Accessing Messaging, MessageTypes, 193 | Sprint Nextel SCP-7000

Accessing Messaging

You can send and receive emails and text messages

and participate in Web-based chatrooms right from your phone. Messaging allows you to stay connected to friends, family, and coworkers 24 hours a day anywhere on the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network.

MessageTypes

There are many types of text messaging available on your phone. These include SMS Text Messaging, Sprint® Instant Messaging, Email, and Chat.

(Sprint PCS Voicemail provides voicemail-to-mailbox messaging. For information on using your phone’s voicemail feature, see “Using Voicemail”on page 163.)

Accessing SprintPCS Mail

Sprint PCS Mail allows you to perform many of the typical email functions from your phone that you can from your personal computer. You can manage your Sprint PCS Mail account from your phone or from your personal computer at www.sprint.com.

ToaccessSprintPCSMailfromyourphone:

1.Select >Messaging>IM&Email.

2.Select PCSMail. (If you’re a first-time user, your phone will prompt you to set up your Sprint PCS Mail account by establishing a user name and password.)

Sprint PCSVision

Section 3B: Sprint PCS Vision

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Contents

Phone User Guide Table of Contents 105 Setting Your Phone’s Security 161 4B. Manufacturer’s Warranty 3C. Sprint PCS Voice Command4A. Important Safety Information Page Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Welcome to Sprint Phone Guide Introduction Iii Want to Keep Track of Your MINUTES? Messaging Call HistoryContacts Calendar Web My ContentParental Control Tools Settings Vii PCS Vision Sleep ModeAlert Learn More Location Off Viii Preset Msgs Text Roaming Set ModeErase Content Reset Phone Headset Mode Others Airplane ModeText Entry Any Key Answer Getting Started This Section Setting Up Service UnlockingYourPhone DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivatedTounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Tip Tosetupyourvoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemail SprintPCSVisionPassword Sprint PCS AccountPasswordsAccount Password VoicemailPassword Getting Help ReachingSprintCustomerService ReceivingAutomatedBillingInformation ToaccessautomatedbillinginformationSprint411 TocallSprint411 ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices SprintPCSOperatorServices Using Your Phone Phone Basics Phone Basics PhoneBasics FrontView ofYour Phone Web Key lets you launch the browser Key Functions Faceplate Release Latch lets you remove the faceplate Phone Basics Viewing the Display Screen Phone Basics Features of Your Phone Phone Basics TurningYourPhoneOn TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOff Toturnyourphoneon BatteryCapacity UsingYour Phone’s Batteryand Charger RemovingtheBattery InstallingtheBatteryToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery Toremoveyourbattery ChargingtheBattery Tousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone UsingtheCharger SelectingMenuItems NavigatingThrough Phone Menus BackingUpWithinaMenu DisplayingYour Phone NumberTogotothepreviousmenu Toreturntostandbymode Changing the Faceplate Removing and Installing the Faceplate Making Calls TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking and Answering Calls Toplaceacallwiththeflipclosed Dialing Options Toansweranincomingcallwiththeflipclosed Answering CallsToansweranincomingcallwiththeflipopen Open the phone to use the earpiece SettingAnsweronHold AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledTosetAnsweronHold Toresumethecall EndingaCall UsingtheSpeakerphoneTodisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished Toturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall AdjustingVolumeDuringaConversation ChangingtheRingerVolumeMutingaCall Tomuteacall Calling Emergency Numbers Missed Call NotificationTodisplaytheMissedCallentryfromthenotificationscreen TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode ToselectEmergencymodeoptions Enhanced911E911InformationToexitEmergencymode In-Call Options Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode End-of-Call OptionsSavinga Phone Number Tofindaphonenumber Finding a Phone NumberDialing and Saving Phone Numbers With