User Guide
Get Started 2 Set Up Your Phone You must first install and charge the battery to begin setting up your phone. Install the Battery Please follow the s
Tools and Calendar 92 3. You can set the following options: Alarm in silent mode: Tap to place a checkmark and allow your phone to play alarms e
Tools and Calendar 93 Start Stopwatch 1. Tap > > Clock > Stopwatch tab. 2. Tap to start stopwatch time. 3. Tap to stop the sto
Tools and Calendar 94 Searching in File Manager Tap the Search icon (in the top right corner of the File Manager screen) to search for your files
Tools and Calendar 95 1. Tap > touch and hold > System settings > Bluetooth. 2. Tap to activate the feature. When active, appears
Tools and Calendar 96 to search a new device, you also need to make that device visible.(See the instruction manual from the manufacturer.) 3. Tap
Tools and Calendar 97 2. Tap an entry to open its details page. 3. Tap > Share > Bluetooth. 4. Tap a paired phone. The external Blueto
Tools and Calendar 98 1. Insert your fingernail into the Charger/Accessory Port and lift the cover up gently. 2. Carefully insert the microSD ca
Tools and Calendar 99 Remove a microSD Card Before removing your phone's microSD card, use the Storage settings menu to unmount the card. 1.
Tools and Calendar 100 Format the microSD Card Formatting a microSD card permanently removes all files stored on the card. 1. Tap > touch and
Tools and Calendar 101 Note: The phone will not recognize the microSD card when it is connected to a computer as a disk drive. You will not be able
Get Started 3 3. Replace the battery compartment cover, making sure all the tabs are secure and there are no gaps around the cover. Charge your Bat
Tools and Calendar 102 9. On the LG Tribute, open the Notifications Panel, tap USB connected > Charge phone, then disconnect it from the compute
Tools and Calendar 103 Your Google app purchases are reloaded remotely and can be re-installed after the update is applied. 1. Tap > > P
Settings 104 Settings The following topics provide an overview of items you can change using your phone's Settings menus. Wireless Networks Thi
Settings 105 Mobile Data You can check the current data usage, set to enable/disable mobile data, or set the mobile data limit. Turn Mobile Data On
Settings 106 2. Tap a quick message to edit it. – or – Tap to add a new quick message. 3. Enter a message and tap Save. Privacy Keeper You can s
Settings 107 Hearing Aids Activate to turn on hearing aid compatibility. 1. Tap > touch and hold > System settings > Call. 2. Tap the
Settings 108 Roaming Settings You can make phone calls and use wireless data services around the globe on compatible CDMA and GSM/UMTS networks. Roa
Settings 109 1. Swipe in any direction. A message will be displayed notifying you that roaming charges will apply. 2. Tap Yes. Data Roam Guard D
Settings 110 2. Tap the Bluetooth tethering switch to activate. Help Displays help information for Wi-Fi hotspot and Bluetooth tethering. Mobile
Settings 111 VPN Settings From your phone, you can add, set up, and manage virtual private networks (VPNs) that allow you to connect and access reso
Get Started 4 If your phone is activated, it will turn on, search for service, and begin the setup process. If your phone is not yet activated,
Settings 112 Music, video, games & other media: Changes the volume of your music, videos and other media. 4. Tap OK. Tip: You can adjust the
Settings 113 2. From the DEVICE section, tap Sound > Vibrate type. Note: Vibrate type can only be selected when Vibrate only is selected as the
Settings 114 2. From the DEVICE section, tap Display > Brightness. 3. Use the slider to set a brightness level. Note: For the best battery perf
Settings 115 Note: Some applications on your phone do not support the Auto-rotate feature. Daydream Screensaver will be on when the phone is sleepin
Settings 116 1. Tap > touch and hold > System settings. 2. From the DEVICE section, tap Home screen > Screen swipe effect. 3. Tap th
Settings 117 Knock Code: You can unlock the screen when screen is off by tapping the correct area and sequence. This opens a screen that will gui
Settings 118 Wallpaper Select the wallpaper to display for your lock screen. 1. Tap > touch and hold > System settings. 2. From the DEVI
Settings 119 4. Enter a phone number to call in case you lose your phone and tap Save. This number will be displayed on the lock screen. Lock Timer
Settings 120 2. From the DEVICE section, tap Gestures. 3. Tap the Pause video checkbox to set this feature on. (A blue checkmark will appear.) Hel
Settings 121 2. Tap the DOWNLOADED, ON SD CARD, RUNNING, or ALL tab to view your apps. 3. Tap the desired app to view its information. To force ap
