Accounts and MessagingSet up accounts on your phone, to synchronize information between your phone and accounts. Use yourphone’s messaging features to send text and multimedia messages.GoogleMany of your phone’s applications, such as Gmail, Google Maps, Google Hangouts, and the Google PlayStore, require a Google Account. To use these applications, you must set up your Google Account onyour phone. Setting up your account on your phone syncs your phone and your online Google Account.Create a Google AccountIf you do not already have a Google Account, you can create one online or using your phone.Note: You can also create and sign into your Google/Gmail account through your phone’s Setupapplication.Although you need a Gmail account to use certain features of your phone, such as Google Play, you donot need to use Gmail as the default account for your phone.Create a Google Account Using Your Phone1. Press and tap > Settings > Accounts.2. Tap Add account > Google > New.3. Follow the onscreen prompts to create your free account.Access GmailBelow are procedures for accessing your Gmail account.1. Press and tap Apps > Gmail.2. Do any of the following: View more email messages: If the Inbox is full, swipe your finger up the screen to viewmore messages and conversations. Read a new email message: Tap the unread message or the conversation with an unreadmessage (just-arrived items display in bold). Select messages and conversations: Tap the box before the email or conversation. View the Inbox of another Gmail account: Tap Inbox at the top of the screen and then tapthe inbox of the Gmail account you want to view.Accounts and Messaging 37
