User Guide
M520AL17PS091808F7
Table of Contents
2F. Contacts
2H. Voice Services
2D. Roaming
2E. Call History
2I. microSD Card
2K. Bluetooth
Sprint Service 3A. Sprint Service Features The Basics
3B. Sprint Power Vision
Index
4B. Manufacturer’s Warranty
3C. Entertainment Sprint TV Sprint Music
Introduction
Your Phone’s Menu
Iii
Voice Services
Alarm
Bluetooth Calculator Calendar
Update Phone
Find Add New Entry Speed Dial #s
PictBridge Order Prints Settings and Info
My Albums
Display
My Phone # My Name Card Services
Wireless Backup
Groups
Vii
Bluetooth
Messaging
Phone Information
Text Entry
More
Viii
Options
Use Menu
Page
Getting Started
Setting Up Service
Setting Up Service
Setting Up Your Phone
Details
Customer service
Activating Your Phone
Account Username and Password
Setting Up Your Voicemail
Sprint Account Passwords
Managing Your Account
Voicemail Password
Sprint Power Vision Password
Getting Help
Sprint
Sprint Operator Services
From Your Sprint Phone
From Any Other Phone
Your Phone
Phone Basics
Phone Basics
Your Phone
Key Functions
Exterior Phone Features
Basics
Rear Phone Features
Viewing the Display Screen
Indicates Sprint Power Vision service is available
Indicates that your phone ringer is turned on
Indicates that your phone is in vibrate all
Mode
To Auto
Home network. For more information, see
Features of Your Phone
Display indicators help you manage your roaming
Charges by letting you know when you’re off
Turning Your Phone On
Power Save feature helps to conserve your
No signal
Turning Your Phone On and Off
Turning Your Phone Off
Using Your Phone’s Battery and Charger
Battery Capacity
Installing the Battery
It is recommended that you completely charge your
Removing the Battery
Your phone’s Li-Ion battery is rechargeable and should
You begin using your phone with a fully charged Battery
UL Certified Phone Charger
Using the Phone Charger
Bars on the battery icon indicate a fully charged battery
Completely rundown discharged battery
Navigating the Standby Screen
Selecting Menu Items
Navigating Through the Menus
Backing Up Within a Menu
Displaying Your Phone Number
Making and Answering Calls
Holding Your Phone
Number
Making Calls
Dialing Options
Key
Answering Calls
Ending a Call
To display a Missed Call entry from standby mode
Missed Call Notification
Enhanced 911 E911 Information
To exit Emergency mode
Calling Emergency Numbers
End-of-Call Options
In-Call Options
Select New Entry or Existing Entry and press
To save a number from standby mode
Saving a Phone Number
Enter a phone number and press Options right softkey Save
Combine both two-second and hard pauses
Finding a Phone Number
Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses
You can have multiple pauses in a phone number
To dial phone numbers with pauses
Dialing From the Contacts List
To save phone numbers with pauses
Enter the phone number
Press the first digit
Using Speed Dialing
Selecting a Text Input Mode
Entering Text
Entering Text Using T9 Text Input
Entering Text Using Alpha Mode
Entering Text In Dual Language
To enter recent messages
Setting Text Options
To enter preset messages
Phone Basics
Select Settings Display Main Screen Foregrounds Greeting
Settings
Display Settings
Settings
Changing the Backlight Time Length
Changing the Screensaver
Changing the Theme
Changing the Brightness
To change the dialing font color
PowerSave Mode
To change the keypad setting
Changing the Dialing Font
Activating the Status Light
Sound Settings
Volume Settings
Select Settings Sounds Volume Ringer
Selecting Ringer Types for Voice Calls
To adjust other volume settings
To adjust the applications settings
Ringer Types
Selecting Ringer Types for Scheduled Events
Selecting a Key Tone
Selecting a Ringer Type for Roaming
Selecting Ringer Types for Messages
To activate Silence All
Alert Notification
Silence All
Select On or Off and press
To enable your phone’s Location feature
Location Settings
Messaging Settings
Adding a Customized Signature
Setting Message Reminders
Managing Preset Messages
Deleting Old Messages
To add a new preset message
Text Message Settings
To edit or delete a preset message
To activate the Delivery Receipt
Airplane Mode
To save new messages in the outbox
To set the priority level
Read the informational message and press OK left softkey
TTY Use With Sprint Service
Select Settings More... Accessibility TTY
