Samsung Galaxy Tav3 Specification sheet

Get
Started
All you need to know to get going.

Thanks for choosing Sprint. This booklet introduces you to the basics
of getting started with Sprint and your Samsung Galaxy Tab® 3.
ReadyNow – For more help in getting up and running with your
new tablet, take advantage of exclusive Ready Now resources at
sprint.com/readynow. You can even schedule a one-on-one
appointment at a Sprint Store near you.
For ongoing support and resources, visit sprint.com/support.
There, you’ll ind guides, tutorials, and more to help you get the
most out of your tablet.
Note: Available applications and services are subject to change at any time.
Welcome!

Using This Guide
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This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your
new Samsung Galaxy Tab 3. It’s divided into four sections to help
you nd the information you need quickly and easily.
Using This Guide
Get Ready − page 5 − Find out what
you need to do before you use your
tablet the rst time, including activating
Sprint service on your device.
Android Basics − page 8 − Learn some
basics about how to move around on
your tablet, use the home screen, and
enter text. If you’re familiar with Android™
devices, you can probably skip these
pages (although a refresher course never
hurt anyone).
Use Your Tablet − page 15 − Take
advantage of your tablet’s features and
Sprint services, from the basics (going
online) to the more advanced (using
Google Play™, Wi-Fi®, and more).
Tools & Resources − page 27 − Find
useful tips for your tablet and discover
resources and other helpful Sprint
information. For additional information
including the full User Guide, videos,
tutorials, and community forums, visit
sprint.com/support.

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Your Samsung Galaxy Tab 3
Infrared
Blaster
Front
Camera
Display
Menu
Key
Power/Lock
Key
USB Charger/Accessory Port
Memory
Card Slot
3.5mm
Headset Jack
Camera
Light
Sensor
Volume Key
Back Key
Home Button Speaker Speaker
SIM Card
slot

Get Ready
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Get Your Tablet Ready
Before you start: Visit sprint.com/readynow
to learn about transferring contacts,
calendars, and more from your old device.
Charge the Battery
1. Insert the USB cable into the
charging head.
2. Insert the small end of the USB cable into
the charger/accessory jack at the bottom
of the tablet.
3. Plug the charging head into an
electrical outlet.
Turn the Tablet On
• Press and hold the Power/Lock Key .
Unlock the Screen
• Swipe the screen with your inger to
unlock it.
Turn the Screen On and O
• To quickly turn the display screen o, press
the Power/Lock Key on the top
right side of the tablet.
• To turn the screen on and display the
unlock screen, press the Power/Lock Key
.
Turn the Tablet O
• Press and hold the Power/Lock Key
and then tap Power o > OK to turn the
tablet o.

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Activate Your Tablet
Activate Your Tablet
If you purchased your tablet at a
Sprint Store, it is probably
activated and ready to use.
If you received your tablet in the
mail, and it is a new Sprint account,
your tablet is designed to activate
automatically when you irst turn it
on. You will see a Sprint
Connections Optimizer notice.
Tap I agree to allow your tablet to
connect to a data network. To
conirm your activation, launch the
Web browser.
If you received your tablet in the
mail and it is going to be activated
on an existing number (you’re
swapping devices), go to
sprint.com/activate and follow
the instructions. When you have
inished, launch the Web browser
to conirm your activation.
If your tablet is still not activated, visit
sprint.com/support for assistance. If you do
not have access to the Internet, call Sprint
Customer Service at 1-888-211-4727 from
another phone.

