Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Owners Manual

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2.
Ta p  
Popup Note on lock screen to create a checkmark 
and activate the feature.
3. From the lock screen, hold down the S Pen button and 
double tap the screen to bring up the Popup Note 
feature.
Owner information
This option allows you to show owner information on the lock 
screen. You can also enter text to display on the lock screen.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ Lock 
screen
  ➔ Owner information.
2. Ta p  t h e  
Show owner info on lock screen checkbox to 
create a checkmark if you want your owner information 
displayed.
3. Enter text that you would like displayed on your 
lockscreen and tap 
OK.
Security
The Security settings allow you to determine the security 
level for your phone.
Encr yption
To require a numeric PIN or password to decrypt your phone 
each time you power it on or encrypt the data on your SD 
card each time it is connected:
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Security.
2. Ta p  
Encrypt device. For more information, read the 
displayed help screen.
3. Ta p  
Encrypt external SD card to enable the encryption 
on SD card data that requires a password be entered 
each time the microSD card is connected.
Tip: Make sure your battery is charged more than 80 percent. 
Encryption may take an hour or more.
Set up/change password
Use this option to set up your password when one is first 
required or change your current password.  1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ Security 
➔ Set up/change password.
2. Enter a new password and tap 
Confirm.
3. Enter the new password again and tap 
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Set up SIM card lock
Prevent another user from using your SIM card to make 
unauthorized calls or from accessing information stored on 
your SIM card by protecting th e information using a PIN code.
When enabled, your phone will ask for a PIN number each 
time you use the phone. Usi ng this option you can also 
change your SIM PIN number.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Security.
2. Ta p  
Set up SIM card lock.
3. Ta p  
Lock SIM card, enter your SIM PIN code, then tap 
OK.
Note: You must activate Lock SIM card before you can change your SIM PIN code.
4. Ta p  
Change SIM PIN.
5. Enter your old SIM PIN code and tap 
OK.
6. Enter your new SIM PIN code and tap 
OK.
7. Re-type your new SIM PIN code and tap 
OK.
Make passwords visible
When enabled, password charac ters display briefly as you 
touch them while entering passwords.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Security.
2. Ta p  
Make passwords visible to create a checkmark and 
enable or disable the display of password characters.
Device Administrators
The Device Administration feature allows you to select one or 
more administration applications  that control your device for 
security purposes (for example,  if your phone is lost of 
stolen). These applications enforce remote or local device 
security policies.
Some of the features a device  administration application 
might control are:
 Setting the number of failed  password attempts before the 
device is restored to factory settings.
 Automatically locking the device.
 Restoring factory settings on the device. 
						

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Note: If a device uses multiple enabled administration applications, the strictest policy is enforced.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Security.
2. Ta p  
Device administrators.
3. Select a device administrator and follow the prompts. If 
no device administrators are listed, you can download 
them from the Play Store.
Unknown sources
This feature allows you to download and install non-Market 
applications.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Security.
2. Ta p  
Unknown sources.
A check mark is displayed to  indicate it is active.
Warning! Enabling this option causes your phone and personal 
data to be more vulnerable  to attack by applications 
from unknown sources.
Trusted Credentials
If a certificate authority (CA) certificate gets compromised or 
for some other reason you do no t trust it, you can disable or 
remove it.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Security.
2. Ta p  
Trusted credentials.
The trusted credentials screen has two tabs:
 System: Displays CA certificates that are permanently installed 
in the ROM of your device.
: Displays any CA certificates that you installed, for 
example, in the process of installing a client certificate.
3. Tap a CA certificate to examine its details.
A scrolling screen displays the details.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the details screen and tap 
Disable to disable a System certificate or Remove to 
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Caution! When you disable a system CA certificate, the Disable button changes to Enable, so you can enable the 
certificate again, if necessary. When you remove a 
user-installed CA certificate, it is permanently 
deleted and must be re-installed, if needed.
5. Ta p  
OK to return to the certificate list.
When enabled, a check mark appears in the check box.
Install from device storage
Install encrypted certificates from an installed memory card.
Note: You must have installed a memory card containing encrypted certificates to use this feature.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Security.
2. Ta p  
Install from device storage, then choose a 
certificate and follow the prompts to install.
Clear credentials
Clear stored credentials.
Note: This setting only appears if you have installed encrypted certificates.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Security.
2. Ta p  
Clear credentials to remove all certificates.
One-handed operation
The one-handed operation settings help you to use your 
phone keypads easily with only one hand.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ One-
handed operation
.
