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Accounts and Messaging
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Accounts and Messaging
Set up accounts on your phone to synchronize information between your phone and accounts.
Google Account
Many of your phone
’s applications, such as Gmail, Google Maps, Hangouts, and the Google
Play Store, require a Google Account. To use these applications, you must set up your Google
Account on your phone. Setting up your account on your phone syncs your phone and your
online Google Account.
Create a Google Account
If you do not already have a Google Account, you can create one online or using your phone.
Note
: Although you need a Gmail account to use certain features of your phone, such as
Google Play Store, you do not need to use Gmail as the default account for your phone.
Create a Google Account Online
1. From a computer, launch a Web browser and navigate to
google.com
.
2. Follow the on-screen prompts to create your account.
Create a Google Account Using Your Phone
1. Press
and touch
>
Settings
>
Accounts
tab.
2. Touch
Add account
>
.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts to create your account.
Gmail
Gmail is Google’s web-based email. After you set up your Google Account on your phone, you
are automatically signed in to your Gmail account and you can access Gmail from your phone.
1. Press
and touch
Apps
>
Gmail
.
2. Do any of the following:
View more email messages
: If the Inbox is full, swipe your finger up the screen to
view more messages and conversations.
Read a new email message
: Touch the unread message or the conversation with
an unread message (just-arrived items display in bold).