LG Thrive User Manual
User Manual
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LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT
1. WHAT THIS WARRANTY COVERS :
LG offers you a limited warranty that the enclosed
subscriber unit and its enclosed accessories will
be free from defects in material and workmanship,
according to the following terms and conditions:
1. The limited warranty for the product extends for
TWELVE (12) MONTHS beginning on the date
of purchase of the product with valid proof of
purchase, or absent valid proof of purchase,
FIFTEEN (15) MONTHS from date of manufacture
as determined by the unit’s manufacture date code.
2. The limited warranty extends only to the original
purchaser of the product and is not assignable or
transferable to any subsequent purchaser/end user.
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of the product during the warranty period as long
as it is in the U.S, including Alaska, Hawaii, U.S.
Territories and Canada.
4. The external housing and cosmetic parts shall
be free of defects at the time of shipment and,
therefore, shall not be covered under these limited
warranty terms.
5. Upon request from LG, the consumer must provide
information to reasonably prove the date of
purchase.
6. The customer shall bear the cost of shipping the
product to the Customer Service Department of LG.
LG shall bear the cost of shipping the product back
to the consumer after the completion of service
under this limited warranty.
2. WHAT THIS WARRANTY DOES
NOT COVER :
1. Defects or damages resulting from use of the
product in other than its normal and customary
manner.
2. Defects or damages from abnormal use, abnormal
conditions, improper storage, exposure to moisture
or dampness, unauthorized modifications,
unauthorized connections, unauthorized repair,
misuse, neglect, abuse, accident, alteration,
improper installation, or other acts which are
not the fault of LG, including damage caused by
shipping, blown fuses, spills of food or liquid.
3. Breakage or damage to antennas unless caused
directly by defects in material or workmanship.
4. That the Customer Service Department at LG was
not notified by consumer of the alleged defect or
malfunction of the product during the applicable
limited warranty period.
5. Products which have had the serial number
removed or made illegible.
6. This limited warranty is in lieu of all other
warranties, express or implied either in fact or
by operations of law, statutory or otherwise,
including, but not limited to any implied warranty
of marketability or fitness for a particular use.
7. Damage resulting from use of non-LG approved
accessories.
8. All plastic surfaces and all other externally exposed
parts that are scratched or damaged due to normal
customer use.
9. Products operated outside published maximum
ratings.
10. Products used or obtained in a rental program.
11. Consumables (such as fuses).
3. WHAT LG WILL DO:
LG will, at its sole discretion, either repair, replace
or refund the purchase price of any unit that
does not conform to this limited warranty. LG
may choose at its discretion to use functionally
equivalent reconditioned, refurbished or new
units or parts or any units. In addition, LG will
not re-install or back-up any data, applications or
software that you have added to your phone. It is
therefore recommended that you back-up any such
data or information prior to sending the unit to LG
to avoid the permanent loss of such information.
4. STATE LAW RIGHTS :
No other express warranty is applicable to
this product. THE DURATION OF ANY IMPLIED
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WARRANTY OF MARKETABILITY, IS LIMITED TO
THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY
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OTHER DAMAGES, DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL,
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, OR INABILITY
TO USE, THIS PRODUCT OR FOR ANY BREACH
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SERVICE :
To obtain warranty service, please call or fax to
the following telephone numbers from anywhere
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Tel. 1-800-793-8896 or Fax. 1-800-448-4026
Or visit www.lg.com.
Correspondence may also be mailed to:
LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc.
201 James Record Road Huntsville, AL 35824
DO NOT RETURN YOUR PRODUCT TO THE ABOVE
ADDRESS.
Please call or write for the location of the LG
authorized service center nearest you and for the
procedures for obtaining warranty claims.
