LG P970 User manual

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USER GUIDE
LG-P970
P/N: MFL67204224(1.0)
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www.lg.com
ENGLISH
FRANÇAIS
PORTUGUÊS
Bluetooth QD ID B017629
070-9811-5454
4 Adepele street, Computer Villege, Lagos, Nigeria
LG-P970 User Guide
- English
• Some of the contents of this
manual may not apply to your
phone depending on your phone’s
software or your service provider.
• This handset is not recommended
for the visually impaired because
of its touch-screen keypad.
• Copyright ©2011 LG Electronics,
Inc. All rights reserved. LG and the
LG logo are registered trademarks
of LG Group and its related
entities. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective
owners.
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Contents
Importantnotice.......................... 5
1. Phone memory ....................... 5
2. Optimising battery life .............. 5
3. Installing an open source OS.... 6
4. Using unlock pattern................ 7
5.
Connecting to Wi-Fi networks ..... 8
6. Open
ing and switching
applications ................................ 9
7. Installing th
e LG PC suite on your
PC .............................................. 9
8. C
onnecting your phone to a
computer via USB ..................... 11
9. Unlock screen when using data
connection ................................ 13
10. Do not connect your phone
when you power on/off your PC 13
11. Hold your phone upright ...... 13
12. If the screen freezes ............ 13
Gettingtoknowyourphone...... 14
Installing the SIM card and
battery ...................................... 16
Charging your phone ................. 17
Installing the memory card ........ 17
Formatting the memory card .....18
YourHomescreen..................... 19
Touch-screen tips ..................... 19
Lock your phone ....................... 19
Unlock screen ........................... 20
Home ...................................... 20
Adding widgets to your home
screen ...................................... 21
Getting back to a recently used
application ................................ 22
Onscreen keyboard ................... 24
Entering accented letters ........... 24
GoogleAccountSet-up............. 25
Creating your Google account .... 25
Signing in to your Google
account .................................... 25
Calls/Contacts...........................27
Making a voice call .................... 27
Making a video call ................... 27
In Video call Menu .................... 28
Calling your contacts ................. 28
Answering and rejecting a call ...28
Adjusting call volume ................ 29
Making a second call ................29
Viewing your call logs ................ 29
Call settings .............................. 29
Contacts ................................... 31
Searching for a contact ............. 31
Adding a new contact ................31
Favourite contacts .....................32
Messaging/Email....................... 33
Messaging ................................ 33
Sending a message ................... 33
Changing your message settings 34
3
Setting up your email ................ 34
Microsoft Exchange email
account .................................... 34
Others (POP3, IMAP, GME) email
account .................................... 35
Composing and sending email ... 36
Working with account folders .....37
Adding and editing email
accounts ................................... 37
Socialnetworking..................... 38
Adding your account to your
phone .......................................38
Viewing and updating your
status ...................................... 38
Removing accounts on your
phone .......................................39
Whats New .............................. 39
Camera...................................... 40
Getting to know the viewfinder ... 40
Taking a quick photo ................ 41
Once you’ve taken the photo ..... 41
Using the advanced settings ...... 41
Using the focus mode................ 43
Viewing your saved photos ........ 44
Videocamera............................ 45
Getting to know the viewfinder ... 45
Shooting a quick video .............. 46
After shooting a video ................46
Using the advanced settings ...... 47
Watching your saved videos ...... 48
Adjusting the volume when
viewing a video ......................... 48
Multimedia................................ 49
Gallery ...................................... 49
To change how the contents of an
album are displayed ..................49
Music .......................................50
Playing a song .......................... 50
Using the radio .......................... 51
Searching for stations................ 51
Listening to the radio ................. 51
Transferring files using USB mass
storage devices ......................... 52
How to save music/video files to
your phone ............................... 52
How to move contacts from your
old phone to your current phone 53
How to send data from your phone
via Bluetooth ............................. 54
Googleapplications...................56
Maps ........................................ 56
Market ...................................... 56
Gmail........................................56
Talk .......................................... 57
Google Search .......................... 57
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Utilities...................................... 58
Setup your alarm.......................58
Using your calculator .................58
Adding an event to your calendar 58
Recording a sound or voice ....... 59
Sending the voice recording ...... 59
TheWeb..................................... 60
Browser ....................................60
Using options ............................60
Settings..................................... 61
Wireless & networks.................. 61
Sound ....................................... 62
Display ....................................63
Gesture .................................... 63
Location & security ................... 64
Applications .............................. 65
Accounts & sync ...................... 66
Privacy ..................................... 66
SD card & phone storage .......... 66
Language & keyboard ............... 67
Voice input & output ..................67
Accessibility .............................. 67
Dock settings ............................ 67
Date & time .............................. 68
About phone ............................. 68
Wi-Fi ........................................ 68
Turn on Wi-Fi ............................ 68
To connect to Wi-Fi ................... 68
Sharing your phone’s mobile data
connection ................................ 69
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings .. 69
To share your phone’s data
connection as a portable Wi-Fi
hotspot ..................................... 70
To rename or secure your portable
hotspot ..................................... 70
Using SmartShare .................... 71
Enabling Wi-Fi Direct to share
through SmartShare .................. 73
How to use On-Screen Phone .... 74
On-Screen Phone icons ............. 74
On-Screen Phone features ........ 74
How to install On-Screen Phone on
your PC .................................... 75
How to connect your mobile phone
to your PC .................................75
To check the phone to PC
connection ...............................76
To disconnect your phone from
your PC .................................... 77
Phone Software update .............77
Copyrightsandtrademarks...... 78
Accessories...............................80
Technicaldata........................... 81
Troubleshooting......................... 82
Contents
5
Important notice
Please check to see if any problems
you have encountered with your
phone are described in this section,
before taking the phone in for service
or calling a service representative.
