Communication. Samsung SGH-I450V, SGH-i450, SGH-I450B

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Communication

Your device allows you to send and receive many types of calls and messages over cellular networks and the internet.

Calls

Learn to use your device's call functions.

For basic call functions, see the Quick

Start Guide.

Call an international number

1. Press [ ] twice to insert the + character (this replaces the international access code).

2. Enter the complete number you want to dial (country code, area code, and phone number), and then press [ ] to dial.

3. To end the call, press [ ].

Make a call from the contact list

1. In Standby mode, press [ ] →

Contacts to open your contact list.

2. Scroll to a contact or search by entering the first few letters of the contact's name.

3. Press [ ] to call the default number for the contact.

You can also press to open the contact information and select a different number or call type (e.g., video).

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Insert a pause

When calling automated systems, you can insert a pause between the device number and another set of numbers.

To insert a pause, press [ ] to select the type of pause:

• p (automatic pause)-press [ ] three times to insert an automatic pause.

The device will pause for two seconds, then automatically transmit the numbers after the pause.

• w (manual pause)-press [ ] four times to insert a manual pause. After the pause, you must press <Send> to transmit the remaining numbers.

View and return missed calls

Your device will show missed calls on the display.

To return a missed call,

1. Press .

2. Scroll to a missed call.

3. Press [ ] to dial.

Call a recently dialled number

1. In Standby mode, press [ ] to display a list of recent numbers.

2. Scroll to a number and press [ ].

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Divert calls

Your service provider or network may or may not support this feature.

To divert your incoming calls to another number,


Settings → Phone → Call divert.

2. Scroll to a call type and press .

3. Scroll to a diverting type and press

<Options> → Activate.

4. For voice calls, scroll to a diverting location (mailbox or other number) and press .

5. If necessary, enter a phone number and press <OK>.

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Bar (block) calls

To activate this function, you need a barring password from your service provider.

To bar incoming calls from a specific number,


Settings → Phone → Call barring.

2. Scroll to a barring type and press

<Options> → Activate.

3. Enter the barring password and press

<OK>.

If you enter the incorrect barring password three times, the device will lock. Contact your service provider.

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Messages

Learn to use messaging functions. For instructions on entering text, see the

Quick Start Guide. For an explanation of

options, see "Communication options,"

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Message folders

When you open Messaging, you will see the New message function and a list of folders:

• Inbox: received messages, except email and cell broadcast messages

• My folders: message templates and saved messages

• Mailbox: received email; when you create a mailbox, the name you specify will appear here

• Drafts: messages you have not yet sent

• Sent: recent sent messages

• Outbox: temporary storage for messages waiting to be sent

• Reports: delivery reports of text and multimedia messages; you must request a delivery report in the message options before sending

• Messages sent via Bluetooth are not saved in the Drafts or Sent folder.

• You may not receive a delivery report for a multimedia message if you send it to an email address.

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Inbox icons

In the Inbox, you may see the following icons next to your messages:

Icon Description

Unread text message

Multimedia message notification

Unread multimedia message

Unread smart message

Unread service message

Data received via a Bluetooth connection

Unknown message type

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Outbox status

When you are outside your service area or have no connection to the network or email server, your messages will remain in the Outbox until you re-establish a connection. The outbox status explains why a message is being held in the

Outbox:

• Sending: the device is connecting and the message will be sent immediately

• Queued: the message is in cue behind another message and will be sent as soon as possible

• Resend at (time): the message has failed to send and will be sent at the specified time. Press <Options> →

Send to resend the message immediately

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• Deferred: the message has been scheduled to send at a later time

• Failed: the device has attempted to send the message multiple times, but has failed

Text messages

Text messages longer than 160 characters will be sent as two or more messages and may result in additional charges.

Send a text message


Messaging → New message → Text

message.

2. Enter a phone number or press to select a contact.

3. Scroll down and enter text.

View a text message


Messaging → Inbox.

2. Scroll to a message and press .

Retrieve messages from a SIM card

If you have text messages stored on a

SIM card, you must copy them to the device before you can view them.


Messaging → <Options> → SIM

messages.

2. Press <Options> → Mark/Unmark →

Mark (to select one) or Mark all (to select all).

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3. Press <Options> → Copy → Inbox or a folder.

You can now view the messages from the folder on your device.

Multimedia messages

Before you can send multimedia messages, you must define an access point.

Set an access point

Your service provider may supply access point settings via a smart message. To automatically set an access point using a

smart message, see "Save smart message data or settings to your device,"

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To manually set an access point,


Settings → Connection → Access

points.

2. Scroll down and press to select an existing access point or press

<Options> → New access point.

3. Set access point options according to the instructions provided by your service provider.

Send a multimedia message


Messaging → New message →

Multimedia message.

