LG LMV500XM user's manual

USER GUIDE

LM-V500XM

ENGLISH

MFL71465901 (1.0) www.lg.com

About this user guide

Thank you for choosing this LG product. Please carefully read this user guide before using the device for the first time to ensure safe and proper use.

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Instructional notices

WARNING: Situations that could cause injury to the user and third parties.

CAUTION: Situations that may cause minor injury or damage to the device.

NOTE: Notices or additional information.

Table of contents

Custom-designed Features

6 Camera features 22 Sound quality and effects 23 Floating Bar 26 Google Assistant 28 Fingerprint recognition 31 Face recognition 34 Always-on display 35 Notes on Water Resistant

Properties

Basic Functions

39 Product components and

accessories

40 Parts overview 44 Turning the power on or off 45 Installing the SIM card and

memory card

47 Removing the memory card 47 Battery

50 Touch screen 53 Home screen 63 Screen lock 69 Multi-tasking feature 70 Memory card encryption 71 Taking screenshots 72 Entering text 79 Content sharing 81 Do not disturb

Useful Apps

83 Installing and uninstalling apps 84 App trash 85 App Shortcuts 86 Phone 89 Messages 93 Camera 113 Gallery 122 Chrome 123 Google apps 125 Contacts 127 QuickMemo+ 129 Clock 130 Calendar

131 Tasks 131 Music 132 Calculator 132 LG Health 134 HD Audio Recorder 136 FM Radio 136 File Manager 136 Smart cleaning 137 LG Mobile Switch 137 LG SmartWorld 138 RemoteCall Service

Settings

140 Settings 140 Network 152 Sound 154 Display 155 General

Appendix

171 LG Language Settings 171 LG Bridge 172 Phone software update 174 Anti-Theft Guide 175 Open Source Software Notice

Information

175 Regulatory information

(FCC ID number, etc.)

176 Trademarks 177 Laser safety statement 178 More information 180 FAQ

For Your Safety

4Table of contents

Custom-designed Features

Camera features

Studio

You can create studio level photos by using Light Effect and Backdrop features in the camera.

Lighting Effect

You can apply various lighting effects while taking photos.

Tap , then tap Studio.

Tap to select a lighting effect.

Lighting Effect

icon

Lighting Effect

options

Tap the desired lighting effect icon.

When Studio effect is available appears on the screen, tap

Capture to take a photo.

• The Studio feature may not work if the camera cannot recognize

the subject.

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Backdrop

You can apply various effects for background while taking portrait photos.

Tap , then tap Studio.

Tap

2 3

to select a backdrop effect.

Select a background color you want to apply.

Backdrop icon

Background colors

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Portrait

You can create an artistic portrait photo, whereby the subject is in focus and the background is blurred. You can also edit the image by applying lighting or color effect to the background.

• While taking a photo, keep the distance to your subject to 1.3 ~ 5 feet.

• This feature is not available if the surroundings are too dark.

Tap , and tap Portrait.

Drag the slide bar to the left or right to adjust the blur strength.

Adjust blur strength.

When Portrait is available appears on the screen, tap to take a

photo.

• The Portrait feature may not work if the camera cannot recognize

the subject.

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Makeup Pro

While taking selfies, you can apply various makeup techniques. When using the front camera, adjust the skin tone and apply eye and lip

makeups.

Tap , switch to the front camera, then tap .

Select a desired makeup option, then drag the slide bar to the left or

right to adjust the effect.

• When you select None, the slide bar disappears.

Tap to take a photo.

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Triple cameras

Rear Camera

Standard-Angle

The triple cameras, which are located on the back of the device, allow you to take photos or record videos with three different angles of view.

, and select / / while taking photos or recording

Tap videos with the rear camera.

Super Wide-AngleTelephoto

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Triple Preview

You can preview images of different angles taken by the triple cameras and select a desired angle to take a photo or record a video.

Before taking a photo, touch and hold a camera view icon to display

preview icons of the three angles on the right.

• The screen displays the preview image of the selected angle of view.

After selecting a desired angle, tap or to take a photo or record

a video.

Select preview icon.

Telephoto view Standard-Angle view Super Wide-Angle view

• This feature is available only in the Auto mode and AI Cam.

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Triple shot

This feature allows you to take a series of photos with different angles of view and create a video with slide effect.

Tap

Tap More .

Tap to take a photo.

• The three rear cameras take photos automatically in sequence.

• The triple shot images are automatically saved in Gallery.

and select a desired effect to save as a video.

Tap

• While taking a photo, hold the device steady until all 3 photos have

been taken.

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AR features

You can use various AR (Augmented Reality) features with the Camera app. You can create your own My Avatar, AR Emoji, or AR Sticker for rich content. My Avatar helps you create a cartoon version of yourself and customize it. AR Emoji help you create 3D animated animal emojis that mimic facial expression. AR Sticker allows you to choose from several different stickers to use on a photo or video while facing your camera.

Creating My Avatar

Tap , switch to the front camera, then tap .

