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Activation assistant, Before you call sprint, have these things ready – Sprint Nextel 595U User Manual

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Section 4A: Installing and Using the Software on a Mac Computer

Activation Assistant

The Activation Assistant will guide you through the activation process if your USB
modem is not preactivated.

To set up your account, you will be contacting Sprint.

Before you call Sprint, have these things ready:

A phone

Your USB modem

The city and state where the USB modem will be primarily used

A pen and paper to write down your account information. Your package
includes a printed Getting Started guide, where you can record this
information.

“Device Not
Activated”
window

Your USB modem is not activated.

Click Yes to indicate that you’d like to activate your USB
modem. Watcher Lite will display “Updating User Profile.”

If provisioning is successful, Watcher Lite displays
“Disconnected,” after which you are ready to connect to the
network (click Connect). Proceed to “Connecting to the Sprint
Network” on page 110.

– or –

If the Data Provisioning window displays “Provisioning failed,”
use the Activation Assistant (below).

“Not activated”

Your USB modem is not activated.

Use the Activation Assistant (below).

Note:

If you close the Activation Assistant before finishing the USB modem
activation, you can start the Activation Assistant later (from the

Extras

item

on the Sierra Wireless Watcher menu, choose

Activation

).

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