Pauses Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialingPlus + Code Dialing Dialing Fromthe ContactsList Using Speed DialingTodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry Select ContactsFind/AddEntry Shortcut TousespeeddialforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Using Abbreviated Dialing ToplaceacallusingPrependAbbreviatedDialing ToplaceacallusingPh.BookMatchAbbreviatedDialing Tochangethecharacterinputmode EnteringTextSelecting a Character InputMode ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Entering Characters UsingT9TextInput AddingaWordtotheT9Database Select SettingsOthersTextEntryMyWordsToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase Toeditorerasethewordsyouhaveadded SettingtheDefaultInputMode CustomizingtheT9SettingsTocustomizetheT9Settings Tosetthedefaultinputmode Hold to delete an entire entry Entering Characters Using Alphabet Mode B c B C Toentersymbols Entering Numbers, Symbols, Smileys and Preset MessagesToenterpresetmessages Toenternumbers Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings YourPhone’sSettings Sound SettingsRingerTypes SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls SelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCalls SelectingRingerTypesforMessagesToselectaringertypeformessages ToselectaringertypeforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Toselectaringertypeforvoicemailorcalendar/alarm Setting a Start-up/Power-offToneTosetastart-up/power-offtone Selecting aTone Length Setting Up Key Press Echo UsingVoice PromptToenableordisablevoiceprompt ToturnKeyPressEchoonoroff Toadjusttheringerandkeyvolume Adjusting the Phone’sVolumeSettingsToadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Tosetalerts Select SettingsSoundsAlertsAlert Notification TodeactivateSilenceAll Silence AllToactivateSilenceAll TochangetheMainLCDorSubLCDbacklightsetting Display SettingsChanging theTextGreeting Changing the BacklightTime Length Changing the Display Screen Animation TochangetheKeypadbacklightsettingChanging the Display for Incoming Calls Tochangetheanimationdisplay Changing the Display for Area Name Toadjustthedisplay’scontrastChanging the Contrast Tosetyourareanamedisplay Changing the Phone’s Menu Style Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby ModeToselectthedisplay’smenustyle Tosettheclock/calendardisplayforstandbymode Changing the Background Changing theTextFont SizeTo change the text input font To change the display’s background Sleep Mode Setting Return to Standby ModeTo set this feature To set sleep mode Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Location Settings Tosetthemessagenotificationdisplay Messaging SettingsSettingtheMessageNotificationDisplay Toeditapresetmessage ManagingPresetMessagesTochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages Select Englishor Spanish AddingaCustomizedSignature SettingaCallbackNumberTosetthecallbacknumber Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage SettingtheSender’sNameforSMSVoiceMessaging SettingDraftsAlertSettingtheSpeakerphoneforSMSVoiceMessaging SettinganAlertNotificationforSMSVoiceMessaging Airplane ModeSelect Settings Messaging VoiceSMS Connection Alert TosetalertforSMSVoicemessaging TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service ToturnTTY Modeonoroff Select SettingsOthersTTY ShortcutMy Favorites Phone Setup OptionsToassignyourshortcutkey Toedittheshortcutname Toassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplay Auto-Answer ModeDisplay Language TosetAuto-Answermode Setting the Open/Close Flip Option Setting the CurrentTimeToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature SettingTextEntry Options Setting Any Key AnswerSetting the Side Key Guard ToactivatethePh.BookMatchfeature Setting Abbreviated DialingSelect SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial Select Ph.BookMatch ToactivatethePrependfeature Select SettingsOthersHeadsetMode Setting HeadsetModeToconnecttheheadset Tosetheadsetmode Activating and DeactivatingWireless Backup Service Wireless BackupToactivatetheWirelessBackupservice Select SettingsWirelessBackup TodeactivatetheWirelessBackupservice Setting theWireless Backup AlertTosettheWirelessBackupalert Select SettingsWirelessBackupAlert Setting Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s