.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 81/10375 MotionsandGesettings

MotionsandGestures

Controlcertaindeviceactions

bytouchingthescreenwiththe palmofyourhand.


>DEVICEtab.

2. TapMotionsandgestures.

3. TapON/OFFtoenableeachofthefollowing:

• Directcall:Callthecontactwhosecalllog,

message,orcontactdetailsarecurrentlyon

thescreenbybringingthedeviceclosetoyour ear.

• Smartalert:Setthedevicetovibratewhen

youpickituptonotifyyouaboutmissedcalls

andmessages.

• Mute:Mutesoundsandvideobycoveringthe

screenorturningoverthedevice.

• Palmswipetocapture:Captureanimageof

thescreenwhenyousweepyourhandleftor

rightacrossthescreen.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 82/10376 ApplicationsSeettings

ApplicationsSettings

Managesettingsforapplications

onyourphone.

ApplicationManager

Youcandownloadandinstallnewapplications

onyourdevice.UseApplicationmanagersettings

tomanageyourdownloadedandpreloaded

applications.

Warning:Becausethisdevicecanbeconfigured

withsystemsoftwarenotprovidedbyorsupportedbyGoogleoranyothercompany,end-usersoperate

thesedevicesattheirownrisk.

MemoryUsage

SeehowmemoryisbeingusedbyDownloadedor

Runningapplications.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps >

Settings>DEVICEtab>Applications>

Application manager.

2. Swipeacrossthescreentodisplay

DOWNLOADED,RUNNING,orALLtodisplay

memoryusageforthatcategoryofapplications.

ThegraphontheRUNNINGtabshowsusedand

freeRAM.

Downloaded

Displaysappsyouhavedownloadedontoyourdevice.




2. TapDOWNLOADEDtoviewalistofallthe

downloadedapplicationsonyourdevice.

3. ToswitchtheorderoftheDOWNLOADEDlist,

tapMORE>SortbysizeorSortbyname.

4. Toresetallofyourapplicationpreferences,tapMORE>Resetapppreferences.

5. Tapanapplicationtoviewandupdate

informationabouttheapplication,including

memoryusage,defaultsettings,andpermissions

Thefollowingoptionsaredisplayed:

• FORCESTOP:Stopanappthatis

misbehaving.Restartyourdeviceifstopping

anapp,process,orservicecausesyour

devicetostopworkingcorrectly.

• UNINSTALL/UNINSTALLUPDATES :Deletetheapplicationfromthedeviceoruninstall

updatesmadetoappsthatcannotbedeleted.

• DISABLE:Disableappsthatcannotbe

deleted.

• Shownotifications:Tapthecheckboxto

enableordisablenotificationsfromtheapp.

NotificationsappearintheStatusBar.

• CLEARDATA:Clearapplicationdatafrom

memory.

• CLEARCACHE:Clearanapplication’s

temporarymemorystorage.

• CLEARDEFAULTS:Clearanapplication’s

customization.

• Permissions:Viewinformationaboutthe

application’saccesstoyourdeviceanddata.


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RunningServices

Viewandcontrolservicesrunningonyourdevice.




2. TapRUNNINGtoviewalistofrunningservices.

Alltheapplicationsthatarecurrentlyrunningonthedevicedisplay.

3. TapMORE>Showcachedprocessestodisplay

allthecachedprocessesthatarerunning.Tap

MORE>Showservicesinusetoswitchback.

4. Taponeoftheapplicationstoviewapplication

information.

• STOP:Stopstheapplicationfromrunning

onthedevice.Thisisusuallydonepriorto

uninstallingtheapplication.(Notallservices

canbestopped.Stoppingservicesmayhave

undesirableconsequencesontheapplication

orAndroidSystem.)

• REPORT:Reportfailureandotherapplication

information.

Note:Optionsvarybyapplication.

DefaultApplications

Ifyouhavemultipleapplicationsofthesametype,suchasemailapps,youcanselectoneapptobe

thedefault.

YoucanalsouseasimplerHomescreenthat

providesaneasieruserexperienceforfirst-time

smartphoneusers.



Default Applications.

2. TapHomeandselectaHomescreenmode:

• TouchWizeasyhome:Providesaneasieruser

experienceforthefirst-timesmartphoneusers.

• TouchWizhome:TheHomescreenthat

originallydisplaysonyourphone.