If TTY mode is enabled, the audio quality of non-TTY
Favorites
Updating Phone Software Phone Setup Options
Select Tools Update Phone Update Firmware
Updating the PRL
Select English or Español and press
Call Setup Options
Call Answer Mode
Display Language
Making an Abbreviated Dial Call
Auto-Answer Mode
To set up abbreviated dialing
Abbreviated Dialing
Restricting Outgoing Voice Calls
Using Voice Caller ID
To access Contacts Match
Contacts Match
Select Off
To enable voice caller ID
To disable voice caller ID
Security
Accessing the Security Menu
All of your phone’s security settings are available
Select Settings More... Security
Unlocking Your Phone
Using Your Phone’s Lock Features
Calling in Lock Mode
Locking Your Phone
To lock a specific menu
Lock Services
Changing the Lock Code
To lock the camera/pictures menu
To add or replace a special number
Creating and Using Special Numbers
Locking Voice Services
Locking Sprint Power Vision
Erasing Web Cache
Erasing Phone Data
Erasing Cookies
Erasing Web History
Erasing Text Messages
Resetting Your Picture Account
Erasing My Content
Erasing Pictures and Videos
Resetting Your Phone
Resetting Your Favorites
Resetting All Settings
Security To disable data services
Security Features for Sprint Power Vision
Enabling and Disabling Data Services
To enable data services
Roaming on Other Digital Networks
Roaming
Understanding Roaming
Recognizing the Roaming Icon on the Display Screen
Checking for Voicemail Messages While Roaming
Setting Your Phone’s Roam Mode
To set your phone’s roam mode
Select Settings More... Roaming Set Mode
From standby mode, dial 1 + area code +
Using Call Guard
Read the message and when prompted, select On or Off
To turn Call Guard on or off
To set your Data Roam Guard call notification
Using Data Roam Guard
To use data services when Data Roam Guard is active
Data Roam Guard is turned off by default for
Call History
Call History
Viewing Call History
Select a Call History entry and press
Call History Options
Making a Call From Call History
Erase to delete the entry
Prepending a Phone Number From Call History
Saving a Phone Number From Call History
Erasing Call History
Contacts
Contacts
Adding a New Contacts Entry
Enter the phone number and press
While in standby mode, select Main Menu Contacts Find
Finding Contacts Entries
Finding Names
To find Contacts entries by name
While in standby mode, select Main Menu Contacts Groups
Contacts Entry Options
Finding Speed Dial Numbers
Finding Group Entries
Navigation key right or left
Adding a Phone Number to a Contacts Entry
Editing a Contacts Entry’s Phone Number
Dial assignment
Assigning Speed Dial Numbers
To assign a speed dial number to an existing phone number
Select a ringer and press Done left softkey
Editing a Contacts Entry
Selecting a Ringer Type for an Entry
To activate the wireless backup service
Wireless Backup
Activating and Deactivating Wireless Backup Service
To set the wireless backup alert sign-in state only
Viewing Your Wireless Backup Status
Setting Wireless Backup Alert
To deactivate the wireless backup service
Scheduler and Tools
Using Your Phone’s Scheduler
Scheduler and Tools
Adding an Event to the Scheduler
Select a recurrence cycle for the event
Select an alarm time for the event
Event Alerts
Viewing Events
Select the day for which you would like to erase events
Going to Today’s Scheduler Menu
Erasing a Day’s Events
Task List
Select Once, Mon to Fri, Sat & Sun, or Daily
Using Your Phone’s Alarm Clock
Pressing the volume key or left softkey turns on
Softkey shuts off the alarm
To delete saved notes
Using the Memopad
To compose a note
To read a saved note
Your phone comes with a built-in calculator
Using Your Phone’s Tools
Using the Calculator
Countdown
While in standby mode, select Main Menu Tools World Time
World Time
To view the time in 48 different locations
Launching ASR
Voice Services
Using Automatic Speech Recognition ASR
Voice Services
Calling Phone Numbers Digit Dialing
Calling Contacts Entries
Calling Nicknames
To adapt Digit Dial to your voice
System to its original factory setting
Adapting Digit Dial
Tips for adapting Digit Dial
Press OK left softkey
Resetting Digit Dial Adaptation
You can either allow the screen to time out or
Screen
Select Choice Lists Automatic, Always On, or Always Off
Using Choice Lists
Send a Text Message
Enabling and Disabling Choice Lists
Record you outgoing message
