LG

Thu 17 Jun 2010, 5:45 pm

Hi,

I just got an LG GD880 Mini.

Nice phone, but cannot figure out how to add a specific contact to the home screen (as you can with BL40 and others).

On the Home Screen, you tap "Add". You get a menu

Add to Homescreen
Widgets
Bookmarks
Shortcuts

I have been through those 3 menus a dozen times, and cannot find any command to do what I want. Nothing in the Contacts Settings that I can find either.

I read a review that says this:

www.gadget-space.com/lg-gd880-mini-review/

"Users no longer have the option to place a specific contact on the contact homescreen by tapping the small star button. The star is still there but only to indicate your favorite contacts. The adding of contacts to the favorite homescreen is now easily available right on the homescreen itself."

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks.

Rex

Posted by rexall on 17 Jun 2010 04:53 AM:

Thu 17 Jun 2010, 5:45 pm

Hi,

I just got an LG GD880 Mini.

Nice phone, but cannot figure out how to add a specific contact to the home screen (as you can with BL40 and others).

On the Home Screen, you tap "Add". You get a menu

Add to Homescreen

Widgets

Bookmarks

Shortcuts

I have been through those 3 menus a dozen times, and cannot find any command to do what I want. Nothing in the Contacts Settings that I can find either.

I read a review that says this:

www.gadget-space.com/lg-gd880-mini-review/

"Users no longer have the option to place a specific contact on the contact homescreen by tapping the small star button. The star is still there but only to indicate your favorite contacts. The adding of contacts to the favorite homescreen is now easily available right on the homescreen itself."

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks.

Rex

It sounds like they have really changed things in the user interface... Unfortunately I only have access to Phones carried by the Carriers in the US. So I don't have access to the GD880 or even a Manual to reference so I don't know... Let me look around a bit to see if I can find something to help.

Fri 18 Jun 2010, 9:24 am

The homescreen interface is a little different, but mostly the same as other models. Can't imagine that LG would abandon such an obvious and obviously useful feature as adding s specific contact to a homescreen. Makes me think there is something ridiculously simple that I am just over looking, or that there is something wrong with my firmware.

Thanks for the help. Anything you can find out is appreciated.

Rex

Posted by rexall on 17 Jun 2010 20:27 PM:

Fri 18 Jun 2010, 9:24 am

The homescreen interface is a little different, but mostly the same as other models. Can't imagine that LG would abandon such an obvious and obviously useful feature as adding s specific contact to a homescreen. Makes me think there is something ridiculously simple that I am just over looking, or that there is something wrong with my firmware.

Thanks for the help. Anything you can find out is appreciated.

Rex

No it's got to be something simple like pressing and holding your finger on a blank spot on the screen to see if you get another menu... I'm sure it's nothing wrong with your phne.. But I'll keep looking