Samsung Showcase Operation & User’s Manual

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Some software components of this product incorporate source code covered under GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), OpenSSL License, BSD License and other open source licenses. To obtain the source code covered under the open source licenses, please visit: http://opensource.samsung.com/category/mobile/mobile-phone/ Disclaimer of Warranties; Exclusion of Liability EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE EXPRESS WARRANTY CONTAINED ON THE WARRANTY PAGE ENCLOSED WITH THE PRODUCT, THE PURCHASER TAKES THE PRODUCT "AS IS", AND SAMSUNG MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THE PRODUCT OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE; THE DESIGN, CONDITION OR QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT; THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT; THE WORKMANSHIP OF THE PRODUCT OR THE COMPONENTS CONTAINED THEREIN; OR COMPLIANCE OF THE PRODUCT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY LAW RULE SPECIFICATION OR CONTRACT PERTAINING THERETO NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE INSTRUCTION i500.book Page iv Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Table of Contents

Section 1: Getting Started ..............................................5 Understanding this User Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Activating your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Turning Your Phone On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Set-up Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Your Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 System Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 TTY Mode 10 Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Section 3: Call Functions ............................................. 34 Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Answering Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Ending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Call Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Voicemail 39 i500.book Page 1 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Changing the Input Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Entering Text Using Swype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Entering Text Using the Samsung Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Entering Text Using the Android Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Section 6: Messaging ...................................................60 Types of Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Text and Multimedia Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Gmail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Section 7: Web and Social Networking .......................68 YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Browser (Google) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 VPN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Mobile Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Section 11: Applications and Widgets ........................ 93 AllShare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Amazon MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Asphalt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Barcode Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 i500.book Page 2 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Media Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Mini Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 My Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 News & Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 TextCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Accounts & sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 USB settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Language & keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Voice input & output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Date & time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 About phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Set-up Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Section 13: Health and Safety Information ............... 136 Health and Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 i500.book Page 3 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Other Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Product Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Availability of Various Features/Ring Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Battery Standby and Talk Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Battery Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Section 14: Warranty Information .............................157 Standard Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 End User License Agreement for Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Index ............................................................................165 i500.book Page 4 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 1: Getting Started

This section helps you to quickly start using your phone. Understanding this User Manual The sections of this manual generally follow the features of your phone. A robust index for features begins on page 165. Also included is important safety information beginning on page 136, that you should know before using your phone. This manual gives navigation instructions according to the default display settings. If you select other settings, navigation steps may be different. Special Text In this manual, you’ll find text that is set apart from the rest. These are intended to point out important information, share quick methods for activating features, to define terms, and more. The definitions for these methods are as follows: • Notes: Presents alternative options for the current feature, menu, or sub-menu. • Tips: Provides quick or innovative methods, or useful shortcuts. • Important: Points out important information about the current feature that could affect performance i500.book Page 5 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Activating your Phone

If you purchased your phone from your carrier’s store, it is activated and ready to use. If you received a new phone by mail, it may need to be activated before you can use it. To activate your phone, choose from the following: • Visit you carrier’s store. • Contact customer support. • Manage your account online. Battery Your phone is powered by a rechargeable, standard Li-Ion battery. A Wall/USB Charger (Charging Head and USB cable) are Battery Indicator The battery icon in the Annunciator Line shows battery power level. Two to three minutes before the battery becomes too low to operate, the empty battery icon will flash and a tone will sound. If you continue to operate the phone without charging, the phone will power off. Tip: Task Manager provides helpful information about extending battery life. For more information, see “Task Manager” on page 11. i500.book Page 6 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

The battery is under a removable cover on the back of the phone.

Removing the battery cover  Pull up using the slot provided (1), while lifting the cover off the phone (2). Installing and Removing the Battery Installing the battery 1. Remove the battery cover. 2. Insert the battery into the phone, aligning the gold contacts on the battery with the gold contacts in the phone. Push down on the bottom of the battery until it snaps into place. 3. Replace the battery cover. i500.book Page 7 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Charging the Battery

Your phone comes with a Wall/USB Charger (Charging Head and USB cable) to charge your phone from any 120/220 VAC outlet. Note: The battery comes partially charged. You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for the first time. A fully discharged battery requires up to 4 hours of charge time. After the first charge, you can use the phone while charging. 1. On the phone, slide the connector cover (1) to expose the connector. 2. Insert the USB cable into the port (2). 3. Connect the USB cable to the charging head. 4. Plug the charging head into a standard AC power outlet. 5. When charging is complete, unplug the charging head from the power outlet and remove the USB cable from the Correct Incorrect Charging Head USB Cable i500.book Page 8 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Turning Your Phone On and Off

Turning Your Phone On  Press and hold the Power/Lock Key for three seconds. While powering on, the phone connects with the network, then displays the Home screen and active alerts. Set-up Wizard The first time you turn your phone on, the Set-up Wizard will prompt you to customize your phone. Follow the prompts to set: • Add accounts: Configure access to your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Corporate or Google accounts. For more information, see “Accounts” on page 40. • My Location: Configure your phone’s use of location services. For more information, see “My Location” on page 121. Your Google Account Your new phone uses your Google account to fully utilize its Android features, including Gmail, Google Talk and the Android M k t Wh t h f th fi t ti t i500.book Page 9 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Displaying Your Phone Number

 From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ About phone ➔ Status. Your phone number displays under Phone number. System Tutorial Learn about important concepts to get the most out of your phone.  From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ About phone ➔ System tutorial. Voice Mail Roaming When you travel outside your home network’s coverage area, your phone can roam to acquire service on other compatible digital networks. When Roaming is active, the Roaming icon appears in the Annunciator Line of the display. Tip: You can set your phone’s roaming behavior. For more information, see “Mobile networks” on page 114. During roaming, some services may not be available. Depending on your coverage area and service plan, extra charges may apply when making or receiving calls. Contact your service provider for more information about your coverage area and service plan i500.book Page 10 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Your phone can run applications simultaneously, with some

applications running in the background. Use Task Manager to see which applications are running on your phone, and to end running applications to extend battery life. You can also uninstall applications from your phone and see how much memory is used by applications. Task Manager provides information about applications, including: • Running: View and exit running applications. • Downloaded: View and manage applications you’ve downloaded. • RAM: View and manage Random Access Memory on your device. 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Task Manager. 2. Touch the Running tab to view applications running on your phone. Touch Exit, or Exit all to close applications. 3. Touch the Downloaded tab to view information about applications you’ve installed on your phone. Touch Uninstall to remove an application from your phone. 4. Touch the RAM tab to display the amount of RAM (Random Access Memory) in use. Touch Clear Memory to clear processes to increase available RAM. i500.book Page 11 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Your phone supports removable microSD™ or microSDHC™

memory cards of up to 32GB capacity, for storage of music, pictures, and other files. Note: You can only store music files that you own (from a CD or purchased with the phone) on a memory card. Installing a Memory Card 1. Remove the battery cover. For more information, see “Removing the battery cover” on page 7. 2. With the gold contacts facing down, carefully slide the memory card into the slot, pushing gently until it clicks into place (1). 3. Install the battery cover. For more information, see “Installing the battery cover” on page 7. Removing a Memory Card i500.book Page 12 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Securing Your Phone

By default, the phone locks automatically when the screen times out, or you can lock it manually. You can unlock the phone using one of the default Unlock screens, or for increased security, use a personal screen unlock pattern. For more information about creating and enabling a Screen unlock pattern, see “Screen unlock settings” on page 122. Tip: When you use a Screen unlock pattern to secure your phone, the Emergency call feature is available on the lock screen, to allow you to make emergency calls even while the phone is locked. For other settings related to securing your phone see “Location Unlocking the phone 1. Press the Power/Lock Key to wake the screen. 2. Touch and swipe left or right to show the screen that was visible when the phone was locked. Note: You can choose the type of Unlock screen. For more information, For more information, refer to “Unlocking the Screen - general” on page 14. Unlocking with a Personal Screen Unlock Pattern 1. Press the Power/Lock Key to wake the screen. i500.book Page 13 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Unlocking the Screen - general

