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Important Customer Information
When using this product, the safety precautions below must be taken to
avoid possible legal liabilities and damages.
Retain and follow all product safety and operating instructions. Observe all
warnings in the product operating instructions. To reduce the risk of bodily
injury, electric shock, fire, and damage to the equipment, observe the
following precautions.
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
This product is intended for use when supplied with power from the
designated battery or power supply unit. Other usage may be dangerous
and will invalidate any approval given to this product.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR PROPER GROUNDING
INSTALLATION
CAUTION: Connecting to improperly grounded equipment can result in an
electric shock to your device. This product is equipped with a USB cable
for connecting to a desktop or notebook computer. Be sure your computer
is properly grounded (earthed) before connecting this product to the
computer. The power supply cord of a desktop or notebook computer has
an equipment-grounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug must be
plugged into an appropriate outlet which is properly installed and grounded
in accordance with all local codes and ordinances.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR POWER SUPPLY UNIT
Use the correct external power source
A product should be operated only from the type of power source indicated
on the electrical ratings label. If you are not sure of the type of power
source required, consult your authorized service provider or local power
company. For a product that operates from battery power or other sources,
refer to the operating instructions that are included with the product.
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Important Customer Information
Handle battery packs carefully
This product contains a Li-ion battery. There is a risk of fire and burns if
the battery pack is handled improperly. Do not attempt to open or service
the battery pack. Do not disassemble, crush, puncture, short external
contacts or circuits, dispose of in fire or water, or expose a battery pack to
temperatures higher than 60°C (140°F).
WARNING: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. To
reduce risk of fire or burns, do not disassemble, crush, puncture, short
external contacts, expose to temperature above 60°C (140°F), or dispose
of in fire or water. Replace only with specified batteries. Recycle or
dispose of used batteries according to the local regulations or reference
guide supplied with your product.
Take extra precautions
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Keep the battery or device dry and away from water or any liquid as it
may cause a short circuit.
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Keep metal objects away so they don’t come in contact with the battery
or its connectors as it may lead to short circuit during operation.
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The phone should be only connected to products that bear the USB-IF
logo or have completed the USB-IF compliance program.
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Do not use a battery that appears damaged, deformed, or discolored, or
one that has any rust on its casing, overheats, or emits a foul odor.
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Always keep the battery out of the reach of babies and small children,
to avoid swallowing of the battery. Consult a doctor immediately if the
battery is swallowed.
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Only use the battery with a charging system that has been qualified with
the system per this standard, IEEE-Std-1725-200x. Use of an unqualified
battery or charger may present a risk of fire, explosion, leakage or other
hazard.
l
Replace the battery only with another battery that has been qualified with
the system per this standard, IEEE-Std-1725-200x. Use of an unqualified
battery may present a risk of fire, explosion, leakage or other hazard.
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Important Customer Information
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Avoid dropping the phone or battery. If the phone or battery is dropped,
especially on a hard surface, and the user suspects damage, take it to a
service center for inspection.
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If the battery leaks:
Do not allow the leaking fluid to come in contact with skin or clothing. If
contact occurs, flush the affected area immediately with clean water and
seek medical advice.
Do not allow the leaking fluid to come in contact with eyes. If contact
occurs, DO NOT rub; rinse with clean water immediately and seek
medical advice.
Take extra precautions to keep a leaking battery away from fire as there
is a danger of ignition or explosion.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR DIRECT SUNLIGHT
Keep this product away from excessive moisture and extreme
temperatures. Do not leave the product or its battery inside a vehicle or in
places where the temperature may exceed 140°F (60°C), such as on a car
dashboard, window sill, or behind glass that is exposed to direct sunlight or
strong ultraviolet light for extended periods of time. This may damage the
product, overheat the battery, or pose a risk to the vehicle.
PREVENTION OF HEARING LOSS
CAUTION: Permanent hearing loss may occur if earphones or headphones
are used at high volume for prolonged periods of time.
SAFETY IN AIRCRAFT
Due to the possible interference caused by this product to an aircraft’s
navigation system and its communications network, using this device’s
phone function on board an airplane is against the law in most countries. If
you want to use this device when its use is restricted on board an aircraft,
remember to switch to Airplane Mode which turns off RF functions that
could cause interference.
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Important Customer Information
ENVIRONMENT RESTRICTIONS
Do not use this product in gas stations, fuel depots, chemical plants or
where blasting operations are in progress, or in potentially explosive
atmospheres such as fueling areas, fuel storehouses, below deck on
boats, chemical plants, fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities, and
areas where the air contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or
metal powders. Please be aware that sparks in such areas could cause an
explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death.
EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES
When in any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere or where
flammable materials exist, the product should be turned off and the user
should obey all signs and instructions. Sparks in such areas could cause an
explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death. Users are advised
not to use the equipment at refueling points such as service or gas stations,
and are reminded of the need to observe restrictions on the use of radio
equipment in fuel depots, chemical plants, or where blasting operations
are in progress. Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often,
but not always, clearly marked. These include fueling areas, below deck on
boats, fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities, and areas where the air
contains chemicals or particles, such as grain, dust, or metal powders.
ROAD SAFETY
Vehicle drivers in motion are not permitted to use communication services
with handheld devices, except in the case of emergency. In some countries,
using hands-free devices as an alternative is allowed.
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Important Customer Information
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR RF EXPOSURE
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Avoid using your phone near metal structures (for example, the steel
frame of a building).
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Avoid using your phone near strong electromagnetic sources, such as
microwave ovens, sound speakers, TV and radio.
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Use only original manufacturer-approved accessories, or accessories that
do not contain any metal.
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Use of non-original manufacturer-approved accessories may violate your
local RF exposure guidelines and should be avoided.
INTERFERENCE WITH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS
This product may cause medical equipment to malfunction. The use of this
device is prohibited in most hospitals and medical clinics.
If you use any personal medical device(s), consult the manufacturer of
your device(s) to determine if the device(s) are adequately shielded from
external RF energy. Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining
this information. Turn your phone OFF in health care facilities when any
regulations posted in these areas instruct you to do so. Hospitals or health
care facilities may be using equipment that could be sensitive to external
RF energy.
HEARING AIDS
Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some hearing aids. In the
event of such interference, you may want to consult your service provider,
or call the customer service line to discuss alternatives.
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Important Customer Information
NON-IONIZING RADIATION
Your device has an internal antenna. This product should be operated in its
normal-use position to ensure the radiative performance and safety from
interference. As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment, users are
advised that for satisfactory operation of the equipment and for personal
safety, it is recommended that no part of the human body be allowed to
come too close to the antenna during operation of the equipment.
Use
only the supplied internal antenna. Use of unauthorized or modified antennas
may impair call quality and damage the phone, causing loss of performance
and SAR levels exceeding the recommended limits as well as result in non-
compliance with local regulatory requirements in your country.
To assure
optimal phone performance and ensure human exposure to RF energy is
within the guidelines set forth in the relevant standards, always use your
device only in its normal-use position. Contact with the antenna area may
impair call quality and cause your device to operate at a higher power level
than needed. Avoiding contact with the antenna area when the phone is IN
USE optimizes the antenna performance and the battery life.
HAC
This phone has been tested and rated for use with hearing aids for some
of the wireless technologies that it uses. However, there may be some
newer wireless technologies used in this phone that have not been tested
yet for use with hearing aids. It is important to try the different features of
this phone thoroughly and in different locations, using your hearing aid or
cochlear implant, to determine if you hear any interfering noise. Consult
your service provider or the manufacturer of this phone for information on
hearing aid compatibility. If you have questions about return or exchange
policies, consult your service provider or phone retailer.
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Important Customer Information...........................................................1
Table of Contents ................................................................................... 7
Technical Details ..................................................................................... 8
The Basics ............................................................................................. 13
Connecting to Networks and Devices ............................................... 43
microSD Card ...................................................................................... 48
Calls ....................................................................................................... 51
Communication ....................................................................................70
Entertainment .....................................................................................109
Tools ......................................................................................................141
Settings ............................................................................................... 155
Safety ................................................................................................... 156
Specifications ..................................................................................... 179
FAQ .......................................................................................................181
LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT ................................................ 193
Table of Contents
NOTE
The screen images may vary due to software updates.
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Technical Details
Technical Details
CDMA
Standard
Designator Description
Basic Air
Interface
TIA/EIA-95A
TSB-74
ANSI J-STD-008
TIA/EIA-IS2000
CDMA Dual-Mode Air Interface
14.4kbps Radio Link Protocol and Inter-band
Operations
IS-95 Adapted for PCS Frequency Band
CDMA2000 1xRTT Air Interface
Network
TIA/EIA/IS-634
TIA/EIA/IS-651
TIA/EIA/IS-41-C
TIA/EIA/IS-124
MAS-BS
PCSC-RS
Intersystem Operations
Non-Signaling Data Communications
Service
TIA/EIA/IS-96-B
TIA/EIA/IS-637
TIA/EIA/IS-657
IS-801
TIA/EIA/IS-707-A
Speech CODEC
Short Message Service
Packet Data
Position Determination Service (gpsOne)
High Speed Packet Data
1x EV-DO
Related
Interface
TIA/EIA/IS-856
TIA/EIA/IS-878
TIA/EIA/IS-866
TIA/EIA/IS-890
CDMA2000 High Rate Packet Data Air
Interface
1x EV-DO Inter-Operability Specification for
HRPD Access Network Interfaces
Recommended Minimum Performance
Standards for HRPD High Rate Packet Data
Access Terminal
Test Application Specification (TAS) for High
Rate Packet Data Air Interface
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Technical Details
LTE Standard Designator Description
Basic
Air Interface
TS 36.101
TS 36.104
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access (E-UTRA);
User Equipment (UE) radio transmission
and reception
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access (E-UTRA);
Base Station (BS) radio transmission and
reception
Conformance
Test
TS 36.521-1
TS 36.521-2
TS 36.521-3
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access (E-UTRA);
User Equipment (UE) conformance
specification;
Radio transmission and reception;
Part 1: Conformance testing
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access (E-UTRA);
User Equipment (UE) conformance
specification;
Radio transmission and reception;
Part 2: Implementation Conformance
Statement (ICS)
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access (E-UTRA);
User Equipment (UE) conformance
specification;
Radio transmission and reception;
Part 3: Radio Resource Management
(RRM) conformance testing
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Technical Details
FCC RF Exposure Information
WARNING!
Read this information before operating the phone.
In August 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the
United States, with its action in Report and Order FCC 96-326, adopted
an updated safety standard for human exposure to Radio Frequency (RF)
electromagnetic energy emitted by FCC regulated transmitters. Those
guidelines are consistent with the safety standard previously set by both U.S.
and international standards bodies. The design of this phone complies with
the FCC guidelines and those international standards.
Bodily Contact During Operation
This device was tested for typical use with the back of the phone kept
0.79 inches (2.0 cm) from the body. To comply with FCC RF exposure
requirements, a minimum separation distance of 0.79 inches (2.0 cm)
must be maintained between the user’s body and the back of the
phone, including the antenna. Third-party belt-clips, holsters, and similar
accessories containing metallic components should not be used. Avoid
the use of accessories that cannot maintain 0.79 inches (2.0 cm) distance
between the user’s body and the back of the phone and have not been
tested for compliance with FCC RF exposure limits.
Vehicle-Mounted External Antenna
(Optional, if available.)
To satisfy FCC RF exposure requirements, keep 8 inches (20 cm) between
the user / bystander and vehicle-mounted external antenna. For more
information about RF exposure, visit the FCC website at www.fcc.gov.
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Technical Details
FCC Notice and Cautions
This device and its accessories comply with part 15 of FCC rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device and its
accessories may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device and its
accessories must accept any interference received, including interference
that causes undesired operation.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this user guide
could void your warranty for this equipment. Use only the supplied antenna.
Use of unauthorized antennas (or modifications to the antenna) could
impair call quality, damage the phone, void your warranty and/or violate FCC
regulations.
Don’t use the phone with a damaged antenna. A damaged antenna could
cause a minor skin burn. Contact your local dealer for a replacement
antenna.
Part 15.21 statement
Changes or modifications that are not expressly approved by the manufacturer could
void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
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Technical Details
Part 15.105 statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference
to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If you experience interference with reception (e.g.,
television), determine if this equipment is causing the harmful interference by turning
the equipment off and then back on to see if the interference is affected. If necessary,
try correcting the interference by one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
The LG Esteem™ operates on 4G network, based on Long Term Evolution (LTE)
technology and Mobile Broadband 4G networks in the United States*.
Now you can connect easily at high speeds to the Internet, your corporate Intranet,
and your email while you’re away from the office.
* Service not available everywhere.
* Information subject to change.
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The Basics
Phone Overview
Front View
Proximity
Sensors
Quick Keys
- Phone Key
- Contacts Key
- Messaging Key
- Applications Key
Menu Key
Home Key
Back Key
Search Key
Earpiece
Touchscreen
Power/
Lock Key
Front Camera
Lens
Microphone
NOTES
All screen shots in this guide are simulated. Actual displays may vary.
Instructions to perform tasks in this guide are based on the default phone settings and
may change depending on the software version on your phone.
1. Proximity Sensors Senses proximity towards other objects (such as your
head) so that touch commands are not accidentally activated during a call.
NOTES
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Do not block the sensor or near sensor to avoid problems with the touch operations.
l
The use of a film cover produced by manufacturers other than LG can cause a
disturbance in touch operation, the display, etc.
2. Quick Keys
- Phone Key Opens the Phone application for access to the dialpad, Call
log, Contacts, and Groups.
- Contacts Key Opens the Contacts application.
- Messaging Key Opens the Messaging application.
- Applications Key Opens the Applications screen, where you can view
all your installed applications.
3. Menu Key Opens an options menu with options that affect the current
screen or application.
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The Basics
4. Home Key Returns to the Home screen. If you’re already viewing one of
the Home screen extension panes, it navigates you to the central Home
screen pane. Touch and hold to view the most recently used applications.
5. Microphone Transmits your voice to the other caller and for Voice-
activated functions.
6. Back Key Returns to the previous screen. Also closes pop-up display
items, such as menus and dialog boxes.
7. Search Key Opens the Quick Search Box
TM
from the Home screen to
search the phone and the web.
8. Touchscreen Displays all the information needed to operate your phone,
such as applications, call status, date, time, signal status, and battery
strength.
9. Front Camera Lens Use to take pictures and video. Keep clean for
optimal performance.
10. Power/Lock Key Locks the screen with a single press. Press and hold
to open the phone options menu for the following options: Silent mode,
Airplane mode, and Power off.
11. Earpiece Lets you hear callers and automated prompts.
3.5mm Headset Jack
Speaker
Back Camera Lens
Back Cover
Rear View
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The Basics
12. 3.5mm Headset Jack Allows you to plug in an optional headset for
convenient, hands-free conversations. You can also plug in headphones
to listen to music.
13. Speaker Sound comes from the rear speakers.
14. Back Camera Lens Use for taking pictures and recording videos. Keep
clean for optimal performance.
15. Back Cover Encloses the battery compartment.
16. Accessory/Charger Port Allows you to connect the phone charger,
USB cable, or other compatible accessories.
17. Volume Keys Allow you to adjust the ringer, media volumes, or the in-
call volume during a call.
18. HDMI Port Connect an HDMI cable from the HDMI Port on your phone
to an HDMI Port on your TV. You can only view user generated content,
which includes your photos and videos.
Side View
HDMI Port
Volume Keys
Accessory/
Charger Port
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The Basics
Installing the Battery and microSD Card
NOTE
It is important to fully charge the battery before initial use of the phone.
Installing the battery
The phone comes with a rechargeable battery. Keep the battery charged
while not in use in order to maximize talk, use, and standby time. The
battery charge level is shown at the top right corner of the screen.
Removing the battery
1.
Turn the phone off and use the fingertip cutout at the bottom of the phone
to remove the battery cover.
2. Remove the battery from the battery compartment by lifting the top of the
battery using the fingertip cutout.
1
Use the fingertip
cutout at the bottom
of the phone to
remove the battery
cover.
2
Align the battery
contacts with
the terminals
in the battery
compartment and
push the battery
down until it clicks
into place.
3
Place the battery
cover over the battery
compartment, then
press it downward
until it clicks into
place.
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The Basics
Inserting a microSD card
Turn the power off. Remove the battery cover and the
battery (as demonstrated in the previous instructions).
Locate the microSD card slot (microSD is inscribed
near the slot opening). Position the microSD card with
the label side facing up and slide it into place until it is
fully inserted and locked in place.
NOTE
The microSD card can be easily damaged by improper operation. Please be careful when
inserting, removing or handling it.
To remove the microSD card
Turn the power off. Remove the battery cover and take
the battery out. Locate the microSD card slot. Gently
push the exposed edge of the microSD card to release
it. Then gently pull it out to remove it.
To unmount the microSD card
It is important to unmount the card to avoid damage to the card or data
saved on the card.
1. Touch the Applications Key
.
2. Touch Settings
> SD card & phone storage.
3. Touch Unmount External SD card.
Installing the 4G SIM card
Turn the power off. Remove the battery cover and the battery. Locate the
4G SIM card slot (a SIM card graphic is inscribed near the slot opening).
Position the 4G SIM card with the label side facing up and slide it into place
until it is fully inserted and locked in place.
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The Basics
Removing the 4G SIM card
Turn the power off. Remove the battery cover and
take the battery out. Locate the 4G SIM card slot.
Gently slide the 4G SIM card out to remove it.
Charging the Phone
Your LG Esteem™ comes with a wall/USB charger and a USB cable which
connect together to charge your phone. To charge your phone:
NOTICE
Please use only an approved charging accessory to charge your LG phone.
Improper handling of the accessory/charger port, as well as the use of an incompatible
charger, may cause damage to your phone and void the warranty.
1. Connect the USB cable into the wall/USB charger. When connecting, as
shown below, the LG logo on the USB cable should face toward you.
2. Plug the USB cable (as shown below) into the phone’s Accessory/
Charger Port.
Charging with USB
You can use your computer to charge your phone. To be able to charge with
the USB cable, you need to have the necessary USB drivers installed on
your PC first. Connect one end of the USB cable to the Accessory/Charger
Port on your phone and connect the other end to a USB port on your PC. It
is best to use the rear USB port when connecting to a desktop PC. The USB
hub should be powered by an external power source.
USB Cable
Wall/USB
Charger
NOTE
Make sure the 'B' side is
facing toward you when
inserting the USB cable into
the phone.
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The Basics
Optimizing Battery Life
You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features
that run in the background. You can also monitor how applications and
system resources consume battery power.
Tips to extend the life of your battery
4
Turn off radio communications that you aren’t using. If you aren’t
using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, use the Settings menu to turn them
off (Note that the GPS receiver is only turned on when you’re using an
application that makes use of it).
4
Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout.
4
Turn off automatic syncing for Gmail, Calendar, Contacts, and other
applications if you don’t need it.
4
Use the Power Control widget to control the wireless connections,
GPS connection, Bluetooth power, display brightness, and syncing
activity.
4
Touch the Applications Key
> Settings > Applications
>
Running services and select the items that are no longer in use and
close them.
To check the battery charge level
4
Touch the Applications Key
> Settings > About phone >
Status.
The battery status (Charging or Discharging) and level (as a percentage
of fully charged) will be displayed at the top of the screen.
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The Basics
To monitor and control what uses the battery
The Battery use screen allows you to see which applications are consuming
the most battery power. Information on this screen allows you to identify
downloaded applications you may want to turn off when not being used, so
you can get the most out of your battery power.
4
Touch the Applications Key
> Settings > About phone >
Battery
use. The screen will display battery usage time. Either how
long since last connected to a power source, if connected to a power
source, and how long you were last running on battery power.
The list of applications or services using battery power are displayed
in order of energy used, from greatest amount to least.
4
Touch an application in the Battery use screen to see the details about
its power consumption.
Different applications offer different kinds of information, and they
may even include options to modify the settings so you can reduce
power consumption by that application.
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Turning the Phone On and Off
Turning the phone on
4
Press and hold the Power/Lock Key
for a couple of seconds until
the screen turns on.
Turning the phone off
1. Press and hold the Power/Lock Key until the pop-up menu appears.
2. Touch Power off in the pop-up menu.
3. Touch OK to confirm that you want to turn off the phone.
To unlock the phone
If you don’t use the phone for a while, the screen and backlight will shut off
to conserve battery power. To unlock the phone:
1. Press the Power/Lock Key
.
Your Lock Screen will appear.
2. Slide the screen up to unlock.
The last screen you were working on opens.
NOTE
This is the default Lock Screen. If you've set up an Unlock
Pattern, use your fingertip to draw the pattern.
To turn the phone sounds off
If you’re in a place where your phone sounds may
disturb others, you can quickly silence your phone from
the Home screen.
1. Press the Power/Lock Key
, then unlock the screen.
2. Press and hold the Power/Lock Key
, then touch Silent mode.
OR
Press the down Volume Key on the side of the phone
until all
sounds are turned off or vibration is set.
NOTE
The Vibrate setting in the Sound menu affects this mode. If the Vibrate setting is set to
Only when not in Silent mode (or Never), then the down Volume Key turns all sounds
off. If the Vibrate setting is set to Only in Silent mode (or Always), the down Volume
Key will set the phone to vibrate.
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The Basics
Setting Up Your Device
When you turn on your wireless device for the first time, you have the
option to quickly set up various accounts. Simply follow the on-screen
instructions to complete the initial setup of your wireless device.
To set up your device, follow the steps below:
1. Select your language and touch Next.
2. Set the Date and time settings and touch Next.
3. Set your Wi-Fi settings and touch Next.
4. Touch Next to begin the Google Account setup or Skip to skip to the
next step. With a Google Account, Google applications are automatically
synced between your phone and computer regardless of where you
make an update.
5. Select the other accounts you want to set up. (Email, Facebook,
Twitter, MySpace).
6. To begin using your phone after completing the setup, touch Use Phone.
Help on using your LG Esteem
TM
Touch the
Applications Key
> Guided Tours to get information
about using your device, including the user guide and video tutorials.
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The Basics
Setting up your Google Account
1. At the setup screen, touch Create or Sign in.
2. Enter your username and password and any other necessary information.
NOTE
Touch the Back Key to close the keyboard.
3. Touch Sign in.
Now your Gmail, Google Contacts, and Google Calendar events will all be
loaded to your phone automatically.
You can use the area below to record your Google Account information for
future reference.
Username:[email protected]
Password:________________________________________________
Your Google Account
You must sign into a Google Account to use Gmail, Google Talk, Google
Calendar, and other Google Applications; to download applications from
Android Market; to back up your settings to Google servers; and to take
advantage of other Google services on your phone.
IMPORTANT
l
If you want to restore your settings to this phone, from another phone that was
running Android release 2.0 or later, you must sign into your Google Account now,
during setup. If you wait until after setup is complete, your settings are not restored.
l
If you don’t have a Google Account, you’re prompted to create one.
l
If you have an enterprise account through your company or other organization, your IT
department may have special instructions on how to sign into that account.
l
When you sign in, your contacts, Gmail messages, Calendar events, and other
information from these applications and services on the web are synchronized with
your phone.
l
If you don’t sign into a Google Account during setup, you are prompted to sign in or to
create a Google Account the first time you start an application that requires one, such
as Gmail or Android Market.
l
When you sign in, you’re prompted to enter your username and password, using the
on-screen keyboard.
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The Basics
Phone’s Status Icons
The Status Bar appears at the top of every screen. It displays icons
indicating that you’ve received notifications (on the left) and icons indicating
the phone’s status (on the right), along with the current time.
If you have more notifications than can fit in the Status Bar, a plus icon
prompts you to open the Notifications panel to view them all.
The following icons indicate the status of your phone.
