T-MOBILE SAMSUNG GALAXY S BLAZE 4G (01) PDF DOCUMENT

1. Hold the device firmly and locate the cover release latch.

2. Place your fingernail in the opening and firmly “pop” the cover off the device (similar to a soda can).

3. Slide the cover away from the phone.

1. Position the battery cover over the battery compartment.

2. Align and insert the tabs along the top edge of the cover into their corresponding Cover slots located at either sides of the rear camera area.

3. Press and snap the cover onto the device. Make sure to securely snap it down onto the device all the way around the battery cover.

1. Carefully slide the SIM card into the SIM card socket until the card clicks into place.

2. Make sure that the card’s gold contacts face into the phone and that the upper-left angled corner of the card is positioned as shown.

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Carefully place your fingernail into the end of the SIM slot and push the card slightly out.

3. Carefully slide the SIM card out of the SIM card socket.

1. Locate the microSD card slot on the side of the phone.

2. Remove and then slide the microSD slot cover off to reveal the slot.

3. Orient the card with the gold strips facing up towards the battery cover and away from the screen.

4. Firmly press the card into the slot and make sure that it catches with the push-click insertion.

1. Slide the microSD slot cover off to reveal the slot.

2. Firmly press the card into the slot and release it. The card should pop partially out of the slot.

3. Remove the card from the slot.

4. Replace the battery cover.

1. Slide the battery into the compartment so that the tabs on the end align with the slots at the bottom of the phone, making sure the connectors align.

2. Gently press down to secure the battery.

Insert your finger into the removal groove and lift it up and out of the battery compartment.

1. Connect the USB cable to the charging head.

2. Locate the Charger/Accessory jack.

3. Insert the USB cable into the device’s Charger/Accessory jack.

4. Plug the charging head into a standard AC power outlet. The device turns on with the screen locked and indicates both its charge state and percent of charge.

5. When charging is finished, first unplug the charger’s power plug from the AC wall outlet, then disconnect the charger’s connector from the phone.

• Reduce your backlight on time.

• Turn Bluetooth off when not in use.

• Turn Wi-Fi off when not in use.

• Deactivate the GPS when not needed. Most applications using this function will periodically query the GPS satellites for your current location; each query drains your battery.

• Do not wait until your battery is completely depleted before charging your device. Repeating this process of a complete discharge and recharge can over time reduce the storage capacity of any battery.

• Turn off Automatic application sync.

• Use the Power Savings Widget to deactivate hardware functions such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Synchronization, or LCD brightness setting.

• Check the Battery use screen to review what features or functions have been consuming your battery resources.

• Check the Running Services and close any unnecessary applications.

• Use the Task manager feature to end/shutdown background applications that are still running. These minimized applications can, over time, cause your device to “slow down”.

• Turn off any streaming services after use (see Running Services).

• Animated wallpapers use processing power, memory, and more power. Change your Live Wallpaper to a non-animated Wallpaper gallery or Gallery image.

1. From the Home screen, touch and hold an empty area until the Add to Home menu displays.

2. Tap Widgets ➔ Power savings. The Power Control shortcut is added to the current screen.

3. Tap any of the icons on the Power Savings shortcut bar to activate/deactivate the feature.

1. Tap the on-screen Android icon to begin the setup process. On this screen you can either use the device for an Emergency dial or Change the language.

2. Tap Skip to ignore the Google Account setup process.

3. Select/deselect the desired Google location services and tap Next.

4. Press and hold the Power key until the Phone options screen appears.

5. Tap Power off.

To switch on:

Press and hold the Power key until the device switches on. The device searches for your network and after finding it, you can make or receive calls.

To switch off:

1. Press and hold the Power key until the Phone options screen appears.

2. Tap Power Off.

By default, the device screen locks when the backlight turns off. Place your finger on the screen and swipe the glass in any of the directions shown to unlock the device.

1. From the Home screen, tap Market.

2. Read the introduction and tap Next ➔ Create to begin.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a Google Account.

