Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Owners Manual

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Take picture: allows you to temporarily exit the message, take a 
photo with phone’s camera, and then add it to your message by 
tapping 
Save.
Video: allows you to choose an existing video from the Videos list, 
then add it to your message
.
Capture video: allows you to temporarily exit the message, 
record a video clip using the ph one’s camera, and then add it 
to your message by tapping 
Save.
Audio: allows you to choose an ex isting audio file from the 
Audio list, then add it  to your message by tapping the circle to 
the right of the audio so that  it turns green, then tapping 
Done.
Record audio: allows you to temporarily exit the message and 
record an audio clip using the phone’s microphone. It is then 
automatically attached to the message.
S Note: allows you to add an S Note that you have created.
Calendar: allows you to add an event from your calendar. Select 
the desired event and tap 
Done.
Location: allows you to attach a thumbnail of a map showing 
your location.
Contacts: allows you to tap on an  existing Address Book entry, 
then add it to your message by tapping 
Done.
Adding Additional Text
You can copy text such as names, phone numbers, and 
events from your Contacts, Calendar or a Memo. 1. While composing a message, press   ➔  
Add text.
2. At the Add text screen, se lect one of the following:
: allows you to insert text from an existing S Note.
: allows you to add the name, date, and time of a 
calendar event to your message.
: allows you to add an address and the link to the 
location on Google Maps.
: allows you to add the name and phone number of 
any of your contacts to your message.
 Text templates: allows you to add pre-defined phrases and 
sentences.
The information is added to your message.
Viewing New Received Messages
1. When you receive a new message, the new message 
 icon will appear at the top of your screen.
2. Open the Notification Bar and select the message. For 
more information, refer to  “Notification Bar”  on page 
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From the main Home screen, tap 
Messaging  then 
tap the new message to view it.
The selected message appears in the display. 
3. To play a multimedia message, tap 
.
To pause playback of the multimedia message, tap .
4.To scroll through the message (if additional text pages 
have been added), touch the screen and in a single 
motion, scroll up or down the page.
Message Threads
Sent and received text and  picture messages are grouped 
into message threads. Threaded messages allow you to see 
all the messages exchanged (similar to a chat program) and 
displays a contact on the scr een. Message threads are listed 
in the order in which they were received, with the latest 
message displayed at the top.
To open a threaded messa ge follow these steps:
1. From the main Home screen, tap 
Messaging .
Tap the message thread you want to view.
2. Touch and hold the message thread to display the 
following options:
: displays the contact’s information. This option 
only displays if the sender is in your Contacts list.
 Add to Contacts: displays the Contacts information screen. 
This option only displays if the sender is not in your Contacts 
list.
 Delete thread: displays a confirmation dialog box that when 
pressed, deletes the entire thread.
 Register number as spam: allows you to register the number 
as spam.
 Remove from spam number list: allows you to unregister a 
number from the spam number list. This option only appears if 
the number was previously registered as spam.
Deleting Messages
Deleting a single message thread
1. From the main Home screen, tap Messaging .
2.Touch and hold a message, then tap Delete thread. 
3. At the 
Delete prompt, tap OK to delete or Cancel to 
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Deleting multiple message threads
1.From the main Home screen, tap Messaging .
2.Press   ➔ Delete threads.
3. Tap each message you want to delete. A checkmark 
will appear beside each message you select.
4. Ta p  
Delete.
5. At the 
Delete prompt, tap OK to delete or Cancel to 
cancel.
Message Search
You can search through your messages by using the 
Message Search feature. 1. From the main Home screen, tap 
Messaging .
2.Ta p    ➔ Search.
3. Use the on-screen keypad to enter a word or phrase to 
search for, then tap 
.
4.All messages that contain the search string you 
entered are displayed.
Messaging Settings
To configure the settings for text messages, multimedia 
messages, Voice mails, and Push messages.
1. From the main Home screen, tap 
Messaging  ➔ 
  ➔ 
Settings. 
2. The following Messaging settings are available:
Display:
 Bubble style
: allows you to choose from several bubble styles 
for your messages. Bubbles are the rounded boxes that 
surround each message.
 Background style: allows you to choose from several 
background styles for your messages.
: when in Landscape mode, allows you to view both 
the message list and the contents of the currently selected 
message.
: allows you to change the text size by 
using the up or down volume keys.
General settings:
 Delete old messages
: deletes old messages when the limit is 
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 Text message limit: allows you to set a limit on how many text 
messages can be in one conversation.
 Multimedia message limit: allows you to set a limit on how 
many multimedia messages can be in one conversation.
 Text templates: allows you to edit or add new text templates to 
use in your messaging.
Text message (SMS) settings:
 Manage SIM card messages
: allows you to manage the 
messages that you have stored on your SIM card.
 Message center: allows you to enter the number of your 
Message center where your messages reside while the system 
is attempting to deliver them.
