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Activating Your Virgin Mobile Phone Account, Programming Your Phone, Navigating Through the Menus

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Activating Your Virgin Mobile Phone Account Prior to using your Samsung Restore™ for talking, messaging, or surfing the Web, you must first activate your service on this phone with Virgin Mobile. You need your phone's serial number (MSID) to activate your Phone. To find your serial number (MSID) 1. From the Main screen, press MENU ➔ Tools + Settings ➔ Settings ➔ Phone Information ➔ Phone Number/User ID. 2. Locate the ten digit MSID number and write it down. Activating the Phone To activate the phone: 1. From the Main screen, press ACTIVATE 2. Press Yes at the prompt. The phone connects to the network. 3. Follow the prompts or text on the screen to complete activation. Programming Your Phone Once your account is activated, you need to program your new phone number into your phone. 1. Turn on your phone. 2. Dial ##VIRGIN#. 3. From the Programming menu, highlight Activate Phone and press . 16 4. When your screen displays "do you want to activate your phone now?" select Yes and press . The phone connects to the network and validates itself. 5. When the screen displays "Hi. Press Start to continue the activation process," highlight Start and press . Your phone displays a message and gets the phone number, then displays your new Virgin Mobile phone number. Write it down. Important!: The Virgin Mobile Network may not recognize the new number for a couple of hours. Once the process completes, your phone receives a text message to confirm the number and you can begin making calls. It may take up to 4 hour for Downloads, Voicemail, or other related features to enable. Navigating Through the Menus Menu navigation can be accomplished using the navigation keys on the keypad, or using the directional keys on the QWERTY keyboard. The navigation key on your phone lets you scroll through and select on-screen items. Many menus feature a scroll bar on the right to help you keep track of your position in the menu. Selecting Menu Items Using the Navigation Key Use the navigation key to scroll through the phone's menu options and provide a shortcut to phone functions from standby mode.

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16
Activating Your Virgin Mobile Phone
Account
Prior to using your Samsung Restore™ for talking,
messaging, or surfing the Web, you must first activate
your service on this phone with Virgin Mobile. You
need your phone's serial number (MSID) to activate
your Phone.
To find your serial number (MSID)
1.
From the Main screen, press
MENU
➔
Tools + Settings
➔
Settings
➔
Phone Information
➔
Phone Number/User ID
.
2.
Locate the ten digit
MSID
number and write it
down.
Activating the Phone
To activate the phone:
1.
From the Main screen, press
ACTIVATE
2.
Press
Yes
at the prompt. The phone connects to
the network.
3.
Follow the prompts or text on the screen to
complete activation.
Programming Your Phone
Once your account is activated, you need to program
your new phone number into your phone.
1.
Turn on your phone.
2.
Dial
##VIRGIN#
.
3.
From the Programming menu, highlight
Activate Phone
and press
.
4.
When your screen displays “
do you want to
activate your phone now?
” select
Yes
and press
. The phone connects to the network and
validates itself.
5.
When the screen displays “
Hi. Press Start to
continue the activation process
,” highlight
Start
and press
. Your phone displays a
message and gets the phone number, then
displays your new Virgin Mobile phone number.
Write it down
.
Important!:
The Virgin Mobile Network may not recognize the
new number for a couple of hours. Once the
process completes, your phone receives a text
message to confirm the number and you can begin
making calls.
It may take up to 4 hour for Downloads, Voicemail,
or other related features to enable.
Navigating Through the Menus
Menu navigation can be accomplished using the
navigation keys on the keypad, or using the
directional keys on the QWERTY keyboard.
The navigation key on your phone lets you scroll
through and select on-screen items. Many menus
feature a scroll bar on the right to help you keep track
of your position in the menu.
Selecting Menu Items Using the Navigation Key
Use the navigation key to scroll through the phone’s
menu options and provide a shortcut to phone
functions from standby mode.