LG LGP505CH - User Manual

Table of Contents To set Google Talk to change your status........................................... 55 Utilities ...................................... 56 Setting the alarm ........................ 56 Using the calculator .................... 56 Adding an event to your calendar 56 Changing your ca...

7 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 mor...

8 To view the battery charge level 1 From the Home screen, press the Menu Key and touch Settings > About phone > Status . 2 The battery status (charging or not charging) and level are displayed on the top menu of the screen. To monitor and control what uses the battery From the Home screen, pr...

9 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. n Caution If you perform a hard reset, all user applications and user data will be deleted. Please remember to back up any...

10 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. n Warning Do not insert or remo...

12 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 Home Key - Returns to the Home screen from any screen. Menu Key - Displays available options for the cur...

13 Your Phone Rear View Accessory/Charger Port 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. Power/Lock Key Microphone Side View Battery Cover Battery SIM Card Slot ...

14 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...

15 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 p...

16 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: n NOTE This device supports up to a 32GB microSD card. Turn the phone off before inserting or 1 removing the microSD card. Remove...

17 Flip the slot protection down to close it. 3 Then slide the slot protection downwards to lock it and replace the battery cover. n 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 micr...

18 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 mana...

19 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 - To open an options menu or grab an object you want to move, touch and hold it. Drag - To scroll through a list or move slowly, drag across ...

20 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: You can draw your own unlock pattern by connecting four or more dots.To unlock the phone, draw the ...

22 n 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 Home Key. The screen will display the icons of applications that you have used recently.Touch an icon to open its application or ...

24 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, t...

25 Entering text Shift Key - Touch once to capitalize the 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- Allows you to set the keyboard settings. Number and Symbols Key - Touch to...

26 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 . Touch ...

28 Making a call Touch 1 to open the keypad. Enter the number on the keypad. To delete a 2 digit, touch the Clear icon . Touch the 3 Call icon to make a call. To end a call, touch the 4 End icon . n TIP To enter “+” to make international calls, touch and hold down . Calling your contacts Touch 1 to ...

29 Making a second call During your initial call, touch 1 . Then enter the number you want to call.Dial the number or search your contacts. 2 Touch the 3 Call icon to connect the call. Both calls will be displayed on the call 4 screen. Your initial call will be locked and put on hold.Touch 5 to togg...

30 You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google Account or other accounts that support syncing contacts. Searching for a contact Touch 1 to open your contacts. Press the 2 Search Key and enter the contact name using the keypad. Adding a new contact Touch 1...

33 Using smilies Liven up your messages using smilies.When writing a new message, press the Menu Key, then touch Insert Smiley . Changing your message settings Your phone's message settings are predefined, so you can send messages immediately. You can change the settings based on your preferences. E...

34 Messaging/Email Touch 3 Combined Inbox (on the Accounts screen). Messages in the Combined Inbox are color coded along their left sides, by account, using the same colors that are used for your accounts on the Accounts screen. Only your account’s most recent Email are downloaded to your phone. To ...

35 Touch the 6 Send button. Saving and Accessing Draft Messages If you’re not ready to send the message, touch the Save as draft button to save it in the Drafts folder. Touch a draft message in the Drafts folder to resume working on it. Your message will also be saved as a draft if you touch the Bac...

36 Messaging/Email Touch 3 Remove account in the menu that opens.Touch the 4 OK button in the dialog box to confirm that you want to delete the account. Social Networking With your phone, you can enjoy social networking and manage your micro-blog in on-line communities. You can update your current s...

38 Getting to know the viewfinder Zoom – Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively you can use the Volume Keys. Brightness – This defines and controls of the amount of sunlight entering the image. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar, towards “-” for a lower brightness image, or towards “+” for a h...

40 Using the advanced settings In the viewfinder, touch to open the advanced options.You can change the camera settings by scrolling the list. After selecting the option, touch the Back key . Image size – Touch to set the size (in pixels) of the picture you take. Select a pixel value from the follow...

41 Reset – Restore all camera default settings. – Touch whenever you want to know how a function operates. This will provide you a quick guide. n TIP When you exit the camera, all settings will return to their defaults, except image size and image quality. Any non-default settings must be reset, suc...