Call icons
Microphone muted during a
call
Missed call notification
In call In call using Bluetooth device
Speaker on
Calendar & Alarm icons
Calendar event notification Alarm set
Email and Messaging icons
New message received Sending message failed
High priority message
received
New Gmail message received
Google Talk message received
New voice mail received
Sound icons
Music currently playing Silent mode
Vibrate mode Wired headset connected
Notification icons
Status icons
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The Basics
Network icons
4G network connected
Download through 4G
network
Using 4G network Upload through 4G network
Connected to a 3G network 3G network is in use
Downloading data Uploading data
GPS on No service
Acquiring GPS access Strong network signal
Airplane mode is on Weak network signal
Roaming Location service on
Connectivity icons
The following icons indicate the status of your phone.
Wi-Fi connection detected Android debugging connected
Bluetooth on Bluetooth device connected
USB connected No Wi-Fi signal
Strong Wi-Fi signal HDMI cable connected
HDMI cable disconnected SmartShare on
SmartShare sharing request
System icons
The following icons indicate the status of your phone.
More notifications System secure
Internal memory full System alert
SD card inserted No SD card inserted
Google sync started Error during Google sync
Battery empty Battery full
Battery charging Battery status unknown(error)
No SIM card Unknown SIM card
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Getting to Know the Home Screen
The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your
phone. It displays application shortcuts, icons, widgets, and other features.
Quick Keys
The Quick Keys are located at the bottom of the Home screen and
Applications screen.
: Opens the Phone application which displays the dialpad so you can
dial an unsaved number. It also provides additional tabs to access the
Call log, Contacts, and your Groups.
: Opens your Contacts list. You can also access the Phone application, Call
log, and your Groups by touching the tabs across the top of the screen.
: Opens the Messaging application.
: Opens the Applications screen and displays phone options and
applications.
To return to the Home screen
4
Touch the Home Key
at any time, from any application.
To view other Home screen panes
4
Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen. The Home
screen spans seven screen widths, allowing more space for icons,
widgets, shortcuts, and other items.
Status Bar
Shows device status information,
including the time, signal strength, battery
status, and notification icons.
Application Icon
Touch an icon (application, folder, etc.) to
open the application and use it.
Quick Keys
Provide easy, one-touch access to the
functions you use the most.
Applications Key
Touch to open the Applications screen to
view all of your installed applications.
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Touchscreen
Your touchscreen provides an excellent way to interact with and use your
Android phone. With the touch of your finger, you can download and use
available applications, make menu selections, and access data saved to
your phone.
The following terms are used for describing the different available actions
using the touchscreen:
Touch
A single finger touch selects items. For example, touch an icon
(e.g., application or menu item), touch words (e.g., menu selection or to
answer onscreen question), or touch letters and numbers to type.
Touch and hold
Touch and hold an item on the screen by touching it and
not lifting your finger until an action occurs. For example, to open a pop-
up menu for customizing the Home screen, touch an empty area on the
Home screen until the menu pops up.
Drag
Touch and hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your
finger, move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position.
You can drag items on the Home screen to reposition them.
Swipe or slide
To swipe or slide, quickly move your finger across the
surface of the screen, without pausing when you first touch it (so you
don’t drag an item instead). For example, you can drag or slide the screen
up or down to scroll a list, or browse through the different Home screens
by swiping from left to right (and vice versa).
Home Screen Pane Indicator
The dots near the top of the screen indicate which Home screen pane you are viewing.
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Double-tap
Double-tap to zoom a web page or a map. For example,
quickly double-tap a section of a web page to zoom that section to fit the
width of the screen. You can also double-tap to control the zoom in Maps
and in other applications.
Pinch-to-Zoom
Use your index finger and thumb in a pinch or spread
motion to zoom in or out when using the browser, a map, or pictures.
Rotate the screen
From many applications, the orientation of the screen
rotates with the phone as you turn it from upright to sideways and back
again.
Rotate the phone counter-clockwise
for landscape orientation.
Rotate the phone clockwise for
portrait orientation.
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Text Input Methods
On-screen Keyboard
You can easily enter text using the on-screen keyboard. The on-screen
keyboard displays automatically on the screen when you need to enter text.
To manually display the keyboard, simply touch a text field where you want
to enter text.
Typing tips
Enter other characters
From the numbers keyboard, touch
. Touch
to return to the numbers keyboard.
Enter one capital letter Touch Shift
.
Enter all capital letters
Touch Shift
twice.
Touch again to revert to lowercase.
Cut or copy selected text
Tap the text to highlight it. Then touch and hold
the text, then touch Cut or Copy.
Paste cut or copied text
Touch and hold the location to paste the text,
then touch Paste.
Delete a character
(hold to delete faster)
Touch Delete
.
Text input settings
To change your text entry settings and see the dictionary of terms you’ve
used, from the Home screen, touch the Applications Key
> Settings
> Language & keyboard.
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To change the default language, touch Select language.
Toggles between the
different keyboards
(letters and symbols/
numbers).
Opens Swype Tips.
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Applications: How to View, Open and Switch
All of the applications on your phone, including any applications that you
downloaded and installed from Android Market
TM
or other sources, are
grouped together on the Applications screen, which you access from your
Home screen. If you have more applications than can fit on the Applications
screen, you can slide the screen up or down to view more.
Opening and Closing the Applications screen
Opening the Applications screen
With your LG Esteem™, it’s easy to access the Applications screen no matter
what feature you’re currently using. Simply touch the Applications Key
.
Closing the Applications screen
To manually close the Applications screen, touch the Home Key or
touch Home
.
NOTE
The Applications screen closes automatically when you touch an icon to open its application.
Dragging an icon onto your Home screen also closes the Applications screen automatically.
Home screen
Applications screen
Touch to open the Applications screen.
Touch
to close the Applications screen.
Touch an application icon to open
the application.
Slide the screen left or right to
bring more icons into view.
Quick Keys ( , , , )
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Customizing the Applications screen
The items on the Applications screen are listed alphabetically within each
application category. You can customize the Applications screen by moving
the position of applications so that you don’t have to scroll the screen up
to access the applications you use most often. You can also add additional
categories to the screen to organize your files.
Moving application positions
1. From the Home screen, touch the Applications Key .
2. Touch the Menu Key > Manage app.
3. Touch and hold the application icon and drag it to the position you want,
then lift your finger. Application icons to the right of the position shift
accordingly.
Adding a category (if Layout is set to Category)
1. From the Home screen, touch the Applications Key .
2. Touch the Menu Key > Manage category > Add.
3. Enter the category name, then touch Save.
Opening and Switching Applications
Multi-tasking is easy with Android
TM
because open applications keep
running even when you open another application. There’s no need to quit an
application before opening another. You can use and switch among several
open applications. Android manages each application, stopping and starting
them as needed, to ensure that idle applications don’t consume resources
unnecessarily.
Opening an application
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Open an application simply by touching its icon on the screen.
TIP!
You can customize your Home screen with the application icons you use most often.
Applications are located on the Applications screen, but you can copy any application icon
to your Home screen for faster access. No matter where the icon is, on the Applications
screen or your Home screen, just touch it to open and use it.
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Opening multiple applications
1. Touch an application icon to open it.
2. Touch the Home Key
.
NOTE
If the application icon you want is on your Home screen, simply touch the icon to open
and use it.
3. Touch the Applications Key .
4. Touch the icon for the other application you want to open.
Switching between multiple applications
1. Touch and hold the Home Key .
A screen with the icons of applications that you’ve used recently will appear.
2. Touch the application icon you want to open or touch the Back Key
to return to the current screen.
Adding application icons to the Home screen
Customize your Home screen with the applications you use most often.
1. Open the Applications screen.
2. Touch and hold the application icon you want to add to your Home
screen. Your Applications screen will close so that you can place the icon
on the Home screen.
3. Lift your finger to place it or drag the icon to where you want it on the
screen, then lift your finger.
NOTE
You can place application icons on any of the Home screen panes. Simply drag the icon
to the left or right edge of the screen to advance to the other screen panes before lifting
your finger.
Touch an icon to open an application
you’ve used recently.
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Working with Menus
There are two kinds of Android menus: Options menus and Context menus.
Options menus
Options menus contain tools that apply to the activities of the current
screen or application, not to any specific item on the screen. To open the
available options menu, touch the Menu Key
. Not all applications have
Options menus; if you touch the Menu Key
on a screen that has no
Options menu, nothing will happen.
Some applications have more Options menu items than can fit in the
options menu. To view the additional menu items, touch More.
Context menus
Context menus contain options that apply to a specific item on the screen.
To open a Context menu, touch and hold an item on the screen. Not all
items have Context menus. If you touch and hold an item that has no
Context menu, nothing will happen.
Touch More to view additional menu items.
When you touch and
hold certain items on
a screen, a Context
menu opens.
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Managing Notifications
Notification icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar events,
alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you are in a call.
When you receive a notification, the notification icon will be displayed in the
Status Bar. You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all recent
notifications. Depending on your settings, you may hear a notification sound
and/or the phone may vibrate.
To open the Notifications panel
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Touch and drag the Status Bar to the bottom of the screen.
OR
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From the Home screen, touch the Menu Key
> Notifications.
The Notifications panel displays your wireless provider and a list of
your current notifications, organized into ongoing and event-based
notifications.
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To respond to a notification
1. Open the Notifications panel. Your current notifications are listed in the
panel, each with a brief description.
2. Touch a notification to view it.
The Notifications panel will close and the application that corresponds to
your response will open. For example, new voicemail notifications dial
your voicemail box, and Gmail notifications open the Gmail application so
you can read your new messages.
To clear all notifications
1. Open the Notifications panel.
2. Touch the Clear button.
All event-based notifications will be cleared; ongoing notifications will
remain in the list.
To close the Notifications panel
Touch and drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifications panel to the top of
the screen or just press the Back Key
.
The panel will also close when you touch a notification.
NOTE
The tab for the Notifications panel at the bottom of screen is sensitive to the drag motion
so just beginning the upward drag will close the panel.
Touch a
notification
to open it.
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Searching Your Phone and the Web
You can search for information on your phone and on the web by using the
Google search application.
Some applications, such as Gmail, Contacts, and Browser have the ability
to search contents within those specific applications.
You can conduct the search by typing in the search terms or saying what
you’re looking for. Typing can be useful because the search application can
provide suggestions so you don’t necessarily have to type out your full
request.
Phone and Web search using text entry
1. Touch the Search Key .
When you touch the Search Key
on the Home screen or in
other applications that support this, the Quick Search Box will open
automatically.
In some applications, such as Gmail, Contacts, and Browser, the
application’s own search box opens when you touch the
Search Key
.
This is indicated by the application’s icon on the left side of the search box.
No matter what application you’re working in (except for Camera),
touching the
Search Key
will open the Quick Search Box.
Provides one-touch shortcut to
matching search items and past
searches.
Voice Search
Touch to search by voice.
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2. Enter the text you’re searching for in the Quick Search Box.
You can use the Search preferences to configure some aspects of web
search (for example, whether it makes suggestions below the Quick
Search Box as you type), and what phone features you want to include
in searches. To access settings, open the Google Search application and
touch the Menu Key
> Search settings.
3. Touch
to search for the entered terms.
As you type, search results from your phone,
previous search terms, and web search
suggestions appear. Touch an item to activate
that search result.
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Locking the Screen
You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to make calls,
access your data, buy applications, and so on.
Setting an Unlock Pattern, PIN, or Password for the First Time
1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings
> Location & security.
2. Touch Set up screen lock (under the Screen unlock section of the
settings).
3. Touch Pattern, PIN, or Password.
Pattern: The first time you set an unlock pattern, you will see a tutorial
with instructions on how to create it. Read the tutorial and touch Next
(twice). Draw your pattern (connect at least 4 dots) and touch Continue.
Then redraw your pattern and touch Confirm.
PIN: Enter a PIN (at least 4 digits) and touch Continue. Reenter your PIN
and touch OK to confirm it.
Password: Enter a password (at least 4 characters) and touch Continue.
Reenter your password and touch OK to confirm it.
From then on, any time you wish to turn the phone on or unlock the
screen, you will need to draw your unlock pattern or enter your PIN or
password to unlock the screen.
Changing Your Unlock Pattern
1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings
> Location & security.
2. Touch Change screen lock (under the Screen unlock section).
3. Draw your current unlock pattern.
4. Touch Pattern to change it (or touch None to remove it).
5. You’re prompted to draw and redraw your new pattern.
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Using a PIN or Password to Lock the Screen
1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings
> Location & security.
2. Touch Set up screen lock (under the Screen unlock section).
3. Touch PIN to lock the screen with a number sequence or touch
Password for an alphanumeric lock sequence.
4. You’re prompted to enter and reenter the lock sequence.
From then on, you will need to enter the sequence and touch OK to
unlock the screen.
NOTES
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You have 5 opportunities to enter your unlock pattern, PIN or password. If you used
all the 5 opportunities, you can try again after 30 seconds.
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When you can’t recall your unlock pattern:
- If you’ve created a Google Account on the phone, touch Forgot pattern?. Then
you are required to sign in with your Google Account to unlock your phone.
- If you haven’t created a Google Account on the phone, you need to perform a
factory reset (Caution: If you perform a factory reset, all user applications and
user data will be deleted. Please remember to back up any important data before
performing a factory reset).
1. Turn the power off.
2. Press and hold the following keys at the same time:
Power/Lock Key + the down Volume Key + the up Volume Key.
3. Release only the Power/Lock Key just right after the phone vibrates.
It may take around 3 seconds.
4. Release the Volume Keys when you see the screen message "Permanently Erase
User Data & Reset Settings? Press the Power key to confirm and any other key
to cancel." The first message will be displayed in 10 to 12 seconds.
5. Press the Power/Lock Key to confirm (or press any other key to cancel).
When you press the Power/Lock Key to confirm, a pop-up appears asking "Are
you sure you want to continue with erase?".
6. Press the Power/Lock Key and your phone will be restored to the factory
settings. To cancel, press any other key.
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Customizing the Home Screen
You can personalize your Home screen by adding application icons,
shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any Home screen pane. You can also
change the wallpaper.
To add an item to the Home screen
1. Go to the Home screen pane where you want to add the item.
2. Touch the Menu Key
and touch Add. Or, just touch and hold an
empty spot on the Home screen pane.
NOTE
If there is no available space on a particular Home screen pane, Add will not be available;
you must delete or remove an item before you can add another item. In this case, you
have the option of switching to another Home screen pane.
3. In the menu that opens, touch the type of item to add.
You can add the following types of items to the Home screen:
Widgets Add any of a variety of widget applications to your Home screen,
including a clock, a music player, a picture frame, Google Search bar,
a power manager, a calendar of upcoming appointments, a News and
Weather widget, and more. Note that more widgets can also be found in
the Android Market
TM
.
Shortcuts Add shortcuts to applications, a bookmarked web page, a
favorite contact, a destination in Maps, a music playlist, and more. The
shortcuts available depend on the applications you have installed.
Folders Add a folder where you can organize other Home screen shortcuts
and icons, or folders that contain all your contacts, contacts with phone
numbers, or starred contacts. Your folders’ contents are kept up-to-date
automatically.
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To move an item on the Home screen
1. Touch and hold the item.
2. Drag the item to a new location on the screen.
Pause at the left or right edge of the screen to drag the item onto the
next available Home screen pane.
3. When the item is where you want it, lift your finger.
To remove an item from the Home screen
1. Touch and hold the item (note that the Quick Keys change to an icon of a
trash can).
2. Drag the item to the trash can icon.
3. When the icon turns red, lift your finger.
To change the Home screen wallpaper
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu Key > Wallpaper.
You can also touch and hold an empty spot on the Home screen and
then touch Wallpapers in the menu that opens.
2. Touch Wallpapers or any wallpaper that is displayed.
4
Touch Gallery to use a picture you’ve taken with your camera as a
wallpaper. You can crop the picture before setting it as your wallpaper.
4
Touch Live Wallpapers to open a list of animated wallpapers installed
on your phone.
Live wallpapers can change according to the time of day, respond to
touching the screen, tell the time, or offer other information.
4
Touch any available wallpaper and it will automatically be applied to
your phone.
3. Touch Set wallpaper or Save (if necessary).
To rename a folder
1. Touch the folder icon to open it.
2. Touch and hold the folder window’s title bar.
3. Enter the new folder name.
4. Touch OK.
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Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts
As you build up your list of contacts on your phone, you can use Quick
Contact for Android to quickly chat, email, text message, place a call, or to
locate your contacts. Quick Contact for Android is a special set of icons that
you can use to quickly and easily connect to a contact.
4
Open your Contacts list and touch the contact’s picture. A bubble will
open with the available options, displayed as icons. This is the Quick
Contact bubble. Depending on the contact information saved, the
available actions will be displayed above the name.
4
Touch a Quick Contact icon to communicate with the contact.
Depending on the icon you’ve touched, a different application will
open.
If you add a shortcut for a contact to your Home screen, you will be able to
use it to open Quick Contact for that contact.
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Connecting to Mobile Networks
When you buy your phone and sign up for service, your phone is configured
to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice calls and for transmitting
data.
Different locations may have different mobile networks available.
Initially, your phone is configured to use the fastest mobile network
available for data. You can also configure your phone to access a different
set of networks entirely, or to behave in specific ways when roaming.
Connected to the 4G network (LTE)
Connected to a 2G network (1x)
The more bars that are lit, the stronger the wireless signal
Connected to another wireless service provider’s network (roaming)
The icons in the Status Bar indicate which kind of data network you’re
connected to and the network signal strength.
When connected to slower networks, you may want to postpone using
your phone for data-intensive tasks until you are connected to a faster
network again or find a Wi-Fi network to connect to.
To disable data when roaming
You can prevent your phone from transmitting data over other carriers’
mobile networks when you leave an area that is covered by your carrier’s
networks. This is useful for controlling expenses if your cell plan doesn’t
include data roaming.
1. Touch the Applications Key
> Settings > Wireless & networks >
Mobile networks.
2. Touch Data roaming to remove the checkmark from the box. With
Data roaming uncheckmarked, you can still transmit data with a Wi-Fi
connection.
Connecting to Networks and Devices
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Connecting to Networks and Devices
Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks
Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access
at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your
surroundings.
To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you must connect to a wireless access point.
Some access points are open and you can simply connect to them. Others
are hidden or implement other security features, so you must configure
your phone so it can connect to them.
Turn off Wi-Fi when you’re not using it, to extend the life of your battery.
The following Status Bar icons indicate your Wi-Fi status.
Connected to a Wi-Fi network (waves indicate connection strength)
Notification that an open Wi-Fi network is in range
When you connect to a Wi-Fi network, the phone obtains a network
address and other information it needs from the network, using the
DHCP protocol. To configure the phone with a static IP address and
other advanced settings, from Wi-Fi settings touch the Menu Key
>
Advanced.
To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network
1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > Wireless & networks >
Wi-Fi settings.
2. If the Wi-Fi box is not checkmarked, touch Wi-Fi to turn it on and scan
for available Wi-Fi networks.
3. Touch a network to connect to it.
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If the network is open, you will be prompted to confirm that you want
to connect to that network by touching Connect.
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If the network is secured, you will be prompted to enter a password
(Ask your network administrator for details).
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When you’re connected to a network, you can touch the network
name in the Wi-Fi settings screen for details about the speed, security,
address, and related settings.
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To receive notifications when open networks are in range
By default, when Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the Status Bar
when your phone detects an open Wi-Fi network.
1. Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.
2. From the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Network notification to
checkmark the box. Touch again to remove the checkmark and stop
receiving notifications.
To add a Wi-Fi network
You can add a Wi-Fi network so the phone will remember it, along with any
security credentials, and connect to it automatically when it is in range. You
can also add a Wi-Fi network manually if it does not broadcast its name
(SSID) or if you want to add a Wi-Fi network when you are out of its range.
To add a secured network, you need to contact the network’s administrator
to obtain the password or other required security credentials.
1. Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.
2. From the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch Add Wi-Fi network.
3. Enter the Network SSID (name) of the network.
If the network is secured, touch Security and touch the type of security
deployed on the network.
4. Enter the required passwords and security credentials.
5.Touch Save.
The phone will connect to the wireless network. Any credentials that you
entered are saved, so you are connected automatically the next time you
come within range of this network.
To forget a Wi-Fi network
You can make the phone forget about the details of a Wi-Fi network that
you added. For example, if you don’t want the phone to connect to it
automatically or if it’s a network that you no longer use.
1. Turn on Wi-Fi, if it’s not already on.
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2. In the Wi-Fi settings screen, touch and hold the name of the network
that you want to forget.
3. Touch Forget network.
USB Autorun
USB Autorun is a feature that allows your LG Esteem™ to connect to a PC
using a USB cable and set it up on a PC without a physical CD-ROM.
4
Automatically installs the LG USB Modem driver.
4
Allows the phone to be used as Mass Storage when a microSD card is
present in the LG Esteem™. It allows transfer of unprotected content
from the phone to the PC and vice versa.
NOTE
The LG Esteem™ has an internal memory and can use a removable microSD card to
store user content, such as photos, videos, and voice recordings.
If the USB connection mode is set to Mass Storage when connecting the phone to a
PC via USB cable, two removable disk drives will be displayed on your PC, one for the
internal memory and another for the microSD card (if installed). You can copy files to and
from both disk drives.
To select USB mode for Autorun
1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > Connectivity > Default
connection mode.
2. Touch Mass storage to connect to the PC for Autorun.
3. Touch Charge only to use only the charging function and not the USB
function.
NOTES
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USB Autorun only works with Windows
®
XP, Windows 7, and Vista
TM
operating
systems.
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Log on to the PC as Administrator. Non-Administrator accounts have insufficient
privilege to install the USB Modem driver and don’t run the Autorun feature.
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Do not unplug the USB cable during Autorun.
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If Autorun doesn't function properly, unplug and plug the USB cable to set Mass
Storage mode.
Autorun automatically installs the USB device driver for every USB mode.
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Internet Connection Mode
Autorun may automatically use Internet Connection mode in certain
circumstances.
4
Autorun automatically switches to Internet Connection mode if the
connection fails while syncing or connecting.
Always ask
You can choose to be asked to confirm the USB connection when
connecting to a computer.
When Always ask is checkmarked, the USB selection window is displayed.
Autorun is not available when:
4
Phone is booting (powering up).
4
PC operating system is not set to Autorun (automatic execute command).
To change the setting while Autorun is running:
You can change the settings while Autorun is running. Touch the
Applications
Key > Settings > Connectivity > Default connection
mode > Mass storage.
NOTE
Be sure to checkmark the box Always ask if you want to be asked to confirm the USB
connection mode when the phone is connected to a computer.
Using the Status Bar to change the settings
The Status Bar shows the current USB connection mode so you can easily
open the Status Bar and change the settings as needed.
When connected via USB, the current USB connection mode also appears
on the Notifications panel. Touch the connection setting to display a screen
where you can change the USB connection mode.
NOTE
If the Always ask checkbox is marked, the screen is only provided during USB
connection, but is not provided in the notification area.
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microSD Card
microSD Card
Unmounting and removing the microSD Card
To safely remove the microSD card from your device, first you need to
unmount the microSD card before removing it from the phone.
WARNING!
On the Android OS 2.2, you can download applications from Android Market and can
store them on the microSD card as well as on the device. Therefore, skipping the
unmount procedure can cause a serious error between the microSD card and the device.
In the worst case, the microSD card can become corrupted or damaged.
1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings
> SD card & phone storage
> Unmount External SD card. Now you can safely remove the microSD
card.
2. Turn off the phone, remove the back cover, and remove the battery.
3. Gently push the exposed edge of the microSD card in with your fingertip
to release it from the slot.