2. The following options are available:
 Keypad & in-call buttons: allows you to adjust the position of 
the dialing keypad and in-call buttons to the left or the right to 
make it easier to use with one hand.
 Samsung keyboard: allows you to adjust the position of the 
Samsung keyboard to the left or the right to make it easier to 
use with one hand.
: allows you to adjust the position of the calculator 
keypad to the left or the right to make it easier to use with one 
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 Unlock pattern: allows you to adjust the scale of the unlock 
pattern for use with one hand.
 Learn about on-handed operation: provides more information 
about using one-handed operation.
Language and input
This menu allows you to configure the language in which to 
display the menus. You can also set onscreen keyboard 
options.
Language
You can change the language used by your device by 
following these steps: 1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Language and input ➔ Language.
2. Tap a language from the list.
Keyboards and Input Methods
You can change the keyboard used by your device by 
following these steps:
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Language and input.
2. Ta p  
Default and select a keyboard.
Select Samsung keyboard or Swype. 3.
Ta p  
Set up input methods.
4. Ta p  t h e  
 icon next to the input method that you 
would like to configure the settings for.
5. Based on your selection of input method, the 
appropriate settings will appear and are explained 
below.
Google voice typing settings
From this menu you can set Samsung keyboard options.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Language and input.
2. Ta p  t h e  
 icon next to Google voice typing. 
3. The following options are available:
 Choose input languages: tap on a language that you want to 
input. Select 
Automatic to use the local language or select a 
language from the list.
 Block offensive words: tap to create a checkmark and enable 
the blocking of recognized offensive words from the results of 
your voice-input Google typing.
 Download offline speech recognition: Enables voice input 
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Samsung Keyboard settings
From this menu you can set Samsung keyboard options.1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Language and input.
2. Ta p  t h e  
 icon next to Samsung keyboard.
 Portrait keypad types allows you to choose a keypad 
configuration (Qwerty [default] or 3x4 Keyboard).
 Input languages sets the input language. Tap a language from 
the available list. The keyboard is updated to the selected 
language.
 enables predictive text entry mode. This must 
be enabled to gain access to the advanced settings. Touch and 
hold to access the advanced settings. Touch and slide the slider 
to the right to turn it on  .
 Swiftkey flow allows you to type words by swiping between 
on-screen keys. 
 Pen detection displays the handwriting pad whenever the pen 
is detected.
 One-handed operation allows youto set your keyboard for use 
with one hand.
 Handwriting enables the device to  recognize on-screen 
handwriting and convert it to text. 
 Advanced displays the following advanced options:
–Auto capitalization automatically capitalizes the first letter of 
the first word in each sentence (standard English style). 
–Auto-punctuate automatically inserts a full stop in a sentence 
by tapping the space bar twice when using the on-screen 
QWERTY keyboard. 
–Character preview provides an automatic preview of the 
current character selection within the text string. This is helpful 
when multiple characters are available within one key.
–Key-tap vibration enables vibration feedback when you tap an 
on-screen key.
–Key-tap sound enables auditory feedback when you tap an 
on-screen key.
 launches a brief on-screen tutorial covering the main 
concepts related to the Samsung keyboard.
 Reset settings resets the keyboard settings back to their 
original configuration.
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Predictive Text Settings
From this menu you can set Predictive Text settings.1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Language and input.
2. Ta p  t h e  
 icon next to Samsung keyboard. 
3.
 Tap the ON/OFF slider, located to the right of the 
Predictive text field, to turn it ON  . 
4. Ta p
 Predictive text.
5. The following options are available:
 Personalized data: allows you to use personal language that 
you have added to make your prediction results better.
 Learn from Facebook: allows you to login to your Facebook 
account so your phone can learn your Facebook style.
 Learn from Gmail : allows you to login to your Gmail account 
so your phone can learn your Gmail style.
 Learn from Twitter : allows you to login to your Twitter account 
so your phone can learn your Twitter style.
 Clear remote data: deletes anonymous data that is stored on 
the personalization server.
 Clear personalized data: removes all personalized data that 
you have entered.
 privacy policy: click the link to read the privacy policy. Follow 
the on-screen instructions.
Swype Keypad Settings
To configure Swype settings: 1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Language and input.
2. Ta p  t h e  
 icon next to Swype.
3. Ta p  
How to Swype to view an on-screen manual for 
Swype.
4. Ta p  
Gestures to view helpful information on using 
gestures while using Swype.
