Samsung Galaxy 4 Owners Manual

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 Mute/pause: Once enabled, you can pause any on-screen 
video or mute any current sound by simply covering the screen 
with your hand. Once you remove your hand from the screen, 
the device goes back to normal by either continuing to play the 
current video or unmuting the current sound. Tap the ON/OFF 
icon   to turn it on.
4. Press   ➔ Help for additional information.
Gyroscope calibration
Gyroscope calibration allows you to calibrate motion 
correctly using the device’s built-in gyroscope.
1. From the Motions and gestures screen, tap 
Gyroscope 
calibration
.
2. Place your device on a flat surface.
3. Ta p  
Calibrate.
4. When finished, 
Calibrated will appear on your screen. 
Tap   to return to the previous screen.
Smart screen
The Smart screen options allow you to customize your 
screen settings to make the screen more responsive and 
easier to use. 1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔  
My device ➔ Smart screen.
2. Tap any of the following options to create a checkmark 
and activate the features:
: disables the screen timeout if your phone detects 
that your face is watching the screen.
 Smart rotation: disables the auto screen rotation by checking 
the orientation of your face and the device.
 Smart pause: pauses videos when your device detects that 
your head has moved away from the screen.
3. Tap the ON/OFF icon   to the right of the Smart 
scroll
 field to activate the feature. With Smart scroll, 
the screen will scroll depending on the phone’s tilt 
angle once your eyes have been detected.
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Air view
With the Air view feature, you can hover your finger over the 
screen and Air view features will be displayed. For example, 
you can hover your finger over a scheduled item in your 
calendar to see more details. 
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔  
My device ➔ Air view.
2. Tap the ON/OFF icon   at the top of your screen 
to activate Air view.
3. The following options are available. Tap an option to 
create a checkmark and activate the feature.
 Information preview: allows you to see information previews, 
extended text, and enlarged images when you hover your 
finger over the screen.
 Progress preview: allows you to preview a scene or show 
elapsed time when you hover your finger over the progress bar 
while watching a video.
 Speed dial preview: allows you to see the contacts and their 
speed dial numbers when you hover your finger over them in 
your contacts list.
 Webpage magnifier: allows you to see magnified links on 
webpages when you hover your finger over them.
 Sound and haptic feedback: allows you to play sound and 
feel vibration when you hover your finger over Air view items.
Voice control
The Voice control settings allow you to set up voice 
commands to control your device. 1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔  
My device ➔ Voice control.
2. Tap the ON/OFF icon   at the top of your screen 
to activate Voice control.
3. The following options are available. Tap an option to 
create a checkmark and activate the feature.
 Incoming calls: allows you to answer or reject calls using the 
commands 
Answer and Reject.
: allows you to answer or reject calls using the 
commands 
Answer and Reject. 
: allows you to stop or snooze an alarm by using the 
commands 
Stop and Snooze.
: allows you to take pictures using the voice 
commands 
Smile, Cheese, Capture, or Shoot.
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: allows you to control your My Music app using the voice 
commands 
Next, Previous, Pause, Play, Volume Up, and 
Volume Down.
Note: If you set the alert type for calls or alarms to vibration, 
voice control will not be available.
Add Account
This menu allows you to set  up, manage, and synchronize 
accounts, including your  Google and email accounts.
Adding an Account
1.From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings  ➔   
Accounts ➔ Add account.
2. Tap one of the account types.
3. Use the keyboard and follow the prompts to enter your 
credentials and set up the account.
A green circle will appear next to the account type once 
you have created an account. Your email account will 
also be displayed in the 
My accounts section of the 
main Accounts menu.
Removing an Account
Important! Removing an account also deletes all of its  messages, contacts, and other data from the 
device.
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings  ➔ 
 
Accounts.
2. Tap the account which is located in the 
My accounts 
section.
3. Tap the account name.
4. At the bottom of the screen, tap 
Remove account, then 
tap 
Remove account at the prompt to remove the 
account and delete all its messages, contacts, and 
other data.
Synchronizing Accounts
Select the items you want to synchronize on your account 
such as Books, Calendar, Contacts, and more.
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings  ➔ 
 