1. Launch an application that requires a Google account (such as Android Market or Gmail).

2. Click Next ➔ Sign in.

3. Tap the Username and Password fields and enter your information.

4. Tap Sign in. Your device communicates with the Google servers to confirm your information.

5. If prompted, create a new Gmail username by entering a prefix for your @gmail.com email address.

1. From your computer, use an Internet browser to go to the Google accounts page.

2. Click on the “Can’t access your account?” link.

3. Enter your full Gmail address and click Submit. Follow the password recovery procedure.

1. From the Home screen, tap the Phone icon and then touch and hold the 1 key until the device dials voice mail. You may be prompted to enter a password.

2. Follow the tutorial to create a password, a greeting, and a display name.

1. From the Home screen, tap the Phone icon and then touch and hold the 1 key until the device dials voice mail.

2. When connected, follow the voice prompts from the voice mail center.

1. Dial your wireless phone number.

2. When you hear your voicemail greeting, press the asterisk key on the phone you are using.

3. Enter your passcode.

1. From the Home screen, tap Applications ➔ Visual Voicemail.

2. Read the on-screen information and tap Next. A list of the voicemail messages displays.

3. Tap an on-screen voicemail message to play it back.

You can access the Task Manager in two ways:

• From the Home screen, tap Applications ➔ Task manager.

• Press and hold the Home key, then tap Task manager.

The screen contains the following tabs:

• Active applications: display those currently active applications running on your phone.

• Downloaded: displays any installed packages or applications from the Market that are taking up memory space. Tap Uninstall to remove them from your phone.

• RAM: displays the amount of current RAM (Random Access Memory) currently being used and allow you to Clear memory.

• Storage: displays a visual graph indicating the available and used space within the System storage location, USB storage and SD card location.

• Help: provides additional battery saving techniques.

1. From the Home screen, tap Applications ➔ Task manager.

2. From the Active applications tab, tap Exit to close selected applications or tap Exit all to close all background running applications.

• Press and hold: Relates to use of the hardware keys and buttons to select or activate an item.

• Tap: Use a brief touch to select items on the display or to enter text on the virtual QWERTY keyboard.

• Touch and hold: Touch and hold an icon or key to open the available options, or to access a pop-up menu.

• Flick: Move your finger in lighter, quicker strokes than swiping. This finger gesture is always used in a vertical motion.

• Swipe or slide: Quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.

• Drag: Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to move it. Do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.

• Rotate: Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the device sideways.

• Pinch: “Pinch” the screen using your thumb and forefinger to zoom out when viewing a picture or a Web page (Move fingers inward to zoom out).

• Spread: “Spread” the screen using your thumb and forefinger to zoom in when viewing a picture or a Web page (Move fingers outward to zoom in).

• Motion Navigation and Activation: The phone can assign specific functions to certain phone actions that are detected by the accelerometer and gyroscope.

1. Press the Home key and then tap Applications. The first Application Menu displays.

2. Sweep the screen to access the other menus.

3. Tap any of the on-screen icons to launch the associated application.

1. Press and hold the Home key to open the recently-used applications window.

2. A pop-up displays the six most recently used applications.

3. Tap an icon to open the recent application.

To delete a screen:

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu key and then tap Edit.

2. Touch and hold, then drag the undesired screen down to the Remove tab.

3. Press the Home key to return to the main Home screen.

To add a screen:

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu key and then tap Edit.

2. Tap the Add icon. The newly added screen appears as the last page.

3. Press the Home key to return to the main Home screen.

1. From the Home screen, press the Menu key and then tap Edit.

2. Touch and hold a screen and then drag it into its new location. Upper-left is screen position #1 and bottom-right is screen last screen.

1. Press the Home key and then tap Applications.

2. Press the Menu key and then tap View Type ➔ Customizable grid.

3. Press the Menu key and then tap Edit ➔ OK. The application pages then appear at the top of the screen, the primary shortcuts appear at the bottom.

