Owners manual

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Contents
Guidelines for safe and efficient
use ............................................. 6
Important notice ...................... 10
1. Phone memory ................... 10
2. Optimising Battery Life ........ 10
3.
Installing an Open Source OS . 11
4. Using Unlock pattern .......... 11
5. Using Safe Mode and Hard
Reset ................................. 11
6. Connecting to Wi-Fi
networks ............................12
7. Using a microSD card ..........13
8. Opening and Switching
Applications ........................ 13
9. Connecting your phone to a
computer via USB ............... 13
Getting to know your phone ....15
Installing the SIM card and
battery ................................... 17
Charging your phone ...............18
Installing the memory card ...... 19
Formatting the memory card ... 19
Your Home screen.................... 21
Touch-screen tips ................... 21
Touch calibration .................... 21
Lock and unlock screen ..........21
Using your home screen ..........21
Select your default home
screen ................................... 21
LG Home ............................... 22
Android Home ........................ 24
Adding widgets to your home
screen.................................... 25
Getting back to a recently used
application ............................. 25
Google Account Set-up ............ 27
Creating your Google account .. 27
Signing in your Google account .. 27
Calls ......................................... 28
Making a call .......................... 28
Calling your contacts ...............28
Answering and rejecting a call . 28
Adjusting call volume .............. 28
Call settings ...........................28
Contacts ................................... 30
Searching for a contact ........... 30
Adding a new contact ............. 30
Messaging/E-mail .................... 31
Messaging .............................31
Sending a message ................ 31
Entering text ........................... 31
T9 mode ................................ 32
Abc mode............................... 32
123 Mode ..............................
32
Setting up your email .............. 32
Sending an email using your
new account ........................... 32
Changing your email account's
settings .................................. 33
Changing your message
settings .................................. 33
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