LG LGP500 Owner’s Manual [en,fr]

User Guide

LG-P500

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LG-P500LG-P500 User Guide

This guide helps you get started using your phone.

If you need more information, please visit www.lg.com.

• Some of the contents of this

manual may not apply to your phone depending on your phone’s software or your service provider.

• This handset is not recommended

for the visually impaired because of its touch-screen keypad.

• Google search,Maps, Google Mail,

YouTube, Talk and Android Market are trademarks of Google, Inc.

Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact LG-P500 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology.

Important notice

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

1. Phone memory

When available space on your phone memory is less than 10%, your phone can not receive a new message. You need to check your phone memory and delete some data such as applications or messages to make more memory available.

To manage the application

On the home screen, touch

Applications Settings> Applications Manage applications

When all applications

appear, scroll and select the application you want to uninstall.

Tap

to uninstall application you desired.

Uninstall

tab and select

and touch OK

2. Optimising Battery Life

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

To extend the life of your battery

- Turn off radio communications that you aren't using. If you aren't using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, turn them off.

- Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout.

- Turn off automatic syncing for Google Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and other applications.

- Some applications you’ve downloaded may cause your battery’s life to be reduced.

Important notice

To check the battery charge level

On the home screen, touch

Applications Settings> About phone Status

The battery status (charging,

discharging) and level (as a percentage of fully charged) are displayed at the top of the screen.

To monitor and control what uses the battery

On the home screen, touch

Applications Settings> About phone> Battery use.

The top of the screen

displays battery usage time. Either how long since last connected to a power source or, if connected to a power source, how long you were last running on battery power. The body of the screen lists applications or services using battery power from greatest amount to least.

tab and select

3. Installing an Open Source OS

If you install an open source OS on your phone, and do not

use the OS provided by the manufacturer, this may cause your phone to malfunction.

WARNING:

use an OS other than the one provided by the manufacturer, your phone is no longer covered by the warranty.

WARNING:

phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources, such as Android Market™. If some applications are not properly installed on your phone, your phone may not work normally or a serious error can be occurred. You will need to uninstall those applications and all of its data and settings from the phone.

If you install and

To protect your

4. Using Unlock pattern

Set unlock pattern to secure your phone. Opens a set of screens that guide you through drawing a screen unlock pattern.

WARNING:

to take when using the Pattern Lock, It is very important that you remember the unlock pattern you set. You have 5 opportunities to enter your unlock Pattern, PIN or Password. If you used all the 5 opportunities, you can attempt it after 30 seconds.

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

If you logged in Google account on the phone and failed to use correct pattern 5 times, tab the Forgot pattern button. Then, you are required to sign in with your Google account to unlock your phone.

Precautions

If you haven’t created a Google account on the phone or you forgot it, you need to perform a 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.

Turn the power off.

Press and hold for over 10

seconds: Power key + Home Key + Down volume key.

When the power turns on,

release these keys.

5. Using Safe Mode and

Hard Reset

Using Safe mode * To recover from malfunction

state of your phone

Turn off your phone and

reboot. While your phone is powering back on, press and hold the Menu key during LG Logo is displayed. Your phone

Important notice

will boot all the way to the main screen and display "safe mode" in lower left corner.

Settings

Select

Applications>Manage applications

application then select an

Uninstall

After uninstalling the application, turn off and reboot your phone.

* Using Hard Reset (Factory

Reset)

If it does not restore to the original condition, use

Reset

to initialise your phone. If user turns on the phone with pressing and holding Power + Home + Down volume key at the same time (for 10 seconds), the phone will turn on and perform factory reset immediately. Please note, after you perform

Hard Reset

applications on your phone will be erased and cannot be reversed.

, and choose the

icon.

Hard

, all your data and

WARNING

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

Hard Reset

6. Connecting to Wi-Fi networks

To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you access a wireless access point, or “hotspot.” 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.

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

On the home screen, touch

Applications Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings

Touch

begin scan for available Wi-Fi networks.

- List of available Wi-Fi networks are displayed. Secured networks are indicated by a lock icon.

