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Set Up Voicemail
You should set up your Sprint Voicemail and personal greeting as soon as your phone is activated.
Always use a password to protect against unauthorized access. Your phone automatically transfers
all unanswered calls to your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned off.
1. Press and hold
to dial your voicemail number.
2. Follow the system prompts to:
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Create your password.
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Record your name announcement.
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Record your greeting.
Important: Voicemail Password
– Sprint strongly recommends that you create a password when
setting up your voicemail to protect against unauthorized access. Without a password, anyone who
has access to your phone is able to access your voicemail messages.
Voicemail Notification
There are a couple of different ways your phone alerts you to a new voicemail message.
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By displaying a message on the screen.
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By sounding the assigned ringtone type.
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By displaying
at the top of the screen.
Note:
When you are roaming off the Nationwide Sprint Network, you may not receive notification of
new voicemail messages. Sprint recommends that you periodically check your voicemail by dialing 1
+ area code + your wireless phone number. When your voicemail answers, press
and enter
your password. Roaming rates apply when you access voicemail while roaming off the Nationwide
Sprint Network.
Note:
Your phone accepts messages even when it is turned off. However, your phone notifies you
of new messages only when it is turned on and you are in a Sprint service area.
New Voicemail Message Alerts
When you receive a new voicemail message, your phone alerts you and prompts you to call your
voicemail.
To call your voicemail from the notification screen:
1. Press
.
2. Enter your voicemail password if prompted.
3. Follow the voice prompts to listen to and manage your voicemail messages.
