Samsung Galaxy Avant - Manual (Page 77)

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Motions and Gestures
This feature allows you to assign specific functions to certain device actions that are detected by both the
accelerometer and gyroscope.
Caution! Excessive shaking or impact to the device may cause unintended results. To learn how to properly
control motions, access the Motions and gestures menu. When a topic is tapped, each entry comes
with an on-screen tutorial.
► From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Motions and gestures.
Smart alert
Once Smart alert is enabled, you can pickup the device to be alerted and notified if you have missed any
calls or messages.
1. From the Settings screen, tap Motions and gestures > Smart alert.
2. In a single motion touch and slide the Smart alert slider to the right to turn it on.
Mute/Pause
Once enabled, you can pause any onscreen video or mute any current sound by simply covering the screen
with your hand or turning it over. Once you remove your hand from the screen, the device goes back to
normal by either continuing to play the current video or unmuting the current sound.
1. From the Settings screen, tap Motions and gestures > Mute/pause.
2. In a single motion touch and slide the Mute/pause slider to the right to turn it on.
3. Tap the following methods that you want to use to Mute/Pause your phone:
● Turning device over: Turn your phone over to mute incoming calls, message alerts, and alarms, or to pause
media.
Accounts
This menu allows you to set up, manage, and synchronize accounts, including your Google and email
accounts.
Adding an Account
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Accounts.
2. Navigate to the MY ACCOUNTS area and then tap Add account and select one of the account types.
3. Use the keyboard and follow the prompts to enter your credentials and set up the account.
4. A green circle will appear next to the account type once you have created an account. Your email account
will also be displayed.
Removing an Account
Important! Removing an account also deletes all of its messages, contacts, and other data from the device.
1. From the Accounts screen, navigate to the MY ACCOUNTS area and then tap the account name.
2. From the Accounts area of the screen, tap the account entry
Menu > Remove account > Remove
account at the prompt to remove the account and delete all its messages, contacts, and other data.
Synchronizing a Accounts
By default, all managed accounts are synchronized. You can also manually sync all current accounts.
1. From the Accounts screen, navigate to the MY ACCOUNTS area and then tap the account name.
2. Tap the account name entry.
3. Tap
Menu > Sync now to synchronize your account. Tap Cancel sync to stop the synchronization.
Creating a Samsung Account
Just as important as setting up and activating a Google account to help provide access to Play Store, etc. An
active Samsung account is required to begin accessing applications.
Note: The Samsung account application will manage your access to the previously mentioned applications, and
there is no longer a need to remember different passwords for each application.
1. From the Accounts screen, navigate to the MY ACCOUNTS area and then tap Add account > Samsung
account.
2. If you have previously created a Samsung account, tap Sign in.
– or –
If this is your first time, tap Create new account.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions.
Note: You may be prompted to confirm your credentials via email.
4. If prompted, follow the onscreen instructions to verify your account via the provided email address.
Note: Without confirming your email address and following the documented procedures, related applications will
not function properly since it is Samsung account that is managing their username and password access.
Cloud
This feature allows you to use your external cloud storage solution to both synchronize your device to your
Samsung account and then backup that local content to the cloud.
Your device comes with a built-in Cloud storage solution known as Dropbox.
Important! This feature requires an active Wi-Fi connection prior to use.
1. Log into your Samsung account and verify it is active. For more information, refer to “Creating a Samsung
Account” on page 72.
2. Log into your external cloud storage solution. In our case we are using a Dropbox account. For more
information, refer to “Dropbox” on page 46.
3. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Cloud.
4. Confirm your Samsung account appears at the top of the screen.
5. Tap Storage usage to display an overview of your total used space.
6. Tap Sync settings, select which device parameters will be synced, and tap Sync now.
Choose from: Sync Calendar, Sync Contacts, Sync Internet, and Sync Memos.
7. Tap Backup or Restore to launch the feature.
● Backup: manually loads up the currently selected categories and backs up the data to your cloud storage
location. Tap Backup to begin the manual backup process.
● Restore: allows you to retrieve your previously backed up data from your Samsung account and then
download it to your device.
8. Tap Link Dropbox account > Allow to now link your active Dropbox account.