Sharp AQUOS Crystal Specification sheet

Get
Started
All you need to know to get going.

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Welcome!
Thanks for choosing Sprint. This booklet introduces you to the basics
of getting started with Sprint Prepaid and your Sharp AQUOS Crystal.
For ongoing support and resources, visit sprint.com/prepaidsupport.
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.

Using This Guide
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This Get Started guide is designed to help you set up and use your
new AQUOS Crystal. 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 charging
the battery and activating Sprint Prepaid
service on your phone.
Android Basics − page 7 − Learn some
basics about how to move around on
your phone, use the home screen, and
enter text. If you’re familiar with Android™
phones, you can probably skip these
pages (although a refresher course never
hurt anyone).
Use Your Phone − page 10 − Take
advantage of your phone’s features
and Sprint services, from the basics
(Making Calls) to the more advanced
(using Google Play™, Wi-Fi®, and more).
Tools & Resources − page 20 −
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/prepaidsupport.

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Your Sharp AQUOS Crystal
Power/Lock Button
Receiver
Speaker
Charger/
Accessory Jack
Mic
Light Sensor
Flash
Battery Cover
3.
5mm Headset
Jack
V
olume Up
Butto
n
V
olume
Down
Butto
n
Camera
Touchscreen
Recent Apps Key
Back
Key
Self Camer
a
Lens
Home
Key
Recorder Mic
LED

Get Ready
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Get Your Phone Ready
Register Your Phone on Sprint Prepaid
1. From your computer’s browser, visit
sprint.com/prepaidactivate.
2. Choose an activation option and click
Next, and then enter your ZIP code and
click Next.
3. When prompted, enter the serial number
(MEID) printed on the label on your
phone’s packaging.
4. Follow the instructions to select a plan and
payment method.
• If you’re swapping phones or bringing
your number over from a dierent carrier,
follow the prompts to sign in or provide
additional information.
Charge the Battery
1. Insert the USB cable into the
Charger/Accessory Jack.
2. Insert the other end of the cable into the
charging head, and then plug the charging
head into a standard AC power outlet.
Note: Connecting the charger improperly
may cause serious damage to the device.
Any damage caused by misuse is not
covered by the warranty.

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Basic Phone Functions
Activate Your Phone
• Press and hold the Power/Lock Button to
turn on your new phone.
• 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 your phone is still not activated, visit
sprint.com/prepaidsupport for assistance. If
you do not have access to the Internet, call
Sprint Customer Service at 1-855-639-4644
from another phone.
Turn the Phone On
• Press and hold the Power/Lock Button.
Unlock the Screen
• Swipe in any direction to unlock
the screen.
Turn the Screen On and O
• To quickly turn the display screen o, press
the Power/Lock Button.
• To turn the screen on and display the unlock
screen, press the Power/Lock Button.
Turn the Phone O
• Press and hold the Power/Lock Button
and then touch Power o > OK to turn
the phone o.
Activate Your Phone

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Android Basics
Your Home Screen
Viewing Your Home Screen
Your phone’s Home screen extends
horizontally up to ive full screens.
• To display the main (center) Home screen,
touch from any screen.
• To view extended screens, swipe the screen
left or right.
Add Shortcuts to Your Home Screen
1. Touch > .
2. Swipe from right to left, if necessary, to ind
the app or widget you want.
3. Touch and hold an app or widget and then
drag it to a home screen.
Change Your Home Screen Wallpaper
1. Touch and hold an empty area on a
home screen.
2. Touch a location to view available wallpapers.
3. Select a wallpaper and then touch
Set wallpaper.
Status Bar
The Status Bar at the top of the screen
displays your phone status (connections,
signal strength, battery, GPS) and any current
notiications.
Notifications Panel
Drag the Status Bar down to display the
Notiications Panel. Touch a notiication to
open the related application.

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Keys and App Icons Open Apps
Just below the touchscreen, you’ll ind a row
of three static keys that let you perform
speciic functions.
• Back Key – Touch to return to the
previous screen view.
• Home Key – Touch to return to the
Home screen.
• Recent Apps Key – Touch to view a list
of your recently-used apps.
• If an app is on one of your Home screens,
just touch it to open it.
• If an app is not available from your Home
screen, touch to display the apps list, and
then touch the app you want to open.
Favorite Apps Tray
At the bottom of every Home screen you’ll
ind the Favorites Apps Tray: another quick
way to access your apps.
• To open an app, just touch it.
• To drag an app in or out of the Favorites tray
or anywhere else on a Home screen, touch
and hold it, then move it with your inger
into position.
Back Key
Home Key
Recent
Apps
Key
Phone Apps MessagingCamera
Chrome

