Optimus M
Page
 Contents
 Front View
Phone Overview
 Rear View
 Inserting a microSD card
Installing the Battery and microSD Card
 Charging the Phone
 Tips to extend the life of your battery
Optimizing Battery Life
Charging with USB
 To monitor and control what uses the battery
To check the battery charge level
How to change settings
 Turning the Phone On and Off
Press and hold the Power/Lock Key for a couple of seconds
Turning the phone on
Turning the phone off
 Your Google Account
Creating a Google Account
To turn the phone sounds off
 Signing into Your Google Account
 Status icons
Phone’s Status Icons
 Notification icons
 Getting to Know the Home Screen
 Touchscreen
 Swype Tips
Text Input Methods
 To enter text
Using the Android keyboard
You can also enter text by speaking instead of by typing
 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
 Launch screen
Overview
 Options menus
Adding application icons to the Home screen
 Context menus
 To open the Notifications panel
Notifications
Touch and drag the Status Bar downwards
 Phone and Web search using text entry
 Locking the Screen
Web search using voice command
Press and hold the Search Key
 From the Home screen, press the Menu Key
Setting a Lock Pattern
Youre prompted to draw and redraw your own pattern
 To change the Home screen wallpaper
Customizing the Home Screen
 Touch a Quick Contact icon to communicate with the contact
Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts
 Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks
Connecting to Mobile Networks
To disable data when roaming
To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network
 MetroPCS Easy Wifi
Connecting to Bluetooth Devices
 To turn Bluetooth on or off
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
When unlocked
To answer a call
 Working with the Call Log
To silence the ringer, press the up/down Volume Key
To decline a call and divert it to voicemail
To open the Call log
 To add an entry’s number to your Contacts
Calling Your Contacts
To take other actions on a Call log entry
To clear the Call log
 Voice Dialer
To set up a conference call
Managing Multiple Calls
To call a favorite contact
 To listen to your Voice mail
Listening to Your Voice mail
Place a call to the first participant
 Google Search
 MetroWEB
Navigate web pages using the keys
Internet
Browse web pages
 To send the web address URL of the web page to others
To search for text on the web page, Menu Key More
To view the download history, press Menu Key More
 Searching For Locations and Places
Google MapsTM
To open Google Maps and view your location
To get an address and additional information for a location
 Getting Directions To get directions
To search for a location
While viewing a map, press the Menu Key and touch
 To view turn-by-turn directions in a list
Latitude
To search for locations along your route
Finding Your Friends with Google LatitudeTM
 Places
Using RSS reader
RSS Reader
To find places
 Boingo Wifi
MetroBACKUP
Metro411
Mobile Banking
 MocoSpace
MetroNavigator
Pocket Express
 Contacts
Using Your Contacts
To view details about a contact
To open your Contacts application
 To communicate with a contact
To connect by using Quick Contact for AndroidTM
To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed
 To join contacts
To change which groups are displayed
Open your Contacts application
 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 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
 Adding and Editing Email Accounts To add an email account
 Facebook for LG
To change an account’s settings
To delete an email account
Open the Accounts screen
 Adding the Facebook widget
Using the Facebook application
 Gmail
To open your Inbox when Gmail is running
Opening Gmail and Your Inbox
To open the Gmail application
 When viewing a list of labeled conversations, press
To switch accounts
Touch the account that contains the email you want to read
 To reread a message
 Composing and Sending a Message
 To reply to or forward a message
Replying to or Forwarding a Message
Scroll to the bottom of a message
 You action affects the selected batch of messages
Working with Conversations in Batches
 Labeling a Conversation
When reading a conversations messages, press the Menu
To label a conversation or change the conversations label
To label a batch of conversations at once
 To star a message
Starring a Message
To unstar a message
To star or unstar all messages in a conversation
 Searching for Messages
Changing Gmail Settings
 Opening Messaging To open Messaging
Messaging
To delete a message thread from the Messaging window
From the Home screen, touch Messaging
 Excuse Message
Screen, press the Menu Key , then touch Settings Call
To send a text message
 Touch Send to send the message
To create and send a multimedia message
 To view details about a message
Google Talk
Signing in and Opening your Friends List
 To open Google Talk and sign
Chatting with Friends To chat with a friend
 To set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically
 Home screen
Twitter for LG
Updating your status
 Call a contact by voice dialling
Phone
Call log
Contacts
 Voice Search
Loopt
Mobile IM
Mail@metro
 Getting to know the viewfinder
Camera
Viewing your saved photos
Slideshow Touch to see your photos played in a slideshow
 Video Camera
 Opening Gallery and Viewing Your Albums
Gallery
To open Gallery and view your albums
Shooting a quick video
 Open a Gallery album and touch a picture
To view and browse pictures
 To play videos
Working with Videos
Touch the video to view the playback controls
 Opening Android Market and Finding Applications
Android MarketTM
To get help with Android Market
To open Android Market application
 Music
How to use
Opening Music and Working with Your Library
To open Music and view your music library
 To control playback
To control playback volume
To use a song as a ringtone
 Video Player
 Opening YouTube and Watching Videos
YouTubeTM
To open the YouTube application
To watch and interact with YouTube videos
 AppStore
Voice Recorder
Record a voice memo
Play a voice memo
 VirtualCard
Free Games
 Working in Agenda view
Calendar
To open Calendar
Touch Calendar on the Home screen or in the Launch screen
 Working in Week view
Working in Day view
Working in Month view
Viewing event details
 To open and use the Calculator
Calculator
Touch Calculator on the Home screen or in the Launch screen
 Viewing the Date, Time, and Other Information
Clock
To open the Clock application
Touch Clock on the Home screen or in the Launch screen
 Create a new document
ThinkFreeOffice
View and edit a document on your device
Name, then press the Back Key to exit
 Home Selector
Using Car Home
 Use the correct external power source
Important Health Information and Safety Precautions
 Important Health Information and Safety Precautions
 Safety Precautions for Direct Sunlight
 Prevention of Hearing Loss Safety in Aircraft
 Safety Precautions for RF Exposure
 Hearing Aids
 Technical Details
Technical Details
 Technical Details
 HAC
 TIA Safety Information
 Safety
 Safety Information
 Battery doesn’t need to be empty before recharging
 Safety
 Avoid potential hearing loss
 FDA Consumer Update
 Safety
 What are the results of the research done already?
 Safety
 Safety
 Federal Communications
 Driver Safety Tips
 Consumer Information on SAR
 Safety
 Safety
 Safety
 Specifications
 Platform
Connectors
 124 FAQ
 FAQ
 Filter emails? Supported via the phone Is it possible to
 What is
 Remember to back up any
 Menu Key Touch Settings Location Security
 Will I know
 VPN access configuration is
 Remove an
 Alarm
 134 FAQ
 FAQUpdated
 Can I import contacts to my Optimus M?
 To confirm the selection, touch OK
How can I separate the grouped contacts?
 How can I sync contacts?
From the Home screen, press the Menu Key and touch Settings
How can I check that my data is synchronizing?
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
 Limited Warranty Statement
 Index
 Safety Precautions for Power Supply Unit
 Index
 Index
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