LG Optimus Me P350 Black: LG-P350LG-P350 Quick Reference Guide - English

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LG-P350LG-P350

Quick Reference Guide - English

This guide will help you understand your new mobile phone.

It will provide you with useful explanations of features on your phone.

Some of the contents of this manual

may not apply to your phone

depending on your phone’s software or

your service provider.

This handset is not recommended for

the visually impaired because of its

touch-screen keypad.

Copyright ©2011 LG Electronics, Inc.

All rights reserved. LG and the LG

logo are registered trademarks of LG

Group and its related entities. All other

trademarks are the property of their

respective owners.

Google™, Google Maps™, Google

Mail™, YouTube™, Google Talk™ and

Android Market™ are trademarks of

Google, Inc.

Getting to know your phone

To turn the phone on, press and hold the Power key for 3 seconds.

To turn the phone off, press the Power key for 3 seconds and touch Power Off.

TIP! When screen is locked

1. Drag your finger from left to right to unlock the screen.

2. To turn the phone off, press the Power key for 3 seconds and touch

Power Off.

Earpiece

Back key

- Returns to the previous

screen.

Home key

- Returns to the

Search key

home screen from

- Search the web and

any screen.

contents in your

Menu key

phone.

- Check what

Power/Lock key

options are

- Powers your phone

available.

on/off by pressing and

holding the key.

Send key

- Turns the screen off

and locks the phone.

WARNING:

Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it

can damage its LCD and touch-screen functionalities.

Tip! Press Menu key whenever you tap an application to check what options

are available.

Tip! LG-P350 does not support video call.

Tip! If LG-P350 has errors when you use it or you cannot turn it on, remove

battery, install it again and turn it on after 5 seconds.

2

Stereo earphone

connector

Volume keys

- On the home screen:

controls ringer

volume.

Charger, micro USB cable

- During a call: controls

connector

your earpiece volume.

- When playing a track:

controls volume

continuously.

Microphone

Back cover

Camera lens

SIM card slot

Battery

micro SD memory

card slot

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Getting to know your phone

Google Account Set-up

To connect to Wi-Fi

The first time you open the

Choose the Wi-Fi network you

Google application on your

want to connect with. If you

phone, you will be required to

see

, you need to enter a

sign in with your existing Google

password to connect.

account. If you do not have a

TIP!

Google account, you’re prompted

If you are out of the Wi-Fi area

to create one.

and choose 3G connection,

Creating your Google

additional charges may be

account

applied.

1

On the home screen, touch

USB tethering

the

Applications

tab to

You can share your phone's

open the applications menu.

internet connection with your

2

Tap

Gmail

and tap

Next >

computer.

Create

to start the Google

You can tether your phone to

Mail™ set up wizard.

your computer with a USB cable.

Turn on Wi-Fi

Settings

>

Wireless & network

From Home Screen , open

settings

>

Tethering & portable

Notification drawer and touch

hotspot

>

USB tethering

.

on.

For more information regarding

From Menu, choose Settings >

USB tethering, click Help.

Wireless & network settings >

TIP!

Wi-Fi

.

To use USB Tethering, you need

to install PC Suite onto your

PC first.

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Wi-Fi Tethering

NOTE:

The LG-P350 supports

WEP, WPA/WPA2-PSK and

Use your LG-P350 as a portable

802.1x EAP security. If your

Wi-Fi hotspot.

Wi-Fi service provider or network

Settings

>

Wireless & network

administrator sets encryption for

settings

>

Tethering & portable

network security, fi ll in the key in

hotspot

>

Portable Wi-Fi

the pop-up window. If encryption

hotspot

.

is not set, this pop-up window

will not be shown. You can obtain

TIP!

the key from your Wi-Fi service

If your phone turns into sleep

provider or network administrator.

mode even when it is connected

to Wi-Fi, the Wi-Fi connection will

be disabled automatically. In this

case, if your phone has access

to 3G data, it may be connected

to the 3G network automatically,

and additional charges may be

applied.)

