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LG-E720 User Guide - English Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact LG-E720 phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology. Some of the contents of this • manual may not apply to your phone depending on your phone’s...
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7. Using a microSD card ..9 123 Mode ......26 8. Opening and switching applications .......9 Google Account Set-up ..27 9. Installing the LG PC suite on Creating your Google your PC ......10 account .......27 10. Connecting your phone to a Signing in your Google computer via USB ..12...
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Your photos and videos ..48 Changing your message settings .......35 Editing your photos ....48 Opening your email ....35 Multimedia ......49 Reading your messages ..35 To change how the contents of Composing and sending email .36 an album are displayed ..49 Working with account folders 37 Music ........49 Adding and editing email...
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Contents Changing your calendar view 57 To share your phone’s data ThinkFree Office....57 connection via USB ....71 Voice recorder .....58 USB tethering and data Recording a sound or voice ...58 sharing ........71 Sending the voice recording ..58 To share your phone’s data connection as a portable Wi-Fi The Web ........59 hotspot ........72...
Important notice 2. Optimising battery's Please check to see if any problems you have encountered life with your phone are described You can extend your battery's in this section, before taking the life between charges by turning phone in for service or calling a off features that you don't service representative.
Important notice To check the battery charge 3. Installing an open level: source OS 1 On the home screen, touch If you install an open source Applications tab and select OS on your phone, and do not Settings > About phone > use the OS provided by the Status.
4. Using unlock pattern If you haven’t created a Google account on the phone or you Set unlock pattern to secure your forgot it, you need to perform a phone. Opens a set of screens factory reset. that guide you through drawing a screen unlock pattern.
Important notice * Using Hard Reset (Factory 6. Connecting to Wi-Fi Reset) networks If it does not restore to the To use Wi-Fi on your phone, original condition, use Hard you access a wireless access Reset to initialise your phone. point, or “hotspot.”...
3 Touch a network to connect WARNING to it. Do not insert or remove the If the network is open, you • memory card when the phone are prompted to confirm that is on. Otherwise, it may damage you want to connect to that the memory card as well as network by touching Connect.
Important notice To stop the application you use LG PC SUITE 1 On the home screen, touch The LG PC Suite IV is a Applications tab and select program that helps you to Settings > Applications > connect your mobile phone Manage applications.
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For more information, please storage content on your PC refer to the user's guide for and transfer the files. LG PC Suite IV is in Help (4) Copy the ‘LGPCSuiteIV’ folder menu after installing LG PC on your mass storage to Suite IV.
Important notice 10. Connecting your transfer files between your phone to a computer phone’s microSD card and the computer. via USB When the phone is connected To transfer files using USB as USB storage, you receive devices: a notification. You phone’s 1 Install your microSD card on microSD card is mounted as a your phone.
12. Hold your phone straight up Please hold your phone straight up as a regular phone.The LG- E720 has an internal antenna. Be careful not to scratch or damage this rear area, as that will cause loss of performance.
LCD and touch TIP! If LG-E720 has errors when screen functionalities. Do not you use it or you can not turn it cover the protective film on on, remove battery, install it again the LCD’s proximity sensor.
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Stereo earphone connector Power/Lock key Volume keys Charger, micro USB cable On the home screen: connector controls ringer volume. During a call: controls • your earpiece volume. When playing a track: • controls volume continuously. Back cover Camera lens microSD memory card slot Battery...
Getting to know your phone 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 on your hand firmly.
Slide back the cover of the on the phone and the battery, charger connector on the side then gently press the battery of your LG-E720. Insert the until it snaps into space. charger, and plug it into an electrical outlet. Your LG-E720...
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Getting to know your phone NOTE: The LG-E720 supports upto a 32GB memory card. To insert a memory card: 1 Turn the phone off before inserting or removing the memory card. Remove the back cover. 3 Close the slot protection.
