LG Tribute 5 User Guide

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To deactivate Call Forwarding: 
1. Tap  > Phone  > Dial tab. 
2. Tap    . 
3. Tap .  
 You will hear a tone to confirm the deactivation. 
Call Settings 
Your phone‘s Call Settings menu lets you configure your voicemail options and a number of other settings 
for the phone application. 
Call Settings Options 
Use the Call Settings menu to adjust the following settings: 
Setting Description 
Voicemail You can configure your voicemail settings. For details on Voicemail 
settings, see Configure Visual Voicemail Settings. 
Smart dialing Activate to make a call to the U.S. from abroad without entering the 
national code. Touch and hold  or tap the contact. 
Call reject You can set call rejection and manage the reject list. 
Decline with message 
You can send out a simple text message when you want to ignore an 
incoming call and respond to the caller with a text instead. You can add 
or edit quick messages. 
Auto answer Allows you to set the time before a connected hands-free device 
automatically answers an incoming call. 
TTY mode 
A TTY (also known as a TDD or Text Telephone) is a 
telecommunications phone that allows people who are deaf, hard of 
hearing, or who have speech or language disabilities, to communicate 
by telephone. Your phone is compatible with select TTY phones. 
Please check with the manufacturer of your TTY phone to ensure that it 
is compatible with digital cell phones. Your phone and TTY phone will 
connect via a special cable that plugs into your phones headset jack. If 
this cable was not provided with your TTY phone, contact your TTY 
phone manufacturer to purchase the connector cable. 
Hearing aids Tap to place the checkmark to turn on hearing aid compatibility.  
						

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Setting Description 
Proximity Sensor 
When receiving and making calls, this sensor automatically turns the 
backlight off and locks the touch keypad by sensing when the phone is 
near your ear. This extends battery life and prevents the touch keypad 
from activating unintentionally during calls. 
Save unknown numbers You can set the phone to save the phone numbers not saved in 
Contacts yet. 
Power key ends call You can set the phone to end calls with Power/Lock Button on the call 
screen. 
Silence Incoming calls You can set the phone to silence incoming calls by just flipping the 
phone. 
 
Use the Call Settings Menu 
1. Tap  > Phone . 
 The phone app opens. 
2. Tap  > Call settings. 
 The call settings menu appears. 
3. Configure your options. 
 Tap a menu item to display its options. 
 Select your options and follow the prompts to set them. 
 Your call settings options are set. 
TTY Mode 
A TTY (teletypewriter, also known as a TDD or Text Telephone) is a telecommunications device that 
allows people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or who have speech or language disabilities, to 
communicate by telephone. 
Your phone is compatible with select TTY devices. Please check with the manufacturer of your TTY 
device to ensure that it supports digital wireless transmission. Your phone and TTY device will connect 
using a special cable that plugs into your phone‘s headset jack. If this cable was not provided with your 
TTY device, contact your TTY device manufacturer to purchase the connector cable. 
   
						

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To turn TTY Mode on or off: 
1. Tap  > Phone  > Dial tab. 
2. Tap  > Call settings > TTY mode. 
3. Tap TTY Full, TTY HCO, or TTY VCO to turn TTY mode on. 
– or – 
Tap TTY Off to turn TTY mode off. 
 Your phone‘s TTY mode is set. 
Note: W hen enabled, TTY mode may impair the audio quality of non-TTY devices connected to the 
headset jack. 
Warning: 9-1-1 Emergency Calling – It is recommended that TTY users make emergency calls by other 
means, including Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), analog cellular, and landline 
communications. W ireless TTY calls to 9-1-1 may be corrupted when received by public safety answering 
points (PSAPs), rendering some communications unintelligible. The problem encountered appears 
related to TTY equipment or software used by PSAPs. This matter has been brought to the attention of 
the FCC, and the wireless industry and the PSAP community are currently working to resolve this.  
						

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Contacts 
The Contacts application lets you store and manage contacts from a variety of sources, including 
contacts you enter and save directly in your phone as well as contacts synchronized with your Google 
Account, your PC, compatible email programs (including Exchange Server), and your friends from 
compatible social networking applications. 
 Contacts Cautions 
Information saved in Contacts may be lost or changed if the battery is removed for a long period or 
left uncharged. Accident or malfunction may also cause loss or change to information. It is 
recommended that you keep a separate copy of contacts and other important information. Boost 
Mobile is not responsible for any damages from lost or changed contacts. 
Add a Contact 
You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google Account, 
Microsoft Exchange account, or other accounts that support syncing contacts. 
The Contacts application tries to join new addresses with existing contacts, to create a single entry. You 
can also manage that process manually. 
1. Tap  >  > Contacts . 
2. Tap  to add a contact. 
 
3. Tap a destination type, Phone contact or Google (if available). 
4. Tap  to select a picture to display next to the name in your list of contacts and in the Caller ID. 
5. Tap the Name field and enter a name for your contact.  
6. Tap the Phone field and enter a phone number.  
7. Enter any additional information you may want to save and when youre finished, tap SAVE.  
						

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Save a Phone Number 
You can save a phone number to Contacts directly from the phone keypad. 
1. Tap  > Phone . 
2. Enter a phone number. 
 
3. To add the number to an existing contact, tap Update contact. To add a new contact, tap Create 
contact. 
 For an existing contact, tap the contact name and select a number type for the new number. 
 For a new contact, enter the name and any additional information. 
4. Tap SAVE. 
 The contact is added. 
View Contacts 
View a contact‘s details by displaying a contact entry. 
1. Tap  >  > Contacts . 
2. Tap a contact to view its details.  
						

