UpdatingYour Phone

The update phone software option allows you to download and update the software in your phone over the air. Only the internal software is updated; no Contacts entries or other information saved to your phone will be deleted.

ToupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenu:

1.Select>Tools>UpdatePhone.

2.If a new software version is available, press Yes (left softkey) to continue.

3.Read the onscreen information and press Next (left softkey) to continue.

4.Select UpdatePhone to update your phone.

Note: If your phone’s signal strength is low, Update Phone may notbe completed. Please update your phone when you’re in an area with better signal strength.

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Sprint Nextel Cell Phone manual UpdatingYour Phone, ToupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenu, Select ToolsUpdatePhone

Contents

Phone User Guide Table of Contents Setting Your Phone’s Security 105 171 3C. Sprint PCS Voice Command 4A. Important Safety Information4B. Manufacturer’s Warranty 3B. Sprint PCS VisionPage Welcome to Sprint Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Introduction Your Phone Services Outgoing Incoming Missed Recent Calls Erase HistorySend Message Iii Online Albums Prints by Mail Settings & Info Voice ServicesBluetooth Calendar Alarm Clock Text Picture Mail IM & Email Chat & Dating Voicemail Countdown Stop Watch World Clock Calculator Update Phone SoundsDisplay Location Bluetooth PCS VisionMessaging Security OthersVii Phone Info ViiiPage Page Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up ServiceThis Section DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivated UnlockingYourPhoneTounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Setting UpYourVoicemail TosetupyourvoicemailVoicemail Passcode SprintPCS AccountPasswords Account Password VoicemailPasswordSprintPCSVisionorSprintPowerVisionPassword ReachingSprintCustomerService Getting Help Toaccessautomatedinvoicinginformation ReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformationSprint411 TocallSprint411 SprintPCSOperatorServices ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices Your Phone Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics FrontView ofYour Phone PhoneBasics Key Functions PhoneBasics Your Phone The Basics Viewing the Display Screen Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics Features ofYour Phone PhoneBasics TurningYour Phone On and Off TurningYourPhoneOnTurningYourPhoneOff Toturnyourphoneon BatteryCapacity InstallingtheBatteryToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery RemovingtheBattery Toremoveyourbattery ChargingtheBattery UsingtheChargerTousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone NavigatingThrough Phone Menus SelectingMenuItems DisplayingYour Phone Number BackingUpWithinaMenuTogotothepreviousmenu Toreturntostandbymode Tomakeacallusingyourkeypad Making and Answering CallsHoldingYour Phone Making Calls Press or close the phone when you are finished Toplaceacallwiththeflipclosed Dialing Options Answering Calls ToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneopenToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneclosed Answer or AnswerSpeaker to answer the call AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabled SettingAnsweronHoldTosetAnsweronHold Toresumethecall UsingtheSpeakerphone EndingaCallTodisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished Toturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall ChangingtheRingerVolume AdjustingVolumeDuringaConversationMutingaCall Tomuteacall Missed Call Notification Calling Emergency NumbersTocalltheMissedCallentry TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode ToexitEmergencymode Select ExitEmergencyToselectEmergencymodeoptions In-Call Options Transfer Audio End-of-Call OptionsTotransferaudioduringacall Saving a Phone Number Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Finding a Phone Number Tofindaphonenumber Dialing and Saving Phone NumbersWith Pauses Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialing Plus + Code Dialing Using Speed Dialing Dialing From the Contacts ListTodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry Select ContactsFind/AddEntry Using Abbreviated Dialing ToplaceacallusingPh.BookMatchAbbreviatedDialing ToplaceacallusingPrependAbbreviatedDialing Prepend is setto Enable Aprepend number has been predefined EnteringText Selecting a Character InputModeTochangethecharacterinputmode Entering Characters UsingT9TextInput ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Select SettingsOthersTextEntryMyWords AddingaWordtotheT9DatabaseToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase Toeditorerasethewordsyouhaveadded CustomizingtheT9Settings SettingtheDefaultInputModeTocustomizetheT9Settings Tosetthedefaultinputmode Entering