LG-P970 User Guide - English Contents Guidelines for Safe and Efﬁ Cient Lock Your Phone

LG-P970 User Guide - English Contents Guidelines for safe and efﬁ cient Lock your phone ...... 28 use ...... 5 Unlock screen ...... 29 Important notice ...... 14 Home ...... 29 1. Phone memory ...... 14 Adding widgets to your home 2. Optimising battery life ...... 14 screen ...... 30 3. Installing an open source OS.. 15 Getting back to a recently used 4. Using unlock pattern...... 16 application ...... 31 5. Connecting to Wi-Fi networks ...17 Onscreen keyboard ...... 33 6. Opening and switching Entering accented letters ...... 33 applications ...... 18 Google Account Set-up ...... 34 7. Installing the LG PC suite on your Creating your Google account ....34 PC ...... 18 Signing in to your Google 8. Connecting your phone to a account ...... 34 computer via USB ...... 20 Calls/Contacts ...... 36 9. Unlock screen when using data Making a voice call ...... 36 connection ...... 21 Making a video call ...... 36 10. Do not connect your phone In Video call Menu ...... 37 when you power on/off your PC 21 Calling your contacts ...... 37 11. Hold your phone upright ...... 22 Answering and rejecting a call ... 37 12. If the screen freezes ...... 22 Adjusting call volume ...... 38 Getting to know your phone ...... 23 Making a second call ...... 38 Installing the SIM card and Viewing your call logs ...... 38 battery ...... 25 Call settings ...... 38 Charging your phone ...... 26 Contacts ...... 40 Installing the memory card ...... 26 Searching for a contact ...... 40 Formatting the memory card ..... 27 Adding a new contact ...... 40 Your Home screen ...... 28 Favourite contacts ...... 41 Touch-screen tips ...... 28

2 Messaging/Email ...... 42 Video camera ...... 54 Messaging ...... 42 Getting to know the viewfi nder ...54 Sending a message ...... 42 Shooting a quick video ...... 55 Changing your message settings 43 After shooting a video ...... 55 Setting up your email ...... 43 Using the advanced settings ...... 56 Microsoft Exchange email Watching your saved videos ...... 57 account ...... 43 Adjusting the volume when Others (POP3, IMAP, GME) email viewing a video ...... 57 account ...... 44 Multimedia ...... 58 Composing and sending email ...45 Gallery ...... 58 Working with account folders .....46 To change how the contents of an Adding and editing email album are displayed ...... 58 accounts ...... 46 Music ...... 59 Social networking ...... 47 Playing a song ...... 59 Adding your account to your Using the radio ...... 60 phone ...... 47 Searching for stations...... 60 Viewing and updating your Listening to the radio ...... 60 status ...... 47 Transferring fi les using USB mass Removing accounts on your storage devices ...... 61 phone ...... 48 How to save music/video fi les to What’s New ...... 48 your phone ...... 61 Camera ...... 49 How to move contacts from your Getting to know the viewfi nder ...49 old phone to your current phone 62 Using the focus mode...... 50 How to send data from your phone Taking a quick photo ...... 50 via Bluetooth ...... 63 Once you’ve taken the photo ..... 50 Google applications ...... 65 Using the advanced settings ...... 51 Maps ...... 65 Viewing your saved photos ...... 53 Market ...... 65 Gmail...... 65 3 Contents Talk ...... 66 Sharing your phone’s mobile data Google Search ...... 66 connection ...... 78 Utilities ...... 67 Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings .. 79 Setting your alarm ...... 67 To share your phone’s data Using your calculator ...... 67 connection as a portable Wi-Fi Adding an event to your calendar 67 hotspot ...... 79 Recording a sound or voice ...... 68 To rename or secure your portable Sending the voice recording ...... 68 hotspot ...... 80 Using SmartShare ...... 81 The Web ...... 69 Enabling Wi-Fi Direct to share Browser ...... 69 through SmartShare ...... 82 Using options ...... 69 How to use On-Screen Phone ....82 Settings ...... 70 On-Screen Phone icons ...... 83 Wireless & networks...... 70 On-Screen Phone features ...... 83 Sound ...... 71 How to install On-Screen Phone on Display ...... 72 your PC ...... 84 Gesture ...... 72 How to connect your mobile phone Location & security ...... 73 to your PC ...... 84 Applications ...... 74 To check the phone to PC Accounts & sync ...... 75 connection ...... 85 Privacy ...... 75 To disconnect your phone from your SD card & phone storage ...... 75 PC ...... 85 Language & keyboard ...... 76 Phone Software update ...... 85 Voice input & output ...... 76 Copyrights and trademarks ...... 87 Accessibility ...... 77 Date & time ...... 77 Technical data ...... 89 About phone ...... 77 Troubleshooting ...... 90 Wi-Fi ...... 78

4 Guidelines for safe and effi cient use Please read these simple guidelines. age and health. Not following these guidelines may The exposure standard for be dangerous or illegal. mobile devices employs a unit of Exposure to radio frequency measurement known as the Specific energy Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR THIS DEVICE MEETS limit stated in the international INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR guidelines is 2.0 W/kg*. Tests for EXPOSURE TO RADIO WAVES SAR are conducted using standard operating positions with the device Your mobile device is a radio transmitting at its highest certified transmitter and receiver. It is power level in all tested frequency designed and manufactured not to bands. Although the SAR is exceed the limits for exposure to determined at the highest certified radio frequency (RF) recommended power level, the actual SAR of the by international guidelines device while operating can be well (ICNIRP). These limits are part of below the maximum value. This is comprehensive guidelines and because the device is designed to establish permitted levels of RF operate at multiple power levels so energy for the general population. as to use only the power required to The guidelines were developed by reach the network. In general, the independent scientific organisations closer you are to a base station, the through periodic and thorough lower the power output of the device. evaluation of scientific studies. The Before a phone model is available for guidelines include a substantial sale to the public, compliance with safety margin designed to assure the the European R&TTE directive must safety of all persons, regardless of be shown. This directive includes 5 Guidelines for safe and effi cient use as one essential requirement the The highest SAR value for this protection of the health and the device when tested for use at the safety for the user and any other body is 1.43 W/kg. person. * The SAR limit for mobile devices The highest SAR value for this used by the public is 2.0 watts/ device when tested for use at the kilogram (W/kg) averaged over ten ear is 1.27 W/kg. grams of body tissue. The guidelines This device meets RF exposure incorporate a substantial margin of guidelines when used either in the safety to give additional protection normal use position against the for the public and to account for any ear or when positioned at least variations in measurements. 1.5 cm away from the body. When SAR values may vary depending on a carry case, belt clip or holder is national reporting requirements and used for body-worn operation, it the network band. should not contain metal and should FCC SAR information position the product at least 1.5 Your mobile device is also designed cm away from your body. In order to meet the requirements for to transmit data files or messages, exposure to radio waves established this device requires a quality by the Federal Communications connection to the network. In some Commission (USA) and Industry cases, transmission of data files or Canada. messages may be delayed until such a connection is available. Ensure These requirements set a SAR limit the above separation distance of 1.6 W/kg averaged over 1 gram instructions are followed until the of tissue. The highest SAR value transmission is completed. reported under this standard during 6 product certification for use at the Caution! ear is 1.18 W/kg and when properly Change or Modifications that are worn on the body is 0.51 W/kg. not specifically approved by the Additionally, this device was tested manufacturer could void the user’s for typical body-worn operations with authority to operate the equipment. the back of the phone kept 2 cm Product care and (0.79 inches) between the user's maintenance body and the back of the phone. To comply with FCC RF exposure WARNING requirements, a minimum separation Only use batteries, chargers and distance of 2 cm (0.79 inches) must accessories approved for use be maintained between the user’s with this particular phone model. body and the back of the phone. The use of any other types * FCC Notice & Caution may invalidate any approval or warranty applying to the phone Notice! and may be dangerous. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject • Do not disassemble this unit. Take to the following two conditions: it to a qualified service technician (1) This device may not cause when repair work is required. harmful interference, and • Repairs under warranty, at (2) this device must accept any LG’s discretion, may include interference received, including replacement parts or boards that interference that may cause are either new or reconditioned, undesired operation. provided that they have functionality equal to that of the parts being replaced. 7 Guidelines for safe and effi cient use • Keep away from electrical solvents such as benzene, thinner appliances such as TVs, radios or alcohol). and personal computers. • Do not charge the phone when it • The unit should be kept away from is on soft furnishings. heat sources such as radiators or • The phone should be charged in a cookers. well ventilated area. • Do not drop. • Do not subject this unit to • Do not subject this unit to excessive smoke or dust. mechanical vibration or shock. • Do not keep the phone next to • Switch off the phone in any area credit cards or transport tickets; it where you are required to by can affect the information on the special regulations. For example, magnetic strips. do not use your phone in hospitals • Do not tap the screen with a as it may affect sensitive medical sharp object as it may damage equipment. the phone. • Do not handle the phone with wet • Do not expose the phone to liquid hands while it is being charged. It or moisture. may cause an electric shock and • Use accessories like earphones can seriously damage your phone. cautiously. Do not touch the • Do not charge a handset near antenna unnecessarily. flammable material as the handset Efficient phone operation can become hot and create a fire hazard. Electronics devices • Use a dry cloth to clean the All mobile phones may receive exterior of the unit (do not use interference, which could affect performance. 8 • Do not use your mobile phone • If your vehicle is equipped with near medical equipment an air bag, do not obstruct it with without requesting permission. installed or portable wireless Avoid placing the phone over equipment. This can cause the air pacemakers, for example, in your bag to fail or cause serious injury breast pocket. due to improper performance. • Some hearing aids might be • If you are listening to music whilst disturbed by mobile phones. out and about, please ensure that • Minor interference may affect TVs, the volume is at a reasonable radios, PCs etc. level so that you are aware of your Road safety surroundings. This is of particular importance when near roads. Check the laws and regulations on the use of mobile phones in the area Avoid damage to your when you drive. hearing • Do not use a hand-held phone Damage to your hearing can occur if while driving. you are exposed to loud sounds for • Give full attention to driving. long periods of time. We therefore recommend that you do not turn the • Use a hands-free kit, if available. handset on or off close to your ear. • Pull off the road and park before We also recommend that music and making or answering a call if call volumes are set to a reasonable driving conditions require you to level. do so. NOTE: Excessive sound pressure • RF energy may affect some from earphones can cause electronic systems in your vehicle hearing loss. such as car stereos and safety equipment. 9 Guidelines for safe and effi cient use Glass Parts In aircraft Some parts of your mobile device Wireless devices can cause are made of glass. This glass interference in aircraft. could break if your mobile device • Turn your mobile phone off before is dropped on a hard surface or boarding any aircraft. receives a substantial impact. If • Do not use it on the ground the glass breaks, do not touch or without permission from the crew. attempt to remove it. Stop using your mobile device until the glass is Children replaced by an authorised service Keep the phone in a safe place provider. out of the reach of small children. It includes small parts which may Blasting area cause a choking hazard if detached. Do not use the phone where blasting is in progress. Observe restrictions Emergency calls and follow any regulations or rules. Emergency calls may not be available on all mobile networks. Potentially explosive Therefore you should never depend atmospheres solely on your phone for emergency • Do not use your phone at a calls. Check with your local service refuelling point. provider. • Do not use near fuel or chemicals. • Do not transport or store flammable gas, liquid or explosives in the same compartment of your vehicle as your mobile phone or accessories. 10 Battery information and care • Do not leave the battery in hot • You do not need to completely or cold places, as this may discharge the battery before deteriorate battery performance. recharging. Unlike other battery • There is risk of explosion if systems, there is no memory the battery is replaced with an effect that could compromise the incorrect type. battery’s performance. • Dispose of used batteries • Use only LG batteries and according to the manufacturer’s chargers. LG chargers are instructions. Please recycle when designed to maximise the battery possible. Do not dispose as life. household waste. • Do not disassemble or short-circuit • If you need to replace the battery, the battery. take it to the nearest authorised • Keep the metal contacts of the LG Electronics service point or battery clean. dealer for assistance. • Replace the battery when it • Always unplug the charger from no longer provides acceptable the wall socket after the phone is performance. The battery pack fully charged to save unnecessary may be recharged hundreds of power consumption of the charger. times before it needs replacing. • Actual battery life will depend on • Recharge the battery if it has network configuration, product not been used for a long time to settings, usage patterns, battery maximise usability. and environmental conditions. • Do not expose the battery charger to direct sunlight or use it in high humidity, such as in the bathroom. 11 Guidelines for safe and effi cient use Driver Safety Tips • Use your wireless phone to call Your wireless telephone gives you emergency services for yourself the powerful ability to communicate or others. by voice - almost anywhere, anytime. In the case of fire, traffic accident But an important responsibility or medical emergencies; accompanies the benefits of wireless • Australia: Dial 0-0-0, phones, one that every user must • New Zealand: Dial 1-1-1, uphold. • International: Dial 1-1-2, When driving a car, driving is your • other local emergency number. first responsibility. When using your Remember, it is a free call on your wireless phone behind the wheel of wireless phone for emergency a car, practice good common sense services. and remember the following tips: • Use your wireless phone to help • Use a hands free device. If others in emergencies, if you see possible, add an additional layer an auto accident crime in progress of convenience and safety to your or other serious emergency wireless phone with one of the where lives are in danger, call the many hands free accessories emergency number, as you would available today. want others to do for you. • Let the person you are speaking with know you are driving; if necessary, suspend the call in heavy traffic or hazardous weather conditions. Rain, sleet, snow, ice and even heavy traffic can be hazardous.

