LG LG430G User manual

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LG430G User Guide -English
Congratulations on your purchase of the advanced and compact
LG430G phone by LG, designed to operate with the latest digital
mobile communication technology.
Some of contents in this manual may differ from your phone
depending on the software of the phone or your service provider.

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Contents
Getting to know your phone................4
Installing the SIM card and charging
battery.................................................6
Your Home screen...............................8
Turning Your Phone On and Off..........8
The Status Bar..................................8
Menus Overview .................................9
Menus Overview ...............................10
Calling................................................11
Making a call..................................11
Making a call from your Contacts ....11
Answering and rejecting a call.........11
Using the speakerphone..................11
Speed Dials....................................12
Once you have assigned a speed dial,
you can initiate a call by pressing and
holding the speed dial number ..........12
Viewing your Call Log......................12
Changing the call settings...............13
Contacts ............................................14
Searching for a contact...................14
Adding a new contact .....................14
Adding a contact to a group ............14
Viewing your own number...............15
Creating a business card.................15
Changing your contact settings .......15
Messages..........................................16
Sending a message ........................16
Entering text...................................17
T9 mode ........................................17
Using the T9 Mode .........................17
Abc mode.......................................17
123 mode......................................18
Inserting symbols............................18
Changing the language...................18
Message folders.............................18
Managing your messages ...............19
Changing your multimedia
message settings ...........................20
Changing your voicemail settings ....20
Media.................................................21
Camera..........................................21
Pictures..........................................21
Video Camera.................................21
Videos............................................21
Music.............................................21
Games & Apps...................................22
Voice Recorder ...............................22
Sounds...........................................22
Other Files......................................22
Games & Apps................................22
Tools..............................................22

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Internet..............................................24
Settings .............................................24
Software Upgrade .............................27
Accessories.......................................28
Network service................................29
Technical data...................................29
Troubleshooting.................................30
For Your Safety..................................32
Safety Guidelines ..............................37
Safety Guidelines ..............................38

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Getting to know your phone
Earpiece
Navigation Keys
tUse for quick access
to phone functions.
Camera Key
tOpens the Camera
function.
End/Power key
tEnds or rejects a call.
tTurns the phone on/
off.
tReturns to the Home
screen when using the
main menu.
Main Screen
Soft Keys
tEach of these keys
performs the functions
indicated by the text on
the screen immediately
above them.
OK Key
tSelects menu options and
confirms actions.
Contacts Keys
tOpens the Contacts list.
Call key
tDials a phone number and
answers incoming calls.

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Headset / Charger /
USB Port
Volume Keys
Camera Lens
Front Screen

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Installing the SIM card and charging battery
Installing the SIM Card
When you subscribe to a cellular
network, you are provided with a SIM
card loaded with your subscription
details, such as your PIN, any
optional services available and
other subscriber information.
1Open battery cover by sliding it
upwards and lifting it up.
2Remove the battery by using the
fingertip cutout to lift it out.
3Insert your SIM card with the label
side facing up.
4Insert your battery by aligning the
battery contacts with the phone
terminals.
Important!
The SIM card can be easily damaged
by scratches or bending, so be careful
when handling, inserting or removing
the card. Keep all SIM cards out of the
reach of small children.

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5Close the battery cover by aligning
it over the battery compartment
and sliding it downwards.
6Charge your battery by inserting
the charger in the Headset /
Charger/ USB Port.
WARNING: Do not remove the battery
when the phone is switched on, as
this may damage the phone.

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Your Home screen
Turning Your Phone On and Off
You can power the phone on and off by
pressing and holding the Power Key.
The Status Bar
The Status Bar uses various icons, such
as signal strength, new messages,
battery life, and Bluetooth activity.
The table below explains the meaning of
icons you’re likely to see in the Status Bar.
Icon Description
Signal Strength
Flight Mode
Battery Strength
In Call State
No Service
New Message
Message & Voicemail
Speaker Phone
Silent Mode
Normal
Outdoor
Icon Description
Meeting Mode
Customized 1
Customized 2
Customized 3
Alarm
Calendar
Digital
1X
SSL
TTY
Location On
E911 Only
Bluetooth On
File Transfer
Visible
Headset
Mono Headset
Stereo Headset
Stereo/Mono Headset

