LG P990 Black: LG-P990

Getting to know your phone

Unlock screen

Touch the

Phone

icon to

bring up the touch-dialling pad

To turn on the phone, press the

to make a call.

Power key. The lock screen will

appear. Touch and slide up the

Touch the Contacts icon to

lock screen to unlock your home

open your contacts.

screen. The last screen you were

Touch the

Messaging

icon to

working on will open.

access the messaging menu.

Here, you can create a new

Home

message.

Simply swipe your finger to the

Touch the

Applications

tab

left or right to view them.

at the bottom of the screen. You

You can also customise each

can then view all your installed

panel with widgets, shortcuts

applications. Just touch to scroll

to your favourite applications,

through your applications.

folders and wallpapers.

To open the desired application,

NOTE:

Some screen images may

simply touch the icon in the

be different depending on your

applications list.

phone provider.

NOTE:

Preloaded applications

In your home screen, you can

may be different depending on

your phone’s software or your

view quick keys on the bottom

service provider.

of the screen. The quick keys

provide easy, one-touch access to

the functions you use the most.

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Setting the number of

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Tap Gmail and tap Next >

home screens

Create to start the Gmail set

up wizard.

Touch the Menu key from the

home screen and select Home

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Touch a text field to open the

settings. Select the desired

touch keyboard, and enter your

number of home screens and

name and username for your

press OK.

Google account. When entering

text, you can move to the next

Google Account Set-up

text field by touching Next on

The first time you open the

the keyboard.

Google application on your

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When you have finished

phone, you will be required to

inputting your name and

sign in with your existing Google

username, tap Next. Your

account. If you do not have a

phone is communicating with

Google account, you will be

Google servers and checking

prompted to create one.

username availability.

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Enter and re-enter your

Creating your Google

password. Then follow

account

the instructions and enter

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On the home screen, touch

the required and optional

Applications tab

to open

information about the account.

the applications menu.

Wait while the server creates

your account.

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Camera

Getting to know the viewfinder

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

volume keys.

Convert - You can convert to the internal camera from the external one.

Video mode - Slide down this

icon to switch to video mode.

Taking a photo

Gallery - Touch to view the

last photo you captured. This

enables you to access your

gallery and view saved photos

Settings - Touch this icon to open the

from within camera mode.

settings menu.

Flash - Allows you to turn on the flash when taking a photo in a dark place.

Brightness - This defines and controls of the amount of sunlight entering

the image. Slide the brightness indicator along the bar, towards “-” to

lower the brightness of the image or towards “+” to increase it.

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You can close all the shortcut options to give a clearer

viewfinder screen. Just touch the centre of the viewfinder once. To

recall the options, touch the screen again.

NOTE:

A shading issue may occur when you try to take a picture

indoors due to the characteristics of camera. (The meaning of

shading is a little colour-difference between centre and side.)

NOTE: In internal camera mode, you cannot enable the zoom or flash function.

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Video camera

Getting to know the viewfinder

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

volume keys.

Convert - You can convert to the internal camera from the external

one.

Camera mode - Slide up this

icon to switch to camera mode.

Start recording

Gallery - Touch to view the

last video you recorded. This

enables you to access your

gallery and view your saved

Settings - Touch this icon to

videos from within video mode.

open the settings menu.

Flash - Allows you to turn on the flash when capturing a video in

dark place.

Brightness - This defines and controls of the amount of sunlight

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

“-” to lower the brightness of the video or towards “+” to increase it.

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Important notice

Please check to see if any

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Tap Uninstall and touch OK

problems you have encountered

to uninstall application you

with your phone are described

desired.

in this section, before taking the

2. Optimising battery life

phone in for service or calling a

service representative.

You can extend your battery's

life between charges by turning

1. Phone memory

off features that you don't

When available space on your

need constantly running in

phone memory is less than 2%,

the background. You can also

your phone can not receive new

monitor how applications and

messages. You will need to check

system resources consume

your phone memory and delete

battery power.

some data, such as applications

To extend the life of your

or messages to make more

battery:

memory available.

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Turn off radio communications

To manage the application:

that you aren't using. If you

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On the home screen, touch

aren't using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or

Applications tab

and

GPS, turn them off.

select Settings > Applications

•

Turn down screen brightness

> Manage applications.

and set a shorter screen

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When all applications appear,

timeout.

scroll and select the application

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Turn off automatic syncing for

you want to uninstall.

Gmail, Calendar, Contacts, and

other applications.

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•

Some applications you have

power source or if connected

downloaded may cause your

to a power source, how long

battery’s life to be reduced.

since your phone was last run

To check the battery charge

on battery power. The body of

level:

the screen lists applications or

services using battery power

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On the home screen, touch

from greatest amount to least.

Applications tab

and

select Settings > About

3. Installing an open

phone > Status.

source OS

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The battery status (charging,

If you install an open source

discharging) and level (as a

OS on your phone, and you do

percentage of fully charged)

not use the OS provided by the

are displayed at the top of the

manufacturer, this may cause

screen.

your phone to malfunction.

