Samsung Galaxy S2 Owners Manual

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Ta p  t h e  Voicemail number field, backspace to erase the 
digits, and enter a new voicemail number using the 
keypad, then tap 
OK.
3.Ta p  OK.
Sound Settings
From this menu you can control the sounds on the phone.
From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Sound.
The following options display:
Silent mode
Silent mode is convenient when you wish to stop the phone from 
making noise, in a theater for example. In Silent Mode the 
speaker is muted and the phone only vibrates to notify you of 
incoming calls, or other functions that normally have a defined 
tone or sound as an alert.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Sound.
2.Ta p  Silent mode.
– or –
From the Home screen, press the Lock key until Phone 
options
 displays.
3.Ta p  Silent mode to activate or deactivate this mode (the 
current mode displays).
Vibration
Vibration mode allows your phone to vibrate instead of a 
producing a tone.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Sound ➔ 
Vibration.
2.Ta p  Always, Never, Only in Silent mode, or Only when not in 
Silent mode
.
Vo l u m e
The Volume option allows you to change the volume for all phone 
sounds in one easy location.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Sound ➔ 
Volume.
2.Touch and drag the slider to adjust the sound volume for 
Incoming calls, Media, System, and Notification.
3.Ta p  OK.
Phone ringtone
This option allows you to set the ringtone.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Sound. 
						

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Ta p  Phone ringtone.
3.Tap a ringtone and tap OK.
Notification ringtone
This option allows you to set the ringtone that will sound for 
notifications and alarms.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Sound.
2.Ta p  Notification ringtone.
3.Tap a ringtone and tap OK.
Audible Tone Settings
The Audible touch tones and Audible selection options are used 
when you use the dialing pad, make a screen selection, or lock 
your screen. Each time you press a key, make a selection, or lock 
your phone, the selected tone sounds.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Sound.
2.In the Feedback section, tap Audible touch tones, Audible 
selection
, or Screen lock sounds. A check mark displayed 
next to these features indicates active status.
Haptic feedback and Vibration intensity
Instead of sounding a tone, the Haptic feedback option vibrates 
when you press soft keys on certain screens. You can also set the 
intensity of the vibration using the Vibration intensity setting.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Sound.
2.Ta p  Haptic feedback. A check mark displayed next to the 
feature indicates Haptic feedback is active.
3.Ta p  Vibration intensity then touch and drag the slider to 
adjust the vibration intensity, then tap 
OK.
Display Settings
In this menu, you can change various settings for the display 
such as the font, orientation, pop-up notifications, puzzle lock 
feature, animation, brightness, screen timeout, power saving 
mode, and tv out settings.
From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Display.
The following options display:
 Screen display: allows you to set the Font style, the home screen 
and lock screen wallpapers, and the clock position for the lock 
screen.
 Brightness: configures the LCD Brightness levels. Tap Automatic 
brightness to allow the phone to self-adjust and tap OK. 
						