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Prepaid
1 Add Airtime
2 Buy Airtime
3 My Phone Number
4 My Airtime Info
5 Airtime Display
6 Serial Number
7 SIM Number
8 Code Entry Mode
Contacts
1 Names
2 Settings
1. Contact List Settings
2. Copy
3. Move
4. Send All Contacts via Bluetooth
5. Clear Contacts
6. Memory Info
3 Groups
4 Speed Dials
5 Own Number
6 My Business Card
Messages
1 Create New Message
2 Inbox
3 Drafts
4 Outbox
5 Sent Items
6 Saved Items
1. Saved Message
2. Text Templates
3. Multimedia Templates
7 Emoticons
8 Message Settings
1. Text Message
2. Multimedia Message
3. Voicemail
Recent Calls
1 Call Log
2 Missed Calls
3 Received Calls
4 Dialed Numbers
5 Call Duration
6 Packet Data Counter
Media
1 Camera
2 Pictures
1. Buy Graphics
2. Captured images
3. Default Images
3 Video Camera
4 Videos
5 Music
1. Recently Played
2. All Songs
3. Playlists
4. Artists
5. Albums
6. Genres
7. Shuffle Tracks
6 Voice Recorder
7 Sounds
1. Buy Ringtones
2. Ringtone
3. Voice Recordings
Menus Overview

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4. Default Sounds
8 Other Files
Games & Apps
1 Buy Games
Tools
1 Alarm Clock
2 Calendar
3 To-Do List
4 Notes
5 Secret Notes
6 Calculator
7 Converter
8 Stopwatch
9 Go To
10 SIM App.
11 Settings
Browser
Settings
1 Profiles
2 Display
1. Homescreen
2. Menu Style
3. Dialing
4. Font
5. Backlight
6. Handset Theme
3 Bluetooth
4 Call
1. Call Rejection List
2. Send My Number
3. Answer Mode
4. BT Answer Mode
5. Save New Number
6. TTY
7. Hearing Aid
5 Phone
1. My Navi Key
2. Language
3. Battery Status
4. Handset Information
6 Security
1. Handset Lock
2. Change Handset Code
7 Memory Info
8 Reset Settings
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Calling
Making a call
1Make sure your phone is on.
2Use the keypad to enter the
number. To delete a digit press the
Right Soft Key Clear.
3Press to begin the call.
4To end the call, press .
TIP! To enter + when making an
international call, press and hold .
Making a call from your
Contacts
It’s easy to call anyone whose number
you have stored in your Contacts.
1Press the Left Soft Key Menu
to open the main menu. Select
Contacts, then select Names.
Or
From the Home screen, press the
Contacts Key .
2Using the keypad, enter the first
letter of the contact you want to
call and scroll to the contact.
3Press to begin the call.
Answering and rejecting a call
When your phone rings, press
to answer the call.
While your phone is ringing you can
press the Right Soft Key Silent
Silent to mute the ringing. This is
useful if you have forgotten to change
your profile to silent for a meeting.
Press or press the Right Soft
Key Reject in order to reject an
incoming call.
TIP! You can change the settings on
your phone to answer your calls in
different ways. Press the Left Soft
Key Menu, select Settings and
choose Call. Select Answer mode
and choose from Press Send Key,
Open Flip or Press Any Key.
Using the speakerphone
During a call, you can activate
speakerphone by pressing
and you can use the handset for
a hands-free conversation. If the
speakerphone is active, press
again to resume normal
handset conversation mode.

