User Guide

Accounts and Messaging 92
Accounts and Messaging
With Boost 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™, Google Talk, Google Now™, 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.
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. Slide the Notifications panel open, 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 .