1. Phone memory
When available space on your phone
memory is less than 10%, your
phone can't receive new messages.
You will need to check your phone
memory and delete some data, such
as applications or messages to make
more memory available.
Tomanagetheapplication:
1
On the home screen, touch
Applications tab and select
Settings>Applications>
Manageapplications.
2
When all applications appear,
scroll and select the application
you want to uninstall.
3
Tap Uninstall and touch OK to
uninstall application you desired.
2. Optimising battery life
You can extend your battery's life
by turning off features that you
don't need constantly running in the
background. You can also monitor
how applications and system
resources consume battery power.
Toextendthelifeofyourbattery:
•
Turn off radio communications
that you aren't using. If you aren't
using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or GPS, turn
them off.
•
Turn down screen brightness and
set a shorter screen timeout.
•
Turn off automatic syncing for
Gmail, Calendar, Contacts and
other applications.
•
Some applications you have
downloaded may cause your
battery’s life to be reduced.
Tocheckthebatterychargelevel:
1
On the home screen, touch
Applications tab and select
Settings> Aboutphone>
Status.
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2
The battery status (charging,
discharging) and level (as a
percentage of fully charged) are
displayed at the top of the screen.
Tomonitorandcontrolwhatuses
thebattery:
1
On the home screen, touch
Applications tab and select
Settings>Aboutphone>
Batteryuse.
2
The top of the screen displays
battery usage time. This is either
how long since your phone
was last connected to a power
source or if connected to a power
source, how long since your
phone was last run on battery
power. The body of the screen
lists applications or services
using battery power from greatest
amount to least.
3. Installing an open
source OS
If you install an open source OS on
your phone and you do not use the
OS provided by the manufacturer,
this may cause your phone to
malfunction.
WARNING
If you install and use an OS
other than the one provided by
the manufacturer, your phone
is no longer covered by
the
warranty.
Important notice
7
WARNING
To protect you
r phone and
personal data, download
applications only from trusted
sources, such as Android
Market. If some applications are
not properly installed on your
phone, your phone may not
work properly or serious errors
may occur. You will need to
uninstall those applications and
all of its data and settings from
the phone.
4. Using unlock pattern
Set unlock pattern to secure your
phone. Opens a set of screens that
guide you through drawing a screen
unlock pattern.
You can draw your own unlock
pattern by connecting four or more
dots.
If you set a pattern, the phone
screen will lock. To unlock the phone,
draw the pattern you have set on the
screen.
Caution: When you set an unlock
pattern, you need to create your
Gmail account first.
WARNING
Precautions to take when
using the Pattern Lock
It is very important that
you remember the unlock
pattern you set. You have
5 opportunities to enter
your unlock pattern, PIN or
password. If you have used all
five chances, you can try again
after 30 seconds.
Ifyoucan’trecallyourunlock
pattern:
If you have tried to log on to your
Google account on the phone and
failed to use correct pattern five
times, tab the Forgot pattern button.
You will then be required to sign in
with your Google account to unlock
your phone.
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5.
Connecting to Wi-Fi
networks
To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you
need to access a wireless access
point or “hotspot.” 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 to
connect to them.
Turn off Wi-Fi when you're not using
it to extend the life of your battery.
ToturnWi-Fionandconnecttoa
Wi-Finetwork:
1
On the home screen, touch
Applications tab and select
Settings>Wireless&networks
>Wi-Fisettings.
