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User Guide
[UG template version 15b]
[Boost-Samsung-J320P-UM-EN-122315-FINAL]
Table of Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................1
About the User Guide ...........................................................................................................................1
Get Support from Boost Zone
...............................................................................................................1
Get Star
ted
....................................................................................................................................................3
Parts and Func
tions
..............................................................................................................................3
Set Up Your
Phone...............................................................................................................................5
Turn You
r Phone On and Off
................................................................................................................6
Use the Touchs
creen
............................................................................................................................8
Activation and S
ervice
........................................................................................................................12
Comple
te the Setup Screens
..............................................................................................................12
Basic
Ope
rations
.........................................................................................................................................15
Basics..................................................................................................................................................15
Home Scr
een and Applications (Apps) List
................................................................................15
Phone Settin
gs Menu
..................................................................................................................16
Portrait and Land
scape Screen Orientation
................................................................................16
Capture
Screenshots
..................................................................................................................17
Applications
.........................................................................................................................................17
Launch Applica
tions
....................................................................................................................17
Apps List .....................................................................................................................................18
Phone Number ....................................................................................................................................22
Airplane Mode.....................................................................................................................................23
Enter Tex
t
............................................................................................................................................25
Samsung Ke
yboard
....................................................................................................................25
Google V
oice Typing
...................................................................................................................26
Tips for
Editing Text
....................................................................................................................27
Google A
ccount...................................................................................................................................27
Create a Google Account............................................................................................................27
Sign In to Your Google Account .................................................................................................34
Google Play Store
...............................................................................................................................38
Find and Install an A
pp
...............................................................................................................39
Requ
est a Refund for a Paid App
...............................................................................................40
Update
an App
............................................................................................................................40
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Uninstall an App..........................................................................................................................42
Get Help with Google Play..........................................................................................................43
Lock and Unlock Your Screen
............................................................................................................44
Upd
ate Your Phone
.............................................................................................................................46
Upd
ate Your Phone Software
.....................................................................................................46
Upd
ate Your Profile
.....................................................................................................................48
Upd
ate Your PRL........................................................................................................................49
Your Phone Interface..................................................................................................................................51
Home Screen Basics...........................................................................................................................51
Home Screen Layout..................................................................................................................51
Extended Home Screens
............................................................................................................52
Status Bar an
d Notification Panel
.......................................................................................................53
Status Bar ...................................................................................................................................53
Notif
ication Panel
........................................................................................................................56
Customize t
he Home Screen
..............................................................................................................58
Cha
nge the Wallpaper
................................................................................................................59
Add Shor
tcuts to the Home Screen
............................................................................................60
Add Widget
s to the Home Screen
..............................................................................................60
Add Folde
rs to the Home Screen
...............................................................................................61
Phone App
..................................................................................................................................................63
Place and A
nswer Calls
......................................................................................................................63
Call U
sing the Phone Dialer
........................................................................................................63
Call
Emergency Numbers
...........................................................................................................65
Answer Pho
ne Calls
....................................................................................................................66
In-Ca
ll Screen Layout and Options
.............................................................................................69
Place a Call f
rom Contacts
.........................................................................................................70
Call
from Call Logs
......................................................................................................................72
Optional Se
rvices
................................................................................................................................74
Voicemail S
etup
..........................................................................................................................75
Visual Voi
cemail
..........................................................................................................................75
Set Up V
isual Voicemail
..............................................................................................................76
Revi
ew Visual Voicemail
.............................................................................................................77
Listen
to Multiple Voicemail Messages .......................................................................................78
Visual Voicemail Options............................................................................................................79
Configure Visual Voicemail Settings
...........................................................................................80
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Caller ID Blocking .......................................................................................................................83
Call Waiting.................................................................................................................................83
Conference
Calling
.....................................................................................................................84
Call Fo
rwarding
...........................................................................................................................86
Phone Settings
............................................................................................................................87
