ActivatingYour Phone, Tip | Sprint Nextel H 11/07 instruction

ActivatingYour Phone

⬤If you purchased your phone at a Sprint Store, it is probably activated and ready to use.

⬤If you received your phone in the mail, it may activate automatically when you first turn it on, or you may need to perform a few simple activation steps.

1.Press to turn the phone on.

■If your phone activates automatically, you will see a brief message and your phone will enter standby mode. Proceed to step 4.

■If you do not see an activation message, please proceed to step 2.

2.Press Menu>Web. (There is no charge to use this service during phone activation.)

3.Follow the onscreen prompts to update your profile and activate your phone.

Tip

Do not press [END] while the phone is being activated. Pressing [END] cancels the activation process.

4.To confirm your activation, make a phone call.

Note You can also confirm your activation through the phone’s

menu. Press Menu>Settings/Tools>Settings>Phone

Information>PhoneNumber.

●If PhoneNumber displays 000-000-####, your phone is not yet activated.

●If your wireless phone number is displayed, your phone is ready to use.

For assistance with phone activation, call Sprint Customer Service at 1-800-SPRINT1(1-800-777-4681)from any other phone.

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Sprint Nextel H 11/07 manual ActivatingYour Phone, Tip

Contents

11/07 Phone User Guide Table of Contents Controlling Your Roaming Experience Page 4B. Manufacturer’s Warranty 4A. Important Safety Information3B. SprintVision 3C. Sprint Music and Your PlayerPage Phone Guide Introduction Want to keep track of your minutes? Iii Your Phone’s Menu Media Player Call History Missed Alerts Contacts Mycontent Vii SETTINGS/TOOLS Messaging Viii Memory Card Manager Alarm Clock USE Menu Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up ServiceThis Section Setting UpYour Phone Tip ActivatingYour Phone Setting UpYourVoicemail Sprint Account Passwords Account Password VoicemailPasswordSprintVisionPassword Getting Help Sprint Customer Service 1-800-SPRINT11-800-777-4681ManagingYour Account FromYourSprintPhone ToaccessSprintOperatorServices SprintOperatorServicesSprint TocallSprint411 Using Your Phone Phone Basics Phone Basics PhoneBasics Your Phone Key Functions PhoneBasics Phone Basics Indicates you have voicemail messages. Press Viewing the Display Screen Phone Basics Features ofYour Phone Phone Basics TurningYour Phone On and Off TurningYourPhoneOnTurningYourPhoneOff BatteryCapacity UsingYour Phone’s Batteryand Charger PhoneBasics RemovingtheBattery InstallingtheBattery UsingthePhoneCharger ChargingtheBattery SelectingMenuItems NavigatingThrough Phone Menus BackingUpWithinaMenu DisplayingYour Phone NumberTogotothepreviousmenu Toreturntostandbymode Making Calls Making and Answering Calls Dialing Options Answering Calls Missed Call Notification AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledEndingaCall TodisplaytheMissedCallentryfromthenotificationscreen ToexitEmergencymode Calling Emergency Numbers Enhanced911E911Information In-Call Options End-of-Call Options Saving a Phone NumberTosaveanumberfromstandbymode Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses Finding a Phone Number Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses Using Abbreviated Dialing ToplaceacallusingPrependabbreviateddialing ToplaceacallusingContactsMatchabbreviateddialing Dialing From the Contacts List Using Speed DialingPress MenuContactsFind/AddEntry Shortcut TouseOne-TouchDialingforspeeddiallocations1-9 EnteringText EnteringTextWith the Numeric KeypadSelectingaTextInputMode AddingaWordtotheT9Database EnteringCharactersUsingT9TextInput Charactersscrollinthefollowingorder EnteringCharactersUsingABCMode Toenterpresetmessages ToentersymbolsToenternumbers Toenteremoticonssmileys ToentertextwiththeQWERTYkeyboard