4. Carefully pull the microSD card out of the slot.
NOTE
You can easily damage the microSD card and its adapter by improper operation. Please
be careful when inserting, removing, or handling them.
microSD Card Settings
Viewing Memory in the microSD Card
1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > SD card & phone
storage.
2. Review the available information.
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The storage capacity page is divided into three sections: SD card,
Internal Memory, and Internal phone storage.
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Formatting the microSD Card
Formatting a microSD card permanently removes all files stored on the card.
1. Touch the Applications Key > Settings > SD card & phone
storage.
2. Touch Unmount External SD card to release the microSD card from
device use. The icon appears within the Notifications panel to indicate an
unmounted microSD card.
3. Once released, touch Format External SD card > Erase SD card >
Erase everything.
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Once completely formatted, the card is automatically re-mounted
(reconnected for use by the device).
NOTE
The formatting procedure erases all the data on the microSD card, after which the files
CANNOT be retrieved. To prevent the loss of important data, please check the contents
before you format the card.
Connecting Your Device to Your Computer
Before using your device’s mass storage capabilities, you need to prepare
your device’s data services to synchronize with your desktop or laptop
computer. Once you have connected the device to the computer, you can
transfer your data to or from the device memory.
To connect your device to a computer via USB:
1. Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect the phone to a
USB port on your computer.
2. Open the Notifications panel and then touch USB connected.
3. Touch the connection mode you want to use to connect to the PC.
Choose from the following options: Charge only, Mass storage or
Internet connection.
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Device memory
The LG Esteem™ has 4GB of internal memory where you can store user
content such as photos, videos, voice recordings, etc. In addition, it also has
removable memory in the form of a 2GB microSD card. Most applications
allow you to choose where the user content will be saved either in the
internal memory or to the removable microSD card.
For example, in the Camera application, touch the Settings icon
> SD
card & phone storage > Internal memory or SD card. When viewing
the Gallery application, photos saved in the internal memory are stacked
separately from those saved to the SD card.
Using Mass storage mode
When you connect the phone and PC using a USB cable and set your
device’s USB connection mode to Mass storage, you will see two
removable disks on the PC. You can copy files to/from both the internal
memory and the removable SD card.
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Placing and Ending Calls
You can place calls using the Phone application. Calls can be manually
dialed using the Phone tab. You can also dial from your phone’s memory
using the Call log tab, the Contacts tab, or the Groups tab.
To open the Phone application
4
From the Home screen, touch the Phone Key in the Quick Keys
bar.
To place a call by dialing
1. Open the Phone application.
2. Touch the keys on the dialpad to manually enter a phone number.
l
If you enter a wrong number, touch the Delete Key to erase digits
one by one.
l
To erase the entire number, touch and hold the Delete Key .
l
To dial an international number, touch and hold the key to enter the
plus ( + ) symbol. Then, enter the international prefix for the country;
followed by the full phone number.
3. Touch the Call Key
to dial the number that you entered.
To dial an international number, touch and hold the
0 key to enter the plus ( + ) symbol. Then, enter the
international prefix for the country; followed by the
full phone number.
Touch to erase a digit. Touch and hold to erase the
entire number.
Touch the Call Key
to dial the number that you
entered.
Touch the Message Key
to send a message to the
number that is entered.
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You can use other phone features while the call is underway. If you
open another application, the Call icon appears in the Status Bar for
the duration of the call.
l
Press the Volume Keys to adjust the call volume.
l
Use the on-screen buttons to enter additional numbers, place the
call on hold and take an incoming call, add another call, use the
speakerphone, end the call, and other options.
NOTE
If you opened other applications while on a call, you'll need to return to the Call screen
to end the call. You can touch the Home Key
, then the Phone Key or drag the
Notifications panel down and touch the Call icon. You can also touch the bar at the top
left corner of the screen that contains the Contact's name or number.
Airplane mode
Some locations may require you to turn off your phone’s wireless
connections by placing your phone in Airplane mode.
1. Press and hold the Power/Lock Key
.
2. Touch Airplane mode.
NOTE
The Wireless & networks setting also has a checkbox to enable or disable Airplane
mode.
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Answering or Rejecting Calls
When you receive a phone call, the Incoming call screen opens with the
caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you have saved
in the Contacts list. All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log.
To answer a call
4
If the screen is unlocked, simply touch the Answer Key .
4
If the screen is locked, drag the Answer Key
to the right to
answer.
4
If you were already on a call, the first call is placed on hold while you
answer the new call.
4
To silence the incoming call ringer, press the Volume Keys.
Unlocked Screen Locked Screen
Drag right to
answer the
call.
Touch the
Answer Key
to answer
the call.
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To decline a call and divert it to voicemail
4
If the screen is unlocked, simply touch the Decline Key .
4
If the screen is locked, slide the Decline Key
to the left.
4
The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message.
Unlocked Screen Locked Screen
4
To silence the ringer, press the Volume Keys.
Working with the Call Log
The Call log is a list of all the calls you’ve dialed, received, or missed. It
offers a convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to
your Contacts.
To open the Call log
4
Touch the Phone Key from the Quick Keys bar and then touch the
Call log tab
at the top of the screen.
Calls are listed in the Call log tab. The most recent calls are located at
the top of the list. Scroll down to see older entries.
Touch the Decline
Key to decline
the call and send
the caller directly
to your voicemail
box to leave a
message.
Drag left to
ignore the
call.
Slide up to
send the caller
directly to
your voicemail
box and
send a quick
message to
the caller.
Touch the
Send msg
key to send
a quick
message
to the caller
and forward
them to your
voicemail.
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To dial a number in the Call log
4
From the Call log, touch the Call Key at the right of the call entry.
You can also touch and hold the entry to open a menu with more
options to communicate with that contact in other ways.
To add an entry’s number to your Contacts
1. Touch and hold the call entry.
2. Touch Add to contacts.
3. Touch Create new contact or touch Add to the existing and choose an
existing contact to add the new number to.
To take other actions on a Call log entry
4
Touch a Call log entry to open a screen from where you can call
the contact, send the contact a message, add the number to your
Contacts list, and learn more about the original call.
4
Touch and hold a Call log entry to open a menu where you can call the
contact, view contact information, edit the number before you redial,
and more.
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To clear the Call log
4
Touch the Phone Key from the Quick Keys bar and then touch the
Call log tab
at the top of the screen. Touch the Menu Key >
Delete all. Or touch Multiselect, choose the call entries you wish to
delete, then touch Delete > OK.
You can also touch and hold an entry in the log. In the menu that
opens, touch Remove from call log > OK.
Calling Your Contacts
Instead of manually dialing phone numbers using the dialpad, you can use
your Contacts list to dial quickly and easily.
You can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact.
If you have contacts on the web, they’re synchronized with your phone
when you first synchronize to your Google
TM
Account.
To call a contact
1. Touch the Contacts Key
from the Quick Keys bar.
2. Touch the contact you wish to call.
3. Touch the contact’s phone number you want to call.
To call a favorite contact
1. Touch the Contacts Key from the Quick Keys bar, then touch the
Groups tab.
2. Touch Favorites and then touch the contact you wish to call.
3. Touch the contact’s phone number you want to call.
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Voice Dialer
You can use the Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by speaking
the name of a contact or a phone number.
To place a call by speaking
1. Touch the Applications Key > Voice Dialer .
If you have a Bluetooth headset that supports “voice-recognition” or
“voice dialing,” you may be able to open Voice Dialer by pressing your
headset’s main button or in some other way, and dial by voice using
your headset. For details, see the documentation that came with your
headset.
2. Say “Call” followed by the name of the contact or say “Dial” followed by
a phone number.
Options During a Call
Touch to turn the speakerphone on or off. The Speaker
Key lights up to indicate that the
speakerphone is on.
WARNING!
To avoid damage to your hearing, do not hold the phone
against your ear when the speakerphone is turned on.
Touch to mute the microphone during a call. The Mute
Key lights up to indicate that the microphone is muted.
Touch to switch between a Bluetooth headset and the
phone.
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To mute the microphone during a call
4
Touch the Mute Key.
The Mute Key lights up to indicate that the microphone is muted.
The Mute icon will appear in the Status Bar to remind you that the
microphone is turned off.
When viewing the in-call screen, you can unmute the microphone by
touching the Mute Key again.
The microphone is unmuted automatically when the call ends.
To turn the speakerphone on or off
4
Touch the Speaker Key.
The Speaker Key lights up to indicate that the speakerphone is on.
The Speaker icon will appear in the Status Bar and the sound from
your call is played through the phone’s speaker.
When viewing the in-call screen, you can turn the speakerphone off
by touching the Speaker Key again.
The speaker is turned off automatically when the call ends.
WARNING!
To avoid damage to your hearing, do not hold the phone against your ear when the
speakerphone is turned on.
To switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone
When a Bluetooth headset is paired and connected to your phone, you can
conduct calls on the headset for hands-free conversation. During a call, you
can opt to use the Bluetooth headset or just the phone.
When using the Bluetooth headset during a call, the Ongoing Call notification
icon is blue in the Status Bar (the icon is green when using the phone).
4
Touch the Bluetooth Key to switch the call from the headset to the
phone, or vice versa.
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Managing Multiple Calls
Contact your wireless service provider to learn whether they support
conference calls and how many participants you can include.
To switch between current calls
4
Touch the Swap Key .
The current call will be placed on hold and you will be connected with
the other call.
To set up a conference call
Contact your wireless service provider to learn whether they support
conference calls and how many participants you can include.
1. Place a call to the first participant.
2. When you’re connected, touch Contacts
or Dialpad .
3. Choose a contact to call from your Contact list or enter the number on
the dialpad.
4. After you’re connected, touch the Merge calls Key
. The participant is
added to the conference call.
Touch to swap calls.
The current call will be
placed on hold and you
will be connected with the
other call.
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Listening to Your Voicemail
When you have a new voicemail message, the Voicemail notification icon
appears in the Status Bar. If you have not set up your voicemail number,
or if you need to change it, you can do that in the Call settings.
To listen to your Voicemail
4
Open the Notifications panel and touch New voicemail.
OR
4
Touch the
to listen or manage your voicemail.
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MetroWEB
The MetroWEB feature allows you to access the internet from your device.
Access and selections within this feature are dependent upon your service
provider. For specific information on MetroWEB access through your
phone, contact your service provider.
NOTES
•Youmayincuradditionalchargesforaccessingthewebanddownloadingmedia.For
details, contact your service provider.
•Availableiconsmayvarydependingonyourregion.
Browse web pages
1. Touch the Applications Key > MetroWEB . To access a specific
web page, touch the URL input field, enter the web address (URL) of
the web page, and touch .
2. Navigate web pages using the following options:
While browsing the web page, use the following options:
4
To zoom in or out, double-tap the screen. You can also use the pinch-
to-zoom method. Place your two fingers on the screen and slowly
pinch or spread them apart.
4
To open a new window, touch the Menu Key
> New window .
Bookmarks
Touch here to view and edit your
bookmarks.
URL Input Field
Touch here to enter a web
address for the web page
you wish to access.
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To view the list of bookmarks, touch Bookmarks next to the URL
field. You can also add, edit, or delete a bookmark from this menu.
4
To bookmark the current web page, touch Bookmarks
> Add.
Enter the name for the bookmark and touch OK.
4
When a web page finishes loading, the RSS Indicator will appear if an
RSS feed is available. Touch the Menu Key
> Add RSS Feed
and select the feed you want to save.
4
To view the currently active windows, touch the Menu Key
>
Windows
. You can open multiple pages and switch back and forth
between them.
4
To reload the current web page, touch the Refresh Icon
. The
Refresh menu appears after the web page finishes loading.
4
To stop loading a web page, touch the Stop Icon
.
The Stop menu appears while a web page is loading.
4
To go to previous page, touch the Back Key
.
4
To go to a next page in history, touch the
Menu Key
>
Forward .
4
To search for text on the web page, touch the Menu Key > More
> Find on page.
4
To select text on the web page, touch the Menu Key
> More >
Select text. Highlight the text you want with your finger.
The highlighted text is copied to the clipboard and you can paste it
anywhere that allows text to be entered.
4
To view the web page details, touch the Menu Key
> More >
Page info.
4
To set home page, touch the Menu Key
> More > Set home
page.
NOTE
When you are in a secure page, you can see the certificate of the current page by
touching the View certificate button on Page info.
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4
To send the web address (URL) of the web page to others, touch the
Menu Key
> More > Share page.
4
To view the download history, touch the Menu Key
> More >
Downloads.
4
To customize the MetroWEB settings, touch the Menu Key
>
Settings.
Bookmark your favorite web pages
If you know the web address of the web page, you can manually add a
bookmark. To add a bookmark:
1. Touch the Applications Key
> MetroWEB .
2. Touch Bookmarks
next to the URL field.
3. Touch Add.
4. Enter a page title and a web address (URL).
5. Touch OK.
From the bookmark list, touch and hold a bookmark and use the following
options:
4
To open the web page in the current window, touch Open.
4
To open the web page in a new window, touch Open in new
window.
4
To edit the bookmark details, touch Edit bookmark.
4
To add the bookmark shortcut to one of the Home screen panes,
touch Add shortcut to Home.
4
To send the web address (URL) of the web page to others, touch
Share link.
4
To copy the web address (URL) of the web page, touch Copy link
URL.
4
To delete the bookmark, touch Delete bookmark.
4
To use the web page as your MetroWEB homepage, touch Set as
homepage.
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Changing Browser settings
You can configure a number of Browser settings, such as managing your
privacy settings.
4
To open the Browser settings screen, open the Browser and touch
the Menu Key
> More > Settings.
Page content settings
PC Browser mode Allows you to browse PC version web sites.
Text size Opens a dialog box where you can increase or decrease the size
of the text that the Browser uses when displaying webpages.
Default zoom Opens a dialog box where you can increase or decrease the
magnification level that the Browser uses when first opening a webpage.
Open pages in overview Checkmark to open webpages zoomed out, in
an overview. Uncheckmark to open webpages at 100% size, displaying
the top-left corner of the page.
Text encoding Opens a dialog box where you can change the character-
encoding standard that the Browser uses when displaying text on a webpage.
Block pop-up windows Checkmark to prevent websites from opening
windows unless you request it.
Load images Uncheckmark to omit images when the Browser displays
a webpage. This speeds up webpage loading, which can be useful if you
have a slow connection.
Auto-fit pages Checkmark to have the Browser optimize the presentation
of text and other elements of webpages to fit your phone’s screen.
Checkmarking this option also causes the Browser to reflow a column of
text to fit the screen if you double-tap the screen directly after zooming
with your fingers. Uncheckmark to view pages as designed for a computer
screen so that double-tapping simply switches between zoomed-in and
default view.
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Landscape-only display Checkmark to display pages in landscape (horizontal)
orientation on your screen, regardless of how you are holding the phone.
Enable JavaScript Uncheckmark to prevent JavaScript from running
on webpages. Many webpages function correctly only if they can run
JavaScript features on your phone.
Enable plug-ins Opens a dialog box to select when to enable plug-ins.
Open in background Checkmark to open new windows in the
background when you touch and hold a link, then touch Open in new
window. This is useful when you are working with windows that take
a long time to download and display. Uncheckmark if you prefer new
windows to open in place of the current window.
Set home page Opens a dialog box where you can enter the URL of
a page that you want to access whenever you open a new Browser
window. If you prefer to open new Browser windows more quickly, by not
opening any page by default, leave the dialog box blank.
Storage Allows you to choose the storage location.
Privacy settings
Clear cache Allows you to clear locally cached content and databases.
Clear history Allows you to clear the Browser history.
Accept cookies Checkmark to allow websites to save and read cookie
data.
Clear all cookie data Allows you to clear all Browser cookie data.
Remember form data Checkmark to allow the Browser to remember
data entered into forms for later use.
Clear form data Allows you to clear all saved form data.
Enable location Checkmark to allow sites to request access to your
location.
Clear location access Allows you to clear location access for all websites.
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Security settings
Remember passwords Checkmark to allow the Browser to save user
names and passwords for websites.
Clear passwords Allows you to clear all saved passwords.
Show security warnings Checkmark to show a warning if there is a
problem with a site’s security.
Advanced settings
Set search engine Allows you to select a search engine.
Website settings Allows you to manage advanced settings for individual
websites.
Reset to default Allows you to restore the Browser settings to default.
Maps
To search for a location
1. Touch the Applications Key > Maps .
2. Touch the search box at the top of the screen.
3. In the search box, enter the place you’re looking for. You can enter an
address, a city, or a type of business or establishment. For example,
“theater in New York”.
4. Touch the Search Key
.
Orange markers indicate search matches on the map.
You can touch a marker to open a balloon that contains a label. Touch the
balloon to open a screen with more information about the location, as
well as options for obtaining directions.
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To get directions
1. Touch the Applications Key > Maps .
2. Touch the Menu Key
> Directions.
3. Enter a starting point in the first text box and your destination in the
second text box. You can also select an address from your Favorites,
contacts or history.
To reverse directions, touch the Menu Key
> Reverse Start & End.
4. Touch the Car icon
for driving directions, the Bus icon for public
transportation directions, the Bicycling icon for bicycling directions, or
the Walking icon for walking directions.
5. Touch Get directions.
6. Your route is displayed on a map.
7. To view the directions in a list format, touch List view .
To switch back to your map route from List view, touch the Menu Key
> See map.
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Checking the weather
Touch the Applications Key > Weather to view summarized and
detailed weather information.
4
Touch the Hourly or 15 Days tab for a more detailed forecast.
Tap the Weather application screen to access the Accuweather
website.
4
Touch a time on the weather graph in the Hourly tab for a detailed,
hour-by-hour forecast.
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Changing Weather Settings
You can configure a number of settings for the Weather application.
The location and related settings also affect the display of the Weather
widget application.
4
To open the Weather settings screen, touch the Menu Key
>
Settings.
Weather settings
City list You can add, edit, or remove a city from your list.
General settings
These settings control how frequently the information on the Weather
widget is updated and the temperature unit to use.
Refresh interval Allows you to set how often to update the weather. More
frequent updates trade the convenience of current information for increased
data use and decreased battery life between charges.
Temperature unit Allows you to use Fahrenheit or Celsius.
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IM and Social
IM and Social allows you to send and receive an Instant Message and
interact with Facebook and Twitter at any time.
1. Touch the Applications Key
.
2. Touch IM and Social
.
3. Choose an IM or Social Networking provider.
4. Enter your user name and password and touch Sign In.
Contacts
The Contacts application allows you to store names, phone numbers and
other information in your phone’s memory.
Using Your Contacts
Use the Contacts application to add, view, and communicate with your
friends and acquaintances.
To open your Contacts application
4
Touch the Applications Key >
Contacts
.
OR
Touch the Contacts Key
in the Quick Keys bar.
All of your contacts are displayed alphabetically in a list. If you have a
new phone and haven’t added any contacts yet, the Contacts application
will display hints on how to start adding contacts to your phone.
To open a list of your favorite contacts
4
Open your Contacts application and touch the Groups tab at the top
of the screen. Then touch Favorites.
Favorites lists the contacts you’ve added to the list, followed by a list
of your most frequently called contacts.
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To view details about a contact
1. Open your Contacts application.
2. Touch the contact whose details you want to view.
Touch an icon to call, message, or open other applications.
4
The Dial icon
places a call to the number.
4
The Message icon
starts a message.
4
The Mail icon
starts an email.
4
The Chat icon
starts a chat.
Touch the Menu Key for the following menu options: Edit contact,
Share, Options, Add to home screen, Delete contact, and More (Export
and Speed dials).
Adding Contacts
You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the
contacts in your Google
TM
Account, Microsoft Exchange account, or other
accounts that support syncing contacts.
The Contacts application tries to join new addresses with existing contacts,
to create a single entry. You can also manage that process manually.
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To add a new contact
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the the Menu Key > New contact.
3. If you have more than one account with contacts, touch Contact type at
the top of the screen and choose the account to which you want to add
the contact.
4. Enter the contact’s name.
5. Touch a category of contact information, such as phone number and
email address, to enter that kind of information about your contact.
6. Touch a category’s plus button
to add more than one entry for that
category. For example, in the phone number category, add a work
number and a home number. Touch the label button to the left of the
entry item information to open a drop-down menu of preset labels. For
example, Mobile and Work for a phone number.
7. Touch the Picture Frame icon
to select a picture to display next to the
name in your list of contacts and in other applications.
8. When you’re finished, touch Save.
Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts
If you have contacts stored in vCard format on a microSD card you can
import them into your Contacts application on your phone. You can also
export contacts in vCard format onto a microSD card.
Export to back them up to a computer or other device or so you can send a
contact via email.
To import contacts from your microSD card
You can copy contacts, in vCard format, onto your microSD card then
import them into your phone.
1. Insert the memory card (that contains the vCard files) into your phone.
2. Open the Contacts application.
3. Touch the Menu Key
> More > Import/Export.
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4. Touch Import from SD card.
5. When the pop-up appears, select the storage type.
6. If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account
into which you want to import the contacts.
7. Touch the contacts you want to import to the microSD card. Then touch
Import and OK to confirm.
To export contacts to your microSD card
You can export all of the contacts on your phone to your microSD card, as
vCard files. You can then copy this file to a computer or another device that
is compatible with this format, such as an address book application.
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the Menu Key
> More > Import/Export.
3. Touch Export to SD card.
4. When the pop-up appears, select the storage type.
5. Touch the contacts you wish to export to the SD card. To export all
contacts, touch Select All in the top left corner of the screen.
Then touch Export and OK.
To share a contact
You can share a contact with someone by sending it to them as a vCard file.
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the contact you want to share to view the contact details.
3. Touch the Menu Key
> Share.
4. Choose the method for sending.
5. Enter the necessary information and share it.
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Adding a Contact to Your Favorites
The Favorites section contains a short list of the contacts you communicate
with most often.
To add a contact to your favorites list
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch a contact to view its details.
3. Touch the star to the right of the contact’s name.
When the contact is added to your favorites list, the star will be
blue-colored.
To remove a contact from your favorites list
1. Open the Contacts application and touch the Groups tab.
2. Touch Favorites and then touch a contact entry to view its details.
3. Touch the blue star to the right of the contact’s name.
The grey-colored star will indicate that the contact was removed from
your Favorites list.
Searching for a Contact
It’s easy to search for a contact by name.
To search for a contact
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the search box or touch the Search Key
.
3. Start entering the name of the contact you’re searching for. As you type,
contacts with matching names will appear below the search box.
4. Touch a matching contact in the list to view its details.
You can also search by nickname, email, organization and number.
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Editing Contact Details
You can change or add details saved in your contact entries. You can also
set specific ringtones to specific contacts or determine whether calls from
specific contacts are diverted to your voicemail.
Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources:
information that you added manually, information that Contacts joined from
multiple accounts to consolidate duplicates, etc.
If you find duplicate entries in Contacts, you can join them into a single entry.
Changes made to information from one source do not automatically change
the information on the other sources. For example, if you have information
about a contact from a Google Account and an Exchange account and both
are configured to sync contacts, changes to the contact from the Google
Account are synced to that account on the web, but the information from
the Exchange account will remain unchanged.
To edit contact details
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch and hold the contact whose details you want to edit. In the menu
that opens, touch Edit contact.
3. Edit the contact information.
4. Touch Save to save the changes.
To change a contact’s default phone number
The default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a text
message using the context menu (by touching and holding a contact).
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.
3. Touch and hold the phone number to use as the contact’s default phone
number.
4. Touch Make default number in the menu that opens.
The default phone number is indicated by a checkmark.
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To divert calls from a contact to your voicemail
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.
3. Touch the Menu Key
> Options.
4. Touch Incoming calls to checkmark the option and enable it.
5. Touch the Back Key
.
When this contact calls you, your phone will not ring and the caller will
be forwarded directly to your voicemail.
