LG Esteem Owners's Manual

LG-MS910

Printed in Korea

P/NO : MFL67205801 (1.0)

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Important Customer Information

When using this product, the safety precautions below must be taken to avoid possible legal liabilities and damages.

Retain and follow all product safety and operating instructions. Observe all warnings in the product operating instructions. To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electric shock, ﬁre, and damage to the equipment, observe the following precautions.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

This product is intended for use when supplied with power from the designated battery or power supply unit. Other usage may be dangerous and will invalidate any approval given to this product.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR PROPER GROUNDING INSTALLATION

CAUTION: Connecting to improperly grounded equipment can result in an electric shock to your device. This product is equipped with a USB cable for connecting to a desktop or notebook computer. Be sure your computer is properly grounded (earthed) before connecting this product to the computer. The power supply cord of a desktop or notebook computer has an equipment-grounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet which is properly installed and grounded in accordance with all local codes and ordinances.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR POWER SUPPLY UNIT

Use the correct external power source

A product should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the electrical ratings label. If you are not sure of the type of power source required, consult your authorized service provider or local power company. For a product that operates from battery power or other sources, refer to the operating instructions that are included with the product.

Important Customer Information

Handle battery packs carefully

This product contains a Li-ion battery. There is a risk of ﬁre and burns if the battery pack is handled improperly. Do not attempt to open or service the battery pack. Do not disassemble, crush, puncture, short external contacts or circuits, dispose of in ﬁre or water, or expose a battery pack to temperatures higher than 60°C (140°F).

WARNING: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. To reduce risk of ﬁre or burns, do not disassemble, crush, puncture, short external contacts, expose to temperature above 60°C (140°F), or dispose of in ﬁre or water. Replace only with speciﬁed batteries. Recycle or dispose of used batteries according to the local regulations or reference guide supplied with your product.

Take extra precautions

Keep the battery or device dry and away from water or any liquid as it

may cause a short circuit.

Keep metal objects away so they don’t come in contact with the battery or its connectors as it may lead to short circuit during operation.

The phone should be only connected to products that bear the USB-IF

logo or have completed the USB-IF compliance program.

Do not use a battery that appears damaged, deformed, or discolored, or

one that has any rust on its casing, overheats, or emits a foul odor.

Always keep the battery out of the reach of babies and small children,

to avoid swallowing of the battery. Consult a doctor immediately if the battery is swallowed.

Only use the battery with a charging system that has been qualiﬁed with

the system per this standard, IEEE-Std-1725-200x. Use of an unqualiﬁed battery or charger may present a risk of ﬁre, explosion, leakage or other hazard.

Replace the battery only with another battery that has been qualiﬁed with

the system per this standard, IEEE-Std-1725-200x. Use of an unqualiﬁed battery may present a risk of ﬁre, explosion, leakage or other hazard.

Important Customer Information

Avoid dropping the phone or battery. If the phone or battery is dropped,

especially on a hard surface, and the user suspects damage, take it to a service center for inspection.

If the battery leaks:

Do not allow the leaking ﬂuid to come in contact with skin or clothing. If

contact occurs, ﬂush the affected area immediately with clean water and seek medical advice.

Do not allow the leaking ﬂuid to come in contact with eyes. If contact

occurs, DO NOT rub; rinse with clean water immediately and seek medical advice.

Take extra precautions to keep a leaking battery away from ﬁre as there

is a danger of ignition or explosion.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR DIRECT SUNLIGHT

Keep this product away from excessive moisture and extreme temperatures. Do not leave the product or its battery inside a vehicle or in places where the temperature may exceed 140°F (60°C), such as on a car dashboard, window sill, or behind glass that is exposed to direct sunlight or strong ultraviolet light for extended periods of time. This may damage the product, overheat the battery, or pose a risk to the vehicle.

PREVENTION OF HEARING LOSS

CAUTION: Permanent hearing loss may occur if earphones or headphones are used at high volume for prolonged periods of time.

SAFETY IN AIRCRAFT

Due to the possible interference caused by this product to an aircraft’s navigation system and its communications network, using this device’s phone function on board an airplane is against the law in most countries. If you want to use this device when its use is restricted on board an aircraft, remember to switch to Airplane Mode which turns off RF functions that could cause interference.

Important Customer Information

ENVIRONMENT RESTRICTIONS

Do not use this product in gas stations, fuel depots, chemical plants or where blasting operations are in progress, or in potentially explosive atmospheres such as fueling areas, fuel storehouses, below deck on boats, chemical plants, fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities, and areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders. Please be aware that sparks in such areas could cause an explosion or ﬁre resulting in bodily injury or even death.

EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES

When in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere or where ﬂammable materials exist, the product should be turned off and the user should obey all signs and instructions. Sparks in such areas could cause an explosion or ﬁre resulting in bodily injury or even death. Users are advised not to use the equipment at refueling points such as service or gas stations, and are reminded of the need to observe restrictions on the use of radio equipment in fuel depots, chemical plants, or where blasting operations are in progress. Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often, but not always, clearly marked. These include fueling areas, below deck on boats, fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities, and areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders.

ROAD SAFETY

Vehicle drivers in motion are not permitted to use communication services with handheld devices, except in the case of emergency. In some countries, using hands-free devices as an alternative is allowed.

Important Customer Information

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR RF EXPOSURE

Avoid using your phone near metal structures (for example, the steel

frame of a building).

Avoid using your phone near strong electromagnetic sources, such as

microwave ovens, sound speakers, TV and radio.

Use only original manufacturer-approved accessories, or accessories that

do not contain any metal.

Use of non-original manufacturer-approved accessories may violate your

local RF exposure guidelines and should be avoided.

INTERFERENCE WITH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS

This product may cause medical equipment to malfunction. The use of this device is prohibited in most hospitals and medical clinics.

If you use any personal medical device(s), consult the manufacturer of your device(s) to determine if the device(s) are adequately shielded from external RF energy. Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this information. Turn your phone OFF in health care facilities when any regulations posted in these areas instruct you to do so. Hospitals or health care facilities may be using equipment that could be sensitive to external RF energy.

HEARING AIDS

Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some hearing aids. In the event of such interference, you may want to consult your service provider, or call the customer service line to discuss alternatives.

Important Customer Information

NON-IONIZING RADIATION

Your device has an internal antenna. This product should be operated in its normal-use position to ensure the radiative performance and safety from interference. As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment, users are advised that for satisfactory operation of the equipment and for personal safety, it is recommended that no part of the human body be allowed to come too close to the antenna during operation of the equipment. only the supplied internal antenna. Use of unauthorized or modiﬁed antennas may impair call quality and damage the phone, causing loss of performance and SAR levels exceeding the recommended limits as well as result in noncompliance with local regulatory requirements in your country. optimal phone performance and ensure human exposure to RF energy is within the guidelines set forth in the relevant standards, always use your device only in its normal-use position. Contact with the antenna area may impair call quality and cause your device to operate at a higher power level than needed. Avoiding contact with the antenna area when the phone is IN USE optimizes the antenna performance and the battery life.

To assure

HAC

This phone has been tested and rated for use with hearing aids for some of the wireless technologies that it uses. However, there may be some newer wireless technologies used in this phone that have not been tested yet for use with hearing aids. It is important to try the different features of this phone thoroughly and in different locations, using your hearing aid or cochlear implant, to determine if you hear any interfering noise. Consult your service provider or the manufacturer of this phone for information on hearing aid compatibility. If you have questions about return or exchange policies, consult your service provider or phone retailer.

Use

Table of Contents

Important Customer Information...........................................................1

Table of Contents ................................................................................... 7

Technical Details .....................................................................................8

The Basics ............................................................................................. 13

Connecting to Networks and Devices ............................................... 43

microSD Card ...................................................................................... 48

Calls ....................................................................................................... 51

Communication ....................................................................................70

Entertainment .....................................................................................109

Tools ...................................................................................................... 141

Settings ............................................................................................... 155

Safety ................................................................................................... 156

Specifications ..................................................................................... 179

FAQ ....................................................................................................... 181

LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT ................................................193

The screen images may vary due to software updates.

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Technical Details

CDMA

Standard

Basic Air Interface

Designator Description

TIA/EIA-95A TSB-74 ANSI J-STD-008 TIA/EIA-IS2000

CDMA Dual-Mode Air Interface

14.4kbps Radio Link Protocol and Inter-band Operations

IS-95 Adapted for PCS Frequency Band CDMA2000 1xRTT Air Interface

Network

Service

1x EV-DO

Interface

TIA/EIA/IS-634 TIA/EIA/IS-651 TIA/EIA/IS-41-C TIA/EIA/IS-124

TIA/EIA/IS-96-B TIA/EIA/IS-637 TIA/EIA/IS-657 IS-801 TIA/EIA/IS-707-A

TIA/EIA/IS-856 TIA/EIA/IS-878 TIA/EIA/IS-866 TIA/EIA/IS-890

MAS-BS PCSC-RS Intersystem Operations Non-Signaling Data Communications

Speech CODEC Short Message Service Packet Data Position Determination Service (gpsOne) High Speed Packet Data

CDMA2000 High Rate Packet Data Air Interface

1x EV-DO Inter-Operability Speciﬁcation for HRPD Access Network Interfaces

Recommended Minimum Performance Standards for HRPD High Rate Packet Data Access Terminal

Test Application Speciﬁcation (TAS) for High Rate Packet Data Air Interface

LTE Standard Designator Description

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);

User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);

Basic

Air Interface

TS 36.101

TS 36.104

Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);

User Equipment (UE) conformance speciﬁcation;

Radio transmission and reception; Part 1: Conformance testing

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);

Conformance

Test

TS 36.521-1

TS 36.521-2

User Equipment (UE) conformance speciﬁcation;

Radio transmission and reception; Part 2: Implementation Conformance

TS 36.521-3

Statement (ICS)

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);

User Equipment (UE) conformance speciﬁcation;

Radio transmission and reception; Part 3: Radio Resource Management

(RRM) conformance testing

Technical Details

FCC RF Exposure Information

Read this information before operating the phone.

WARNING!

In August 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States, with its action in Report and Order FCC 96-326, adopted an updated safety standard for human exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) electromagnetic energy emitted by FCC regulated transmitters. Those guidelines are consistent with the safety standard previously set by both U.S. and international standards bodies. The design of this phone complies with the FCC guidelines and those international standards.

Bodily Contact During Operation

This device was tested for typical use with the back of the phone kept

0.79 inches (2.0 cm) from the body. To comply with FCC RF exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance of 0.79 inches (2.0 cm) must be maintained between the user’s body and the back of the phone, including the antenna. Third-party belt-clips, holsters, and similar accessories containing metallic components should not be used. Avoid the use of accessories that cannot maintain 0.79 inches (2.0 cm) distance between the user’s body and the back of the phone and have not been tested for compliance with FCC RF exposure limits.

Vehicle-Mounted External Antenna

(Optional, if available.)

To satisfy FCC RF exposure requirements, keep 8 inches (20 cm) between the user / bystander and vehicle-mounted external antenna. For more information about RF exposure, visit the FCC website at www.fcc.gov.

