LG Thrive Getting Started Manual User Manual Table of Contents Important notice.........................7 Calls ...........................................28 Making a call...............................28 Your Phone ................................12 Calling your contacts...................28 Getting Started .........................14 Answering and rejecting a call ...28 Installing the SIM card and Adjusting the In-call call volume 28 battery .........................................14 Making a second call ..................29 Charging your phone ...................15 Viewing your call logs .................29 Installing the microSD card.........16 Call settings ................................29 Formatting the microSD card ......17 Contacts.....................................30 Switching between and Exiting Searching for a contact ...............30 Applications ................................18 Adding a new contact .................30 Your Home screen ...................19 Favorite Contacts ........................30 Touch-screen tips ........................19 Messaging/Email .....................31 Proximity sensor ..........................19 Messaging...................................31 Lock your phone ..........................19 Threaded box ..............................31 Unlock screen ..............................20 Sending a message .....................31 Home ..........................................20 Using smilies ...............................32 Adding widgets to your Home Changing your message settings 32 screen ..........................................21 Email............................................32 Getting back to a recently used Reading Your Messages .............33 applications .................................22 Responding to a Message ..........33 Notifications panel ......................22 Composing and Sending Email ...33 Viewing the Status Bar ...............22 Working with Account Folders ....34 Onscreen Keyboard .....................24 Adding and Editing Email Entering text ................................24 Accounts......................................34 123 Mode ....................................24 Social Networking ......................35 Entering accented letters ............25 Adding an account to your phone 35 Google Account Set-up ..........26 Viewing and updating your Creating your Google account.....26 status ..........................................35 Signing into your Google account 26 Adding data/ accounts on your phone...........................................36 Removing data/accounts on your Music...........................................46 phone...........................................36 How to save music/video files to the phone ....................................46 Camera.......................................37 How to play music/video files on Getting to know the viewfinder ..37 the phone ....................................46 Using the focus mode .................38 Playing a song .............................46 Taking a photo ............................38 Working with Playlists ................47 Once you’ve taken the photo ......38 To remove a song from a playlist 47 Using the advanced settings.......39 To rename or delete a playlist ....48 Viewing your saved photos .........40 Adjusting the volume when Google applications ................49 viewing a video ...........................40 About Google applications..........49 Setting a photo as wallpaper......40 Google Maps™............................49 Searching For Locations and Video camera ...........................41 Places ..........................................49 Getting to know the viewfinder ..41 Getting Directions .......................50 Shooting a video .........................42 Starred Places .............................50 After shooting a video.................42 Clear Map....................................50 Using the advanced settings.......42 Latitude .......................................51 Watching your saved videos .......43 Places ..........................................51 Multimedia................................44 Market™......................................52 View mode ..................................44 Gmail™ ........................................53 Timeline view ..............................44 Google Talk™ ..............................53 My images options menu............44 Changing Google Talk Settings ...53 Sending a photo ..........................44 To configure notifications for new Sending a video...........................45 Google Talk messages ................54 Using an image ...........................45 To show or hide the mobile Creating a slideshow ..................45 indicator to friends ......................54 View photo details ......................45 To set whether you sign into Transferring files using USB mass Google Talk automatically ...........54 storage devices ...........................45 To set Google Talk to change your status...........................................54 Table of Contents Utilities ......................................55 Call settings ................................67 Setting the alarm ........................55 Sound ..........................................67 Using the calculator ....................55 Display.........................................67 Adding an event to your calendar 56 Location & Security ....................67 Changing your calendar view......56 Using the Unlock Pattern, PIN, or ThinkFree Office ..........................56 Password .....................................68 Voice Search ...............................57 Applications ................................69 Voice Dialer .................................58 Accounts & sync settings............69 Voice recorder .............................58 Privacy .........................................69 Recording a sound or voice .........58 SD card & phone storage ............69 Sending the voice recording .......58 Search .........................................70 Using Car Home ..........................59 Language & keyboard .................70 Application Manager................... 59 Voice input & output ...................70 Accessibility ................................70 The Web ....................................60 Date and time..............................70 Browser .......................................60 About phone ................................70 Using the Web browser ..............60 Using options ..............................60 Software update ......................71 Accessing bookmarks..................61 Q&A ............................................72 Adding bookmarks.......................61 Changing Web browser settings 61 Accessories ..............................73 Mobile Care .... ........ ........ ...........62 For your safety ..........................74 Settings......................................63 Safety Guidelines ....................78 Wireless & networks ..................63 Airplane mode .............................63 Bluetooth .....................................63 Wi-Fi ............................................64 Turn on Wi-Fi ...............................65 To connect to a Wi-Fi Network ...65 Important notice Please check to see if any problems you have 2. Optimizing Battery Life encountered with your phone are described You can extend your battery's life between in this section before taking the phone in for charges by turning off features that you don't service or calling a service representative. need to run constantly in the background. You 1. Phone Memory can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power. You need to check your phone memory and To extend the life of your battery delete some data, such as applications or - Turn off radio communications that you aren't messages, to make more memory available. using, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS. Managing Applications Wi-Fi and GPS will be set to On the first time 1 From the Home screen, press the Menu you use your newly purchased phone. Key and touch Settings > Applications > - Lower screen brightness and set a shorter Manage applications. screen timeout. 2 When the list of applications appears, - Turn off automatic syncing for Gmail™, scroll and touch the application you want Calendar, Contacts, and other applications. to uninstall. - Some applications you have downloaded may Uninstall OK 3 Touch and then touch to cause your battery power to be reduced. confirm that you want to uninstall the - While using downloaded applications, check desired application. the battery charge level. 7 Important notice To view the battery charge level 4. Using the Unlock Pattern, 1 From the Home screen, press the Menu PIN, or Password Key and touch Settings > About phone Set an unlock Pattern, PIN, or Password to > Status. secure your phone. To set the screen lock, 2 The battery status (charging or not charging) follow the process below. and level are displayed on the top menu of Press the Menu Key, touch Settings > the screen. Location & security > Set up screen To monitor and control what uses the lock and select between Pattern, PIN or battery Password. 1 From the Home screen, press the Menu Key and touch Settings > About phone n Warning > Battery use. Take precautions when using an Unlock 2 The top of the screen displays battery usage Pattern, PIN, or Password. It is very time. Either how long since last connected important that you remember the screen to a power source or, if connected to a unlock information you set.