To set a ringtone for a contact
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.
3. Touch the Menu Key
> Options.
4. Touch Ringtone then touch a ringtone to select it.
5. Touch OK to save the ringtone to the contact.
To delete a contact
1. Open your Contacts list or Favorites list.
2. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details.
3. Touch the Menu Key
> Delete contact.
4
If you delete a contact from Google Contacts (or another account with
editable contacts), the contact is also deleted from Contacts on the
web the next time you sync your phone.
4
You can’t delete contacts from a read-only account, such as Facebook.
Instead, a dialog box informs you that the contact will be hidden.
4
If the contact contains information from both editable accounts (such
as Contacts) and from a read-only account (such as Facebook), a
dialog box informs you that the information from the read-only account
will be hidden, not deleted.
4. Touch OK to confirm that you want to delete the contact.
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Communicating with Your Contacts
From the Contacts or Groups tab, you can quickly call or send a text (SMS)
or multimedia message (MMS) to a contact’s default phone number. You
can also open a list of all the ways you can communicate with that contact.
This section describes ways to initiate communication when viewing your
list of contacts. The Contacts application shares your contacts with many
other applications, such as Gmail
TM
and Messaging.
To connect by using Quick Contact for Android
TM
1. Touch a contact’s picture to open Quick Contact for Android.
2. Touch the icon corresponding to the type of communication you want to
start.
The communication icons displayed depend on the types of information
you saved in the contact information.
Touch a contact's picture.
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To communicate with a contact
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the contact with whom you want to communicate.
3. In the contact’s details screen, touch the way to start communicating
with the contact.
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The Dial icon
places a call to the number.
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The Message icon
starts a message.
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The Mail icon
starts an email.
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The Chat icon
starts a chat.
NOTE
Anytime you see the Dial icon next to a number, such as in your Favorites or Call log,
just touch it to call that number.
To call a contact’s default number
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch and hold the contact you wish to call.
3. Touch Call contact in the menu that opens.
To send a text or multimedia message to a contact’s default number
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch and hold the contact you wish to message.
3. Touch Text contact in the menu that opens.
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Selecting Which Contacts are Displayed
You can hide contacts that don’t have phone numbers. You can also
configure which groups of contacts you want to display in the Contacts list.
To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed
If you use your list of contacts only to call people, you can hide any contacts
that don’t have phone numbers.
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the Menu Key
> More > Display options.
3. Touch Only contacts with phones to select or deselect this option.
When selected, a checkmark will appear.
4. Touch Apply to save the settings.
NOTES
•YoucansorttheContactlistbyFirstnameorLastname.
•YoucanalsoviewcontactnamesasFirstnamerstorLastnamerst.
To change which groups are displayed
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the Menu Key
> More > Display options.
3. Touch an account to open its list of available groups.
4. Touch each group whose contacts you want to view in your Contacts
application. Contact types with a checkmark will appear in your contacts
list. This action affects only which contacts are displayed. Your sync
settings will not be affected.
5. Touch Apply to save your settings.
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Joining Contacts
When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by
exchanging emails, the Contacts application attempts to avoid duplication by
joining contact information automatically. You can also join contacts manually.
To join contacts
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the contact entry to which you want to add information. The
contact name for this entry will remain unchanged after you join with
another contact.
3. Touch the Menu Key
> Edit contact.
4. Touch the Menu Key
> Join.
5. Touch the contact whose information you want to join with the first
contact. The information from the two contacts will be merged and
displayed under the name from the first contact.
6. Touch Save to confirm you want to join the entries. The contact
information will be displayed in one contact entry.
Separating Contact Information
Each contact entry on your phone may contain ‘joined’ information from a
variety of sources.
If contact information from different sources was joined in error, you can
separate the information back into individual contact entries on your phone.
To separate contact information
1. Open the Contacts application.
2. Touch the contact entry whose information you want to separate.
3. Touch the Menu Key
> Edit contact.
4. Touch the Menu Key
> Separate.
5. Touch the OK button to confirm you want to separate the entries. The
contact information will separated into individual contact entries in the
Contacts list.
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Email
Opening Email and the Accounts Screen
You can use the Email application to read email from services other than
Gmail
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. The Email application supports the following account types:
Microsoft Exchange, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL Mail,
and other accounts.
To open the Email application
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Touch the Applications Key > Email .
The first time you open the Email application, a setup wizard opens to help
you add an email account.
After the initial setup, Email displays the contents of your Inbox.
The Accounts screen
The Accounts screen lists all your accounts.
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Open the Email application. If you’re not on the Account screen,
touch the Menu Key
> Accounts.
Each folder and account on the Accounts screen displays the number
of unread messages in green, or will display the number of messages
in Starred, Drafts and Outbox in gray.
You can touch an account to view its Inbox.
The account from which you send email by default is indicated with a
checkmark.
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Reading Your Messages
You can read messages from the Inbox, or from other folders from the
individual accounts.
To read a message
From the Accounts screen, simply touch any account to display it.
You can also go to the folder list of the account by touching the Menu Key
> Folders from the Inbox.
NOTE
When new email arrives, a notification appears in the Status Bar. Drag the Notifications
panel downward and touch the email notification.
Responding to a Message
There are many options how you can respond to a received email message.
You can reply to it, forward it, or even just delete it.
To reply to or forward a message
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While reading a message, touch Reply or Reply all (available at the
bottom of the screen).
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While reading a message, touch the Menu Key
> Forward to
forward the message.
To mark a message as unread
You can set a message to appear as though it has not been read – for
example, to remind yourself to read it again later.
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From the Inbox, touch and hold the desired message, then touch
Mark as unread in the dialog box that opens.
To delete a message
There are a few easy ways to delete a message.
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While reading a message, touch Delete at the bottom of the screen.
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From the Inbox, touch the checkbox next to one or more messages,
then touch Delete at the bottom of the screen.
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For many types of accounts, deleted messages are moved to a Trash folder,
so you can retrieve them in case they were deleted by mistake.
Gmail
Opening Gmail and Your Inbox
When you open the Gmail application, the most recent conversations are
displayed in your Inbox.
To open the Gmail application
Touch the Applications Key > Gmail .
All of your conversations are displayed in your Inbox unless you delete,
archive, or filter them.
The current Google Account is displayed at the top right of the Inbox. If
you have more than one account, you can switch accounts to view the
messages in each Inbox.
Conversations with new messages are displayed with bold subject lines.
To read a message in a conversation, touch its subject line text.
> indicates that this message was sent directly to you.
>> indicates that you were CC’d on this message.
No indicator indicates that this message was sent to a group that
includes you.
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To open your Inbox
If you are viewing a message or another label, touch the Back Key until
you return to your Inbox.
OR
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When reading a message, touch the Menu Key
> Go to inbox.
OR
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When viewing a list of labeled conversations, touch the
Menu Key
> More > Go to inbox.
To switch accounts
Gmail displays conversations and messages from one Google Account at
a time. If you have more than one account, you can open the Accounts
screen to view how many unread messages you have in each account and
to switch accounts.
1. From your Gmail Inbox, touch the Menu Key
> Accounts.
2. Touch the account that contains the email you want to read.
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Reading Your Messages
When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled
conversations, you can open a conversation to read its messages.
To read a message
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Touch a conversation that contains the message you want to read.
A conversation opens to the first new (unread) message, or to the
first starred message, if you’ve previously starred a message in the
conversation.
The Google Talk online status will appear next to the name of the
sender of each message if the sender has a Google Account. Touch
the contact’s picture to open Quick Contact.
When reading messages in a conversation, you can use the buttons at
the bottom of the screen to archive the entire conversation or delete
it. After you delete a conversation, you can touch Undo in the green
bar that appears at the top of the screen to undo the last action and
restore the message to its previous location.
You can also touch the arrow buttons to read the next, oldest, unread
message in a conversation in your Inbox (or the conversation list
you’re working in).
Touch
on the message header to access options for replying or
forwarding the message.
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To reread a message
When you open a conversation, messages that you’ve already read are
minimized into a tab that indicates the number of hidden messages.
1. Touch the Applications Key
> Gmail . Then touch the conversation
you want to view and the tab indicating minimized messages.
2. Touch the contact name to open that message.
When reading a message you can touch the Menu Key
> Mark
unread to return a read message to the unread state. For example, to
remind yourself to read it again later.
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Composing and Sending a Message
You can compose and send a message to people or groups with Gmail
addresses or other email addresses.
To compose and send a message
1.
Touch the Applications Key
> Gmail >
Menu Key
>
Compose.
2. Enter a recipient’s address.
As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts
list. You can touch a suggested address or continue entering text to enter
a new one.
3. Touch the Menu Key
> Add Cc/Bcc to Cc or Bcc recipients, if
necessary.
4. Enter a subject for the message in the Subject field.
5. Continue into the next field to enter your email message.
6. Touch the Menu Key
> Attach to add an attachment to the email.
7. Touch Send
to send your message.
If you’re not ready to send the message, touch
to save the message
as a Draft. You can read your drafts by opening messages with the Draft
label.
To erase the message, touch the Menu Key
> Discard (including any
saved drafts).
If you aren’t connected to a network
-
for example, if you’re working in
Airplane mode
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the messages that you send are stored on your phone
with the Outbox label until you connect to a network again.
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Replying to or Forwarding a Message
You can continue an email conversation by replying to a message or by
forwarding it.
To reply to or forward a message
1. Touch on the message header to access options for replying or
forwarding the message.
2. Touch Reply, Reply all, or Forward.
Replying to or forwarding messages without changing the subject adds
your reply to the current conversation.
Changing the subject starts a new conversation.
The message will open in a new screen where you can add or remove
addresses, edit the subject, and add or remove text or attachments.
You can add one or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying
to all and then adding the new person’s address(es) to the reply.
Note that the conversation text and previous messages are also included
in your reply (or forward).
3. Touch Send
to send your message.
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Working with Conversations in Batches
You can archive, label, delete, or perform other actions on a batch of
conversations at once, in your Inbox or in another label.
1. From the Inbox, or a folder with another label, touch the checkbox for all
the messages you want to include in the batch.
When you checkmark a conversation, the Archive, Delete, and Labels
buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.
2. Touch Archive, Delete, or Labels or touch the Menu Key
> Add
star, Mark unread, Not important, Report spam, Mute, or More
(Deselect all, Help, About).
Your action affects the selected batch of messages.
If you accidentally delete a batch of conversations, you can touch Undo
in the green bar (that appears briefly after the action) at the top of the
screen to undo the action and restore the message(s) to the previous
location. You can also use Undo after muting, archiving, and reporting
spam.
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Labeling a Conversation
As mentioned previously, conversations are organized by labels. Gmail has
several default labels, but you can also add your own through Gmail on the
web.
To label a conversation
1. When reading a conversation’s messages, touch the Menu Key >
Change labels.
2. In the dialog box that opens, check the labels you want to assign to the
conversation and touch OK.
To label a batch of conversations at once
You can assign or change the labels of one or more conversations at once.
1. From your Inbox, or a folder with another label, checkmark the
conversations to select a batch.
2. Touch Labels at the bottom of the screen.
3. In the dialog box that opens, check the labels you want to assign to the
conversation.
4. Touch OK.
Starring a Message
You can star an important message or conversation to make it easy to
locate again.
To star a message
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When reading a message, touch the star in its header.
OR
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When viewing a conversation, touch its star
to star the newest
message in the conversation.
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To unstar a message
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Touch its star again. The star will turn gray again.
To star or unstar all messages in a conversation
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When viewing the Inbox, or another label, touch a conversation’s star.
Viewing Conversations by Label
You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label, including
conversations with starred messages.
1. When viewing your Inbox, or a folder with another label, touch the Menu
Key
> Go to labels.
2. Touch a label to view a list of conversations with that label.
NOTE
The conversation list will resemble your Inbox. Most of the options available while using
your Inbox will also be available while viewing these lists of labeled messages.
Reporting Spam
The Gmail service is quite effective at preventing spam (junk mail) from
reaching your Inbox. But when spam does make it through, you can help
improve the Gmail service by reporting the conversation as spam.
To report a conversation as spam
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When reading the email, touch the Menu Key > More > Report
spam.
OR
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From the Inbox, touch the checkmark box to select the messages you
want to report as spam > Menu Key
> Report spam.
When you report a conversation as spam, the conversation (and all its
messages) are removed from your Inbox. You can view the messages
you’ve marked as spam by viewing messages with the Spam label.
Synchronizing Your Messages
The Gmail service has the resources to store all the messages you’ve ever
sent or received; your phone does not. To save space, Gmail downloads
only some of your messages to your phone. Use the Settings application to
control how and when applications synchronize their data.
To select which conversations to synchronize
1. Touch the Applications Key > Gmail .
2. Touch the Menu Key
> More > Settings > Labels.
The Synchronization screen opens, displaying a list of your Gmail labels.
Below each label is its current synchronization setting:
Sync all, Sync 4 days, or Sync none (If Sync none is selected, the
labeled conversation is not synchronized).
3. Touch a conversation label whose synchronization settings you want to
change.
A dialog box for that conversation label opens, with three options:
l
Sync none Don’t download any conversations that have only this label.
l
Sync 4 days Download the previous 4 days (or number of days you
set) of conversations.
l
Sync all Download all conversations with this label.
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To set how many days of conversations to synchronize
1. Touch the Applications Key > Gmail .
2. Touch the Menu Key
> More > Settings > Labels.
3. Touch Number of days to sync.
4. Enter the number of days and touch OK.
Appending a Signature to Your Messages
You can add information to every email you send, such as your name,
contact information, or even “Sent from my Android
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phone”.
1. Touch the Applications Key
> Gmail .
2. Touch the Menu Key
> More > Settings > Signature.
3. Enter a signature or other information.
4. Touch OK.
Changing Gmail Settings
You can change a number of settings for Gmail. Each Google Account
has its own settings, so your changes affect only the current account.
Notification volumes and some synchronization settings can also be
changed in the Settings application.
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Touch the Applications Key
> Gmail > Menu Key > More
> Settings.
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Messaging
Opening Messaging
To open Messaging
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Touch the Messaging Key in the Quick Keys bar.
The Messaging screen will open, where you can create a new
message or open an ongoing message thread.
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Touch New message to start a new text or multimedia message.
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Touch an existing message thread to open it.
To delete a message thread from the Messaging window
1. Touch and hold the message thread.
2. Touch Delete thread in the menu that opens.
3. Touch OK to confirm you want to delete the message thread.
Exchanging Messages
You can send text messages (SMS) of up to 160 characters to another
mobile phone. If you keep typing after the limit, your message is converted
to MMS.
Multimedia messages (MMS) can contain text and a picture, a recorded
voice, an audio file, a video, or slideshow which can attach media file such
as picture and audio.
The Messaging application automatically converts a message into a
multimedia message if you add a subject, or attach a media file.
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To send a text message
1. On the Messaging screen, touch New message.
2. Enter a mobile phone number in the To field.
As you enter the mobile phone number, matching contacts appear. You
can touch a suggested recipient or continue entering the phone number.
3. Touch the text field to start entering your message.
A counter is displayed in the top right corner of the text field to tell you
how many characters are left.
If you touch the Back Key
while composing a message, it’s saved
as a draft in your Messaging application. Touch the message to resume
composing it.
4. Touch Send to send the message.
Your message is displayed and responses appear in the same window,
creating a message thread with that contact.
Character counter
Displays number of
characters entered and
amount remaining.
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To create and send a multimedia message
1. On the Messaging screen, touch New message.
2. Enter a mobile phone number or email address in the To field. As you
type, matching contacts appear. You can touch a suggested contact or
continue typing.
3. Touch the text field to start entering your message.
4. Touch the Menu Key
> Add subject to add a message subject.
5. Touch
to open a menu where you can choose the type of media file to
attach to the message.
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If you touch Pictures, you’re prompted to select a picture from your
Gallery.
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If you touch Capture picture, the Camera application opens so you
can take a picture and attach it.
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If you touch Videos, you’re prompted to select a video from your Gallery.
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If you touch Capture video, the Camcorder application opens so you
can record a video and attach it.
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If you touch Audio, you’re prompted to select an audio file from your
microSD card.
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If you touch Record audio, the voice recording function opens and
allows you to record a spoken message and attach it to your message.
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If you touch Slideshow, a menu opens and allows you to assemble
photos into a slideshow (up to 10 slides) to attach to the message.
Use the buttons in the Compose Message screen to preview the
message, replace a picture, or remove a slide. Touch Done when you
finish editing the slideshow.
6. Touch Send MMS to send the message.
To respond to messages you receive
If you’re working in a message window, messages that you receive
from that contact are displayed. Otherwise, you receive a new message
notification and a new message icon appears in the Status Bar. When you
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touch the new message notification, the Message screen opens where you
can reply to the message.
If Auto-retrieve is uncheckmarked, you must touch Download to view the
message.
If the message contains a media file, touch Play to view, watch, or listen to
it. Touch and hold the media file to open a menu with additional options.
To view details about a message
1. Touch and hold a message in a message window.
2. Touch View message details in the menu that opens.
Changing Messaging Settings
You can change a number of Messaging settings.
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To change Messaging settings, open the Messaging application,
touch the Menu Key
> Settings.
How to select the type of keyboard you want
1. Touch and hold a text field.
2. Touch Input method.
3. Choose between Swype and LG Keyboard.
You will now be able to enter text using the new keyboard.
Touch Input methodTouch and hold the
text field.
Choose the type of
keyboard you want.
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Talk
To open Google Talk and sign in
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Touch the Applications Key > Talk .
When you first open Google Talk, your Friends list will be displayed.
This list includes all of the friends you’ve added by using Google Talk
on the web or on the phone.
To return to your Friends list
You can return to your Friends list while chatting with a friend so that you
can invite another friend to chat, add a friend, etc.
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Touch the Menu Key
> Friends list.
To sign out of Google Talk
You can sign out of Google Talk. For example, if you want to limit Google
Talk conversations to your computer. Also, signing out can extend your
battery life.
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From your Friends list, touch the Menu Key
> Sign out.
You will no longer receive chat notifications or see others’ Google Talk
status in other applications, such as Gmail
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Chatting with Friends
To chat with a friend
1. Touch the Applications Key > Talk .
If you’re already chatting with someone, you can touch the Menu Key
> Friends list to return to the Friends list.
2. Touch the friend you want to chat with.
3. Enter your message then touch Send.
The messages that you exchange are displayed on the screen and include
information about the chat, such as whether it’s on-the-record, the time a
message was sent (if there’s no response after a short while), etc.
To enter an emoticon (smiley), just touch the Menu Key > More >
Insert smiley to open a list of emoticons.
Your chat session will remain open until you end it.
Friends you’re chatting with are displayed at the top of your Friends list,
with the most recent message displayed in a black-on-white balloon.
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To accept an invitation to chat
When a friend sends you a Google Talk message, you will receive a
notification. The friend’s name in the Friends list turns white and displays
the message.
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Touch the friend in your Friends list.
OR
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Open the Notifications panel then touch the chat notification.
A chat window will open where you can exchange messages with
your friend.
To switch between active chats
If you have more than one chat going, you can switch between chats.
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From the Friends list, touch the name of the person you want to chat
with.
OR
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From a chat screen, touch the Menu Key
> Switch chats and
then the friend you want to chat with.
OR
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While chatting with a friend, swipe left or right across the screen.
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To invite a friend to join a group chat
While you’re chatting, you can invite additional friends to join a group chat.
1. On a chat screen, touch the Menu Key
> Add to chat.
2. Touch the name of the friend to invite.
The friend you invited and the current participants will receive an
invitation to a group chat. Each one who accepts the invitation will
join the group chat. In a group chat, everyone can see everyone else’s
messages. Group chats appear at the top of your Friends list, with a
group chat icon.
To chat on or off-the-record
Your Google Talk messages are stored, so you can review them later and
even search for them, in the Chats folder in Gmail. If you’d rather not store
the messages in a chat, you can chat off-the-record.
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While chatting, touch the Menu Key
> Chat off record.
To return to on-the-record chatting, touch the Menu Key
> Chat
on record.
To end a chat
When you’ve finished your conversation, it’s easy to end a chat session.
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From your Friends list, touch and hold the friend you want to stop
chatting with. In the menu that opens, touch End chat.
OR
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From a chat screen, touch the Menu Key
> End chat.
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Changing and Monitoring Online Status
Google Talk allows you to change how you appear to others; you can
change your online status and status messages, as well as the picture that
appears next to your name on your friends’ list.
To change your online status
1. Touch the Applications Key > Talk .
2. Touch your email address at the top of your Friends list.
3. In the screen that opens, touch the drop-down status menu and choose
an option.
In addition to the standard status settings described in the table on
the following page, you can also select a message that you’ve entered
previously or touch the Menu Key
> Clear custom messages to
erase them and start over.
Your status and any message you’ve entered appear in your friends’
lists and in other locations where your status or status message are
displayed.
Status Icons
Icons in Google Talk, Gmail, and other applications indicate your and your
friends’ Google Talk status.
Available: Signed into Google Talk and available to chat
Away: Signed into Google Talk but not active
Busy: Signed into Google Talk but too busy to chat
Signed out of Google Talk
Invisible: Signed into Google Talk but appear signed out to others
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To change your status message
1. Touch the Applications Key > Talk .
2. Touch your email address at the top of your Friends list.
3. Enter a new status message in the Status message field.
4. Touch Done to save your status message.
To change your picture
1. Touch your email address the top of your Friends list.
2. Touch your picture at the top left of the screen.
3. Touch Remove to remove your picture or Change to change it.
4. Choose an image from your Gallery.
5. Crop the picture and touch Save.
Managing Your Friends List
Your Google Talk Friends list contains the friends you’ve invited to become
friends or whose invitations you’ve accepted in Google Talk. Friends can
invite each other to chat in Google Talk and see each others’ online status
in Google Talk and other applications, such as in Gmail.
The Google Talk Friends list is sorted by your friends’ online status: active
chats, online, busy, away, and offline. Within each grouping, friends are
listed alphabetically.
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To add a friend to your Friends list
You can invite anyone with a Google Account to become your friend in
Google Talk, so you can chat with each other and stay up-to-date with each
others’ online status.
1. From the Friends list, touch the Menu Key
> Add friend.
2. Enter your friend’s Gmail address and touch Send invitation.
To view and accept an invitation to become a friend
When a contact invites you to become a friend in Google Talk, you receive a
notification in the Status Bar and the invitation appears in your Friends list.
1. Touch the invitation from either the Status Bar or the Friends list.
2. Touch Accept to chat with the contact or Cancel, if you don’t want to
chat with and share your Google Talk status with the sender.
To view a list of pending invitations to friends
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From the Friends list, touch the Menu Key > More > Invites.
All the friends to whom you’ve extended invitations to become friends
on Google Talk appear in the list until they accept or cancel your
invitation.
To view all friends or only those most popular with you
By default, only the friends that you frequently chat with (the most popular)
are shown in the Friends list. But you can view all friends instead.
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In the Friends list, touch the Menu Key
> All friends.
To switch back to just the friends with whom you chat most
frequently, touch Most popular in the menu.
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To add a friend to the ‘Most popular’ group
You can set a friend to always appear in your Most popular Friends list.
1. From the Friends list, touch and hold a friend’s name.
If you don’t see the friend’s name, touch the Menu Key
> All
friends.
2. Touch Always show friend in the menu that opens.
To remove a friend from this list, touch and hold the friend’s name from
the Friends list. In the menu that opens, touch Hide friend.
To block a friend
You can block a friend from sending you messages. When blocked, your
friend will be removed from your Friends list.
1. From the Friends list, touch and hold the friend’s name.
If you don’t see the friend, touch the Menu Key
> All friends.