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Camera

Getting to know the viewfinder

Brightness

This defines and controls the amount of sunlight

entering the image. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar,

towards “-” for a lower brightness image, or towards “+” for a higher

brightness image.

Zoom

– Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively, you can use the side

volume keys.

Video mode

– Slide down

this icon to switch to video

mode.

Taking a photo

Gallery

This enables you

to access your saved photos

from within the camera

mode. Simply touch, and

your gallery will appear on

the screen.

Settings

Touch this icon

to open

the settings menu. See

Using the

advanced settings

.

Colour effect

– Choose a colour tone for your new photo.

NOTE:

You need to insert a memory card fi rst to take a picture. Without

inserting a memory card, you will not be able to take a picture or save

the picture you have taken.

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Video camera

Getting to know the viewfinder

Brightness

This defines and controls the amount of sunlight

entering the Video. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar,

towards “-” for a lower brightness Video, or towards “+” for a

higher brightness Video.

Zoom

– Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively, you can use the

side volume keys. Before starting to record a video, you can use

the zoom function. You cannot control the zoom function during

recording.

Camera mode

– Slide

up this icon to switch to

camera mode.

Start recording

Gallery

This enables

you to access your saved

photos & videos from within

the video camera mode.

Simply touch, and your

Settings

Touch this icon to

gallery will appear on the

open the settings menu. See

screen.

Using the advanced settings

.

Duration

– Set a duration limit for your video. Choose between

Normal

and

MMS

to limit the maximum size to send as an MMS

message. If you set as an MMS, you can record a 300kb video.

TIP!

When choosing an MMS duration, the Video

size will be set as QCIF and you can shoot longer videos.

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Important notice

Please check to see if any

2. Optimising Battery Life

problems you have encountered

You can extend your battery's

with your phone are described

life by turning off features that

in this section, before taking the

you don't need to run constantly

phone in for service or calling a

in the background. You can also

service representative.

monitor how applications and

system resources consume

1. Phone memory

battery power.

When available space on your

To extend the life of your

phone memory is less than 10%,

battery

your phone cannot receive a new

message. You need to check your

- Turn off radio communications

phone memory and delete some

that you aren't using. If you

data such as applications or

aren't using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or

messages to make more memory

GPS, turn them off.

available.

- Turn down screen brightness

To manage the application

and set a shorter screen

timeout.

1

On the home screen, touch

Applications

tab and select

- Turn off automatic syncing

Settings

>

Applications

>

for Google Mail, Calendar,

Manage applications

.

Contacts, and other

2

When all applications

applications.

appear, scroll and select

- Some applications you’ve

the application you want to

downloaded may cause your

uninstall.

battery’s life to be reduced.

3

Tap

Uninstall

and touch OK to

uninstall the application you

desired.

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To check the battery charge

3. Installing an Open

level

Source OS

1

On the home screen, touch

If you install an open source

Applications

tab and select

OS on your phone, and do not

Settings

>

About phone >

use the OS provided by the

Status

.

manufacturer, this may cause

2

The battery status (charging,

your phone to malfunction.

discharging) and level (as a

percentage of fully charged)

WARNING:

If you install and

are displayed at the top of the

use an OS other than the one

screen.

provided by the manufacturer,

To monitor and control what

your phone is no longer covered

uses the battery

by the warranty.

1

On the home screen, touch

Applications

tab and select

WARNING:

To protect your

Settings> About phone>

phone and personal data,

Battery use.

download applications only

from trusted sources, such

2

The top of the screen

as Android Market™. If some

displays battery usage time.

applications are not properly

Either how long since last

installed on your phone, your

connected to a power source

phone may not work correctly

or, if connected to a power

or a serious error could occur.

source, how long you were

You will need to uninstall those

last running on battery power.

applications and all of its data

The body of the screen lists

and settings from the phone.

applications or services using

battery power from greatest

amount to least.

