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Next G™ network
User Guide
The Next G™ network gives
you everything you need, faster.
One-click applications, instant
downloads, on-the-spot browsing,
mobile TV and email from many
places means you can have the
whole world in your pocket.
Let’s start the ride.
Welcome to Australia’s Largest
and Fastest National Mobile Network.
Getting Started
Setting up your phone 03
Copying your contacts 05
Setting up voice and
Video MessageBank™ 07
Personalise your phone 09
MyEmail 10
MySync 13
Video Calling
How to make a mobile
to mobile video call 17
Barring your video
calling service 18
My Place – your mobile menu
BigPond® Mobile Services 21
Mobile FOXTEL from Telstra 25
Yellow™ Mobile 27
BigPond Music 29
1234 35
Whereis® Mobile 37
BigBlog & Photos 43
Picture Messaging 52
Downloads 55
My Account 59
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Getting started
You can set up your Next G™ mobile quickly and easily.
Inserting the Next G™ SIM card
The SIM card stores your contacts and personal settings.
Insert your SIM card like this:
Setting up your phone
Charging your phone
Your phone should already be at
least half-charged. Simply plug
your phone in until the battery-level
indicator on your screen shows it is full
– this is usually after 4 or more hours.
Try to charge your mobile until it is
completely full for the rst charge,
after this you can charge your phone
as and when needed.
Your mobile has a battery-level
indicator on the screen*. Your
battery power level is here.
* Battery indicator and placement on screen
may vary between handsets.
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Copying your contacts
Depending on how you purchased your Next G™ mobile,
selected Telstra Shops and Dealers may have already
transferred your contacts from your old handset to your
Next G™ mobile.
OR
There are 2 ways to copy your contacts yourself.
See the next page.
1. Copying contacts from your SIM card
a) Remove the SIM card from your old mobile and put it
into your new mobile.
b) You’ll be prompted to copy all of the contacts. Once your
contacts have been copied, remove the old SIM and put
your new Telstra Next G™ SIM back into your Telstra
Next G™ mobile. You can leave your contacts on your
mobile or move them to the Next G™ SIM.
2. Copying contacts from your mobile phone address book
a) Put your new Telstra Next G™ SIM card into your old
mobile and copy the contacts to the Telstra Next G™ SIM.
b) When you’ve copied the contacts to the Telstra Next G™
SIM card, put it in your new Telstra Next G™ mobile.
You can leave your contacts in the Telstra Next G™
SIM address book or copy them direct to the mobile.
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Setting up your voice and Video MessageBank™
1. Voice MessageBank®
To set up your personal voice greeting, dial 101 and then
press the voice call button on your handset to call your
MessageBank® service.
Once your call is connected, simply follow the prompts.
2. Video MessageBank
a) Check you are in a Next G™ coverage area then dial 101
(in Australia only) and press the video call button to make
a video call to your Video MessageBank™ service.
b) Follow the visual and audio prompts to set your Video
MessageBank PIN.
c) Record your video personal greeting or select a fun
greeting. You can also view an introduction to your
new Video MessageBank service.
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Personalise your phone with BigPond Tones & Pics
1. Press the BigPond button where it’s Free to Browse1.
2. Select Tones & Pics from the Home tab and choose from
the list displayed, eg to choose a wallpaper for your mobile,
select Pics.
3. Once you nd a wallpaper you like, click Buy. The next screen
will tell you the price and ask you to conrm your purchase.
After a moment, you’ll see a conrmation screen telling you
that the image has been downloaded.
4. Your chosen wallpaper will appear on your handset, you can
save it as a pic, and then set it as your new wallpaper straight
away! To get a new ringtone or SMS tone, just choose Tones
and follow the same instructions.
MyEmail
Access email on your mobile from multiple accounts
such as BigPond®, Windows Live Hotmail or Yahoo7! Mail.
MyEmail is available on the Next G™ network with a
compatible handset.
To nd out if your mobile phone is compatible go to
www.telstra.com/myemail. Then nd out how to get even
more value with MyConnect at www.telstra.com/myconnect
To nd out how to use MyEmail, go to the next page.
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To use MyEmail:
Step 1 Select the MyEmail
icon on the My Place,
BigPond or phone menu
Step 3 Follow the onscreen
instructions to setup
your email account
Step 2 Select the link
to the MyEmail
preloaded WAP site,
which will take you
to the setup page
Step 4 Select Manage MyEmail
and follow the onscreen
instructions
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MySync
An automatic online backup service for contacts saved
on your mobile handset so you will not lose this valuable
information if you lose, break or upgrade your mobile phone.
MySync is available on the Next G™ network with a compatible
handset. To nd out if your mobile phone is compatible go to
www.telstra.com/mysync. Then nd out how to get even more
value with MyConnect at www.telstra.com/myconnect
To use MySync on your mobile phone:
Step 1 Select the MySync icon on the
My Place or BigPond menu
Step 2 Follow the quick setup wizard
and sync your contacts
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Next G™ mobile to mobile video calling means you can talk face
to face in many places.
Video calling