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LG-C550LG-C550 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.2 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. Home key - Returns to the home screen from any screen. Menu key - Check what options are available. Earpiece Back key - Returns to the previous screen. Search key - Search the web and contents in your phone. Power/Lock key - Powers your phone on/off by pressing and holding the key. - Turns the screen off and locks the phone.

Placing a heavy object on the phone or sitting on it can damage its LCD and touch-screen functionalities. Send key Tip! Press Menu key whenever you tap an application to check what options are available. Tip! LG-C550 does not support video call. Tip! If LG-C550 has errors when you use it or you cannot turn it on, remove battery, install it again and turn it on after 5 seconds. Shift once the n type for a Func Press next you t all nu Back the p3 Off. vious

ons ove Shift Key - Press once to capitalise the next letter you type. Double tap for all caps. Function Key - Press once to enter the next number or symbols you type. Double tap for all number or symbols. Back key - Returns to the previous screen. Menu key - Check what options are available. Search key - Search the web and contents in your phone. Space Key Delete Key Enter Key - Tap to create a new line in the message field.4

Getting to know your phone Charger, micro USB cable connector Stereo earphone connector Volume keys - On the home screen: controls ringer volume. - During a call: controls your earpiece volume. - When playing a track: controls volume continuously. Back cover Battery SIM card slot micro SD memory card slot Camera lens5 Google Account Set-up The first time you open the Google application on your phone, you will be required to sign in with your existing Google account. If you do not have a Google account, you’re prompted to create one. Creating your Google account On the home screen, touch the Applications tab to open the applications menu. Tap Gmail and tap Next > Create to start the Google Mail™ set up wizard. Turn on Wi-Fi From Home Screen , open Notification drawer and touch on. From Menu, choose Settings > Wireless & network settings > Wi-Fi

To connect to Wi-Fi Choose the Wi-Fi network you want to connect with. If you see , you need to enter a password to connect. TIP! If you are out of the Wi-Fi area and choose 3G connection, additional charges may be applied. USB tethering You can share your phone's internet connection with your computer. You can tether your phone to your computer with a USB cable. Settings

For more information regarding USB tethering, click Help. TIP! To use USB Tethering, you need to install PC Suite onto your PC first.

Wi-Fi Tethering Use your LG-C550 as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Settings

TIP! If your phone turns into sleep 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.) NOTE: The LG-C550 supports WEP, WPA/WPA2-PSK and 802.1x EAP security. If your Wi-Fi service provider or network administrator sets encryption for network security, fi ll in the key in the pop-up window. If encryption is not set, this pop-up window will not be shown. You can obtain the key from your Wi-Fi service provider or network administrator.

ain or. Getting to know the viewfinder Colour effect – Choose a colour tone for your new photo. Zoom – Zoom in or zoom out. Alternatively, you can use the side volume keys. 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. Settings – Touch this icon to open the settings menu. See Using the advanced settings

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. 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. Camera8 Getting to know the viewfinder 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. 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. 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. Settings – Touch this icon to open the settings menu. See Using the advanced settings

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 gallery will appear on the screen. Video camera Im Ple pro wit

hin Important notice Please check to see if any problems you have encountered with your phone are described in this section, before taking the phone in for service or calling a service representative.

When available space on your phone memory is less than 10%, your phone cannot receive a new message. You need to check your phone memory and delete some data such as applications or messages to make more memory available. To manage the application On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select Settings

When all applications appear, scroll and select the application you want to uninstall. Tap Uninstall and touch OK to uninstall the application you desired.

You can extend your battery's life by turning off features that you don't need to run constantly in the background. You can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power. To extend the life of your battery - Turn off radio communications that you aren't using. If you aren't using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GPS, turn them off. - Turn down screen brightness and set a shorter screen timeout. - Turn off automatic syncing for Google Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and other applications. - Some applications you’ve downloaded may cause your battery’s life to be reduced.10 To check the battery charge level On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select Settings

The battery status (charging, discharging) and level (as a percentage of fully charged) are displayed at the top of the screen. To monitor and control what uses the battery On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select Settings> About phone> Battery use. The top of the screen displays battery usage time. Either how long since last connected to a power source or, if connected to a power source, how long you were last running on battery power. The body of the screen lists applications or services using battery power from greatest amount to least.

Source OS If you install an open source OS on your phone, and do not use the OS provided by the manufacturer, this may cause your phone to malfunction.

If you install and use an OS other than the one provided by the manufacturer, your phone is no longer covered by the warranty.

To protect your phone and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources, such as Android Market™. If some applications are not properly installed on your phone, your phone may not work correctly or a serious error could occur. You will need to uninstall those applications and all of its data and settings from the phone. Important notice

Set unlock pattern to secure your phone. Opens a set of screens that guide you through drawing a screen unlock pattern. On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select Settings

Follow the screens to be guided through drawing a screen unlock pattern. Select Next to continue to next screen.