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Important notice

4. Using Unlock pattern

When you can’t recall your

unlock Pattern, PIN, or

Set unlock pattern to secure your

Password:

phone. Opens a set of screens

that guide you through drawing a

If you’ve created a Google

screen unlock pattern.

account on the phone, tap the

On the home screen, touch

Forgot pattern button. Then, you

Applications tab and select

are required to sign in with your

Settings

>

Location & security

Google account to unlock your

>

Set up screen lock

>

Pattern

.

phone If you haven’t created a

Google account on the phone or

Follow the screens to be guided

you forgot it, you need to perform

through drawing a screen unlock

a hard reset.

pattern. Select Next to continue

Caution:

If you perform a hard

to next screen.

reset, all user applications

and user data will be deleted.

WARNING:

Precautions

Please remember to backup any

to take when using the

important data before performing

Pattern Lock. It is very

a hard reset.

important that you remember

the unlock pattern you set.

You have 5 opportunities to

enter your unlock Pattern,

PIN or Password. If you have

used all 5 opportunities, you

may attempt again after 30

seconds.

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5. Using Safe Mode and

3

When the power turns on,

Hard Reset

release these keys.

Using Safe mode

WARNING

* To recover the phone from any

If you perform a Hard Reset,

malfunction

all user applications and

Turn off your phone and reboot.

user data will be deleted.

While your phone is powering

Please remember to back up

back on, press and hold the

any important data before

Send key while the Android

performing a

Hard Reset

.

Logo is displayed. Your phone

will boot all the way to the

6. Connecting to Wi-Fi

main screen and display "safe

networks

mode" in the lower left-hand

To use Wi-Fi on your phone,

corner.

you access a wireless access

* Using Hard Reset (Factory

point, or “hotspot.” Some access

Reset)

points are open and you can

If it does not restore to its

simply connect to them. Others

original state, use

Hard Reset

to

are hidden or implement other

initialise your phone.

security features, so you must

configure your phone so it can

1

Remove and reinsert the

connect to them.

battery.

Turn off Wi-Fi when you're not

2

Press and hold for over 10

using it, to extend the life of your

seconds:

Power/Lock

key +

battery.

Send

key +

Down Volume

key.

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Important notice

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to

7. Using a micro SD card

a Wi-Fi network

Pictures, along with Music and

1

On the home screen, touch

Video files, can only be saved to

Applications

tab and select

external memory.

Settings > Wireless &

Before using the built-in camera,

networks > Wi-Fi settings

.

you need to insert a micro SD

2

Touch

Wi-Fi

to turn it on and

memory card to your phone first.

begin scan for available Wi-Fi

Without inserting a memory

networks.

card, you will not be able to save

- List of available Wi-Fi networks

pictures and video you have

is displayed. Secured networks

taken.

are indicated by a lock icon.

3

Touch a network to connect

WARNING:

to it.

Do not insert or remove

- If the network is open, you

the memory card when the

are prompted to confirm that

phone is on. Otherwise, it may

you want to connect to that

damage the memory card as

well as your phone, and the

network by touching

Connect

.

data stored on the memory

- If the network is secured,

card may be corrupted. To

you're prompted to enter

remove the memory card safely,

a password or other

please select

Home Screen

credentials. (Ask your network

> Applications > Settings >

administrator for details.)

SD card & phone storage >

4

The Status bar displays icons

Unmount SD card

.

that indicate Wi-Fi status.

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8. Opening and Switching

TIP Getting back to recent

Applications

Apps

Multi-tasking is easy with

- Press and hold Home key,

Android because open

then a screen will display a

applications keep running

list of the applications you

even when you open another

used recently

application. There’s no need

to quit an application before

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Copy LG PC Suite from

opening another. Use and

SD Card

switch among several open

The LG PC Suite IV is a program

applications. Android manages

that helps you connect your

each application, stopping and

mobile phone to a PC using

starting them as needed, to

a USB data communication

ensure that idle applications

cable, so that you can use the

don’t consume resources

functions of the mobile phone on

unnecessarily.

your PC.

To stop the application you use

Major Functions of the LG PC

1

On the home screen, touch

Suite IV

Applications

tab and select

Create, edit and delete phone

Settings

>

Applications

>

data conveniently.

