LG Optimus Exceed User Guide

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Important Customer Information

Before you begin

Before reading this user guide and getting started, please review the separate Product Safety and Warranty Information guide for important product safety and warranty information about your device.

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

Table of Contents ...................................................................................2

The Basics ...............................................................................................5

Phone Overview ................................................................................................................... 5

Setting Up Your Phone ........................................................................................................ 8

Installing the Battery and microSD Card .......................................................................... 9

Charging the Phone ...........................................................................................................12

Optimizing Battery Life ......................................................................................................13

Turning the Phone On and Off .........................................................................................14

Help ......................................................................................................................................18

Phone’s Status Icons ..........................................................................................................19

Getting to Know the Home screen ....................................................................................21

Mini canvas view ...............................................................................................................23

Touchscreen........................................................................................................................25

Applications: How to View, Open and Switch .................................................................29

Working With Menus .........................................................................................................34

Managing Notiﬁcations .....................................................................................................35

Searching Your Phone and the Web ................................................................................37

Locking the Screen ............................................................................................................38

Customizing the Home screen .........................................................................................42

Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts .........................................................................45

Connecting to Networks and Devices ............................................... 46

Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks .........................................................................................46

Make Your Device a Mobile Hotspot ................................................................................52

microSD Card .......................................................................................53

Calls .......................................................................................................55

Placing and Ending Calls ..................................................................................................55

Answering or Rejecting Calls ............................................................................................58

Working with the Call Log ................................................................................................ 60

Calling Your Contacts ........................................................................................................62

Voice Dialer .........................................................................................................................63

Options During a Call ........................................................................................................63

Managing Multiple Calls ...................................................................................................65

Listening to Your Voicemail ...............................................................................................66

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Web ........................................................................................................67

Browser ...............................................................................................................................67

Maps .................................................................................................................................... 73

Checking the Weather ....................................................................................................... 75

Changing Weather Settings .............................................................................................. 76

Backup Assistant Plus ....................................................................................................... 77

Communication ....................................................................................79

Contacts .............................................................................................................................. 79

Email ...................................................................................................................................88

Gmail ....................................................................................................................................91

Messaging ..........................................................................................................................96

Talk ....................................................................................................................................104

The Phone Application .................................................................................................... 109

Voice Dialer ........................................................................................................................110

Entertainment .......................................................................................111

Camera ............................................................................................................................... 111

Video Camera.................................................................................................................... 115

Gallery ................................................................................................................................ 117

Video Producer ................................................................................................................ 120

Play Store .........................................................................................................................122

Music ................................................................................................................................. 126

File Manager ..................................................................................................................... 132

SmartShare ...................................................................................................................... 133

Video Player .....................................................................................................................135

YouTube™.......................................................................................................................... 137

Voice Recorder .................................................................................................................139

Tools ..................................................................................................... 140

Calendar ...........................................................................................................................140

Calculator ......................................................................................................................... 145

Alarm/Clock ..................................................................................................................... 146

Polaris Ofﬁce.................................................................................................................... 149

ShareGenie .......................................................................................................................150

Settings ................................................................................................151

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Safety ................................................................................................... 169

TIA Safety Information.................................................................................................... 169

Safety Information ........................................................................................................... 173

Caution: Avoid potential hearing loss. ............................................................................176

FDA Consumer Update ................................................................................................... 179

10 Driver Safety Tips .......................................................................................................186

Consumer Information on SAR ...................................................................................... 188

FCC Hearing-Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for Wireless Devices ................ 190

Speciﬁcations ..................................................................................... 192

FAQ ...................................................................................................... 193

LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT ................................................ 199

Index ................................................................................................... 202

Phone Overview

Front View

Earpiece

The Basics

Front Camera Lens

Proximity Sensor

Home screen

Search Key

Back Key

Microphone

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Menu Key

Home Key

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

From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key full device guides, video tutorials, and icon glossary. You can get information in detail right from your phone.

then tap Help to access the brief &

1. Earpiece Lets you hear callers and automated prompts.

2. Menu Key Opens an Options menu with options that affect the current

screen or application.

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

of the Home screen extension canvases, it navigates you to the central Home screen canvas. Tap and hold to view the most recently used applications.

4. Microphone Transmits your voice to the other caller and for

voice-activated functions.

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

items, such as menus, dialog boxes, and the on-screen keyboard.

6. Search Key Opens the Quick Search Box™ From the Home screen to

search the phone and the web.

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7. Home screen Displays all of the information needed to operate your

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

Proximity Sensor Senses proximity toward other objects (such as your

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

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

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disturbance in tap operations, the display, etc.

9. Front Camera Lens Use for taking pictures and recording videos of

yourself. You can also use this for video chatting. Keep it clean for optimal performance.

Rear View

Flash

Rear Camera Lens

Back Cover

Speaker

10. Flash This would brighten the image up when you turn on the ﬂash.

11. Rear Camera Lens Use for taking pictures and recording videos. Keep

it clean for optimal performance.

12. Back Cover Encloses the battery compartment.

13. Speaker Sound comes from the rear speaker instead of the earpiece

(e.g., the speakerphone function, music player function, etc.).

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Top View and Side Views

3.5mm Headset Jack

Power/ Lock Key

Volume Keys

USB/Charger Port

14. 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.

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

call volume during a call.

16. USB/Charger Port Allows you to connect the phone charger, USB

Cable, or other compatible accessories.

17. Power/Lock Key Press to lock/unlock the screen. Press and hold to

turn the phone on/off, restart it, activate/deactivate airplane mode, and change the sound settings.

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Setting Up Your Phone

Step1. Remove the Back Cover

Place your ﬁngernail in the cutout at the bottom of the phone and pop the cover off.

Step2. Insert the Battery

Insert the battery, making sure to align the gold contacts. Press down gently to secure the battery.

Step3. Replace the Back Cover

Place the cover over the back of the phone, then press down along the edges to secure the cover.

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Step4. Charge the phone

Before turning on your phone, charge it fully. Be sure to use the charger that came with your phone.

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 back cover.

Align the battery

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

Place the back cover

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

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Removing the battery

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

2. Use the ﬁngertip cutout at the bottom of the battery compartment to lift the battery out.

Be careful not to scratch or damage the inside of the back cover as this is where the antenna

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is located.

Inserting a microSD card

The microSD card is sold separately.

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1. Turn the power off.

2. Remove the back cover (as demonstrated in the previous instructions) and locate the microSD card slot (microSD is inscribed near the slot opening).

3. Position the microSD card with the Verizon logo 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

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inserting, removing or handling it.

To unmount the microSD card

It is important to unmount the microSD card before removing it from the slot to avoid damage to the card or data saved on the card.

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key

2. Tap Settings

> Storage.

3. Tap Unmount SD card > OK.

To remove the microSD card

1. Turn the power off.

2. Remove the cover and locate the microSD card slot.

3. Carefully push the microSD card in to release it from the slot, then gently pull the microSD card out to remove it.

Memory encryption

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You can encrypt all data in phone and the SD card.

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Data cannot be encrypted when the battery level is less than 80%.

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While encrypting, you cannot access other functions

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Do not unplug your chager while encrypting.

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Do not connect the USB Cable while encoding.

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Do not take out the SD card while encoding.

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Do not take out the battery while encoding.

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Do not press the Power/Lock Key

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While encrypting phone, your phone will reboot several times.

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After encrypting the SD card and performing a Factory reset, you

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cannot access encrypted data in the SD card.

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After encrypting Phone or the SD card, you cannot use ‘None’, ‘Slide’,

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‘Face Unlock’, ‘Pattern’ in ‘Select screen lock’ menu.

while encoding.

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Charging the Phone

Your phone comes with an adapter and a USB Cable which connect together to charge your phone. To charge your phone:

Please use only an approved charging accessory to charge your phone.

NOTICE

1. Connect the USB Cable into the adapter.

2. Plug the USB Cable (as shown below) into the phone’s USB/Charger

Improper handling of the USB/Charger Port, as well as the use of an incompatible charger, may cause damage to your phone and void the warranty.

When connecting, as shown below, the LG logo on the USB Cable will face toward you.

Port.

USB Cable

Correctly orient the USB Cable with the phone's port. The 'B' side of the USB Cable

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should be facing upwards.

Adapter

Charging with the USB Cable

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 USB/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.

If there is not enough charge in the battery to turn on the phone, the LED lights at the

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bottom of the keypad ﬂash to indicate that the battery is charging. Once the battery has enough charge to turn the phone on, the ﬂashing stops and the battery charge animation appears on the touchscreen.

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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 Saver in the Settings menu or the Power Control widget

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to control the wireless connections, GPS connection, Bluetooth power, display brightness, and syncing activity.

To check the battery charge level

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From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key

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

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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From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key

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phone > Battery > Battery times. It lists all of the applications or services using battery power from the greatest amount of energy used to the least amount.

use. This screen displays battery usage

> Settings > About

Settings

> About

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Tap an application or service in the Battery use screen to see the

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details about its power consumption, including either how long since last connected to a power source or how long you were last running on battery power. Different applications or services offer different kinds of information, and they may even include options to modify the settings so you can reduce power consumption by that application.