Security UsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature Accessing the Security MenuToaccesstheSecuritymenu LockingYour Phone Calling in Lock Mode Lock ServicesUnlockingYour Phone Changingthe Lock Code Select OthersLimitUse Select OutgoingCalls or IncomingCalls Restricting CallsTorestrictcalls Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Using Special Numbers Erasing Contacts ErasingMy ContentToeraseallthenamesandphonenumbersinyourContacts Toerasealldownloads Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMS ResettingYour PhoneToresetyourphone Select ResetPhone Select OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable Toactivatethisfeature,thefollowingpresettingisrequiredChanging the Passcode Select OthersFoundMeChgPasscode Enabling and Disabling Sprint PCSVision Services Security Featuresfor SprintPCSVisionTodisableSprintPCSVisionservices ToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Torestrictoutgoingandincomingcalls Using the Parental Control FeatureTolockservices Select Special #s Select Parental ControlTo edit Contacts Select Edit Phone Book Tip Controlling Your Roaming Experience RecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen Understanding RoamingRoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Controlling Your Roaming Experience RoamingonAnalogNetworks Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Set Mode SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeSelect SettingsRoamingSetMode Tosetyourphone’sroammode Select SettingsRoamingCallGuard Using Call GuardToturnCallGuardonoroff ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Select SettingsRoamingDataRoamGuard Using Data Roam Guard Managing Call History Managing Call History Viewing HistoryToviewaCallHistoryentry 101 Call History Options ToplaceacallfromCallHistory Making a Call FromCall History 103 TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistorySelect SavePhone# ErasingCall History Prepending a Phone NumberFrom Call HistoryToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory ToeraseCallHistory 105 Using Contacts Addinga New Contacts Entry Using ContactsToaddanewentry Select ContactsFind/AddEntry FindingNames FindingContacts EntriesTofindContactsentriesbyname TofindSprintPCSReadyLinkentries FindingSpeedDialNumbers Contacts Entry OptionsTofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations Select ContactsSpeedDial#s 109 Toaddaphonenumbertoanentry Erasing a Contacts Entry From the List Editing a Contacts EntryTomakechangestoanentry Toeraseaselectedentry 111 AssigningSpeed Dial NumbersToassignaspeeddialnumber Toassignanimageforanentry Assigning an Image to a Contacts Entry 113 Selecting a Ringer Type for an EntryToselectaringertypeforanentry Tomakeanentrysecret SecretContacts EntriesSelect SetSecret Tomakeanentrypublic TodialaservicefromyourContacts Dialing SprintPCS ServicesTodialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad 115 Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Adding an Eventto the Calendar UsingYour Phone’s CalendarDisplayingYour Calendar Event Alerts Viewing Events Event Alert MenuTorespondtoaneventalert Toviewyourscheduledevents Purging All Events Going toYour Desired DateErasing a Day’s Events Adding a Call Alarm to the Calendar Using the Call Alarm FeatureToaddacallalarmtothecalendar Select Options right softkey AddEventCallAlarm Torespondtoacallalarm Call Alarm MenuTocallthephonenumberatthetimeofacallalarmnotification Otherwaysofrespondingtoacallalarminclude Adding aTo Do ListItem to the Calendar AddingTo Do ListItemsToaddanitemtoyourToDoList ToaddyourToDoListitemtothecalendar Tostopthealarm UsingYour Phone’s Alarm ClockTousethealarmclock Using the Stopwatch UsingYour Phone’sTools World Clock Using the CalculatorTousethecalculator Toviewthetimein38differentlocations TomanuallyupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenu TorespondtoanautomaticupdaterequestSelect ToolsUpdatePhone UpdatingYour Phone DisplayingYour User Address Personal Information ManagementFinding Icon Definitions DisplayingVersion Information 129 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services ProgrammingVoice DialTags UsingVoice-Activated DialingMaking a Call Using Voice-Activated Dialing Erasing AllVoice DialTags