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 Auto-rotate screen: allows you to switch the display orientation 
automatically when you rotate the phone.
: determines whether some or all of the window 
elements animate. Selections are: No animation, Some animations, 
and All animations.
 Screen timeout: adjusts the delay time before the screen 
automatically turns off. Selections are: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 
minute, 2 minutes, and 10 minutes.
 Touch key light duration: allows you to set the time that the touch 
keys located on the bottom of your phone are lit.
 Auto adjust screen power: allows you to save power because the 
phone analyzes the displayed screen image and adjusts the LCD 
brightness.
 Gyro sensor calibration: allows you to calibrate the gyro sensors. 
Place your device on a level surface and tap Calibrate.
Power Saving Mode
Power Saving Mode allows you to manage your phone to 
conserve power.
1.From the Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔ Power 
saving mode
.
2.The following options are available:
 Use Power saving mode: allows you to automatically switch to 
Power saving mode when the battery is low.
 Power saving mode on at: allows you to set the battery power 
level when Power saving mode will be enabled.
 Turn off Wi-Fi: automatically turns off Wi-Fi when you are not 
connected with Mobile AP. 
 Turn off Bluetooth: automatically turns off Bluetooth when it is not 
in use.
 Turn off GPS: automatically turns off GPS when it is not in use.
 Turn off Sync: automatically turns off Sync when the phone is not 
synchronizing with the server. 
 Brightness: allows you to manually adjust the brightness of the 
screen. Tap this option to enable the next Brightness option.
 Brightness: allows you to set the Brightness percentage of the 
screen.
 Screen timeout: allows you to set the time before the screen times 
out and goes into lock mode.
 Power saving tips: describes various ways to conserve battery 
power. 
Location and Security
The Location and Security settings allow you to set up how the 
phone will determine your location and the security settings for 
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Use Wireless Networks
Before you use applications such as Google Maps and find your 
location or search for places of interest, you must enable the Use 
wireless networks option or enable the GPS satellites.
1.From the Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔ Location 
and security
.
2.Ta p  Use wireless networks to enable location information 
using the wireless network.
Use GPS satellites
This option allows you to locate locations accurately to street 
level. To conserve power, deselect this option when not in use.
1.From the Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔ Location 
and security
.
2.Ta p  Use GPS satellites to enable the GPS satellite.
Use sensor aiding
This options enhances the positioning capabilities of your phone 
and conserves power using sensors.
1.From the Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔ Location 
and security
.
2.Ta p  Use sensor aiding to enable the positioning sensors.
Set up screen lock
Creating a screen unlock pattern increases security on the 
phone.
1.From the Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔ Location 
and security
.
2.Ta p  Set up screen lock and select one of the following 
options:
: disables screen unlock security.
 Pattern: requires that you draw a pattern on the screen to unlock it. 
Follow the onscreen instructions.
: requires that you enter a numeric PIN number to unlock the 
screen. Enter a PIN number, confirm it, then tap OK.
 Password: requires that you enter a password to unlock the 
screen. Enter a password, confirm it, then tap OK. Password must 
contain at least one letter.
Note: Once you have set the screen lock option, the Set screen lock option changes to Change screen lock.
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 the information using a PIN code. 
						

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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 ➔ Location 
and 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.
Visible passwords
When you create a phone password you can also configure the 
phone to display the password as you type it instead of using an 
asterisk (*).
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Location 
and security
.
2.Ta p  Visible passwords to create a checkmark and activate 
this feature.
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 ➔ Location 
and security
 ➔ Set up/Change password.
2.Enter a new password and tap Confirm.
3.Enter the new password again and tap Confirm.
Select 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 ➔ Location 
and security
.
2.Ta p  Select device administrators.
3.Select a device administrator and follow the prompts. If no 
device administrators are listed, you can download them 
from the Android Market.
Credential storage
This option allows certain applications to access secure 
certificates and other credentials. Certificates and credentials 
can be installed to the SD card and password protected.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Location 
and security
.
2.Ta p  Use secure credentials to activate this feature. A check 
mark displayed next to the feature indicates secure 
credentials is active.
3.Ta p  Install from USB storage to install encrypted certificates 
from USB storage.
4.Ta p  Set password to set or change the credential storage 
password.
5.Ta p  Clear storage to clear the storage (SD card or phone 
memory) of all contents and reset the credentials 
password.
Applications
This device can be used for Android development. You can write 
applications in the SDK and install them on this device, then run 
the applications using the hardware, system, and network. This 
feature allows you to configure the device for development.
Warning!: Android Dev Phone 1 devices are not intended for non-developer 
end-users. Because the 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.
Unknown sources
This feature allows you to download and install non-Market 
applications.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ 
Applications.
2.Ta p  Unknown sources.
A check mark is displayed to indicate it is active. 
						

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Manage Applications
This feature allows you to manage installed applications. You can 
view and control currently running services, or use the device for 
application development. Using the Samsung Apps option the 
device notifies you when you are using Wi-Fi or Packet data for 
Samsung applications.
You can also view the amount of memory or resources used as 
well as the remaining memory and resources for each of the 
applications on your phone and clear the data, cache, or defaults.
From the Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔ 
Applications  ➔ Manage applications.
Clearing application cache and data
Important!: You must have downloaded applications installed to use this feature.
1.From the Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings ➔ 
Applications  ➔ Manage applications.
2.Tap an application in which to clear the cache or data.
3.Ta p  Clear data or Clear Cache.
Uninstalling third-par ty applications
Important!: You must have downloaded applications installed to use this feature.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ 
Applications  ➔ Manage applications.
2.Tap the application you want to uninstall and tap Uninstall.
3.At the prompt, tap OK to uninstall the application.
4.At the Uninstall finished prompt, tap OK.
Running ser vices
The Running services option allows you to view and control 
currently running services such as Daily Briefing, DataService, 
Google Talk, SNS (messaging), Swype, and more.
To stop a service from running on your phone:
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ 
Applications ➔ Running Services.
2.Tap a service.
3.Ta p  Stop to stop the service from running on your phone. 
						

