Phone Basics

Sprint PCS Ready Link allows you to enjoy quick, two-way, “walkie-talkie-style”communication with one or several Sprint PCS Ready Link users (page 182).

The changeable facemask lets you customize the appearance of your phone (page 24).

Supports PictBridge to connect and print to any PictBridge compliant printer (page 180).

The Media Player allows you to enjoy streaming video and audio with your phone (page 206).

The equipped microSD memory card and its adapter allow you to expand the phone’s available memory space (page 139).

The built-in Bluetooth technology allows you to connect wirelessly to a number of Bluetooth devices to share information more easily than ever before (page 213).

Section 2A: Your Phone – The Basics

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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 This Section Setting Up ServiceSetting Up Service Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivatedUnlockingYourPhone Voicemail Passcode Setting UpYourVoicemailTosetupyourvoicemail 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 Tousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone ChargingtheBatteryUsingtheCharger RemovingtheFacemask InstallingtheFacemaskChanging the Facemask SelectingMenuItems NavigatingThrough Phone Menus Toreturntostandbymode DisplayingYour Phone NumberBackingUpWithinaMenu Togotothepreviousmenu Important To maximize TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking and Answering Calls Making Calls Dialing Options Toansweranincomingcallwiththephoneclosed Answering CallsToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneopen Answer or AnswerSpeaker to answer the call Toresumethecall AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledSettingAnsweronHold TosetAnsweronHold Toturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall UsingtheSpeakerphoneEndingaCall Todisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished Tomuteacall ChangingtheRingerVolumeAdjustingVolumeDuringaConversation MutingaCall TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode Missed Call NotificationCalling Emergency Numbers TocalltheMissedCallentry ToselectEmergencymodeoptions ToexitEmergencymodeSelect ExitEmergency In-Call Options Totransferaudioduringacall Transfer AudioEnd-of-Call Options Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Saving a Phone Number Tofindaphonenumber Finding a Phone NumberDialing and Saving Phone NumbersWith Pauses Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialingPlus + Code Dialing Select ContactsFind/AddEntry Using Speed DialingDialing From the Contacts List TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry TousespeeddialforSprintPCSReadyLinkcalls Using Abbreviated DialingToplaceacallusingAbbreviatedDialing Tochangethecharacterinputmode EnteringTextSelecting a Character InputMode ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Entering Characters UsingT9TextInput Phone Basics Select SettingsOthersTextEntryDefaultInput SettingtheDefaultInputModeTosetthedefaultinputmode 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 SelectingRingerTypesforMessaging SelectingRingerTypesforVoicemailorCalendar/AlarmSelectingRingerTypesforSprintPCSReadyLinkCalls Toselectatonelength Selecting aTone LengthSelectingaVibratePattern Toselectavibratepattern Setting Up Key Press Echo Setting a Start-up/Power-offToneUsingVoice Prompt Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Adjusting the Phone’sVolume SettingsToadjustyourphone’svolumesettings Toadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Tosetalerts Select SettingsSoundsAlertsAlert Notification TodeactivateSilenceAll Silence AllToactivateSilenceAll Changing the BacklightTime Length Display SettingsChanging theTextGreeting 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 Tosetthemessagenotificationdisplay Messaging SettingsSettingtheMessageNotificationDisplay Select SettingsMessagingPresetMsgs ManagingPresetMessagesToeditapresetmessage Tochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage SettingaCallbackNumberAddingaCustomizedSignature Tosetthecallbacknumber SettingtheSender’sNameforSMSVoiceMessaging SettingDraftsAlertSettingtheSpeakerphoneforSMSVoiceMessaging 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 Display Language Auto-Answer ModeSetting Any Key Answer ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Setting the Open/Close Flip OptionToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature Select SettingsOthersOpen/CloseFlip Changing the Phone’s Menu Style Setting Power On to AlertToturn Power On to Alertonoroff Select Settings Others PowerOn toAlert TochangetheMainLCDdisplay’sbackground Setting the Side Key GuardSelect SettingsOthersSideKeyGuard Changing the Main LCD Background Tosetyourtextentryoptions SettingTextEntry OptionsSelect SettingsOthersTextEntry TosetAbbreviatedDialing Setting Abbreviated DialingSelect SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial Tosetthesoundmode Setting HeadsetModeToconnecttheheadset Tosetheadsetmode To change the display themes Select Settings Display ThemesCustomizing the User Interface Changing the DisplayThemes Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s Security LockingYour Phone Accessing the Security MenuUsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature Locking the Pictures Menu UnlockingYour PhoneChanging the Lock Code Select VoiceCalls, PowerVision, or ReadyLink Lock ServicesCalling in Lock Mode Toactivatelockservices Select OthersLimitUse Select OutgoingCalls or IncomingCalls Restricting CallsTorestrictcalls Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Using Special Numbers Toerasephonecontent Erasing Phone Content Toresetfavorites Resetting the BrowserResetting Favorites Toresetthebrowser ToresetyourPictureMailaccount ResettingYour PhoneResettingYour Picture Mail Account Toresetyourphone Select Erase/ResetDefaultSettings. a disclaimer appears Resetting DefaultSettingsToresetdefaultsettings