1. Press the Power/Lock Key to wake the screen. 2. If there are no Notification alerts on your phone, touch and swipe left or right to show the screen that was visible when the phone locked. 3. If there are Notification alerts on your phone, touch and drag the unlock puzzle piece to fit it into the empty spare to show the screen that was visible when the phone locked. 4. Special puzzle pieces display for missed calls or new messages. Drag a missed call or new message puzzle i500.book Page 14 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 2: Understanding Your Phone

This section outlines key features of your phone, including keys, displays, and icons. Features • 4-inch 800x480 Super AMOLED touch screen • CDMA 1X/EVDO Rev-A Wireless Technology • Android OS • Google applications, including Google Talk and Gmail • Android Market, plus pre-loaded applications • Connections • 5 Megapixel CMOS Camera/Camcorder • Picture Gallery, supporting JPEG, PNG, GIF, A-GIF, WBMP and BMP formats • HD Video Player (720p), supporting H.263, H.264, MPEG4, 3GP, 3G2 (v9), Xvid and DivX formats • DivX Certified® to play DivX® video up to HD 720p, including premium content. • Music Player, supporting WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, WMA (v9/10), EVRC, QCELP, MIDI, and SP-MIDI formats • Speakerphone i500.book Page 15 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Earpiece and Sub-microphone: Listen to callers. In

Speakerphone mode, captures your voice. While recording video, captures audio. Avoid covering the sub-microphone during Speakerphone mode or when recording video. 2. Microphone: Using during calls to allow callers to hear your voice, and when recording. 3. Menu Key: Touch to display options for the current screen. 4. Home Key: Touch to display the Home screen. Touch and hold to display recent applications or launch Task Manager. 1 i500.book Page 16 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Strap holder: Attach an optional carrying strap (not

included). 2. Volume Key: From the Home screen, press to adjust Master Volume. During calls or music playback, press to adjust volume. Press to mute the ringtone of an incoming call. 3. Power/Lock Key: Press and hold to turn the phone on or off. Press to lock the phone, or to wake the screen for unlocking. Press and hold to access phone options: Silent mode, Airplane mode and Power off. 1 2 3 i500.book Page 17 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

3.5mm Headset Jack: Plug in an optional headset or TTY

equipment. 2. Camera Lens: Used when taking photos or recording videos. 3. Camera Flash: Used when taking photos. 4. External Speaker: Plays ringtones, call audio when in Speakerphone mode, music and other sounds. 5. USB Power/Accessory Port: Connect a USB cable for charging or to sync music and files. 2 1 3 5 i500.book Page 18 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Navigate your phone’s features using the command keys and the

touch screen. Warning!: If your handset has a touch screen display, please note that a touch screen responds best to a light touch from the pad of your finger or a non-metallic stylus. Using excessive force or a metallic object when pressing on the touch screen may damage the tempered glass surface and void the warranty. For more information, see “Warranty Information” on page 157. Command Keys Menu Key T h M t di l t t iti f ti Context-sensitive Menus While using your phone, context-sensitive menus offer options for the feature or screen. To access context-sensitive menus: • Touch Menu. • Touch and hold on an item. Finger Gestures Touch Touch items to select or launch them. For example: • Touch the on screen keyboard to enter characters or text. • Touch a menu item to select it. • Touch an application’s icon to launch the application i500.book Page 19 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

The Notification Panel shows information about connections,

messages and other items.  Sweep your finger downward from the top of the screen. Touch buttons at the top of the Notification Panel to toggle settings: • Wi-Fi: Turn Wi-Fi on or off. • Bluetooth: Turn Bluetooth on or off. • GPS: Turn Standalone GPS services on or off. • Mobile data: Activate or deactivate your phone’s access to the mobile data network. • Auto rotation: Enable or disable the Auto rotation setting, to control whether the screen automatically updates when you rotate the phone. For more information about Connection settings, For more information, refer to “Wireless & network” on page 110. Cl i N tifi ti Touch a notification to open Tap to clear all notifications i500.book Page 20 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

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

1. Annunciator Line: Presents icons to show network status, battery power, and connection details. For a list of icons, see “Annunciator Line” on page 23. 2. Home screen: The starting point for using your phone. Place icons, widgets and other items to customize your phone to your needs. For more information, see “Home Screen” on page 21. 3. Primary Shortcuts: Shortcuts to your phone’s common features. For more information, see “Primary Shortcuts” on page 24. 1 2 5 i500.book Page 21 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Extended Home Screen

The Home screen consists of the Home panel, plus 6 panels that extend beyond the display width to provide more space for adding shortcuts, widgets and folders. Slide your finger horizontally across the screen to scroll to the left or right side panels. As you scroll, the indicator at the top of the display shows your current position. Customizing the Home Screen Customize the Home screen to suit your preferences. • Add Shortcuts: For more information, see “Shortcuts” on page 27. • Add Widgets: For more information, see “Widgets” on page 25. Adding and removing Home screen panels Your phone comes with 7 Home screen panels. You can customize the Home screen to include up to the seven default panels, and set one panel as Home. 1. From the Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Edit page. 2. Touch and drag the panels to rearrange: Remove: Drag and drop the panel ontop of the trashcan icon to remove the panel. Add: Scroll the panels to display the location for a panel, then touch the Add button. Add previouslyremoved panels up to the default total i500.book Page 22 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

The Annunciator line displays icons to show network status,

battery power, and other details. Signal Strength: Current signal strength. The greater the number of bars, the stronger the signal. Airplane Mode Active: All wireless communications are disabled. See “Airplane mode” on page 113. System Alert: Check Notifications Panel for alerts. Voice Call: A voice call is in progress. 3G Connection Active: Phone is active on a 3G system. USB Connected:The phone is connected to a computer using a USB cable. New Message: You have new message(s). New Voicemail: You have a new voicemail message. New Email Message: You have new email. i500.book Page 23 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Primary Shortcuts appear at the bottom of the display. You can

edit the Primary Shortcuts, except for the Applications / Home shortcut. Note: When you access Applications, the Home shortcut replaces the Applications shortcut to provide quick return to the Home screen. Bluetooth Active: Bluetooth is turned on. Bluetooth Connected: The phone is paired with another Bluetooth device. Wi-Fi Active: Wi-Fi is connected, active, andcommunicating with a Wireless Access Point (WAP). Wi-Fi Action Needed: Action needed to connect to Wireless Access Point (WAP). TTY: TTY Mode is active. Phone: Launches the Phone, to make calls. For more information, see “Making Calls” on page 34. Messaging: Send and receive messages. For more information, see “Messaging” on page 60. i500.book Page 24 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Editing the Primary Shortcuts

1. From the Home screen, touch Applications. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Edit. 3. Touch and hold an icon, then drag it to replace a primary shortcut. 4. When you are finished, touch Menu ➔ Save. Widgets Widgets are self-contained applications that you can place on the Home screen to access favorite features. Adding Widgets to the Home screen Widgets AccuWeather Clock: Displays weather for customer selected cities. Amazon MP3: Purchase and download DRM-Free (digital rights management) music from Amazon digital music store. Buddies now: Create one touch shortcuts to your favorite Contacts and to your social networking sites. Calendar:Record events and appointments to manage your schedule. i500.book Page 25 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Dual Clock: Display two time zones.

Feeds and Updates: Display feeds from your Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter accounts, and post an update to your accounts, right from the Home screen. Appears on the Home screen by default. For more information, see “Feeds and Updates” on page 43. Google Search: Launch Google Search. Homescreentips:View tipsaboutusingyour phone’s Picture frame: Display a picture from the Gallery on the Home screen. Power control: Control Wi Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS connections, and set automatic synchronization and brightness settings. Program Monitor: Display the number of active applications. Touch to launch Task Manager. For more information, see “Task Manager” on page 11. Rate Places: Quickly assign ratings to places you visit,and share the ratings. Traffic S t i t f l ti th t ill i l i500.book Page 26 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Use Shortcuts for quick access to applications or features.