Power Saver mode

If the battery charge level drops to low levels, the phone automatically activates Power Saver mode to conserve battery power until you can recharge it. You can set the phone to activate Power Saver mode at 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 70%, or Immediately. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > low, a notiﬁcation is displayed prompting you to turn on Power Saver.

Settings

> Power saver. When the battery charge is

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 Phone options menu appears.

2. Tap Power off in the dialog box that appears.

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

for a couple of seconds until

Restarting the phone

1. Press and hold the Power/Lock Key until the Phone options menu appears.

2. Tap Power off and restart in the dialog box that appears.

3. Tap OK to conﬁrm that you want to restart the phone.

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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. Tap the screen and when the circle appears, slide in any direction to unlock it. The last screen you were working on opens.

Shortcuts on the lock screen

There are four icons in the center of your lock screen that you can use for quick access to the Phone application, the Messaging application, the Google application, and the Camera application. Tap and drag any of these icons upwards to immediately open and use its application. There’s no need to unlock the screen or tap any other keys.

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This is the default Lock Screen. If you've set up an Unlock Pattern, use your ﬁngertip to draw the pattern.

Different clock themes can be applied to the lock screen.

About Lock Screen Improvement

Notiﬁcation Viewing from Lock Screen

Save tedious swiping time when unlocking the screen to check Notiﬁcation alerts.

From the lock screen simply slide the Notiﬁcation Bar down to see the latest notiﬁcations, all in one step.

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Hot keys are customizable with any app on the device and can unlock directly to it.

Face Unlock

Using front facing camera, consumers can now use their actual faces (yes, it’s not a picture, but their actual face) to unlock the device with the facial recognition technology that comes with ICS.

The Basics

Selectively Clear Notiﬁcations by Swiping

After receiving several download, app upgrade, notiﬁcation texts, and emails, the Notiﬁcation Bar can get really full. There are times when users want to keep some of the notiﬁcations in the bar while dismissing others, just like a “to do” list. Now, with a swipe left or right, users can clear the notiﬁcation they want to remove from the list. See page 44 for the reference.

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 and hold the Power/Lock Key

until the phone options menu

appears.

2. Tap Silent mode

1. Press the down Volume Key

on the side of the phone until

all sounds are turned off.

You can also use these keys to quickly turn the phone sounds back on. Press and hold

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the Power/Lock Key Key

(continue pressing to increase volume).

, then tap and . While in Silent mode, press the up Volume

once to activate Vibration mode and twice to turn on phone sounds

Setting Up Your Device

Follow the onscreen instructions to quickly set up your phone and email accounts.

To set up your device, follow the steps below:

1. Select your language and tap Next.

2. Tap Activate to activate your device. Then follow the spoken instructions until you hear that activation is complete.

3. On the Welcome screen, tap Next to set up your device.

4. If you are already subscribed, tap Next to continue to set up the email accounts.

If not, put a checkmark in the checkbox and tap Next to sign in Backup

Assistant Plus or uncheck the checkbox to skip it.

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5. Set up your email accounts or tap Skip.

6. Read the Privacy caution and tap tap the I agree to share my location checkbox if you want to activate the location function. Then tap Next.

7. On the Help screen, you can select to view how-to tutorials, My Verizon video, or additional guides. Tap Next to continue to the next step.

8. Select Sign in to sign into your Google Account or Get an account to create one.

Tap Not now 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.

9. Read the Google location information and select if you want to allow the speciﬁed services. Then tap Next.

10. Tap Done with setup to start using the phone.

For more information on how to set up your email, visit smartphones.

verizonwireless.com/. Hover over the Support tab and under Get Help With Your click on Device. Then search for your phone.

Setting up your Google Account

Your Gmail, Google Contacts, and Google Calendar events will all be loaded to your phone automatically after setting up your Google Account.

1. At the setup screen, tap Existing or New.

2. Enter your username and password or any other necessary information if creating an account, then touch Sign in.

Tap the Back Key to close the keyboard.

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3. Choose to join Google+ which makes sharing on the web more like reallife sharing. You can choose Circles, Instant Upload, and Messenger. Touch Join Google+ or Not Now.

4. Complete the Backup and restore screen to allow your Google Account to back up your apps, settings, and other data, then touch Next.

5. Touch Finish to start using your phone. Now your Gmail, Google Contacts, and Google Calendar events will all be loaded to your phone automatically.

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This is automatic for the ﬁrst Google account you add. When adding additional Google

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accounts, you have to select which options to synchronize

Record your Google account information. Please keep this document in a safe place.

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 Play Store; to back up your settings to Google servers; and to take advantage of other Google services on your phone.

IMPORTANT

If you want to restore your settings to this phone, from another phone that was running Android release 2.0 or later If you wait until after setup is complete, your settings are not restored.

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

If you don’

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.

When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail messages, Calendar events, and other information from these applications and services on the web are synchronized with your phone.

t sign into a Google Account during setup, you are prompted to sign in or to

If you don’ create a Google Account the ﬁrst time you start an application that requires one, such as Gmail or Play Store.

When you sign in, you’re prompted to enter your username and password using the on-screen keyboard.

, you must sign into your Google Account now, during setup.

Help

The Help application allows you to quickly view information about your phone, including the user guide and video tutorials.

To access Help, From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key

> Help .

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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

Status 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. To open the Notiﬁcations panel, tap and drag the Status Bar down. The following icons indicate the status of your phone.

Call icons

Muted microphone during a call

In call In call using Bluetooth device

Speaker on Privacy call

Missed call

Calendar and Alarm icons

Alarm set Calendar event

Email and Messaging icons

New email received Failed to send email

New message received

High priority message received

Failed to send message New voicemail received

New visual voicemail received New voicemail playing

Google Talk message received Gmail received

Select input method

Sound icons

Music playing Silent mode

Vibrate mode Phone jack connected

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Network icons

3G network connected

Download network

Downloading data Uploading data

Acquiring GPS data GPS on

No service Weak network signal

Strong network signal

Airplane mode Roaming

Location service on Location service off

Download complete

Connectivity icons

Weak Wi-Fi signal Strong Wi-Fi signal

USB debugging connected USB connected

Bluetooth on Bluetooth device connected

USB tethering on Mobile Hotspot on

Wi-Fi Direct on

System icons

SmartShare on More notiﬁcations available

System error SD card inserted

Preparing SD card SD card error

Sync in process Sync error

Battery empty Battery full

Battery charging Battery status unknown

ing data through 3G

3G network in use

Upload

ing data through 3G

network

Connected to network extender service

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The Home screen is your starting point to access all of 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

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

Quick Keys

Provide easy, one-tap access to the phone functions used most often.

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

: Opens the Phone application which displays a dial pad so you can

dial an unsaved number. You can also make calls using your Call logs, Contacts, and Favorites by tapping the tabs across the top of the screen.

Tap the Favorites tab to access a quick list of your frequently called contacts.

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Opens the Contacts application and displays your Contact list. You

can also access your Groups and Favorites by tapping the tabs across the top of the screen.

: Opens the Messaging application. You can send text messages or

multimedia messages, which can contain pictures, videos, audio, maps of your location, slideshows, and vCard ﬁles.

Opens the Applications screen which displays phone options and

applications. You can also access your list of downloaded ﬁles and a list of available widgets by touching the tabs across the top of the screen.

Add Icon

Touch to add icons and widgets to the Home screen.

Apps Key

Tap to open the Apps screen to view all of your installed applications.

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New features for the Home screen

 Items (including Quick Keys bar) on the Home screen can be

temporarily hidden to highlight the wallpaper. Pinch out to clean the screen and pinch in to restore.

 Clean view can be used to check the background picture without any

icons and widgets.

 Shortcut can be changed to Widgets on the Home screen.

- Tap and hold the shortcut and release to be able to drag the

shortcut’s corners.

- Drag the corner to change it to a widget

- Widget size can be also customized

To return to the Home screen

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Tap the Home Key

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at any time, from any application.

To view other Home screen canvases

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

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

The white bar near the bottom of the screen indicates which Home screen canvas you are viewing.

Pinch in on the Home screen to display the

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mini canvas view, then tap the Home screen canvas you want to view. Tap and hold the desired canvas to move it. Drag the canvas to the Remove icon to remove it.

Tap here to set the default canvas.

Home screen Canvas Indicator

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Mini canvas view

Mini canvas view allows direct access to any of the canvases and also allows you to manage your Home screen canvases. You can add up to two additional Home screen canvases (from 5 screens to 7 screens), delete canvases, and even rearrange canvas order to suit your needs.

Pinch in on any of the Home screen canvases to change from full screen view to mini canvas view. From mini canvas view you have the following options:

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To go directly to any Home screen canvas, simply tap the one you

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want.

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To add another Home screen canvas, tap Add

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space.

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To delete a Home screen canvas, tap and hold the canvas to delete,

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then drag it to Remove turns to

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To rearrange your canvases, tap and hold the canvas to move, drag it

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on top of the canvas position where you want it, then lift your ﬁnger. The canvases swap places.

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To set another canvas as the default Home screen, touch the Set

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default home screen button at the bottom of the screen, then touch the screen you want to set as the default screen.

, lift your ﬁnger.

at the top of the screen. When the

on an empty canvas

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Customizable Folder Creation

The ability to create folders by dragging and dropping icons on each other is a great feature for those who like organization. You can now have folders speciﬁcally designated for work items, your children’s games, icons that help with family or home organization, and even one just for games, etc. This new organization also allows for more applications to be placed on the main Home screen or Applications screen, yet provides easy viewing without distraction.