 Input mode: allows you to set the input mode for your text 
messages. Choose between GSM Alphabet, Unicode, or 
Automatic.
Multimedia message (MMS) settings:

: allows the message system to retrieve 
messages automatically.
: allows you to select the creation mode, Free, 
Restricted, or Warning.
–Restricted: you can only create and submit messages with 
content belonging to the Core MM Content Domain.
–Warning: the phone will warn you via pop up messages that 
you are creating a multimedia message which does not fit the 
Core MM Content Domain.
–Free: you may add any content to the message.
: allows you to receive an alert when MMS mode 
becomes active.
Push message settings:
 Push messages
: allows you to receive push messages from 
the network.
Cell Broadcast (CB) settings:
 CB activation
: allows you to receive Cell Broadcast (CB) 
messages.
 Channel configuration: allows you to set up the channel that 
you will receive CB messages on.
Notifications settings:
 Notifications
: allows you to see message notifications on your 
status bar. 
						

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 Select ringtone: allows you to set the ringtone for your 
message notifications.
: allows you to configure the vibration mode associated 
with message alerts.
 Message alert repetition: allows you to set the interval for new 
message alerts. Choose from: Once, Every 2 minutes, or Every 
10 minutes.
 Preview message: when enabled, allows you to view a 
preview of new message text on the Status bar.
Signature settings:
 Add signature
: when enabled, this feature allows you to create 
a signature at the end of your outgoing text messages.
 Signature text: allows you to enter a desired signature for your 
message.
Spam message settings:
 Spam settings
: when enabled, allows you to configure 
available spam settings such as:
 Register number as spam: allows you to manually enter and 
assign a phone number as being sent from a spam source.
 Register phrase as spam: allows you to assign a specific text 
phrase as belonging to a spam message. Ex: Dear friend.
 Block unknown senders: when active, automatically blocks 
incoming messages from unknown sources or blocked numbers.
Using Email
Email enables you to review and create email using various 
email services. You can also receive text message alerts 
when you receive an important email.
Creating an Email Account
1. From the Home screen, tap  ➔ Email .
Your accounts screen displays with an Email setup 
screen displayed.
2. Enter you email address in the 
Email address field.
3. Enter your password in the 
Password field.
4. If you want to see your password as it is being typed, 
tap 
Show password to create a checkmark.
5. Ta p  
Next.
6. At the 
Account options screen, tap any of the options 
you would like.
7. Ta p  
Next.
8. Enter a name for this email account (optional).
9. Ta p  
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Creating a Corporate Email Account
Use the following procedure to configure your phone to 
synchronize with a corporate email account.
1. From the Home screen, tap 
 ➔ Email .
Your accounts screen displays with an Email setup 
screen displayed.
2. Enter you email address in the 
Email address field.
3. Enter your password in the 
Password field.
4. If you want to see your pass word as it is being typed, 
tap 
Show password to create a checkmark.
5. If you want all of your emails sent from this email 
account by default, tap checkbox to create a 
checkmark.
6. Ta p  
Manual setup.
7. Ta p  t h e  
Microsoft Excha nge ActiveSync field.
8. Enter all the Exchange server information, Domain, 
User name and Password, then tap 
Next.
9. At the 
Activation prompt, tap OK.
The 
Account options screen is displayed. 10.
Enter the desired information in the different fields, 
then tap 
Next.
11. Enter an Account name for this account (Optional) and 
tap 
Done.
Wait for the Inbox to synchronize before use.
12. Press   ➔ 
Settings to change the account settings.
Creating Additional Email Accounts
To create additional email acco unts after setting up your first 
account, follow these steps:
1. From the Home screen, tap 
 ➔ Email .
Your Email screen displays showing your emails from 
the active account.
2. Press   ➔ 
Settings.
3. Tap   to add another email account.
4. Enter the information required to set up another 
account. For more information, refer to “Creating an 
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Switching Between Email Accounts
1.From the Home screen, tap  ➔ Email .
Your Email screen displays showing your emails from 
the active account.
2. Tap the Inbox button at the top of your screen that 
displays the optional name you assigned to your active 
email account, for example, Work, Gmail, etc.
Your Email accounts screen is displayed.
3. Tap the Email account you would like to switch to. You 
can also select 
Combined view which will display email 
messages from all accounts.
4. The new Email account is displayed.
Using Gmail
Gmail is Google’s web-based email. When you first setup the 
phone, Gmail is configured. Depending on the 
synchronization settings, Gmail is automatically synchronized 
with your Gmail account.
Signing into Your Gmail
Note: You must sign in to your Gmail account in order to 
access Gmail.
1. Sign on to your Google account if you are not already 
signed on. For more information, refer to  “Creating a 
New Google Account”   on page 13.
2. From the Home screen, tap 
 ➔ Gmail .
