Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Owners Manual

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Using Symbol/Numeric Mode
Use Symbol/Numeric Mode to add numbers, symbols, or 
emoticons.1. Rotate your phone counterclockwise to a Landscape 
orientation.
2. Ta p  
 at the bottom of th e screen. The following 
screen displays:
3. Tap the desired number, symbol, or emoticon 
characters. 
4. Ta p  t h e  
 button to access additional symbols. 
5. Tap   to return to Abc mode.
Predictive Text
By using the Predictive Text op tion, you can have next-letter 
prediction and regional error correction, which compensates 
for pressing the wrong keys on the QWERTY keyboard. 
Predictive text is turned on by default.
1. To turn Predictive Text on or off, 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  .
4. In the text portion of the message screen, begin typing 
a word. A list of word options is displayed. Tap one of 
the words to replace the word that has already been 
typed or scroll the line of words to the left for more 
word choices.
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1/2
ABC
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Continue typing your message. Tap   to send the 
message or press 
 for more options. For more 
information, refer to  “Creating and Sending Messages”   
on page 111.
Note: You can also use Predictive Text mode in the portrait 
orientation.
Entering Text Using Handwriting
You can enter text simply by using your finger to handwrite 
letters on your screen. 1. From the keypad, tap  .
2. Use your finger tip to write out each character. You can 
print or use cursive.
3. You can write out your entire message using the 
Handwriting feature or tap   to switch back to 
Samsung keyboard mode.
Samsung Keyboard Settings
For information on how you  can configure your Samsung 
keyboard settings, see  “Samsung Keyboard settings”  on 
page 149.
Using the Google Voice Typing Feature
You can use your voice to enter text using the Google Voice 
typing feature.
1. From the keypad, touch the top of the screen and drag 
it down to display your notification panel.
2. Ta p  
Choose input method.
3. Ta p  
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4.
At the 
Speak now prompt, speak clearly and distinctly 
into the microphone.
5. If the red microphone turns gray, then the feature has 
timed out and you should ta p the microphone icon to 
start again.
The text is displayed in the message as you are 
speaking.
Note: The feature works best when you break your message 
down into smaller segments.
Entering Text Using Swype
Swype™ is a text input method that allows you to enter a 
word by sliding your finger or  stylus from letter to letter, 
lifting your finger between words. Swype uses error 
correcting algorithms and a language model to predict the 
next word. Swype also includes  a tapping predictive text 
system.
The following example shows how to enter the word “This”. 
Put your finger down on the “T”,  and without lifting, glide it 
to the “h”, then to the “i” then over to the “s”.
 
Enabling and Configuring Swype
The Samsung keyboard is the defa ult text input method, so 
to use Swype, you must first change the default keyboard 
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To enable Swype:
1. From a screen where you can enter text, touch and 
drag   down from the Notifications area then tap 
Select input method.
2. Ta p  t h e  
Swype radio button. It will turn green.
The Swype keyboard is displayed.
Swype Settings
For information on how you can configure your Swype 
settings, see “Swype Keypad Settings”  on page 150.
Swype Text Entr y Tips
You can access the SwypeTips application and watch a video 
or tutorial on using Swype. You can also use the following 
Swype text entry tips.
Create a squiggle (like an S shape) to create a double letter (such 
as pp in apple).
Touch and hold a key to view the punctuation menu then make a 
selection.
Move your finger or stylus over the apostrophe to enter 
contractions.
Double-tap on the word you want to change to correct a 
misspelled word, then tap the delete key to erase one character. 
Touch and hold the delete key to erase an entire word. 
						

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Section 5: Contacts and Your Address Book
This section allows you to manage your daily contacts by 
storing their name and number in your Address Book. 
Address Book entries can be sorted by name, entry, or group. 
AT&T Address Book Activation
When you access the AT&T Address Book, the network 
backup service, contacts are automatically synchronized 
between your phone and onlin e address book. The changes 
you make are automatically saved and if you ever upgrade, 
damage, or lose your phone, you can easily restore your 
contacts onto your new phone.
