Kyocera Verve Specification sheet

Get
Started
All you need to know to get going.

Thanks for choosing Sprint. This booklet introduces you to the
basics of getting started with Sprint and your Kyocera Verve.
ReadyNow – For more help in getting up and running with
your new phone, take advantage of exclusive Ready Now
resources at sprint.com/readynow. You can even schedule a
one-on-one appointment at a Sprint Store near you.
For ongoing support and resources, visit sprint.com/support.
There, you’ll ind guides, tutorials, and more to help you get
the most out of your phone.
Note: Available applications and services are subject to change at any time.
Welcome!

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Microphone
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Menu
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Emergency
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Camera
Button
Keypad
Back Key
End/Power
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Softkeys
Display
Screen
Navigation
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Emergency
Call Key
Battery
Cover Slot
Speaker
Camera
Lens
Headset Jack
Internal
Antennas
Volu
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Charger/
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Your Kyocera Verve
Note: See page 11 for the slide out keyboard.

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This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your
new Kyocera Verve. It’s divided into four sections to help you nd
the information you need quickly and easily.
Using This Guide
Get Ready − page 5 − Find out what
you need to do before you use your
phone the rst time, including inserting
a battery and activating Sprint service on
your phone.
Phone Basics − page 7 − Learn some
basics about your phone, such as how to
use voicemail and make calls.
Use Your Phone − page 14 − Take
advantage of your phone’s features
such as using Email, Sprint Family
Locator, pairing with Bluetooth
devices, and more.
Tools & Resources − page 21 − Find
useful tips for your phone and discover
resources and other helpful Sprint
information. For additional information
including the full User Guide, videos,
tutorials, and community forums, visit
sprint.com/support.

Get Ready
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Get Your Phone Ready
Before you start: Visit sprint.com/readynow
to learn about transferring contacts,
calendars, and more from your old phone.
Install the Battery
1. Hook your ingernail into the slot at the
side of the battery cover and lift the cover
o gently.
2. Insert the battery, contacts end irst, and
gently press into place.
3. Replace the cover, making sure all the
locking tabs of the cover are seated with
no gaps.
Charge the Battery
1. Plug the USB connector into the charger/
accessory jack on the left side of your
phone.
2. Plug the AC adapter into an electrical
outlet.
Turn the Phone On
►Press and hold to turn your phone on.
Turn the Phone O
►Press and hold to turn the phone o.

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Activate Your Phone
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 turn the
phone on for the irst time, you
should see a Hands Free Activation
screen, which may be followed by a
PRL Update screen and a Firmware
Update screen. Follow the
onscreen instructions to continue.
If you received your phone in the
mail and it is going to be activated
on an existing number (you’re
swapping phones), go to
sprint.com/activate and follow the
instructions. When you have
inished, make a phone call to
conirm your activation.
If your phone is still not activated, visit
sprint.com/support for assistance. If you
do not have access to the Internet, call
Sprint Customer Service at 1-888-211-4727
from another phone.

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Phone Basics
Phone Basics: Voicemail
Set Up Your Voicemail
All unanswered calls are automatically
transferred to your voicemail, even if your
phone is in use or turned o. You should set
up your voicemail and personal greeting as
soon as your phone is activated:
1. Press and hold .
2. Follow the voice prompts to create
your password and record your name
and greeting.
Sprint strongly recommends setting a
voicemail password.
Retrieve Your Voicemail
►Press and hold .
From any other phone:
1. Dial your wireless phone number.
2. When your voicemail answers, press *.

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Calls
Make a Phone Call
1. Enter a phone number from standby
mode. (If you make a mistake while dialing,
press to erase the numbers.)
2. Press or .
3. Press when you are inished.
Answer an Incoming Call
• Press to answer an incoming call.
–or–
Slide the keyboard open.
In-Call Options
Pressing OPTIONS (right softkey) during a
call displays a list of available in-call features.
To select an option, highlight the option and
press .
• Transfer Audio to switch the call to a
Bluetooth device (if applicable).
• Save to save the current call’s phone
number in your Contacts.
• Contact Details to display information
about the caller stored in your Contacts.
• Main Menu to display the phone’s main menu.
• 3-Way Call to open a call with two other parties.
• Contacts to display your Contacts list.
• Voice Memo to record the other party’s voice.
• Phone Info to display information about
your phone.

