Samsung SGH-i757M User Manual

SGH-i757MPORTABLE Quad-BANDMOBILE PHONEUser ManualPlease read this manual before operating yourphone, and keep it for future reference.

2䊳Carefully slide the SIM card into the SIM card socket (as shown) until the card locks into place. •Make sure that the card’s gold contacts face into

92Data RoamingData roaming allows you to connect to your service provider’s partner networks and access data services when you are out of your service

Changing Your Settings 93Call SettingsTo access the Call settings menu:1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings ➔ Call.2. Tap one of the follow

94Call forwardingCall forwarding is a network feature that allows you to send incoming calls to another number that you specify. You can set this feat

Changing Your Settings 953.Tap OK.Sound SettingsFrom this menu you can control the sounds on the phone.䊳From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings ➔

961.From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings ➔ Sound ➔ Vibration.2. Tap Always, Never, Only in Silent mode, or Only when not in Silent mode.VolumeThe Vo

Changing Your Settings 97Haptic feedback Instead of sounding a tone, the Haptic feedback option vibrates when you press soft keys on certain scr

983.Tap Custom power saving mode to set your phone into Power Saving Mode and use custom power saving settings. Tap Custom power saving mode settings

Changing Your Settings 99Use sensor aidingThis options enhances the positioning capabilities of your phone and conserves power using sensors.1.

100Note: You must activate Lock SIM card before you can change your SIM PIN code.4. Tap Change SIM PIN.5. Enter your old SIM PIN code and tap OK.6. En

Changing Your Settings 1012.Tap Visible passwords to create a checkmark and activate this feature.Set up/Change passwordUse this option to set u

Getting Started 3Installing the Battery1. Insert the battery into the opening on the back of the phone, making sure the connectors align (1). 2.

1024.Tap Set password to set or change the credential storage password.5. Tap Clear storage to clear the storage (SD card or phone memory) of all cont

Changing Your Settings 1033.At the prompt, tap OK to uninstall the application.4. At the Uninstall finished prompt, tap OK.Running servicesThe R

104Allow mock locationsThis feature is used for development purposes only. It allows the entry of “mock” GPS coordinates in order to test GPS applicat

Changing Your Settings 105A green checkmark will appear.Automatic restoreWhen reinstalling an application, backed up settings and data will be r

106䊳Tap Format USB storage to erase all data on the phone’s USB storage such as music and photos.System storageThe available memory displays under the

Changing Your Settings 1078.Tap the Auto-capitalization field to enable automatic capitalization.9. Tap Voice input to activate the Voice input

10810.To add a new word to the T9 dictionary:Tap the XT9 my words field, then press ➔ Add. Enter the new word in the Register to XT9 my words field,

Changing Your Settings 1092.Tap Voice recognition and select a voice recognition program, either Samsung powered by Vlingo or Google.3. Tap Voic

1103.Tap TalkBack (included with your phone) or a downloaded application to create a checkmark and activate the feature.4. If an Attention prompt appe

Changing Your Settings 1117.Tap Select date format and tap the date format type.About PhoneThis menu contains legal information, system tutorial

4Note: Make sure the battery is properly installed before switching on the phone.Charging a BatteryYour device is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion ba

1123.Select your country, tap the check box to accept the Terms and conditions, and tap Confirm ➔ OK.4. The phone automatically updates the software (

Connections 113Section 9: ConnectionsThis section describes the various connections your phone can make including accessing the Internet with yo

114• Forward: forwards the browser to another web page.•More: displays the following additional options:–Add bookmark: allows you to add a URL to your

Connections 115Bookmarks page. From the Bookmarks page you can also view your Most visited websites and view your History.1. From the Home webpa

1164.Saved to bookmarks will appear at the bottom of the page.Editing Bookmarks1. From the Bookmarks page, tap and hold the bookmark you want to edit.