Technical Details

FCC Notice and Cautions

This device and its accessories comply with part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device and its accessories may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device and its accessories must accept any interference received, including interference that causes undesired operation.

Any changes or modiﬁcations not expressly approved in this user guide could void your warranty for this equipment. Use only the supplied antenna. Use of unauthorized antennas (or modiﬁcations to the antenna) could impair call quality, damage the phone, void your warranty and/or violate FCC regulations.

Don’t use the phone with a damaged antenna. A damaged antenna could cause a minor skin burn. Contact your local dealer for a replacement antenna.

Part 15.21 statement

Changes or modiﬁcations that are not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Technical Details

Part 15.105 statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If you experience interference with reception (e.g., television), determine if this equipment is causing the harmful interference by turning the equipment off and then back on to see if the interference is affected. If necessary, try correcting the interference by one or more of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. The LG Esteem™ operates on 4G network, based on Long Term Evolution (LTE)

technology and Mobile Broadband 4G networks in the United States*. Now you can connect easily at high speeds to the Internet, your corporate Intranet,

and your email while you’re away from the ofﬁce.

* Service not available everywhere.

* Information subject to change.

Phone Overview

Front View

Proximity Sensors

The Basics

Earpiece

Power/ Lock Key

Front Camera Lens

Quick Keys

- Phone Key

- Contacts Key

- Messaging Key

- Applications Key

Menu Key

Home Key

All screen shots in this guide are simulated. Actual displays may vary.

NOTES

Instructions to perform tasks in this guide are based on the default phone settings and

may change depending on the software version on your phone.

Touchscreen

Search Key

Back Key

Microphone

1. Proximity Sensors Senses proximity towards other objects (such as your

head) so that touch commands are not accidentally activated during a call.

O Do not block the sensor or near sensor to avoid problems with the touch operations.

NOTES

The use of a ﬁlm cover produced by manufacturers other than LG can cause a

disturbance in touch operation, the display, etc.

2. Quick Keys

- Phone Key Opens the Phone application for access to the dialpad, Call

log, Contacts, and Groups.

Contacts Key Opens the Contacts application.

Messaging Key Opens the Messaging application.

Applications Key Opens the Applications screen, where you can view

- all your installed applications.

Menu Key Opens an options menu with options that affect the current

screen or application.

The Basics

4. Home Key Returns to the Home screen. If you’re already viewing one of

the Home screen extension panes, it navigates you to the central Home screen pane. Touch and hold to view the most recently used applications.

5. Microphone Transmits your voice to the other caller and for Voice-

activated functions.

Back Key Returns to the previous screen. Also closes pop-up display

items, such as menus and dialog boxes.

Search Key Opens the Quick Search Box

from the Home screen to

search the phone and the web.

Touchscreen Displays all the information needed to operate your phone,

such as applications, call status, date, time, signal status, and battery strength.

Front Camera Lens Use to take pictures and video. Keep clean for

optimal performance.

10.

Power/Lock Key Locks the screen with a single press. Press and hold

to open the phone options menu for the following options: Silent mode, Airplane mode, and Power off.

Earpiece Lets you hear callers and automated prompts.

11.

Rear View

3.5mm Headset Jack

Speaker

Back Camera Lens

Back Cover

The Basics

12. 3.5mm Headset Jack Allows you to plug in an optional headset for

convenient, hands-free conversations. You can also plug in headphones to listen to music.

13. Speaker Sound comes from the rear speakers.

14. Back Camera Lens Use for taking pictures and recording videos. Keep

clean for optimal performance.

Back Cover Encloses the battery compartment.

15.

Side View

Volume Keys

Accessory/ Charger Port

Accessory/Charger Port Allows you to connect the phone charger,

16.

USB cable, or other compatible accessories.

Volume Keys Allow you to adjust the ringer, media volumes, or the in-

17.

call volume during a call.

HDMI Port Connect an HDMI cable from the HDMI Port on your phone

18.

to an HDMI Port on your TV. You can only view user generated content, which includes your photos and videos.

HDMI Port

The Basics

Installing the Battery and microSD Card

It is important to fully charge the battery before initial use of the phone.

NOTE

Installing the battery

The phone comes with a rechargeable battery. Keep the battery charged while not in use in order to maximize talk, use, and standby time. The battery charge level is shown at the top right corner of the screen.

Use the ﬁngertip

cutout at the bottom of the phone to remove the battery cover.

Removing the battery

Turn the phone off and use the ﬁngertip cutout at the bottom of the phone to remove the battery cover.

Align the battery

contacts with the terminals in the battery compartment and push the battery down until it clicks into place.

Place the battery

cover over the battery compartment, then press it downward until it clicks into place.

2. Remove the battery from the battery compartment by lifting the top of the

battery using the ﬁngertip cutout.

The Basics

Inserting a microSD card

Turn the power off. Remove the battery cover and the battery (as demonstrated in the previous instructions). Locate the microSD card slot (microSD is inscribed near the slot opening). Position the microSD card with the label side facing up and slide it into place until it is fully inserted and locked in place.

The microSD card can be easily damaged by improper operation. Please be careful when

NOTE

inserting, removing or handling it.

To remove the microSD card

Turn the power off. Remove the battery cover and take the battery out. Locate the microSD card slot. Gently push the exposed edge of the microSD card to release it. Then gently pull it out to remove it.

To unmount the microSD card

It is important to unmount the card to avoid damage to the card or data saved on the card.

1. Touch the Applications Key

2. Touch Settings

> SD card & phone storage.

3. Touch Unmount External SD card.

Installing the 4G SIM card

Turn the power off. Remove the battery cover and the battery. Locate the 4G SIM card slot (a SIM card graphic is inscribed near the slot opening). Position the 4G SIM card with the label side facing up and slide it into place until it is fully inserted and locked in place.

The Basics

Removing the 4G SIM card

Turn the power off. Remove the battery cover and take the battery out. Locate the 4G SIM card slot. Gently slide the 4G SIM card out to remove it.

Charging the Phone

Your LG Esteem™ comes with a wall/USB charger and a USB cable which connect together to charge your phone. To charge your phone:

1. Connect the USB cable into the wall/USB charger. When connecting, as

NOTICE

Please use only an approved charging accessory to charge your LG phone. Improper handling of the accessory/charger port, as well as the use of an incompatible charger, may cause damage to your phone and void the warranty.

shown below, the LG logo on the USB cable should face toward you.

USB Cable

Wall/USB Charger

2. Plug the USB cable (as shown below) into the phone’s Accessory/

Charger Port.

NOTE

Make sure the 'B' side is facing toward you when inserting the USB cable into the phone.

Charging with USB

You can use your computer to charge your phone. To be able to charge with the USB cable, you need to have the necessary USB drivers installed on your PC ﬁrst. Connect one end of the USB cable to the Accessory/Charger Port on your phone and connect the other end to a USB port on your PC. It is best to use the rear USB port when connecting to a desktop PC. The USB hub should be powered by an external power source.

The Basics

Optimizing Battery Life

You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that run in the background. You can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power.

Tips to extend the life of your battery

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Turn off radio communications that you aren’t using. If you aren’t

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using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings menu to turn them off (Note that the GPS receiver is only turned on when you’re using an application that makes use of it).

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Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout.

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

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applications if you don’t need it.

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Use the Power Control widget to control the wireless connections,

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GPS connection, Bluetooth power, display brightness, and syncing activity.

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Touch the Applications Key

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Running services and select the items that are no longer in use and close them.

To check the battery charge level

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Touch the Applications Key

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Status. The battery status (Charging or Discharging) and level (as a percentage of fully charged) will be displayed at the top of the screen.

> Settings > Applications >

> Settings > About phone >

The Basics

To monitor and control what uses the battery

The Battery use screen allows you to see which applications are consuming the most battery power. Information on this screen allows you to identify downloaded applications you may want to turn off when not being used, so you can get the most out of your battery power.

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Touch the Applications Key

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Battery

use. The screen will display battery usage time. Either how

long since last connected to a power source, if connected to a power source, and how long you were last running on battery power. The list of applications or services using battery power are displayed in order of energy used, from greatest amount to least.

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Touch an application in the Battery use screen to see the details about

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its power consumption. Different applications offer different kinds of information, and they may even include options to modify the settings so you can reduce power consumption by that application.

> Settings > About phone >

The Basics

Turning the Phone On and Off

Turning the phone on

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Press and hold the Power/Lock Key

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the screen turns on.

Turning the phone off

1. Press and hold the Power/Lock Key until the pop-up menu appears.

2. Touch Power off in the pop-up menu.

3. Touch OK to conﬁrm that you want to turn off the phone.

To unlock the phone

If you don’t use the phone for a while, the screen and backlight will shut off to conserve battery power. To unlock the phone:

1. Press the Power/Lock Key

Your Lock Screen will appear.

2. Slide the screen up to unlock.

The last screen you were working on opens.

This is the default Lock Screen. If you've set up an Unlock

NOTE

Pattern, use your ﬁngertip to draw the pattern.

To turn the phone sounds off

If you’re in a place where your phone sounds may disturb others, you can quickly silence your phone from the Home screen.

1. Press the Power/Lock Key

2. Press and hold the Power/Lock Key

Press the down Volume Key on the side of the phone

sounds are turned off or vibration is set.

The Vibrate setting in the Sound menu affects this mode. If the Vibrate setting is set to

NOTE

Only when not in Silent mode (or Never), then the down Volume Key turns all sounds off. If the Vibrate setting is set to Only in Silent mode (or Always), the down Volume Key will set the phone to vibrate.

, then unlock the screen.

for a couple of seconds until

, then touch Silent mode.

until all

The Basics

Setting Up Your Device

When you turn on your wireless device for the ﬁrst time, you have the option to quickly set up various accounts. Simply follow the on-screen instructions to complete the initial setup of your wireless device.

To set up your device, follow the steps below:

1. Select your language and touch Next.

2. Set the Date and time settings and touch Next.

3. Set your Wi-Fi settings and touch Next.

4. Touch Next to begin the Google Account setup or Skip to skip to the

next step. With a Google Account, Google applications are automatically synced between your phone and computer regardless of where you make an update.

5. Select the other accounts you want to set up. (Email, Facebook,

Twitter, MySpace).

6. To begin using your phone after completing the setup, touch Use Phone.

Help on using your LG Esteem

Touch the about using your device, including the user guide and video tutorials.

Applications Key

> Guided Tours to get information

The Basics

Setting up your Google Account

1. At the setup screen, touch Create or Sign in.

2. Enter your username and password and any other necessary information.

Touch the Back Key to close the keyboard.

NOTE

3. Touch Sign in.

Now your Gmail, Google Contacts, and Google Calendar events will all be loaded to your phone automatically.

You can use the area below to record your Google Account information for future reference.

Username:___________________________@gmail.com

Password:________________________________________________

Your Google Account

You must sign into a Google Account to use Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and other Google Applications; to download applications from Android Market; to back up your settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone.

IMPORTANT

O When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail messages, Calendar events, and other

If you want to restore your settings to this phone, from another phone that was

running Android release 2.0 or later, you must sign into your Google Account now, during setup. If you wait until after setup is complete, your settings are not restored.

If you don’t have a Google Account, you’re prompted to create one.

