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Accounts and Messaging
With Sprint service and your phone’s messaging capabilities, you have the opportunity to share
information through many different channels and accounts, including Gmail (Google), personal and
corporate email, text and multimedia messaging, social networking accounts, and Google Talk.
Set Up Accounts
Set up your social networking and email messaging accounts.
Gmail™ and Google™
You need a Google Account to access phone features such as Gmail, Google Maps™, Google
Talk™, and Google Play™ Store apps. These apps sync between your phone and your online
Google Account.
Create a Google Account
If you do not already have a Google Account, you can create one online on your computer or by
using your phone.
Create a Google Account Online
1. On your computer, launch a browser and go to google.com .
2. Click Sign in > SIGN UP and follow the instructions to create your free account.
3. Check your email for a message from Google confirming your account. Respond to the email to
activate your account.
Create a Google Account Using Your Phone
1. Touch Apps > Settings and scroll to Accounts.
2. Touch Add Account and then touch Google > New.
3. Enter your information, and then touch Next.
4. When prompted, enter and reenter your password.
5. Create a security question and answer, enter a secondary email address to help you recover
your password if you ever lose it, and then touch Create.
6. Follow the prompts to read and accept the Google terms of service.