5 Touch Format SD card, then WARNING confirm your choice. Do not insert or remove the 6 If you set the pattern lock, memory card when the phone input the pattern lock and is on. Otherwise, it may select Erase Everything. The damage the memory card as card will then be formatted well as your phone, and the...
Lock your phone Drag - To scroll through a list or When you are not using LG- move slowly, drag across the E720, press the Power key to touch screen. lock your phone. This helps to...
unnecessary charges. (e.g., icon and drag your finger to phone call, web access and data the right to unlock your home communications) screen. The last screen you were working on opens. TIP! Setting unlock pattern Silent Mode You can draw your own unlock pattern by connecting From the notification drawer, four or more dots.
Your Home screen more convenience in using Touch the Phone icon to your phone, add your favourite bring up the touch-dialling pad widgets on the home screen. to make a call. To add a desired icon to your Touch to open your contacts. home screen: Touch the Applications tab 1 On the home screen, touch...
To remove an application icon from the home screen: 1 Touch and hold that icon you want to remove. The Ring Wi-Fi Bluetooth connection Applications icon will be change as the trash icon Touch and slide the notification 2 Drag and drop an application drawer down with your finger.
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Your Home screen Below is a table explaining the Icon Description meaning of icons you’re likely to System warning see in the status bar. Alarm is set New voicemail [Status bar] Airplane mode Icon Description Ringer is silenced No SIM card Vibrate mode No signal No microSD card...
Icon Description Icon Description Receiving location data Both USB tethering from GPS and portable hotspot are active On-Screen Phone connected Onscreen keyboard 2 more notifications not You can also enter text using displayed the onscreen keyboard. The Call in progress onscreen keyboard displays automatically on the screen Data is syncing...
Your Home screen Abc mode Tap to create a new line in the message field. This mode allows you to enter letters by touching the key Tap to hide the onscreen labelled with the required letter keyboard. once, twice, three or four times Tap to delete the previous until the letter is displayed.
Google Account Set-up 4 When you’re finished to The first time you open the Google application on your input name and username, tap Next. Your phone is phone, you will be required to sign in with your existing Google communicating with Google account.
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Google Account Set-up 3 Once you have set up your services on the web are Google account on your synchronised with your phone. phone, your phone will be If you don’t sign into a Google automatically synchronised account during setup, you with your Google account on will be prompted to sign in or the web.
Calls Making a call Answering and rejecting a call 1 Touch to open the keypad. When screen locked: 2 Enter the number on the keypad. To delete a digit, When your phone rings, drag the touch the Clear icon Answer icon to the right for receiving the call.
Calls Making a second call Viewing your call logs 1 During your initial call, touch On the home screen, touch and choose Call log tab. 2 Dial the number, or search View a complete list of all dialed, your contacts to select the received, and missed voice calls.
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< Fixed Dialing Numbers > Excuse Messages – When you reject a call, you can send Select Fixed Dialing Numbers a message quickly by using to turn on and compile a list of this function. This is useful if numbers that can be called from you need to reply the message your phone.
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Calls Call costs – View the charges applied to your calls. (This service is network dependent; some operators do not support this function.) Call duration – View the duration of all calls including all, dialled, received calls and the last call. Additional settings –...
Contacts 5 Touch a category of contact You can add contacts on your information and enter the phone and synchronise them details about your contact. with the contacts in your Google account or other accounts that 6 Touch Done to save the contact. support syncing contacts.
Messaging/E-mail Messaging Attach, Insert smiley, Discard, Templates, All Your LG-E720 combines SMS threads and Add to Contacts. and MMS into one intuitive, 5 Touch Send to send your easy-to-use menu. message. Sending a message 6 The message screen opens, 1 Touch...
Changing your message 3 After the initial setup, Email settings displays the contents of your Your LG-E720 message settings Inbox (if you have only one are predefined, so you can send account) or the Accounts messages immediately. You can...
