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Welcome!

Sprint is committed to developing technologies that give you the ability to get what you want when you want it, faster than ever before. This booklet introduces you to the basics of getting started with Sprint and your Sprint Flash™.

Visit sprint.com/support for the complete User Guide, along with videos, tutorials, and community forums for your phone.

Note: Available applications and services are subject to change at any time.

The services described in this guide may require a subscription to a service plan and/or may incur additional charges. Not all services will work on all phones. See sprint.com/coverage for more details.

Portions of this guide are reproductions of work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.

Important Privacy Message. This phone is capable of determining its/your geographical location. To set controls for access and use of your location information by others, touch Select Use Wireless Networks and/or Use GPS satellites for location sources. Follow any applicable prompts These settings for the use of location information can be turned on and off. For some applications and services you select, a phone must be turned on and set to allow collection of location information in order to function.

Please be advised that if you use a third party application, the application may collect your personal information or require Sprint to disclose your customer information, including location information (when applicable), to the application provider or some other third party. Sprint’s policies do not apply to these third party applications. Please carefully review the application’s terms of use and/or the application provider’s policies for more information about how the application will collect, access, use or disclose your information before using a thirdparty application. Terms of use and other policies usually are available on the application provider’s website.

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> > Settings > Location services.

Index

Activate 2 Answer a Phone Call 13 Applications 9, 21

Battery 1 Battery Saving Tips 31 Bluetooth 25 Buttons 8

Camera 20 Contacts 16-17

Drag screen 5

Email 18-19

Games 23 Gestures 4–5 Gmail 18

Google 24 Google Play Store 23 GPS Navigation 29

Home Screen 6

Internet 21

Keyboards 10-12 Keys 8

Make a Phone Call 13 Maps 24 Messages 15 Microsoft Exchange

ActiveSync 18–19 Mute 13 Music 26

Navigation 29

Phone Call 13 Phone Number 16 Picture Messages 15 Pictures 20 Play Store 23 Predictive Text 12

QWERTY Keyboards

10–12

Resources 33 Responsibilty 33

Settings 30 Screen 1 Shortcuts 7 Slide 5 Sprint Applications 28-29 Sprint Customer Service 32

Sprint Zone 29 Status Bar 6

Touch 4 T9 Trace 5, 10

Unlock Screen 1

Videos 20 Voicemail 14

Web 21 Widgets 7 Wi-Fi 22

YouTube 24

Using This Guide

This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your new Sprint Flash. It’s divided into four sections to help you ﬁnd the information you need quickly and easily.

Get Ready − page 1 − Find out what

you need to do before you use your phone the ﬁrst time, including inserting a battery and activating Sprint service on your phone.

Android Basics − page 4 − Learn some

basics about how to move around on your phone, use the home screen, and enter text. If you’re familiar with Android phones, you can probably skip these pages (although a refresher course never hurt anyone).

Use Your Phone − page 14 − Take

advantage of your phone’s features and Sprint services, from the basics (Making Calls) to the more advanced (using Google Play™, WiFi, and more).

Tools & Resources − page 30 − Find

useful tips for your phone and discover resources and other helpful Sprint information. For additional information including the full User Guide, videos, tutorials, and community forums, visit sprint.com/support.

Using This Guide

Your Sprint Flash

Earpiece Headset Jack

Volume Buttons

Touchscreen

Back Key

Home Key

Power Button

Front Camera Lens

Recent Applications Key

Camera Lens

Camera Button

Speaker

Flash

Charger/ Accessory Jack

Resources

Resources For Your Phone

• This Get Started Guide to get you up and running.

• Web – Visit sprint.com/support for the

complete User Guide, along with videos, tutorials, and community forums for your Sprint Flash.

• Sprint Zone – Press access account services, Sprint news, phone information, suggested applications, and more.

Sprint 411

Dial 411 for nationwide listings, movie show times, restaurant reservations, driving directions and more. Spanish-speaking operators are available. See sprint.com for pricing and details.