To activate the AT&T Address Book:
1. From the Home screen, tap 
Contacts .
Your Address Book is displayed.
2. If you have not synchronized your phone with your 
online AT&T Address Book recently, the 
AT&T Address 
Book
 screen is displayed. Tap Ye s if you want to 
synchronize your Address Book.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Your AT&T Address Book is Ready to Use. You can now make 
a call or send a message through your Address Book. You can also manage your Address Book on the web 
at 
http://www.att.com/addressbook.
Synchronizing your AT&T Address Book
If you ever upgrade, damage, or lose your phone, you can 
easily restore your contacts onto your new phone by 
following these steps:
1. From the Home screen, tap 
Contacts .
2. Press   ➔ 
Settings ➔ AT&T Address Book.
3. At the AT&T Address Book screen, tap 
Ye s  to 
synchronize your phone with  your online Address Book.
4. If there are existing contacts on your phone, you will be 
prompted if you would like to remove them first. Tap 
Ye s or No.
Note: You must first copy any contacts that exist on your SIM 
card to your phone. For more information, refer to 
“Copying Contacts to the Phone”  on page 89.
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At the 
Your AT&T Address Book is Ready for Use prompt, 
tap 
OK.
Your Contact list is displayed.
Adding a New Contact
Use the following procedure to add a new contact to your 
Address Book. 
Saving a Number from the Home screen
1. From the Home screen, tap Contacts  ➔ .
2. At the Save contact prompt, tap OK or Add new account 
if want want to add a new account to save the contact 
to.
3. Tap the image icon and assign a picture to the new 
entry by choosing one of three options:
: retrieve a previously stored image from your Gallery or 
from your My files folder and assign it to this entry. Tap an 
image to assign the image to the contact, then tap 
Done.
 Take picture: use the camera to take a new picture and assign 
it to this entry, then tap 
Done.
: retrieve a previously stored image from your S Note 
app.
: although not an option with a new entry, deletes any 
previously assigned image on an existing contact.
4. Ta p  t h e  Name field and use the on-screen keypad to 
enter the full name. For more information, refer to 
“Entering Text”   on page 72.
– or –
Ta p  
 next to the Name field to display additional 
name fields.
5. Ta p  t h e  
Phone number field.
The numerical keypad is displayed.
The 
Mobile button   initially displays next to the 
Phone number field. If you want to add a phone number 
that is not a mobile number, tap the 
Mobile button and 
select from Mobile, Home, Work, Work fax, Home Fax, 
Pager, Other, Custom (add your own label), or Callback.
6. Enter the phone number.
Ta p  
 to add another Phone  number field or tap  
to delete a field.
7. Ta p  t h e  
Email address field.
The keypad is displayed.
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The 
Home button  initially displays next to the 
Email address field. If you want to add an Email address 
that is not a Home email address, tap the 
Home button 
and select from Home, Work, Other, or Custom (add 
your own label).
8. Enter the Email address.
Ta p  
 to add another Email address field or tap  
to delete a field.
9. Ta p  t h e  
Address field.
The keypad is displayed.
The 
Home button  initially displays next to the 
Address field. If you want to add an address that is not 
a Home address, tap the 
Home button and select from 
Home, Work, Other, or Custom (add your own label).
10. Enter the address.
Ta p  
 to add another address field or tap  to 
delete a field.
11. Tap any of the following fields that you want to add to 
your new contact:
: tap   to add a Birthday, Anniversary, Other, or 
Custom.
: assign the contact to Not assigned, ICE - emergency 
contacts, Co-workers, Family, or Friends.
: adds a field used to assign a message tone that will 
sound when messages are received from this contact. Choose 
between Default, Ringtones, or Go to My files.
 Message alert: allows you to set a message alert tone for the 
contact.
: allows you to set the specific type of 
vibration. 
 Add another field: tap this button to add another field such as 
Phonetic name, Organization, IM, Notes, Nickname, Website, 
Internet call, or Relationship.
