Samsung SGH-I257M, User Manual

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Table of Contents
Section 1: Getting Started .............................. 1
Setting Up Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Charging a Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Switching the Phone On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Locking and Unlocking the Touch Screen . . . . . . . 7
Configuring your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Creating a Samsung Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Creating a New Google Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Retrieving your Google Account Password . . . . . 10
Setting Up Your Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 2: Understanding Your Phone ........ 11
Features of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front View of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Side Views of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rear View of Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Display Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Menu Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using Motions and Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Customizing Your Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Notification Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 3: Call Functions ..............................38
Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Making Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Making a Call Using Speed Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Making a Call from the Address Book . . . . . . . . 40
Answering a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dialing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Call Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Call Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Options During a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Call Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 4: Entering Text ................................50
Text Input Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Entering Text Using the Samsung Keyboard . . . 50
Changing the Text Input Mode - Keypad . . . . . . 51
Using ABC Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using Symbol/Numeric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Predictive Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52