ReviewingVoice DialTagsTo review voice dial tags Toeraseallvoicedialtags Recording Voice Memos ManagingVoice MemosTo record a voice memo Toendtherecordingofyourmemo ReviewingVoice Memos Select Tools Voice Services Voice Memo Play or PlaySpeakerTostoprecordingduringaphonecall To play the voice memos you have recorded Toeraseallvoicememos ErasingVoice MemosTo erase an individual voice memo To start Screen Call when you have incoming calls Setting Up Screen CallActivating Screen Call To set Auto Screen Call RecordingYour Name for a Prerecorded Announcement Selecting an Announcement for Screen CallTo select a Screen Call announcement Torecordyourname Reviewing an Announcement Recording a Customized AnnouncementTo record an announcement To review an announcement To erase an announcement Erasing an Announcement 139 Sprint PCS Ready Link Using Sprint PCS Ready Link Setting SprintPCS Ready Link ModeToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmode 141 PreparingYour Phone for Sprint PCS Ready Link ServiceReady Link Call Alerts SprintPCSReadyLinkMainScreen MainLCDDisplayDuringaReadyLinkCall Displaying the SprintPCS Ready Link List Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link CallSelecting a Ready Link Contacts List 143 ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontact Makinga SprintPCS Ready Link Call One-to-One Call 145 Making a Sprint PCS Ready Link Call Group CallToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkGroupcall ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyenteringanumber Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call by Entering a Number TocallthelastMissedSprintPCSReadyLinkcall Missed Call Notification for Sprint PCS Ready Link CallsTodisplaytheMissedReadyLinkCalllog 147 ToreceiveaSprintPCSReadyLinkcall Receivinga SprintPCS Ready Link Call 149 Sprint PCS Ready Link Options TocopyanentryfromtheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Copying an Entry toYour Personal List or Personal Group List Finding an Entry in the SprintPCS Ready Link List Saving a SprintPCS Ready Link NumberTosavethenumberfromtheendcalldisplay TofindaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontact Adding a New Contact toYour Personal ListSelect GotoPersonalListAddContact ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentry 153 Editing a ContactinYour Personal ListToeditaPersonalListcontact Toeditagroup Editing a Group inYour Personal Group List Toeraseacontactoragroup ErasingReady Link ListEntriesToeraseagroupmember 155 UpdatingSprintPCS Ready Link Lists Select SettingsReadyLinkListUpdateErasing a SprintPCS Ready Link List Updating the Company Listand Personal List ToassignspeeddialingforSprintPCSReadyLinkentries Assigning Speed Dialing for Sprint PCS Ready Link EntriesTouseSpeedDialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry 157 Setting Ready Link Guard Restarting the Ready Link ServiceSetting RingerTypes for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls TorestarttheSprintPCSReadyLinkservice TosetalertsforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Setting the Speakerphone for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsTosetthespeakerphonemode 159 Setting the Floor Display of the SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link ListToselectthedefaultviewoftheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Toselectthefloordisplay Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics Sprint PCS Service Features Basics 163 UsingVoicemailSetting UpYourVoicemail To call your voicemail Voicemail NotificationNewVoicemail Message Alerts 165 UsingOne-TouchMessageAccessRetrievingYourVoicemail Messages Voicemail Options UsingExpertModeVoicemailButtonGuide ToturnExpertModeonoroff SprintPCSCallback SettingUpGroupDistributionListsVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessage 167 Voicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReplyVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding Voicemail Menu Key Clearing the Message IconExtendedAbsenceGreeting Tocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen ReturntoPersonalOptionsMenu 171 Using SMSTextMessagingNew Messages Composing and Sending SMSText Messages Displaying an SMSText MessageTodisplayanSMStextmessagefromthemainmenu