12 • Do not take notes or look up phone numbers while driving. Jotting down a “to do” list or flipping through your address book takes attention away from your primary responsibility, driving safely. • If possible, place calls when you are not moving or before pulling into traffic. Try to plan calls when you will not be driving. • Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that may be distracting. Make people you are talking with aware you are driving and suspend conversations that have the potential to divert your attention from the road.

13 Important notice Please check to see if any problems 2. Optimising battery life you have encountered with your You can extend your battery's life phone are described in this section, by turning off features that you before taking the phone in for service don't need constantly running in the or calling a service representative. background. You can also monitor how applications and system 1. Phone memory resources consume battery power. When available space on your phone To extend the life of your battery: memory is less than 10%, your phone can't receive new messages. • Turn off radio communications You will need to check your phone that you aren't using. If you aren't memory and delete some data, such using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or GPS, turn as applications or messages to make them off. more memory available. • Turn down screen brightness and To manage the application: set a shorter screen timeout. • Turn off automatic syncing for 1 On the home screen, touch Gmail, Calendar, Contacts and Applications tab and select other applications. Settings > Applications > Manage applications. • Some applications you have downloaded may cause your 2 When all applications appear, battery’s life to be reduced. scroll and select the application To check the battery charge level: you want to uninstall. 3 Tap Uninstall and touch OK to 1 On the home screen, touch uninstall application you desired. Applications tab and select Settings > About phone > Status. 14 2 The battery status (charging, 3. Installing an open discharging) and level (as a source OS percentage of fully charged) are If you install an open source OS on displayed at the top of the screen. your phone and you do not use the To monitor and control what uses OS provided by the manufacturer, the battery: this may cause your phone to 1 On the home screen, touch malfunction. Applications tab and select Settings > About phone > WARNING Battery use. If you install and use an OS 2 The top of the screen displays other than the one provided by battery usage time. This is either the manufacturer, your phone how long since your phone is no longer covered by the was last connected to a power warranty. source or if connected to a power source, how long since your phone was last run on battery power. The body of the screen lists applications or services using battery power from greatest amount to least.

15 Important notice Caution: When you set an unlock WARNING pattern, you need to create your To protect your phone and Gmail account first. personal data, download applications only from trusted WARNING sources, such as Android Precautions to take when Market. If some applications are using the Pattern Lock not properly installed on your phone, your phone may not It is very important that work properly or serious errors you remember the unlock may occur. You will need to pattern you set. You have uninstall those applications and 5 opportunities to enter all of its data and settings from your unlock pattern, PIN or the phone. password. If you have used all ﬁ ve chances, you can try again 4. Using unlock pattern after 30 seconds. Set unlock pattern to secure your If you can’t recall your unlock phone. Opens a set of screens that pattern, PIN or password: guide you through drawing a screen unlock pattern. If you have tried to log on to your Google account on the phone and You can draw your own unlock failed to use correct pattern five pattern by connecting four or more times, tab the Forgot pattern button. dots. You will then be required to sign in If you set a pattern, the phone with your Google account to unlock screen will lock. To unlock the phone, your phone. draw the pattern you have set on the screen. 16 If you haven’t created a Google 2 Touch Wi-Fi to turn it on and account on the phone or you forgot begin scanning for available Wi-Fi it, you need to perform a factory networks. reset. • List of available Wi-Fi networks is displayed. Secured networks are 5. Connecting to Wi-Fi indicated by a lock icon. networks 3 Touch a network to connect to it. To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you • If the network is open, you are need to access a wireless access prompted to confirm that you want point or “hotspot.” Some access to connect to that network by points are open and you can simply touching Connect. connect to them. Others are hidden • If the network is secured, you are or implement other security features, prompted to enter a password so you must configure your phone to or other credentials. (Ask your connect to them. network administrator for details.) Turn off Wi-Fi when you're not using 4 The status bar displays icons that it to extend the life of your battery. indicate Wi-Fi status. To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network: 1 On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.

17 Important notice 6. Open ing and TIP! switching applications Getting back to a recent Application Multi-tasking is easy with Android because open applications keep Touch and hold the Home key. running even when you open another A screen will appear listing the application. There’s no need to applications you have used recently. quit an application before opening another. Use and switch among 7. Installing the LG PC several open applications. Android suite on your PC manages each application, stopping To synchronise your phone with your and starting them as needed, to PC via a USB cable, you need to ensure that idle applications don’t install the LG PC suite program on consume resources unnecessarily. your PC. To stop the application you use: You can download this program from 1 On the home screen, touch the LG website (http://www.lg.com). Applications tab and select Go to http://www.lg.com and select Settings> Applications> your region, country & language. Visit Manage applications. the LG website for more information on installing and using the program. 2 Scroll to the desired application and touch Force Stop to stop As the PC suite is embedded in the using it. internal memory on your phone, and you can simply copy it to your PC.

18 LG PC SUITE • Use your phone as a Modem The LG PC Suite IV is a program • S/W update without losing that helps you connect your your data mobile phone to a PC using LG-P970 does not support: a USB data communication - PC Connection via Bluetooth cable, so that you can use the - To-do in Calendar functions of your mobile phone on your PC. - Java Application Major functions of the LG PC For more information, please Suite IV refer to the user's guide for LG PC Suite IV. This can be • Create, edit and delete phone found in the Help menu after data conveniently installing LG PC Suite IV. • Synchronise data from a PC or phone (contacts, calendar, To Install the LG PC Suite to your message (SMS), bookmark, PC call log, memo) 1 Before connecting the USB data • Transfer multimedia files cable, make sure that the Mass (photo, video, music) storage mode is enabled on your conveniently with a simple phone. (On the Applications tab, drag & drop between your PC choose Settings > Applications and your phone > Development > uncheck USB • Transfer messages from your debugging) phone to your PC 2 Connect your phone to your PC using the USB data cable.

19 Important notice 3 Touch Turn on USB storage. 8. C onnecting your (1) You can view the mass storage phone to a computer content on your PC and transfer via USB the files. To transfer files in your microSD (2) Copy the ‘LGPCSuiteIV’ folder on card using USB devices: your mass storage device to your 1 Install your microSD card on your PC. phone. (It may already be inserted (3) Run ‘LGInstaller.exe’ file on your on your phone.) PC and follow the instructions. 2 Before connecting the USB data * When LG PCSuite IV installation is cable, make sure that the Mass completed, disable Mass storage storage mode is enabled on your mode to run the LG PCSuite IV. phone. (On the Applications tab, NOTE: Please do not remove choose Settings > Applications or delete other program ﬁ le > Development > uncheck USB installed on your memory card debugging) as this may cause damage to 3 Use the USB cable with your the pre-installed applications on phone to connect the phone to a your phone. USB port on your computer. Touch Turn on USB storage. You will receive notification that the USB is connected.

20 When the phone is connected as 1 Safely disconnect the USB device USB storage, you will receive a on your computer. notification. You phone’s microSD 2 Open the notification drawer and card is mounted as a drive on your touch Turn off USB storage. computer. You can now copy files to 3 Touch Turn off in the dialog that and from the microSD card. opens. NOTE: When uninstalling PC Suite IV, USB and Bluetooth Drivers WARNING are not automatically removed. Do not insert or remove the Therefore, they must be uninstalled microSD card when the phone manually. is on. Otherwise, it may damage TIP! To use the microSD card on you the microSD card as well as phone again, you need to open the your phone, and the data notiﬁ cation drawer and touch Turn stored on the microSD card off USB storage.During this time, may be corrupted. To remove you can’t access the microSD card the microSD card safely, from from your phone, so you can’t use Home screen, press Menu key applications that rely on the microSD and touch Settings > SD card card, such as camera, gallery and & phone storage > Unmount music functions.To disconnect your SD card. phone from the computer, carefully follow your computer’s instructions for correctly disconnecting USB devices, to avoid losing information on the card.

