LG D801 Users manual

User Guide

-D801

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LG-D801

LG-D801 User Guide

• Screen displays and illustrations may differ

from those you see on actual phone.

• Some of the contents of this guide may

not apply to your phone, depending on the software and your service provider. All information in this document is subject to change without notice.

• This handset is not suitable for people who

have a visual impairment due to the touch screen keyboard.

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SERVICE ACTIVATION

If you are a new T-Mobile® customer and your service has not been activated, simply call Customer Care at 1-800-937-8997 from your landline phone and a T-Mobile Activations representative will assist you. You will need the following information when activating service:

• Service Agreement and agent code on your Agreement.

• Your name, home address, home phone, and billing address.

NOTE: For business and government accounts, please provide the name of your company or government agency, address, and tax ID.

• Your Social Security number, current driver’s license number, and date of birth for

credit check purposes.

• Your choice of T-Mobile rate plan and services (see www.t-mobile.com for the latest

plan information).

• SIM serial number and IMEI number (located on the box bar code label).

By activating service, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by each of T-Mobile’s Terms and Conditions and your Service Agreement.

About this user guide

Please read this user guide carefully before you use your phone and keep it handy for future reference. Should your phone fails to operate correctly, refer to the FAQ section.

• Some features and service may vary by area, phone, carrier, plan and version

of phone software.

• Screen displays and illustrations on this user manual may differ from those you see on

the actual phone.

• Designs and specifications of the phone and other accessories are subject to change

without any notice.