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Phone Basics
View Contacts
1. Press CONTACTS (right softkey) from the
standby screen.
2. Use the navigation key to scroll through
the list to view your contacts.
Add a New Contact
1. In standby mode, press CONTACTS (right
softkey) > Add New... > New Contact.
2. Enter a name for the new entry and press
the navigation key down.
3. Enter the phone number and press .
4. Highlight a number type for the entry
(Mobile, Home, Work, Pager,Fax, or Other)
and press .
5. Press DONE (left softkey).
Edit Contacts
1. In standby mode, press CONTACTS (right
softkey).
2. Highlight the entry you want to edit and
press OPTIONS (right softkey) > Edit
Contact or Edit Group.
3. Highlight the information you wish to edit.
4. Add or edit the information and press .
5. Press DONE (left softkey) or SAVE (left
softkey) to save your changes.
Delete a Contacts Entry
1. In standby mode, press CONTACTS
(right softkey).
2. Highlight an entry or a group you want to delete.
3. Press OPTIONS (right softkey) > Delete
Contact or Delete Group.
4. Press DELETE (left softkey).
Contacts

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Enter Text
You can type on your phone using various
input modes.
Select a Text Input Mode
Your phone provides convenient ways to
enter letters, numbers, and symbols
whenever you are prompted to enter text.
1. From a screen where you can enter text,
press OPTIONS (right softkey) to change
the text mode. (If you are in the message
entry screen, press OPTIONS [right
softkey] > Text Mode.)
2. Select one of the following options:
• Abc to enter characters by using the
alphabet mode.
• XT9Word to enter text using a predictive
text system that reduces the number of
key presses required while entering a word.
• 123 to enter numeric characters.
• Symbols to enter symbols.
• Smileys to enter smile icons.
• Emoticons to enter “emoticons.” (This is
available, for example, when composing
a message or when editing a Schedule
or To Do description in Calendar.)
• Paste List to paste copied or cut text
(if applicable).
• Web Shortcuts to enter Web shortcuts
(for example, www., http://, or .com).
• Text Options to display the text entry
options menu (if applicable).

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Phone Basics
Enter Text
Tip: When entering text, press or on the slide out keyboard to change the capitalization
style as Abc > ABC > abc (Abc mode), or as
XT9 Word > XT9 WORD > XT9 word (XT9Word mode).
The selected style is displayed in the bottom-right corner of the screen, above the right softkey
label (if applicable).
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SPKR
BACK
QWERTY
Softkeys
Navigation Keys
Enter Key
Backspace Key
Symbol Key
Shift Key
Function Key

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Send a Message
1. Press > Messaging.
2. Select Send Message.
3. Select a recipient from the list or from the
following options:
• Go to Contacts to select a recipient from
your Contacts. (Qualifying Contacts
entries must contain a phone number or
an email address.)
• MULTIPLE (left softkey) to select multiple
recipients. Press CONTINUE (left softkey)
when you have inished selecting and
entering recipients. (You may include up
to 40 recipients per message.)
• NEW ADDRESS (right softkey) to enter a
recipient’s phone number or email
address directly. Press CONTINUE (left
softkey) to proceed.
4. Compose a message.
• Press OPTIONS (right softkey) to select
additional options.
5. Select Add Attachment > Picture or Voice.
6. Select iles you would like to attach.
7. Review your message and press SEND
(left softkey).
Messaging Messaging

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Phone Basics
Messaging
Read a Message
►When you receive a message, your phone
will display a notiication message. Select
View or press VIEW (left softkey).
Reply to a Message
1. While the message is displayed, press
REPLY (left softkey).
–or–
Slide out the QWERTY keyboard.
• Select Reply to Sender, or select Reply All
if you are replying to a message with
multiple recipients.
2. Compose a reply and press SEND
(left softkey).
Be a hero. Don’t drive distracted.
sprint.com/focusondriving

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Use Your Phone: Email
Set Up an Email Account
1. Press > Web.
2. From the SprintWebSM home page, select
Messaging > Email.
3. Select Yahoo! Mail, AOL & AIM Mail, or
MSN Hotmail.
4. Use your keypad to enter the required
sign-in information for the selected
provider, such as user name, email
address, or password, and select Sign In.
(Your mailbox for the selected provider will
be displayed.)
5. Follow the onscreen instructions to read,
reply to, compose, and send messages
and manage your email account.
Email allows you to stay connected 24 hours a day anywhere on the Nationwide Sprint
Network. You can set up email accounts through the email application.
Camera

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Use Your Phone
Camera
Take a Picture
Taking pictures with your phone’s built-in
camera is as simple as choosing a subject,
aiming the lens, and pressing a button.
1. Press > Photos > Camera to activate
camera mode. Additional camera options
are available.
Tip: To activate camera mode, you can also
press and hold the camera button ( ).
2. Using the phone’s screen as a viewinder,
aim the camera lens at your subject.
3. Press , , or CAPTURE (left softkey) until the
shutter sounds. The picture will automatically
be saved to the My Photos folder.
• To return to camera mode to take
another picture, press CAMERA (left
softkey), , or .
4. Press OPTIONS (right softkey) for more options:
• Send to send your picture in a message.
• Select Multiple to select more than one
picture from the multiple shots you just took
(available for multiple shots mode only).
• Assign to assign a picture as a picture ID
or as a screensaver.
• Delete to delete the picture you just took.
• Review Media to go to the My Photos
folder to review your saved pictures.
• Details/Edit to edit your picture or display
details relating to your pictures.