User Manual
Table of Contents
Important notice.........................7
Your Phone ................................12
Getting Started .........................14
Installing the SIM card and
battery .........................................14
Charging your phone ...................15
Installing the microSD card.........16
Formatting the microSD card ......17
Switching between and Exiting
Applications ................................18
Your Home screen ...................19
Touch-screen tips ........................19
Proximity sensor ..........................19
Lock your phone ..........................19
Unlock screen ..............................20
Home ..........................................20
Adding widgets to your Home
screen ..........................................21
Getting back to a recently used
applications .................................22
Notifications panel ......................22
Viewing the Status Bar ...............22
Onscreen Keyboard .....................24
Entering text ................................24
123 Mode ....................................24
Entering accented letters ............25
Google Account Set-up ..........26
Creating your Google account.....26
Signing into your Google account 26
Calls ...........................................28
Making a call...............................28
Calling your contacts...................28
Answering and rejecting a call ...28
Adjusting the In-call call volume 28
Making a second call ..................29
Viewing your call logs .................29
Call settings ................................29
Contacts.....................................30
Searching for a contact ...............30
Adding a new contact .................30
Favorite Contacts ........................30
Messaging/Email .....................31
Messaging...................................31
Threaded box ..............................31
Sending a message .....................31
Using smilies ...............................32
Changing your message settings 32
Email............................................32
Reading Your Messages .............33
Responding to a Message ..........33
Composing and Sending Email ...33
Working with Account Folders ....34
Adding and Editing Email
Accounts......................................34
Social Networking ......................35
Adding an account to your phone 35
Viewing and updating your
status ..........................................35
Adding data/ accounts on your
phone...........................................36
Removing data/accounts on your
phone...........................................36
Camera.......................................37
Getting to know the viewfinder .. 37
Using the focus mode .................38
Taking a photo ............................38
Once you’ve taken the photo ......38
Using the advanced settings.......39
Viewing your saved photos .........40
Adjusting the volume when
viewing a video ...........................40
Setting a photo as wallpaper......40
Video camera ...........................41
Getting to know the viewfinder .. 41
Shooting a video .........................42
After shooting a video.................42
Using the advanced settings.......42
Watching your saved videos .......43
Multimedia................................44
View mode ..................................44
Timeline view ..............................44
My images options menu............44
Sending a photo ..........................44
Sending a video...........................45
Using an image ...........................45
Creating a slideshow ..................45
View photo details ......................45
Transferring files using USB mass
storage devices ...........................45
Music...........................................46
How to save music/video files to
the phone ....................................46
How to play music/video files on
the phone ....................................46
Playing a song .............................46
Working with Playlists ................47
To remove a song from a playlist 47
To rename or delete a playlist ....48
Google applications ................49
About Google applications..........49
Google Maps™............................49
Searching For Locations and
Places ..........................................49
Getting Directions .......................50
Starred Places .............................50
Clear Map....................................50
Latitude .......................................51
Places ..........................................51
Market™......................................52
Gmail™ ........................................53
Google Talk™ ..............................53
Changing Google Talk Settings ...53
To configure notifications for new
Google Talk messages ................54
To show or hide the mobile
indicator to friends ......................54
To set whether you sign into
Google Talk automatically ...........54
To set Google Talk to change your
status...........................................54
Table of Contents
Utilities ......................................55
Setting the alarm ........................55
Using the calculator ....................55
Adding an event to your calendar 56
Changing your calendar view......56
ThinkFree Office ..........................56
Voice Search ...............................57
Voice Dialer .................................58
Voice recorder .............................58
Recording a sound or voice .........58
Sending the voice recording .......58
Using Car Home ..........................59
Application Manager................... 59
The Web ....................................60
Browser .......................................60
Using the Web browser ..............60
Using options ..............................60
Accessing bookmarks..................61
Adding bookmarks.......................61
Changing Web browser settings 61
AT&T Mobile Care ...................62
Settings......................................63
Wireless & networks ..................63
Airplane mode .............................63
Bluetooth .....................................63
Wi-Fi ............................................64
Turn on Wi-Fi ............................... 65
To connect to a Wi-Fi Network ...65
Data Tethering .............................66
Mobile Hotspots..........................66
Call settings ................................67
Sound ..........................................67
Display.........................................67
Location & Security ....................67
Using the Unlock Pattern, PIN, or
Password .....................................68
Applications ................................69
Accounts & sync settings............69
Privacy .........................................69
SD card & phone storage ............69
Search .........................................70
Language & keyboard .................70
Voice input & output ...................70
Accessibility ................................70
Date and time..............................70
About phone ................................70
Software update ......................71
Q&A ............................................72
Accessories ..............................73
For your safety ..........................74
Safety Guidelines ....................78
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
You need to check your phone memory and
delete some data, such as applications or
messages, to make more memory available.
