Changing the Screen Saver

Your new phone offers you the option of displaying a screen saver while in standby mode.

Tochangethescreensaver:

1.Select >Settings>Display>ScreenSaver.

2.Select MainLCD or SubLCD.

3.Select an option (Preset, MyContent, GetNew, MyAlbums, AssignedMedia, or Off) and press .

4.Select the desired screen saver and press OK (left softkey).

Changing the Display for My Buddy

This feature enables you to see a humorous animation on the Main LCD by opening the phone.

ToactivateordeactivateMyBuddy:

1.Select >Settings>Display>Others>MyBuddy.

2.Select On or Off.

Your Phone’s Settings

Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings

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Contents

Phone User Guide Table of Contents 2C. Setting Your Phone’s Security 152 116129 139 2M. Using Bluetooth 2L. Using Your Phone’s Built-In Media Player 258 Safety and Warranty Information Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Welcome to Sprint Your Phone Introduction Iii ServicesOutgoing Incoming Missed Recent Calls Erase History Send Message Camera Camcorder Picture Mail My Albums Order Prints Settings & Info MicroSD Voice ServicesBluetooth Calendar USB Connection Assigned Media Update Phone More Tools Display Sounds Vii Power VisionReady Link Location Viii BluetoothMessaging Security Phone Info OthersPage Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up ServiceThis Section DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivated UnlockingYourPhoneTounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Setting UpYourVoicemail TosetupyourvoicemailVoicemail Passcode 888-211-4PCS4727 SprintPCS AccountPasswordsAccount Password VoicemailPassword SprintPCSVisionorSprintPowerVisionPassword Getting Help ReachingSprintCustomerService TocallSprint411 ToaccessautomatedinvoicinginformationReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformation Sprint411 ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices SprintPCSOperatorServices Your Phone Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics Phone Basics FrontView ofYour Phone 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 Toturnyourphoneon TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOn TurningYourPhoneOff BatteryCapacity UsingYour Phone’s Battery and Charger Toremoveyourbattery InstallingtheBatteryRemovingtheBattery ToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery ChargingtheBattery UsingtheChargerTousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone InstallingtheFacemask Changing the FacemaskRemovingtheFacemask SelectingMenuItems NavigatingThrough Phone Menus Toreturntostandbymode DisplayingYour Phone NumberBackingUpWithinaMenu Togotothepreviousmenu Important To maximize TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking and Answering Calls Making Calls Dialing Options Answering Calls ToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneopenToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneclosed Answer or AnswerSpeaker to answer the call Toresumethecall AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledSettingAnsweronHold TosetAnsweronHold Toturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall UsingtheSpeakerphoneEndingaCall Todisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished Tomuteacall ChangingtheRingerVolumeAdjustingVolumeDuringaConversation MutingaCall TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode Missed Call NotificationCalling Emergency Numbers TocalltheMissedCallentry ToexitEmergencymode Select ExitEmergencyToselectEmergencymodeoptions In-Call Options Transfer Audio End-of-Call OptionsTotransferaudioduringacall Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Saving a Phone Number Finding a Phone Number Dialing and Saving Phone NumbersWith PausesTofindaphonenumber TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialing Plus + Code DialingTodialorsavephonenumberswithpauses Select ContactsFind/AddEntry Using Speed DialingDialing From the Contacts List TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry Using Abbreviated Dialing ToplaceacallusingAbbreviatedDialingTousespeeddialforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls EnteringText Selecting a Character InputModeTochangethecharacterinputmode ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Entering Characters UsingT9TextInput Phone Basics SettingtheDefaultInputMode TosetthedefaultinputmodeSelect SettingsOthersTextEntryDefaultInput Press and hold To delete an entire entry Entering Characters by Using