LG LGP970H User manual

Category
Mobile phones
Type
User manual
LG-P970h
P/N : MFL67204269 (1.0)
www.lg.com
ENGLISH
ESPOL
User`s Guide
Guía del usuario
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Bluetooth QD ID B017629
LG-P970h User`s Guide
English
•
Some of the contents of this
manual may not apply to
your phone depending on
your phones 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
Phone memory ...........................5
Optimising battery life ............5
Installing an open source OS 6
Using unlock pattern................7
Connecting to Wi-Fi networks ..8
Open
ing and switching
applications ................................. 9
Installing th
e LG PC suite on
your PC ...........................................9
C
onnecting your phone to a
computer via USB ....................11
Unlock screen when using
data connection .......................13
Do not connect your phone
when you power on/o your
PC ...................................................13
Hold your phone upright .....13
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 ............28
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
Favorite contacts ......................32
Messaging/Email ........................33
Messaging ..................................33
Sending a message .................33
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Changing your message
settings ........................................34
Setting up your email ............34
E-mail accounts screen ..........35
Composing and sending email
....................................................35
Working with account folders .
....................................................36
Adding and editing email
accounts ......................................37
Social networking ......................38
Adding your account to your
phone ...........................................38
Viewing and updating your
status ...........................................39
Removing accounts on your
phone ...........................................39
Camera ............................................40
Getting to know the
viewnder ...................................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 .43
Video camera ...............................45
Getting to know the
viewnder ...................................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 .............52
Transferring les using USB
mass storage devices .............52
How to save music/video les
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
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YouTube .......................................57
Utilities ............................................58
Setting 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.........................................64
Location & security .................64
Applications ...............................65
Accounts & sync ......................66
Privacy ..........................................66
SD card & phone storage ......67
Language & keyboard ...........67
Voice input & output ..............67
Accessibility ...............................68
Date & time ................................68
About phone .............................68
Wi-Fi ..............................................69
Turn on Wi-Fi ..............................69
To connect to Wi-Fi..................69
Sharing your phones mobile
data connection .......................70
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
settings ........................................70
To share your phones data
connection as a portable Wi-Fi
hotspot ........................................70
To rename or secure your
portable hotspot......................71
Using SmartShare ...................72
Enabling Wi-Fi Direct to share
through SmartShare ...............74
How to use On-Screen Phone .
....................................................74
On-Screen Phone icons .........75
On-Screen Phone features ...75
How to install On-Screen
Phone on your PC ....................76
How to connect your mobile
phone to your PC .....................76
To check the phone to PC
connection ................................77
To disconnect your phone
from your PC ..............................77
Phone Software update ........78
Copyrights and trademarks....79
Accessories ....................................81
Troubleshooting .........................82
For your safety .............................84
Safety instructions .....................90
Contents
5
Important notice
Please check 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.
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
the Applications tab and
select Settings, Applications
and Manage applications.
2
When all applications
appear, scroll and select
the application you want to
uninstall.
3
Tap Uninstall and touch OK
to uninstall the application
you desired.
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
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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
the Applications tab and
select Settings, About
phone and Status.
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
the Applications tab and
select Settings, About
phone and 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 ran on
battery power. The body of
the screen lists applications
or services using battery
power from greatest amount
to least.
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 their
data and settings from
the phone.
Using unlock pattern
Set unlock pattern to secure
your phone. It opens a set
of screens that guides 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: You need to create your
Google account first before you
set an unlock pattern.
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 ve
chances, you can try again after
30 seconds.
If you cant recall your unlock
pattern, PIN or password:
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 key. You will be
required to sign in with your
Google account to unlock your
phone.
8
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.
To implement other security
features, 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-Fi on and connect
to a Wi-Fi network:
1
On the home screen, touch
the Applications tab and
select Settings, Wireless &
networks and Wi-Fi settings.
2 Touch Wi-Fi to turn it on and
begin scanning for available
Wi-Fi networks.
•
A 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.)
•
The status bar displays icons
that indicate Wi-Fi status.
Important notice
9
Open
ing and switching
applications
Multi-tasking is easy with
Android because opened
applications keep running
even when you open another
application. Theres no need
to quit an application before
opening another. Use and
switch among several opened
applications. Android manages
each application, stopping and
starting them as needed, to
ensure that idle applications
dont consume resources
unnecessarily.