Contacts......................................................................................................................................................92
Contacts
Screen Layout......................................................................................................................92
Add a Contact .....................................................................................................................................93
View Contacts.....................................................................................................................................97
Edit a Contact ......................................................................................................................................98
Delete a Contact
...............................................................................................................................100
Share a Cont
act
................................................................................................................................101
Import
Contacts
.................................................................................................................................102
Back
Up C
ontacts
.............................................................................................................................104
Contacts
Settings
..............................................................................................................................105
Messaging and I
nternet
.............................................................................................................................107
Text and Multim
edia Messaging
.......................................................................................................107
Send a Text M
essage
...............................................................................................................107
Send a Multimedia Me
ssage (MMS)
.........................................................................................108
Save and Resu
me a Draft Message
.........................................................................................111
New Messag
es Notification
.......................................................................................................112
Manage Messag
e Conversations
.............................................................................................112
Messages S
ettings
....................................................................................................................115
Gmail.................................................................................................................................................117
Create
and Send a Gmail Message
..........................................................................................117
Check Re
ceived Gmail Messages
............................................................................................119
Use Gmail Labels......................................................................................................................121
Archive G
mail Threads
.............................................................................................................122
Mute Gmail Thr
eads
.................................................................................................................123
Delete Gm
ail Threads
...............................................................................................................124
Search Gmail
Messages
...........................................................................................................125
Repor
t Spam Gmail
..................................................................................................................126
Add Another
Goog
le (Gmail) Account ......................................................................................127
Switching Between Gmail Accounts.........................................................................................129
Gmail Settings
...........................................................................................................................131
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Email.................................................................................................................................................132
Set Up an Email Account..........................................................................................................132
Add an Email Account
...............................................................................................................133
Add an Exchange
ActiveSync Account
.....................................................................................136
Compose an
d Send Email
........................................................................................................138
Open
Email Messages..............................................................................................................140
Delete an E
mail Account...........................................................................................................142
Manage Your Email Inbox.........................................................................................................144
Exchange ActiveSync Email Features......................................................................................145
Email Settings...........................................................................................................................147
Browser
.............................................................................................................................................150
Use the Browse
r
.......................................................................................................................151
Add a Bookm
ark
.......................................................................................................................151
View Browser His
tory
................................................................................................................153
Open
N
ew Browser Tab............................................................................................................154
Browser Settings.......................................................................................................................156
Chrome Br
owser
...............................................................................................................................157
Camera a
nd Video
....................................................................................................................................159
Camera Ov
erview
.............................................................................................................................159
Take Pictures and Record
Videos
....................................................................................................160
Take a Picture...........................................................................................................................160
Record Videos
..........................................................................................................................161
Shooting Modes........................................................................................................................162
View Pictures and Videos Us
ing Gallery
..........................................................................................163
Edit Pictures......................................................................................................................................167
Rotate a Pict
ure
........................................................................................................................167
Crop a Pictur
e
...........................................................................................................................168
Photo Editor..............................................................................................................................170
Collage
......................................................................................................................................171
Share Pictures and Videos ...............................................................................................................173
Send Pictures or V
ideos by Email or Gmail
..............................................................................174
Send a Picture or Video by
Multimedia Message
.....................................................................175
Send Pictures or Videos
U
sing Bluetooth.................................................................................177
Share Videos on YouTube........................................................................................................178
Camera Options and Settings
...........................................................................................................179
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Switch Cameras........................................................................................................................179
Set Camera Options .................................................................................................................180
Apps and Features
....................................................................................................................................182
1Weather ...........................................................................................................................................182
airG
...................................................................................................................................................182
Boost 411..........................................................................................................................................182
Boost Music
.......................................................................................................................................182
