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TTY Use With Sprint Service
A TTY (also known as a TDD or Text Telephone) is a
telecommunications device that allows people who are
deaf, hard of hearing, or who have speech or language
disabilities, to communicate by telephone.
Your phone is compatible with select TTY devices.
Please check with the manufacturer of your TTY device
to ensure that it is compatible with digital cell phones.
Your phone and TTY device will connect via a special
cable that plugs into your phone’s headset jack. If this
cable was not provided with your TTY device, contact
your TTY device manufacturer to purchase the
connector cable.
When establishing your Sprint service, please call
Sprint Customer Service via the state
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) by first
dialing
7-1-1 . Then provide the state TRS with
this number:
866-727-4889.
To turn TTY Mode on or off:
1. Touch > Main Menu > (slide the screen up) >
Settings > TTY. (You will see an informational
message.)
2. Touch Continue.
3. Touch On to turn TTY mode on.
– or –
Touch
Off to turn TTY mode off.
Talk
Note: In TTY Mode, your phone will display the TTY access
icon when the TTY device is plugged into the phone.
When enabled, TTY mode may impair the audio quality
of non-TTY devices connected to the headset jack.
WARNING: 911 Emergency Calling
Sprint recommends that TTY users make
emergency calls by other means, including
Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS),
analog cellular, and landline communications.
Wireless TTY calls to 911 may be corrupted
when received by public safety answering points
(PSAPs), rendering some communications
unintelligible. The problem encountered appears
related to software used by PSAPs. This matter
has been brought to the attention of the FCC,
and the wireless industry and the PSAP
community are currently working to resolve this.