EnteringText, SelectingaTextInputMode | Sprint Nextel H 11/07

EnteringText

EnteringTextWith the Numeric Keypad

Tip	For faster text entry in most applications, see "EnteringText
	With the QWERTY Keyboard" on page 41.

SelectingaTextInputMode

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 using Sprint Mail and SMS Text Messaging).

1.From a screen where you can enter text, press the right softkey to change the text input mode.

2.Select one of the following options:

■Abc to cycle through the alpha characters associated with the letters on the keypad (see page 39).

■T9Word to enter text using a predictive text-entry system that reduces the number of keystrokes required to enter a word (see page 38).

■123 to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on the keypad (see page 40).

■Symbols to enter symbols (see page 40).

■Smileysto enter “emoticons”(see page 40).

■Settingsto enter messagessettings.

■Recent Messages toenter a recentmessage.

■PresetMessages to enter preprogrammed messages (see page 40).

■Preset Suffix to enter preset prefixes and suffixes such as http://www., https://www., www., .com,

.net , .org, .edu, .wap, //, “, “”, (), {}, [], <>, and<<>>.

Tip	When entering text, press the	*(Shift) key to change letter
	When entering text, press the	*(Shift) key to change letter
	capitalization (Abc>ABC>abc).

PhoneBasics

Section 2A: Phone Basics

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Sprint Nextel H 11/07 manual EnteringTextWith the Numeric Keypad, SelectingaTextInputMode

