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Using call guard – Sprint Nextel Cell Phone User Manual

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Section 2D: Controlling Your Roaming Experience

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Using Call Guard

Your phone has two ways of alerting you when you are roaming
off the Sprint National Network: the onscreen roaming icon and
Call Guard. Call Guard makes it easy to manage your roaming
charges by requiring an extra step before you can place or
answer a roaming call. (This additional step is not required when
you make or receive calls while on the Sprint National Network.)

To turn Call Guard on or off:

1.

Select

>Settings > More... > Roaming > Call Guard.

2.

Select On or Off.

To place roaming calls with Call Guard on:

1.

From standby mode, dial 1 + area code + the seven-digit
number and press

.

2.

Press

to proceed while the pop-up message is displayed.

– or –
Press any key to erase the pop-up message, and then
select Options (right softkey) >Roam Call.

Toanswer incoming roaming calls with Call Guard on:

1.

Press .
– or –
Select Options (right softkey) >Call Guard. (A message will
be displayed notifying you that roaming charges will apply.)

2.

Press

to proceed while the pop-up message is displayed.

– or –
Press any key to erase the pop-up message, and then
select Options (right softkey) >Answer.

Note:

If the Call Guard feature is set to

On

, you need to take extra

steps to make and receive roaming calls.

Note:

Call Guard is turned off by default on your phone.