Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Start Manual

Table of Contents

MY CARRIER

DEVICE FUNCTIONS

SETTING UP YOUR DEVICE

Turning Your Device On and Off

Locking and Unlocking Screen

Initial Device Configuration

S PEN 11

Using the S Pen

Capturing a Screen

S Pen Input - Using Handwriting

Air Button

Air command

S Pen Air View

S Pen - Using Smart Clip

CALLING FEATURES

Making a Call

Ending a Call

Answering a Call

Rejecting a Call

VOICEMAIL 18

Set Up Voicemail 18

Access Voicemail 18

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CONTACTS 19

Creating a New Contact

Adding a Number to an Existing Contact

Deleting an Existing Contact

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MESSAGING 20

Create and Send a Message 20

CONNECTIONS 21

Connecting to Bluetooth

Connecting to Wi-Fi

Near Field Communication

S Beam

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APPS & MORE

Installing Apps

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Setting Up Your Email Accounts 23

Internet 24

Multi Window 25

Camera 26

S Beam

Samsung Smart Switch

Lock Screen

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LEGAL 28

APPROVED FIRMWARE VERSIONS 28

INFORMATION ABOUT SAFEGUARDING

HANDSETS 28

EMERGENCY DIALING

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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My Carrier

This guide provides you with the information you need to get started. For more information and additional support, please visit www.t-mobile.com/support/ where you can:

• Register at my.t-mobile.com/ to check your minutes, pay your bill, upgrade your phone, and change your rate plan.

• Review your device’s User Manual and troubleshooting FAQs.

• View the latest troubleshooting solutions in the Support

Forums or ask a question of your own.

Access account information from:

1.

From the Home screen, tap ( Apps ) g folder) g

( T-Mobile My Account ).

( T-Mobile

2.

If prompted, follow the on-screen information for what’s new in the app.

3.

Choose from an available category such as: Account Info ,

Device Support , Notifications , and others.

NOTE:

Devices and software are constantly evolving—the screen images and icons you see here are for reference only.

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Device Functions

Headset jack

Sensors

Power/lock

Volume

Front facing camera

Menu* Home Back*

*Menu and Back illuminates when navigating through the device.

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IR blaster

Flash

Camera lens

S Pen

Speaker Charging/USB port

Setting Up Your Device

Step 1. Remove the Back Cover

• Place your fingernail in the groove and firmly “pop” the cover off the device.

Step 2. Install the SIM Card

• Slide the SIM card into the SIM card slot until it is secured into place.

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Step 3. Install the optional microSD card

• Slide the memory card into the card slot until it is secured into place.

Step 4. Insert the Battery

• Insert the battery, making sure to align the gold contacts.

Press down gently to secure the battery.

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Step 5. Replace the Back Cover

• Position the battery cover over the battery compartment and press down firmly along the edges of the cover.

Step 6. Charging the Device

• Before turning on your device, charge it fully. Be sure to use the charger that came with the device.

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IMPORTANT:

Verify that the battery is installed prior to connecting the wall charger. If both the wall charger is connected and the battery is not installed, the handset will power cycle continuously and prevent proper operation. Failure to unplug the wall charger before you remove the battery, can cause the device to become damaged.

Turning Your Device On and Off

1.

To turn ON , press and hold the Power/Lock key.

2.

To turn OFF , press and hold Power/Lock key and follow the prompts.

Locking and Unlocking Screen

1.

To Lock, press the Power/Lock key.

2.

To Unlock, press the Power/Lock key then swipe your finger across the screen.

Initial Device Configuration

1.

Select a language and tap Next or tap Accessibility if you are visually impaired or hard of hearing.

2.

Follow the on-screen instruction to complete the set up process.

NOTE:

If you do not set up or log into your Gmail account during this process, you can later access Gmail from within the Applications page.

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S Pen

The S Pen™ enables fast, accurate, and precise input providing the most natural writing experience. By using the S Pen button, you can minimize having to switch between touch and pen input.

Stylus tip

S Pen Button

To remove the S Pen:

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Use your fingernail or a sharp object to pull the end of the S Pen out of the device.

