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 
Use voice commands to control  and interact with the phone: 
• Incoming calls: Say “Answer” or “Reject” to answer or 

reject a call. When you answer a call, the speaker
 
automatically turns on for hands-free conversation.
 
• Alarm : Say “Stop” or “Snooze” to stop or snooze an alarm. 
• Camera : Say “Smile”, “Cheese”, “Capture”, or “Shoot” to 
take pictures. 
• Music : Say “Next”, “Previous”, “Play”, “Pause”,
 
“Volume Up”, or “Volume Down” to control the music 

player.
 
For more information, refer to “S Voice”  on page 113
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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 the display 
screen. You can modify primary shortcuts just like 
regular shortcuts, except for 
Apps. 
Adding a Shortcut or Widget 
You can customize the Home screen by adding shortcuts 

and widgets.
 
1.	  Touch and hold an empty  area of the Home screen. 
On the pop-up menu, touch  Apps and widgets. 
– or – 
Ta p
 Apps  to display the Apps screen. 
2.	  For shortcuts, touch the  Apps tab. For widgets, touch 
the  Widgets  tab. 
3.	  Touch and hold the shortcut or widget, and then drag it 
to a position on the Home screen and release. 
Removing a Shortcut or Widget 
Shortcuts and widgets can be removed from the 

Home screen. 

Note: Removing a shortcut does not  delete the application, it 
simply removes the shortcut  from the Home screen. 
� 	Touch and hold the shortcut or widget until it detaches, 
and then drag it to  Remove and release. 
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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 folder until it 
detaches, and then drag it to 
Remove  and release. 
Note: All shortcuts contained in the folder will also be deleted. 
Wallpaper 
Choose a picture to display in the background of the Home 
screen. 
Note: You can also set Wallpaper in Settings. For more 
information, see “Wallpaper”  on page 125. 
1.	 Navigate to a Home screen panel, then touch and hold 
on the screen to display the 
Home screen  menu. 
2.	  Choose  Set wallpaper , and then choose  Home 
screen,  Lock screen , or Home and lock screens . 
3.	  Choose a source: 
• Gallery
: Choose a picture stored on your device or on an 
optional installed memory card. 
•  Live wallpapers: Choose from pre-loaded interactive 
moving wallpapers (Home screen only). 
•Photos: Choose a photo stored in your Google Photos 
account (Home screen only). 
•Wallpapers: Choose from pre-loaded wallpaper images. 
•  Travel wallpaper: Display travel recommendations. (Lock 
screen only). 
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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 in the dark. 
Smart stay allows your phone to automatically adjust the 
screen timeout when  it detects you are looking at the screen. 
Configure Smart Stay 
For more information, refer to  “Smart Screen” on page 148. 
Screen Capture 
Capture an image of the  current screen display. 
� 	Press and hold both the  Power/Lock 
Key  and 
Home. 
When a screen capture occurs, a white border will flash 
around the edge of the screen. The image is saved to the 
Screenshots  album in Gallery. A copy of the image is also   
saved to the clipboar

d. 
To view the screenshot:  1.	  From a Home screen, tap 
Apps ➔ Gallery. 
2.	  To u c h  t h e  album titled 
Screenshots. 
3.	 Touch a screenshot preview to display it. 
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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 
There are three text input methods available: 
• Google voice typing: Enter text by speaking. 
• Samsung keyboard (default): A QWERTY keyboard that can 
be used in both portrait and landscape orientation. 
• Swype: Instead of touching each key to enter text, use your 
finger to trace over each letter of a word. 
Select a Default Text Input Method 
You can select a default Text I nput Method from Settings, or 
choose one at any time while entering text.  From Settings: 
1.  From the Home screen, touch 
Apps ➔ 
Settings  ➔ My device
My device My device. 
2.	  To u c h  Language and input  ➔ Default  to select 
Samsung keyboard or Swype. 
While entering text:  1.	  Touch the top of the screen and swipe downward to 
display the Notification Panel. 
2.	  To u c h 
Select input method , and then choose a 
text entry method. 
Using Samsung Keyboard 
The Samsung keyboard is a virtual QWERTY keyboard. 

Input characters by touching  the onscreen keys with 

your fingers.
 