Characters by Using AlphabetMode Press and hold To delete an entire entry Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Sound Settings RingerTypesSelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Toselectaringertypeforvoicecalls Selecting aVibrate Pattern Toselectavibrate pattern Setting a Start-up/Power-offTone Select SettingsSoundsOthersToneLengthTosetastart-up/power-offtone Selecting aTone Length UsingVoice Prompt Setting Up Key Press EchoToenableordisablevoiceprompt ToturnKeyPressEchoonoroff Adjusting the Phone’sVolume Settings Toadjustyourphone’svolumesettingsToadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Select SettingsSoundsAlerts Alert NotificationTosetalerts Silence All ToactivateSilenceAllTodeactivateSilenceAll Display Settings Changing theTextGreetingChanging the BacklightTime Length Select SettingsDisplayIncomingCalls Changing the Display Screen AnimationChanging the Display for Incoming Calls Tochangetheanimationdisplay Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby Mode Select SettingsDisplayOthersMatchAreaCodeChanging the Display for Area Name Tosetyourareanamedisplay Setting Return to Standby Mode Changing the Screen SaverChanging theTextFontSize Tochangethescreensaver Sleep Mode Power Save ModeTosetthisfeature Tosetsleepmode Location Settings Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Messaging Settings SettingtheMessageNotificationDisplayTosetthemessagenotificationdisplay ManagingPresetMessages ToeditapresetmessageTochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages Select SettingsMessagingPresetMsgs SettingaCallbackNumber AddingaCustomizedSignatureTosetthecallbacknumber Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage SettingDraftsAlert Select SettingsMessagingDraftsAlertTosetDraftsAlert Airplane Mode TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service ToturnTTY modeonoroff Wireless Backup Activating and DeactivatingWireless Backup ServiceToactivateWirelessBackupservice Select ContactsWirelessBackup SettingWireless Backup Alert TodeactivateWirelessBackupserviceTosetWirelessBackupalert Select ContactsWirelessBackupAlert Phone Setup Options ShortcutMy FavoritesToassignyourshortcutkey Toedittheshortcut Auto-Answer Mode Toassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplayDisplay Language TosetAuto-Answermode Setting the CurrentTime Setting Any Key AnswerSetting the Open/Close Flip Option ToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Changing the Phone’sMenu StyleTochangethemainmenustyle Setting the Side Key Guard Select SettingsOthersSideKeyGuardToturntheSideKeyGuardonoroff SettingTextEntry Options Select SettingsOthersTextEntryTosetyourtextentryoptions Setting Abbreviated Dialing ToactivatethePh.BookMatchfeatureSelect SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial Select Ph.BookMatch ToactivatethePrependfeature Setting HeadsetMode Select SettingsOthersHeadsetMode Select TurboButtonToconnecttheheadset Tosetheadsetmode Setting Your Phone’s Security YourPhone’sSecurity Accessing the Security Menu UsingYour Phone’s Lock FeatureLockingYour Phone UnlockingYour Phone Changing the Lock CodeLocking the Pictures Menu Lock Services Calling in Lock ModeToactivatelockservices Select VoiceCalls or PCSVision Restricting Calls Torestrictcalls Using Special Numbers Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Erasing Phone Content Toerasephonecontent Resetting the Browser Resetting FavoritesToresetthebrowser ToresetFavorites ResettingYour Phone ResettingYour Picture Mail AccountToresetyourphone ToresetyourPictureMailaccount Resetting DefaultSettings ToresetdefaultsettingsSelect Erase/ResetDefaultSettings. a disclaimer appears Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMS ToenablelockingyourphonethroughSMSSelect OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable Security Features for SprintPCSVision Enabling and Disabling SprintPCSVision ServicesTodisableSprintPCSVisionservices ToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience Understanding Roaming RecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreenRoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Controlling Your Roaming Experience CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming SettingYour Phone’s Roam Mode Using Call GuardSet Mode Select SettingsOthersRoamingSetMode Select SettingsOthersRoamingCallGuard ToturnCallGuardonoroffToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Data Roam Guard Select SettingsOthersRoamingDataRoam GuardTosettheconditionsforDataRoamGuardpop-upnotification Managing Call History Viewing History ToviewaCallHistoryentryManaging Call History Call History Options 101 Making a Call From Call History ToplaceacallfromCallHistoryPress Options right softkey Call or CallSpeakerOn TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory 103 Prepending a Phone Number From Call