21 Important notice 9. Unlock screen when 11. Hold your phone using data connection upright Your display will go dark if untouched Please hold your phone straight and for a period of time when using data upright, as with a normal phone The connection. To turn on your LCD LG-P970 has an internal antenna. Be screen, just touch it. careful not to scratch or damage the back of the phone, as this will cause 10. Do not connect your loss of performance. While making/ phone when you receiving calls or sending/receiving power on/off your PC data, try to avoid holding the lower Make sure you disconnect your part of the phone where the antenna phone and PC via data cable as it is located. This may affect call might cause errors on your PC. quality. 12. If the screen freezes If the phone does not respond to user input or the screen freezes: Remove the battery, insert it again and switch on the phone. If it still does not work, please contact the service centre.

22 Getting to know your phone To turn on the phone, press and hold the Power key for 3 seconds. To turn off the phone, press the Power key for 3 seconds, touch Power off and touch Ok. Earpiece Power/Lock key - Switch your phone on/off by pressing and Proximity Sensor holding this key. - Turn off and lock the Home key screen. - Return to home from any screen. Back key - Return to the previous screen. Menu key - Check what options Search key are available. - Search the web and contents in your phone.

WARNING: Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it can damage its LCD and touch screen functions. Do not cover the protective ﬁ lm on the LCD’s proximity sensor. This may cause the sensor to malfunction.

TIP! Touch the Menu key whenever you tap an application to check what options are available. TIP! If the LG-P970 displays error messages when you use it, or if you cannot turn it on, remove the battery, put it back in, then turn it on after 5 seconds. 23 Getting to know your phone Microphone Charger, micro USB cable connector

Stereo earphone Power/Lock key connector

Volume keys - On the home screen: control ringer volume. - During a call: control your earpiece volume. - When playing a track: control volume continuously.

3D Motion Gesture key (G-key) - Easy to activate features instantly by tilting, shaking or tapping the phone.

Back cover microSD memory card slot

Camera lens Battery

SIM card slot

24 Installing the SIM card 2 Slide the SIM card into the SIM and battery card holder. Make sure the gold Before you can start exploring your contact area on the card is facing new phone, you’ll need to set it up. downwards. To insert the SIM card and battery: 1 To remove the back cover, hold the phone firmly in your hand. With the other hand, firmly press down the centre of the battery cover, while pulling the top away with your forefinger. Then lift off the battery cover.

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

25 Getting to know your phone 4 Replace the back cover of the NOTE: The battery must be fully phone. charged initially to extend battery lifetime. Installing the memory card To store multimedia files, such as photographs created with the built-in camera, you must insert a memory card into your phone. Charging your phone To insert a memory card: The charger connector on the top 1 Turn off your phone before of your LG-P970. Insert the charger inserting or removing the memory and plug it into an electrical socket. card. Remove the back cover. Your LG-P970 must be charged until you can see .

2 Insert the memory card into the slot. Make sure the gold contact area is facing downwards.

26 6 If you set the pattern lock, input the pattern lock and select Erase Everything. The 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, as all the ﬁ les will have been deleted. TIP! If your memory card is already unmounted, you can use Formatting the memory the following steps to format it. card Touch Applications > Settings Your memory card may already be > SD card & phone storage > formatted. If it isn’t, you must format Format SD Card. it before you can use it. NOTE: All ﬁ les on your memory card WARNING Do not insert or are deleted when you format it. remove the memory card when 1 On the home screen, touch the the phone is on. Otherwise, you Applications tab to open the may damage the memory card applications menu. as well as your phone and the 2 Scroll and touch Settings. data stored on the memory card may be corrupted. To remove 3 Scroll and touch SD card & the memory card safely, please phone storage. select Applications > Settings 4 Touch Unmount SD Card. > SD card&phone storage > 5 Touch Format SD card, then Unmount SD card. confirm your choice. 27 Your Home screen Touch-screen tips NOTE: Here are some tips on how to • To select an item, touch the centre navigate around your phone. of the icon. Touch - To choose a menu/option or • Do not to press too hard; the open an application, touch it. touch screen is sensitive enough Touch and hold - To open an to pick up a light, firm touch. options menu or grab an object you • Use the tip of your finger to touch want to move, touch and hold it. the option you want. Be careful not to touch any other keys. Drag - To scroll through a list or move slowly, drag across the touch Lock your phone screen. When you are not using the LG- Flick - To scroll through a list or P970, press the Power key to lock move quickly, flick across the touch your phone. This helps to prevent screen (drag quickly and release). accidental touching of the keys and Flip - Pause or mute in incoming saves battery power. call, Music/video player or alarm If you do not use the phone for a menus. while, the home screen or other Tilting & Panning - Zoom in/out screen you are viewing is replaced and navigate through lists. by the lock screen to conserve the Tapping - Control music and move battery. the cursor on a text page by tapping NOTE: If there are any programs one of the four sides of the phone. running when you set the pattern, they may continue running in lock mode. It is recommended that you

28 exit all programs before entering TIP! Once the G-key is held lock mode to avoid unnecessary down, tilting the phone left or charges (e.g. phone call, web right allows you to view the access and data communications). wallpaper quickly. Unlock screen NOTE: Some screen images may be different depending on your TIP! Press the G-key on the phone provider. left side of the phone, keep it In your home screen, you can view pressed, then shake the phone quick keys on the bottom of the twice. The camera preview will screen. The quick keys provide easy, automatically be launched. one-touch access to the functions you To wake up your phone, press the use the most. Power key. The lock screen will Touch the Phone to bring up the appear. Touch and slide up the lock touch-dialling pad to make a call. screen to unlock your home screen. Touch to open your contacts. The last screen you were working on will open. Touch the Messaging icon to access the messaging menu. Home Here, you can create a new Simply swipe your finger to the left message. or right to view them. Touch the Applications tab You can also customise each panel at the bottom of the screen. You with widgets, shortcuts to your can then view all your installed favourite applications, folders and applications. Just touch to scroll wallpapers. through your applications. 29 Your Home screen To open the desired application, 3 For example, select Folders simply touch the icon in the from the list and tap it. Select applications list. Contacts with phone numbers from the list and tap it. NOTE: Preloaded applications may be different depending on your 4 You will see a new folder’s icon on phone’s software or your service the home screen. Drag it to the provider. desired location on the desired panel and release your finger from Adding widgets to your the screen. home screen TIP! To add an application icon You can customise your home to the home screen on the screen by adding shortcuts, Applications menu, touch and widgets, or folders to it. For more hold the application you want convenience when using your phone, to add. add your favourite widgets to the home screen. To remove an application icon To add a desired icon to your from the home screen: home screen: 1 Touch and hold the icon you want 1 On the home screen, touch to remove. The Applications icon Menu key and select Add. Or will change to the rubbish bin long touch the empty part of the icon . home screen. 2 Drag and drop an application icon 2 On the Edit Mode menu, touch to the rubbish bin icon . the type of item you want to add.

30 NOTE: You cannot delete the preloaded applications. (Only their icons can be deleted from the screen.) Getting back to a recently used application 1 Touch and hold the Home key. Or on the home screen touch Menu The screen will show you a pop key and select Notifications. Here up with icons of applications that you can check and manage Wi-Fi, you have used recently. Bluetooth, GPS status as well as 2 Touch an icon to open its other notifications. application. Or touch Back key to return to the current application. Viewing the status bar The status bar uses different icons Notification drawer to display phone information, such The notification drawer runs across as signal strength, new messages, the top of your screen. battery life and active Bluetooth and data connections. Below is a table explaining the meaning of icons you are likely to Ring Wi-Fi Bluetooth GPS 3G see in the status bar. Touch and slide the notification drawer down with your finger. [Status bar]

31 Your Home screen Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description No SIM card Ringer is silenced Data is syncing No signal Vibrate mode Download finished Flight mode Battery fully New email Connected to a charged Wi-Fi network Battery is charging New Gmail Wired headset Data in and out New Google Talk message Call in progress Phone is Call hold connected to PC New message via USB cable Song is playing Speakerphone Downloading Phone data Upcoming event microphone is Uploading data muted FM radio GPS is acquiring turned on in the Missed call Receiving background Bluetooth is on location data Portable Wi-Fi Connected to a from GPS hotspot is active Bluetooth device On-Screen Phone Portable hotspot System warning connected is active Alarm is set 3 more notifications not New voicemail displayed 32 Onscreen keyboard Tap to create a new line in the You can enter text using the message field. onscreen keyboard. The onscreen Tap to delete the previous keyboard appears automatically character. on the screen when you need to Tap to hide the onscreen enter text. To manually display the keyboard. keyboard, simply touch a text field where you want to enter text. Entering accented letters Using the keypad & entering text When you select French or Spanish Tap once to capitalise the next as the text entry language, you can letter you type. Double-tap for all enter special French or Spanish caps. characters (e.g. á). Tap to switch to the For example, to input "á", touch and numeric and symbol keyboard. You hold the "a" key until the special can also touch and hold this tab to characters are shown. And select the view the settings menu. special character you want. Tap to view or change the writing language. Tap to insert the emoticon you prefer when writing a message. Tap to enter a space.

33 Google Account Set-up The first time you open the Google communicating with Google application on your phone, you will servers and checking username be required to sign in with your availability. existing Google account. If you do 5 Enter and re-enter your not have a Google account, you will password. Then follow the be prompted to create one. instructions and enter the required and optional information Creating your Google about the account. Wait while the account server creates your account. 1 On the home screen, touch Applications tab to open the Signing in to your applications menu. Google account 2 Tap Gmail and tap Next > 1 Enter your email address and Create to start the Gmail set up password, then tap Sign in. Wait wizard. for signing in. 3 Touch a text field to open the 2 After sign in, you can use Gmail touch keyboard and enter your and take advantage of Google name and username for your services on your phone. Google account. When entering 3 Once you have set up your text, you can move to the next Google account on your phone, text field by touching Next on the your phone will be automatically keyboard. synchronised with your Google 4 When you have finished inputting account on the web. (This your name and username, depends on your synchronisation tap Next. Your phone is settings.)

34 After sign in, you can use Gmail, requires one, such as Gmail or Google Calendar and Android Android Market. Market; download applications • If you want to use the backup from Android Market; back up your feature to restore your settings to settings to Google servers; and take this phone from another phone advantage of other Google services that was running Android OS or on your phone. later, you must sign into your IMPORTANT! Google account now, during setup. If you wait until after setup is • Some applications, such as complete, your settings will not be Calendar, only work with the first restored. Google Account you add. If you • If you have an enterprise account plan to use more than one Google through your company or other Account with your phone, be sure organisation, your IT department to sign into the one you want to may have special instructions on use with these applications first. how to sign into that account. When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail messages, calendar events and other information from these applications and services on the web are synchronised 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

35 Calls/Contacts Making a voice call 4 If you do not want to use the 1 Touch to open the keypad. speaker phone, touch Speaker 2 Enter the number on the keypad. and ensure you have the headset To delete a digit, touch Clear plugged in. icon . 5 While the video call is connecting, 3 Touch Call icon to make you will see your own image; a call. after the other party has answered, their image will be 4 To end a call, touch End icon displayed on the screen. Adjust . the inner camera position if TIP! To enter “+” to make necessary. international calls, touch and 6 To end a video call, touch End. hold down . Private: You can change the image instead of showing the current TIP! To bring up the keypad private image. during a call, touch Dialpad. Dialpad: Type in a number. Hold: Mute the sound and pause Making a video call the video. 1 Touch to open the keypad. Mute: Mute the sound. 2 Enter the phone number as Speaker: Speaker on or off. before. 3 Touch the Video call icon to make a video call.

