Controlling Your Phone’s Settings

Section 2B

In This Section

SoundSettings (page 49)

DisplaySettings (page 56)

LocationSettings (page 62)

MessagingSettings (page 63)

AirplaneMode (page 67)

TTYUseWithSprintPCSService (page 68)

WirelessBackup (page 70)

PhoneSetupOptions (page 72)

CustomizingtheUserInterface (page 80)

Usingthemenuoptionsavailableonyourphone,youcan customizeyourphonetosound,look,andoperatejustthe wayyouwantitto.This section describes how you can change your phone’s settings to best suit your needs. Take a few moments to review these options and to adjust or add settings that are right for you.

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Contents

Phone User Guide Table of Contents 2C. Setting Your Phone’s Security 116 129139 152 2L. Using Your Phone’s Built-In Media Player 2M. Using Bluetooth Safety and Warranty Information 258 Welcome to Sprint Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Introduction Your Phone Services Outgoing Incoming Missed Recent Calls Erase HistorySend Message Iii Order Prints Settings & Info Camera Camcorder Picture Mail My Albums Voice Services Bluetooth Calendar USB ConnectionAssigned Media Update Phone More Tools MicroSD Sounds Display Power Vision Ready LinkLocation Vii Bluetooth MessagingSecurity Viii Others Phone InfoPage Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up ServiceThis Section UnlockingYourPhone DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivatedTounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Tosetupyourvoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemailVoicemail Passcode SprintPCS AccountPasswords Account Password VoicemailPasswordSprintPCSVisionorSprintPowerVisionPassword 888-211-4PCS4727 ReachingSprintCustomerService Getting Help Toaccessautomatedinvoicinginformation ReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformationSprint411 TocallSprint411 SprintPCSOperatorServices ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices Your Phone Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics FrontView ofYour Phone Phone Basics Key Functions SideCallKey lets you place calls without opening the phone Your Phone The Basics Viewing the Display Screen Your Phone The Basics Indicates 1-beep feature is set Features ofYour Phone Phone Basics TurningYour Phone On and Off TurningYourPhoneOnTurningYourPhoneOff Toturnyourphoneon UsingYour Phone’s Battery and Charger BatteryCapacity InstallingtheBattery RemovingtheBatteryToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery Toremoveyourbattery UsingtheCharger ChargingtheBatteryTousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone Changing the Facemask InstallingtheFacemaskRemovingtheFacemask NavigatingThrough Phone Menus SelectingMenuItems DisplayingYour Phone Number BackingUpWithinaMenuTogotothepreviousmenu Toreturntostandbymode Tomakeacallusingyourkeypad Making and Answering CallsMaking Calls Important To maximize Dialing Options Toansweranincomingcallwiththephoneopen Answering CallsToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneclosed Answer or AnswerSpeaker to answer the call AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabled SettingAnsweronHoldTosetAnsweronHold Toresumethecall UsingtheSpeakerphone EndingaCallTodisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished Toturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall ChangingtheRingerVolume AdjustingVolumeDuringaConversationMutingaCall Tomuteacall Missed Call Notification Calling Emergency NumbersTocalltheMissedCallentry TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode Select ExitEmergency ToexitEmergencymodeToselectEmergencymodeoptions In-Call Options End-of-Call Options Transfer AudioTotransferaudioduringacall Saving a Phone Number Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Dialing and Saving Phone NumbersWith Pauses Finding a Phone NumberTofindaphonenumber Plus + Code Dialing TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialingTodialorsavephonenumberswithpauses Using Speed Dialing Dialing From the Contacts ListTodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry Select ContactsFind/AddEntry ToplaceacallusingAbbreviatedDialing Using Abbreviated DialingTousespeeddialforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Selecting a Character InputMode EnteringTextTochangethecharacterinputmode Entering Characters UsingT9TextInput ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Phone Basics Tosetthedefaultinputmode SettingtheDefaultInputModeSelect SettingsOthersTextEntryDefaultInput Entering Characters by Using AlphabetMode Press and hold To delete