Touch a network to connect

to it.

- If the network is open, you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching

- If the network is secured, you're prompted to enter a password or other credentials. (Ask your network administrator for details.)

tab and select

Wi-Fi

to turn it on and

Connect

The Status bar displays icons

that indicate Wi-Fi status.

7. Using a microSD card

Pictures, along with Music and Video files, can only be saved to external memory.

Before using the built-in camera, you need to insert a micro SD memory card to your phone first.

Without inserting a memory card, you will not be able to save pictures and video you had taken.

Important notice

WARNING:

Do not insert or remove the memory card when the phone is on. Otherwise, it may damage the memory card as well as your phone, and the data stored on the memory card may be corrupted. To remove the memory card safely, please select

storage > Unmount SD card.

8. Opening and Switching Applications

Multi-tasking is easy with Android because open applications keep running even when you open another application. There’s no need to quit an application before opening another. 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

Settings> SD Card&phone

unnecessarily.

To stop the application you use

On the home screen, touch

Applications Settings> Applications Manage applications

Scroll to the desire application

and touch using it.

TIP Getting back to recent

Apps

- Press and hold Home key, then a screen will display a listing the applications you used recently

tab and select

Force stop

to stop

Copy LG PC Suite from SD Card

The LG PC Suite IV is a program that helps you connect your mobile phone to a PC using a USB data communication cable, so that you can use the functions of the mobile phone on your PC.

Major Functions of the LG PC Suite IV

• Create, edit and delete phone data conveniently

• Synchronise data from a PC & phone (Contacts, Calendar, Message(SMS), Bookmark,Call log)

• Transfer multimedia files

(photos, videos, music) conveniently with a simple drag & drop between a PC and phone

• Transfer the messages from a

phone to a PC

• Use your phone as a Modem

• S/W update without loosing

your data

Installing LG PC Suite from your microSD memory card

Insert your microSD memory

card on your phone. ( It may already be inserted on your phone.)

Before connecting the USB

data cable, make sure that the

Mass storage only

is enabled on your phone. (On the applications menu, choose

Settings > SD card & phone storage Mass storage only

box.)

Connect your phone through USB data cable to your PC.

• In the status bar, drag the

USB icon.

• Choose USB Connected and

Mount.

• You can view the mass

storage content on your PC and transfer the files.

mode

, then select

check

Important notice

• Copy the ‘LGPCSuiteIV’

folder on your mass storage to your PC.

• Run ‘LGInstaller.exe’ file on your PC and follow the instructions.

* When LG PCSuite IV installation completed, disable

only

mode to run LG PCSuite IV.

NOTE:

Please do not remove or delete other program ﬁ le installed on your memory card this may cause to damage your preinstalled application on the phone.

10.

Connecting your phone to a computer via USB

NOTE:

To synchronize your phone via USB cable with your PC, you need to install the LG PC suite program on your PC. You can download this program from the LG website (www.lg.com) .Go to http://www.lg.com and select your region, country & language.Visit LG Website for

Mass storage

more information. As PC suite is embedded at inboxed SD card. you can simply copy it to your PC.

LG-P500 does not support:

- PC Connection via Bluetooth

- LG Air Sync (Web Sync, R-Click)

- OSP (On Screen Phone)

- To-do in Calendar

- Memo

- Java Application

User’s guide for PC Suite IV is in Help menu after install PC Suite IV.

Use the USB cable with

your phone to connect the phone to a USB port on your computer. You receive a notification that the USB is connected.

Open the Notification drawer

and touch USB connected.

Mount

Touch

to confirm that you want to transfer files between your phone’s microSD card and the computer.

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

11. Unlock screen when using data connection

Your display will go dark if untouched for a period of time when using data connection. To turn on your LCD screen, just touch it.

Note:

When uninstalling PC Suite IV, USB and Bluetooth Drivers are not automatically removed. Therefore, they must be uninstalled manually.

Tip!

To use a microSD card on your phone again, you need to open the Notiﬁ cation drawer and touch "Turn off USB storage".

During this time, you can’t access the microSD card from your phone, so you can’t use applications that rely on the microSD card, such as Camera, Gallery and Music.

