Making Connections Internet and Social Networking 74
Your User Name
Whenyoubuyyourphoneandsignupforservice,you’reautomaticallyassignedausername,which
istypicallybasedonyournameandanumber,followedby“@sprintpcs.com.”(Forexample,the
thirdJohnSmithtosignupforSprintdataservicesmighthavejsmith003@sprintpcs.comashisuser
name.)
Whenyouusedataservices,yourusernameissubmittedtoidentifyyoutothenetwork.Youruser
nameisautomaticallyprogrammedintoyourphone.Youdon’thavetoenterit.
Find Your User Name
Youcanfindyourusernamethroughyourphone'sdevicemenu.
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Tap >Tools >Settings >Generaltab>About phone.
Youwillseeyourusernameunderthe"Username"heading.
Update Your User Name
Ifyouchoosetochangeyourusernameandselectanewoneonline,ormakeanychangestoyour
services,youmustthenupdatetheprofileonyourphone.
1.
Tap >Tools >Settings >Generaltab>System update.
2. TapUpdate Profile.
Yourphonewilldownloadandinstalltheprofileupdate.
Data Connection Status and Indicators
Yourphonedisplaysthecurrentstatusofyourdataconnectionthroughindicatorsatthetopofthe
screen.Thefollowingsymbolsareused:
Icon Status
Network (full signal):Thenumberofbarsindicatethestrengthofthesignal.More
barsmeanabettersignal.
Enhanced 4G LTE data service:Yourphoneisconnectedtothe4GenhancedLTE
network.
3G (data service):Yourphoneisconnectedtothe3Gnetwork.
Wi-Fi connection:YourphoneisconnectedtoaWi-Finetworkfordata.