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Calling
Speed Dials
You can assign a speed dial number
to a contact you call frequently.
1Press
the Left Soft Key Menu
to open the main menu. Select
Contacts, then select Speed
Dials.
2 Your voicemail is preset to speed
dial 1 and cannot be changed.
Select any other number either
by using the Navigation Keys or
by pressing the hard key number.
Press Add to add a contact to
the desired speed dial.
3Your contacts will open. Highlight
the contact you’d like to assign to
that number using the Navigation
Keys and press Select.
Once you have assigned a speed
dial, you can initiate a call by
pressing and holding the speed
dial number.
Viewing your Call Log
Press the Left Soft Key Menu
and select Recent Calls. Choose
Call Log.
Or
Press to view your call logs.
Call Log - View a complete list of all
your dialed, received and missed calls.
Missed Calls - View a list of any
calls you have missed.
Received Calls - View a list of all the
numbers that have called you.
Dialed Numbers - View a list of all
the numbers you have called.
TIP! From any call log, press the
Left Soft Key Options and then
Delete to delete the selected items.
Call Duration - View details of
how long you have spent on your
calls both received and dialed.
To erase a specific call duration
record, press the Left Soft Key
Options and select Clear. To erase
all the call duration records, press
the Left Soft Key Options and
select Clear All.

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Packet Data Counter - View the
amount of all your received and
sent data in kilobytes.
To erase a specific packet data
counter, press the Left Soft Key
Options and select Clear. To
erase all packet data counters,
press the Left Soft Key
Options and select Clear All.
Changing the call settings
You can set the menu relevant to
a call. Press the Left Soft Key
Menu, select Settings and choose
Call.
Call Rejection List - Allows you to
compile a list of calls to reject. Press
Add and select an option.
Send My Number - Choose whether
your number will be displayed when
you call someone (Depends on your
service operator).
Answer Mode -
Allows you to set the
answering method. You can choose from
Press Send Key , Open Flip or Press
Any Key.
BT Answer Mode - Choose how to
answer a call when using a Bluetooth
headset. Select Hands-Free or
Handset.
Save New Number - Selecting this
option will save numbers that are not
already in your contacts upon ending
the call.
TTY - Allows you to activate TTY Mode
to communite via TTY device.
Hearing Aid - Turn On when you use
a hearing aid. It will tune the audio
spec appropriately and will use the
sound levels to meet the audio spec
for hearing aids.

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Searching for a contact
1Press the Left Soft Key Menu,
select Contacts and choose
Names.
Or, from the Home screen, press the
Contacts Key .
2Using the keypad, enter the first
letter of the name of the contact
you want to call.
3Use the Navigation Keys to scroll
through the contacts.
Or
1Enter the number you wish to
search on the Home screen
and press the Left Soft Key
Options.
2Choose Search Contacts in the
options menu.
Adding a new contact
1 Press the Left Soft Key Menu,
select Contacts and choose
Names.
2Press the Left Soft Key
Options and select Add New
Contact .
3Enter the information you want in
the fields provided and press the
Right Soft Key Done.
To enter further information such
as additional numbers, Email
address, group, etc., press the Left
Soft Key Options and choose
Add Detail.
Or
1 From the Home screen, enter
the number you wish to store
and press the Left Soft Key
Options.
2Select
Save Number and then New
Contact.
Adding a contact to a group
You can save your contacts into
groups, for example, keeping your
work colleagues and family separate.
There are a number of groups
including Colleagues, Family,
Friends, School and VIP already set
up on the phone.
To create a new group
1Press the Left Soft Key Menu
and select Contacts and choose
Names.
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2Press the Left Soft Key
Options and select Add New
Group.
3 Enter a name for your new group.
4Press the Right Soft Key
Done.
Viewing your own number
Select Own number in the Contacts
menu to view your number.
Creating a business card
You can create your own business
card by selecting My Business Card
from the Contacts menu. Then press
Add. Enter your name, number,
email address, image, or any other
information in the available fields.
Changing your contact settings
1Press the Left Soft Key Menu
and select Contacts.
2
Select Settings. From here you can
adjust the following settings:
Contact List Settings - Choose
whether to view contacts saved to
both your Handset & SIM, Handset or
SIM. You can also select to show the
first name or last name of a contact
first, and to show a contact picture.
Copy - Copy your contacts from
your SIM card to your handset or
from your handset to your SIM
card. Choose to do this one by one
or all together.
Move -
This works in the same way
as Copy, but the contact will only be
saved to the location you’ve moved
it to. If you move a contact from the
SIM card to the handset it will be
deleted from the SIM card memory.
Send All Contacts Via Bluetooth
- Send all contacts to another
handset via Bluetooth.
Clear Contacts - Delete all your
contacts.
Memory Info. - You can check
how much memory you’ve got
left on your handset and your SIM
card.
Note: If you delete a group, the
contacts which were assigned to that
group will not be lost. They will remain
in your contacts.