4. Scroll through the application pages at the top and locate the desired application.

5. Touch and hold the on-screen icon, then drag it over one of the four primary shortcuts to replace it.

6. Press the Menu key and then tap Save.

7. Tap the Home icon to return to the Home screen.

From the Applications screen:

1. Press the Home key to go to the Home screen.

2. Select a location (screen) for your new shortcut by scrolling across your available screens.

3. Tap Applications to reveal all your current available applications.

4. Scroll across the screens and locate your desired application.

5. Touch and hold the on-screen icon. The new shortcut then appears to hover over the current screen.

6. While still holding the on-screen icon, position it on the current screen. Once complete, release the screen to lock the shortcut into its new position.

From the Add to Home window:

1. Press the Home key to go to the Home screen.

2. Navigate to a screen with an empty area.

3. Touch and hold an empty area of the screen.

4. From the Add to Home window tap Shortcuts.

5. Scroll up or down the list and tap a selection.

1. Press the Home key to go to the Home screen.

2. Touch and hold the desired shortcut. This unlocks it from its location on the current screen.

3. Drag the shortcut over the Remove tab and release it.

1. Press the Home key to go to the Home screen.

2. Touch and hold an empty area of the screen.

3. From the Add to Home window tap Widgets. The available widgets appear within a scrollable area across the bottom of the screen.

4. Scroll left or right across the bottom of the screen and then tap an available Widget to place it on your current screen.

1. Touch and hold a Widget until it unlocks from the current screen.

2. Drag the widget over the Remove tab and release it.

1. Press the Home key to go to the Home screen.

2. Touch and hold an empty area of the screen.

3. From the Add to Home window tap Folders.

4. Tap an available folder type and place it on the current screen.

1. Tap the desired folder you want to rename. This opens its contents on an on-screen popup window.

2. With the folder open, touch and hold the grey Folder title bar (top of the Folder window) until the Rename folder pop-up displays.

3. Enter a new title for this folder and tap OK.

1. Touch and hold a desired folder. This unlocks it from its location on the current screen.

2. Drag the folder over the Remove tab and release it.

1. Press the Home key to go to the Home screen.

2. Touch and hold an empty area of the screen.

3. From the Add to Home window tap Wallpapers.

4. Select a Wallpaper:

• Tap Gallery to select from a user image stored in the camera image gallery, crop the image, and tap Save.

• Tap Live wallpapers to select from a list of animated backgrounds, once done tap Set wallpaper.

• Tap Wallpaper gallery, scroll through the images, tap a wallpaper image, then tap Set wallpaper.

1. From the Home screen, tap Applications ➔ Settings ➔ Storage.

2. Tap Mount SD card.

1. Insert the SD card into the external SD card slot.

2. Verify the card is properly mounted.

3. Configure the phone for USB mass storage mode connection by going to Settings ➔ Wireless and network ➔ USB utilities ➔ Connect storage to PC.

4. Connect the USB cable to the phone and connect the cable to the computer.

5. Tap Connect USB storage. Both the phone and computer display icons to show that the device is mounted.

6. Later, tap Disconnect storage from PC to close the USB connection between the phone and your computer.

1. From the Home screen, tap Applications ➔ Settings ➔ Storage.

2. Tap Unmount SD card.

3. When the “SD card will be unmounted” message displays and the Mount SD card now appears in the menu list, remove the SD card.

1. Ensure the SD card is mounted.

2. Go to Settings ➔ Storage ➔ Unmount SD card.

3. Tap Format SD card ➔ Format SD card ➔ Erase everything to format the SD card.

1. From the Home screen, tap Applications ➔ Settings ➔ Privacy.

2. Tap Factory data reset. This action erases all data from your device except current system software and bundled applications, or SD card files such as music or photos.

3. Tap Format USB storage to erase all data stored on the device’s internal storage area.

4. Tap Reset phone ➔ Erase everything.