2. Touch Block friend in the menu that opens.
You can view a list of your blocked friends by opening your Friends list
and touching the Menu Key
> More > Blocked. You can unblock a
friend by touching the friend’s name in the blocked list then touching OK
in the dialog box that opens.
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Changing Google Talk Settings
You can configure Google Talk to send you a notification with the contents
of each message that you receive in a chat, and also to sound a ringtone or
vibrate the phone.
You can also configure Google Talk to sign you in automatically when
you turn on your phone, and you can set whether the mobile indicator is
displayed next to your name in other people’s Friends lists.
To configure notifications for new Google Talk messages
1. From the Friends list, touch the Menu Key > Settings.
2. Touch Notifications under the Text chat settings and Video & video
chat settings sections to choose the type of notification you would like
to receive.
3. Touch Ringtone under the Text chat settings and Video & video chat
settings sections to choose the type of ringtone you would like to play
for each notification.
4. Touch Vibrate under the Text chat settings and Video & video chat
settings sections to set the vibrate option when receiving notifications.
To show or hide the mobile indicator to friends
1. From the Friends list, touch the Menu Key > Settings.
2. Checkmark or uncheckmark Mobile indicator.
If Mobile indicator is checkmarked, your friends see an outline of an
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next to your name in their Friends list when you’re signed into
Google Talk on an Android phone.
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To set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically
1. From the Friends list, touch the Menu Key > Settings.
2. Checkmark or uncheckmark Sign in automatically.
When Sign in automatically is checkmarked, you are signed into
Google Talk when you turn on your phone.
To set Google Talk to change your status
1. From the Friends list, touch the Menu Key > Settings.
2. Checkmark or uncheckmark Automatic away status.
When Automatic away status is checkmarked, your status will
automatically be changed to Away when the screen is turned off.
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The Phone application
The phone features of your device include many ways to make calls.
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Touch the Phone Key
in the Quick Keys bar at the bottom of the
screen.
The Phone application has four tabs across the top of the screen:
Phone, Call log, Contacts, and Groups. Using these tabs, you can
dial manually or make calls automatically from information you’ve
stored in your phone.
Phone
This tab allows you to dial a phone number manually. You can also call
voicemail using this keypad.
Call log
This tab displays the history of all your calls. From here you can call or
contact any of the entries. To delete an entry, touch and hold the entry and
then touch Remove from call log. To delete your Call log, touch the Menu
Key
> Delete all or Multiselect > select the call logs > Delete > OK.
Contacts
This tab displays your Contacts list. From here you can call or contact any
of the entries based on the saved information or manage your Contacts list.
Touch the Menu Key
to select Search, New contact, Delete, Send,
Share, or More (Display options, Speed dials, Accounts, Import/Export,
My profile).
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Groups
This tab displays your contacts by group for each account type you have
set up, starting with Favorites, followed by a list of recent frequent contact.
From here you can call or contact any of the entries based on the saved
information or manage your list. For additional options, touch the Menu Key
to select New group, Send, Share, or Delete.
To add a Contact to your list of favorites:
1. Touch the Contacts tab and then the Contact entry you want to add to
your Favorites.
2. Touch the grey star next to the Contact’s name. The star turns blue and
the entry is added to your Favorites.
To remove a Favorite, touch the blue star in either the Contacts list or
Favorites list. The star turns grey and the entry is removed from your
Favorites.
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Voice Dialer
Call a Contact by Voice Dialing
You can call numbers directly by saying the contact’s name or number.
1. Touch the Applications Key
> Voice Dialer .
2. Say “Call” or “Dial” then a name or a phone number.
Or, you can say “Redial” to redial the last number dialed.
3. If a list of results is displayed, touch the one you want to use.
Open an Application using Voice Dialer
1. Touch the Applications Key > Voice Dialer .
2. Say “Open”
and then an application name.
3. If a list of results is displayed, touch the one you want to use.
The device o
pens the corresponding application.
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Camera
To open the Camera application, touch the Applications Key > Camera .
Getting to know the viewfinder
NOTE
Default resolution is 5M(2592X1944).
Photo options
You can make adjustments to optimize your shot. The following options are
available:
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Image size: 5M(2592X1944), 3M(2048X1536), 2M(1600X1200),
1M(1280X960), VGA(640X480), QVGA(320X240).
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Scene mode: Adjust for better image capture in different environments.
Choose from Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night, and Sunset.
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ISO: Controls the camera’s sensitivity to light. Choose from Auto, 400,
200, 100.
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White balance: Improves color qualities under different lighting conditions.
Choose from Auto, Incandescent, Sunny, Fluorescent, and Cloudy.
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Color effect: Applies artistic effects to pictures. Choose from Off, Mono,
Negative, Solarize, Sepia, or Blue.
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Timer: Off, 3 secs., 5 secs., or 10 secs.
Brightness – Defines and controls of the amount of sunlight entering the lens. Slide the
brightness indicator along the bar, toward “-” for a lower brightness image, or toward “+” for
a higher brightness image.
Video mode – Slide this icon to down to switch to
video mode.
Capture – Takes a photo.
Gallery – Accesses your saved photos from within
camera mode. Simply touch this icon and your Gallery
will appear on the screen.
Zoom – Zoom in or zoom out. The Volume Keys will also adjust the zoom.
Settings – Opens the settings menu. See “Photo options”.
Flash Mode – Allows you to set the flash mode.
Swap Camera – Allows you to swap between the back-facing camera and the front-facing camera.
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Shot mode: Normal, Continuous shot, Smile shot, Beauty shot, Art shot,
Panorama, Face effect, or Cartoon.
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Focus: Auto, Macro, Face tracking, or Manual.
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Image Quality: Super fine, Fine, or Normal.
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Auto review: On or Off.
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Shutter sound: Tone 1~ 4, Off.
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Tag location: Off or On.
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SD card & phone storage: Determines where the file is saved. Choose
from Internal memory or SD card.
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You can close all the setting icons to give a clearer viewfinder screen. Just touch the
center of the viewfinder once. To recall the options, touch the screen again.
Using the focus mode
You can select from the following focus options:
Auto Sets the camera to focus automatically.
Macro Sets the camera to be able to take extreme close-ups. If you are
trying to take a close-up shot but the focus box remains red, try turning the
Macro mode on.
Face tracking Sets the camera to detect and focus on human faces
automatically.
Manual Sets the camera to focus manually.
Taking a quick photo
1. Open the Camera application.
2. Holding the phone horizontally, point the lens toward the subject you
want to photograph.
3. Touch and hold the Capture button lightly and a focus box will appear in
the center of the viewfinder screen.
4. Position the phone so you can see the subject in the focus box.
5. When the focus indicator turns green, the camera has focused on your
subject.
6. Take your finger off the Capture button
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Once you’ve taken the photo
Your captured photo will appear on the screen until you touch an option or
icon to proceed.
NOTE
Simply touch the screen to redisplay photo options if they recede from the screen.
The following options are available after taking a photo:
Share Touch to share your photo using SmartShare, Bluetooth, Email,
Facebook, Gmail, Messaging, Picasa, Twitter, or any other
application you’ve downloaded that supports this feature.
Set as Touch to use the image as a Contact icon or Wallpaper.
Rename Touch to edit the name of the selected picture.
Edit Touch to edit the photos you have taken.
Touch to delete the image, then touch OK to confirm.
Touch to take another photo immediately. Your current photo will be
saved to your Gallery.
Touch to view the Gallery of your saved photos.
Viewing your saved photos
1. You can access your saved photos from camera mode. Just touch
Gallery , then touch a photo to display it.
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Slide your finger left or right to view other photos or videos.
While viewing a photo, touch the screen to access the following options:
Slideshow Touch to see your photos played in a slideshow.
Menu Touch to open a menu of options including Share, Delete, or More.
More provides the following additional options:
Details Touch to display information about the selected photo (e.g., file
type, file size, etc.).
Set as Sets the photo as the icon identifying a contact or sets it as your
phone wallpaper.
Crop Allows you to manually crop the photo. Use your finger to move or
resize the cropping box to encompass only the part of the photo you want
to see, then touch Save.
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Rotate Touch one of the rotation icons to rotate the photo clockwise or
counter-clockwise.
Edit Touch to access ImageEditor, which allows you to edit the image using
various tools.
Video Camera
To open the Video Camera, touch the Applications Key > Camera .
Slide the Camera mode icon down for Video mode.
Getting to know the viewfinder
Brightness – Defines and controls of the amount of sunlight entering the lens. Slide the
brightness indicator along the bar, toward “-” for a lower brightness video, or toward “+” for
a higher brightness Video.
Camera mode – Switches between Camera and
Video. Slide up for Camera mode and slide down for
Video mode.
Capture – Starts video recording.
Gallery – Accesses your saved photos and videos from
video camera mode.
Zoom – Zoom in or zoom out. The Volume Keys will also set the zoom. Set the zoom before
starting a video. You cannot change the zoom setting during recording.
Settings – Opens settings options.
Flash Mode
–
Allows you to set the flash mode.
Swap Camera – Allows you to swap between the back-facing camera and the front-facing camera.
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Recording a quick video
1. Open the Camera application.
2. Slide the Camera mode icon
down to change to Video mode. The
Camera mode icon changes to and the Capture button changes to .
3. The Video camera’s viewfinder will appear on the screen.
4. Holding the phone horizontally, point the lens toward the subject of the video.
5. Touch the Capture button once to start recording.
6. REC will appear at the bottom of the viewfinder with a timer showing
the length of the video.
7. Touch
on the screen to stop recording.
After recording a video
A still image representing your video will appear on the screen until you
touch an option or icon to proceed.
NOTE
Simply touch the screen to redisplay video options if they recede from the screen.
The following options are available:
Play Touch to play the video you just recorded.
Share Touch to share your video using SmartShare, Bluetooth, Email,
Gmail, Messaging, YouTube, or any other compatible applications you have
downloaded.
NOTE
Additional charges may apply when MMS messages are downloaded while roaming.
Rename Touch to edit the name of the selected video.
Touch to delete the video you just made, and confirm by touching OK.
The viewfinder will reappear.
Touch to shoot another video right away. Your current video will be
saved in your Gallery.
Touch to view the Gallery of your saved videos.
Watching your saved videos
1. In the viewfinder, touch Gallery .
2. Your Gallery will appear on the screen.
3. Touch a video to play it automatically.
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Your Photos and Videos
Adjusting the volume when viewing a video
To adjust the volume of a video while it is playing, use the Volume Keys on
the right side of the phone.
Setting a photo as wallpaper
1. Touch the photo you want to set as wallpaper to open it.
2. Touch Menu at the bottom of the screen to open the Options menu. If
Menu disappears, touch the screen to redisplay it.
3. Touch More > Set as > Wallpaper.
4. Crop the photo, if necessary, then touch Save.
Gallery
Opening Gallery and Viewing Your Albums
Open the Gallery application to view albums of your pictures and videos.
To open Gallery and view your albums
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Touch the Applications Key > Gallery .
OR
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Open Gallery from the Camera application by touching Gallery .
The Gallery application presents the pictures and videos saved in your
phone (internal and external memory), including those you’ve taken
with the Camera application and those you downloaded from the web
or other locations.
If you have a Picasa
TM
account synchronized with one of your phone’s
Google
TM
Accounts, you’ll also see your Picasa web albums in Gallery.
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Touch an album to open it and view its contents.
The pictures and videos in the album are displayed in chronological
order (except from Camera).
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Touch a picture or video in an album to view it.
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Return to the main Gallery screen at any time by touching
at the
top left of the screen.
Working with Albums
Albums are groups of images and videos in folders on your microSD card
and internal memory or in Picasa web albums.
To open an album and view its contents
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Touch the Applications Key > Gallery and touch the album
whose contents you want to view.
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Use the slider bar at the bottom of the screen to scroll horizontally
through your pictures and videos.
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The date of the images in view is displayed, so you can scroll by date.
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You can also scroll through an album by swiping the screen left or right.
To change how the contents of an album are displayed
You can view the images and videos in your albums in a chronological grid
(except from Camera) or in stacks, sorted by the date and the location
where they were taken. You switch album views with the Album View
switch
at the top right of the screen.
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Drag the Album View switch
to the right to view the contents of
the album in stacks.
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Drag the Album View switch to the left to view the album
contents in a chronological grid (except from Camera) again.
Pinch peek
When browsing your images in stacks, you can use a spread gesture to
open up the contents of an image stack. Photos contained within that stack
are then smoothly cycled between your two fingertips.
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To Work with Batches of Pictures or Videos
In addition to working with whole albums and with individual pictures, you can
select one or more pictures or videos in an album to work on them in batches.
For example, to send a few pictures from an album to a friend.
1. Touch the Applications Key > Gallery .
2. Open the album that contains the pictures and videos you want to work
with as a batch.
3. Touch the Menu Key
.
4. Touch the pictures you want to work with to checkmark them. Touch a
checkmarked item to remove the checkmark.
You can checkmark all items or remove all checkmarks, by touching
Select All or Deselect All at the top of the screen.
5. Use the control buttons at the bottom of the screen to perform actions
on the checkmarked items. The control buttons available depend on the
mix of items you’ve selected.
To share an album
You can share the entire contents of one or more albums or individual
images or videos from an album.
1. Touch the Applications Key
> Gallery .
2. Touch the Menu Key
.
3. Checkmark or uncheckmark the album(s) you want to share.
4. Touch Share at the bottom left of the screen and touch the application
you would like to use to share the selected albums.
5. Enter the necessary information and share it.
To get details about an album
1. Touch the Applications Key > Gallery .
2. Touch the Menu Key
.
3. Checkmark or uncheckmark the album(s) you want to see details about.
4. Touch More at the bottom right of the screen, then touch Details from the
pop-up menu.
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To delete an album
You can delete an album and its contents from your microSD card and
internal memory.
1. Touch the Applications Key
> Gallery .
2. Touch the Menu Key
.
3. Checkmark or uncheckmark the album(s) you want to delete.
4. Touch Delete at the bottom center of the screen. Touch Confirm Delete
in the pop-up menu.
Working with Pictures
Use Gallery to view pictures that you’ve taken with the Camera application,
downloaded, copied onto your microSD card and internal memory, or that
are stored in Picasa web albums.
To view and browse pictures
1. Touch the Applications Key > Gallery and touch a picture.
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Turn the phone to view the picture in vertical (portrait) or horizontal
(landscape) orientation. The picture is displayed (but not saved) in the
new orientation.
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Touch the picture to view navigation, zoom, and other control buttons.
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To zoom, touch a zoom icon (+ or -), use the pinch-to-zoom method, or
just double-tap the screen.
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When the picture is zoomed in, drag the picture to view parts that are
not in view.
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When the picture is zoomed to fit in the window, drag left or right to
view the next or previous picture in the album.
To watch a slideshow of your pictures
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When viewing a picture, touch the screen to view the control buttons
then touch Slideshow.
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Touch the screen, or touch the Back Key
, to end the slideshow.
To rotate a picture
1. Touch a picture you want to rotate and then touch Menu.
2. Touch More. A menu opens with tools for working with the picture.
3. Touch Rotate Left or Rotate Right.
The picture is saved with the new orientation.
To use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper
1. Touch the picture you want to use and then touch Menu.
2. Touch More.
3. Touch Set as.
4. Touch Contact icon to set the picture to identify a Contact entry or touch
Wallpaper to set the picture as your wallpaper.
5. If you choose to set as a contact icon, the Contacts application will open.
Touch the contact that you want to identify with the picture. If you decide
to set the picture as your wallpaper, crop it, if necessary then touch Save.
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To crop a picture
You can crop and save pictures that are stored on your microSD card and
internal memory.
1. Touch the picture you want to crop and then touch Menu.
2. Touch More.
3. Touch Crop.
The cropping box appears on top of the picture.
4. Use the cropping box to select the portion of the picture to keep; the
rest of the photo will be discarded.
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Drag from the inside of the cropping box to move it.
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Drag an edge of the cropping box to resize it to any proportion.
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Drag a corner of the cropping box to resize it with fixed proportions.
5. Touch Save to save a copy of the picture as you cropped it. The original
uncropped version remains in your phone’s memory.
To get details about a picture
1. Touch the picture you want and then touch Menu.
2. Touch More.
3. Touch Details.
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To share a picture
You can share a picture by sending it to friends or posting it in a Picasa web
album.
1. Touch the picture you want to share and then touch Menu.
2. Touch Share.
3. In the menu that opens, touch the application to use to share the
selected picture.
4. Enter the necessary information and share it.
To delete a picture
You can delete a picture from your microSD card and internal memory.
1. Touch the picture you want to delete and then touch Menu.
2. Touch Delete, then touch Confirm Delete in the dialog box that opens.
Working with Videos
Use the Gallery application to play videos that you’ve taken with the
Camera application and to share them with friends.
To play videos
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Open a Gallery album and then touch a video.
The video plays in the orientation you recorded it in.
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Touch the screen while the video is playing to view the playback
controls.
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To share a video
You can share your videos in a variety of ways, including sending it by email
or multimedia message (MMS), or via a Bluetooth device. You even have
the option to share your videos publicly by uploading it to the YouTube
TM
website.
1. Touch the Applications Key
> Gallery and then touch an album.
2. While viewing an album, touch the Menu Key
.
3. Touch to checkmark the videos you wish to share.
4. Touch Share.
5. In the menu that opens, touch the application you would like to use to
share the selected videos.
6. Enter the necessary information and share it.
To delete a video
1. Touch the Applications Key > Gallery and then select an album.
2. While viewing an album, touch the Menu Key
.
3. Touch to checkmark the videos you want to delete.
4. Touch Delete.
5. Touch Confirm Delete.
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Market
Opening Android Market and Finding Applications
Open Android Market to browse and search for free and paid applications.
To open the Android Market application
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Touch the Applications Key > Market .
When you open Android Market application for the first time, you
must read and accept the terms of service to continue.
NOTE
Market screen shots and options may vary depending on the version installed in your
device. Your Market application will update automatically when available.
To get help with Android Market
Android Market Help webpages are available from all Android Market
screens.
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Touch the Menu Key
> Help.
The Browser application opens to the Android Market Help page, with
links to many help topics.
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To browse for applications
You can browse applications by category and sort them in different ways.
1. On the Android Market home page, touch a category along the left side.
These are displayed as tabs and include Apps, Games, Books, and
Movies.
2. Scroll to the left or right to view and explore subcategories.
3. Touch an application to open its details screen.
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To open a screen with details about an application
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At any time while browsing Android Market, touch an application to
open its details screen.
The Application details screens include a description, ratings,
comments, and related information about the application. From this
screen, you can download, install, uninstall, and rate the application,
and more.
To search for applications
1. Touch at the top right of the screen or touch the Search Key .
2. Enter all or part of an application’s name or description, or the developer’s
name you want to search for then touch
or on the keypad.
3. Touch a search result to open that application’s details screen.
To return to the Android Market home screen
You can return directly to the Android Market home screen from most other
screens in Android Market.
4
Touch the Market icon
at the top left of the screen.
Downloading and Installing Applications
When you find an application you want, you can install it on your phone.
To download and install an application
NOTE
Before you can download a paid application, you must set up a billing arrangement.
1. Find an application you want and open its details screen.
In the application’s details screen, you can read more about the
application, including its cost, overall rating, and comments by users.
Scroll down to the Developer Info section to view more applications by
this developer, visit the developer’s website, or send the developer an
email message.
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2. Touch Install (for free applications) or the Price button (for paid
applications).
If the application requires access to your data or control of any functions
on your phone, Market tells you what the application can access.
WARNING
!
Read this screen carefully. Be especially cautious with applications that have access
to many functions or to a significant amount of your data. Once you touch OK on this
screen, you are responsible for the results of using this item on your phone.
3. If you agree to the application’s access requirements, touch Accept &
download (for free applications) or Accept & buy (for paid applications).
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If you selected a paid application, you’re redirected to the Google
TM
Checkout screen to pay for the application before it’s downloaded to
your phone.
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If you selected a free application (or after touching Accept & buy
in Google Checkout), you receive a series of notifications as the
application is downloaded and then installed on your phone.
When the application is installed, you can touch the notification to
open the application or open it by touching its icon in the Applications
screen.
You have 24 hours to try out an application and, if you decide you
don’t want it, to uninstall it for a refund.
If you have another Android
TM
phone, you can download a paid
application to that phone using the same Android Market account, at
no additional charge.
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To create a Google Checkout account
You must have a Google Checkout account associated with your Google
Account to purchase items from Android Market.
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On your computer, go to http://checkout.google.com to establish a
Google Checkout account.
OR
4
The first time you use your phone to buy an item from Android
Market, you’re prompted to enter your billing information to set up a
Google Checkout account.
WARNING!
When you’ve used Google Checkout once to purchase an application from Android
Market, the phone remembers your password, so you don’t need to enter it the next
time. For this reason, you should secure your phone to prevent others from using it
without your permission.
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Music
Transferring Music Files to Your Phone
The Music application plays audio files that are stored on your phone’s
microSD card. Copy audio files from your computer onto the microSD card
before you open the Music application. The Music application supports
audio files in numerous formats, including MP3, M4A (DRM-free AAC files,
from iTunes
®
), AMR, MIDI, and OGG Vorbis.
NOTE
The LG USB driver needs to be installed on your PC before connecting your phone to
transfer music.
To copy music files onto the phone’s microSD card
1. Connect the phone to your computer with a USB cable. If the default
connection mode is not set to Mass storage, open the Notifications
panel and touch USB connected > Mass storage. Your computer will
prompt you with different actions to take. Choose to open the folder to
view files.
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Use the computer to organize your audio files then create a music
folder at the top level of the microSD card.
NOTE
The LG Esteem™ has an internal memory and can use a removable microSD card to
store user content, such as photos, videos, and voice recordings.
If the USB connection mode is set to Mass storage when connecting the phone to a
PC via USB cable, two removable disk drives will be displayed on your PC, one for the
internal memory and another for the microSD card (if installed). You can copy files to and
from both disk drives.”
2. Use the computer to copy music and other audio files into the folder that
you created on the microSD card.
4
You can use subfolders on the microSD card to organize your music
files or you can simply copy the audio files to the top level of the
microSD card.
3. Open the Notifications panel and touch USB connected > Charge only.
Then disconnect the USB cable from the phone.
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Opening Music and Working with Your Library
After you’ve copied some music onto your microSD card you can open the
Music application and see your library of music files, sorted in one of four
ways.
To open Music and view your music library
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Touch the Applications Key > Music .
The Music application searches the microSD card for music files you
copied to your card, then builds a catalog of your music based on the
information contained in each music file. This can take from a few
seconds to several minutes, depending on how may files you have
copied onto the microSD card.
When the catalog is complete, the Music library screen opens with
tabs that you can touch to view your music library organized by Artists,
Albums, Songs, or Playlists.
You can return to the main Library screen from most other screens in the
Music application by touching the Menu Key
> Library.
To search for music in your library
1. Open the main Library screen and then touch the Search Key .
2. Start typing the name of the artist, album, or track you’re looking for.
Matching songs are displayed in the list below the search box.
3. Touch a matching song to play it or touch a matching album or artist to
view a list of associated songs.
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To delete a song from the microSD card
You can delete music from the storage card.
4
Touch and hold a song in a library list. In the menu that opens, touch
Delete.
OR
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On the Playback screen, touch the Menu Key
> Delete.
You can also delete music files from the microSD card when your
phone is connected to the computer. To do this, browse for the music
files you wish to delete and delete them from the folder.
Playing Music
You can listen to music using the phone’s built-in speaker, through a wired
headset, or through a wireless Bluetooth stereo headset that supports the
A2DP profile.
To play music
4
Touch a song in your library to listen to it.
OR
4
While viewing a list of tracks in an album, touch the Menu Key
>
Play all.
