Optimus M
Page
 Contents
 Front View
Phone Overview
 Rear View
 Inserting a microSD card
Installing the Battery and microSD Card
 Charging the Phone
 Optimizing Battery Life
Tips to extend the life of your battery
Charging with USB
 To check the battery charge level
To monitor and control what uses the battery
How to change settings
 Turning the phone off
Press and hold the Power/Lock Key for a couple of seconds
Turning the Phone On and Off
Turning the phone on
 Creating a Google Account
Your 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
 Using the Android keyboard
To enter text
You can also enter text by speaking instead of by typing
 To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters
 To enter text by speaking
Entering text by speaking
To change the keyboard orientation
To turn on voice input
 Launch screen
Overview
 Options menus
Adding application icons to the Home screen
 Context menus
 Notifications
To open the Notifications panel
Touch and drag the Status Bar downwards
 Phone and Web search using text entry
 Web search using voice command
Locking the Screen
Press and hold the Search Key
 Setting a Lock Pattern
From the Home screen, press the Menu Key
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
 To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network
Connecting to Mobile Networks
Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks
To disable data when roaming
 MetroPCS Easy Wifi
Connecting to Bluetooth Devices
 Connecting to Virtual Private Networks
To turn Bluetooth on or off
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
 When unlocked
Answering or Rejecting Calls
To answer a call
 To open the Call log
To silence the ringer, press the up/down Volume Key
Working with the Call Log
To decline a call and divert it to voicemail
 To clear the Call log
Calling Your Contacts
To add an entry’s number to your Contacts
To take other actions on a Call log entry
 To call a favorite contact
To set up a conference call
Voice Dialer
Managing Multiple Calls
 Listening to Your Voice mail
To listen to your Voice mail
Place a call to the first participant
 Google Search
 Browse web pages
Navigate web pages using the keys
MetroWEB
Internet
 To search for text on the web page, Menu Key More
To send the web address URL of the web page to others
To view the download history, press Menu Key More
 To get an address and additional information for a location
Google MapsTM
Searching For Locations and Places
To open Google Maps and view your location
 To search for a location
Getting Directions To get directions
While viewing a map, press the Menu Key and touch
 Finding Your Friends with Google LatitudeTM
Latitude
To view turn-by-turn directions in a list
To search for locations along your route
 To find places
Using RSS reader
Places
RSS Reader
 Mobile Banking
MetroBACKUP
Boingo Wifi
Metro411
 MetroNavigator
MocoSpace
Pocket Express
 To open your Contacts application
Using Your Contacts
Contacts
To view details about a contact
 To connect by using Quick Contact for AndroidTM
To communicate with a contact
To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed
 To change which groups are displayed
To join contacts
Open your Contacts application
 Opening Email and the Accounts Screen
To open the Email application
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
 Working with Account Folders
To view an account’s folders
Press the Menu Key , then touch Refresh
 Adding and Editing Email Accounts To add an email account
 Open the Accounts screen
To change an account’s settings
Facebook for LG
To delete an email account
 Adding the Facebook widget
Using the Facebook application
 To open the Gmail application
To open your Inbox when Gmail is running
Gmail
Opening Gmail and Your Inbox
 To switch accounts
When viewing a list of labeled conversations, press
Touch the account that contains the email you want to read
 To reread a message
 Composing and Sending a Message
 Replying to or Forwarding a Message
To reply to or forward a message
Scroll to the bottom of 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 or change the conversations label
 To star or unstar all messages in a conversation
Starring a Message
To star a message
To unstar a message
 Searching for Messages
Changing Gmail Settings
 From the Home screen, touch Messaging
Messaging
Opening Messaging To open Messaging
To delete a message thread from the Messaging window
 Screen, press the Menu Key , then touch Settings Call
Excuse Message
To send a text message
 Touch Send to send the message
To create and send a multimedia message
 Google Talk
To view details about a message
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
 Twitter for LG
Home screen
Updating your status
 Contacts
Phone
Call a contact by voice dialling
Call log
 Mail@metro
Loopt
Voice Search
Mobile IM
 Slideshow Touch to see your photos played in a slideshow
Camera
Getting to know the viewfinder
Viewing your saved photos
 Video Camera
 Shooting a quick video
Gallery
Opening Gallery and Viewing Your Albums
To open Gallery and view your albums
 Open a Gallery album and touch a picture
To view and browse pictures
 Working with Videos
To play videos
Touch the video to view the playback controls
 To open Android Market application
Android MarketTM
Opening Android Market and Finding Applications
To get help with Android Market
 To open Music and view your music library
How to use
Music
Opening Music and Working with Your Library
 To control playback volume
To control playback
To use a song as a ringtone
 Video Player
 To watch and interact with YouTube videos
YouTubeTM
Opening YouTube and Watching Videos
To open the YouTube application
 Play a voice memo
Voice Recorder
AppStore
Record a voice memo
 VirtualCard
Free Games
 Touch Calendar on the Home screen or in the Launch screen
Calendar
Working in Agenda view
To open Calendar
 Viewing event details
Working in Day view
Working in Week view
Working in Month view
 Calculator
To open and use the Calculator
Touch Calculator on the Home screen or in the Launch screen
 Touch Clock on the Home screen or in the Launch screen
Clock
Viewing the Date, Time, and Other Information
To open the Clock application
 Name, then press the Back Key to exit
ThinkFreeOffice
Create a new document
View and edit a document on your device
 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?
 Menu Key and touch Sync now to manually synchronize data
From the Home screen, press the Menu Key and touch Settings
How can I sync contacts?
How can I check that my data is synchronizing?
 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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