Connections 117A list of your most visited webpages is displayed with Name and URL address. The webpages that have been visited the most will ap

118• Clear location access: Clears location access for all websites. Tap OK to complete the process.• Remember passwords: Stores usernames and passwor

Connections 119Manually add a network connection1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings ➔ Wireless and network ➔ Wi-Fi settings.2. Tap Add Wi-

120Wi-Fi Advanced SettingsThe Wi-Fi settings - Advanced menu allows you to set up many of your device’s Wi-Fi service, including:• Setting your Wi-Fi

Connections 1211.View the information that you want to share. For example, if you want to share a photo, find the photo in your camera viewer or

Getting Started 5Low Battery IndicatorWhen the battery is weak and only a few minutes of talk time remain, the battery icon ( ) blinks and the d

122Bluetooth SettingsThe Bluetooth settings menu allows you to set up many of the characteristics of your device’s Bluetooth service, including:• Ente

Connections 123Note: Due to different specifications and features of other Bluetooth-compatible devices, display and operations may be different

1243.Press ➔ More ➔ Import/Export ➔ Send namecard via.4. Tap each contact that you would like to send via Bluetooth. A green checkmark will appear ne

Connections 125Kies AirKies Air allows you to sync your Windows PC wirelessly with your phone provided they are both on the same Wi-Fi network.

126Section 10: ApplicationsThis section contains descriptions of applications available in the Applications Menu, their function, and how to navigate

Applications 1279.Press ➔ Settings to configure the following settings:• Device name: defaults to your phone. Use the keypad to enter a new Me

128• Week: the calendar displays the selected week with today’s date highlighted.•Day: the calendar displays the selected day with any events highligh

Applications 129–Vibration: allows you to set the Event notification tone to vibrate Always, Only in Silent mode, or Never.–Select ringtone: all

130• Snooze: use this option to set a Duration (3, 5, 10, 15, or 30 Minutes) and Snooze repeat (1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 Times).• Smart alarm: the phone play

Applications 131Deleting a World Clock Entry1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Clock ➔ World clock ➔ ➔ Delete.2. Tap the city clocks you wish to

6Creating a New Google AccountIn order to utilize your device to the fullest extent, you will need to create a Google™ Account when you first use your

1321.From the Home screen, tap ➔ Clock ➔ Desk clock.The default Desk clock is displayed.2. To make changes, tap ➔ Settings.3. The following option

Applications 133GmailGmail is a web-based email service. Gmail is configured when you first set up your phone. Depending on your synchronization

134–Navigation: allows you to use the Navigation application which is an internet-connected GPS navigation system with voice guidance. You can type or

Applications 135Note: Selecting Use GPS satellites allows you to locate places of interest at the street-level. However, this also requires a cl

136–About: displays general information about Google maps such as Version, Platform, Locale, Total data sent, Total data received, Free memory, etc.•H

Applications 137MessengerMessenger allows you to bring groups of friends together into a simple group conversation. When you get a new conversat

138–Send via: allows you to send your Diary entry by Email or Messaging.11. At the Mini Diary screen, press to display the following options:• Search

Applications 139Enabling GPS Location1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings Location and security2. Tap Use wireless networks. A green chec

140• Exit Navigation: exits the Navigation application and returns you to the Application Menu screen.•More: includes the following options:–Help: tak

Applications 141tuning like brightness, contrast, and color it also provides a wide variety of effects used for editing the picture. For more in

Getting Started 73.Enter your passcode.Android System RecoveryAndroid System Recovery is used to restore the phone’s system software to the orig

1423.The first time you sign in, the Play Store Terms of Service will be displayed. Tap Accept to continue or Decline to exit.4. Tap one of the catego

Applications 143–Live update: Touch to make sure you have the latest version of Polaris Office.–About: Displays the Polaris Office version and b

144and calendar contents from all major service providers are available.To access Social Hub, follow these steps:1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Soci

Applications 1452.Tap Create task to start a new task entry.3. Tap the Name field and enter a task name using the keypad.4. Tap the Due date fie

146Messaging, Gmail, or via Bluetooth. Recording time will vary based on the available memory within the phone.1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Voice