You can enable  predictive text to have the Samsung 
keyboard match your key touches to common words and 
display them. Select a word from the display to insert it into 
your text. 
Google voice typing is accessible directly from the keyboard, 
allowing you to enter text using your voice. See  “Using 
Google Voice Typing”  on page 32
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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 enter numbers and common symbols, touch 123Sy123 m
Sym and 
then touch the desired key. 
• To enter less-common symbols, touch 123Sy123 m
Sym ➔ 1/2 , and then 
touch the desired key. 
• Each key consists of a main character or symbol (such as 
‘a’ ), plus additional characters (such as  @, æ , à,  â, etc.). 
Touch and hold a key to open a small menu of additional 
characters. (If there is only one additional character (such 
as the letter ‘ m’ which only has the additional character 
‘ ~ ’), then that character is  automatically selected and 
entered into your text.) 
• Touch and hold the period key  ( . ) to open a small window 
with a set of common symbols. 
Using Predictive Text 
By using Predictive text, you ca n have next-letter prediction 
and regional error correction, which compensates for 
touching the wrong keys on the QWERTY keyboard. 
Note: Enable Predictive text in Samsung keyboard settings. 
For more information, refer to  “Samsung Keyboard” on 
page 142
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While entering characters, pote ntial word matches display in 
the Predictiv

e text area above the keyboard. 
� Touch a word to insert it into your text. 
� Touch to display more words. 
Using Google Voice Typing from the 
Samsung Keyboard 
When you enable the Google vo ice typing setting, you can 
use your voice to enter te xt instead of the keyboard. 
For more information about enabling Voice input, 
see  “Using Google Voice Typing”  on page 32. 
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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 and drag the 
Cursor to a better position, if 

necessary.
 
3.	  Enter additional text or delete text by repeatedly 

touching the 

Delete key. 
Copying, Deleting, or Replacing Text 
1.	 Touch and hold the text or word you want to select. 
The selected text is highligh ted with a 
 tab at each 
end of the selection. 
2.  Touch and drag either tab to select more or less text. 
Tip: Touch Select all in the pop-up to select all text in the field. 
Touch on another area of the screen to deselect the text. 
3.	  Depending on the action you want to take for the 
selected text, in the pop-up touch: 
• Select all
 to highlight all text in the field. 
•Cut to remove the selected text. 
•Copy to save the selected text to the clipboard. 
•Paste to paste previously copied text. 
• Clipboard to display the text saved to the clipboard. 
•Translate to translate the highlighted word.  For more 
information, refer to  “S Translator” on page 113
. 
– or –
 
Enter text by typing or speaking to replace the 

selection with what you type.
 
– or –
 
To u c h  t h e
   
Delete key to  delete the selected text. 

 
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							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 
select   
1.
    
To u c h
informat
ion, r
 efer to  
“Samsung Keyboard”  on 
page  
142
2. At the 
Tap  t o   s p e a k prompt, touch   
 
and dist
inct
 ly into the microphone.
 The  software converts your voice to text, which 
displays  in the message. 
Pasting Text 
To paste previously copied text: 
1.	  Touch the text at the point you want to paste the 
copied  text. The 
Cursor displays at the point you 
touched. 
2.	 
3.	  Touch  Paste  in the pop-up.
 
1. 
2.	  Touch a text block to paste the text where the 
Cursor 
is positioned. 
Using Google Voice Typing 
Enter text using your voice. 
While entering text: 
Options on the keyboard. For more 
and speak clearly 
3.  Keep speaking to add more text. 
4.	  Touch
 to display the Samsung keyboard. 
Note: The feature works best when you break your message 
down into smaller segments. 
Configuring Google Voice Typing 
See  “Samsung Keyboard”  on page 142. 
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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 
Switch to a numeric keyboard,  to quickly enter numbers and 
arithmetical operators (+, -, 
*). 
�	 Touch and hold ,  and then slide to touch 123 123. 
Entering Symbols And Numbers 
Using the Swype Keyboard: 
• Touch and hold on a key to ente r the character at the top of 
the key. 
• Touch and hold on a key until a menu of all characters
 
available on that key appears; then touch a character to
 
enter it. 

• Touch  to switch to Symbol mode; then touch a key. 
Editing Keyboard 
The Editing keyboard provides a quick way to move the 
cursor and highlight text. If th e application in which you are 
working supports editing, you can cut, copy or paste 
highlighted text. 
�	 Swype from Swype  to . 
Using Swype Voice Input 
Enter text by speaking. Swyp e recognizes your speech and 
enters text for you. 
�	 To u c h Voice Input . At the prompt, speak the text 
you want to enter. 
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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 word 
that is not at the beginning of  a sentence, just glide above 
the keyboard before gliding over the next letter. 
• Contractions : Swype recognizes most words that include 
an apostrophe, just swype the letters of the word, including 
the apostrophe. 
• Punctuation : Touch and hold a key to view a punctuation 
menu and make a selection. 
• Accented characters : Just glide through the letters of the 
word. Swype usually recogniz es the word and correctly 
accents the letters. 
• Error correction : If you make a mistake, double-tap on the 
word you want to change. 
Configuring Swype 
Configure Swype to your preferences. 
� Touch and hold the Swype Key to access the Swype 

options menu.
 
For more information, refer to  “Swype” on page 144
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Swype Help 
Get help while using Swype. 
1.  Touch and hold the 
Swype Key to access the Swype 
options menu. 
2.  To u c h 
Help ➔ How to Swype . 
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