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 Use the correct external power source
Important Health Information and Safety Precautions
 Important Health Information and Safety Precautions
 Safety Precautions for Direct Sunlight
 Environment Restrictions
 Interference with Medical Equipment Functions
 Regulatory requirements in your country
HAC
 Installing the Battery and microSD Card
Connecting to Networks and Devices
 Placing and Receiving Calls
MicroSD Card
 Communication
 Changing Messaging Settings
 Entertainment
 Tool
Settings
 Specifications FAQ FAQUpdated
Safety
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 Important Customer Information
 Technical Details
Important Information
 TIA/EIA-95A
FCC RF Exposure Information
 Technical Details
 Technical Details
 Front View
Phone Overview
 Rear View
 Left Side Right Side
Volume Keys MicroSD Slot
 Cover as shown Battery cover Above Clicks into place
Installing the Battery and microSD Card
Installing the battery
Removing the battery
 To remove the microSD card
Inserting a microSD card
To unmount the microSD card
 Charging the Phone
 Charging with USB
Battery temperature protection
Battery charge level
Using the phone without battery
 Tips to extend the life of your battery
Optimizing Battery Life
To check the battery charge level
 To monitor and control what uses the battery
 To unlock the phone
Turning the Phone On and Off
Turning the phone on
Turning the phone off
 To turn the phone sounds off
Touch Begin to start using the phone
 Your Google Account
Setting up your Google Account
 Additional accounts
 Status icons
Phone’s Status Icons
Following icons indicate the status of your phone
 Following icons indicate that youve received a notification
Notification icons
 Getting to Know the Home Screen
 Press the Home Key at any time, from any application
Touchscreen
To return to the Home screen
To view other Home screen panes
 Basics
 Text Input Methods
Using the Swype Keyboard
Swype Tips
 To configure Swype settings
Swype Settings
Preferences settings
 Help
Swype Advanced Settings
About
 To enter text
Using the Android keyboard
You can also enter text by speaking instead of by typing
 To change the keyboard orientation
To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters
 To enter text by speaking
Entering text by speaking
You can edit the text that you enter by typing or speaking
 To edit text
Editing text
To select text
 To paste text
To cut or copy text
Copy or Cut the text to paste
 Overview
Applications How to View, Open and Switch
 Customizing the Launch screen
Opening and Closing the Launch screen
 Touch an application icon to open it Press the Home Key
Opening and Switching Applications
Touch the icon for the other application you want to open
 Adding application icons to the Home screen
 Options menus
Working with Menus
 Context menus
Managing Notifications
 To respond to a notification
To open the Notifications panel
Touch and drag the Status bar to the bottom of the screen
 To close the notifications panel
Phone and Web search using text entry
Searching Your Phone and the Web
To clear all notifications
 Touch Search to search for the entered terms
 Touch Pattern
Setting a Lock Pattern for the First Time
Locking the Screen
Changing Your Lock Pattern
 Using a PIN or Password to Lock the Screen
 To add an item to the Home screen
Customizing the Home Screen
 To remove an item from the Home screen
To move an item on the Home screen
To change the Home screen wallpaper
 To rename a folder
Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts
 To disable data when roaming
Connecting to Mobile Networks
 To limit your data connection to 2G networks
Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks
Touch 1x only
 To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network
 To add a Wi-Fi network
To receive notifications when open networks are in range
 ActiveSync
To forget a Wi-Fi network
With ActiveSync, you can
 Touch the Applications Launcher Key Music Menu Key Sync
Windows Media Sync
 Disconnect the USB Cable
Follow the process below to Disconnect
 Touch Mass Storage mode to connect PC for Autorun
To select USB mode for Autorun
USB Autorun
 Autorun is not available when
Modem Mode with Autorun
To change the setting while Autorun is running
You can change the settings while Autorun is running. Press
 Using the Status bar to change the settings
 Downloading LG USB Modem Driver
 Before you proceed
Enable DUN
 Make Your Device a 3G Mobile Hotspot
Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection
 Touch 3G Mobile Hotspot
 Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is active Portable hotspot are active
 Your portable hotspot is now created
 To turn Bluetooth on or off
Connecting to Bluetooth Devices
 To pair your phone with a Bluetooth device
To change your phone’s Bluetooth name
 To configure the Bluetooth features you want to use
To connect to a Bluetooth device
 To add a VPN
Connecting to Virtual Private Networks
To disconnect from a Bluetooth device