Applications 147– or –The No matches found screen will display if Voice Search was not able to find a match. Tap Speak again or Cancel.Voice tal

148Note: It is not necessary to sign in to the YouTube site to view content. However, if you wish to sign in to access additional options, access the

149IndexAAdding a New ContactIdle Screen 49Address Book 49Adding a New Contact 49Adding Pauses to Contact Numbers 51Copying an entry to the Pho

150Accessing the Pictures Folder 69Camera Options 65, 71Picture Folder 69Taking Pictures 64Changing Your Settings 86Charging battery 4Clock 129Contact

151Deleting a message 79Gmail 83Options 77Settings 80Signing into Email 81Signing into Gmail 83Types of Messages 76MicroSD Card 2microSD card 3

8When the Lock screen is displayed, Safe mode is displayed in the lower left corner of the screen.TroubleshootingIf your device has fatal errors, hang

152SSafe Mode 7Samsung Apps 143Samsung Keypad 43ABC Mode 44Changing the Input Type 44Enabling 43Entering Symbols 45SYM Mode 45SD Card 30Search 143Sear

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Understanding Your Phone 9Section 2: Understanding Your PhoneThis section outlines some key features of your phone and describes the screen and

101.External speaker: allows you to hear the caller.2. Application icons: you can place shortcuts to your favorite applications on the Home screen.3.

Understanding Your Phone 11Side Views of Your Phone 1.Volume keys: allow you to adjust the ringer volume while in standby mode or adjust the voi

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12Rear View of Your Phone 1.Camera lens: is used to take pictures and shoot videos.2.External speaker: allows you to hear when the Speakerphone is tur

Understanding Your Phone 13Indicator IconsThis list identifies the symbols you’ll see on your phone’s display and Indicator area: Displays your

14Displays when your phone is communicating with the EDGE network.Displays when your connection to a UTMS network is active.Displays when your phone i

Understanding Your Phone 15For more details on configuring your phone’s settings, see “Changing Your Settings” on page 86.Displays when you set

16Application IconsThe Application menu provides quick access to the items you use most frequently. The following table contains a description of each

Understanding Your Phone 17Downloads: The Downloads application allows you to manage all of your downloads from Play Store and the Browser. For

18Mini diary: The Mini diary allows you to keep a diary of your daily activities and also attach pictures. You can publish your diary entries to Faceb

Understanding Your Phone 19Samsung Apps: Samsung Apps allows you to easily download an abundance of useful applications to your phone.Search: Go

20Tip: To open applications quickly, add the icons of frequently-used applications to the Home screen or to the folders you created. For details, see

Understanding Your Phone 21Home KeyPress Home to display the Home screen. Press and hold to display your recently used applications and a short

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222.Sweep the touch screen in any direction.3. The Home screen will display as shown above.Home Screen OverviewThe main home screen is the starting po

Understanding Your Phone 23Note: As you add applications, the number of Application menus that you have available will increase.Navigating Using

24• Creating Folders• Changing the Wallpaper• Adding and Deleting Home ScreensCreating ShortcutsShortcuts are different than the current Home screen W

Understanding Your Phone 25Adding and Removing Primary ShortcutsYou can change any of your primary shortcuts with the exception of the Applicati

26As you place the Widget into the Trash, both items turn red.Note: This action does not actually delete the Widget, it just removes it from the curre

Understanding Your Phone 272.Navigate to the desired Home Page.3. Touch and hold on an empty area of the screen.4. From the Add to home window,

28Adding and Deleting Home ScreensYou can delete Home screens and then add Home screens later if you want.To delete a Home screen, follow these steps:

Understanding Your Phone 29Note: The icon will only be displayed if a Home screen has previously been deleted.4. Press to return to the main

30Clearing NotificationsTo clear all notifications from the Notification panel:1. From the Home screen, touch and hold the Notification Bar until the

Understanding Your Phone 31Important!: If access to the external SD card is not available, download and install the USB drivers.Mounting the SD