Messaging/E-mail Composing and sending 6 Touch Send. email If you’re not ready to send the message, touch Save as To compose and send a draft to save it in a Drafts message: folder. Touch a draft message 1 While in the Email application, in a Drafts folder to resume touch the Menu key and working on it.
5 Enter a name for the account, If you want to see your sent messages in the Sent folder (or confirm how you want your with the Sent label), you will often name to appear in outgoing need to open the Sent folder/label mail, then touch Done.
Social networking 4 Wait while your details are With your phone, you can enjoy the social networking checked with your community. and manage your micro-blog 5 If you tap your community, in on-line communities. You you can see the current status can update your current status, of your social community.
NOTE: This is dependent on network services. TIP! You can use information about friends only in SNS or sync all data to contacts. Removing accounts on your phone 1 Choose Applications > Settings > Accounts & sync. 2 Choose an account you want to delete, then touch Remove account.
Camera Getting to know the viewfinder Brightness – This defines and controls the amount of sunlight entering the image. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar, towards “-” for a lower brightness image, or towards “+” for a higher brightness image. Zoom –...
Face tracking – If you set Face Email, Facebook for tracking and take a photo, your LG, Gmail, Messaging, camera detects and focuses on MySpace for LG, Picasa human faces automatically. or Twitter for LG. Manual – Set the camera to NOTE: Additional charges may focus manually.
Camera Image size – Touch to set the Touch to set the image Set as size (in pixels) of the picture as Contact icon or you take. Select a pixel value Wallpaper. from the numerical options: 5M Touch to edit the name Rename (2592X1944), 3M (2048x1536), of the selected picture.
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Timer – The self-timer allows NOTE: This function is only available when GPS is active. you to set a delay after the shutter is pressed. Select Off, Restore all camera default 3 seconds, 5 seconds, or 10 settings. seconds. This is ideal if you want Touch whenever you want to be included in a photo.
Camera Viewing your saved Rotate Left/Rotate Right – photos Rotate left or right. Edit – Touch to edit the 1 You can access your saved image using various tools. photos from within the camera mode. Just touch your gallery will appear on the screen.
Video camera Getting to know the viewfinder Brightness – This defines and controls the amount of sunlight entering the Video. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar, towards “-” for a lower brightness Video, or towards “+” for a higher brightness Video. Zoom –...
Video camera Shooting a quick video NOTE: Additional charges may apply when MMS messages are 1 Open the Camera application downloaded while roaming. and slide the camera mode Touch to edit the name button down to the Video Rename of the selected video. position, the Shutter icon will change to Touch to delete the video...
Video size – Touch to set the Audio recording – Choose Mute size (in pixels) of the video you to record a video without sound. record. Choose your video image Auto review – If you set this On, size from VGA (640x480), QVGA it will show you the video you (320x240) or QCIF (176x144).
Adding writing on a picture. Email, Facebook for LG, Gmail, Mail, Messaging, MySpace for Decorate your photo with LG, Picasa or Twitter for LG. stamps. Choose from the different stamps and touch your photo where you want to place them.
Without Music a memory card, the phone will Your LG-E720 has a built-in not display any photos or videos music player that lets you play all except Picasa images which are your favourite tracks.
Multimedia Using the radio To change the volume while listening to music, touch the up Your LG-E720 has a built-in FM and down volume keys on the radio so you can tune in to your right side of the phone.
Reset All Channels to reset all devices the channels. To transfer files using USB devices: Listening to the radio 1 Connect the LG-E720 to a PC 1 On the home screen, touch using a USB cable. Applications tab and select FM radio.
Multimedia How to save music/video 2 If you didn't install LG Android Platform Driver on your PC, files to the phone you need to change settings 1 Connect your phone to the PC manually. Choose Settings > using the USB cable.