EnteringTextWith the Qwerty Keyboard Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings YourPhone’sSettings Sound SettingsRingerTypes SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Selecting a KeyTone Adjusting the Phone’sVolumeSettings AlertNotification Selecting a Slide SoundSilence All ToactivateSilenceAll Display Settings Changing theTextGreetingChanging the BacklightTime Length Changing the Display Screen for Incoming Calls Slide ShowTosettheincomingcallsdisplay Select CallerID or NoCallerID Changing the Phone’s Menu Style Changing the Display ScreenChanging theTheme Color Select Black, BubbleGum, Glacial, or Tropicaland press Changing the Clock Display TochangethekeypadlightsettingChanging theTextInputFont Changing the Keypad LightTime Length Changing the Status LightMode Toassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplayDisplay Language Tochangethestatuslightmode Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Location Settings SettingMessageNotification Messaging SettingsSettingMessageAlerts Select Message&Icon or IconOnly Tip DeletingOldMessages CallbackNumberDeliveryReceipt Toautomaticallydeletereadmessages Toeditordeleteapresetmessage ManagingPresetMessagesToaddanewpresetmessage AddingaCustomizedSignature Airplane/Music Mode SMSVoiceOptionsSelect Speakerphone or FromName and press ToturnTTY Modeonoroff TTYUseWith SprintService Phone Setup Options Auto KeyguardShortcuts Auto-Answer Mode Call Answer Mode Abbreviated Dialing Contacts MatchTextEntry TosetyourContactsmatchoptions Setting Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s Security UsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature Accessingthe Security MenuLockingYour Phone UnlockingYour Phone Locking Data Calling in Lock ModeLocking Pictures Changing the Lock Code Select Erase/ResetErasePrivateBrowserData Using Special NumbersErasing Private Browser Data Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Select Erase/ResetEraseContacts ResettingYour Picture Mail AccountToresetyourPictureMailaccount Select Erase/ResetResetPictureMail. a disclaimer appears ResettingYour Phone Resetting Default SettingsToresetdefaultsettings Select Erase/ResetResetAllSettings. a disclaimer appears Enabling and Disabling SprintVision Services Security Features for SprintVisionTodisableSprintVisionservices ToenableSprintVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience RecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen Understanding RoamingRoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Controlling Your Roaming Experience CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming SettingYour Phone’sRoam Mode ToturnCallGuardonoroff Using Call GuardToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Data Roam Guard TousedataserviceswhenDataRoamGuardisactiveTosetyourDataRoamGuardnotification Managing Call History Managing Call History Select an entry and press ViewingHistory Making a Call From Call History Call History Options Savinga Phone Number From Call History Prepending a Phone Number From Call History ErasingCall HistoryPress MenuCallHistoryDeleteCallHistory Using Contacts Using Contacts Addinga New Contacts EntryPress MenuContactsFind/AddEntry FindingContactsbyName FindingContacts Entries FindingGroupEntries FindingSpeedDialNumbersPress MenuContactsSpeedDial#’s Press MenuContactsGroups Contacts Entry Options Editing a Contacts Entry’s Phone Number Adding a Phone Number to a Contacts Entry Toassignaspeeddialnumbertoanewphonenumber Assigning Speed Dial Numbers Toassignaspeeddialnumbertoanexistingphonenumber Editing a Contacts Entry Selecting aTextTonefor an Entry Selecting a Ringer Typefor an Entry TodialaservicefromyourContacts Dialing SprintServicesPress MenuContactsServices Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad ActivatingWirelessBackupDuringPhoneActivation Wireless