If you have an enterprise account through your company or other organization, your IT

department may have special instructions on how to sign into that account.

information from these applications and services on the web are synchronized with your phone.

If you don’t sign into a Google Account during setup, you are prompted to sign in or to

create a Google Account the ﬁrst time you start an application that requires one, such as Gmail or Android Market.

When you sign in, you’re prompted to enter your username and password, using the

on-screen keyboard.

The Basics

Phone’s Status Icons

The Status Bar appears at the top of every screen. It displays icons indicating that you’ve received notiﬁcations (on the left) and icons indicating the phone’s status (on the right), along with the current time.

Notiﬁcation icons

If you have more notiﬁcations than can ﬁt in the Status Bar, a plus icon prompts you to open the Notiﬁcations panel to view them all.

The following icons indicate the status of your phone.

Status icons

Call icons

Microphone muted during a call

In call In call using Bluetooth device Speaker on

Missed call notiﬁcation

Calendar & Alarm icons

Calendar event notiﬁcation Alarm set

Email and Messaging icons

New message received Sending message failed High priority message

received Google Talk message received

New Gmail message received

New voice mail received

Sound icons

Music currently playing Silent mode Vibrate mode Wired headset connected

Network icons

4G network connected

Using 4G network Upload through 4G network Connected to a 3G network 3G network is in use Downloading data Uploading data GPS on No service Acquiring GPS access Strong network signal Airplane mode is on Weak network signal Roaming Location service on

Download through 4G network

Connectivity icons

The following icons indicate the status of your phone.

Wi-Fi connection detected Android debugging connected Bluetooth on Bluetooth device connected USB connected No Wi-Fi signal Strong Wi-Fi signal HDMI cable connected HDMI cable disconnected SmartShare on SmartShare sharing request

System icons

The following icons indicate the status of your phone.

More notiﬁcations System secure Internal memory full System alert SD card inserted No SD card inserted Google sync started Error during Google sync Battery empty Battery full Battery charging Battery status unknown(error) No SIM card Unknown SIM card

The Basics

Getting to Know the Home Screen

The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. It displays application shortcuts, icons, widgets, and other features.

Status Bar

Shows device status information, including the time, signal strength, battery status, and notiﬁcation icons.

Application Icon

Touch an icon (application, folder, etc.) to open the application and use it.

Quick Keys

Provide easy, one-touch access to the functions you use the most.

Applications Key

Touch to open the Applications screen to view all of your installed applications.

Quick Keys

The Quick Keys are located at the bottom of the Home screen and Applications screen.

: Opens the Phone application which displays the dialpad so you can

dial an unsaved number. It also provides additional tabs to access the Call log, Contacts, and your Groups.

: Opens your Contacts list. You can also access the Phone application, Call

log, and your Groups by touching the tabs across the top of the screen.

: Opens the Messaging application. : Opens the Applications screen and displays phone options and

applications.

To return to the Home screen

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Touch the Home Key

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at any time, from any application.

To view other Home screen panes

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Slide your ﬁnger left or right across the Home screen. The Home

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screen spans seven screen widths, allowing more space for icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other items.

The Basics

The dots near the top of the screen indicate which Home screen pane you are viewing.

Home Screen Pane Indicator

Touchscreen

Your touchscreen provides an excellent way to interact with and use your Android phone. With the touch of your ﬁnger, you can download and use available applications, make menu selections, and access data saved to your phone.

The following terms are used for describing the different available actions using the touchscreen:

A single ﬁnger touch selects items. For example, touch an icon

Touch

(e.g., application or menu item), touch words (e.g., menu selection or to answer onscreen question), or touch letters and numbers to type.

Touch and hold

not lifting your ﬁnger until an action occurs. For example, to open a popup menu for customizing the Home screen, touch an empty area on the Home screen until the menu pops up.

Touch and hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your

Drag

ﬁnger, move your ﬁnger on the screen until you reach the target position. You can drag items on the Home screen to reposition them.

Swipe or slide

surface of the screen, without pausing when you ﬁrst touch it (so you don’t drag an item instead). For example, you can drag or slide the screen up or down to scroll a list, or browse through the different Home screens by swiping from left to right (and vice versa).

Touch and hold an item on the screen by touching it and

To swipe or slide, quickly move your ﬁnger across the

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Double-tap

quickly double-tap a section of a web page to zoom that section to ﬁt the width of the screen. You can also double-tap to control the zoom in Maps and in other applications.

Pinch-to-Zoom

motion to zoom in or out when using the browser, a map, or pictures.

Rotate the screen

rotates with the phone as you turn it from upright to sideways and back again.

Rotate the phone counter-clockwise for landscape orientation.

Double-tap to zoom a web page or a map. For example,

Use your index ﬁnger and thumb in a pinch or spread

From many applications, the orientation of the screen

Rotate the phone clockwise for portrait orientation.

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Text Input Methods

On-screen Keyboard You can easily enter text using the on-screen keyboard. The on-screen keyboard displays automatically on the screen when you need to enter text. To manually display the keyboard, simply touch a text ﬁeld where you want to enter text.

Toggles between the different keyboards (letters and symbols/ numbers).

Opens Swype Tips.

Typing tips

Enter other characters

From the numbers keyboard, touch

to return to the numbers keyboard.

Enter one capital letter Touch Shift

Enter all capital letters

Cut or copy selected text

Paste cut or copied text

Delete a character (hold to delete faster)

Touch Shift Touch again to revert to lowercase.

Tap the text to highlight it. Then touch and hold the text, then touch Cut or Copy.

Touch and hold the location to paste the text, then touch Paste.

Touch Delete

. twice.

. Touch

Text input settings

To change your text entry settings and see the dictionary of terms you’ve used, from the Home screen, touch the Applications Key

> Language & keyboard.

To change the default language, touch Select language.

> Settings

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Applications: How to View, Open and Switch

All of the applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Android Market grouped together on the Applications screen, which you access from your Home screen. If you have more applications than can ﬁt on the Applications screen, you can slide the screen up or down to view more.

Touch to open the Applications screen.

Applications screen

Slide the screen left or right to

bring more icons into view.

Touch an application icon to open

the application.

Home screen

or other sources, are

Touch

Quick Keys ( , , , )

to close the Applications screen.

Opening and Closing the Applications screen

Opening the Applications screen

With your LG Esteem™, it’s easy to access the Applications screen no matter what feature you’re currently using. Simply touch the Applications Key

Closing the Applications screen

To manually close the Applications screen, touch the Home Key or touch Home

NOTE

The Applications screen closes automatically when you touch an icon to open its application. Dragging an icon onto your Home screen also closes the Applications screen automatically.

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Customizing the Applications screen

The items on the Applications screen are listed alphabetically within each application category. You can customize the Applications screen by moving the position of applications so that you don’t have to scroll the screen up to access the applications you use most often. You can also add additional categories to the screen to organize your ﬁles.

Moving application positions

1. From the Home screen, touch the Applications Key .

2. Touch the Menu Key > Manage app.

3. Touch and hold the application icon and drag it to the position you want,

then lift your ﬁnger. Application icons to the right of the position shift accordingly.

Adding a category (if Layout is set to Category)

1. From the Home screen, touch the Applications Key .

2. Touch the Menu Key > Manage category > Add.

3. Enter the category name, then touch Save.

Opening and Switching Applications

Multi-tasking is easy with AndroidTM because open applications keep running even when you open another application. There’s no need to quit an application before opening another. You can use and switch among several open applications. Android manages each application, stopping and starting them as needed, to ensure that idle applications don’t consume resources unnecessarily.

Opening an application

 Open an application simply by touching its icon on the screen.

You can customize your Home screen with the application icons you use most often.

TIP!

Applications are located on the Applications screen, but you can copy any application icon to your Home screen for faster access. No matter where the icon is, on the Applications screen or your Home screen, just touch it to open and use it.

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Opening multiple applications

1. Touch an application icon to open it.

2. Touch the Home Key

If the application icon you want is on your Home screen, simply touch the icon to open

NOTE

and use it.

3. Touch the Applications Key .

4. Touch the icon for the other application you want to open.

Switching between multiple applications

1. Touch and hold the Home Key .

A screen with the icons of applications that you’ve used recently will appear.

2. Touch the application icon you want to open or touch the Back Key

to return to the current screen.

Touch an icon to open an application you’ve used recently.

Adding application icons to the Home screen

Customize your Home screen with the applications you use most often.

1. Open the Applications screen.

2. Touch and hold the application icon you want to add to your Home

screen. Your Applications screen will close so that you can place the icon on the Home screen.

3. Lift your ﬁnger to place it or drag the icon to where you want it on the

screen, then lift your ﬁnger.

You can place application icons on any of the Home screen panes. Simply drag the icon

NOTE

to the left or right edge of the screen to advance to the other screen panes before lifting your ﬁnger.

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Working with Menus

There are two kinds of Android menus: Options menus and Context menus.

Options menus

Options menus contain tools that apply to the activities of the current screen or application, not to any speciﬁc item on the screen. To open the available options menu, touch the Menu Key Options menus; if you touch the Menu Key Options menu, nothing will happen.

Some applications have more Options menu items than can ﬁt in the options menu. To view the additional menu items, touch More.

. Not all applications have

on a screen that has no

Touch More to view additional menu items.

Context menus

Context menus contain options that apply to a speciﬁc item on the screen. To open a Context menu, touch and hold an item on the screen. Not all items have Context menus. If you touch and hold an item that has no Context menu, nothing will happen.

When you touch and hold certain items on a screen, a Context menu opens.

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Managing Notifications

Notiﬁcation icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you are in a call. When you receive a notiﬁcation, the notiﬁcation icon will be displayed in the Status Bar. You can open the Notiﬁcations panel to view a list of all recent notiﬁcations. Depending on your settings, you may hear a notiﬁcation sound and/or the phone may vibrate.

To open the Notifications panel

 Touch and drag the Status Bar to the bottom of the screen.

 From the Home screen, touch the Menu Key

The Notiﬁcations panel displays your wireless provider and a list of

your current notiﬁcations, organized into ongoing and event-based notiﬁcations.

> Notiﬁcations.

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Touch a notiﬁcation to open it.

To respond to a notification

1. Open the Notiﬁcations panel. Your current notiﬁcations are listed in the

panel, each with a brief description.

2. Touch a notiﬁcation to view it.

The Notiﬁcations panel will close and the application that corresponds to

your response will open. For example, new voicemail notiﬁcations dial your voicemail box, and Gmail notiﬁcations open the Gmail application so you can read your new messages.

To clear all notifications

1. Open the Notiﬁcations panel.

2. Touch the Clear button.

All event-based notiﬁcations will be cleared; ongoing notiﬁcations will remain in the list.

To close the Notifications panel

Touch and drag the tab at the bottom of the Notiﬁcations panel to the top of the screen or just press the Back Key The panel will also close when you touch a notiﬁcation.

The tab for the Notiﬁcations panel at the bottom of screen is sensitive to the drag motion

NOTE

so just beginning the upward drag will close the panel.