36 In Video call Menu TIP! Press G-key and shake Capture - You can capture an image your phone to answer a call. of the other. On a call press G-key and shake Use secondary camera - Switch to quit the call. the camera. When screen locked: Calling your contacts When your phone rings, Drag Decline icon to the left to 1 Touch to open your contacts. Decline/Reject an incoming call. 2 Scroll through the contact list or enter the first letter(s) of the When screen is unlocked: contact you want to call by When your phone rings, touch the touching Search. Accept icon . Touch Decline icon 3 In the list, touch the contact you to Decline/Reject an incoming want to call. call. TIP! Excuse messages Answering and rejecting When you want to Decline/Reject a call a call, you can send a message quickly by dragging Excuse msg TIP! Flip your phone or press on the screen. This is useful if you volume(side) key to mute the need to send the message during incoming call. a meeting.

37 Calls/Contacts Adjusting call volume Viewing your call logs To adjust the in-call volume during a On the home screen, touch and call, use volume up & down key on choose Call log tab. the left side of the phone. View a complete list of all dialled, received and missed calls. Making a second call 1 During your initial call, touch Add TIP! Touch any single call call . log entry to view the date, time 2 Dial the number or search your and duration of the call. contacts to select the number you want to call. TIP! Touch the Menu key, 3 Touch the Call icon to then touch Delete All to delete connect the call. all the recorded items. 4 Both calls will be displayed on the call screen. Your initial call will be Call settings locked and put on hold. You can configure phone call 5 Touch the list of holding on to settings, such as call forwarding and toggle between calls. other special features offered by NOTE: You can touch Merge your carrier. calls to make a conference 1 On the home screen, touch the call. Applications tab to open the 6 To end active calls, touch End applications menu. icon . 2 Scroll and touch Settings.

38 3 Tap Call settings and choose answer and so on. options that you want to adjust. Other call settings – This lets you < Fixed Dialling Numbers > change the following settings: Select Fixed Dialling Numbers • Caller ID: Choose whether to turn on and compile a list of to display your number on an numbers that can be called from outgoing call. your phone. You’ll need your PIN 2 • Call waiting: If call waiting is code, which is available from your activated, the handset will notify operator. Only numbers within the you of an incoming call while you fixed dial list can be called from are on a call. (Depends on your your phone. network provider.) < Voicemail > • Select line: Allow two different Voicemail service – Allows you phone numbers in your SIM to to select your carrier’s voicemail select and use. service. Call barring – Select when you Voicemail settings – If you are would like calls to be barred. Enter using your carrier’s voicemail the call barring password. Please service, this option allows you to check with your network operator enter the phone number to use about this service. for listening to and managing your Call costs – View the charges voicemail. applied to your calls. (This service is < Other call settings > network dependent; some operators Call forwarding – You can configure do not support this function.) how your calls are forwarded when you’re on the phone, when you don’t 39 Calls/Contacts Call duration – View the duration of Adding a new contact all calls including all, dialed, received 1 On the home screen, touch , calls and the last call. and enter the new contact’s Excuse messages – When number, then touch the Menu you reject a call, you can send key, touch Add to contacts. a message quickly by using this Select “Create new contact” or function. This is useful if you need “Add to existing” . to reply to the message during a 2 If you want to add a picture to the meeting. new contact, touch . Video call settings – Change your Choose from Capture picture or video call settings. Pick from gallery. 3 Select the contact type by Contacts touching . You can add contacts on your phone 4 Touch a text field to open the and synchronise them with the touch keyboard and enter a new contacts in your Google account or contact’s name. other accounts that support syncing 5 Touch a category of contact contacts. information and enter the details Searching for a contact about your contact. 6 Touch Done to save the contact. 1 On the home screen, touch to open your contacts. 2 Touch Search and enter the contact name using the keypad.

40 Favourite contacts You can classify frequently called contacts as favourites. To add a contact to your favourites: 1 On the home screen, touch to open your contacts. 2 Touch a contact to view their details. 3 Touch the star to the right of the contact’s name. The star turns gold. To remove a contact from your favourites list: 1 On the home screen, touch to open your contacts. 2 Touch Groups tab and select Favourites. Touch a contact to view their details. 3 Touch the gold star to the right of the contact’s name. The star turns grey and the contact is removed from your favourites.

41 Messaging/Email Messaging 5 The message screen opens, with Your LG-P970 combines SMS and your message after your name. MMS into one intuitive, easy-to-use Responses appear on the screen. menu. As you view and send additional messages, a message thread is Sending a message created. 1 Touch icon on the home screen and touch New message WARNING to open a blank message. The 160-character limit may 2 Enter a contact name or call vary from country to country number in the To field. As you depending on how the SMS is enter the contact name, matching coded and the language. contacts appear. You can touch a suggested recipient. You can add multiple contacts. WARNING NOTE: You will be charged for If an image, video or audio ﬁ le is a text message for every person added to an SMS message, it you send the message to. will be automatically converted 3 Touch “Enter message” below into an MMS message, and you will be charged accordingly. to start entering your message. 4 Touch Send to send your NOTE: If you get an SMS message message. during a call, there will be ring TIP! You can touch icon to notiﬁ cation. attach the file you want to share with your message.

42 Changing your message Microsoft Exchange settings email account Your LG-P970 message settings Email address – Enter the account are predefined, so you can send email address. messages immediately. You can User name – Enter the account change the settings based on your username. preferences. Password – Enter the account Touch Messaging icon on the home password. screen and touch the Menu key, Domain then tap Settings. – Enter the account domain(Optional) Setting up your email Server address – Enter the server Touch Applications tab and select address Email. If the email account is not set Use SSL – Choose whether to use up, you need to start the email set SSL for Microsoft Exchange. up wizard. Touch Next button to connect the TIP! If an email account is server. already set up, the wizard is not Setup complete page will appear activated automatically. and you need to enter “name” for account display and My name. You can select mailbox type MS Now the account will appear in the Exchange or Others. list of accounts in your Email folder.

43 Messaging/Email Others (POP3, IMAP, Port number – Normally each GME) email account account’s default number will be Email address – Enter the account displayed. email address. SMTP Secure type – TLS/SSL/Off. Password – Enter the account The Accounts screen password. The Accounts screen lists your Choose whether to enable Push Email Combined Inbox and each of your account. Once you select to enable, it email accounts. will connect the server directly. • Touch Application tab and select Setup complete page will appear and Email. The Account list screen you need to enter “name”. appears. Now the account will appear in the list of accounts in your Email folder. TIP! In account lists touch hard If you don’t see push Email account, on email account to move the account icon in homescreen. you have to set up the account Touch the icon to go to inbox manually. directly. Incoming server – Enter the incoming email server address. You can touch an account to view its Port number – Normally each Combined Inbox. The account from account’s default number will be which you send email by default is displayed. indicated with a checkmark. Secure type – TLS/SSL/Off. To open your Combined Inbox: Outgoing server – Enter the If you have configured email to outgoing email server address. send and receive email from more than one account, you can view all 44 messages sent to all accounts in your 4 Enter the text of the message. Combined Inbox. 5 Touch Attach to attach the file 1 Touch Email. you want to share with your 2 Touch Combined Inbox (in the message. Accounts screen). Messages in 6 Touch Send. the Combined Inbox are colour- If you’re not ready to send the coded along their left sides, by message, touch the Menu key account, using the same colours and touch Save as draft to save that are used for your accounts in it in a Drafts folder. Touch a the Accounts screen. draft message in a Drafts folder to resume working on it. Your Composing and sending message will also be saved as a email draft if you touch the Back key To compose and send a message: before sending it. Touch Discard to abandon and delete 1 While in the Email application, a message, including any saved touch the Menu key and touch drafts. If you aren’t connected Compose. to a network, for example, if you 2 Enter an address for the message’s ’re working in flight mode, the intended recipient. As you enter text, messages that you send are matching addresses are offered stored in your Outbox folder from your contacts. Separate until you’re connected to a multiple addresses with commas. network again. If it contains any 3 Touch the Menu key and touch pending messages, the Outbox Add Cc/Bcc to be able to Cc is displayed on the Accounts or Bcc other contacts/email screen. addresses. 45 Messaging/Email Please note that messages sent Adding and editing email using an Exchange account will not accounts be located on the phone; they will, however, be located on the Exchange To add an email account: server itself. 1 Touch the Applications tab and If you want to see your sent select Email. messages in the Sent folder (or 2 Select MS Exchange or Others. with the Sent label), you will often 3 Enter a name confirm how you need to open the Sent folder/label want your name to appear in and select Refresh from the options outgoing mail, then touch Done. menu. To change account settings: TIP! When a new email has 1 Open the Accounts screen. arrived at the inbox, notiﬁ cation 2 Touch and hold the account which with sound, vibration will work. you want to change the settings Tap the email notiﬁ cation to of. In the menu that opens, touch disappear that. Account settings. To delete an email account: Working with account 1 Open the Accounts screen. folders 2 Touch and hold the account you Each account has Inbox, Outbox, want to delete. Sent, Drafts, Rubbish Bin and 3 Touch Delete in the menu that Junk folders. Depending on the opens and OK in the dialog box features supported by your account to confirm. ’s service provider, you may have additional folders. 46 Social networking With your phone, you can enjoy the 4 Wait while your details are social networking and manage your checked with your community. micro-blog in on-line communities. 5 If you tap your community, you You can update your current status can see the current status of your upload photos and view your friends’ social community. status updates. If you don’t have an account, you TIP! If you add ‘My Status’ widget on your home screen, it can visit the website to set one up. will show your status and help NOTE: Additional costs may be you update your status directly incurred when connecting and using on the social community. online services. Check data charges You can also add ‘Social Feeds’ with your network provider. widget on your home screen Adding your account to which shows any updates and news from the social your phone community. 1 On the home screen, touch the Applications tab to open the applications menu. Viewing and updating 2 Choose any social networking your status client application you want to use 1 Choose a community you want among Facebook, Twitter, and to access. MySpace. 2 You can see the current status of 3 Enter your email address and the your social community. password that you set up on your 3 You can update your current community, then tap Log in. status with comments or uploading photos. 47 Social networking NOTE: This is dependent on 2 By tapping the button, you network services. can choose either list view or category view. TIP! You can use information about friends only in the social networking site or sync all data to contacts.