Table of contents

SERVICE ACTIVATION ......................2

Important notice ................................6

Getting to know your phone ........... 12

Phone overview ......................................12

Installing the Micro SIM card and

battery ...................................................... 14

Charging your phone ...........................15

Inserting a microSD card ....................17

Removing the microSD card..............18

Formatting the microSD card ............18

Locking and unlocking the screen ...19

Your Home screen ........................... 20

Touch Screen tips ................................20

Home screen ..........................................21

Customizing the Home screen ...... 21

Returning to recently-used

applications............................................22

Notiﬁ cations ...........................................22

Swipe down for notiﬁ cations &

settings ................................................23

Quick Settings ................................... 23

Indicator icons on the Status Bar....23

On-screen keyboard ............................25

Entering accented letters................25

Google account setup ..................... 26

Connecting to Networks and

Devices ............................................. 27

Wi-Fi ........................................................ 27

Connecting to Wi-Fi networks....... 27

Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting

to a Wi-Fi network ............................ 27

Bluetooth ................................................28

Tethering .................................................29

Smartphone Mobile Hotspots ..........30

Enabling Wi-Fi Direct to share

through SmartShare ...........................30

SmartShare .............................................31

Calls .................................................. 34

Making a call .........................................34

Calling your contacts ...........................34

Answering and rejecting a call .........34

Adjusting the in-call volume .............35

Making a second call ..........................35

Ending a Call ......................................... 35

Ending a Call from the Status Bar...36

Viewing your call logs ..........................36

Contacts ............................................37

Searching for a contact ...................... 37

Adding a new contact ......................... 37

Favorite Contacts.................................. 37

Creating a group ..................................38

Messaging ........................................ 39

Conversation view ................................39

Sending a message ............................ 39

Using smilies .........................................40

Changing your message settings ....40

Email .................................................. 41

Managing an email account...............41

Working with account folders.............41

Composing and sending email ........42

Camera ............................................. 43

Getting to know the viewﬁ nder .........43

Table of contents

Using the advanced settings ............44

Taking a quick photo ..........................45

Once you've taken a photo ................46

Viewing your saved photos ................ 47

Video camera ................................... 48

Getting to know the viewﬁ nder .........48

Using the advanced settings ............49

Recording a quick video .....................49

After recording a video .......................50

Watching your saved videos ..............50

Adjusting the volume when viewing

a video .....................................................50

LG Unique Functions .......................51

QuickMemo ............................................ 51

Using the QuickMemo options .....52

Viewing the saved QuickMemo .... 52

Live Zooming ........................................ 53

QSlide .....................................................54

Multimedia ....................................... 55

Gallery ..................................................... 55

Viewing pictures ................................55

Zooming in and out ......................... 55

Playing videos .................................... 55

Viewing photo and video options ....56

Deleting images and videos ..........56

Setting as wallpaper .........................56

Videos .....................................................56

Playing a video .................................. 56

Music ....................................................... 57

Add music ﬁ les to your phone ...... 57

Transfer music using Media sync

(MTP) ...................................................58

Playing a song ...................................58

Utilities ............................................. 60

411 & More .............................................60

Setting your alarm ...............................60

Using your calculator...........................60

Adding an event to your calendar .... 61

Lookout Security ................................... 61

T-Mobile TV ...........................................62

T-Mobile Name ID ...............................63

Slacker Radio ........................................63

File manager ......................................... 63

Application Manager ...........................64

Scout .......................................................64

Visual Voicemail ....................................65

Voice Recorder ......................................65

Recording a sound or voice ...........65

Sending the voice recording..........66

Task Manager ........................................66

Polaris Ofﬁ ce 4 .....................................66

FileShare ................................................. 67

Backup .................................................... 67

About backing up and restoring

smartphone data .............................. 67

Backup your smart phone data ....68

Scheduling automatic backups .... 68

Restoring smartphone data ........... 69

Google+ .................................................. 70

Voice Search .......................................... 70

Downloads .............................................. 70

The Web ............................................ 71

Browser .................................................... 71

Using the Web toolbar ..................... 71

Viewing webpages ............................. 71

Opening a page ................................. 71

Searching the web by voice ........... 72

Bookmarks .......................................... 72

History .................................................. 72

Using QSlide ...................................... 72

Chrome ................................................... 72

Viewing webpages ............................ 73

Opening a page ................................ 73

Searching the web by voice ........... 73

Syncing with other devices ............. 73

Settings .............................................74

Access the Settings menu ................ 74

WIRELESS & NETWORKS ................ 74

DEVICE ................................................... 77

PERSONAL ........................................... 79

SYSTEM ..................................................80

Phone software update .................. 84

Phone software update ......................84

LG Mobile Phone Software update

via Over-the-Air (OTA) ........................84

About this user guide ..................... 86

DivX Mobile ............................................ 86

Accessories .......................................87

Technical data .................................. 88

Troubleshooting ............................... 89

For Your Safety ................................ 93

Important notice

Before you start using the phone, please read this!

Please check to see if any problems you have encountered with your phone are described in this section before taking the phone in for service or calling a service representative.

1. Phone Memory

In order to make more memory available, you will have to manage your applications and delete some data, such as applications or messages. Managing Applications

1 From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key and tap App settings. 2 When the list of applications appears, scroll and tap the application you

want to disable.

3 Tap Uninstall and then tap OK to conﬁ rm that you want to uninstall the

desired application.

To stop applications:

1 From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Apps and select the

Running tab.

2 Scroll to the desired application and tap Stop to stop it.

2. Optimizing Battery Life

You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need to run constantly in the background. You can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power.

To extend the life of your battery

• Turn off radio communications that you aren’t using, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,

or GPS.

• Lower screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout.

• Turn off automatic syncing for Gmail™, Calendar, Contacts, and other

applications.

• Some applications you have downloaded may cause your battery power to be

reduced.

• While using downloaded applications, check the battery charged level.

To view the battery charge level

1 From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key and tap System settings >

About phone > Battery.

2 The battery status (charging or not charging) and level are displayed on

the top menu of the screen.

To monitor and control what uses the battery

1 From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key and tap System settings >

About phone > Battery > Battery use.

2 The bottom of the screen displays battery usage time and also lists applications

or services using battery power from greatest amount to least.

3. Installing an Open Source Operating System

Installing an open source operating system on your phone and not using the operating system provided by the manufacturer can cause your phone to malfunction.

Warning!

• If you install and use an OS other than the one provided by the manufacturer, your

phone is no longer covered by the warranty.

• To protect your phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted

sources, such as Play Store. If some applications are not properly installed on your phone, your phone may not work properly- or serious errors may occur. You will need to uninstall those applications and all of its data and settings from the phone.

