Activate Your Phone - LG Sprint G2 User Manual

Note: Your phone's battery should have enough charge for the phone to turn on and find a signal,
set up voicemail, and make a call. You should fully charge the battery as soon as possible.
2. Press and hold the Power/Lock Button
If your phone is activated, it will turn on, search for Sprint service, and begin the setup
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application.
If your phone is not yet activated, see Activate Your Phone for more information.
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Activate Your Phone

Follow the instructions below to activate your phone if it has not already been activated. Depending
on your account or how and where you purchased your phone, it may be ready to use or you may
need to activate it on your Sprint account.
If you purchased your phone at a Sprint Store, it is probably activated and ready to use.
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If you received your phone in the mail and it is for a new Sprint account or a new line of service, it
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is designed to activate automatically.
When you turn the phone on for the first time, you should see a Hands Free Activation screen,
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which may be followed by a PRL Update screen and a Firmware Update screen. Follow the
onscreen instructions to continue.
If you received your phone in the mail and you are activating a new phone for an existing number
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on your account (you're swapping phones), you can activate on your computer online or directly
on your phone.
Activate on your computer:
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Go to sprint.com/activate and complete the online instructions to activate your phone.
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Activate on your phone:
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Turn on your new phone. (Make sure the old one is turned off.) Your phone will
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automatically attempt Hands-Free Activation.
Touch Activate to override auto-activation and start the manual activation wizard.
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Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the activation process.
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To confirm activation, make a phone call. If your phone is still not activated, visit
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sprint.com/support for assistance. If you do not have access to the Internet, call Sprint Customer
Service at 1-888-211-4727 from another phone.
Tip: Do not press the Power/Lock Button
Power/Lock Button
Note: If you are having difficulty with activation, visit sprint.com/support.
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cancels the activation process.
to turn the phone on.
while the phone is being activated. Pressing
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