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Searching Your Phone and the Web

You can search for information on your phone and on the web by using the Google search application. Some applications, such as Gmail, Contacts, and Browser have the ability to search contents within those speciﬁc applications. You can conduct the search by typing in the search terms or saying what you’re looking for. Typing can be useful because the search application can provide suggestions so you don’t necessarily have to type out your full request.

Phone and Web search using text entry

1. Touch the Search Key .

When you touch the Search Key

other applications that support this, the Quick Search Box will open automatically.

Voice Search Touch to search by voice.

Provides one-touch shortcut to matching search items and past searches.

In some applications, such as Gmail, Contacts, and Browser, the

application’s own search box opens when you touch the This is indicated by the application’s icon on the left side of the search box.

No matter what application you’re working in (except for Camera),

touching the

Search Key

on the Home screen or in

Search Key

will open the Quick Search Box.

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2. Enter the text you’re searching for in the Quick Search Box.

As you type, search results from your phone, previous search terms, and web search suggestions appear. Touch an item to activate that search result.

You can use the Search preferences to conﬁgure some aspects of web

search (for example, whether it makes suggestions below the Quick Search Box as you type), and what phone features you want to include in searches. To access settings, open the Google Search application and touch the Menu Key > Search settings.

3. Touch

to search for the entered terms.

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Locking the Screen

You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to make calls, access your data, buy applications, and so on.

Setting an Unlock Pattern, PIN, or Password for the First Time

1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > Location & security.

2. Touch Set up screen lock (under the Screen unlock section of the

settings).

3. Touch Pattern, PIN, or Password.

Pattern: The ﬁrst time you set an unlock pattern, you will see a tutorial with instructions on how to create it. Read the tutorial and touch Next (twice). Draw your pattern (connect at least 4 dots) and touch Continue. Then redraw your pattern and touch Conﬁrm.

PIN: Enter a PIN (at least 4 digits) and touch Continue. Reenter your PIN

and touch OK to conﬁrm it.

Password: Enter a password (at least 4 characters) and touch Continue.

Reenter your password and touch OK to conﬁrm it.

From then on, any time you wish to turn the phone on or unlock the

screen, you will need to draw your unlock pattern or enter your PIN or password to unlock the screen.

Changing Your Unlock Pattern

1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > Location & security.

2. Touch Change screen lock (under the Screen unlock section).

3. Draw your current unlock pattern.

4. Touch Pattern to change it (or touch None to remove it).

5. You’re prompted to draw and redraw your new pattern.

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Using a PIN or Password to Lock the Screen

1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > Location & security.

2. Touch Set up screen lock (under the Screen unlock section).

3. Touch PIN to lock the screen with a number sequence or touch

Password for an alphanumeric lock sequence.

4. You’re prompted to enter and reenter the lock sequence.

From then on, you will need to enter the sequence and touch OK to

unlock the screen.

O You have 5 opportunities to enter your unlock pattern, PIN or password. If you used

NOTES

all the 5 opportunities, you can try again after 30 seconds.

When you can’t recall your unlock pattern:

- If you’ve created a Google Account on the phone, touch Forgot pattern?. Then

- If you haven’t created a Google Account on the phone, you need to perform a

2. Press and hold the following keys at the same time:

3. Release only the Power/Lock Key just right after the phone vibrates.

4. Release the Volume Keys when you see the screen message "Permanently Erase

5. Press the Power/Lock Key to conﬁrm (or press any other key to cancel).

6. Press the Power/Lock Key and your phone will be restored to the factory

you are required to sign in with your Google Account to unlock your phone.

factory reset (Caution: If you perform a factory reset, all user applications and user data will be deleted. Please remember to back up any important data before performing a factory reset).

1. Turn the power off.

Power/Lock Key + the down Volume Key + the up Volume Key.

It may take around 3 seconds.

User Data & Reset Settings? Press the Power key to conﬁrm and any other key to cancel." The ﬁrst message will be displayed in 10 to 12 seconds.

When you press the Power/Lock Key to conﬁrm, a pop-up appears asking "Are you sure you want to continue with erase?".

settings. To cancel, press any other key.

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Customizing the Home Screen

You can personalize your Home screen by adding application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any Home screen pane. You can also change the wallpaper.

To add an item to the Home screen

1. Go to the Home screen pane where you want to add the item.

2. Touch the Menu Key

empty spot on the Home screen pane.

If there is no available space on a particular Home screen pane, Add will not be available;

NOTE

you must delete or remove an item before you can add another item. In this case, you have the option of switching to another Home screen pane.

3. In the menu that opens, touch the type of item to add.

You can add the following types of items to the Home screen:

Widgets Add any of a variety of widget applications to your Home screen, including a clock, a music player, a picture frame, Google Search bar, a power manager, a calendar of upcoming appointments, a News and Weather widget, and more. Note that more widgets can also be found in the Android Market

Shortcuts Add shortcuts to applications, a bookmarked web page, a favorite contact, a destination in Maps, a Gmail label, a music playlist, and more. The shortcuts available depend on the applications you have installed.

Folders Add a folder where you can organize other Home screen shortcuts and icons, or folders that contain all your contacts, contacts with phone numbers, or starred contacts. Your folders’ contents are kept up-to-date automatically.

and touch Add. Or, just touch and hold an

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To move an item on the Home screen

1. Touch and hold the item.

2. Drag the item to a new location on the screen.

Pause at the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item onto the next available Home screen pane.

3. When the item is where you want it, lift your ﬁnger.

To remove an item from the Home screen

1. Touch and hold the item (note that the Quick Keys change to an icon of a

trash can).

2. Drag the item to the trash can icon.

3. When the icon turns red, lift your ﬁnger.

To change the Home screen wallpaper

1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu Key > Wallpaper.

You can also touch and hold an empty spot on the Home screen and then touch Wallpapers in the menu that opens.

2. Touch Wallpapers or any wallpaper that is displayed.

 Touch Gallery to use a picture you’ve taken with your camera as a

wallpaper. You can crop the picture before setting it as your wallpaper.

 Touch Live Wallpapers to open a list of animated wallpapers installed

on your phone. Live wallpapers can change according to the time of day, respond to touching the screen, tell the time, or offer other information.

 Touch any available wallpaper and it will automatically be applied to

your phone.

3. Touch Set wallpaper or Save (if necessary).

To rename a folder

1. Touch the folder icon to open it.

2. Touch and hold the folder window’s title bar.

3. Enter the new folder name.

4. Touch OK.

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Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts

As you build up your list of contacts on your phone, you can use Quick Contact for Android to quickly chat, email, text message, place a call, or to locate your contacts. Quick Contact for Android is a special set of icons that you can use to quickly and easily connect to a contact.

 Open your Contacts list and touch the contact’s picture. A bubble will

open with the available options, displayed as icons. This is the Quick Contact bubble. Depending on the contact information saved, the available actions will be displayed above the name.

 Touch a Quick Contact icon to communicate with the contact.

Depending on the icon you’ve touched, a different application will open.

If you add a shortcut for a contact to your Home screen, you will be able to use it to open Quick Contact for that contact.

Connecting to Networks and Devices

Connecting to Mobile Networks

When you buy your phone and sign up for service, your phone is conﬁgured to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice calls and for transmitting data. Different locations may have different mobile networks available. Initially, your phone is conﬁgured to use the fastest mobile network available for data. You can also conﬁgure your phone to access a different set of networks entirely, or to behave in speciﬁc ways when roaming.

Connected to the 4G network (LTE) Connected to a 2G network (1x)

The more bars that are lit, the stronger the wireless signal Connected to another wireless service provider’s network (roaming)

The icons in the Status Bar indicate which kind of data network you’re connected to and the network signal strength.

When connected to slower networks, you may want to postpone using your phone for data-intensive tasks until you are connected to a faster network again or ﬁnd a Wi-Fi network to connect to.

To disable data when roaming

You can prevent your phone from transmitting data over other carriers’ mobile networks when you leave an area that is covered by your carrier’s networks. This is useful for controlling expenses if your cell plan doesn’t include data roaming.

1. Touch the Applications Key

Mobile networks.

2. Touch Data roaming to remove the checkmark from the box. With

Data roaming uncheckmarked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi connection.

> Settings > Wireless & networks >

Connecting to Networks and Devices

Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks

Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings.

To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you must connect to a wireless access point. Some access points are open and you can simply connect to them. Others are hidden or implement other security features, so you must conﬁgure your phone so it can connect to them.

Turn off Wi-Fi when you’re not using it, to extend the life of your battery.

The following Status Bar icons indicate your Wi-Fi status.

Connected to a Wi-Fi network (waves indicate connection strength) Notiﬁcation that an open Wi-Fi network is in range

When you connect to a Wi-Fi network, the phone obtains a network address and other information it needs from the network, using the DHCP protocol. To conﬁgure the phone with a static IP address and other advanced settings, from Wi-Fi settings touch the Menu Key Advanced.

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network

1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > Wireless & networks >

Wi-Fi settings.

2. If the Wi-Fi box is not checkmarked, touch Wi-Fi to turn it on and scan

for available Wi-Fi networks.

3. Touch a network to connect to it.

If the network is open, you will be prompted to conﬁrm that you want

to connect to that network by touching Connect.

If the network is secured, you will be prompted to enter a password

(Ask your network administrator for details).

When you’re connected to a network, you can touch the network

name in the Wi-Fi settings screen for details about the speed, security, address, and related settings.

Connecting to Networks and Devices

To receive notifications when open networks are in range

By default, when Wi-Fi is on, you receive notiﬁcations in the Status Bar when your phone detects an open Wi-Fi network.

1. Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.

2. From the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Network notiﬁcation to

checkmark the box. Touch again to remove the checkmark and stop receiving notiﬁcations.

To add a Wi-Fi network

You can add a Wi-Fi network so the phone will remember it, along with any security credentials, and connect to it automatically when it is in range. You can also add a Wi-Fi network manually if it does not broadcast its name (SSID) or if you want to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of its range. To add a secured network, you need to contact the network’s administrator to obtain the password or other required security credentials.

1. Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.

2. From the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Add Wi-Fi network.

3. Enter the Network SSID (name) of the network.

If the network is secured, touch Security and touch the type of security deployed on the network.

4. Enter the required passwords and security credentials.

5.Touch Save.

The phone will connect to the wireless network. Any credentials that you

entered are saved, so you are connected automatically the next time you come within range of this network.

To forget a Wi-Fi network

You can make the phone forget about the details of a Wi-Fi network that you added. For example, if you don’t want the phone to connect to it automatically or if it’s a network that you no longer use.

1. Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.

Connecting to Networks and Devices

2. In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch and hold the name of the network

that you want to forget.

3. Touch Forget network.

USB Autorun

USB Autorun is a feature that allows your LG Esteem™ to connect to a PC using a USB cable and set it up on a PC without a physical CD-ROM.

Automatically installs the LG USB Modem driver.



Allows the phone to be used as Mass Storage when a microSD card is



present in the LG Esteem™. It allows transfer of unprotected content from the phone to the PC and vice versa.

The LG Esteem™ has an internal memory and can use a removable microSD card to

NOTE

store user content, such as photos, videos, and voice recordings.

If the USB connection mode is set to Mass Storage when connecting the phone to a

PC via USB cable, two removable disk drives will be displayed on your PC, one for the internal memory and another for the microSD card (if installed). You can copy ﬁles to and from both disk drives.

