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Thanks for choosing Sprint. This booklet introduces you to the basics of getting started with Sprint and your Sprint Vital™. ReadyNow – For more help in getting up and running with your new phone, take advantage of exclusive Ready Now resources at sprint.com/readynow.
Using This Guide This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your new Sprint Vital. It’s divided into four sections to help you find the information you need quickly and easily. Use Your Phone − page 12 − Take Get Ready −...
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Your Sprint Vital Headset Jack Power Earpiece Button Camera Lens Front Flash Camera Lens Volume Buttons Touchscreen Camera Button Charger/ Accessory Back Key Menu Key Jack Home Key Speaker...
3. Plug the AC adapter into a standard AC • Press and hold the power button and then power outlet. touch Power off > OK to turn the phone off. visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running...
If you received your phone in the mail, follow the instructions. When you have and it is a new Sprint account or a new finished, make a phone call to confirm phone number, your phone is designed your activation.
1. Touch > > Settings > Add account > Google. 2. Follow the prompts to set up a new Google Account or sign in to an existing Google Account. visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running...
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Android Basics: Getting Around Your Phone Move Around Your Phone’s Menus Swipe or slide: Quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen. and Screens Your phone’s touchscreen lets you control Drag: Press and hold your finger with some everything through various types of touches, pressure before you start to move it.
• To view extended screens, swipe the screen left or right. There are two additional screens on Notification Phone each side of the main area status area Home screen. visit sprint.com/support for guides, tutorials and more...
Your Home Screen Add Items to Your Home Screen Notifications Panel 1. Touch and then touch You can expand the notification area to provide more detailed information about the current 2. To add an app shortcut, touch APPS and then onscreen notification icons.
) – Touch to display the applications list. Back Menu Key • Messaging icon ( )- Touch to open the Messaging app. Home key • Sprint ID icon ( )- Touch to open the Sprint ID app. visit sprint.com/support for guides, tutorials and more...
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Buttons and Keys Open Apps Access Recently-Used Apps Your phone keeps a running list of your most • If an app is on one of your Home screens, just recently used apps. touch it to open it. • If an app is not available from your Home screen, 1.
Swype lets you enter words by tracing over the There are three ways to use the QWERTY letters in a single motion. keyboard on your Sprint Vital: Android keyboard (traditional typing), Swype, and TouchPal Keyboard. 1. Touch an onscreen character, and then, while...
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Entering Text With the Onscreen Keyboard Typing with Android Keyboard Using TouchPal Keyboard to Enter Text Entering text using the traditional Android QWERTY TouchPal Keyboard provides a number of keyboard is easy: just touch the letters to type the options for entering text, including trace entry words.
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Dictionary manage menu that allows you to Language, General options such as update, customize, and back up your user Auto-capitalization and keypress actions, Auto dictionary; and a Help & About menu. correction options, and Advanced settings. visit sprint.com/support for guides, tutorials and more...
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Use Your Phone: Make and Answer Calls Make a Phone Call Answer an Incoming Call • Drag to the right to 1. If the screen is locked, touch and hold to unlock it. Send a Call Directly to Voicemail 2. Touch >...
2. When your voicemail answers, touch Sprint strongly recommends setting a voicemail 3. Enter your password. password. Without a password, anyone who has access to your phone can access your messages. visit sprint.com/support for guides, tutorials and more...
3. Touch a media type (such as Pictures, Videos, Be a hero. Don't Audio, etc.) and then touch an available album. drive distracted. 4. Touch a picture or clip to select it. (For Audio, touch OK.) sprint.com/focusondriving 5. If you are satisfied with your message, touch...
6. Touch MOBILE (default) to select a label such as and other contact details. MOBILE, HOME, WORK, WORK FAX, HOME FAX, PAGER, CUSTOM, etc. 4. Add more data fields or a picture if desired, and touch DONE. visit sprint.com/support for guides, tutorials and more...
Contacts Edit a Contact Entry Note: To add a phone number, email address, or other field to an existing contact, touch Add another 1. Touch > > People > [contact you'd field at the bottom of the entry and select a data like to edit].
3. Enter your Email address and Password have to use Gmail as the default account for information and then touch Manual setup. your phone. • Contact your Exchange Server administrator for required sign-in information. visit sprint.com/support for guides, tutorials and more...
Email Access Email Messages 4. Touch Exchange. 5. When prompted to provide additional detailed 1. Touch > > Email or Gmail. information, scroll down the screen and touch Next. • If necessary, touch the selection arrow ( 6. Enter a Domain\Username, Password, and and touch the email account you want to use.
Web, but you must first set permissions in phone number. settings to allow applications from unknown sources. Applications downloaded from the 2. From the Sprint home page, select categories, Google Play Store app (see page 23) do not navigate to websites, read blogs, download require additional permissions.
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, you’ll see the Wi-Fi icon ( ) in the status bar. visit sprint.com/support for guides, tutorials and more...
Google Play™ Store App Find new Android apps, books, movies, and music for your phone on Google Play™. Download Apps and Games 5. Touch Install (for free apps) or the price (for paid applications) and follow the onscreen 1. Touch >...
Google™ Mobile Services Your Sprint Vital 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 • Google Maps and Google Navigation – The...
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Bluetooth Share Contacts, Files, or Pictures Using Pair and Connect With a Bluetooth ® Bluetooth Capable Device 1. Verify your Bluetooth is active. (Touch > > 1. Open the application containing the file you Settings > Bluetooth and slide the switch to ON want to share (for example, touch >...
(depending on where you want to store your playing options, including Google Play™ Music files), and open or create the Music folder. (Play Music) and Sprint Music Plus. 4. Copy music files from your computer to the music folder. visit sprint.com/support for guides, tutorials and more...
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3. Update your status, post pictures, follow download, for example Facebook for Android, your favorite tweets, and more, all on your Twitter, or Instagram. Sprint Vital. 3. Touch the app and then touch Install. Follow the Note: Touch to access settings for your prompts to download and install the app.
> > Play Store • For more information, touch > More > Help & About. 2. Search for “sprint music plus” and follow the prompts to download and install the app. Scout™ Use Sprint Music Plus Scout by Telenav is a daily personal navigator Touch >...
> Sprint Zone 1. Touch > > Scout. 2. From the Sprint Zone Web page, scroll up or 2. Follow the onscreen instructions to access, down and touch an item to check your launch, and use. account, read the latest news about your Note: Before using any navigation programs, make phone, load an application, and more.
• Accessibility • Display • Developer options • Date & time • About phone • Language & input • Data usage For detailed information about settings, please see the User Guide at sprint.com/support. visit sprint.com/support for guides, tutorials and more...
For more useful tips about battery care and safety, • To turn off the screen, press the Power button. see the User Guide at www.sprint.com/support. The phone will continue to function.
• Sprint Customer Service: billing. Dial 1-888-211-4727 • Check minute usage and account balance. • Business Customer Service: • See or modify the details of your Sprint Dial 1-888-788-4727 service plan. • Get detailed instructions and download content. From Your Sprint Phone •...
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Sprint news, phone information, suggested performance, and personalization. Plus, you can applications, troubleshooting, and more. even schedule a personalized one-on-one Ready Now appointment at a Sprint Store near you. • Online Support – For ongoing help over the life of your phone, visit sprint.com/support...
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Sustainability What else has Sprint been doing? At Sprint, environmental responsibility is more than talk. We’re continuously working to reduce our Plenty. To find out just what we’ve been up to, carbon footprint and decrease our use of natural use your phone to scan the QR code below or resources.
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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 third-party application.
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