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Samsung Wave Tricks and Tips

secrets of samsung s8500

Message
-under contacts/message, swipe left to message that person
-when messaging, long press the space bar to get shortcuts to punctuations(. , - ? @ !)
-when you view message, you can use multitouch feature to zoom in and out the text message
-swipe left or right to go to next or previous sms message
-tap on the name entered to get the number of that person
Call
-under contacts/message, swipe right to call that person
-to filter/block calls, go to call logs --> select contact --> tap on '...' --> select 'Block Contact' --> select you want to block : 'Call' or 'Message'
-to record a call (depending on region & firmware), during an ongoing call , tap on '...' --> select 'Record Voice'. Record will be stored as .amr file in 'Sounds' folder
Camera
-press the camera button at the right side for quick access to camera or (camcorder)
-in camera mode, click Settings --> Tools and you can set review of photos after a shot is taken to be 'on', 'off' or review for 2 seconds
-press the volume keys to zoom in or zoom out
Internet
-when typing the url, long press the .com to get different variants internet domains (.net, .org, .edu)
Email
-go to Settings --> Applications --> Email --> Email accounts and select a web account to set the download limit to determine the no. of emails to download whenever you sync your web account. You can also set whether to dowload just the Subject or the whole email
General
-under the App store, click on '...' --> Downloads to show a list of apps/games you have downloaded before
-you can turn on/off your keytone by pressing the volume buttons on the left side.
-use the volume rocker (up or down) to scroll up or down long SMS/internet pages
-to take screenshots, press the menu button + lock key simultaneously
-long press the menu button to see task manager
-double press the menu button to access smart search function
-under call logs/music player, long press the tabs and 2 rows of tabs will appear. rearrange the tabs to your preference and long press again to switch back to single row before closing
Music
-When in Album/Genre/Artist/ playlist, you can swipe right to play it all. E.g: When on Artist 1 playlist, you can swipe right to play all Artist 1 songs
-When in all track playlist, you can tap on the album cover to play song without exit the playlist jump to the music player
-Tap on music player while playing to get the status bar and other settings