OK. Then, the contacts are a corrupted file or file with a added in PCSync for Android. wrong extension may cause 4 If the connection of LG-E720 damage to the phone. phone (using the USB cable) is detected by PCSync for How to move the Android, click "Sync"...
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Multimedia Sending pictures: Run the Bluetooth is turned on and • Gallery application and select select Scan for devices > Picture > Menu. Click Share Choose the device you want to and select Bluetooth > Check send data from the list. If Bluetooth is turned on and Connecting to FTP (Only •...
Talk™ applications and games from Talk is Google’s instant Android Market, they appear messaging program. It lets you in the LG-E720 menu. You can communicate with other people check downloaded application by who also use Talk. tapping Downloads tab. Touch the Menu key and check You can check other's comment available options.
3 Set the time and touch tan, log, and so on. turn on the alarm. After you set the time, the LG-E720 will let Adding an event to your you know how much time is calendar left before the alarm sounds.
ThinkFree Office 4 Touch What, then enter the event name. Check the date ThinkFree Office allows you to and enter the time you want read documents, and provides your event to begin and finish. limited edit functions for Microsoft 5 Also, touch Where, then enter Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Utilities Voice recorder Use the voice recorder to record voice memos or other audio files. Recording a sound or voice 1 On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select Voice Recorder. 2 Touch to begin recording. 3 Touch to end recording. 4 Touch the Menu key and select Use as Ringtone to set as the Phone ringtone.
The Web Browser Forward – Goes to the page you connected later Browser gives you a fast, full- than current page. This is colour world of games, music, opposite concept with the news, sports, entertainment, and Back key, which goes to the much more, right on your mobile previous page.
The Web TIP! To return the previous web-page, touch Back key. Adding and accessing bookmarks 1 Touch the Menu key then select Bookmarks. 2 Touch a bookmark and enter a name for the bookmark followed by its URL. 3 To access the bookmark, simply touch the bookmark.
MAC filters, you may need Here, you can manage Wi-Fi to enter the MAC address of and Bluetooth. Also, you can set your LG-E720 into the router. mobile networks, airplane mode. You can find the MAC Airplane mode – After setting...
Settings Bluetooth settings – Set device your mobile phone from your PC name & discoverable, scan for using the mouse or keyboard. other devices. Or, check a list Sound of Bluetooth devices that you’ve previously configured and those < General > detected when the phone last Silent mode –...
Display < Notifications > Notification ringtone – Brightness – Adjust the Allows you to set your default brightness of the screen. notification ringtone. Auto-rotate screen – Allows < Feedback > you to set the orientation to automatically switch to Audible touch tones – Allows landscape mode or portrait you to set the phone to play mode when you turn the phone...
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Settings Use GPS Satellites – If you < SIM card lock > check Use GPS satellites, your Set up SIM card lock – Set up phone will be determine your SIM card lock or change SIM PIN. location to street-level accuracy. <...
Set password – Allows you to what processes each running set or change the password for service needs and how much your secure credential storage. memory it is using. Your password must have at Development – Allows you least 8 characters. to set options for application Clear storage –...
Settings If you touch an account in this device if you have a memory card inserted. You can set the screen, its account screen Mass storage only as a default opens. setting of USB connection mode. Privacy < SD card > <...
< Web > Clear shortcuts – Erases the list of previously chosen Touch Google search and you can search results that appear as adjust Google search settings. suggestions below the Google Show web suggestions – Check search box. to display suggestions for Google web searches below the Google Language &...
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Settings Block offensive words: When Always use my settings: • • unchecked, Google voice Check to use the settings on recognition will recognise and this screen in place of speech transcribe words many people synthesiser settings available consider offensive, when in other applications.
Wi-Fi This is particularly useful in combination with the Always With Wi-Fi, you can use high- use my settings, to ensure speed Internet access within the that text is spoken correctly in coverage of the wireless access a variety of applications. point (AP).