TocomposeandsendanSMSTextmessage 173 ToeditPresetmessages Editing PresetCanned MessagesToresetPresetmessages Message Options 175 Message ListOptions Message Details Options Changing the Display FontSize of a Message ToadjustthedisplayfontsizePrepending a Phone Number From a Message Toaddaprefixtoaphonenumber Toaddanewfolder Message FoldersSelect MessagingTextMsgsOptions right softkey CreateFolder Toeditafolder Toeraseanindividualmessage Erasing MessagesToeraseselectedmessages 179 Playing an SMSVoice Message Using SMSVoice MessagingComposing SMSVoice Messages ToplayanSMSVoicemessagefromthemainmenu Accessing SMSVoice Messages Using Caller IDToplayanSMSVoicemessage ToreplytoanSMSVoicemessage Responding to CallWaiting ToswitchbacktothefirstcallerTorespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall TorespondtoanincomingcallwhenAnsweronHoldisactivated 183 Making aThree-Way CallTomakeaThree-WayCall TodeactivateCallForwarding Using Call ForwardingToactivateCallForwarding 185 Sprint PCS Vision Sprint PCS Vision Sprint PCSVision Applications Getting StartedWith SprintPCSVision ToupdateyourusernameYour User Name UpdatingYourUserName FindingYourUserName Launchinga SprintPCSVision ConnectionSprint PCS Vision Home Tofindyourusername Select SettingsPCSVisionNetGuard TochangeyourNetGuardsettingsNet Guard 189 Softkeys Sprint PCSVision Connection Status and IndicatorsNavigating theWeb Selecting Scrolling GoingHome GoingBackToselectlinks Togobackonepage Accessing SprintPCS Mail Accessing MessagingToaccessSprintPCSMailfromyourphone MessageTypes Toaccessemailprovidersfromyourphone AccessingAdditionalEmailProviders ViewingSprintPCSPictureMail SigningUpforUpdatesToselecttheinformationyouwanttosendtoyourphone 195 Toaccessinstantmessagingclientsfromyourphone AccessingInstantMessaging Toaccessachatroomfromthebrowser AccessingWirelessChatroomsSelect Chat&Dating Topostamessage Select MyContent AccessingtheMyContentMenusToaccesstheSprintPCSVisiondownloadmenus 199 SelectinganItemtoDownloadDownloadinganItem Todownloadaselecteditem UsingMyContentManagerToaccessMyContentManager 201 TodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager Exploring theWeb Using the Browser Menu 203 OpeningtheBrowserMenuToopenthebrowsermenu Toaccessabookmark AccessingaBookmarkCreatingaBookmark Tocreateabookmark DeletingaBookmark EditingaBookmarkToeditabookmark Todeleteabookmark ReloadingaWebPage GoingtoaSpecificWebsiteRestartingtheWebBrowser ToreloadrefreshaWebpage Toadjustthebrowsersoundvolume AdjustingtheBrowserSoundVolumeSendingaWebPage TosendaWebpage Tosetupyourphone-to-PCdataconnection UsingYour Phone as a ModemSettingUpaDataConnectionWithYourPC 209 CanImakecallsanduseSprintPCS Visionservicesatthe sametime? Sprint PCSVision FAQsHowdoIsigninforthefirsttime? Whenismydataconnectionactive? 211 CanIsignoutofdataservices?Whenismydataconnectiondormant? Sprint PCS Voice Command Sprint PCS Voice Command 213 Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Voice CommandIt’sEasytoGetStarted CreatingYour Own Address Book 215 TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand ToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand Accessing Information Using Sprint PCSVoice Command Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone General PrecautionsImportant Safety Information DoNotRelyonYourPhoneforEmergencyCalls FollowingSafetyGuidelines UsingYourPhoneWhileDrivingUsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying 221 RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhoneTurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas Your SCP-7000 by Sanyo has M3 andT3 ratings Using Your Phone With a Hearing Aid Device Select Settings Display Backlight Caring for the BatteryProtectingYourBattery Getting the Best Hearing Device Experience With Your Phone DisposalofLithiumIonLi-IonBatteries Radiofrequency RF Energy KnowingRadiofrequencySafetyUnderstandingHowYourPhoneOperates Body-WornOperation FCCRadiofrequencyEmission SpecificAbsorptionRatesSARforWirelessPhones 227 FCCNotice Phone Guide Proprietary Notice Owner’s Record Warranty 229 Manufacturer’sWarranty Warranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyManufacturer’sLimitedWarranty This warranty is valid only in the United States Warranty 231 Warranty Index 233 Index Index Index Index Index