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Memor y usage
The Memory usage option allows you to view the memory usage 
for your applications.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ 
Applications ➔ Memory usage.
The 
All tab displays the Memory usage for the different 
applications that are present on your phone.
2.Ta p  t h e  Running tab to see the memory usage for 
applications that are presently running.
3.Ta p  t h e  Downloaded tab to see the memory usage for 
Downloaded applications.
4.Ta p  t h e  On SD card tab to see the memory usage for 
applications that are stored on your SD card.
Batter y usage
The Battery usage option allows you to view the battery usage of 
the applications and features on your phone.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ 
Applications ➔ Battery usage.
2.Press  ➔ Refresh to refresh the display.
Development
From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ 
Applications ➔ Development.
Important!: These features are used for development purposes only. 
USB debugging
This feature is used for development purposes only.
Allow mock locations
This feature is used for development purposes only.
If you are a developer who is testing a GPS applications using 
this device, you can tell the device that the phone is at different 
GPS locations. In other words, the phone is allowed to “mock” 
the coordinates.
Accounts and Synchronization
1.Sign in to your Google account.
2.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Accounts 
and sync
.
3.From the General sync settings section, tap one of the 
following options:
 Background data: allows your phone to use data in the 
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 Auto-sync: automatically synchronizes your data with the phone.
4.From the Manage accounts section, tap on an open 
account to set the account settings or tap on 
Add account 
to add a new account.
Motion
The Motion settings allow you to set up various Motion activation 
services.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Motion.
2.Ta p Motion activation to activate the feature. A checkmark 
is displayed.
3.The following options are available:
 Turn over: allows you to mute incoming calls and sounds by turning 
your phone over. Tap to activate.
 Tilt: allows you to use the Tilt feature to reduce or enlarge the 
screen when in Gallery or Browser. Tap Tilt, then set the sensitivity 
using the slider. A checkmark appears in the Use motion box. Tap to 
deactivate Tilt.
 Panning: allows you to use the Panning feature to move icons from 
one page to another in Home and Application edit mode. Tap Tilt, 
then set the sensitivity using the slider. A checkmark appears in the 
Use motion box. Tap to deactivate Panning.
 Double tap: automatically prepares your phone for voice 
commands in Voice talk. Tap to activate.
4.Scroll down to the Tu t o r i a l section and tap a selection to 
see a demonstration of how it works.
Privacy
Location settings, backup configurations, or reset the phone to 
erase all personal data.
From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Privacy.
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 ➔ Privacy.
2.Ta p  Back up my data.
A green checkmark will appear.
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 ➔ Privacy.
2.Ta p  Automatic restore.
A green checkmark will appear. 
						

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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 ➔ Privacy.
2.Ta p  Factory data reset, then tap Reset phone.
3.At the confirmation screen, tap Erase everything.
The phone resets to the factory default settings 
automatically and when finished, displays the Home 
screen.
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.
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 mounting or unmounting the SD card, 
see “Memory Card” on page 38.
To view the memory allocation for your external SD card:
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ 
Storage.The available memory displays under the Total 
space and Available space headings for both SD card and 
USB Storage.
2.Ta p  Format USB storage to erase all data on the phone’s 
USB storage such as music and photos.
Language and keyboard
This setting allows you to configure the language in which to 
display the menus. You can also set onscreen keyboard options.
From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Language 
and keyboard
.
Select language
To set the language that the menus display on the phone:
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Language 
and keyboard
 ➔ Select language.
2.Tap on a language from the list.
Select input method
There are three input methods available: Swype, Android 
keyboard, and Samsung keypad. Samsung keypad is the default 
text input method.
1.From the Home screen, tap   ➔ Settings ➔ Language