To unpair a Bluetooth device
 To disconnect from a VPN
To connect to a VPN
 Working With Secure Certificates
To install a secure certificate from the microSD card
 Your Devices microSD Card and Adapter
MicroSD Card
MicroSD Card
 MicroSD Adapter
 Review the available information
MicroSD Card Settings
Viewing Memory in the microSD Card
Formatting the microSD Card
 Connecting Your Device to Your Computer
 Carefully remove the USB cable from the phone
Important Connection Information
 To open the Phone application
Placing and Ending Calls
To place a call by dialing
 Airplane mode
 Answering or Rejecting Calls
When unlocked
To answer a call
 To open the Call log
To silence the ringer, press the Down Volume Key
Working with the Call Log
To decline a call and divert it to voicemail
 To clear the Call log
To dial a number in the Call log
To add an entry’s number to your Contacts
To take other actions on a Call log entry
 To call a favorite contact
Calling Your Contacts
Voice Dialer
To call a contact
 To mute the microphone during a call
Options During a Call
 Managing Multiple Calls
To switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone
To switch between current calls
Speaker is turned off automatically when the call ends
 To set up a conference call
 To listen to your Voicemail
Listening to Your Voicemail
 To access your voice mail from your wireless device
To set up your Voicemail
 Scroll the screen up, then touch Search
Setting Web and Quick Search Box Options
Search
Bing Search
 Browser
Searching the Web and Your Phone Using the Quick Search Box
Internet
 Browse web pages
 100 Web
 To delete the bookmark, touch Delete bookmark
Bookmark your favorite web pages
 To get directions
Bing Maps Searching For Locations and Places
To search for a location
Getting Directions
 VZ Navigator
 To navigate with turn-by-turn directions
Navigating with Spoken, Turn-by-Turn Directions
 To view turn-by-turn directions in a list
 To view traffic conditions on your route
To preview your route
To get an alternate route to your destination
 To open News and Weather
Checking the news and weather
 108 Web
Changing News and Weather Settings
 News settings
Weather settings
 110 Web
Refresh settings
 RSS Reader
Using RSS Reader
City ID
 To purchase City ID if you said no during the trial?
Slacker
 Skype mobile
To access the Slacker application
To use the Skype mobile
 How to Access and Register Backup Assistant
Backup Assistant
 Manually backing up your contacts
Using Backup Assistant
 Change your PIN code
Changing the backup schedule
 To open the Kindle application
New Features on the Kindle for VortexTM application
Kindle
Shop for books in the Kindle Store
 Cast Video on Demand Browse video clips
Video
Download video clips
 Cast Media Manager
Verizon Wireless Media Store Ringtones
Music and Tones
Ringback Tones
 Purchase songs or albums on your PC
Cast Music with Rhapsody
Purchase songs on your phone
Download a PC copy of an over-the-air OTA purchased track
 Sync your music from your PC to your phone
Play songs with your wireless device
Connect your phone and PC using a USB cable
Play songs
 Mobile IM
Using Your Contacts
Contacts
 To open your Contacts application
 Contact Multiselect
To Use the Multiselect Feature
 To open a list of your favorite contacts
To view details about a contact
 To add a new contact
Adding Contacts
 To import contacts from your microSD card
Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts
 To share a contact
To export contacts to your microSD card
 Searching for a Contact
Adding a Contact to Your Favorites
To add a contact to your favorites list
To remove a contact from your favorites list
 To edit contact details
Editing Contact Details
 To divert calls from a contact to your voicemail
To change a contact’s default phone number
To set a ringtone for a contact
 Communicating with Your Contacts
To delete a contact
 To communicate with a contact
To connect by using Quick Contact for AndroidTM
Touch a contacts picture to open Quick Contact for Android
 Selecting Which Contacts are Displayed
To call a contact’s default number
To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed
 After youve made your selections, touch Done
To change which groups are displayed
 To join contacts
Joining Contacts
 Separating Contact Information
Adding and Removing Accounts
To separate contact information
 Touch the kind of account you want to add
To add an account
 Confirm that you want to remove the account
To remove an account
 To configure general sync settings
Configuring Account Sync and Display Options
 Communication
 To sync information manually
To change an account’s sync settings
 To open the Email application
Opening Email and the Accounts Screen
Accounts screen
 Accounts Screen
To open your Combined Inbox
 To read a message
Reading Your Messages
 To delete a message
Responding to a Message
To reply to or forward a message
To mark a message as unread
 To view your starred messages
Starring Messages
To star a message
