Accessing Messaging, MessageTypes, 179 | Sprint Nextel Telephone

Accessing Messaging

You can send and receive email 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 Sprint National 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 Voicemail provides voicemail-to-mailbox messaging. For information on using your phone’s voicemail feature, see “Using Voicemail”on page 155.)

Accessing SprintMail

SprintVision

Sprint 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 Mail account from your phone or from your personal computer at www.sprint.com.

ToaccessSprintMailfromyourphone:

1.Select >Messaging>IM&Email.

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

3.Select the folder you wish to view, such as Inbox or Compose.

For information and instructions about reading, replying to, and composing Sprint Mail, please see the Sprint Vision Guide at www.sprint.com.

Section 3B: Sprint Vision

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Contents

Phone User Guide Table of Contents 100 116 2I. Using the Built-in Camera2J. Using Bluetooth 105 3B. SprintVision 3C. SprintVoice Command4A. Important Safety Information 4B. Manufacturer’s WarrantyPage Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint ThePowerToDoMore Phone Guide Introduction Iii Want to keep track of your minutes? Your Phone’s Menu MY Content 8TOOLS Vii Settings Viii Data 9TTY Inuse Menu Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up ServiceThis Section Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps Getting StartedWith SprintServiceDeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivated UnlockingYourPhone Tosetupyourvoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemail Sprint Account Passwords Account Password VoicemailPasswordSprintVisionPassword Getting Help ReachingSprintCustomerService TocallSprint411 ToaccessautomatedbillinginformationReceivingAutomatedBillingInformation Sprint411 ToaccessSprintOperatorServices SprintOperatorServices Using Your Phone Phone Basics Phone Basics PhoneBasics FrontView ofYour Phone Key Functions PhoneBasics Viewing the Display Screen PhoneBasics Phone Basics Features ofYour Phone Phone Basics Toturnyourphoneon TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOn TurningYourPhoneOff BatteryCapacity UsingYour Phone’s Battery and Charger Toremoveyourbattery InstallingtheBatteryRemovingtheBattery ToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery ChargingtheBattery UsingthePhoneChargerTousethephonechargerprovidedwithyourphone SelectingMenuItems NavigatingThrough Phone Menus Toreturntostandbymode DisplayingYour Phone NumberBackingUpWithinaMenu Togotothepreviousmenu Making Calls TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking and Answering Calls HoldingYour Phone Toplaceacallwiththephoneclosed Tips Dialing Options Answering Calls ToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneopenToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneclosed Answer or AnswerSpeaker to answer the call AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabled Todisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished ChangingtheRingerVolumeAdjustingVolumeDuringaConversation EndingaCall TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode Missed Call NotificationCalling Emergency Numbers TocalltheMissedCallentryfromthenotificationscreen Enhanced911E911Information ToexitEmergencymodeToselectEmergencymodeoptions In-Call Options End-of-Call Options Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Saving a Phone Number Finding a Phone Number Dialing and Saving Phone NumbersWith PausesTofindaphonenumber TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialing Plus + Code DialingTodialorsavephonenumberswithpauses Select ContactsFind/AddEntry Shortcut Using Speed DialingDialing From the Contacts List TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry EnteringText Selecting a Character InputModeTochangethecharacterinputmode ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Entering Characters UsingT9TextInput Toeditorerasethewordsyouhaveadded Select SettingsOthersTextEntryMyWordsAddingaWordtotheT9Database ToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase CustomizingtheT9Settings TocustomizetheT9SettingsSelect SettingsOthersTextEntryT9Settings Entering Characters Using AlphabetMode Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings SelectingRingerTypesforIncomingCalls Sound SettingsYourPhone’sSettings