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Contents
Important Customer Information . 7
The Basics ................................... 8
Phone Overview .......................... 8
Activating Your Phone ............... 14
Installing the SIM Card .............. 14
Installing the Battery and microSD
Card ........................................ 16
Charging the Phone .................. 19
Charging with USB .................... 20
Turning the Phone On and Off.... 20
To wake up the phone ............... 21
Your Home screen...................... 22
Touch-screen tips ..................... 22
Using your home screen ............ 23
Select your default home screen 23
LG Home ................................. 24
Android Home ......................... 26
Adding widgets to your home
screen ..................................... 27
Getting back to a recently used
application ............................... 27
Notification drawer .................... 28
Viewing the status bar ............... 28
Google Account Set-up .............. 30
Creating your Google account .... 30
Signing in your Google account .. 30
Your Google account ................. 31
How to use Applications ............ 33
Applications: How to View, Open
and Switch ............................... 33
Working with Menus ................. 37
Managing Notifications .............. 38
Searching Your Phone and
the Web ................................... 38
Phone and Web search using text
entry ........................................ 39
Locking the Screen ................... 39
Customizing the Home Screen ... 40
Connecting Quickly With Your
Contacts .................................. 42
Optimizing Battery Life .............. 43
QWERTY Keyboard/Onscreen
Keyboard.................................... 47
QWERTY Keyboard .................... 47
Onscreen Keyboard .................. 48
Editing text ............................... 49
Connecting to Networks and
Devices ...................................... 51
Connecting to Mobile Networks . 51
Connecting to Wi-Fi Networks .... 53
Connecting to Bluetooth Devices 55
Connecting to a Computer via
USB ......................................... 58
Connecting to Virtual Private
Networks.................................. 61
Working With Secure Certificates 62
Placing and Receiving Calls ....... 64
Placing and Ending Calls ........... 64
Answering or Rejecting Calls ..... 65
Working with the Call Log .......... 66