To disconnect your phone from the computer, carefully follow your computer’s instructions to disconnect USB devices correctly, to avoid losing information on the card.

Safely disconnect the USB

device on your computer. Open the Notification drawer

and touch

storage

Touch

Turn off USB

Turn off

in the dialog

that opens.

Important notice

12.

Hold Phone straight up

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

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

13. When Screen freezes

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

Remove the battery, insert it again and power on the phone. If it still does not work, please contact to the service center.

NOTE: Do not connect your phone When you power on/off your PC.

Getting to know your phone

To turn on the phone, press and hold Power key for 3 seconds. To Turn off the phone, press Power key for 3 seconds, touch Power Off and

touch Ok.

Earpiece

Proximity Sensor

Home key

- Returns to home screen from any screen.

Menu key

- Check what options are available.

WARNING:

can damage its LCD and touch screen functionalities. Do not cover the protective ﬁ lm on the LCD’s proximity sensor. This can cause the sensor to malfunction.

Tip!

Press Menu key whenever you tap an application to check what

Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it

options are available.

Tip!

LG-P500 does not support Video call.

Tip!

If LG-P500 has errors when you use it or you can not turn it on,

remove battery ,install it again and turn it on after 5 seconds.

Power/Lock key

- Powers your phone on/off by pressing and holding the key.

- Turns off the screen and locks.

Back key

- Returns to the previous screen.

Search key

- Search the web and contents in your phone.

Getting to know your phone

Stereo earphone connector

Volume keys

- On the home screen: controls ringer volume.

- During a call: controls your earpiece volume.

- When playing a track: controls volume continuously.

Power/Lock key

Charger, micro USB cable connector

Camera lens

microSD memory card slot

SIM card slot

Microphone

Back cover

Battery

Installing the SIM card and battery

Before you can start exploring your new phone, you’ll need to set It up. To insert the SIM card and battery:

To remove the back cover,

Hold the phone on your hand firmly. With the other hand, firmly press your thumb on the back cover. And lift off the battery cover.

Slide the SIM card into the

SIM card holder. Make sure the gold contact area on the card is facing downwards.

Insert the battery into place by aligning the gold contacts on the phone and the battery.

Replace the back cover of the

phone.

Charging your phone

NOTE:

The battery must be fully charged initially to improve battery lifetime.

NOTE:

The LG-P500 has an internal antenna. Be careful not to scratch or damage this rear area, as that will cause loss of performance.

Installing the memory card

To store multimedia files such as captured images by using a built-in camera, you must insert a memory card to your phone.

To insert a memory card:

Turn the phone off before

inserting or removing the memory card. Remove the back cover.

Open the slot protection and insert the memory card into the slot. Make sure the gold contact area is facing downwards.

WARNING!

Do not insert or remove the memory card when the phone is on. Otherwise, it may damage the memory card as well as your phone, and the data stored on the memory card may be corrupted.

Formatting the memory card

Your memory card may already be formatted. If it isn’t, you must format it before you can use it.

NOTE:

All ﬁ les on the card are deleted when you format the card.

NOTE:

If there is content on your memory card, the folder structure may be different after formatting

Close the slot protection. 3

since all the ﬁ les will have been deleted.

Tip!

If your memory card is already Unmount, you can use the following step to format it. Touch

Applications > Settings > SD card & phone storage > Format SD Card.

Your Home screen

Proximity sensor

When receiving and making calls, this sensor automatically turns the backlight off and locks the touch keypad by sensing when the phone is near your ear. This extends battery life and prevents the touch keypad from activating unintentionally during calls.

Lock your phone

When you are not using LGP500, Press the power key to lock your phone. This helps prevent accidental presses and saves battery power.

Also, If you do not use the phone for a while, the home screen or other screen you are viewing, is replaced with the lock screen to conserve the battery.

- If there are any programs running when you lock your phone, they may be still running in lock mode. It is recommended to exit all programs before entering

the lock mode to avoid unnecessary charges. (e.g., phone call, web access and data communications)

Setting unlock pattern:

draw your own unlock pattern by connecting four or more dots.