ApplicationSettings

Shortcutstothesettingsforvariousappsare

availableinoneconvenientlocation.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps > Settings

>DEVICEtab>Applications.

2. Taponeofthefollowingtodisplaythesettings

fortheselectedapp:

• Calendar

• Camera

• Contacts

• Email

• Internet

• Messages

• Music

• Phone

• SVoice

• Weather

3. TapMessagesandselectadefault

messaging app.

4. Tocleardefaultsyouhavesetup,tapCLEAR.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 84/10378 WallpaperSeettings

WallpaperSettings

Changethelookofthehome

andlockscreenswithwallpaper.

Youcandisplayafavoritepicture

orchoosefrompreloaded

wallpapers.


>PERSONALtab>Wallpaper.

2. TapHomescreen,Lockscreen,orHomeand

lockscreen.

3. Tapaimagetopreviewit,andthentap

SET AS WALLPAPER.

• TapFromGalleryforadditionalwallpapers.


http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/galaxy-s6-manual 85/10379 Thettings

Themes

Setthethemetobeappliedto

yourhomeandlockscreens,wallpapers,andappicons.

ApplyThemes


>PERSONALtab>Themes.

• Tapathemetoviewapreviewofvarious

screens.

• TapSTOREtodownloadadditionalthemes

fromtheThemeStorewithyourSamsung

account.

• TapMOREforhelpusingthisfeature.

2. TapAPPLY toapplytheselectedtheme.


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LockScreenandSecurity

Secureyourdeviceandprotect

yourdatawithLockScreenandSecuritysettings.

SetaScreenLock


>PERSONALtab.

2. TapLockscreenandsecurity>Screenlock

typetoselectascreenlockandlevelofsecurity:

• Swipe:Swipethescreentounlockit.This

optionprovidesnosecurity.

• Pattern:Ascreenunlockpatternisatap

gestureyoucreateandusetounlockyour

device.Thisoptionprovidesmediumsecurity.

• PIN:SelectaPINtouseforunlockingthe

screen.Thisoptionprovidesmediumtohigh

security.

• Password:Createapasswordforunlocking

thescreen.Thisoptionprovideshighsecurity.

• Fingerprints:Usefingerprintrecognition

tounlockthescreen.Thisoptionprovides

mediumtohighsecurity.

• None:NeveruseaLockscreen.

3. Ifchoosingasecuredlockscreenoption,select

yournotificationsettings:

• Showcontent

• Hidecontent

• Donotshownotifications

4. Chooseascreenlockoption:

• Showinformation:Showthedualclock,or

informationsuchastheweatherinformation,

onthelockscreen.

• Unlockeffect:Setthevisualeffectusedwhen

unlockingthescreen.(Thisoptionisavailable

withSwipeonly.)

• Securelocksettings:Setyoursecurelock

functionssuchasSecuredlocktime,and

Smartlock.

Note:Optionsvarybasedonthescreenlocktype.

Fingerprints

Usefingerprintrecognitionasanalternativeto

enteringpasswordsincertainapps.

Youcanalsouseyourfingerprinttoverifyyour

identitywhenloggingintoyourSamsungaccount.

RegisteraFingerprint

Youcanregisterupto3fingerprints.Apasswordwil

alsobesetupasanalternativetoyourfingerprint.


>PERSONALtab.

2. TapLockscreenandsecurity>Fingerprints.

• Toaddafingerprint,tapAddfingerprintand

followtheinstructionstoregisterafingerprint

andpassword.

• Torenameafingerprint,touchandholdthe

fingerprint,andthentapRENAME.

• Todeleteafingerprint,touchandholdthe

fingerprint,andthentapREMOVE.



ChangeBackupPassword

Youcanchangethebackuppasswordforyour

fingerprint.


>PERSONALtab.


3. TapChangebackuppasswordandenteranewpassword.

FingerprintVerification

Fingerprintverificationcanbeusedforother

accountsaccessedfromyourphone.


>PERSONALtab.


• Websign-in:Accessyouronlineaccounts

usingyourfingerprint.

• VerifySamsungaccount:Verifyyouridentity

usingyourfingerprintwhenloggingintoyour

Samsungaccount.

DeviceSecurity

Configuresecurityforyourphone.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Settings>PERSONALtab.

2. TapLockscreenandsecurity>

Device security.

3. TaptheON/OFFswitchtoactivateKNOXactive

protectiononyourphone.

