LG P350 User Guide

User Guide

LG-P350

ENGLISH

P/N : MFL67159936 (1.0) G

www.lg.com

Bluetooth QD ID B017379

LG-P350LG-P350 User Guide

• Some of the contents of this

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

• This handset is not recommended

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

• Google search,Maps, Google Mail,

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

Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact LG-P350 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology.

Contents

Important notice .....................5

Before using the mobile

phone, please read ﬁ rst! ....... 14

Getting to know your phone .17

Installing the SIM card and

battery ................................19

Installing the memory card ...21 Formatting the memory card . 22

Your Home screen ................24

Lock your phone ..................24

Unlock screen ......................25

Home .................................25

Notiﬁ cation drawer ...............26

Viewing the status bar ..........26

Onscreen Keyboard ..............28

Menu map .............................29

Google Account Set-up .........31

Calls ......................................31

Answering and rejecting a

call ......................................31

Messaging ...........................31

Opening Email and the

Accounts Screen ..................32

Social Networking ...............32

Camera .................................33

Getting to know the

viewﬁ nder ............................33

Once you’ve taken the photo 34

Google applications ..............35

Maps ..................................35

Market™ ............................35

Gmail ..................................35

Talk .....................................35

Additional Applications .........36

LG app advisor .....................36

Layar ...................................36

Shazam ...............................37

PicSay .................................38

Movie Finder ........................ 38

LG MobileTV ........................38

LG World .............................39

Compass .............................39

MSN talk ............................39

Silent mode .........................39

ThinkFree Ofﬁ ce...................40

The Web ................................40

Browser ...............................40

Using options .......................40

Contents

Settings ................................41

Wireless & networks.............41

Sound .................................41

Display ................................41

Location & Security .............41

Applications .........................42

Accounts & sync .................. 42

Privacy ................................42

SD card & phone storage ......42

Search ................................43

Date and time ......................43

Language & keyboard ..........43

Accessibility .........................43

Voice input & output .............43

About phone ........................43

Wi-Fi .....................................44

Accessories ..........................46

Troubleshooting ....................47

Important notice

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

1. Phone memory

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

To manage the application

On the home screen, touch

Applications Settings> Applications Manage applications

When all applications

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

Tap

uninstall the application you desired.

Uninstall

tab and select

and touch OK to

2. Optimising Battery Life

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

To extend the life of your battery

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

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

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

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

Important notice

To check the battery charge level

On the home screen, touch

Applications Settings> About phone > Status

The battery status (charging,

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

To monitor and control what uses the battery

On the home screen, touch

Applications Settings> About phone> Battery use.

The top of the screen

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

tab and select

3. Installing an Open Source OS

If you install an open source OS on your phone, and do not use the OS provided by the manufacturer, this may cause your phone to malfunction.

If you install and

WARNING:

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

To protect your

WARNING:

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

4. Using Unlock pattern

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

On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select

Settings

> Follow the screens to be guided

through drawing a screen unlock pattern. Select Next to continue to next screen.

Location & security

Set up screen lock

WARNING:

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

Pattern

Precautions

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

1. If you have forgotten pattern:

If you’ve created a Google account on the phone, tap the Forgot pattern button.Then, you are required to sign in with your Google account to unlock

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

2. If you have forgotten PIN or Password.

If you forgot your PIN or Password, you need to do Hard Reset.

Caution:

If you perform a hard

reset, all user applications and user data will be deleted. Please remember to backup any important data before performing a hard reset.

Important notice

5. Using Safe Mode and Hard Reset

Using Safe mode * To recover the phone from any

malfunction

Turn off your phone and reboot. While your phone is powering back on, press and hold the Send key while the Android Logo is displayed. Your phone will boot all the way to the main screen and display "safe mode" in the lower left-hand corner.

* Using Hard Reset (Factory

Reset)

If it does not restore to its original state, use initialise your phone.

Remove and reinsert the

battery. Press and hold for over 10

seconds:

Send

key +

key.

Hard Reset

Power/Lock

Down Volume

key +

When the power turns on,

release these keys.

WARNING

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

Hard Reset

6. Connecting to Wi-Fi networks

To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you access a wireless access point, or “hotspot.” Some access points are open and you can simply connect to them. Others are hidden or implement other

security features, so you must configure your phone so it can connect to them.

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

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

On the home screen, touch

Applications

tab and select

Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings

Touch

Wi-Fi

to turn it on and

begin scan for available Wi-Fi networks.

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

Touch a network to connect

to it.

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

Connect

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

The Status bar displays icons

that indicate Wi-Fi status.

7. Using a micro SD card

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

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

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

WARNING:

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

data stored on the memory card may be corrupted. To remove the memory card safely, please select

> Applications > Settings > SD card & phone storage > Unmount SD card

Home Screen

Important notice

8. Opening and Switching Applications

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

To stop the application you use

On the home screen, touch

Applications Settings> Applications Manage applications > Running.

Scroll to the desired

application and touch

stop

tab and select

Force

to stop using it.

TIP Getting back to recent

Apps

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

Copy LG PC Suite from SD Card

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

Major Functions of the LG PC Suite IV

• Create, edit and delete phone

data conveniently.

• Synchronise data between a PC and a phone (Contacts, Calendar, Message(SMS), Bookmark, Call log).

• Transfer multimedia files (photos, videos, music) conveniently with a simple drag & drop between a PC and a phone.

• Transfer the messages from a phone to a PC.

• Use your phone as a Modem.

• S/W update without losing

your data.