Precautions to take when using the Pattern Lock. It is very 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. When you can’t recall your unlock Pattern, PIN, or Password: If you’ve created a Google account on the phone, tap the Forgot pattern button. Then, you are required to sign in with your Google account to unlock your phone If you haven’t created a Google account on the phone or you forgot it, you need to perform a hard reset. Caution: If you perform a hard reset, all user applications and user data will be deleted. Please remember to backup any important data before performing a hard reset.12

5. Using Safe Mode and

Hard Reset Using Safe mode

• To recover the phone from any malfunction Turn off your phone and reboot. While your phone is powering back on, press and hold the Send key while the Android Logo is displayed. Your phone will boot all the way to the main screen and display "safe mode" in the lower left-hand corner.

• Using Hard Reset (Factory Reset) If it does not restore to its original state, use Hard Reset

initialise your phone. Remove and reinsert the battery. Press and hold for over 10 seconds: Power/Lock key + Send key + Down Volume key.

When the power turns on, release these keys. WARNING If you perform a Hard Reset, all user applications and user data will be deleted. Please remember to back up any important data before performing a Hard Reset

6. Connecting to Wi-Fi

networks To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you access a wireless access point, or “hotspot.” Some access points are open and you can simply connect to them. Others are hidden or implement other security features, so you must configure your phone so it can connect to them. Turn off Wi-Fi when you're not using it, to extend the life of your battery.

our To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings

Touch Wi-Fi to turn it on and begin scan for available Wi-Fi networks. - List of available Wi-Fi networks is displayed. Secured networks are indicated by a lock icon. Touch a network to connect to it. - If the network is open, you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching Connect

- If the network is secured, you're prompted to enter a password or other credentials. (Ask your network administrator for details.) The Status bar displays icons that indicate Wi-Fi status.

Pictures, along with Music and Video files, can only be saved to external memory. Before using the built-in camera, you need to insert a micro SD memory card to your phone first. Without inserting a memory card, you will not be able to save pictures and video you have taken.

Do not insert or remove the memory card when the phone is on. Otherwise, it may damage the memory card as well as your phone, and the data stored on the memory card may be corrupted. To remove the memory card safely, please select Home Screen > Applications > Settings > SD card & phone storage > Unmount SD card

8. Opening and Switching

Applications Multi-tasking is easy with Android because open applications keep running even when you open another application. There’s no need to quit an application before opening another. Use and switch among several open applications. Android manages each application, stopping and starting them as needed, to ensure that idle applications don’t consume resources unnecessarily. To stop the application you use On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select Settings

Manage applications > Running. Scroll to the desired application and touch Force stop to stop using it.

TIP Getting back to recent Apps - Press and hold Home key, then a screen will display a list of the applications you used recently

Copy LG PC Suite from SD Card The LG PC Suite IV is a program that helps you connect your mobile phone to a PC using a USB data communication cable, so that you can use the functions of the mobile phone on your PC. Major Functions of the LG PC Suite IV

• Create, edit and delete phone data conveniently.

• Synchronise data between a PC and a phone (Contacts, Calendar, Message(SMS), Bookmark, Call log). Important notice

• Transfer multimedia files (photos, videos, music) conveniently with a simple drag & drop between a PC and a phone.

• Transfer the messages from a phone to a PC.

• Use your phone as a Modem.

• S/W update without losing your data. Installing LG PC Suite from your micro SD memory card Insert your micro SD memory card on your phone. (It may already be inserted on your phone.) Before connecting the USB data cable, make sure that the Mass storage only mode is enabled on your phone. (On the applications menu, choose Settings > SD card & phone storage , then select Mass storage only check box.)

Connect your phone through USB data cable to your PC.

• In the status bar, drag the USB icon.

• Choose USB Connected and Turn On USB storage.

• You can view the mass storage content on your PC and transfer the files.

• Copy the ‘LGPCSuiteIV’ folder on your mass storage to your PC.

• Run ‘LGInstaller.exe’ file on your PC and follow the instructions.

• When LG PC Suite IV installation is completed, disable Mass storage only mode to run LG PC Suite IV. NOTE: Please do not remove or delete other program fi les installed on your memory card. This may cause damage to your preinstalled applications on the phone.