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Web
Find sports scores, news, and weather.
Shop online. Browse the Web just the way
you want to.
Browse the Web
• Press > Web. (Your data connection starts
and you see the SprintWebSM home page.)
Note: If Net Guard is enabled and displayed,
press YES (left softkey) to continue and
launch the Web.
• While connecting, you may see an
animation before the home page appears.
Tip: To change the default launch page to
the last page you viewed, press Options
(right softkey) and select Browser settings >
Startup page > Use the last page I visited >
Conirm (left softkey).
Download Games, Ringtones, and More

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Use Your Phone
Access the Download Menus
1. Press > My Stu.
2. Select a download category (Games,
Ringtones, Screen Savers, or
Applications), and then select Get New.
–or–
Select Ringback Tones.
The browser will start and take you to the
corresponding download menu.
–or–
1. From the SprintWebSM home page,
select Downloads, and then select
Sprint Downloads.
2. Select a download category to go to the
corresponding download menu.
Download an Item
Once you’ve selected an item you wish to
download, highlight it and press . You will see
a summary page for the item including its title,
the vendor, the download details, and the cost.
Links allow you to view the License Info page,
which outlines the price, license type, and length
of license for the download, and the Terms of Use
page, which details the Premium Services Terms
of Use and your responsibility for payment.
Download Games, Ringtones, and More
You have access to a dynamic variety of downloadable content, such as games, ringtones,
screen savers, and other applications. (Additional charges may apply.) Follow the basic
steps below to access and download these items.

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To download a selected item:
1. From the information page, select Buy.
2. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete
the download. (When you see the NEW
DOWNLOAD screen, you have successfully
downloaded the item to your phone. When
you download a ringback tone, you will not
see the NEW DOWNLOAD screen. Instead, you
will see a screen giving you the option to set
the downloaded ringback tone as your default.)
Note: If you have not previously purchased
an item, you will be prompted to create your
purchasing proile.
3. Select an option to continue:
• Select a menu such as Run/Open/Listen/
View/Play to start the downloaded item.
Your data session will end, and your
phone will redirect you to the appropriate
phone menu screen.
• Select Assign to assign a ringtone or
screen saver to a phone function.
• Select Settings to conigure downloaded
games or applications.
• Select Shop to browse for other items to
download.
• Press to quit the browser and return
to standby mode.
Download Games, Ringtones, and More Bluetooth

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Use Your Phone
Bluetooth
Turn Bluetooth On and O
1. Press > Tools > Bluetooth > On/O.
2. Press ON (left softkey) to enable
Bluetooth. Press OFF (left softkey) to
disable Bluetooth.
Pair Bluetooth Devices
1. Press > Tools > Bluetooth > Add New.
2. Select the device you wish to pair with and
press .
3. Enter the passkey and press .
4. (Optional) Edit the device name and press
SAVE (left softkey).
Note: Due to dierent speciications and
features of other Bluetooth compatible
devices, display and operations may be
dierent, and functions such as transfer or
exchange may not be possible with all
Bluetooth compatible devices.
Share Contacts or Name Cards
Using Bluetooth
1. Press > Tools > Bluetooth > Trusted
Devices.
2. Select the device from the Trusted Devices
list and press TRANSFER... (left softkey).
3. Select Send Contacts,Send Name Card,or
Exchange Name Cards and press
.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to select
items to send.
5. Read the message and press SEND
(left softkey).

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Sprint Family Locator
Sprint Family Locator uses GPS technology
to locate your child’s phone and display the
location on an interactive map.
Note: Sprint Family Locator service
requires an additional monthly fee.
Visit sprint.com/familylocator for
complete details.
Sign Up for Sprint Family Locator
1. Press > Sprint Family Locator.
2. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter
and submit the required information.
Note: You can also sign up for Sprint Family
Locator online at sprint.com/familylocator.
Use Sprint Family Locator
1. Press > Sprint Family Locator.
2. Enter the parent phone number and
password to sign in to your account.
3. Select a phone to locate from the available
child phone list.
4. When you are inished, select Sign Out.
Note: You may also use Sprint Family Locator
with any computer with an Internet
connection. Visit sprint.com/familylocator for
complete details.
Tools & Resources: Manage Your Account