2. Enter a phone number or press to select a contact.

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3. Scroll down and enter a subject.


5. To insert an existing multimedia object, press <Options> → Insert

object → an object type. To create and insert a new multimedia object, press

<Options> → Insert new → an object type.

You can only add images with a resolution of 176 x 144 or lower.

Edit a multimedia message

You can edit your multimedia message before sending it:

• To add fields to the message header, press <Options> → Address fields → a field type

• To change the message layout, press

<Options> → a text position

• To preview the message, press

<Options> → Preview

• To remove an item, press <Options>

→ Remove → an item

You can add images, sounds, or videos to slides; however, you can only add one type of media type per slide.

View a multimedia message




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Listen to voicemail

If your voicemail number is preset by your service provider, you can press and hold [1] to access your voicemail.

If the voicemail number is not preset or if you need to change the voicemail number,

1. In Standby mode, press [ ] → Tools

→ Call mailbox.

2. Enter the voicemail number provided by your service provider.

3. Press <OK>.

You can now access your voicemail from

Standby mode by pressing and holding

[1].

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Email messages

Before you can send or receive email messages, you must create a mailbox.

Create a mailbox


Messaging → <Options> → Settings

→ E-mail → Mailboxes.

2. Press <Options> → New mailbox.

3. Press to start the mailbox setup wizard and follow the onscreen instructions.

The new mailbox will automatically appear in Messaging. To change the current mailbox, return to Email settings and switch the "Mailbox in use" to another mailbox.

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If you use the POP3 protocol, the mailbox will not update automatically when you are online. You must disconnect and then reconnect to view new messages.

Send an email message



E-mail.

2. Enter an email address or press to select a contact.

3. Scroll down and enter a subject.


5. Press <Options> → Insert → an attachment type (optional).

If you are offline or outside your service area, the message will be held in the

Outbox until you are online and in your service area.

View an email message

When you open a mailbox, you can view previously retrieved emails offline or connect to the email server to view new messages. After you retrieve email messages, you can view them offline.

To view new messages online,


Messaging → your mailbox.

2. Press <Options> → Connect.

3. Press <Options> → Retrieve e-mail.

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To view new messages offline,

1. Repeat steps 1-3 above.

2. Press <Options> → Disconnect.

View or save email attachments

Email attachments ( ) may contain viruses that can damage your device. To protect your device, open attachments only if you trust the sender. For more information, see

"Certif. management," X 90.

To view an attachment,

1. From an open email, press <Options>

→ Attachments.

2. Scroll to the attachment and press .

The attachment opens with the corresponding application.

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To save an attachment,

1. From an open email, press <Options>

→ Attachments.

2. Scroll to the attachment and press

<Options> → Save.

Delete an email message

You can delete email messages from your device only or from both your device and the mail server.

To delete a message from your device only,



2. Scroll to an email and press

<Options> → Delete → Phone only.

The email header will remain in your mailbox until you delete the message from the mail server.

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To delete a message from both your device and the mail server,



2. Scroll to an email and press

<Options> → Delete → Phone and

server.

If you are offline, messages will be deleted from the server the next time you connect. If you are using the

POP3 protocol, deleted messages are removed when you close the mailbox connection.

Instant messages

You can send and receive instant messages (IM) if your service provider supports this feature. Before you can send or receive instant messages, you must set up a server.

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Set up a server


Connectivity → IM.

A prompt asks if you want to define a server. Press <Yes> (If the prompt does not appear, press <Options> →

Settings → Servers).

2. Set the server options according to instructions provided by your service provider.

Login to the IM server


Connectivity → IM.

2. If the device does not attempt to login automatically, press <Options> →

Log in.

3. Enter your user ID and password, and then press <OK>.


4. To log out, press <Options> → Log

out.

Start a conversation


Connectivity → IM →

Conversations.

2. Press <Options> → New

conversation → Enter user ID or

Select from contacts.

3. Enter a user ID or select a contact from your contact list.

4. During a conversation, press

<Options> to access the following:

• Insert smiley: use one of the preset smileys

• Send image: send an image to an

IM contact

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• Record chat: record your conversation and save it in Notes

• Blocking options → Add to

blocked list: block messages from an IM contact

• Change own availability: change the way you appear to other IM contacts

5. To end the conversation, press

<Options> → End conversation.

Accept an invitation

When you are logged in to the IM server and receive an IM invitation, your device shows "1 new IM message." To accept the invitation, press <Show>. If you have multiple invitations at once, press

<Show>, scroll to an invitation, and press <OK>.

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Add IM contacts

You can save IM contact information by pressing <Options> → Add to IM

contacts during a conversation. You can also add information in IM Contacts by pressing <Options> → New IM

contact.