To unstar a message
 To compose and send a message
Composing and Sending Email
 To view an account’s folders
Working with Account Folders
Press the Menu Key , then touch Refresh
 To add an email account
Adding and Editing Email Accounts
 Communication
 Following settings can be changed for your Email accounts
Changing Email Account Settings
Email account settings
To change an account’s settings
 Communication
 Incoming server settings
 Imap path prefix
Settings for POP3 accounts
Port
Security type
 Require sign-in
Outgoing server settings
 With the Facebook application you can
Using the Facebook application
Facebook
Facebook for LG Application
 Press
Adding a Facebook widget
My Status
Home screen
 Searching for Facebook users to add to your friends
Share a status message
 You can also send a facebook message from your friends
Setting Facebook options
Visual Voice Mail
Sending a facebook message
 To use Visual Voice Mail
 Gmail is Different
Gmail
 To open the Gmail application
Opening Gmail and Your Inbox
 To switch accounts
To open your Inbox when Gmail is running
 Touch the account that contains the email you want to read
 Touch the contact name to open that message
To reread a message
 Composing and Sending a Message
 Scroll to the bottom of a message
Replying to or Forwarding a Message
 You action affects the selected batch of messages
Working with Conversations in Batches
 To label a batch of conversations at once
When reading a conversations messages, press the Menu
Labeling a Conversation
To label a conversation
 Viewing Conversations by Label
Starring a Message
Touch its star again
 To report a conversation as spam
Reporting Spam
Searching for Messages
 Synchronizing Your Messages
Archiving Conversations
To Archive a conversation
 To set how many days of conversations to synchronize
To select which conversations to synchronize
Enter the number of days then touch OK
 Appending a Signature to Your Messages
Changing Gmail Settings
Enter a signature or other information Touch OK
 Notification settings
General Settings
 Opening Messaging To open Messaging
Messaging
To delete a message thread from the Messaging window
 To send a text message
Exchanging Messages
 To create and send a multimedia message
 To respond to messages you receive
Changing Messaging Settings
To view details about a message
 Text message SMS settings
Storage settings
Multimedia message MMS settings
 How to select the type of keyboard you want
 To open Google Talk and sign
Talk
Signing in and Opening your Friends List
To return to your friends list
 Chatting with Friends To chat with a friend
To sign out of Google Talk
 To accept an invitation to chat
To switch between active chats
 Touch the name of the friend to invite
To invite a friend to join a group chat
To chat on or off the record
To end a chat
 To change your online status
Changing and Monitoring Online Status
Status Icons
 To change your picture
To change your status message
Managing Your Friends List
 To view all friends or only those most popular with you
To add a friend to your Friends list
To view and accept an invitation to become a friend
To view a list of pending invitations to friends
 To add a friend to the Most popular group
Changing Google Talk Settings
To block a friend
 To set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically
To configure notifications for new Google Talk messages
To show or hide the mobile indicator to friends
Checkmark or uncheck Mobile indicator
 Twitter home screen
Twitter
Twitter for LG application
Tweeting on your phone
 Sending a tweet
 Searching for Twitter users to follow
Setting Twitter for LG options
Sending a direct message
 Contacts
Phone application
Phone
Call log
 Favorites
 Open an Application
Call a Contact by Voice Dialling
 Voice Search
 Getting to know the viewfinder
Camera
 Taking a quick photo
Using the focus mode
Open the Camera application
 Once you’ve taken the photo
Using the advanced settings
 Entertainment
 You can access your saved photos from within the camera
Reset Restores all the settings back the the defaults
Viewing your saved photos
 Shooting a quick video
Video Camera
 After shooting a video
 Watching your saved videos
Adjusting the volume when viewing a video
Setting a photo as wallpaper
Your Photos and Videos
 To open Gallery and view your albums
Adjust the cropping box, if necessary, then touch Save
Gallery
Opening Gallery and Viewing Your Albums
 Working with Albums
To open an album and view its contents
 To change how the contents of an album are displayed
 To share an album
To Work with Batches of Pictures or Videos
 To delete an album
To get details about an album
 To view and browse pictures
Working with Pictures
 Picture is saved with the new orientation
To watch a slideshow of your pictures
To rotate a picture
Touch a picture to view the control buttons, then touch
 To crop a picture
 To share a picture
To get details about a picture
To delete a picture
 To play videos
Working with Videos
Touch the video to view the playback controls
