Samsung Galaxy Note 5 User Guide

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Know Your Device Enter Text
Use Google Voice Typing
Instead of typing, enter text by speaking.
Languages
1. On the Samsung Keyboard, tap  Google voice 
typing. 
• You may need to touch and hold Options 
(left of the Space key) to find it.
2. Speak your text.
Note : Tap Languages to download additional 
languages for use with Google voice typing.
Configure Google Voice Typing
To customize Google voice typing:
1. From a Home screen, tap  Apps >  Settings > 
Language and input.
2. Tap Google voice typing for options.  
						

							Calling
Make telephone calls using a 
variety of calling features and 
services.  
						

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CallingPhone Screen
Use the Phone screen to access the dialer keypad, recent calls, favorites, and contacts.
Phone Screen
More options
Hide the keypad
Video call
Ta b s
Keypad Call
Voice recognition   
						

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Calling Phone Screen
• Call: Tap to make your call.
• Hide the keypad: Hide the keypad and display 
recent calls. Tap  Keypad to display the keypad.
• Keypad: Tap the number that you want to call.
• More options: Access Speed dial and Call settings.
• Ta b s: Tap RECENT to display a list of all dialed, 
received, and missed calls. Tap FAVORITES 
to display contacts marked as Favorites. Tap 
CONTACTS to display your contacts and select a 
contact to call.
• Video call: Make video calls using your camera. 
Advanced Calling must be enabled. For more 
information, see “Advanced Calling” on page 143 .
• Voice recognition: Tap to make a call using voice 
commands. 
Access Phone
There are a couple of ways to access Phone.
 ►From a Home screen, tap  Phone.
– or –
From a Home screen, tap 
 Apps >  Phone.
Displaying Your Phone Number
You phone number can be found in Settings.
 ► From a Home screen, tap  Apps >  Settings > 
About phone > Status > My phone number.  
						

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Calling Phone Screen
Call Settings
There are also a couple of ways to access the 
Call settings menu.
 ►From a Home screen, tap  Phone > MORE > 
Settings .
– or –
From a Home screen, tap 
 Apps >  Settings > 
Applications > Phone.  
						

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CallingMake and Answer Calls
Make and Answer Calls
Learn how to make or answer a call. Explore 
features and functionality associated with 
making or answering a call.
Make a Call
1. From a Home screen, tap  Phone.
2. Enter a number on the keypad and tap  Dial.
Note : If the keypad does not appear, tap the 
 Keypad 
icon.
Quickly Dial a Number from 
Your Contact List
1. From a Home screen, tap  Apps >  Contacts.
– or –
From a Home screen, tap 
 Phone > C O N TAC T S .
2. While viewing your contact list, swipe your finger 
across a contact to the right call the contact.
Dial a Recent Number
All incoming, outgoing, and missed calls are recorded 
in the Call log. If the number or caller is listed in your 
contacts list, the associated name is also displayed. 
1. From a Home screen, tap  Phone.
2. Tap RECENT. A list of recent calls is displayed.
3. Tap a contact, and then tap  Call.    
						

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Calling Make and Answer Calls
Answer a Call
When a call is received the phone rings and displays 
the caller’s phone number or name if stored in the 
contacts list.
 ►At the incoming call screen:
• Touch and drag  Answer to the right to 
answer the call.
• Touch and drag  Reject to the left to reject 
the call and send it to your voicemail.
• Touch and drag REJECT CALL WITH 
MESSAGE upward, and select a message. If you are using an app, a pop-up screen appears for 
the incoming call.
 ►
On the incoming call pop-up screen:
• Tap  Answer to answer the call.
• Tap  Reject to reject the call and send it to 
your voicemail.
• Tap REJECT CALL WITH MESSAGE, and select 
a message.
• Tap  Expand to exit the app and view the 
main incoming call screen.
End a Call
 ► When you are ready to end your call, tap  End.  
						

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Calling Make and Answer Calls
Multitask While on a Call
If you exit the call screen and return to a Home 
screen, your active call is indicated by  Call on the 
Status bar.
This lets you continue with your current call and do 
something else, such as access the contacts list, view 
a recent email, locate a picture, and so on.
To return to the call screen:
 ► Swipe the Status bar downward to reveal the 
Notification panel, and then tap Call notification 
card. 
To end a call from any application:
 ► Swipe the Status bar downward to reveal the 
Notification panel, and then tap  End call. 
Options During a Call
Your phone provides a number of functions that you 
can use during a call.
Adjust the Call Volume
 ►Press the Volume key to increase or decrease the 
volume.
– or –
Quickly add more volume to the incoming audio by 
tapping 
 Extra volume.
Listen with the Speaker or 
Bluetooth Headset
Listen to the call using the speaker or through a 
Bluetooth headset (not included) .
 ► Tap  Speaker to hear the caller using the 
speaker.
– or –
Tap 
 Bluetooth to use a Bluetooth headset 
(not included) .  
						

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Calling Make and Answer Calls
Place a New Call While on a Call
If your service plan supports this feature, you can 
make another call while a call is in progress. 
1. From the active call, tap  Add call to dial the 
second call.
2. Dial the new number and tap  Dial. 
3. When the call is answered, tap  Merge to hear 
both callers at once (multi-conferencing) . 
Call Waiting
If your service plan supports this feature, you can 
answer an incoming call while you have a call in 
progress. You are notified of an incoming call by a call 
waiting tone. 
To answer a new call while you have a call in progress:
1. Slide  Answer in any direction to answer the 
new call.
2. The original caller is placed on hold and the new 
caller is connected. 
• Tap the caller on hold to place the current caller 
on hold and return to your original call.
• Tap  End to end the current call and return to 
the call on hold.  
						

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Calling Make and Answer Calls
Call Log
The numbers of the calls you have dialed, received, or 
missed are stored on the RECENT tab.
1. From a Home screen, tap  Phone.
2. Tap RECENT. A list of recent calls is displayed. If 
the caller is in your contacts list, the caller’s name 
is displayed.
Save a Recent Call to Your Contacts List 
1. From a Home screen, tap  Phone > RECENT.
2. Tap the call that contains the information that you 
want to save to your contacts list. 
3. Tap CREATE CONTACT.
– or –
If you want to replace the number for an existing 
contact, tap UPDATE EXISTING.
Delete a Call from the Call Log
1. From a Home screen, tap  Phone > RECENT.
2. Touch and hold the call you want to delete from 
the Call log.
3. Tap DELETE.
Add a Call to the Reject List
By adding a caller to your Reject list, future calls from 
this number will be sent directly to your voicemail.
1. From a Home screen, tap  Phone > RECENT. 
2. Tap the caller you want to add to the Reject list. 
3. Tap MORE > Add to Block list.