Contents

11/07 Phone User Guide Table of Contents Controlling Your Roaming Experience Page 3B. SprintVision 4A. Important Safety Information4B. Manufacturer’s Warranty 3C. Sprint Music and Your PlayerPage Introduction Phone Guide Want to keep track of your minutes? Your Phone’s Menu Iii Media Player Call History Missed Alerts Contacts Mycontent SETTINGS/TOOLS Vii Viii Messaging Memory Card Manager Alarm Clock USE Menu Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up ServiceThis Section Setting UpYour Phone ActivatingYour Phone Tip Setting UpYourVoicemail Sprint Account Passwords Account Password VoicemailPasswordSprintVisionPassword ManagingYour Account Sprint Customer Service 1-800-SPRINT11-800-777-4681Getting Help FromYourSprintPhone Sprint SprintOperatorServicesToaccessSprintOperatorServices TocallSprint411 Using Your Phone Phone Basics Phone Basics Your Phone PhoneBasics Key Functions PhoneBasics Phone Basics Viewing the Display Screen Indicates you have voicemail messages. Press Phone Basics Features ofYour Phone Phone Basics TurningYour Phone On and Off TurningYourPhoneOnTurningYourPhoneOff UsingYour Phone’s Batteryand Charger BatteryCapacity InstallingtheBattery PhoneBasics RemovingtheBattery ChargingtheBattery UsingthePhoneCharger NavigatingThrough Phone Menus SelectingMenuItems Togotothepreviousmenu DisplayingYour Phone NumberBackingUpWithinaMenu Toreturntostandbymode Making and Answering Calls Making Calls Dialing Options Answering Calls EndingaCall AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledMissed Call Notification TodisplaytheMissedCallentryfromthenotificationscreen Calling Emergency Numbers ToexitEmergencymode Enhanced911E911Information In-Call Options End-of-Call Options Saving a Phone NumberTosaveanumberfromstandbymode Finding a Phone Number Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses Using Abbreviated Dialing Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses ToplaceacallusingContactsMatchabbreviateddialing ToplaceacallusingPrependabbreviateddialing Press MenuContactsFind/AddEntry Shortcut Using Speed DialingDialing From the Contacts List TouseOne-TouchDialingforspeeddiallocations1-9 EnteringText EnteringTextWith the Numeric KeypadSelectingaTextInputMode EnteringCharactersUsingT9TextInput AddingaWordtotheT9Database EnteringCharactersUsingABCMode Charactersscrollinthefollowingorder Toenternumbers ToentersymbolsToenterpresetmessages Toenteremoticonssmileys EnteringTextWith the Qwerty Keyboard ToentertextwiththeQWERTYkeyboard Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings RingerTypes Sound SettingsYourPhone’sSettings SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Adjusting the Phone’sVolumeSettings Selecting a KeyTone Silence All Selecting a Slide SoundAlertNotification ToactivateSilenceAll Display Settings Changing theTextGreetingChanging the BacklightTime Length Tosettheincomingcallsdisplay Slide ShowChanging the Display Screen for Incoming Calls Select CallerID or NoCallerID Changing theTheme Color Changing the Display ScreenChanging the Phone’s Menu Style Select Black, BubbleGum, Glacial, or Tropicaland press Changing theTextInputFont TochangethekeypadlightsettingChanging the Clock Display Changing the Keypad LightTime Length Display Language Toassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplayChanging the Status LightMode Tochangethestatuslightmode Location Settings Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature SettingMessageAlerts Messaging SettingsSettingMessageNotification Select Message&Icon or IconOnly Tip DeliveryReceipt CallbackNumberDeletingOldMessages Toautomaticallydeletereadmessages Toaddanewpresetmessage ManagingPresetMessagesToeditordeleteapresetmessage AddingaCustomizedSignature Airplane/Music Mode SMSVoiceOptionsSelect Speakerphone or FromName and press TTYUseWith SprintService ToturnTTY Modeonoroff Phone Setup Options Auto KeyguardShortcuts Call Answer Mode Auto-Answer Mode TextEntry Contacts MatchAbbreviated Dialing TosetyourContactsmatchoptions Setting Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s Security LockingYour Phone Accessingthe Security MenuUsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature UnlockingYour Phone Locking Pictures Calling in Lock ModeLocking Data Changing the Lock Code Erasing Private Browser Data Using Special NumbersSelect Erase/ResetErasePrivateBrowserData Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber ToresetyourPictureMailaccount ResettingYour Picture Mail AccountSelect Erase/ResetEraseContacts Select Erase/ResetResetPictureMail. a disclaimer appears