To select USB mode for Autorun

1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > Connectivity > Default

connection mode.

2. Touch Mass storage to connect to the PC for Autorun.

3. Touch Charge only to use only the charging function and not the USB

function.

O USB Autorun only works with Windows® XP, Windows 7, and VistaTM operating

NOTES

systems.

Autorun automatically installs the USB device driver for every USB mode.

Log on to the PC as Administrator. Non-Administrator accounts have insufﬁcient

privilege to install the USB Modem driver and don’t run the Autorun feature.

Do not unplug the USB cable during Autorun.

If Autorun doesn't function properly, unplug and plug the USB cable to set Mass

Storage mode.

Connecting to Networks and Devices

Internet Connection Mode

Autorun may automatically use Internet Connection mode in certain circumstances.

Autorun automatically switches to Internet Connection mode if the



connection fails while syncing or connecting.

Always ask

You can choose to be asked to conﬁrm the USB connection when connecting to a computer. When Always ask is checkmarked, the USB selection window is displayed.

Autorun is not available when:

Phone is booting (powering up).



PC operating system is not set to Autorun (automatic execute command).



To change the setting while Autorun is running:

You can change the settings while Autorun is running. Touch the

Applications

Key > Settings > Connectivity > Default connection

mode > Mass storage.

Be sure to checkmark the box Always ask if you want to be asked to conﬁrm the USB

NOTE

connection mode when the phone is connected to a computer.

Using the Status Bar to change the settings

The Status Bar shows the current USB connection mode so you can easily open the Status Bar and change the settings as needed.

When connected via USB, the current USB connection mode also appears on the Notiﬁcations panel. Touch the connection setting to display a screen where you can change the USB connection mode.

If the Always ask checkbox is marked, the screen is only provided during USB

NOTE

connection, but is not provided in the notiﬁcation area.

microSD Card

Unmounting and removing the microSD Card

To safely remove the microSD card from your device, ﬁrst you need to unmount the microSD card before removing it from the phone.

1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > SD card & phone storage

> Unmount External SD card. Now you can safely remove the microSD card.

2. Turn off the phone, remove the back cover, and remove the battery.

3. Gently push the exposed edge of the microSD card in with your ﬁngertip

to release it from the slot.

4. Carefully pull the microSD card out of the slot.

microSD Card Settings

Viewing Memory in the microSD Card

1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > SD card & phone

storage.

2. Review the available information.

WARNING!

On the Android OS 2.2, you can download applications from Android Market and can store them on the microSD card as well as on the device. Therefore, skipping the unmount procedure can cause a serious error between the microSD card and the device. In the worst case, the microSD card can become corrupted or damaged.

You can easily damage the microSD card and its adapter by improper operation. Please

NOTE

be careful when inserting, removing, or handling them.

The storage capacity page is divided into three sections: SD card,

Internal Memory, and Internal phone storage.

microSD Card

Formatting the microSD Card

Formatting a microSD card permanently removes all ﬁles stored on the card.

1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > SD card & phone

storage.

2. Touch Unmount External SD card to release the microSD card from

device use. The icon appears within the Notiﬁcations panel to indicate an unmounted microSD card.

3. Once released, touch Format External SD card > Erase SD card >

Erase everything.

Once completely formatted, the card is automatically re-mounted

(reconnected for use by the device).

The formatting procedure erases all the data on the microSD card, after which the ﬁles

NOTE

CANNOT be retrieved. To prevent the loss of important data, please check the contents before you format the card.

Connecting Your Device to Your Computer

Before using your device’s mass storage capabilities, you need to prepare your device’s data services to synchronize with your desktop or laptop computer. Once you have connected the device to the computer, you can transfer your data to or from the device memory.

To connect your device to a computer via USB:

1. Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect the phone to a

USB port on your computer.

2. Open the Notiﬁcations panel and then touch USB connected.

3. Touch the connection mode you want to use to connect to the PC.

Choose from the following options: Charge only, Mass storage or Internet connection.

microSD Card

Device memory

The LG Esteem™ has 4GB of internal memory where you can store user content such as photos, videos, voice recordings, etc. In addition, it also has removable memory in the form of a 2GB microSD card. Most applications allow you to choose where the user content will be saved either in the internal memory or to the removable microSD card.

For example, in the Camera application, touch the Settings icon card & phone storage > Internal memory or SD card. When viewing the Gallery application, photos saved in the internal memory are stacked separately from those saved to the SD card.

Using Mass storage mode

When you connect the phone and PC using a USB cable and set your device’s USB connection mode to Mass storage, you will see two removable disks on the PC. You can copy ﬁles to/from both the internal memory and the removable SD card.

> SD

Calls

Placing and Ending Calls

You can place calls using the Phone application. Calls can be manually dialed using the Phone tab. You can also dial from your phone’s memory using the Call log tab, the Contacts tab, or the Groups tab.

To open the Phone application

 From the Home screen, touch the Phone Key in the Quick Keys

bar.

To place a call by dialing

1. Open the Phone application.

To dial an international number, touch and hold the 0 key to enter the plus ( + ) symbol. Then, enter the international preﬁx for the country; followed by the full phone number.

Touch to erase a digit. Touch and hold to erase the entire number.

Touch the Message Key to send a message to the number that is entered.

Touch the Call Key entered.

to dial the number that you

2. Touch the keys on the dialpad to manually enter a phone number.

If you enter a wrong number, touch the Delete Key to erase digits

one by one.

To erase the entire number, touch and hold the Delete Key .

To dial an international number, touch and hold the key to enter the

plus ( + ) symbol. Then, enter the international preﬁx for the country; followed by the full phone number.

3. Touch the Call Key

to dial the number that you entered.

Calls

O You can use other phone features while the call is underway. If you

open another application, the Call icon appears in the Status Bar for the duration of the call.

Press the Volume Keys to adjust the call volume.

Use the on-screen buttons to enter additional numbers, place the

call on hold and take an incoming call, add another call, use the speakerphone, end the call, and other options.

If you opened other applications while on a call, you'll need to return to the Call screen

NOTE

to end the call. You can touch the Home Key Notiﬁcations panel down and touch the Call icon. You can also touch the bar at the top left corner of the screen that contains the Contact's name or number.

, then the Phone Key or drag the

Airplane mode

Some locations may require you to turn off your phone’s wireless connections by placing your phone in Airplane mode.

1. Press and hold the Power/Lock Key

2. Touch Airplane mode.

The Wireless & networks setting also has a checkbox to enable or disable Airplane

NOTE

mode.

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Answering or Rejecting Calls

When you receive a phone call, the Incoming call screen opens with the caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you have saved in the Contacts list. All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log.

To answer a call

 If the screen is unlocked, simply touch the Answer Key .

 If the screen is locked, drag the Answer Key

answer.

 If you were already on a call, the ﬁrst call is placed on hold while you

answer the new call.

 To silence the incoming call ringer, press the Volume Keys.

Unlocked Screen Locked Screen

to the right to

Touch the Answer Key to answer the call.

Drag right to answer the call.

Calls

To decline a call and divert it to voicemail

 If the screen is unlocked, simply touch the Decline Key .

 If the screen is locked, slide the Decline Key

to the left.

 The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message.

Unlocked Screen Locked Screen

Touch the

Send msg key to send

a quick message to the caller and forward them to your voicemail.

Touch the Decline Key to decline the call and send the caller directly to your voicemail box to leave a message.

 To silence the ringer, press the Volume Keys.

Working with the Call Log

The Call log is a list of all the calls you’ve dialed, received, or missed. It offers a convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to your Contacts.

To open the Call log

 Touch the Phone Key from the Quick Keys bar and then touch the

Call log tab

Calls are listed in the Call log tab. The most recent calls are located at

the top of the list. Scroll down to see older entries.

at the top of the screen.

Drag left to ignore the call.

Slide up to send the caller directly to your voicemail box and send a quick message to the caller.

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To dial a number in the Call log

 From the Call log, touch the Call Key at the right of the call entry.

You can also touch and hold the entry to open a menu with more options to communicate with that contact in other ways.

To add an entry’s number to your Contacts

1. Touch and hold the call entry.

2. Touch Add to contacts.

3. Touch Create new contact or touch Add to the existing and choose an

existing contact to add the new number to.

To take other actions on a Call log entry

 Touch a Call log entry to open a screen from where you can call

the contact, send the contact a message, add the number to your Contacts list, and learn more about the original call.

 Touch and hold a Call log entry to open a menu where you can call the

contact, view contact information, edit the number before you redial, and more.

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To clear the Call log

 Touch the Phone Key from the Quick Keys bar and then touch the

Call log tab Delete all. Or touch Multiselect, choose the call entries you wish to

delete, then touch Delete > OK.

You can also touch and hold an entry in the log. In the menu that

opens, touch Remove from call log > OK.

at the top of the screen. Touch the Menu Key >

Calling Your Contacts

Instead of manually dialing phone numbers using the dialpad, you can use your Contacts list to dial quickly and easily.

You can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact.

If you have contacts on the web, they’re synchronized with your phone when you ﬁrst synchronize to your Google

To call a contact

1. Touch the Contacts Key from the Quick Keys bar.

2. Touch the contact you wish to call.

3. Touch the contact’s phone number you want to call.

To call a favorite contact

1. Touch the Contacts Key from the Quick Keys bar, then touch the

Groups tab.

2. Touch Favorites and then touch the contact you wish to call.

3. Touch the contact’s phone number you want to call.

Account.

Calls

Voice Dialer

You can use the Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by speaking the name of a contact or a phone number.

To place a call by speaking

1. Touch the Applications Key > Voice Dialer .

If you have a Bluetooth headset that supports “voice-recognition” or

“voice dialing,” you may be able to open Voice Dialer by pressing your headset’s main button or in some other way, and dial by voice using your headset. For details, see the documentation that came with your headset.

2. Say “Call” followed by the name of the contact or say “Dial” followed by

a phone number.

Options During a Call

Touch to turn the speakerphone on or off. The Speaker Key lights up to indicate that the speakerphone is on.

WARNING!

To avoid damage to your hearing, do not hold the phone against your ear when the speakerphone is turned on.

Touch to mute the microphone during a call. The Mute Key lights up to indicate that the microphone is muted.

Touch to switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone.

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To mute the microphone during a call

 Touch the Mute Key.

The Mute Key lights up to indicate that the microphone is muted.

The Mute icon will appear in the Status Bar to remind you that the microphone is turned off.

When viewing the in-call screen, you can unmute the microphone by

touching the Mute Key again.

The microphone is unmuted automatically when the call ends.

To turn the speakerphone on or off

 Touch the Speaker Key. The Speaker Key lights up to indicate that the speakerphone is on.

The Speaker icon will appear in the Status Bar and the sound from your call is played through the phone’s speaker.

When viewing the in-call screen, you can turn the speakerphone off

by touching the Speaker Key again.

The speaker is turned off automatically when the call ends.

WARNING!

To avoid damage to your hearing, do not hold the phone against your ear when the speakerphone is turned on.

To switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone

When a Bluetooth headset is paired and connected to your phone, you can conduct calls on the headset for hands-free conversation. During a call, you can opt to use the Bluetooth headset or just the phone.