FindMyMobile

Protectyourdevicefromlossortheftallowingyour

devicetobelocked,tracked,andforyourdatatobe

deletedremotely.

►

Toaccessyourdeviceremotely,

visit findmymobile.samsung.com.

Note:YoumustsignupforaSamsungaccountandenableGooglelocationservicetouseFindMyMobile


>PERSONALtab.

2. TapLockscreenandsecurity>FindMy

Mobile.

3. EnteryourSamsungaccountpassword,orifyou

arenotloggedintoyourSamsungaccount,tap

Addaccountandfollowtheprompts.

4. Thefollowingoptionsareavailable:

• Remotecontrols:Taptoactivateordeactivate

Remotecontrols,whichallowsyoutoaccess

yourdeviceremotely.

• Googlelocationservice:Taptoactivate

ordeactivateGooglelocationservice.This

servicemustbeoninordertofindyour

phone.

• SIMchangealert:Preventunauthorized

changestoyourSIMcardbybeingalerted

wheneveranapporserviceattemptstochangedataonyourSIMcard.

• Reactivationlock:UseyourSamsung

accounttostopanyonefromreactivatingyou

devicewithoutyourpermission.

http://findmymobile.samsung.com/

http://findmymobile.samsung.com/



UnknownSources

Enableinstallationofnon-GooglePlayapplications.


>PERSONALtab.

2. TapLockscreenandsecurity>

Unknown sourcestoenablethisoption.

Warning:Enablinginstallationofthird-party

applicationscancauseyourdeviceandpersonaldata

tobemorevulnerabletoattacksbyunknownsources.

OtherSecuritySettings

EncryptYourData

RequireanumericPINorpasswordtodecryptyour

deviceeachtimeyoupoweriton.


>PERSONALtab.

2. TapLockscreenandsecurity>Othersecurity

settings>Encryptdevice,andfollowthe

promptstoencryptalldataonyourdevice.

SetUporChangeYourFactoryData

Password

Protectyourdevicefrombeingresetaccidentallyby

requiringaspecialpasswordbeforeitcanberesettoitsfactorydefaults.


>PERSONALtab.


settings>Setup/changepasswordandfollow

theprompts.

SetUpSIMCardLock

RequirebothyourSIMcardPINandyourordinary

screenlocktypewhenunlockingthedevice.


>PERSONALtab.


settings>SetupSIMcardlockandfollowthe

prompts.

• TochangeyourSIMcardPIN,tap Change

SIMcardPIN.

ViewPasswords

Displaypasswordcharactersbrieflyasyoutype

them.


>PERSONALtab.


settings>Makepasswordsvisibletoturnthe

featureon.

SecurityUpdateService

Automaticallyreceivesecurityupdates.


>PERSONALtab.


settingsforthefollowingSecurityupdateserviceoptions:

• Securitypolicyupdates:Automaticallyor

manuallycheckforsecuritypolicyupdates.

• Sendsecurityreports:Sendsecurityreports

toSamsungviaWi-Fiforthreatanalysis.



DeviceAdministration AdvancedSecuritySettings

Manageyourdeviceadministratorsandapplication

installationprivileges.

Usetheseoptionstoconfigureadvancedsecurity

settings.


>PERSONALtab.


settings>Deviceadministrators.

3. TapAndroidDeviceManagertoallowittolock

orerasealostdevice.

CredentialStorage

Manageyoursecuritycertificates.Ifacertificate

authority(CA)certificategetscompromisedor

forsomeotherreasonyoudonottrustit,youcan

disableorremoveit.


>PERSONALtab.


settingsforthefollowingCredentialstorage

options:

• Storagetype:Selectastoragelocationfor

credentialcontents.

• Viewsecuritycertificates:Displaycertificates

inyourdevice’sROMandothercertificates

youhaveinstalled.

• Installfromphonestorage:Installanewcertificatefromstorage.

• Clearcredentials:Erasethecredential

contentsfromthedeviceandresetthe

password.


>PERSONALtab.


settingsforthefollowingAdvancedoptions:

• TrustAgents:Performselectedactionswhen

trusteddevicesareconnected.

• Pinwindows:Pinanapponyourdevice

screen,preventingaccesstootherfeaturesof

youphone.

• Usagedataaccess:Viewtheapplicationstha

canaccessyourdevice’susagehistory.

• Notificationaccess:Viewtheapplications

thatcanaccessnotificationsyoureceiveon

yourphone.