Boost Wallet......................................................................................................................................182
Boost Zone........................................................................................................................................183
boostTV .............................................................................................................................................183
Calculator
..........................................................................................................................................183
Calenda
r
............................................................................................................................................184
Add an Event
to the Calendar
...................................................................................................185
View Calendar
Events...............................................................................................................187
Share Cale
ndar Events
.............................................................................................................188
Sync Cale
ndars
.........................................................................................................................190
Synchronize
an Exchange ActiveSync Calendar......................................................................192
Calenda
r Settings
.....................................................................................................................192
CallWatch..........................................................................................................................................194
Clock
.................................................................................................................................................194
Set A
larms
.................................................................................................................................196
World Clock
...............................................................................................................................197
Stopwatc
h
.................................................................................................................................198
Timer.........................................................................................................................................199
Faceboo
k
..........................................................................................................................................199
Gadget Guardian
...............................................................................................................................200
Galaxy Apps......................................................................................................................................200
Gallery...............................................................................................................................................200
Google Ha
ngouts
..............................................................................................................................202
Google Map
s
.....................................................................................................................................203
Google P
lay Movies & TV
.................................................................................................................205
Google P
lay Music
............................................................................................................................206
Google S
earch..................................................................................................................................208
Use Google Search...................................................................................................................209
Use Google Voice Search
.........................................................................................................210
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Instagram..........................................................................................................................................211
Memo................................................................................................................................................211
Messaging Plus
.................................................................................................................................212
Messenger ........................................................................................................................................212
Microsoft E
xcel
..................................................................................................................................213
Microsoft OneDr
ive
...........................................................................................................................213
Microsoft OneNo
te............................................................................................................................213
Microsoft PowerPoint........................................................................................................................213
Microsoft Word ..................................................................................................................................213
My Files .............................................................................................................................................214
NextRadio
.........................................................................................................................................214
Pages Mana
ger
.................................................................................................................................214
Samsung Milk Mu
sic
.........................................................................................................................215
Uber ..................................................................................................................................................215
Video
.................................................................................................................................................215
Voice Record
er
.................................................................................................................................216
YouTube............................................................................................................................................218
Conne
ctivity
...............................................................................................................................................219
Transfer Files B
etween Your Phone and a Computer
......................................................................219
Wi-Fi
..................................................................................................................................................220
Turn
Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wireless
Network ..................................................................221
Wi-Fi Set
tings
............................................................................................................................222
Disconnect Wi-Fi.......................................................................................................................224
Wi-Fi Dir
ect
...............................................................................................................................225
Bluetooth...........................................................................................................................................227
Bluetooth Informatio
n
................................................................................................................227
Enable Bluetooth.......................................................................................................................227
Pair Bluetooth Devic
es
..............................................................................................................229
Conne
ct to a Paired Bluetooth Device
......................................................................................231
Share Information U
sing Bluetooth
...........................................................................................232
Receiving Data Us
ing Bluetooth
...............................................................................................234
Settings .....................................................................................................................................................236
Basic Sett
ings ...................................................................................................................................236
Wi-Fi Settings Menu..........................................................................................................................239
Bluetooth Settings
.............................................................................................................................242
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Hotspot Settings................................................................................................................................243
Airplane Mode...................................................................................................................................247
Data Usage Settings
.........................................................................................................................248
Mobile N
etworks Settings
.................................................................................................................250
More
Co
nnection Settings.................................................................................................................251
Tethering S
ettings
.....................................................................................................................251
Printing
......................................................................................................................................253
Virtual Private Networks