Removing accounts on your phone 1 Choose Applications > Settings > Accounts & sync. 2 Choose the account you want to delete, then touch Remove account. What’s New Show notifications for a Missed call, an Unread message, Voice mail, Email, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace by priority. Notifications for a certain period of time are shown. 1 Choose Applications > What’s New.

48 Camera Getting to know the viewfinder Zoom - Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively, you can use the side volume keys. Convert - You can convert to the internal camera from the external one.

Video mode - Slide down this icon to switch to video mode. Taking a photo Gallery - Touch to view the last photo you captured. This enables you to access your Settings - Touch this icon to open gallery and view saved photos the settings menu. See Using the from within camera mode. advanced settings. Flash - Allows you to turn on the flash when taking a photo in a dark place. Brightness - This defines and controls the amount of sunlight entering the image. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar, towards “-” to lower the brightness of the image or towards “+” to increase it.

TIP! You can close all the shortcut options to give a clearer viewﬁ nder screen. Just touch the centre of the viewﬁ nder once. To recall the options, touch the screen again.

49 Camera Using the focus mode 4 The camera brings the image You can select the focus mode using into focus. When the image is the following options; in focus, the focus indicators in each corner turn green and the Auto – Set the camera to focus camera takes a picture. automatically. Macro – Macro mode allows you to Once you’ve taken the take extreme close-ups. If you are photo trying to take a close-up shot but the Your captured photo will appear on focus box remains red, try turning the screen. the macro mode on. Share Touch to share your photo Face tracking – If you set Face via Bluetooth, Picasa, tracking and take a photo, your Messaging, Facebook camera detects and focuses on for LG, MySpace for LG, human faces automatically. Twitter for LG, Gmail, Email. Manual – Set the camera to focus manually. NOTE: Additional charges may apply when MMS messages are Taking a quick photo downloaded while roaming. 1 Open the Camera application. TIP! If you have a social 2 Holding the phone horizontally, networking site account and set it point the lens towards the subject up on your phone, you can share you want to photograph. your photos to your community. 3 Touch the shutter icon . Edit Touch to edit the photo you captured.

50 Set as Touch to set the image Scene mode – Choose from as Contact icon or Normal, Portrait, Landscape, Wallpaper. Sports, Sunset and Night. Rename Touch to edit the name of ISO – The ISO rating determines the selected picture. the sensitivity of the camera’s light Touch to delete the image. sensor. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive the camera will be. This is Touch to take another photo useful under darker conditions when immediately. you cannot use the flash. Touch to view the last photo White balance – Choose from you captured. Auto, Incandescent, Sunny, Using the advanced Fluorescent and Cloudy. settings Colour effect – Choose a colour tone for your new photo. Choose In the viewfinder, touch to open from None, Sepia, Black & white, all advanced options. Negative, Vivid, Negative sepia, You can change the camera setting Blue, Emboss and Solarise. by scrolling the wheel. After selecting Timer – The self-timer allows you to the option, touch the Back key. set a delay before a picture is taken Focus – Touch this icon to select the after the shutter is pressed. options menu. See Using the focus Shot mode – Select various mode. shooting modes from the options. Image size – Touch to set the size (in pixels) of the picture you are taking.

51 Camera Image quality – Choose from NOTE: This function is only Super fine, Fine and Normal. The available when location service is finer the quality, the sharper the activated. photo. However, the file size will Restore all camera default increase as a result, which means settings. you’ll be able to store fewer photos Touch whenever you want in the memory. to know how this function Auto review – If you set Auto operates. This is to provide you review to on, it will show you with a quick guide. the picture you have just taken automatically. TIP! When you exit the camera, some settings will Shutter sound – Select one of the return to default. Check camera four shutter sounds. settings before you take your Tag location – Activate to use your next photo. phone’s location-based services. Take pictures wherever you are and TIP! The settings menu tag them with the location. If you is superimposed over the upload tagged pictures to a blog that viewﬁ nder, so when you change supports geotagging, you can see elements of the image colour or the pictures displayed on a map. quality, you will see a preview of the image change behind the settings menu.

52 Viewing your saved Touch to see slide show. Touch photos Menu and select the options you want. TIP! In the thumbnail list you can move quickly by holding Touch to share the contents. G-key and tilting right or left. Touch to delete a photo. Touch More for more options below. TIP! Press the G-key to zoom In/Out of the photo. Once Details - Find out more you are zoomed into a photo, information about the contents. hold down the G-key and tilt the Set as - Set as contact icon or phone to move around a photo. wallpaper. Crop - Crop your photo. Move TIP! Tapping the left or your finger across the screen to right side of the phone while select the area. photo is viewing allows you to Rotate - Rotate left or right. go to the previous/next photo. Edit - Touch to edit the image 1 You can access your saved photos using various tools. from within the camera mode. Just touch and your gallery will appear on the screen. Touch the photo on the screen. You will then see Slideshow and Menu.

53 Video camera Getting to know the viewfinder Zoom - Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively, you can use the side volume keys. Before starting to record a video, you can use the zoom function. You can't control the zoom function during recording. Convert - You can convert to the internal camera from the external one. Camera mode - Slide up this icon to switch to camera mode.

Start recording Gallery - Touch to view the video you recorded last. This enables you to access your gallery and view your saved Settings - Touch this icon to videos from within the video open the settings menu. See mode. Using the advanced settings. Flash - Allows you to turn on the flash when taking a photo in a dark place. Brightness - This defines and controls the amount of sunlight entering the video. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar, towards “-” to lower the brightness of the video or towards “+” to increase it.

54 Shooting a quick video After shooting a video 1 Open the Camera application A still image representing your video and slide the camera mode will appear on the screen. button down to the Video Play Touch to play the video. position. The shutter icon will Share Touch to share your video change to . via Bluetooth, Email, 2 The video camera viewfinder will Gmail, Messaging or appear on the screen. YouTube. 3 Holding the phone horizontally, NOTE: Additional charges may point the lens towards the subject apply when MMS messages are of the video. downloaded while roaming. 4 Touch the start video icon . Edit Touch to edit the video you 5 REC will appear at the bottom recorded. of the viewfinder with a timer showing the length of the video. Rename Touch to edit the name of 6 Touch the stop video icon to the selected video. stop recording. Touch to delete the video you just made and confirm by TIP! Your LG-P970 features 4GB touching Yes. The viewfinder video capability. will reappear. Touch to shoot another video straight away. Touch to view the last video you recorded.

55 Video camera Using the advanced Colour effect – Choose a colour settings tone to use for your new view. Choose None, Sepia, Black&White, Using the viewfinder, touch to from Negative, Vivid, Negative sepia, open all the advanced options. Blue, Emboss Solarize Adjust the video camera settings by and . scrolling the wheel. After selecting Video quality – Choose from Super the option, touch the Back key. fine, Fine and Normal. Video size – Touch to set the size Video duration – Set a duration (in pixels) of the video you record. limit for your video. Choose between Choose your video image size from Normal and MMS to limit the HD (1280x720), TV (720x480), VGA maximum size to send as an MMS (640x480), QVGA (320x240) or QCIF message. (176x144). Voice – Choose Mute to record a White balance – The white balance video without sound. ensures that white areas in your Auto review – If you set this to On, video are realistic. To enable your it will automatically show you the camera to adjust the white balance video you have just recorded. correctly, you may need to determine Reset all the video camera the light conditions. Choose from settings. Auto, Incandescent, Sunny, Touch whenever you want Fluorescent and Cloudy. to know how this function operates. This is to provide you with a quick guide.

56 Watching your saved videos 1 In the viewfinder, touch . 2 Your gallery will appear on the screen. 3 Touch a video once to bring it to the front of the gallery. It will start to play automatically.

TIP! Flip your phone to pause the playing video. Adjusting the volume when viewing a video To adjust the volume of a video while it is playing, use the volume keys on the left side of the phone.

57 Multimedia Gallery Crop - Crop your photo. Move You can also save your files to your finger across the screen to your external memory card. The select the area. advantage of using a memory card Rotate - Rotate left or right. is that you can free up space on Edit - Touch to edit the image your phone memory. using various tools. Touch Applications tab, then select Gallery. To change how the 1 You can access your saved photos contents of an album are from within the camera mode. displayed Just touch and your gallery You can view the images and videos will appear on the screen. Touch in your albums in a chronological the photo on the screen. You will grid or in stacks, sorted by the date then see Slideshow and Menu. and the location where they were Touch to see slide show. Touch taken. Menu and select the options Drag the Album View switch you want. to the left to view the album Touch to share the contents. contents in a chronological Touch to delete a photo. grid. Touch More for more options Drag the Album View switch below. to the right to view the Details - Find out more contents of the album in information about the contents. stacks. Set as - Set as contact icon or wallpaper. 58 Music as ringtone, Delete, Share, Search Your LG-P970 has a built-in music and File info as options. player that lets you play all your TIP! Double tapping left side on favourite tracks. To access the music the phone during playing music, player, touch Applications tab, then you can go to the previous song. select Music. Single tapping right side on the phone during playing music, you Playing a song can go to the next song. 1 On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select NOTE: Music ﬁ le copyright may Music . be protected by international 2 Touch Songs. treaties and national copyright 3 Select the song you want to play. laws. 4 Touch to pause the song. Therefore, it may be necessary 5 Touch to skip to the next to obtain permission or a licence song. to reproduce or copy music. 6 Touch to go back to the first In some countries, national part of the song. Touch twice laws prohibit private copying to go back to the previous song. of copyrighted material. Before To change the volume while listening downloading or copying the ﬁ le, to music, touch the up and down please check the laws of the volume keys on the left side of the relevant country concerning the use of such material. phone. Touch and hold any song in the list. It will display Play, Add to playlist, Use 59 Multimedia Using the radio all the pre-set channels will be Your LG-P970 has a built-in FM deleted and auto scan will start. radio so you can tune in to your 4 During auto scanning, touch Stop favourite stations and listen on scanning if you want to stop the go. scanning. Only channels scanned before you stop scanning will NOTE: You must attach your headphone to listen to the radio. be saved. Insert that into the headphone jack. NOTE: You can also manually tune in to a station using the wheel Searching for stations displayed. You can tune in to radio stations Listening to the radio by searching for them manually or automatically. They will then be 1 On the home screen, touch saved to specific channel numbers, Applications tab and select FM so you don’t have to keep re-tuning radio. it. 2 Touch the channel number of the 1 On the home screen, touch station you want to listen to. Applications tab and select FM 3 Touch icon. You can listen to Radio. the radio via built-in speaker. 2 Touch the Scan FM radio stations. 3 If there are pre-set channels, you will see a pop-up with 'All channels will be reset. Continue?'. If you choose OK,

60 Transferring files using • After using USB mass storage USB mass storage function, if you want to synchronise devices your phone with your PC using the LG PC suite, you need to To transfer files using USB touch Settings > Applications devices: > Development > uncheck 1 Connect the LG-P970 to a PC USB debugging, then touch the using a USB cable. checkbox to touch Turn on USB 2 If you haven't installed LG Android storage. Platform Driver on your PC, you will need to change settings How to save music/ manually. Choose Settings > video files to your phone Applications > Development 1 Connect your phone to the PC > uncheck USB debugging and using the USB cable. connect your phone to your PC using the USB data cable. • Touch and drag down the status bar on the home screen. Select 3 Touch Turn on USB storage. USB connected > Turn on USB 4 You can view the mass storage storage > Open folder to view contents on your PC and transfer files. the files. • If you haven't installed LG Android NOTE: Platform Driver on your PC, • You need to install your microSD you will need to set it manually. card first. Without a microSD card, For more information, refer to you cannot use USB mass storage. 'Transferring files using mass storage devices'.