Tap to take a photo.

• Follow the on-screen instructions to align your face on the screen.

• To make My Avatar by using one of the saved photos from Gallery,

tap

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Select My Avatar's gender and select details including avatar type, skin

tone, hairstyle, and clothes, then tap OK.

• Taken photos are saved in Gallery.

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Creating My Avatar, AR Emoji, AR Sticker

Tap , switch to the front camera, then tap .

Select an option you want to record.

My Avatar AR Emoji AR Sticker

To take a photo, tap . To record a video, tap .

• Taken photos are saved in Gallery.

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Using Avatar Stickers

Avatar.

Tap on the LG Keyboard.

Select the desired Avatar Sticker and tap .

Avatar

Sticker icon

Select My

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Using Ani Sticker

Tap on the LG Keyboard.

Select the desired My Avatar.

Tap to record voice and video, and then tap to save.

• Ani Stickers with various facial expressions, motions, and voices are

created.

Tap to upload Ani Sticker, and tap .

to preview the created Ani Sticker.

• Tap

Select an

Ani Sticker

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Preview icon

AI CAM

You can use the AI Cam feature to automatically recognize the object when taking a photo or recording a video for an optimal quality.

Tap , then tap AI CAM.

When the object is recognized, the best effect for the scene is applied.

• To apply other effects, tap the scene icon.

• A wide range of categories, such as portrait, animals, food, sunrise,

sunset, landscape, sky, beach, babies, flowers and text, can be recognized automatically.

• The result of the scene recognition may differ depending on the

illumination or the location of the subject while taking photos. Keywords do not appear on the actual photos or videos.

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Cine shot

You can record a moment and make a video with only a part of the scene in motion.

While recording a video, hold the device steady. After recorded, rub the area in the video you want in motion. The selected area starts moving and the rest of the video remains still.

Tap , then tap More .

Tap to record a 3 second video.

• Hold the device steady while recording the video.

Tap and rub the area you want in motion with the cine shot effect.

Undo

Redo

Select the area to move. Erase the selected area.

Play forward and backward repeatedly.

Play forward repeatedly.

• Tap to erase the selected area.

to play the selected area in motion forward repeatedly.

• Tap

to play the selected area in motion forward and backward

• Tap

repeatedly.

Tap SAVE.

• The selected area will be in motion.

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Cine Video

You can record a movie-like video.

Tap .

Tap More .

Tap to record a video.

: Record a video by selecting the point zoom feature to zoom in/

•

out around a specific area.

: Select an effect to apply to the recording. You can also adjust

•

the vignette and strength for each Cine effect. This feature cannot be changed after you have started recording.

• The Point Zoom feature supports a zoom speed of up to 3x.

• This feature only supports video recordings in standard angle.

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Graphy

You can adjust the white balance, ISO and shutter speed referring to the recommended images.

Tap .

Tap Manual Camera.

Tap and then tap Graphy photos to activate the feature.

Tap and select the desired scene from the recommended images.

Tap to take a photo.

• This feature is available only in the Manual camera mode.

• You can add more scenes by tapping

Graphy app from Play Store. You may be charged for data usage, depending on your pricing plan.

Add and downloading the

Steady cam

Use Steady Cam to prevent the camera from shaking when recording a video while walking or making large movements.

Activate Anti-shake to reduce or eliminate blurry image resulting from camera shake while recording a video.

Tap .

Tap More .

Tap to take a photo.

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Sound quality and effects

DTS:X 3D Surround

You can play a song or video in three-dimensional, immersive and vivid sound. To use this feature, connect earphones, speaker or other external audio devices to your device.

Settings Sound Sound quality and effects, then tap DTS:X

Tap

3D Surround

Adjusting the sound direction

You can adjust the sound direction as desired.

Tap Settings Sound Sound quality and effects DTS:X 3D

Surround.

Select the desired sound direction.

to activate this feature.

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Floating Bar

Floating Bar overview

You can access frequently used features, including shortcuts, screen capture, music player, and quick contacts, by touching and swiping Floating Bar on the screen.

To enable the Floating Bar feature, tap Floating Bar

Opening and closing the Floating Bar

• To open Floating Bar: Tap or .

• To close Floating Bar: Tap

or .

Floating Bar

Settings General

• To access the rest of the bar options, swipe left or right on the floating

bar.

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Moving the Floating Bar position

Touch and hold Floating Bar, then drag it to the desired location.

Changing the position of Floating Bar

You can set the area in which the Floating Bar can move or be pinned.

Tap Settings General Floating Bar Position.

Tap the desired option and tap OK.

• Floating Bar can only be moved within the area between the Status bar

and Quick access bar. See

Home screen layout

for details.

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Disabling Floating Bar

You can disable Floating Bar by using one of the following methods:

• With Floating Bar closed, touch and hold

or and then drag it to

Hide at the top of the screen.

or on Floating Bar, then tap at the top of the screen.

• Tap

Settings General Floating Bar .