History Erasing Call HistoryToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory ToeraseCallHistory Using Contacts 105 Using Contacts Adding a New Contacts EntryToaddanewentry Select ContactsFind/AddEntryAddContact Assigning a Group Entry ToaddagroupnameSelect ContactsGroup Toassignacontacttoagroup Finding Contacts Entries FindingNamesFindingSpeedDialNumbers TofindContactsentriesbyname Contacts ListOptions FindingGroupEntriesTofindentriesdesignatedaspartofagroup 109 Contacts Entry Options Editing a Contacts Entry ToaddaphonenumbertoanentryTomakechangestoanentry 111 Assigning Speed Dial Numbers Toassignaspeeddialnumber Erasing a Contacts Entry From the List Assigning an Image to a Contacts EntryToeraseaselectedentry Toassignanimageforanentry Selecting a RingerType for an Entry Toselectaringertypeforanentry SecretContacts Entries TomakeanentrysecretTomakeanentrypublic 115 Dialing SprintPCS Services TodialaservicefromyourContactsSelect ContactsServices Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools 117 UsingYour Phone’s Calendar Using the Phone’s Calendar and ToolsAdding an Eventto the Calendar Toaddanevent Event Alerts Event Alert MenuViewing Events Going to a Specified Date Erasing a Day’s EventsDeleting Scheduled Events Using the Call Alarm Feature Adding a Call Alarm to the CalendarToaddacallalarmtothecalendar Press Options right softkey AddEventCallAlarm Call Alarm Menu TorespondtoacallalarmOtheroptionsavailableinclude Using theTo Do ListItems AddingTo Do ListItemsAdding aTo Do ListItem to the Scheduler UsingYour Phone’sTools Using the Alarm ClockTousethealarmclock Select ToolsAlarmClock Using the Stopwatch Using the CountdownTimer TousethecountdowntimerSelect ToolsCountdown SnoozeInterval, or SnoozeTimes Using the Calculator World ClockTousethecalculator Toviewthetimeindifferentlocations ToupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenu Select ToolsUpdatePhoneUpdatingYour Phone Personal Information Management DisplayingYour User AddressFinding Icon Definitions DisplayingVersion Information Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Using Your Phone’s Voice Services UsingVoice-Activated Dialing Making a Call UsingVoice-Activated DialingProgrammingVoiceTags Toprogramavoicetag VoiceTag Options To display voice tag options ManagingVoice Memos RecordingVoice Memos ReviewingVoice Memos ErasingVoice MemosToplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded Toeraseanindividualvoicememo Setting Up Screen Call Activating Screen CallSelecting an Announcementfor Screen Call RecordingYour Name for a Prerecorded Announcement Recording a Customized AnnouncementTorecordyourname Torecordanannouncement Reviewing an Announcement Erasing an AnnouncementToreviewanannouncement Toeraseanannouncement Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Taking Pictures Totakeapicturewiththephoneopen139 Totakeapicturewiththephoneclosed CreatingYour SprintPCS Picture Mail Password TocreateyourSprintPCSPictureMailpassword141 Camera Mode Options ImageControls to set the Brightness or WhiteBalance SettingtheSelf-Timer Toactivatetheself-timerTocanceltheself-timerafterithasstarted 143 UsingtheZoom TakingStitchShotsTotakeastitchshot Select Vertical or Horizontal SettingYour Favorite Mode Viewing Pictures Using SlideshowTo setyour favorite mode To viewyour pictures using slideshow Selecting Camera Settings To selectyour camera settingsHigh-640x480,Medium-320x240,orLow-160x120 Using the Settings & Info Menu Setting Auto DeleteViewingYour AccountInformation Camera Icon Indication FunctionDetails Storing Pictures Camera FolderToreviewyourpicturessavedintheInCamerafolder 149 Camera Folder Options 151 Saved to Phone Folder ToassignapictureandsaveittotheSavedtoPhonefolderTosavemultiplepicturestotheSavedtoPhonefolder ToviewpicturesstoredintheSavedtoPhonefolder Sending SprintPCS Picture Mail Sending Pictures From the In Camera FolderTosendpicturesfromtheInCamerafolder 153 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Sending Pictures From Messaging TosendpicturesfromtheMessagingmenu155 Using the SprintPCS Picture MailWeb Site ToaccesstheSprintPCSPictureMailWebsiteManaging SprintPCS Picture Mail Managing Online Pictures FromYour Phone Uploading PicturesToviewyouronlinepicturesfromyourphone Touploadpictures DownloadingYour Online Pictures TodownloadpicturesfromtheSprintPCSPictureMailWebsite Accessing Online Picture Options FromYour Phone ToaccessyouronlinePictureoptionsfromyourphone159 ToaccessyourOnlineAlbumsoptionsfromyourphone Using Bluetooth 161 Turning Bluetooth On and Off BluetoothStatusIndicatorsToturnBluetoothon ToturnBluetoothoff Using the Bluetooth Settings Menu Bluetooth Settings My Bluetooth NameToaccesstheBluetoothSettingsmenu Toset aBluetoothnameforyourphone Bluetooth Settings My Bluetooth Information Bluetooth SettingsVisibilityTodisplayyourphone’sBluetoothInformation Press