Disclaimer of Warranties; Exclusion of LiabilityExcept as set forth in the express warranty contained on the warranty page enclosed with the product,

32Section 3: Call FunctionsThis section describes how to make or answer a call. It also includes the features and functionality associated with making

Call Functions 334.Select Add wait to add a wait. A wait will pause the calling sequence until you enter a number or press a key.5. Tap to mak

34Making a Call from the Address BookYou can store phone numbers that you use regularly on the SIM card or in the phone’s memory. These entries are co

Call Functions 35Dialing OptionsFrom the Home screen and Application menus, you have the option to access the Dialer and initiate a call by tapp

36 Note: If there is a voicemail sent by the same number, associated icons are displayed and can then be selected. 2. The Call log is displayed. Misse

Call Functions 374.Enter information into the various fields using the keypad.5. Tap Save when you are finished. Note: By default, your contacts

38Adding a Call to the Reject List1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Logs . A list of recent calls is displayed. 2. Touch and hold the call you want to

Call Functions 39• Speaker: routes the phone’s audio through either the speaker or through the earpiece.–Tap Speaker to route the audio through

40The current call (caller #2) is placed on hold and the previous call on hold (caller #1) is then reactivated so that you can continue conversing wit

Call Functions 41To rejoin the conference call tap Unhold.5. Tap to end the call.Using the Speakerphone During an Active CallWhile in an activ

iTable of ContentsSection 1: Getting Started ... 1Setting Up Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . .

423.Tap Headset to deactivate the Bluetooth headset and reactivate the phone speaker. Searching for a Number in Address Book1. During the active cal

Entering Text 43Section 4: Entering TextThis section describes how to select the desired text input method when entering characters into your ph

442.The on-screen keyboard is then assigned to the Samsung keypad configuration for all subsequent text input.Changing the Text Input Mode in Keypad1.

Entering Text 45–If you make a mistake, tap to erase a single character. Touch and hold to erase an entire word.4. Tap to send the message

46Using XT9 Predictive TextXT9 is a predictive text system that has next-letter prediction and regional error correction, which compensates for users

Entering Text 47Entering Text Using SwypeSwype™ is a text input method that allows you to enter a word by sliding your finger or stylus from let

48• Speed vs. accuracy: sets how quickly Swype responds to on-screen input. Move the slider between Fast Response (speed) or Error Tolerant (accuracy)

Contacts and Your Address Book 49Section 5: Contacts and Your Address BookThis section allows you to manage your daily contacts by storing their

50The keypad is displayed.The Work button initially displays next to the Email address field. If you want to add an Email address that is not a Home

Contacts and Your Address Book 51Adding Pauses to Contact NumbersWhen you call automated systems, you are often required to enter a password or

iiUsing Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

52Depending on your particular SIM card, the maximum number of phone numbers the SIM card can store and how they are stored may differ.1. From the Hom

Contacts and Your Address Book 53corporate email account login because they are maintained separately and for different groups of people.This de

54Marking a Contact as DefaultWhen you use messaging type applications, the application needs to know which information is primary (default) in a cont

Contacts and Your Address Book 55• Delete: allows you to delete 1 or more of your contacts.• Speed dial setting: allows you to set up speed-dial

56• Send contact information: allows you to send a contacts information in a message.• Add to favorites: allows you to add the contact to your favorit

Contacts and Your Address Book 574.Tap Add member to add contacts to the new group.5. Tap Save to store the new Group category.Editing a Caller

58Copying an Entry to the SIM Card Note: When storing an Address Book entry into the SIM card, note that only the name, phone number, group, and slot

Contacts and Your Address Book 594.At the Delete prompt, tap OK to delete the contact or Cancel to exit.Using the Service Dialing NumbersYou can

60Section 6: MultimediaThis section explains how to use the multimedia features of your phone, including Music Player, Videos, Gallery, Camera, and Ca

Multimedia 61Note: The 5.1 channel sound effect works in earphone mode only.Music Player OptionsTo access additional options, follow these steps

