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6. Opening and switching Signing in to your Google applications ......18 account ........35 7. Installing the LG PC suite on your PC ..........18 Calls/Contacts ......37 8. Connecting your phone to a Making a voice call ....37 computer via USB .....
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Messaging/Email ....... 43 Video camera ......56 Messaging ........ 43 Getting to know the viewfinder ... 56 Sending a message ....43 Shooting a quick video ....57 Changing your message settings 44 After shooting a video ....57 Setting up your email ....44 Advanced settings .....
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Contents Google Search ......67 Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection ........ 79 Utilities ........68 Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings .. 79 Setting your alarm ..... 68 To share your phone’s data Using your calculator ....68 connection as a portable Wi-Fi Adding an event to your calendar 68 hotspot ........
Guidelines for safe and efficient use Please read these simple guidelines. The exposure standard for Not following these guidelines may mobile devices employs a unit of be dangerous or illegal. measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR Exposure to radio frequency limit stated in the international energy...
Guidelines for safe and efficient use protection of the health and the The highest SAR value for this device safety for the user and any other when tested for use at the body is person. 1.43 W/kg. The highest SAR value for this device * The SAR limit for mobile devices when tested for use at the ear is used by the public is 2.0 watts/...
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Repairs under warranty, at • (2) this device must accept any LG’s discretion, may include interference received, including replacement parts or boards that interference that may cause are either new or reconditioned, undesired operation.
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use functionality equal to that of the Use a dry cloth to clean the • parts being replaced. exterior of the unit (do not use solvents such as benzene, thinner Keep away from electrical • or alcohol).
Efficient phone operation Pull off the road and park before • making or answering a call if Electronics devices driving conditions require you to All mobile phones may receive do so. interference, which could affect RF energy may affect some • performance.
Guidelines for safe and efficient use Avoid damage to your Blasting area hearing Do not use the phone where blasting Damage to your hearing can occur if is in progress. Observe restrictions you are exposed to loud sounds for and follow any regulations or rules. long periods of time.
Emergency calls battery’s performance. Emergency calls may not be Use only LG batteries and • available on all mobile networks. chargers. LG chargers are Therefore you should never depend designed to maximise the battery solely on your phone for emergency life.
If you need to replace the battery, • with one of the many hands free take it to the nearest authorised accessories available today. LG Electronics service point or dealer for assistance. Let the person you are speaking with • know you are driving; if necessary, Always unplug the charger from •...
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Do not take notes or look up phone Remember, it is a free call when • numbers while driving. Typing up a dialling emergency services from “to do” list or flipping through your your mobile phone in Australia. address book takes attention away Use your mobile phone to help •...
Important notice 2. Optimising battery life If you encounter any problems, please check this section before You can extend your battery's life taking your phone in for service or by turning off features that you calling a service representative. don't need constantly running in the background.
3. Installing an open The battery status (charging, discharging) and level (as a source OS percentage of fully charged) are If you install an open source OS on displayed at the top of the screen. your phone and you do not use the To monitor and control what uses OS provided by the manufacturer, the battery:...
Important notice If you set a pattern, the phone WARNING screen will lock. To unlock the phone, To protect your phone and draw the pattern you have set on the personal data, download screen. applications only from trusted Caution: A Gmail account should sources, such as Android be set up before you set an unlock Market.
If you can’t recall your unlock To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a pattern: Wi-Fi network: If you have tried to log on to your On the homescreen, touch Applications tab and select Google account on the phone and failed to use correct pattern five Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings. times, tap the Forgot pattern button. Touch Wi-Fi to turn it on and You will then be required to sign in begin scanning for available Wi-Fi...
To synchronise your phone with your application. There’s no need to PC via a USB cable, you need to quit an application before opening install the LG PC suite program on another. Use and switch among your PC. several open applications. Android...
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3. On the left hand side of the LG PC SUITE screen select Support The LG PC Suite IV is a program 4. Select Mobile Phone Support that helps you connect your 5. Download the LG Mobile Support mobile phone to a PC using a...
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(2) Copy the ‘LGPCSuiteIV’ folder on For more information, please your mass storage device to your refer to the user's guide for LG PC Suite IV. This can be found in the Help menu after installing LG (3) Run ‘LGInstaller.exe’ file on your PC Suite IV.