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
The Inbox loads conversations and email.
Creating a Gmail Message
1.From the Gmail Inbox, tap   at the bottom of the 
screen to create a new message.
2. Enter the recipients Email address in the 
To field.
Separate multiple recipient email addresses with a 
comma.
3. Tap  and select 
Add Cc/Bcc to add a carbon or blind 
copy.
4. Enter the subject of this message in the 
Subject field.
5. Ta p  t h e  
Compose email field and begin composing your 
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Tap   to send.
Viewing a Gmail Message
1.From the Gmail Inbox, tap a message to view it.
2. The following options are available at the bottom of the 
screen after a message has been selected:
: archives the selected message.
 Delete : deletes the message.
: allows you to attach labels to a message. This is 
similar to putting it in a folder.
: after reading a message, marks as unread.
: swipe your screen to the right to see newer messages.
: swipe your screen to the left to see older messages.
3. Press   to select one of the following additional 
options:
 Mark important/not important: allows you to set the 
importance of a message.
: allows you to mute the sound in a message if applicable.
: allows you to report a message as spam. Tap 
the UNDO option if you change your mind.
 Settings: displays Email settings that you can modify.
: displays the Google.com webpage so you can search the 
web for help.
 Send feedback: allows you to send feedback or report a 
problem.
Other Gmail Options
1. Tap   at the bottom of the screen to refresh the 
screen, send and receive new emails, and synchronize 
your email with the Gmail account.
2. Tap   at the bottom of the screen to set up and 
manage Labels for your Gmail messages.
3. Tap   at the bottom of the screen to search through 
your Gmail messages.
Google Talk
Google Talk is a free Windows and web-based application for 
instant messaging offered by G oogle. Conversation logs are 
automatically saved to a Chats area in your Gmail account. 
This allows you to search a chat log and store them in your 
Gmail accounts.
1. Log on to your Google account if you have not already 
done so. For more information, refer to  “Creating a 
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2.
From the Home screen, tap 
 ➔ Ta l k  .
3. Begin using Google Talk.
4. Press   ➔ 
Help for more information on using 
Google Talk.
Note: The Network confirms your login and processes. This could take up to 5 minutes to complete.
Google +
Google+ makes messaging and sharing with your friends a 
lot easier. You can set up Circles of friends, visit the Stream 
to get updates from your Circles, use Messenger for fast 
messaging with everyone in your Circles, or use Instant 
Upload to automatically upload videos and photos to your 
own private album on Google+. 1. Sign on to your Google account. For more information, 
refer to  “Creating a New Google Account”  on page 13.
2. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Google+ .
3. Select the account you want to use to sign in to 
Google+.
– or –
Ta p  
Add account to create another account. 4.
Follow the on-screen inst ructions to use Google+.
5. Visit 
www.google.com/mobile/+/ for more information.
Messenger
Messenger allows you to bring groups of friends together into 
a simple group conversation. When you get a new 
conversation in Messenger, Google+ sends an update to your 
phone.
1. Sign on to your Google account. For more information, 
refer to  “Creating a New Google Account”  on page 13.
2. From the Home screen, tap    ➔ 
Messenger .
– or –
From the Google+ application, select 
Messenger.
3. Ta p  
Learn more for more detailed information.
4. Select the account you want to use to sign in to 
Google+.
– or –
Ta p  
Add account to create another account.
5. At the 
Messenger screen, tap   to start a new 
message.
6. In the upper text field, enter a name, email address, or 
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In the bottom message field, enter a message then tap 
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Messages App
AT&T Messages brings your texts, calls, and voicemail 
messages together into a single conversation thread and is 
accessible by phone or computer.1. From the Home screen, tap 
 ➔ Messages .
2. Sign on to your Google account if you are not already 
signed on. For more information, refer to  “Creating a 
New Google Account”   on page 13.
Note: The first time you use the Messages app, you will need 
to download the updated a pplication from the Play 
Store. When the Play Store page displays, tap 
Update. 
For more information, refer to  “Play Store”  on page 
201.
3. At the Welcome screen, read the information and tap 
Continue or tap Learn More to receive more 
information. 4.
The first time you use Messages, you will need to set 
up a few things. Tap 
Record Greeting to record a 
personal greeting, or tap 
Skip if you want to do it later.
5. Follow the on-screen instruct ions to use the Messages 
app.
ChatON
Provides a global mobile communication service where you 
can chat with more than 2 buddies via a group chat. Share 
things such as pictures, videos, animation messages 
(Scribbles), audio, Contacts, Calendar entries, and Location 
information. 
Important! The Samsung account manages the access  information (username/password) to several 
applications, such as AllShare Play, ChatON, and 
Media Hub.
For more information, visit: 
https://web.samsungchaton.com.
Registering with the Service
1. Confirm you have already logged in to your Samsung 
account.