Managing Applications
From the Home screen, press the 1
Key
and touch
Manage applications
When the list of applications appears, 2
scroll and touch the application you want
to uninstall.
Touch 3
Uninstall
confirm that you want to uninstall the
desired application.
Menu
Settings > Applications
.
and then touch OK to
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.
Wi-Fi and GPS will be set to On the first time
you use your newly purchased phone.
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- 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 charge level.
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Important notice
To view the battery charge level
1 From the Home screen, press the Menu
Key and touch
>
Status
2 The battery status (charging or not charging)
and level are displayed on the top menu of
the screen.
.
Settings
>
About phone
To monitor and control what uses the
battery
From the Home screen, press the 1
Key
and touch
Settings > About phone
Menu
> 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 screen 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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4. Using the Unlock Pattern,
PIN, or Password
Set an unlock Pattern, PIN, or Password to
secure your phone. To set the screen lock,
follow the process below.
Press the
Menu Key
, touch
Settings
Location & security
lock
and select between
Password
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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.
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Set up screen
Pattern, PIN or
.
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, touch Forgot Pattern? You will
be required to sign in with your Google
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Important notice
account and prompted to create a new
unlock pattern.
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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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 the following keys at the 2
same time for 10 seconds: Power/Lock Key +
Home Key + Up Volume Key.
When the power turns on, release the keys.3
5. Using Safe Mode and Hard
Reset
Using Safe mode
* To recover your phone when
malfunctioning.
Turn off your phone and reboot. When the 1
LG Logo is displayed on the screen, press
and hold the
Menu Key
. Your main screen
will then be displayed with the words "Safe
mode" in lower left corner.
From the Home screen, press the 2
Key
and touch
Settings > Applications
Manage applications
Choose the application you wish to uninstall 3
and touch
Uninstall
After uninstalling the application, turn off 4
and reboot your phone.
Menu
.
and OK to confirm.
* Using Hard Reset (Factory Reset)
If using Safe Mode does not restore your
phone to the original condition, use a
Hard Reset to initialize your phone.
Turn the power off.1
Press and hold the following keys at the 2
same time for 10 seconds: Power/Lock Key +
Home Key + Up Volume Key.
When the power turns on, release the keys.3
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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.
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Important notice
6. Using a microSD Card
Pictures, Music and Video files, can only be
saved to external memory. Before using the
camera, you need to insert a microSD card. If
you have not inserted a microSD card, you will
not be able to save pictures and video taken
with the phone.
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Warning
Do not insert or remove the microSD card when
the phone is on. Otherwise, it may damage
the microSD card as well as your phone, and
the data stored on the microSD card may be
corrupted. To remove the microSD card safely,
from the Home screen, press the Menu Key
and touch Settings > SD card & phone
storage > Unmount SD card.
7.
Connecting your phone to a
computer via USB
Use the USB cable that was provided with 1
your phone to connect the phone to a USB
port on your computer. You'll receive a
notification that the USB is connected.
Touch 2
Turn on USB storage
to confirm that you want to transfer files
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and OK
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.
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TIP
You cannot access the microSD card from
your phone while connected as USB storage.
So you cannot 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. Then follow the
instructions below.
Open the Notifications panel and touch 1 Turn
off USB storage (twice).
Safely disconnect the phone from your 2
computer.
Important notice
8. 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 any key on the phone (Menu, Home,
Back, Search, Power/Lock Key), except the
Volume Keys.
9.
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.
10. When the 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 the Customer Service Center.
11. Do not connect your phone
when you power on/off
your PC
Make sure to disconnect your phone from the
PC when powering your PC on or off as it might
result in PC errors.
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Your Phone
To turn on the phone, press and hold the Power/Lock Key for 3 seconds.
To turn off the phone, press the Power/Lock Key for 3 seconds and touch Power off and OK to
confirm.
Front View
Earpiece
Proximity Sensor
Home Key
- Returns to the Home screen
from any screen.
Menu Key
- Displays available options for
the current screen.
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Warning
Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it can damage its LCD and touch screen
functionalities. Do not cover the LCD’s proximity sensor with a protective film.
This can cause the sensor to malfunction.