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Using the S Pen

Effectively express yourself. Write/Draw directly into an email, or the calendar, annotate Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents, capture your ideas in S Note, write a note on the back of the picture.

S Pen Input

: When the S Pen hovers over an input area, selecting the (Handwriting Input) provides an on-screen Handwriting Area.

Air Button

: S Pen provides a fast experience in performance by showing a menu via the Air Button interaction for different applicable contents.

Air Command

: Once removed from its slot, S Pen shows an on-screen Air Command button toolbar that allows you to quickly activate frequently used applications or actions.

Action Memo

: Located within the Air Command toolbar, allows you to quickly link short notes to applications like Phone, Contacts,

Messages and so on.

Smart Clip

: Instantly outline and crop anything on the screen and freely edit or share with others via several applications.

Capturing a Screen

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Press the S Pen button then touch and hold the screen for

2 seconds to take a screen shot.

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S Pen Input - Using Handwriting

1.

Remove the S Pen from its slot.

2.

Launch an application that contains an input area (ex:

Messages, Calculator, Dialer

Keypad, etc..)

3.

Hover the S Pen over a input area until (

Handwriting

Input

) appears, then quickly tap the icon to reveal a new

Handwriting Area. Use this area to enter your input (text or numbers) and then have the device recognize that information.

Air Button

The S Pen displays a menu via the Air Button interaction for different applicable contents.

1.

Remove the S Pen from its slot.

2.

Launch an application that contains an attachment or selection field such as:

• Attachment button within Messages or Email: provides a list of the most recently used

• Recipient selector within Messages or Email

• Enter message filed within Messages

3.

Press and hold the S Pen button to reveal some of your most used items, contents, or text strings.

4.

Make a selection.

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Air command

Air command allows you to quickly activate frequently used applications or perform actions. Simply remove the S Pen from the

S Pen slot, hold the S Pen near the screen and press the S Pen button.

Scrap booker

Screen write

Action Memo

S Finder

Pen window

S Pen Air View

Provides on-screen pop up information.

1.

When you hold the S Pen near the screen, a pointer appears on the screen.

2.

Move the pointer to files, subjects, or options to preview the contents or view information in pop-up windows.

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S Pen - Using Smart Clip

Instantly outline and crop images displayed on the screen in any shape to share or paste with Smart Clip. Once desired image is selected, users can freely edit the cropped content, or personalize with their own handwriting.

To take a selective screen capture:

NOTE:

These steps allow you to capture selected areas of a screen based on a freehand area drawn on-screen.

1.

Grasp the pen and in a single motion, press and hold the

S

Pen button

then quickly draw a freeform enclosed shape on the screen to select the area you want to capture.

Smart Clip Toolbar

NOTE:

The shape you draw must be completed by ending over the same point at which you started. This creates a closed shape.

2.

After a second, confirm the newly captured image appears on-screen.

3.

Additional options are available by scrolling left across the bottom of the screen.

NOTE:

Additional options are available by scrolling left across the bottom of the screen.

Application Toolbar

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Calling Features

Making a Call

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From the Home screen, tap

Dial number

Call history

(

Phone

).

Access contacts list*

Access frequent contacts

Tap for voicemail

Dial number

*From the contact list, make a call by sliding your

finger across the contact name from left to right.

Touch and hold to activate vibrate mode

Delete

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Ending a Call

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From within an active call, tap (

End Call)

.

Answering a Call

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At the incoming call screen, touch and slide in any direction to answer the call.

( Answer )

Rejecting a Call

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At the incoming call screen, touch and slide (

Reject

) in any direction to route the call to your voicemail system.

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Voicemail

Set Up Voicemail

1.

From the Home screen, tap hold

(

Phone

) and then touch and

until the device dials your voicemail.

2.

Follow the prompts in the new user tutorial to set up your mail box.

Access Voicemail

1.

From the Home screen, tap hold

( Phone ) and then touch and

. After connection, you will hear your voice greeting.

2.

When connected, follow the voice prompts from your voicemail center.

NOTE:

Your voice mailbox is not password protected until you create a password by following the setup tutorial.

