LG Lucid User Guide

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Joining Contacts
When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by 
exchanging emails, the Contacts application attempts to avoid duplication by 
joining contact information automatically. You can also join contacts manually.
To join contacts
1. Open the Contacts application.
2.  Tap the contact entry to which you want to add information. The contact 
name for this entry will remain unchanged after you join it with another 
contact.
3. Tap the Menu Key 
 > Join.
4.  Tap the contact whose information you want to join with the first contact. 
The information from the two contacts will be merged and displayed 
under the name from the first contact.
5.  The contact information will be displayed in one contact entry.
Separating Contact Information
Each contact entry on your phone may contain ‘joined’ information from a 
variety of sources. 
If contact information from different sources was joined in error, you can 
separate the information back into individual contact entries on your phone.
To separate contact information
1. Open the Contacts application.
2.  Tap the contact entry whose information you want to separate.
3. Tap the Menu Key 
 > Separate.
4. Tap OK to confirm you want to separate the entries. The contact 
information will separated into individual contact entries in the Contacts 
list. 
						

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Email
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Opening Email and the Accounts Screen
You can use the Email application to read email from services other than 
Gmail™. The Email application supports the following account types: 
Microsoft Exchange, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL Mail, 
Verizon and other accounts.
To open the Email application
 
 From the Home Screen, tap the Apps Key  > Email  or tap the 
Email icon  directly from Home screen.
 
 Tap 
 on the action bar to compose the new message.
 
 Tap 
 to add favorite messages from the inbox.
The first time you open the Email application, a setup wizard opens to 
help you add an email account. After the initial setup, the Email application 
displays the contents of your Inbox. 
						

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The Accounts screen
The Accounts screen lists all of your accounts.
 
 Open  the Email application. If you’re not on the Accounts screen, tap 
the Menu Key 
 > Accounts.
    Each account on the Accounts screen displays the number of unread 
mail.
    You can tap an account to view its Inbox.
    The account from which you send email by default is indicated with a 
checkmark.
Reading Your  mail
You can read mail from the Inbox, or from other folders within each 
individual account.
To read a mail
From the Accounts screen, simply tap any account to display that account’s 
folders and contents.
You can also go to the folder list of the account by tapping the Menu Key 
 > Folders from the Inbox.
 NOTE  When new email arrives, a notification appears in the Status Bar. Drag the Notifications 
panel downward and tap the email notification.
Email settings 
To access the Email account settings, tap the Menu Key  > Settings 
from the Accounts screen.
ACCOUNTS
 
 Tap an account to access settings specific to that email account.
GENERAL SETTINGS
 
 Tap Set default account to open a dialog box to select which email 
account to designate as your default account.  
						

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 Tap Roaming to checkmark this setting to automatically retrieve email 
while roaming outside your home network. Data fee will be charged.
NOTIFICATION SETTINGS
 
 Tap Notifications to set whether you want to be notified of new email 
notifications.
 
 Tap Notification sound to open a dialog box to set the sound when 
you receive a new email notification. 
 
 Tap Vibrate to open a dialog box to set a vibration when you receive a 
new email notification.
APP SETTINGS
 
 Tap Screen after deleting to choose which screen to show after you 
delete email
 
 Tap Ask before deleting to checkmark this setting if you want to be 
asked before deleting mail. 
 
 Tap Show image to open a dialog box to set when to show images. 
 
 Tap Storage to select the depository for attachment files.
 
 Tap Conversational view to checkmark this setting if you want your 
email Inbox to display your email messages by conversation threads. 
 
 Tap Email preview to open a dialog box to set how many lines of 
email text to download for previewing on  your device. 
 
 Tap Brightness to set the Email app brightness level.
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 Touch Corporate directory to checkmark this setting to search the 
online directory for the entered recipient. 
						

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Voicemail
The Voicemail application allows the management of voicemail directly from 
the device rather than accessing voicemail via traditional methods.
Voicemail displays a list of your messages and allows you to choose which 
message(s) to listen to or delete, without having to dial into your mailbox 
and listen to voice instructions or prior messages.
To be able to use Voicemail
1.  From the Home Screen, tap the Apps Key  > Voicemail .
  NOTE  Listening to voicemail and setting up the voicemail service depends if you are subscribed 
to the visual mail service.  
If the you are not subscribed to the visual mail service and you tap the Voicemail Key 
,
 then you will be dialed into your traditional voicemail box. But if you are subscribed to 
Visual voicemail, then on tapping the Voicemail Key, the Visual Voicemail application will 
be launched.
2.  The first time you access it, you will have to subscribe to Voicemail to 
use it.
3.  After subscription, you are required to enter the password. You are only 
allowed to change the password by calling voicemail (dial *86).
4.  After entering the password, you are allowed to see voicemail entries in 
your Inbox.
While viewing the voicemail list, you can select an entry (see step 5). For 
additional options, tap the Menu Key 
 > New, Delete, Save as, Set as 
Heard, Sort by, Saved messages, Refresh, Settings, Search, Logout.
5.  Tap a voicemail entry to listen to it. Then you can tap Call back, Save, 
Erase, or Speaker. To for ward or reply to a message, tap the Menu Key 
 > Forward or Reply.
6.  If you decide to reply with a voicemail or for ward it, record a message. 
The keys at the bottom of the screen allow you to record, stop,  
re-record, or cancel the message.
  NOTE  To send a voice message to a number in your Contacts list, use the To : field to search for it. 
						

