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To activate Smart Screen:
The Smart screen options allow you to customize your 
screen settings to make the screen more responsive and 
easier to use.1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔  
Controls.
2. In a single motion touch and slide the 
Smart screen 
slider to the right to turn it on. 
3. Tap any of the following options to create a checkmark 
and activate the features:
: disables the screen timeout if your phone detects 
that your face is watching the screen.
 Smart rotation: disables the auto screen rotation by checking 
the orientation of your face and the device.
 Smart pause: pauses videos when your device detects that 
your head has moved away from the screen.
 Smart scroll: once your eyes have been detected, the screen 
will scroll according to your device’s tilt angle. Tap the adjacent 
field to the right of the Smart scroll field to activate the feature. 
With Smart scroll, the screen will scroll depending on the 
phone’s tilt angle once your eyes have been detected.
To Increase touch sensitivity:
Activating this feature allows you to increase the screen’s 
sensitivity to touching while wearing gloves.  1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔  
Controls.
2. Place a check mark alongside the 
Increase touch 
sensitivity 
field to turn it on.
Add Account
This menu allows you to set  up, manage, and synchronize 
accounts, including your Google and email accounts.
Adding an Account
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔   
General ➔ Accounts ➔ Add account.
2. Tap one of the account types.
3. Use the keyboard and follow the prompts to enter your 
credentials and set up the account.
A green circle will appear next to the account type once 
you have created an account. Your account will also be 
displayed in the 
My accounts section of the main 
Accounts menu.
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Removing an Account
Important! Removing an account also deletes all of its messages, contacts, and other data from the 
device.
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings  ➔ 
 
General ➔ Accounts.
2. Tap the account which is located in the 
My accounts 
section.
3. Tap the account name.
4. At the bottom of the screen, tap 
Remove account, then 
tap 
Remove account at the prompt to remove the 
account and delete all its messages, contacts, and 
other data.
Synchronizing Accounts
Select the items you want to synchronize on your account 
such as Books, Calendar, Contacts, and more.
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings  ➔ 
 
General ➔ Accounts.
2. Tap the account which is located in the 
My accounts 
section. 3.
Tap the account name.
4. Ta p  
Sync now to synchronize your account or only tap 
the Sync items that you want to synchronize.
5. Ta p  
Cancel sync to stop the synchronization.
6. Ta p  
Account settings to access your account settings.
7. Ta p  
Storage usage to see your storage usage for 
different applications.
Backup 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 ➔   
General ➔ 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.
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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 ➔   
General ➔ 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 ➔   
General ➔ 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 yo ur phone and sound settings 
to the factory default settings.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
General ➔ Back up and reset.
2. Ta p  
Factory data reset. The Factory data reset screen displays reset 
information.
3. Ta p  
Reset device, then follow the prompts to perform 
the reset.
Warning! Performing a Factory data reset will erase all data  from your phone and internal SD card, including your 
Google account, system and application data and 
settings, and downloaded applications. It will not 
erase current system software, bundled 
applications, and external SD card files such as 
music and photos.
Date and time
This menu allows you to change  the current time and date 
displayed.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
General ➔ Date and time.
2. Ta p  
Automatic date and time to allow the network to set 
the date and time.
3. Ta p  
Automatic time zone to allow the network to set the 
time zone.
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Important! Deactivate Automatic date and time to manually set the rest of the options.
4. Ta p  
Set date and tap the up and down arrows to set the 
Month, Day, and Ye a r then tap Set.
5. Ta p  
Set time and tap the up and down arrows to set the 
Hour, Minute, and PM/AM, then tap Set.
6. Ta p  
Select time zone, then tap a time zone.
7. Optional: Tap 
Use 24-hour format. If this is not selected 
the phone automatically  uses a 12-hour format.
8. Ta p  
Select date format and tap the date format type.
Accessor y Settings
This menu allows you to select the Audio output mode when
using a car or desk dock.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔  
General ➔ Accessory.
2. Ta p  
Dock sound to play sounds when inserting or 
removing the phone from the dock.
3. Ta p  
Audio output mode to use the external dock 
speakers when the phone is docked. 4.
Ta p  
Desk home screen display to display the desk home 
screen whenever the phone is docked.
5. Ta p  
Automatic unlock if you are using a phone cover 
and you want your phone to unlock when you open the 
cover.
6. Ta p  
S View window color to set the window color when 
you are using the optional S View protective cover.
7. Ta p  
Select info shown cover to select the information 
that you want displayed when you are using the 
optional S View protective cover.
8. Ta p  
Audio output to set your Audio output to Stereo or 
Surround.
Browser Bar
The Browser Bar enhances your browsing experience by 
providing contextual tools and quick access to your favorite 
content. 1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔ 
 
General ➔ Browser Bar.
2. Select an option and follow  the on-screen instructions 
to set up or modify your Browser Bar.
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Application Manager
You can download and install applications from Play Store or 
create applications using the Android SDK and install them 
on your device. Use Application manager settings to manage 
applications.
Warning! Because this device can be configured with system  software not provided by or supported by Google or 
any other company, end-users operate these devices 
at their own risk.
Memor y Usage
See how memory is being used by Downloaded or Running 
applications.
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔  
 
General ➔ Application manager.
2. Ta p  
DOWNLOADED, SD CARD, RUNNING, or ALL to 
display memory usage for that category of 
applications.
The graph at the bottom of the Downloaded tab shows 
used and free device memory . The graph at the bottom 
of the Running tab shows used and free RAM.
Downloaded
Displays apps you have downloaded onto your device. 1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔  
 
