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E N G L I S H
User Guide
GT540R
P/N : MMBB0391701(1.0) WR
Printed in Korea www.lg.com
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GT540R User Guide - English Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact GT540R phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital mobile communication technology. • S ome of the contents of this manual may not apply to your phone depending on your phone’s software or your service provider. • This handset has a touch screen keypad and is not recommended for people with impaired vision. • Copyright ©2010 LG Electronics, Inc. All rights reserved. LG and the LG log
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Contents Important notice .....................6 LG Home ............................21 Android Home .....................23 1. Phone memory ..................6 Adding widgets to your 2. Optimising Battery Life .......6 home screen .......................24 3. Installing an Open Source OS ..7 Getting back to a recently 4. Using Unlock pattern .........8 used application ...................24 5. Using Safe Mode and Hard Reset ................................8 Google Account Set-up .....
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Entering text ........................35 Using the advanced settings ..43 T9 mode .............................35 Viewing your saved photos ...45 Abc mode ............................35 Video camera ........................46 123 Mode ...........................36 Getting to know the viewfinder 46 Entering accented letters ......36 Shooting a quick video .........47 Example ..............................36 After shooting a video ...........47 Setting up your email ...........36 Using the advance
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Contents Adding subtitles ...................53 Google applications ..............62 Adding edit effects ...............53 Google Maps .......................62 Grabbing a frame .................53 Android Market ....................62 Adding dubbing to your video ..54 Gmail ..................................63 Google Talk ..........................63 Multimedia ............................55 Timeline view .......................55 Rogers ..................................64 My Images options me
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Settings ................................70 Accessories ..........................77 Wireless controls .................70 Technical data.......................78 Sound & display ...................70 Data synchronization ...........71 Troubleshooting ....................79 Security & location ..............71 For Your Safety .....................81 To lock your screen by using the Pattern Lock ........................72 Safety Guidelines ..................88 Applications ....................
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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 between charges by turning in this section, before taking the off features that you don't phone in for service or calling a need to run constantly in the service representative. background. You can also monitor how applications and 1. Phone memory system resources consume When available space on your battery power. pho
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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. not charging) and level (as a percentage of fully charged) WARNING: If you install and use an OS other than are displayed at the top of the the one provi
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Important notice 4. Using Unlock pattern 5. U sing Safe Mode and Hard Reset Set unlock pattern to secure your phone. Opens a set of screens Using Safe mode that guide you through drawing a * T o recover from malfunction screen unlock pattern. state of your phone 1. T urn off your phone and WARNING: Precautions reboot. While your phone is to take when using the Pattern powering back on, press and Lock hold the Home key during It is very important that you Android Logo is display
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When your phone turns on and are hidden or implement other the lock screen displays, press security features, so you must and hold the volume up + Home configure your phone so it can + Search keys all at the same time connect to them. (for five seconds). When the pop Turn off Wi-Fi when you're not up screen is shown, choose OK to using it, to extend the life of your reset your phone. battery. Please note, after you perform To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to Hard Reset, all your data an
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Important notice - If the network is secured, WARNING: you're prompted to enter a password or other Do not insert or remove the credentials. (Ask your memory card when the phone is on. Otherwise, it may network administrator for damage the memory card as details.) well as your phone, and the 4. The Status bar displays icons data stored on the memory that indicate Wi-Fi status. card may be corrupted. To remove the memory card 7. Using a microSD card safely, please select Home
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starting them as needed, to GT540R does not support: ensure that idle applications - P C Connection via don’t consume resources Bluetooth unnecessarily. - L G Air Sync (Web Sync, To stop the application you use R-Click) 1. O n the home screen, touch - OSP (On Screen Phone) Applications tab and select Settings> Applications> - To-do in Calendar Manage applications. - Memo - E-mail 2. Scroll to the desire application and touch Force stop to stop - Java Application using it.
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Important notice When the phone is connected Gallery and Music. as USB storage, you receive To disconnect your phone from a notification. You phone’s the computer, carefully follow microSD card is mounted as a your computer’s instructions drive on your computer. You can to disconnect USB devices now copy files to and from the correctly, to avoid losing microSD card. information on the card. NOTE: Unlock screen when using data connection 1. S afely disconnect the USB device on your c
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Getting to know your phone Earpiece Back key Menu key - O pens options - Returns to the previous screen. menu and check what options are available. End/Power/Lock key - Ends or rejects Send key a call. - A ccesses to call - P ower ON / OFF logs and answers Your phone by incoming calls. pressing and holding the key - T urns off the Home key screen and locks - Returns to home the phone. screen from any screen. Microphone 13
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Getting to know your phone Volume keys Charger, micro USB cable connector - On the home screen: controls ringer volume. - During a call: controls your earpiece volume. Search key - W hen playing a track: - S earches the web and controls volume. contents in your phone. Camera key - G oes to the camera menu directly by Stereo pressing and holding earphone the key. connector Back cover Camera lens microSD Battery memory card slot SIM card slot Charger, micro USB Camera key cable
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Installing the SIM card and battery Before you can start exploring your new phone, you’ll need to set it up. To insert the SIM card and battery: 1 With the back of the phone facing you, remove the back cover. To remove the back cover, firmly press your thumbs on either side of the back cover, and slide the 2 S lide the SIM card into the cover below the camera lens. SIM card holder. Make sure the gold contact area on the card is facing downwards. 15
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Getting to know your phone 3 Insert the battery into place Charging your phone by aligning the gold contacts Slide back the cover of the on the phone and the battery, charger connector on the side of then gently press the battery your GT540R. Insert the charger, until it snaps into space. and plug it into an electrical outlet. Your GT540R must be charged until you can see . NOTE: The battery must be fully charged initially to improve battery lifetime. 4 Replace the back cover of
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NOTE: The GT540R has an 2 O pen the slot protection internal antenna. Be careful not and insert the memory card to scratch or damage this rear into the slot. Make sure the area, as that will cause loss of gold contact area is facing performance. downwards. Installing the memory card To store multimedia files such as captured images by using a built-in camera, you must insert a memory card to your phone. To insert a memory card: NOTE: The GT540R supports upto a 32GB memory card. 1 T
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Getting to know your phone 5 Touch Format SD card, then WARNING: confirm your choice. Do not insert or remove 6 I f you set the pattern lock, the memory card when the input the pattern lock and phone is on. Otherwise, it may select Erase Everything. The damage the memory card as card will then be formatted well as your phone, and the and ready to use. data stored on the memory card may be corrupted. NOTE: If there is content on your memory card, the folder structure may be di
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Your Home screen • U se the tip of your finger to Touch-screen tips touch the option you want. Be Here are some tips on how to careful not to touch any other navigate around your phone. keys. Touch - To choose a menu/ option or open an application, Touch calibration touch it. Calibrating the device screen Touch and hold - To open an involves tapping the centre of options menu or grab an object a cross as it moves around the screen. This process ensures you want to move, touch and that