When you view your IM contacts, you may see the following icons:

Icon Description the contact is online the contact is offline the contact is blocked

If you see no icon next to a contact’s name, the contact is unknown.

Change IM options

When chatting, press <Options> →

Settings to change the following:

• Preferences: set preferences for IM contacts and messages

• Servers: add a new server or edit settings for an existing server

• Default server: set the default server for instant messaging

• IM login type: set the login mode to automatic (types) or manual

Audio messages

You can send audio messages with voice memos or sound clips. To record a voice

memo or sound clip, see "Recorder,"

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Send an audio message



Audio message.

2. Press <Options> → Add recipient.

3. Scroll to a recipient and press →

<OK> → a number (if necessary).

4. To insert an existing sound clip: a. Press <Options> → Insert sound

clip → From Gallery.

b. Scroll to a sound clip and press

(skip to step 6).

5. To record and insert a new sound clip: a. Press <Options> → Insert sound

clip → New sound clip.

b. When you finish recording, press

<Stop> to automatically attach the sound clip to the audio message.

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6. Press <Options> → Send.

Cell broadcast messages

If your service provider supports this function, you can subscribe to cell broadcasts that provide automatic notifications or news updates. To learn about available cell broadcasts, contact your service provider.

Add a cell broadcast topic

Contact your service provider for topic names and numbers.

To add a topic to the list of cell broadcasts,


Messaging → <Options> → Cell

broadcast.

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2. Press <Options> → Topic → Add

manually.

3. Enter the topic name and number, and then press <OK>.

Subscribe to a cell broadcast



broadcast.

2. Scroll to a topic and press <Options>

→ Subscribe.

Your device will now receive new messages automatically.

3. To cancel a subscription, press

<Options> → Cancel subscription.

Some connection settings may block cell broadcasts. Contact your service provider for the appropriate connection settings.

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View a cell broadcast topic



broadcast.

2. Scroll to a topic folder and press .

3. Scroll to a topic and press .

Set automatic notification of new cell broadcast messages

To receive notifications when new cell broadcast messages arrive,



broadcast.

2. Scroll to a topic and press <Options>

→ Hotmark.

3. To stop automatic notifications, press

<Options> → Remove hotmark.


Smart messages

Your device can receive many kinds of smart messages, including business cards, ringtones, calendar events, browser bookmarks, and settings. Your service provider may send smart messages that you can use to load settings into your device.

Save smart message data or settings to your device




3. Press <Options> and save the data or settings according to the smart message type:

• Business card: select Save business card

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• Ringing tone: to save to Gallery, select Save

• Calendar entry: select Save to

Calendar

• WAP message: select Add to

bookmarks or Save to Contacts

• SMS service number: select Save

• Voicemail server number: select

Save to Contacts

• Access point settings: select Save

• E-mail settings: select Save

You may also receive an E-mail notification, which tells you how many new emails are in your remote mailbox.

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Service messages

You may receive service messages from your service provider that are deleted automatically when they expire. You can view service messages from the Inbox

(you may have to download the message from the service provider). Contact your service provider for more information about service messages.

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Logs

Learn to view log information about calls, packet data, and other communication events.

Recent calls

You can view and erase logs of recently missed calls, received calls, or dialled numbers.

View recent call logs

To view recently missed calls, received calls, or dialled numbers,

1. In Standby mode, press [ ] → Log →

Recent calls.

2. Scroll to a call type and press .

To call a number from a call log, scroll to the number and press [ ].

Erase recent call logs

You can erase all recent call logs at once, erase a single call log, or delete a single number from a log.

To erase all recent call logs,


Recent calls.

2. Press <Options> → Clear recent

calls.


3. Press <Yes> to confirm.

To erase a single call log,


Recent calls → a call type.

2. Press <Options> → Clear list.


To erase a single number from a log,


Recent calls → a call type.

2. Scroll to a number and press [C].


Call duration

To view the durations of your last call, dialled number, received call, or all calls,

In Standby mode, press [ ] → Log →

Call duration.

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To reset the call timers,


Call duration.

2. Press <Options> → Clear timers.

3. Enter the lock code (the default lock code is 00000000), and then press

<OK>.

Packet data

To view the amount of sent or received packet data,

In Standby mode, press [ ] → Log →

Packet data.

To reset the packet data counters,


Packet data.

2. Press <Options> → Clear counters.

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3. Enter the lock code (the default lock code is 00000000), and then press

<OK>.

Communication log

You can view communication details and filter logs with the communication log.

View the communication log

1. In Standby mode, press [ ] → Log.

2. Scroll right to switch to the communication log.

Some events, such as a text message split into multiple parts, will appear as one communication event.