Get Ready
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When you irst turn on your device, follow
the prompts to set up your Google Account
and preferences.*
Complete the Setup Screens
1. When you turn on your tablet, you’ll see the
Welcome screen. Choose a language, and
then tap Next to begin.
2. You’ll see a Wi-Fi setup screen. Follow the
prompts to set your Wi-Fi options.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete
each section. Tap Skip or Next to continue.
• Got Google? - Create or sign in to a
Google Account. Select additional
Google preferences, including Google
Location options, as prompted.
• This tablet belongs to… - Enter your name
to personalize your experience.
• Samsung account - Create or sign in to
your Samsung user account.
• Dropbox™ - Create or sign in to your
Dropbox cloud storage account.
• Learn about key features - Tap a function
in the list to see more details about it.
4. Enter a name for your device and then
tap Finish.
* You do not need to sign up for a Google
Account to use your tablet; however, to
download content from the Google Play
Store app, you must link your tablet to a
Google Account.
Sprint Connections Optimizer
During or following the initial setup, you may
see a Sprint Connections Optimizer notice.
Read the notice and tap I Agree to allow
your tablet to connect automatically to the
best available data network, including Wi-Fi.
Note: You can turn o Sprint Connections
Optimizer at any time. Press and then
tap Apps > Settings > More settings >
Mobile networks > Connections optimizer.
Set Up Your Tablet

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Android Basics: Getting Around Your Tablet
Move Around Menus and Screens
Your tablet’s touchscreen lets you control
everything through various types of touches
and gestures.
Tap: When you want to type using the
onscreen keyboard, select items such as
application and settings icons, or press
onscreen buttons, simply tap them with
your inger. A light touch works best.
Touch and hold: To display the available
options for an item simply touch and hold
the item.
Flick: Move your inger in lighter, quicker
strokes than swiping. This inger gesture is
always used in a vertical motion, such as
when licking through contacts or a list.
Swipe: Quickly drag your inger vertically or
horizontally across the screen.
Drag: Press and hold your inger with some
pressure before you start to move it. Do not
release your inger until you have reached
the target position.
Rotate: Activate the Screen rotation feature
to automatically change the screen
orientation from portrait to landscape by
turning the tablet sideways.
Slide: This feature allows you to enter text
by sliding a inger from letter to letter, lifting
only between words. See page 14 for
instructions on using this continuous input
method with the various keyboard types.

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Android Basics
Status Bar
The status bar at the bottom of the Home
screen lets you quickly see both your tablet
status (connections, signal strength, battery,
location) and any current notiications.
Viewing Your Home Screen
Your tablet’s Home screen extends
horizontally up to seven full screens. This
gives you room to customize your tablet and
put the things you need front and center, just
a swipe away.
• To display the main Home screen, press
from any screen.
• To view extended screens, swipe the screen
left or right.
• To display thumbnails of all available screens,
pinch any home screen. Tap a thumbnail to
display any screen.
Status areaNotiication area
Your Home Screen

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Notiications Panel
You can expand the notiication area to
provide more detailed information about
the current onscreen notiication icons.
1. Drag down from the top of the screen to
open the Notiications panel.
2. Tap a notiication entry to open
the associated
application.
Add Items to Your Home Screen
1. Touch and hold an empty area on a
home screen.
2. Tap an option under Add to home screen.
• Apps and widgets to add an app
shortcut or a widget to the home screen.
From the next screen, tap the Apps tab
and then touch and hold an app icon and
drag it to the home screen to add a
shortcut. Tap the Widgets tab and drag a
widget to the home screen to add a
widget.
• Folder to add a folder to the home
screen. Enter a folder name and tap OK
to add the folder.
• Page (if available) to add a new home
screen. Your tablet can support up to
seven home screens.
Your Home Screen

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Android Basics
Open Apps
• If an app is on one of your Home screens,
just tap it to open it.
• If an app is not available from your Home
screen, tap > to display the apps
list, and then tap the app icon from the list.
You may have to scroll right or left to ind
the app you’re looking for.
Access Recently-Used Apps
Your tablet keeps a running list of your most
recently used apps.
1. Press and hold the button to open
the recently-used apps window.
2. Tap an icon to open an app.
Open Apps with Multi Window
Multi Window allows you to use two apps on
the same screen in separate, resizable
windows.
1. Drag the Notiications panel down
and touch > Multi window to enable
the feature.
2. Touch and hold .
3. Touch and hold an app and drag it to the
Home screen, and then touch and hold
another app and drag it on top of the
irst one.
Your Home Screen