Toresetdefaultsettings Resetting Default SettingsResettingYour Phone Select Erase/ResetResetAllSettings. a disclaimer appears TodisableSprintVisionservices Security Features for SprintVisionEnabling and Disabling SprintVision Services ToenableSprintVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience RoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Understanding RoamingRecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen Controlling Your Roaming Experience SettingYour Phone’sRoam Mode CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Call GuardToturnCallGuardonoroff ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Data Roam Guard TousedataserviceswhenDataRoamGuardisactiveTosetyourDataRoamGuardnotification Managing Call History Managing Call History ViewingHistory Select an entry and press Call History Options Making a Call From Call History 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 FindingContacts Entries FindingContactsbyName Press MenuContactsSpeedDial#’s FindingSpeedDialNumbersFindingGroupEntries Press MenuContactsGroups Contacts Entry Options Adding a Phone Number to a Contacts Entry Editing a Contacts Entry’s Phone Number Assigning Speed Dial Numbers Toassignaspeeddialnumbertoanewphonenumber Editing a Contacts Entry Toassignaspeeddialnumbertoanexistingphonenumber Selecting a Ringer Typefor an Entry Selecting aTextTonefor an Entry Press MenuContactsServices Dialing SprintServicesTodialaservicefromyourContacts Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad ActivatingandDeactivatingWirelessBackupService Wireless BackupActivatingWirelessBackupDuringPhoneActivation Toactivatethewirelessbackupservice Todeactivatethewirelessbackupservice ViewingYourWirelessBackupStatusSettingtheWirelessBackupAlert Press MenuContactsWirelessBackupViewStatus Using the Phone’s Tools Using the Phone’sTools UsingYour Phone’s CalendarPress MenuSettings/ToolsToolsScheduler Adding an Eventto the Calendar Event Alert Menu Viewing Events Erasing PastEvents Going toToday’s Calendar MenuErasing a Day’s Events TogototheCalendarmenufortoday’sdate UsingYour Phone’s Alarm Clock Press MenuSettings/ToolsToolsAlarmClockErasing All Events Tocomposeanote UsingYour Phone’s NotepadTousetheQuickAlarm Toreadasavednote Press MenuSettings/ToolsToolsEzTipCalculator Using EZTipsUsing the Calculator Press MenuSettings/ToolsToolsCalculator Using the Unit Converter Using theWorld ClockUsing the D-Day Counter Tosetacountdowntimerforanupcomingevent Using Your Phone’s Voice Services ManagingVoiceMemos ManagingVoice Memos Recording Voice Memos ErasingVoice Memos Press MenuSettings/ToolsToolsVoiceMemoVoice Memo Options To play the voice memos you have recorded Using the microSD Card Using the microSD Card InsertingthemicroSDCard UsingYour Phone’s microSD Card and AdapterUsing the microSD Card RemovingthemicroSDCard ToinsertthemicroSDcardintothemicroSDadapter Using the microSD AdapterMicroSDIconIndicators ToremovethemicroSDcardfromthemicroSDadapter Viewing Memory in the microSD Card MicroSD SettingsCreating Folders 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 Camera Mode Options 109 SettingtheSelf-timer UsingtheZoomTocanceltheSelf-timerafterithasstarted Selecting Camera Settings ViewingYour Camera’s Status Area Display111 Recording Videos Video Mode Options 113 SelectingVideo Settings ToselectyourvideosettingsVideoLength to select VideoMail or LongVideo Phone Folder Setting Storage OptionsStoring Pictures andVideos 115 ToreviewyourstoredpicturesandvideosinthemicroSD Memory Card FoldersPhone Folder and Memory Card Options Press MenuPicturesMyAlbumsMemoryCard Camera/CamcorderMode to activate Camera/Camcorder mode Rotate117 Tosavepicturesandvideostoanonlinealbum Online AlbumsZoom Toreviewyouronlinealbums OnlineAlbumOptions 119 Sending Sprint Picture Mail First time you send Sprint Picture Mail, you will be 121 Sending Pictures andVideos From Messaging Press MenuMessagingSendMessagePictureMail ManagingSprintPicture Mail Using the SprintPicture MailWeb SiteToaccesstheSprintPictureMailWebsite 123 Managing Online Pictures andVideos From Your Phone Toviewyouronlinepicturesfromyourphone Uploading Pictures DownloadingYour Online Pictures125 Select RecipientsOnlineAddr.Book TosendpicturesusingtheonlineAddress BookSending Online SprintPicture Mail Tosendanalbumfromtheonlinepicturesmenu Accessing Online Picture Options FromYour Phone 127 ToaccessyouronlineAlbumsoptionsfromyourphone Printing Pictures Directly FromYour Phone Toprintpicturesdirectlyfromyourphone Press MenuPicturesPictBridge129 Settings and Info ToaccessthesettingsandinfomenuPress