Samsung SCH-i201 User manual

Samsung Smartphone

SCH-i201

User’s Guide

Contents

Getting Started

Unpacking ................................................... 1

Your Phone ................................................. 2

Phone Layout ......................................... 2

Installing the Battery ................................. 4

Attaching the Battery Pack ................... 4

Removing the Battery Pack ................... 5

Charging the Battery Pack ......................... 6

Turning the Phone On/Off .......................... 8

Backlight ................................................ 8

Viewing the Remaining Battery

Power.................................................. 8

Using the Touchscreen ............................... 9

Using the Stylus ..................................... 9

Calibrating the Screen ......................... 10

Adjusting Screen Contrast ................... 11

Using as a Phone

Making a Call ........................................... 13

Making a Call ....................................... 13

Advanced Calling Features ...................... 15

Using Voice Dial .................................. 15

Using Speed Dial ................................. 17

Redialing the Last Number .................. 18

Using the Phone Book ......................... 19

Using Call History ................................ 20

Using Four-digit Dial ............................ 22

Answering Calls ....................................... 23

Answering a Call ................................. 23

Viewing Missed Calls .......................... 24

In-Call Options .......................................... 25

Using In-Call Options ........................... 25

Setting Basic Features ............................. 28

Adjusting the Volume .......................... 28

Easy Access to Applications

During Calls ......................................... 29

Selecting Bell/Vibrate ......................... 29

One-Touch Ringer Selection ................ 30

Viewing Air Time ................................. 31

Automatic Hyphenation ....................... 32

Answering Mode ...................................... 33

Turning On the Answering Mode ........ 33

Listening to a Caller Message ............ 35

Recording Your Own OGM

Message .............................................. 37

Playing or Selecting the OGM

Message .............................................. 39

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Contents

Learning to Use the

Applications

Working with Applications ...................... 41

Opening an Application ....................... 41

Displaying Applications ....................... 41

Brief Description on Applications ....... 44

Entering Text, Numbers or Symbols .... 46

Help Writing Characters ...................... 55

Using Application Controls .................. 55

Using Menus ........................................ 56

Finding Data on Your Phone ................ 59

Customizing Your Phone .......................... 61

Opening Control Application ............... 61

Bell ....................................................... 62

Sound ................................................... 62

Display ................................................. 64

Security ................................................ 65

Battery ................................................. 67

System ................................................. 68

Network ............................................... 68

Storage ................................................ 70

Owner Information ............................... 70

Calibration ........................................... 71

Contrast ............................................... 71

PC Synchronization ................................... 72

Synchronizing Data .............................. 72

Data Communication ........................... 75

Address Book

Address Book ........................................... 79

Creating an Address Book Entry .......... 80

Viewing Address Book Entries ............ 91

Editing an Address Book Entry ............ 95

Deleting an Address Book Entry .......... 98

Address Book Setup Options ............... 99

Personal Information

Manager

Memo ..................................................... 103

Creating a New Memo ...................... 103

Viewing a Memo ............................... 105

Attaching an Image in a Memo ........ 109

Sending a Memo as a SMS

Message (network dependent) .......... 112

Configuring Categories ...................... 113

Scheduler ............................................... 114

Recording a New Appointment ......... 114

Viewing Scheduled Appointments .... 118

Editing Details of a Selected

Appointment ...................................... 122

Removing a Selected Appointment ... 122

ToDo ....................................................... 124

Creating a ToDo Item ......................... 124

Viewing the ToDo List ........................ 127

Editing a ToDo Item ........................... 128

Deleting a Task in the List ................. 129

Continued

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Contents

Communication Applications

SMS (Short Message Service) ............... 131

Sending a Short Message ................. 131

Receiving Messages .......................... 134

Deleting a SMS Message ................. 137

Internet ................................................... 138

Accessing GoNext ............................. 138

Navigating the Internet ..................... 139

Using Bookmarks ............................... 141

Internet Settings ................................ 144

E-mail ..................................................... 146

Accessing E-mail Service .................. 146

Mail Settings ..................................... 147

Reading an E-mail .............................. 149

Sending an E-mail .............................. 153

Writing a Signature ........................... 157

Additional Setup Options .................. 158

Chatting .................................................. 162

Using Chat Service ............................ 162

Creating a New Chat Room ............... 167

Person to Person Talking ................... 169

Sending a Chat Memo ....................... 170

Using Chat Book ................................ 171

Using Bulletin Board .......................... 173

Additional Chat Menu Options .......... 175

Extra

Clock ....................................................... 179

Setting Home Time ............................ 179

Setting Alarm ..................................... 181

Viewing World Time .......................... 183

Calculator ............................................... 184

Opening the Calculator ...................... 184

Using the Calculator .......................... 185

Error Message Display ...................... 189

Othello .................................................... 190

Accessing Othello Game ................... 190

Playing One Player Game .................. 191

Playing Two Player Game .................. 192

Playing Network Game ...................... 192

Viewing Your Play Records ................ 197

Appendix

Accessories............................................. 199

Care and Safety Guidelines ................... 200

Caring for Your Smartphone .............. 200

Antenna Care ..................................... 201

Battery Care ....................................... 201

Safety Precautions ............................. 203

Continued

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Getting Started

Congratulations on your purchase of the Samsung

Smartphone. This phone combines a digital phone,

personal information managers, communication

applications and games in a single handset.