The Playback screen opens and the song you touched or the first
song in the album or other playlist starts to play. Your music continues
to play even when you switch applications or receive a phone call. The
tracks in the current playlist play in order until it reaches the end, then
stops. If you choose a repeat option, playback only stops when you
stop it.
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You can return to the Playback screen from most other screens in the
Music application by touching the currently playing song at the bottom
of the screen.
You can return to the Playback screen from any other application
by opening the Notifications panel and touching the ongoing music
notification.
To control playback
The Playback screen contains several icons that you can touch to control
the playback of songs, albums, and playlists:
Touch to pause playback.
Touch to resume playback.
Touch to skip to the next track in the album, playlist, or shuffle.
Touch to restart the current track or skip to the previous track in the album, playlist, or
shuffle.
Touch to open the current playlist.
Touch to play the current playlist in shuffle mode (tracks are played in random order).
Touch to set repeat mode to repeating all songs, repeat current song, or repeat off.
Touch to set the Dolby Mobile setting, which enhances your music listening.
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To control playback volume
In addition to the techniques for setting media volume, you can control the
volume of music in the Music application.
4
Press the phone’s up/down Volume Keys.
A panel opens to show the current media volume.
Some headsets include their own volume controls or ways to pause
and resume playback or to skip tracks.
To play your tracks in a party shuffle
When you turn on Party Shuffle, the Music application plays tracks from
your microSD card in random order until Party Shuffle is turned off.
4
In a Library screen, touch the Menu Key
> Party shuffle.
The Music application creates a playlist of tracks selected randomly
from your microSD card and starts playing them.
4
View the current playlist that Party Shuffle is playing by touching the
Playlist icon
on the Playback screen.
4
Add a track to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist by touching and
holding the name of a track in your library. In the menu that opens,
touch Add to playlist > Current playlist.
4
Stop Party Shuffle by touching the Menu Key
> Party shuffle off.
To customize settings in the Playback or a Library screen
Touch the Menu Key > Settings.
4
Show notification Shows the controller on the notification bar.
4
Sleep timer Turns off the player automatically. Touch the following
options to apply sleep timer: Off, After 10 minutes, After 20 minutes,
After 30 minutes, After 1 hour, After 2 hours
4
Dolby Mobile Applies the following sound effect (Dolby) options:
Off, Neutral, Expansive, Bass Boost, Treble Boost, Vocal Boost
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Landscape view
When holding the phone in landscape orientation, the Music application
screen changes to fit the screen as shown below:
To use a song as a ringtone
You can use a song as your phone ringtone, in place of one of the ringtones
that come with the phone.
4
Touch and hold a song in a Library list. In the menu that opens, touch
Use as ringtone.
OR
4
On the Playback screen, touch the Menu Key
> Use as ringtone.
Working with Playlists
You can create playlists to organize your music files into sets of songs,
which you can play in the order you set or in a shuffle.
To create a playlist
1. When viewing a list of songs in the Library, touch and hold the first song
you want to add to the new playlist.
2. Touch Add to playlist.
3. Touch New.
4. Enter a name for the playlist and touch Save.
The new playlist is added to the Playlist library.
Flick left or right to
view music
Album listsPlay
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You can also add the song that is playing in the Playback screen as the
first song in a playlist by touching the Menu Key > Add to playlist or
touching Save as playlist to save all the songs in the current playlist as a
playlist.
To add a song to a playlist
1. While viewing a list of tracks in the Library, touch and hold a song to
display an Options menu.
2. Touch Add to playlist.
3. Touch the name of the playlist to add the song to.
You can also add the song that is playing in the Playback screen to a
playlist by pressing the Menu Key
> Add to playlist.
To remove a song from a playlist
1. Open a playlist.
2. Touch and hold the song you want to remove and then touch Remove from
list.
To delete or rename a playlist
1. Open the Playlist library.
2. Touch and hold the playlist to display the Options menu then touch
Delete or Rename.
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SmartShare
SmartShare uses DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) technology to
share digital content through a wireless network. Both devices must be
DLNA certified to support this feature.
To turn SmartShare on and allow sharing contents
1. Touch the Applications Key > SmartShare > Menu Key >
Settings
.
4
Always accept request Checkmark to allow you to always accept
sharing requests automatically.
4
Device name Allows you to view and edit the name your phone
displays to other devices when trying to share contents.
2. Under the Sharing contents section, touch to checkmark the types of
contents you would like to share. Choose from Pictures, Videos, and
Music.
4
Pictures Checkmark to share all image contents
4
Videos Checkmark to share all video contents
4
Music Checkmark to share your music library
3. Touch Discoverable to checkmark and turn the function on.
4. SmartShare is now activated and ready to share contents.
To control your renderer devices
Let your renderer device (e.g., TV) play multimedia contents from your
remote content library (e.g., PC).
NOTE
Make sure that the DLNA functionality of your devices is properly configured (e.g., TV
and PC).
1. Touch the Applications Key > SmartShare .
2. Touch the To button to select the device from renderer lists.
3. Touch the From button and select the device of the remote content
library.
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4. You can browse the content library.
5. Touch and hold a content thumbnail and flick them to the top area with
your finger or touch the play button.
To share contents from your phone to your renderer device (e.g., TV)
NOTE
Make sure that your renderer device is properly configured.
1. While browsing your pictures or videos using the Gallery application,
touch and hold to select files. Then you will be able to select multiple
files to be shared.
2. Touch Share on the menu and select SmartShare.
3. SmartShare is automatically launched with the selected files.
4. Touch the To button to select the device from renderer lists.
5. Touch the play button to let your renderer device play the files.
NOTE
Follow the same steps to use the Music player to share music files.
NOTICE
• CheckthatyourdeviceisconnectedwithyourhomenetworkusingaWi-Fi
connection to use this application.
• SomeDLNAenableddevicedevices(e.g.,TV)supportonlytheDigitalMediaPlayer
(DMP) feature of DLNA and will not appear in the renderer device list.
• Yourdevicemightnotbeabletoplaysomecontents.
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Video player
You can play a wide variety of videos using the Video player. The video
player supports the following file formats: 3gp, mp4, avi, wmv, mov, mkv
(Codec: MPEG4, H.263, Sorenson H.263, H.264, VC-1, DivX/XviD).
• Supportedleformatsaredependentonthesoftwareversionofthe
phone.
To open the Video player application
1. Touch the Applications Key > Video Player .
2. Touch the video you want to play.
Playback controls
Touch the screen to display the playback controls. The following options
allow you to control the video playback:
Pause playback.
Play a video file.
Touch and hold to fast-forward playback.
Touch to start playing the video from the beginning. Touch and hold to rewind playback.
Touch to set the Dolby Mobile setting, which enhances your music listening.
Video player list options
The following options are available from the Video player list screen:
4
Delete Touch the Menu Key
> Delete, then touch each video you
wish to delete. When all files to be deleted have been checkmarked,
touch Delete > OK to confirm.
4
DivX VOD Touch to view the DivX registration code for your device.
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YouTube
TM
Opening YouTube and Watching Videos
You can browse, search for, view, upload, and rank YouTube videos on your
phone with the YouTube application.
To open the YouTube application
4
Touch the Applications Key > YouTube .
Touch a video to watch it or touch to take other actions on the video.
To watch and interact with YouTube videos
4
Touch a video to play it.
4
Touch the screen to view the Playback controls. You can pause and
play the video or drag the slider to the point in the video you want to
watch.
4
Touch the Back Key
to stop playback and return to the videos list.
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4
Touch the Menu Key for the following options: Home, Browse,
Search, My Channel, Upload, and Settings.
For details about these features, visit the YouTube website.
To search for videos
1. At the top of the main YouTube screen, touch or the Search Key .
2. Enter the text to search for or touch the Microphone icon
to search
by voice.
3. Touch a suggestion below the search box or touch the Search icon
.
4. Scroll through the search results and touch a video to watch it.
To share your videos on YouTube
You can record and share a video using the YouTube application. First, you
must create a YouTube account and sign into it on your phone.
You can also share the videos you record with the Camera application by
uploading them to YouTube.
1. Touch
at the top right of main YouTube screen.
2. If you want to set any configurations manually, touch the screen to open
the video camera settings.
3. Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start.
4. Touch
to start recording.
5. Touch
to stop recording.
6. Touch
.
The YouTube Upload details screen is displayed.
7. Touch More details to enter a title, description, and tags for your video.
8. If you want to share the video with everyone, checkmark Public. If not
touch Unlisted or Private.
9. Touch Upload.
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Voice Recorder
The Voice Recorder application records audible files for you to use in a
variety of ways. Use them simply to remind you about something you
don’t want to forget (like a grocery list) or record sound effects that you can
attach to a message or set as a ringtone for calls.
Record a Voice Memo
1. Touch the Applications Key > Voice Recorder .
2. Touch
to start recording.
3. Speak into the microphone.
4. When you’re finished, touch
.
The recording is automatically saved to your recordings list.
4
Touch
to listen to your recording.
4
Touch
to record a new voice memo.
4
Touch
to view your list of recordings.
Play a Voice Memo
1. Touch the Applications Key > Voice Recorder .
2. Touch
.
3. Touch the voice memo you wish to play.
NOTE
You can send the voice memo to others by touching and holding a voice memo and
touching Share.
Managing your Voice Memos
1. Touch the Applications Key > Voice Recorder .
2. Touch
.
3. Touch the Menu Key
> Share or Sort by.
4
Touch Share to send via Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, Messaging, or other
compatible applications you have downloaded.
4
Touch Sort by to choose how to display the list, either by date or by
name.
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Calendar
Viewing Your Calendar and Events
Open the Calendar application to view events you’ve created or that others
have invited you to.
When you first set up your phone, you configured it to use an existing
Google Account or you created a new account. The first time you open the
Calendar application on your phone, it displays any existing calendar events
from your Google Account on the web.
You can add additional accounts with Google Calendar or Microsoft Exchange
calendars to your phone, and configure them to display in Calendar.
When you first set up Calendar to synchronize events on your phone, it
includes events from the previous month through one year in the future.
Subsequently, Calendar keeps a year’s worth of future events synchronized
between your phone and the web, plus any later events that you add to
your calendar using Calendar on your phone.
To open the Calendar application
4
Touch the Applications Key > Calendar .
Events from each account you’ve added to your phone and configured
to synchronize calendars is displayed in Calendar.
Events from each calendar are displayed in a different color.
To change your calendar view
4
Touch the Agenda, Day, Week, or Month tabs above the calendar.
Each view displays the events in your calendar for the period of time
specified.
4
To view more information about an event in Agenda, Day, or Week
view, touch the event.
4
To view the events of a day in Month view, touch a day. The event will
be displayed below the calendar. Touch the event to view its details.
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Working in Agenda View
Agenda view is a list of your events in chronological order. All-day and
multi-day events are listed at the start of each day.
To switch to Agenda view
4
Touch the Agenda tab above the calendar.
To learn more about events in Agenda view
4
Touch an event.
A screen with details about the event opens.
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Working in Day View
Day view displays a chart of the events of one day, in a table of one-hour
rows. The current time will be highlighted. All-day and multi-day events are
displayed at the top. Part of the title of each event is displayed in the rows
that correspond to when it occurs.
To switch to Day view
4
Touch the Day tab above the calendar.
To learn more about events in Day view
4
Touch an event to view its details.
4
Touch and hold an event to open an Options menu to view, edit, or
delete the event. Also allows you to create another new event in the
same time slot for juggling multiple events.
To add an event in Day view
4
Touch and hold an empty spot or an event in the day to open an
options menu and then touch New event to create a new event at
that time.
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Working in Week View
Week view displays a chart of the events of one week. All-day and
multi-day events are displayed at the top.
To switch to Week view
4
Touch the Week tab above the calendar.
To learn more about events in Week view
4
Touch an event to view its details.
4
Touch and hold an event to open an options menu to view, edit, or
delete the event. Also allows you to create another new event in the
same time slot for juggling multiple events.
To add an event in Week view
4
Touch and hold an empty spot or an event in the week to open an
options menu and then touch New event to create a new event at
that time.
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Working in Month View
Month view displays a chart of the events of the month. Segments of each
day with scheduled events are green in the day’s vertical bar.
To switch to Month view
4
Touch the Month tab above the calendar.
To view more information about events in Month view
4
Touch a day to display the events below the calendar. You can then
touch the event to view more information about it.
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Viewing Event Details
You can view more information about an event in a number of ways,
depending on the current view.
To view information about an event
4
In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details.
4
In Month view, touch a day to display the events below the calendar.
Then touch an event to view its details.
Touch the Attending field to set or change whether you’ll attend the event.
Other attendees’ status is displayed below your own.
Touch the Reminders field to change reminder settings, or touch
to add
a reminder.
If you have permission to change events, you can touch the Menu Key
to edit or delete the event.
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Creating an Event
You can use the Calendar application on your phone to create events that
appear on your phone and in Google Calendar on the web.
To create an event
1. In any Calendar view, touch the Menu Key > New event to open an
Event details screen for a new event.
You can also touch and hold a spot in Day, Week, or Month view. In the
menu that opens, touch New event to open the Event details screen
with that day and time already entered.
2. Add details about the event.
Enter a name, time, and optional additional details about the event.
If you have more than one calendar, you can choose the calendar to
which to add the event.
Touch
to add more reminders.
3. Invite guests to the event.
In the Guests field, enter the email addresses of everyone you want to
invite to the event. Separate multiple addresses with commas ( , ). If the
people to whom you send invitations use Google Calendar, they’ll receive
an invitation in Calendar and by email.
4. Touch the Menu Key
> Show extra options to add details about
the event.
5. Touch Save to save the event.
The event is added to your calendar.
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Editing or deleting an event
You can edit or delete an event that you created on the phone or on the
web. You can also edit or delete events created by others, if they have
given you permission.
To edit an event
1. Touch an event to view its details.
2. Touch the Menu Key
> Edit event.
The Event Details screen opens.
Touch the Menu Key
> Show extra options to add or edit
additional event details.
3. Make your changes to the event.
4. Touch Save to save the event.
To delete an event
There are a number of ways to delete an event.
4
In Agenda view, touch an event to view its details. Then touch the
Menu Key
> Delete event > OK.
4
In Day or Week view, touch and hold the event and touch Delete
event > OK.
If the event repeats, you’re asked whether you want to delete just
that occurrence, this and all future occurrences, or all past and future
occurrences in your Calendar.
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Setting an Event Reminder
You can set one or more reminders for an event, whether or not you
created the event or have permission to edit its other details.
To set an event reminder
1. Touch an event to view its details.
2. If no reminder is set, touch
to automatically add a reminder for 10
minutes before the event.
If a reminder is already set, you can add an additional reminder by
touching
.
3. Touch the reminder field and, in the dialog box that opens, touch the
length of time before the event that you want to be reminded of it.
When the time comes, you receive a notification about the event.
You can use Google Calendar on the web to configure additional
reminder settings.
To delete an event reminder
1. Touch an event to view its details.
2. Touch
.
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Calculator
Allows you to perform simple mathematical calculations.
To open and use the Calculator
4
Touch the Applications Key > Calculator .
4
Enter numbers and arithmetic operators on the Basic panel.
4
Drag the Basic panel to the left to open the Advanced panel.
4
Touch and hold the Calculator’s display to open a menu where you can
copy what you’ve entered and access other tools.
4
Touch Clear to delete the last number or operator you entered. Touch
and hold Clear to delete all of the entered information.
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Alarm/Clock
You use the Alarm/Clock application to access the Alarm, Timer, World
Clock and Stopwatch functions.
To open the Clock application
4
Touch the Applications Key > Alarm/Clock .
Setting Alarms
You can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one.
To set an alarm
1. Touch New alarm or touch an existing alarm to change its time and
other attributes to modify it.
2. Touch the time to set the alarm time then touch Set.
4
Enter the alarm time manually by scrolling the hour (or minutes) field.
4
Scroll to am or pm to set for morning or afternoon.
3. Touch the day(s) when you want the alarm to sound in the Repeat field.
If you don’t touch the Repeat setting, the alarm sounds only the one day
you set it to.
4. Touch Snooze duration to open a dialog box to set the amount of time
to wait before sounding the alarm again if it is not dismissed.
5. Touch Vibrate to checkmark the setting and have the phone vibrate, in
addition to playing the ringtone.
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6. Touch Alarm tone to select a ringtone for the alarm, then touch OK.
The ringtone plays briefly when you select it.
7. Touch Puzzle lock on to checkmark the setting, which requires you to
wake up enough to solve a simple puzzle to dismiss the alarm.
8. Touch Label to enter a name for the alarm.
9. When you’re finished, touch Save.
Setting Timer
The Timer can be used to alert you with an audible signal when a set
amount of time has passed.
1. Open the Alarm/Clock application and touch the Timer tab.
2. Set the time by scrolling Hour, Minute or Second fields.
3. Touch Vibrate to checkmark the setting and have the phone vibrate
when the set time expires.
4. Touch Alert Tone to select an alert tone for the timer, then touch OK.
5. Touch Start to begin the time countdown.
Setting World Clock
Allows you to determine the current time in another time zone or city.
1. Open the Alarm/Clock application and touch the World Clock tab.
2. Touch New City and search through the available cities for the one you
want.
Using Stopwatch
This feature allows you to use your phone as a Stopwatch.
1. Open the Alarm/Clock application and touch the Stopwatch tab.
2. Touch Start to start timing and touch Stop to stop the time.
You can use the Lap function by touching Lap to record up to 100 lap
times.
3. Touch Reset or Resume.
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DeskHome application
The DeskHome application displays a Digital clock, Calendar, and a
Slideshow of your saved photos in the Gallery. You can also access the
Music application.
HDMI
NOTE
You can only view your own photos and recorded videos without WM DRM and DivX
DRM.
1. To select an HDMI format, touch the Applications Key > Settings >
Connectivity > Resolution. To set HDMI to automatically start when the
HDMI cable is connected, touch HDMI to checkmark the option.
2. Connect an HDMI cable to the HDMI port on your phone and set an
external input port on your TV monitor to HDMI.
3. You can view contents on the TV monitor via HDMI when the HDMI
cable is connected.
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Polaris Office
Polaris Office 3.0 is a professional Mobile Office Solution which enables
users to conveniently view or edit various types of office documents
including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file extensions anywhere, anytime,
using their mobile device.
Managing Files
Polaris Office 3.0 provides mobile users with the convenience of managing
files including copying, moving, and deleting files and folders right on the
device.
Viewing Files
Mobile users now have the convenience of being able to view a wide
variety of file types including Microsoft Office documents, Adobe PDF
right on their mobile device. When viewing these documents using Polaris
Office 3.0, the objects and layout remain unchanged from their original
documents.
Editing Microsoft Office Files
Mobile users also have the convenience of being able to create, edit, and
save Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on their mobile device. Saved
Documents generated or modified using Polaris Office 3.0, are not distorted
from the originals.
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Settings
Settings
Opening Settings
The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and
configuring your phone. All of the settings in the Settings application are
described in this section.
To open Settings
4
From the Home screen, touch the Menu Key > Settings .
OR
4
Touch the Applications Key
> Settings .
Changing Browser settings
You can configure a number of Browser settings, including several that you
can use to manage your privacy.
4
To open the Browser settings screen, touch the Menu Key
from
the Browser and touch More > Settings.
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Safety
TIA Safety Information
The following is the complete TIA Safety Information for wireless handheld
phones.
Exposure to Radio Frequency Signal
Your wireless handheld portable phone is a low power radio transmitter and
receiver. When ON, it receives and sends out Radio Frequency (RF) signals.
In August, 1996, the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) adopted
RF exposure guidelines with safety levels for handheld wireless phones.
Those guidelines are consistent with the safety standards previously set by
both U.S. and international standards bodies:
ANSI C95.1 (1992) *
NCRP Report 86 (1986)
ICNIRP (1996)
*American National Standards Institute; National Council on Radiation
Protection and Measurements; International Commission on Non-
Ionizing Radiation Protection
Those standards were based on comprehensive and periodic evaluations
of the relevant scientific literature. For example, over 120 scientists,
engineers, and physicians from universities, government health agencies,
and industry reviewed the available body of research to develop the ANSI
Standard (C95.1).
The design of your phone complies with the FCC guidelines (and those
standards).
Antenna Care
Use only the supplied or an approved replacement antenna. Unauthorized
antennas, modifications, or attachments could damage the phone and may
violate FCC regulations.
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Phone Operation
NORMAL POSITION: Hold the phone as you would any other telephone
with the antenna pointed up and over your shoulder.
Tips on Efficient Operation
For your phone to operate most efficiently:
Don’t touch the antenna unnecessarily when the phone is in use. Contact
with the antenna affects call quality and may cause the phone to operate at
a higher power level than otherwise needed.
Driving
Check the laws and regulations on the use of wireless phones in the areas
where you drive and always obey them. Also, if using your phone while
driving, please observe the following:
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Give full attention to driving -- driving safely is your first responsibility;
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Use hands-free operation, if available;
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Pull off the road and park before making or answering a call if driving
conditions or the law require it.
Electronic Devices
Most modern electronic equipment is shielded from RF signals. However,
certain electronic equipment may not be shielded against the RF signals
from your wireless phone.
Pacemakers
The Health Industry Manufacturers Association recommends that a
minimum separation of six (6) inches be maintained between a handheld
wireless phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the
pacemaker. These recommendations are consistent with the independent
research by and recommendations of Wireless Technology Research.
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Persons with pacemakers:
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Should ALWAYS keep the phone more than six (6) inches from their
pacemaker when the phone is turned ON;
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Should not carry the phone in a breast pocket;
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Should use the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for
interference;
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Should turn the phone OFF immediately if there is any reason to suspect
that interference is taking place.
Hearing Aids
Some digital wireless phones may interfere with some hearing aids. In the
event of such interference, you may want to consult your service provider (or
call the customer service line to discuss alternatives).
Other Medical Devices
If you use any other personal medical device, consult the manufacturer
of your device to determine if it is adequately shielded from external
RF energy. Your physician may be able to assist you in obtaining this
information.
Health Care Facilities
Turn your phone OFF in health care facilities when any regulations posted in
these areas instruct you to do so. Hospitals or health care facilities may use
equipment that could be sensitive to external RF energy.
Vehicles
RF signals may affect improperly installed or inadequately shielded
electronic systems in motor vehicles. Check with the manufacturer or
its representative regarding your vehicle. You should also consult the
manufacturer of any equipment that has been added to your vehicle.
Posted Facilities
Turn your phone OFF in any facility where posted notices so require.
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Aircraft
FCC regulations prohibit using your phone while in the air. Switch OFF your
phone before boarding an aircraft.
Blasting Areas
To avoid interfering with blasting operations, turn your phone OFF when in a
“blasting area” or in areas posted: “Turn off two-way radio”. Obey all signs
and instructions.
Potentially Explosive Atmosphere
Turn your phone OFF when in any area with a potentially explosive
atmosphere and obey all signs and instructions. Sparks in such areas could
cause an explosion or fire resulting in bodily injury or even death.
Areas with a potentially explosive atmosphere are often, but not always
marked clearly. Potential areas may include: fueling areas (such as gasoline
stations); below deck on boats; fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities;
vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas (such as propane or butane); areas
where the air contains chemicals or particles (such as grain, dust, or metal
powders); and any other area where you would normally be advised to turn
off your vehicle engine.
For Vehicles Equipped with an Air Bag
An air bag inflates with great force. DO NOT place objects, including either
installed or portable wireless equipment, in the area over the air bag or in
the air bag deployment area. If in-vehicle wireless equipment is improperly
installed and the air bag inflates, serious injury could result.
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Safety Information
Please read and observe the following information for safe and proper use
of your phone and to prevent damage. Also, keep the user guide in an
accessible place at all times after reading it.
Violation of the instructions may cause minor or serious damage
to the product.