> > Sprint Zone to

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Responsibility

At Sprint, environmental responsibility is more than talk. We’re continuously working to reduce our carbon footprint and decrease our use of natural resources.

So where is my user guide?

To support our increased responsibility efforts, we’ve put expanded instructional materials online for you. Just visit sprint.com/support from any computer to access your complete user guide and other support materials.

What else has Sprint been doing?

Plenty. To ﬁ nd out just what we’ve been up to, visit sprint.com/responsibility.

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Tools & Resources

Manage Your Account

Get Your Phone Ready

Online: www.sprint.com

• Make a payment, see your bills, enroll in online

billing

• Check minute usage and account balance

• See or modify the details of your Sprint service

plan

• Get detailed instructions and download content

From Your Sprint Phone

• Touch to check minute usage and

account balance.

• Touch to make a payment.

• Touch to access the Sprint Zone, where

you can check your account, update your phone, watch video tutorials, or contact Sprint Customer Service.

From Any Other Phone

• Sprint Customer Service:

Dial 1-888-211-4727

• Business Customer Service: Dial 1-888-788-4727

Install the Battery

1. Insert a coin or other ﬂ at object into the slot at

the bottom of the battery compartment cover to remove the cover.

2. Insert the battery, contacts end ﬁ rst, and gently

press the battery into place.

3. Replace the back cover.

Charge the Battery

1. Insert the USB cable into the AC adapter.

2. Insert the small end of the USB cable into

the charger/accessory jack on the left side of the phone.

3. Plug the AC adapter into a standard AC

power outlet.

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Turn the Phone On

• Press and hold the Power button.

Unlock the Screen

• Touch and hold to unlock it.

Turn the Screen On and Off

• To quickly turn the display screen off, press the

power button on top of the phone.

• To turn the screen on and display the unlock screen, press the power button.

Turn the Phone Off

• Press and hold the power button and then

touch Power off > OK to turn the phone off.

Get Ready

Activate Your Phone

Battery-Saving Tips

Activate Your Phone

• If you purchased your phone at a Sprint Store, it

is probably activated and ready to use.

• If you received your phone in the mail, and it is a new Sprint account or a new phone number, your phone is designed to activate automatically when you ﬁ rst turn it on. You will see a Hands Free Activation screen at startup. When it’s ﬁ nished, touch OK to continue. To conﬁ rm your activation, make a phone call.

• If you received your phone in the mail and it is going to be activated on an existing number (you’re swapping phones), go to sprint.com/activate and follow the instructions.

When you have ﬁ nished, make a phone call to conﬁ rm your activation. If your phone is still not activated or you do not have access to the Internet, contact Sprint Customer Service at 1-888-211-4727 for assistance.

Manage the Display Brightness and Sleep Timeout

• Touch > > Settings > Display >

Brightness to modify the backlight setting as desired.

• Touch > > Settings > Display > Sleep and select a short duration before the phone goes into sleep mode.

• To turn off the screen, press the Power button. The phone will continue to function.

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Manage Your Phone’s Wireless Functions

Disable the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS functions of the phone when you’re not using them.

• Use the toggle options in either the Power control widget or the main Settings menu to turn these off when not in use. From the Power control widget, touch Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, or Sync to toggle these options on or off.

For more useful tips about battery care and safety, see the User Guide at www.sprint.com/support.

Tools & Resources

Tools & Resources: Settings

Phone Basics

Explore ways to customize your phone, set permissions, update your phone, and more in the Settings menu.

Accessing Settings

1. Touch > > Settings.

2. Select the settings category you want to change.

To select or clear check boxes (a common setting method), touch the check box.

Categories include:

• Wi-Fi

• Bluetooth

• Data usage

• Call

• More...

• Sound

• Display

• Storage

• Battery

• Apps

• Connect to PC

• System updates

• Activate this device

• Accounts & sync

• Location services

• Security

• Language & input

• Backup & reset

• Date & time

• Accessibility

• Developer options

• About phone

For detailed information about settings, please see the User Guide at sprint.com/support.