Adding Shortcuts from the Home screen 1. Navigate to a Home screen panel, then touch and hold on the screen to display the Add to Home screen menu. 2. Touch Shortcuts, then touch a selection: 3. Follow the prompts to configure the Shortcut and add it to the Home screen. Adding Shortcuts from Applications 1. Navigate to a Home screen panel. 2. Touch Applications. 3. Touch and hold on an application icon. The Shortcut icon is automatically placed on the selected Home screen. Removing Shortcuts  Touch and hold the Shortcut until Remove appears at the bottom of the display, then drag the Shortcut to the Applications: Launch an application. For a list, see “Applications” on page 29. Bookmark: Launch a bookmarked web page. i500.book Page 27 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Place Folders on the Home screen to organize items together on

the Home screen. 1. Navigate to the desired Home screen, then touch and hold on the screen to display the Add to Home screen menu. 2. Touch Folders, then touch a selection: Removing Folders  Touch and hold the Folder until Remove appears at the bottom of the display, then drag the Folder to the Trashcan. Wallpaper Choose a picture to display in the background of the Home screen. You can choose from pre-loaded wallpaper images, or select a picture you’ve taken with the Camera or downloaded. 1. From the Home screen, touch and hold on the screen to display the Add to Home screen menu, then touch Wallpapers. or New folder: Create a new empty folder. All contacts: Create a folder containing all contacts. i500.book Page 28 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

The Applications screen holds all applications installed on your

wireless device. Applications that you download and install from Android Market or from the web are also added to the Applications screen. You can place shortcuts to applications on the Home screen, for quick access to the application. For more information, see “Adding Shortcuts from Applications” on page 27. 1. From the Home screen, touch Applications. 2. Slide your finger left or right to scroll the Applications screens. Customizing the Applications Screens Choosing a view By default, application icons appear in Grid view. You can change the view to list view. 1. From the Home screen, touch Applications. 2. Touch Menu ➔ List View. Moving Application icons 1. From the Home screen, touch Applications. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Edit. 3. Touch and hold an application icon then drag it to a new i500.book Page 29 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

AllShare: Synchronize your phone with your TV. For

more information, see “AllShare” on page 93. Amazon MP3: Download DRM-Free (digital rights management) MP3 formatted songs and albums. For more information, refer to “Amazon MP3” on page 74. Apps: Discover apps provides quick and easy access to the best Android applications. For more information, refer to “Apps” on page 93. Books: Google eBooks is a new way to discover, buy, and enjoy your favorite books online and offline. Browser: Access the Internet. For more information, see “Browser (Google)” on page 68. Calculator: Perform mathematical calculations. For more information, see “Calculator” on page 94. Calendar: Record events and appointments to manage your schedule. For more information, see “Calendar” on page 95. i500.book Page 30 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Daily Briefing: Monitor weather, financial information,

news and your schedule, from one application. For more information, see “Daily Briefing” on page 97. Desk Cradle: Operate your phone with an optional Desk Cradle accessory. For more information, see “Desk Cradle” on page 97. Downloads: View, reopen, or delete items you have downloaded. Free Games!: Browse, download, and install Android games. G l S i A i b i ti Latitude: Share your location with chosen friends Maps: Tracks your current location, provides a real-time view of traffic issues, and displays detailed destination directions. For more information, refer to “Maps” on page 99. Market: Browse, download, and install Android applications. For more information, see “Market” on page 100. Media Hub: Browse the latest movies and TV shows, then rent or purchase the media for viewing on your i500.book Page 31 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Music Player: Play music stored on an optional

installed memory card. For more information, see “Music Player” on page 74. My Files: Find, view and manage files stored on an optional installed memory card. For more information, see “My Files” on page 103. Navigation: Google Maps Navigation (Beta) is an internet-connected turn-by-turn, GPS navigation system with voice guidance. For more information, refer to “Navigation” on page 19. News & Weather: Launch Google news and TextCS: Use TextCS to send a text message to Customer Support (311) with questions for support or account information. For more information, refer to “TextCS” on page 105. ThinkFree Office TM: View and manage files in a Microsoft® Office-compatible software suite. For more information, refer to “ThinkFree Office” on page 105. Video Player: Play and manage videos stored on an installed memory card. For more information, see “Video Player” on page 82. i500.book Page 32 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Write & Go: Capture ideas, then choose a format for

sending via Gmail, saving to the Calendar or as a memo, or posting it to Facebook. For more information, see “Write & Go” on page 109. YouTube: View and upload YouTube videos, right from your phone. For more information, refer to “YouTube” on page 109. i500.book Page 33 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 3: Call Functions

This section describes how to make, answer or end calls. Making Calls Your phone offers multiple ways to make calls: • Use the touch screen Phone Dialer to enter the phone number or speed dial number. • Call a contact from Contacts. • Call a contact from Favorites. • Return a call, or call a recent caller, from Call log. • Voice dial using Voice Commands. Making Calls Using the Phone Dialer 1. From a Home screen, touch Phone. 2. Touch the digits of the telephone or speed dial number on the Dialer keypad. While dialing, use these options: • Touch Menu ➔ Speed dial setting to dial or set Speed Dials. • Touch Menu ➔ Add 2 sec pause to insert a 2-second pause in the telephone number. • Touch Menu ➔ Add wait to insert a Wait pause in the i500.book Page 34 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Making Calls using Speed Dials

Speed Dials are 1-, 2-, or 3-digit shortcuts (1 to 100) you assign to contacts, to allow you to quickly call the contact. For more information about setting speed dials, see “Speed Dials” on page 52. 1. From a Home screen, touch Phone. 2. Touch the digits of the speed dial number on the Dialer keypad, holding the last digit until the number dials. Making Calls from Contacts A contact is an entry that you have created to store the name, numbers and other information for people or groups of interest Making Calls using Favorites Favorites are contacts that you designate as favorites by starring them. For more information about creating favorites, see “Favorites” on page 48. 1. From a Home screen, touch Phone. 2. Touch Favorites to display favorites. 3. Find the contact and touch it to open the Contact entry. 4. Touch to dial the default number for the Contact. Making Calls from Call Log Return a call, or call a number from a recent call stored in Call Call i500.book Page 35 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Merge two calls to set up a three-way call between you and two

other parties. Setting up a Multi-Party Call 1. Establish a call, either by dialing or answering an incoming call. 2. Touch Add Call. The first call is placed on hold, and the Dialer displays. 3. Enter the second phone number, then touch . 4. Touch Merge. The two calls are joined into one, 3-way call. Answering Calls You can answer incoming calls when the phone is locked or unlocked.  With the phone unlocked or locked, touch and drag Answer. 555-555-5555 i500.book Page 36 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Sending Calls to Voicemail

When your phone alerts you to an incoming call, you can ignore the call to send the caller to voice mail, or ignore the call and send a message to the caller. Ignoring a call  With the phone unlocked or locked, touch and drag Ignore. Ignoring a call with a message  With the phone unlocked or locked, touch and drag Reject call with message. (For more information, refer to “Unlocking the phone” on page 13.) Note: For more information about creating ignore messages, see “Ignore with message” on page 115. Answering Call-Waiting Calls When you receive a call while on a call: • Touch and drag Answer to answer the incoming call. The original call is placed on hold, and remains on hold until you end the i500.book Page 37 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Ending a Call

 Touch . Call Log When you place, answer, or miss a call, a record of the call is saved in the Call log. Accessing Call Log  From a Home screen, touch Phone ➔ Call log. Sending Messages using Call Log 1. From a Home screen, touch Phone ➔ Call log. 2 Touch and hold on a call record then select Send message Creating or Updating Contacts Using Call Log 1. From a Home screen, touch Phone ➔ Call log. 2. Touch and hold on a call record, then select Add to Contacts from the pop-up menu. 3. Choose Create contact or Update existing. 4. Continue entering contact information. For more information, see “Contacts” on page 43. Managing the Call Log Deleting Call log records 1 From a Home screen touch Phone ➔ Call log i500.book Page 38 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Filtering Call log records

1. From a Home screen, touch Phone ➔ Call log. 2. While viewing the Call log, touch Menu ➔ View by. 3. Select a filter type, from All calls, Missed calls, Outgoing calls, or Incoming calls. Viewing call durations View the length of the Last call, all Dialled calls, all Received calls, or All calls. 1. From a Home screen, touch Phone ➔ Call log. 2. While viewing the Call log, touch Menu ➔View call Voicemail All unanswered calls to your phone are sent to voicemail, even if your phone is turned off, so you’ll want to set up your voicemail and personal greeting as soon as you activate your phone. Setting up Voicemail 1. From a Home screen, touch Phone, then press and hold to dial Voice mail. 2. Follow the automated instructions to set up your new password and record a greeting. Checking Voicemail 1 i500.book Page 39 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 4: Contacts and Accounts