Note:ToviewTrustagents,setupascreenlock(pin,

password,orpattern).Formoreinformation,see

SetaScreenLock.


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PrivacyandSafety

Choosefromvariousmodes

designedtohidepersonalcontentfrombeingaccessedby

anyoneelseusingyourdevice,

ortoaidyouinanemergency.

Note:Asecurescreenlock(Pattern,PIN,Fingerprint,

orPassword)isrequiredtousePrivateMode.

LocationSomeapps,suchasGooglemaps,mayrequire

oneormorelocationservicesbeturnedonforfull

functionality.

LocatingMethod


Settings>PERSONALtab >Privacyand

safety>Location.

2. TapON/OFFtoturnonLocationservices.

3. TapLocatingmethodtoselecthowyour

locationisdetermined:

• GPS,Wi-Fi,andmobilenetworks:UseGPS,

Wi-Fi,andmobilenetworks.

• Wi-Fiandmobilenetworks:UseWi-Fiand

mobilenetworks(noGPS).

• GPSonly:UseGPSonly.

RecentLocationRequests

AppsthathaverequestedyourlocationarelistedunderRecentlocationrequests.



safety>Location.


3. TapanentryunderRecentlocationrequeststo

viewtheapp’ssettings.

LocationReportingGoogleusesLocationReportingtostoreanduse

yourdevice’smostrecentlocationdata.Google

apps,suchasGoogleMaps,canusethisdatato

improveyoursearchresultsbasedonplacesthat

youhavevisited.



safety>Location.


3. TapGoogleLocationReportingforoptions:

• LocationReporting:AllowGoogleappsto

useyourdevice’smostrecentlocationdata.

• LocationHistory:AllowGoogletostorea

historyofyourlocationdata.Tap DELETE

LOCATIONHISTORYtopermanentlydelete

yourlocationhistory.


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PrivateMode

Hidepersonalcontentfrombeingaccessedby

anyoneelseusingyourdevice.Privatemodeisonly

availableforcertainapplications.

Note:Asecurescreenlock(Pattern,PIN,Password,

orFingerprint)isrequiredtousePrivateMode.

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Settings>PERSONALtab.

2. TapPrivacyandsafety>Privatemode.

3. Followthepromptstolearnaboutandsetup

Privatemode.

ReportDiagnosticInfo

Thisfeaturesendsdiagnosticinformationaboutyour

phonewhenyouarehavingtechnicalproblems.


>PERSONALtab.

2. TapPrivacyandsafety,andthentapthe

ON/OFFswitchforReportdiagnosticinfoto

eitherenableordisablethisfeature.

SendSOSMessages

Sendaquickalerttoyourprimarycontactswhen

youareinanemergencysituation.

Toenablethisfeature:


>PERSONALtab.

2. TapPrivacyandsafety>SendSOSmessages.

3. TapON/OFFtoturnthefeatureonandconfigure

thefollowingoptions:

• Sendmessagesto:Addrecipientsby

creatingnewcontactsorselectingfrom

Contacts.

• Attachpictures:Sendphotostakenwiththe

frontandbackcamerastoyouremergency

contacts.

• Attachaudiorecording:Sendashortaudio

messagetoyouremergencycontacts.

Tosendahelpmessage:

►

PressthePower/Lockkeyquicklythreetimes.


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EasyMode

Switchbetweenthedefault

screenlayoutandasimplerlayout.TheEasyModelayout

haslargertextandicons,making

foramorestraightforwardvisual

experience.

ToenableEasyMode:


>PERSONALtab >Easymode.

2. TapEasymodetoenablethisfeature.When

Easymodeisenabled,youcanscrolldownthe

pageandselectwhichappsyouwanttoappear

ontheHomescreens.

3. Tapthecheckboxnexttotheappsyouwantto

addorremove.

4. Whenfinished,tapDONE.


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Accessibility

Accessibilityservicesarespecial

featuresthatmakeusingthedeviceeasierforthosewith

certainphysicaldisabilities.

Note:Youcandownloadadditionalaccessibility

applicationsfromtheGooglePlayStore.


>PERSONALtab.

2. TapAccessibilityforoptions:

Vision

• GalaxyTalkBack:Speakfeedbackaloudto

helpblindandlow-visionusers.

- TalkBackcancollectallofthetextyou

enter,exceptpasswords,includingpersonal

dataandcreditcardnumbers.Itmayalso

logyouruserinterfaceinteractionswiththe

device.