If you set a pattern, the phone's screen is locked. To unlock the phone, draw the pattern you set on the screen.

Caution:

When you set an unlock pattern, you need to create your Gmail account first.

Caution:

If there are more than 5 pattern drawing errors in a row, you cannot unlock the phone. In this case, your personal information and downloaded data will be deleted.

You can

Unlock screen

Whenever your LG-P500 is not in use, it will return to the lock screen. Touch the lock icon and drag your finger to the right to unlock the screen.

Silent Mode

From Notification drawer, touch

Or if you don't use unlock

pattern , simply drag

the left.

To wake up your phone, press

Menu, Home, Back, Search Power

key. The lock screen will

appear. Touch the lock icon and drag your finger to the right to unlock home screen or the last screen you were working .

Home screen

Simply swipe your finger to the left or right to view them. You can also customise each panel with widgets, shortcuts which are shortcuts to your favourite applications, folders and wallpapers.

NOTE:

Some screen images may be different depending on your phone provider.

Tip!

To add an application icon to home screen, touch and hold an application you want to add to home screen.

Tip!

To delete an application icon on the home screen, click and hold the shortcut icon you want to delete and drag to

Getting back to a recently used applications

Touch and hold the Home key. The screen will show you a pop up with icons of applications that you've used recently.

Notification drawer

The notification drawer runs across the top of your screen.

Bluetooth

Wi-Fi

Touch and slide the notification drawer down with your finger. Or, on the home screen, touch

Notifications

GPS

connection

key and select

. Here, you can

check and manage Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 3G Connection, Silent mode status as well as other notifications.

Entering text

You can also enter text using the onscreen keyboard. The onscreen 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.

Phone Keypad

Ring

Shift Key -

capitalize the next letter you type. Double-tap for all caps.

XT9 Key -

Turn on or off XT9

Mode.

Setting key Number and Symbols Key -

Touch to change input to number and symbol entry. caps.

Enter Key Key

Remove keypad from

the screen.

Touch once to

Delete Key

Go forward or backword

between letters.

Tip!

To switch between Qwerty

Keypad and Phone Keypad,

and choose keypad

Touch Types.

Google Account Set-up

The first time you open the Google application on your phone, you will be required to sign in with your existing Google account. If you do not have a Google account, you’re prompted to create one.

IMPORTANT

• Some applications, such as

Calendar, work only with the Google Account. If you plan to use more than one Google Account with your phone you have option to use more than one google account, When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail

mails, Calendar events, and other information from these applications and services on the web are synchronized with your phone.

Calls

Answering and rejecting a call

When screen locked

Drag the

Answer

the right.

Decline

Drag reject an incoming call. Drag Excuse msg bar bottom to up if you want to send one. If the caller is Unknown, this Excuse msg bar is not available.

When screen unlocked

Touch the

Decline

Touch an incoming call.

icon to

icon to the left

Answer

icon .

icon to reject

Messaging

Your LG-P500 combines SMS and MMS into one intuitive, easy-to-use menu.

WARNING:

character limit may vary from country to country depending on how the SMS is coded and language.

WARNING:

video, or audio ﬁ le is added to an SMS message, it will be automatically converted into an MMS message, and you will be charged accordingly.

The 160-

If an image,

Opening Email and the Accounts Screen

You can use the application to read email from services like Gmail. The Email application supports the following account types: POP3, IMAP and Exchange.

Social Networking

With your phone, you can enjoy the social networking and manage your micro-blog in on-line communities. You can update your current status upload photos and view your friends’ status updates real-time.

You can add your Facebook, Twitter to your phone.

NOTE:

An additional costs may be incurred when connecting and using online services. Check your data charges with your network provider.

Camera

Getting to know the viewfinder

Brightness

entering the image. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar, towards “-” for a lower brightness image, or towards “+” for a higher brightness image.

Zoom

volume keys.

– This defines and controls of the amount of sunlight

– Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively you can use the side

Video mode

icon to switch to video mode.