AlphabetMode Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Toselectaringertypeforvoicecalls Sound SettingsRingerTypes SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls SelectingRingerTypesforVoicemailorCalendar/Alarm SelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCallsSelectingRingerTypesforMessaging Toselectatonelength Selecting aTone LengthSelectingaVibratePattern Toselectavibratepattern Setting a Start-up/Power-offTone UsingVoice PromptSetting Up Key Press Echo Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Adjusting the Phone’sVolume SettingsToadjustyourphone’svolumesettings Toadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Select SettingsSoundsAlerts Alert NotificationTosetalerts Silence All ToactivateSilenceAllTodeactivateSilenceAll Display Settings Changing theTextGreetingChanging the BacklightTime Length Tochangetheincomingcallsdisplay Changing the Display Screen AnimationChanging the Display for Incoming Calls Tochangetheanimationdisplay Tosetyourareanamedisplay Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby ModeSelect SettingsDisplayOthersMatchAreaCode Changing the Display for Area Name ToactivateordeactivateMyBuddy Changing the Screen SaverChanging the Display for My Buddy Tochangethescreensaver Tochangethedisplay’sbackground Changing theTextFontSizeChanging the Background Tochangethetextfontsize Tosetthisfeature Setting Return to Standby ModeSleep Mode Power Save Mode Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Location Settings Messaging Settings SettingtheMessageNotificationDisplayTosetthemessagenotificationdisplay Select SettingsMessagingPresetMsgs ManagingPresetMessagesToeditapresetmessage Tochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage SettingaCallbackNumberAddingaCustomizedSignature Tosetthecallbacknumber SettingDraftsAlert SettingtheSpeakerphoneforSMSVoiceMessagingSettingtheSender’sNameforSMSVoiceMessaging TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode Airplane ModeSettinganAlertNotificationforSMSVoiceMessaging TosetalertforSMSVoicemessaging ToturnTTY modeonoroff TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service Your Phone’s Settings Select ContactsWirelessBackup Wireless BackupActivating and DeactivatingWireless Backup Service ToactivateWireless Backup service Select ContactsWirelessBackupAlert SettingWireless Backup AlertTodeactivateWirelessBackupservice TosetWirelessBackupalert Toedittheshortcut Phone Setup OptionsShortcutMy Favorites Toassignyourshortcutkey Auto-Answer Mode Setting Any Key AnswerDisplay Language ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Setting the Open/Close Flip OptionToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature Select SettingsOthersOpen/CloseFlip Changing the Phone’s Menu Style Setting Power On to AlertToturnPowerOntoAlertonoroff Select SettingsOthersPowerOntoAlert TochangetheMainLCDdisplay’sbackground Setting the Side Key GuardSelect SettingsOthersSideKeyGuard Changing the Main LCD Background SettingTextEntry Options Select SettingsOthersTextEntryTosetyourtextentryoptions Setting Abbreviated Dialing Select SettingsOthersAbbrev.DialTosetAbbreviatedDialing Tosetthesoundmode Setting HeadsetModeToconnecttheheadset Tosetheadsetmode Tochangethedisplaythemes Select SettingsDisplayThemesCustomizing the User Interface Changing the DisplayThemes Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s Security Accessing the Security Menu UsingYour Phone’s Lock FeatureLockingYour Phone UnlockingYour Phone Changing the Lock CodeLocking the Pictures Menu Select VoiceCalls, PowerVision, or ReadyLink Lock ServicesCalling in Lock Mode Toactivatelockservices Restricting Calls TorestrictcallsSelect OthersLimitUse Select OutgoingCalls or IncomingCalls Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Using Special Numbers Toerasephonecontent Erasing Phone Content Toresetfavorites Resetting the BrowserResetting Favorites Toresetthebrowser ToresetyourPictureMailaccount ResettingYour PhoneResettingYour Picture Mail Account Toresetyourphone Resetting DefaultSettings ToresetdefaultsettingsSelect Erase/ResetDefaultSettings. a disclaimer appears Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMS ToenablelockingyourphonethroughSMSSelect OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable ToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Security Features for SprintPCSVisionEnabling and Disabling SprintPCSVision Services TodisableSprintPCSVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience Understanding RoamingRecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen RoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Tosetyourphone’sroammode SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeSet Mode Select SettingsOthersRoamingSetMode ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Call GuardSelect SettingsOthersRoamingCallGuard ToturnCallGuardonoroff ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Data Roam GuardTochangeyourDataRoamGuardsettings ToaccessdataserviceswithDataRoamGuardactivated Managing Call History Viewing History ToviewaCallHistoryentryManaging Call History 101 Call History Options Making a Call From Call History ToplaceacallfromCallHistoryPress Options right softkey Call or CallSpeakerOn 103 TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory ToeraseCallHistory Prepending a Phone Number From Call HistoryErasing Call History ToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory 105 Using Contacts Toaddanewentry Using ContactsAdding a New Contacts Entry Assigning a Group Entry TofindContactsentriesbyname Finding Contacts EntriesFindingNames Toassignacontacttoagroup Tofindphonenumbersyouhavestoredinspeeddiallocations Contacts ListOptionsFindingSpeedDialNumbers FindingGroupEntries 109 Contacts Entry Options Editing a Contacts Entry ToaddaphonenumbertoanentryTomakechangestoanentry 111 Assigning Speed Dial NumbersToassignaspeeddialnumber Select ContactsSpeedDial#s Press Options right softkey EraseContactYes Erasing a Contacts Entry From the ListAssigning an Image to a Contacts Entry Toeraseaselectedentry Selecting a RingerType for an Entry To selecta ringer type for an entry113 SecretContacts Entries TomakeanentrysecretTomakeanentrypublic 115 Dialing SprintPCS ServicesTodialaservicefromyourContacts Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Press Options right softkey AddEventSchedule UsingYour Phone’s CalendarAdding an Eventto the Calendar Toaddanevent Viewing Events TosilencethealarmEvent Alerts Event Alert Menu Going to a Specified Date Erasing a Day’s EventsPurging All Events Press Options right softkey AddEventCallAlarm Using the Call Alarm FeatureAdding a Call Alarm to the Calendar Toaddacallalarmtothecalendar AddingTo Do ListItems Call Alarm Menu ToaddaToDoListitemtothecalendar Adding aTo Do ListItem to the Calendar Select ToolsMoreToolsAlarmClock UsingYour Phone’sToolsUsing the Alarm Clock Tousethealarmclock Torecordalaptimewhilethestopwatchisrunning Using the StopwatchTostopthealarm Tostartthestopwatch SnoozeInterval, or SnoozeTimes Using the CountdownTimerTousethecountdowntimer Select ToolsMoreToolsCountdown Toviewthetimeindifferentlocations Using the CalculatorWorld Clock Tousethecalculator 127 ToupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenuSelect ToolsUpdatePhone UpdatingYour Phone Displaying theVersion Information Personal Information ManagementDisplayingYour User Address Finding Icon Definitions 129 Using Your Phone’s Voice Services ProgrammingVoiceTags UsingVoice-Activated DialingMaking a Call Using Voice-Activated Dialing Using Your Phone’s Voice Services VoiceTag Options Todisplayvoicetagoptions131 RecordingVoice Memos Using theVoice Recorder Toselectthestorageareaforvoicememos ReviewingVoice MemosSelecting the Storage Area forVoice Memos Toplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded Toeraseallvoicememos Setting the Recording GuardErasingVoice Memos Toeraseanindividualvoicememo Voice Recorder Options Todisplaythevoicerecorderoptions135 Setting Up Screen Call Activating Screen CallSelecting an Announcementfor Screen Call Torecordanannouncement RecordingYour Name for a Prerecorded AnnouncementRecording a Customized Announcement Torecordyourname Toeraseanannouncement Reviewing an AnnouncementErasing an Announcement Toreviewanannouncement 139 Using the microSD Card InsertingthemicroSDCard UsingYour Phone’s microSD Card and AdapterUsing the microSD Card Using the microSD Card RemovingthemicroSDCard ToremovethemicroSDcardfromyourphone141 StatusIcon Meaning MicroSDIconIndications 143 Using the microSD AdapterToinsertthemicroSDcardintothemicroSDadapter ToremovethemicroSDcardfromthemicroSDadapter TocreatefoldersinthemicroSDcard MicroSD SettingsCreating Folders in the microSD Card Viewing Memory in the microSD Card Formatting the microSD Card ToformatyourmicroSDcard145 ToaccessthemicroSDfiles MicroSD FilesDisplayingYour microSD Files Furtheroptionsavailableare TobackupyourContactsdatatothemicroSDBacking UpYour Contacts Data to the microSD Select ToolsmicroSDmicroSDFiles Select Standard Print or Index Print To setup the Dpof Toreviewanordersummary Clearing the Dpof PrintOrderReviewing an Order Summary TocleartheDPOFprintorder ConnectingYour Phone