Without insurance, you could get stuck paying full price to replace your phone if something goes wrong. So Virgin Mobile has partnered with Asurion to make Phone Insurance available to our customers. For just $5/month you'll be covered if your phone breaks or is lost, stolen, or damaged - even with liquid.

Here's how it works:

- Sign up for Phone Insurance within 15 days of activating your phone on a Beyond Talk Plan.
- The $5 premium will be deducted from your Virgin Mobile account each month.
- If something happens to your phone, file a claim online or over the phone.
- As long as your claim is approved and you pay the deductible, you'll typically receive a replacement phone within 24 hours.

Dock Mode is an interface that brings commonly used applications into one area, providing quick and easy to read access to the clock, weather and Friend Stream updates. There are also quick access shortcuts to Photo Frame, Connected media and Calendar. When using a supported desktop dock, the Dock Mode interface will display automatically.
NOTE: To exit Dock Mode, select the X icon in the bottom-left.

This application provides status updates from your Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr accounts in one place (after you have set each up on your device) and can also broadcast a single comment simultaneously to Facebook and Twitter.
To set up your Facebook, Twitter or Flickr accounts to use with Friend Stream:
1. From the Home screen, press the Menu key.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Accounts & sync.
4. Tap Add account.
5. Tap Facebook for HTC Sense / Twitter for HTC Sense. Follow the instructions to set up or create your accounts.

To enable the manual installation of an application, you must first enable applications from unknown sources (see the How do I install applications that are not in the Play Store? FAQ). Next, you must make sure that the installer is an .apk file, as this is the only file type that can be installed on the Android OS.

After you have downloaded the installation file to your computer, use the micro USB cable to connect the device to your computer. When prompted, choose Disk drive as the connection type on your device. On your computer, go to the newly mounted Removable Disk and then copy the file to the microSD card. Once the transfer is finished, disconnect your device from your computer.

In order for you to be able to access the file and install it on your device, you will need a file manager application installed. From the Home screen, tap the All apps button, tap Play Store and search for the keyword "file manager." Locate and download a file manager application.

Using your file manager, open the folder where you copied the file. Tap the installation file then tap Install. Once the application is installed, it will be available in your All apps menu.

Wi-Fi hotspot allows you to share your data connection over Wi-Fi with up to 5 devices or computers.

NOTE: Your carrier may charge an additional cost to allow the Wi-Fi Hotspot connection. Contact your carrier for details.

Turn the Wi-Fi Hotspot on from the All apps menu
1. From the Home screen, tap All apps.
2. Tap Wi-Fi Hotspot.
3. Tap OK.
4. Tap to enable Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot.

Turn the Wi-Fi Hotspot on from the Settings menu
1. From the Home screen, press the Menu key.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap More.
4. Tap Tethering & portable hotspot.
5. Tap to check Portable Wi-Fi hotspot on/off.

Change the Wi-Fi Hotspot settings
1. From the Home screen, tap All apps.
2. Tap Wi-Fi Hotspot.
3. Change the settings as desired:

a. Router name (SSID) - The Wi-Fi network name users see when trying to connect to your hotspot.
b. Security - Which security type you wish to use to secure your hotspot (None/WEP/WPA/WPA2).
c. Password - The security password users will need to enter to access your hotspot.
d. Manage users - Choose the maximum number of users who can access your hotspot (1-8) and whether or not access is limited to allowed users.

1. From the Home screen, tap All apps.
2. Tap Music.
3. Tap the Categories icon in the upper-right corner of the screen.
4. Tap Artists, Albums, Songs, Playlists or Genres as desired.
5. Navigate to the desired song and tap it to begin playback.
Note: You can control music playback using the lock-screen music controller. Tap the Play (or Pause) button to play (or stop) the music.
Tap the Next and Back buttons to skip to other songs in the playlist.

After the Ice Cream Sandwich software update, applications may not be moved to the microSD card. However, applications may be moved to the Phone storage partition using the following steps:

1. From the Home screen, go press the Menu key.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Apps.
4. Touch the apps you wish to move to your storage and tap Move to phone storage.

Android™ is your phone’s operating system (OS). Whenever you make a call or send a text or launch an app, Android™ is behind how it looks and how it works.

Android™ is currently the world’s most popular mobile OS. Why? Because it’s totally sweet. It’s intuitive. It’s powerful. And it supports over 500,000 unique apps that anyone with an Android™ phone can download directly from Google Play™.

Google Play™ is the Android™ store and it’s available online at http://play.google.com. Your Android™ phone will include a direct link to Google Play™. With over 500,000 apps, plus music, movies, games and books, it’s safe to say that it just might blow your mind.

That’s the fun part. With over 500,000 apps available and new ones being added every day, you’re sure to find plenty of options.

We’ve collected some of our favorites in the Hot Apps featured on the Features tab of our Android™ phones. From handy apps to help you remember where you parked your car, to music streaming apps, even to apps you can use to order a pizza while you zone out on the couch, the best advice is to just keep exploring. You never know what will pop up next.

That’s the best part! With our Beyond Talk Unlimited Data & Messaging Plans, all of your data, web, messaging and email is totally unlimited. So whatever plan you choose, you never have to worry about putting all those apps to work. Never. Not Ever. Like, really. NEVER.

Like all software, Android™ developers are constantly working to update what it can do. When you see Android™ 2.2 versus Android™ 2.3, that just means that Android™ 2.3 is the next generation of software in the Android™ series. For the most part, the basics of the software stay the same. Newer generations sometimes feature somewhat heightened capabilities, or new features, or revisions to improve speed and performance.