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Buttons and Keys
Buttons and Keys
The bottom front of your tablet contains a
Home button and two static keys that let
you perform basic functions. Above this
row is a row of program icons that are
available from every Home screen.
• Home Button () — Press to return to the
main Home screen.
• Back Key ( ) — Tap to return to the
previous screen view.
• Menu Key ( )— Tap to open context-
speciic menus.
• Contacts icon ( ) — Tap to open your
Contacts list.
• Email icon ( ) — Tap to open your email
account(s).
• Calendar icon ( ) — Tap to open your
calendar.
• Internet icon ( ) — Tap to launch the
Web browser.
• Settings () — Tap to access the
Settings menu.
• Apps icon ( ) — Tap to display the
applications list.
Menu
Key
Back
Key
Home
Button
Apps
Icon
Contacts
Icon
Email
Icon
Calendar
Icon
Internet
Icon
Settings
Icon

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Android Basics
Your QWERTY Keyboards
Your Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 comes loaded
with two QWERTY keyboards: Samsung
keyboard (default) and SwypeTM. When you
select a ield that requires text or numbers,
an onscreen keyboard will appear. (If you
don’t see the keyboard when, for instance,
you’re entering contact information, just
tap the ield you’re working on to bring it
up.) The tablet’s onscreen QWERTY
keyboards can be used in either portrait or
landscape mode.
Note: To switch between text entry methods
while a keyboard is displayed, drag the
notiications bar down from the top of the
screen, touch Choose input method, and
then select a text entry method.
Typing with Samsung Keyboard
Entering text using the traditional Samsung
QWERTY keyboard is easy: just tap the
letters to type the words.
1. From a screen where you can enter text,
tap the input ield to reveal the onscreen
keyboard.
2. If needed, select a text mode option: ABC
to enter alphabetic characters or SYM to
enter symbols or punctuation.
3. Tap the corresponding onscreen keys to
begin typing.
• If you make a mistake, tap to erase.
Entering Text

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Using Swype to Enter Text
Swype lets you enter words by tracing over
the letters in a single motion.
1. Touch an onscreen character, and then,
while maintaining your inger onscreen,
drag to the next character in the
desired word.
2. Repeat this process until the desired
characters have been drawn over. Select
from an onscreen list of possible word
matches (if prompted). This occurs if your
current action has generated more than
one possible word match.
Using Google Voice to Enter Text
Use your voice to enter text instead
of typing.
1. From any screen where you can enter text,
touch the input ield to reveal the keyboard.
2. Touch and speak clearly.
Entering Text

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Use Your Tablet
Use Your Tablet: Contacts
Add a New Entry to Contacts
1. Press and then tap Contacts >
Contacts.
2. Tap .
3. Select an account for the contact, such as
Samsung account, Google, or Microsoft
Exchange ActiveSync. Select Device to
save the contact to your tablet only.
4. Tap any ield and use the onscreen
keyboard to enter the name, phone
number, and other contact details.
5. Add more data ields or a picture if
desired, and tap Save.
Edit a Contact Entry
1. Press and then tap Contacts >
[contact you’d like to edit].
2. Tap .
3. Tap any ield and use the onscreen
keyboard to edit the information. You
can also add new ields or remove
existing ones.
4. Tap Save to save your updates.
Note: To add a phone number, email
address, or other ield to an existing contact,
tap Add another ield at the bottom of the
entry and select a data type.
Your tablet’s Contacts function lets you access and manage contacts from a variety of
sources, including Google and Corporate email accounts, contacts synced from your
computer, and old-fashioned contacts entered by hand.