42 Video camera Getting to know the viewfinder Zoom – Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively you can use the Volume Keys. Before starting record a video, you can use the zoom function. You cannot control the zoom function during recording. Brightness – This defines and controls of the amount of sunlight...

44 Duration – Set a duration limit for your video. Choose between Normal and MMS to limit the recording time and share the video as an MMS. If you set Video Duration as MMS, the video size will be set as 176x144 automatically and you cannot change the size. You can change the size only if you choose...

45 You can store multimedia files to a microSD card to have easy access to all your image and video files.Touch the Applications Launcher Key , then touch Gallery . n NOTE Make sure you install a microSD card into the phone to save photos and access all your pictures. Without a microSD card, the pho...

48 Touch the song you want to play. 3 Touch 4 to pause the song. Touch 5 to skip to the next song. Touch 6 to go back to the beginning of the song. Touch twice to go back to the previous song. To change the volume while listening to music, press the up and down Volume Keys on the right side of the p...

50 About Google applications Google applications, including mobile versions of Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and Google Maps, are loaded on your phone. First, set up a Google account. Then enter 1 your user name and password and sign in.After signing in, your contacts, email, 2 and calendar i...

51 Getting Directions To get directions While viewing a map, press the 1 Menu Key and touch Directions . Enter a starting point in the first text box and 2 your destination in the second text box. To reverse directions, press the Menu Key and touch Reverse Start & End . Touch the icon for car, p...

52 Google applications Latitude Finding Your Friends with Google Latitude TM Google Latitude lets you and your friends view each others' locations on maps and get directions to your friends' locations using Google Latitude. Your location is not shared automatically. It is by invitation only.You must...

53 Google applications Market™ Android Market™ lets you browse through and download thousands of fun and useful applications and games. You can check other users' comment regarding an application or you can post your own comments. If you install applications and games from Android Market™, they appe...

54 Google applications Gmail™ Gmail™ can be configured when you first set up your phone. Depending on your synchronization settings, Gmail™ on your phone is automatically synchronized with your Gmail™ account on the web.The inbox conversations list is your default Gmail™ view.Press the Menu Key, the...

56 Setting the alarm From the Home screen, touch the 1 Applications Launcher Key and touch Clock . To add a new alarm, touch 2 . Touch 3 Add alarm and set the alarm time. After you set the time, the phone will let you know how much time is left before the alarm sounds.Set 4 Repeat , Ringtone or Vibr...

58 Utilities ] To move between pages or pan through the document, scroll in the corresponding direction. ] To change the zoom level, press the Menu Key , touch Zoom , then touch the zoom level you want. ] Use the toolbar at the bottom of the screen to make edits to the document (Word, text, or Excel...

59 Available commands include: - Send text - Navigate to - Call - Send email - Map of - Go to - Note to self - Directions to For a "Go to" web query, the search results 3 will be displayed in the web browser. Touch the result you want or continue searching. Voice Dialer You can search for an...

60 Using Car Home You can use the Car Home application whether or not you have a phone car dock (the optional accessory.) ] Insert the phone into the car dock. OR ] Touch the Car Home icon in the Launch screen. From the Car Home application, you can access Navigate, Voice Search, Music, Phone, Conta...

61 Browser The Browser gives you a fast, full-color world of games, music, news, sports, entertainment, and much more, right on your mobile phone. n NOTE Additional charges apply when connecting to these services and downloading content. Check data charges with your network provider. Using the Web b...

62 n TIP To return to the previous web page, press the Back key . Accessing bookmarks Press the 1 Menu Key and touch Bookmarks . To access the bookmark, simply touch the 2 bookmark. Adding bookmarks Press the 1 Menu Key and touch Bookmarks . • From Thumbnail view , touch Add , enter a name and URL, ...

63 Wireless & networks This menu allows you to manage Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections, portable hotspot and data tethering ,airplane mode and VPN connections.To access this menu, from the Home Screen, press Menu Key and touch Settings > Wireless and networks . Airplane mode Airplane mode allo...