(VPN).................................................................................................256
Default Messaging App Settings...............................................................................................262
Sounds and
Notifications
Settings
....................................................................................................263
Sound Mode
..............................................................................................................................264
Volume......................................................................................................................................265
Ringto
nes and Sounds
..............................................................................................................266
Vibrations..................................................................................................................................268
Sound Quality
and Effects
........................................................................................................269
Notif
ications
...............................................................................................................................270
Display Set
tings
................................................................................................................................271
Motions an
d Gestures
.......................................................................................................................273
Applications
Settings.........................................................................................................................273
Application M
anager
.................................................................................................................273
Default
Applications
..................................................................................................................275
Wallpaper
..........................................................................................................................................276
Themes.............................................................................................................................................277
Lock Scree
n and Security Settings
...................................................................................................278
Lock Scree
n and Security Overview
.........................................................................................278
Screen Lock
..............................................................................................................................279
Disable the S
creen Lock
...........................................................................................................287
Devi
ce Security
.........................................................................................................................288
Privac
y
..............................................................................................................................................290
Location S
ettings
......................................................................................................................291
Rep
ort Diagnostic Info
..............................................................................................................294
Easy Mode........................................................................................................................................295
Acce
ssibility Settings.........................................................................................................................298
Vision Accessibility Settings......................................................................................................299
Hearing Accessibility Settings
...................................................................................................301
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Dexterity and Interaction Settings.............................................................................................302
Configure Other Accessibility Settings......................................................................................304
Add Accounts
....................................................................................................................................305
Backup and Rese
t
.............................................................................................................................307
Factory
Data Reset
...................................................................................................................309
Language and I
nput Settings
............................................................................................................312
Battery Set
tings.................................................................................................................................315
Power Saving Mode..................................................................................................................316
Ultra Power Saving Mode.........................................................................................................318
Storage Settings................................................................................................................................319
microSD Card
...........................................................................................................................320
Date an
d Time Settings
....................................................................................................................322
Activate This
Device..........................................................................................................................323
System Upda
te
..................................................................................................................................324
About Devi
ce
.....................................................................................................................................325
For Assistan
ce
..........................................................................................................................................328
Boost Account
Information and Help
................................................................................................328
Manage Your
Account
..............................................................................................................328
Re-Boo
st
...................................................................................................................................329
Samsung KN
OX
................................................................................................................................329
Legal Infor
mation
..............................................................................................................................329
Disclaimer of
Warra
nties; Exclusion of Liability
........................................................................330
Intellectual
Property
..................................................................................................................330
Copyright
Information
................................................................................................................331
Index..........................................................................................................................................................332
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Introduction
The following topics describe the basics of using this guide and your new phone.
About the User Guide
Thank you for purchasing your new Samsung Galaxy
®
J3 (2016). The following topics explain how best to
use this guide to get the most out of your phone.
Before Using Your Phone
Read the Get Started guide and Important Information booklet that were packaged with your phone
thoroughly for proper usage.
Accessible services may be limited by subscription contract conditions.
Descriptions in the User Guide
Note that most descriptions in this guide are based on your phone's setup at the time of purchase. Unless
otherwise noted, instructions begin from the phone's home screen, which is displayed by pressing the
Home
key. Some operation descriptions may be simplified.
Screenshots and Key Labels
Screenshots in the user guide may appear differently on your phone. Key labels in the user guide are
simplified for description purposes and may differ from your phone's display.
Other Notations
In the user guide, the phone may be referred to either as “phone,” “device,” or “handset.”
Get Support from Boost Zone
Access support for your phone and service through the preloaded Boost Zone app.
Introduction 1
1. From home, tap Apps
> Boost Zone .
2. From the Boost Zone main page, tap My Account.
3. Tap a topic to
view its contents.
Introduction 2
Get Started
The following topics give you all the information you need to set up your phone and wireless service the
first time.
Parts and Functions
These topics illustrate your phone’s primary parts and key functions.
Phone Layout
The following illustration outlines your phone’s primary external features and buttons.
Front View
Part
Description
Earpiece
Listen to calls and automated prompts when using the phone.
Proximity sensors
Detect when objects are close to the screen. For example, when you
hold the phone to your ear while on a phone call, the sensors
temporarily lock the screen to prevent accidental screen touches.
Front camera
Takes pictures and records videos while facing the screen, and allows
you to video conference.
Get Started 3
Part
Description
Power/Lock key
Turn the phone or screen on or off, enable Airplane mode, or Restart
the phone.
Back key
Return you to the previous screen, or close a dialog box, options
menu, the notification panel, or the keyboard.
Home key
Returns you to the home screen.
Recent Apps key
Access recently used apps.
Touchscreen
Display information needed to operate your phone, such as the call
status, the Contacts list, and the date and time. Also provides one-tap
access to all of your features and applications.
Volume key
Adjust the ringtone or media volume or adjust the voice volume during
a call.