Get Started 5 Note: During or after setup, you may see a Connections Optimizer notice. Read the notice and touch I Agree to allow your phone to conne
Settings 122 2. From the PERSONAL section, tap Accounts & sync. 3. Tap Add account to add an account for any of the available apps and service
Settings 123 Notification Access Notification will be able to read all notifications posted by the system or and installed app, which may include pe
Settings 124 Text-to-Speech Output Tap to set the preferred engine or general settings for text-to-speech output. Pointer Speed Adjust the pointer s
Settings 125 2. If you are certain that you would like to restore all factory settings, tap Factory data reset. 3. Tap Reset phone. 4. Enter your
Settings 126 Touch zoom: Allows you to zoom in or out by triple tapping the screen. Message/call voice notifications: Announces incoming calls
Settings 127 1. Tap > touch and hold > System settings > Accessibility. 2. Tap Touch control areas and read the description. 3. Tap
Settings 128 Update Profile This option allows you to automatically update your online user profile information. If you choose to change your user n
Copyright Information 129 Copyright Information © 2014 Sprint Mobile USA, L.P. All rights reserved. The Sprint Mobile name and signature and the Spr
Index 130 Index 4G Spark LTE, 71 About Phone, 128 Access Contacts, 38 Access Gmail, 49 Access Recently-Used Applications, 17 Accessibility, 125 Acco
Index 131 Export Contacts to Your Internal Storage, 46 Facebook, 63 File Manager, 93 File Manager Options, 93 Find and Install an App, 65 Folders, 9
Phone Basics 6 Phone Basics Your phone is packed with features that simplify your life and expand your ability to stay connected to the people and in
Index 132 Synchronize Calendars, 89 System Settings, 125 System Updates, 127 Take Pictures, 80 Text and Multimedia Message Options, 61 Text and Mult
Phone Basics 7 ● Proximity Sensor detects how close an object is to the surface of the screen. This is typically used to detect when your face is pr
Phone Basics 8 To save battery power, the phone automatically turns off the screen after a certain period of time when you leave it idle. You will st
Phone Basics 9 Touch When you want to type using the onscreen keyboard, select items onscreen such as application and settings icons, or press onscre
Phone Basics 10 Swipe or Slide To swipe or slide means to quickly drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen. Drag To drag, pres
Phone Basics 11 Flick Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe your finger in light, quick strokes. This finger gestu
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Phone Basics 12 Pinch and Spread “Pinch” the screen using your thumb and forefinger to zoom out or “spread” the screen to zoom in when viewing a pict
Phone Basics 13 Note: The default Lock screen simply locks the screen to prevent unintentional actions. For more security to guard against unauthori
Phone Basics 14 Customize Your Home Screen You can customize your Home screen when you do the following. ● Create Shortcuts ● Add Widgets ● Create
Phone Basics 15 3. Drag the icon over Remove and release it. Add and Remove Widgets on the Home Screen Widgets are self-contained applications tha
Phone Basics 16 Live Wallpapers to open a list of animated wallpapers installed on your phone. Live wallpapers can be animated or even interactiv
Phone Basics 17 Access Recently-Used Applications Your phone keeps a running list of your most recently used applications. 1. Tap to open the rece
Phone Basics 18 angle/orientation. Note that some of the screens, applications and widgets do not support orientation changes. The automatic screen o
Phone Basics 19 Icon Status No SIM card – No SIM card is inserted. Speakerphone On – Indicates that Speakerphone is on. Vibrate Mode – Indicates
Phone Basics 20 Icon Notification Full Internal Storage – Indicates that internal storage is full. USB Connected – The phone has detected an activ
Phone Basics 21 QWERTY Keyboard 1. Tap a text field where you want to enter text. 2. Enter the desired text. To enter numbers, symbols, and emo
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Phone Basics 22 3. When you have finished typing, tap to close the keyboard. Phone Keyboard To enter text, tap the key labeled with the desired le
Phone Calls 23 Phone Calls With mobile service and your phone's calling features, you can enjoy clear phone calls across the country. Make Phone
Phone Calls 24 4. Touch the phone icon to place a call. Call from Contacts You can place phone calls directly from entries in your Contacts list.