Icon Editing and Customizing

Users can now edit the icons on the Quick Keys Bar, Home screen or Applications screen, by creating their own icons with the camera or gallery images. This gives consumers the ability to replace the generic icons and have images of loved ones—or with any other image they capture. With customization, it’ contact or a frequently used app.

Clean View

Wallpapers can now be seen without intrusion, simply by using the “pinch” technique that will temporarily hide the icons on the Home screen. This is a great upgrade because users can now really show off the picture of their loved ones or the awesome concert they saved as wallpaper

s easy to access what is most important, like a special

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Touchscreen

Your touchscreen provides an excellent way to interact with and use your Android phone. With the tap 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:

Touch or tap

(e.g., application or menu item), tap words (e.g., menu selection or to answer an on-screen question), or tap letters and numbers to type.

Tap and hold

lifting your ﬁnger until an action occurs. For example, to open a Context menu for customizing the Home screen, tap a call log entry until the Context menu appears.

Drag

ﬁnger You can drag items on the Home screen to reposition them and drag the Status Bar downward to open the Notiﬁcations panel.

Swipe or slide

without pausing when you ﬁrst tap it (so you don’ For example, you can 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).

Double-tap

quickly double-tap a section of a web page to zoom in or out on that section to ﬁt the width of the screen. Y the zoom in Maps and in other applications.

Pinch-to-Zoom

motion to zoom in or out when using the Browser This motion can also be used to expand or compress the Applications screen items. It also changes the Home screen to mini canvas view.

A single ﬁnger tap selects an item. For example, tap an icon

Tap and hold an item on the screen by tapping it and not

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

, move your ﬁnger on the screen until you reach the target position.

Move your ﬁnger quickly across the surface of the screen,

t drag an item instead).

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

ou can also double-tap to control

Use your index ﬁnger and thumb in a pinch or spread

, a map, or pictures.

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Aspect ratio correction

From many applications, the orientation of the screen rotates with the phone as you turn it from upright to sideways and back again.

Rotate the phone sideways for landscape orientation.

Rotate the phone upright for portrait orientation.

Text Input Methods

On-screen Keyboard

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

Toggles between different languages (only available if multiple languages are set).

Toggles from 123/SYM mode to ABC mode. Tap and hold to set various LG Keyboard settings.

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Typing tips

Tap the Numbers Key

Enter other characters

keyboard and tap symbols. Tap the Letters Key symbols keyboard.

Enter one capital letter Tap the Shift Key

Enter all capital letters

Highlight text

Cut or copy selected text

Paste cut or copied text

Tap the Shift Key Tap again to revert to lowercase.

Double-tap a word to highlight it. To highlight a range of text, double-tap the screen, then drag the blue highlight markers to highlight the text you want.

Tap and hold the highlighted text, then tap Cut or Copy in the Context menu.

Tap and hold the location to paste the text, then tap Paste in the Context menu.

Delete a character Tap the Delete Key

to see the the symbols

to see additional

to exit from the

twice.

. Tap and hold the Language Key to open a menu to set alternate languages. Then while

Language toggle

typing, simply tap the Language Key between your language keyboards.

The Language Key appears on the keyboard only

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after you have selected more than one language to use.

to toggle

Text input settings

To change your text entry settings and see the dictionary of terms you’ve used, From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key

Language & input. The following options are available.

Language - Allows you to change the keyboard language.

Personal dictionary - Allows you to add personal words that are not in the

standard dictionaries.

Default - Allows you to choose the default keyboard to use when entering text.

Google voice typing - Checkmark to select Google voice typing to enter text. Tap

to change the Google voice typing settings.

> Settings >

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Select input languages: Allows you to select the languages to support

with Google voice typing.

Block offensive words: Checkmark to hide recognized offensive text.

LG Keyboard - Checkmark to select the LG Keyboard to enter text. Tap

to change the following settings.

Input language & type: Allows you to select the keyboard language and

type.

Word suggestion: Allows you to set word prediction and auto word

correction.

Auto capitalize: Checkmark so capitalize the ﬁrst letter of the word

automatically.

Auto punctuation: Checkmark to insert a period when double tapping

the space key.

Voice typing key: Checkmark to display the Voice typing key on the

keyboard.

Touch feedback: Allows you to set key preview, sound feedback, and

vibrate feedback when typing.

Handwriting: Allows you to set the pen width, color, and delay time.

Hide keyboard: Checkmark to allow the keyboard to hide by swiping

down.

Fuzzy pinyin: Checkmark to automatically correct common pinyin

mistakes.

Software version: Displays the LG Keyboard software version.

Swype - Checkmark to select the Swype keyboard to enter text. Tap change the following settings.

How to Swype: Displays help information to learn how to use Swype in

quick steps.

Personal Dictionary: Allows you to manage your personal dictionary.

Preferences: Allows you to view and modify Swype options.

Language Options: Allows you to activate and set languages.

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Voice Search - Allows you to set various voice search options.

Text-to-speech output - Allows you to set the preferred speech engine,

speech rate, and listen to an example of the speech engine.

Applications: How to View, Open and Switch

Home screen

From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key

open the Apps screen.

Slide the screen left or right to

bring more icons into view.

Tap an application icon to open

the application.

App screen

All of the applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Play Store or other sources, are 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.

NOTE

ou can touch the Menu Key

experience for those who want to have denser view of apps.

Folders can be created in a menu as well as on the Home screen for organizing purpose.Create folders after pressing the Settings button and drop an item over another one.

then Show small icons to get better viewing

on the top right and drag

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Your Home screen

Customizing an application icon From the Home screen

You can further personalize the Home screen by editing application icons using the images in your Gallery.

1. Touch and hold an icon until the canvas grid is displayed, then release the icon. An editing icon icon.

2. Touch the icon and select the desired icon design.

Touch the Create photo icon button and select T

Camera application and take a picture or Select from Gallery to choose one of the available pictures.

Opening and Closing the Applications screen

Opening the Applications screen

It’s easy to access the Applications screen no matter what feature you’re currently using. Simply tap the

appears at the upper right side of the application

ake photo to open the

Home Key

, then tap the Apps Key .

Closing the Applications screen

To manually close the Applications screen, tap the Home Key .

The Applications screen closes automatically when you tap an icon to open its application.

NOTE

Dragging an icon onto your Home screen also closes the Applications screen automatically.

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Customizing the Applications screen

The phone includes a wide variety of applications and you can download even more applications to your device. You can customize these items on the Applications screen for faster access (less scrolling) to the applications you use most often.

Rearranging the Applications screen icons

1. From the Home screen, tap the

2. Touch the Apps tab (if necessary), then touch Settings of the tab bar. The Settings icon changes to a checkmark.

3. Touch and hold the application icon you want to move, drag it to its new position, then lift your ﬁnger. The remaining icons shift to the right.

If you drag the application icon onto another application icon, it creates a folder with both

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of the applications in it.

Apps Key

at the top right

Reverting to alphabetical order

1. To revert all of your application icons on the Applications screen back to alphabetical order (with no folders), tap the

Apps Key

and make sure

you are viewing the Apps tab.

2. Tap the Menu Key

> Order alphabetically > OK.

Checking application information

To check on an application’s detail information from the Applications screen:

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key .

2. Touch the Apps tab (if necessary), then touch Settings at the top right of the tab bar. The Settings icon changes to a checkmark.

3. Touch any of the application icons to display an information dialog box.

4. Touch the OK button to exit.

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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. 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 tapping its icon on the screen.

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

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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 tap it to open and use it.

Opening multiple applications

1. Tap an application icon to open it.

2. Tap the Home Key

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

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use it.

3. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key .

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

Switching between multiple applications

1. Tap and hold the Home Key . A screen with the icons of applications that you’ve used recently will appear.

2. Tap the application icon you want to open or tap the Back Key return to the current screen.

If you ﬂick the application preview to the right or left, the icon would disappear from the recent app list.

Tap a preview to open an application you’ve used recently.

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Adding application icons to the Home screen

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

1. Open the Applications screen.

2. Tap 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.

Moving applications to other Home screen panels

You can place application icons on any of the Home screen canvases.

 Simply tap and hold, then drag the icon to the left or right edge of the

screen to advance to the other screen canvases before lifting your ﬁnger.

 The Move home screen items option must be enabled under the

Gesture settings. From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key Settings > Gesture and then checkmark Move home screen items. Tap and hold the icon to move, then tip the device in the direction of the canvas you want. The Home screen canvases slide in the tipped direction. Lift your ﬁnger to drop it on the canvas you want.

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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, tap the Menu Key Options menus; if you tap 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, tap More

Context menus

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

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

. Not all applications have

on a screen that has no

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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 on 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

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

The Status Bar is sensitive to the drag motion so just beginning the downward drag

NOTE

will open the Notiﬁcations panel.

Tap to edit which Quick Settings are displayed on the Notiﬁcations panel. You can add up to eight icons.

Tap 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. Tap 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.

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To clear all notiﬁcations

1. Open the Notiﬁcations panel.

2. Tap Clear

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

You can also swipe the notiﬁcations to the left or right to remove them.