BackupActivatingandDeactivatingWirelessBackupService Toactivatethewirelessbackupservice SettingtheWirelessBackupAlert ViewingYourWirelessBackupStatusTodeactivatethewirelessbackupservice Press MenuContactsWirelessBackupViewStatus Using the Phone’s Tools Press MenuSettings/ToolsToolsScheduler UsingYour Phone’s CalendarUsing the Phone’sTools Adding an Eventto the Calendar Viewing Events Event Alert Menu Erasing a Day’s Events Going toToday’s Calendar MenuErasing PastEvents TogototheCalendarmenufortoday’sdate UsingYour Phone’s Alarm Clock Press MenuSettings/ToolsToolsAlarmClockErasing All Events TousetheQuickAlarm UsingYour Phone’s NotepadTocomposeanote Toreadasavednote Using the Calculator Using EZTipsPress MenuSettings/ToolsToolsEzTipCalculator Press MenuSettings/ToolsToolsCalculator Using the D-Day Counter Using theWorld ClockUsing the Unit Converter Tosetacountdowntimerforanupcomingevent ManagingVoiceMemos Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Recording Voice Memos ManagingVoice Memos Voice Memo Options Press MenuSettings/ToolsToolsVoiceMemoErasingVoice Memos To play the voice memos you have recorded Using the microSD Card Using the microSD Card Using the microSD Card UsingYour Phone’s microSD Card and AdapterInsertingthemicroSDCard RemovingthemicroSDCard MicroSDIconIndicators Using the microSD AdapterToinsertthemicroSDcardintothemicroSDadapter ToremovethemicroSDcardfromthemicroSDadapter Creating Folders in the microSD Card MicroSD SettingsViewing Memory in the microSD Card Formatting the microSD Card MicroSD Folders DisplayingYourmicroSDFoldersToremovetheconnection 105 Using the Built-in Camera Using the Built-in Camera Taking Pictures Totakeapicturewiththephoneopen107 RegisteringYour SprintPicture Mail Account 109 Camera Mode Options SettingtheSelf-timer UsingtheZoomTocanceltheSelf-timerafterithasstarted Selecting Camera Settings ViewingYour Camera’s Status Area Display111 Recording Videos 113 Video Mode Options SelectingVideo Settings ToselectyourvideosettingsVideoLength to select VideoMail or LongVideo Storing Pictures andVideos Setting Storage OptionsPhone Folder 115 Phone Folder and Memory Card Options Memory Card FoldersToreviewyourstoredpicturesandvideosinthemicroSD Press MenuPicturesMyAlbumsMemoryCard Camera/CamcorderMode to activate Camera/Camcorder mode Rotate117 Zoom Online AlbumsTosavepicturesandvideostoanonlinealbum Toreviewyouronlinealbums 119 OnlineAlbumOptions First time you send Sprint Picture Mail, you will be Sending Sprint Picture Mail 121 Press MenuMessagingSendMessagePictureMail Sending Pictures andVideos From Messaging ToaccesstheSprintPictureMailWebsite Using the SprintPicture MailWeb SiteManagingSprintPicture Mail 123 Toviewyouronlinepicturesfromyourphone Managing Online Pictures andVideos From Your Phone Uploading Pictures DownloadingYour Online Pictures125 Sending Online SprintPicture Mail TosendpicturesusingtheonlineAddress BookSelect RecipientsOnlineAddr.Book Tosendanalbumfromtheonlinepicturesmenu 127 Accessing Online Picture Options FromYour Phone Printing Pictures Directly FromYour Phone ToaccessyouronlineAlbumsoptionsfromyourphone Toprintpicturesdirectlyfromyourphone Press MenuPicturesPictBridge129 Settings and Info ToaccessthesettingsandinfomenuPress MenuPicturesSettingsandInfo 131 Using Bluetooth BluetoothStatusIndicators Turning Bluetooth On and OffToturnBluetoothon ToturnBluetoothoff Bluetooth Settings Device Name Using the Bluetooth SettingsMenuToaccesstheBluetoothSettingsmenu Toset aBluetoothnameforyourphone Bluetooth SettingsVisibility Bluetooth Settings Device InfoTodisplayyourphone’sBluetoothaddress 135 Bluetooth Profiles Using Bluetooth WaitingforPairing PairingBluetooth DevicesTopairyourphonewithanotherBluetoothdevice PairedDevices ToaccesstheExchangeFolder Sending All Contacts Using BluetoothExchangeFolder TosendallContacts Sprint Service Features Sprint Service Features The