When using the Bluetooth headset during a call, the Ongoing Call notiﬁcation icon is blue in the Status Bar (the icon is green when using the phone).

 Touch the Bluetooth Key to switch the call from the headset to the

phone, or vice versa.

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Managing Multiple Calls

Contact your wireless service provider to learn whether they support conference calls and how many participants you can include.

To switch between current calls

 Touch the Swap Key . The current call will be placed on hold and you will be connected with

the other call.

Touch to swap calls. The current call will be placed on hold and you will be connected with the other call.

To set up a conference call

Contact your wireless service provider to learn whether they support conference calls and how many participants you can include.

1. Place a call to the ﬁrst participant.

2. When you’re connected, touch Contacts

3. Choose a contact to call from your Contact list or enter the number on

the dialpad.

4. After you’re connected, touch the Merge calls Key

added to the conference call.

or Dialpad .

. The participant is

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Listening to Your Voicemail

When you have a new voicemail message, the Voicemail notiﬁcation icon

appears in the Status Bar. If you have not set up your voicemail number,

or if you need to change it, you can do that in the Call settings.

To listen to your Voicemail

 Open the Notiﬁcations panel and touch New voicemail.

 Touch the

to listen or manage your voicemail.

Web

MetroWEB

The MetroWEB feature allows you to access the internet from your device. Access and selections within this feature are dependent upon your service provider. For speciﬁc information on MetroWEB access through your phone, contact your service provider.

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Browse web pages

1. Touch the Applications Key > MetroWEB . To access a speciﬁc

web page, touch the URL input ﬁeld, enter the web address (URL) of the web page, and touch .

2. Navigate web pages using the following options:

URL Input Field

Touch here to enter a web address for the web page you wish to access.

Bookmarks Touch here to view and edit your bookmarks.

While browsing the web page, use the following options:

 To zoom in or out, double-tap the screen. You can also use the pinch-

to-zoom method. Place your two ﬁngers on the screen and slowly pinch or spread them apart.

 To open a new window, touch the Menu Key

> New window .

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 To view the list of bookmarks, touch Bookmarks next to the URL

ﬁeld. You can also add, edit, or delete a bookmark from this menu.

 To bookmark the current web page, touch Bookmarks

Enter the name for the bookmark and touch OK.

 When a web page ﬁnishes loading, the RSS Indicator will appear if an

RSS feed is available. Touch the Menu Key

> Add RSS Feed

and select the feed you want to save.

 To view the currently active windows, touch the Menu Key

Windows

. You can open multiple pages and switch back and forth

between them.

 To reload the current web page, touch the Refresh Icon

Refresh menu appears after the web page ﬁnishes loading.

 To stop loading a web page, touch the Stop Icon

The Stop menu appears while a web page is loading.

 To go to previous page, touch the Back Key

 To go to a next page in history, touch the

Menu Key > Forward .

 To search for text on the web page, touch the Menu Key > More

> Find on page.

 To select text on the web page, touch the Menu Key

> More >

Select text. Highlight the text you want with your ﬁnger. The highlighted text is copied to the clipboard and you can paste it anywhere that allows text to be entered.

 To view the web page details, touch the Menu Key

> More >

Page info.

 To set home page, touch the Menu Key

> More > Set home

page.

When you are in a secure page, you can see the certiﬁcate of the current page by

NOTE

touching the View certiﬁcate button on Page info.

> Add.

. The

Web

 To send the web address (URL) of the web page to others, touch the

Menu Key

 To view the download history, touch the Menu Key

Downloads.

 To customize the MetroWEB settings, touch the Menu Key

Settings.

> More > Share page.

> More >

Bookmark your favorite web pages

If you know the web address of the web page, you can manually add a bookmark. To add a bookmark:

1. Touch the Applications Key

2. Touch Bookmarks

3. Touch Add.

4. Enter a page title and a web address (URL).

5. Touch OK.

From the bookmark list, touch and hold a bookmark and use the following options:

 To open the web page in the current window, touch Open.  To open the web page in a new window, touch Open in new

window.

 To edit the bookmark details, touch Edit bookmark.  To add the bookmark shortcut to one of the Home screen panes,

touch Add shortcut to Home.

 To send the web address (URL) of the web page to others, touch

Share link.

 To copy the web address (URL) of the web page, touch Copy link

URL.

 To delete the bookmark, touch Delete bookmark.  To use the web page as your MetroWEB homepage, touch Set as

homepage.

next to the URL ﬁeld.

> MetroWEB .

Web

Changing Browser settings

You can conﬁgure a number of Browser settings, such as managing your privacy settings.

 To open the Browser settings screen, open the Browser and touch

the Menu Key

> More > Settings.

Page content settings

PC Browser mode Allows you to browse PC version web sites.

Text size Opens a dialog box where you can increase or decrease the size

of the text that the Browser uses when displaying webpages.

Default zoom Opens a dialog box where you can increase or decrease the magniﬁcation level that the Browser uses when ﬁrst opening a webpage.

Open pages in overview Checkmark to open webpages zoomed out, in an overview. Uncheckmark to open webpages at 100% size, displaying the top-left corner of the page.

Text encoding Opens a dialog box where you can change the characterencoding standard that the Browser uses when displaying text on a webpage.

Block pop-up windows Checkmark to prevent websites from opening windows unless you request it.

Load images Uncheckmark to omit images when the Browser displays a webpage. This speeds up webpage loading, which can be useful if you have a slow connection.

Auto-ﬁt pages Checkmark to have the Browser optimize the presentation of text and other elements of webpages to ﬁt your phone’s screen. Checkmarking this option also causes the Browser to reﬂow a column of text to ﬁt the screen if you double-tap the screen directly after zooming with your ﬁngers. Uncheckmark to view pages as designed for a computer screen so that double-tapping simply switches between zoomed-in and default view.

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Landscape-only display Checkmark to display pages in landscape (horizontal) orientation on your screen, regardless of how you are holding the phone.

Enable JavaScript Uncheckmark to prevent JavaScript from running on webpages. Many webpages function correctly only if they can run JavaScript features on your phone.

Enable plug-ins Opens a dialog box to select when to enable plug-ins.

Open in background Checkmark to open new windows in the background when you touch and hold a link, then touch Open in new window. This is useful when you are working with windows that take

a long time to download and display. Uncheckmark if you prefer new windows to open in place of the current window.

Set home page Opens a dialog box where you can enter the URL of a page that you want to access whenever you open a new Browser window. If you prefer to open new Browser windows more quickly, by not opening any page by default, leave the dialog box blank.

Storage Allows you to choose the storage location.

Privacy settings

Clear cache Allows you to clear locally cached content and databases.

Clear history Allows you to clear the Browser history.

Accept cookies Checkmark to allow websites to save and read cookie

data.

Clear all cookie data Allows you to clear all Browser cookie data.

Remember form data Checkmark to allow the Browser to remember

data entered into forms for later use.

Clear form data Allows you to clear all saved form data.

Enable location Checkmark to allow sites to request access to your

location.

Clear location access Allows you to clear location access for all websites.

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Security settings

Remember passwords Checkmark to allow the Browser to save user names and passwords for websites.

Clear passwords Allows you to clear all saved passwords.

Show security warnings Checkmark to show a warning if there is a

problem with a site’s security.

Advanced settings

Set search engine Allows you to select a search engine.

Website settings Allows you to manage advanced settings for individual

websites.

Reset to default Allows you to restore the Browser settings to default.

Maps

To search for a location

1. Touch the Applications Key > Maps .

2. Touch the search box at the top of the screen.

3. In the search box, enter the place you’re looking for. You can enter an

address, a city, or a type of business or establishment. For example, “theater in New York”.

4. Touch the Search Key

Orange markers indicate search matches on the map. You can touch a marker to open a balloon that contains a label. Touch the

balloon to open a screen with more information about the location, as well as options for obtaining directions.

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To get directions

1. Touch the Applications Key > Maps .

2. Touch the Menu Key

3. Enter a starting point in the ﬁrst text box and your destination in the

second text box. You can also select an address from your Favorites, contacts or history.

To reverse directions, touch the Menu Key

4. Touch the Car icon

transportation directions, the Bicycling icon for bicycling directions, or the Walking icon for walking directions.

5. Touch Get directions.

6. Your route is displayed on a map.

7. To view the directions in a list format, touch List view .

To switch back to your map route from List view, touch the Menu Key

> See map.

> Directions.

> Reverse Start & End.

for driving directions, the Bus icon for public

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Checking the weather

Touch the Applications Key > Weather to view summarized and detailed weather information.

 Touch the Hourly or 15 Days tab for a more detailed forecast.

Tap the Weather application screen to access the Accuweather website.

 Touch a time on the weather graph in the Hourly tab for a detailed,

hour-by-hour forecast.

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Changing Weather Settings

You can conﬁgure a number of settings for the Weather application.

The location and related settings also affect the display of the Weather widget application.

 To open the Weather settings screen, touch the Menu Key

Settings.

Weather settings

City list You can add, edit, or remove a city from your list.

General settings

These settings control how frequently the information on the Weather widget is updated and the temperature unit to use.

Refresh interval Allows you to set how often to update the weather. More frequent updates trade the convenience of current information for increased data use and decreased battery life between charges.

Temperature unit Allows you to use Fahrenheit or Celsius.

Communication

IM and Social

IM and Social allows you to send and receive an Instant Message and interact with Facebook and Twitter at any time.

1. Touch the Applications Key

2. Touch IM and Social

3. Choose an IM or Social Networking provider.

4. Enter your user name and password and touch Sign In.

Contacts

The Contacts application allows you to store names, phone numbers and other information in your phone’s memory.

Using Your Contacts

Use the Contacts application to add, view, and communicate with your friends and acquaintances.

To open your Contacts application

 Touch the Applications Key >

Touch the Contacts Key

All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a list. If you have a

new phone and haven’t added any contacts yet, the Contacts application will display hints on how to start adding contacts to your phone.

Contacts

in the Quick Keys bar.

To open a list of your favorite contacts

 Open your Contacts application and touch the Groups tab at the top

of the screen. Then touch Favorites.

Favorites lists the contacts you’ve added to the list, followed by a list

of your most frequently called contacts.

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To view details about a contact

1. Open your Contacts application.

2. Touch the contact whose details you want to view.

Touch an icon to call, message, or open other applications.  The Dial icon

 The Message icon

 The Mail icon

 The Chat icon

places a call to the number.

starts a message.

starts an email.

starts a chat.

Touch the Menu Key for the following menu options: Edit contact,

Share, Options, Add to home screen, Delete contact, and Export.

Adding Contacts

You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google accounts that support syncing contacts.

The Contacts application tries to join new addresses with existing contacts, to create a single entry. You can also manage that process manually.

Account, Microsoft Exchange account, or other

Communication

To add a new contact

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the the Menu Key > New contact.

3. If you have more than one account with contacts, touch Contact type at

the top of the screen and choose the account to which you want to add the contact.

4. Enter the contact’s name.

5. Touch a category of contact information, such as phone number and

email address, to enter that kind of information about your contact.