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62Creating a Playlist1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ Music Player .2. Tap the Playlists tab.3. Press ➔ Create.4. Type a name for this playlist in th

Multimedia 632.All videos that you have on your memory card will be displayed. Tap the video that you want to play.3. The video will begin to pl

64Note: If no control icons are displayed on the screen in addition to the picture, tap anywhere on the screen to display them.2. The following option

Multimedia 65Note: The main Home screen initially contains the Camera icon. If you delete it, or if you want to access the camera from another

66Camera / Camcorder Mode: allows you to take a photo in various modes. Once you change the mode, the corresponding indicator appears at the top left

Multimedia 67Scene mode: allows you to set the Scene to help take the best pictures possible. Options include None, Portrait, Landscape, Night,

68Image Viewer OptionsAfter you take a photo, you can access various options from the Pictures and Videos Image Viewer. Available options are:• Share:

Multimedia 69–Set as: allows you to assign the current image as either your current Wallpaper or as a Contact icon to display for a specific ent

70Editing a PhotoYou can edit your photos using the Photo editor application on your phone. For more information, refer to “Photo editor” on page 75.

Multimedia 71•Before you take a video, use the Up and Down Volume keys to zoom in or out. You can magnify the image up to x4 (400%).•If desired,

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72Exposure value: allows you to adjust the brightness level by moving the slider.Timer: allows you to set a timer for how long to wait before taking a

Multimedia 73Camcorder Options after a Video is TakenAfter you shoot a video, you can access various options from the Pictures and Videos Image

74• Sort by: allows you to view the contents of the current folder sorted by Time, Type, Name, or Size.• More: provides you with the additional option

Multimedia 75Photo editorThe Photo editor application provides basic editing functions for pictures that you take on your phone. Along with basi

76Section 7: MessagingThis section describes how to send and receive different types of messages. It also includes the features and functionality asso

Messaging 77Note: Enter additional recipients by separating each entry with a semicolon (;) then using the previous procedure.5. Tap the Tap to

78• Videos: allows you to choose an existing video from the Videos list, then add it to your message.• Capture video: allows you to temporarily exit t

Messaging 792.Open the Notification Bar and select the message. For more information, refer to “Notification Bar” on page 29.– or –From the mai

803.Tap each message thread you want to delete. A checkmark will appear beside each thread you select.4. Tap Delete.5. At the Delete prompt, tap OK to

Messaging 81• Roaming auto-retrieve: allows the message system to retrieve messages automatically. when roaming.• Creation mode: allows you to s

Getting Started 1Section 1: Getting StartedThis section explains how to start using your phone by first configuring your hardware, activating yo

82Synchronizing a Corporate Email AccountUse the following procedure to configure your phone to synchronize with a corporate email account.1. From the

Messaging 83Switching Between Email Accounts1. From the Home screen, tap Email .Your Email screen displays showing your emails from the active a

846.Tap when you are done.Viewing a Gmail Message1. From the Gmail Inbox, tap a message to view it.2. the following options are available:•Archive:

Messaging 85Google TalkGoogle Talk is a free Windows and web-based application for instant messaging offered by Google. Conversation logs are au

86Section 8: Changing Your SettingsThis section explains the sound and phone settings for your phone. It includes such settings as: display, security,

Changing Your Settings 87set up a random network name and WPA wireless security for wireless Wi-Fi phones, routers, access points, computers, ad

88Visible䊳From the Home screen, tap ➔ Settings ➔ Wireless and network ➔ Bluetooth settings and tap Visible.The phone is now activated for discovery

Changing Your Settings 89Tethering & portable hotspotThis option allows you to share your phones’s mobile data connection via USB or as a po

90Adding a VPNBefore you add a VPN you must determine which VPN protocol to use: PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol), L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Pro

Changing Your Settings 916.Tap Set L2TP secret and enter a password (if desired), then tap OK.7. Tap DNS search domains, add a name for DNS sear