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Resetting and locking your phone through sms – Sanyo MM-5600 User Manual

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Resetting and Locking Your Phone Through SMS

When your phone is lost or stolen, you can erase your important
personal information (such as Contacts entries, call history, and
messages) and lock your phone by sending a special formatted SMS
message to your phone.

From your computer, sign on to

www.sprintpcs.com

and send a message

to your phone (input your 10-digit Sprint PCS Phone Number) in the
following format:

\ \ RESET **** RESET

– your defined passcode.

The default passcode is your phone’s 11-digit ESN
(Electronic Serial Number), which is written on the
package or on the phone itself.

The locked phone will display the following message:

“If found, please call Sprint Customer Service 1-888-211-4727.”

Note:

To send a message from mailer software, input your 10-digit Sprint PCS

Phone Number followed by “@messaging.sprintpcs.com.”

To activate this feature, the following presetting is required:

1.

Press

to access the main menu.

2.

Select Settings and press

.

3.

Select Security and press

.

4.

Enter your lock code.

5.

Select Others and press

.

6.

Select Found Me and press

.

7.

Select Reset/Lock and press

.

8.

Select Enable and press

.

To unlock a phone that has been locked through SMS, bring the
phone to a Sprint Store.

Changing the Passcode

To change the passcode for the special formatted SMS messages:

1.

Follow steps 1-6 above.

2.

Select Chg Passcode and press

.

3.

Enter new passcode (11 digits).

4.

Reenter the new passcode.

Section 2C: Setting Your Phone’s Security

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