These instructions help you set up various options and applications, including setting up your Google™ Account.*

Sprint Connections Optimizer

Following phone activation, you may see a Sprint Connections Optimizer notice. Read the notice and touch I Agree to allow your phone to connect automatically to the best available data network, including WiFi.

Note: You can turn off Sprint Connections Optimizer at any time. Touch Settings > More > Mobile networks > Connections Optimizer.

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Set Up a Google Account

Setting up a Google Account lets you access many features of your Android phone. It also allows you to sync Google contacts and apps you may previously have used.

1. Touch >

sync.

2. Touch ADD ACCOUNT and then touch Google.

3. Follow the prompts to set up a new Google

Account or sign in to an existing Google Account.

* You do not need to sign up for a Google Account

to use your phone; however, to download content from the Google Play™ Store app, you must link your phone to a Google Account.

> Settings > Accounts &

Get Ready

Android Basics: Getting Around Your Phone

Move Around Your Phone’s Menus and Screens

Your phone’s touchscreen lets you control everything through various types of touches, or gestures.

Touch: When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select items such as application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your ﬁ nger. A light touch works best.

Touch and hold: To display the available options for an item simply touch and hold the item.

Flick: Move your ﬁ nger in lighter, quicker strokes than swiping. This ﬁ nger gesture is always used in a vertical motion, such as when ﬂ icking through contacts or a message list.

Touch

Flick

Touch and hold

Get Scout

1. Touch

2. Touch Apps > Sprint > Scout and follow the

prompts to download and install the app.

Use TeleNav GPS Navigator

1. Touch > > Scout.

2. Follow the onscreen instructions to access,

launch, and use.

Note: Before using any navigation programs, make sure your phone is set to allow location detection, and then select which sources you want to use.

> > Settings > Location services.

Touch Select Use wireless networks and/or Use GPS satellites for location sources.

> Play Store .

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Sprint Zone

Enhance your Sprint experience. The free Sprint Zone application makes it a snap to manage your account, get tips and tricks for your phone, ﬁ nd recommended apps, and more.

1. Touch > > Sprint Zone .

2. From the Sprint Zone Web page, scroll up or

down and touch an item to check your account, read the latest news about your phone, load an application, and more.

Use Your Phone

Sprint Applications

Access additional exclusive Sprint features right from your phone.

Sprint Music Plus

In addition to the Music application (see page

26), your phone offers Sprint Music Plus, an all-in-one music store and player for full songs, ringtones, and ringback tones.

Get Sprint Music Plus

1. Touch > > Play Store

2. Touch Apps > Sprint > Sprint Music Plus and

follow the prompts to download and install the app.

Use Sprint Music Plus

► Touch

• Touch My Library to access all your music, including items you have purchased or loaded onto your phone’s microSD card.

> > Sprint Music Plus.

• Touch Downloads to access your list of downloaded music.

• Touch Music Store to access the music store, where you can search for, sample, and purchase DRM-free music.

• Touch Ringtone Store or Ringback Tone Store to ﬁ nd and purchase new ringtones

and ringback tones for your phone.

• For more information, touch Help & About.

> More >

Scout™

ScoutTM by Telenav is a daily personal navigator that helps you get where you’re going. It lets you see and hear turn-by-turn directions and it can provide important, personalized information about trafﬁ c and alternate routes.

Swipe or slide: Quickly drag your ﬁ nger vertically or horizontally across the screen.

Drag: Press and hold your ﬁ nger with some pressure before you start to move it. Do not release your ﬁ nger until you have reached the target position.

Rotate: Activate the auto-rotate feature to automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning the phone sideways.

Pinch and Spread: “Pinch” the screen using your thumb and foreﬁ nger to zoom out or “spread” the screen to zoom in when viewing a picture or a Web page.

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Swipe or slide, Drag

Pinch and Spread

Rotate

Android Basics

Your Home Screen

Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter & More

Viewing Your Home Screen

Your phone’s Home screen extends horizontally to ﬁ ve full screens. This gives you room to customize your phone and put the things you need front and center, just a swipe away.

