T-Mobile T Mobile Color Sidekick Phone Instructions Manual

Customizing Your Device
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Turn On/Off Privacy Lock
If you want to secure your device from unauthorized access once your device has gone into key guard mode, 
you will first need to set up a privacy code by following the instructions below.
1From the Jump screen, press Menu   then select Settings.
2On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Key Guard & Security, then press the wheel to open the Key Guard 
& Security screen.
3Scroll down to the Privacy Lock...

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Fill in Your Identification Tag
Use your device’s Identification Tag as a device identifier if someone types an incorrect privacy code when 
attempting to unlock your device from key guard. This can be important if you lose your device and another 
person tries to use it. Your device comes with the ID Tag filled in with information about contacting Customer 
Care, but you can change this default message by doing the following:...

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Unlock Your SIM Card
1To unlock your SIM card, from the Key Guard & Security screen, press the Disable SIM Lock... button:
The Unlock SIM dialog box appears.
2Type your PIN, then select OK. Your SIM card is unlocked.
Change Your SIM PIN
If you have SIM Lock enabled, then you can change your SIM PIN. (Remember that the default SIM PIN is 
1234.)
1From the Key Guard & Security screen, scroll to the SIM Card Lock section:
2Select...

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2On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Keyboard, then press the wheel to open the Keyboard screen:
3You set your keyboard preferences by using “slider bars”. Rotate the wheel to highlight the slider you want 
adjust, then press the wheel to “open” the slider bar. An opened slider bar looks like this:
4Rotate the wheel up to increase the setting; rotate the wheel down to decrease the setting. This means 
that to:
• Increase...

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4When the available network(s) have been located, you’ll see the Choose Network screen. Press the wheel to 
open the pop-up menu:
Scroll to highlight the network you want to switch to, then press the wheel to select it.
Note: It is also from this screen that you set your device to scan for networks automatically.
5Once your device has connected to the network you selected, the Network screen will reflect your selection:
Sound
You...

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3In the Sound & Music section of the screen, you can do the following:
•Adjust sound & music volume level - Rotate the wheel to highlight the Volume slider bar, then press. 
The slider bar becomes “adjustable”. Rotate the wheel up to increase volume; rotate the wheel down to 
decrease. When you have a volume you want to keep, then press the wheel to save the setting.
•Mute/un-mute all device sounds - Press the Mute/Un-mute button...

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Wireless Options
If you want control over your wireless connectivity, you can do so from the Wireless Options dialog:
1From the Jump screen, press Menu   then select Settings.
2Scroll to the bottom of the Settings screen and select the Wireless Options... button. The Wireless Options 
dialog box opens:
3In the Wireless section of the dialog box, use the option buttons to turn your wireless connection on/off. 
This is how you turn...

The Jump Screen
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5.  The Jump Screen
In this chapter you can read all about your device’s “home base” -- the Jump screen:
About the Jump Screen
The Jump screen is a view that displays all the applications you can use on your device in a ring of application 
icons (on the left) and “splash screens” (on the right). You use the Jump screen by scrolling through the 
applications by rotatating the wheel...until the application you want to open displays. Then...

The Jump Screen
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How to Find the Jump Screen
Simply press the Jump button   to view the Jump screen. You can “jump” to this view from any screen, in any 
application, at any time, by pressing the Jump button. The Phone application is highlighted by default.
The Application Splash Screens
As you view the Jump screen and scroll through each application using the wheel, the splash screen applicable to 
that application highlighted displays to the right of...

The Jump Screen
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The Jump Screen Menu
While on the Jump screen, press Menu   to open the Jump screen menu:
Here’s what each menu option means:
•Controls... [ +  ] - Opens the Controls. Read more in 
Controls on page 33.
•Settings - Opens the Settings screen, from which you can make device-wide settings. Read more in 
4. 
Customizing Your Device on page 30.
•Key Guard [Hold  ] - Puts your device into key guard mode, which locks the keys.
•Hints... - Opens...