Samsung Vibrant User manual

OVERVIEW

This guide provides you with everything you

need to get started. For more information

and support, please visit

www.t-mobile.com/support where you can:

n Register for my.t-mobile.com

to check your minutes, pay

your bill, upgrade your phone,

and change your rate plan.

n Review the User Manual and

troubleshooting FAQs.

n View the latest troubleshooting

solutions in the Support Forums

or ask a question of your own.

You can also access Help information on

your phone:

1. From any Home screen, tap

Applications.

2. On the Application screen, tap My

Account or My Device.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Service Activation .................................. 1

Introducing Your Phone ......................... 3

Cool Apps ............................................. 4

SIM Card ............................................... 5

Memory Card ........................................ 6

Battery ................................................... 7

Power..................................................... 7

Home Screens ...................................... 8

Application Screens ............................ 10

Notication Screen .............................. 10

Calls..................................................... 11

Voicemail ............................................. 11

Contacts .............................................. 13

Volume & Ringtones ........................... 14

Swype™ Text Entry Mode .................... 17

Text Messaging ................................... 19

E-mail .................................................. 20

Social Networking ............................... 24

Camera & Video .................................. 25

Music Player ........................................ 27

Location ............................................... 29

Bluetooth® ........................................... 31

Web Browsing ..................................... 32

Accessories for Your Phone ................ 33

Emergency Dialing .............................. 34

Caring for Your Phone ......................... 35

Tips for Safety ..................................... 37

Additional Information ......................... 39

1 2

SERVICE ACTIVATION

If you are a new T-Mobile® customer and

your service has not been activated, simply

call Customer Care at 1-800-937-8997

from your landline phone and a T-Mobile

Activations representative will assist you.

You will need the following information when

activating service:

n Service Agreement and agent

code on your Agreement

n Your name, home address, home

phone, and billing address

NOTE: For business and government

accounts, please provide the name of your

company or government agency, address,

and tax ID.

n Your Social Security number, current

driver’s license number, and date

of birth for credit check purposes

n Your choice of T-Mobile rate plan

and services (see www.t-mobile.

com for latest plan information)

n SIM serial number and IMEI number

(located on the box bar code label)

By activating service, you acknowledge that you have read,

understand, and agree to be bound by each of T-Mobile’s

Terms and Conditions and your Service Agreement.

3 4

INTRODUCING YOUR PHONE COOL APPS

Please visit http://Galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/

vibrant for more information on the following

content, applications, and services for your

phone.

n James Cameron’s Avatar™

n The Sims™3 Collector’s Edition

n Kindle® for Android

n MobiTV™

n Slacker® Radio

n Gogo® Inight Internet

Charger/

USB port

Headset

port

Power/

Lock key

Volume

keys

Notication

Bar

Drag down

to open

Home

key

Back

key

Quick Search

key

Menu key

5 6

SIM CARD

Your Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card

identies you to the wireless network. Your

phone will not work without the SIM card.

To insert the SIM card and battery:

1. Detach your SIM

card from its

packaging.

2. Place your

ngernail in the

notch on the

bottom of the

phone and pull

the back cover

off.

3. Insert the SIM

card into the

SIM card slot

as shown

with the gold

contacts

on the SIM

card facing

downward.

4. Align the gold

contacts on the

battery with the

contacts in the

battery

compartment.

Push the battery

into place and

replace the battery cover.

MEMORY CARD

Your phone comes with a microSD memory

card where you can store multimedia les,

such as video clips, music tracks, sound

les, and images.

Install the memory card

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Insert the memory card with the gold

contacts facing downward.

3. Push in until it clicks into place.

4. Replace the battery cover.

7 8

BATTERY

Charge using a wall outlet

Insert the small end of the charger into

the

charging port on your phone. Plug the other

end of the charger into a wall outlet.

Charge using a computer

You can also charge using the USB cable.

Insert the small end of the USB cable

into the charging port of your phone and

the other end into the USB port of your

computer.