Filter log events



3. Press <Options> → Filter.

4. Scroll to a filter type and press .

Erase the communication log

To permanently erase all of the log contents,



3. Press <Options> → Clear log.


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Log duration

You can change the length of time that communication events are stored in the logs. After that time, events are automatically erased to free up memory.

To set a log duration,


2. Press <Options> → Settings.

3. Press <Options> → Change.

4. Scroll to a duration and press .

If you select No log, no communication events will be stored in the log.

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Communication options

Text message options

In Standby mode, press [ ] →

Messaging → <Options> → Settings →

Text message to change the following options:

• Message centres: view all defined message centres or add a new centre

(press <Options> → New message

centre)

• Message centre in use: set a message centre to use when sending text messages

• Character encoding: set a character encoding type (Full support for

Unicode reduces your maximum message length by about one-half)

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• Receive report: set to receive a report when the message has been delivered

• Message validity: set a duration for the message to be valid; if the message cannot be delivered within the specified time, it will be removed from the message centre

• Message sent as: set to convert text messages to another format

• Preferred connection: set a network connection type

• Reply via same centre: set to use the same message centre when receiving a reply message

Multimedia message options



Multimedia message to change the following options:

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• Image size: set a size for images added to multimedia messages (when sending a message to an email address, the size is automatically set to

Small)

• MMS creation mode: set the mode for creating multimedia messages

• Access point in use: set an access point to use when sending multimedia messages

• Multimedia retrieval: set an option for receiving multimedia messages

• Allow anon. msgs.: set to allow or deny messages from anonymous senders

• Receive adverts: set to receive or block advertisements

• Receive report: set to receive a report when the message has been delivered


• Deny report sending: set to deny delivery reports for multimedia messages

• Message validity: set a duration for the message to be valid; if the message cannot be delivered within the specified time, it will be removed from the message centre

Email options



E-mail to change the following options:

• Mailboxes: view a list of defined mailboxes; for each mailbox, you can set the following options:

Connection settings

• Incoming e-mail: set options for incoming email

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• Outgoing e-mail: set options for outgoing email

User settings

• My name: set your user name

• Send message: set email to send immediately or the next time you connect to the server

• Send copy to self: set to save copies of outgoing email

• Include signature: set to include a signature in your email

• New e-mail alerts: set to show an icon when you receive new email

Retrieval settings

• E-mail to retrieve: set to retrieve email headers or full messages with attachments (you can specify a size limit for full messages)

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• Retrieval amount: set a maximum number of headers to retrieve at one time

• IMAP4 folder path (IMAP4): set a path to the folder that will sync with the server

• Folder subscriptions (IMAP4): connect to mailbox and update folders

Automatic retrieval

• E-mail notifications: set to be notified when you receive new email

• E-mail retrieval: set to automatically retrieve email from the server

• Mailbox in use: set a mailbox for messages

Service message options



Service message to change the following options:

• Service messages: set to receive service messages

• Download messages: set to automatically or manually download new service messages

Cell broadcast message options



Cell broadcast to change the following options:

• Reception: set to receive cell broadcast messages

• Language: set to receive cell broadcast messages in All or Selected languages

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• Topic detection: set to automatically save the topic number when you receive a cell broadcast message that does not belong to an existing topic

Other message options



Other to change the following options:

• Save sent messages: set to save copies of sent messages

• Number of saved msgs.: set a maximum number of saved messages to store in the Sent folder; as new messages are saved, older messages will be deleted

• Memory in use: set a memory location to use for storing messages

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Communication. Samsung SGH-I450V, SGH-i450, SGH-I450B

Communication

Calls

Call an international number

Make a call from the contact list

Insert a pause

View and return missed calls

Call a recently dialled number

Divert calls

Bar (block) calls

Messages

Message folders

Inbox icons

Outbox status

Text messages

Multimedia messages

Listen to voicemail

Email messages

Instant messages

Audio messages

Cell broadcast messages

Smart messages

Service messages

Logs

Recent calls

Call duration

Packet data

Communication log

Log duration

Communication options

Text message options

Multimedia message options

Email options

Service message options

Cell broadcast message options

Other message options

Key Features

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Communication. Samsung SGH-I450V, SGH-i450, SGH-I450B

Communication

Calls

Call an international number

Make a call from the contact list

Insert a pause

View and return missed calls

Call a recently dialled number

Divert calls

Bar (block) calls

Messages

Message folders

Inbox icons

Outbox status

Text messages

Multimedia messages

Listen to voicemail

Email messages

Instant messages

Audio messages

Cell broadcast messages

Smart messages

Service messages

Logs

Recent calls

Call duration

Packet data

Communication log

Log duration

Communication options

Text message options

Multimedia message options

Email options

Service message options

Cell broadcast message options

Other message options

Key Features

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