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Gmail
Opening Gmail and Your Inbox
When you open the Gmail application, the most recent conversations are 
displayed in your Inbox.
To open the Gmail application
From the Home Screen, tap the Apps Key  > Gmail .
All of your conversations are displayed in your Inbox unless you delete, 
archive, or filter them.
The current Google Account is displayed at the top right of the Inbox. If 
you have more than one account, you can switch accounts to view the 
messages in each Inbox.
Conversations with new messages are displayed with bold subject lines. 
To read a message in a conversation, tap its subject line text.
 
   indicates that you were CC’d on this message.
 
   indicates that this message was sent directly to you.
To open your Inbox when Gmail is running
If you are viewing a message or another label, tap the Back Key  until 
you return to your Inbox.
OR
While reading a message or viewing another label, tap  at the top left 
corner of the screen.
To switch accounts
Gmail displays conversations and messages from one Google Account at 
a time. If you have more than one account, you can open the Accounts 
screen to view how many unread messages you have in each account and 
to switch accounts.
1.  From your Gmail Inbox, tap 
 at the top of the screen. 
						

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Tap here to switch accounts 
and labels. 
2.  Tap the account that contains the email you want to read.
Reading Your  Messages
While viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled 
conversations, you can open a conversation to read its messages.
To read a message
 
 Tap a conversation that contains the message you want to read.
    The conversation opens to the first new (unread) message, or to the 
first starred message, if you’ve previously starred a message in the 
conversation.
Tap here to Reply all or 
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    The Google Talk online status will appear next to the name of the 
sender of each message if the sender has a Google Account. Tap the 
contact’s picture to open Quick Contact. 
    While reading messages in a conversation, you can use the keys 
at the bottom of the screen to archive the entire conversation 
, 
delete it , add a label , or set it as unread . After you delete a 
conversation, you can tap Undo in the bar that appears at the bottom 
of the screen to undo the last action and restore the message to its 
previous location.
    You can also swipe the screen to the left or the right to read the next 
or prior message.
    While viewing a message, touch the message action icons on the 
message header to access options which include 
 to mark it as 
important,  to reply to the sender, and  to access Reply all to 
reply to all address and Forward to for ward  the message to someone 
else.
To reread a message
When you open a conversation, messages that you’ve already read are 
minimized into a tab that indicates the number of hidden messages.
1.  From the Home Screen, tap the Apps Key 
 > Gmail  . Then tap the 
conversation you want to view.
2.  Tap the contact name to open that message.
While reading a message you can tap 
 to return a read message to the 
unread state. For example, to remind yourself to read it again later. 
						

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Composing and Sending a Message
You can compose and send a message to people or groups with Gmail 
addresses or other email addresses.
To compose and send a message
1.  From the Home Screen, tap the Apps Key  > Gmail  > Compose  .
2.  Enter a recipient’s address.
  As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts 
list. You can tap a suggested address or continue entering text to enter a 
new one.
3. Tap the Menu Key 
 > Add Cc/Bcc to copy (normal or blind copy) 
recipients, if necessary.
4.  Enter a subject for the message in the Subject field.
5.  Continue into the next field to enter your email message.
6. Tap the Menu Key 
 > Attach file to add an attachment to the email.
7. Tap Send 
 at the top of the screen to send your message.
  If you’re not ready to send the message, tap the Menu Key 
 > 
Save draft to save the message as a Draft. You can read your drafts by 
opening messages with the Draft label.
  To erase the message, tap the Menu Key 
 > Discard (including any 
saved drafts).
  If you aren’t connected to a network, for example, if you’re working in 
Airplane mode, the messages that you send are stored on your phone 
with the Outbox label until you connect to a network again. 
						

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Replying to or Forwarding a Message
You can continue an email conversation by replying to a message or by 
for warding it.
To reply to or forward a message
1.  Tap the message actions icon on the message header to access action 
options for the message.
2. Tap Reply 
 or  and choose Reply all or Forward.
  Replying to or for warding messages without changing the subject adds 
your reply to the current conversation.
  Changing the subject starts a new conversation. 
The message will open in a new screen where you can add or remove 
addresses, edit the subject, and add or remove text or attachments.
  You can add one or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying 
to all and then adding the new person’s address(es) to the reply.
  Note that the conversation text and previous messages are also included 
in your reply (or for ward).
3. Tap Send 
 at the top of the screen to send your message.