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Your tablet’s Email applications let you
access and manage multiple email
accounts simultaneously in one convenient
location. Although there is a separate Gmail
application, the main email application can
manage both Internet-based email services
(Gmail™ and Yahoo™) and Corporate Work
Email (Outlook®). The tablet can also be
manually conigured to connect to other
email systems.
Set Up a Gmail Account
1. Press and then tap > Gmail .
2. Follow the instructions to set up or sign in
to a Gmail account.
Note: Although you need a Gmail account to
use certain features such as Google Play™,
you do not have to use Gmail as the default
account for your tablet.
Set Up a POP3/IMAP Email Account
1. Press and then tap > Email .
2. If another email account is already set up,
tap
> Settings > Add account.
3. Enter the Email address and Password for
the email account.
4. Tap Next and follow the onscreen
instructions.
Email

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Use Your Tablet
Email
Set Up a Microsoft®Exchange
ActiveSync®Account
1. Press and then tap > Email .
2. If another email account is already set up,
tap > Settings > Add account.
3. Enter your Email address and Password
information and then tap Manual setup.
• Contact your Exchange Server administrator
for required sign-in information.
4. Tap Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.
5. Enter a Domain\username, Password, and
Exchange server information, and then
tap .
6. Follow the prompts to set additional options
and permissions. Tap
to continue.
7. Identify your new account with a unique
name and provide the outgoing name text
then tap Done.
Access Email Messages
1. Press and then tap > Email .
• If necessary, tap the selection arrow ( )
and tap the email account you want to use.
2. From the inbox, tap the message you want
to view.
Send an Email Message
1. Press and then tap > Email .
2. If necessary, tap the selection arrow ( )
and tap the email account you want to use.
3. Tap .
4. Enter an email address in the To ield.
5. Enter a subject and a message.
• To add attachments, tap and select
an attachment.
6. Tap .

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Camera & Video
Take a Picture
1. Press and then tap > Camera .
2. Using your display as a viewinder, aim the
camera lens at your subject, and tap .
View Pictures
1. Press and then tap > Gallery to
view the Camera folders.
2. Tap a picture and then tap to explore
other options. For sharing photos, tap
at the top of the screen.
Record a Video
1. Press and then tap > Camera .
2. Using the tablet’s display screen as a
viewinder, aim the lens at your subject,
and tap to begin recording.
3. Tap to pause or to stop recording.
View Videos
1. Press and then tap > Gallery .
2. Tap a video icon to view the video.
Share Pictures and Videos
1. Press and then tap > Gallery .
2. Tap Camera to reveal your pictures and
videos, and then press and hold a picture
or video to send.
3. Tap and select any of several methods
such as Group Play, Add to Dropbox,
Bluetooth, Email,Flipboard,Photos, Wi-Fi
Direct, and more. Follow the onscreen
instructions to send your picture or
video clip.

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Use Your Tablet
Web
Go Online
1. Press and then tap > Internet .
2. From the opening page, tap the address
bar and enter a website address.
• Tap a link to open it.
• For more options, tap from any page.
Options may include New tab, New
incognito tab, Add shortcut, Share via,
Find on page, Desktop view, Save for
oline reading, Brightness,Downloads,
Print, Settings,and Help.
• To scroll, slide your inger up or down
the page.
• To zoom in or out, pinch the screen.
Note: Additional browser options, such as
Google Chrome™, may also be available on
your tablet.
Downloading Apps From the Web
You can download Apps while browsing the
Web, but you must irst set permissions in
settings to allow applications from unknown
sources. Applications downloaded from the
Google Play Store (see page 22) do not
require additional permissions.
1. Press and then tap > Settings >
Security.
2. Tap the Unknown sources check box.
3. When the Attention dialog box opens, read
the disclaimer and tap OK.

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Wi-Fi
Connect to a Wi-Fi Network
When you’re in range of an available Wi-Fi
network you can use your tablet’s Wi-Fi
feature to access the Internet and other
data services.
Note: You may already have signed in to
Wi-Fi during the tablet’s setup process.
1. Press then tap > Settings .
2. Tap the icon next to Wi-Fi and slide to the
ON position to turn Wi-Fi on.
3. Tap Wi-Fi and then tap Scan to display a
list of available networks.
4. Tap a Wi-Fi network to connect. If
necessary, enter the security key
(password) and tap Connect.
• When you’re connected to a Wi-Fi
network, you’ll see the Wi-Fi icon ( )
in the status bar.
Note: To quickly toggle Wi-Fi on or o,
lick the Notiications panel down from any
screen and tap Wi-Fi. You can also toggle
Bluetooth, Location, Screen rotation, and
more from the panel menu.