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17 Setting up your phone Setting up your phone Activate your phone 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 the Sprint network. § 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 for a new Sprint account or a new line of service, it is designed to activate automatically. When you turn the phone on for the first time, you should see a Setting up connections 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 on your account (you're swapping phones), you can activate on your computer online or directly on your phone. Setting up your phone for the first time When you switch on your phone for the first time, you'll be asked to set it up. Just follow the onscreen instructions and you'll be up and running in no time. On the Keep your life in sync screen, be sure to sign in with your Microsoft account so you can use services such as Windows Store, SkyDrive®, and more. If you don't have a Microsoft account, tap create one and follow the onscreen instructions. You can also create a Microsoft account from your computer by going to signup.live.com. Account setup Set up your online accounts so you can send and receive email, and more. Depending on the type of email account that you set up, other items such as contacts, calendar, or other information can appear on your phone as well. And when you sign in to your social networking accounts, you'll also get your friends' status updates and see the pictures they've posted. Setting up an account 1. On the Start screen, slide to the left. 2. Tap Settings > email+accounts.

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Setting up your phone
Activate your phone
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 the Sprint network.
§
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 for a new Sprint account or a
new line of service, it is designed to activate automatically. When you turn the
phone on for the first time, you should see a Setting up connections 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 on your account (you’re swapping phones), you can activate
on your computer online or directly on your phone.
Setting up your phone for the first time
When you switch on your phone for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up. Just
follow the onscreen instructions and you’ll be up and running in no time.
On the Keep your life in sync screen, be sure to sign in with your Microsoft account so
you can use services such as Windows Store, SkyDrive
®
, and more. If you don't have a
Microsoft account, tap
create one
and follow the onscreen instructions.
You can also create a Microsoft account from your computer by going to
signup.live.com
.
Account setup
Set up your online accounts so you can send and receive email, and more.
Depending on the type of email account that you set up, other items such as contacts,
calendar, or other information can appear on your phone as well. And when you sign
in to your social networking accounts, you'll also get your friends' status updates and
see the pictures they've posted.
Setting up an account
1.
On the Start screen, slide to the left.
2.
Tap
Settings
>
email+accounts
.
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Setting up your phone