Samsung Galaxy 4 Owners Manual

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4.
Tap the ON/OFF slider located to the right of each 
feature to turn it on  .
For more information, refer to  “Motions and Gestures”  on 
page 142.
Locking and Unlocking the Phone
To unlock your phone:
1. Press the lock button   located on the upper 
right side of your phone.
2. The lock screen will display with 
Swipe screen to 
unlock
 displayed at the bottom of the screen.
3. Swipe the touch screen in any direction.
4. The Home screen will be displayed.
Note: There...

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Navigating Through the Application Menus
Your phone initially has three Application Menus available. 
Follow these steps to navigate through the Application 
Menus:1. At the Home screen, tap  . The first Application 
Menu will be displayed.
2. Sweep the screen left or right to access the other two 
menus.
3. Tap one of the application icons.Note: As you add applications, the number of Application menus that you have available will increase.
Navigating Using Sub-Menus
Sub-menus are available when you...

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Tap an option.
Accessing Recently-Used Apps
1.Press and hold   from any screen to open the 
recently-used applications window. 2.
Tap an icon to open the selected application.
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 to go to the Task manager.
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 to go to Google Search.
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Tap   to delete the record  of all recently used 
applications.
Using the Multi Window
This feature allows you to run multiple applications on the 
current screen at the same time. 
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Activating and Deactivating Multi window
To activate Multi window:
1.Press and hold the Back key ( ). The Multi window 
tab appears (by default) on  the left side of the screen.
Note: Initially open activation, the entire apps panel is briefly displayed, then minimized to only show the tab.
2. Tap the tab   to open the application panel showing 
all the available Multi window apps.
To deactivate Multi window:
  Press and hold the Back key ( ). This action hides 
the Multi window tab from view....

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To relocate the Multi window apps panel:
1.Activate the Multi window feature.
2. Tap the tab to display the apps panel (containing the 
scrollable apps).
3. In a single motion, touch and hold the tab   for 
approximately one-second to detach it from the 
screen (1), then slowly drag it to its new location 
along 
any other
 available screen edge (2). You can move it to 
the top, bottom, or either side.
Customizing the Multi Window apps
The applications found within the...

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Done once you have completed the removal 
process.
To restore a Multi window application:
1. Activate the Multi window feature.
2. Tap the tab to display the apps panel (containing the 
scrollable apps).
3. Ta p  t h e  
Edit button (located at the bottom of the list) to 
reveal the staging area containing any previously 
removed apps.
4. Locate the desired application.
5. In a single motion, touch and hold a desired app until it 
detaches from the staging ar ea, then carefully drag it 
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Note: Once two applications are running, the device displays a 
split screen view containing  both the initial app and the 
new Multi window app. Each application is still 
independent of the other.
To switch the arrangement of 
the applications:
1. With the two 
applications shown in a 
split screen, tap the 
Border bar to show the 
on-screen icons.
2. Tap the desired 
application area (top or 
bottom).
3. Locate and tap   
(
Switch app location). 
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Adding a New Page to the Application Menu
Changing the Wallpaper
Adding and Deleting Home Screens
Moving Home Screens
Creating Shortcuts
Shortcuts are different than the current Home screen 
Widgets that only launch an application. Shortcuts activate a 
feature, action, or launch an application.
Note: To move a shortcut from one  screen to another, it must 
first be deleted from its current screen. Navigate to the 
new screen, then add the shortcut.
Adding a shor tcut from the Apps Menu
1. Press   to...

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Adding and Removing Primar y Shortcuts
You can change any of your primary shortcuts with the 
exception of the 
Apps  shortcut.
1. Press   to activate the main Home screen. 
2. Touch and hold the primary shortcut you want to 
replace, then drag it to an empty space on any Home 
screen.
3. Scroll through the App menu to find the shortcut you 
want to add as the new primary short cut.
4. Touch and hold the new shortcut, then drag it to the 
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Press 
 and tap View type.
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Customizable grid. A green circle will appear next 
to the option.
6. Press 
 and tap Edit.
7. Scroll through the list and locate the icon you wish to 
move.
8. Touch and drag the icon to the position that you want. 
To move to a different page, drag the icon to the edge 
of the page until the page  scrolls to the desired page.
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Save.
10. Press   to return to the Home screen.
Creating Application Folders
You can create application folders to hold similar...