User Guide
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Table of Contents
2E. Call History
2H. Voice Services
2D. Roaming
2F. Contacts
3B. Sprint Power Vision
2K. Bluetooth
Sprint Service 3A. Sprint Service Features The Basics
2I. microSD Card
4B. Manufacturer’s Warranty
3C. Entertainment Sprint TV Sprint Music
Index
Introduction
Your Phone’s Menu
Iii
Update Phone
Alarm
Bluetooth Calculator Calendar
Voice Services
PictBridge Order Prints Settings and Info
My Albums
Find Add New Entry Speed Dial #s
Groups
My Phone # My Name Card Services
Wireless Backup
Display
Bluetooth
Messaging
Vii
Viii
Text Entry
More
Phone Information
Use Menu
Options
Page
Getting Started
Setting Up Service
Setting Up Your Phone
Setting Up Service
Customer service
Activating Your Phone
Details
Setting Up Your Voicemail
Sprint Account Passwords
Account Username and Password
Getting Help
Voicemail Password
Sprint Power Vision Password
Managing Your Account
From Any Other Phone
Sprint Operator Services
From Your Sprint Phone
Sprint
Your Phone
Phone Basics
Your Phone
Phone Basics
Key Functions
Exterior Phone Features
Rear Phone Features
Basics
Indicates Sprint Power Vision service is available
Viewing the Display Screen
Indicates that your phone is in vibrate all
Mode
Indicates that your phone ringer is turned on
To Auto
Charges by letting you know when you’re off
Features of Your Phone
Display indicators help you manage your roaming
Home network. For more information, see
Turning Your Phone On and Off
Power Save feature helps to conserve your
No signal
Turning Your Phone On
Using Your Phone’s Battery and Charger
Battery Capacity
Turning Your Phone Off
Installing the Battery
You begin using your phone with a fully charged Battery
Removing the Battery
Your phone’s Li-Ion battery is rechargeable and should
It is recommended that you completely charge your
Completely rundown discharged battery
Using the Phone Charger
Bars on the battery icon indicate a fully charged battery
UL Certified Phone Charger
Navigating the Standby Screen
Navigating Through the Menus
Selecting Menu Items
Holding Your Phone
Displaying Your Phone Number
Making and Answering Calls
Backing Up Within a Menu
Making Calls
Dialing Options
Number
Answering Calls
Key
To display a Missed Call entry from standby mode
Missed Call Notification
Ending a Call
To exit Emergency mode
Calling Emergency Numbers
Enhanced 911 E911 Information
In-Call Options
End-of-Call Options
Enter a phone number and press Options right softkey Save
To save a number from standby mode
Saving a Phone Number
Select New Entry or Existing Entry and press
You can have multiple pauses in a phone number
Finding a Phone Number
Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses
Combine both two-second and hard pauses
Enter the phone number
Dialing From the Contacts List
To save phone numbers with pauses
To dial phone numbers with pauses
Entering Text
Using Speed Dialing
Selecting a Text Input Mode
Press the first digit
Entering Text Using T9 Text Input
Entering Text Using Alpha Mode
Entering Text In Dual Language
Setting Text Options
To enter preset messages
To enter recent messages
Phone Basics
Settings
Settings
Display Settings
Select Settings Display Main Screen Foregrounds Greeting
Changing the Brightness
Changing the Screensaver
Changing the Theme
Changing the Backlight Time Length
Changing the Dialing Font
PowerSave Mode
To change the keypad setting
To change the dialing font color
Select Settings Sounds Volume Ringer
Sound Settings
Volume Settings
Activating the Status Light
Ringer Types
To adjust other volume settings
To adjust the applications settings
Selecting Ringer Types for Voice Calls
Selecting Ringer Types for Messages
Selecting a Key Tone
Selecting a Ringer Type for Roaming
Selecting Ringer Types for Scheduled Events
Select On or Off and press
Alert Notification
Silence All
To activate Silence All
Location Settings
Messaging Settings
To enable your phone’s Location feature
Deleting Old Messages
Setting Message Reminders
Managing Preset Messages
Adding a Customized Signature
Text Message Settings
To edit or delete a preset message
To add a new preset message
To set the priority level
Airplane Mode
To save new messages in the outbox
To activate the Delivery Receipt
If TTY mode is enabled, the audio quality of non-TTY
TTY Use With Sprint Service
Select Settings More... Accessibility TTY