• To display the main (center) Home screen, touch

• To view extended screens, swipe the screen left or right. There are two additional screens on each side of the main Home screen.

from any screen.

Status Bar

The status bar at the top of the Home screen lets you quickly see both your phone status (connections, signal strength, battery) and any current notiﬁ cations.

Notiﬁ cation area

Phone

status area

You can set up and access all your favorite social media apps on the go.

Set Up Social Networking Accounts

Before using your social networking accounts, you may need to download them from the Google Play Store app.

1. Touch >

2. Browse or search for the app you want to

download, for example Facebook for Android, Twitter, or Instagram.

3. Touch the app and then touch Install. Follow the

prompts to download and install the app.

> Play Store .

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Use Social Networking Accounts

1. Touch >

Instagram, etc.).

2. Follow the onscreen instructions to sign into

your account, for example, by entering a user name and password.

3. Update your status, post pictures, follow

your Sprint Flash.

Note: Touch depending on the account type.

Tip: You can add Home screen widgets for many social networking apps. Touch

> Widgets, and then touch and hold a widget and drag it to an empty space on a home page.

favorite tweets, and more, all on your

to access settings for your apps,

> Facebook (or Twitter,

Use Your Phone

Music

Adding Music to Your Music Folder

Before you can listen to music with the Music application on your phone, you will need to load songs into your Music folder.

1. Use the supplied USB cable to connect your

phone to an available USB port on your computer.

2. When you see the USB icon in the Notiﬁ cations

status, pull open the Notiﬁ cations panel and make sure Media device (MTP) is the selected mode.

3. On your computer, locate the MTP device,

double-click either SD Card or Phone (depending on where you want to store your ﬁ les), and open or create the Music folder.

4. Copy music ﬁ les from your computer to the

music folder.

5. When you are done, follow your computer’s

procedures to safely remove the drive, and then disconnect the phone from the USB cable.

Listening to Music

1. Touch >

2. Touch Artists, Albums, Songs, or Playlists.

3. Touch a song to begin playing.

• Use the controls at the bottom to play, pause, or skip songs.

Note: Your phone includes additional music playing options, including Google Play™ Music (Play Music) and Sprint Music Plus.

> Music.

Notiﬁ cations Panel

You can expand the notiﬁ cation area to provide more detailed information about the current onscreen notiﬁ cation icons.

1. Drag down the notiﬁ cations panel to see your

notiﬁ cations.

2. Touch a notiﬁ cation entry to open the associated

application.

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Add Items to Your Home Screen

1. Touch and then touch

2. To add an app shortcut, touch Apps and then

touch and hold an app icon and drag it to the home screen. To add a widget, touch Widgets and then touch and hold a widget and drag it to the Home screen.

Android Basics

Buttons and Keys

Bluetooth

Buttons and Keys

The bottom of the phone screen contains three static keys that let you perform speciﬁ c functions. Above this row is a row of program icons that are available from every Home screen.

Apps

Home key

Messaging

Sprint ID

Recent Apps key

Phone

Back key

Contacts

• Home Key ( ) – Touch to return to the main Home screen.

• Back key ( ) – Touch to return to the previous screen view.

• Recent Apps key ( ) – Touch to display a list of recently used applications. Touch an item to open it.

• Phone icon ( ) – Touch to open the phone screen.

• Contacts icon ( )- Touch to open your Contacts list.

• Apps icon ( ) – Touch to display the applications list.

• Messaging icon ( Messaging app.

• Sprint ID icon ( )- Touch to open the Sprint ID application.

)- Touch to open the

Pair and Connect With a Bluetooth®Capable Device

1. Verify your Bluetooth is active. (Touch > >

Settings > Bluetooth and slide the switch to ON

to turn on Bluetooth.)

2. From the Bluetooth settings page, touch your

phone’s name to make it discoverable by other devices.Your phone must be visible to successfully pair with an external phone.

