It's quick and easy to bring a fresh look to the Samsung Soul simply by adding a new theme. We show you how to change themes in just a few button presses
It's quick and easy to transform the look and feel of your Samsung Soul simply by changing its theme.
The software inside the Soul enables you to swiftly change the phone's background wallpaper, menu appearance, icon colours and so on, all in one go with just a few simple button presses. Samsung has pre-loaded the Soul with a selection of themes to choose from, and you can swap between them as much as you like.
In addition, Samsung has included a neat function on the Soul that enables you to create your own themes. There are numerous options to choose from, giving you the chance to be ultra-creative in producing your own exclusive Soul look.
Samsung has made creating new themes hassle free. On a basic level, you can use images stored in the phone as the basis of a theme. This can be a photo taken with the camera, a downloaded image or one copied to the phone; pre-installed patterns can also be used as for your new theme.
If you want something unique but simple to put together, there's an 'easy' option - you can choose an image and colours you prefer, and the phone's software will suggest combinations for themes you can choose from.
But if you fancy the challenge of putting together more complex themes, there's an 'expert' option, with many more levels of adjustments and customisation you can make to colours, fonts, icons, backgrounds, and so on.
As well as altering themes on the main screen, you can also easily change the colours used on the Soul's Magical Touch touchpad, using an onscreeen 'colour chart'.
How to change themes on your Samsung Soul
- Press the Menu button in the centre of the touchpad, or alternatively press the Menu softkey (Figure 1).
- In the main menu, highlight the Settings icon (it looks like a cog and spanner). Press the OK button on the touchpad or Select softkey (Figure 2).
- Scroll down to highlight Display & light settings. Press Select or OK, or alternatively press number 3 on the numberpad (Figure 3).
- Highlight Display. Press Select or OK, or press number 1 on the numberpad (Figure 4).
- Highlight My theme. Press Select or OK, or press number 1 (Figure 5).
- Highlight Select theme. Press Select or OK, or press number 1 (Figure 6).
You are now presented with a gallery of themes. If you create your own or download others, they will be added to this gallery.
- Using the touchpad controls, scroll through the themes until you select the one you wish to install (Figure 7).
- To preview the theme full screen, press OK on the touchpad (Figure 8). Press Back to get to the gallery of themes again.
- When you've found the theme you want to install, press Save. You will be asked: 'Apply this theme for your phone now?' Press Yes or OK (Figure 9).
- A message will appear informing you that theme has been saved, and you will be returned to the theme gallery. Press Back to scroll back through the menus to see how the new theme has been applied (Figure 10), or press the Call end key to return to your new-look standby page (Figure 11).
How to change the theme on your Samsung Soul's touch panel
- Press the Menu button in the centre of the touchpad, or alternatively press the Menu softkey (Figure 1).
- In the main menu, highlight the Settings icon. Press the OK button on the touchpad or Select softkey (Figure 2).
- Scroll down to highlight Display & light settings. Press Select or OK, or alternatively press number 3 on the numberpad (Figure 3)
- Highlight Touch panel. Press Select or OK, or press number 2 on the numberpad (Figure 12).
- Use the touchpad controls to move along the colour chart line, to select the Icon colour you prefer. By moving between the top and bottom lines you can adjust the tone (Figure 13). You can see the colour of the touchpad icons change as you move the onscreen cursor along the colour lines.
- Once you've selected your colour, press Next or OK.
- You can now choose the Effect colour - the colour of the animated ring around the icons that appears when you press a touchpad button (Figure 14). You can select colours in the same way as for icons, and view changing tones on the touch panel.
- When you are satisfied with your icon and effects colours, press OK on the touchpad. You will be asked: 'Apply this theme for your phone now?' Press Yes or OK (Figure 9).
- A message will appear informing you that this has been saved, and you will be returned to the Display & light settings menu. The new colours for your touchpad icons and effects colours have now been set