Installing LG PC Suite from your micro SD memory card

Insert your micro SD memory

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

Before connecting the USB

data cable, make sure that the

Mass storage only

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

Settings > SD card & phone storage Mass storage only

, then select

check

box.)

Connect your phone through

USB data cable to your PC.

• In the status bar, drag the

USB icon.

• Choose USB Connected and Turn On USB storage.

• You can view the mass

storage content on your PC and transfer the files.

• Copy the

‘LGPCSuiteIV’

folder on your mass storage to your PC.

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

* When LG PC Suite IV installation is completed, disable

storage only

Suite IV.

NOTE:

Please do not remove or delete other program ﬁ les installed on your memory card. This may cause damage to your preinstalled applications on the phone.

Mass

mode to run LG PC

Important notice

10.

Connecting your phone to a computer via USB

NOTE:

To synchronise your phone via USB cable with your PC, you need to install the LG PC Suite program on your PC. You can download this program from the LG website (www.lgapplication. com). Go to http://www. lgapplication.com and select your region, country & language. Visit LG website for more information. As PC Suite is embedded at inboxed SD card, you can simply copy it to your PC.

LG-P350 does not support:

- PC Connection via Bluetooth

- LG Air Sync (Web Sync, R-

Click)

- OSP (On Screen Phone)

- To-do in Calendar

- Memo

- Java Application User’s guide for PC Suite IV is in

Help menu after the installation PC Suite IV.

Use the USB cable with

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

Open the Notification drawer

and touch USB connected. Touch

"Turn On USB storage"

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

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

11. Unlock screen when using data connection

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

Note:

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

Tip!

To use a micro SD card on your phone again, you need to open the Notiﬁ cation drawer and touch "

Turn off USB storage

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

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

Safely disconnect the USB

device on your computer. Open the Notification drawer

and touch

storage

Turn off USB

Touch

Turn off USB storage

in the dialog that opens.

12.

Hold phone up right

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

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

13. When Screen freezes

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

Remove the battery, insert it again and turn the phone on. If it still does not work, please contact the service centre.

14. Do not connect your phone when turning your PC on/off

Make sure to disconnect your phone and PC via data cable as your PC might have errors.

Before using the mobile phone, please read ﬁ rst!

How to save music/video files to the phone

Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable.

Touch and drag down the status bar on the home screen. Select

USB connected storage files

If you didn't install LG Android Platform Driver on your PC, you need to set it manually. On the home screen, touch tab and select

card & phone storage Mass storage only

Save music or video files from the PC to the phone's removable storage.

- You may copy or move files from the PC to the phone's removable storage using a card reader.

Turn on USB

Open folder to view

Applications

Settings > SD

> activate

- If there is a video file with a subtitle file (.smi or .srt file with the same name as the video file), place them in the same folder to display the subtitle automatically when playing the video file.

- When downloading music or

video files, copyright must be secured. Please note that a corrupted file or file with a wrong extension may cause damage to the phone.

How to play music/video files to the phone

Playing music files

From home screen touch

Application

the file you want to play from Artist, Albums, Songs, Playlists tabs.

Playing video files

From home screen touch

Application

locate the file you want in the list and select it to play.

tab >

Music

Video player,

. Locate

How to move the contacts from the old phone to the current phone

Export your contacts as a CSV file from your old phone to the PC using a PC sync program.

Download LG PC Suite IV at

www.lgapplication.com and install it in the PC. Run the program and connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable.

Select the

to select the CSV file saved in the PC.

If the fields in the imported

CSV file are different from the ones in LG PC Suite IV, you need to map the fields. After mapping the fields, click OK. Then, the contacts are added to the PC.

Contacts

File

icon. Go

Import

and

If the connection of LG-P350

phone (using the USB cable) is detected by LG PC Suite IV, click "Sync" or "Sync Contacts" to synchronise the contacts saved in the PC to your phone and save them.

How to send data from your phone via Bluetooth

Sending data via Bluetooth:

You can send data via Bluetooth by running a corresponding application, not from Bluetooth menu, unlike regular mobile phones.

Sending pictures:

Gallery application and select

Picture

and select If Bluetooth is turned on and select Choose the device you want to send data from the list.

. Click

Bluetooth

Scan for devices

Run the

> Check

Before using the mobile phone, please read ﬁ rst!

Exporting contacts:

Contacts application. Touch the address you want to export

to. Press

Bluetooth

if Bluetooth is turned on and select

Scan for devices

Choose the device you want to send data from the list.

Sending multi-selected

contacts:

Run the "Contacts" application. To Select more than one contact press key and touch Select the contacts you want to send or press and touch

Bluetooth

if Bluetooth is turned on and select

Scan for devices

Choose the device you want to send data from the list.

and Select

Multiselect

Select all

Run the

> Check

. Select

> Check

key

Connecting to FTP (Only the FTP server is supported on this handset):

Settings

" > "

networks

" > "

settings

". Then, select the

Discoverable

" and search for other devices. Find the service you want and connect to the FTP server.

TIP:

The version is Bluetooth 2.1 EDR and certified by Bluetooth SIG. It is compatible with other Bluetooth SIG certified devices.

- If you want to search for this

phone from other devices, go to "

Settings & networks settings

Then, select the " checkbox.

The checkbox is cleared after 120 seconds.

- Supported profiles are HFP, HSP, OPP, PBAP (server), FTP (server), A2DP, AVRCP, and DUN.

Select

Wireless & Bluetooth

" checkbox

" > "

Bluetooth

Discoverable

Wireless

+ 40 hidden pages