This section explains how to manage your contacts and accounts. Accounts Your phone provides the ability to synchronize information from a variety of accounts, including Google, a Corporate Exchange server, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. With synchronization, you can ensure that information on your phone is updated with any information that changes in your accounts. Setting Up Your Accounts Set up and manage your synchronized accounts with the Accounts & sync setting. For information about setting up other, non-synchronized email accounts, see “Configuring Email Accounts” on page 65. Adding a Google account 1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Accounts & sync. 2 T h Add t G l i500.book Page 40 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Managing a Google account

1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Accounts & sync. 2. Tap your Google account to display the Data & synchronization screen. 3. Tap a setting to enable or disable synchronization. When enabled, a check mark appears in the check box: • Sync Books: When enabled, sychronizes your Google books downloads with your phone. • Sync Contacts: When enabled, synchronizes your Google contacts with your phone’s Contacts Adding a Corporate account 1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Accounts & sync. 2. Touch Add account ➔ Corporate. 3. At the Set up email screen, enter your Email address and Password, then touch Next. 4. At the Server settings screen, enter server settings, then touch Next. The phone communicates with the server to confirm your account. 5. At the Account options screen select account settings i500.book Page 41 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Managing a Corporate Exchange account

1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Accounts & sync. 2. Touch your Corporate account to display these settings: • Sync Contacts: When enabled, synchronizes your Exchange contacts with your phone’s Contacts. • Sync Calendar: When enabled, synchronizes your Exchange contacts with your phone. Setting Up a Facebook account Note: You must register your phone with Facebook before using the phone to access the site From your Facebook account go to Account Settings Setting Up a Twitter account Note: You must register your phone with Twitter before using the phone to access the site. From Twitter.com Settings, follow the instructions in the Mobile area to register your phone. 1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Accounts & sync ➔ Add account ➔Twitter. 2. Enter your Email and Password, then touch Log in. 3. Follow the prompts to complete the set-up. Setting Up a MySpace account i500.book Page 42 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Feeds and Updates

Feeds and Updates displays feeds from your Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter accounts, and allows you to post an update to your accounts, right from the Home screen. Tip: The Feeds and Updates widget is available by default on the Home screen, or is available in the Samsung Widgets. For more information about placing widgets on the Home screen, see “Widgets” on page 25.  From a Home screen, touch Settings on the Feeds and Updates widget to configure your preferences. Note: When you set up Facebook Myspace and Twitter accounts on your • Phone: Saves to the phone’s Contacts. • Google: Saves to your Google account. • Corporate: Saves to your Corporate Exchange account. 3. Touch contact fields to enter information: • Touch Photo ID to choose a picture to identify the contact. • Touch First name, then enter a first name for the contact. • Touch Last name, then enter a last name for the contact. After entering a last name touch to enter a Name prefix, Middle name, Name suffix, Phonetic given name, Phonetic middle name and Phonetic family name. • Touch Phone number to enter a phone number, then touch the Label button to choose a label from Mobile Home Work Work i500.book Page 43 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

• Touch Postal address to enter a mailing address for the contact.

• Touch Organization to enter a company or other affiliation. • To add more fields, tap More to enter Notes, Nickname, Website, Birthday, or Anniversary. 4. When you finish entering information, touch . Creating Contacts from Call log Save a phone number from a recent call record to create a new contact, or update an existing contact. For more information, see “Creating or Updating Contacts Using Call Log” on page 38. Creating Contacts from the Phone Dialer Updating Contacts Make changes to update an existing contact. 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts. 2. Touch a contact to view its information, then touch Menu ➔ Edit. – or – Touch and hold on a contact, then select Edit from the pop- up menu. 3. Continue entering contact information. For more information see “Creating Contacts” on page 43 Save i500.book Page 44 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Updating Contacts from Call log

Save a phone number from a recent call record to create a new contact, or update an existing contact. For more information, see “Creating or Updating Contacts Using Call Log” on page 38. Get Friends Use the Get Friends feature to sync with your accounts. You can choose from an account you’ve already set up on your phone, or set up a new account. For more information about setting up accounts on your phone, see “Setting Up Your Accounts” on page 40. Contacts Display Options 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts. 2. Touch Menu ➔ More ➔ Display options to set these options: • Touch Only contacts with phones to restrict display to contacts with phone numbers. • Touch Sort by to sort by first or last name. • Touch Display contacts by to sort contacts by First name first or Last name first. • Touch Phone to choose contacts for display by group. 3. Touch to save options. Done i500.book Page 45 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Your phone can synchronize with multiple accounts, including

Google, Corporate Exchange, and other email providers, plus social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. When you synchronize contacts from these accounts with your phone, you may have multiple contacts for one person. Joining imported contact records to a phone contact allows you to see all the contact’s numbers and addresses together in one Contact entry. Joining also helps you keep your contacts updated, because any changes that your contacts make to their information in the respective accounts is automatically updated the next time you synchronize with the account. Joining contacts 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts. 2. Touch a Phone contact (a contact with the icon) to display its information. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Join contact. 4. Touch an imported contact record to join it to the Phone contact. Unjoining contacts 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts. 2 Touch a contact to display its information i500.book Page 46 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Sending a Namecard (vCard)

You can send a contact namecard as a vCards via Bluetooth to other Bluetooth devices, or via Gmail as an attachment. Important!: Not all Bluetooth devices will accept contacts, and not all devices support transfers of multiple contacts. Check the target device’s documentation. 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts. 2. Touch a contact to display its information. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Send via. Sending multiple namecards via Bluetooth You can send multiple contact namecards as vCards via Bluetooth to other Bluetooth devices. Important!: Not all Bluetooth devices will accept contacts, and not all devices support transfers of multiple contacts. Check the target device’s documentation. 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Import/Export ➔ Send name card via. 3. Touch contacts to mark them for sending, or touch Select all to mark all contacts. A check mark appears in the check i500.book Page 47 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Exporting and Importing Contacts

You can export your contact list to an optional installed memory card, or import a list of contacts (previously exported) from a memory card. 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Import/Export. 3. Touch Import from SD card or Export to SD card, then follow the prompts to complete the operation. Favorites Mark contacts with a star to identify them as Favorites. Creating Favorites 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts. 2. Touch and hold on a contact, then select Add to favorites from the pop-up menu. – or – Touch a contact to display it, then touch the Star at the top right of the screen. My Profile My profile is your own contact record. You can send My profile as a vCard via Bluetooth or as an attachment via Gmail. i500.book Page 48 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Sending My Profile

You can send My Profile as a vCard via Bluetooth to other Bluetooth devices, or as an attachment to a Gmail. 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts. 2. Touch Menu ➔ My profile to display your contact information. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Send namecard via. 4. Choose a sending method, Barcode Scanner, Bluetooth, Email or Gmail, then follow the prompts to send the profile. Groups Creating a New Group 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts ➔ Groups. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Create. 3. Touch the Group Name field to enter a Group Name. 4. Touch Ringtone to choose a ringtone for calls from members of this group. Touch Default ringtone, Sound or Phone ringtone to select a new ringtone. 5. Touch to save the new group. Save i500.book Page 49 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Editing a Group

1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts ➔ Groups. 2. Touch a Group to display it. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Edit group. 4. Touch the Group Name field to change the Group Name. 5. Touch Ringtone to choose a ringtone for calls from members of this group. Touch Default ringtone, Sound or Phone ringtone to select a new ringtone. 6. Touch to save the changes. Adding Contacts to a Group Tip: You can also add a contact to a group when you create the contact. For more information, see “Creating Contacts” on page 43. 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts ➔ Groups. 2. Touch a Group to display it, then touch . 3. Touch contact(s) to mark them for addition, or touch Select all to mark all contacts. When selected, a check mark appears in the check box. 4. Touch to add the selected contact(s). Save Add i500.book Page 50 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Removing Contacts from a Group