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Android Basics
Your QWERTY Keyboards
Your AQUOS Crystal oers two onscreen
keyboards: Google keyboard and Swype™
(default). Select a ield that requires text or
numbers to display a keyboard.
Note: To switch between keyboards, drag the
notiications bar down, touch Choose input
method, and then select a keyboard type.
Google Keyboard Tips
• Touch or to change entry type.
• Suggested words will appear above the
keyboard as you type. Touch a word to enter
it and move on to the next word.
• If Gesture Typing is enabled, you can input a
word by sliding through the letters.
Keyboard Settings
You can customize your onscreen keyboard
settings to suit your needs:
• Touch > > Settings > Language &
input and then touch the Settings icon
next to an input method.
Google Voice Typing
Use your voice to enter text instead of typing.
1. From any screen where you can enter text,
touch the input ield to reveal the keyboard.
2. Touch and speak clearly.
Enter Text

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Calls
Make a Phone Call
1. Touch > Phone to open the
Phone app.
2. Touch to display the keypad.
3. Touch the digits of the number you want to
call. (The number will appear just above the
keypad as you enter it. Touch to delete
one or more digits.)
4. Touch .
Incoming Calls
• Drag to to answer the call.
• Drag to to send the call to voicemail.
• Drag to to send a quick response to
the caller.
Mute the Ringer on a Call
• Press the Volume Down Button on the left
side of the phone to mute the ringer.

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Use Your Phone
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. Touch > > Voicemail .
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
1. Touch > > Voicemail .
2. Touch a message to listen to it.

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Contacts
Your phone’s People app lets you access and
manage contacts from a variety of sources,
including Google and Corporate email
accounts, contacts synced from your
computer, and contacts you’ve
entered manually.
Save a Phone Number
1. Touch > Phone > .
2. Enter a phone number using the
onscreen keypad.
3. Touch > Add to contacts >
CREATE NEW CONTACT.
4. Enter a name and any other information for
the contact.
5. Touch DONE to save your contact details.
Add a New Entry to Contacts
1. Touch > > People .
2. Touch .
3. Touch any ield and enter the name, phone
number, and other contact details.
4. Add more data ields or a picture if desired,
and touch DONE.
Find a Contact
1. Touch > > People , and then
touch .
2. Enter the irst letter or letters of an entry.
3. Touch the contact to display its
information.

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Use Your Phone
Messages
Send a Text or Multimedia
(MMS) Message
1. Touch > Messaging .
2. Touch .
3. Enter a phone number, email address, or
contact name in the To ield. (If available,
touch a name from the list to inish the
entry.)
4. Touch Type message and then type
your message.
• If you want to add an attachment to your
message, such as a picture or video,
touch .
• Touch a media type (such as Pictures,
Videos, Audio, etc.) and then touch an
available album and item.
5. When you’re ready to send, touch .
Access Messages
1. Touch > Messaging .
2. From the Messages screen, touch the
message you want to view.
–or–
1. Open the Notifications panel.
2. Touch the message you want to view.
Text and MMS messages are collected in
ongoing “conversations,” so when you view a
message, you can scroll through the entire
history of your messages with that person.
Be a hero.
Don’t drive distracted.
sprint.com/focusondriving

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Email
Add an Email Account
1. Touch > > Email .
2. If this is your irst time adding an Email
account, proceed to step 3. If you have
already added an Email account, touch >
Settings > ADD ACCOUNT.
3. Enter the Email address and Password for
your Email account and then touch Next.
• Touch Manual to conigure your
connection settings manually (POP3 ,
IMAP, or Exchange). Follow the on-screen
prompts and enter the information
speciic to your carrier.
4. Conigure settings for receiving Email and
then touch Next.
5. Enter the account name and your name
and then touch Next.
Compose and Send Email
1. Touch > > Email .
2. From the Inbox, touch .
3. Enter the recipient’s email address in the
To ield.
4. Enter the email subject in the Subject ield.
• To add an attachment, touch > Attach
picture or Attach video.
5. Review your message and then touch to
send the email.