Phone Calls 25 Enhanced 9-1-1 (E911) Information This phone features an embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) chip necessary for utilizing E911 em
Phone Calls 26 You can edit the reject messages through the Call settings menu. From the dialpad, tap > Call settings > Decline with messa
Phone Calls 27 Retrieve Your Voicemail Messages You can review your messages directly from your wireless phone (using either traditional voicemail or
Phone Calls 28 1. Tap > > Voicemail . You'll see a Personalize your voicemail prompt. 2. Touch Personalize now and follow the sys
Phone Calls 29 Tip: There are several icons at the bottom of the review screen for maintenance, storage, messaging, and other options. For an explana
Phone Calls 30 Manage subscription to subscribe and unsubscribe from the visual voicemail premium monthly subscription service. This may take a mi
Phone Calls 31 Edit the Display Name via the Voicemail Menu From your Visual Voicemail menu, you can quickly change the name or number attached to yo
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Phone Calls 32 Deactivate Speaker to use the phone's earpiece. Warning: Because of higher volume levels, do not place the phone near your ear
Phone Calls 33 Call Waiting When you're on a call, Call Waiting alerts you to incoming calls by sounding two beeps. Your phone's screen inf
Phone Calls 34 4. To end the three-way call, touch . To end only the last dialed call, touch . Note: If one of the people you called hangs up
Phone Calls 35 Set Up Speed Dialing Your phone can store up to 99 phone numbers in speed dial locations. To assign a speed dial number to a contact:
Phone Calls 36 Copy call number to copy the call number. Reject call to add to the call reject list. Delete call log to delete all the cal
Phone Calls 37 TTY Mode A TTY (teletypewriter, also known as a TDD or Text Telephone) is a telecommunications device that allows people who are deaf,
Contacts 38 Contacts The Contacts application lets you store and manage contacts from a variety of sources, including contacts you enter and save dir
Contacts 39 Tap > > . You will see the Contacts list. Contacts List: The Contacts list displays all contacts currently stored in y
Contacts 40 • Import/Export: Allows you to import and export contacts. • Join contacts: Allows you to join contacts to avoid duplicate entries for
Contacts 41 5. When you have finished adding information, touch Save. Save a Phone Number You can save a phone number to Contacts directly from th
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Contacts 42 Edit a Contact 1. Tap > > . 2. Touch and hold the contact whose details you want to edit. 3. Tap Edit contact. 4. Edit the
Contacts 43 4. Tap Yes to confirm that you want to delete the contact. Add a Number to a Contact 1. Tap > > . 2. Touch and hold the con
Contacts 44 1. Tap > > . 2. Touch and hold the contact's entry. 3. Tap Edit contact. 4. Tap . 5. Tap Take photo to take a new p
Contacts 45 2. Tap the icon corresponding to the type of communication you want to start. Depending on the contact information saved, the available
Contacts 46 Import, Export, and Share Contacts If you have contacts stored in vCard format on the phone's internal storage, you can import them
Contacts 47 Join and Separate Contacts When you have two or more entries for the same contact, you can join them into a single entry. You can also se
Accounts and Messaging 48 Accounts and Messaging With wireless service and your phone's messaging capabilities, you have the opportunity to shar
Accounts and Messaging 49 encounter problems or forget your password. It is strongly encouraged for Android users so you can regain access to Google
Accounts and Messaging 50 2. In the inbox, touch . 3. Enter the message recipient's email address in the To field. If you are sending the ema
Accounts and Messaging 51 Although there is a separate Gmail application, the Email application can manage both Internet based email services (Gmail™
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Accounts and Messaging 52 Important: If the account type you want to set up is not in the phone database, you will be asked to enter more details. Yo
Accounts and Messaging 53 Important: You can synchronize over the air (not directly) with an Exchange Server running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 S
Accounts and Messaging 54 5. Tap to send the email. Note: If you close the messaging window before sending it, it is stored in Drafts. Reply to or
Accounts and Messaging 55 Update schedule: Choose the update schedule. Folders to sync: Select the folders you want to synchronize. Days to
Accounts and Messaging 56 3. Tap Email Settings and select General settings to set the following settings. Set default account: Allows you to set
Accounts and Messaging 57 Touch the icon, and then select the contacts to whom you want to send the message. You can also select contact groups
