Sprint Nextel Sonim XP STRIKE manual

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    Get Star ted All you need to know to get going.[...]

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    Welcome! Sprint is committed t o developing technologies that give you the ability to get what you want when you want it, fast er than ever befor e. This booklet introduces you t o the basics of getting started with Sprint and your Sonim XP S TRIKE. Visit sprint.com/suppor t for the complete User Guide, along with videos, tutorials, and community f[...]

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    Using This Guide Get Ready − page 1 − Find out what you need to do befor e you use your phone the first time, including inserting a battery and activating Sprint ser vice on your phone. Use Y our Phone − page 3 − T ake advantage of your phone’s features and Sprint ser vices, from the basics (making calls) t o the more advanced (taking pi[...]

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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ABC DEF GHI IKL MNO TUV + WXYZ PQRS 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ABC DEF GHI IKL MNO TUV + WXYZ PQRS 9 Y our Sonim XP STRIKE Earpiece Navigation arr ows T alk/Call K ey Menu Ke y Clear K ey Ke ypad Left Selection Key Right Selection Key Back Ke y Power/End call Ke y Loudspeaker Charger/ Accessory Jack Battery cove r scr ews Battery cov[...]

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    Get Ready visit sprint.com/support for complet e user guide 1 Install the Battery 1. Rotate both battery co ver scr ews in counter clockwise direction to loosen them. 2. Lift the battery cov er to view the battery slot. 3. Insert the battery and push it into the bat tery slot such that the thr ee metallic contacts at the bottom of the bat tery ar e[...]

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    2 Activate Y our Phone • If you pur chased your phone at a Sprint Store, it is pr obably activated and r eady to use. • If you r eceived y our phone in the mail, and it is a new Sprint account or a new phone number , your phone is designed to activ ate automatically when you first turn it on. Y ou will see a Contacting Network scr een at start[...]

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    Use Y our Phone visit sprint.com/support for complet e user guide 3 Set Up Y our V oicemail All unanswer ed calls are automatically tr ansferred to your voicemail, ev en if your phone is in use or turned off. Y ou should set up your voicemail and personal gr eeting as soon as your phone is activated: 1. Pr ess and hold fr om standby mode. 2. Follow[...]

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    4 Make a Phone Call 1. Enter a number fr om standby mode. Y ou can pr ess to delete one or mor e digits. 2. Pr ess to call the number you enter ed. 3. Pr ess when you are finished. Answer an Incoming Call ► Pr ess to answer an incoming call. In-Call Options Pr essing Options (left selection ke y) during a call displays a list of a vailable in-ca[...]

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    Use Y our Phone visit sprint.com/support for complet e user guide 5 View Contacts 1. Pr ess Contacts (right selection k ey) > All Contacts fr om the standb y screen. 2. Use the na vigation k ey to scr oll thr ough the list to view y our contacts. Add a New Contact 1. F rom standby mode, pr ess Contacts (right selection k ey) > All Contacts &g[...]

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    6 Messages Send a Message 1. F rom standby mode, pr ess Menu (left selection ke y) > Messaging . 2. Select T ext message or Multimedia message . 3. Select Write message . 4. Enter y our desir ed r ecipient in the To field. Pr ess Add (Menu k ey ) to select a contact fr om y our contacts list to add as a r ecipient. 5. If y ou selected Multimedi[...]

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    Use Y our Phone visit sprint.com/support for complet e user guide 7 • Fr om standby mode, press Menu (left selection ke y) > Browser . • While connecting, you ma y see an animation befor e the home scr een appears. Tip: T o change the default launch page to the last page you viewed, press Menu (right selection k ey) and select Browser settin[...]

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    8 T ak e a Picture 1. Pr ess the Camera/T orch button on the side of the phone to activ ate camer a mode. 2. Using the phone’ s main scr een as a viewfinder , aim the camer a lens at y our subject. 3. Pr ess Capture (Menu ke y ) or the Camera/ T orch button on the side of the phone. • T o r eturn to camer a mode to tak e another pictur e, pres[...]