• GalaxyTalkBackhelp:Tapforhelponusing

GalaxyTalkBack.

• Darkscreen:Keepthescreenturnedoffatall

timesforprivacy.

• Rapidkeyinput:Releaseyourfingertoenter

selectioninsteadofdoubletapping.

• Speakpasswords:Readthecharactersaloud

asyouenteryourpasswords.

• VoiceLabel:Writevoicerecordingsto

NFCtagstoprovideinformationabout

nearby objects.

• Fontsize:Setthefontsize.

• Magnificationgestures:Useexaggerated

gesturessuchastriple-tapping,double

pinching,anddraggingtwofingersacrossthe

screen.

• Magnifierwindow:Magnifycontentshownon

thescreen.

• Grayscale:Changeallcolorstogray.

• Negativecolors:Reversethedisplay

ofonscreencolorsfromWhitetextona

BlackbackgroundtoBlacktextonaWhite

background.

• Coloradjustment:Adjustthecolorofthe

screenifyouarecolorblindorhavedifficulty

readingthedisplaybecauseofthescreen

color.TapColoradjustmentforoptions.

• Accessibilityshortcut:Quicklyenableaccessibilityfeaturesintwoquicksteps.Tap

ON/OFFtoturnthefeatureon.

• Text-to-speechoptions:Setyourpreferred

TTSengineandoptions.

Hearing

• Sounddetectors:Alertwhenbabycryingor

thedoorbellisdetected.

• Flashnotification:Setyourcameralightto

blinkwheneveryoureceiveanotification.

• Turnoffallsounds:Forprivacy,turnoffall

notificationsandaudio.

• Hearingaids:Improvethesoundqualityfor

usewithhearingaids.

• Samsungsubtitles(CC):UseSamsung

subtitleswithmultimediafileswhenavailable

TapSamsungsubtitles(CC)foroptions.

• Googlesubtitles(CC):UseGooglesubtitles

withmultimediafileswhenavailable.Tap

Googlesubtitles(CC)foroptions.

• Left/rightsoundbalance:Usethesliderto

settheLeftandRightbalancewhenusinga

stereodevice.

• Monoaudio:Switchaudiofromstereoto

monoforusewithoneearphone.


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• Autohaptic:Thedevicewillvibrateintimeto

thesoundwhenlisteningtomusic,watching

videos,orplayinggames.Itwillalsovibrate

whenbuttonsaretappedinsupportedapps.

Thismayconsumebatterypower,andnotall

applicationswillsupportthisfeature.

Dexterityandinteraction

• Universalswitch:Controlyourphonewith

yourcustomizedswitches.

• Assistantmenu:Improvethedevice

accessibilityforuserswithreduceddexterity.

• Gesturewakeup:Wakeupyourdeviceby

wavingyourhandoverthesensor.

• Pressandholddelay:Selectatimeinterval

forthistapgesture.

• Interactioncontrol:Blockareasofthescreen

fromtouchinteraction.DisableAutorotate

screenandhardkeyfunctions.OnlyshowapplicationnotificationsintheNotification

PanelandtheStatusBar.

Moresettings

• Directionlock:Unlockthescreenbyswiping

inaseriesoffourtoeightdirections.

• Directaccess:Openyouraccessibility

settingsbypressingtheHomeKeythreetimes

inquicksuccession.

•Notificationreminder:Beepatsetintervalstoremindyouofanyunreadnotifications.

• Answeringandendingcalls:Selectshortcuts

foransweringandendingcalls.

• Singletapmode:Taptostop/snoozealarms

andcalendarevents.

• Manageaccessibility:Exportyour

accessibilitysettingsandsharethemwith

anotherdevice.

Services

Additionalaccessibilityappsmaybedownloaded

fromtheGooglePlayStore.Certainaccessibility

servicesyouinstallmaybeconfiguredhere.


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Accounts

Setupandmanageaccounts,

includingyourGoogleAccount,Samsungaccount,email,and

socialnetworkingaccounts.

Dependingontheaccount,you

canchoosetosynchronizeyour

calendar,contacts,andother

typesofcontent.

AddanAccount


Settings>PERSONALtab.

2. TapAccounts>Addaccount.

3. Taponeoftheaccounttypes.

4. Followthepromptstoenteryourcredentialsand

setuptheaccount.