Manage applications >

Running.

Synchronise data between a

PC and a phone (Contacts,

2

Scroll to the desired

Calendar, Message(SMS),

application and touch

Force

Bookmark, Call log).

stop

to stop using it.

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Important notice

Transfer multimedia files

3

Connect your phone through

(photos, videos, music)

USB data cable to your PC.

conveniently with a simple

4

In the status bar, drag the

drag & drop between a PC and

USB icon.

a phone.

Choose USB Connected and

Transfer the messages from a

Turn On USB storage.

phone to a PC.

You can view the mass

• Use your phone as a Modem.

storage content on your PC

S/W update without losing

and transfer the files.

your data.

5

Copy the

‘LGPCSuiteIV’

Installing LG PC Suite from your

folder on your mass storage

micro SD memory card

to your PC.

1

Insert your micro SD memory

Run ‘LGInstaller.exe’ file

card on your phone. (It may

on your PC and follow the

already be inserted on your

instructions.

phone.)

* When LG PC Suite IV installation

2

Before connecting the USB

is completed, disable

Mass

data cable, make sure that

storage only

mode to run LG PC

the

Mass storage only

mode

Suite IV.

is enabled on your phone.

NOTE:

Please do not remove

(On the applications menu,

or delete other program fi les

choose

Settings > SD card

installed on your memory card.

& phone storage

, then select

This may cause damage to your

Mass storage only

check

preinstalled applications on the

box.)

phone.

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10.

Connecting your

1

Use the USB cable with

phone to a computer

your phone to connect the

via USB

phone to a USB port on your

computer. You receive a

NOTE:

To synchronise your phone

notification that the USB is

via USB cable with your PC, you

connected.

need to install the LG PC Suite

2

Open the Notification drawer

program on your PC. You can

and touch USB connected.

download this program from

the LG website (www.lg.com).

3

Touch

"Turn On USB storage"

Go to http://www.lg.com and

to confirm that you want to

select your region, country &

transfer files between your

language. Visit LG website for

phone’s micro SD card and

more information. As PC Suite is

the computer.

embedded at inboxed SD card,

When the phone is connected as

you can simply copy it to your PC.

USB storage, you will receive a

LG-P350 does not support:

notification. Your phone’s micro

- PC Connection via Bluetooth

SD card is mounted as a drive

- LG Air Sync (Web Sync, R-

on your computer. You can now

Click)

copy files to and from the micro

- OSP (On Screen Phone)

SD card.

- To-do in Calendar

- Memo

- Java Application

User’s guide for PC Suite IV is in

Help menu after the installation

PC Suite IV.

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Important notice

11. Unlock screen when

information on the card.

using data connection

1

Safely disconnect the USB

device on your computer.

Your display will go dark if

untouched for a period of time

2

Open the Notification drawer

when using data connection. To

and touch

Turn off USB

turn on your LCD screen, just

storage

.

touch it.

3

Touch

Turn off USB storage

Note:

When uninstalling PC

in the dialog that opens.

Suite IV, USB and Bluetooth

Drivers are not automatically

12.

Hold phone up right

removed. Therefore, they must

Please hold the mobile phone up

be uninstalled manually.

right as a regular phone.

Tip!

To use a micro SD card on

While making/receiving calls or

your phone again, you need to

sending/receiving data, try to

open the Notifi cation drawer and

avoid holding the lower part of

touch "

Turn off USB storage

".

the phone where the antenna is

During this time, you can’t

located. It may affect call quality.

access the micro SD card from

13. When Screen freezes

your phone, so you can’t use

applications that rely on the

If the phone does not respond to

micro SD card, such as Camera,

user input or the screen freezes:

Gallery and Music.

Remove the battery, insert it

To disconnect your phone from

again and turn the phone on.

the computer, carefully follow

If it still does not work, please

your computer’s instructions

contact the service centre.

to disconnect USB devices

correctly, to avoid losing

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14. Do not connect your

phone when turning

your PC on/off

Make sure to disconnect your

phone and PC via data cable as

your PC might have errors.