3. Touch Search for Devices. (Your phone will display

a list of discovered in-range Bluetooth devices.)

4. Touch a device from the list to initiate pairing.

5. Enter the passkey or PIN code, or verify the

shared key, and touch Pair.

6. The external device will then have to also accept

the connection and enter your or verify phone’s PIN code.

7. Once you’re paired with a device, your connection

should launch. The current connection status.

and icons show your

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Share Contacts, Files, or Pictures Using Bluetooth

1. Open the application containing the ﬁ le you

want to share (for example, touch > >

Gallery).

2. Locate the ﬁ le or entry you want to share.

• You can send pictures and videos directly from the camera or from Gallery, Calendar events, Contacts (as vCards), music tracks, and voice recordings. Not all devices will be able to receive all ﬁ le types.

3. Depending on the application, touch

Bluetooth or touch and hold the ﬁ le and select Share (or Send) > Bluetooth.

4. Touch the name of the device to which you’re

sending the ﬁ le. (If prompted, touch Yes to turn Bluetooth on.)

Use Your Phone

Google™ Mobile Services

Your Sprint Flash provides easy access to a variety of Google services including Gmail™, Google Talk™, Google Maps™, Google Navigation, and YouTube™.

• Gmail – The Google mail service. Your Gmail account lets you access many Google-related services as well as the Google Play™. (See “Set Up a Gmail Account” on page 18.)

• Google Talk – Google’s instant messaging service. Touch the service. (If you’re signed in to your Gmail account, you are already signed in to Google Talk.)

> > Talk to begin using

• Google Maps and Google Navigation – The Google location programs let you track your current location, view real-time trafﬁ c situations, and receive detailed directions to your destination. They also provide search tools where you can locate places of interest or an address on a vector or aerial map, or view locations in street level. Touch using the services.

• YouTube – View and share videos on one of the Web’s most popular video sites. Touch

available videos. Sign in with your Gmail account to upload your own videos.

> > Maps or Navigation to begin

> YouTube to browse through and view

Open Apps

• If an app is on one of your Home screens, just

touch it to open it.

• If an app is not available from your Home screen, touch (if you’re not already on the Home screen), touch to display the apps list, and then touch the app icon from the alphabetical list. You may

have to scroll right or left to ﬁ nd the app you’re looking for.

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Access Recently-Used Apps

Your phone keeps a running list of your most recently used apps.

1. Touch to open the recently-used apps

window.

2. Touch an icon to open an app.

Android Basics

Entering Text With the Onscreen Keyboard

Google Play™ Store App

Your QWERTY Keyboards

There are three ways to use the QWERTY keyboard on your Sprint Flash: Android keyboard (traditional typing), Swype, and TouchPal Keyboard. The Swype and TouchPal keyboards give you options to enter whole words quickly. When you select a ﬁ eld that requires text or numbers, an onscreen keyboard will appear. (If you don’t see the keyboard when, for instance, you’re entering contact information, just touch the ﬁ eld you’re working on to bring it up.) The phone’s onscreen QWERTY keyboards can be used in either portrait or landscape mode.

Note: To switch between keyboard types, drag the notiﬁ cations bar down from the top of the screen, touch Select input method, and then touch the method you want to use.

Using Swype to Enter Text

Swype lets you enter words by tracing over the letters in a single motion.

1. Touch an onscreen character, and then, while

maintaining your ﬁ nger onscreen, drag to the next character in the desired word.

2. Repeat this process until the desired characters

have been drawn over. Select from an onscreen list of possible word matches (if prompted). This occurs if your current action has generated more than one possible word match.

Find new Android apps, books, movies, and music for your phone on Google Play™.

Download Apps and Games

1. Touch

2. The ﬁ rst time you visit the Google Play Store app,

touch Accept to accept the Terms of Service.

3. To ﬁ nd what you want quickly:

• Browse through featured apps and games.

• Search for an app or game. Touch

4. Touch an app or game to read a description and

user reviews.