 To delete a video
To share a video
 To open Android Market application
Market
Opening Android Market and Finding Applications
To get help with Android Market
 To browse for applications
 Touch Search at the top right of the screen or press
To open a screen with details about an application
To search for applications
To return to Android Market home screen
 To download and install an application
Downloading and Installing Applications
 Entertainment
 Managing Your Downloads
To create a Google Checkout account
To view your downloaded applications
 To request a refund for an application
To uninstall an application
 To rate an application
To set whether you’re notified about updated applications
To flag inappropriate applications
 Transferring Music Files to Your Phone
Music
To copy music files onto the phones microSD card
 To open Music and view your music library
Opening Music and Working with Your Library
 To delete a song from the microSD card
To search for music in your library
 To play music
Playing Music
 To control playback
To control playback volume
To play your tracks in a party shuffle
 Working with Playlists
To use a song as a ringtone
To create a playlist
 To sync from your phone
To add a song to a playlist
To remove a song from a playlist
To rename or delete a playlist
 Touch the video you want to play
Video Player
Playback controls
Video player list options
 Touch YouTube on the Home screen or on the Launch screen
YouTubeTM
Opening YouTube and Watching Videos
To open the YouTube application
 To search for videos
To watch and interact with YouTube videos
 To share your videos on YouTube
Voice Recorder
 Touch the voice memo you wish to play
Record a Voice Memo
Play a Voice Memo
Managing your Voice Memos
 Scrabble
To access Scrabble
Voice Recorder Context Menu
 Dynamic resolution
To access Tetris
Tetris
 Viewing Your Calendar and Events
Calendar
To open the Calendar application
 To change your calendar view
 Press the Menu Key , then touch Agenda
To switch to Agenda view
Working in Agenda View
To learn more about events in Agenda view
 To add an event in Day view
To switch to Day view
Working in Day View
To learn more about events in Day view
 To add an event in Week view
To switch to Week view
Working in Week View
To learn more about events in Week view
 Press the Menu Key , then touch Month
To switch to Month view
Working in Month View
To view more information about events in Month view
 To view information about an event
Viewing Event Details
 To create an event
Creating an Event
 To edit an event
Editing or deleting an event
To delete an event
 To set an event reminder
Setting an Event Reminder
To delete an event reminder
 To respond to an event reminder
Responding to an Event Reminder
 To set whether calendars are stored on the phone or visible
Synchronizing and Displaying Calendars
 Changing Calendar Settings
 To open and use the Calculator
Calculator
Allows you to perform simple mathematical calculations
 To play a slideshow
Clock
Viewing the Date, Time, and Other Information
To open the Clock application
 To set an alarm
Setting Alarms
To dim the Clock display
 Changing Clock Alarm Settings
 Create a New Document
ThinkFree Office
 ThinkFree document tools
View and edit a document on your device
Document, press the Menu Key , then touch Edit
 Manage documents online
 Changing Browser settings
Settings
Opening Settings
To open Settings
 Settings
 Wireless & networks
 Regulatory domain Set the number of channels to use
 Mobile networks
 Call settings
 Sound
 Incoming calls
 Location & security
Display
 Screen unlock
 Applications
Device administration
 Settings
 Accounts & sync
 SD card & phone storage
Privacy
Personal data
 Language & keyboard
Search
 Menu Key and touch Add to add a word
 Voice input & output
 Connectivity
Accessibility
 About phone
Date & time
 TIA Safety Information
 Phone Operation
 Safety
 Safety
 Safety Information
 Safety
 Safety
 Safety
 Avoid potential hearing loss
 Safety
 FDA Consumer Update
 Safety
 Safety
 Safety
 Safety
 Safety
 Safety
 Safety
 Driver Safety Tips
 Safety
 Specific Absorption Rate
Consumer Information on SAR
 Safety
 Safety
 Safety
 FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility and Volume Control
 Specifications
 Sensors
Platform
 306 FAQ
 FAQ
 308 FAQ
 What is
 Remember to back up any
 Menu Key Touch Settings Location Security
 312 FAQ
 VPN access configuration is
 Remove an
 Alarm
 316 FAQ
 FAQUpdated
 Can I import contacts to my VortexTM?
 To confirm the selection, touch the OK button
How can I separate the grouped contacts?
 How can I check that my data is synchronizing?
How can I sync contacts?
Menu Key and touch Sync now to manually synchronize data
 Email Information
Other Email-Related Issues
 Supported Email Features
Why do my Exchange emails only go back a few days?
 How do I sync Facebook/Twitter for LG with the phone?
 FAQUpdated
 Limited Warranty Statement
 What LG will do
 State LAW Rights
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