LG P925 Users manual

User Guide

Important notice

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

1. Phone memory

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

To manage the application

On the home screen, touch 1 tab and select

Settings> Applications

Manage applications

When all applications appear, scroll and 2 select the application you want to uninstall.

Tap 3

Uninstall

application you desired.

and touch OK to uninstall

Applications

2. Optimising 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. 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.

To check the battery charge level

On the home screen, touch 1 tab and select

Status

The battery status (charging, discharging) 2 and level (as a percentage of fully charged) are displayed at the top of the screen.

Settings> About phone

Applications

Important notice

To monitor and control what uses the battery

On the home screen, touch 1 tab and select

Settings> About phone>

Applications

Battery use.

The top of the screen displays battery usage 2 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.

3. Installing an Open Source OS

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

Warning

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

Warning

To protect your phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources, such as Android Market™. If some applications are not properly installed on your phone, your phone may not work normally or a serious error may 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.

Warning

Precautions to take when using the Pattern Lock, It is very important that you remember the unlock pattern you set. You will not be able to access your phone if you use an incorrect pattern 5 times. You have 5 opportunities to enter your unlock Pattern, PIN or Password. If you used all the 5 opportunities, you can attempt it after 30 seconds.

Important notice

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

If you logged in Google account on the phone and failed to use correct pattern 5times, tab 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.

Caution

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.

Turn the power off.1 Press and hold for over 10 seconds: Power 2

key + Home Key + Up volume key. When the power turns on, release these 3

keys.

5. Using Safe Mode and Hard Reset

Using Safe mode * To recover from malfunction state of

your phone

Turn off your phone and reboot. While your 1 phone is powering back on, press and hold the Menu key while the Android Logo is displayed. Your phone will boot all the way to the main screen and display "safe mode" in lower left corner.

Select2

Settings> Applications>Manage

applications

then select an After uninstalling the application, turn off 3

and reboot your phone.

* Using Hard Reset (Factory Reset)

If this does not restore it to the original condition, use Hard Reset to initialise your phone. If you turn on the phone while pressing and holding Power + Home + Up volume keys at the same time (for 10 seconds), the phone will turn on and perform hard reset immediately.

, and choose the application

Uninstall

icon.

Important notice

Warning

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

6. Connecting to Wi-Fi networks

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

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

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

On the home screen, touch 1 tab and select

Settings > Wireless &

networks > Wi-Fi settings

Touch 2

Wi-Fi

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.3

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

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

The Status bar displays icons that indicate 4 Wi-Fi status.

to turn it on and begin scan for

Connect

Applications

Important notice

7. Using a microSD card

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

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

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

NOTE

Applications can only be saved to the phone's internal memory.

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 Home Screen > Applications

Settings > SD Card&phone storage > Unmount SD card.

8. Opening and Switching Applications

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

To stop the application you use

On the home screen, touch 1 tab and select

Settings> Applications

Manage applications

Scroll to the desire application and touch 2

Force stop

to stop using it.

TIP

Getting back to recent Apps

- Press and hold Home key, then a screen will

display a listing the applications you used recently

Applications

Important notice

Connecting your phone to a computer via USB

Use the USB cable with your phone to 1 connect the phone to a USB port on your computer. You'll receive a notification that the USB is connected.

Open the Notification drawer and touch USB 2 connected.

Touch 3

Mount

transfer files between your phone’s microSD card and the computer.

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

to confirm that you want to

10. 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.

TIP

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

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

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

Safely disconnect the USB device on your 1 computer.

Open the Notification drawer and touch 2

Turn off USB storage

Touch 3

Turn off

in the dialog that opens.

11.

Hold Phone straight up

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

While making/receiving calls or sending/ receiving data, try to avoid holding the lower part of the phone where the antenna is

located. It may affect call quality.

12. When Screen freezes

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

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

Important notice

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

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

Your Phone

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

Earpiece

Proximity Sensor

Home key

- Returns to home screen from any screen.

Menu key

- Check what options are available.