8. Connecting your Therefore, they must be uninstalled manually. phone to a computer via USB TIP! To use the microSD card on your phone again, you need to open To transfer files in your microSD the notification drawer and touch card using USB devices: Turn off USB storage. During this Install your microSD card in your time, you can’t access the microSD phone.
Important notice 9. Unlock screen when 11. Hold your phone using data connection upright Please hold your phone straight and Your display will go dark if untouched upright, as with a normal phone for a period of time when using data The Optimus Black has an internal connection.
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. Earpiece Power/Lock key Internal camera - Switch your phone on/off by pressing and...
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Getting to know your phone Microphone Charger, micro USB cable connector Stereo earphone Power/Lock key connector Volume keys - On the homescreen: controls ringer volume. - During a call: controls your earpiece volume. - When playing a track: controls playback volume. 3D Motion Gesture key (G-key) - Press and hold and move (tilting, shaking, or tapping, etc) to easily activate features.
Installing the SIM card Slide the SIM card into the SIM card holder. Make sure the gold and battery contact area on the card is facing Before you can start exploring your downwards. new phone, you’ll need to set it up. To insert the SIM card and battery: To remove the back cover, hold the phone firmly in your hand.
Getting to know your phone NOTE: The battery must be fully Replace the back cover of the charged initially to extend battery phone. 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.
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.
Your Homescreen Touch-screen tips NOTE: To select an item, touch the centre Here are some tips on how to • of the icon. navigate around your phone. Do not press too hard; the touch • Touch - To choose a menu/option or screen is sensitive enough to pick open an application, touch it.
You can also customise each panel Touch the Applications tab with widgets, LG widgets, shortcuts at the bottom of the screen. You to your favourite applications, folders can then view all your installed and wallpapers.
Your Homescreen Once you have installed a file applications. Just touch to scroll manager through your applications. To open the desired application, Browse to your microSD card simply touch the icon in the Select the Application (.APK) file applications list. on your microSD card. Select Install NOTE: Preloaded applications may Select Open to open the be different depending on your...
On the Edit Mode menu, touch To remove an application icon from the homescreen: the type of item you want to add. For example, select Folders Touch and hold the icon you want from the list and tap it. Select to remove. Contacts with phone numbers Drag and drop an application icon from the list and tap it.
Your Homescreen Notification drawer Viewing the status bar The notification drawer runs across The status bar uses different icons the top of your screen. to display phone information, such as signal strength, new messages, battery life and active Bluetooth and data connections.
Icon Description Icon Description Icon Description No SIM card Ringer is silenced Data is syncing No signal Download Vibrate mode finished Battery fully Airplane mode New email charged Connected to a Battery is charging New Gmail Wi-Fi network Wired headset New Google Talk Data in and out message...
Your Homescreen Onscreen keyboard Tap to hide the onscreen keyboard. You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. The onscreen Entering accented letters keyboard appears automatically When you select French or Spanish on the screen when you need to as the text entry language, you can enter text.
Google Account Set-up The first time you open the Google communicating with Google application on your phone, you will servers and checking username be required to sign in with your availability. existing Google account. If you do Enter and re-enter your not have a Google account, you will password.
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Google Account Set-up After sign in, you can use Gmail, If you have an enterprise account • Google Calendar and Android through your company or other Market; download applications from organisation, your IT department Android Market; and take advantage may have special instructions on of other Google services on your how to sign into that account.
Calls/Contacts Making a voice call If you do not want to use the speaker phone, touch Speaker Touch to open the keypad. and ensure you have the headset Enter the number on the keypad. plugged in. To delete a digit, touch Clear While the video call is connecting, icon you will see your own image;...
Calls/Contacts In Video call Menu TIP! Press the G-key and shake your phone to answer a call. Capture - You can capture an image On a call press the G-key and of the other party. shake to quit the call. Use secondary camera - Switch the camera.
Adjusting call volume Viewing your call logs To adjust the in-call volume during a On the homescreen, touch choose Call log tab. call, use volume up & down keys on the left side of the phone. View a complete list of all dialled, received and missed calls.
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Calls/Contacts < Fixed Dialling Numbers > Other call settings – This lets you change the following settings: Select Fixed Dialling Numbers Caller ID: Choose whether to turn on and compile a list of • numbers that can be called from to display your number on an your phone. You’ll need your PIN 2 outgoing call.