Accounts.
2. Tap the account which is located in the 
My accounts 
section.
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Tap the account name.
4. Ta p  
Sync now to synchronize your account or only tap 
the Sync items that you want to synchronize.
5. Ta p  
Cancel sync to stop the synchronization.
6. Ta p  
Account settings to access your account settings.
7. Ta p  
Storage usage to see your storage usage for 
different applications.
Back up and reset
The Back up and reset settings allow you to back up your 
data, back up accounts, automa tically restore your phone, 
and reset your phone settings to the factory settings.
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 ➔   
Accounts ➔ Back up and reset.
2. Ta p  
Back up my data to enable or disable back up of 
application data, WI-Fi passwords, and other settings 
to the Google server.
Backup Account
If you have enabled the Back up my data option, then the 
Backup account option is available.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
Accounts ➔ Back up and reset.
2. Ta p  
Backup account and tap your Google Gmail account 
or tap 
Add account to set your Google Gmail account to 
be backed up to the Google server.
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 ➔   
Accounts ➔ Back up and reset.
2. Ta p  
Automatic restore to enable or disable automatic 
restoration of settings from the Google server.
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 ➔   
Accounts ➔ Back up and reset.
2. Ta p  
Factory data reset.
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The Factory data reset screen displays reset 
information.
3. Ta p  
Reset device, then follow the prompts to perform 
the reset.
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.
Location ser vices
The Location services settings allow you to set up how the 
phone will determine your loca tion and the sensor settings 
for your phone.
1. From the Home screen, tap   ➔ 
Settings ➔   
More ➔ Location services.
2. Tap any of the following options to create a checkmark 
and activate the service:
 Access to my location: allows apps that have asked your 
permission to use your location information. Tap the ON/OFF 
icon   to turn it on.
 Use GPS satellites: allows applications to use GPS to pinpoint 
your location.
 Use wireless networks: allows applications to use data from 
mobile networks and Wi-Fi to help determine your location.
: allows you to add location information for your 
Home, Office, and Car.
Security
The Security settings allow yo u to determine the security 
level for your phone.
Encr yption
To require a numeric PIN or password to decrypt your phone 
each time you power it on or encrypt the data on your SD 
card each time it is connected:
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
More ➔ Security.
2. You must first set up a screen lock type if you haven’t 
already done so. For more information, refer to  “Screen 
Lock”  on page 123.
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Encrypt device. For more information, read the 
displayed help screen.
4. Ta p  
Encrypt external SD card to enable the encryption 
on SD card data that requires a password be entered 
each time the microS D card is connected.
Tip: Make sure your battery is charged more than 80 percent. 
Encryption may take an hour or more.
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 ➔   
More ➔ Security ➔ Set up/change password.
2. Enter a new password and tap 
Confirm.
3. Enter the new password again and tap 
Confirm.
Set up SIM card lock
Prevent another user from u sing your SIM card to make 
unauthorized calls or from accessing information stored on 
your SIM card by protecting th e information using a PIN code. When enabled, your phone will ask for a PIN number each 
time you use the phone. Usin
g this option you can also 
change your SIM PIN number.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
More ➔ 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 ca rd 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.
Make passwords visible
When enabled, password charac ters display briefly as you 
touch them while entering passwords.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
More ➔ Security.
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2.
Ta p  
Make passwords visible to create a checkmark and 
enable or disable the displa y of password characters.
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.
Note: If a device uses multiple  enabled administration 
applications, the strictest policy is enforced.
1. From the Home screen, tap   ➔ 
Settings ➔   
More ➔ Security.
2. Ta p  
Device administrators. 3.
Select a device administrator  and follow the prompts. If 
no device administrators are listed, you can download 
them from the Play Store.
Unknown sources
This feature allows you to download and install non-Market 
applications. 1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
More ➔ Security.
2. Ta p  
Unknown sources.
A check mark is displayed to indicate it is active.
Warning! Enabling this option causes  your phone and personal 
data to be more vulnerable  to attack by applications 
from unknown sources.
Verify apps
This feature allows you to either block or warn you before 
installing apps that may cause harm to your phone.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
More ➔ Security.
2. Ta p  
Verify apps.
A check mark is displayed to indicate it is active.
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Trusted Credentials
If a certificate authority (CA) certificate gets compromised or 
for some other reason you do not trust it, you can disable or 
remove it.1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
More ➔ Security.
2. Ta p  
Trusted credentials.
The trusted credentials screen has two tabs:
 System: Displays CA certificates that are permanently installed 
in the ROM of your device.
: Displays any CA certificates that you installed, for 
example, in the process of installing a client certificate.
3. Tap a CA certificate to examine its details.
A scrolling screen displays the details.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the details screen and tap 
Disable to disable a System certificate or Remove to 
remove a User certificate.
Caution! When you disable a system  CA certificate, the Disable button changes to Enable, so you can enable the 
certificate again, if necessary. When you remove a 
user-installed CA certificate, it is permanently 
deleted and must be re-installed, if needed.
5. Ta p  
OK to return to the certificate list.
When enabled, a check mark appears in the check box.
Install from device storage
Install encrypted certificates from an installed memory card.
Note: You must have installed a memory card containing encrypted certificates to use this feature.
1. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Settings ➔   
More ➔ Security.
2. Ta p  
Install from device storage, then choose a 
certificate and follow the prompts to install.
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Clear credentials
Clear stored credentials.
Note: This setting only appears if you have installed encrypted 
certificates.
1. From the Home screen, tap   ➔ 
Settings ➔   
More ➔ Security.
2. Ta p  
Clear credentials to remove all certificates.
Application Manager
You can download and install applications from Play Store or 
create applications using the Android SDK and install them 
on your device. Use Applicatio n manager settings to manage 
applications.
Warning! Because this 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.
Memor y Usage
See how memory is being used by Downloaded or Running 
applications.
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings  ➔  
 