Send an Email Message
Send an SMS Voice Message
Enter text and press Next left softkey
To see a list of possible choices
Look Up a Contacts Entry
Launch an Application
Reviewing Voice Memos
Managing Voice Memos
Recording Voice Memos
To erase an individual memo
Erasing Voice Memos
Editing a Voice Memo Caption
Viewing Voice Memo Information
MicroSD Card
Using Your Phone’s microSD Card
Using the microSD Card
MicroSD Card
Removing the microSD Card
Inserting the microSD Card
MicroSD Icon
MicroSD Settings
Viewing Memory in the microSD Card
Formatting the microSD Card
Sprint Store, or call Sprint at
Connecting Your Phone to Your Computer
Usbdownload
Versions will require a USB driver than can be
To view the file structure on the phone or memory card
File Manager
To disconnect
Important Connection Information
Camera 101
Camera
Taking Pictures
Camera
Service for an additional monthly charge
Registering Your Sprint Picture Mail Account
Camera 103
Camera Mode Options
Launch to select from the following options
To cancel the self timer after it has started
Selecting Camera Settings
Setting the Self-timer
Using the Zoom
Select Pictures Camcorder
Recording Videos
Viewing Your Camera’s Status Area Display
Camera 105
Video Mode Options
Viewing Your Camcorder’s Status Area Display
Setting Storage Options
Setting the Camcorder Self-timer
Storing Pictures and Videos
Assign to assign either the current image or video
Phone Folder
Phone Folder Options
To review your stored pictures in the In Phone folder
Camera 109
Memory Card
Memory Card Options
Online Albums
Press Options right softkey Send To Contacts
Sending Sprint Picture Mail
Online Albums Options
Sending Pictures From the In Phone Folder
Select In Phone, Memory Card, or Online Albums and press
Sending Pictures and Videos From Messaging
Confirm the recipients, message, audio message, and picture
Camera 111
Managing Online Pictures and Videos From Your Phone
Using the Sprint Picture Mail Web Site
To access the Sprint Picture Mail Web site
Managing Sprint Picture Mail
Press Continue left softkey to start uploading
Uploading Pictures
Downloading Your Online Pictures
To view your online pictures from your phone
Expand left softkey to expand the selected picture
Accessing Online Picture Options From Your Phone
To access your Online Albums options from your phone
Move This to move the selected picture to the album
Camera 115
Printing Pictures Using PictBridge
To print directly from your phone
Highlight the desired image and press Next left
Select Yes to confirm printing and press
Settings and Info
Ordering Prints
Select Border and turn this option on or off
Bluetooth Status Indicators
Bluetooth
Turning Bluetooth On and Off
Bluetooth
Using the Bluetooth Settings Menu
To access the Bluetooth Settings menu
To set your phone’s visibility to other Bluetooth devices
Device Profile
Supported Bluetooth Profiles
My Bluetooth Device Name
My Bluetooth Address
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 121
Pairing Bluetooth Devices
Waiting for Pairing
To pair your phone with a Bluetooth device
FTP Contents Folder Voice Caller ID
Sprint Service
To set up your voicemail
Sprint Service Features The Basics
Using Voicemail
Setting Up Your Voicemail
Retrieving Your Voicemail Messages
Using One-Touch Message Access
Voicemail Notification
New Voicemail Message Alerts
Voicemail Options
Using the Menu Keys on Your Phone to Access Your Messages
Using Another Phone to Access Messages
Using Expert Mode
Sprint Callback
Setting Up Group Distribution Lists
To turn Expert Mode on or off
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Extended Absence Greeting
Voicemail-to-Voicemail Message Reply
Voicemail-to-Voicemail Message Forwarding
Voicemail-to-Voicemail Receipt Request
Voicemail Menu Key
Sprint Service Features The Basics 129
Clearing the Message Icon
Select Contacts, Mobile #, or Email
Using SMS Text Messaging
Composing SMS Text Messages
To reply to an SMS Text message
Accessing SMS Text Messages
Sprint Service Features The Basics 131
To read an SMS Text message
Activating SMS Voice Messaging
Using SMS Voice Messaging
Using Preset Messages
To add or edit preset messages
Composing SMS Voice Messages
Accessing SMS Voice Messages
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Playing an SMS Voice Message
To respond to an incoming call while you’re on a call
Using Caller ID
