Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini User Manual

     
 
  
 
 
Rotating the Screen 
Many applications allow display in either portrait or 
landscape orientation. Rotating  the device causes the display 
to automatically adjust to fit the new screen orientation. 
To prevent the display from rotating automatically, open the 
Notification panel and deselect 
Screen rotation. 
Note: Some applications do not allow screen rotation, and 
some applications display a different screen depending 
on the orientation. 
Voice Commands 
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Customizing Your Home Screen 
You can customize your Home screen by doing the following: 
• Adding shortcuts and widgets 
• Creating folders 
• Changing the wallpaper 
Shortcuts and Widgets 
You can add, reposition, or remove shortcuts and widgets
 
from the Home screen.
 
• Shortcuts : Icons on the Home screen which launch 

applications.
 
• Widgets : Self-contained applications. They appear as 

onscreen applications.
 
Note: Primary shortcuts appear at  the bottom of...

     
  
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
   
Folders 
Place folders on the Home screen to organize items. 
Adding Folders 
1.	 Touch and hold an empty area of the Home screen. 
On the pop-up menu, touch  Folder. 
2.	  The folder displays on th e Home screen. Touch the 
folder to name it. 
Using Folders 
� 	To add shortcuts to the folder, touch and hold the 
shortcut, and then drag it  to the folder and release. 
� 	Touch the folder to open it and access the shortcuts 
inside. 
� 	To delete a folder, touch and hold the...

  
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
Smart Stay 
Smart stay is a  Smart screen features use the front camera 
to detect when you are facing the screen. Some factors 
that may affect the ability of the front camera to detect your 
face are: 
• When the phone is not docked or held upright, for example 
when placed on a table. 
• When the front camera cannot detect your face and eyes. 
• When the front camera is  being used for the current 

application.
 
• When the source of light is behind you, or when using the 
phone...

     
 
 
       
 
    
   
   
   
 
 
    
   
   
    
Entering Text 
Your device uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry. 
Use the keyboard to enter letter s, punctuation, numbers, and 
other characters into text entry fields or applications. Access 
the keyboard by touching any text entry field. 
You can also use voice input to speak your inputs. 
Note: When you rotate the device, the screen updates to 
display the keyboard at th e bottom of the screen. 
Text Input Methods 
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Configure Samsung Keyboard 
For more information, refer to  “Samsung Keyboard” on 

page 142
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Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters 
The default case is lower case  (abc). Enter upper and lower 
case alphabet letter s by touching the 
Shift key to toggle 
the case, before touching the letter keys. 
• Touch once to switch from abc to Abc mode. 
• Touch twice to switch to ABC mode. When ABC mode is 

enabled, the Shift key background turns blue
Entering Symbols and Numbers 
• To...

     
   
 
      
 
 
Closing the Keyboard 
� 	To u c h Back to close the keyboard. 
Editing Text 
You can edit the text you enter in text fields by cutting, 
copying, or pasting text. These operations can be performed 
within and across apps. Howeve r, some apps do not support 
editing of some or all of the text displayed, while others may 
offer their own way to select text. 
Editing Existing Text 
1.	  Touch the text at the point you want to edit.
 
The 
Cursor displays at the point you touched.
 
2....

Touch the Cursor. A pop
­up displays. 
To paste text   directly from the clipboard:
Touch and h old
 
. 
 from the pop
-
up menu to display the text 
saved to the clipboard.
 
   
 Options on the keyboard and then 
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“Samsung Keyboard”  on 
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2. At the 
Tap  t o   s p e a k prompt, touch   
 
and dist
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 ly into the microphone.
 The  software converts your voice to text, which 
displays  in the message. 
Pasting Text 
To paste previously...

     
 
   
 
 
 
  
   
 
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 touch predictive text system. 
� 	While entering text, touch and drag downward from the 
top of the screen to display Notifications, then touch 
Select input method  ➔ Swype . 
Using the Numeric Keyboard...

 
   
       
 
 
 
     
Swype Tips 
The following example shows ho w 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”. 
Here are a few tips to get you started: 
• Auto-spacing : When you finish a word, just lift your finger 
and start the next word. 
• Double letters : Just “scribble” on the key. 
• Auto-capitalization : Swype recognizes and capitalizes the 
first word of sentences. If you want to capitalize a...