Read the informational message and press OK left softkey
Updating the PRL
Updating Phone Software Phone Setup Options
Select Tools Update Phone Update Firmware
Favorites
Display Language
Call Setup Options
Call Answer Mode
Select English or Español and press
Abbreviated Dialing
Auto-Answer Mode
To set up abbreviated dialing
Making an Abbreviated Dial Call
Contacts Match
Using Voice Caller ID
To access Contacts Match
Restricting Outgoing Voice Calls
To enable voice caller ID
To disable voice caller ID
Select Off
Select Settings More... Security
Accessing the Security Menu
All of your phone’s security settings are available
Security
Locking Your Phone
Using Your Phone’s Lock Features
Calling in Lock Mode
Unlocking Your Phone
To lock the camera/pictures menu
Lock Services
Changing the Lock Code
To lock a specific menu
Locking Sprint Power Vision
Creating and Using Special Numbers
Locking Voice Services
To add or replace a special number
Erasing Web History
Erasing Phone Data
Erasing Cookies
Erasing Web Cache
Erasing Pictures and Videos
Resetting Your Picture Account
Erasing My Content
Erasing Text Messages
Resetting Your Favorites
Resetting All Settings
Resetting Your Phone
To enable data services
Security Features for Sprint Power Vision
Enabling and Disabling Data Services
Security To disable data services
Recognizing the Roaming Icon on the Display Screen
Roaming
Understanding Roaming
Roaming on Other Digital Networks
Select Settings More... Roaming Set Mode
Setting Your Phone’s Roam Mode
To set your phone’s roam mode
Checking for Voicemail Messages While Roaming
To turn Call Guard on or off
Using Call Guard
Read the message and when prompted, select On or Off
From standby mode, dial 1 + area code +
Data Roam Guard is turned off by default for
Using Data Roam Guard
To use data services when Data Roam Guard is active
To set your Data Roam Guard call notification
Call History
Viewing Call History
Call History
Erase to delete the entry
Call History Options
Making a Call From Call History
Select a Call History entry and press
Saving a Phone Number From Call History
Prepending a Phone Number From Call History
Erasing Call History
Enter the phone number and press
Contacts
Adding a New Contacts Entry
Contacts
To find Contacts entries by name
Finding Contacts Entries
Finding Names
While in standby mode, select Main Menu Contacts Find
Finding Group Entries
Contacts Entry Options
Finding Speed Dial Numbers
While in standby mode, select Main Menu Contacts Groups
Adding a Phone Number to a Contacts Entry
Editing a Contacts Entry’s Phone Number
Navigation key right or left
Assigning Speed Dial Numbers
To assign a speed dial number to an existing phone number
Dial assignment
Editing a Contacts Entry
Selecting a Ringer Type for an Entry
Select a ringer and press Done left softkey
Wireless Backup
Activating and Deactivating Wireless Backup Service
To activate the wireless backup service
To deactivate the wireless backup service
Viewing Your Wireless Backup Status
Setting Wireless Backup Alert
To set the wireless backup alert sign-in state only
Adding an Event to the Scheduler
Using Your Phone’s Scheduler
Scheduler and Tools
Scheduler and Tools
Viewing Events
Select an alarm time for the event
Event Alerts
Select a recurrence cycle for the event
Task List
Going to Today’s Scheduler Menu
Erasing a Day’s Events
Select the day for which you would like to erase events
Softkey shuts off the alarm
Using Your Phone’s Alarm Clock
Pressing the volume key or left softkey turns on
Select Once, Mon to Fri, Sat & Sun, or Daily
To read a saved note
Using the Memopad
To compose a note
To delete saved notes
Countdown
Using Your Phone’s Tools
Using the Calculator
Your phone comes with a built-in calculator
World Time
To view the time in 48 different locations
While in standby mode, select Main Menu Tools World Time
Voice Services
Voice Services
Using Automatic Speech Recognition ASR
Launching ASR
Calling Contacts Entries
Calling Nicknames
Calling Phone Numbers Digit Dialing
Tips for adapting Digit Dial
System to its original factory setting
Adapting Digit Dial
To adapt Digit Dial to your voice
Screen
Resetting Digit Dial Adaptation
You can either allow the screen to time out or
Press OK left softkey
Enabling and Disabling Choice Lists
Using Choice Lists
Send a Text Message
Select Choice Lists Automatic, Always On, or Always Off