To switch back to the first caller
Responding to Call Waiting
To activate Call Forwarding
Using Call Forwarding
Sprint Service Features The Basics 135
Making a Three-Way Call
Sprint Power Vision
Sprint Power Vision
Sprint Power Vision Applications
Finding Your User Name
Getting Started With Sprint Power Vision
Sprint Power Vision 137
Your User Name
Updating Your User Name
Launching a Sprint Power Vision Connection
Sprint Power Vision Home
Net Guard
Data Connection Status and Indicators
To change your Net Guard settings
Sprint Power Vision 139
Scrolling
Navigating the Web
Softkeys
Going Home
Selecting
Going Back
Information required to sign up will vary
Accessing Messaging
Using Email
Getting Started With Email
Available tools
Accessing Email
Sprint Power Vision 143
You will receive an onscreen notice of new email
Select Messaging IM & Email Instant Messaging
Accessing Sprint Instant Messaging
Sprint Power Vision 145
Downloading Content
Accessing Wireless Chat Rooms
Accessing the Download Menus
Be prompted to create your purchasing profile
Selecting an Item to Download
Downloading an Item
From the home page, select Downloads
Select an option to continue
Using My Content Manager
To access My Content Manager
Sprint Power Vision 147
Exploring the Web
Using the Browser Menu
My Content Manager. The browser will open
Take you to the corresponding content
History. Keeps a list of links to your most recently
Sprint Power Vision 149
Opening the Browser Menu
Select View Bookmarks
Accessing a Bookmark
Creating a Bookmark
Deleting a Bookmark
Reloading a Web
Sprint Power Vision 151
On Demand
Going to a Specific Web Site
To access Movies information using On Demand
Initializing Your On Demand Service
Accessing On Demand Information
To access News information using On Demand
Updating On Demand Information
Setting Up a Data Connection With Your Computer
Sprint Power Vision 153
Phone as Modem
Data connection
Sprint Power Vision FAQs
Sprint Vision services are available on the Sprint
Anywhere on the Sprint National Network, but
Can I sign out of data services?
Sprint Power Vision 155
When is my data connection active?
When is my data connection dormant?
Your Sprint TV Channel Options
Entertainment Sprint TV and Sprint Music
Sprint TV
Entertainment Sprint TV and Sprint Music 157
Sprint TV FAQs
Playing a Video or Audio Clip
While in standby mode, select Sprint TV and press
Unavailable
Sprint National Network or where service is
Are the videos that I’m viewing live videos?
Purchasing and Downloading Music
Accessing the Sprint Music Store
To access the Sprint Music Store
Sprint Music Store
Playing Music From the Sprint Music Store
Accessing the Music Player
Use your computer to navigate to the microSD
Files to your computer so you can access the files
Install a new microSD card
Sprint recommends you back up your AAC+ music
To multitask on your phone
Tone feature remains inactive
Multitasking
Music playback
When placing an outgoing call, the Application
Entertainment Sprint TV and Sprint Music 163
Select Music & Radio selection
Streaming Music
While in standby mode, select TV and press
Safety and Warranty Information
Important Safety Information
Important Safety Information
General Precautions
Important Safety Information 167
Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone
Using Your Phone While Driving
Turning Off Your Phone in Dangerous Areas
Using Your Phone With a Hearing Aid Device
Restricting Children’s Access to Your Phone
Contains your phone or accessories
Press Settings Display Backlight
Important Safety Information 169
Protecting Your Battery
Caring for the Battery
Understanding How Your Phone Operates
Knowing Radio Frequency Safety
Important Safety Information 171
Radio Frequency RF Energy
FCC Notice
Specific Absorption Rates SAR for Wireless Phones
FCC Radio Frequency Emission
Phone Guide Proprietary Notice
Important Safety Information 173
Owner’s Record
What is Covered and For How Long?
Manufacturer’s Warranty
Manufacturer’s Warranty
Manufacturer’s Warranty
What Are the Limits on SAMSUNG’s Liability?
Manufacturer’s Warranty 175
What are SAMSUNG’s Obligations?
Manufacturer’s Warranty
Purchase to Samsung’s Customer Care
Manufacturer’s Warranty 177
Precautions for Transfer and Disposal
Charge. If the warranty has expired on
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Used Word Dictionary
Web 148-151 World Time