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> >

Play Store .

Scroll through the options or browse by categories within Apps, Games, Music,

Magazines, Books, or Movies.

top of the Google Play Store app home screen, enter the name or key word, and then touch

in the bottom right corner.

at the

5. Touch Install (for free apps) or the price (for

paid applications) and follow the onscreen prompts.

Note: You must have a Google (Gmail) Account set up on your phone to purchase and download applications from the Google Play Store app.

Opening Installed Apps and Games

• Touch > . Locate the downloaded item

and touch it to launch. You can also launch from the Play Store >

> My apps.

Use Your Phone

Wi-Fi

Connect to a Wi-Fi Network

When you’re in range of an available Wi-Fi network you can use your phone’s Wi-Fi feature to access the Internet and other data services.

1. Touch

2. Touch the icon next to Wi-Fi and slide to the

“on” position to turn Wi-Fi on.

3. Touch SCAN to display a list of available

networks.

4. Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If necessary,

enter the security key (password) and touch Connect.

• When you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network,

> >

Settings .

you’ll see the Wi-Fi icon (

) in the status bar.

Note: To quickly toggle Wi-Fi on or off, go to the Home screen with the power control widget and touch Wi-Fi. You can also toggle Bluetooth, GPS, Sync, and Brightness from the power control widget.

Typing with Android Keyboard

Entering text using the traditional Android QWERTY keyboard

is easy: just touch the letters to type the

words.

1. From a screen where you can enter text, touch

the input ﬁ eld to reveal the onscreen keyboard.

2. Touch the corresponding onscreen keys to

begin typing.

• If you make a mistake, touch to erase.

• To enter numbers or symbols, touch

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Using TouchPal Keyboard to Enter Text

TouchPal Keyboard provides a number of options for entering text, including trace entry (similar to Swype), traditional typing, alternate keyboard formats, and more.

1. From a screen where you can enter text, touch

the ﬁ eld to display the keyboard.

2. Enter text by tracing over the letters on the

keyboard in a single motion.

• For a full menu of numbers and symbols, touch

• For additional options and settings, touch

Android Basics

Entering Text With the Onscreen Keyboard

Web

Your Keyboard Settings

You can customize your onscreen keyboard settings to suit your needs:

Touch > Settings > Language & input to access the options menus.

• Touch Default and touch an option to set a default keyboard (English (US) Android keyboard, Swype, or TouchPal Keyboard).

• To set options for a speciﬁ c keyboard, touch the Settings icon ( keyboard options.

• Android keyboard options may include Language, General options such as Auto-capitalization and keypress actions, Text Correction options, and Advanced options.

) next to any of the

• Swype options may include tutorial, dictionary, and language options. The Preferences option lets you access additional settings such as Auto-spacing, Auto-capitalization, and Word suggestion.

• TouchPal Keyboard options include a General settings menu with keypress and other

options; a Keyboard layout menu allowing you to choose alternate layouts for TouchPal; a Smart input menu for options such as correction, spellcheck, Advanced mode, and TouchPal Curve; Languages; a Dictionary manage menu that allows you to update, customize, and back up your user dictionary; and a Help & About menu.

Find sports scores, news, and weather. Shop online. On-the-go access lets you browse full-color versions of your favorite websites.

Go Online

1. Touch >

ﬁ rst time, you may be prompted to enter your wireless phone number.

2. From the Sprint home page, select categories,

navigate to websites, read blogs, download content, and more.

• Touch a category to open it.

• For more options, touch

Options may include Refresh, Forward, Bookmarks, Save to bookmarks, Share page, Find on page, Request desktop site, Save for ofﬂ ine reading, Page info, Downloads, Settings, Exit, and About browser.

• To scroll, slide your ﬁ nger up or down the page.

• To zoom in or out, pinch the screen.

Browser. The

from any page.

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Downloading Apps From the Web

You can download Apps while browsing the Web, but you must ﬁ rst set permissions in settings to allow applications from unknown sources. Applications downloaded from the Google Play Store app (see page 23) do not require additional permissions.

