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Get
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All you need to know to get going.
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Welcome! Sprint is committed to developing technologies that give you the ability to get what you want when you want it, faster than ever before. This booklet introduces you to the basics of getting started with Sprint and your Sonim XP STRIKE. Visit sprint.com/support for the complete User Guide, along with videos, tutorials, and community forums for your phone. Note: Available applications and services are subject to change at any time.
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Using This Guide This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your new Sonim XP STRIKE. It’s divided into four sections to help you find the information you need quickly and easily. Get Ready − page 1 − Find out what Get the Most Out of Sprint Direct you need to do before you use your Connect − page 12 − Learn the basics phone the first time, including inserting of using Sprint Direct Connect, which a battery and activating Sprint service lets you connect to other Sprint D
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Your Sonim XP STRIKE Earpiece Flash/Torch Headset Port QChat/ Camera Lens Direct Loudspeaker Connect button Charger/ Volume Accessory Jack buttons Right Selection Navigation arrows Camera/ Key Torch button Battery Left Selection Key cover Clear Key screws Back Key Talk/Call Key 1 2ABC 3DEF Power/End 1 DEF Battery 2ABC 3 GHI Menu Key 4 5 IKL 6MNO call Key 4 GHI 5 IKL 6MNO cover 7PQRS 8TUV 9WXYZ 7PQRS 8TUV 9WXYZ 0 + 9 + 9 0 Keypad
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Get Your Phone Ready Install the Battery Charge the Battery 1. Rotate both battery cover screws in counter 1. Insert the charger plug into a power outlet. clockwise direction to loosen them. 2. The charger port is located on the left side of 2. Lift the battery cover to view the battery slot. the phone. To access the charger port, lift the cover with the USB sign. Insert the 3.5mm jack/ 3. Insert the battery and push it into the battery connector of the charger into the port. slot such
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Activate Your Phone Activate Your Phone When you have finished, if your phone is still not activated or you do not have access to the • If you purchased your phone at a Sprint Store, Internet, contact Sprint Customer Service at it is probably activated and ready to use. 1-888-211-4727 for assistance. • If you received your phone in the mail, and it is a new Sprint account or a new phone number, your phone is designed to activate automatically when you first turn it on. You will see a C
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Use Your Phone: Voicemail Set Up Your Voicemail Retrieve Your Voicemail All unanswered calls are automatically transferred ► Press and hold from standby mode. to your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or From any other phone: turned off. You should set up your voicemail and personal greeting as soon as your phone is 1. Dial your wireless phone number. activated: 2. When your voicemail answers, press . * 1. Press and hold from standby mode. 2. Follow the voice prompts to create y
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Phone Calls Make a Phone Call In-Call Options Pressing Options (left selection key) during a call 1. Enter a number from standby mode. You can displays a list of available in-call features. To select press to delete one or more digits. a specific option, highlight the option and press 2. Press to call the number you entered. Select (Menu key ). 3. Press when you are finished. • Loudspeaker/Handset to route the sound to the loudspeaker or earpiece. Answer an Incoming Call • New cal
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Contacts View Contacts Edit Contacts 1. Press Contacts (right selection key) > All 1. From standby mode, press Contacts (right selection key). Contacts from the standby screen. 2. Highlight the entry you want to edit and press 2. Use the navigation key to scroll through the list Options (left selection key) > Edit Contact. to view your contacts. 3. Add or edit the information. Add a New Contact 4. Press Save (Menu key ) to save your 1. From standby mode, press Contacts (right cha
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Messages Send a Message 8. When finished, press Send (Menu key ) to send your message. 1. From standby mode, press Menu (left selection key) > Messaging. Read a Message 2. Select Text message or Multimedia message. ► When you receive a message, your phone will display a notification message. Press the Menu 3. Select Write message. key to view it. You can also find it in your 4. Enter your desired recipient in the To field. Press message inbox. To navigate to your message Add (