Accounts and Messaging 58 4. Touch the “Enter message” box, and then start composing your message. 5. Touch and select the type of attachment you
Accounts and Messaging 59 New Messages Notification Depending on your notification settings, the phone will play a ringtone, vibrate, or display the
Accounts and Messaging 60 4. To save the attachment to the storage card, touch and hold the attachment and touch Save attachment. Note: When Auto-re
Accounts and Messaging 61 3. Touch > Delete. 4. Touch the messages you want to delete, then touch Delete. 5. When prompted to confirm, touch
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Accounts and Messaging 62 Priority: Select Normal or High. Message reassembly: Enable this option (blue checkmark displays) so that multi-segme
Accounts and Messaging 63 ● Emergency alerts Presidential alerts: This setting allows presidential alert to be always presented. This setting is
Accounts and Messaging 64 Open the Hangouts Application Tap > > Google > Hangouts . Chat with Friends 1. Tap > > Google
Apps and Entertainment 65 Apps and Entertainment All your phone's features are accessible through the Apps list. Note: Available applications
Apps and Entertainment 66 6. The subsequent screen notifies you whether the app will require access to your personal information or access to cert
Apps and Entertainment 67 Tap > , locate the app, and then touch its icon. – or – 1. Tap > > Play Store . 2. Touch > My
Apps and Entertainment 68 Mode: Select High accuracy (GPS and networks), Battery saving (Networks only), Device sensors only (GPS only), or Acce
Web and Data 69 Web and Data Your phone's data capabilities let you wirelessly access the Internet or your corporate network through a variety o
Web and Data 70 By default, when Wi-Fi is on, you receive notifications in the Status Bar when your phone detects an open Wi-Fi network. 1. Turn on
Web and Data 71 ● Wi-Fi Direct: Connect to other Wi-Fi Direct devices. ● Advanced Wi-Fi: Configure additional settings. ● Interactive tutorial:
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Web and Data 72 3. Select LTE/CDMA or CDMA. The phone will scan for the best available Sprint network and will automatically connect to it. When you
Web and Data 73 Your phone is connected to the high-speed 4G LTE Sprint Mobile Broadband Network. When the signal bands are animated, your phone is s
Web and Data 74 Add a VPN Connection Use the Wireless & networks settings menu to add a VPN connection to your phone. 1. Tap > touch and ho
Web and Data 75 From the Home screen, tap > Browser . Tip: Your phone may support additional Web browsers, such as Google Chrome. Learn to
Web and Data 76 Tip: You can use for deleting text (like a BACKSPACE key) when you are entering text. Go to a Web Page 1. Touch the Address field
Web and Data 77 Select Text on a Web Page You can highlight text on a Web page and copy it, search for it, or share it. 1. Tap > > Browser
Web and Data 78 • Settings for managing personal data from web browsing and usage. Accessibility • Adjust screen and text size. Advanced •
Web and Data 79 History: Displays a record of your browsing history. These records are organized into folders such as: Today, Yesterday, Last 7 da
Camera and Video 80 Camera and Video You can use the camera or camcorder to take and share pictures and videos. Your phone comes with a 5 megapixel c
Camera and Video 81 Note: Tap to take pictures while recording video. 5. Tap to pause recording video. You can resume recording again tapping
Get Started 1 Get Started The following topics give you all the information you need to set up your phone and service the first time. Your Phone at a
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Tools and Calendar 83 Tools and Calendar Learn how to use many of your phone's productivity-enhancing features. Voice Command You can search fo
Tools and Calendar 84 Note: To go to any day in any Calendar view, tap > Go to date. Change Calendar View You can change the calendar view.
Tools and Calendar 85 Week View Month View
Tools and Calendar 86 Year View Agenda View
Tools and Calendar 87 View Event Details You can view more information about an event in a number of ways, depending on the current view. In Agen
Tools and Calendar 88 Edit or Delete an Event You can edit or delete an event that you created on the phone or on the web. You can also edit or dele
Tools and Calendar 89 – or – Tap Dismiss in the Calendar Notifications list to delete all reminders in the list. 4. Tap when viewing the Calendar
Tools and Calendar 90 Folders Folders allow you to organize other Home screen shortcuts and icons, or folders that contain all your contacts, contac
Tools and Calendar 91 2. Tap an existing alarm to change its time and other attributes or tap Add alarm to add a new one. 3. Set the time of t
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