Virgin Mobile 601 Cell Phone User Manual


 
Accounts and Messaging 68
ACCOUNTS AND MESSAGING
With Virgin Mobile service and your phone’s messaging capabilities, you have the opportunity to
share information through many different channels and accounts.
GMAIL
You will need a Google Account to access several phone features such as Gmail, Google Maps™,
and Google Play. 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: You can also create and sign into your Google/Gmail Account through your phone’s Setup
application.
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 > Sign Up.
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.
With two fingers, swipe down from the status bar, and then touch > Accounts & sync.
2.
Touch > Google > New.
3.
Enter your First name, Last name, and then touch .
4.
Enter your desired email address, and then touch .
5.
When prompted, enter and re-enter a password, and touch .
6. Enter a secondary email address to help you recover your password if you ever lose it and then
select a security question. Touch .