1. Touch >

2. Select the Unknown sources check box.

3. When the Attention dialog box opens, read the

disclaimer and touch OK.

Note: All downloaded applications are saved to your phone’s memory.

> Settings > Security.

Use Your Phone

Camera & Camcorder

Use Your Phone: Make and Answer Calls

Take a Picture

1. Touch >

2. Aim the camera lens at your subject, and touch

or press the camera button on the right side

of the phone.

> Camera.

View Pictures

1. Touch

folders.

2. Touch a picture and then touch to explore

other options. For sharing photos, touch top of the screen.

> > Gallery to view the Camera

at the

Record a Video

1. Touch

launch the camcorder from the Camera app. Touch the camera/camcorder icon on the side or bottom of the screen and then touch the camcorder icon.)

> >

Camcorder. (You can also

2. Aim the lens at your subject, and touch to

begin recording.

3. Touch to stop recording.

View videos

1. Touch

2. Touch a video icon to view the video.

> > Gallery

Share Pictures and Videos

1. Touch

2. Touch a folder your pictures and videos, and

then touch a picture or video to send.

3. Touch > See all and select

methods such as Picasa, Bluetooth, and Facebook.

to send your picture or video clip.

and touch > Gallery

Follow the onscreen instructions

any of several

Make a Phone Call

1. If the screen is locked, touch and hold

to unlock it

2. Touch > Phone.

3. Touch the digits of the number you want to call

on the phone keypad. (The number will appear just above the keypad as you enter it. Touch to delete one or more digits.)

4. Touch .

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Answer an Incoming Call

• Drag to the right to .

Send a Call Directly to Voicemail

• Drag to the left to .

Reject a Call and Send a Text Message

1. Drag up to .

2. Touch a quick message from the list to send

it to the caller.

Mute the Ringer on a Call

• Press the volume button on the left side

of the phone to mute the ringer.

Use Your Phone

Voicemail

Set Up Your Voicemail

All unanswered calls are automatically transferred to your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned off. You should set up your voicemail and personal greeting as soon as your phone is activated:

1. Touch > ,

to dial your voicemail box.

2. Follow the voice prompts to create your

password and record your name and greeting.

Sprint strongly recommends setting a voicemail password. Without a password, anyone who has access to your phone can access your messages.

and then touch and hold

Retrieve Your Voicemail

1. Touch > ,

to dial your voicemail box.

2. Follow the prompts to listen to your voicemail

messages.

From any other phone:

1. Dial your wireless phone number.

2. When your voicemail answers, press

3. Enter your password.

and then touch and hold

4. Touch Exchange.

5. When prompted to provide additional detailed

information, scroll down the screen and touch Next.

6. Enter a Domain\Username, Password, and

Server information.

7. Read the onscreen activation disclaimer and, if

prompted, touch Next.

Note: If the server requires remote control over some of your phone’s security features, touch OK to allow it.

8. Conﬁ gure your Email checking frequency,

Days to Sync (days to synchronize between

your phone and server), and activate any other email settings, and then touch Next.

Note: If a screen displays showing the security operations that the server may do remotely to your phone, touch Activate to allow these operations from the server through the Email application as a device administrator.

9. Identify your new account with a unique name

and then touch Next.

Access Email Messages

1. Touch > > Email or Gmail.

• If necessary, touch the selection arrow ( ) and touch the email account you want to use.

2. From the inbox, touch the message you want

to view.

Send an Email Message

1. Touch > > Email or Gmail.

2. If necessary, touch the selection arrow ( )

and touch the email account you want to use.

3. Touch

4. Enter an email address in the To ﬁ eld.

5. Enter a subject and a message.

• To add attachments, touch > Attach ﬁ le and select an attachment.

6. Touch

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Messaging

Your phone’s Email applications let you access and manage multiple email accounts simultaneously in one convenient location. Although there is a separate Gmail application, the main email application can manage both Internet-based email services (Gmail™ and Yahoo™) and Corporate Work Email (Outlook conﬁ gured to connect to other email systems.