• Tap

Setting Floating Bar

You can select contents to display on Floating Bar and change their display order. Tap Floating Bar.

• Shortcuts: Quickly access frequently used apps or features.

• Screen capture: Capture the screen to crop the desired part or to

create a GIF file.

• Music player: Control the music you are listening to.

• Quick contacts: Call or message people set as quick contacts.

from Floating Bar or tap Settings General

Launch Capture+ on the desired screen.

Launch Extended capture to capture a scrolling screen.

Capture a desired part of a screen.

Save a current screen as a GIF file. You can adjust the size of the image you want to capture.

•To move to the desired location, drag

•To start recording a GIF, tap

•To stop recording a GIF, tap

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• A maximum of 5 apps or features can be added to the shortcuts.

• A maximum of 5 contacts can be added as quick contacts.

• You may use this feature solely for creative purposes. The use of this

feature involving infringement of any other person’s rights, such as copyright or defamatory or offensive statements, may be subject to civil, criminal, or administrative liabilities and/or penalties under applicable laws. You shall not copy, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise make illegal use of any copyrighted materials without permission of the rightful owner or copyright holder. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, LG Electronics disclaims all expressed and implied warranties as well as liabilities associated thereto.

• A GIF can be created up to 15 seconds long.

Google Assistant

Google Assistant overview

Your device has the built-in Google Assistant feature. Find answers and get things done while on-the-go. To get started, just press the Google Assistant key on the side of the device or touch and hold

• To use this feature, first connect to the network and sign in to your

Google Account.

Touch and hold from the Home screen to launch Google Assistant.

or Press the Google Assistant key on the left side of the device.

Tap GET STARTED.

Follow the on-screen instructions and say “Ok Google”.

• The device saves your voice data for recognition.

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Select whether to use the voice recognition unlock feature.

• When this feature is activated, you can unlock the screen by saying

“Ok Google” while the screen is turned off or unlocked.

• This feature may be more vulnerable to security than the other screen

locks, such as Knock Code, Pattern, PIN, and Password. When a similar voice or your recorded voice is used, the screen may be

unlocked.

• To use this feature, tap

security screen lock method you set to unlock the device. Tap Voice Match,

then tap Access with Voice Match unlock method again. Note that Swipe is excluded.

• You need to unlock the device by using the specified method if you fail

to unlock the device with voice recognition. See for details.

Tap Save.

Secure lock settings Smart Lock, and then use the

Settings General Lock screen &

, then enter the currently used

Setting a screen lock

Launching Google Assistant

Touch and hold on the Home screen.

or Press the Google Assistant key on the left side of the device. or Say “Ok Google” when the screen is turned off or locked.

Say a command or question when you see on the bottom of the

screen.

• Voice recognition accuracy may decrease if you speak with an unclear

voice or in a noisy place. When you use the voice recognition feature, increase its accuracy by speaking with a clear voice in a quiet place.

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Fingerprint recognition

Fingerprint recognition overview

You must register your fingerprint on your device first before using the fingerprint recognition function.

You can use the fingerprint recognition function in the following cases:

• To unlock the screen.

• To view locked contents in Gallery or QuickMemo+.

• Confirm a purchase by signing in to an app or identifying yourself with

your fingerprint.

• Your fingerprint can be used by the device for user identification. Very

similar fingerprints from different users may be recognized by the fingerprint sensor as the same fingerprint. To ensure security, set the screen lock using a Knock Code, pattern, PIN or Password.

• If the device cannot detect your fingerprint, or you forget the value

specified for registration, visit the nearest LG Customer Service center with your device and ID card.

Precautions for fingerprint recognition

Fingerprint recognition accuracy may decrease due to a number of reasons. To maximize the recognition accuracy, check the following before using the device.

• Ensure that the fingerprint sensor is not damaged by a metallic object,

such as coin or key.

• When water, dust or other foreign substance is on the fingerprint

sensor or your finger, the fingerprint registration or recognition may not work. Clean and dry your finger before using the fingerprint sensor.

• A fingerprint may not be recognized properly if the surface of your

finger has a scar or is not smooth due to being soaked in water.

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• If you bend your finger or use the fingertip only, your fingerprint may

not be recognized. Make sure that your finger covers the entire surface of the fingerprint sensor.

• Scan only one finger for each registration. Scanning more than one

finger may affect fingerprint registration and recognition.

• The device may generate static electricity if the surrounding air is dry.

If the surrounding air is dry, avoid scanning fingerprints, or touch a metallic object, such as coin or key, to remove static electricity before scanning fingerprints.

Registering fingerprints

You can register and save your fingerprint on the device to use fingerprint identification.

Tap Settings General Lock screen & security Fingerprints.

• This feature is available only when the screen lock is set.

- Lock the device with a Knock Code, pattern, PIN or password.

• If the screen lock is not set, enable it by following the on-screen

instructions. See

Locate the fingerprint sensor on the back of the device and gently put

your finger on it to register the fingerprint.

Setting a screen lock

for details.

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