Taking a photo Gallery

to access your saved photos from within the camera mode. Simply touch, and your gallery

Settings

– Touch this icon to

open the settings menu. See

Using the advanced settings Focus

– Touch this icon to select the options menu. See

the focus mode

Scene mode Night

NOTE:

You need to insert a memory card ﬁ rst to take a picture. Without inserting a memory card, you will not be able to take a picture.

, and

Sunset

– Choose from

will appear on the screen.

Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Sports

– Slide down this

– This enables you

Using

Once you’ve taken the photo

Touch to share your

photo via

Bluetooth Email, Facebook, Gmail

Messaging,

Picasa

Twitter

NOTE:

Additional charges may apply when MMS messages are send or downloaded while roaming.

Touch to use the image

Set as

Contact icon

Wallpaper

Touch to edit the name

Rename

of the selected picture.

Google applications

Maps

Check your current location and traffic and receive directions to your destination. The LG-P500 must be connected to Wi-Fi or 3G/GPRS.

NOTE:

Google Maps does not

cover all cities and countries.

Press Menu key to use options: Search

you are looking for.

Directions

you find out the route of your entered place. Touch the place. Choose from Contacts or Point on Map or My current location.

Layers

view from Traffic to Satellite or Terrain. Tap Latitude then you will see the location of your contacts from Google Account.

My Location

current location on the map.

– Enter the place

– This will let

to input

– You can switch

– Point your

Join Latitude

location with friends you choose and Google.

Starred items and more.

– Share your

– Clear map or find

Market

Android Market lets you download useful applications and games.

Gmail

Depending on your synchronization settings, Gmail on your phone is automatically synchronised with your Gmail account on the web.

Ta lk

Talk is Google’s instant messaging program. It lets you communicate with other people who also use Talk.

ThinkFree Office

ThinkFree Office allows you to read documents, and provides limited edit functions for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. But You can not edit PDF file.

Touch and hold a file, then Open, Upload, Rename, Move, Copy, Delete, Send and Properties options are available. This is depending on the file type.

Bookmark

Bookmark, show Most Visited Site and History.

Windows

open windows.

Refresh

the web page.

Forward

you connected later than current page. This is opposite concept with Back key, which goes to the previous page.

– Add/Show

– Show all your

– Touch to refresh

– Goes to the page

The Web

Browser

NOTE:

Additional charges apply when connecting to these services and downloading content. Check data charges with your network provider.

Using options

Press the

options.

New window

window.

key to view

– Open a new

Wi-Fi

Turn on Wi-Fi

From Home Screen , open Notification drawer and touch

on.

From Menu, Choose settings > Wireless & network settings > Wi-Fi

To connect to Wi-Fi

Choose Wi-Fi network you want to connect. If you see you need to enter password to connect.

TIP!

If you are out of Wi-Fi area and choose 3G connection, additional charges may be applied.

USB tethering

You can share your phone's internet connection with your computer.

You can tether your phone to your computer with a USB cable.

Settings > Wireless & network settings > Tethering & portable hotspot > USB tethering

For more information regarding USB tethering, click Help.

TIP!

To use USB Tethering, you need to install PC Suite on to your PC first.

Wi-Fi Tethering

Use your LG-P500 as portable Wi-Fi hotspot or share LGP500's data connection via usb

Settings > Wireless & network settings > Tethering & portable

hotspot > Portable Wi-Fi hotspot

TIP!

If your phone turns into sleep mode even when it is connected to Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi connection will be disabled automatically.

In this case, if your phone has access to 3G data, it may be connected to the 3G network automatically, and additional charges may be applied.)

Phone Software update

LG Mobile Phone Software update from internet

For more information on using this function, please visit the

http://update.lgmobile.com or http://www.lg.com/common/ index.jsp → select country and

language. This Feature allows you to

update the firmware of your phone to the latest version conveniently from the internet without the need to visit a

service centre. As the mobile phone firmware

update requires the user’s full attention for the duration of the update process, please make sure to check all instructions and notes that appear at each step before proceeding. Please note that removing the USB data cable or battery during the upgrade may seriously damage you mobile phone.

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