). The phone can also be manually

Set Up a Gmail Account

1. Touch > > Gmail .

2. Follow the instructions to set up or sign in to a

Gmail account.

Note: Although you need a Google Account to use certain features such as Google Play™, you do not have to use Gmail as the default account for your phone.

Set Up an Email Account

1. Touch > > Email.

2. If another email account is already set up, touch

> Account settings > ADD ACCOUNT.

3. Enter the Email address and Password for the

email account.

4. Touch Next and follow on the onscreen

instructions.

Set Up a Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Account

1. Touch > > Email.

2. If another email account is already set up, touch

> Account settings > ADD ACCOUNT.

3. Enter your Email address and Password

information and then touch Manual setup.

• Contact your Exchange Server administrator for required sign-in information.

Send a Text Message

1. Touch

2. Touch

3. Enter a phone number, email address, or contact

name in the To ﬁ eld. (If the phone recognizes a contact, you’ll see a list. Touch the contact to complete the address.)

4. Touch Type message and then type your message.

5. When you are ﬁ nished, touch

Messaging .

Send a Picture or Video Message (Multimedia Messaging)

1. Follow steps 1 – 4 for sending a text message.

2. Touch Attach .

3. Touch a media type (such as Pictures, Videos,

Audio, etc.) and then touch an available album.

4. Touch a picture or clip to select it. (For Audio, touch OK.)

5. If you are satisﬁ ed with your message, touch .

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Note: For information on taking pictures and videos with your phone, see "Camera & Camcorder" on page 20.

Access Messages

1. Touch

2. From the Messaging screen, touch the

message you want to view. –or–

1. Open the Notiﬁ cations panel.

2. Touch the message you want to view.

All of your text and MMS messages for a contact are collected in an ongoing “conversation,” so when you view a message, you can scroll through the entire history of your messages with that person.

and touch Messaging .

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Contacts

Your phone’s Contacts function (also known as People) lets you access and manage contacts from a variety of sources, including Google and Corporate email accounts, contacts synced from your computer, and old-fashioned contacts entered by hand.

Save a Phone Number

1. Touch > .

2. Enter a phone number using the onscreen keypad.

3. Touch > Add to contacts > Create new

contact or Add to existing.

4. Select an account for the contact. Select Google

to save the contact to your Google account, which will update automatically across all your Google devices. Select Phone to save the contact to your phone only.

5. Touch Name and enter a name for the new entry.

6. Touch Mobile (default) to select a label such as

Mobile, Home, Work, Work Fax, Home Fax, Pager, Custom, etc.

7. Touch Done to complete and save the entry.

Retrieve a Phone Number

1. Touch

touch

2. Enter the ﬁ rst letter or letters of an entry.

3. Touch the contact to display the contact’s phone

> Contacts , and then

number(s).

Add a New Entry to Contacts

1. Touch

2. Touch

3. Touch any ﬁ eld and use the onscreen keyboard

to enter the name, phone number, and other contact details.

4. Add more data ﬁ elds or a picture if desired,

and touch Done.

> Contacts

Edit a Contact Entry

1. Touch

you'd like to edit].

2. Touch > Edit.

3. Touch an option:

• [image icon] to assign a picture to the entry.

• Name to edit the current name.

• Phone to add or delete a phone number.

• Email to add or delete an email address.

• Address to enter a physical address for the

contact. Choose from Home, Work, Other, or Custom.

4. Touch Done to save your updates.

> Contacts

> [contact

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Note: To change an information type (for example, to change a Home phone number to a Mobile phone number), touch the type next to the number or address and then touch an option from the drop-down list.

Note: To add a phone number, email address, or other ﬁ eld to an existing contact, touch Add another ﬁ eld at the bottom of the entry and select a data type (such as Phone, Address, Website, etc.). To add another phone number, email address, etc., where one already exists, touch

Add new at the bottom of the information type.

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