6. Touch a category’s plus button

category. For example, in the phone number category, add a work number and a home number. Touch the label button to the left of the entry item information to open a drop-down menu of preset labels. For example, Mobile and Work for a phone number.

7. Touch the Picture Frame icon

name in your list of contacts and in other applications.

8. When you’re ﬁnished, touch Save.

to add more than one entry for that

to select a picture to display next to the

Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts

If you have contacts stored in vCard format on a microSD card you can import them into your Contacts application on your phone. You can also export contacts in vCard format onto a microSD card. Export to back them up to a computer or other device or so you can send a contact via email.

To import contacts from your microSD card

You can copy contacts, in vCard format, onto your microSD card then import them into your phone.

1. Insert the memory card (that contains the vCard ﬁles) into your phone.

2. Open the Contacts application.

3. Touch the Menu Key

> More > Import/Export.

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4. Touch Import from SD card.

5. When the pop-up appears, select the storage type.

6. If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account

into which you want to import the contacts.

7. Touch the contacts you want to import to the microSD card. Then touch

Import and OK to conﬁrm.

To export contacts to your microSD card

You can export all of the contacts on your phone to your microSD card, as vCard ﬁles. You can then copy this ﬁle to a computer or another device that is compatible with this format, such as an address book application.

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the Menu Key

3. Touch Export to SD card.

4. When the pop-up appears, select the storage type.

5. Touch the contacts you wish to export to the SD card. To export all

contacts, touch Select All in the top left corner of the screen. Then touch Export and OK.

> More > Import/Export.

To share a contact

You can share a contact with someone by sending it to them as a vCard ﬁle.

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the contact you want to share to view the contact details.

3. Touch the Menu Key

4. Choose the method for sending.

5. Enter the necessary information and share it.

> Share.

Communication

Adding a Contact to Your Favorites

The Favorites section contains a short list of the contacts you communicate with most often.

To add a contact to your favorites list

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch a contact to view its details.

3. Touch the star to the right of the contact’s name.

When the contact is added to your favorites list, the star will be blue-colored.

To remove a contact from your favorites list

1. Open the Contacts application and touch the Groups tab.

2. Touch Favorites and then touch a contact entry to view its details.

3. Touch the blue star to the right of the contact’s name.

The grey-colored star will indicate that the contact was removed from your Favorites list.

Searching for a Contact

It’s easy to search for a contact by name.

To search for a contact

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the search box or touch the Search Key

3. Start entering the name of the contact you’re searching for. As you type,

contacts with matching names will appear below the search box.

4. Touch a matching contact in the list to view its details.

You can also search by nickname, email, organization and number.

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Editing Contact Details

You can change or add details saved in your contact entries. You can also set speciﬁc ringtones to speciﬁc contacts or determine whether calls from speciﬁc contacts are diverted to your voicemail.

Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources: information that you added manually, information that Contacts joined from multiple accounts to consolidate duplicates, etc.

If you ﬁnd duplicate entries in Contacts, you can join them into a single entry.

Changes made to information from one source do not automatically change the information on the other sources. For example, if you have information about a contact from a Google Account and an Exchange account and both are conﬁgured to sync contacts, changes to the contact from the Google Account are synced to that account on the web, but the information from the Exchange account will remain unchanged.

To edit contact details

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch and hold the contact whose details you want to edit. In the menu

that opens, touch Edit contact.

3. Edit the contact information.

4. Touch Save to save the changes.

To change a contact’s default phone number

The default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a text message using the context menu (by touching and holding a contact).

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Touch and hold the phone number to use as the contact’s default phone

number.

4. Touch Make default number in the menu that opens.

The default phone number is indicated by a checkmark.

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To divert calls from a contact to your voicemail

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Touch the Menu Key

4. Touch Incoming calls to checkmark the option and enable it.

5. Touch the Back Key

When this contact calls you, your phone will not ring and the caller will

be forwarded directly to your voicemail.

> Options.

To set a ringtone for a contact

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Touch the Menu Key

4. Touch Ringtone then touch a ringtone to select it.

5. Touch OK to save the ringtone to the contact.

> Options.

To delete a contact

1. Open your Contacts list or Favorites list.

2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.

3. Touch the Menu Key

 If you delete a contact from Google Contacts (or another account with

editable contacts), the contact is also deleted from Contacts on the web the next time you sync your phone.

 You can’t delete contacts from a read-only account, such as Facebook.

Instead, a dialog box informs you that the contact will be hidden.

 If the contact contains information from both editable accounts (such

as Contacts) and from a read-only account (such as Facebook), a dialog box informs you that the information from the read-only account will be hidden, not deleted.

4. Touch OK to conﬁrm that you want to delete the contact.

> Delete contact.

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Communicating with Your Contacts

From the Contacts or Groups tab, you can quickly call or send a text (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) to a contact’s default phone number. You can also open a list of all the ways you can communicate with that contact.

This section describes ways to initiate communication when viewing your list of contacts. The Contacts application shares your contacts with many other applications, such as Gmail

To connect by using Quick Contact for Android

1. Touch a contact’s picture to open Quick Contact for Android.

Touch a contact's picture.

2. Touch the icon corresponding to the type of communication you want to

start.

The communication icons displayed depend on the types of information

you saved in the contact information.

and Messaging.

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To communicate with a contact

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the contact with whom you want to communicate.

3. In the contact’s details screen, touch the way to start communicating

with the contact.  The Dial icon

 The Message icon

 The Mail icon

 The Chat icon

Anytime you see the Dial icon next to a number, such as in your Favorites or Call log,

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just touch it to call that number.

places a call to the number.

starts a message.

starts an email.

starts a chat.

To call a contact’s default number

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch and hold the contact you wish to call.

3. Touch Call contact in the menu that opens.

To send a text or multimedia message to a contact’s default number

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch and hold the contact you wish to message.

3. Touch Text contact in the menu that opens.

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Selecting Which Contacts are Displayed

You can hide contacts that don’t have phone numbers. You can also conﬁgure which groups of contacts you want to display in the Contacts list.

To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed

If you use your list of contacts only to call people, you can hide any contacts that don’t have phone numbers.

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the Menu Key

3. Touch Only contacts with phones to select or deselect this option.

When selected, a checkmark will appear.

4. Touch Apply to save the settings.

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To change which groups are displayed

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the Menu Key

3. Touch an account to open its list of available groups.

4. Touch each group whose contacts you want to view in your Contacts

application. Contact types with a checkmark will appear in your contacts

list. This action affects only which contacts are displayed. Your sync

settings will not be affected.

5. Touch Apply to save your settings.

> More > Display options.

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Joining Contacts

When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by exchanging emails, the Contacts application attempts to avoid duplication by joining contact information automatically. You can also join contacts manually.

To join contacts

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the contact entry to which you want to add information. The

contact name for this entry will remain unchanged after you join with

another contact.

3. Touch the Menu Key

4. Touch the Menu Key

5. Touch the contact whose information you want to join with the ﬁrst

contact. The information from the two contacts will be merged and

displayed under the name from the ﬁrst contact.

6. Touch Save to conﬁrm you want to join the entries. The contact

information will be displayed in one contact entry.

> Edit contact. > Join.

Separating Contact Information

Each contact entry on your phone may contain ‘joined’ information from a variety of sources. If contact information from different sources was joined in error, you can separate the information back into individual contact entries on your phone.

To separate contact information

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Touch the contact entry whose information you want to separate.

3. Touch the Menu Key

4. Touch the Menu Key

5. Touch the OK button to conﬁrm you want to separate the entries. The

contact information will separated into individual contact entries in the

Contacts list.

> Edit contact. > Separate.

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Opening Email and the Accounts Screen

You can use the Email application to read email from services other than

Gmail

. The Email application supports the following account types:

Microsoft Exchange, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL Mail, and other accounts.

To open the Email application

 Touch the Applications Key > Email .

The ﬁrst time you open the Email application, a setup wizard opens to help you add an email account. After the initial setup, Email displays the contents of your Inbox.

The Accounts screen

The Accounts screen lists all your accounts.

 Open the Email application. If you’re not on the Account screen,

touch the Menu Key

Each folder and account on the Accounts screen displays the number

of unread messages in green, or will display the number of messages in Starred, Drafts and Outbox in gray.

You can touch an account to view its Inbox.

The account from which you send email by default is indicated with a

checkmark.

> Accounts.

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Reading Your Messages

You can read messages from the Inbox, or from other folders from the individual accounts.

To read a message

From the Accounts screen, simply touch any account to display it. You can also go to the folder list of the account by touching the Menu Key

> Folders from the Inbox.

When new email arrives, a notiﬁcation appears in the Status Bar. Drag the Notiﬁcations

NOTE

panel downward and touch the email notiﬁcation.

Responding to a Message

There are many options how you can respond to a received email message. You can reply to it, forward it, or even just delete it.

To reply to or forward a message

 While reading a message, touch Reply or Reply all (available at the

bottom of the screen).

 While reading a message, touch the Menu Key

forward the message.

To mark a message as unread

You can set a message to appear as though it has not been read – for example, to remind yourself to read it again later.

 From the Inbox, touch and hold the desired message, then touch

Mark as unread in the dialog box that opens.

> Forward to

To delete a message

There are a few easy ways to delete a message.

 While reading a message, touch Delete at the bottom of the screen.

 From the Inbox, touch the checkbox next to one or more messages,

then touch Delete at the bottom of the screen.

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For many types of accounts, deleted messages are moved to a Trash folder, so you can retrieve them in case they were deleted by mistake.

Visual Voice Mail

Visual Voice Mail allows the management of voicemail directly from the device rather than accessing voicemail via traditional methods.

Visual Voice Mail displays a list of messages and allows the user to choose which message to listen to or delete, without having to dial into their mailbox, listen to voice instructions, or prior messages.

To able to use Visual Voice Mail

1. Touch the Applications Key > Visual Voice Mail .

2. If it is your ﬁrst visit, you will have to set up Visual Voice Mail.

3. After setup, you might have to enter the password. You are only allowed

to change the password by calling Visual Voice Mail (dial *86).

4. After entering the password, you are allowed to see Visual Voice Mail

entries in your Inbox. While viewing the voicemail list, you can select an entry (see step 5). For

additional options, touch the Menu Key or Back.

5. Touch a Visual Voice Mail entry to open it. Touch the Play icon to play it.

For additional options, touch the Menu Key

Call, Reply, Forward, or More (Add to Address Book, Delete, Help,

Back).

If you’d like to cancel Visual Voice Mail Subscription, touch the Menu Key

> Settings >

Activated. A prompt will ask you to conﬁrm. Touch OK.

> Sort, Settings, Help, About,

> Speakerphone, Play,

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Gmail

Opening Gmail and Your Inbox

When you open the Gmail application, the most recent conversations are displayed in your Inbox.

To open the Gmail application

Touch the Applications Key > Gmail .

All of your conversations are displayed in your Inbox unless you delete, archive, or ﬁlter them.

The current Google Account is displayed at the top right of the Inbox. If you have more than one account, you can switch accounts to view the messages in each Inbox.

Conversations with new messages are displayed with bold subject lines. To read a message in a conversation, touch its subject line text.

> indicates that this message was sent directly to you.

