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Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings 71
Wireless Backup
This feature allows you to back up all of your contacts to the
Sprint Web site and restore them if your phone is lost, stolen,
damaged, or replaced.
To subscribe to the wireless backup service, you will need to
purchase a license to use the wireless backup service via the
Sprint vending machine, accessed through the WAP browser
on your phone. The license expires after a set period of time
and must be renewed regularly. As partof the initial
subscription process, a random wireless backup password is
generated. The randomly-generated password will be sent to
the handset as an SMS text message. (
Subscribelaunches the
subscription process. If you are already subscribed to wireless
backup service,
Unsubscribewill be displayed.)
Activating and Deactivating Wireless Backup Service
To activate the wireless backup service:
1. Select > Contacts > Wireless Backup.
2. SelectSubscribe. (You will be prompted to confirm your
license status.)
3. SelectYes (left softkey) and follow the onscreen
instructions to purchase the license.
4. Please wait while registering the license. (You will see a
confirmation screen if it has been successfully
registered.)
Note:
Wireless Backup can also be activated by selecting MENU
>
Settings > Wireless Backup
and following steps 2-4 above.
Note:
To use the wireless backup service, you are required to activate
the service from your phone.
Your Phone’s Settings