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Do not disassemble or open crush, bend or deform, puncture or shred.
l
Do not modify or remanufacture, attempt to insert foreign objects into
the battery, immerse or expose to water or other liquids, expose to fire,
explosion or other hazard.
l
Only use the battery for the system for which it is specified.
l
Only use the battery with a charging system that has been qualified with
the system per this standard. Use of an unqualified battery or charger
may present a risk of fire, explosion, leakage, or other hazard.
l
Do not short circuit a battery or allow metallic conductive objects to
contact battery terminals.
l
Replace the battery only with another battery that has been qualified with
the system per this standard, IEEE-Std-1725-200x. Use of an unqualified
battery may present a risk of fire, explosion, leakage or other hazard.
l
Promptly dispose of used batteries in accordance with local regulations.
l
Battery usage by children should be supervised.
l
Avoid dropping the phone or battery. If the phone or battery is dropped,
especially on a hard surface, and the user suspects damage, take it to a
service center for inspection.
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Improper battery use may result in a fire, explosion or other hazard.
l
For those host devices that utilize a USB port as a charging source,
check the host device’s user manual for the USB-IF logo or some other
means to ensure that it has completed the USB-IF compliance program.
l
Your phone is an electronic device that generates heat during normal
operation. Extremely prolonged, direct skin contact in the absence of
adequate ventilation may result in discomfort or minor burns. Therefore,
use care when handling your phone during or immediately after operation.
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Charger and Adapter Safety
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The charger and adapter are intended for indoor use only.
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Insert the battery pack charger vertically into the wall power socket.
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Only use the approved battery charger. Otherwise, you may cause
serious damage to your phone.
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Use the correct adapter for your phone when using the battery pack
charger abroad.
Battery Information and Care
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Always unplug the charger from the wall socket after the phone is fully
charged to save unnecessary power consumption of the charger.
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Please dispose of your battery properly or take it to your local wireless
carrier for recycling.
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The battery doesn’t need to be empty before recharging.
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Use only LG-approved chargers specific to your phone model since they
are designed to maximize battery life.
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Do not disassemble or short-circuit the battery.
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Keep the battery’s metal contacts clean.
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Replace the battery when it no longer provides acceptable performance.
The battery can be recharged several hundred times before replacement.
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Recharge the battery after long periods of non-use to maximize battery
life.
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Battery life will vary due to usage patterns and environmental conditions.
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Use of extended backlighting, Browser, and data connectivity kits affect
battery life and talk/ standby times.
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The self-protection function of the battery cuts the power of the phone
when its operation is in an abnormal state. In this case, remove the
battery from the phone, reinstall it, and turn the phone on.
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Explosion, Shock, and Fire Hazards
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Do not put your phone in a place subject to excessive dust and keep the
minimum required distance between the power cord and heat sources.
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Unplug the power cord prior to cleaning your phone, and clean the power
plug pin when it’s dirty.
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When using the power plug, ensure that it’s firmly connected. If not, it
may cause excessive heat or fire.
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If you put your phone in a pocket or bag without covering the receptacle
of the phone (power plug pin), metallic articles (such as a coin, paperclip
or pen) may short-circuit the phone. Always cover the receptacle when
not in use.
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Don’t short-circuit the battery. Metallic articles such as a coin, paperclip
or pen in your pocket or bag may short-circuit the + and – terminals of
the battery (metal strips on the battery) upon moving. Short-circuit of the
terminal may damage the battery and cause an explosion.
General Notice
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Using a damaged battery or placing a battery in your mouth may cause
serious injury.
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Do not place items containing magnetic components such as a credit
card, phone card, bank book, or subway ticket near your phone. The
magnetism of the phone may damage the data stored in the magnetic
strip.
l
Talking on your phone for a long period of time may reduce call quality
due to heat generated during use.
l
When the phone is not used for a long period time, store it in a safe
place with the power cord unplugged.
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Using the phone in proximity to receiving equipment (i.e., TV or radio)
may cause interference to the phone.
l
Do not use the phone if the antenna is damaged. If a damaged
antenna contacts skin, it may cause a slight burn. Please contact an LG
Authorized Service Center to replace the damaged antenna.
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Do not immerse your phone in water. If this happens, turn it off
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immediately and remove the battery. If the phone does not work, take it
to an LG Authorized Service Center.
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Do not paint your phone.
l
The data saved in your phone might be deleted due to careless use,
repair of the phone, or upgrade of the software. Please backup your
important phone numbers. (Ringtones, text messages, voice messages,
pictures, and videos could also be deleted.) The manufacturer is not
liable for damage due to the loss of data.
l
When you use the phone in public places, set the ringtone to vibration so
you don’t disturb others.
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Do not turn your phone on or off when putting it to your ear.
l
Use accessories, such as earphones and headsets, with caution.
Ensure that cables are tucked away safely and do not touch the antenna
unnecessarily.
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Do not use your device for long periods of time while a part of your
body is making direct contact with it. The temperature of the product
may increase during normal operation and this may result in harming or
burning your skin.
Caution:
Avoid potential hearing loss.
Prolonged exposure to loud sounds (including music) is the most common
cause of preventable hearing loss. Some scientific research suggests
that using portable audio devices, such as portable music players and
cellular telephones, at high volume settings for long durations may lead to
permanent noise induced hearing loss. This includes the use of headphones
(including headsets, earbuds and Bluetooth
®
or other wireless devices).
Exposure to very loud sound has also been associated in some studies
with tinnitus (a ringing in the ear), hypersensitivity to sound and distorted
hearing. Individual susceptibility to noise-induced hearing loss and other
potential hearing problems varies.
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The amount of sound produced by a portable audio device varies depending
on the nature of the sound, the device, the device settings and the
headphones. You should follow some commonsense recommendations
when using any portable audio device:
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Set the volume in a quiet environment and select the lowest volume at
which you can hear adequately.
l
When using headphones, turn the volume down if you cannot hear the
people speaking near you or if the person sitting next to you can hear
what you are listening to.
l
Do not turn the volume up to block out noisy surroundings. If you choose
to listen to your portable device in a noisy environment, use noise-
cancelling headphones to block out background environmental noise.
l
Limit the amount of time you listen. As the volume increases, less time
is required before your hearing could be affected.
l
Avoid using headphones after exposure to extremely loud noises, such
as rock concerts, that might cause temporary hearing loss. Temporary
hearing loss might cause unsafe volumes to sound normal.
l
Do not listen at any volume that causes you discomfort. If you
experience ringing in your ears, hear muffled speech or experience any
temporary hearing difficulty after listening to your portable audio device,
discontinue use and consult your doctor.
You can obtain additional information on this subject from the following sources:
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American Academy of Audiology
11730 Plaza American Drive, Suite 300
Reston, VA 20190
Voice: (800) 222-2336
Email: info@audiology.org
Internet: www.audiology.org
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320
Bethesda, MD USA 20892-2320
Voice: (301) 496-7243
Email: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Hubert H. Humphrey Bldg.
200 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20201
Voice: 1-800-35-NIOSH (1-800-356-4674)
Internet:
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/default.html
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FDA Consumer Update
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices
and Radiological Health Consumer Update on Mobile Phones:
1. Do wireless phones pose a health hazard?
The available scientific evidence does not show that any health problems
are associated with using wireless phones. There is no proof, however, that
wireless phones are absolutely safe. Wireless phones emit low levels of Radio
Frequency (RF) energy in the microwave range while being used. They also
emit very low levels of RF when in standby mode. Whereas high levels of RF
can produce health effects (by heating tissue), exposure to low level RF that
does not produce heating effects causes no known adverse health effects.
Many studies of low level RF exposures have not found any biological effects.
Some studies have suggested that some biological effects may occur, but such
findings have not been confirmed by additional research. In some cases, other
researchers have had difficulty in reproducing those studies, or in determining
the reasons for inconsistent results.
2. What is the FDA’s role concerning the safety of wireless phones?
Under the law, the FDA does not review the safety of radiation-emitting
consumer products such as wireless phones before they can be sold,
as it does with new drugs or medical devices. However, the agency
has authority to take action if wireless phones are shown to emit Radio
Frequency (RF) energy at a level that is hazardous to the user. In such a
case, the FDA could require the manufacturers of wireless phones to notify
users of the health hazard and to repair, replace, or recall the phones so that
the hazard no longer exists.
Although the existing scientific data does not justify FDA regulatory actions,
the FDA has urged the wireless phone industry to take a number of steps,
including the following:
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Support needed research into possible biological effects of RF of the
type emitted by wireless phones;
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Design wireless phones in a way that minimizes any RF exposure to the
user that is not necessary for device function; and
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Cooperate in providing users of wireless phones with the best possible
information on possible effects of wireless phone use on human health.
The FDA belongs to an interagency working group of the federal agencies
that have responsibility for different aspects of RF safety to ensure
coordinated efforts at the federal level. The following agencies belong to
this working group:
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Institutes of Health participates in some interagency working
group activities, as well.
The FDA shares regulatory responsibilities for wireless phones with the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). All phones that are sold in
the United States must comply with FCC safety guidelines that limit RF
exposure. The FCC relies on the FDA and other health agencies for safety
questions about wireless phones.
The FCC also regulates the base stations that the wireless phone networks
rely upon. While these base stations operate at higher power than do the
wireless phones themselves, the RF exposures that people get from these
base stations are typically thousands of times lower than those they can
get from wireless phones. Base stations are thus not the subject of the
safety questions discussed in this document.
3. What kinds of phones are the subject of this update?
The term “wireless phone” refers here to handheld wireless phones
with built-in antennas, often called “cell”, “mobile”, or “PCS” phones.
These types of wireless phones can expose the user to measurable Radio
Frequency (RF) energy because of the short distance between the phone
and the user’s head.
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These RF exposures are limited by FCC safety guidelines that were
developed with the advice of the FDA and other federal health and safety
agencies. When the phone is located at greater distances from the user,
the exposure to RF is drastically lower because a person’s RF exposure
decreases rapidly with increasing distance from the source. The so-called
“cordless phones,” which have a base unit connected to the telephone
wiring in a house, typically operate at far lower power levels, and thus
produce RF exposures far below the FCC safety limits.
4. What are the results of the research done already?
The research done thus far has produced conflicting results, and many
studies have suffered from flaws in their research methods. Animal
experiments investigating the effects of Radio Frequency (RF) energy
exposures characteristic of wireless phones have yielded conflicting
results that often cannot be repeated in other laboratories. A few animal
studies, however, have suggested that low levels of RF could accelerate
the development of cancer in laboratory animals. However, many of the
studies that showed increased tumor development used animals that had
been genetically engineered or treated with cancer-causing chemicals so
as to be pre-disposed to develop cancer in the absence of RF exposure.
Other studies exposed the animals to RF for up to 22 hours per day. These
conditions are not similar to the conditions under which people use wireless
phones, so we do not know with certainty what the results of such studies
mean for human health. Three large epidemiology studies have been
published since December 2000. Between them, the studies investigated
any possible association between the use of wireless phones and primary
brain cancer, glioma, meningioma, or acoustic neuroma, tumors of the
brain or salivary gland, leukemia, or other cancers. None of the studies
demonstrated the existence of any harmful health effects from wireless
phone RF exposures. However, none of the studies can answer questions
about long-term exposures, since the average period of phone use in these
studies was around three years.
5. What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure from
wireless phones poses a health risk?
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A combination of laboratory studies and epidemiological studies of people
actually using wireless phones would provide some of the data that are
needed. Lifetime animal exposure studies could be completed in a few
years. However, very large numbers of animals would be needed to provide
reliable proof of a cancer promoting effect, if one exists. Epidemiological
studies can provide data that is directly applicable to human populations,
but ten or more years follow-up may be needed to provide answers about
some health effects, such as cancer. This is because the interval between
the time of exposure to a cancer-causing agent and the time tumors
develop - if they do - may be many, many years. The interpretation of
epidemiological studies is hampered by difficulties in measuring actual RF
exposure during day-to-day use of wireless phones. Many factors affect
this measurement, such as the angle at which the phone is held, or which
model of phone is used.
6. What is the FDA doing to find out more about the possible
health effects of wireless phone RF?
The FDA is working with the U.S. National Toxicology Program and with
groups of investigators around the world to ensure that high priority animal
studies are conducted to address important questions about the effects of
exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) energy.
The FDA has been a leading participant in the World Health Organization
International Electro Magnetic Fields (EMF) Project since its inception in
1996. An influential result of this work has been the development of a
detailed agenda of research needs that has driven the establishment of new
research programs around the world. The project has also helped develop a
series of public information documents on EMF issues.
The FDA and the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association
(CTIA) have a formal Cooperative Research And Development Agreement
(CRADA) to do research on wireless phone safety. The FDA provides the
scientific oversight, obtaining input from experts in government, industry,
and academic organizations. CTIA-funded research is conducted through
contracts with independent investigators. The initial research will include
both laboratory studies and studies of wireless phone users. The CRADA
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will also include a broad assessment of additional research needs in the
context of the latest research developments around the world.
7. How can I find out how much Radio Frequency energy exposure
I can get by using my wireless phone?
All phones sold in the United States must comply with Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) guidelines that limit Radio Frequency
(RF) energy exposures. The FCC established these guidelines in
consultation with the FDA and the other federal health and safety agencies.
The FCC limit for RF exposure from wireless phones is set at a Specific
Absorption Rate (SAR) of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). The FCC limit is
consistent with the safety standards developed by the Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) and the National Council on Radiation
Protection and Measurement. The exposure limit takes into consideration
the body’s ability to remove heat from the tissues that absorb energy from
the wireless phone and is set well below levels known to have effects.
Manufacturers of wireless phones must report the RF exposure level for
each model of phone to the FCC. The FCC website (http://www.fcc.gov/
cgb/cellular.html) gives directions for locating the FCC identification number
on your phone so you can find your phone’s RF exposure level in the online
listing.
8. What has the FDA done to measure the Radio Frequency energy
coming from wireless phones?
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) is developing a
technical standard for measuring the Radio Frequency (RF) energy exposure
from wireless phones and other wireless handsets with the participation and
leadership of FDA scientists and engineers. The standard, “Recommended
Practice for Determining the Spatial-Peak Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) in
the Human Body Due to Wireless Communications Devices: Experimental
Techniques”, sets forth the first consistent test methodology for measuring
the rate at which RF is deposited in the heads of wireless phone users.
The test method uses a tissue-simulating model of the human head.
Standardized SAR test methodology is expected to greatly improve the
consistency of measurements made at different laboratories on the same
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phone. SAR is the measurement of the amount of energy absorbed in
tissue, either by the whole body or a small part of the body. It is measured
in watts/kg (or milliwatts/g) of matter. This measurement is used to
determine whether a wireless phone complies with safety guidelines.
9. What steps can I take to reduce my exposure to Radio Frequency
energy from my wireless phone?
If there is a risk from these products - and at this point we do not know that
there is - it is probably very small. But if you are concerned about avoiding even
potential risks, you can take a few simple steps to minimize your exposure to
Radio Frequency (RF) energy. Since time is a key factor in how much exposure a
person receives, reducing the amount of time spent using a wireless phone will
reduce RF exposure. If you must conduct extended conversations by wireless
phone every day, you could place more distance between your body and the
source of the RF, since the exposure level drops off dramatically with distance.
For example, you could use a headset and carry the wireless phone away from
your body or use a wireless phone connected to a remote antenna. Again, the
scientific data does not demonstrate that wireless phones are harmful. But if
you are concerned about the RF exposure from these products, you can use
measures like those described above to reduce your RF exposure from wireless
phone use.
10. What about children using wireless phones?
The scientific evidence does not show a danger to users of wireless
phones, including children and teenagers. If you want to take steps to lower
exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) energy, the measures described above
would apply to children and teenagers using wireless phones. Reducing the
time of wireless phone use and increasing the distance between the user
and the RF source will reduce RF exposure.
Some groups sponsored by other national governments have advised that
children be discouraged from using wireless phones at all. For example,
the government in the United Kingdom distributed leaflets containing
such a recommendation in December 2000. They noted that no evidence
exists that using a wireless phone causes brain tumors or other ill effects.
Their recommendation to limit wireless phone use by children was strictly
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precautionary; it was not based on scientific evidence that any health hazard
exists.
11. What about wireless phone interference with medical
equipment?
Radio Frequency (RF) energy from wireless phones can interact with some
electronic devices. For this reason, the FDA helped develop a detailed
test method to measure Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) of implanted
cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators from wireless telephones. This test
method is now part of a standard sponsored by the Association for the
Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). The final draft, a joint
effort by the FDA, medical device manufacturers, and many other groups,
was completed in late 2000. This standard will allow manufacturers to
ensure that cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators are safe from wireless
phone EMI.
The FDA has tested hearing aids for interference from handheld wireless
phones and helped develop a voluntary standard sponsored by the Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). This standard specifies test
methods and performance requirements for hearing aids and wireless
phones so that no interference occurs when a person uses a “compatible”
phone and a “compatible” hearing aid at the same time. This standard was
approved by the IEEE in 2000.
The FDA continues to monitor the use of wireless phones for possible
interactions with other medical devices. Should harmful interference be
found to occur, the FDA will conduct testing to assess the interference and
work to resolve the problem.
12. Where can I find additional information?
For additional information, please refer to the following resources:
FDA web page on wireless phones (http://www.fda.gov), under “C” in the
subject index, select Cell Phones > Research.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF Safety Program (http://
www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/)
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International Commission on Nonlonizing Radiation Protection (http://www.
icnirp.de)
World Health Organization (WHO) International EMF Project (http://www.
who.int/emf)
Health Protection Agency (http://www.hpa.org.uk/)
10 Driver Safety Tips
Your wireless phone gives you the powerful ability to communicate by voice
almost anywhere, anytime. An important responsibility accompanies the
benefits of wireless phones, one that every user must uphold.
When operating a car, driving is your first responsibility. When using your
wireless phone behind the wheel of a car, practice good common sense
and remember the following tips:
1. Get to know your wireless phone and its features such as speed dial and
redial. Carefully read your instruction manual and learn to take advantage
of valuable features most phones offer, including automatic redial and
memory. Also, work to memorize the phone keypad so you can use the
speed dial function without taking your attention off the road.
2. When available, use a hands-free device. A number of hands-free
wireless phone accessories are readily available today. Whether you
choose an installed mounted device for your wireless phone or a speaker
phone accessory, take advantage of these devices if available to you.
3. Make sure you place your wireless phone within easy reach and where
you can reach it without removing your eyes from the road. If you get
an incoming call at an inconvenient time, if possible, let your voicemail
answer it for you.
4. Suspend conversations during hazardous driving conditions or situations.
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, and ice can be hazardous, but so is heavy traffic. As a driver,
your first responsibility is to pay attention to the road.
5. Don’t take notes or look up phone numbers while driving. If you are
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reading an address book or business card, or writing a “to-do” list while
driving a car, you are not watching where you are going. It is common
sense. Do not get caught in a dangerous situation because you are
reading or writing and not paying attention to the road or nearby vehicles.
6. Dial sensibly and assess the traffic; if possible, place calls when you are
not moving or before pulling into traffic. Try to plan your calls before you
begin your trip or attempt to coincide your calls with times you may be
stopped at a stop sign, red light, or otherwise stationary. But if you need
to dial while driving, follow this simple tip - dial only a few numbers,
check the road and your mirrors, then continue.
7. Do not engage in stressful or emotional conversations that may be
distracting. Stressful or emotional conversations and driving do not mix;
they are distracting and even dangerous when you are behind the wheel
of a car. Make people you are talking with aware you are driving and if
necessary, suspend conversations which have the potential to divert
your attention from the road.
8. Use your wireless phone to call for help. Your wireless phone is one of
the greatest tools you can own to protect yourself and your family in
dangerous situations -- with your phone at your side, help is only three
numbers away. Dial 911 or other local emergency number in the case of
fire, traffic accident, road hazard, or medical emergency. Remember, it’s
a free call on your wireless phone!
9. Use your wireless phone to help others in emergencies. Your wireless
phone provides you a perfect opportunity to be a “Good Samaritan” in
your community. If you see an auto accident, crime in progress or other
serious emergency where lives are in danger, call 911 or other local
emergency number, as you would want others to do for you.
10. Call roadside assistance or a special wireless non-emergency assistance
number when necessary. Certain situations you encounter while driving
may require attention, but are not urgent enough to merit a call for
emergency services. But you can still use your wireless phone to lend
a hand. If you see a broken-down vehicle posing no serious hazard,
a broken traffic signal, a minor traffic accident where no one appears
injured or a vehicle you know to be stolen, call roadside assistance or
other special non-emergency wireless number.
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The above tips are meant as general guidelines. Before deciding to use
your mobile device while operating a vehicle, it is recommended that
you consult your applicable jurisdiction’s local laws or other regulations
regarding such use. Such laws or other regulations may prohibit or
otherwise restrict the manner in which a driver may use his or her phone
while operating a vehicle.
Consumer Information on SAR
(Specific Absorption Rate)
This model phone meets the Government’s requirements for exposure
to radio waves. Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter and receiver.
It is designed and manufactured not to exceed the emission limits for
exposure to radiofrequency (RF) energy set by the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) of the U.S. Government. These FCC exposure limits
are derived from the recommendations of two expert organizations, the
National Counsel on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) and the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In both cases, the
recommendations were developed by scientific and engineering experts
drawn from industry, government, and academia after extensive reviews of
the scientific literature related to the biological effects of RF energy.
The exposure limit for wireless mobile phones employs a unit of measurement
known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR is a measure of the
rate of absorption of RF energy by the human body expressed in units of watts
per kilogram (W/kg). The FCC requires wireless phones to comply with a safety
limit of 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). The FCC exposure limit incorporates
a substantial margin of safety to give additional protection to the public and to
account for any variations in measurements.
Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions specified
by the FCC with the phone transmitting at its highest certified power level
in all tested frequency bands. Although SAR is determined at the highest
certified power level, the actual SAR level of the phone while operating
can be well below the maximum value. Because the phone is designed to
operate at multiple power levels to use only the power required to reach
the network, in general, the closer you are to a wireless base station
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antenna, the lower the power output.
Before a phone model is available for sale to the public, it must be tested
and certified to the FCC that it does not exceed the limit established by
the government adopted requirement for safe exposure. The tests are
performed in positions and locations (e.g., at the ear and worn on the body)
as required by the FCC for each model.
The FCC has granted an Equipment Authorization for this model phone
with all reported SAR levels evaluated as in compliance with the FCC RF
emission guidelines.
The highest SAR value for this model phone when tested for use at the
ear is 0.85 W/kg and when worn on the body, as described in this user’s
manual, is 0.79 W/kg. While there may be differences between SAR levels
of various phones and at various positions, they all meet the government
requirement for safe exposure.
SAR information on this model phone is on file with the FCC and can be
found under the Display Grant section of http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/fccid/
after searching on FCC ID.
To find information that pertains to a particular model phone, this site uses
the phone FCC ID number which is usually printed somewhere on the
case of the phone. Sometimes it may be necessary to remove the battery
pack to find the number. Once you have the FCC ID number for a particular
phone, follow the instructions on the website and it should provide values
for typical or maximum SAR for a particular phone.
Additional information on Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) can be found
on the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) website at
http://www.ctia.org/
*In the United States and Canada, the SAR limit for mobile phones used
by the public is 1.6 watts/kg (W/kg) averaged over one gram of tissue.
The standard incorporates a substantial margin of safety to give additional
protection for the public and to account for any variations in measurements.
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FCC Hearing-Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations
for Wireless Devices
On July 10, 2003, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Report and Order in WT Docket 01-309 modified the exception of wireless
phones under the Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988 (HAC Act) to
require digital wireless phones be compatible with hearing-aids. The intent
of the HAC Act is to ensure reasonable access to telecommunications
services for persons with hearing disabilities.