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Contacts

Creating a New Contact

1.

From the Home screen, tap (

Phone

).

2.

Enter a phone number using the on-screen dialpad.

3.

Tap

Add to contacts g

Create contact

or select the

Contact entry from the on-screen list.

4.

Tap a destination type (

Device

,

SIM

,

Microsoft Exchange

ActiveSync

,

Google

, or

Samsung account

) (depending on where you want to save the new contact information).

5.

Enter the desired information into the appropriate fields.

6.

Tap

Save

to store the new entry.

Adding a Number to an Existing Contact

1.

From the Home screen, tap ( Contacts ).

2.

Tap a contact name from the list and tap ( Edit ).

3.

Tap within the phone number area and enter a new phone number.

• If you make a mistake while dialing, tap to clear the last digit. Touch and hold sequence.

to clear the entire

4.

Tap Save to complete and store the new entry.

Deleting an Existing Contact

1.

From the Home screen, tap ( Contacts ).

2.

Touch and hold a contact name from the list and select

Delete g

OK .

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Messaging

Create and Send a Message

1.

From the Home screen, tap (

Messages

) g

(

Compose

).

2.

Enter either the recipient’s phone number or e-mail address.

NOTE:

If adding a recipient from among Logs, Contacts, or Group, tap the contact to place a checkmark alongside the entry and tap

Done

. The contact will be placed in the recipient field.

3.

Tap the

Enter message

field and use the on-screen keypad to enter a message.

4.

Add more recipients by tapping the recipient field.

5.

Tap (

Attach

) to insert various file types to your message

(such as images, videos, audio files, etc..).

6.

Select the file and complete the on-screen instructions to insert it to the current message.

7.

Review your message and tap (

Send

).

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Connections

Connecting to Bluetooth

1.

From the Home screen, tap

Connections tab g

Bluetooth

.

(

Menu

) g

Settings g

2.

In a single motion touch and slide the

Bluetooth

slider to the right to turn it on (

ON

).

3.

If necessary, tap

Scan

. Review the list of discovered in-range

Bluetooth ® devices.

4.

Tap a device from the list to initiate pairing.

5.

Enter the passkey/PIN code, if needed, and tap

OK

.

6.

The external device will then have to also accept the connection and enter your device’s PIN code. Once successfully paired to an external device, the Status area.

appears within

Connecting to Wi-Fi

1.

From the Home screen, tap

Connections tab g

Wi-Fi .

( Menu ) g

Settings g

2.

In a single motion touch and slide the Wi-Fi slider to the right to turn it on (

ON

).

3.

Tap Scan to display a list of Wi-Fi networks in-range.

4.

Tap a network to connect and enter the password if prompted.

When connected you will see in the status bar.

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Near Field Communication

Near Field Communication (NFC), when enabled, allows two compatible devices to exchange data when they touch each other.

When used in conjunction with S Beam, your device can be used to share images/videos/files content when

NFC-capable devices are touched.

To activate NFC:

1.

From the Home screen, tap

Connections tab.

(

Menu

) g

Settings g

2.

In a single motion touch and slide the

NFC

slider to the right to turn it on (

ON

).

S Beam

This feature (when activated via NFC) allows you to beam large files directly to another compatible device that is in direct contact. These files can be larger, such as Videos, HD pictures, and other large files.

You can beam images and videos from your gallery, music files from your music player, and more.

To activate S Beam:

1.

From the Home screen, tap ( Menu ) g

Settings g

Connections tab. Verify the NFC feature is active.

2.

If not already active, in a single motion touch and slide the

S Beam slider to the right to turn it on (

ON

).

3.

Complete the transfer process between the two NFC-enabled devices by placing them back to back. This feature can come

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Apps & More

Installing Apps

Thousands of apps available to download from Google Play™.

1.

From the Home screen, tap

(

Play Store

).

(

Apps

) g

2.

If prompted, follow the on-screen prompts to add an existing

Google account.

Setting Up Your Email Accounts

Check email on the go with popular Internet-based email accounts, including Yahoo!

® Mail, Hotmail ® , etc..

1.