In this chapter, the topics included are:

• Unpacking

• Your Phone

• Installing the Battery

• Charging the Battery Pack

• Turning the Phone On/Off

• Using the Touchscreen

Unpacking

1

Check to make sure that all of the following items are included in the box when

you unpack it.

The phone with a stylus

Desktop

charger

Standard

battery

Data cable

CD-ROM for data synchronization

and the instruction guide

Leather case

This guide

Unpacking

Home

Menu

Cont

Input

WWW

2

Auto answer button

Volume buttons

Ear microphone jack

Earpiece

Microphone

Press and hold to turn the

answering mode on or off.

Adjust the volume.

Antenna

Lamp

Touchscreen

Flip

Hard icon panel

Phone Layout

Launches

applications.

Opens text input

screen when you are

asked to enter

information on the

screen.

Opens a set of menu

options available in

the application you

are in.

Adjusts the contrast

of the screen.

Application buttons

Opens the associated

applications.

Phone Address GoNext

a

WWW

The following illustrations show the main elements of your phone.

Your Phone

Home

Menu

Cont

Input

WWW

Shows the received signal strength.

The greater the number of bars, the

better the signal strength.

Appears when a call is in progress.

Appears when the phone is out of

service area.

Appears when a caller message has

been recorded.

Appears when a new message has

been received.

Appears when the vibrate mode is

activated.

Appears when you are roaming.

Shows the level of your battery. The

more bars you see, the more power you

have left.

Rear View

Your Phone

3

Icons in the top strip

Power/Backlight button

Turns the phone on/off. Also,

turn the backlight of the

screen on/off.

Stylus

4

Your phone comes with an rechargeable standard battery. An extended-life battery is

available as an option.

1. To attach the battery pack, align it with the phone so that the

two arrows labeled on the back of the phone are seen, the

battery charge contacts pointing downward.

2. Slide the battery pack upwards until it clicks firmly into

position.

Attaching the

Battery Pack

Installing the Battery

Removing the

Battery Pack

1. Release the battery pack by pressing the latch on the rear

of the phone.

2. Slide the battery pack downward and lift it away from the

phone.

Installing the Battery

5

Latch

P

B

6

2. Select one of the following options:

• Insert the entire phone with battery

attached into the front compartment of

the charger.

• Insert a single battery (alone, not

attached to the phone) into the rear

compartment of the charger.

Charge

indicator lights

When you purchase the phone, the battery pack is not fully

charged. Please charge the battery fully before you operate

your phone.

You must fully charge the battery before using your phone for

the first time. A discharged battery is fully recharged in

approximately 8-12 hours.

1. Plug the power cord of the charger into a standard AC outlet.

When the power is connected properly, the battery charge

indicator lights on the left side of the charger blink once.

Charging the Battery Pack

3. The battery charge indicators on the left side of the

charger come on.

The light is red while the batteries are charging. It turns

green when the batteries are fully charged. Charging the

main battery completely takes two to three hours.

4. When the indicator light turns green, remove the phone

from the charger by gently pulling it straight up.

Once the battery is charged, you can use the phone in the

charger or out of the charger for all functions. If you have

purchased an extra battery, you can charge it in the

charger while you are using the phone.

Charging the Battery Pack

7

Charge indicator light

Red=The battery is charging.

Green=The battery is fully charged.

Yellow=The battery is waiting to be

charged.

Phone’s battery (on the

front compartment)

indicator light

Battery (on the rear

compartment) indicator light

Note:

Leaving the battery in the charger once it is fully charged does not

harm the battery. For more information on battery safety, see page

201.

8

1. Hold down the Power button on the right side of the phone

for more than one second to switch the phone on.

The phone beeps and displays the greeting message, current

date and time.

2. To turn off the phone, press the button again until you hear a

beep tone.

The backlight comes on when you open the flip or receive a call

and switches off 8 seconds after the last input. If you want to

turn on the backlight manually, press the Power button briefly.

Backlight

Viewing the

Remaining

Battery Power

Power

button

• The battery charge level is displayed at the right corner of the

LCD display, when the phone is powered on.

• The number of blocks represent the battery charge level.

Example: Battery fully charged

Battery low

• When the battery drops to a low level, the phone beeps and

the battery icon turns to .

• When the battery is fully discharged, a warning tone sounds

three times and the power turns off.