Enter text and press Next left softkey
Send an Email Message
Send an SMS Voice Message
Record you outgoing message
Look Up a Contacts Entry
Launch an Application
To see a list of possible choices
Managing Voice Memos
Recording Voice Memos
Reviewing Voice Memos
Viewing Voice Memo Information
Erasing Voice Memos
Editing a Voice Memo Caption
To erase an individual memo
MicroSD Card
Using Your Phone’s microSD Card
Using the microSD Card
MicroSD Card
Inserting the microSD Card
Removing the microSD Card
Formatting the microSD Card
MicroSD Settings
Viewing Memory in the microSD Card
MicroSD Icon
Versions will require a USB driver than can be
Connecting Your Phone to Your Computer
Usbdownload
Sprint Store, or call Sprint at
File Manager
To disconnect
To view the file structure on the phone or memory card
Important Connection Information
Camera
Taking Pictures
Camera 101
Service for an additional monthly charge
Registering Your Sprint Picture Mail Account
Camera
Camera Mode Options
Launch to select from the following options
Camera 103
Using the Zoom
Selecting Camera Settings
Setting the Self-timer
To cancel the self timer after it has started
Camera 105
Recording Videos
Viewing Your Camera’s Status Area Display
Select Pictures Camcorder
Video Mode Options
Storing Pictures and Videos
Setting Storage Options
Setting the Camcorder Self-timer
Viewing Your Camcorder’s Status Area Display
To review your stored pictures in the In Phone folder
Phone Folder
Phone Folder Options
Assign to assign either the current image or video
Online Albums
Memory Card
Memory Card Options
Camera 109
Sending Pictures From the In Phone Folder
Sending Sprint Picture Mail
Online Albums Options
Press Options right softkey Send To Contacts
Camera 111
Sending Pictures and Videos From Messaging
Confirm the recipients, message, audio message, and picture
Select In Phone, Memory Card, or Online Albums and press
Managing Sprint Picture Mail
Using the Sprint Picture Mail Web Site
To access the Sprint Picture Mail Web site
Managing Online Pictures and Videos From Your Phone
To view your online pictures from your phone
Uploading Pictures
Downloading Your Online Pictures
Press Continue left softkey to start uploading
Move This to move the selected picture to the album
Accessing Online Picture Options From Your Phone
To access your Online Albums options from your phone
Expand left softkey to expand the selected picture
Highlight the desired image and press Next left
Printing Pictures Using PictBridge
To print directly from your phone
Camera 115
Select Border and turn this option on or off
Settings and Info
Ordering Prints
Select Yes to confirm printing and press
Bluetooth
Turning Bluetooth On and Off
Bluetooth Status Indicators
To set your phone’s visibility to other Bluetooth devices
Using the Bluetooth Settings Menu
To access the Bluetooth Settings menu
Bluetooth
My Bluetooth Address
Supported Bluetooth Profiles
My Bluetooth Device Name
Device Profile
Bluetooth
To pair your phone with a Bluetooth device
Pairing Bluetooth Devices
Waiting for Pairing
Bluetooth 121
FTP Contents Folder Voice Caller ID
Sprint Service
Setting Up Your Voicemail
Sprint Service Features The Basics
Using Voicemail
To set up your voicemail
New Voicemail Message Alerts
Using One-Touch Message Access
Voicemail Notification
Retrieving Your Voicemail Messages
Using Expert Mode
Using the Menu Keys on Your Phone to Access Your Messages
Using Another Phone to Access Messages
Voicemail Options
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Setting Up Group Distribution Lists
To turn Expert Mode on or off
Sprint Callback
Voicemail-to-Voicemail Receipt Request
Voicemail-to-Voicemail Message Reply
Voicemail-to-Voicemail Message Forwarding
Extended Absence Greeting
Sprint Service Features The Basics 129
Clearing the Message Icon
Voicemail Menu Key
Using SMS Text Messaging
Composing SMS Text Messages
Select Contacts, Mobile #, or Email
To read an SMS Text message
Accessing SMS Text Messages
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To reply to an SMS Text message
To add or edit preset messages
Using SMS Voice Messaging
Using Preset Messages
Activating SMS Voice Messaging
Playing an SMS Voice Message
Accessing SMS Voice Messages
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Composing SMS Voice Messages
Responding to Call Waiting
Using Caller ID
To switch back to the first caller