RingerTypes SelectingaVibratePattern ToselectaringertypeforincomingcallswhileroamingToselectavibratepattern Setting a Start-up/Power-offTone Using theVoice PromptSelecting aTone Length Selecting aToneType Setting Up Key Press EchoAdjusting the Phone’sVolume Settings AdjustingtheRingerVolume Toadjustthereceivervolume AdjustingtheAlertVolumeAdjustingthePhone’sReceiverVolume Toadjustthealertvolume ToactivateSilenceAll Alert NotificationSilence All Tosetalerts Display Settings Changing theTextGreetingChanging the BacklightTime Length Tochangetheanimationdisplay Select SettingsDisplayIncomingCallsChanging the Display Screen Animation Changing the Display for Incoming Calls Changing the Display for Area Name Changing the Phone’s Menu StyleChanging the Screen Saver Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby Mode Power Save ModeSleep Mode Setting Return to Standby Mode Changing theTextFontSizeTochangethetextfontsize Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Location Settings Messaging Settings SettingMessageNotificationTosetmessagenotification Select SettingsMessagingPresetMsgs ManagingPresetMessagesToeditapresetmessage Tochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages Tosetthedeliveryreceipt SettingaCallbackNumberSettingtheDeliveryReceiptforSMSTextMessaging Tosetthecallbacknumber SettingtheDraftsAlertforSMSTextMessaging SettingtheSpeakerphoneforSMSVoiceMessagingAddingaCustomizedSignature SettingtheSender’sNameforSMSVoiceMessaging SettinganAlertNotificationforSMSVoiceMessagingSettingAutoDeleteforSMSVoiceMessaging TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode Airplane Mode TTY UseWith SprintService ToturnTTY Modeonoroff Select SettingsOthersTTY Display Language Phone Setup OptionsToassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplay My Favorites Tosetyourtextentryoptions Auto-Answer ModeSettingTextEntry Options TosetAuto-Answermode ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeature Setting the CurrentTimeSetting the Open/Close Flip Option ToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature Setting Any Key Answer Setting the Side Key GuardSetting Navigation Key Shortcuts TomakeacallusingAbbreviatedDialing Setting Abbreviated DialingTosetupAbbreviatedDialing Select SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial Tosetheadsetmode Setting HeadsetModeSelect SettingsOthersHeadsetMode Select TurboButton Toconnecttheheadset Select ContactsWirelessBackup Wireless BackupActivatingandDeactivatingWirelessBackupService Toactivatethewirelessbackupservice Toviewyourwirelessbackupstatussign-instateonly ViewingYourWireless Backup StatusSetting theWireless Backup Alert Todeactivatethewirelessbackupservice Setting Your Phone’s Security Accessing the Security Menu UsingYour Phone’s Lock FeatureLockingYour Phone Locking the Pictures Menu Lock ServicesUnlockingYour Phone Changing the Lock Code Torestrictcalls Calling in Lock ModeRestricting Calls Toplaceanoutgoingcallinlockmode Using Special Numbers ToaddorreplaceaspecialnumberSelect OthersSpecial#s Toerasephonecontent Erasing Phone Content ToresetMyFavorites Resetting the BrowserResetting My Favorites Toresetthebrowser Toresetdefaultsettings Resetting DefaultSettings ResettingYour Phone ToresetyourphoneSelect Erase/ResetResetPhone. a disclaimer is displayed ResettingYour Picture Mail Account ToresetyourPictureMailaccountSelect PictureMailResetPictureMail a warning appears ToenableSprintVisionservices Security Features for SprintVisionEnabling and Disabling SprintVision Services TodisableSprintVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience Understanding Roaming RecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreenRoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Tosetyourphone’sroammode SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeSet Mode Select SettingsOthersRoamingSetMode ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon Using Call GuardSelect SettingsOthersRoamingCallGuard ToturnCallGuardonoroff Using Data Roam Guard TousedataserviceswhenDataRoamGuardisactiveTosettheDataRoamGuardnotification Managing Call History Managing Call History ToviewaCallHistoryentry Viewing History Call History Options Making a Call From Call History ToplaceacallfromCallHistoryTosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory ToeraseCallHistory Prepending a Phone Number From Call HistoryErasing Call History ToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory Using Contacts Select ContactsFind/AddEntryAddContact Using ContactsAdding a New Contacts Entry Toaddanewentry Toeditagroupentry Assigning a Group EntryToassignaContactentrytoagroup Select ContactsGroup TofindContactsentriesbyname Finding Contacts EntriesFindingNames FindingSpeedDialNumbers Tomakechangestoanentry Editing a Contacts EntryFindingGroupEntries Tofindentriesdesignatedaspartofagroup Contacts Entry Options Select EraseContactYes Assigning Speed Dial NumbersToassignaspeeddialnumbertoaselectedContactsentry Toeraseaselectedentry Toselectaringertypeforanentry Assigning an Image to a Contacts EntryAssigning a Ringer Type to an Entry Toassignanimageforanentry Tomakeanentrypublic SecretContacts EntriesTomakeanentrysecret Select SetSecret Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad Dialing SprintServicesTodialaservicefromyourContacts Select ContactsServices 105 Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools UsingYour Phone’s Calendar DisplayingYour CalendarAdding an Eventto the Calendar Event Alerts Event Alert MenuGoing to a Given Date Viewing Events Erasing a Day’s EventsErasing All Scheduled Events Otheroptionsavailableinclude Adding a Call Alarm to the CalendarToaddacallalarmtothecalendar Torespondtoacallalarm ToaddyourToDoListitemtotheschedule AddingTo Do ListItemsAdding aTo Do ListItem to the Schedule ToaddanitemtoyourToDoList Select ToolsAlarmClock UsingYour Phone’sToolsUsing the Alarm Clock Tousethealarmclock Torecordalaptimewhilethestopwatchisrunning Using the StopwatchTostartthestopwatch Select ToolsStopwatch Tousethecalculator Using the CalculatorToupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenu UpdatingYour Phone Toviewthetimeindifferentlocations Using the CountdownTimerTousethecountdowntimer World Clock DisplayingVersion Information Personal Information ManagementDisplayingYour User Address Finding Icon Definitions Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Using Your Phone’s Voice Services 117 UsingVoice-Activated DialingMaking a Call UsingVoice-Activated Dialing Touseavoicedialtagtocallaphonenumber Toreviewvoicedialtags ProgrammingVoice DialTagsReviewingVoice DialTags Toprogramavoicedialtag Torecordaphone conversation ManagingVoice MemosRecordingVoice Memos Torecordavoicememo Select Tools Voice Memo List ReviewingVoice MemosVoice Memo Options Toplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded 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 Using the Built-in Camera Using the Built-in Camera Taking Pictures Totakeapicturewiththephoneopen125 Totakeapicturewiththephoneclosed CreatingYour SprintPicture Mail Password TocreateyourSprintPictureMailpassword127 Camera Mode Options UsingtheZoom SettingtheSelf-Timer Totakeastitchshot TakingMultipleShotsTakingStitchShots Totakemultipleshots Selecting Camera Settings Setting Auto DeleteViewingYour AccountInformation CameraIconIndication FunctionDetails 133 Storing PicturesCamera Folder ToreviewyourpicturessavedintheInCamerafolder Camera Folder Options Thumbnail/Expand to switch to the Thumbnail/Expand view mode ToviewpicturesstoredintheSavedtoPhonefolder Saved to Phone FolderToassignapictureandsaveittotheSavedtoPhonefolder TosavemultiplepicturestotheSavedtoPhonefolder Select PicturesMyPicturesInCamera Sending SprintPicture MailSending Pictures From the In Camera Folder TosendpicturesfromtheInCamerafolder 137 Sending Pictures From Messaging TosendpicturesfromtheMessagingmenuSelect FromMyPictures, TakePicture, or OnlineAlbums 139 Using the SprintPicture MailWeb SiteToaccesstheSprintPictureMailWebsite Managing SprintPicture Mail Touploadpictures Managing Online Pictures FromYour PhoneUploading Pictures Toviewyouronlinepicturesfromyourphone TodownloadpicturesfromtheSprintPictureMailWebsite Accessing Online Picture Options FromYour PhoneToaccessyouronlinePictureoptionsfromyourphone DownloadingYour Online Pictures ToaccessyourOnlineAlbumsoptionsfromyourphone 143 Using Bluetooth ToturnBluetoothoff Turning Bluetooth On and OffBluetoothStatusIndicators ToturnBluetoothon TosetaBluetoothnameforyourphone Using the Bluetooth Settings MenuBluetooth Settings My Device Name ToaccesstheBluetoothSettingsmenu Tosetthevoicepriority Bluetooth SettingsVisibilityBluetooth SettingsVoice Priority Select SettingsBluetoothVisibility 147 Bluetooth Settings My Device InformationSetting Auto-Accept Todisplayyourphone’sdeviceinformation Bluetooth Profiles Pairing Bluetooth Devices