Sprint Hydro Edge - Manual

2 Activate Your Phone If you purchased your phone at a Sprint Store, it is probably activated and ready to use. If you received your phone in the mail, and it is a new Sprint account or a new phone number, your phone is designed to activate automatically when you first turn it on. You will see a Han...

Android Basics visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 3 Android™ Basics: Getting Around Your Phone Move Around Your Phone’s Menus and Screens Using Gestures Your phone’s touchscreen lets you control everything through various types of touches, or gestures. To...

4 Home Screen ► Touch to display your Home screen. Notifications Panel When you see a notification icon on the left side of the status bar, drag the status bar down to display the Notifications panel. Touch a notification to open the related application, such as messaging, call list, or event. To cl...

Android Basics visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 5 Add Items to Your Screens 1. Touch on the screen you wish to change. 2. Slide the APPS or WIDGETS screens to find the item you wish to add. 3. Touch and hold an app icon or widget. 4. Touching the item, ...

6 Function Keys Just below the touchscreen, you’ll find a row of three buttons that let you perform specific functions. • Back Key ( ) – Touch to return to the previous screen view. • Home Key ( ) – Touch to return to the Home screen. Touch and hold to view recently viewed apps. • Menu Key ( ) – Tou...

Android Basics visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 7 Touchscreen Keyboards Your phone lets you choose between two onscreen keyboards: Android and Swype. Language and Keyboard Settings You can change your text entry options through the Language & input ...

8 Swype Keyboard Swype™ lets you enter a word with one continuous motion. To enter a word, just drag your finger over the letters. • To enter the small number or symbol at the top of a key, touch and hold the key. • To enter several symbols, touch . • To enter apostrophes in common words (like “I’ll...

Use Your Phone visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 9 Set Up Your Voicemail All unanswered calls are automatically transferred to your voicemail, even if your phone is in use or turned off. You should set up your voicemail and personal greeting as soon as y...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 11 10 Make a Phone Call 1. Touch > Phone to display the phone dialpad. 2. Touch the digits of the number you want to call on the dialpad. Touch to delete one or more digits. 3. Touch to place the call. Respond to an I...

Use Your Phone visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 11 Contacts Your phone’s Contacts application lets you access and manage contacts from a variety of sources, including Gmail, Exchange, Facebook, Twitter, contacts synced from your computer, and old-fashio...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 13 12 Contacts Add a New Contact 1. Touch > > People > . 2. Add as much or as little information as you want. • To add information in a field, touch the field to display the touchscreen keyboard. • To assign a n...

Use Your Phone visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 13 Messaging Send a Message 1. Touch > > Messaging > . 2. Enter a phone number or email address in the “To” field. 3. Touch the “Type message” field and type your message. • To insert pictures or ...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 15 14 Set Up a Gmail™ Account You likely signed into your Gmail account when you first turned your phone on. If not, you can add it or another account at any time. 1. Touch > > System settings > Add account. 2. ...

Use Your Phone visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 15 Email Setup Set Up an Email Account 1. Touch > > Email . 2. Follow the instructions to sign in to your email account. • If you’re adding an account from a common email provider, such as Windows Li...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 17 16 Access Email Messages 1. Touch > > Email or Gmail . • If necessary, touch the email account you want to use. 2. From the inbox, touch the message you want to view. Send an Email Message 1. Touch > > Ema...

Use Your Phone visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 17 Wi-Fi Connect to a Wi-Fi Network When you’re in range of an available Wi-Fi network, you can use your phone’s Wi-Fi feature to access the Internet and other data services. 1. Touch > > System sett...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 19 18 Web Go Online ► Touch > > Browser . • To go to a specific website, touch the address bar and enter the Web address. • To access and manage bookmarks, touch > Bookmarks in the browser options menu or next t...

Use Your Phone visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 19 Google Play™ Store App Download Applications and Games 1. Touch > > Play Store . 2. The first time you visit the Google Play Store app, touch Accept to accept the Terms of Service. 3. To find what...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 21 20 Take a Picture 1. Press and hold the camera button on the right side of the phone. 2. Frame your subject in the screen. 3. Touch and release or press the camera button to take the picture. Record a Video 1. Press a...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 23 22 Bluetooth Pair and Connect With a Bluetooth ® Device 1. Touch > > System settings > Bluetooth . • If Bluetooth is not turned on, touch the Bluetooth ON/OFF icon to ON . 2. Select an available device and fo...

Use Your Phone visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 23 Google Mobile™ Services Your KYOCERA Hydro EDGE provides easy access to a variety of Google services including Gmail™, Google Talk™, Google Maps™, Google Navigation, and YouTube™. • Gmail – The Google m...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 25 24 Set Up and Activate Your Mobile Hotspot Note: Risks can be associated with connecting to the public Internet. It is recommended that you use a password or other possible steps to protect against unauthorized access...

Use Your Phone visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 25 Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Connect a Device to the Mobile Hotspot 1. Enable Wi-Fi on your device (for example, a laptop computer). 2. Select the Network SSID for your mobile hotspot and enter the password i...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 27 26 GPS Navigation . Google Maps ™ ► Touch > > Maps . Get turn-by-turn directions to a known address, and find nearby restaurants, stores, and other points of interest. Drag or flick the map to move in any direct...

Use Your Phone visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 27 Music Open Your Music Player ► Touch > > Play Music . The Music library screen appears. • Music is stored in categories PLAYLISTS , RECENT , ARTISTS , ALBUMS , SONGS and GENRES . Touch a category,...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 29 28 Sprint Applications Download Sprint Applications 1. Touch > > Sprint Zone . 2. From the Sprint Zone Web page, scroll up or down and touch an item to check your account, read the latest news about your phone, ...

Tools & Resources visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 31 30 Tools & Resources: Settings Accessing Settings 1. Touch > > System settings . – or –Touch > > Settings . 2. Select the settings category you want to change. Categories include:...

visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 33 32 Manage Your Account Online: www.sprint.com • Make a payment, see your bills, enroll in online billing. • Check minute usage and account balance. • See or modify the details of your Sprint service plan. • Get detail...

Tools & Resources visit sprint.com/readynow for more information to get your phone up and running 33 Resources Resources For Your Phone • This Get Started Guide to get you up and running. • Ready Now – Visit sprint.com/readynow for additional help to get started on your new phone. You’ll find mo...

34 Sustainability At Sprint, environmental responsibility is more than talk. We’re continuously working to reduce our carbon footprint and decrease our use of natural resources. So where is my user guide? We took the full printed user guide out of the box and put it, along with expanded support reso...