Basics Sprint Service Features Basics UsingVoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemail141 NewVoicemail Message Alerts Voicemail NotificationTo call your voicemail Todisplayyour Missed Log UsingAnotherPhonetoAccessMessages UsingOne-TouchMessageAccessRetrievingYourVoicemail Messages 143 UsingExpertMode Voicemail OptionsVoicemailButtonGuide SprintCallback SettingUpGroupDistributionListsVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessage 145 Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReply Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwardingVoicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Voicemail Menu Key Clearing the Message IconExtendedAbsenceGreeting Press Menu MessagingVoicemailClearIcon Sprint Service Features The Basics Using SMSTextMessaging ComposingSMSTextMessages149 Sprint Service Features The Basics SendingaTextMessage Using the Qwerty Keyboard AccessingSMSTextMessagesToreadanSMSTextmessage ToreplytoanSMSTextmessage Using PresetMessages Using SMSVoice MessagingToaddpresetmessages ActivatingSMSVoice Messaging ComposingSMSVoice Messages AccessingSMSVoice MessagesToreplytoanSMSVoicemessage 153 Toswitchbacktothefirstcaller Using Caller IDResponding to CallWaiting Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall 155 Making aThree-Way Call Using Call Forwarding ToactivateCallForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding 157 Sprint Vision Sprint Vision SprintVision Applications Your User Name Getting StartedWith SprintVisionFindingYourUserName 159 Launching a SprintVision Connection Press MenuSettings/ToolsSettingsMore...DataUpdatingYourUserName SprintVision Home TochangeyourNetGuardsettings Net Guard161 SprintVision Connection Status and Indicators Navigating theWeb SoftkeysScrolling Selecting GoingBackGoingHome Using Email Accessing MessagingMessageTypes GettingStartedWithEmail Sprint Vision 167 AccessingEmail AccessingSprintInstantMessaging AccessingWirelessChatroomsPress MenuMessagingInstantMessaging AccessingtheDownloadMenus Press MenuMyContent169 SelectinganItemtoDownload DownloadinganItemTodownloadaselecteditem UsingMyContentManager ToaccessMyContentManager171 TodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager Using the Browser Menu Exploring theWeb173 Toopenthebrowsermenu OpeningtheBrowserMenu CreatingaBookmark AccessingaBookmarkSelect MyBookmarks 175 GoingtoaSpecificWebsite DeletingaBookmarkReloadingaWebPage Select Goto WebAddress RestartingtheWebBrowser SprintVision FAQsSelect Browser OptionsRestartBrowser HowdoIsigninforthefirsttime? CanIsignoutofdataservices? Whenismydataconnectionactive?Whenismydataconnectiondormant? 179 Sprint Music and Your Player GettingSprintMusicManager Using SprintMusic ManagerLaunchingSprintMusicManager Sprint Music and Your Player TransferringMusictoYourPhone OverviewofSprintMusicManagerTotransfermusictoyourphone MusicandYourPlayer Press MenuMediaPlayer Playing MusiconYour Phone Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information General Precautions Important SafetyInformation185 UsingYourPhoneWhileDriving Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your PhoneFollowingSafetyGuidelines UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhoneTurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas 187 A T3 rating UsingYour PhoneWith a Hearing Aid Device 189 Getting the Best Hearing DeviceExperience WithYour Phone ProtectingYourBattery Caring for the Battery 191 Radio Frequency RF Energy SpecificAbsorptionRatesSARforWirelessPhones Bluetooth QD ID B012917FCCRadioFrequencyEmission 193 FCCNotice Phone Guide Proprietary Notice Owner’s Record Manufacturer’s Warranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyWarranty 195 Warranty Manufacturer’sWarranty Whatlgwilldo Warranty 197 Howtogetwarrantyservice Index Index199 Making Calls 25 Messaging Settings 52 microSD Card 100 Index