66 Settings n NOTE This device supports WEP, WPA/ WPA2-PSK and 802.1x EAP. security. If your Wi-Fi service provider or network administrator sets encryption for network security, enter the key in the pop-up window. If encryption is not set, this pop- up window will not be shown. You can obtain the k...

67 n NOTE Mobile Hotspots requires an appropriate DataPro data plan. Devices connected to your Mobile Hotspot use data from your DataPro plan. Plans are not unlimited and significant charges may be incurred if the included data allowance is exceeded. Performance may vary depending on the number of d...

68 When you turn on your phone or wake up the screen, you're prompted to draw your unlock pattern to unlock the screen. Screen lock timer - Set the amount of idle time before the screen lock is enabled. Set up Sim card lock – Set up SIM card lock or change SIM PIN. Visible passwords – Select to show...

69 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 account and prompted to create a new unlock pattern. If you haven’t c...

70 Search Touch Google search and you can adjust Google search settings. Adjust Searchable items so you can get necessary information effectively . Choose from Web , Apps, Contacts, Messaging Search, Music , Twitter or Voice Search . You can also clear shortcuts to recently chosen search suggestions...

71 Phone Software update This feature allows you to update the firmware of your phone to the latest version conveniently from the internet without the need to visit a service center. For more information on how to use this function, please visit:http://update.lgmobile.com orhttp://www.lg.com/common/...

73 There are a variety of accessories available for your mobile phone, some of which may be sold separately. You can select these options according to your personal communication requirements. Visit your local AT&T store or ww.att.com/wirelessaccessories for specific offerings. n NOTE • Always u...

74 For Your Safety Important Information This user guide contains important information on the use and operation of this phone. Please read all the information carefully for optimal performance and to prevent any damage to or misuse of the phone. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved i...

75 For Your Safety ] The unit should be kept away from heat sources such as radiators or cookers. ] Do not drop. ] Do not subject this unit to mechanical vibration or shock. ] The coating of the phone may be damaged if covered with wrap or vinyl wrapper. ] Use dry cloth to clean the exterior of the ...

76 For Your Safety The design of this phone complies with the FCC guidelines and these international standards. CAUTION Use only the supplied and approved antenna. Use of unauthorized antennas or modifications could impair call quality, damage the phone, void your warranty and/or result in violation...

77 For Your Safety If this equipment does cause harmful interference or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: ] Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna....

78 For Your Safety ] Avoid dropping the phone or battery. If the phone or battery is dropped, especially on a hard surface, and the user suspects damage, take it to a service center for inspection. ] Improper battery use may result in a fire, explosion or other hazard. ] For those host devices that ...

79 Safety Guidelines TIA Safety Information Provided herein is the complete TIA Safety Information for Wireless Handheld phones. Inclusion of the text covering Pacemakers, Hearing Aids, and Other Medical Devices is required in the owner’s manual for CTIA Certification. Use of the remaining TIA langu...

80 Safety Guidelines Tips on Efficient Operation For your phone to operate most efficiently: ] Do not touch the antenna unnecessarily when the phone is in use. Contact with the antenna affects call quality and may cause the phone to operate at a higher power level than otherwise needed. Driving Chec...

82 Safety Guidelines Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often, but not always, marked clearly. Potential areas may include: fueling areas (such as gasoline stations); below deck on boats; fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities; vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas (such as ...

83 Safety Guidelines ] The self-protection function of the battery cuts the power of the phone when its operation is in an abnormal state. In this case, remove the battery from the phone, reinstall it, and turn the phone on. ] Actual battery life will depend on network configuration, product setting...

85 Safety Guidelines FDA Consumer Update The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health Consumer Update on Mobile Phones. 1. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard? The available scientific evidence does not show that any health problems are associated with using w...

92 Safety Guidelines Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF Safety Program (http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety) International Commission on Non-lonizing Radiation Protection (http://www.icnirp.de) World Health Organization (WHO) International EMF Project (http://www.who.int/emf) National Radiologic...

94 Safety Guidelines 9. Use your wireless phone to help others in emergencies. Your wireless phone provides you a perfect opportunity to be a “Good Samaritan” in your community. If you see an auto accident, crime in progress or other serious emergency where lives are in danger, call 911 or other loc...