Connecting your phone to a computer via USB NOTE: To synchronise your phone via USB cable with your PC, you need to install the LG PC Suite program on your PC. You can download this program from the LG website (www.lg.com). Go to http://www.lg.com and select your region, country & language. Visit LG website for more information. As PC Suite is embedded at inboxed SD card, you can simply copy it to your PC. LG-C550 does not support: - PC Connection via Bluetooth - LG Air Sync (Web Sync, R- Click) - OSP (On Screen Phone) - To-do in Calendar - Memo - Java Application User’s guide for PC Suite IV is in Help menu after the installation PC Suite IV. Use the USB cable with your phone to connect the phone to a USB port on your computer. You receive a notification that the USB is connected. Open the Notification drawer and touch USB connected. Touch "Turn On USB storage" to confirm that you want to transfer files between your phone’s micro SD card and the computer. When the phone is connected as USB storage, you will receive a notification. Your phone’s micro SD card is mounted as a drive on your computer. You can now copy files to and from the micro SD card.

using data connection Your display will go dark if untouched for a period of time when using data connection. To turn on your LCD screen, just press the hard key. Note: When uninstalling PC Suite IV, USB and Bluetooth Drivers are not automatically removed. Therefore, they must be uninstalled manually. Tip! To use a micro SD card on your phone again, you need to open the Notifi cation drawer and touch " Turn off USB storage

During this time, you can’t access the micro SD card from your phone, so you can’t use applications that rely on the micro SD card, such as Camera, Gallery and Music. To disconnect your phone from the computer, carefully follow your computer’s instructions to disconnect USB devices correctly, to avoid losing information on the card. Safely disconnect the USB device on your computer. Open the Notification drawer and touch Turn off USB storage

Touch Turn off USB storage in the dialog that opens.

Hold phone up right Please hold the mobile phone up right as a regular phone. While making/receiving calls or sending/receiving data, try to avoid holding the lower part of the phone where the antenna is located. It may affect call quality.

13. When Screen freezes

If the phone does not respond to user input or the screen freezes: Remove the battery, insert it again and turn the phone on. If it still does not work, please contact the service centre.

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.

Important notice19 How to save music/video files to the phone Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable. Touch and drag down the status bar on the home screen. Select USB connected

Open folder to view files

If you didn't install LG Android Platform Driver on your PC, you need to set it manually. On the home screen, touch Applications tab and select Settings

card & phone storage > activate Mass storage only

Save music or video files from the PC to the phone's removable storage. - You may copy or move files from the PC to the phone's removable storage using a card reader. - If there is a video file with a subtitle file (.smi or .srt file with the same name as the video file), place them in the same folder to display the subtitle automatically when playing the video file. - When downloading music or video files, copyright must be secured. Please note that a corrupted file or file with a wrong extension may cause damage to the phone. How to play music/video files to the phone Playing music files From home screen touch Application tab > Music . Locate the file you want to play from Artist, Albums, Songs, Playlists tabs. Playing video files From home screen touch Application tab > Video player, locate the file you want in the list and select it to play. Before using the mobile phone, please read fi rst!20 How to move the contacts from the old phone to the current phone Export your contacts as a CSV file from your old phone to the PC using a PC sync program. Download LG PC Suite IV at www.lg.com and install it in the PC. Run the program and connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable. Select the Contacts icon. Go

Import and select the CSV file saved in the PC. If the fields in the imported CSV file are different from the ones in LG PC Suite IV, you need to map the fields. After mapping the fields, click OK. Then, the contacts are added to the PC.

If the connection of LG-C550 phone (using the USB cable) is detected by LG PC Suite IV, click "Sync" or "Sync Contacts" to synchronise the contacts saved in the PC to your phone and save them. How to send data from your phone via Bluetooth Sending data via Bluetooth: You can send data via Bluetooth by running a corresponding application, not from Bluetooth menu, unlike regular mobile phones.

Sending pictures: Run the Gallery application and select Picture

Menu . Click Share and select Bluetooth > Check If Bluetooth is turned on and select Scan for devices

Choose the device you want to send data from the list.

Before using the mobile phone, please read fi rst!21

Exporting contacts: Run the Contacts application. Touch the address you want to export to. Press Menu and Select Share

Bluetooth > Check if Bluetooth is turned on and select Scan for devices

Choose the device you want to send data from the list.

Sending multi-selected contacts: Run the "Contacts" application. To Select more than one contact press Menu key and touch Multiselect

Select the contacts you want to send or press Menu key and touch Select all . Select Share

Bluetooth > Check if Bluetooth is turned on and select Scan for devices

Choose the device you want to send data from the list.

Connecting to FTP (Only the FTP server is supported on this handset): Select

Discoverable " checkbox and search for other devices. Find the service you want and connect to the FTP server. TIP: The version is Bluetooth 2.1 EDR and certified by Bluetooth SIG. It is compatible with other Bluetooth SIG certified devices. - If you want to search for this phone from other devices, go to " Settings

Then, select the " Discoverable

checkbox. The checkbox is cleared after 120 seconds. - Supported profiles are HFP, HSP, OPP, PBAP (server), FTP (server), A2DP, AVRCP, and DUN. st!