LG P655H Users manual

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User Guide

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LG-P655h User Guide

Screen displays and illustrations may differ from those you see on actual phone.

Some of the contents of this guide may not apply to your phone, depending on the software and your service provider. All information in this document is subject to change without notice.

This handset is not suitable for people who have a visual impairment due to the touch screen keyboard.

Copyright ©2013 LG Electronics, Inc. All rights reserved. LG and the LG logo are registered trademarks of LG Group and its related entities. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Google™, Google Maps™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Talk™ and Google Play™ are trademarks of Google, Inc.

Table of contents

 

Important notice ................................

5

Getting to know your phone ...........

12

Phone overview......................................

12

Installing the Micro SIM card and

 

battery......................................................

14

Charging your phone ...........................

15

Inserting a microSD card....................

16

Removing the microSD card..............

17

Formatting the microSD card ............

18

Locking and unlocking the screen ...

18

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

19

Touch Screen tips .................................

19

Home screen.........................................

20

Customizing the Home screen.....

20

Returning to recently-used

 

applications.............................................

21

Notifications............................................

21

Swipe down for notifications &

 

settings................................................

22

Quick Settings...................................

22

Indicator icons on the Status Bar.22

On-screen keyboard............................

24

Entering accented letters................

24

Google account setup.....................

25

Connecting to Networks

 

and Devices......................................

26

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

26

Connecting to Wi-Fi networks.......

26

Turning Wi-Fi on and connecting to

a Wi-Fi network .................................

26

Bluetooth................................................

26

USB Tethering.......................................

28

Smartphone Mobile Hotspots ..........

29

Enabling Wi-Fi Direct to share

 

through SmartShare ...........................

29

SmartShare............................................

30

Calls ..................................................

33

Making a call .........................................

33

Calling your contacts...........................

33

Answering and rejecting a call .........

33

Adjusting the in-call volume.............

34

Making a second call ..........................

34

Ending a Call.........................................

34

Ending a Call from the Status Bar...

35

Viewing your call logs..........................

35

Call settings...........................................

36

Contacts............................................

37

Searching for a contact......................

37

Adding a new contact.........................

37

Favorite Contacts..................................

37

Creating a group..................................

38

Messaging ........................................

39

Conversation view ................................

39

Sending a message ............................

39

Using smilies.........................................

40

Changing your message settings....

40

Email..................................................

41

Managing an email account...............

41

Working with account folders.............

41

Composing and sending email........

42

Camera .............................................

43

Getting to know the viewfinder.........

43

Using the advanced settings............

44

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Taking a quick photo ..........................

45

Once you've taken a photo................

45

Viewing your saved photos................

47

Video camera...................................

48

Getting to know the viewfinder.........

48

Using the advanced settings............

49

Recording a quick video.....................

49

After recording a video.......................

50

Watching your saved videos..............

50

Adjusting the volume when viewing a

video........................................................

50

LG Unique Functions .......................

51

QuickMemo............................................

51

Using the QuickMemo options.....

52

Viewing the saved QuickMemo ....

52

Live Zooming ........................................

53

QSlide .....................................................

54

QuickTranslator.....................................

54

VuTalk......................................................

56

Registering VuTalk............................

56

Using VuTalk ......................................

57

Multimedia.......................................

59

Gallery .....................................................

59

Viewing pictures................................

59

Zooming in and out.........................

59

Playing videos....................................

59

Viewing photo and video options.60

Deleting images and videos ..........

60

Setting as wallpaper.........................

60

Videos .....................................................

60

Playing a video ..................................

60

Video Wiz ................................................

61

Music.......................................................

63

Add music files to your phone......

63

Transfer music using Media sync

 

(MTP) ...................................................

63

Playing a song...................................

63

Utilities.............................................

66

Setting your alarm ...............................

66

Using your calculator...........................

66

Adding an event to your calendar...

66

Lookout Security ..................................

67

T-Mobile TV...........................................

68

T-Mobile Name ID ...............................

68

File manager .........................................

68

Application Manager...........................

69

Visual Voicemail....................................

70

Voice Recorder......................................

70

Recording a sound or voice...........

70

Sending the voice recording..........

70

Task Manager.........................................

71

Polaris Viewer 4 .....................................

71

FileShare..................................................

71

Backup....................................................

72

About backing up and restoring

 

smartphone data ..............................

72

Backup your smart phone data ....

73

Scheduling automatic backups....

73

Restoring smartphone data...........

73

Google+..................................................

74

Voice Search..........................................

74

Downloads..............................................

75

The Web ............................................

76

Browser ...................................................

76

Using the Web toolbar....................

76

Viewing webpages............................

76

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Opening a page................................

76

Searching the web by voice...........

77

Bookmarks..........................................

77

History..................................................

77

Using QSlide......................................

77

Chrome...................................................

77

Viewing webpages............................

78

Opening a page................................

78

Searching the web by voice...........

78

Syncing with other devices.............

78

Settings............................................

79

Access the Settings menu................

79

WIRELESS & NETWORKS................

79

DEVICE ...................................................

82

PERSONAL ...........................................

84

SYSTEM..................................................

86

LG On-Screen Phone......................

90

LG SOFTWARE ....................................

90

On-Screen Phone icons.....................

90

On-Screen Phone features................

90

How to install On-Screen Phone on

your PC ....................................................

91

How to connect your mobile phone to

your PC ....................................................

91

To check the phone-to-PC

 

connection .............................................