2
Touch Wi-Fi to turn it on and
begin scanning for available Wi-Fi
networks.
•
List of available Wi-Fi networks is
displayed. Secured networks are
indicated by a lock icon.
3
Touch a network to connect to it.
•
If the network is open, you are
prompted to confirm that you want
to connect to that network by
touching Connect.
•
If the network is secured, you are
prompted to enter a password
or other credentials. (Ask your
network administrator for details.)
4
The status bar displays icons that
indicate Wi-Fi status.
Important notice
9
6. Open
ing and
switching applications
Multi-tasking is easy with Android
because open applications keep
running even when you open another
application. There’s no need to
quit an application before opening
another. 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.
Tostoptheapplicationyouuse:
1
On the home screen, touch
Applications tab and select
Settings> Applications>
Manageapplications.
2
Scroll to the desired application
and touch ForceStop to stop
using it.
TIP!
Getting back to a recent
Application
Touch and hold the Home key.
A screen will appear listing the
applications you have used recently.
7. Installing th
e LG PC
suite on your PC
To synchronise your phone with your
PC via a USB cable, you need to
install the LG PC suite program on
your PC.
You can download this program from
the LG website (http://www.lg.com).
Go to http://www.lg.com and select
your region, country & language. Visit
the LG website for more information
on installing and using the program.
The PC suite is saved in the microSD
memory card found as part of the
in-box contents and you can simply
copy it to your PC.
10
LG PC SUITE
The LG PC Suite IV is a program
that helps you connect your
mobile phone to a PC using a
USB data communication cable,
so that you can use the functions
of your mobile phone on your PC.
Major functions of the LG PC
Suite IV
•
Create, edit and delete phone
data conveniently
•
Synchronise data from a PC
or phone (contacts, calendar,
message (SMS), bookmark)
•
Transfer multimedia files (photo,
video, music) conveniently with
a simple drag & drop between
your PC and your phone
•
Transfer messages from your
phone to your PC
•
S/W update without losing your
data
LG-P970 does not support:
- PC Connection via Bluetooth
- To-do in Calendar
- Java Application
For more information, please
refer to the user's guide for LG
PC Suite IV. This can be found in
the Help menu after installing LG
PC Suite IV.
ToInstalltheLGPCSuitetoyour
PC
1
Insert your microSD memory card
in your phone. (It may already be
inserted on your phone.)
2
Before connecting the USB data
cable, make sure that the Mass
storage mode is enabled on your
phone. (On the Applications tab,
choose Settings>Applications
>Development>uncheckUSB
debugging.)
Important notice
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3
Connect your phone to your PC
using the USB data cable.
4
Touch TurnonUSBstorage.
(1) You can view the mass storage
content on your PC and transfer
the files.
(2) Copy the ‘LGPCSuiteIV’ folder on
your mass storage device to your
PC.
(3) Run ‘LGInstaller.exe’ file on your
PC and follow the instructions.
*
When LG PCSuite IV installation is
completed, disable Mass storage
mode to run the LG PCSuite IV.
NOTE:
Please do not remove
or delete other program file
installed on your memory card
as this may cause damage to
the pre-installed applications on
your phone.
8. C
onnecting your
phone to a computer
via USB
TotransferfilesinyourmicroSD
cardusingUSBdevices:
1
Install your microSD card in your
phone. (It may already be inserted
on your phone.)
2
Before connecting the USB data
cable, make sure that the Mass
storage mode is enabled on your
phone. (On the Applications tab,
choose Settings>Applications
>Development>uncheckUSB
debugging.)
3
Use the USB cable with your
phone to connect the phone to a
USB port on your computer. Touch
TurnonUSBstorage. You will
receive notification that the USB
is connected.
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When the phone is connected as
USB storage, you will receive a
notification. You phone’s microSD
card is mounted as a drive on your
computer. You can now copy files to
and from the microSD card.
NOTE: When uninstalling PC Suite
IV, USB and Bluetooth Drivers
are not automatically removed.
Therefore, they must be uninstalled
manually.
TIP!
To use the microSD card on
your phone again, you need to
open the notification drawer and
touch Turn off USB storage.
During this time, you can’t access
the microSD card from your phone,
so you can’t use applications that
rely on the microSD card, such as
camera, gallery and music functions.
To disconnect your phone from
the computer, carefully follow your
computer’s instructions for correctly
disconnecting USB devices, to avoid
losing information on the card.
1
Open the notification drawer and
touch TurnoffUSBstorage.