Important notice

4. Using Swipe, Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN, or Password Screen Lock

Set a screen lock to secure your phone from unauthorized use. To set the screen lock, follow the process below. From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key

screen lock and select from Swipe, Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN or Password.

NOTE: In case that you have trouble with Face Unlock, you can unlock the

screen with a pattern and/or PIN as a backup.

Warning! Take precautions when using an Unlock Pattern, PIN, or Password. It is very important that you remember the screen unlock information you set. You are allowed 5 attempts to enter your screen unlock information. If you used up all 5 opportunities, you will have to wait 30 seconds to attempt unlocking the phone again.

When you can’t recall your Unlock Pattern, PIN, or Password:

If you logged into a Google account on the phone and failed to use the correct pattern 5 times, tap Forgot pattern? You will be required to sign in with your Google account and prompted to create a new unlock pattern. If you have set a backup PIN, you can unlock the screen by entering the backup PIN. If you haven’t created a Google account on the phone or you forgot your PIN or Password, you need to perform a hard reset.

5. Using Hard Reset (Factory Reset)

If your phone needs to be restored to its original condition, use a Hard Reset to initialize your phone.

> Lock screen settings > Select

Warning! If you perform a Hard Reset, all user applications and user data will be deleted. Please remember to back up any important data before performing a Hard Reset.

1 Turn the phone off. 2 Press and hold the following keys at the same time for 8 seconds: Volume

Down Key

3 Your device will perform a factory reset and reboot.

+ Home Key + Power/Lock Key .

6. Using Safe Mode

To recover your phone when malfunctioning.

1 Turn off your phone and reboot. When you see the T-Mobile animation press

and hold the Volume Down Key the words “Safe mode” in the lower left corner.

2 From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key and tap App settings. 3 Tap one of the available tabs at the top of the screen and select the application

you wish to uninstall.

4 Tap Uninstall and OK to conﬁ rm. 5 After uninstalling the application, turn off and reboot your phone.

. Your main screen will then be displayed with

7. Using a microSD Card

Pictures, Music and Video files, can be saved to external memory. Before saving these files to external memory, you need to insert a microSD card. If you have not inserted a microSD card, your items will be saved to internal memory.

Important notice

Warning! Do not remove the microSD card without unmounting it first. Otherwise, it may damage the microSD card as well as your phone, and the data stored on the microSD card may be corrupted. To unmount the microSD card, from the Home screen, tap the Menu Key and tap System settings >

Storage > Unmount SD card > OK.

8. Connecting Your Phone to a Computer via USB

1 Use the USB cable that was provided with your phone to connect the

phone to a USB port on your computer. You’ll receive a notiﬁ cation that the USB is connected and can see USB connection type pop-up.

2 Tap Media sync (MTP) to conﬁ rm that you want to transfer ﬁ les between

your phone’s microSD card and the computer.

When the phone is connected as USB storage, you receive a notification. Your phone’s microSD card is installed as a drive on your computer. You can now copy files to and from the microSD card.

9. Opening and Switching Applications

Multi-tasking is easy with Android because you can keep more than one application running at the same time. There’s no need to quit an application before opening another. Use and switch between several open applications. Android manages each application, stopping and starting them as needed to ensure that idle applications don’t consume resources unnecessarily.

TIP! To return to a recent application, press and hold the screen then displays a list of applications you have recently used.

Home Key

. The

10. Unlock Screen When Using Data Connection

Your screen will go dark if untouched for a period of time when using a data connection. To turn on your LCD screen, press the Power/Lock Key .

11. Hold the Phone Straight Up

Please hold the mobile phone straight up as a regular phone.

While making/receiving calls or sending/receiving data, try to avoid holding the lower part of the phone where the antenna is located. It may affect call quality.

12. When the Screen Freezes

If the phone does not respond to user input or the screen freezes:

Remove the battery, reinsert it, then turn the phone on.

Press and hold the not work, please contact the service center.

Power/Lock Key

for 10 seconds to turn it off. If it still does

13. Do Not Connect Your Phone When You Power On/Off Your PC

Make sure to disconnect your phone from the PC when powering your PC on or off as it might result in PC errors.

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