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Your LG430G includes functions
related to SMS (Short Message
Service), MMS (Multimedia Message
Service) as well as the network’s
service messages. To use these
functions, press the Left Soft Key
Menu and select Messages.
Sending a message
1Press the Left Soft Key Menu,
select Messages and choose
Create New Message.
2 A new message editor will open.
The message editor combines
text message and multimedia
messages into one intuitive and
easy to switch between editor. The
default setting of the message
editor is text message.
3 Enter your message using either
the T9 predictive mode or Abc
manual mode or 123 mode. You
can switch text input modes by
pressing the key.
4 Enter the phone number and press
the Left Soft Key Options for
additional options. You can even
add multiple contacts by selecting
Add recipient.
Note: Message can be sent to a
group also. Edit the message , press
the Left Soft Key Options, select
Add recipient, then choose To. Then
select Contacts Groups and choose
the desired group.
5 Enter your message.
6 Press the Left Soft Key
Options and choose Insert. Use
the left and right Navigation Keys
and add an Image, Video Clip,
Sound Clip, Schedule, Business
Card, Note, Text Field, Task, or a
Text Template.
7 Press Send to send the
message. Your message is
displayed and responses appear
in the same window, creating a
message thread with that contact.
TIP! You can select your message
type as SMS or MMS when you enter
a text longer than 1 page in the
message field. If you want to change
the type of message to send, press
Menu > Messages > Message
Settings > Text message and
choose Send Long Text As.
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Note: If Image, Video Clip, Sound Clip,
Schedule, Business Card, Text Field or
Task is added to the message editor,
the message will be automatically
converted to MMS mode and you will
be charged accordingly.
Entering text
You can enter alphanumeric
characters using the phone’s keypad.
The following text input methods are
available in the phone: T9 mode, Abc
mode and 123 mode. To change
modes, press .
T9 mode
T9 mode uses a built-in dictionary
to recognize words you’re writing
based on the key sequences you
press. Simply press the number
key associated with the letter you
want to enter, and the dictionary
will recognize the word once all the
letters are entered.
Using the T9 Mode
Press the keys that correspond with
the digits you want to enter.
1When you are in the T9 predictive
text input mode, start entering a
word by pressing keys to .
Press one key per letter.
- If the word is still incorrect after
typing completely, press the
key once or more to cycle
through the other word options.
- If the desired word is missing
from the word choices list, add it
by using the Abc mode.
2 Enter the whole word before
editing or deleting any keystrokes.
- To delete letters, press the Right
Soft Key
Previous .
- Complete each word with a
space by pressing the key.
Abc mode
This mode allows you to enter letters
by pressing the key labeled with the
required letter once, twice, three or
four times until the letter is displayed.
Note: Some fields may allow
only one text input mode (e.g.
telephone number in address book
fields).

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123 mode
Type numbers using one keystroke
per number. You can also add
numbers while remaining in letter
modes by pressing and holding the
desired key.
Inserting symbols
If you want to insert symbols, press
the key, then you can choose a
symbol. Or you can press the Left
Soft Key Options and then
choose Insert Symbol.
Changing the language
LG430G supports various languages.
There are two ways to change
the writing language from the
writing screen. You can press the
Left Soft Key Options, go to
Writing Language, and then set
the language you want. Or, you can
simply press and hold . The
writing options may differ depending
on the language you choose.
Message folders
Press the Left Soft Key Menu
and select Messages.
Create New Message - Create your
new message.
Inbox -
All the messages you receive
are placed into your Inbox. From the
Inbox, you can reply, forward and more.
Drafts - If you don’t have time to
finish writing a message, you can save
what you have written so far in the
Drafts folder.
Outbox - This is a temporary storage
folder while messages are being sent
or stores the messages that have
failed to send.
Sent Items - Copies of all the
messages you send are kept in your
Sent Items folder.
Saved Items - You can access your
saved messages, text templates and
multimedia templates.
Emoticons - You can add, edit and
delete emoticons. You can insert the
preferred emoticon when writing a
message.
Message Settings - Your message
Messages