61 Multimedia 2 Save music or video files 1 Download Mobile Sync for from your PC to the phone's Android at www.lg.com and removable storage. install it on your PC. Run the • You may copy or move files from program and connect your your PC to the phone's removable Android mobile phone to the PC storage using a card reader. using a USB cable. • If there is a video file with a 2 Select the Contacts icon. Go subtitle file (.smi or .srt file with to Menu > File > Import and the same name as the video file), select the CSV file saved in place them in the same folder to the PC. display the subtitle automatically 3 If the fields in the imported CSV when playing the video file. file are different from the ones • When downloading music or video in Mobile Sync for Android, you files, copyright must be secured. need to map the fields. After Please note that a corrupted file mapping the fields, click OK. or file with a wrong extension may Then the contacts are added in cause damage to your phone. Mobile Sync for Android. 4 If the connection for the LG-P970 How to move contacts phone (using the USB cable) from your old phone to is detected by Mobile Sync for your current phone Android, click "Sync" or "Sync Export your contacts as a CSV contacts" to synchronise the file from your old phone to your contacts saved in the PC to your phone and save them. PC using a PC sync program.

62 How to send data from • Sending multi-selected your phone via Bluetooth contacts: Run the Contacts You can send data via Bluetooth by application. To select more than Menu running a corresponding application, one contact touch the key rather than from the Bluetooth menu and touch the Menu key and as with normal mobile phones. touch Share. Select the contacts you want to send or touch Select • Sending pictures: Run the all > Share(n) > Bluetooth > Gallery application and select Check if Bluetooth is turned on Picture > Menu. Click Share and select Scan for devices > and select Bluetooth > Check Choose the device you want to if Bluetooth is turned on and send data from the list. select Scan for devices > • Connecting to FTP (Only the Choose the device you want to FTP server is supported on this send data from the list. handset): Settings > Wireless & • Exporting contacts: Run the networks > Bluetooth settings. Contacts application. Touch Then, select the Discoverable the address you want to export checkbox and search for other to. Touch the Menu and select devices. Find the service you want Share > Bluetooth > Check if and connect to the FTP server. Bluetooth is turned on and select Scan for devices > Choose the TIP! The version is device you want to send data from Bluetooth 3.0 and certiﬁ ed by the list. Bluetooth SIG. It is compatible with other Bluetooth SIG certiﬁ ed devices.

63 Multimedia NOTE: If you want to search for this phone from other devices, go to Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth settings. Then, select the Discoverable checkbox. The checkbox is cleared after 120 seconds. NOTE: Supported proﬁ les are SDAP, HFP, HSP, OPP, PBAP (server), FTP (server), A2DP and AVRCP.

64 Google applications 1 First, set up a Google account. Gmail Enter your user name and Gmail is configured when you first password. set up your phone. Depending on 2 After signing in, your contacts, your synchronisation settings, Gmail email and calendar in your on your phone is automatically Google account will automatically synchronised with your Google synchronise with your LG-P970. account on the web.The inbox Maps conversations list is your default Gmail view. Check your current location and Touch the Menu key, then touch traffic and receive directions to your Refresh to send or receive new destination. Your phone must be emails and to synchronise your connected to Wi-Fi or 3G/GPRS. emails with your Google account NOTE: Google Maps does not on the web. With the Menu key, cover all cities and countries. you can compose an email, add accounts, go to labels, search and Market so on. Android Market lets you download useful applications and games. If you install applications and games from Android Market, they appear in the LG-P970 menu. You can check others' comments regarding an application or you can post your own comments.

65 Google applications Talk Google Talk is Google’s instant messaging program. It lets you communicate with other people who also use Google Talk. Touch the Menu key and select available options as below: All friends, Add friend, Search, Sign out, Settings and so on. Google Search Google Mobile Web Search allows you to search for websites.

66 Utilities Setting your alarm 4 For more complex calculations, 1 On the home screen, touch touch Advanced panel, then Applications tab and select choose sin, cos, tan, log and so Alarm/Clock. on. 2 If you want to add a new alarm, Adding an event to your touch New alarm. calendar 3 Set the alarm and touch Save to 1 On the home screen, touch turn on. Applications tab and select TIP! Flip your phone to snooze Calendar. the Alarm if you set the snooze 2 First, you must create a Google duration or else it will stop. account to use Calendar. NOTE: To delete the alarm on alarm 3 To check the event, touch the list screen, touch the Menu key and date. Touch and hold if you want select Delete/Delete all. to add a new event. then touch New event. Using your calculator 4 Touch What, then enter the event 1 On the home screen, touch name. Check the date and enter Applications tab and select the time you want your event to Calculator. begin and finish. 2 Touch the number keys to enter 5 Also touch Where, then enter the numbers. location. 3 For simple calculations, touch the 6 If you would like to add a note to function you want (+, –, x or ÷), your event, touch Description and followed by =. enter the details.

67 Utilities 7 If you want to repeat the TIP! Touch Speaker button to alarm, set Repetition and set set the speaker mode. Reminders if necessary. Touch to Rename and Set 8 Touch Done to save the event in as. the calendar. A coloured square Go to the menus by long in the calendar will mark all days touching the record fi le. that have saved events. An alarm Notice: The available recording time will sound at the event start time may differ from the real time. to help you stay organised. Sending the voice Recording a sound or recording voice 1 Once you have finished recording, Use the voice recorder to record you can send the audio clip by voice memos or other audio files. touching Share. 1 On the home screen, touch 2 Choose from Bluetooth, Email, Applications tab and select Gmail and Messaging. When Voice Recorder. you select Email, Gmail and 2 Touch Record to begin Messaging, the voice recording recording. will be added to the message 3 Touch Stop to end recording. that you write, and it will be sent 4 Touch Play to listen to the normally. recording. 5 Touch List to access your album. You can listen to the saved recording. 68 The Web Browser Refresh: Touch to refresh the Browser gives you a fast, full-colour web page. world of games, music, news, sports, Forward: Goes to the page you entertainment and much more, right connected to after the current on your mobile phone. Wherever you page. The Back key takes you to are and whatever you’re into. the previous page. NOTE: Additional charges apply More when connecting to these services • Add bookmark: Add the current and downloading content. Check data web page as a bookmark. charges with your network provider. • Find on page: If you enter a letter TIP! Press the G-key to zoom in or word, it will mark all the letters or out of the web page. When you entered from the web page. press long to zoom in, you can • Select text: Touch and select the view the browser page with lines you want to copy. Long touch panning. any input box then you can paste it. • Page info: Show the web page Using options information. Touch the Menu key to view options. • Share page: Send the web page. New window: Open a new • Downloads: Show downloaded window. history. Bookmarks : Add/show • Settings: Change web browser bookmark, show most visited site settings. and history. NOTE: To return the previous web Windows: Show all your open page, touch Back key. windows. 69 Settings On the home screen, touch to allow legacy Wi-Fi devices to Application tab then scroll and connect. touch Settings. TIP! How to obtain the Wireless & networks MAC address To set up a connection in some Here you can manage Wi-Fi, wireless networks with MAC SmartShare and Bluetooth. You can fi lters, you may need to enter the also set mobile networks and flight MAC address of your LG-P970 mode. into the router. Flight mode – After setting Flight You can fi nd the MAC address mode, all wireless connections will in the following user interface: be disabled. Touch Applications > Settings Wi-Fi – Touch to select: This turns > Wireless & networks > Wi- on Wi-Fi to connect to available Wi-Fi Fi settings and touch the Menu networks. key. Then select Advanced > Wi-Fi settings – Allows you to set MAC address. up and manage wireless access SmartShare settings – Allows you points. Set network notification or to change device name and select add a Wi-Fi network. The advanced content type to be shared. Wi-Fi settings screen is accessed from the Wi-Fi settings screen. Touch Bluetooth – Touch to select: Turns the Menu key and touch Advanced. on Bluetooth to connect to Bluetooth devices. Wi-Fi Direct Settings – Set Wi-Fi Direct device name and scan for other devices. Or be a Group owner

70 Bluetooth settings – Set device Sound name & discoverable mode, scan < General > for other devices. Or check a list Silent mode – Allows you to of Bluetooth devices that you’ve silence all sounds (including call previously configured and those and notification ringtones) except detected when the phone last the audio from music, videos and scanned for Bluetooth devices. any alarms you have set. (You must VPN settings – Displays the list of silence media and alarms in their Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) that own applications.) you’ve previously configured. Allows Notice: After setting silent mode you to add different types of VPNs. it is not available to use Settings > Mobile network settings – Set Sound > Volume menu. options for data roaming, network Vibrate – Allows you to set your mode & operators, access point phone to vibrate when you receive names (APNs) and so on. an incoming call. On-Screen Phone settings – Volume – Allows you to set the Allows you to change the On-Screen volume for ringtones, media and Phone password (the default alarms. If you un-select the option to password is "0000"). On-Screen use the same volume for both calls Phone allows you to view your and notifications, you can set both mobile phone screen from a PC via volumes separately. a USB or Bluetooth connection. You can also control your mobile phone < Incoming calls > from your PC using the mouse or Phone ringtone – Allows you to set keyboard. your default incoming call ringtone.

71 Settings < Notifications > Display Notification ringtone – Allows Brightness – Adjust the brightness you to set your default notification of the screen. ringtone. Auto-rotate screen – Allows you to < Feedback > set the orientation to automatically Audible touch tones – Allows switch to landscape mode or portrait you to set the phone to play tones mode when you turn the phone when using the dial keypad to dial sideways or upright. numbers. Animation – Allows you to set Audible selection – Allows you to animated transitions when navigating set your phone to play a sound when from screen to screen. you touch buttons, icons and other Screen timeout – Allows you to onscreen items that react to your adjust the delay time before the touch. screen automatically turns off. For Screen lock sounds – Allows you to the best battery performance, use set your phone to play a sound when the shortest convenient timeout. locking and unlocking the screen. Display font - Change the display Haptic feedback – Allows you to set font. your phone to vibrate briefly when you touch the soft keys and perform Gesture other actions. Adjust the gesture settings for text input field, home screen, alarm, music, Video player, incoming call, Gallery, Camera and Browser.