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Before using the mobile phone, please read fi rst!

How to save music/video

- If there is a video file with a

files to the phone

subtitle file (.smi or .srt file with

the same name as the video

Connect your phone to the PC

file), place them in the same

using the USB cable.

folder to display the subtitle

Touch and drag down the status

automatically when playing the

bar on the home screen. Select

video file.

USB connected

>

Turn on USB

- When downloading music or

storage

>

Open folder to view

video files, copyright must

files

.

be secured. Please note that

If you didn't install LG Android

a corrupted file or file with a

Platform Driver on your PC, you

wrong extension may cause

need to set it manually. On the

damage to the phone.

home screen, touch

Applications

tab and select

Settings

>

SD

How to play music/video

card & phone storage

> activate

files to the phone

Mass storage only

.

Playing music files

Save music or video files from

From home screen touch

the PC to the phone's removable

Application

tab >

Music

. Locate

storage.

the file you want to play from

- You may copy or move files

Artist, Albums, Songs, Playlists

from the PC to the phone's

tabs.

removable storage using a card

Playing video files

reader.

From home screen touch

Application

tab >

Video player,

locate the file you want in the list

and select it to play.

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How to move the

4

If the connection of LG-P350

contacts from the old

phone (using the USB cable)

phone to the current

is detected by LG PC Suite

IV, click "Sync" or "Sync

phone

Contacts" to synchronise the

Export your contacts as a CSV

contacts saved in the PC to

file from your old phone to the

your phone and save them.

PC using a PC sync program.

1

Download LG PC Suite IV at

How to send data from

www.lg.com and install it in

your phone via Bluetooth

the PC. Run the program and

Sending data via Bluetooth:

connect your phone to the PC

You can send data via Bluetooth

using the USB cable.

by running a corresponding

2

Select the

Contacts

icon. Go

application, not from Bluetooth

to

Menu

>

File

>

Import

and

menu, unlike regular mobile

select the CSV file saved in

phones.

the PC.

*

Sending pictures:

Run the

3

If the fields in the imported

Gallery application and select

CSV file are different from the

Picture

>

Menu

. Click

Share

ones in LG PC Suite IV, you

and select

Bluetooth

> Check

need to map the fields. After

If Bluetooth is turned on and

mapping the fields, click OK.

select

Scan for devices

>

Then, the contacts are added

Choose the device you want to

to the PC.

send data from the list.

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Before using the mobile phone, please read fi rst!

*

Exporting contacts:

Run the

*

Connecting to FTP (Only

Contacts application. Touch

the FTP server is supported

the address you want to export

on this handset):

Select

to. Press

Menu

and Select

"

Settings

" > "

Wireless &

Share

>

Bluetooth

> Check

networks

" > "

Bluetooth

if Bluetooth is turned on and

settings

". Then, select the

select

Scan for devices

>

"

Discoverable

" checkbox

Choose the device you want to

and search for other devices.

send data from the list.

Find the service you want and

*

Sending multi-selected

connect to the FTP server.

contacts:

Run the "Contacts"

TIP:

The version is Bluetooth 2.1

application. To Select more

EDR and certified by Bluetooth

than one contact press

Menu

SIG. It is compatible with other

key and touch

Multiselect

.

Bluetooth SIG certified devices.

Select the contacts you want

- If you want to search for this

to send or press

Menu

key

phone from other devices,

and touch

Select all

. Select

go to "

Settings

" > "

Wireless

Share

>

Bluetooth

> Check

& networks

" > "

Bluetooth

if Bluetooth is turned on and

settings

".

select

Scan for devices

>

Then, select the "

Discoverable

"

Choose the device you want to

checkbox.

send data from the list.

The checkbox is cleared after

120 seconds.

- Supported profiles are HFP,

HSP, OPP, PBAP (server), FTP

(server), A2DP, AVRCP, and

DUN.

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Ukraine Restriction of Hazardous Substances

The equipment complies with requirements of the Technical

Regulation, in terms of restrictions for the use of certain

dangerous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.