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Contacts Screen Layout 
The following illustration show‘s your Contacts app layout and describes the various features. 
  
Item Description 
Groups tab Show contact groups. 
Favorites tab Show favorite contacts. 
Contacts tab Show all contacts. 
Contact Tap to show contact‘s details.  
						

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Item Description 
Image Tap to show thumbnail of contact entry. Tap an icon to place a call, send a message, 
etc.  
Search Search contacts. 
Index Browse contacts by letter. 
Add new Add a new contact. 
Edit a Contact 
Once you‘ve added a contact, you can add or edit any of the information in the entry, assign a caller ID 
picture, customize with a unique ringtone, and more. 
1. Tap  >  > Contacts . 
2. Tap the contact to view its details. 
3. Tap Edit . 
4. Tap any field you want to change or add.  
5. Add or edit the information, and then tap SAVE. 
Note: To select a type (label) for a phone number, email address, or postal address (such as HOME, 
WORK, etc.), tap the type to the right of the field. 
Note: To add more phone numbers, email addresses, etc., tap  on the right side of the entry field. 
Delete a Contact 
You can delete a contact from the contacts details page. 
1. Tap  >  > Contacts . 
2. Tap a contact to view its details. 
3. Tap  > Delete. 
4. Tap YES. 
Tip: You can also touch and hold the contact from the contact list and then tap Delete contact > YES. 
Share a Contact 
You can share contacts with others by sending as vCard files.  
						

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1. Tap  >  > Contacts . 
2. Tap  > Share. 
3. Tap the contacts you want to share, then tap SHARE.  
4. Choose the method for sending. 
Import Contacts 
You can import contacts from your internal storage directly to your Contacts application. 
1. Copy the vCard files to your phone from your computer. 
2. Tap  >  > Contacts . 
3. Tap  > Manage contacts > Import. 
4. Select where to import from and save to, then tap OK. 
5. Tap the files you wish to import and tap IMPORT and YES to confirm. 
Back Up Contacts 
You can back up and export all of the contacts on your phone, as vCard files. You can then copy this file 
to a computer or another phone that is compatible with this format, such as an address book application.  
1. Tap  >  > Contacts . 
2. Tap  > Manage contacts > Back up. 
3. Select a storage location and then tap OK. 
4. Tap the contacts you want to export, then tap EXPORT and YES to confirm. 
5. Enter a file name and tap OK.  
						

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Messaging and Internet 
With wireless service and your phone‘s messaging and data capabilities, you have the opportunity to 
share information through many different channels and accounts, including Gmail (Google), personal and 
corporate email, text and multimedia messaging, social networking accounts, and Hangouts. 
Text and Multimedia Messaging 
With text messaging (SMS), you can send and receive instant text messages between your wireless 
phone and another messaging-ready phones. When you receive a new message, you will be notified by 
your phone. Messaging is available via the Messaging application in your Applications screen. The icon 
appears in Status Bar when a new text message is received.  
Note: See your service plan for applicable charges for text messaging. 
Send a Text Message 
Quickly compose and send text messages on your phone. 
1. Tap  >  > Messaging . 
2. Tap . 
3. Tap the To field and enter a contacts information, see example below, using the on-screen 
keyboard. 
 Contacts: As you enter either a name, phone number, or email address, if the information 
matches a current contact‘s entry information, you will see a match. When you see a match, 
tap the associated name to complete the addressing. 
 Mobile: You can enter a wireless phone number directly. 
 Email: You can enter an email address directly. 
4. Tap a matching entry from the on-screen dropdown list. This list is populated by matches found 
from your contact list. 
5. Tap the text field and enter your message. 
 To enter a smiley from the menu options, tap  > Insert smiley. Make a selection from the 
list to insert it into your current message. 
 To enter emojis, tap , then tap , and select a category at the bottom of the keyboard. 
6. Review your message and tap Send.  
						

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Send a Multimedia Message (MMS) 
When you need to add a little more to a text message, you can send a multimedia message (MMS) with 
the contents such as images, videos, etc. 
Note: See your service plan for applicable charges for multimedia messaging. 
Compose Multimedia Messages 
1. Tap  >  > Messaging . 
2. Tap . 
3. Tap the To field and enter the recipient‘s name, phone number, or email information.  
4. Tap the text field and enter your message. 
5. Tap . 
6. Select a multimedia attachment type: 
 Image: Opens the Gallery application. Use the on-screen navigation to select the picture you 
wish to send with the outgoing message. 
 Take photo: Opens the Camera application. Take a picture, and then tap OK to use this 
image in your message. (See Take Pictures.) 
 Video: Opens the Gallery application. Use the on-screen navigation to select a video and 
attach it to your outgoing message. 
 Record video: Opens the Camcorder application. Record a video, then tap OK to use this 
video in your message. (See Record Videos.) 
 Audio: Opens a menu that allows you to browse for audio files using different applications. 
 Record voice: Opens the message recorder. 
• After recording your message, tap  to attach it to your message. 
 Location: Opens a map screen. Select a location, then tap ATTACH to use this. 
 Contact: Opens your Contacts list and allows you to select of a Contact to send. 
 Schedule: Opens your Schedule event list and allow you to select an event to send. 
 Slide: Allows you to create a slideshow with your media files. 
• Insert a multimedia file, then tap  > Slide. You can also enter text to each slide. 
 Draw: Allows you to draw and attach an image like QuickMemo+.