From the Home screen, tap ( Apps ) g

( Email ).

2.

Enter your email address and password into the appropriate fields and tap Next .

3.

At the Account options screen, select the frequency which the device should check for new email on the server and tap Next .

4.

At the Set up email screen, name the account and enter a screen name to identify yourself on this account.

5.

Tap Done to store the new account.

NOTE:

Record your email account information. Please keep this document in a safe place.

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Internet

Take the Internet on the go. You can reach the latest news, get the weather and follow your stocks.

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From the Home screen, (

Apps

) g

( Samsung folder) g

( Internet ).

To enter a URL:

You can access a website quickly by entering the URL. Websites are optimized for viewing on your device.

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From the homepage tap the URL field at the top of the screen, enter the URL and tap .

To add a new window:

1.

From your browser window, tap ( Window ) g

( New window ). A new browser window displays.

NOTE:

The number of currently open windows is displayed at the bottom of the Windows screen.

2.

Scroll across the screen to view the currently active windows and tap an entry to launch the selected Internet window.

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Tap to open and close panel

Touch and hold app to drag on screen

Edit list of available apps

Multi Window

Run multiple applications on the current screen at the same time.

NOTE:

Only applications found within the Multi window panel can be active atop another current application on the screen.

1.

Activate the Multi Window feature:

• Using two fingers, touch and drag the Status bar downwards to display additional functions.

• Tap the

Multi window

entry to activate the feature.

2.

To display the Multi window tab, press and hold the

(

Back key

).

3.

With the (

Multi window tab

) on the left side of the screen, tap the tab to open the application panel.

Tap to adjust screen size, switch layouts, maximize, or close a screen

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Camera

This device gives you the magic of professional digital photography.

With stunning photographic output and a range of exceptionally rich professional shooting modes, editing features and various apps.

Going pro has never been this easy or this fun.

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From the Home screen, tap (

Camera

).

Switch to front/back camera

Settings Dual Camera

Quick

Settings

Video controls

Camera mode

Camera controls

View picture/video gallery

Apply effects

Change camera modes

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S Beam

Share large video files, photos, documents and music with S Beam by touching two compatible device back-to-back.

1.

From the Home screen, press (

Menu

) and then tap

Settings g

Connections

tab g

S Beam.

2.

Touch and slide the S Beam slider to the right to turn it on.

Samsung Smart Switch

Easily move over your photos, videos, music, apps and more with

Samsung Smart Switch™.

Get started today at www.samsungsmartswitch.com

Lock Screen

This menu contains features that allows you to configure the device’s security parameters.

To secure data and limit phone access, set the device to require a screen unlock pattern each time you turn on the device, or every time the phone wakes up from sleep mode (when the screen automatically turns off).

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From the Home screen, press ( Menu ) and then tap

Settings g

Device tab g

Lock screen g

Screen lock.

The Screen lock menu allows to choose from a variety of locking features.

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Legal

APPROVED FIRMWARE VERSIONS

This device will only operate with firmware versions that have been approved for use by T-Mobile and the device manufacturer. If unauthorized firmware is placed on the device it will not function.

INFORMATION ABOUT SAFEGUARDING

HANDSETS

T-Mobile encourages customers to take appropriate measures to secure their handsets and invites them to take advantage of the features available on this handset to help secure it from theft and/ or other unauthorized access and use. This handset has a locking function (e.g., user-defined codes or patterns) that can serve as a first line of defense against unauthorized use or access to stored information. Preloaded security applications that allow customers to track or locate misplaced devices can be found on several

T-Mobile devices. Remote locking and wiping capabilities are also available to T-Mobile customers that have elected to subscribe to the Mobile Security service offered by our partner, Assurant, along with insurance to help replace lost or stolen devices. Lost or stolen devices should be immediately reported to T-Mobile so that proper measures can be taken to protect accounts. For additional information, visit: www.t-mobile.com/devicesecurity and http:// www.t-mobile.com/Company/PrivacyResources.aspx

.

NOTE:

Mobile Security is not an insurance product.