Select OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMSToenablelockingyourphonethroughSMS 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 Managing Call History Viewing HistoryToviewaCallHistoryentry 101 Call History Options Press Options right softkey Call or CallSpeakerOn Making a Call From Call HistoryToplaceacallfromCallHistory 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 Tomakechangestoanentry Editing a Contacts EntryToaddaphonenumbertoanentry 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 113 Selecting a RingerType for an EntryTo selecta ringer type for an entry Tomakeanentrypublic SecretContacts EntriesTomakeanentrysecret 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 Purging All Events Going to a Specified DateErasing a Day’s 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 131 VoiceTag OptionsTodisplayvoicetagoptions RecordingVoice Memos Using theVoice Recorder Toselectthestorageareaforvoicememos ReviewingVoice MemosSelecting the Storage Area forVoice Memos Toplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded Toeraseallvoicememos Setting the Recording GuardErasingVoice Memos Toeraseanindividualvoicememo 135 Voice Recorder OptionsTodisplaythevoicerecorderoptions Selecting an Announcementfor Screen Call Setting Up Screen CallActivating 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 141 RemovingthemicroSDCardToremovethemicroSDcardfromyourphone StatusIcon Meaning MicroSDIconIndications 143 Using the microSD AdapterToinsertthemicroSDcardintothemicroSDadapter ToremovethemicroSDcardfromthemicroSDadapter TocreatefoldersinthemicroSDcard MicroSD SettingsCreating Folders in the microSD Card Viewing Memory in the microSD Card 145 Formatting the microSD CardToformatyourmicroSDcard DisplayingYour microSD Files ToaccessthemicroSDfilesMicroSD 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 Toremovetheconnection ConnectingYour Phone toYour PCToconnectyourphonetoyourPC 151 Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 153 Taking PicturesTotakeapicturewiththephoneopen Totakeapicturewiththephoneclosed 155 CreatingYour SprintPCS Picture Mail PasswordTocreateyourSprintPCSPictureMailpassword Select PicturesMyAlbumsOnlineAlbums Camera Mode Options 157 UsingtheMacro/NormalSwitchSettingtheFlash Toactivatetheflash Tocanceltheself-timerafterithasstarted SettingtheSelf-TimerToactivatetheself-timer Tousethezoom UsingtheZoomTakingStitchShots Totakeastitchshot Tosetyourfavoritemode SettingYour Favorite ModeSelecting Camera Settings Toselectyourcamerasettings 161 Using the Settings & Info MenuToaccessthesettingsandinfomenu Select PicturesSettings&Info Details CameraIconIndicationFunction 163 RecordingVideosTorecordavideo 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 Select InPhone, InmicroSD, or OnlineAlbums Sending Pictures andVideos From MessagingTosendpicturesandvideosfromtheMessagingmenu 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 183 Setting SprintPCS Ready Link ModeToenableordisableSprintPCSReadyLinkmode Ready Link Call Alerts PreparingYour Phone for SprintPCS Ready Link Service 185 MainLCDDisplayDuringaReadyLinkCall Selecting a Contacts List Making and Receiving a SprintPCS Ready Link CallDisplaying the SprintPCS Ready Link List 187 Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call One-to-One CallToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkcallbyselectingacontact Using Sprint PCS Ready Link 189 Making a SprintPCS Ready Link Call Group CallToplaceaSprintPCSReadyLinkGroupcall 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 Select Goto left softkey PersonalListAddContact Adding a New ContacttoYour Personal ListToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkcontact 197 Adding a New Group toYour Personal Group ListToaddanewSprintPCSReadyLinkgroupentry Select Goto left softkey PersonalGrps.AddGroup ToeditaPersonalListcontact Editing a ContactinYour Personal List 199 Editing a Group inYour Personal Group ListToeditagroup 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 TousespeeddialforaSprintPCSReadyLinkentry Assigning Speed Dialing for SprintPCS Ready Link EntriesToassignspeeddialnumberstoSprintPCSReadyLinkentries 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 Floor Display of the SprintPCS Ready Link Calls Setting the Speakerphone for SprintPCS Ready Link CallsSetting the DefaultView of the SprintPCS Ready Link List 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 209 Playing aVideo or Audio ClipToselectandplayamediaclip 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 225 UsingVoicemailSetting UpYourVoicemail TodisplayyourMissedLog Voicemail NotificationNewVoicemail Message Alerts Tocallyourvoicemail 227 UsingOne-TouchMessageAccessRetrievingYourVoicemail Messages ToturnExpertModeonoroff UsingExpertModeVoicemail Options VoicemailButtonGuide 229 SettingUpGroupDistributionListsSprintPCSCallback Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessage Voicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReplyVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding 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 243 Getting StartedWith Sprint PCS Voice CommandIt’s EasytoGetStarted CreatingYour Own Address Book 245 Making a CallWith SprintPCS Voice CommandTomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand To access information using SprintPCSVoice Command Accessing Information Using Sprint PCSVoice 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 251 RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhoneTurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas SanyohasanM4rating UsingYourPhoneWithaHearingAidDevice 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 257 Owner’s RecordPhone Guide Proprietary Notice Warranty Manufacturer’s Warranty Manufacturer’sWarranty Warranty 259 Manufacturer’sWarrantyManufacturer’sLimitedWarranty This warranty is valid only in the United States Warranty 261 Index Index Index Index Index