toYour PC ToconnectyourphonetoyourPCToremovetheconnection 151 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Taking Pictures Totakeapicturewiththephoneopen153 Totakeapicturewiththephoneclosed 155 CreatingYour SprintPCS Picture Mail PasswordTocreateyourSprintPCSPictureMailpassword Select PicturesMyAlbumsOnlineAlbums Camera Mode Options 157 UsingtheMacro/NormalSwitchSettingtheFlash Toactivatetheflash SettingtheSelf-Timer Toactivatetheself-timerTocanceltheself-timerafterithasstarted Tousethezoom UsingtheZoomTakingStitchShots Totakeastitchshot Tosetyourfavoritemode SettingYour Favorite ModeSelecting Camera Settings Toselectyourcamerasettings 161 Using the Settings & Info MenuToaccessthesettingsandinfomenu Select PicturesSettings&Info CameraIconIndication FunctionDetails RecordingVideos Torecordavideo163 Select Camcorder Totakeavideowiththephoneclosed 165 Video Mode Options Toselectyourcamcordersettings Selecting Camcorder Settings 167 VideoIconIndication Toselectthestoragearea Select PicturesSettings&InfoAutoSavetoStoring Pictures andVideos Selecting the Storage Area Select PicturesMyAlbumsInmicroSD Phone FolderMicroSD Picture andVideo Folder ToreviewyourstoreddatainthemicroSD Phone Folder and microSD Files Options 171 Assigned Media FolderTosaveapictureorvideototheAssignedMediafolder Select ToolsAssignedMedia Select PicturesMyAlbumsInPhone Sending SprintPCS Picture MailSendingPicturesandVideosFromtheInPhoneFolder TosendpicturesfromtheInPhonefolder 173 Sending Pictures andVideos From Messaging TosendpicturesandvideosfromtheMessagingmenuSelect InPhone, InmicroSD, or OnlineAlbums 175 Using the SprintPCS Picture MailWeb SiteToaccesstheSprintPCSPictureMailWebsite Managing SprintPCS Picture Mail Touploadpicturesandvideos Managing Online Pictures andVideos From Your PhoneUploading Pictures andVideos Toviewyouronlinepicturesandvideosfromyourphone 177 DownloadingYour Online Pictures andVideos ToaccessyouronlinePictureandVideooptionsfromyourphone Accessing Online Picture andVideo Options From Your Phone 179 ToaccessyourOnlineAlbumsoptionsfromyourphone Select ToolsUSBConnectionPictBridge Toprintpicturesdirectlyfromyourphone 181 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link Using Sprint PCS Ready Link Setting SprintPCS Ready Link Mode ToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmode183 Ready Link Call Alerts PreparingYour Phone for SprintPCS Ready Link Service 185 MainLCDDisplayDuringaReadyLinkCall Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Displaying the SprintPCS Ready Link ListSelecting a Contacts List Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call One-to-One Call ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontact187 Using Sprint PCS Ready Link Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Group Call ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkGroupcall189 ToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyenteringanumber Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call by Entering a Number 191 Missed Call Notification for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsTocallthelastMissedSprintPCSReadyLinkcall TodisplaytheMissedReadyLinkCalllog ToreceiveaSprintPCSReadyLinkcall Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link Call 193 SprintPCS Ready Link Options TocopyanentryfromtheSprintPCSReadyLinkList Copying an Entry toYour Personal Listor Personal Group List TofindaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Saving a SprintPCS Ready Link NumberFinding an Entry in the SprintPCS Ready Link List Tosavethenumberfromtheendcalldisplay Adding a New ContacttoYour Personal List ToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontactSelect Goto left softkey PersonalListAddContact 197 Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group ListToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentry Select Goto left softkey PersonalGrps.AddGroup ToeditaPersonalListcontact Editing a ContactinYour Personal List Editing a Group inYour Personal Group List Toeditagroup199 Toeraseacontactoragroup EraseGroup appears when you select PersonalGrpsErasing Ready Link ListEntries Erasing an Entry inYour Personal Listor Personal Group List ToeraseaSprintPCSReadyLinkList Select SettingsReadyLinkListUpdateErasing a SprintPCS Ready Link List Updating the Company Listand Personal List Assigning Speed Dialing for SprintPCS Ready Link Entries ToassignspeeddialnumberstoSprintPCSReadyLinkentriesTousespeeddialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry To selecta ringer type for SprintPCS Ready Link calls Setting Ready Link GuardTo