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earpiece rather than through the speaker.

4Ringer Off – Your phone is set to not ring.

5 Message Indicator – Shows

when you receive a text message.

6Packet Data – Your handset is ready to transfer or is transferring packet data.

7Battery Charge Indicator – A fuller battery indicates a greater charge. Recharge the battery when your phone shows Low Battery.

Text entry

Some features let you enter text.

Your phone provides convenient ways to enter words, letters, punctuation, and numbers whenever you are prompted to enter text (for example, when adding a

Contacts entry or when SMS text messaging).

To change the character input mode:

1When you see a screen where you can enter text, press Mto change the character input mode.

2Select one of the following options:

entry modes

Alpha Press a key several times for each character.

Word Enter words using a predictive text entering system that lets you enter a word with fewer keypresses.

Symbols Enter symbols.

Numeric Enter numbers by pressing the numbers on the keypad.

Tip: When entering text, press #to change letter capitalization (Abc > ABC

>abc).

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