Transfer Audio Files from a PC:

  1. Connect the Samsung device to your computer via USB
  2. Enable “Media device” / “File Transfer” when prompted or from the “Notification” area
  3. Open the File Explorer on the computer
  4. Locate the desired audio files on the computer storage
  5. Copy and paste the files to the phone storage, preferably in the “Media” directory in the “Ringtones”, “Notifications” and/or “Alarms” directories
  6. After the transfer is complete, eject the phone storage via system tray and safely disconnect the phone from the USB cord

Change the General Ringtone:

  1. Launch “Settings”
  2. Scroll to and ta “Sounds and vibrates”
  3. Tap “Ringtone”
  4. Select the desired ringtone
  5. Tap “Back”

Change a Specific Contact’s Ringtone:

  1. Launch “Contacts”
  2. Select the desired contact
  3. Tap “Details” > “Edit”
  4. Tap “More” > “Ringtone”
  5. Enable “Allow storage permissions” and select the desired ringtone
  6. Tap “OK” > “Back”

Change Incoming Email Notification Settings:

  1. Launch “Email”
  2. Tap “Menu”
  3. Go to “Settings” > “Manage accounts”
  4. Select your email address and scroll to “Notification settings”
  5. Enable or disable “Email notifications”
  6. Additionally, you can enable or disable “Notification sound” and “Vibrate”

Change Emergency Alert Settings:

  1. Open the apps drawer
  2. Launch “Messages”
  3. Tap “Menu”
  4. Go to “Settings” > “Emergency alert settings”
  5. Tap “Emergency alerts”
  6. Enable or disable “Imminent extreme alerts”, “Imminent severe alerts” and “AMBER alerts”


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