Rear View
Part
Description
Microphone
Transmit your voice for phone calls or record your voice or ambient
sounds for voice recordings and videos. There are two microphones,
one on the top and one on the bottom.
Get Started 4
for more information.
Part
Description
Headset jack
Plug in a headset for convenient, hands-free conversations.
Speaker
Play ringtones and sounds. The speaker also lets you hear the caller’s
voice in speakerphone mode.
Rear camera
Take pictures and videos.
USB charger/accessory port
Connect the phone to the charger using a USB cable.
Flash
Help illuminate subjects in low-light environments when the camera is
focusing and capturing a picture or video.
Caution! Inserting an accessory into the incorrect jack may damage the phone.
Set Up Your Phone
You must first install and charge the battery to begin setting up your phone.
Note: It is recommended you fully charge the battery before using your device for the first time.
1. Install the battery.
Using the slot provided, gently lift the cover off the phone.
Insert the battery, aligning the gold contacts on the battery with the gold contacts on the
phone, and gently press the battery into place.
Insert an optional SD card, see microSD card
Replace the back cover, making sure
all t
he tabs are secure and that there are no gaps
around the cover.
Warning
: Do not bend or twist the back cover excessively. Doing so may damage the cover.
2. Plug the USB cable into the USB charger/accessory port on the bottom of the phone.
Get Started 5
for mor
e information.
3. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the charging head, and then plug the charging head into
an electrical outlet to charge your battery. Fully charging a battery may take several hours.
Note: Your phone’s battery should have enough charge to turn the phone on and find a signal, run the
setup application, set up voicemail, and make a call. You should fully charge the battery as soon as
possible.
Caution: Use only Samsung-approved charging
devices and batteries. Samsung
accessories are
designed to maximize
battery life. Using other accessories may
invalidate your
warranty and may cause
damage.
Caution: Failure to unplug the wall charger before you remove the battery may
cause
damage to the
device.
4.
Press and hold the Power/Lock key to turn the phone on.
If your phone is activated, it will turn on, search for
network service, and begin the setup
application.
5.
If your phone is not yet activated, see Activation and Service
Turn Your Phone On and Off
The instructions below explain how to turn your phone on and off.
Get Started 6
for inf
ormation about using the screen
lock.
and
for details.
fo
r more infor
mation.
Turn Your Phone On
■ Press and hold the Power/Lock key.
Your phone will power on. Depending on the settings, you may see the lock screen.
See Lock and Unlock Your Screen Screen Lock
The first time you turn the phone on, you will see the startup screens. See Complete the
Setup Screens
If your phone is not yet activated, see Activation and Service
Turn Your Phone Off
1. Press and hold the Power/Lock key to open the phone options menu.
Get Started 7
2. Tap Power off > Po
wer off to turn the phone off.
Your phone will power off.
Your screen remains blank while your phone is off (unless the battery is charging).
Tip: If your devi
ce is not responding, press and hold both the Power/Lock key and Volume down key
simultaneously for more than seven seconds to restart the device.
Use the Touchscreen
Your phone’s touchscreen lets you control actions through a variety of touch gestures.
Tap or Touch
When you want to type using the keyboard, select items such as application and settings icons, or press
buttons, simply tap or touch them with your finger.
Touch and Hold
To open the available options for an item (for example, a contact or link in a Web page), touch and hold
the item.
Get Started 8
Swipe or Slide
To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen.
Drag
To drag, press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to move your finger. While
dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.
Get Started 9
for more details.
Flick
Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to move your finger in light, quick strokes.
This finger gesture is always in a vertical direction, such as when flicking the contacts or message list.
Rotate
For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by
turning the phone sideways. When entering text, you can turn the phone sideways to bring up a bigger
keyboard. See Enter Text
Get Started 10
Note: Auto rotate must be enabled for the screen orientation to automatically change. To enable screen
rotation, slide your finger down from the status bar to display the notification panel, and then tap Auto
rotate to enable the option.
Pinch and Spread
Pinch the screen by moving two fingers inward to zoom out, or spread by moving two fingers outward to
zoom in.
Get Started 11
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