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EMERGENCY DIALING

Although all phones are equipped with 9-1-1 emergency calling, this phone may or may not permit its location to be approximated during a 9-1-1 call.*

* Availability of this feature depends on upgrades to the (a) wireless network and (b) 9-1-1 calling system that are required to be installed by the local 9-1-1 response agency or public safety answering point (PSAP); these upgrades may not be available everywhere within our wireless coverage area or your roaming area. This approximation of the phone’s location and the transmittal of location information are subject to emergency situations, transmission limits, network problems/limitations, interconnecting carrier problems, your phone, buildings/tunnels, signal strength and atmospheric/topographical conditions, and may be curtailed, interrupted, dropped or refused. The phone’s approximate location is transmitted to the local 9-1-1 response agency or PSAP while the call is in progress; this approximation is intended solely to aid the

PSAP in dispatching emergency assistance or to limit the search area for emergency services personnel. You should not rely solely on a phone for essential communications (such as a medical or other emergency). Please see T-Mobile’s Terms and Conditions and

Privacy Policy for additional service restrictions and details.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Use of some content or features may incur separate, additional charges, require qualifying service and/or access to a Wi-Fi connection.

Mobile Security

: Capable phone required; technical limitations may prevent certain features (e.g., LOCK) from working on certain phones. For a list of eligible devices, visit www.T-Mobile.com/ mobilesecurity . Enabling the location history features of Mobile

Security can cause your phone’s battery life to diminish more quickly. Device must be powered on, have text messaging capability, and be within the T-Mobile coverage area for Mobile Security features to function. Data usage applies for download and use of

Mobile Security. As with other software, Mobile Security may be disabled or uninstalled by other applications, software, devices or hacking. In this event the protective features of Mobile Security may not function properly. In addition, even though installed, Mobile

Security may not function properly due to other prior installed software on your device.

Messaging/Data

: You will be charged for all messaging and data sent by or to you through the network, regardless of whether or not data is received. Character length/file size of messages/attachments may be limited. T-Mobile is not liable for content of messages/ attachments or for any failures, delays or errors in any T-Mobile generated alerts or notifications. Your data session, plan, or service may be slowed, suspended, terminated, or restricted

if you use your service in a way that interferes with or impacts our network or ability to provide quality service to other users, if you roam for a

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significant portion of your usage, or if you use a disproportionate amount of bandwidth during a billing cycle. You may not use your plan or device for prohibited uses.

Downloads/Applications : T-Mobile is not responsible for any third party content or Web site you may be able to access using your phone. Additional charges may apply; not all downloads available on all phones. You obtain no rights in downloads; duration of use may be limited and downloads may be stored solely for use with your phone. T-Mobile is not responsible for any download lost due to your error. T-Mobile is not responsible for Apps, including download, installation, use, transmission failure, interruption or delay, third party advertisements you may encounter while using an App, alterations any App may make to the functionality of your device, including any changes that may affect your T-Mobile plan, service, or billing, or any content or website you may be able to access through an App .

Hearing Aid Compatibility : This phone has been tested and rated for use with hearing aids for some of the wireless technologies that it uses. However, there may be some newer wireless technologies used in this phone that have not been tested yet for use with hearing aids. It is important to try the different features of this phone thoroughly and in different locations, using your hearing aid or cochlear implant, to determine if you hear any interfering noise.

Consult your service provider or the manufacturer of this phone for information on hearing aid compatibility. If you have questions about return or exchange policies, consult your service provider or phone retailer.

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Wi-Fi : Device will not transition between Wi-Fi and the cellular network. Devices using wireless connections may be vulnerable to unauthorized attempts to access data and software stored on the device. Plan data allotment applies to use by connected devices sharing Wi-Fi. Use of connected devices subject to T-Mobile’s Terms and Conditions.

Devices, accessories, and screen images are simulated. See brochures and Terms and Conditions (including arbitration provision) at T-Mobile.com, for rate plan information, charges for features and services, and restrictions and details, including important limitations on availability and reliability of 9-1-1 emergency service when using Wi-Fi calling.

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Appearance of phone may vary.

TCS519259.1

Printed in China | 01/2014 | GH68-39960A_Rev_1.1