LG Electronics LW690 Optimizing Battery Life

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Optimizing Battery Life

You can extend your battery's life between charges by turning off

features that run in the background. You can also monitor how

applications and system resources consume battery power.

To check the battery charge level

©From the Home screen, press the Menu Key and touch

Settings > About phone > Status.

The battery status (charging or discharging) and level (as a

percentage of fully charged) will be displayed at the top of

the screen.

Tomonitor and control what uses the battery

The Battery use screen allows you to see which applications are

consuming the most battery power. Information on this screen

allows you to identify downloaded applications you may want to

turn off when not being used, so you can get the most out of your

battery power.

©From the Home screen, press the Menu Key and touch

Settings > About phone >Battery use.

©Touch an application in the Battery use screen to see the

details about its power consumption.

To change your phone settings

©From the Home screen, press the Menu Key ,then

touch Settings.You can change all your phone settings from

here.

The Basics

Contents

Main Page Page Phone Overview Front View Rear View Installing the Battery and microSD Card Charging the Phone Charging with USB Optimizing Battery Life To check the battery charge level Tomonitor and control what uses the battery To change your phone settings Turning the Phone On and Off Turning the phone on Turning the phone off Tounlock the phone To turn the phone sounds off Creating a Google Account Your Google Account Signing into Your Google Account Phones Status Icons Status icons Notification icons Getting to Know the Home Screen Touchscreen Text Input Methods Swype Tips Using the Android keyboard To enter text To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters To change the keyboard orientation Entering text by speaking To turn on voice input To enter text by speaking 3.When prompted to Speak now,speak what you want to enter. Overview Switching between multiple applications Adding application icons to the Home screen Options menus Context menus Notifications To open the Notifications panel Phone and Web search using text entry Web search using voice command Locking the Screen Setting an Unlock Pattern Page Customizing the Home Screen To change the Home screen wallpaper Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts Connecting to Mobile Networks To disable data when roaming Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network Connecting to Bluetooth Devices To turn Bluetooth on or off To change the Device Name Toconnect a Bluetooth Headset or Car Kit Todisconnect a Bluetooth device To unpair from a Bluetooth device To send information from your device to another device To receive information from another device Connecting to Virtual Private Networks To add a VPN Working With Secure Certificates To install a secure certificate from the microSD card Connecting Your Device to Your Computer Important Connection Information Placing and Ending Calls Airplane mode Answering or Rejecting Calls To answer a call To decline a call and divert it to voicemail Working with the Call Log To open the Call log To add an entrys number to your Contacts Calling Your Contacts To call a contact Tocall a favorite contact Voice Dialer To place a call by speaking Managing Multiple Calls To set up a conference call Listening to Your Voice mail To listen to your Voice mail Google Search Browser Internet Browser pages Page Google Maps To open Google Maps and view your location To view map layers Searching For Locations and Places To search for a location Getting Directions Togetdirections To view turn-by-turn directions in a list To search for locations along your route Latitude Finding Your Friends with Google LatitudeTM To access Latitude Places To find places RSS Reader Using RSS reader Contacts Using Your Contacts To open your Contacts application Toviewdetails about a contact To connect by using Quick Contact for Android To communicate with a contact Tosetwhether contacts without phone numbers are displayed To change which groups are displayed To join contacts Email Opening Email and the Accounts Screen To open the Email application The Accounts screen To open your Combined Inbox Reading Your Messages Toread a message Composing and Sending Email To compose and send a message Working with Account Folders To view an accounts folders Adding and Editing Email Accounts To add an email account To change an accounts settings Facebook for LG Using the Facebook for LG application Adding the My Status widget Gmail Opening Gmail and Your Inbox To open the Gmail application To open your Inbox when Gmail is running To switch accounts Toread a message To reread a message Page To compose and send a message Toreply toor forward a message Working with Conversations in Batches Labeling a Conversation Tolabel a conversation or change the conversation's label Starring a Message To star a message Changing Gmail Settings Messaging To open Messaging To delete a message thread from the Messaging window To send a text message To create and send a multimedia message Toviewdetails about a message Excuse Message Google Talk Signing in and Opening your Friends List To open Google Talk and sign in Chatting with Friends Tochatwith a friend Status Icons To set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically Twitter for LG Home screen Updating your status Phone Call log Contacts Favorites Voice Dialer Call a contact by voice dialing Voice Search Camera Getting to know the viewfinder Taking a quick photo Viewing your saved photos Video Camera Getting to know the viewfinder Recording a quick video Gallery To open Gallery and view your albums Working with Pictures To view and browse pictures Working with Videos To play videos Android Market Opening Android Market and Finding Applications To open Android Market application To get help with Android Market Music Opening Music and Working with Your Library To open Music and view your music library How to use To control playback To control playback volume To use a song as a ringtone Video Player YouT ube Opening YouTube and Watching Videos To open the YouTube application Towatch and interact with YouTube videos Voice Recorder Record a voice memo Play a voicememo Calendar To open Calendar Working in Agenda view Page Calculator To open and use the Calculator Clock Viewing the Date, Time, and Other Information To open the Clock application ThinkFree Office Create a new document Viewand edit a document on your device Page ELECTRICAL SAFETY FOR PROPER GROUNDING INSTALLATION FOR POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR DIRECT SUNLIGHT PREVENTION OF HEARING LOSS SAFETY IN AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENT RESTRICTIONS EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES FOR RF EXPOSURE INTERFERENCE WITH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS HEARING AIDS NON-IONIZING RADIATION Page Page Page TIA Safety Information Page Safety Information Caution Page Page Caution: Avoid potential hearing loss. 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