an entire entry Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Sound Settings RingerTypesSelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Toselectaringertypeforvoicecalls SelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCalls SelectingRingerTypesforVoicemailorCalendar/AlarmSelectingRingerTypesforMessaging Selecting aTone Length SelectingaVibratePatternToselectavibratepattern Toselectatonelength UsingVoice Prompt Setting a Start-up/Power-offToneSetting Up Key Press Echo Adjusting the Phone’sVolume Settings Toadjustyourphone’svolumesettingsToadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Alert Notification Select SettingsSoundsAlertsTosetalerts ToactivateSilenceAll Silence AllTodeactivateSilenceAll Changing theTextGreeting Display SettingsChanging the BacklightTime Length Changing the Display Screen Animation Changing the Display for Incoming CallsTochangetheanimationdisplay Tochangetheincomingcallsdisplay Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby Mode Select SettingsDisplayOthersMatchAreaCodeChanging the Display for Area Name Tosetyourareanamedisplay Changing the Screen Saver Changing the Display for My BuddyTochangethescreensaver ToactivateordeactivateMyBuddy Changing theTextFontSize Changing the BackgroundTochangethetextfontsize Tochangethedisplay’sbackground Setting Return to Standby Mode Sleep ModePower Save Mode Tosetthisfeature Location Settings Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature SettingtheMessageNotificationDisplay Messaging SettingsTosetthemessagenotificationdisplay ManagingPresetMessages ToeditapresetmessageTochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages Select SettingsMessagingPresetMsgs SettingaCallbackNumber AddingaCustomizedSignatureTosetthecallbacknumber Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage SettingtheSpeakerphoneforSMSVoiceMessaging SettingDraftsAlertSettingtheSender’sNameforSMSVoiceMessaging Airplane Mode SettinganAlertNotificationforSMSVoiceMessagingTosetalertforSMSVoicemessaging TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service ToturnTTY modeonoroff Your Phone’s Settings Wireless Backup Activating and DeactivatingWireless Backup ServiceToactivateWireless Backup service Select ContactsWirelessBackup SettingWireless Backup Alert TodeactivateWirelessBackupserviceTosetWirelessBackupalert Select ContactsWirelessBackupAlert Phone Setup Options ShortcutMy FavoritesToassignyourshortcutkey Toedittheshortcut Setting Any Key Answer Auto-Answer ModeDisplay Language Setting the Open/Close Flip Option ToactivatetheOpenFlipfeatureSelect SettingsOthersOpen/CloseFlip ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Setting Power On to Alert ToturnPowerOntoAlertonoroffSelect SettingsOthersPowerOntoAlert Changing the Phone’s Menu Style Setting the Side Key Guard Select SettingsOthersSideKeyGuardChanging the Main LCD Background TochangetheMainLCDdisplay’sbackground Select SettingsOthersTextEntry SettingTextEntry OptionsTosetyourtextentryoptions Select SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial Setting Abbreviated DialingTosetAbbreviatedDialing Setting HeadsetMode ToconnecttheheadsetTosetheadsetmode Tosetthesoundmode Select SettingsDisplayThemes Customizing the User InterfaceChanging the DisplayThemes Tochangethedisplaythemes Setting Your Phone’s Security Your Phone’s Security UsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature Accessing the Security MenuLockingYour Phone Changing the Lock Code UnlockingYour PhoneLocking the Pictures Menu Lock Services Calling in Lock ModeToactivatelockservices Select VoiceCalls, PowerVision, or ReadyLink Torestrictcalls Restricting CallsSelect OthersLimitUse Select OutgoingCalls or IncomingCalls Using Special Numbers Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Erasing Phone Content Toerasephonecontent Resetting the Browser Resetting FavoritesToresetthebrowser Toresetfavorites ResettingYour Phone ResettingYour Picture Mail AccountToresetyourphone ToresetyourPictureMailaccount Toresetdefaultsettings Resetting DefaultSettingsSelect Erase/ResetDefaultSettings. a disclaimer appears ToenablelockingyourphonethroughSMS Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMSSelect OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable Security Features for SprintPCSVision Enabling and Disabling SprintPCSVision ServicesTodisableSprintPCSVisionservices ToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience Understanding Roaming RecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreenRoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Controlling Your Roaming Experience CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming SettingYour Phone’s Roam Mode Set ModeSelect SettingsOthersRoamingSetMode Tosetyourphone’sroammode Using Call Guard Select SettingsOthersRoamingCallGuardToturnCallGuardonoroff ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Data Roam Guard TochangeyourDataRoamGuardsettingsToaccessdataserviceswithDataRoamGuardactivated ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Managing Call History ToviewaCallHistoryentry Viewing HistoryManaging Call History Call History Options 101 ToplaceacallfromCallHistory Making a Call From Call HistoryPress Options right softkey Call or CallSpeakerOn TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory 103 Prepending a Phone Number From Call History Erasing Call HistoryToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory ToeraseCallHistory Using Contacts 105 Using Contacts Adding a New Contacts EntryAssigning a Group Entry Toaddanewentry Finding Contacts Entries FindingNamesToassignacontacttoagroup TofindContactsentriesbyname Contacts ListOptions FindingSpeedDialNumbersFindingGroupEntries Tofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations Contacts Entry Options 109 Toaddaphonenumbertoanentry Editing a Contacts EntryTomakechangestoanentry Assigning Speed Dial Numbers ToassignaspeeddialnumberSelect ContactsSpeedDial#s 111 Erasing a Contacts Entry From the List Assigning an Image to a Contacts EntryToeraseaselectedentry Press Options right softkey EraseContactYes To selecta ringer type for an entry Selecting a RingerType for an Entry113 Tomakeanentrysecret SecretContacts EntriesTomakeanentrypublic Dialing SprintPCS Services TodialaservicefromyourContactsTodialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad 115 Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools UsingYour Phone’s Calendar Adding an Eventto the CalendarToaddanevent Press Options right softkey AddEventSchedule Tosilencethealarm Event AlertsEvent Alert Menu Viewing Events Erasing a Day’s Events Going to a Specified DatePurging All Events Using the Call Alarm Feature Adding a Call Alarm to the CalendarToaddacallalarmtothecalendar Press Options right softkey AddEventCallAlarm Call Alarm Menu AddingTo Do ListItems Adding aTo Do ListItem to the Calendar ToaddaToDoListitemtothecalendar UsingYour Phone’sTools Using the Alarm ClockTousethealarmclock Select ToolsMoreToolsAlarmClock Using the Stopwatch TostopthealarmTostartthestopwatch Torecordalaptimewhilethestopwatchisrunning Using the CountdownTimer TousethecountdowntimerSelect ToolsMoreToolsCountdown SnoozeInterval, or SnoozeTimes Using the Calculator World ClockTousethecalculator Toviewthetimeindifferentlocations ToupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenu Select ToolsUpdatePhoneUpdatingYour Phone 127 Personal Information Management DisplayingYour User AddressFinding Icon Definitions Displaying theVersion Information Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 129 UsingVoice-Activated Dialing Making a Call Using Voice-Activated DialingUsing Your Phone’s Voice Services ProgrammingVoiceTags Todisplayvoicetagoptions VoiceTag Options131 Using theVoice Recorder RecordingVoice Memos ReviewingVoice Memos Selecting the Storage Area forVoice MemosToplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded Toselectthestorageareaforvoicememos Setting the Recording Guard ErasingVoice MemosToeraseanindividualvoicememo Toeraseallvoicememos Todisplaythevoicerecorderoptions Voice Recorder Options135 Activating Screen Call Setting Up Screen CallSelecting an Announcementfor Screen Call RecordingYour Name for a Prerecorded Announcement Recording a Customized AnnouncementTorecordyourname Torecordanannouncement Reviewing an Announcement Erasing an AnnouncementToreviewanannouncement Toeraseanannouncement Using the microSD Card 139 UsingYour Phone’s microSD Card and Adapter Using the microSD CardUsing the microSD Card InsertingthemicroSDCard ToremovethemicroSDcardfromyourphone RemovingthemicroSDCard141 MicroSDIconIndications StatusIcon Meaning Using the microSD Adapter ToinsertthemicroSDcardintothemicroSDadapterToremovethemicroSDcardfromthemicroSDadapter 143 MicroSD Settings Creating Folders in the microSD CardViewing Memory in the microSD Card TocreatefoldersinthemicroSDcard ToformatyourmicroSDcard Formatting the microSD Card145 MicroSD Files ToaccessthemicroSDfilesDisplayingYour microSD Files TobackupyourContactsdatatothemicroSD Backing UpYour Contacts Data to the microSDSelect ToolsmicroSDmicroSDFiles Furtheroptionsavailableare To setup the Dpof Select Standard Print or Index Print Clearing the Dpof PrintOrder Reviewing