To stop the application you
use:
1
On the home screen, touch
the Applications tab and
select Settings, Applications
and 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.
Installing th
e LG PC suite
on your PC
To synchronize 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). Select your
region, country and language.
Visit the LG website for more
information on installing and
using the program.
PC suite is saved in the microSD
memory card found as part of
the inbox contents and you can
simply copy it to your PC.
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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.
•
Synchronize data from a
PC or phone (contacts,
calendar, message (SMS),
bookmark).
•
Transfer multimedia files
(photo, video, music)
conveniently with a simple
drag and drop between
your PC and your phone.
•
Transfer messages from
your phone to your PC.
•
S/W update without losing
your data.
LG-P970h 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 only mode
is enabled on your phone.
(On the Applications tab,
choose Settings, SD card &
phone storage, then select
the Mass storage only tick
box.)
3
Connect your phone to your
Important notice
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PC using the USB data cable.
4
Touch Turn on USB 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
only mode to run the LG PCSuite IV.
NOTE:
Please do not remove or
delete other program le installed
on your memory card as this may
cause damage to the pre-installed
applications on your phone.
C
onnecting your phone to
a computer via USB
To transfer files in your
microSD card using USB
devices:
1
Install your microSD card on
your phone. (It may already
be inserted on your phone.)
2
Before connecting the USB
data cable, make sure that
the Mass storage only mode
is enabled on your phone.
(On the Applications tab,
choose Settings, SD card &
phone storage, then select
the Mass storage only tick
box.)
3
Use the USB cable with
your phone to connect the
phone to a USB port on
your computer. Touch Turn
on USB storage to confirm
that you want to transfer
files between your phones
microSD card and the
computer.
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When the phone is connected
as USB storage, you will receive
a notification. Your phones
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 you
phone again, you need to open the
notication drawer and touch Turn
o USB storage.
During this time, you cant access
the microSD card from your phone,
so you cant 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.
Safely disconnect the USB
device on your computer:
open the notification drawer
and touch Turn off USB
storage.
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 and Unmount SD card.
Important notice
13
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
touch it.
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.
Hold your phone upright
Please hold your phone straight
and upright, as with a normal
phone. The LG-P970h 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.
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 center.
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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 OK.
Home key
It returns to home
screen from any
screen.
Menu key
Check what options
are available.
Earpiece
Back key
It
returns 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.
Lock/unlock the phone
by pressing this key.
Proximity sensor
Microphone
WARNING: Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it can
damage its LCD and touch screen functions. Do not cover the protective
lm on the LCD’s proximity sensor. This may cause the sensor to
malfunction.
TIP! Touch the Menu key whenever you tap an application to check what
options are available.
TIP!
If the LG-P970h 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 earphone volume.
When playing a track: control volume continuously.
Power/Lock key
Microphone Charger connector
(micro USB cable)
3D Motion Gesture key (G-key)
Easy to activate features instantly by tilting, shaking
or tapping the phone.
Speaker
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Installing the SIM card and
battery
1 To remove the back cover,
hold the phone firmly in
your hand. With your other
hand, firmly press your
thumb on 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 slot. Make sure the
golden contact area on the
card is facing downwards.
3 Insert the battery into its
place by aligning the golden
contacts on the phone with
the battery.
Getting to know your phone
17
4 Replace the back cover of
the phone.
Charging your phone
The charger connector is on
the top of your LG-P970h.
Insert the charger and plug it
into an electrical socket. Your
LG-P970h 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
golden contact area is facing
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downwards.
Formatting the memory
card
Your memory card may already
be formatted. If it isnt, you
must format it before you can
use it.
NOTE: All les 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 Touch SD card & phone
storage and touch
Unmount SD Card.
4 Touch Format SD card, then
confirm your choice.
5 If you set the pattern lock,
input the pattern lock and
select Erase everything. The
card will be formatted and
ready to use.
NOTE: If there is content on your
memory card, the folder structure
may be dierent after formatting, as
all the les will have been deleted.
WARNING
Do not insert or remove the
memory card when the phone is
on. Otherwise, you may damage
the memory card as well as
your phone and the data stored
on the memory card may be
corrupted. To remove the memory
card safely, select Applications,
Settings, SD card&phone storage
and Unmount SD card.
Getting to know your phone
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