MenuPicturesSettingsandInfo Using Bluetooth 131 ToturnBluetoothon Turning Bluetooth On and OffBluetoothStatusIndicators ToturnBluetoothoff ToaccesstheBluetoothSettingsmenu Using the Bluetooth SettingsMenuBluetooth Settings Device Name Toset aBluetoothnameforyourphone Bluetooth SettingsVisibility Bluetooth Settings Device InfoTodisplayyourphone’sBluetoothaddress Bluetooth Profiles 135 Using Bluetooth TopairyourphonewithanotherBluetoothdevice PairingBluetooth DevicesWaitingforPairing PairedDevices ExchangeFolder Sending All Contacts Using BluetoothToaccesstheExchangeFolder TosendallContacts Sprint Service Features Sprint Service Features Basics Sprint Service Features The Basics UsingVoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemail141 To call your voicemail Voicemail NotificationNewVoicemail Message Alerts Todisplayyour Missed Log RetrievingYourVoicemail Messages UsingOne-TouchMessageAccessUsingAnotherPhonetoAccessMessages 143 UsingExpertMode Voicemail OptionsVoicemailButtonGuide Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessage SettingUpGroupDistributionListsSprintCallback 145 Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReply Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwardingVoicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest ExtendedAbsenceGreeting Clearing the Message IconVoicemail Menu Key Press Menu MessagingVoicemailClearIcon Sprint Service Features The Basics Using SMSTextMessaging ComposingSMSTextMessages149 Sprint Service Features The Basics ToreadanSMSTextmessage AccessingSMSTextMessagesSendingaTextMessage Using the Qwerty Keyboard ToreplytoanSMSTextmessage Toaddpresetmessages Using SMSVoice MessagingUsing PresetMessages ActivatingSMSVoice Messaging ToreplytoanSMSVoicemessage AccessingSMSVoice MessagesComposingSMSVoice Messages 153 Responding to CallWaiting Using Caller IDToswitchbacktothefirstcaller Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall Making aThree-Way Call 155 Using Call Forwarding ToactivateCallForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding Sprint Vision 157 SprintVision Applications Sprint Vision FindingYourUserName Getting StartedWith SprintVisionYour User Name 159 UpdatingYourUserName Press MenuSettings/ToolsSettingsMore...DataLaunching a SprintVision Connection SprintVision Home TochangeyourNetGuardsettings Net Guard161 SprintVision Connection Status and Indicators Navigating theWeb SoftkeysScrolling Selecting GoingBackGoingHome MessageTypes Accessing MessagingUsing Email GettingStartedWithEmail Sprint Vision AccessingEmail 167 AccessingSprintInstantMessaging AccessingWirelessChatroomsPress MenuMessagingInstantMessaging AccessingtheDownloadMenus Press MenuMyContent169 SelectinganItemtoDownload DownloadinganItemTodownloadaselecteditem UsingMyContentManager ToaccessMyContentManager171 TodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager Using the Browser Menu Exploring theWeb173 OpeningtheBrowserMenu Toopenthebrowsermenu Select MyBookmarks AccessingaBookmarkCreatingaBookmark 175 ReloadingaWebPage DeletingaBookmarkGoingtoaSpecificWebsite Select Goto WebAddress Select Browser OptionsRestartBrowser SprintVision FAQsRestartingtheWebBrowser HowdoIsigninforthefirsttime? CanIsignoutofdataservices? Whenismydataconnectionactive?Whenismydataconnectiondormant? Sprint Music and Your Player 179 LaunchingSprintMusicManager Using SprintMusic ManagerGettingSprintMusicManager Sprint Music and Your Player Totransfermusictoyourphone OverviewofSprintMusicManagerTransferringMusictoYourPhone MusicandYourPlayer Playing MusiconYour Phone Press MenuMediaPlayer Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information General Precautions Important SafetyInformation185 FollowingSafetyGuidelines Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your PhoneUsingYourPhoneWhileDriving UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices TurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhoneTurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying 187 UsingYour PhoneWith a Hearing Aid Device A T3 rating Getting the Best Hearing DeviceExperience WithYour Phone 189 Caring for the Battery ProtectingYourBattery Radio Frequency RF Energy 191 SpecificAbsorptionRatesSARforWirelessPhones Bluetooth QD ID B012917FCCRadioFrequencyEmission FCCNotice 193 Owner’s Record Phone Guide Proprietary Notice Manufacturer’s Warranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyWarranty 195 Manufacturer’sWarranty Warranty Warranty 197 Whatlgwilldo Howtogetwarrantyservice Index Index199 Making Calls 25 Messaging Settings 52 microSD Card 100 Index