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Get
Started
All you need to know to get going.
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Welcome! Sprint is committed to developing technologies that give you the ability to get what you want when you want it, faster than ever before. This booklet introduces you to the basics of getting started with Sprint and your LG Viper 4G LTE™. Visit sprint.com/support for the complete User Guide, along with videos, tutorials, and community forums for your phone.
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Using This Guide This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your new LG Viper 4G LTE™. It’s divided into four sections to help you find the information you need quickly and easily. Get Ready − page 1 − Find out what Use Your Device − page 14 − Take you need to do before you use your advantage of your device’s features device the first time, including inserting a and Sprint services, from the basics (Making Calls) to the more advanced battery and activating Sprint servi
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Your LG Viper 4G LTE™ Power button Camera lens Proximity Flash Headset Jack Sensor Status Bar Icons Volume button Display Screen Applications Charger/ Accessory Phone Sprint ID Jack External Speaker SEARCH key HOME MENU BACK key key key
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Get Your Device Ready Install the Battery Turn the Device On 1. Remove the battery compartment cover on the • Press and hold the power button.. back of the device. Unlock the Screen 2. Align the battery’s contacts with those inside the • Drag to the right to unlock. battery compartment and gently press down until the battery is seated. 3. Replace the back cover. Charge the Battery 1. Insert the USB cable into the charging head. 2. Insert the small end of the USB cable into the Charger/Acces
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Activate Your Device Activate Your Device When you have finished, make a phone call to • If you purchased your device at a Sprint Store, it confirm your activation. If your device is still not is probably activated and ready to use. activated or you do not have access to the • If you received your device in the mail, and it is a Internet, contact Sprint Customer Service at new Sprint account or a new phone number, your 1-888-211-4727 for assistance. device is designed to activate autom
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Setup Application *You do not need to sign up for a Google The setup application helps you set up various account to use your device; however, to options and applications, including setting up download applications from Android Market, you your Google™ account.* must link your device to a Google account. Complete the Setup Application 1. When you see the Welcome screen, tap the Switch to Spanish Menu (optional) android icon to begin. 1. Press > and tap Settings > • Set up your Google
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Android Basics: Getting Around Your Device Move Around Your Device’s Menus and Screens Using Gestures Your device’s touchscreen lets you control Tap everything through various types of touches, or gestures. Tap: When you want to type using the onscreen Press keyboard, select items such as application and and hold settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply tap them with your finger. A light touch works best. Press and hold: To display the available options for an item simply tou
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Swipe or slide: Quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen. Swipe, Slide or Drag Drag: Press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to move it. Do not release your finger until you have reached the target position. Rotate: Activate the auto-rotate feature to automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the device sideways. Rotate Swype: This unique feature allows you to enter a word by sliding a finger
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Your Home Screen Viewing Your Home Screen Status Bar Your device’s Home screen extends horizontally to The status bar at the top of the Home screen lets five full screens. This gives you room to customize you quickly see both your device status your device and put the things you need front and (connections, signal strength, battery, GPS) and center, just a swipe away. any current notifications. • To display the main (center) Home screen, press from any screen. • To view extended scree
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Notifications Panel Customize Your Home Screen 1. Press > and tap Add. You can expand the notification area to provide more detailed information about the current 2. On the Add to Home screen, touch the item onscreen notification icons. you wish to add (Shortcuts, Widgets, Folders, or Wallpapers). 1. Tap the status bar to reveal the Notifications tab, and then drag the tab to the bottom of the For example, to add a Power Control widget: screen to open the Notifications panel. 1. From the
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Buttons and Keys LG Viper 4G LTE™ Buttons and Keys • Home Key ( ) – Press to return to the main The bottom front of your device contains a row of Home screen. four static keys that let you perform specific • Menu Key ( ) – Press to open context-specific functions. Above the buttons, there is a menus. program-dependent row of keys (they’re always available from the unlocked Home screen). • Back Key ( ) – Press to return to the previous screen view. • Search Key ( ) – Press to launch a se
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Open Applications Access Recently-Used Applications • If an application is on one of your Home screens, Your device keeps a running list of your eight most recently used applications. just tap it to open it. • If an application is not available from your Home 1. Press and hold to open the recently-used screen, press (if you’re not already on the applications window. Home screen), tap to display the applications 2. Tap an icon to open an application. list, and then tap the application fro
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Entering Text With the Onscreen Keyboard 2. Repeat this process until the desired characters Your QWERTY Keyboards have been drawn over. Select from an onscreen list There are two versions of onscreen keyboards of possible word matches (if prompted). This occurs available on your Viper 4G LTE™: the Android if your current swype has generated more than one keyboard and Swype (default), which uses a possible word match. For tips on using Swype, unique gliding method to let you enter whole
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• Auto-spacing automatically inserts spaces Your Swype Keyboard Settings between words. When you finish a word, just You can customize your onscreen keyboard lift your finger to start the next word. settings to suit your needs: • Auto-capitalization automatically capitalizes Press and tap Settings > Language & keyboard > the first letter of the first word in a sentence. Swype and select from the following options: • Show complete trace determines whether to • Select Input Method allows yo
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Entering Text With the Onscreen Keyboard Entering text with the onscreen Android QWERTY Your Android Keyboard keyboard is easy: just tap the letters to type the words. 1. From a screen where you can enter text, tap the input field to reveal the onscreen keyboard. Recipient 2. With the Android keyboard as your text entry method, Entry field select one of the following text mode options: • ABC to use alphabetic characters from the Send onscreen keyboard. Caps/ • ?123 to enter numbers by pre
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Make and Answer Calls Your Android Keyboard Settings Make a Phone Call 1. If the screen is locked, drag to the right Press and tap Settings > Language & side of the screen. keyboard > Android keyboard to access the Android keyboard settings such as: 2. Press and tap Phone. Vibrate on keypress, Sound on keypress, 3. Tap the digits of the number you want to call Popup on keypress, Touch to correct words, on the phone keypad. (The number will Auto-capitalisation, Show settings key, Voic
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Use Your Device: Voicemail Set Up Your Voicemail Retrieve Your Voicemail All unanswered calls are automatically transferred to 1. Press and tap Voicemail. your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned 2. Tap a message to listen to it. off. You should set up your voicemail and personal greeting as soon as your phone is activated: From any other phone: 1. Press and tap Voicemail. 1. Dial your wireless phone number. 2. Follow the voice prompts to create your 2. When your voicemail a
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Messaging Note: For information on taking pictures and videos Send a Text Message with your device, see "Camera & Camcorder" on 1. Press and tap Messaging . page 20. 2. Tap New message, or press and tap Compose. Access Messages 3. Enter a phone number, email address, or contact 1. Press and tap Messaging . name in the To: field. (If the device recognizes a 2. From the Messaging screen, tap the message contact, you’ll see a list. Touch the contact to you want to view. complete the add
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Contacts Your device’s Contacts function lets you access and manage contacts from a variety of sources, including Google and Corporate email accounts, contacts synced from your computer, and old-fashioned contacts entered by hand. Save a Phone Number Retrieve a Phone Number 1. Press and tap . 1. Press > Contacts , and then press . 2. Enter a phone number using the onscreen 2. Enter the first letter or letters of an entry. keypad. 3. Tap the contact to display the contact’s phone 3. Pre