72 Location & security TIP! To lock your screen by < My Location > using the Pattern Lock Use wireless networks – If you 1 The first time you do this, a select Use wireless networks, short tutorial about creating your phone will determine your an unlock pattern appears. approximate location using Wi-Fi and 2 You are prompted to draw and mobile networks. redraw your own pattern. Use GPS Satellites – If you select The next time you turn on Use GPS satellites, your phone will your phone or wake up the determine your location to street- screen, you will be prompted level accuracy. to draw your unlock pattern to < Screen unlock> unlock the screen. Set up screen lock – Set unlock < SIM card lock > pattern to secure your phone. Set up SIM card lock – Set up SIM Opens a set of screens that guide card lock or change SIM PIN. you through drawing a screen unlock pattern. You can set a PIN or < Passwords > Password instead of a Pattern, or Visible passwords – Select to show leave it as None. passwords as you type them or deselect to hide passwords as you type them. < Device administration > Select device administrators – Add or remove device administrators.

73 Settings < Credential storage > Applications Use secure credentials – Select Unknown sources – Permits to allow applications to access your installation of applications that you phone’s encrypted store of secure obtain from websites, email or other certificates and related passwords locations other than Android Market. and other credentials. You use credential storage to establish some WARNING kinds of VPN and Wi-Fi connections. To protect your phone and If you have not set a password for personal data, download credential storage, this setting is applications only from trusted dimmed. sources, such as Android Install from SD card – Allows you Market. to install encrypted certificates from a Manage applications – Manage microSD card. and remove installed applications. Set password – Allows you to set or Running services – Allows you to change the password for your secure view and control currently running credential storage. Your password services and applications. This must have at least eight characters. option displays what processes each Clear storage – Deletes all secure running service needs and how certificates and related credentials much memory it is using. and erases the secure storage’s own Development – Allows you to set password. options for application development, such as USB debugging, Stay awake and Allow mock locations.

74 Accounts & sync < Personal data > Factory data reset – Erases all Background data – Permits of your personal data from internal applications to synchronise data phone storage, including information in the background, whether or not about your Google account, any other you are actively working in them. accounts, your system/application Un-selecting this setting can save data and settings, any downloaded battery power and lowers (but does applications and your DRM licence. not eliminate) data use. Resetting the phone does not erase any system software updates you Auto-sync – Permits applications to have downloaded or any files on synchronise, send and receive data your microSD card, such as music or on their own schedule. photos. If you reset the phone in this < Manage accounts > way, you are prompted to re-enter List of all Google accounts and other the same information as when you accounts you’ve added to your phone. first started Android. If you touch an account in this screen, its account screen opens. SD card & phone storage < SD card > Privacy Check total space and available < Backup and restore > space. Touch Unmount SD card for Back up my data – Activate to back safe removal. Format SD card, if up your application data and settings. you want to delete all data from the If you activate Automatic restore, it microSD card. You must unmount a will restore backed up settings when microSD card before you can format you reinstall it. it. 75 Settings < Internal phone storage > • Block offensive words: When Check the Available space. un-selected, Google voice recognition will recognise and Language & keyboard transcribe words many people Use the Language & keyboard consider offensive, when you enter settings to select the language and text by speaking. When selected, region for the text on your phone Google voice recognition replaces and for configuring the onscreen those words in transcriptions with keyboard, including words that you’ a place holder comprised of hash ve added to its dictionary. symbols (#). < Voice output > Voice input & output Text-to-speech settings – < Voice input > Use the Text-to-speech settings to Voice recogniser settings – configure the Android text-to-speech Use the Voice recogniser settings synthesiser for applications that can to configure the Android voice input take advantage of it. feature. NOTE: If you don’t have speech • Language: Opens a screen where synthesiser data installed, only the you can set the language you use Install voice data setting is available. when entering text by speaking. • Listen to an example: Plays • SafeSearch: Opens a dialog a brief sample of the speech where you can set whether you synthesiser using your current want Google SafeSearch filter to settings. block some results.

76 • Always use my settings: Check my settings to ensure that text to use the settings on this screen is spoken correctly in a variety of in place of speech synthesiser applications. settings available in other • Pico TTS: Configure the Pico TTS applications. settings. • Default engine: Opens a dialog where you can set the text-to- Accessibility speech application you want to Use the Accessibility settings to use if you have more than one configure any accessibility plug-ins installed. you have installed on your phone. • Install voice data: If your NOTE: Requires additional plug-ins phone does not have speech to become selectable. synthesiser data installed, this connects to Android Market and Date & time guides you through the process Use Date & time settings to set of downloading and installing the your preference for how dates are data. This setting is not available if displayed. You can also use these the data is already installed. settings to set your own time and • Speech rate: Opens a dialog time zone rather than obtaining where you can select how quickly the current time from the mobile you want the synthesiser to speak. network. • Language: Opens a dialog where you can select the language of About phone the text you want the synthesiser View legal information and check to read. This is particularly useful phone status and software version. in combination with Always use 77 Settings Wi-Fi mode, even when connected to With Wi-Fi, you can use high-speed Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi connection will Internet access within the coverage be disabled automatically. In this of the wireless access point (AP). case, if your phone has access to 3G data, it may be connected You can enjoy wireless internet with to the 3G network automatically, Wi-Fi, without extra charges. and additional charges may be Turn on Wi-Fi applied.) From the home screen, open the • The LG-P970 supports WEP, notification drawer and touch WPA/WPA2-PSK and 802.1x on. EAP. security. If your Wi-Fi service provider or network administrator Or touch Application > Settings sets encryption for network > Wireless & networks, then turn security, fill in the key in the pop- Wi-Fi on. up window. If encryption is not To connect to Wi-Fi set, this pop-up window will not be shown. You can obtain the key Choose Wi-Fi network you want to from your Wi-Fi service provider or connect to. If you see , you need network administrator. to enter password to connect. NOTE: Sharing your phone’s • If you are out of Wi-Fi area and mobile data connection choose 3G connection, additional You can also share your phone’s data charges may be applied. connection with up to five devices at • If your phone changes to sleep once, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. 78 When your phone is sharing its Choose options that you want to data connection, an icon appears adjust. in the status bar and as an ongoing Portable Wi-Fi hotspot – Check to notification in the notifications share your phone’s mobile network drawer. data connection as a portable Wi-Fi Icon Description hotspot. Help – Opens a dialog with Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is information about portable Wi-Fi active hotspots as well as information about where to learn more. For the latest information about portable hotspots, including To share your phone’ supported operating systems and s data connection as a other details, visit http://www. portable Wi-Fi hotspot android.com/tether. 1 On the home screen, touch the NOTE: Additional costs may be Applications tab and select incurred when connecting and using Settings. online services. Check data charges with your network provider. 2 Touch Wireless & networks and select Portable hotspot. Portable Wi-Fi hotspot 3 Check Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. settings • After a moment, the phone starts On the home screen, touch the broadcasting its Wi-Fi network Application tab and select Settings. name (SSID), so you can connect to it with up to five computers Wireless & networks Touch and or other devices. An ongoing select Portable hotspot. 79 Settings notification is added to the • The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot status bar and notifications drawer. dialog opens. • When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot • You can change the network SSID is selected, you can change its (name) that other computers see network name or secure it. when scanning for Wi-Fi networks. 4 Unselect Portable Wi-Fi hotspot • You can also touch the Security to stop sharing your data menu to configure the network connection via Wi-Fi. with Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) security with a pre-shared To rename or secure key (PSK). your portable hotspot • If you touch the WPA2 PSK You can change the name of your security option, a password field phone’s Wi-Fi network name (SSID) is added to the Configure Wi-Fi and secure its Wi-Fi network. hotspot dialog. If you enter a 1 On the home screen, touch the password, you will need to enter Applications tab and select that password when you connect Settings. to the phone’s hotspot with a 2 Touch Wireless & networks and computer or other device. Or touch select Portable hotspot. Open in the Security menu to 3 Ensure Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is remove security from your Wi-Fi selected. network. 4 Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings. 5 Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.

80 ATTENTION! 4 You can change your device name, icon and select the sharing If you set the security option content types. as Open, you can not prevent unauthorised usage of online Let your renderer device (e.g. TV) services by other people play multimedia contents from and additional charges remote content library (e.g. PC) can be incurred. To avoid 1 Touch the top right button to unauthorised use, you are select the device from renderer advised to keep the security lists. option. 2 Touch the top left button and select one of the remote content 6 Touch Save. library. Using SmartShare 3 You can browse the remote SmartShare provides you a better content library. way to enjoy multimedia contents 4 Long touch a content thumbnail with other DLNA(Digital Living and flick them to the top area by Network Alliance) enabled devices. your finger or touch play button. Notice: Check that your device is Share your media contents to connected with your home network other DLNA devices(DMS) using Wi-Fi connection to use this 1 Touch application tab and select application. Settings. Notice: Some DLNA enabled 2 Choose Wireless & networks device (e.g. TV) supports only DMP and SmartShare settings. feature of DLNA will not appear in 3 Touch the SmartShare checkbox the renderer device lists. to turn on. 81 Settings Enabling Wi-Fi Direct password that is set in the Menu > to share through Advanced > Password. SmartShare NOTE: When your phone becomes group owner, it will consume Wi-Fi Direct cannot be enabled while more battery power than being using other Wi-Fi functions. a client. Wi-Fi Direct connection Wi-Fi Direct automatically scans does not provide Internet service. nearby Wi-Fi Direct devices and Additional cost may be incurred the searched devices will be listed when connecting and using online up in the order of arrival and you services. Check data charges with can select a specific device to your network provider. share multimedia data through SmartShare. How to use On-Screen 1 On the home screen, touch Phone the Application tab and select On-Screen Phone allows you to view Settings. your mobile phone screen from a PC 2 Touch Wireless & networks and via a USB or Bluetooth connection. select Wi-Fi Direct Settings. You can also control your mobile 3 Ensure Wi-Fi Direct is selected. phone from your PC using the mouse 4 Select a device to connect in the or keyboard. scanned device list. • Forced G/O mode - Touch to activate group owner mode that enables the legacy Wi-Fi devices to connect by scanning your phone. In this case you must enter the 82 On-Screen Phone icons • Text input with keyboard: allows Connects or disconnects your you to compose a text message mobile phone to/from your PC. or note using your computer keyboard. Rotates the On-Screen Phone window (only available at • File transfer (mobile phone to applications that support PC): sends files from your mobile rotation). phone (e.g. photos, videos, music and Polaris Office files) to your PC. Changes the On-Screen Phone Simply right-click and drag to send preferences. a file to your PC. Exits the On-Screen Phone • File transfer (PC to mobile phone): program. sends files from your PC to your Minimises the On-Screen Phone mobile phone. Simply select the window. files you wish to transfer and drag and drop into the On-Screen On-Screen Phone Phone window. The files you send features are stored on a micro SD card. • Real-time transfer and control: • Real-time event notifications: displays and controls your mobile prompts a pop-up to inform you phone screen when connected to of any incoming calls or text/ your PC. multimedia messages, as well as • Mouse control: allows you to alarm and event notifications. control your mobile phone by using Notice: The Camera preview and the mouse to click and drag on Video are not supported in OSP, so your PC screen. it is not available on the PC.

