Samsung S5 Active Owners Manual

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Creating Application Folders
You can create application folders to hold similar applications 
if you wish.
To create a folder follow these steps:1. Press  to activate the main Home screen.
2. Tap   to display your current applications.
3. Ta p
 and tap Edit.
4. Touch and hold the first application that you would like 
to move to a folder.
5. Drag the icon up to the 
Create folder  icon.
6. Enter a folder name and tap 
OK.
A folder is displayed in the original place of...

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While still holding the on-scr een icon, position it on the 
current screen. Once complete, release the screen to 
lock the shortcut into its new position.
To delete a shortcut:
1. From the Home screen, touch and hold the desired 
shortcut. This unlocks it from  its location on the current 
screen.
2. Drag the shortcut over the   
Remove tab and release 
it.
Adding and Removing Primar y Shor tcuts
Note: You can change any of your primary shortcuts with the exception of the Apps shortcut.
To remove a...

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4.
While still holding the Widget, scroll over the location of
the available screen and let go of the Widget to place it 
in the desired location.
To remove a Widget:
1.Touch and hold a Widget un til it unlocks from the 
current screen.
2. Drag the widget over the 
 Remove tab and release 
it.
As you place the Widget into the remove/trash, both items turn 
red.
This action doesn’t delete the Widget, it just removes it from the  current screen.
To place a widget onto a...

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Note: Wallpapers supports the following image types: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, and WBMP.
To change Wallpapers from Settings Menu:
1.From the Home screen, tap   Apps ➔ 
 Settings ➔  Wallpaper. 
2. Choose from 
Home screen, Lock screen, or Home and 
lock screens
.
Note: The Home and lock screens is an option that allows you 
to change both screens at the same time.
3. Select a wallpaper image and tap 
Done or Set
wallpaper
.
For more information, refer to  “Wallpaper”  on page 95.
To change the current Lock...

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To delete a screen:
1.Navigate to an available screen containing an open 
area, then press and hold   
Recent until the Edit 
Home screen option displays.
2. Scroll across the available  screens, then drag the 
undesired screen up to the 
 Remove tab.
3. Press  
Home to return to the main Home screen.
Rearranging the Screens
1.Navigate to the Edit Home screen option page. 
2. Touch and hold a screen and then drag it left or right 
into its new location. Left most is...

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Accessing Additional Panel Functions
In addition to notifications, the Notification panel also 
provides quick and ready access to separate device 
functions. These can be quickly activated or deactivated by 
toggling them on or off. You can choose the functions that 
will be displayed.
1. From the notification panel, tap   to display 
additional options. 
The following functions (default) are located in the top 
two rows and can either be activated (green) or 
deactivated (light blue): Wi-Fi,...

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To change the input method, see 
“Keyboards and Input 
Methods”  on page 108.
The on-screen QWERTY keypad works the same in both 
portrait and landscape mode.
Selecting the Text Input Method
The Text Input Method can be  assigned from within one of 
two locations:
Settings Menu:
  From the Home screen, tap   (Apps) ➔ 
 Settings  ➔  Language and input ➔ Default 
and select an input method.
Text Input field:
1. From a screen where you can enter text, in a single 
motion,...

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Note: The feature works best when you break your message down into smaller segments.
Using the Samsung Keyboard
This device has a built-in, QWERTY keypad (portrait mode) or 
keyboard (landscape mode). Using the QWERTY keypad/ 
keyboard, you can type letter, numbers, punctuation, and 
other characters.
To use the Samsung keyboard you must first configure the 
settings to default to  the Samsung keyboard.
1. From the Home screen, tap    (
Apps) ➔ 
 Settings ➔  Language and input ➔ Default 
➔ 
Samsung...

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Entering Text using Different Input Options
Although the default text input method with the Samsung 
keyboard is to use the on-screen keys you have other 
options.
Note: To access settings, touch and hold the Input Methods 
button  , then tap   (
Settings) then select it from 
the available options.
1. From within an active message, tap the text input field 
to reveal the on-screen keyboard.
2. Ta p   (
Input Methods) to use the default Voice 
typing input method to...

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Note: After typing an initial uppercase character, tap   to toggle capitalization.
By default, the first letter of a new entry is capitalized and the 
following letters are lower-cased. After a character is 
entered, the cursor automati cally advances to the next 
space.
Using ABC Mode in Samsung Keyboard
1. From a screen where you can enter text, tap the text 
input field to reveal the on-screen keyboard.
2. Tap   to configure the keyboard for ABC mode. 
Once in this mode, the text input type shows...