5. Ta p  
Preferences to alter these settings:
 Vibrate on keypress: activates a vibration sensation as you 
enter text using the keypad.
 Sound on keypress: turns on sounds generated by the Swype 
application.
 Show helpful tips: turns on a flashing indicator for quick help.
: automatically inserts a space between words. 
When you finish a word, just lift your finger or stylus and start 
the next word.
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 Auto-capitalization: automatically capitalizes the first letter of 
a sentence.
: once enabled, sets wether or not to 
display the complete Swype path.
 Pop-up on keypress: once enabled, displays a character 
above an on-screen key while typing.
 Next word prediction: once enabled, predicts the next word in 
your text string based on your current text entries.
Note: If incorrect words are being entered as you type, disabled this feature.
 Reset Swype’s dictionary: once enabled, deletes any words 
you have added to Swype’s dictionary.
: displays the software version information.
6. Ta p  Language Options to activate and select the current 
text input language. Default language is US English.
7. Ta p  
Swype Connect to activate and configure the 
following data settings:
: allows you to register with Swype so you can 
take advantage of backup and sync options.
 Backup & Sync: allows you to backup your Swype dictionary 
and sync your Swype dictionary across multiple devices.
 Contribute data usage: when enabled, allows the Nuance® 
application to collect usage data for better word predictions.
 Cellular data: when enabled, activates cellular data usage by 
the Swype application so it can receive program updates, 
language downloads, and other related features via your 
existing data connection.
8. Ta p  Personalization to activate and configure the 
following social media personalization settings.
: allows you to edit your personal Swype 
dictionary.
 Facebook: allows you to log into your current Facebook 
account from where contact names are added to your Swype’s 
personal dictionary for later use when you enter names into text 
fields. Helps recognize familiar names.
: allows you to sing into your existing Twitter account 
from where names and words are added to your personal 
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: allows you to sign in to your existing Gmail account from 
where existing contact information is added to your personal 
dictionary. Helps recognize familiar names.
9. Ta p  Updates to update the application if new software 
is available.
Speech Settings
This menu allows you to set  the speech settings for Voice 
input.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Language and input.
2. Ta p  
Voice search to configure the following:
 Language: Choose a language for your voice input.
 Speech output: Sets whether you will use speech output 
always or only when using hands-free.
 Block offensive words: Enable or disable blocking of 
recognized offensive words from the results of your voice-input 
Google searches.
 Hotword detection: Enable to being able to launch voice 
search by saying the word “Google”.
 Download offline speech recognition: Enables voice input 
while offline.
3. Ta p  Text-to-speech output and select Google Text-to-
speech Engine
 or Samsung TTS.
4. Tap   next to the preferred TTS engine configure the 
following settings:
 Language: allows you to set the language for spoken text.
 Settings for Google Text-to-speech: allows you to view Open 
Source Licenses.
 Settings for Samsung TTS: allows you to view Open Source 
Licenses.
 Install voice data: allows you to install voice data for speech 
synthesis.
5. Scroll down to the General section to access the 
following options:
 Speech rate: Set the speed at which the text is spoken.
 Listen to an example: Play a sample of speech synthesis 
(available if voice data is installed).
 Driving mode: tap the ON/OFF icon   to turn it on 
and enable incoming calls and notifications to be read out 
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Pointer speed
This option sets your Pointer speed.1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ 
Language and input.
2. Ta p  
Pointer speed then drag the slider to the right to go 
faster or to the left to go slower.
3. Ta p  
OK to save your setting.
Back up and reset
The Back up and reset settings allow you to back up your 
data, back up accounts, automa tically restore your phone, 
and reset your phone settings to the factory settings.
Back Up My Data
By setting this option, the Google server will back up all of 
your settings and data.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ Back up 
and reset
.
2. Ta p  
Back up my data to enable or disable back up of 
application data, WI-Fi passwords, and other settings 
to the Google server.
Backup Account
If you have enabled the Back up my data option, then the 
Backup account option is available.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ Back up 
and reset
.
2. Ta p  
Backup account and tap your Google Gmail account 
or tap 
Add account to set your Google Gmail account to 
be backed up to the Google server.
Automatic Restore
By setting this option, when you  reinstall an application, all of 
your backed up settings and data will be restored.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ Back up 
and reset
.
2. Ta p  
Automatic restore to enable or disable automatic 
restoration of settings from the Google server.
Factor y Data Reset
From this menu you can reset  your phone and sound settings 
to the factory default settings.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔ Back up 
and reset
.
2. Ta p  
Factory data reset.