an Order SummaryTocleartheDPOFprintorder Toreviewanordersummary ToconnectyourphonetoyourPC ConnectingYour Phone toYour PCToremovetheconnection 151 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Totakeapicturewiththephoneopen Taking Pictures153 Totakeapicturewiththephoneclosed CreatingYour SprintPCS Picture Mail Password TocreateyourSprintPCSPictureMailpasswordSelect PicturesMyAlbumsOnlineAlbums 155 Camera Mode Options UsingtheMacro/NormalSwitch SettingtheFlashToactivatetheflash 157 Toactivatetheself-timer SettingtheSelf-TimerTocanceltheself-timerafterithasstarted UsingtheZoom TakingStitchShotsTotakeastitchshot Tousethezoom SettingYour Favorite Mode Selecting Camera SettingsToselectyourcamerasettings Tosetyourfavoritemode Using the Settings & Info Menu ToaccessthesettingsandinfomenuSelect PicturesSettings&Info 161 Function CameraIconIndicationDetails Torecordavideo RecordingVideos163 Totakeavideowiththephoneclosed Select Camcorder Video Mode Options 165 Selecting Camcorder Settings Toselectyourcamcordersettings VideoIconIndication 167 Select PicturesSettings&InfoAutoSaveto Storing Pictures andVideosSelecting the Storage Area Toselectthestoragearea Phone Folder MicroSD Picture andVideo FolderToreviewyourstoreddatainthemicroSD Select PicturesMyAlbumsInmicroSD Phone Folder and microSD Files Options Assigned Media Folder TosaveapictureorvideototheAssignedMediafolderSelect ToolsAssignedMedia 171 Sending SprintPCS Picture Mail SendingPicturesandVideosFromtheInPhoneFolderTosendpicturesfromtheInPhonefolder Select PicturesMyAlbumsInPhone 173 TosendpicturesandvideosfromtheMessagingmenu Sending Pictures andVideos From MessagingSelect InPhone, InmicroSD, or OnlineAlbums Using the SprintPCS Picture MailWeb Site ToaccesstheSprintPCSPictureMailWebsiteManaging SprintPCS Picture Mail 175 Managing Online Pictures andVideos From Your Phone Uploading Pictures andVideosToviewyouronlinepicturesandvideosfromyourphone Touploadpicturesandvideos DownloadingYour Online Pictures andVideos 177 Accessing Online Picture andVideo Options From Your Phone ToaccessyouronlinePictureandVideooptionsfromyourphone ToaccessyourOnlineAlbumsoptionsfromyourphone 179 Toprintpicturesdirectlyfromyourphone Select ToolsUSBConnectionPictBridge 181 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link Using Sprint PCS Ready Link ToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmode Setting SprintPCS Ready Link Mode183 PreparingYour Phone for SprintPCS Ready Link Service Ready Link Call Alerts MainLCDDisplayDuringaReadyLinkCall 185 Displaying the SprintPCS Ready Link List Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link CallSelecting a Contacts List ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontact Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call One-to-One Call187 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkGroupcall Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Group Call189 Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call by Entering a Number ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyenteringanumber Missed Call Notification for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls TocallthelastMissedSprintPCSReadyLinkcallTodisplaytheMissedReadyLinkCalllog 191 Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link Call ToreceiveaSprintPCSReadyLinkcall SprintPCS Ready Link Options 193 Copying an Entry toYour Personal Listor Personal Group List TocopyanentryfromtheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Saving a SprintPCS Ready Link Number Finding an Entry in the SprintPCS Ready Link ListTosavethenumberfromtheendcalldisplay TofindaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontact Adding a New ContacttoYour Personal ListSelect Goto left softkey PersonalListAddContact Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group List ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentrySelect Goto left softkey PersonalGrps.AddGroup 197 Editing a ContactinYour Personal List ToeditaPersonalListcontact Toeditagroup Editing a Group inYour Personal Group List199 EraseGroup appears when you select PersonalGrps Erasing Ready Link ListEntriesErasing an Entry inYour Personal Listor Personal Group List Toeraseacontactoragroup Select SettingsReadyLinkListUpdate Erasing a SprintPCS Ready Link ListUpdating the Company Listand Personal List ToeraseaSprintPCSReadyLinkList ToassignspeeddialnumberstoSprintPCSReadyLinkentries Assigning Speed Dialing for SprintPCS Ready Link EntriesTousespeeddialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Setting Ready Link Guard To restartthe SprintPCS Ready Link serviceTo setthe