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Web Find sports scores, news, and weather. Shop online. Browse the Web just the way you want to. • From standby mode, press Menu (left selection key) > Browser. • While connecting, you may see an animation before the home screen appears. Tip: To change the default launch page to the last page you viewed, press Menu (right selection key) and select Browser settings > Startup page > Use the last page I visited > Confirm (left selection key). visit sprint.com/support for complete user guid
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Camera & Camcorder Take a Picture 4. Press Record (Menu key ) or the Camera/ Torch button on the side of the phone to begin 1. Press the Camera/Torch button on the side of recording. Press either of those two buttons to the phone to activate camera mode. pause and resume recording, and press Stop 2. Using the phone’s main screen as a viewfinder, (right selection key) to stop recording. aim the camera lens at your subject. • To return to camcorder mode to take another 3. Press Capture
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Camera & Camcorder 3. Highlight the file you wish to send and press Camera/Camcorder Settings Options (left selection key) > Send > Via 1. From camera/camcorder mode, press Options multimedia message. The file will be attached to (left selection key) > Settings. a blank message. 2. Select an option and press Select (Menu key ). 4. Enter the recipient, subject, and message text in • Image size to select image resolution. their respective fields. To add contacts from your • Video res
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Bluetooth 2. Highlight the device you wish to pair with and Turn Bluetooth On and Off press Pair (Menu key ). 1. Press Menu (Menu key ) > Settings > Bluetooth > Bluetooth. 3. You will be asked for confirmation. Press Yes 2. Highlight On and press Select (Menu key ) (Menu key ). to enable Bluetooth, or highlight Off and press Note: Due to different specifications and features of Select (Menu key ) to disable Bluetooth. other Bluetooth compatible devices, display and operations may be di
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GPS Navigation Your phone’s built-in GPS capability gives you access to a number of location-based services. Note: Before using any navigation programs, 3. Select an option and follow the onscreen make sure your phone is set to allow location instructions to get directions or view maps. detection. • Drive To lets you enter an address (vocally or using the keypad) or select from categories Turn Location On/Off such as Favorites, History, or Business to 1. From standby mode, press Menu (
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Get the Most out of Sprint Direct Connect ® ® Sprint Direct Connect on your Sprint phone offers instant, two-way “walkie-talkie-style” communication between you and your family, friends, and co-workers, all at the click of a button. Important: When the Direct Connect feature Your Direct Connect Number is active, your phone’s data services are Your Sprint phone allows you two different enabled. options for your Direct Connect number: • Separate numbers – Your Direct Connect number is a uniq
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Get the Most out of Sprint Direct Connect Note: Users with a Nextel phone must always Dial Direct Connect Numbers add asterisks (*) between sets of numbers to • If the person you are calling has a separate dial Direct Connect numbers. If you use a single number for Direct Connect, make sure you dial number, make sure to tell your contacts with any asterisks (*) in the number. If you are Nextel phones to dial the ten-digit number using saving the number in your contacts, save it in
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Make and Answer Direct Connect Calls Make a Direct Connect Call Creating a Group Entry 1. Use your keypad to enter a Direct Connect You can create a group by assigning personal Contacts entries as members and then naming the number. new group. Each group entry can contain up to 20 • The Direct Connect number may be the members for making Direct Connect group calls. ten-digit wireless phone number of the person Note: Currently Sprint phones do not support you are calling. Group Connect ca
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Make and Answer Direct Connect Calls Sending Call Alerts Make a Group Connect Call Call alerts let another Direct Connect user know 1. From standby mode, press Menu (left selection that you want to communicate using Direct key) > Contacts > DC Groups. Connect. When the person you are contacting 2. Highlight a Group entry and press and release receives your call alert, that person can accept the Direct Connect button. and call you back. 3. Continue with the Group Connect call the same
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Make and Answer Direct Connect Calls • If you disable the Direct Connect loudspeaker, Answer Direct Connect Calls you will only hear the caller’s voice through When you receive a Direct Connect call, you hear the earpiece. an incoming tone or the phone vibrates, depending on your settings. You will see the Direct Connect 2. While the caller is speaking, their name or Direct Connect number is displayed on the screen. number and the caller’s name (if available) on your screen. You may also