12. Ta p  Save to save the new contact.
Adding Pauses to Contact Numbers
When you call automated systems, you are often required to 
enter a password or account number. Instead of manually 
entering the numbers each time, you can store the numbers 
in your Contacts along with special characters called pauses 
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and waits. A pause will stop the calling sequence for two 
seconds and a wait will pause the calling sequence until you 
enter a number or press a key.
To add a pause or a wait to an existing Contact:
1. From the Home screen, tap 
Contacts , and then tap 
the name or number to open the Contact.
2. Ta p    t o  e d i t .
3. Tap the phone number field.
4. Tap the screen at the position where the pause or wait 
needs to be added.
5. Ta p  .  
6. Ta p  
Pause to add a two-second pause or tap Wait to 
add a wait, and use the keypad to enter the additional 
numbers. A pause will be displayed as a comma (,) and 
a wait will be displayed as a semi-colon (;).
7. Ta p  
Save to save your changes, or tap Cancel to 
discard.
Editing an Existing Contact
When editing an existing cont act, you can tap a field and 
change or delete the informatio n, or you can add additional 
fields to the contact’s list of information.
1. From the Home screen, tap 
Contacts . 
2.Press and hold the Contact that you want to edit.
3. Ta p  
Edit.
4. Tap any of the fields to add, change, or delete 
information.
5. Ta p  
Save to save the edited information.
Using Contacts
Dialing or Messaging from Address Book
Once you have stored phone  numbers in the Address Book, 
you can dial them easily and quic kly by either using their SIM 
card location number or by usin g the Search field to locate 
the entry. 
From the Address book, you can also send messages.
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Finding an Address Book Entr y
You can store phone numbers and their corresponding 
names onto your SIM card and phone’s onboard memory. 
The two locations are physically separate but are used as a 
single entity, called the Address Book.
Depending on your particular SIM card, the maximum 
number of phone numbers the SIM card can store and how 
they are stored may differ.
1. From the Home screen, tap 
Contacts .
2. Within the Contacts list (sorted alphabetically), tap a 
letter on the right side of the display to quickly jump to 
the contacts beginning with that letter.
 
3.Tap the contact you wish to call or message.
4. Tap the phone icon to make a phone call or tap the 
message icon to send a message.
For more information, refer to “Creating and Sending 
Messages”   on page 111.
Tip: From the Contact list, sweep right over a listing to make a 
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Joining Contacts
Joining Contact Information
Many people now maintain multiple email accounts, social 
networking logins, and other similar account information. For 
example, a Facebook account login name might differ from a 
corporate email account login because they are maintained 
separately and for different groups of people.
This device can synchronize with multiple accounts such as 
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace,  Corporate email, and Google. 
When you synchronize your ph one with these accounts, each 
account creates a separate contact entry in the Contacts list.
If one of your contacts (Amy Smith, for example) has a 
regular email account that you  maintain in Gmail, but also 
has a Facebook account under her maiden and married 
name, as well as a Yahoo! chat account, when you merge 
these accounts into your Contacts list you can join all of her 
entries and view the information in one record.
The next time you synchron ize your phone with your 
accounts, any updates that cont acts make to email account 
names, email addresses, etc. automatically update in your 
contacts list. For more information about synchronizing accounts, see 
“Synchronizing Accounts” on page 84.
1. From the Home screen, tap Contacts .
2. Tap a contact name (the na me you want to join to 
another entry). 
Note: typically this is the same contact 
with a different name or account information.
3. Press   ➔ 
Join contact.
The contact list is displayed.
Note: Only contacts stored on your phone can be joined.
4. Tap the second contact entr y (the entry in which to 
join). The second contact is now joined with the first 
and the account information  is merged into one screen.
Note: The information is still maintain ed in both entries, but 
displays in one record for easier viewing when you join 
the contacts.
5. Ta p  t h e  
Connection bar to view the contact information 
you joined. The contacts and information displays with 
an icon next to the contact  name to indicate what type 
of account information is contained in the entry.