92

To disconnect your phone from your

PC ............................................................

92

Phone software update ..................

93

Phone software update ......................

93

LG Mobile Phone Software update via

Over-the-Air (OTA) ..............................

93

About this user guide

..................... 95

Accessories ......................................

96

Technical data...................................

97

Troubleshooting...............................

98

For Your Safety ...............................

102

Safety instructions.........................

108

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Important notice

Before you start using the phone, please read this!

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

In order to make more memory available, you will have to manage your applications and delete some data, such as applications or messages.

Managing applications

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

2When the list of applications appears, scroll and tap the application you want to disable.

3Tap Uninstall and then tap OK to confirm that you want to uninstall the desired application.

To stop applications

1From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Apps and select the

RUNNING tab.

2 Scroll to the desired application and tap Stop to stop it.

Moving applications

To manage the internal storage efficiently, you can move applications from phone to the microSD card.

1Touch > > Apps.

2 Tap the downloaded application and then tap Move to SD card.

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2. Optimizing Battery Life

You can extend your battery’s life between charges 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, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS.

Lower screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout.

Turn off automatic syncing for Gmail™, Calendar, Contacts, and other applications.

Some applications you have downloaded may cause your battery power to be reduced.

While using downloaded applications, check the battery charged level.

To view the battery charge level

1From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > About phone >

Battery.

2The battery status (charging or discharging) and level are displayed on the top menu of the screen.

To monitor and control what uses the battery

1From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > About phone >

Battery > Battery use.

2The bottom of the screen displays battery usage time and also lists applications or services using battery power from greatest amount to least.

3. Installing an Open Source Operating System

Installing an open source operating system on your phone and not using the operating system provided by the manufacturer can cause your phone to malfunction.

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Warning!

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

To protect your phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources, such as Play Store. If some applications are not properly installed on your phone, your phone may not work properlyor serious errors may occur. You will need to uninstall those applications and all of its data and settings from the phone.

4. Using an unlock pattern

Set a screen lock to secure your phone from unauthorized use. To set the screen lock, follow the process below.

From the Home screen, tap Apps > Lock screen > Select screen lock and select from Swipe, Face Unlock, Pattern, PIN or Password.

NOTE: In case that you have trouble with Face Unlock, you can unlock the screen with a pattern and/or PIN as a backup.

Warning! Take precautions when using an Unlock Pattern, PIN, or Password. It is very important that you remember the screen unlock information you set. You are allowed 5 attempts to enter your screen unlock information. If you used up all 5 opportunities, you will have to wait 30 seconds to attempt unlocking the phone again.

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

If you logged into a Google account on the phone and failed to use the correct pattern 5 times, tap Forgot pattern? You will be required to sign in with your Google account and prompted to create a new unlock pattern.

If you have set a backup PIN, you can unlock the screen by entering the backup PIN.

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

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Important notice

5. Using Hard Reset (Factory Reset)

If your phone needs to be restored to its original condition, use a Hard Reset to initialize your phone.

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.

1Turn the phone off.

2 Press and hold the Power/Lock Key + Volume Down Key .

3LG Logo appears on the screen. And after a few seconds, FACTORY HARD RESET screen will appear, now release all keys.

4The phone will allow you to select the factory reset function in the Android system recovery utility by pressing Power/Lock Key .

5Press the Power/Lock Key again to confirm factory reset and your phone will be restored to its factory settings. To cancel, press any other key.

6. Using Safe Mode

To recover your phone when malfunctioning.

1Turn off your phone and reboot. When you see the T-Mobile animation

press and hold the Volume Down Key . Your main screen will then be displayed with the words “Safe mode” in the lower left corner.

2From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key and tap System settings >

Apps.

3Tap one of the available tabs at the top of the screen and select the application you wish to uninstall.

4 Tap Uninstall and OK to confirm.

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

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7. Using a microSD Card

Pictures, Music and Video files, can be saved to external memory. Before saving these files to external memory, you need to insert a microSD card. If you have not inserted a microSD card, your items will be saved to internal memory.

Warning! Do not remove the microSD card without unmounting it first. Otherwise, it may damage the microSD card as well as your phone, and the data stored on the microSD card may be corrupted. To unmount the microSD card, from the Home screen, tap the Menu Key and tap System settings >

Storage > Unmount SD card > OK.

8. Connecting Your Phone to a Computer via USB

1Use the USB cable that was provided with your phone to connect the phone to a USB port on your computer. You’ll receive a notification that the USB is connected and can see USB connection type pop-up.

2 Tap Media sync (MTP) to confirm that you want to transfer files between your phone’s microSD card and the computer.

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

9. Opening and Switching Applications

Multi-tasking is easy with Android because you can keep more than one application running at the same time. There’s no need to quit an application before opening another. Use and switch between several open applications. Android manages each application, stopping and starting them as needed to ensure that idle applications don’t consume resources unnecessarily.

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Important notice

TIP! To return to a recent application, press and hold the Home Key . The screen then displays a list of applications you have recently used.

10. Unlock Screen When Using Data Connection

Your screen will go dark if untouched for a period of time when using a data connection. To turn on your LCD screen, press the Power/Lock Key .

11. Hold the Phone Straight Up

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

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

12. When the Screen Freezes

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

Remove the battery, reinsert it, then turn the phone on.

OR

Press and hold the Power/Lock Key for 10 seconds to turn it off. If it still does not work, please contact the service center.

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