SynchronizeAccounts



2. TapAccounts>[Accounttype].

3. Tapanaccounttoviewthesyncsettingsforthat

account.

4. Tapindividualdataitemstosync.

5. TapMORE>SyncallorSyncnowto

synchronizetheaccount.

Note:Syncoptionsandthelocationofthesync

commanddifferdependingontheaccounttype.

AccountSettings

Eachaccounthasitsownsetofsettings.Inaddition

youcanconfigurecommonsettingsforallaccounts

ofthesametype.

Note:Accountsettingsandavailablefeaturesvary

betweenaccounttypesandserviceproviders.Contact

yourserviceproviderformoreinformationonyour

account’ssettings.




• Tapanaccounttoconfigurethataccount’s

syncsettings.

• Tapotheravailableoptionsfortheaccount.

DeleteanAccount




3. TaptheaccountandthentapMORE>

Remove account.


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BackupandReset

BackupyourdatatoGoogle

servers.Youcanalsoresetyourdevicetoitsfactorydefaults.

BackupandRestore

EnablebackupofyourinformationtoGoogle

servers.



2. TapBackupandresetforoptions:

• Backupaccount:SelectaGoogleaccountto

beusedasyourbackupaccount.

• Backupmydata:Enablebackupof

applicationdata,Wi-Fipasswords,andother

settingstoGoogleservers.

• Automaticrestore:Enableautomatic

restorationofsettingsfromGoogleservers.

Whenenabled,backed-upsettingsare

restoredwhenyoureinstallanapplication.

FactoryDataReset

Returnyourdevicetoitsfactorydefaults.

Warning:ThisactionpermanentlyerasesALLdata

fromthedevice,includingGoogleorotheraccount

settings,systemandapplicationdataandsettings,

downloadedapplications,aswellasyourmusic,

photos,videos,andotherfiles.



2. TapBackupandreset>Factorydatareset.

3. TapRESETDEVICEandfollowthepromptsto

performthereset.


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LanguageandInputSettings

Configureyourdevice’s

languageandinputsettings.

SetYourDefaultLanguage


>SYSTEMtab.

2. TapLanguageandinput>Language.

3. Selectalanguagefromthelist.

SelectYourDefaultKeyboard

or InputMethod


>SYSTEMtab.

2. TapLanguageandinput>Defaultkeyboard.

3. Selectakeyboard.

Note:Additionalkeyboardscanbedownloadedfrom

theGooglePlayStore.

SamsungKeyboardSettings

ConfigureoptionsforusingtheSamsungkeyboard.


>SYSTEMtab.

2. TapLanguageandinput.

3. TapSamsungkeyboardforoptions:

• English(US):Setthekeyboardtype:Qwerty

keyboardor3x4keyboard.

• Selectinputlanguages:Choosewhich

languagesareavailableonthekeyboard.To

switchbetweenlanguages,slidethespacebar

sideways.

• Predictivetext:AllowPredictivetextto

suggestwordsmatchingyourtextentries,

and,optionally,completecommonwords

automatically.Predictivetextcanlearnyour

personalwritingstylefromyourcontacts,

messages,Gmail,andsocialnetworking

sites—improvingitsaccuracyofpredicting

yourtextentries.

• Additionalkeyboardsettingsprovide

assistancewithcapitalization,punctuation,

andmuchmore.

SwypeKeyboardSettings

ConfigureoptionsforusingtheSwypekeyboard.


>SYSTEMtab.


3. TapSwypeforoptions:

• Settings:Configurebasicoptions.

• Themes:Changethekeyboardlayout.

• MyWords:Manageyourpersonaldictionary,

newwordupdates,aswellashowSwypecan

learnfromyourwritingstyleinvariousapps.

• Languages:Setthecurrentlanguage.

Additionallanguagescanbedownloaded.

• Gestures:LearnaboutusingSwypegestures.

• Help:ViewinformationonusingSwype.


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GoogleVoiceTypingSettings

Speakratherthantypeyourtextentriesusing

GoogleVoiceTyping.


>SYSTEMtab.


3. TapGooglevoicetypingforoptions:

• Chooseinputlanguages:Selectlanguages

forGooglevoicetyping.

• Blockoffensivewords:Hidewordsmany

peoplefindoffensiveareinresultsofGoogle

voicesearches.Offensivewordsarereplaced

inresultswithaplaceholder(####).