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TIPS
- Press the Menu Key whenever you open an application to check what options are available.
- This phone does not support video calls.
- If your phone has errors when you use it or you cannot turn it on, remove the battery, install it
again and turn it on after 5 seconds.
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Power/Lock Key
- Powers your phone on/off by
pressing and holding the key.
- Turns your screen on and off
and locks it.
Back Key
- Returns to the previous screen.
Search Key
- Search the web and contents
in your phone.
Side View
3.5mm Headset Jack
Volume Keys
- From the Home screen: Controls ringer
volume.
- During a call: Controls your earpiece
volume.
- When playing a track: Controls volume
continuously.
Your Phone
Power/Lock Key
Accessory/Charger Port
Rear View
Camera Lens
microSD
Card Slot
SIM Card Slot
Microphone
Battery
Cover
Battery
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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:
Hold the phone on your hand firmly. With the 1
other hand, firmly press your thumb on the
back and lift off the battery cover with your
forefinger using the fingertip cutout at the
top of the phone.
Slide the SIM card into the SIM card slot. 2
Make sure the gold contact area on the card
is facing downwards.
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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 (as 4
demonstrated below). Apply a steady
downward pressure until the battery cover
clicks into place.
Charging your phone
Plug the USB cable (as shown below) into the
phone's accessory/charger port. Make sure the
‘B’ side is facing upwards.
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NOTE
The battery must be fully charged initially
to improve battery lifetime.
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NOTE
Your phone has an internal antenna. Be
careful not to scratch or damage this
rear area, as that will cause loss of
performance.
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Getting Started
Installing the microSD card
To store multimedia files, such as images
taken using the camera, you must insert a
microSD card into your phone.
To insert a microSD card:
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NOTE
This device supports up to a 32GB microSD
card.
Turn the phone off before inserting or 1
removing the microSD card. Remove the
battery cover.
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Slide the slot protector upwards to unlock 2
it and flip it open. Then insert the microSD
card into the slot. Make sure the gold
contact area is facing downwards.
Getting Started
Flip the slot protection down to close it. 3
Then slide the slot protection downwards to
lock it and replace the battery cover.
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Warning
Do not insert or remove the microSD card
when the phone is on. Otherwise, it may
damage the microSD card as well as your
phone, and the data stored on the microSD
card may be corrupted.
Formatting the microSD card
Your microSD card may already be formatted.
If it isn’t, you must format it before you can
use it.
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NOTE
All files on the card are deleted when you
format the microSD card.
From the Home screen, press the 1
Key
.
Touch 2
Settings
.
Touch 3
SD card & phone storage
Touch 4
Unmount SD card
confirm.
Touch 5
Format SD card
If you set an unlock pattern, enter it and 6
touch
Erase Everything.
then be formatted and ready to use.
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NOTE
If there is content on your microSD card,
the folder structure may be different after
formatting since all the files will have been
deleted.
Menu
and OK to
(twice).
The card will
.
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Getting Started
Switching between and
Exiting Applications
Multi-tasking is easy with Android because
open applications keep running even when you
open another application. There is 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.
Switching between applications
- Press and hold the Home Key. A list of
recently used applications will be displayed.
Then touch the application you want to
access.
To stop/exit an application
From the Home screen, press the 1
Key
and touch
Settings > Applications
Manage applications
Touch the desired application and touch 2
Force stop
to exit.
Menu
.
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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).
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NOTE
• To select an item, touch the center 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 or icons.
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 the LG Phoenix, press
the Power/Lock 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 automatically replaced with the
lock screen after 30 seconds of inactivity
to conserve the battery and prevent pocket
dialing.
To wake up your phone, press the
Home, Back, Search
lock screen 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.
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NOTE
- The automatic screen timeout can be
configured manually in Settings.
- If there are any programs running when you
lock the phone, they may still be running in
or
Power Keys
Menu
,
. The
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Your Home screen
lock mode. It is recommended that you exit
all programs before entering the lock mode to
avoid unnecessary charges. (e.g., phone call,
web access and data communications)
Setting an unlock pattern:
your own unlock pattern by connecting four or
more dots.
To unlock the phone, draw the pattern you set
on the screen.
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Caution
If there are more than 5 pattern drawing errors
in a row, you will be required to wait for 30
seconds to retry.
