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Tap toreturntothepreviousscreen.
Data Services General Information (Sprint
Spark LTE and 3G Networks)
Thefollowingtopicswillhelpyoulearnthebasicsofusingyourdataservices,includingmanaging
yourusername,launchingadataconnection,andnavigatingtheWebwithyourphone.
Important:Certaindataservicesrequestsmayrequireadditionaltimetoprocess.Whileyourphone
isloadingtherequestedservice,thetouchscreenorQWERTYkeyboardmayappearunresponsive
wheninfacttheyarefunctioningproperly.Allowthephonesometimetoprocessyourdatausage
request.
Sprint Spark LTE
TheSprintSparkenhancedLTEnetworkprovidesyourphonewithwirelessInternetaccessover
greaterdistancesthanWi-Fianddeliversdatatransferratesofupto60Mbps.Toconnectyour
phonetoSprintSpark,youneedtobeinanareacoveredbytheSprintSparkenhancedLTE
network.
FormoreinformationabouttheavailabilityofSprintSparkinyourlocation,visitsprint.com/coverage.
Note:Theavailabilityandrangeofthenetworkdependsonanumberoffactorsincludingyour
distancetothebasestation,andinfrastructureandotherobjectsthroughwhichthesignalpasses.
Set Your Network Options
1.
Tap > >Settings >Networks tab> More>Mobile networks>Network mode.
2. Selectdesiredoption.
Bydefault,thephonewillscanforthebestavailableSprintnetworkandwillautomatically
connecttoit.
WhenyourphoneisconnectedviaSprintSpark,theSprintSparkicon appearsinthestatus
bar.
Note:TheSprintSparknetworkisself-discoverable,whichmeansnoadditionalstepsarerequired
foryourphonetoconnecttoit.
Your User Name
Whenyoubuyyourphoneandsignupforservice,you‘reautomaticallyassignedausername,which
istypicallybasedonyournameandanumber,followedby“@sprintpcs.com.”(Forexample,the
thirdJohnSmithtosignupforSprintdataservicesmighthavejsmith003@sprintpcs.comashisuser
name.)