User's Manual

Accounts and Messaging 61
Accounts and Messaging
With wireless service and your phone’s messaging capabilities, you have the opportunity to
share information through many different channels and accounts, including Gmail (Google),
personal and corporate email, text and multimedia messaging, and social networking accounts.
Gmail / Google
You will need a Google Account to access several phone features such as Gmail, Google Maps,
YouTube
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, and the Google Play applications. Before you are able to access Google
applications, you must enter your account information. These applications sync between your
phone and your online Google Account.
Create a Google Account
If you do not already have a Google Account, you can create one online or using your phone.
Note: Although you need a Gmail account to use certain features of your phone, such as
Google Play, you do not need to use Gmail as the default account for your phone.
Create a Google Account Online
1. From a computer, launch a Web browser and navigate to google.com.
2. On the main page, click Sign-in > Create an account now.
3. Follow the onscreen prompts to create your free account.
4. Look for an email from Google in the email box you provided, and respond to the email
to confirm and activate your new account.
Create a Google Account Using Your Phone
1. Touch > > Settings > Add account.
2. Touch Google and then touch New.
3. Enter your First name and Last name, and then touch .
4. Enter a desired Username, and then touch .
5. When prompted, enter and reenter a password, and then touch .
6. Enter a secondary email address to help you recover your password if you ever lose it,
and then touch .