T-mobile GRAVITY 3 User Manual

getting started

OVERVIEW

This guide provides you with information to get started. For more information and support, please visit www.t-mobile.

com/support where you can:

nRegister on www.my.t-mobile.com to check your minutes, pay your bill, upgrade your phone, and change your rate plan.

nReview the user manual and troubleshooting FAQs.

nView the latest troubleshooting solutions in the Support Forums or ask a question of your own.

You can also access help information on your phone:

nFrom the main screen, select Menu and then select

Settings > Help.

nFrom the Home screen, select Menu and then select Settings > My Account to view monthly usage, bill summary, and other account information.

Service ACTIVATION

If you are a new T-Mobile customer and your service has not been activated, simply call Customer Care at 1-800-937- 8997 from your landline phone and a T-Mobile Activations representative will assist you.

You will need the following information when activating service:

nService Agreement and agent code on you agreement

nYour name, home address, home phone, and billing address

NOTE: For business and government accounts, please provide the name of your company or government agency, address, and tax ID.

nYour Social Security number, current driver’s license number, and date of birth for credit check purposes

nYour choice of T-Mobile rate plan and services (see www.t-mobile.com for latest plan information)

nSIM serial number and IMEI number (located on the box bar code label)

Table of Contents
Introducing Your Phone ..............................................	1
Typing Tips...................................................................	2
SIM Card and Battery...................................................	4
Memory Card...............................................................	6
Power ..........................................................................	6
Call Functions .............................................................	7
Volume.........................................................................	7
Contacts.......................................................................	7
Voicemail......................................................................	9
Faves GalleryTM..........................................................	11
Bluetooth® Setup........................................................	13
Emergency Dialing.....................................................	14
Caring for your Phone................................................	15
Tips for Safety............................................................	16

By activating service, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by each of T-Mobile’s Terms and Conditions and your Service Agreement.

Introducing your phonE

Volume keys

Left Soft key

Send key

Press to make and answer calls

Messaging key

Press to assign to a messaging application

Charger / headset port

Navigation and OK key

Right Soft key

End key

Press and hold to power on/off. Press to hang up, exit menus.

Clear / Back key

* key				# key
Press and hold				Press and
to lock the				hold to turn
keypad				on/off silent
				mode.

Typing tips

Your phone has a convenient slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Using the QWERTY keyboard you can enter letters, numbers, punctuation, and other special characters faster than using the phone keyboard.

Alt key
Press to type	Navigation	Clear /
alternate
	keys	Back key
characters for a key.

Press to insert www or .com when entering a URL or e-mail address.

			OK key

Left Soft	Right Soft
key		key

Symbol / Shift key

Press to type capital letters or symbols.

Press the Alt key

+ Symbol / Shift key to access the symbol list.

Return key

Press to go to the next line in a text entry screen.

Use the phone keyboard

Your phone supports four text modes.

nABC mode: This mode allows you to type letters by pressing the keys until the correct letter

displays. For example, press the 7 key three times, the 8 key twice, and the 6 key twice to type RUN.

nT9® mode: This mode allows you to type words with only one press per letter and the phone predicts the

word you want. For example, press

7, 8, 6 to type RUN.

nNumber mode: This mode allows you to type numbers.

nSymbol mode: This mode allows you to type symbols, such as punctuation marks.

Tip:Tochange modewhileinthe textentryscreen, presstheRight Softkeyandselect ABC,T9(English), SymbolorNumeric

sim CARD and battery

Your Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card identifies you to the wireless network. Your phone will not work without the SIM

card.

To insert the SIM and battery:

1.Detach your SIM card.

2.Insert your fingernail into the slot on the back cover and lift the cover off of your phone.

3.Slide the SIM card into the slot as shown.

4.Align the golden contacts on the battery with the contacts in the battery compartment. Snap the battery into place and replace the back cover.

5.Plug the charger into the phone and into an electrical outlet. When the charging is complete, disconnect the charger from the phone.

memory card

Your phone does not ship with a microSD memory card but you can purchase one for storing multimedia files such as video clips, music tracks, sound files, images, and messaging data.

To insert the memory card:

1.Insert your fingernail into the slot on the

back cover and lift the cover off of your phone.

2.Slide the memory card into the memory card slot with the gold contacts facing down.

3.Push the memory card into the slot until it clicks into place.

4.Replace the back cover.

Power

To turn on the phone, press and hold the red End key.

To turn off phone, press and hold the red End key.

call functions

To make a call, dial the number and press the green Send key.

To answer a call, select Accept or press the green Send key. To end a call, press the red End key.

volume

Press the Volume key on the left side of the phone to:

nMute an incoming ring

nAdjust ear volume during a call

nAdjust media volume

contacts

About Mobile Backup

Mobile Backup is a free service that lets you store contact information on your phone and on www.my.t-mobile.com. You can manage contacts on your phone or on the Web and the changes are synchronized. With Mobile Backup, you don’t have to worry about losing your contact information if you lose

your phone.

You may choose to not use this feature but your address book may be backed up in order to deliver certain services. See the FAQ section on www.my.t-mobile.com for details.

Add contacts

1.From the main screen, enter the contact’s phone number.

2.Select Options.

3.Scroll to and select Save to contacts.

4.Select New.

5.Select Mobile, Home, Work, or Others.

6.Enter the contact’s information.

7.Select Save.

Call contacts

1.From the main screen, press the Navigation key down to open the contacts list.

2.Scroll to the contact.

3.Press the green Send key to call.

voicemail

Use voicemail

To set up voicemail, press and hold the 1 key and follow the tutorial.

To reset the password to the last four digits of your phone number, type #PWD# or #793# and press the green Send key.

To call voicemail, press and hold the 1 key.

Use Visual Voicemail

With Visual Voicemail you can play and replay messages in any order, save voice messages to your phone, choose how to respond to messages, share special audio messages using

e-mail, and create personalized greetings.

To set up Visual Voicemail:

1.From the main screen, select Menu.

2.Scroll to and select Messaging.

3.Scroll to and select Voicemail.

4.Select Yes to set up Visual Voicemail.

5.Select Personal greeting, Name only, or Standard greeting.

6.Select Next.

7.If you selected Personal greeting or Name only, select Record.

8.Speak your name or message.

9.Select OK to stop recording.

10. Select Save.

To check Visual Voicemail:

1.From the main screen, select Menu.

2.Scroll to and select Messaging.

3.Scroll to and select Voicemail.

4.Scroll to the voicemail you want to listen to and select

Open.

5.Select Play.

To reply to Visual Voicemail:

1.From the main screen, select Menu.

2.Scroll to and select Messaging.

3.Scroll to and select Voicemail.

4.Scroll to the voicemail you want to reply to.

5.Select Options.

6.Select Reply.

7.Select Call or Send message.

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