>> indicates that you were CC’d on this message.

No indicator indicates that this message was sent to a group that

includes you.

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To open your Inbox

If you are viewing a message or another label, touch the Back Key until you return to your Inbox.

 When reading a message, touch the Menu Key

When viewing a list of labeled conversations, touch the



> More > Go to inbox.

> Go to inbox.

Menu Key

To switch accounts

Gmail displays conversations and messages from one Google Account at a time. If you have more than one account, you can open the Accounts screen to view how many unread messages you have in each account and to switch accounts.

1. From your Gmail Inbox, touch the Menu Key

2. Touch the account that contains the email you want to read.

> Accounts.

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Reading Your Messages

When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled conversations, you can open a conversation to read its messages.

To read a message

 Touch a conversation that contains the message you want to read.

A conversation opens to the ﬁrst new (unread) message, or to the

ﬁrst starred message, if you’ve previously starred a message in the conversation.

The Google Talk online status will appear next to the name of the

sender of each message if the sender has a Google Account. Touch the contact’s picture to open Quick Contact.

When reading messages in a conversation, you can use the buttons at

the bottom of the screen to archive the entire conversation or delete it. After you delete a conversation, you can touch Undo in the green bar that appears at the top of the screen to undo the last action and restore the message to its previous location.

You can also touch the arrow buttons to read the next, oldest, unread

message in a conversation in your Inbox (or the conversation list you’re working in).

Touch

on the message header to access options for replying or

forwarding the message.

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To reread a message

When you open a conversation, messages that you’ve already read are minimized into a tab that indicates the number of hidden messages.

1. Touch the Applications Key

you want to view and the tab indicating minimized messages.

2. Touch the contact name to open that message.

> Gmail . Then touch the conversation

When reading a message you can touch the Menu Key unread to return a read message to the unread state. For example, to

remind yourself to read it again later.

> Mark

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Composing and Sending a Message

You can compose and send a message to people or groups with Gmail addresses or other email addresses.

To compose and send a message

Touch the Applications Key

Compose.

2. Enter a recipient’s address. As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts

list. You can touch a suggested address or continue entering text to enter

a new one.

3. Touch the Menu Key

necessary.

4. Enter a subject for the message in the Subject ﬁeld.

5. Continue into the next ﬁeld to enter your email message.

6. Touch the Menu Key

7. Touch Send If you’re not ready to send the message, touch

as a Draft. You can read your drafts by opening messages with the Draft

label. To erase the message, touch the Menu Key

saved drafts). If you aren’t connected to a network

Airplane mode - the messages that you send are stored on your phone

with the Outbox label until you connect to a network again.

to send your message.

> Gmail >

> Add Cc/Bcc to Cc or Bcc recipients, if

> Attach to add an attachment to the email.

Menu Key

to save the message

> Discard (including any

for example, if you’re working in

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Replying to or Forwarding a Message

You can continue an email conversation by replying to a message or by forwarding it.

To reply to or forward a message

1. Touch on the message header to access options for replying or

forwarding the message.

2. Touch Reply, Reply all, or Forward. Replying to or forwarding messages without changing the subject adds

your reply to the current conversation. Changing the subject starts a new conversation.

The message will open in a new screen where you can add or remove

addresses, edit the subject, and add or remove text or attachments. You can add one or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying

to all and then adding the new person’s address(es) to the reply. Note that the conversation text and previous messages are also included

in your reply (or forward).

3. Touch Send

to send your message.

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Working with Conversations in Batches

You can archive, label, delete, or perform other actions on a batch of conversations at once, in your Inbox or in another label.

1. From the Inbox, or a folder with another label, touch the checkbox for all

the messages you want to include in the batch. When you checkmark a conversation, the Archive, Delete, and Labels

buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.

2. Touch Archive, Delete, or Labels or touch the Menu Key

star, Mark unread, Not important, Report spam, Mute, or More

(Deselect all, Help, About). Your action affects the selected batch of messages. If you accidentally delete a batch of conversations, you can touch Undo

in the green bar (that appears brieﬂy after the action) at the top of the

screen to undo the action and restore the message(s) to the previous

location. You can also use Undo after muting, archiving, and reporting

spam.

> Add

Labeling a Conversation

As mentioned previously, conversations are organized by labels. Gmail has several default labels, but you can also add your own through Gmail on the web.

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To label a conversation

1. When reading a conversation’s messages, touch the Menu Key >

Change labels.

2. In the dialog box that opens, check the labels you want to assign to the

conversation and touch OK.

To label a batch of conversations at once

You can assign or change the labels of one or more conversations at once.

1. From your Inbox, or a folder with another label, checkmark the

conversations to select a batch.

2. Touch Labels at the bottom of the screen.

3. In the dialog box that opens, check the labels you want to assign to the

conversation.

4. Touch OK.

Starring a Message

You can star an important message or conversation to make it easy to locate again.

To star a message

 When reading a message, touch the star in its header.

 When viewing a conversation, touch its star

message in the conversation.

to star the newest

To unstar a message

 Touch its star again. The star will turn gray again.

To star or unstar all messages in a conversation

 When viewing the Inbox, or another label, touch a conversation’s star.

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Viewing Conversations by Label

You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label, including conversations with starred messages.

1. When viewing your Inbox, or a folder with another label, touch the Menu

> Go to labels.

Key

2. Touch a label to view a list of conversations with that label.

The conversation list will resemble your Inbox. Most of the options available while using

NOTE

your Inbox will also be available while viewing these lists of labeled messages.

Reporting Spam

The Gmail service is quite effective at preventing spam (junk mail) from reaching your Inbox. But when spam does make it through, you can help improve the Gmail service by reporting the conversation as spam.

To report a conversation as spam

 When reading the email, touch the Menu Key > More > Report

spam.

 From the Inbox, touch the checkmark box to select the messages you

want to report as spam > Menu Key

When you report a conversation as spam, the conversation (and all its

messages) are removed from your Inbox. You can view the messages you’ve marked as spam by viewing messages with the Spam label.

> Report spam.

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Synchronizing Your Messages

The Gmail service has the resources to store all the messages you’ve ever sent or received; your phone does not. To save space, Gmail downloads only some of your messages to your phone. Use the Settings application to control how and when applications synchronize their data.

To select which conversations to synchronize

1. Touch the Applications Key > Gmail .

2. Touch the Menu Key The Synchronization screen opens, displaying a list of your Gmail labels.

Below each label is its current synchronization setting:

Sync all, Sync 4 days, or Sync none (If Sync none is selected, the

labeled conversation is not synchronized).

3. Touch a conversation label whose synchronization settings you want to

change. A dialog box for that conversation label opens, with three options:

O

Sync none Don’t download any conversations that have only this label.

O

Sync 4 days Download the previous 4 days (or number of days you set) of conversations.

O

Sync all Download all conversations with this label.

To set how many days of conversations to synchronize

1. Touch the Applications Key > Gmail .

2. Touch the Menu Key

3. Touch Number of days to sync.

4. Enter the number of days and touch OK.

> More > Settings > Labels.

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Appending a Signature to Your Messages

You can add information to every email you send, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent from my Android

1. Touch the Applications Key

2. Touch the Menu Key

3. Enter a signature or other information.

4. Touch OK.

> Gmail .

> More > Settings > Signature.

phone”.

Changing Gmail Settings

You can change a number of settings for Gmail. Each Google Account has its own settings, so your changes affect only the current account. Notiﬁcation volumes and some synchronization settings can also be changed in the Settings application.

 Touch the Applications Key

> Settings.

> Gmail > Menu Key > More

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Messaging

Opening Messaging

To open Messaging

 Touch the Messaging Key in the Quick Keys bar.

The Messaging screen will open, where you can create a new

message or open an ongoing message thread.

 Touch New message to start a new text or multimedia message.

 Touch an existing message thread to open it.

To delete a message thread from the Messaging window

1. Touch and hold the message thread.

2. Touch Delete thread in the menu that opens.

3. Touch OK to conﬁrm you want to delete the message thread.

Exchanging Messages

You can send text messages (SMS) of up to 160 characters to another mobile phone. If you keep typing after the limit, your message is converted to MMS.

Multimedia messages (MMS) can contain text and a picture, a recorded voice, an audio ﬁle, a video, or slideshow which can attach media ﬁle such as picture and audio.

The Messaging application automatically converts a message into a multimedia message if you add a subject, or attach a media ﬁle.

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To send a text message

1. On the Messaging screen, touch New message.

2. Enter a mobile phone number in the To ﬁeld. As you enter the mobile phone number, matching contacts appear. You

can touch a suggested recipient or continue entering the phone number.

3. Touch the text ﬁeld to start entering your message.

Character counter

Displays number of characters entered and amount remaining.

A counter is displayed in the top right corner of the text ﬁeld to tell you

how many characters are left. If you touch the Back Key

as a draft in your Messaging application. Touch the message to resume

composing it.

4. Touch Send to send the message.

Your message is displayed and responses appear in the same window,

creating a message thread with that contact.

while composing a message, it’s saved

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To create and send a multimedia message

1. On the Messaging screen, touch New message.

2. Enter a mobile phone number or email address in the To ﬁeld. As you

type, matching contacts appear. You can touch a suggested contact or

continue typing.

3. Touch the text ﬁeld to start entering your message.

4. Touch the Menu Key

5. Touch

 If you touch Pictures, you’re prompted to select a picture from your

 If you touch Capture picture, the Camera application opens so you

 If you touch Videos, you’re prompted to select a video from your Gallery.

 If you touch Capture video, the Camcorder application opens so you

 If you touch Audio, you’re prompted to select an audio ﬁle from your

 If you touch Record audio, the voice recording function opens and

 If you touch Slideshow, a menu opens and allows you to assemble

6. Touch Send MMS to send the message.

to open a menu where you can choose the type of media ﬁle to

attach to the message.

Gallery.

can take a picture and attach it.

can record a video and attach it.

microSD card.

allows you to record a spoken message and attach it to your message.

photos into a slideshow (up to 10 slides) to attach to the message. Use the buttons in the Compose Message screen to preview the message, replace a picture, or remove a slide. Touch Done when you ﬁnish editing the slideshow.

> Add subject to add a message subject.

To respond to messages you receive

If you’re working in a message window, messages that you receive from that contact are displayed. Otherwise, you receive a new message notiﬁcation and a new message icon appears in the Status Bar. When you

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touch the new message notiﬁcation, the Message screen opens where you can reply to the message.

If Auto-retrieve is uncheckmarked, you must touch Download to view the message.

If the message contains a media ﬁle, touch Play to view, watch, or listen to it. Touch and hold the media ﬁle to open a menu with additional options.

To view details about a message

1. Touch and hold a message in a message window.

2. Touch View message details in the menu that opens.

Changing Messaging Settings

You can change a number of Messaging settings.

 To change Messaging settings, open the Messaging application,

touch the Menu Key

How to select the type of keyboard you want

1. Touch and hold a text ﬁeld.

2. Touch Input method.

3. Choose between Swype and LG Keyboard. You will now be able to enter text using the new keyboard.

> Settings.

text ﬁeld.

Touch Input methodTouch and hold the

Choose the type of keyboard you want.

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