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To close the Notiﬁcations panel

Tap and drag the tab at the bottom of the Notiﬁcations panel to the top of the screen or just tap the Back Key

The panel will also close when you tap a notiﬁcation.

The tab at the bottom of the Notiﬁcations panel is sensitive to the drag motion so just

NOTE

beginning the upward drag will close the panel.

Quick settings on the Notiﬁcations panel

The top of the Notiﬁcations panel includes Quick Settings. These icons allow quick and easy access to set modes including Sound, Bluetooth, GPS, Airplane, Data, and more. Tap Edit your Quick Settings by checking the items you want to appear.

Tap any of the Quick Settings to toggle through the available settings:

 Sound

 Rotation On

 Bluetooth On

 GPS On

 Airplane mode On

 Sync On

 100% brightness

 Data On

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, Vibrate , and Silent .

and Rotation Off .

and Bluetooth Off .

and GPS Off .

and Airplane mode Off .

and Sync Off .

, 50% brightness , and no brightness .

and Data Off .

If necessary, scroll horizontally to see all of the available icons.

to open a dialog box to customize

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Searching Your Phone and the Web

You can search for information on your phone and on the web using the 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. Tap the Search Key on the Home screen or in the other applications

that support this feature. The Quick Search Box will open automatically.

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

Voice Search

Tap to search by voice.

Search results

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

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

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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 these settings,tap the Search Key to open the Search application and tap the Menu Key > Settings.

Locking the Screen

Your phone automatically uses a default Lock Screen to simply prevent unintentional function activation. You can choose to secure your phone so that only you can unlock it to make calls, access your data, buy applications, and so on. For added security to guard against unauthorized use, you can set a pattern, PIN, or password that will need to be entered to unlock.

Setting Swipe, Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN, or Password

Follow these steps to set an unlock sequence for the ﬁrst time or after you disable a previously set unlock sequence.

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key screen.

2. Tap Select screen lock.

3. Tap None, Swipe, Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN, or Password.

None: No lock screen is enabled so the screen will never be locked from

use.

Swipe: A swipe motion in any direction on the touchscreen will unlock

the screen.

Face Unlock: Unlocks the screen using face recognition. Keep in mind

that Face unlock is less secure than a pattern, PIN or password because it uses generalized shape and dimension to verify your face.

Pattern: Locks the screen using a pattern you draw with your ﬁnger.

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

Follow the on-screen instructions to create a backup PIN number in case you forget your

NOTE

pattern.

> Settings > Lock

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PIN: Locks the screen with a number sequence. Enter a PIN (at least 4

digits) and tap Continue. Reenter your PIN and tap OK to conﬁrm it.

Password: Locks the screen with an alphanumeric sequence. Enter

a password (at least 4 characters) and tap Continue. Reenter your password and tap OK to conﬁrm it.

From then on, any time you want 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.

Disabling the lock sequence

If you change your mind about using a lock sequence to secure your phone, you can disable it.

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key screen.

2. Tap Select screen lock.

3. Conﬁrm your unlock information.

4. Tap None to disable the previously set lock security.

> Settings > Lock

Changing Your Unlock Pattern

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Settings > Lock screen.

2. Tap Select screen lock.

3. Draw your current unlock pattern.

4. Tap Pattern to change it.

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

6. Enter a Backup PIN and touch Continue. Then conﬁrm your Backup PIN and touch OK.

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Changing your PIN or Password to Lock the Screen

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Settings > Lock screen.

2. Tap Select screen lock.

3. Enter your current lock sequence.

4. Tap PIN to change your number lock sequence or tap Password to change your alphanumeric lock sequence.

5. You’re prompted to enter and reenter your new lock sequence.

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

the screen.



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

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

all of opportunities, you can try again after 30 seconds.

If you have set up a Microsoft Exchange account, you are only allowed to set up a password.

When you can’

are required to sign in with your Google Account to unlock your phone or enter the Backup PIN.

t recall your unlock pattern:

Security lock timer

If a security lock is enabled, tap Security lock timer in the Screen unlock section to set the amount of time before the screen automatically locks due to inactivity.

To adjust the Security lock timer, tap the Menu Key screen > Settings > Lock screen > Security lock timer. Then select the desired amount.

From the Home

Power button instantly locks

If a security lock is enabled, checkmark the box to enable Power button instantly locks so that pressing the Power/Lock Key the screen or remove the checkmark to disable it.

will instantly lock

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The default Lock screen

Press the Power/Lock Key to illuminate the touchscreen if it has timed out. If the unlock sequence is set to Swipe, a default Lock screen is displayed, but you can still conveniently check the date, time, and Status Bar icons. You can drag the Status Bar down to open the Notiﬁcations Panel without unlocking the screen. In addition, you can also quickly access four applications (Phone, Messaging, Search, and Camera) without fully unlocking the screen. Simply swipe the icon upward to open and use it.

Changing the items on the default Lock Screen

1. From the Home screen, touch the Apps Key > Settings > Lock screen.

2. Touch Clocks & shortcuts.

 To change the Quick access icons, touch one of the icons at the

bottom of the screen, then touch the application you want to replace it with.

 To change the date and time format, swipe left or right until the one

you want is displayed.

3. Touch the Save button to save these settings.

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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 canvas. You can also change the wallpaper.

To add an item to the Home screen

1. From the Home screen, touch and hold an empty space on a Home screen canvas.

2. The following four category tabs appear at the bottom of the screen: Apps, Downloads, Widgets, and Wallpapers. Touch the one that corresponds to the item you want to add.

Apps: Displays all installed applications.

Downloads: Displays all downloaded applications.

Widgets: Displays all installed widgets.

Wallpapers: Allows you to change the Charging and Home screen

wallpapers to preloaded images or pictures from your Gallery.

Slide the screen right or left to view different home screen canvas.

Tap and hold an icon and drag it to the desired screen.

Tap to access the tab.

3. Swipe left and right to scroll through the available choices in the category tab you selected. Touch and hold the item you want, then drag it onto the Home screen canvas.

To move an item on the Home screen

1. Tap 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 canvas.

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

If Move home screen items is enabled in the Gesture settings, simply tilt the device in

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the direction you want to move the item to one of the canvases. Lift your ﬁnger when it arrives at the canvas you want.

To remove an item From the Home screen

Tap and hold the item.

Drag the item to the Remove icon

3. When the Remove icon changes to , lift your ﬁnger.

To change the Home screen wallpaper

1. From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key > Home screen settings > Wallpaper. You can also tap and hold an empty spot on the Home screen and then tap Wallpapers in the menu that opens.

2. Tap Charging wallpapers, Gallery, Live wallpapers, or Wallpapers.

 Tap Charging wallpapers to choose the wallpaper you want to be

displayed when you charge your phone.

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

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

 Tap Live Wallpapers to choose from animated wallpapers installed on

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

 Tap Wallpapers to choose from picturesque static images to apply to

your device.

3. Tap Set wallpaper or OK.

To change the Home screen Theme

Four different themes are provided, which come with a dedicated Home screen wallpaper, Lock screen and applications list per theme.

1. From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key

2. Select from Optimus, Cozywall, Opart and Playworld.

and select Theme.

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To rename a folder

1. Tap the folder icon to open it.

2. Tap the folder window’s title bar.

3. Enter the new folder name.

4. Tap OK.

You can also change the folder color under the Folder color section.

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To reposition Home screen canvases

1. Pinch in on the Home screen to display the mini canvas view.

2. Tap and hold the canvas you want to move, then drag it to the new position and lift your ﬁnger. If the position has an existing canvas, the canvases shift to the right.

To add additional Home screen canvases

There is enough space for up to seven Home screen canvases. While in the mini canvas view, tap the Add icon

on an empty Home screen canvas to

add an additional canvas to that spot.

The Add icon is only available when one or more canvases have been deleted.

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To remove Home screen canvases

While in the mini canvas view, tap and hold the canvas that you want removed. Drag the canvas to

appears.

the Remove icon

and lift your ﬁnger when

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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 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 tap the contact’s picture

Taping the contact’s picture opens a Quick Contact bubble displayed directly above the contact’s name. This bubble displays icons for all of the ways you can communicate with that contact. The available icons depend on the information you have saved for that contact.

 Tap a Quick Contact icon to communicate with the contact. Depending

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

Adding a shortcut for a contact to your Home screen allows you to open Quick Contact

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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, 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.

The following Status Bar icon indicates your Wi-Fi status.

Connected to a Wi-Fi network (waves indicate connection strength)

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 the Wi-Fi settings screen tap the Menu Key Advanced

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

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Settings .

2. Touch Wi-Fi. If the Wi-Fi button is on the left and the icon is grey- colored, drag the button to the right. Your device scans for available Wi-Fi networks and the icon turns blue when successful.

3. Tap a network to connect to it.

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

When you’re connected to a network, you can tap the network name

(Ask your network administrator for details).

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

Connecting to Networks and Devices

New network detection and notiﬁcation

Checkmark the Notify Me box in the Wi-Fi settings screen to be notiﬁed when new networks are detected.

 When Wi-Fi is on and the user launches an application that uses Wi-Fi,

a dialog box will appear when new networks are detected.

 When Wi-Fi is off and the user launches an application that uses Wi-

Fi, the device will turn on Wi-Fi and display a dialog box when new networks are detected.