Warning

Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it can damage its LCD and touch screen functionalities. Do not cover the protective ﬁlm on the LCD’s proximity sensor. This can cause the sensor to malfunction.

TIP

Press Menu key whenever you tap an application to check what options are available.

TIP

LG-P925 does not support Video call.

TIP

If LG-P925 has errors when you use it or you can not turn it on, remove battery ,install it

again and turn it on after 5 seconds.

Power/Lock key

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

- Turns off the screen and locks.

Back key

- Returns to the previous screen.

Search key

- Search the web and contents in your phone.

Your Phone

Stereo earphone connector

Volume keys

- On the home screen: controls ringer volume.

- During a call: controls your earpiece volume.

- When playing a track: controls volume continuously.

Charger, micro USB cable connector

Rear View

Camera lens

microSD memory card slot

SIM card slot

Power/Lock key

Microphone

Back cover

Battery

Getting Started

Installing the SIM card and battery

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

To remove the back cover, Hold the phone on 1 your hand firmly. With the other hand, firmly press your thumb on the back cover. And lift off the battery cover with your forefinger.

Slide the SIM card into the SIM card holder. 2 Make sure the gold contact area on the card is facing downwards.

Getting Started

Insert the battery into place by aligning the 3 gold contacts on the phone and the battery.

Replace the back cover of the phone.4

Charging your phone

Slide back the cover of the charger connector on the side of your LG-P925. Insert the charger, and plug it into an electrical outlet. Your LG-P925 must be charged until you can see .

NOTE

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

NOTE

The LG-P925 has an internal antenna. Be careful not to scratch or damage this rear area, as that will cause loss of performance.

Getting Started

Installing the memory card

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

To insert a memory card:

NOTE

The LG-P925 supports upto a 32GB memory card.

Turn the phone off before inserting or 1 removing the memory card. Remove the back cover.

Open the slot protection and insert the 2 memory card into the slot. Make sure the gold contact area is facing downwards.

Getting Started

Close the slot protection. 3

Warning

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

Formatting the memory card

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

NOTE

All ﬁles on the card are deleted when you format the card.

On the home screen, touch 1 tab to open the applications menu.

Applications

Scroll and touch 2 Scroll and touch 3

storage

Unmount SD Card.4 Touch 5

your choice. If you set the pattern lock, input the pattern 6

lock and select card will then be formatted and ready to use.

NOTE

If there is content on your memory card, the folder structure may be different after formatting since all the ﬁles will have been deleted.

TIP

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

Settings SD card & phone

Format SD card

Erase Everything.

, then confirm

The

SD card & phone storage > Format SD Card.

Your Home screen

Touch-screen tips

Here are some tips on how to navigate around your phone.

Touch -

To choose a menu/option or open an

application, touch it.

Touch and hold -

or grab an object you want to move, touch and hold it.

Drag -

drag across the touch screen.

Flick -

flick across the touch screen (drag quickly and release).

NOTE

• To select an item, touch the centre of the

icon.

• Do not to press too hard; the touch screen

is sensitive enough to pick up a light, firm touch.

• Use the tip of your finger to touch the option

you want. Be careful not to touch any other keys.

To open an options menu

To scroll through a list or move slowly,

To scroll through a list or move quickly,

Proximity sensor

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

Lock your phone

When you are not using LG-P925, Press the power key to lock your phone. This helps prevent accidental presses and saves battery power.

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

- If there are any programs running when you set the pattern, they may be still running in lock mode. It is recommended to exit all programs before entering the lock mode to avoid unnecessary charges. (e.g., phone call, web access and data communications)

Setting unlock pattern:

your own unlock pattern by connecting four or more dots.

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

Caution

Before you set an unlock pattern, you need to create your Google mail account first.

Caution

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

You can draw

Unlock screen

Whenever your LG-P925 is not in use, it will return to the lock screen. Slide your finger from left to right to unlock the screen.

Your Home screen

Silent Mode

From Notification drawer, touch to be

Or if you don't use unlock pattern , simply

drag to the left.