Tip: You can also add a contact to a group when you edit the contact. For more information, see “Updating Contacts” on page 44. 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts ➔ Groups. 2. Touch a Group to display it. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Remove member. 4. Touch contact(s) to mark them for removal, or touch Select all to mark all contacts. When selected, a check mark appears in the check box. Sending a Message to Group Members 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts ➔ Groups. 2. Touch a Group to display it. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Send Message. 4. Touch contacts to mark them as recipients for the new message, then touch . 5. The new message opens, with the marked contacts as recipients. Continue creating the message, as desired. For more information, see “Creating and Sending Messages” on page 60 Send i500.book Page 51 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

History displays all calls, messages, emails, IMs, and Facebook,

MySpace and Twitter messages sent and received from contacts. 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts ➔ History. 2. A list of calls, messages and emails displays, sorted by time, with most recent first. 3. Touch Menu for these options: • Delete: Erase history records. • View by: Filter records by type. Choose from Call, Message, Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter. A ti iti Note: Some Speed Dials are reserved by default, and cannot be assigned: Speed Dial 1 is reserved for Voicemail. Speed Dial 97 is reserved for balance inquiries. Speed Dial 98 is reserved for minutes inquiries. Speed Dial 99 is reserved for payment inquiries. Speed Dial 100 is reserved for data call inquiries. Assigning Speed Dials 1. From a Home screen, touch Contacts. 2. Touch Menu ➔ More ➔ Speed dial. 3. A list of speed dials displays.Touch a speed dial, then touch a contact to assign the contact to the speed dial. i500.book Page 52 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 5: Entering Text

This section describes how to enter words, letters, punctuation and numbers when you need to enter text. Virtual QWERTY Keyboard Your phone uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry. Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and other characters into text entry fields or applications. Access the keyboard by touching any text entry field. The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of the screen. By default, when you rotate the phone, the screen Text Input Methods Your phone offers two text input methods: • Swype: Swype is a new text input method that allows you to enter words by gliding your finger over the virtual QWERTY keyboard, lifting your finger between words. You can also enable Word prediction, which matches your key touches to common words. • Samsung Keyboard: An on-screen QWERTY keypad that can be used in both portrait and landscape orientation. You can also configure the Samsung keypad to use the QWERTY Keypad, or a 3x4 Keypad (uses XT9 predictive text) i500.book Page 53 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Changing the Input Method

When entering text, you can select the text input method.  Touch and hold on a text input field, then select an input method: • Swype • Samsung keypad • Android keyboard Entering Text Using Swype Swype is a new way to enter text on touch screens. Instead of touching each key, use your finger to trace over each letter of a word. For each word, place your finger on the first letter and glide to the subsequent letters, lifting on the last letter. This example shows how to enter the word “this”. Put your finger down on the “t”, and without lifting, glide it to the “h”, then to the “i” then over to the “s”. i500.book Page 54 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Here are a few tips to get you started:

• Spacing is automatic: When you finish a word, just lift your finger and start the next word. • Double letters: Just “scribble” on the key. • Capitalization: Swype recognizes and capitalizes the first word of sentences. If you want to capitalize a word that isn’t at the beginning of a sentence, just glide above the keyboard before gliding over the next letter. • Contractions: Swype recognizes most words that include an apostrophe; just swype the letters of the word, including the apostrophe. • Punctuation: Tap and hold a key to view a punctuation menu and Swype Help While entering text, you can get tips and help about using Swype. • Tap the Swype Key to show Tips. • Tap the Swype Key ➔ Tutorial for an interactive tutorial. • Tap the Swype Key ➔ More Help to view Help. Entering Symbols and Numbers Using the Swype Keyboard: • Touch and hold on a key to enter the symbol or number at the top of the key. • Touch and hold on a key until a menu of all characters available on that key appears, then touch a character to enter it. i i i i500.book Page 55 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

The Editing Keyboard provides a quick way to move the cursor

and highlight text. If the application in which you are working supports editing, you can cut, copy or paste highlighted text. To access the Editing Keyboard:  Swype from the Swype Key to the SYM Key. Using Swype Speech Recognition Enter text by speaking. Swype recognizes your speech and enters text for you. To use Speech recognition: To use the Samsung keypad you must first configure the settings for the Samsung keypad. 1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Language & keyboard ➔ Samsung keypad ➔ Portrait keypad types. 2. Touch Keypad types and select a text input method: • Qwerty Keypad • 3x4 Keypad • Handwriting box 1 • Handwriting box 2 3 Touch Input languages and touch one of the language i i500.book Page 56 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Touch the Handwriting settings field and select the speed

of response of the Samsung Handwriting keypad. You can also access an explanation of Handwriting keypad use. 8. Touch the Voice input field to activate Voice input. 9. Touch the Auto-full stop field to activate Auto-full stop. 10. Touch the Tutorial field to view a short tutorial on use of the Samsung keyboard. XT9 Advanced Settings The following XT9 Advanced settings are available when the XT9 field is selected 4. Touch the Spell correction field. This option corrects typographical errors by selecting from a list of possible words that reflect the characters of the keys you touched as well as the characters of nearby keys. 5. Touch the Next word prediction field to enable word prediction. 6. Touch the Auto-append field to automatically add predictions. 7. Touch the Auto-substitution field to automatically replace words that you are typing. This option assists with i500.book Page 57 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

10. To add a new word to the T9 dictionary:

Touch the XT9 my words field, then press Menu ➔ Add. Enter the new word in the Register to XT9 my words field, then touch Done. 11. Touch XT9 auto-substitution to add words to substitute (for example youve becomes you’ve). A list of substitutions displays. 12. If you do not see the substitution you want, press Menu ➔ Add, then input the Shortcut word and Substitution word. Entering Text Using the Android Keyboard The Android Keyboard is a custom virtual QWERTY keyboard, featuring predictive text. Input characters by tapping the on-screen keys with your finger, or use speech recognition. As you enter characters, predictive text matches your key touches to common words and displays them. Select a word from the display to insert it into your text. i500.book Page 58 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Configuring Android Keyboard

Configure the Android Keyboard to your preferences. • For more information, see “Android keyboard” on page 130. • While entering text, touch and hold or , then touch Android keyboard settings. Tip: To customize predictive text, configure the User dictionary settings. For more information, see “User dictionary” on page 129. Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters The default case is lower case (abc). Enter upper and lower case alphabet letters by touching the Shift key to toggle the case, Using Android Speech Recognition Enter text by speaking. Android Keyboard recognizes your speech and enters text for you. Note: Enable Speech Recognition in Android Keyboard settings. For more information, see “Android keyboard” on page 130.  Touch the Speech Recognition Key. i500.book Page 59 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 6: Messaging

This section describes how to send and receive messages, and other features associated with messaging. Types of Messages Your phone supports these types of messages: • Text messages: Send and receive simple messages containing text to other mobile phones or email addresses (also known as SMS). • Multimedia messages: Send and receive text messages with pictures and/or sound to other mobile phones or email addresses (also known as MMS). Text and Multimedia Messaging Your phone can send and receive text and multimedia messages to other mobile phones and to email addresses. Creating and Sending Messages 1. From a Home screen, touch Messaging ➔ New message. 2. Tap the To field and enter the recipient’s name, phone number or email address. i500.book Page 60 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Touch the Type to compose field, or touch Next, and

compose your message. While composing a message, touch Menu for these options: • Add subject: Add a subject field to the message and enter a subject. (This option also converts the message to MMS.) • Attach: Add content to the message to convert it to MMS. – Pictures: Add a picture. – Capture picture: Take a new picture. – Videos: Add a video. – Capture video: Record a new video. – Audio: Add a sound clip. Managing Messages Threaded View Messages you send and receive to the same contact, number or address are grouped together as a “thread”. Threaded messages allow you to see all the messages you exchanged with a contact, or other recipient, with the latest message displayed first. 1. From a Home screen, touch Messaging. 2. Message threads display by contact, number, or address. While viewing message threads, you have these options: • Touch and hold a thread to choose from: ViewContact/Addtocontacts:Viewthecontactrecord orsavethe i500.book Page 61 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Configure message settings.

