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Display settings, Changing the text greeting, Changing the backlighttime length – Sprint Nextel Cell Phone User Manual

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Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings

Display Settings

Changing the Text Greeting

The text greeting can be up to 15 characters and is displayed
on your phone’s screen in standby mode. You may choose to
keep the phone’s default greeting (“Sprint”), or you may enter
your own custom greeting.

To display or change your greeting:

1.

Select

>Settings > Display > Main Screen.

2.

Select Foregrounds > Greeting > Custom.

3.

Enter a custom greeting using your keypad and press

.

(See “Entering Text” on page 44.) (To erase the existing
greeting one character at a time, press

. To erase the

entire greeting, press and hold

.)

Changing the BacklightTime Length

The backlight setting lets you select how long the display
screen and keypad remain backlit after any keypress is made.

To change the Backlight setting:

1.

Select

>Settings > Display > Main Screen or Outer Screen.

2.

Select Backlight.

3.

Select Dim Only, Always On, or a preset length of time.

To change the Keypad Light setting:

1.

Select

>Settings > Display> Keypad Light.

2.

Select Always Off or a preset length of time.

Note:

Long backlight settings affect the battery’s talk and standby
times.

Note:

The Always On setting returns to the previous value the next
time you turn on the phone.