You can draw
Unlock screen
Whenever your phone is not in use, it will
return to the lock screen. Slide your finger from
left to right to unlock the screen.
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When the screen is locked, you can quickly
turn off your ringer and put the phone in silent
mode, by sliding finger from right to left.
Silent Mode
To set phone to silent when screen is unlocked,
open the Notifications panel and touch .
The icon will change to . To take it off
Silent, touch button again or, if the lock screen
is displayed, simply drag to the left.
Home
Simply swipe your finger to the left or right to
view the different panels.
You can also customize each panel with
shortcuts, folders, and wallpapers. You can
also customize each panel with widgets, which
are shortcuts to your favorite applications.
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NOTE
On your LG Home screen, you can view quick
keys at the bottom of the screen. The quick
Your Home screen
keys provide easy, one-touch access to the
functions you use the most.
Quick Keys
Touch the
Phone
keypad to make a call.
Touch to open your Contacts list.
Touch the
to view all your installed applications.
Touch the
messaging application.
Touch to open your phone's web browser.
icon to bring up the
Applications Launcher Key
Messaging
icon to access the
Adding shortcuts and widgets
to your Home screen
You can customize your Home screen by adding
quick access elements, such as shortcuts,
widgets, or folders to it.
•
Shortcuts
: Add application, web
bookmark, contact, email, and music playlist
shortcuts to the Home screen.
•
Widgets
: Add dynamically updating
widgets to your Home screen to allow quick
access to applications without opening the
full application.
•
Folders
: Add folders to organize contacts
and shortcuts.
To do so, use the following steps:
From the Home screen, press the 1
Key
and touch
Add
empty part of the Home screen.
On the 2
Add to Home screen
touch the type of item you want to add.
For example, touch
and touch the folder you wish to add to the
Home screen.
You will see a new icon on the Home 3
screen. Drag it to the desired location on the
desired panel and release your finger from
the screen.
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TIP
To add a preloaded application or an
application you have downloaded from the
Android Marketplace to the Home screen,
simply touch and hold the icon you want in
the Application Launcher to add to the Home
screen.
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TIP
To delete an application icon from the Home
screen, touch and hold the shortcut icon you
want to delete and drag to at the bottom
of the screen.
. Or touch and hold an
Folders
Menu
menu,
from the list
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Your Home screen
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TIP
You cannot delete the preloaded applications.
(Only their icons can be deleted from the
screen).
Getting back to a recently
used application
Press and hold the 1
will display the icons of applications that
you have used recently.
Touch an icon to open its application or 2
press the
application.
Back Key
Home Key.
The screen
to return to the current
Notifications panel
The Notifications panel runs across the top of
your screen.
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
Touch and slide the Notifications panel
down with your finger. Or, from the Home
screen, press the
Notifications
manage Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Airplane mode,
Ringer and view other notifications.
GPS
Menu Key
. From here, you can check and
Airplane
Mode
and touch
Ring
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 are likely to see in the Status Bar.
[Status Bar]
Icon Description
No SIM card is installed
No signal
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Your Home screen
Icon Description
Connected to a Wi-Fi network
A wired headset is connected
Call forwarded
Call on hold
Speakerphone is on
Phone microphone is muted
Missed call
Bluetooth is on
Connected to a Bluetooth device
System warning
Alarm is set
New voicemail
Airplane mode is set
Silent mode is set
Vibrate mode is set
Icon Description
No microSD card installed
Battery is fully charged
Battery is charging
Data in
Data out
Data in and out
The phone is connected to a PC via
USB cable
Downloading data
Uploading data
GPS is on
GPS is receiving location data
USB tethering is active
Mobile Hotspot is active
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Your Home screen
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.
There are two types of keypad that you can
use, the Phone keypad and the QWERTY
keypad.
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To switch between the Qwerty Keypad and
Phone Keypad, touch and Keypad types.
Then touch the keypad you wish to use.
The Phone keypad allows you to enter
letters by touching the key labeled with the
desired letters, similar to how you would on
a traditional 12 key phone. You may have to
touch a key up to four times to type the desired
letter or number.
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The QWERTY keypad shows a letter for each
key, similar to on a computer keyboard.
