Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Owners Manual

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This feature joins all of the calls you have established with 
your phone (both active and on
 hold) into a multi-party call.
1. Tap   and slide to the ri ght to answer the call.
2. Tap   and slide to the right  to answer the next call.
3. Ta p  
Putting Number on hold to put the first call on 
hold.
4. Join the first two callers into a single multi-party call by 
tapping  Merge .
5. To temporarily leave the conference call, tap 
Hold 
. 
To rejoin the conference call tap 
Unhold...

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Switching off the Microphone (Mute)
You can temporarily switch your phone’s microphone off, so 
that the other person cannot hear you.
Example: You wish to say something to person in the room, but do not want the person on the phone to hear 
you.
To mute your phone during a call
1. Ta p  Mute  . 
The 
Mute button now appears as  and Mute is 
activated.
2. Ta p  Mute 
 to deactivate the Mute function and 
reactivate the microphone. 
Bluetooth headset
1. Ta p  Headset  .
2. The phone will scan for your...

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Call rejection
1.From the Call settings screen, tap Call rejection.
2. Ta p  t h e  
OFF / ON icon to turn Auto reject mode on 
.
3. Ta p  
Auto reject mode and tap one of the following 
options:
 All numbers: to reject all calls.
 Auto reject numbers: to reject all calls in your Reject list.
4. Ta p  Auto reject list.
5. Tap   to manually add numbers to the Reject list.
6. Ta p  
Unknown, to create a checkmark and automatically 
reject all calls that are not in your Contacts...

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Call answering/ending
1.From the Home screen, tap    ➔  ➔ Call settings 
➔ Call answering/ending.
2. The following options are available:
 Answering key: Tap this option to be able to accept incoming 
calls by pressing the Home key.
 The power key ends calls: This option will allow you to end a 
call by pressing the power key without turning off the screen. 
Auto screen off during calls
This option turns on the proximity sensor during calls so that 
your phone will know to turn the screen off to save...

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Increase volume in pocket
This option increases the ringtone volume when the device is 
in a pocket or a bag. It uses the proximity sensor to detect its 
location.
  From the Home screen, tap   ➔  ➔ Call 
settings 
➔ Increase volume in pocket to create a 
checkmark and enable the feature.
Call forwarding
1. From the Home screen, tap   ➔   ➔ Call settings 
➔ Call forwarding ➔ Voice call.
2. Tap one of the following options:
 Always forward: allows you to forward all voice calls....

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 Auto area code: allows you to automatically prepend a specific 
area code to all outbound calls. Slide the slider to the on 
position.
Using Fixed Dialing Numbers
Enabling FDN
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔  ➔ Call settings 
➔ Additional settings ➔ Fixed dialing numbers.
2. Ta p  
Enable FDN.
3. At the prompt, enter your PIN2 code and tap 
OK.
FDN is enabled.
4. To enable FDN after it  has been disabled, tap 
Disable 
FDN
, enter your PIN2 code and tap OK.
Important! Not all SIM cards use a PIN2...

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Voicemail ser vice
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔   ➔ Call settings 
➔ Voicemail Service.
Voicemail service provided by your carrier is the 
default.
2. Ta p  
My carrier to remove the carrier Voicemail service.
Voicemail settings
You can view or modify your  voicemail number from this 
menu.
1. From the Home screen, tap   ➔  
 ➔ Call settings 
➔ Voicemail settings.
2. Ta p  t h e  
Voice mail number field, backspace to erase the 
digits, and enter a new voicemail number using...

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Hearing aids
This option allows you to turn on Hearing aid compatibility on 
your device.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
 ➔ Call 
settings
.
2. Ta p  
Hearing aids to create a checkmark and make your 
device compatible with a Hearing aid. 

Entering Text       72
Section 4: Entering Text
This section describes how to select the desired text input 
method when entering characters into your phone. This 
section also describes the predic tive text entry system that 
reduces the amount of key strokes associated with entering 
text.
Your phone comes equipped with an orientation detector that 
can tell if the phone is being held in an upright (Portrait) or 
sideways (Landscape) orientation. This is useful when 
entering text.
Text Input Methods...

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Changing the Text Input Mode - Keypad
There are two main keypad layout keys that will change the 
on-screen keys within the QWERTY keypad.
The available Text Input modes are: 
Sym and Abc.
Note: When in Abc mode, the Sym button will appear. When in 
Sym mode, the Abc/ABC/abc button will appear.
Using ABC Mode
1.If desired, rotate your phone counterclockwise to a 
Landscape orientation.
2. When you tap the 
Enter message field, the following 
screen displays:
 
3. Tap the desired alphabetic...