83 Settings How to install On-Screen Networks > On-Screen Phone Phone on your PC Settings. Visit LG Home (http://www.lg.com) 4 Click "OK" to exit the window. and go to Support > Mobile Phone Wireless connection with Support > Download LG Mobile Bluetooth: Support Tool to PC. If you download 1 On your mobile phone, go to LG PC Suite IV, the On-Screen Phone Settings > Wireless & networks program will also be downloaded > Bluetooth settings. Select on your PC. Then you can install the Turn on Bluetooth and select On-Screen Phone on your PC. Discoverable. 2 If you have previously connected How to connect your using a cable, run the New mobile phone to your PC Connection Wizard to create a USB connection: new connection. 1 Open Connection Wizard, select 3 Run the Connection Wizard on "USB Cable connection" and click the computer, select "Bluetooth "Next". connection", then "Next". 2 Connect your mobile phone to the 4 The wizard starts searching for PC using a USB cable and click Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones. "Next". When the mobile phone that you 3 Enter the On-Screen Phone wish to connect to appears, click password and click "Next". The "Stop" to stop searching. default password is "0000". 5 Select "LG-P970" from the device You can change the password list and click "Next". You can in Settings > Wireless & rename the device if you wish.

84 6 Enter the PIN code (e.g. "0000") NOTE: You must restart your phone and click "Next". after shutting down the On-Screen 7 On your mobile phone, accept the Phone service. request and enter the same PIN code, then touch "OK". Phone Software update 8 Enter the On-Screen Phone LG Mobile Phone Software update password and click "Next" (the from internet default password is "0000"). For more information on using this 9 Touch "OK" to exit. function, please visit the http:// update.lgmobile.com or http://www. To check the phone to lg.com/common/ index.jsp → select PC connection country and language. Once the devices have been This feature allows you to update connected, drag down the notification the firmware of your phone to the bar at the top of the home screen latest version conveniently from the to check the On-Screen Phone internet without the need to visit a connection status. service centre. As the mobile phone firmware update To disconnect your requires the user’s full attention for the phone from your PC duration of the update process, please Click in the top left of the make sure to check all instructions and On-Screen Phone window. Or drag notes that appear at each step before down the notification bar at the proceeding. Please note that removing top of the home screen and select the USB data cable or battery during "On-Screen Phone". Touch "Yes" in the upgrade may seriously damage the Disconnect window. you mobile phone. 85 Settings LG Mobile Phone Software update via Over-the-Air (OTA) This feature allows you to update the software of your phone to new version conveniently via OTA without the connecting USB data cable. First, you can check the software version currently on your mobile phone: Settings > About phone > Software update > Software update check. You can also rearrange update schedule in 1 hour, 4 hours, 8 hours or 24 hours before updates. In this case, the application will notify you to update when the time is up. Also, you can rearrange or update by manually.

86 Copyrights and trademarks Rights to all technologies and • DivX Mobile products that comprise this device are the property of their respective ® owners: ABOUT DIVX VIDEO: DivX is a digital video format created by • Bluetooth® is a registered DivX, Inc. This is an official DivX trademark of the Bluetooth SIG, Certified® device that plays DivX Inc. video. Visit www.divx.com for more • microSD and the microSD logo information and software tools to are Trademarks of the SD Card convert your files into DivX video. Association. • Google Search, Maps, Gmail, ABOUT DIVX VIDEO-ON-DEMAND: YouTube, Talk and Market are This DivX Certified® device must trademarks of Google, Inc. be registered in order to play • Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of purchased DivX Video-on-Demand the Wireless Fidelity Alliance, Inc. (VOD) movies. To obtain your • registration code, locate the Contains Adobe® Flash® Player or DivX VOD section in your device Adobe® AIR® technology by Adobe setup menu. Go to vod.divx.com Systems Incorporated. for more information on how to complete your registration. DivX Certified® to play DivX® video up to HD 720p, including premium content.

87 Copyrights and trademarks DivX®, DivX Certified® • Wi-Fi® and Wi-Fi Protected Access and associated logos are ® are registered trademarks of trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are the Wi-Fi Alliance. Wi-Fi Direct™ used under licence.Covered by and Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ are one or more of the following trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance. U.S. patents: 7,295,673; • 7,460,668; 7,515,710; Manufactured under 7,519,274 license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby and the Notice! double-D symbol are trademarks Open Source Software of Dolby Laboratories. To obtain the corresponding source code under GPL, LGPL, MPL and other open source licences, please visit http:// opensource.lge.com/ All referred licence terms, disclaimers and notices are available for download with the source code.

88 Technical data Ambient Temperatures Max: +55°C (discharging), +45°C (charging) Min: -10°C

• Some of the contents of this manual may not apply to your phone depending on your phone’s software or your service provider. • This handset is not recommended for the visually impaired because of its touch-screen keypad. • Copyright ©2011 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 Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Talk and Market are trademarks of Google, Inc. 89 Troubleshooting This chapter lists some problems you might encounter while using your phone. Some problems require you to call your service provider, but most are easy to correct yourself. Message Possible causes Possible Corrective Measures There is no SIM card in Make sure that the SIM card is correctly SIM error the phone or it is inserted inserted. incorrectly. Move towards a window or into an open area. Weak Signal outside of GSM Check the network operator coverage map. No network network area. Check if the SIM card is older than 6~12 connection/ months. Losing network Operator applied new services If so, change your SIM at your network provider's nearest branch. To change a security code, you will need to confirm Codes do not the new code by entering The default code is [0000]. If you forget the match it again. code, contact your service provider. The two codes you have entered do not match. Not supported by service Any application provider or registration Contact your service provider. cannot be set required Dialling error New network not authorised. New SIM card inserted Check for new restrictions. Calls not available Prepaid Charge limit Contact service provider or reset limit with reached PIN 2. On/Off key pressed long Press the On/Off key down for at least two enough seconds. Phone cannot be Battery is not charged Keep charger attached for longer. Clean the switched on Battery contacts are dirty contacts. Take out the battery and insert again. 90 Message Possible causes Possible Corrective Measures Battery is not charged. Charge battery. Outside temperature is too Make sure phone is charging under normal hot or cold temperatures. Contact problem Check the charger and connection to the phone. Check the battery contacts and clean Charging error them if necessary. No voltage Plug into a different socket. Charger defective If the charger does not warm up, replace it. Only use original LG accessories. Wrong charger. Battery Replace battery. defective. Number not The Fixed Dial Number Check settings. permitted function is on. Impossible to receive/ send Memory Full Delete some existing messages in the phone. SMS & Picture Files not open Unsupported file format Check the file format that can be supported SD Card not FAT16, FAT32 file system Check SD card file system via card reader Or working supported format SD card using phone If you use any protection tape or case, check The screen does if it is covering the area around the proximity not turn on when I Proximity sensor problem sensor. Make sure that the area around the receive a call. proximity sensor is clean. Check the settings status of the sound menu No Sound Vibration or manner mode to make sure you are not in vibrate or silent mode. Remove and re-insert battery. Intermittent software Turn on the phone. Hang up or freeze problem Try to do a software update service via WEB site. 91 MOBILE PHONE MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTY

Subject to the terms below, LG Electronics Australia Pty Ltd (LG) will for one (1) year from date of purchase for your LG mobile phone (excluding battery and accessories such as power adapter) and six months from date of purchase for LG battery packs and accessories, authorise a free of charge repair, if, in LG’s opinion, the phone, battery or accessories needs repair because of a manufacturing or materials defect, appearing and notified to LG in accordance with this warranty, within such period. This LG manufacturer’s warranty only applies to service within Australia (for mobile phones purchased within Australia only) and New Zealand (for mobile phones purchased within New Zealand only). This warranty is not transferable and applies to the original purchaser only. No LG employee, product retailer or Authorised Service Centre has authority to vary the terms of this warranty. Goods presented for repair may be replaced by refurbished goods of the same type rather than being repaired. Refurbished parts may be used to repair the goods. This LG manufacturer’s warranty is limited to the LG product and excludes third party components used in conjunction with the LG product. PLACE OF SERVICE Repairs under the terms of this warranty will be conducted at an LG Autho- rised Service Centre. Transportation costs to and from the Service Centre are not covered by this Warranty. Service Centers are open during normal busi- ness hours, Monday to Friday. LG’s Authorised Service Centre may charge an additional fee for service outside these hours. Before you deliver your product for warranty service it is your responsibility to keep a separate backup copy of the contents, because the data may be lost during repair of the product. You are responsible for reinstalling all content including software programs, data and passwords. Recovery and reinstallation of software programs and user data are not covered under the terms of this manufacturer’s warranty. SERVICES FOR WHICH YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PAY This LG manufacturer’s warranty does not cover: t Products where the serial number has been removed or made illegible; tMaintenance, repair or replacement of parts or consumables due to normal wear and tear. tRepair of cosmetic or physical damage; tBreakage or damage to antennas unless cause by defect in material or workmanship; tIf the battery short circuits or the seals of the battery are broken or show evidence of tampering or the battery was used in equipment in a manner other than that which has been specified; tDefects or damage resulting from breakage or tampering with the LCD screen tAccident, neglect, misuse or Act of God. tAlterations or repairs made by someone other than an LG Authorised Service Centre. tUnauthorized modifications or other acts, including spills of food or liquid, or external interference which is not a manufacturing or material fault. tUse of the product beyond its intended purpose; tDamage or defects caused by use of or in connection with accessories, software and/or services not manufactured, supplied or authorized by LG. OTHER RIGHTS The benefits given by this LG manufacturer’s warranty are additional to other rights and remedies that you may have under law. Australian customers: Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be ex- cluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and for compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure. HOW TO CLAIM To make a claim against this manufacturer’s warranty, you must contact LG within one (1) years of purchase on: By telephone By post (Australia Only): Australia Warranty Claims 1300 LG CARE (1300 542 273) 7 LG Electronics Australia Days, 7am-7pm PO Box 212 New Zealand Horsley Park NSW 2175 0800 LG CARE (0800 542 273) 7 Days, 9am-9pm

When contacting LG for assistance please provide your name and address, model number, serial number, date of purchase, and a complete description of the problem. This information will help LG provide fast assistance.

LG Electronics Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 98 064 531 264) 2 Wonderland Drive, Eastern Creek NSW 2766 Australia

For warranty service, please keep this warranty certiﬁcate and your receipt to validate proof of purchase.