1. From a Home screen, touch Messaging. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Settings to set: • Storage settings – Delete old messages: Touch to enable or disable automatic erasure of messages when stored message reach default limits. When disabled, the phone will prompt you to delete old messages to make room. – Text message limit: Touch to set a limit for the number of text messages per thread. – Multimedia message limit: Touch to set a limit for the number of multimedia messages per thread • Notification settings – Notifications: Touch to enable or disable alerts in the status bar. – Screen On: Touch to enable screen on for notification alerts. – Select ringtone: Touch to select a ringtone for message alerts. – Vibrate: Touch to enable or disable vibration for message alerts. Gmail Send and receive emails via Gmail, Google’s web-based email.  From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Gmail. Setting Up Your Gmail Account Th fi t ti l h G il h ill t t i500.book Page 62 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

The phone communicates with the Google server to set up

your account and synchronize your email. When complete, your Gmail appears in the Inbox. Refreshing Your Gmail Account Refresh your account to update your phone from the Gmail servers. 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Gmail. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Refresh. Gmail account settings Account settings • : Customize your Gmail account. – Priority Inbox: When active, Priority Inbox automatically identifies your important email and separates it out from everything else. – Signature: Create a text signature to add to outgoing messages. – Confirm actions: Have your phone prompt you to confirm archivals,deletions, and messages sent. – Reply all: When active, responding messages are sent to alladdressees by default. – Auto-advance: Choose whether to show a Newer or Older conversation or a Conversation list after you delete or archive a conversation. i500.book Page 63 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Additional Gmail Options

1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Gmail ➔ Menu for additional options: • Refresh: Update Gmail on your phone from the Google servers. • Compose: Create a new email. For more information, refer to “Composing and Sending Gmail” on page 64. • Accounts: View and choose from your Google account(s). • Go to labels: View Google content by label. • Search: Find Gmail items. • More – Help: Launches Browser with Google Mobile Help. Composing and Sending Gmail 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Gmail. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Compose. 3. Touch the To field to enter recipients. As you enter names or numbers, matching contacts display. Touch a contact to add it to the field. 4. Touch the Subject field to enter a subject. 5. Touch Compose Mail to enter the text of your email. 6 While composing a message touch Menu for these i500.book Page 64 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Chat with other Google Talk users.

Tip: Talk requires that you have a Google account set up on your phone. For more information, see “Setting Up Your Accounts” on page 40.  From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Talk. Note: If you have already set up your Google account, you are automatically logged in. If you do not have a Google account, you can touch Create to create a new Google account. Configuring the first email account 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Email. 2. Touch an email provider. 3. Touch Email address to enter your email address, then touch Password or touch Next to enter your password. 4. Touch a setup option: • Manual setup: Configure the account manually. Touch POP3 or IMAP, then enter the account details. • Next: Connect to the server to set up the account automatically. F ll th t t l t t th t h D i500.book Page 65 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Touch the Password field or touch Next to enter your

password. 6. Touch a setup option: • Manual setup: Configure the account manually. Touch POP3 or IMAP, then enter the account details. • Next: Connect to the server to set up the account automatically. Follow the prompts to complete set-up, then touch Done. Composing and Sending Email 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Email. 2 Touch Menu ➔Compose 6. While composing a message, touch Menu for these options: • Add Cc/Bcc: Create Cc (copy) and Bcc (blind copy) fields to the message. After creating the fields, touch to enter recipients. • Save as draft: Close the message and save it in Drafts. • Add text: Add text from a Contact record, from the Calendar, or from a Memo. 7. Touch Attach to add a file to the message. 8. Touch Send to send the message. Managing Emails Combined Inbox i500.book Page 66 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Email Account Settings

Use Account settings to configure handling of your email. Note: Some email accounts may have different, or additional, settings. 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Email. 2. Touch an account to view it, then touch Menu ➔ More ➔ Account settings. 3. Touch fields to configure the account: • General settings Acco nt name Enter a name for the acco nt’s displa – Out-of-office Settings: Enter and out of office message. – Size to retrieve emails: Set email retrieval size. – Security Policies: View email policies sent by server. • Notification settings – Email notifications: Enable or disable alerts in the Status Bar. – Select ringtone: Choose a ringtone to use for new email alerts. – Vibrate: Enable or disable vibration with new email alerts. • Server settings: – Exchange server settings: Modify server settings. – Incoming settings: Modify incoming email server settings. – Outgoing settings: Modify outgoing email server settings. Sync Email: Sync email from the account i500.book Page 67 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 7: Web and Social Networking

YouTube View and upload YouTube videos, right from your phone.  From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ YouTube. Browser (Google) Your phone is equipped with a full HTML Browser, which allows you to access the internet.  From a Home screen, touch Browser. Zoom • Tap the screen twice to zoom in or out. Selecting items on a page While browsing pages, use gestures and menus to navigate links on pages: • Touch an item to select it. • Touch a hyperlink to follow the link. • Touch and hold on a hyperlink for these options: – Open: Go to the linked page. i500.book Page 68 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

As you enter characters, potential matches display.

Continue entering characters, or touch a match to complete the URL. 4. Touch Go to load the page. Using Browser Windows You can have up to eight windows open at one time, switching between windows. 1. From a Home screen, touch Browser. 2. To open a new window, touch Menu ➔ New window. 3. To switch to another open window touch Menu ➔ 3. The new website is displayed as a thumbnail with the command Add. Touch the bookmark to add it. 4. At the Add bookmark prompt, confirm the Name and Location for the bookmark, then touch OK to save the bookmark. Accessing bookmarks and history Launch a bookmarked page, or reload recent pages. 1. From a Home screen, touch Browser. 2. Touch Bookmarks. 3 On the Bookmarks tab use these options: i500.book Page 69 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

On the Most visited tab, use these options:

• Touch a page to reload it. • Touch the star next to a page to bookmark it. • Touch and hold on a page for these options: – Open: Launch the web page. – Open in new window: Launch the web page in a new window. – Add bookmark/Remove from bookmarks: Bookmark the page, or remove the bookmark for this page. – Share link: Send the page’s URL via Bluetooth, Gmail, or Messaging. – Copy link URL: Copy the page’s URL to the clipboard for pasting. – Remove from history: Remove the record of this page. S t h S t thi th d f lt fi t h – Copy link URL: Copy the page’s URL to the clipboard to paste in another location. – Remove from history: Remove the record of this page. – Set as homepage: Set this page as the default first page when opening the Browser. Copying Fields or Text Copy information from a web page to the clipboard for pasting. Copying text 1. From a Home screen, touch Browser. 2. Browse to the desired website. 3. Touch and hold on the text to enable the text selector. i500.book Page 70 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

While viewing a web page, touch

Menu for these options: • New window: Open a new browser window. Previous browser windows remain open in the background (use the Windows option to switch between windows). • Windows: Switch between windows, or open a new window. • Brightness setting: Set the brightness of the display, if the Brightness setting is not set to Automatic. • Refresh: Update the current page’s content from the server. • Forward: Move forward to a previously-viewed page. • More: Add bookmark: Create a bookmark for the current page Browser Settings 1. From a Home screen, touch Browser. 2. Touch Menu ➔ More ➔ Settings: • Page content settings – Default zoom: Choose a default zoom level for web pages. – Open pages in overview: When enabled, displays an overview of newly-opened pages. – Text encoding: Choose a default character set for web pages. – Block pop-up windows: When enabled, blocks pop-up windows. – Load images: When enabled, images are automatically loaded when you visit a page. When disabled, images are indicated by a link, which you can touch to download the picture i500.book Page 71 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

– Default storage: Set your default storage location.