Excuse messages – When Adding a new contact you reject a call, you can send On the homescreen, touch a message quickly by using this and enter the new contact’s function. This is useful if you need to number, then touch the Menu reply the message during a meeting.
Calls/Contacts Favourite contacts You can classify frequently called contacts as favourites. To add a contact to your favourites: On the homescreen, touch to open your contacts. Touch a contact to view their details. Touch the star to the right of the contact’s name. The star turns gold.
Messaging/Email Messaging The message screen opens, with your message after your name. Your Optimus Black combines SMS Responses appear on the screen. and MMS into one intuitive, easy-to- As you view and send additional use menu. messages, a message thread is Sending a message created.
Messaging/Email Changing your message Microsoft Exchange settings email account Your Optimus Black message Email address – Enter the email settings are predefined, so you can address. send messages immediately. You can User name – Enter the account’s change the settings based on your user name.
Others (POP3, IMAP) SMTP Secure type – Choose from TLS, SSL and Off. email account Email address – Enter the email The Accounts screen address. The Accounts screen lists your Password – Enter the account’s Combined Inbox and each of your password.
Messaging/Email Composing and sending it in a Drafts folder. Touch a draft message in a Drafts folder email to resume working on it. Your To compose and send a message: message will also be saved as While in the Email application, a draft if you touch the Back touch the Menu key and touch key before sending it.
Adding and editing email If you want to see your sent messages in the Sent folder (or accounts with the Sent label), you will often To add an email account: need to open the Sent folder/label Touch the Applications tab and and select Refresh from the options select Email.
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Messaging/Email To change account settings: Open the Accounts screen. Touch and hold the account which you want to change the settings of. In the menu that opens, touch Account settings. To delete an email account: Open the Accounts screen. Touch and hold the account you want to delete. Touch Delete in the menu that opens and OK in the dialog box to confirm.
Social networking With your phone, you can enjoy Wait while your details are social networking and manage your checked with your community. micro-blog in on-line communities. If you tap your community, you You can update your current status can see the current status of your upload photos and view your friends’...
Social networking This is dependent on By tapping the button, you NOTE: network services. can choose either list view or category view. TIP! You can use information about friends in the social networking site or sync all data to contacts. Removing accounts on your phone Choose Applications > Settings > Accounts & sync.
Camera Getting to know the viewfinder Zoom - Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively, you can use the side volume keys. Swap - You can swap to the internal camera from the external one. Video mode - Slide down this icon to switch to video mode. Taking a photo Gallery - Touch to view the last photo you captured.
Touch to share your photo Share Advanced settings via Bluetooth, Picasa, Messaging, Facebook In the viewfinder, touch to open for LG, MySpace for LG, all advanced options. Twitter for LG, Gmail, or You can change the camera setting Email. by scrolling the list. After selecting Additional charges may NOTE: the option, touch the Back key.
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Focus – Touch this icon to select the Timer – The self-timer allows you to options menu. See Focus modes on set a delay before a picture is taken page 52. after the shutter is pressed. Shot mode – Select various Image size –...
Camera This function is only Using the focus mode NOTE: available when location service is You can select the focus mode using activated. the following options; Restore all camera default Auto – Set the camera to focus settings. automatically. Touch whenever you want Macro –...
Viewing your saved TIP! In the thumbnail list photos you can move quickly by holding the G-key and tilting right or left. 1 You can access your saved photos from within the camera mode. Just touch and your gallery TIP! Press the G-key to will appear on the screen.
Video camera Getting to know the viewfinder Zoom - Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively, you can use the side volume keys. Before starting to record a video, you can use the zoom function. You can't control the zoom function during recording. Swap - You can swap to the internal camera from the external one.
Shooting a quick video After shooting a video Open the Camera application A still image representing your video and slide the camera mode will appear on the screen. button down to the Video Touch to play the video. Play position. The shutter icon will Touch to share your video Share...
Video camera Advanced settings Colour effect – Choose a colour tone to use for your new view. Choose Using the viewfinder, touch from None, Sepia, Black&White, open all the advanced options. Negative, Vivid, Negative sepia, Adjust the video camera settings by Blue, Emboss and Solarize. scrolling the list. After selecting the Video quality –...
Watching your saved videos In the viewfinder, touch Your gallery will appear on the screen. Touch a video once to bring it to the front of the gallery. It will start to play automatically. TIP! Flip your phone to pause the playing video. Adjusting the volume when viewing a video To adjust the volume of a video while...