SettingsBluetoothMyDeviceInfo Bluetooth SettingsVoice Priority Bluetooth Settings PermissionsTosetthevoicepriority 165 Bluetooth Profiles Pairing Bluetooth Devices TopairyourphonewithanotherBluetoothdevicePairedDevices WaitingforRequest Using theTrusted Devices Options Tousethetrusteddevicesoptions Sending Data via Bluetooth Sending an ItemSending a Contact Using Bluetooth Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features Basics Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics UsingVoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemailVoicemail Notification 173 Voicemail Notification NewVoicemail Message AlertsTocallyourvoicemail TodisplayyourMissedLog UsingOne-TouchMessageAccess RetrievingYourVoicemail Messages175 UsingExpertMode Voicemail OptionsVoicemailButtonGuide ToturnExpertModeonoroff SettingUpGroupDistributionLists SprintPCSCallbackVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessage 177 Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReply Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwardingVoicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Clearing the Message Icon ExtendedAbsenceGreetingTocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Select MessagingVoicemailClearCount Voicemail Menu Key Using SMSTextMessaging Composing SMSTextMessagesTocomposeanSMSTextmessage 181 Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics Accessing SMSTextMessages Editing PresetMessages Using Caller ID Toresetpresetmessages Toswitchbacktothefirstcaller Responding to CallWaitingTorespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall 185 Making aThree-Way Call TomakeaThree-WayCall Using Call Forwarding ToactivateCallForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding 187 Sprint PCS Vision Sprint PCS Vision SprintPCSVision Applications 189 Getting StartedWith SprintPCSVision Your User Name Toupdateyourusername UpdatingYourUserNameFindingYourUserName Tofindyourusername Connecting...Pleasewait Launching a SprintPCSVision ConnectionSprint PCS Vision Home TolaunchaSprintPCSVisionconnection TochangeyourNetGuardsettings Select SettingsPCSVisionNetGuard and choose an optionNet Guard 193 SprintPCSVision Connection Status and Indicators Navigating theWeb SoftkeysScrolling Selecting GoingBackGoingHome Accessing Messaging Accessing SprintPCS MailSprintPCS Messaging MessageTypes Accessing Additional Email Providers Toaccessemailprovidersfromyourphone Accessing SprintInstantMessaging Toaccessinstantmessagingclientsfromyourphone199 AccessingWireless Chatrooms ToaccessachatroomfromthebrowserSelect Chat&Dating Topostamessage AccessingtheMyContentMenus ToaccesstheSprintPCSVisiondownloadmenusSelect MyContent 201 SelectinganItemtoDownload DownloadinganItemTodownloadaselecteditem UsingMyContentManager 203 ToaccessMyContentManager TodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager SelectingCallTones Toselectcalltones205 Using the Browser Menu WebExploring theWeb OpeningtheBrowserMenu Toopenthebrowsermenu207 AccessingaBookmark ToaccessabookmarkCreatingaBookmark Tocreateabookmark DeletingaBookmark GoingtoaSpecificWebsiteReloadingaWebPage AdjustingtheBrowserSoundVolume ToadjustthebrowsersoundvolumeRestartingtheWebBrowser TorestarttheWebbrowser UsingYour Phone as a Modem SettingUpaDataConnectionWithYourPCTosetupyourphone-to-PCdataconnection 211 Sprint PCS Vision SprintPCSVision FAQs HowdoIsigninforthefirsttime?213 CanIsignoutofdataservices? Whenismydataconnectionactive?Whenismydataconnectiondormant? Sprint PCS Voice Command 215 Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Voice Command Sprint PCS Voice CommandIt’sEasytoGetStarted CreatingYour Own Address Book 217 Making a CallWith SprintPCS Voice Command TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand Accessing Information Using SprintPCSVoice Command ToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand219 220 Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information General Precautions Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your PhoneImportant SafetyInformation DoNotRelyonYourPhoneforEmergencyCalls UsingYourPhoneWhileDriving FollowingSafetyGuidelinesUsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhone TurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas225 Caring for the Battery ProtectingYourBattery DisposalofLithiumIonLi-IonBatteries 227 SpecificAbsorptionRateSARforWirelessPhones KnowingRadiofrequencySafetyRadiofrequency RF Energy UnderstandingHowYourPhoneOperates AMPSmodePart22 CellularCDMAmodePart22PCSCDMAmodePart24 229 FCCRadiofrequencyEmission FCCNotice Owner’s Record Phone Guide Proprietary Notice231 Manufacturer’s Warranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyWarranty Manufacturer’sWarranty Manufacturer’sLimitedWarrantyWarranty 233 This warranty is valid only in the United States Warranty 235 Index Index Index Index Index