More ➔ Application manager.
2. Ta p  
Downloaded, Running, or All to display memory 
usage for that category of applications.
The graph at the bottom of the Downloaded tab shows 
used and free device memory. The graph at the bottom 
of the Running tab shows used and free RAM.
Downloaded
Displays apps you have downloaded onto your device. 1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings  ➔  
 
More ➔ Application manager.
2. Ta p  t h e  
Downloaded tab to view a list of all the 
downloaded applicatio ns on your device.
3. To switch the order of th e lists displayed in the 
Downloaded tabs, press    ➔ 
Sort by size or Sort by 
name
.
4. To reset your application preferences, press    ➔ 
Reset app preferences.
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Note: This will reset the preferences for disabled apps, 
disabled app notifications, default applications for 
actions, and background data  restrictions for apps. You 
will not lose any app data.
5. Tap an application to view and update information 
about the application, including memory usage, default 
settings, and permissions.
Running Ser vices
View and control services running on your device.
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings  ➔ 
 
More ➔ Application manager.
2. Ta p  t h e  
Running tab. All the applications that are 
currently running on the device display.
3. Ta p  
Show cached processes to display all the cached 
processes that are running. Tap 
Show services in use to 
switch back.
4. Tap one of the applications to view application 
information.
The following options display:
: Stops the application from running on the device. This is 
usually done prior to uninstalling the application.
Warning! Not all services can be stopped. Stopping services  may have undesirable consequences on the 
application or Android System.
: Report failure and other application information.
Note: Options vary by application.
Batter y
See how much battery power is used for device activities.
1. From a Home screen, tap    ➔ Settings  ➔ 
 
More ➔  Battery .
The battery level displays in percentage. The amount 
of time the battery was used also displays. Battery 
usage displays in perc entages per application.
2. Ta p  
Screen, Android System, Android OS, Cell standby, 
Media server, Device idle, or any other listed application 
to view how it is af fecting battery use.
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