2
Touch Turnoff in the dialog that
opens.
3
Safely disconnect the USB device
on your computer.
WARNING
Do not insert or remove the
microSD card when the phone
is on. Otherwise, it may damage
the microSD card as well as
your phone, and the data
stored on the microSD card
may be corrupted. To remove
the microSD card safely, from
the home screen, touch the
Menu key and touch Settings
> SD card & phone storage >
Unmount SD card.
Important notice
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9. Unlock screen when
using data connection
Your display will go dark if untouched
for a period of time when using data
connection. To turn on your LCD
screen, just press the hard key.
10. Do not connect your
phone when you
power on/off your PC
Make sure you disconnect your
phone and PC via data cable as it
might cause errors on your PC.
11. Hold your phone
upright
Please hold your phone straight and
upright, as with a normal phone The
LG-P970 has an internal antenna. Be
careful not to scratch or damage the
back of the phone, as this will cause
loss of performance. While making/
receiving calls or sending/receiving
data, try to avoid holding the lower
part of the phone where the antenna
is located. This may affect call
quality.
12. If the screen freezes
If the phone does not respond to
user input or the screen freezes:
Remove the battery, insert it again
and switch on the phone. If it still
does not work, please contact the
service centre.
14
Getting to know your phone
To turn on the phone, press and hold the Power key for 3 seconds.
To turn off the phone, press and hold the Power key for 3 seconds, touch
Poweroff
and touch OK.
Homekey
- Return to home from
any screen.
Menukey
- Check what options
are available.
Earpiece
Backkey
- Return to the previous
screen.
Searchkey
- Search the web and
contents in your phone.
Power/Lockkey
- Switch your phone on/
off by pressing and
holding this key.
- Turn off and lock the
screen.
ProximitySensor
Microphone
Internalcamera
WARNING: Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it can
damage its LCD and touch screen functions.
Do not cover protective film on the LCD’s proximity sensor.
This may cause the sensor to malfunction.
TIP! Touch the Menu key whenever you tap an application to check what
options are available.
TIP!
If the LG-P970 displays error messages when you use it, or if you cannot
turn it on, remove the battery, put it back in, then turn it on after 5 seconds.
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Backcover
Battery
SIMcardslot
microSDmemory
cardslot
Cameralens
Stereoearphone
connector
Volumekeys
- On the home screen: control ringer volume.
- During a call: control your earpiece volume.
- When playing a track: control volume continuously.
Power/Lockkey
Microphone Charger,microUSB
cableconnector
3DMotionGesturekey(G-key)
- Easy to activate features instantly by tilting, shaking
or tapping the phone.
Speaker
16
Installing the SIM card
and battery
Before you can start exploring your
new phone, you’ll need to set it up.
To insert the SIM card and battery:
1To remove the back cover, hold
the phone firmly in your hand.
With the other hand, firmly press
down the centre of the battery
cover, while pulling the top away
with your forefinger. Then lift off
the battery cover.
2Slide the SIM card into the SIM
card holder. Make sure the gold
contact area on the card is facing
downwards.
3Insert the battery into place by
aligning the gold contacts on the
phone and the battery.
Getting to know your phone
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4Replace the back cover of the
phone.
Charging your phone
The charger connector on the top
of your LG-P970. Insert the charger
and plug it into an electrical socket.
Your LG-P970 must be charged until
you can see .
NOTE: The battery must be fully
charged initially to extend battery
lifetime.
Installing the memory
card
To store multimedia files, such as
photographs created with the built-in
camera, you must insert a memory
card into your phone.
To insert a memory card:
1Turn off your phone before
inserting or removing the memory
card. Remove the back cover.
2
Insert the memory card into the
slot. Make sure the gold contact
area is facing downwards.
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Formatting the memory
card
Your memory card may already be
formatted. If it isn’t, you must format
it before you can use it.
NOTE: All files on your memory card
are deleted when you format it.
1On the home screen, touch the
Applications tab to open the
applications menu.
2Scroll and touch Settings.
3Scroll and touch SDcard&
phonestorage.
4Touch UnmountSDCard.
5Touch FormatSDcard, then
confirm your choice.
6If you set the pattern lock, input
the pattern lock and select Erase
Everything. The card will then be
formatted and ready to use.
NOTE: If there is content on your
memory card, the folder structure
may be different after formatting, as
all the files will have been deleted.
TIP! If your memory card is
already unmounted, you can use
the following steps to format it.
Touch Applications > Settings
> SD card & phone storage >
Format SD Card
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LG P970 User manual

Category
Smartphones
Type
User manual

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