Settings NOTE: The LG-E720 supports Icon Description WEP, WPA/WPA2-PSK and 802.1x EAP. security. If your USB tethering is active Wi-Fi service provider or network administrator sets encryption for Portable Wi-Fi hotspot network security, fill in the key in is active the pop-up window.
2 Touch Wireless & networks you’re running an earlier version and select Tethering & of Windows or another operating portable hotspot. system, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a 3 Choose options that you want network connection via USB. For to adjust.
Settings 3 Touch Wireless & networks 3 Check Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. and select Tethering & After a moment, the phone • portable hotspot. starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi network name (SSID), so 4 Check USB tethering. you can connect to it with The phone starts sharing •...
2 Touch Wireless & networks other device. Or touch Open in the Security menu to and select Tethering & remove security from your portable hotspot. Wi-Fi network. 3 Ensure Portable Wi-Fi hotspot ATTENTION! is checked. If you set the security option 4 Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot as Open, you can not prevent settings.
Settings On-Screen Phone icons Text input with keyboard: • allows you to compose a text Connects or disconnects message or note using your your mobile phone to/from computer keyboard. your PC. File transfer (mobile phone • Rotates the On-Screen to PC): sends files from your Phone window (only mobile phone (e.g.
Download LG Mobile Support 1 On your mobile phone, go Tool to PC. If you download to Settings > Wireless LG PC Suite IV, the On-Screen & networks > Bluetooth Phone program will be also settings. Select Turn downloaded on your PC. Then...
Settings To disconnect your 5 Select "LG-E720" from the device list and click "Next". phone from your PC You can rename the device if Touch in the top left of the you wish. home screen. Drag down the 6 Enter the PIN code (e.g.
Software update Phone Software update NOTE: LG reserves the right to make firmware updates available LG Mobile Phone Software only for selective models at its update from internet own discretion and does not For more information on using guarantee the availability of the...
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Accessories These accessories are available for use with the LG-E720. (Items described below may be optional.) Charger Data cable Connect your LG-E720 and Battery User Guide Learn more about your LG-E720. Stereo headset NOTE: Always use genuine LG accessories. •...
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 the phone Make sure that the SIM card is correctly SIM error or it is inserted...
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Check the battery contacts and Charging error clean them if necessary. No voltage Plug into a different socket. Charger defective If the charger does not warm up, replace Wrong charger Only use original LG accessories. Battery defective Replace battery.
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Message Possible causes Possible Corrective Measures The Fixed Dial Number not Number function Check settings. permitted is on. Impossible to Delete some existing messages in the receive/ send Memory Full phone. SMS & Picture Unsupported file Check the file format that can be Files not open format supported...
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) exposure to radio waves. information. The SAR limit recommended by • This mobile phone model LG- the International Commission E720 has been designed to on Non-Ionizing Radiation comply with applicable safety Protection (ICNIRP) is 2 W/kg requirements for exposure to averaged over 10 g of tissue.
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It may cause required. an electric shock and can Repairs under warranty, at • seriously damage your phone. LG’s option, may include Do not charge a handset near • replacement parts or boards flammable material as the that are either new or...
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Guidelines for safe and efficient use Do not charge the phone when Do not use your mobile phone • • it is on soft furnishings. near medical equipment without requesting permission. The phone should be charged • Avoid placing the phone over in a well ventilated area.
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When your vehicle is equipped • NOTE: Excessive sound with an air bag, do not obstruct pressure from earphones with installed or portable can cause hearing loss. wireless equipment. It can cause the air bag to fail or Glass Parts cause serious injury due to Some parts of your mobile improper performance.
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Turn your mobile phone off • the battery’s performance. before boarding any aircraft. Use only LG batteries and Do not use it on the ground • • chargers. LG chargers are without permission from the designed to maximise the crew.
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Dispose of used batteries • according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Please recycle when possible. Do not dispose as household waste. If you need to replace the • battery, take it to the nearest authorised LG Electronics service point or dealer for assistance.