General ➔ Application manager.
2. Ta p  t h e  
DOWNLOADED tab to view a list of all the 
downloaded applicatio ns on your device.
3. To switch the order of th e lists displayed in the 
Downloaded tabs, press    ➔ 
Sort by size or Sort by 
name
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4. To reset your application preferences, press    ➔ 
Reset app preferences.
Note: This will reset the preferences for disabled apps, 
disabled app notifications,  default applications for 
actions, and background data restrictions for apps. You 
will not lose any app data.
5. Tap an application to view and update information 
about the application, including memory usage, default 
settings, and permissions.
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SD Card
Displays apps you have downloaded onto your SD card.
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings  ➔ 
 
General ➔ Application manager.
2. Ta p  t h e  
SD CARD tab to view a list of all the downloaded 
applications on your device.
3. To switch the order of the lists displayed in the On SD 
card tab, press    ➔ 
Sort by size or Sort by name.
4. To reset your application preferences, press   ➔  
Reset app preferences.
Note: When you Reset app preferences, you will not lose any 
app data.
5. Tap an application to view and update information 
about the application, including memory usage, default 
settings, and permissions.
Running Ser vices
View and control services running on your device.
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔ 
 
General ➔ Application manager.
2. Ta p  t h e  
RUNNING tab. All the applications that are 
currently running on the device display.
3. Ta p  
Show cached processes to display all the cached 
processes that are running. Tap 
Show services in use to 
switch back.
4. Tap one of the applications to view application 
information.
The following options display:
: Stops the application from running on the device. This is 
usually done prior to uninstalling the application.
Warning! Not all services can be stopped. Stopping services  may have undesirable consequences on the 
application or Android System.
: Report failure and other application information.
Note: Options vary by application.
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Batter y
See how much battery power is used for device activities.1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔  
 
General ➔ Battery .
The battery level displays in percentage. The amount 
of time the battery was used also displays. Battery 
usage displays in percentages per application.
2. Ta p  
Screen, Android OS, Cell standby or any other listed 
application to view how it  is affecting battery use.
Note: Other applications may be running that affect battery use.
3. From the upper-right tap   (
Refresh) to update the 
list.
4. Ta p  t h e  
Show battery percentage check box to have the 
battery percentage displayed on your battery charge 
icon on your status bar.
Power saving mode
Power saving mode allows yo u to manage your phone to 
conserve power.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔  
General ➔ Power saving mode.
2. Ta p  t h e  
OFF / ON icon next to Power saving mode to turn 
Power saving mode on  .
3. Tap the following options to create a checkmark and 
conserve power:
 CPU power saving: allows you to limit the maximum 
performance of the CPU.
 Screen power saving: allows you to lower the screen power 
level.
 Turn off haptic feedback: allows you to turn off vibration when 
you tap or touch the screen.
: automatically turns on Power saving mode when 
the battery falls below 20% even if Power saving mode is off.
4. Ta p  Learn about power saving to learn about various 
ways to conserve battery power.
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Storage
From this menu you can view the memory allocation for the 
memory card and USB as well as mount or unmount the SD 
card.
For more information about moun ting or unmounting the SD 
card, see  “Memory Card”  on page 43.
To view the memory allocation for your external SD card:
  From the Home screen, tap   ➔  Settings ➔   
General ➔  Storage .The available memory displays 
under the 
To t a l  s p a c e and Available space headings for 
both Device memory and SD card.
SD card
  Ta p  Unmount SD card to unmount your SD card so that 
you can safely remove it, then tap 
OK.
– or –
1. Ta p  
Format SD card to format your SD card. This will 
delete all data on your SD  card including music, videos, 
and photos.
2. Ta p  
Format SD card again.
3. Ta p  
Delete all to continue or press   to cancel.
Note: The Format SD card option is only available when your SD card is mounted.
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 ➔   
General ➔ Security.
2. You must first set up a screen lock type if you haven’t 
already done so. For more information, refer to “Screen 
Lock”   on page 100.
3. Ta p  
Encrypt device. For more information, read the 
displayed help screen.
4. 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.
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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 ➔   
General ➔ Security ➔ Set up/change password.
2. Enter a new password and tap 
Confirm.
3. Enter the new password again and tap 
Confirm.
Set up SIM card lock
Prevent another user from us ing your SIM card to make 
unauthorized calls or from a ccessing information stored on 
your SIM card by protecting the information using a PIN code.
When enabled, your phone will ask for a PIN number each 
time you use the phone. Using this option you can also 
change your SIM PIN number.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
General ➔ Security.
2. Ta p  
Set up SIM card lock. 3.
Ta p  
Lock SIM card, enter your SIM PI N 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.
Forgotten SIM PIN password
If you enter the wrong SIM PIN more than 3 times, you will 
need to contact your AT&T Customer Service Representative 
to get the PUK code for your device.
1. Each time you enter a wrong SIM PIN number the 
phone will display how many attempts you have 
remaining.
2. After the third incorrect attempt, 
SIM is now disabled, 
Enter PUK code to  continue. Contact carrier for details
 
displays and your SIM card is locked.
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Enter the new PUK code that you received from your 
AT&T Customer Service Representative in the 
PUK code 
field.
4. Enter a new PIN code in the 
Enter a new PIN field and 
tap 
OK.
5. Enter the new PIN code again in the 
Confirm your new 
PIN 
field and tap OK.
Note: While your SIM PIN is locked, you will still be able to make Emergency calls if necessary.
Make passwords visible
When enabled, password characters display briefly as you 
touch them while entering passwords. 1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
General ➔ Security.
2. Ta p  
Make passwords visible to create a checkmark and 
enable or disable the displa y 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.
Note: If a device uses multiple  enabled administration 
applications, the strictest policy is enforced.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
General ➔ Security.
2. Ta p  
Device administrators.
3. Select a device administrator and follow the prompts. If 
no device administrators ar e listed, you can download 
them from the Play Store.
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