Notifications

From the home screen and within most apps, you can see the Notifications bar across the top of the screen. This bar displays information on the current status of your Optimus U.

  1. To expand the bar into the Notifications panel for more information, swipe down from the top of the screen.
    OR
    Press the Menu Key from the home screen and touch Notifications.
  2. Touch a notification to view it. The Notifications panel will close and the corresponding app (for example, Messaging for a new text message notification or Gmail for a new email notification) will open.
  3. To close the Notifications panel without touching a notification, swipe up or press the Back Key .

Status icons
The following icons indicate the status of your phone:

3G connected

3G in use

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Bluetooth is on

Connected to a Bluetooth device

Airplane mode is set

Alarm is set

Signal strength

Speakerphone is on

GPS is on

Receiving location data from GPS

Roaming

No signal

No microSD card installed

Vibrate mode

Ringer is silenced

Phone microphone is muted

Battery is very low

Battery is low

Battery is partially drained

Battery is full

Battery is charging

Notification icons
The following icons indicate that you've received a notification:

New Gmail message

New text or multimedia message

Problem with text or multimedia message delivery

New Google Talk message

New voicemail

Upcoming event

Data is syncing

Problem with sign-in or sync

New email

An open Wi-Fi network is available

Phone is connected via USB cable

3 more notifications not displayed

Call in progress

Call in progress using Bluetooth headset

Missed call

Uploading data

Downloading data

Download finished

Connected to VPN

Disconnected from VPN

Song is playing

USB debugging connected