Your phone is equipped with a Location feature for use in connection with location-based services (page 76).

Word English Text Input lets you quickly type messages with one key press per letter (page 30).

Viewing Status Information

Your phone shows status information on both the internal and external displays.

The external display contain two lines of information – a status line showing symbols referencing your phone’s status, and a text line providing additional information. The status line displays battery strength, speakerphone use, signal coverage, alerts, roaming activity, and more. When in standby mode, the external display shows the current time and date.

Here are some of your phone’s status indicators.

indicates your current signal strength. (The more lines you have, the stronger your signal.)

indicates you are in Airplane mode.

indicates no service is available.

indicates you have Walkie-Talkie coverage.

indicates you are “roaming” off the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network.

indicates the Walkie-Talkie speaker is on.

indicates the Walkie-Talkie speaker is off.

indicates your phone is operating in TTY (Text Telephone) mode.

indicates your phone is set to ring for incoming calls.

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Sprint Nextel ic502 manual Viewing Status Information