Multimedia Gallery Crop - Crop your photo. Move your finger across the screen to Images and videos are saved select the area. directly to the external memory. Rotate - Rotate left or right. Touch Applications tab, then select Gallery. To change how the 1 You can access your saved photos contents of an album are from within the camera mode.
Music Touch and hold any song in the list. It will display Play, Add to playlist, Use Your Optimus Black has a built-in as phone ringtone, Delete, Share, music player that lets you play all Search and Details as options. your favourite tracks. To access the music player, touch Applications tab, NOTE: Music file copyright may then select Music.
Multimedia Using the radio all the pre-set channels will be deleted and auto scan will start. Your Optimus Black has a built-in During auto scanning, touch Stop FM radio so you can tune in to scanning if you want to stop your favourite stations and listen scanning.
Transferring files using How to save music/ USB mass storage video files to your phone devices Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable. To transfer files using USB devices: Touch and drag down the • notification drawer on the Connect the Optimus Black to a homescreen.
PC using PC Suite IV. How to send data from Download PC Suite IV for Android your phone via Bluetooth at www.lg.com and install it on You can send data via Bluetooth by your PC, see page 18 for more running a corresponding application, information.
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Exporting contacts: Run the Connecting to FTP (Only the • • Contacts application. Touch the FTP server is supported on this handset): Select Settings address you want to export to. Touch the Menu and select Share > Wireless & networks > > Bluetooth > Check if bluetooth Bluetooth settings. Then, select is turned on and select Scan for the Discoverable checkbox and devices >...
Google applications Gmail First, set up a Google account. Enter your user name and Gmail is configured when you first password. set up your phone. Depending on After signing in, your contacts, your synchronisation settings, Gmail email and calendar in your on your phone is automatically Google account will automatically synchronised with your Google...
Talk Google Talk is Google’s instant messaging program. It lets you communicate with other people who also use Google Talk. Touch the Menu key and select available options as below: All friends, Add friend, Search, Sign out, Settings and so on. Google Search Google Mobile Web Search allows you to search for content on the internet.
Utilities Setting your alarm For simple calculations, touch the function you want (+, –, x or ÷), On the homescreen, touch followed by =. Applications tab and select For more complex calculations, Alarm/Clock. touch Menu > Advanced panel, If you want to add a new alarm, then choose sin, cos, tan, log and touch Menu > New alarm.
If you would like to add a note to Touch List to access your your event, touch Description and album. You can listen to the saved recording. enter the details. If you want to repeat the TIP! Touch the Speaker alarm, set Repetition and set button to set the speaker mode.
The Web Browser Forward: Goes to the page you connected to after the current Browser gives you a fast, full-colour page. The Back key takes you to world of games, music, news, sports, the previous page. entertainment and much more, right on your mobile phone.
Settings On the homescreen, touch TIP! How to obtain the Application tab then scroll and MAC address touch Settings. To set up a connection in some wireless networks with MAC Wireless & networks filters, you may need to enter the Here you can manage Wi-Fi, MAC address of your Optimus SmartShare and Bluetooth.
Settings Portable hotspot – Share your Sound phone’s mobile connection as a < General > portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Silent mode – Allows you to Mobile networks – Set options silence all sounds (including call for data roaming, network mode and notification ringtones) except & operators, access point names the audio from music, videos and (APNs) and so on.
Display < Notifications > Notification ringtone – Allows Brightness – Adjust the brightness you to set your default notification of the screen. You can set the ringtone. brightness manually by using the slide bar or select Automatic < Feedback > brightness and either Optimized Audible touch tones – Allows you brightness or Power saving.
Settings Gesture TIP! To lock your screen by Toggle on/off the gesture settings for using the Pattern Lock text input field, homescreen, alarm, The first time you do this, a music, Video player, incoming call, short tutorial about creating Gallery, Camera and Browser. an unlock pattern appears.
Applications < Credential storage > Use secure credentials – Select Unknown sources – Permits to allow applications to access your installation of applications that you phone’s encrypted store of secure obtain from websites, email or other certificates and related passwords locations other than Android Market. and other credentials. You use credential storage to establish WARNING some kinds of Wi-Fi connections.