 If the Notify Me checkbox is not marked and Wi-Fi is off, the device

will not display a dialog box when new networks are detected.

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, tap ADD NETWORK.

3. Enter the Network SSID (name) of the network. If the network is secured, tap the Security dropdown menu the type of security deployed on the network.

4. Enter the required passwords and security credentials.

5.Tap Save.

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

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

and tap

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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.

2. In the Wi-Fi settings screen, tap and hold the name of the network that you want to forget.

3. Tap Forget network in the Context menu that appears.

Wi-Fi Direct connection

You can make a connection directly with Wi-Fi devices without any access point. Your device can create a group connection or individual connection.

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key (WIRELESS & NETWORKS section).

2. Tap Wi-Fi Direct to set up your Wi-Fi Direct connection settings.

 Checkmark the Wi-Fi Direct checkbox to turn it on. A pop-up screen

with instructions on how to connect with Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi devices appears after checking the Wi-Fi Direct checkbox.

 Tap Device name to open a dialog box to enter a name for your device.

 Tap Password to set or change your password for Wi-Fi Direct

connection.

> Settings > More...

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 tap the USB connection type.

3. Tap the connection mode you want to use to connect to the PC. Choose from the following options: Charge only, Mass storage, Media Sync(MTP), Internet connection or Camera(PTP).

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USB Autorun

USB Autorun is a feature that allows your phone to connect to a PC using a USB Cable and set it up on that 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 phone. It allows transfer of unprotected content from the phone to the PC and vice versa.

User content such as photos, videos, and voice recordings can be stored on a removable

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microSD card that is inserted in your phone.

To select USB mode for Autorun

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Settings > Connectivity > USB connection type.

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

Tap Charge only to use only the charging function and not the USB



function.

Tap Internet connection to use the ethernet function and not the default



USB function.

USB Autorun only works with Windows® XP, Windows® Vista, and Windows® 7

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operating 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 storage mode.

, unplug and plug the USB Cable to set Mass

Internet connection mode

You can share your phone’s internet connection with your PC using a USB Cable. After connecting with a USB Cable, set the USB connection mode to Internet connection. Then select either Ethernet or Modem.

Ethernet: This mode changes the phone to USB tethering mode from



the PC. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key

> Settings >

Connecting to Networks and Devices

More... > USB tethering > Mobile Broadband Connect.

This mode can only be used by a user registered to a tethering plan.

NOTE

Modem: This mode changes the phone to Modem mode from the PC.



Ask on connection

You can choose to be asked to conﬁrm the USB connection when connecting to a computer. When Ask on connection is checkmarked, the USB selection window is displayed when the USB Cable is connected.

Autorun is not available when:

Phone is booting (powering up).



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



To change the Connection mode settings while Autorun is running:

You can change the settings while Autorun is running. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key

> Settings > Connectivity > USB

connection type > Mass storage.

Be sure to checkmark the box Ask on connection if you want to be asked to conﬁrm

NOTE

the USB 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. Tap the connection setting to display a screen where you can change the USB connection mode.

If the Ask on connection checkbox is marked, the screen is only provided during USB

NOTE

connection, but is not provided in the notiﬁcation area.

Step 1. Connecting the phone to a PC

 Connect your phone to your PC with a compatible USB Cable

(supplied). LG Autorun starts automatically.

 Click ‘I accept the terms in the agreement’ then ‘Yes’.

Connecting to Networks and Devices

Autorun is only supported for Windows® XP, Windows® Vista, and Windows®7.

NOTES

The USB Autorun feature works only under an Administrator account. The installer has insufﬁcient privileges under a Non-Administrator account. Log on as Administrator device is switched back to the user set mode within 30 seconds.

Step 2. Downloading the LG USB Modem Driver.

If a previous version of the LG USB Modem driver is installed in the computer

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automatically be updated to the recent version.

If a recent version of the LG USB Modem driver is installed in the computer Autorun skips ‘Step 2.’

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Connecting to Networks and Devices

Step 3. Installing the LG USB Modem Driver.

Step 4. Installing the Utility Application.

Make Your Device a Mobile Hotspot

The Mobile Hotspot application can share the phone’s data connection with any Wi-Fi capable devices.

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Mobile Hotspot .

2. Tap the Mobile Hotspot checkbox to enable this feature.

3. Read the disclaimers and Help information, then tap OK.

4. Your portable Wi-Fi Hotspot is now created.

The following Status Bar icon indicates your Wi-Fi Hotspot status.

WARNING!

There are security risks associated with creating a Wi-Fi network open to the public. It is highly recommended that you take steps to protect your Wi-Fi network from unauthorized access.

You can use this menu to enable and disable the connection. Once the connection is active, go to the device you want to connect and conﬁgure its wireless connection to the Network SSID for your Android device and input the password (if you are using WPA2 PSK). You will now have wireless access on your device.

WEP is highly vulnerable to hacking. WPA2 is recommended by the IEEE.

NOTE

Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot is active

microSD Card

The microSD card is sold separately.

NOTE

Unmounting and removing the microSD Card

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

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Unmount SD card > OK. Now you can safely remove the microSD card.

2. Remove the back cover.

3. Carefully push the edge of the microSD card in to release it from the slot, then gently pull it out of the slot.

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

NOTE

be careful when inserting, removing, or handling them.

Viewing Memory Information

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Settings > Storage.

2. Review the available information.

 The storage page is divided into ﬁve sections: Total memory, System

memory, Internal memory, and SD Card.

Settings

> Storage >

microSD Card

Formatting the microSD Card

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

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Settings > Storage.

2. Tap Unmount SD card > OK to release the microSD card from device use. An icon appears within the Notiﬁcations panel to indicate an unmounted microSD card.

3. Once released, tap Erase 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 of the data on the microSD card, after which the ﬁles

NOTE

CANNOT be retrieved. To prevent the loss of important data, please check (and backup, if necessary) the contents before you format the card.

Using Media sync (MTP) mode

When you connect the phone and PC using a USB Cable and set your device’s USB connection mode to Media sync (MTP), you will see two removable disks on the PC. You can copy ﬁles to/from the removable microSD card.

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

To open the Phone application

 From the Home screen, tap the Phone Key in the Quick Keys bar.

To place a call by dialing

1. Open the Phone application.

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

Tap to dial using your voice.

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

 If you enter a wrong number, tap the Delete Key

one by one.

 To erase the entire number, tap and hold the Delete Key

 To dial an international number, tap and hold the

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

Tap to send a text or multimedia message to the number you entered.

Tap the Call Key the number that you entered.

to dial

to erase digits

Key to enter the

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3. Tap the Call Key to dial the number that you entered.

 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

and tap End call

(in the Quick Keys bar) or tap the Contact's name or number at the top right corner of

the Home screen to open the call screen. You can also drag the Notiﬁcations panel down and tap End call

to end the call. You can tap the Home Key , then the Phone Key

Instant List

Instant list is displayed on the Dial tab to help you to use the information stored in your Contacts list and Call log without needing to open and search those applications ﬁrst. Once you enter three or more numbers you want to dial, Instant list displays entries from your Contacts list or Call log that match the sequence that you entered.

Sequence matches

The device searches for the entered sequence anywhere in the number, beginning, end, or anywhere in-between. The matching number sequence is displayed within the number in orange text. The name and type of number (i.e., Mobile, Work, etc.) associated with the number you enter is displayed above the dial pad. When there are multiple matches, tap the Instant list icon

to view more matching entries.

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Selecting an Instant list entry

Tap an entry in the Instant list to insert it on the dialpad and tap the Call Key

to dial it.

Instant list Icon

Tap to view more of the Instant list.

Instant List

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. Tap Airplane mode.

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

NOTE

and the Notiﬁcations panel has an Airplane mode icon which toggles it on or off.

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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 tap the Answer Key .

 If the screen is locked, swipe the Answer icon

 If you were already on a call, tap the Answer Key

call on hold while you answer the new call.

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

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Unlocked Screen Locked Screen

in any direction.

to place the ﬁrst

Tap the Answer Key to answer the call.

Swipe the Answer icon in any direction to answer the call.

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To decline a call and divert it to voicemail

 If the screen is unlocked, tap the Decline Key .

 If the screen is locked, swipe the Decline icon

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

Unlocked Screen Locked Screen

in any direction.

Tap the Quick msg Key to send

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

NOTE

Tap 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.

Swipe the Quick msg icon in any direction to send a quick message to the caller and forward them to your voicemail.

Swipe the Decline icon in any direction to decline the call and send the caller to voicemail.

To decline a call and send a text message

1. When you receive an incoming call and the screen is unlocked, tap the Quick msg icon . If the screen is locked, swipe the Quick msg icon

in any direction.

2. Tap the text message you want to send in place of answering the call.

This feature can only be used to send a message to another mobile phone. It is not

NOTE

applicable to incoming landline calls.

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Working with the Call Log

The Call log is a list of all of 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 list.

To open the Call log

 Tap the Phone Key (in the Quick Keys bar) and then the Call logs

tab

at the top of the screen.

All calls (sent, received, and missed) are listed in the Call logs tab.

The most recent calls are located at the top of the list. Scroll down to see older entries.

The Call logs tab displays the history of all your calls.