To wake up your phone, press

Back, Search

will appear. Touch the lock icon and drag your finger to the right to unlock your home screen. The last screen you were working on opens.

Power

Key. The lock screen

Menu, Home

Home

Simply swipe your finger to the left or right to view the different panels. You can also customize each panel with widgets which are shortcuts to your favourite applications, folders and wallpapers. You can also customize each panel with widgets, shortcuts and quick keys except

Phone

key.

Your Home screen

NOTE

Some screen images may be different depending on your phone provider. In your LG home screen, you can view quick keys on the bottom of the screen. The quick keys provide easy, one-touch access to the functions you use the most.

Touch the

Phone

touch-dialling pad to make a call.

Touch to open contacts Touch the

bottom of the screen. You can then view all your installed applications.

Touch the

messaging menu. Here, you can create a new message.

Touch to open AT&T site.

icon to bring up the

Applications

Message

icon to access the

tab at the

Adding widgets to your home screen

You can customise your home screen by adding shortcuts, widgets, or folders to it. For more convenience using your phone, add your favourite widgets on the home screen.

On the home screen, touch 1 select

Add

. Or long touch the empty part of

the home screen. On the 2

Add to Home screen

the type of item you want to add. For example, select 3

and tap it. You will see a new folder’s icon on the home 4

screen. Drag it to the desired location on the desired panel and release your finger from the screen.

TIP

To add a preloaded application or an application you've downloaded from the Android Marketplace to home screen, simply touch and hold the icon you want added to home screen.

TIP

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

TIP

You cannot delete the preloaded applications. (Only their icons can be deleted from the screen.)

Folders

key and

menu, touch

from the list

Your Home screen

Getting back to a recently used applications

Touch and hold the 1 will show you a pop up with icons of applications that you've used recently.

Touch an icon to open its application. Or, 2 touch

Back

application.

Home

key. The screen

key to return to the current

Notification drawer

The notification drawer runs across the top of your screen.

Bluetooth

Wi-Fi

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

key and select

GPS

Notifications

Airplane

Mode

Ring

. Here,

you can check and manage Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS status as well as other notifications.

Viewing the status bar

The status bar uses different icons to display phone information, such as signal strength, new messages, battery life, and active Bluetooth and data connections.

Below is a table explaining the meaning of icons you’re likely to see in the status bar.

[Status bar]

Icon Description

No SIM card

No signal

Wi-Fi is on and connected

Wired headset

Call forward

Call hold

Speakerphone

Call mute

Your Home screen

Icon Description

Missed call

Bluetooth on

Bluetooth connected

System warning

Alarm

New voicemail

Flight mode

Silent

Vibrate

No SD card

Battery fully charged

Battery is charging

Data in

Data out

Data in and out

USB to PC

Icon Description

Download

Upload

GPS is acquiring

GPS is on

Onscreen Keyboard

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

Qwerty Keypad (Phone Keypad)

Shift Key -

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

Setting key Number and Symbols Key -

to change input to number and symbol entry. caps.

Enter Key Key Delete Key

Touch once to capitalise the

Touch

Remove keypad from the screen.

Your Home screen

Go forward or backword between

letters.

Entering text

Keypad

Tap to change between the number, symbol,

and text keypads. Use to swap between lowercase and

uppercase. The coloured circle on the button tells you if uppercase is locked on (green) or if it is just on for one character (orange).

To enter a space, touch .

Tip!

To switch between Qwerty Keypad and Phone Keypad, Touch and choose Keyboard Layouts.

Abc mode

This mode allows you to enter letters by touching the key labelled with the required letter once, twice, three or four times until the letter is displayed.

123 Mode

This mode allows you to enter numbers in a text message (a telephone number, for example) more quickly. Touch the keys corresponding to the required digits before manually switching back to the appropriate text entry mode.

Entering accented letters

When you select French or Spanish as the text entry language, you can enter special French or Spanish characters (e.g., “a”).

After the corresponding letter character disappears, press the same key repeatedly until you see the special character you want.

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