Turning the Phone On/Off

Using the Touchscreen

9

Your phone is equipped with a large, sensitive touchscreen.

The screen provides on-screen number keyboard you would

expect on a normal phone and has versatile menu functions.

To prevent scratches, never use an actual pen, pencil or

other sharp object to tap or write on the screen.

With the stylus, you can:

• write, type, and draw on the screen.

• tap on the screen, which opens the selected application

and select an item or button in the application.

• drag across words to select them.

Use the stylus provided with your phone to make selection

on the touch screen. When the stylus is stored in a slot on

the back side of your phone, to use the stylus, remove it

from the slot and hold it as you would with pen or pencil.

Using the Stylus

Tip

• Tap means to touch the screen and lift the stylus off

the screen.

• Drag means to touch and slide the stylus. When you

are finished dragging, lift the stylus off the screen.

The selected words or text turns highlighted.

Using the Touchscreen

10

Use stylus to tap

center of target.

4. Tap the Calib icon.

5. Tap the exact center of each target that appears

on the screen. After you have aligned four

targets, the Control screen reappears.

Control

Bell Sound Disp

Secur Batt Sys

Net Stor

Contr

Owner

Calib

To make the screen respond correctly to the stylus tap, calibrate

the screen with the stylus before using your phone.

1. Tap the icon on the hard icon panel to launch

applications.

2. Drag the slider to scroll to the next page.

3. Tap the Ctrl icon to open the Control screen.

Calibrating the

Screen

Home

SMS

PCsync

Calc

Ctrl

Cont

Menu

Input

All

Clock

Find

Home

Chat

Othello

Slider

Tap to launch

applications

You can adjust the screen contrast at any time, without

accessing the Contrast menu, by tapping the icon on the

hard icon panel.

Adjusting

Screen Contrast

Using the Touchscreen

11

tap this lower triangle

to darken the screen

To lighten the screen, tap the upper triangle of the icon

until you get the desired lightness.

To darken the screen, tap the lower triangle of the icon

until you get the desired darkness.

Home

Menu

Cont

Input

WWW

a

Cont

tap this upper triangle

to lighten the screen

Using as a Phone

Samsung Smartphone gives you advanced phone

capabilities.

This chapter explains how to use the Samsung

Smartphone to make and receive a call.

Topics included in this chapter are:

• Making a Call

• Advanced Calling Features

• Answering Calls

• In-Call Options

• Setting Basic Features

• Answering Mode

13

1. Open the Phone screen which allows you to dial a phone

number.

There are several ways to open the Phone screen:

• When the phone is powered

on or when the flip is open,

the Phone screen displays.

• When you have worked with

other application, press the

button below the screen

to open the Phone screen.

• You can also open the Phone

screen by selecting the

icon from the Home screen.

Making a Call

Phone

Making a Call

Tip

If the Phone screen disappears before you tap a

number, just touch on the screen to wake up the phone.

2. Key in the area code and the phone number by tapping the

number digits in the Phone screen with the stylus.

The number displays on the top of the screen as you tap

them.

SEND

1

abc def

jklghi mno

tuv

pqrs wxyz

23

456

789

0

May 25 THU

10 : 30

Phone screen ❿

Making a Call

3. When the number is correctly displayed, tap the SEND

button to dial the number.

You can also start dialing by holding down the last digit of

the phone number without tapping the SEND button.

Correcting the Number

When you key in the number button on

the screen, the button (or END

button) is replaced with the CLR

button.

To clear the last digit displayed, tap

the CLR button briefly.

To clear the whole display, touch and

hold down the CLR button for more than

one second.

Ending a Call

When you have finished your call, tap the END button or close

the flip.

14

Tip

If you make an international call and need to find the country code,

use the following steps:

In the Phone screen, tap the icon, and select Country Code from

the Calls menu. The country code list appears. Tap the desired code,

and tap the OK button. The selected country code is displayed in the

number field on the Phone screen.

SEND

1

abc def

jklghi mno

23

456

00-182

Advanced Calling Features

15

If you have set voice dial for the number you want to call

(see page 83), you can use voice to make a call.

To set a voice dial:

To use voice dial, you first set the phone to recognize the

name of the person you are calling.

You can record up to 20 names using the Address

application. See page 87 for information on how to record

name.

To place voice dialing calls:

1. In the Phone screen, tap the button on the screen.

2. At the voice prompt, say the name into the phone.

• If the phone recognizes the name, the phone attempts

a connection.

• If the phone does not recognize the name, the screen

prompts for the name again.

• If the phone does not recognize the name after two

attempts, the message ‘Could Not Recognize Name’

displays. Try the call again later, or check the recorded

name.

Using Voice Dial

Note:

If the phone is set to the Auto Voice Dial mode, you do not need

to tap the button in the phone screen. See page 17.

Advanced Calling Features

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