Accounts and Messaging
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Accounts and Messaging
With Sprint service and your phone’s messaging capabilities, you have the opportunity to share
information through many different channels and accounts, including Gmail (Google), personal and
corporate email, text and multimedia messaging, social networking accounts, and Google Talk.
Gmail / Google
You will need a Google Account to access several phone features such as Gmail, Google Maps,
Google Talk, and the Play Store applications. Before you are able to access Google applications,
you must enter your account information. These applications sync between 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 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. On the main page, click Sign in > SIGN UP.
3. Follow the onscreen prompts to create your free account.
4. Look for an email from Google in the email box you provided, and respond to the email to confirm
and activate your new account.
Create a Google Account Using Your Phone
1. Touch
>
>
Settings
.
2. Touch
Add account
, and then touch
.
3. Touch
New
.
4. Enter your first name and last name, and then touch .
5. Enter your desired username and touch . Your phone then connects to Google and checks
username availability. Change the username and try again if it is already in use.
6. When prompted, enter and reenter a password, and then touch .
7. Create a security question and answer, enter a secondary email address to help you recover
your password if you ever lose it, and then touch .