restartthe SprintPCS Ready Link service To setthe Ready Link Guard ToselectavibratepatternforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls SettingVibrate Pattern for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsSetting an AlertNotification for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Toadjustthefloortonevolume Setting the Speakerphone for SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link ListSetting 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 207 Your Multimedia Channel Options ToaccessyourmediaplayerandChannelListings AccessingYour Media Player’s Channel Listings Playing aVideo or Audio Clip Toselectandplayamediaclip209 Multimedia FAQs 211 ArethevideosthatI’mviewinglivevideos? HowcanIcancelserviceifIdecideIdon’twantit? 213 Using Bluetooth ToturnBluetoothoff Turning Bluetooth On and OffBluetoothStatusIndicators ToturnBluetoothon TosetaBluetoothnameforyourphone Using the Bluetooth Settings MenuBluetooth Settings My Bluetooth Name ToaccesstheBluetoothSettingsmenu Press SettingsBluetoothMyDeviceInfo Bluetooth Settings My Bluetooth InformationBluetooth SettingsVisibility Todisplayyourphone’sBluetoothInformation Tosetthevoicepriority Bluetooth SettingsVoice PriorityBluetooth Settings Permissions Press SettingsBluetoothPermissions Bluetooth Profiles WaitingforRequest Pairing Bluetooth DevicesTopairyourphonewithanotherBluetoothdevice PairedDevices Tousethetrusteddevicesoptions Using theTrusted Devices Options Tosendanitem Sending Data via BluetoothSelect ToolsBluetooth Sending an Item Tosendacontact Sending a Contact Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics Sprint PCS Service Features Basics UsingVoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemail225 TodisplayyourMissedLog Voicemail NotificationNewVoicemail Message Alerts Tocallyourvoicemail UsingOne-TouchMessageAccess RetrievingYourVoicemail Messages227 ToturnExpertModeonoroff UsingExpertModeVoicemail Options VoicemailButtonGuide 229 SettingUpGroupDistributionListsSprintPCSCallback Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessage Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReply Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwardingVoicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Select MessagingVoicemailClearCount Clearing the Message IconExtendedAbsenceGreeting Tocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Voicemail Menu Key 233 Using SMSTextMessagingComposing SMSTextMessages TocomposeanSMSTextmessage Email to enter the recipient’s email address Editing PresetMessages Accessing SMSTextMessages Select MessagingVoiceSMS Using SMSVoice MessagingPlaying an SMSVoice Message ToplayanSMSVoicemessagefromthemainmenu Composing SMSVoice Messages Accessing SMSVoice Messages Press Shift Using Caller ID 239 ToswitchbacktothefirstcallerResponding to CallWaiting Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall TomakeaThree-WayCall Making aThree-Way Call 241 Using Call ForwardingToactivateCallForwarding TodeactivateCallForwarding Sprint PCS Voice Command Sprint PCS Voice Command Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Voice Command It’sEasytoGetStarted243 CreatingYour Own Address Book Making a CallWith SprintPCS Voice Command TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand245 ToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand Accessing Information Using SprintPCSVoice Command Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information DoNotRelyonYourPhoneforEmergencyCalls General PrecautionsMaintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone Important Safety Information TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying UsingYourPhoneWhileDrivingFollowingSafetyGuidelines UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhone TurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas251 SanyohasanM3rating UsingYour PhoneWith a Hearing Aid Device ProtectingYourBattery Caring for the BatterySelect Settings Display Backlight Select MainLCD or SubLCD Select Settings Display Backlight UnderstandingHowYourPhoneOperates KnowingRadiofrequencySafetyRadiofrequency RF Energy DisposalofLithiumIonLi-IonBatteries PCSCDMAmodePart24 SpecificAbsorptionRateSARforWirelessPhonesBody-WornOperation CellularCDMAmodePart22 FCCNotice FCCRadiofrequencyEmission Owner’s Record Phone Guide Proprietary Notice257 Manufacturer’s Warranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyWarranty Manufacturer’sWarranty Manufacturer’sLimitedWarrantyWarranty 259 This warranty is valid only in the United States Warranty 261 Index Index Index Index Index