To respond to an incoming call while you’re on a call
Making a Three-Way Call
Using Call Forwarding
Sprint Service Features The Basics 135
To activate Call Forwarding
Sprint Power Vision
Sprint Power Vision Applications
Sprint Power Vision
Your User Name
Getting Started With Sprint Power Vision
Sprint Power Vision 137
Finding Your User Name
Launching a Sprint Power Vision Connection
Sprint Power Vision Home
Updating Your User Name
Sprint Power Vision 139
Data Connection Status and Indicators
To change your Net Guard settings
Net Guard
Navigating the Web
Softkeys
Scrolling
Selecting
Going Back
Going Home
Getting Started With Email
Accessing Messaging
Using Email
Information required to sign up will vary
You will receive an onscreen notice of new email
Accessing Email
Sprint Power Vision 143
Available tools
Accessing Sprint Instant Messaging
Select Messaging IM & Email Instant Messaging
Accessing the Download Menus
Downloading Content
Accessing Wireless Chat Rooms
Sprint Power Vision 145
From the home page, select Downloads
Selecting an Item to Download
Downloading an Item
Be prompted to create your purchasing profile
Sprint Power Vision 147
Using My Content Manager
To access My Content Manager
Select an option to continue
Take you to the corresponding content
Using the Browser Menu
My Content Manager. The browser will open
Exploring the Web
Sprint Power Vision 149
Opening the Browser Menu
History. Keeps a list of links to your most recently
Deleting a Bookmark
Accessing a Bookmark
Creating a Bookmark
Select View Bookmarks
Going to a Specific Web Site
Sprint Power Vision 151
On Demand
Reloading a Web
To access News information using On Demand
Initializing Your On Demand Service
Accessing On Demand Information
To access Movies information using On Demand
Phone as Modem
Setting Up a Data Connection With Your Computer
Sprint Power Vision 153
Updating On Demand Information
Anywhere on the Sprint National Network, but
Sprint Power Vision FAQs
Sprint Vision services are available on the Sprint
Data connection
When is my data connection dormant?
Sprint Power Vision 155
When is my data connection active?
Can I sign out of data services?
Entertainment Sprint TV and Sprint Music
Sprint TV
Your Sprint TV Channel Options
While in standby mode, select Sprint TV and press
Sprint TV FAQs
Playing a Video or Audio Clip
Entertainment Sprint TV and Sprint Music 157
Sprint National Network or where service is
Are the videos that I’m viewing live videos?
Unavailable
Sprint Music Store
Accessing the Sprint Music Store
To access the Sprint Music Store
Purchasing and Downloading Music
Accessing the Music Player
Playing Music From the Sprint Music Store
Sprint recommends you back up your AAC+ music
Files to your computer so you can access the files
Install a new microSD card
Use your computer to navigate to the microSD
Tone feature remains inactive
Multitasking
To multitask on your phone
When placing an outgoing call, the Application
Entertainment Sprint TV and Sprint Music 163
Music playback
Streaming Music
While in standby mode, select TV and press
Select Music & Radio selection
Safety and Warranty Information
Important Safety Information
General Precautions
Important Safety Information
Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone
Using Your Phone While Driving
Important Safety Information 167
Contains your phone or accessories
Using Your Phone With a Hearing Aid Device
Restricting Children’s Access to Your Phone
Turning Off Your Phone in Dangerous Areas
Important Safety Information 169
Press Settings Display Backlight
Caring for the Battery
Protecting Your Battery
Radio Frequency RF Energy
Knowing Radio Frequency Safety
Important Safety Information 171
Understanding How Your Phone Operates
Specific Absorption Rates SAR for Wireless Phones
FCC Radio Frequency Emission
FCC Notice
Important Safety Information 173
Owner’s Record
Phone Guide Proprietary Notice
Manufacturer’s Warranty
Manufacturer’s Warranty
Manufacturer’s Warranty
What is Covered and For How Long?
Manufacturer’s Warranty 175
What are SAMSUNG’s Obligations?
What Are the Limits on SAMSUNG’s Liability?
Manufacturer’s Warranty
Charge. If the warranty has expired on
Manufacturer’s Warranty 177
Precautions for Transfer and Disposal
Purchase to Samsung’s Customer Care
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Used Word Dictionary
Web 148-151 World Time