Ready Link Guard To selecta ringer type for SprintPCS Ready Link calls SettingVibrate Pattern for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting an AlertNotification for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsToadjustthefloortonevolume ToselectavibratepatternforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Setting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link List Setting the Speakerphone for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsSetting the Floor Display of the SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Using Your Phone’s Built-In Media Player Using Your Phone’s Built-in Media Player Your Multimedia Channel Options 207 AccessingYour Media Player’s Channel Listings ToaccessyourmediaplayerandChannelListings Toselectandplayamediaclip Playing aVideo or Audio Clip209 Multimedia FAQs ArethevideosthatI’mviewinglivevideos? 211 HowcanIcancelserviceifIdecideIdon’twantit? Using Bluetooth 213 Turning Bluetooth On and Off BluetoothStatusIndicatorsToturnBluetoothon ToturnBluetoothoff Using the Bluetooth Settings Menu Bluetooth Settings My Bluetooth NameToaccesstheBluetoothSettingsmenu TosetaBluetoothnameforyourphone Bluetooth Settings My Bluetooth Information Bluetooth SettingsVisibilityTodisplayyourphone’sBluetoothInformation Press SettingsBluetoothMyDeviceInfo Bluetooth SettingsVoice Priority Bluetooth Settings PermissionsPress SettingsBluetoothPermissions Tosetthevoicepriority Bluetooth Profiles Pairing Bluetooth Devices TopairyourphonewithanotherBluetoothdevicePairedDevices WaitingforRequest Using theTrusted Devices Options Tousethetrusteddevicesoptions Sending Data via Bluetooth Select ToolsBluetoothSending an Item Tosendanitem Sending a Contact Tosendacontact Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features Basics Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics Setting UpYourVoicemail UsingVoicemail225 Voicemail Notification NewVoicemail Message AlertsTocallyourvoicemail TodisplayyourMissedLog RetrievingYourVoicemail Messages UsingOne-TouchMessageAccess227 UsingExpertMode Voicemail OptionsVoicemailButtonGuide ToturnExpertModeonoroff SettingUpGroupDistributionLists SprintPCSCallbackVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessage 229 Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReplyVoicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Clearing the Message Icon ExtendedAbsenceGreetingTocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Select MessagingVoicemailClearCount Voicemail Menu Key Using SMSTextMessaging Composing SMSTextMessagesTocomposeanSMSTextmessage 233 Email to enter the recipient’s email address Accessing SMSTextMessages Editing PresetMessages Using SMSVoice Messaging Playing an SMSVoice MessageToplayanSMSVoicemessagefromthemainmenu Select MessagingVoiceSMS Accessing SMSVoice Messages Composing SMSVoice Messages Using Caller ID Press Shift Toswitchbacktothefirstcaller Responding to CallWaitingTorespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall 239 Making aThree-Way Call TomakeaThree-WayCall Using Call Forwarding ToactivateCallForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding 241 Sprint PCS Voice Command Sprint PCS Voice Command It’sEasytoGetStarted Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Voice Command243 CreatingYour Own Address Book TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand Making a CallWith SprintPCS Voice Command245 Accessing Information Using SprintPCSVoice Command ToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information General Precautions Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your PhoneImportant Safety Information DoNotRelyonYourPhoneforEmergencyCalls UsingYourPhoneWhileDriving FollowingSafetyGuidelinesUsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying TurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhone251 UsingYour PhoneWith a Hearing Aid Device SanyohasanM3rating Caring for the Battery Select Settings Display Backlight Select MainLCD or SubLCDSelect Settings Display Backlight ProtectingYourBattery KnowingRadiofrequencySafety Radiofrequency RF EnergyDisposalofLithiumIonLi-IonBatteries UnderstandingHowYourPhoneOperates SpecificAbsorptionRateSARforWirelessPhones Body-WornOperationCellularCDMAmodePart22 PCSCDMAmodePart24 FCCRadiofrequencyEmission FCCNotice Phone Guide Proprietary Notice Owner’s Record257 Manufacturer’sWarranty Manufacturer’s WarrantyWarranty Manufacturer’sLimitedWarranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyWarranty 259 This warranty is valid only in the United States Warranty 261 Index Index Index Index Index