To dial a number in the Call log

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

You can also tap the entry’s picture to open the Quick contact menu with more options to communicate with that contact.

To add an entry’s number to your Contacts

1. Tap and hold the call entry.

2. Tap Add to Contacts in the Context menu.

3. Tap Create new contact and enter the Contact information or tap an existing contact to add the new number to.

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To take other actions on a Call log entry

 Tap a Call log entry to open a screen where you can call the contact,

send the contact a message, add the number to your Contacts list (or view contact information), delete the call from the log, and learn more about the original call.

 Tap and hold a Call log entry to open a Context menu where you can

perform more actions.

To clear the Call log

Clearing the Call log all at once

1. Tap the Phone Key (in the Quick Keys bar), then the Call logs tab at the top of the screen.

2. Tap the Menu Key

3. Tap Clear all > OK.

Selectively clearing the Call log

1. Tap the Phone Key (in the Quick Keys bar), then the Call logs tab at the top of the screen.

2. Tap the Menu Key

3. Tap Clear and then checkmark the call entries you want to delete.

4. Tap Clear > OK.

You can also selectively delete by tapping and holding a Call log entry, then tap Clear all

NOTE

logs of this number > OK.

Filtering Call log entries

1. Tap the Phone Key (in the Quick Keys bar), then the Call logs tab at the top of the screen.

2. Tap the Menu Key

3. Tap Received calls, Dialed calls, or Missed calls.

You can also access advanced ﬁlters by tapping Advanced ﬁltering, selecting your

NOTE

criteria, then tapping Apply.

> Filter.

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Calling Your Contacts

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

You can also quickly call a contact using Quick Contact.

If you have contacts on the web, you can choose whether to synchronize with your phone when you ﬁrst set up your Google™ Account.

To call a contact

1. Tap the Contacts Key in the Quick Keys bar.

2. Tap the contact you want to call.

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

To call a favorite contact

1. Tap the Contacts Key , tap the Favorites tab at the top of the screen.

2. Tap the contact you want to call.

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

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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. Tap Voice Dialer in the Applications screen.

If you have a Bluetooth device 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

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

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

Tap to switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone.

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To mute the microphone during a call

 Tap Mute .

The light bar on the Mute button illuminates blue 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.

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

tapping Mute again.

The microphone is unmuted automatically when the call ends.

To turn the speakerphone on or off

 Tap Speaker .

The light bar on the Speaker button illuminates blue 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 on the back of the device.

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

tapping Speaker 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 device and the phone

When a Bluetooth device is paired and connected to your phone, you can conduct calls on it for hands-free conversations. During a call, you can easily switch between using the Bluetooth device and your phone.

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

 Tap Bluetooth

vice versa.

to switch the call from the headset to the phone, or

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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

 Tap Swap .

The current call will be placed on hold and you will be connected with

the other incoming 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, tap Add call

3. The Phone application opens. Enter a phone number, then tap the Call Key

 Tap the keys on the dialpad to manually enter a phone number.

 Tap the Contacts tab

 Tap the Call log tab

 Tap the Favorites tab

 Tap a Frequent list entry to enter it.

4. After you’re connected, tap Merge call the conference call.

to select a number from your Contacts list.

to select an entry in your Call log.

to select one of your Favorites.

. The participant is added to

Tap here to merge call.

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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 tap New voicemail.

From the Home screen, tap the Phone Key



then tap the Voicemail Key system guides you through the process of listening to and managing your voicemail. The ﬁrst time you call your voicemail, it also guides you through the process of recording greetings, setting a password, etc.

. Typically, your carrier’s voicemail

To set up your Voicemail

1. Tap the Phone Key in the Quick Keys bar on the Home screen. (The Phone application can also be accessed from the Applications screen.)

2. Tap the Voicemail Key

3. If you hear a system greeting, tap

4. Follow the setup tutorial.

5. Select a password.

6. Record a voice signature and greetings for your voice mailbox.

to dial your voice mailbox.

to interrupt it, if applicable.

To access your voicemail from your wireless device

1. Tap the Phone Key in the Quick Keys bar on the Home screen.

2. Tap the Voicemail Key system greeting or your own greeting, tap the interrupt the system greeting and follow the prompts.

3. Follow the prompts to enter your password and retrieve your messages.

to dial your voice mailbox. If you hear a

in the Quick Keys bar,

immediately to

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Browser

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

Internet

Learn to access and bookmark your favorite web pages.

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details, contact your service provider.

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Browse web pages

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Browser or tap the

2. Navigate web pages using the following:

3. While browsing the web page, use the following options using the

 To go to the previous page, tap Back

 To go to a next page in history, tap Forward

vailable icons may vary depending on your region.

Browser icon directly from Home screen. To access a speciﬁc web page, enter the web address (URL) of the web page, and tap on the keyboard.

URL Field

Tap here to enter a web address for the web page you want to access.

Drag the tab at the top of the toolbar to display it. You can also tap the Menu Key Settings > General and uncheck the Toolbar option so that it is not displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Toolbar

toolbar:

in the toolbar or tap the Back

Key .

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 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. You can also tap and hold Zoom

and tilt the phone up to zoom in or down to zoom out.

 To open a new window, tap New tab

 To view the list of bookmarks, tap Bookmarks

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

 To reload the current web page, tap

 To stop loading a web page, tap the Stop icon in the URL ﬁeld. The

Stop icon only appears while a web page is loading. You can also tap the Menu Key > Stop.

 To bookmark the current web page, tap the

bookmarks.

 To open the home page, tap the

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

Menu Key

 To search for text on the web page, tap the

page.

 To change the current mobile page to a desktop page, tap the

Key

 To access the current web page later, you can save in the device

storage by tapping the Menu Key reading to access when ofﬂine. You can check the saved web pages by tapping

 To adjust the brightness from the Browser, tap the Menu Key

Brightness.

 To view your downloads, tap the Menu Key

 To customize the Browser settings, tap the Menu Key

 To close the browser module, tap the Menu Key

the Browser using this method, you will be connected to the home page the next time the Browser is opened.

> Share page.

and check the Request desktop site option.

from the toolbar and then the Saved pages tab.

in the toolbar.

in the toolbar. You

the Menu Key

Menu Key

> Go to Homepage.

Menu Key

and then Save for ofﬂine

> Downloads.

> Refresh.

> Settings.

> Exit. If you exit

> Save to

> Find on

 To view the currently active windows, tap Tabs next to the URL

ﬁeld. You can scroll up and down to view the open tabs. To close the tab, tap

or swipe the window to the right or left. The tab will

disappear, indicating it has been closed.

 To open new incognito tab, tap the Tabs

Menu Key

> New

incognito tab.

 To copy text from a web page, tap and hold the desired text. The

selected text will be highlighted and a pop-up appears with the following options: Select all, Copy, Share, Find, and Web Search. If you want to adjust the range of the highlighted text, drag the cursor from each edge of the text.

 To view the web page details, tap the icon to the left of URL ﬁeld.

When you are in a secure page, tap View certiﬁcate on the Page info. screen to see the

NOTE

certiﬁcate for the current page.

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. Tap the

Menu Key

2. You can edit the Label and Address (URL). You can also select what location to place your bookmark.

3. Tap OK to save the bookmark.

> Save to bookmarks.

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

 To open the web page in the current window, tap Open.

 To open the web page in a new window, tap Open in new tab.

 To edit the bookmark details, tap Edit bookmark.

 To add the bookmark as a shortcut to one of the Home screen

canvases, tap Add shortcut to home.

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

link.



To copy the web address (URL) of the web page, tap Copy link URL.

 To delete the bookmark, tap Delete bookmark.

 To use the web page as your Browser homepage, tap Set as

homepage.

 To delete multiple bookmarks at once, tap the Menu Key

Delete. You can individually choose the bookmarks you want to delete or tap Select all to select all of the available bookmarks. Then tap Delete > OK.

 To move a bookmark list, tap the Menu Key

individually choose the bookmarks you want to move or tap Select all to select all of the available bookmarks. Then tap Move and select the folder you want to move it to.

 To view the recently visited web pages, tap the History tab, which

will display your history in chronological order. You can also access the most visited web pages.

 To view the saved pages, tap the Saved pages tab.

> Move. You can

Changing Browser settings

You can conﬁgure a number of Browser settings, including how you view and use pages as well as allowing you to manage your privacy.

 To open the Browser settings screen, tap the Menu Key

Browser and tap Settings.

from the

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Set homepage: Allows you to set the homepage to the following options: Current page, Blank page, Default page, Most visited sites, Other.

Toolbar: Allows you to display the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

AUTO-FILL

Form auto-ﬁll: Fill out web forms with a single touch.

Auto-ﬁll

text: Set up text to auto-ﬁll in web forms.

Privacy & Security

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

Clear history: Allows you to clear the navigation history.

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

problem with a site’s security.

Accept cookies: Checkmark to allow sites to save and read cookie data.

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

FORM DATA

Remember form data: Checkmark to allow the Browser to remember

data you type in forms for later use.

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

LOCATION

Enable location: Checkmark to allow sites to request access to your location.

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

PASSWORDS

Remember passwords: Checkmark to allow the Browser to save

usernames and passwords for websites.

Clear passwords: Allows you to clear all saved passwords.

