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TTY Use With Sprint Service
A TTY (teletypewriter, 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 supports digital wireless transmission.
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
. Then provide the state
TRS with this number:
866-727-4889.
To turn TTY Mode on or off:
1. Select and press > Settings > More... >
Accessibility > TTY Options. (An informational
message will be displayed.)
2. Read the informational message and press .
3. Select TTY Full, TTY + Hear, TTY+ Talk, or TTY Off and
press .
Note
In TTY Mode, your phone will display the TTY access
icon.
If TTY mode is enabled, the audio quality of non-TTY
devices connected to the headset jack may be
impaired.
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