POWER

To turn on the phone, press and hold the

Power key on the right side of the phone.

To turn it off, press and hold the Power key

again and tap Power Off.

HOME SCREENS

Your phone has seven Home screens.

Swipe left and right to view all the screens.

You can customize each screen with

shortcuts to your favorite applications.

See the next page for more information.

9 10

Add widgets, shortcuts, and folders to

your Home screen

1. Navigate to the Home

screen where you want to

add the item.

2. Touch and hold an empty

spot on your Home

screen.

3. Tap Samsung Widgets,

Android Widgets,

Shortcuts, or Folders.

4. Tap the item to add.

Change your wallpaper

1. Touch and hold an empty spot on your

Home screen.

2. Tap Wallpapers.

3. Tap Gallery, Live wallpapers, or

Wallpaper gallery.

4. Tap the wallpaper.

5. Tap Set wallpaper.

Remove items from your Home

screen

1. From the Home screen, touch and hold

the item you want to delete.

2. Drag it to the Trash icon and release

your nger.

APPLICATION SCREENS

There are three Application screens

available by default. As you download

new applications, they will appear on

the Application screens in alphabetical

order. Additional Application screens will

appear as needed to accommodate future

downloads.

To access the Application screens, from any

Home screen, tap Applications and swipe

left and right to view all the screens.

NOTIFICATION SCREEN

To view your notications, touch and drag

the Notication bar down to open the

screen.

Notication

Bar

Drag down

to open

11 12

CALLS

Make a call

1. From any Home screen, tap Dialer.

2. Enter the phone number.

3. Tap Call.

Answer and end calls

To answer a call, tap Accept.

To end the call, tap End Call.

VOICEMAIL

Use voicemail

To call and set up voicemail:

1. From any Home screen, tap Dialer.

2. Touch and hold 1 to call voicemail.

3. Follow the tutorial to set up your

voicemail account.

To reset the voicemail password to the

last four digits of your phone number:

1. From any Home screen, tap Dialer.

2. Tap #793#.

3. Tap Call.

4. Tap OK.

Use Visual Voicemail

Visual Voicemail allows you to play and

replay messages in any order, save voice

messages to your phone, choose how you

want to respond to messages, share special

audio messages via e-mail, and create

personalized greetings.

To set up Visual Voicemail:

1. From any Home screen, tap

Applications.

2. On the Application screen, tap Visual

Voicemail.

3. Tap Yes to activate Visual Voicemail and

view your Inbox.

To check Visual Voicemail:

1. From any Home screen, tap

Applications.

2. On the Application screen, tap Visual

Voicemail.

3. Tap the voicemail message.

4. Tap the Blue Arrow icon near the

bottom center of the screen to play.

To reply to a Visual Voicemail:

1. While in the voicemail message, tap the

Menu key.

2. Tap Reply As.

13 14

3. Tap Call or Text Message to reply with a

phone call or to send a text message.

CONTACTS

Add new contact

1. From any Home screen, tap Contacts.

2. Tap Done at the Tips screen.

3. Tap Create contact.

4. Tap Phone, SIM, or T-Mobile to save

the contact to the phone memory, to the

SIM card, or to my.t-mobile.com.

5. Tap the First name eld and enter the

contact’s rst name.

6. Tap the Last name eld and enter the

contact’s last name.

7. Tap the Phone number eld and enter

the contact’s phone number.

8. Continue on to enter more contact

information if desired.

9. Tap Save when done.

Call contact from the contact list

1. From any Home screen, tap Contacts.

2. Tap the contact.

3. Tap Call.

VOLUME & RINGTONES

Adjust call volume

While on an active call, press the Volume

key up or down to adjust the call volume.

Adjust ring volume

1. From any Home screen, tap the Menu

key.

2. Tap Settings.

3. Tap Sound and display.

4. Tap Ringer volume.

5. Touch and drag the Incoming call

volume bar to the desired level.

6. Tap OK.

TIP: You can also touch and drag the

Notication volume bar to adjust the

notication volume as well at this screen.

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