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Use Your Phone
Take a Picture
1. Touch > Camera .
2. Aim the camera lens at your subject and
touch .
View Pictures
1. Touch > > Photos to view
the pictures.
2. Touch a picture to view it full screen.
• Touch to edit the image or to
explore options.
Record a Video
1. Touch > Camera .
2. Touch to switch to Video mode.
3. Aim the lens at your subject, and touch
to begin recording.
4. Touch to stop recording.
View Videos
1. Touch > > Photos .
2. Touch a video and then touch the play icon
to view the video.
Note: You may be prompted to select a video
player to view the video.
Share Pictures and Videos
1. Touch > > Photos .
2. Touch a picture or video to send.
3. Touch and then touch a sharing method,
such as Email, Bluetooth, or Facebook.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to send
your picture or video clip.
Camera & Video

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Wi-Fi
Go Online
1. Touch > Chrome .
Note: The irst time, you may be prompted to
enter your wireless phone number.
2. From the Sprint home page, select
categories, navigate to websites, read
blogs, download content, and more.
• Touch a category to open it.
• For more options, touch from any page.
• To scroll, slide your inger up or down
the page.
• To zoom in or out, pinch the screen.
Connect to a Wi-Fi Network
When you’re in range of an available Wi-Fi
network, use your phone’s Wi-Fi feature to
access the Internet and other data services.
Note: You may already have signed in to Wi-Fi
during the phone’s setup process.
1. Touch > > Settings > Wi-Fi.
2. Touch the icon next to Wi-Fi and slide to the
“ON” position.
3. Touch > Scan to display a list of
available networks.
4. Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect. If
necessary, enter the security key
(password) and touch Connect.
Web

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Use Your Phone
Google Play is the place to go to ind new
apps, games, movies, and more for
your phone.
Download Apps and Games
1. Touch > > Play Store .
• The irst time you visit the Google Play
Store app, touch Accept to accept the
Terms of Service.
2. Browse through featured apps and games,
or touch at the top of the app to start a
search.
3. Touch an item to read a description and
reviews.
4. Touch INSTALL (for free apps) or the
price (for paid apps) and follow the
onscreen prompts.
Note: You must have a Google Account set
up on your phone to purchase and
download apps from Google Play.
Google Mobile™ Services
• Gmail – The Google mail service. Your
Gmail account lets you access many
Google-related services as well as
Google Play.
• Hangouts™ – Google’s instant messaging
service.
Touch > > Hangouts to
begin using the service.
• Google Maps™ – The Google location
program.
Touch > > Maps to
begin using this service.
• YouTube™ – View and share videos. Touch
> > YouTube to browse through
and view available videos. Sign in with your
Google Account to upload your own videos.
Google Play and Google Mobile Services

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Bluetooth®
Pair and Connect With a
Bluetooth-Capable Device
1. Verify your Bluetooth is turned on. Touch
> > Settings > Bluetooth, and
then slide the icon to the “ON” position.
2. From the Bluetooth settings page, touch
your phone’s name to make it discoverable
by other devices.
3. Touch SEARCH FOR DEVICES. (You’ll see
a list of in-range Bluetooth devices.)
4. Touch a device from the list to
initiate pairing.
5. Enter the passkey or PIN code, or verify the
shared key, and touch Pair.
6. The external device will then have to also
accept the connection and enter your
phone’s PIN code.
7. Once you’re paired with a device, your
connection should launch. shows your
current connection status.
Share Contacts, Files, or Pictures
Using Bluetooth
1. Open the application containing the ile
you want to share (for example, touch >
> People ).
2. Locate the ile or entry you want to share.
3. You can send pictures and videos directly
from the camera or from Photos, Calendar
events, Contacts (as vCards), music tracks,
and voice recordings. Not all devices will be
able to receive all ile types.
4. Depending on the application, touch >
Bluetooth or touch and hold the ile and
select Share (or Send)>Bluetooth.
5. Touch the name of the device to which
you’re sending the ile.
Music

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Use Your Phone
Music
Load Music
Before you can listen to your music, you
need to load songs onto your phone’s
microSD card. To load songs from
your computer:
1. Use the supplied USB cable to connect
your phone to an available USB port on
your computer.
2. Touch Turn on USB storage > OK.
3. On your computer, locate the new
removable disk, open it, and then open or
create a Music folder.
4. Copy music iles from your computer to the
music folder, follow the procedures to safely
remove the drive, and then disconnect the
phone from the USB cable.
Play Music
1. Touch > > Play Music . The
Listen Now screen appears.
2. Touch to open the side menu.
• You can view all your saved music
from the Listen Now, My Library, or
Playlists menus.
3. Touch a category, and then touch the
song or playlist you want to play.

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Settings
Explore ways to customize your phone, set
permissions, update your phone, and more
in the Settings menu.
Accessing Settings
1. Touch > > Settings .
2. Select the settings category you want to
change. Touch the ON/OFF switches to
enable or disable a setting.
Categories include:
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• Call
• Data usage
• Sound
• Display
• Storage
• USB connection
• Battery
• Apps
• Location services
• Security
• Language & input
• Backup & reset
• Date & time
• Accessibility
• Printing
• Activate this Device
• System updates
• About phone
• More...
For detailed information about
settings, please see the User Guide
at sprint.com/prepaidsupport.
Battery-Saving Tips