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    Use Y our Phone visit sprint.com/support for complet e user guide 9 Camera & Camcorder Camera/Camcorder Settings 1. F rom camera/camcor der mode, pr ess Options (left selection ke y) > Settings . 2. Select an option and press Select (Menu ke y ). • Image size to select image resolution. • Video resolution to select video resolution. • [...]

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    10 Bluetooth T urn Bluetooth On and Off 1. Pr ess Menu (Menu k ey ) > Settings > Bluetooth > Bluetooth . 2. Highlight On and press Select (Menu ke y ) to enable Bluetooth, or highlight Off and pr ess Select (Menu k ey ) to disable Bluetooth. Make Y our Phone Visible Via Blutooth 1. Pr ess Menu (left selection ke y) > Settings > Bluet[...]

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    Use Y our Phone visit sprint.com/support for complet e user guide 11 Note: Before using any navigation pr ograms, make sur e your phone is set to allow location detection. T urn Location On/Off 1. Fr om standb y mode, pr ess Menu (left selection ke y) > Settings > Phone settings > GPS Service . 2. Select On . GPS Navigation 1. F rom standb[...]

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    12 Y our Direct Connect Number Y our Sprint phone allows you two different options for your Direct Connect number : • Separate numbers – Y our Dir ect Connect number is a unique number (not y our wir eless number). It is made up of thr ee sets of digits separated by asterisks (for example, 444*5555*111). • A single number – Y our Dir ect Co[...]

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    Direct Connect visit sprint.com/support for complet e user guide 13 Get the Most out of Sprint Direct Connect Dial Direct Connect Numbers • If the person you are calling has a separate number for Direct Connect, make sur e y ou dial any asterisks (*) in the number . If y ou ar e saving the number in y our contacts, sa ve it in the DC Only field.[...]

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    14 Make a Direct Connect Call 1. Use y our ke ypad to enter a Dir ect Connect number . • The Direct Connect number ma y be the ten-digit wir eless phone number of the person you ar e calling. – or – • If calling a Ne xtel customer , the Dir ect Connect number ma y ha ve thr ee parts with an asterisk between each part (for e xample: 444*5555[...]

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    Direct Connect visit sprint.com/support for complet e user guide 15 Make and Answer Direct Connect Calls Sending Call Alerts Call alerts let another Dir ect Connect user know that you want to communicate using Dir ect Connect. When the person you ar e contacting r eceives your call alert, that person can accept and call you back. Send a Call Alert [...]

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    16 Answer Direct Connect Calls When you receiv e a Dir ect Connect call, y ou hear an incoming tone or the phone vibr ates, depending on your settings. Y ou will see the Dir ect Connect number and the caller’s name (if av ailable) on y our scr een. Y ou ma y also hear the caller’s v oice thr ough the loudspeaker . By default, the loudspeaker is[...]

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    T ools & Resources visit sprint.com/support for complet e user guide 17 Manage Y our Account Online: sprint.com • Make a pa yment, see y our bills, enr oll in online billing. • Check minute usage and account balance. • See or modify the details of y our Sprint service plan. • Get detailed instructions and download content. From Y our Sp[...]

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    18 Resources Sur ve y Resources For Y our Phone • This Get Started Guide to get you up and running. • Web – Visit sprint.com/support for the complete User Guide, along with videos, tutorials, and community forums for y our Sonim XP S TRIKE. Sprint 411 Dial 411 for nationwide listings, movie show times, r estaurant r eservations, driving direc[...]

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    T ools & Resources visit sprint.com/support for complet e user guide 19 Responsibility At Sprint, en vironmental responsibility is more than talk. We’ r e continuously working to r educe our carbon footprint and decr ease our use of natural resour ces. So where is my user guide? T o support our incr eased r esponsibility efforts, we’ve put [...]

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    The services described in this guide may r equir e a subscription to a service plan and/or may incur additional charges. Not all services will work on all phones. Sprint co ver age is not available in all mark ets. See sprint.com/cov erage for mor e details. Important Privacy Message . This phone is capable of determining its/y our geographical loc[...]