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Accessibility

Force enable zoom: Override a website’s request to control zoom behavior.

TEXT SIZE

Preview: Allows you to preview the text size.

Text scaling: Adjust the text scaling by scrolling the button.

Zoom on double-tap: Adjust the default zoom percentage when you

double-tap a web page.

Minimum font size: Adjust the minimum font size of web pages by scrolling the button.

INVERTED SCREEN RENDERING

Preview: Allows you to preview the inverted screen rendering.

Inverted rendering

white and vice versa.

Contrast: Allows you to adjust the contrast level. This option is only available when the Inverted rending option is selected.

: Checkmark for inverted rendering. Black becomes

Advanced

Set search engine: Tap to set the default search engine.

Open in background: Checkmark to open new tabs behind the current

tab.

Enable javascript: Checkmark to enable javascript.

Enable plug-ins: Allows you to enable plug-ins.

Website settings: Allows you to manage advanced settings for individual

websites.

PAGE CONTENT

Default zoom: Select the default zoom.

Open pages in overview: Checkmark to show overview of newly-opened

pages.

Auto-ﬁt pages: Checkmark to format webpages to ﬁt the screen.

Block pop-ups: Checkmark for block pop-ups.

Text encoding: Tap to set text encoding.

RESET DEFAULTS

Reset to default: Restore defaults settings.

Bandwidth management

Search result preloading: Allow browser to preload high conﬁdence search results in the background.

Load images: Allows the browser to display images on Web pages.

Labs

Quick controls: Slide ﬁnger from left or right edge to open quick controls and hide URL bar and Toolbar.

Fullscreen: Use fullscreen mode to hide the Status Bar.

Maps

Tap here to access Map, Local, Offers, Navigation, Join Latitude, Location history, Check in, My Places.

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Tap here to access Directions.

Tap here to access Search.

Tap here to access Local.

Tap here to access Layers.

To search for a location

A pop-up appears upon initial use. Read the information and tap OK to continue.

NOTE

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Maps .

2. Tap 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".

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4. Tap a suggestion or tap the Search Key on the keyboard.

Red markers indicate search matches on the map.

You can tap a marker to open a balloon that contains a label. Tap the

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

To get directions

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Maps .

2. Tap Directions

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 list, or Contacts History tab.

When you search for a location in the Maps application, the Directions function

NOTE

automatically enters your location as the starting point and the last red marker you touched as the destination.

4. Tap the Car icon for driving directions, the Transit icon for transit directions, the Cycling icon for cycling directions, or the Walking icon

for walking directions.

5. Tap GET DIRECTIONS.

6. Your route is displayed on a map.

 Tap a white marker on the map to see direction change indicators.

 Tap

to display each direction instruction sequentially in a bubble at

each juncture. You can tap

to step backward through the direction

instructions.

 To view the directions in text format, tap DIRECTIONS LIST.

 Tap the Back Key

To reverse directions, tap the Menu Key > Reverse Start & End when entering the

NOTE

start and end points.

to return to map view.

Switching between common features

The Maps application has a toolbar at the top of the screen for easy access to many common features used when searching for the places you want to go.

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 Tap the Maps menu icon in the top left corner of the screen to

access Map, Local, Offers, Navigation, Join Latitude, Location history and My Places.

 Tap the Layers icon

at the bottom of the screen to access Trafﬁc, Satellite, Terrain, Transit Lines, Latitude, My Maps, Bicycling, Wikipedia, and your search history.

 Touch the Local icon

in the Maps toolbar at the bottom of the

screen to search for places near your location or your destination.

 Touch the Directions icon

in the Maps toolbar at the bottom of the

screen to get directions.

 Touch the Search icon

in the Maps toolbar at the bottom left of the

screen to conduct a new search.

 Tap the My Location icon

in the top right corner of the screen to

display your current location on the map.

Checking the Weather

The Weather application provides weather forecasts. You can place a Weather widget on your Home screen for a summary of your local weather. Access the Weather application for more detailed weather information.

To get details about the weather

Tap the Weather widget on the Home screen to open the Weather application to view summarized and detailed weather information.

Weather Widget

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 Swipe right or left to scroll through the weather information for each

of the cities in your list.

 Tap the Refresh Icon

in the lower right corner of the Weather application screen to update the current weather of the city displayed on the weather application screen.

 Tap the Add city icon

Google Location Services must be checkmarked to update the current weather. From

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the Home screen, tap the Apps Key location service.

to add another city to your list.

> Settings > Location services > Google's

To update or add city

The City list screen allows you to manage a list of cities that you want to monitor. Tap Add screen.

 Tap Current location at the top of the screen to update your current

location.

 Type in the city, state or ZIP code to search the name.

at the top right corner of the Weather application

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, tap the Menu Key >

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Edit city list: Manages the list of cities you monitor. Tap Add at the top of the screen to add a new city to your list. To remove a city, tap and hold the desired city and tap Delete. To rearrange the order of the cities viewed when you swipe across the Weather application screen, tap side of the screen and drag it to where you want it in the list.

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Update data: Allows the device to update data automatically when the widget is set on the Home screen.

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Refresh interval: Allows you to set how often to update (Every 1 hour, Every 3 hours, Every 6 hours, Every 12 hours, Daily) the weather. More frequent updates trade the convenience of current information for increased data use and decreased battery life between charges.

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Temperature unit: Allows you to set it to display degrees in Fahrenheit or Celsius.

Wind speed unit: Allows you to set the wind speed unit to m/s or MPH.

Backup Assistant Plus

How to access and register Contacts backup settings from Backup Assistant Plus

If you didn’t set up Backup Assistant Plus when you turned on your phone for the ﬁrst time, you can enable it in the Settings application.

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key

Assistant Plus

2. Read the information provided on the screen and tap Start.

3. The Registration complete screen appears and your ﬁrst back-up process

begins. Tap Done .

Backup Assistant Plus can be accessed directly from the Contacts application

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Tap the Menu Key

If you’ve already registered your Backup Assistant Plus account, a

background backup will be performed. If not, the Backup Assistant Plus registration screen will be displayed for you to complete registration then back up your ﬁles.

> Backup now.

> Settings > Backup

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Using Backup Assistant Plus

Using Backup Assistant Plus On the schedule you selected, the Backup Assistant Plus application checks the phone’s address book to see if any changes have occurred since the last backup. If changes are detected, the application will launch and the backup. process will start. If no changes are detected, Backup Assistant Plus sleeps until the next daily automatic backup is triggered.

Manually backing up your contacts

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Settings > Backup Assistant Plus

2. Tap Backup now to begin the backup process.

Changing the backup schedule

1. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Settings > Backup Assistant Plus

2. Tap Daily backup schedule then tap the timeframe you want. For example, Every late night (12am-6am).

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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

 From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key >



Tap the Contacts Key in the Quick Keys bar.

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.

To open a list of your favorite contacts

 Open your Contacts application and tap the Favorites tab at the

top of the screen.

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. Tap the contact whose details you want to view.

3. The Contact Info tab displays by default. Tap an icon to call, message, or open other applications.

 The Dial icon

 The Message icon

 The Mail icon

 The Chat icon

Tap the Menu Key for the following menu options: Delete, Share,

Join, Export, Add to home screen, and All calls to voicemail. Tap to edit the contact.

places a call to the number.

starts a message.

starts an email.

starts a chat.

Adding Contacts

You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google™ Account, Microsoft Exchange account, or other accounts that support syncing contacts.

Since your contacts can come from a variety of sources, the Contacts application attempts to join new information with existing similar contact entries, to create a single entry. You can also manage that process manually by joining or splitting entries.

To add a new contact

Open the Contacts application.

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2. Tap the New contact icon to the right of the Search box to start a new contact entry.

3. If you have more than one account with contacts, tap 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. Tap a category of contact information, such as phone number or email address, to enter that kind of information about your contact.

6. Tap a category’s plus icon category. For example, in the phone number category, enter a work number and add a home number. Tap the label button to the left of the entered information to open a dialog box of preset labels. For example, Work or Home for a phone number.

7. Tap the Picture frame icon name in your list of contacts and in other applications.

8. When you’re ﬁnished, tap Save.

to add more than one entry for that

to select a picture to display next to the

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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. Exporting your contacts to a microSD card allows you to back them up to a computer or other device. It also allows you to send the 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 microSD card (that contains the vCard ﬁles) into your phone.

2. Open the Contacts application.

3. Tap the Menu Key

4. Tap Import from SD card.

5. If you have more than one account on your phone, tap the account into which you want to import the contacts.

> Import/Export.

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6. Tap the contacts you want to import from the microSD card. Then tap Import 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. Tap the Menu Key

3. Tap Export to SD card.

4. Tap the contacts you want to export to the microSD card. To export all of the contacts, tap the Select all checkbox in the top left corner of the screen.

5. Then tap Export and OK.

> 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. Tap the contact you want to share to view its details.

3. Tap the Menu Key

4. Choose the method for sending.

5. Enter the necessary information and share it.

> Share.

Adding a Contact to Your Favorites

The Favorites tab contains a short list of the contacts you communicate with most often, including your list of Favorites.

To add a contact to your Favorites list

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Tap a contact to view its details.

3. Tap the star to the right of the contact’s name. When the contact is added to your Favorites list, the star will be yellowcolored.

