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108 Section 4A: Installing and Using the Software on a Mac Computer
Activation AssistantThe Activation Assistant will guide you through the activation process if your USB
modem is not preactivated.
To set up your account, you will be contacting Sprint.
Before you call Sprint, have these things ready:
䢇A phone
䢇Your USB modem
䢇The city and state where the USB modem will be primarily used
䢇A pen and paper to write down your account information. Your package
includes a printed Getting Started guide, where you can record this
information.
“Device Not
Activated”
window
Your USB modem is not activated.
䊳Click Yes to indicate that you’d like to activate your USB
modem. WatcherLite will display “Updating User Profile.”
If provisioning is successful, WatcherLite displays
“Disconnected,” after which you are ready to connect to the
network (click Connect). Proceed to “Connecting to the Sprint
Network” on page 110.
– or –
If the Data Provisioning window displays “Provisioning failed,”
use the Activation Assistant (below).
“Not activated” Your USB modem is not activated.
䊳Use the Activation Assistant (below).
Note: If you close the Activation Assistant before finishing the USB modem
activation, you can start the Activation Assistant later (from the Extras item
on the Sierra Wireless Watcher menu, choose Activation).
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