LG-P500 User Guide This guide helps you get started using your phone. If you need more information, please visit www.lg.com. • 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 ©2010 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™, Google Maps™, Google mail™, YouTube™, Google Talk™ and Android Market™ are trademarks of Google, Inc. Contents Important notice .....................5 Signing in your Google account . 28 Getting to know your phone .15 Installing the SIM card and Calls ......................................30 battery ................................17 Making a call .......................30 Installing the memory card ...19 Calling your contacts ............30 Formatting the memory card .20 Answering and rejecting a call .. 30 Your Home screen ................21 Adjusting call volume ...........30 Touch-screen tips ................21 Making a second call ...........31 Note ....................................21 Viewing your call logs ...........31 Proximity sensor ..................21 Call settings .........................31 Lock your phone ..................21 Unlock screen ......................22 Contacts ................................32 Home .................................23 Searching for a contact ........32 Adding widgets to your home Adding a new contact ...........32 screen .................................23 Favourite Contacts ...............32 Getting back to a recently used Messaging/E-mail .................34 applications .........................24 Messaging ...........................34 Onscreen Keyboard ..............26 Sending a message ..............34 Entering text ........................26 Threaded box ......................35 Abc mode ............................27 Using smilies .......................35 123 Mode ...........................27 Changing your message Entering accented letters ......27 settings ...............................35 Example ..............................27 Opening Email and the Accounts Google Account Set-up .........28 Screen ................................35 Creating your Google account 28 Reading Your Messages .......36 Responding to a Message ....37 2 Starring Messages ...............37 Watching your saved videos ..49 Composing and Sending Email .. Your photos and videos ........50 38 Adjusting the volume when Working with Account Folders 39 viewing a video ....................50 Adding and Editing Email Setting a photo as wallpaper .50 Accounts .............................39 Social Networking ...............39 Multimedia ............................51 Adding your account to your View model ..........................51 phone .................................40 Timeline view .......................51 Viewing and updating your My Images options menu ......51 status .................................40 Sending a photo ...................51 Removing accounts on your Sending a video ...................52 phone .................................41 Using an image ....................52 Camera .................................42 Creating a slideshow ............52 Checking your photo ............52 Getting to know the viewfinder .. Transferring files using USB 42 mass storage devices ...........52 Using the focus mode ...........43 Music ..................................53 Taking a quick photo ...........43 Playing a song .....................53 Once you’ve taken the photo 44 Using the radio ....................54 Using the advanced settings .44 Searching for stations ..........54 Viewing your saved photos ...46 Resetting channels ...............54 Video camera ........................47 Listening to the radio ............55 Getting to know the Google applications ..............56 viewfinder ............................47 Google Maps™ ...................56 Shooting a quick video .........48 Market™ ............................56 After shooting a video ...........48 Google mail™ .....................57 Using the advanced settings .48 3 Contents Google Talk™ ......................57 SD card & phone storage ......66 Utilities ..................................59 Search ................................66 Date and time ......................66 Setting your alarm ................59 Locale and text ....................66 Using your calculator ............59 Accessibility .........................66 Adding an event to your Speech synthesis .................66 calendar ..............................59 About phone ........................66 Changing your calendar view 60 ThinkFree Office...................60 Wi-Fi .....................................67 Voice recorder .....................61 Software update ...................69 Recording a sound or voice ...61 Phone Software update ........69 Sending the voice recording ..61 DivX Mobile ....69 The Web ................................62 Technical data.......................70 Browser ...............................62 Using options .......................62 Accessories ..........................71 Adding and accessing Before using the mobile phone, bookmarks ..........................63 please read first! ..................72 Changing Web browser settings 63 Troubleshooting ....................75 Settings ................................64 Guidelines for safe and efficient Wireless & networks.............64 use ........................................78 Sound .................................64 Display ................................64 Location & Security .............64 Applications .........................65 Accounts & sync settings ......65 Privacy ................................65 4 Important notice Please check to see if any 2. Optimising Battery Life problems you have encountered You can extend your battery's with your phone are described life between charges by turning in this section, before taking the off features that you don't phone in for service or calling a need to run constantly in the service representative. background. You can also 1. Phone memory monitor how applications and system resources consume When available space on your battery power. phone memory is less than 10%, your phone can not receive a new To extend the life of your message. You need to check your battery phone memory and delete some - Turn off radio communications data such as applications or that you aren't using. If you messages to make more memory aren't using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or available. GPS, turn them off. To manage the application - Turn down screen brightness 1 On the home screen, touch and set a shorter screen Applications tab and select timeout. Settings> Applications> - Turn off automatic syncing Manage applications. for Google mail™, Calendar, 2 When all applications Contacts, and other appear, scroll and select applications. the application you want to - Some applications you’ve uninstall. downloaded may cause your 3 Tap Uninstall and touch OK battery’s life to be reduced. to uninstall application you desired. 5 Important notice To check the battery charge 3. Installing an Open level Source OS 1 On the home screen, touch If you install an open source Applications tab and select OS on your phone, and do not Settings> About phone> use the OS provided by the Status. manufacturer, this may cause 2 The battery status (charging, your phone to malfunction. discharging) and level (as a percentage of fully charged) WARNING: If you install and are displayed at the top of the use an OS other than the one screen. provided by the manufacturer, To monitor and control what your phone is no longer covered uses the battery by the warranty. 1 On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select WARNING: To protect your Settings> About phone> phone and personal data, Battery use. download applications only 2 The top of the screen from trusted sources, such displays battery usage time. as Android Market™. If some Either how long since last applications are not properly connected to a power source installed on your phone, your or, if connected to a power phone may not work normally or a serious error can be occurred. source, how long you were You will need to uninstall those last running on battery power. applications and all of its data The body of the screen lists and settings from the phone. applications or services using battery power from greatest 6 amount to least. 4. Using Unlock pattern Google account to unlock your Set unlock pattern to secure your phone. phone. Opens a set of screens If you haven’t created a Google that guide you through drawing a account on the phone or you screen unlock pattern. forgot it, you need to perform a hard reset. WARNING: Precautions Caution: If you perform a hard to take when using the reset, all user applications and Pattern Lock, It is very user data will be deleted. Please important that you remember remember to back up any the unlock pattern you set. important data before performing You will not be able to access a hard reset. your phone if you use an 1 Turn the power off. incorrect pattern 5 times. You have 5 opportunities to enter 2 Press and hold for over 10 your unlock Pattern, PIN or seconds: Power key + Home Password. If you used all Key + Down volume key. the 5 opportunities, you can 3 When the power turns on, attempt it after 30 seconds. release these keys. 5.