Thanks for purchasing a TextNow Wireless phone! We’re proud to be able to provide you with a cutting-edge smartphone and one of our reasonably priced monthly plans. We hope you’ll love using it! This guide is intended to teach you about setting up your phone and using its unique features.
Charge the battery Charge the battery before using your phone. Plug the USB cable into the bottom of the phone. Plug the USB cable into the included wall charger (if the cable is seperate from the wall charger). Then plug the wall charger into an electrical outlet.
Turning on Your Phone Press and hold the Power/Lock Key to turn the phone on. You can also: • Press the Power/Lock Key momentarily when the phone is on to lock the screen. • Press and hold the Power/Lock Key when the phone is on to fully power off the device, restart the device or to turn on Airplane mode.
Setup Wizard Once your phone is powered on, you may see the welcome screen to the setup wizard. If you do not see the welcome screen, you can skip the step. Press Next to continue setup without accessibility features. Double tap the center of the screen to activate TalkBack feature.
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Benefits of Connecting to Wi-Fi For the best possible experience and to minimize your data usage, connect to Wi-Fi as much as possible. • Faster internet speeds • Unlimited high speed data transfer • Reduce data usage on your plan •...
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Turn on Wi-Fi Press and tap Wi-Fi. The On/Off switch displays ON when Wi-Fi is active. Tip: You can also turn Wi-Fi on and off through the Notifi cations panel. Drag your fi nger down from the very top of the screen to display the Notifi cations panel down and tap...
Connect to a Wi-Fi Network Press and tap Wi-Fi. The network names and security settings of detected Wi-Fi networks are displayed. • When you select an open network, you will be automatically connected to the network. • When you select a secured network, you will need to enter the wireless password to connect to the network.
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Login to TextNow Press and tap If you signed in using Facebook when you purchased your phone, press Login with Facebook If you signed in using a username and password when you purchased your phone, press Sign In • Sign in using the same username and password you used to purchase the phone (Your username may be pre-filled for you).
Setup Visual Voicemail All TextNow Wireless plans come with free Visual Voicemail. Visual voicemail notifies you when you get a new voicemail message and shows up in your TextNow inbox. To play the voicemail, tap the voicemail in your TextNow inbox. Visual Voicemail removes the hassle of calling a number to check your voicemail while going through a series of complicated menus.
Download Games and Apps All TextNow-powered phones are full-featured smartphones. This means you can download and run all of your favorite apps from the Google Play Store. To do so, tap Play Store. You may be asked to create or sign into a Google Account.