LG Nexus 4 User Manual

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When you’re ready to shop for more, tr y the 
suggestions in one of the Play Recommenda­
tions widgets:
Touch to avoid future 
suggestions like this
Touch to 
learn moreTouch to see a 
different suggestion
To resize a widget, touch & hold, then let go 
and drag the blue dots. To remove it, touch & 
hold, then drag it to the Remove icon at the 
top of the screen.         
						

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Organize Home screens 
To add an app or widget to a Home screen:
1. Go to the Home screen where you want to 
place the app or widget.
2. Touch the  All Apps icon.3. Swipe  right,  if  necessar y,  to  find  the  app 
or widget you want..
4. Touch & hold the app or widget until the 
Home screen appears, slide it into place, 
and lift your finger.
To move an app or widget icon to a different 
location on a Home screen:
1. Touch & hold the icon.2. Slide your finger to the new position.
To move between Home screens, slide to ­
ward the edge of the screen.
To bump another icon out of the way, slide 
slowly into it.
3. Lift your finger. 
The icon drops into its new position. 
						

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To combine two icons in a folder, slide one 
quickly over the other.
To open a folder, touch it. To rename a folder, 
touch its name.
Touch & type
To select or activate something, touch it.
To type something, such as a name, pass­
word, or search terms, just touch where you 
want to type. A keyboard pops up that lets 
you type into the field.
Other common gestures include:
• Touch & hold.  Touch & hold an item on the  
						

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screen by touching it and not lifting your 
finger until an action occurs.
• Drag. Touch & hold an item for a moment 
and then, without lifting your finger, move 
your  finger  on  the  screen  until  you  reach 
the target position. For example, you can 
move apps around on the Home screen.
• Swipe or slide.  Quickly  move  your  finger 
across the surface of the screen, with ­
out  pausing  when  you  first  touch  (so  you 
don’t drag something instead). For exam ­
ple, you can slide a Home screen left or 
right to view the other Home screens.
• Double-tap.  Tap quickly twice on a web ­
page, map, or other screen to zoom. For 
example, double­ta p a picture in Chrome to zoom in, and double­ta p again to zoom out.• Pinch. In some apps (such as Maps, 
Chrome, and Galler y), you can zoom in 
and  out  by  placing  two  fingers  on  the 
screen at once and pinching them togeth ­
er (to zoom out) or spreading them apar t 
(to zoom in). 
						

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• Rotate the screen. The orientation of 
most screens rotates with your phone as 
you turn it. To lock or unlock the screen’s 
ver tical orientation, swipe down with two 
fingers  from  the  top  of  any  screen  and 
touch the Rotation icon in Quick Settings.
Settings
To change your phone’s noti ­
fication  sounds,  volumes,  and 
more, go to 
 Settings > De -
vice > Sound .
To change your phone’s bright ­
ness, font size, and more, go 
to 
  Settings > Device > 
Display .
Type text by speaking
You can speak to enter text in most places 
that you can enter text with the onscreen 
keyboard.
1. Touch  a  text  field,  or  a  location  in  text 
you’ve already entered in a text field. 
						

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2. Touch the  Microphone key on the on­
screen keyboard.
3. When you see the microphone image, 
speak what you want to type.
Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “ex ­
clamation mark,” or “exclamation point” to 
enter punctuation.
When you pause, what you spoke is tran ­
scribed by the speech­recognition ser vice and entered in the text field, underlined. You 
can touch the Delete key to erase the under ­
lined text. If you star t typing or entering more 
text by speaking, the underline disappears.
To improve processing of your voice input, 
Google may record a few seconds of ambient 
background noise in temporar y memor y at 
any time. This recording remains on the de ­
vice only fleetingly and is not sent to Google. 
						

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Settings
To change your phone’s speech 
settings, go to Settings > Per-
sonal > Language & input .
Why use a Google Account? 
A Google Account lets you organize and ac ­
cess your personal information from any 
computer or mobile device:
• Use Google Play. Google Play brings to ­
gether all your favorite content in one 
place: movies, T V shows, books, music, 
magazines, apps, and more. When you 
sign in with your Google Account, you can 
reach any of this content from any of your 
devices – as long as you have a network 
connection. You can also shop for more in 
the Google Play store.
• Synchronize and back up everything. 
Whether you draft an email, add an event 
to your calendar, or add a friend’s ad ­
dress, your work gets backed up continu ­ 
						

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ously by Google and synchronized with 
any computer where you use the same 
Google Account.
• Access from anywhere. Check your latest 
calendar, email, text messages, or social 
stream, no matter what computer or mo ­
bile device you’re using.
• Keep your stuff secure and available. 
Google works round the clock to protect 
your personal data from unauthorized ac ­
cess and to ensure that you get it when 
you need it, wherever you need it.
• Simplify shopping.  You can connect your 
Google account with Google Wallet, which 
makes it easy to purchase music, books, 
apps, and more on Google Play and other 
online stores. 
• Use other Google services. Your Google 
Account also lets you take full advan ­
tage of other Google apps and ser vices 
that you may want to use, such as Gmail, 
Google Maps, Navigation, Google Play, 
YouTube, Google Talk, Messaging, and 
more.  
						

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What’s New in Android
Whether you’re new to Android or an avid 
user, check out some of the new features in 
Android 4.1 and 4.2 (Jelly Bean). For a com­
prehensive list of all changes since Android 
4.0, see  Android 4 .1,  Jelly  Bean  and Android  
4.2: A  new flavor  of Jelly  Bean . 
• Gesture Typing  (Android 4.2) 
Instead of typing each letter, use Ges ­
ture Typing to input a word without lifting 
your finger. You don’t need to worr y about 
spaces because they’re added automati ­
cally for you. 
Glide your finger over the letters you want 
to type, and lift it after each word.
• Google Play widgets  
New widgets on your Home screens dis ­
play recently used apps, music, movies, 
books, or games you already have – in ­
cluding preloaded content that comes 
with your device. Other widgets offer sug ­
gestions for browsing Google Play.  
						

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Touch  a  widget  to  access  its  content  on 
Google  Play.  Touch  &  hold  a  widget  to  re-
size it or remove it. 
• Quick Settings  (Android 4.2) Use Quick Settings to easily access Wi­Fi settings, manage display brightness, 
open the main Settings menu, and more.  
Swipe down with two fingers from the top 
right  corner  of  any  screen  to  open  Quick 
Settings,  then  touch  one  of  the  boxes  to 
open a specific setting.
• Expandable notifications  
Expandable notifications were introduced 
in Android 4.1, including the option to per ­
form  actions  from  the  notification  itself. 
In  Android  4.2,  you  can  expand  notifica ­
tions more easily with a swipe of your 
finge r. 
Swipe  down  the  notification  shade  from 
the  top  of  the  screen,  then  glide  your 
finger  down  the  notifications  to  expand 
them.  Touch  an  icon  inside  a  notification 
to handle a task directly.