Samsung Instinct HD SPH-M850 User manual

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9/11/09
Explore More
Details about using your device
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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Section 1: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1A. Setting Up Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Setting Up Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Activating Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Setting Up Your Visual Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Section 2: Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2A. Phone Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Viewing the Display Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Turning Your Device On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using the Battery and Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Navigating the Device Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Displaying Your Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Making and Answering Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2B. Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sound Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Touch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Location Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Updating Phone Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Security Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
2C. History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Viewing Recent History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Recent History Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Making a Call From Recent History . . . . . . . . . . 40
Saving a Phone Number From
Recent History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
2D. Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adding a New Contacts Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Saving a Phone Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Finding Contacts Entries and Making a Call . . 45
Contacts Entry Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Deleting Contacts Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Assigning Speed Dial Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Assigning a Ringer Type to an Entry . . . . . . . . . 49
Tip Looking for something? If you don’t see it in the
headings listed here, try the Index on page 153.
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Sprint Mobile Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
2E. Calendar and Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adding an Event to the Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Event Alert Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2F. Speech to Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Running the Speech to Action Tutorial . . . . . . . 54
Making a Voice Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Sending a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Launching an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Speech to Action Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
2G. microSD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using Your Device’s microSD Card
and Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Accessing the microSD Card via Computer . . 62
Memory Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Connecting Your Device to Your Computer . . . 62
2H. Transferring Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transferring Your Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Transferring Music, Pictures, and Videos . . . . . . 68
Transferring Other Previously Purchased
Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
2I. Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Taking Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recording Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
2J. Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Turning Bluetooth On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using the Bluetooth Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . 78
Pairing Bluetooth Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Sending Data via Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Section 3: Sprint Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
3A. Sprint Service: The Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Visual Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Text Messaging (SMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Sprint Picture Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
3B. Web and Data Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Getting Started With Data Services . . . . . . . . . . 98
Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Exploring the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Information Services on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Data Services FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Using the Sprint Software Store . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
NASCAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
NFL Mobile Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Live Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
3C. Entertainment: TV and Music . . . . . . . . 121
Sprint TV/Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Music – Sprint Music Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
3D. GPS Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Getting Started With Sprint Navigation . . . . . . 129
Using Sprint Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Getting Driving Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Section 4: Safety and Warranty
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
4A. Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . 136
General Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to
Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Using Your Device With a Hearing
Aid Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Caring for the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Radio Frequency (RF) Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Owner’s Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
User Guide Proprietary Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
4B. Manufacturer’s Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Manufacturer’s Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
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