Settings Accounts & sync data and settings, any downloaded applications and DRM licences. <General sync settings > Resetting the phone does not erase Background data – Permits any system software updates you applications to synchronise data have downloaded or any files on in the background, whether or not your microSD card, such as music or you are actively working in them.
< Internal phone storage > NOTE: If you don’t have speech synthesiser data installed, only the Check the Available space. Install voice data setting is available. Language & keyboard Accessibility Use the Language & keyboard Use the Accessibility settings to settings to select the language and configure any accessibility plug-ins region for the text on your phone you have installed on your phone.
Settings Turn on Wi-Fi Dock insertion sound - Check to play a sound when inserting or From the homescreen, open the removing the phone from a dock. notification drawer and touch on, or touch Application > Settings Date & time > Wireless & networks, then turn Use Date & time settings to set Wi-Fi on.
The Optimus Black supports Icon Description • WEP, WPA/WPA2-PSK and 802.1x EAP. security. If your Wi-Fi service Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is provider or network administrator active sets encryption for network For the latest information about security, fill in the key in the pop- portable hotspots, including up window.
Settings Portable Wi-Fi hotspot – Check to When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot • share your phone’s mobile network is selected, you can change its data connection as a portable Wi-Fi network name or secure it. hotspot. Unselect Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to stop sharing your data Help – Opens a dialog with connection via Wi-Fi.
The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot • ATTENTION! dialog opens. If you set the security option You can change the network SSID • as Open, you can not prevent (name) that other computers see unauthorised usage of online when scanning for Wi-Fi networks. services by other people You can also touch the Security and additional charges •...
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Settings Touch SmartShare to checkmark Touch the top left button and and turn the function on. select the device of the remote Touch Always allow requests content library. if you would like to automatically Touch SmartShare to checkmark accept sharing requests from and turn the function on.
Wi-Fi Direct SmartShare is automatically launched with the selected files. Wi-Fi Direct enables other devices Touch the top right button to with Wi-Fi Direct to connect, transfer select the device from renderer files and stream media. WiFi direct lists. also allows Wi-Fi enabled devices to Touch the play button to let your connect and stream media from the renderer device play the files.
Settings On-Screen Phone icons Forced G/O mode - Touch to • activate group owner mode that Connects or disconnects your enables the legacy Wi-Fi devices to mobile phone to/from your PC. connect by scanning your phone. Rotates the On-Screen Phone In this case you must enter the window (only available at password that is set in the Menu >...
PC): sends files from your mobile Support Tool to PC. If you download phone (e.g. photos, videos, music LG PC Suite IV, the On-Screen Phone and Polaris Office files) to your PC. program will also be downloaded Simply click and drag to send a on your PC.
To disconnect your service centre. This feature is only phone from your PC available if and when LG makes Click in the top left of the the newer version of the firmware On-Screen Phone window. Or drag available for your device.
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NOTE: LG reserves the right to make firmware updates available only for selective models at its own discretion and does not guarantee the availability of the newer version of the firmware for all handset models. Software update Over-the-Air (OTA) Software update allows you to...
Copyrights and trademarks Dolby Mobile License notice Rights to all technologies and • products that comprise this device Manufactured under are the property of their respective license from Dolby owners: Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks Bluetooth is a registered ® •...
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DivX Certified to play DivX ® ® video up to HD 720p, including premium content. DivX , DivX Certified ® ® and associated logos are trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are used under licence. Notice! Open Source Software To obtain the corresponding source code under GPL, LGPL, MPL and other open source licences, please visit http:// opensource.lge.com/ All referred licence terms, disclaimers and notices are available for download with the source code.
Accessories These accessories are available for use with the LG-P970. (Items described below may be optional.) Charger Data cable Connect your LG-P970 and PC. Battery User Guide Learn more about your LG-P970. Stereo headset NOTE: Always use genuine LG accessories. • Failure to do this may void your warranty.
Troubleshooting This chapter lists some problems you might encounter while using your phone. Some problems require you to call your service provider, but most are easy to correct yourself. Message Possible causes Possible Corrective Measures There is no SIM card in Make sure that the SIM card is correctly SIM error the phone or it is inserted inserted.
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Charging error No voltage Plug into a different socket. Charger defective If the charger does not warm up, replace it. Only use original LG accessories. Wrong charger. Battery Replace battery. defective. Number not The Fixed Dial Number Check settings.
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