• Privacy settings – Clear cache: Delete content and databases stored on the phone. – Clear history: Delete the list of previously-visited pages. – Accept cookies: When enabled, allows Browser to save and read cookie information used by web pages. – Clear all cookie data: Delete cookie information saved to the phone. – Remember form data: When enabled, stores information you enter into forms to make future forms easier. – Clear form data: Deletes saved form information. – Enable location: When enabled, sites you visit can request access to your location. Maps Use Google Maps to find your current location, get directions, and other location-based information. Note: You must enable location services to use Maps, and some features require Standalone or Google location services. For more information, see “Location & security” on page 121.  From a Home screen, scroll the screen to panel 3, then touch Maps. Navigating the Map Zooming i500.book Page 72 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

From a Home screen, touch

Applications ➔ Maps. 2. While viewing a map, touch Menu for these options: • Search: Enter text criteria to find locations or points of interest. • Directions: Get driving, public transport, or walking directions. • My Places: Synchronize your starred map items with Google maps. • Clear map: Remove search results from the map. • Join Latitude: Use the Google Latitude service to share locations and status with other Google Latitude users. • More: i500.book Page 73 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 8: Music

Amazon MP3 Amazon MP3 is a digital music store owned and operated by Amazon.com. Using Amazon MP3 you can download DRM-Free (digital rights management) MP3 formatted songs and albums. 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Amazon MP3. 2. Touch one of the categories to begin browsing the music files. F ll th i t ti t d l d i 2. Music Player scans your memory card and displays your songs on the All, Playlists, Albums, Artists, or Genres tabs. 3. Touch a song or playlist to begin playback. Volume 5.1 Channel Mode (headphones only) i500.book Page 74 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

• Repeat: Touch to repeat the current song, repeat all songs, or

disable repeat mode. • List / Now Playing: Touch List to switch to a list view of songs. Touch Now Playing to display the current song title and details. • 5.1 Channel Mode: When listening with optional headphones, touch to enable 5.1 Channel Mode for stereo sound. • Playback controls: – Touch to advance to the next song. Touch and hold to scan forward through the current song. – Touch to go back to the previous song. Touch and hold to scan backward through the current song. – Touch to pause playback. Touch to resume playback. Disc view When you rotate the phone, you can choose Disc view to view disc artwork during playback, and control playback. i500.book Page 75 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

From Disc view, switch to Organizer view to view and select

songs alphabetically, sorted by Playlist, Album, Artist, or Genre. Creating a Playlist 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Music Player ➔ Playlists. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Create, then touch the name field to enter a name for the playlist. 3. Touch Save to save the new playlist. Adding Songs to Playlists Adding a single song to a playlist 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Music Player i500.book Page 76 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Adding multiple songs to a playlist

1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Music Player. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Add to playlist. 3. Touch songs to select them, or touch Select all. When selected, a checkmark appears in the checkbox. 4. Touch Add , then select a playlist, or touch Create playlist to create a new playlist. Setting a Song as a Ringtone You can set a song as a ringtone for all voice calls for calls from i500.book Page 77 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 9: Pictures and Video

Camera Use your phone’s built-in Camera to take pictures and record video.  From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Camera. Taking Pictures 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Camera. 2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your picture by aiming the lens at the subject. • Touch the screen to focus on the area you touched. • Press the Volume Key to zoom in or out. • To configure settings, see “Camera Options” on page 79. Mode Button i500.book Page 78 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Configure the camera.

 While in Camera mode, touch the Options tab to configure: • Shooting mode: Choose an automatic shooting mode, from: – Single shot: Take a single photo. – Smile shot: Touch the Camera button to automatically focus on the subject’s face and take the picture. – Panorama shot: Touch the Camera button to take a picture, then use the on-screen guideline to move the viewfinder and take the next 7 shots automatically. – Beauty: Adjust the contrast to smooth facial features. Continuous: Touch and hold the Camera button to take 9 consecutive • Settings ➔ Camera – Outdoor visibility: Enable to enhance screen visibility. – Focus mode: Choose a type of automatic focus. – Scene mode: Choose a mode to match conditions. – Resolution: Choose a size for the image. – White balance: Choose a setting for the light source. – Effects: Apply an effect to pictures. – ISO: Choose a setting for imaging sensitivity. – Metering: Select a method for measuring light. – Anti-Shake: Enable Anti-Shake to minimize camera. – Auto contrast: Allow automatic light/dark adjustment. – Blink detection: Detect a subject’s blinks and adjust the timing of the i500.book Page 79 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Settings ➔ Settings

– Guidelines: Enable or disable an on-screen grid to aid in photo composition. – Review: Enable or disable the instant review feature, to display images immediately after capture. – GPS tag: Save location information with a photo. – Shutter sound: Select a tone to play when the camera’s shutter opens and closes. – Reset: Set all Camera settings to the defaults. Camcorder Use your phone’s built-in Camcorder to record high-definition video in 720p resolution.  From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Camera ➔ Mode. Mode Button Record i500.book Page 80 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

From a Home screen, touch

Applications ➔ Camera ➔ Camcorder. 2. Using the display as a viewfinder, compose your shot by aiming the lens at the subject. • Press the Volume Key to zoom in or out. • To configure settings, see “Camcorder Options” on page 81. 3. To start recording, touch the Record button. During recording, the button changes to Pause; touch Pause to temporarily stop recording. To resume recording, touch Camcorder Options Configure the camcorder.  While in Camcorder mode, touch the Options tab: • Recording mode: Choose a recording mode, from: – Normal: Record a video of any length. – Limit for MMS: Record a video up to 450K in size, suitable for sending in a Video message. • Flash: Choose Off or On. • Exposure value: Choose a value to set the brightness. • Timer: Set a delay before taking a picture. • Settings ➔ Camcorder: i500.book Page 81 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Settings ➔ Settings

– Guidelines: Enable to display a grid to aid in video composition. – Audio recording: Enable to record sound along with video. – Review: Enable or disable the instant review feature, to display videos immediately after recording. – Reset: Set all Camcorder settings to the defaults Video Player Your phone’s 4-inch 800x400 Super AMOLED screen plays HD videos up to 720p, supporting H.263, H.264, MPEG4, 3GP, 3G2 (v9),and Xvid formats. Your phone is also DivX Certified® to play DivX® video up to HD 720p, including premium content. Use Video Player to view and manage videos stored on an 3. Touch a video to play it. While playing a video, touch the screen to display or hide on-screen Forward, Pause, Backwardplayback controls. 4. While playing a video touch Menu for these options: • Share video: Send the video via AllShare, Bluetooth, Messaging, YouTube, Gmail, or Email. • Add bookmark: Place a marker in the video, to view later. • Bookmarks: Display markers from the video. • Via Bluetooth: Send the video via Bluetooth. • Details: Shows File name, Format, Resolution, File size, and Date & Time for a video. i500.book Page 82 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Your phone’s 4-inch 800x400 Super AMOLED screen provides high-

resolution display of: • Pictures, including JPEG, PNG, GIF, A-GIF, WBMP and BMP formats. • HD videos up to 720p, including H.263, H.264, MPEG4, 3GP, 3G2 (v9), Xvid formats. DivX Certified® to play DivX® video up to HD 720p, including premium content Use Gallery to view, capture, and manage pictures and videos. Note: You must have an optional memory card installed in your phone to take pictures or capture video. For more information, see “Memory Card” on page 12. Viewing Videos 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Gallery. 2. Touch a category, then touch a video to play it. 3. While viewing a video, touch Menu for these options: • Share video: Share the selected picture via AllShare, Messaging, YouTube, Bluetooth or Gmail. • Details: Shows File name, Format, Resolution, File size, and Date & Time for a video. • Via Bluetooth: Send the video via a phone/Bluetooth connection. i500.book Page 83 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

From a Home screen, touch

Applications ➔ Gallery. 2. Touch a category, then touch a picture to view it. 3. While viewing a picture, tap on the the screen or touch Menu for options: • Share: Share the selected picture via AllShare, Picasa, Messaging, Bluetooth, Gmail or Email. • Delete: Erase the picture. • More D il Di l i f i b h i Sharing pictures and video Share pictures and videos via Email, AllShare, Bluetooth, Messaging, Picasa, or Gmail. 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Gallery. 2. Touch a category to display thumbnails, then select items for sharing: • To select an entire category, touch Menu while viewing categories, then touch the category to select all pictures in the category. • To select multiple pictures or videos from a category, touch i500.book Page 84 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Setting a Picture as a Contact Icon