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To remove a contact from your Favorites list

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Tap the contact to view its details.

If you have a long list of contacts, it may be faster to tap the Favorites tab then tap

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3. Tap the yellow star to the right of the contact’s name. The grey-colored star indicates 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. Tap the search box or tap 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. Tap a matching contact in the list to view its details. You can also search by nickname, email, organization and number.

The pinch-to-zoom gesture can be used in your Contacts list. Pinch in to compress the

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You can change or add details saved in your contact entries. You can also set speciﬁc ringtones to speciﬁc contacts.

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. Tap and hold the contact whose details you want to edit. In the Context menu that opens, tap Edit contact.

3. Edit the contact information.

4. Tap 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 that opens when you tap and hold the contact’s entry.

1. Open the Contacts application.

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

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

4. Tap Set as default number in the dialog box that opens. The default phone number is indicated by a checkmark.

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To delete a contact

1. Open your Contacts list or Favorites list.

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

3. Tap the Menu Key

> Delete.

 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.

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

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

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

Communicating with Your Contacts

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

To connect using Quick Contact for Android™

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

The entry's Quick

Contact options are

displayed after tapping

the contact's picture.

Tap a contact's picture.

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2. Tap the icon corresponding to the type of communication you want to start.

The communication icons displayed in Quick Contact depend on the

types of information you saved in the contact information.

To communicate with a contact

1. Open the Contacts application.

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

3. In the contact’s details screen, tap 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 tap it to call that number.

places a call to the number.

starts a message.

starts an email.

starts a chat.

To forward a Contact’s info

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Tap and hold the contact you want to message.

3. Tap Forward contact in the Context menu that opens.

To change which Contacts are displayed

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Tap the Menu Key

3. Tap an account to display its list of available groups.

4. Touch All contacts to display contacts from all of your synchronized accounts, touch a single account, or touch Customize to select more than one (but not all) account types to display their contacts.

> 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. Tap the contact entry to which you want to add information. The contact name for this entry will remain unchanged after you join it with another contact.

3. Tap the Menu Key

4. Tap 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.

5. The contact information will be displayed in one contact entry.

> 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. Tap the contact entry whose information you want to separate.

3. Tap the Menu Key

4. Tap OK to conﬁrm you want to separate the entries. The contact information will separated into individual contact entries in the Contacts list.

> Separate.

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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, AOL Mail, Verizon and other accounts.

To open the Email application

 From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key > Email or tap the

Email icon

 Tap

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

directly from Home screen.

on the action bar to compose the new message.

to add favorite messages from the inbox.

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The Accounts screen

The Accounts screen lists all of your accounts.

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

the Menu Key

> Accounts.

Each account on the Accounts screen displays the number of unread

mail.

You can tap an account to view its Inbox.

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

checkmark.

Reading Your mail

You can read mail from the Inbox, or from other folders within each individual account.

To read a mail

From the Accounts screen, simply tap any account to display that account’s folders and contents.

You can also go to the folder list of the account by tapping the Menu Key

> Folders from the Inbox.

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

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panel downward and tap the email notiﬁcation.

Email settings

To access the Email account settings, tap the Menu Key > Settings from the Accounts screen.

ACCOUNTS

 Tap an account to access settings speciﬁc to that email account.

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 Tap Set default account to open a dialog box to select which email

account to designate as your default account.

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 Tap Roaming to checkmark this setting to automatically retrieve email

while roaming outside your home network. Data fee will be charged.

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 Tap Notiﬁcations to set whether you want to be notiﬁed of new email

notiﬁcations.

 Tap Notiﬁcation sound to open a dialog box to set the sound when

you receive a new email notiﬁcation.

 Tap Vibrate to open a dialog box to set a vibration when you receive a

new email notiﬁcation.

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 Tap Screen after deleting to choose which screen to show after you

delete email

 Tap Ask before deleting to checkmark this setting if you want to be

asked before deleting mail.

 Tap Show image to open a dialog box to set when to show images.

 Tap Storage to select the depository for attachment ﬁles.

 Tap Conversational view to checkmark this setting if you want your

email Inbox to display your email messages by conversation threads.

 Tap Email preview to open a dialog box to set how many lines of

email text to download for previewing on your device.

 Tap Brightness to set the Email app brightness level.

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 Touch Corporate directory to checkmark this setting to search the

online directory for the entered recipient.

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

To open the Gmail application

From the Home screen, tap the Apps 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, tap its subject line text.

indicates that you were CC’d on this message. indicates that this message was sent directly to you.

To open your Inbox when Gmail is running

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

While reading a message or viewing another label, tap corner of the screen.

at the top left

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, tap

at the top of the screen.

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Tap here to switch accounts and labels.

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

Reading Your Messages

While 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

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

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

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

Tap here to Reply all or Forward.

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

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

While reading messages in a conversation, you can use the keys

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

You can also swipe the screen to the left or the right to read the next

or prior message.

While viewing a message, touch the message action icons on the

message header to access options which include important, reply to all address and Forward to forward the message to someone else.

, add a label , or set it as unread . After you delete a

to mark it as

to reply to the sender, and to access Reply all to

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. From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key conversation you want to view.

2. Tap the contact name to open that message.

While reading a message you can tap unread state. For example, to remind yourself to read it again later.

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to return a read message to the

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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

From the Home screen, tap the Apps Key

2. Enter a recipient’s address.

As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts

list. You can tap a suggested address or continue entering text to enter a new one.

3. Tap the Menu Key recipients, if necessary.

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

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

6. Tap the Menu Key attachment to the email.

7. Tap Send

If you’re not ready to send the message, tap the Menu Key

Save draft to save the message as a Draft. You can read your drafts by opening messages with the Draft label.

To erase the message, tap the Menu Key

saved drafts).

If you aren’t connected to a network, for example, if you’re working in

Airplane mode, the messages that you send are stored on your phone with the Outbox label until you connect to a network again.

at the top of the screen to send your message.

> Add Cc/Bcc to copy (normal or blind copy)

> Attach picture or Attach video to add an

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> Compose

> Discard (including any

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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. Tap the message actions icon on the message header to access action options for the message.

2. Tap

to reply or and choose 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. Tap Send

at the top of the screen to send your message.

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Messaging

To open Messaging

 Tap the Home Key , then tap 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.

Tap here to create a new message.

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

 Tap an existing message thread to open it.

 Tap

When a New Message notiﬁcation pops up, choose to reply quickly without accessing

To delete a message thread from the Messaging window

1. Tap and hold the message thread.

2. Tap Delete thread in the Context menu that opens.

3. Tap Delete to conﬁrm you want to delete the message thread.

to make a call in the message screen.

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the Messaging application by tapping the T text message, or tap Call

to dial the contact or Delete to delete the message.

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You can send text messages (SMS) of up to 160 characters to another mobile phone. If you type more than the allotted text amount (up to 7 pages of 153 characters), the message is delivered as a series of messages (EMS). If you keep typing after the limit, your message is delivered as multimedia messages (MMS).

Multimedia messages (MMS) can contain text and a picture, location, a recorded voice, an audio ﬁle, a video, or a picture slideshow.

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

To send a text message

1. On the Messaging screen, tap New message .

2. Enter a mobile phone number in the To ﬁeld.

As you enter the mobile phone number, matching contacts appear. You

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

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

Tap here to enter numbers from your call logs, contacts, groups, or favorites.

The character counter displays the number of characters entered and amount remaining.

Tap here to attach the ﬁles.

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

how many characters are left and the number of pages.

If you tap the Back Key

as a draft in your Messaging application. Tap the message to resume composing it.

4. Tap 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

To create and send a multimedia message

1. On the Messaging screen, tap New message .

2. Enter a mobile phone number or email address in the To ﬁeld. As you type, matching contacts appear. You can tap a suggested contact or continue typing.

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

4. Tap the Menu Key

5. Tap the Attachment icon the type of media ﬁle to attach to the message.

 Tap Picture to select a picture from your Gallery.

 Tap Capture picture to take a picture and attach it.

 Tap Video to select a video from your Gallery.

 Tap Capture video to record a video and attach it.

 Tap Audio to select an audio ﬁle from your microSD card.

 Tap Record voice to record an audio message and attach it.

 Tap Location to attach My current location, Places of Interests,

Enter address, Contact and From geotagged media.

 Tap Slideshow to assemble photos, audios, videos, texts into a

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

> Add subject to add a message subject.

to open a dialog box where you can choose

LG Optimus Exceed User Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Important Customer Information

Table of Contents

Phone Overview

The Basics

Setting Up Your Phone

Installing the Battery and microSD Card

Charging the Phone

Optimizing Battery Life

Turning the Phone On and Off

Help

Phone’s Status Icons

Mini canvas view

Touchscreen

Applications: How to View, Open and Switch

Working With Menus

Searching Your Phone and the Web

Locking the Screen

Customizing the Home screen

Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts

Connecting to Networks and Devices

Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks

Make Your Device a Mobile Hotspot

microSD Card

Calls

Answering or Rejecting Calls

Working with the Call Log

Calling Your Contacts

Voice Dialer

Options During a Call

Managing Multiple Calls

Listening to Your Voicemail

Browser

Maps

Checking the Weather

Changing Weather Settings

Backup Assistant Plus

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Contacts

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

Messaging