While some wireless phones are used near some hearing devices (hearing
aids and cochlear implants), users may detect a buzzing, humming, or
whining noise. Some hearing devices are more immune than others to this
interference noise, and phones also vary in the amount of interference they
generate.
The wireless telephone industry has developed a rating system for
wireless phones, to assist hearing device users to find phones that may
be compatible with their hearing devices. Not all phones have been rated.
Phones that are rated have the rating on their box or a label located on the
box.
The ratings are not guarantees. Results will vary depending on the user's
hearing device and hearing loss. If your hearing device happens to be
vulnerable to interference, you may not be able to use a rated phone
successfully. Trying out the phone with your hearing device is the best way
to evaluate it for your personal needs.
M-Ratings: Phones rated M3 or M4 meet FCC requirements and are likely
to generate less interference to hearing devices than phones that are not
labeled. M4 is the better/higher of the two ratings.
T-Ratings: Phones rated T3 or T4 meet FCC requirements and are likely
to generate less interference to hearing devices than phones that are not
labeled. T4 is the better/ higher of the two ratings.
Hearing devices may also be rated. Your hearing device manufacturer or
hearing health professional may help you find this rating. Higher ratings
mean that the hearing device is relatively immune to interference noise.
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The hearing aid and wireless phone rating values are then added together. A
sum of 5 is considered acceptable for normal use. A sum of 6 is considered
for best use.
In the example to the left, if a hearing aid meets the M2 level
rating and the wireless phone meets the M3 level rating, the
sum of the two values equal M5. This should provide the
hearing aid user with “normal usage” while using their hearing
aid with the particular wireless phone. “Normal usage” in this context is
defined as a signal quality that’s acceptable for normal operation.
The M mark is intended to be synonymous with the U mark. The T mark
is intended to be synonymous with the UT mark. The M and T marks are
recommended by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industries Solutions
(ATIS). The U and UT marks are referenced in Section 20.19 of the FCC
Rules. The HAC rating and measurement procedure are described in the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) C63.19 standard.
When you're talking on a cell phone, it's recommended that you turn the BT
(Bluetooth) mode off for HAC.
For information about hearing aids and digital wireless phones
Wireless Phones and Hearing Aid Accessibility
http://www.accesswireless.org/Home.aspx
FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility and Volume Control
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/hac_wireless.html
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The LG Esteem™ phone and Android
TM
2.3.4 mobile platform feature the
following specifications.
Physical
dimensions
Height: 4.56 inches
Width: 2.22 inches
Depth: 0.62 inches
Weight: 5.57 oz.
Storage
Internal Memory: 4GB
microSD card: 2GB microSD card included (expandable to 32GB)
Internal phone storage: 1.3GB
Display
4.3 inch (diagonal) widescreen
480 x 800 pixels, 16.7M Colors, TFT
Power and
battery
Removable 1500 mAH Li-Ion Polymer (Optional: 2200 mAH Li-Ion extended battery)
Talk time: Up to 7 hours
Standby time: Up to 20 days
Cellular and
wireless
1.9 GHz LTE,
1.7/2.1 GHz LTE,
800 MHz CDMA Cellular,
1.9 GHz CDMA PCS,
1.7/2.1 GHz CDMA AWS
EVDO Rev 0
EVDO Rev A
1xRTT
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)
Bluetooth 3.0
HFP/ HSP/ A2DP/ AVRCP/ OPP/ PBAP/ FTP
External
keys and
controls
Power/Lock Key
Function Keys (Menu, Home, Back, and Search)
Volume Up/Down Keys
Connectors,
sensors,
indicators,
and audio
3.5mm, 4-conductor, stereo headset jack
microSD card slot
Micro USB port
HDMI port
Proximity sensor
Earpiece
Speaker
Microphone
Specifications
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Location
Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver
Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning
Digital compass
Accelerometer
Camera and
flash
Front-facing Camera: 5 megapixels
Back-facing Camera: 1 megapixel
Autofocus from 10cm to infinity
4X digital zoom
LED flash
Embedded photo location marker capability (from phone’s AGPS receiver)
Video captured at 1280x720 pixels
Platform
Android mobile technology platform 2.3.4 (Ginger bread)
DivX Mobile
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®
device that plays DivX video. Visit www.
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DivX video.
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®
device must be
registered in order to play purchased DivX Video-on-Demand (VOD) movies.
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setup menu. Go to vod.divx.com for more information on how to complete
your registration.
DivX Certified
®
to play DivX
®
video up to 640x480, including premium
content.
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, DivX Certified
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are used under license.
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Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby and the
double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
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Please check to see if any problems you have encountered with your phone
are described in this section, before taking the phone in for service or
calling a service representative.
Category Sub-Category Question Answer
BT
Bluetooth
Devices
What are the functions
available via Bluetooth?
Connecting to Stereo/Mono Headset,
Car Kit, FTP server is possible. When it’s
connected to another phone via Bluetooth,
you can receive Contacts data.
BT
Bluetooth
Headset
If my Bluetooth headset
is connected, can I listen
to my music through
my 3.5mm wired
headphones?
When a Bluetooth headset is connected, all
system sounds are played over the headset.
As a result, you will not be able to listen to
music through your wired headphones.
Data
Contacts
Backup
How can I back up
Contacts?
The Contacts data can be synchronized
between your phone and Gmail
TM
.
Data
Synchronization
Is it possible to set up one-
way-sync with Gmail?
Only two-way synchronization is available.
Data
Synchronization
Is it possible to
synchronize all the Email
folders?
The Inbox is automatically synchronized.
You can view other folders by touching the
Menu Key
and selecting Folders.
Data
Synchronization
Is it possible to transfer
Contacts data from a
feature phone to an
Android
TM
phone?
Yes, if your contacts can be extracted into
a .CSV file.
How to transfer:
1. Create “.CSV” file with the contacts on
your current phone (you may be able
to use the PC suite software provided
by LGE).
2. Log into Gmail with your PC.
3. Click Contacts.
4. Click Import.
5. Attach the “.CSV” file.
6. Your contacts will then be synchronized
between your Android phone and Gmail.
Google
TM
Service
Gmail Log-In
Should I have to log into
Gmail whenever I want to
access Gmail?
Once you log into Gmail, you don’t need to
log in Gmail again.
FAQ
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FAQ
Category Sub-Category Question Answer
Google
Service
Google
Account
Is it possible to filter
emails?
No, email filtering is not supported via the
phone.
Phone
Function
YouTube
TM
Is it possible to play
YouTube videos?
Yes, YouTube videos are supported but may
have to be viewed through the YouTube
application (and not the Browser).
Phone
Function
Email
What happens when
I execute another
application while writing
an email?
Your email will automatically be saved as
a draft.
Phone
Function
Ringtone
Is there a file size limitation
for when I want to use a
.MP3 file as a ringtone?
There is no file size limitation.
Phone
Function
Message
Time
My phone does not display
the time of receipt for
messages older than 24
hours. How can I change
this?
You will only be able to see the times for
messages received the same day.
Phone
Function
microSD Card
Is it possible to save
applications to the
microSD card?
Some applications can be saved to the
microSD card.
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu
Key
> Settings > Applications >
Manage applications.
2. Touch an application > Move to SD card.
Phone
Function
microSD Card
What is the maximum
supported size for a
memory card?
32GB memory cards are compatible.
Phone
Function
Navigation
Is it possible to install
another navigation
application on my phone?
Any application that is available on Android
Market
TM
and is compatible with the
hardware can be installed and used.
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FAQ
Category Sub-Category Question Answer
Phone
Function
Synchronization
Is it possible to
synchronize my contacts
from all my email
accounts?
Only Gmail and MS Exchange server
(Company Email Server) contacts can be
synchronized.
Phone
Function
Wait and
Pause
Is it possible to save a
contact with Wait and
Pause in the numbers?
If you transferred a contact with the W & P
functions saved into the number, you will
not be able to use those features. You will
need to re-save each number.
How to re-save numbers with Wait and
Pause:
1. From the Home screen, touch the Phone
Key
.
2. Dial the number, then touch the Menu
Key
.
3. Touch Add 2-sec pause or Add wait.
Phone
Function
Security
What are the phone’s
security functions?
You are able to set the phone to require
the entry of an unlock sequence (pattern,
PIN, or password) before the phone can be
accessed or used.
Phone
Function
Unlock
Pattern
What should I do if I forget
my Unlock Pattern?
After attempting the Unlock Pattern 5 times,
you can touch the Forget Pattern? option
and use your Google Account information to
unlock your phone.
Phone
Function
Unlock
Pattern
How do I create the
Unlock Pattern?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu
Key
.
2. Touch Settings > Location & security.
3. Touch Set up screen lock (under the
Screen unlock section of the settings).
4. Touch Pattern. The first time you do this,
a short tutorial about creating an unlock
pattern appears.
5. Set up by drawing your pattern once >
Continue > draw again > Confirm.
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FAQ
Category Sub-Category Question Answer
Phone
Function
Speed Dial
Is Speed Dialing
supported?
Yes. You can set Speed Dials as well as save
a contact directly on your Home screen.
To set a Speed Dial:
1. Open the Contacts application, then
touch the contact you want.
2. Touch the Menu Key
> More >
Speed dials.
3. Touch the Speed dial you wish to set,
then touch the phone number.
To set a Direct Dial shortcut to your Home
screen:
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu
Key
> Add.
2. Touch Shortcuts > Direct Dial.
3. Select a contact from your Contacts List.
Phone
Function
Memory
Is it possible to save a
picture to the internal
memory while taking a
picture?
Pictures, along with Music and Video files,
can be saved to internal or external memory.
In Camera mode, touch Settings > SD
card & phone storage and select Internal
memory or SD card.
Phone
Function
Memory
Will I know when my
memory is full?
Yes, you will receive a notification.
Phone
Function
Language
Support
Is it possible to change the
language?
The phone has multi-lingual capabilities.
To change the language:
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu
Key
> Settings.
2. Touch Language & keyboard > Select
language.
3. Touch the desired language.
Phone
Function
Language
Support
Which languages are
supported when using
Android Market?
The Market application supports English and
Spanish. Third party applications may not
support all languages.
Phone
Function
VPN How do I set up a VPN?
VPN access configuration is different
according to each company. To configure
VPN access from your phone, you must
obtain the details from your company’s
network administrator.
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FAQ
Category Sub-Category Question Answer
Phone
Function
Screen time
out
My screen turns off after
only 15 seconds. How can
I change the amount of
time for the backlight to
turn off?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu
Key
.
2. Touch Settings > Display > Screen
timeout.
3. Touch the preferred screen backlight
timeout time.
Phone
Function
Tactile
feedback
I’ve turned off haptic
feedback on my phone.
However, when I dial a
number, the phone still
vibrates. How do I turn
this off?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu
Key
.
2. Touch Settings > Sound.
3. Touch Haptic feedback to remove the
checkmark and disable the function.
Phone
Function
Wi-Fi & 4G
When Wi-Fi and 4G are
both available, which
service will my phone use?
When using data, your phone may default
to the Wi-Fi connection (if Wi-Fi connectivity
on your phone is set to On). However, there
will be no notification when your phone
switches from one to the other.
To know which data connection is being
used, use the 4G or Wi-Fi icon at the top of
your screen.
Phone
Function
Home screen
Is it possible to remove an
application from the Home
screen?
Yes. Just touch and hold the icon until the
trash can icon appears at the bottom-center
of the screen. Then, without lifting your
finger, drag the icon to the trash can.
Phone
Function
Application
I downloaded an
application and it causes
a lot of errors. How do I
remove it?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu
Key
.
2. Touch Settings > Applications >
Manage applications.
3. Touch the application > Uninstall.
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FAQ
Category Sub-Category Question Answer
Phone
Function
Camera
My phone’s camera does
not take pictures and says
“No SD Card or SD card is
not ready!”. Why doesn’t
it work?
A microSD card must be inserted in order to
use the phone’s camera.
Verify that the microSD card is mounted on
the device.
Touch the Menu Key
> Settings > SD
card & phone storage > Mount External
SD card
Phone
Function
Alarm
Can I use music files for
my alarm?
Yes. After saving a music file as a ringtone,
you can use it for your alarm.
1. Touch and hold a song in a library list.
In the menu that opens, touch Use as
ringtone.
2. In an alarm clock setting screen, select
the music as a ringtone.
Phone
Function
Alarm
Will my alarm be audible or
will it go off if the phone is
turned off?
No, this is not supported.
Phone
Function
Alarm
If my Ringer Volume is
set to Off or Vibrate, will I
hear my alarm?
Your alarm is programmed to be audible
even in these scenarios.
Phone
Spec
Battery Time
What is the maximum
amount of time my phone’s
battery will last before I
need to recharge it?
Talk time : Approx. 455 mins
Standby : Approx. 20 days
Phone
Spec
Band
Which wireless bands are
supported by the phone?
Your phone is able to operate on the
800Mhz and 1900MHz bands.
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FAQ
Category Sub-Category Question Answer
Recovery
Solution
Factory Reset
How can I perform a
factory reset if I can’t
access the phone’s setting
menu?
How to perform a factory reset:
1. Turn the power off.
2. Press and hold the following keys at the
same time:
Power/Lock Key
+ the down Volume
Key + the up Volume Key.
3. Release only the Power/Lock Key
just right after the phone vibrates.
It may take around 3 seconds.
3. Release the Volume Keys when you see
the screen message "Permanently Erase
User Data & Reset Settings? Press the
Power key to confirm and any other key
to cancel." The first message will be
displayed in 10 to 12 seconds.
4. Press the Power/Lock Key
to
confirm (or press any other key to cancel).
When you press the Power/Lock Key
to confirm, a pop-up appears asking "Are
you sure you want to continue with erase?".
5. Press the Power/Lock Key and
your phone will be restored to the factory
settings. To cancel, press any other key.
Attention:
If a factory reset is performed, all installed
applications and user data will be erased.
Please remember to back up any important
data before performing a factory reset.
Battery
installing
Phone locked-up and does
not function
Remove the battery and install it to restart
your phone again. (similar to how you may
restart your PC/computer).
Power Reset
In the case of a malfunction or lock up error,
press and hold the Power/Lock Key for 8
seconds to reset the phone.
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FAQ
This is a step-by-step guide for frequently asked questions. If you run into
a problem or are having trouble with a feature, take a look at this section
before you contact the Customer Information Center. Thank you.
Contacts
How can I add contacts if I don’t have a microSD card inserted or a
Google Account?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Contacts Key from the Quick Keys bar.
2. Touch the Menu Key > New contact.
3. Enter the contact’s name.
4. Touch a category of contact information, such as Phone or Email, to
enter any relevant information about your contact.
5. Touch a category’s plus button
to add more than one entry for that
category.
6. Touch the Picture icon to select a picture to display next to the name in
your list of contacts and in other applications.
7. When you’re finished, touch the Save button.
Can I import contacts to my LG Esteem™?
Yes. If you have .vcf files stored on a microSD car d, you can import those
to your phone.
1. From the Home screen, touch the Contacts Key from the Quick Keys bar.
2. Touch the Menu Key > More > Import/Export.
3. Touch Import from SD card.
4. If you have more than one account on your phone, touch the account
into which you want to import the contacts.
5. Touch the .vcf files and then touch Import > OK.
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FAQ
I have a Google Account and have a Contacts List for my Gmail
account. How can I sync the list with my phone?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Contacts Key from the Quick Keys bar.
2. Touch the Menu Key > More > Accounts.
OR
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu Key
> Settings.
2. Touch Accounts & sync.
3. Touch the Add account button and touch Google to add a Google
Account.
4. Read the instruction and touch Next button.
5. Touch the Sign in button.
6. Enter your username and password, then touch the Sign in button.
7. After setting up the Google Account, checkmark Sync Contacts and
touch the Finish button. During sync,
is displayed on the Status Bar.
NOTE
To sync contacts with other applications, please follow that application’s instructions.
I added contacts to the Contacts list, but they’re not displayed. Why?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Contacts Key from the Quick Keys bar.
2. Touch the Menu Key > More > Display options.
3. Check whether Only contacts with phones is selected.
(When selected, a blue checkmark will appear.)
If Only contacts with phones is checkmarked, the phone only displays
contacts that have phone numbers. Uncheckmark the option.
4. For the contacts synchronized with your Google Account, you need to
add a checkmark to All Other Contacts.
NOTE
Contacts information which have the same name are joined automatically in the Contacts
list. When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by exchanging
emails, the Contacts application attempts to avoid duplication by joining contact
information automatically.
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FAQ
How can I separate the grouped contacts?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Contacts Key from the Quick Keys bar.
2. Locate the contact then touch and hold the contact. The Context menu
will open.
3. Touch Edit contact. If multiple contacts are joined under the same name,
you can see each contact info while scrolling the screen.
4. To separate them, touch the Menu Key
> Separate.
5. To confirm the selection, touch the OK button.
How can I sync contacts?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu Key > Settings.
2. Touch Accounts & sync.
OR
1. From the Home screen, touch the Contacts Key from the Quick Keys bar.
2. Touch the Menu Key > Accounts .
3. Touch the Add account button and touch an account to add.
4. Follow the on-screen steps displayed, depending on the type of account.
NOTE
Each account has different sync timing.
Google Accounts allow you to select (with checkmarks) whether or not you
want automatic synchronization. You can also touch the Menu Key
and
touch Sync now to manually synchronize data.
How can I check that my data is synchronizing?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu Key > Settings.
2. Touch Accounts & sync.
OR
1. From the Home screen, touch the Contacts Key from the Quick Keys bar.
2. Touch the Menu Key > More > Accounts.
3. Under Manage accounts,
is shown.
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FAQ
Email Information
Unable to access your Email on the LG Esteem™?
You may need to manually set up your account as a POP3 or IMAP4
account.
Why can’t I open email attachments?
To view some file types, you must first download the applications (from the
Android Market) that can access those file types.
File types supported by the Email application
- Image: JPG/JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, WBMP
- Audio: mp3, wma, 3gp, wav, amr, ogg, midi(mid), imy, aac, m4a
- Video: mp4, wmv, asf, 3gp, 3g2, m4v, avi, divx
- Document: MS office 2003, 2007 (doc, xls, ppt, docx, xlsx, pptx), pdf, txt,
rtf, zip
Other Email-Related Issues
Why can’t I connect to the Mail Server?
If you are unable to connect to the Mail server but other applications are still
able to access the data network, you will need to contact the Email server
manager.
Why won’t the phone open a file that is supposed to be supported
by the phone?
If you are unable to open an image, video, audio, or other attached file, it’s
possible that the file was saved with the wrong file extension.
Why do my Exchange emails only go back a few days?
Exchange accounts set up on your phone will only synchronize for a specific
number of days. Check your settings, the options available are: One day,
Three days, One week, Two weeks, and One month.
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FAQ
Why do I get a Connection Error message with my Hotmail account?
When the Email application is set to check for new email less than every
15 minutes, this has been known to occur.
Supported Email Features
The chart below details which Email account types (EAS, IMAP4, and
POP3) support which features.
EAS
(Exchange
ActiveSync)
IMAP4 POP3 Notes
Push
Yes No No
Push Email is a feature that instantly notifies
you when a new email is received by your email
server.
Synchronize
with mail
server
Yes Yes No
If you delete an email message on the server,
it will also be deleted on the phone, and vice
versa. This feature is not supported by POP3
account types.
Contact/
Calendar
Sync
Yes No No
How do I sync Facebook/Twitter with my phone?
1. From the Home screen, touch the Menu Key
> Settings > Accounts
& sync.
2. Touch the Add Account button.
3. Touch Facebook or Twitter.
4. Enter your Email address and password, then touch the Log in button.
5. Select the type of synchronization you want to set up.
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1. WHAT THIS WARRANTY COVERS:
LG offers you a limited warranty that the enclosed subscriber unit
and its enclosed accessories will be free from defects in material and
workmanship, according to the following terms and conditions:
(1) The limited warranty for the product extends for TWELVE (12) MONTHS
beginning on the date of purchase of the product with valid proof of
purchase, or absent valid proof of purchase, FIFTEEN (15) MONTHS
from date of manufacture as determined by the unit’s manufacture date
code.
(2) The limited warranty extends only to the original purchaser of the product
and is not assignable or transferable to any subsequent purchaser/end
user.
(3) This warranty is good only to the original purchaser of the product during
the warranty period as long as it is in the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii,
U.S. Territories and Canada.
(4) The external housing and cosmetic parts shall be free of defects at the
time of shipment and, therefore, shall not be covered under these limited
warranty terms.
(5) Upon request from LG, the consumer must provide information to
reasonably prove the date of purchase.
(6) The customer shall bear the cost of shipping the product to the
Customer Service Department of LG. LG shall bear the cost of shipping
the product back to the consumer after the completion of service under
this limited warranty.
2. WHAT THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER:
(1) Defects or damages resulting from use of the product in other than its
normal and customary manner.
(2) Defects or damages from abnormal use, abnormal conditions, improper
storage, exposure to moisture or dampness, unauthorized modifications,
unauthorized connections, unauthorized repair, misuse, neglect, abuse,
accident, alteration, improper installation, or other acts which are not the
fault of LG, including damage caused by shipping, blown fuses, spills of
food or liquid.
(3) Breakage or damage to antennas unless caused directly by defects in
material or workmanship.
(4) That the Customer Service Department at LG was not notified by
consumer of the alleged defect or malfunction of the product during the
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LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT
applicable limited warranty period.
(5) Products which have had the serial number removed or made illegible.
(6) This limited warranty is in lieu of all other warranties, express or implied
either in fact or by operations of law, statutory or otherwise, including,
but not limited to any implied warranty of marketability or fitness for a
particular use.
(7) Damage resulting from use of non LG approved accessories.
(8) All plastic surfaces and all other externally exposed parts that are
scratched or damaged due to normal customer use.
(9) Products operated outside published maximum ratings.
(10) Products used or obtained in a rental program.
(11) Consumables (such as fuses).
3. WHAT LG WILL DO:
LG will, at its sole option, either repair, replace or refund the purchase price
of any unit that does not conform to this limited warranty. LG may choose
at its option to use functionally equivalent re-conditioned, refurbished or
new units or parts or any units. In addition, LG will not re-install or back-up
any data, applications or software that you have added to your phone. It is
therefore recommended that you back-up any such data or information prior
to sending the unit to LG to avoid the permanent loss of such information.
4. STATE LAW RIGHTS:
No other express warranty is applicable to this product. THE DURATION
OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTY
OF MARKETABILITY, OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE
EXPRESS WARRANTY HEREIN. LG SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE
LOSS OF THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OR ANY
OTHER DAMAGES, DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL, ARISING OUT OF THE
USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS PRODUCT OR FOR ANY BREACH
OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED
WARRANTY OF MARKETABILITY OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE APPLICABLE TO THIS PRODUCT.
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Some states do not allow the exclusive limitation of incidental or
consequential damages or limitations on how long an implied warranty
lasts; so these limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. This warranty
gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which
vary from state to state.
5. HOW TO GET WARRANTY SERVICE:
If you experience any problems with either the Bluetooth headset or the
mobile handset, in each case as may be covered by this limited warranty,
you need only return the affected device. For example, if a problem exists
with the Bluetooth headset, please DO NOT return your mobile handset
with the headset. Likewise, if a problem exists with the mobile handset,
please DO NOT return the Bluetooth Headset with the handset.
To obtain warranty service, please call or fax to the following telephone
numbers from anywhere in the continental United States:
Tel. 1-800-793-8896 or Fax. 1-800-448-4026
Or visit http://us.lgservice.com. Correspondence may also be mailed to:
LG Electronics Service- Mobile Handsets, P.O. Box 240007, Huntsville, AL
35824
DO NOT RETURN YOUR PRODUCT TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS.
Please call or write for the location of the LG authorized service center
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