• Offlinespeechrecognition:Manage

downloadedlanguages.

VoiceInput

UseGooglevoicerecognitiontoperformGoogle

searchesusingspokencommands.

Toperformavoicesearch,tap intheGoogle

searchbarorwidget.Orsay“OkGoogle”tolaunch

aGooglesearch(ifthehotworddetectionoptionis

enabled).

1. FromaHomescreen,tap Apps> Settings>SYSTEMtab>Languageandinput.

2. TapVoiceinputforoptions.

• EnhancedGoogleservices:Fullvoice

interaction.

• BasicGooglerecognition:Simplevoice

recognition.

3. Tap Settingsnexttotheselectedoptionto

configureitsoptions.

Text-To-SpeechOptions

ConfigureyourText-To-Speech(TTS)options.TTS

isusedforvariousaccessibilityfeatures,suchas

TalkBack.Formoreinformation,seeAccessibility.


>SYSTEMtab>Languageandinput.

2. TapText-to-speechoptionsforoptions:

• Tap SettingsnexttotheSamsung

text-to speechengineforoptions.

• Speechrate:Setthespeedatwhichthetext

isspoken.

• Defaultlanguagestatus:Displaythedefault

languageinuse.

Mouse/TrackpadSettings

Configuresettingsforusinganoptionalmouseor

trackpad(notincluded).


>SYSTEMtab>Languageandinput.

2. TapPointerspeed.

3. Dragtheslidertotherighttogofasterortothe

lefttogoslower.

4. TapOK tosaveyoursetting.


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Battery

Viewhowbatterypowerisused

fordeviceactivities.


Settings>SYSTEMtab.

2. TapBatteryforoptions:

• Powersavingmode:TapON/OFFtoturnthe

featureon,andcustomizeoptions.

• Ultrapowersavingmode:TapON/OFFto

turnthefeatureon.

• Displaybatterypercentage:Displaythebatterychargepercentagenexttothebattery

iconontheStatusbar.

BatteryChart

Thebatteryleveldisplaysasapercentage.The

amountoftimethebatteryhasbeenusedalso

displays.

► TaptheBatterycharttoviewHistorydetails.

AppsandOSUsage

Batteryusagedisplaysinpercentagesper

application.

1. Tapanoptiontoseehowtheyareaffecting

batteryuse.

2. TapREFRESHtoupdatethelisting.

Note:Otherapplicationsmayberunningthataffect

batteryuse.


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Storage

Viewthedevicememory

and usage.

DeviceMemory

Viewandmanagethememoryusedbythedevice.


>SYSTEMtab.

2. TapStorage.

• TheDevicememorydisplaysTotalspaceandAvailablespace.

• Theamountsofmemoryusedarefurther

dividedintoAvailablespace,Systemmemory,

Usedspace,Cacheddata,andMiscellaneous

files.

Toincreaseavailablememory:

1. TapCacheddatatoclearcacheddataforall

apps.TapDELETEtoconfirm.

2. TapMiscellaneousfiles,selectunnecessary filesortapSELECTALL,

and then tapDELETE.


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DateandTimeSettings

Bydefault,yourdevicereceives

dateandtimeinformationfromthewirelessnetwork.

Whenyouareoutsidenetwork

coverage,youmaywantto

setdateandtimeinformation

manuallyusingthedateandtime

settings.


Settings

>SYSTEMtab.

2. TapDateandtime.

3. Setthedate,time,timezone,timeformat,and

dateformat.


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Help

Viewtipsandguidelinesfor

usingyourdevice.


Settings

>SYSTEMtab.

2. TapHelpforinformationaboutnewfeatures,

applications,settings,andsoon.



AboutYourDevice

Viewinformationaboutyour

device,includingstatus,legalinformation,hardwareand

softwareversions,andatutorial.


Settings

>SYSTEMtab.

2. TapAboutdevice,andthentapitemsformore

details:

• Softwareupdate:Checkforandinstall

availablesoftwareupdates.

• Status:Viewthestatusofthebattery,network,

andotherinformationaboutyourdevice.

• Legalinformation:Viewlegalnoticesand

otherlegalinformation.

• Devicename:Viewandchangeyourdevice’s

name.

• Additionaldeviceinformationincludesthe

Modelnumber,Androidversion,Buildnumber,

andmore.

SoftwareUpdates

UseSoftwareupdatetoupdateyourdevice’s

software.