Samsung Galaxy Light. Add Account

Add Account
This menu allows you to set up, manage, and synchronize
accounts, including your Google and email accounts.
Adding an Account
Removing an Account
Important! Removing an account also deletes all of its
messages, contacts, and other data from the
device.
1. From the Home screen, press
and then tap
Settings ➔
(Accounts tab).
1. From the main Settings page, tap Accounts tab.
2. Navigate to the My accounts area and then tap Add
account and select one of the account types.
2. Navigate to the My accounts area and then tap the
account name.
3. Use the keyboard and follow the prompts to enter your
credentials and set up the account.
3. From the Accounts area of the screen, tap the account
entry.
4. A green circle will appear next to the account type once
you have created an account. Your email account will
also be displayed in the Accounts section of the main
Settings menu.
4. Tap Remove account, then tap Remove account at the
prompt to remove the account and delete all its
messages, contacts, and other data.
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Synchronizing Accounts
By default, all managed accounts are synchronized. You can
also manually sync all current accounts.
1. From the main Settings page, tap Accounts tab.
2. Navigate to the My accounts area and then tap the
account name.
3. Tap the account name entry.
4. Tap Sync now to synchronize your account or tap Sync
all to synchronize all your accounts. Tap Cancel sync to
stop the synchronization.
5. Tap Settings to access your account settings.
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
such as Samsung Hub.
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 Home screen, press
and then tap
Settings ➔
(Accounts tab).
2. Navigate to the My accounts area and then tap
Add account ➔ Samsung account.
3. If you have previously created a Samsung account, tap
Sign in.
– or –
If this is your first time, tap Create new account.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Note: You may be prompted to confirm your credentials via
email.
5. If prompted, follow the on-screen instructions to verify
your account via the provided email address.
6. 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.
Changing Your Settings
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