Owners manual

Section 1A. Setting Up Service 3
ActivatingYour Phone
If you purchased your phone at a Sprint Store, yourphone
should be activated and ready to use.
If you received your phone in the mail and it is for a new
Sprint account or a new line of service, you need to take a
few steps to activate yourphone.
1. After turning the phone on, press > Web .
(There is no charge to use this service during
activation.)
2. Follow the onscreen prompts to update yourprofile
and activate your phone. A message is displayed
when the process is completed.
3. Yourphone should poweroff and then back on. If
this does not occur, press and hold to power
the phone off and then press and hold to power
the phone back on.
4. To confirm youractivation, make a phone call.
If you received your phone in the mail and you are activating
a new phone for an existing numberon your account, you
will need to contact Sprint CustomerService to activate
yournew phone. There are two activation options:
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From yourcomputer’s web browser, go to
www.sprint.com/activate and complete the
onscreen instructions to activate yourphone.
When you are finished, complete steps 1–5 in
option B above.
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Press from your new phone to
contact Sprint CustomerService to complete the
phone activation.
When you have finished, make a phone call to confirm
youractivation.
Tip
Do not press END while the phone is being
activated. Pressing
END cancels the activation
process.
Note
Yourphone’s battery should have enough charge
to turn on, find a signal, set up your voicemail, and
make a call. You should fully charge yourbattery as
soon as possible. See “Charging the Battery”on
page 17fordetails.
Setting Up Service
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