You can also use this keypad in landscape
mode. Turn phone to a horizontal position to
use the landscape QWERTY keypad.
Entering text
Shift Key -
next letter you type. Double-tap for all
caps.The colored circle on the button tells
you if uppercase is locked on or if it is
just on for one character .
Setting Key-
keyboard settings.
Number and Symbols Key -
change to 123 Mode and enter numbers
and symbols.
Enter Key-
entering text.
Hide Keypad Key -
keypad from the screen.
Delete Key-
entered.
To enter a space, touch .
Touch once to capitalize the
Allows you to set the
Touch to
Adds another line when
Removes the
Deletes any text you have
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 by touching the key.
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You can also change your input method when
typing between LG keyboard and Android
Keyboard. To do so, press and hold a text
field. Select
and make your selection.
Input Method
from the menu
Entering accented letters
When you select French or Spanish as the text
entry language, you can enter special French or
Spanish characters (e.g., “á”).
From Phone Keypad
After the corresponding letter character
disappears, press the same key repeatedly
until you see the special character you want.
From Qwerty keyboard
To input the accent, press and hold the “á” key.
After the accented character appears, touch
it to enter it.
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Google Account Set-up
The first time you open a Google application on
your phone, you will be required to sign in with
your existing Google account. If you do not
have a Google account, you will be prompted
to create one.
Creating your Google account
From the Home screen, touch the 1
Applications Launcher Key
Touch2
Gmail
>
Gmail™ setup wizard.
Touch a text field to open the keyboard and 3
enter your name and username for your
Google account. When you finish entering
the text, you can move to the next text field
by touching
When you’re finished entering your name 4
and username, touch
will communicate with Google servers and
check for username availability.
Enter and re-enter your password. Then 5
follow the instructions and enter the
required and optional information about
the account. Wait while the server creates
your account.
Next > Create
Next
on the keyboard.
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Next
.
to start the
. Your phone
Signing into your Google
account
Enter your email address and password, 1
then touch
Sign in
.
After signing in, you can use Gmail™ and 2
take advantages of Google services on your
phone.
Once you have set up your Google 3
account, your phone will be automatically
synchronized with your Google account on
the web. (Depending on your synchronization
settings.)
After signing in, your phone will sync with your
Google services, such as GmailTM, Contacts,
Google Calendar, and Picasa photo albums.
You can also use Google MapsTM, download
applications from Android Market™, back
up your settings to Google servers, and take
advantage of other Google services on your
phone.
IMPORTANT
• Some applications, such as Calendar,
work only with the first Google Account
you add. If you plan to use more than one
Google Account with your phone, be sure
to sign into the one you want to use with
such applications first. 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. If you don’t
sign into a Google Account during setup,
you will be prompted to sign in or to create
a Google Account the first time you start an
application that requires one, such as Gmail
or Android Market™.
• If you want to use the backup feature to
restore your settings to this phone from
another phone that was running Android
release 2.0 or later, you must sign into your
Google Account, during setup. If you wait
until after setup is complete, your settings
will not be restored.
• 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.
Google Account Set-up
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Calls
Making a call
Touch 1
to open the keypad.
Enter the number on the keypad. To delete a 2
digit, touch the
Touch the 3
To end a call, touch the 4
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To enter “+” to make international calls,
touch and hold down .
Clear
icon .
Call
icon to make a call.
End
icon .
Calling your contacts
Touch 1
to open your contacts.
Scroll through the contact list or touch the2
Search
box and enter the first letter(s) of
the contact you want to call.
In the list that is displayed, touch the contact 3
you want to call.
In the Contact Info screen, touch the phone 4
number you wish to call.
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Answering and rejecting a
call
When the screen is locked
When your phone rings, drag the
to the right.
Drag the
Decline
an incoming call. Drag the Send msg bar
upwards if you want to send a message to the
caller. If the caller is unknown, this Send msg
bar is not available.
icon to the left to reject
When the screen is unlocked
When your phone rings, touch the
icon . Touch
an incoming call.
Touch the Send msg bar upwards if you want
to send a message to the caller. If the caller is
unknown, the Send msg bar is not available.
Decline
icon to reject
Adjusting the In-call volume
To adjust the In-call volume during a call, use
the volume up and down keys on the right side
of the phone.
Answer
Answer
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