Get Started 4 If your phone is activated, it will turn on, search for Sprint service, and begin thesetup application. If your phone is not yet activated, see Activate Your Phone for more information.Activate Your PhoneDepending on your account or how and where you purchased your phone, it may be ready touse or you may need to activate it on your Sprint account.● 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 for a new Sprint account or a new line ofservice, it is designed to activate automatically. When you turn the phone on for the first time, you should see a Hands FreeActivation screen, which may be followed by a PRL Update screen and a FirmwareUpdate screen. Follow the onscreen instructions to continue.● If you received your phone in the mail and you are activating a new phone for an existingnumber on your account (you’re swapping phones), you can activate on your computeronline or directly on your phone. Activate on your computer:• Go to sprint.com/activate and complete the online instructions to activate yourphone. Activate on your phone:• Turn on your new phone. (Make sure the old one is turned off.) Your phone willautomatically attempt Hands-Free Activation.• Tap Activate to override auto-activation and start the manual activation wizard.• Follow the onscreen prompts to complete the activation process.