1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Gallery. 2. Touch a category, then touch a picture to select it. 3. Touch Menu ➔ More ➔ Set as ➔ Contact icon. 4. Select a contact, or create a new contact, with the selected picture as the contact’s icon. Setting a Picture as Wallpaper 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Gallery Media Hub Samsung Media Hub is your one stop for the hottest movie and TV content. With hundreds of titles available at your fingertips, entertaining on the go has never been easier. You can rent or purchase your favorite content and watch from the convenience of anywhere. Featuring the stunning viewing quality Samsung is known for, Samsung Media Hub is your gateway to mobile video like you've never experienced it before. Browse the latest movies and TV shows, then rent or purchase the media for viewing on your phone. Note: Media Hub service requires a Media Hub account, and depends on i500.book Page 85 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Browse content using these options:

• What's new: Recently-added titles for rent or purchase. • My Media: Content you have previously purchased or rented. • Movie Store: Movies you can rent or purchase. • TV Store: TV shows you can rent or purchase. 4. When you find media you want to view, use these options: • Watch Preview: View a short clip from the movie or show. • Rent: Purchase a time-limited download of the media. Follow the prompts to enter payment details. • Own: Purchase the media for unlimited viewing on your device. Follow the prompts to enter payment details. i500.book Page 86 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 10: Connections

Your phone includes features to connect to the internet and to other devices, via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, VPN and Dial Up Networking. Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that provides access to local area networks. Use your phone’s Wi-Fi feature to: • Access the internet for browsing, or to send or receive email. • Access your corporate network. • Use hotspots provided by hotels or airports while traveling. Wi-Fi communication requires access to an existing Wireless Turning Wi-Fi On or Off Turn your phone’s Wi-Fi service on or off. When you turn Wi-Fi service on, your phone automatically searches for available, in- range WAPs (Wireless Access Points). Turning Wi-Fi On 1. From the Home screen, sweep your finger downward to display the Notification Panel. 2. Touch Wi-Fi to turn Wi-Fi On. i500.book Page 87 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Scanning and Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network

When you turn on Wi-Fi, your phone searches for available Wi-Fi connections, then displays them on screen. 1. From the Home screen, sweep your finger downward to display the Notification Panel. 2. Touch Wi-Fi to turn Wi-Fi On. 3. When your phone completes a scan, touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If the Wi-Fi network is open, you will be automatically connected. If the Wi-Fi network is secured, enter the password at the prompt to connect. Adding a Wi-Fi Network Manually 1. From the Home screen, sweep your finger downward to display the Notification Panel. 2. Touch Wi-Fi to turn Wi-Fi On. 3. On the pop-up Wi-Fi settings menu, touch Add network, then enter these fields: • Network Name (SSID): Enter the name of the Wi-Fi Wireless Access Point. • Security: Select the type of security used by the WAP. • Password or Key: If the WAP is secured, enter the password or hex key i500.book Page 88 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology

for exchanging information over a distance of about 30 feet. You don’t need to line up the devices to send information with Bluetooth. If the devices are in range, you can exchange information between them, even if they are in different rooms. Configuring Bluetooth Settings Configure your phone’s Bluetooth settings. For more information, see “Bluetooth settings” on page 112. Note: Bluetooth profiles are specifications for services supported by individual devices. For a list of profiles your phone supports, see Pairing with a Bluetooth Device Search for a Bluetooth device and pair with it, to exchange information between your phone and the device. Note: After pairing, your phone and the target device will recognize each other and exchange information without having to enter a passcode or PIN. When paired, the Bluetooth Paired icon displays in the Annunciator Line. 1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Wireless & network ➔ Bluetooth settings. 2 Touch Bluetooth to turn on Bluetooth i500.book Page 89 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

• If the device allows automatic or smart pairing, your phone will

attempt to pair with the phone automatically. Follow the prompts on your phone and the target device to complete the pairing. Airplane mode When active, this option disables all wireless connections, voice as well as data.  From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Wireless & network ➔ Airplane mode. When active, a check appears in the checkbox. VPN You can use your phone’s VPN (Virtual Private Network) feature to Adding a VPN 1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Wireless & network ➔ VPN settings. 2. Touch Add VPN to set up a connection to a VPN, using the following settings: • Add PPTP VPN: Set up a connection to a VPN with Point-to-Point tunneling protocol. • Add L2TP VPN: Set up a connection to a VPN with Layer 2 tunneling protocol. • Add L2TP/IPSec PSK VPN: Set up a connection to a VPN with pre- shared key-based Layer 2/IPsec tunneling protocol. i500.book Page 90 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Mobile Network settings let you control whether your phone

operates outside your home network location and/or whether your phone’s data services operate outside your home network location. 1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Wireless & networks ➔ Mobile networks. The following options are available: • Data enabled: Touch to enable or disable data access over a Mobile network. • Data roaming: Touch to enable or disable data services roaming. Wh bl d h k i th h kb Important!: To prevent damage to information stored on the memory card, unmount the card before removing it from the phone. Formatting a Memory Card Formatting erases all content from the memory card and prepares it for use with your phone. Formatting a Memory Card using Your Phone 1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ Storage 2. Touch Unmount SD card ➔OK. 3 After unmounting the SD card touch Erase SD card i500.book Page 91 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Transferring Files to a Memory Card

1. From a Home screen, touch Menu ➔ Settings ➔ USB settings ➔ Mass Storage. 2. Attach your phone to the computer with a USB cable. 3. At the USB connected screen, touch Connect USB Storage. At the prompt, touch OK to enable copying of files between your computer and the memory card. 4. On your computer, choose a transfer method, and transfer files to the memory card. 5. When finished touch Stop to disconnect USB storage then i500.book Page 92 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Section 11: Applications and Widgets

AllShare Use AllShare to synchronize your mobile phone with your TV via Wi-Fi to stream content to your TV. Note: You must activate Wi-Fi to use this application. For more information, For more information, refer to “Wi-Fi” on page 87.  From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ AllShare. Amazon MP3 Apps Discover Apps provides quick and easy access to the best Android applications. The Discover team reviews thousands of Android apps and selects the most useful, and most fun Android apps, and then provides a list of reviews. 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Apps. 2 Select a category then touch one of the listed Applications i500.book Page 93 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

The Asphalt 5 game you can get behind the wheel of over 30

vehicles from prestigious manufacturers and race in 12 unique locations, with varied track surfaces, short cuts and jumps.  From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Asphalt 5. Barcode Scanner The Barcode Scanner allows you to compare prices on items you find to see if you can find the item cheaper online or at another location near you. 1. From a Home screen touch Applications ➔ Books Google eBooks is a new way to discover, buy, and enjoy your favorite books online and offline.  From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Books. Browser Your phone includes a full HTML Browser, to access the internet. For more information about using Browser, see “Browser (Google)” on page 68.  From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Browser i500.book Page 94 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Record events and appointments to manage your schedule.

1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Calendar. 2. Touch a tab to choose a calendar view: • Month: Display the current month and scroll to other months. • Week: Display the current week, and scroll to other weeks. • Day: Display today’s schedule, and scroll to other days. • List: Display events in a chronological list. 3. Touch Menu for these options: Customizing the Calendar 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Calendar. 2. Touch Menu ➔ Settings to configure these settings: • View settings – Calendars: View all your calendars. – Calendar sync: Synchronize calendars from multiple accounts. – Default view: Set the default view when Calendar opens. – Day views: Choose a view for a day’s events. – First day of week: Choose a day to begin each week. – Hide declined events: Enable or disable display of events. i500.book Page 95 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

Sending Events via Bluetooth

Send events as vCalendar files to other Bluetooth devices. 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Calendar. 2. Touch an event to display its details. 3. Touch Menu ➔ Send via. 4. Follow the prompts to select a paired device, or pair with a new device. For more information, see “Pairing with a Bluetooth Device” on page 89. Camera Clock The Clock application includes these features: • Alarm : Create alarms to go off once, or to repeat on specific days. • World clock: Display the time and date in any time zone. • Stopwatch: Record lap times. • Timer: Measure elapsed time.  From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Clock. Contacts To access Contacts: F H t h C t t i500.book Page 96 Friday, October 7, 2011 11:20 AM

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