PairedDevicesWaitingforRequest Tousethetrusteddevicesoptions Using theTrusted Devices Options Sending Data via Bluetooth TosenddataviaBluetooth151 152 Sprint Service Features Sprint Service Features The Basics Sprint Service Features The Basics UsingVoicemail Setting UpYourVoicemail155 Voicemail Notification NewVoicemail Message AlertsTocallyourvoicemail UsingOne-TouchMessageAccess RetrievingYourVoicemail Messages157 UsingExpertMode Voicemail OptionsVoicemailKeyGuide SettingUpGroupDistributionLists ToturnExpertModeonoroff159 Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding Sprint CallbackVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessage Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReply Tocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Clearing the Message IconVoicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest ExtendedAbsenceGreeting Voicemail Menu Key 163 Using SMSTextMessagingComposing SMSTextMessages TocomposeanSMSTextmessage ToreadanSMSTextmessage Accessing SMSTextMessages 165 Using PresetMessagesTosendpresetmessagesintothetextbox ToreplytoanSMSTextmessage ToplayanSMSVoicemessagefromthemainmenu Using SMSVoice MessagingPlaying an SMSVoice Message Composing SMSVoice Messages 167 Accessing SMSVoice MessagesToplayanSMSVoicemessage ToreplytoanSMSVoicemessage TomakeaThree-WayCall Making aThree-Way Call Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall Using Caller IDToswitchbacktothefirstcaller Responding to CallWaiting Using Call Forwarding ToactivateCallForwardingTodeactivateCallForwarding 171 Sprint Vision Sprint Vision SprintVision Applications UpdatingYourUserName ToupdateyourusernameGetting StartedWith SprintVision Your User Name Tofindyourusername Launching a SprintVision ConnectionFindingYourUserName TheSprintVisionHomePage 175 TochangeyourNetGuardsettingsSelect SettingsDataNetGuard Net Guard SprintVision Connection Status and Indicators Navigating theWeb SoftkeysScrolling Selecting GoingBackGoingHome MessageTypes Accessing MessagingAccessing SprintMail ToaccessSprintMailfromyourphone Toaccessemailprovidersfromyourphone Accessing Additional Email Providers Accessing InstantMessaging Toaccessinstantmessagingclientsfromyourphone181 Topostamessage AccessingWireless ChatroomsToaccessachatroomfromthebrowser Select Chat&Dating Select JumbuckChat&Flirt 183 AccessingtheMyContentMenusToaccesstheSprintVisiondownloadmenus Select MyContent SelectinganItemtoDownload DownloadinganItemTodownloadaselecteditem UsingMyContentManager ToaccessMyContentManager185 TodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager Using the Browser Menu Exploring theWeb187 Toopenthebrowsermenu OpeningtheBrowserMenu Tocreateabookmark AccessingaBookmarkToaccessabookmark CreatingaBookmark Todeleteabookmark DeletingaBookmarkGoingtoaSpecificWebsite ReloadingaWebPage TorestarttheWebbrowser SendingaWebPageRestartingtheWebBrowser TosendaWebpage UsingYour Phone as a Modem SettingUpaDataConnectionWithYourPCTosetupyourphone-to-PCdataconnection 193 SprintVision FAQs HowdoIsigninforthefirsttime?Whenismydataconnectionactive? CanIsignoutofdataservices? Whenismydataconnectiondormant?195 Sprint Voice Command Sprint Voice Command Getting StartedWith Sprint Voice Command It’sEasytoGetStarted197 CreatingYour Own Address Book Making a CallWith Sprint Voice Command TomakeacallwithSprintVoiceCommand199 ToaccessinformationusingSprint VoiceCommand Accessing Information Using Sprint Voice Command Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information General Precautions Important Safety Information203 UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices Maintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your PhoneUsingYourPhoneWhileDriving FollowingSafetyGuidelines 205 RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhoneTurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying TurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas UsingYourPhoneWithaHearingAidDevice 207 Getting the BestHearing Device Experience WithYour Phone ProtectingYourBattery Caring for the Battery 209 Radio Frequency RF Energy FCCRadioFrequencyEmission SpecificAbsorptionRatesSARforWirelessPhones 211 FCCNotice Phone Guide Proprietary Notice Owner’s Record Manufacturer’s Warranty Manufacturer’sWarrantyWarranty 213 Manufacturer’sWarranty Manufacturer’sLimitedWarrantyWarranty Warranty 215 Copyright 2007 InnoPath Software. 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