To monitor and control what

uses the battery:

WARNING

If you install and use an OS other

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On the home screen, touch

than the one provided by the

Applications tab

and

manufacturer, your phone is no

select Settings > About

longer covered by the warranty.

phone > Battery use.

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The top of the screen displays

WARNING

battery usage time. This is

To protect your phone and personal

either how long since your

data, only download applications

phone was last connected to a

from trusted sources, such as

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Important notice

Android Market. If some applications

WARNING

are not properly installed on your

Precautions to take when using the

phone, your phone may not work

Pattern Lock

properly or serious error may

It is very important that you

occurred. You will need to uninstall

remember the unlock pattern you

these applications and all of their

set. You will not be able to access

data and settings from the phone.

your phone, untill you use correct

PIN. You have five chances to

4. Using unlock pattern

enter your unlock pattern, PIN or

Set unlock pattern to secure your

password. If you have used all five

phone. Opens a set of screens

chances, you can try again after

that guide you through drawing a

30 seconds.

screen unlock pattern.

You can draw your own unlock

If you can’t recall your unlock

pattern by connecting four or

pattern, PIN or password:

more dots.

If you have tried to log on to your

If you set a pattern, the phone

Google account on the phone

screen will lock. To unlock the

and failed to use correct pattern

phone, draw the pattern you

five times, tab the Forgot pattern

have set on the screen.

button. You will then be required

Caution:

You need to create your

to sign in with your Google

Google account first before you

account to unlock your phone.

set an unlock pattern.

If you haven’t created a Google

account on the phone or you

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forgot it, you need to perform a

6. Connecting to Wi-Fi

factory reset.

networks

To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you

5. Using hard reset

need to access a wireless access

If it does not restore to the

point or “hotspot.” Some access

original condition, use Hard Reset

points are open and you can

(Factory Reset) to initialise your

simply connect to them. Others

phone.

are hidden or implement other

When the phone is turned off,

security features, so you must

press and hold the Power +

configure your phone to connect

Volume down keys at the same

to them.

time (for over ten seconds), the

Turn off Wi-Fi when you're not

phone will turn on and perform

using it to extend the life of your

factory reset immediately.

battery.

Please note, after you perform

Hard Reset, all your data and

To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to

applications on your phone will be

a Wi-Fi network:

erased. This cannot be reversed.

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On the home screen, touch

Applications tab

and

WARNING

select Settings > Wireless &

If you perform

Hard Reset

, all

networks > Wi-Fi settings.

user applications, user data and

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Touch Wi-Fi to turn it on and

DRM license will be deleted.

begin scanning for available

Please remember to back up any

important data before performing a

Wi-Fi networks.

Hard Reset

.

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Important notice

•

List of available Wi-Fi networks

need to quit an application before

is displayed. Secured networks

opening another. Use and switch

are indicated by a lock icon.

among several open applications.

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Touch a network to connect

Android manages each application,

to it.

stopping and starting them

•

If the network is open, you are

as needed, to ensure that idle

prompted to confirm that you

applications don’t consume

want to connect to that network

resources unnecessarily.

by touching Connect.

To stop the application you are

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If the network is secured,

using:

you are prompted to enter a

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On the home screen, touch

password or other credentials.

Applications tab

and

(Ask your network administrator

select Settings > Applications

for details.)

> Manage applications.

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The status bar displays icons

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Scroll to the desired application

that indicate Wi-Fi status.

and touch Force stop to stop

using it.

7. Opening and

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switching

Getting back to a recent

applications

application

Multi-tasking is easy with Android

Touch and hold the Home key.

because open applications keep

A screen will appear listing the

running even when you open

applications you have recently

another application. There’s no

opened.

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8. Installing the LG PC

Major functions of the LG PC

suite on your PC

Suite IV

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Create, edit and delete phone data

To synchronise your phone with

conveniently

your PC via a USB cable you need

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Synchronise data from a PC

to install the LG PC suite program

or phone (contacts, calendar,

on your PC.

message (SMS), bookmark)

You can download this program

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Transfer multimedia files (photo,

from the LG website (http://www.

video, music)

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

•

conveniently with a simple drag &

and select your region, country &

drop between your PC and your

language. Visit the LG website

phone

for more information on installing

•

Transfer messages from your

and using the program.

phone to your PC

As PC suite is embedded in the

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S/W update without loosing your

internal memory on your phone,

data

and you can simply copy it to

LG-P990 does not support:

your PC.

- PC Connection via Bluetooth

LG PC SUITE

- To-do in Calendar

The LG PC Suite IV is a program

- Java Application

that helps you connect your mobile

For more information, please refer

phone to a PC using a USB data

to the user's guide for LG PC Suite

communication cable, so that

IV. This can be found in the

Help

you can use the functions of your

menu after installing LG PC Suite IV.

mobile phone on your PC.

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