Making Connections Messaging 77
New Messages Notification
Dependingonyournotificationsettings,thephonewillplayaringtone,vibrate,ordisplaythe
messagebrieflyinthestatusbarwhenyoureceiveanewtextormultimediamessage.Tochange
thenotificationfornewtextandmultimediamessages,seeTextandMMSOptionsfordetails.
Anewmessageicon alsoappearsinthenotificationsareaofthestatusbartonotifyyouofanew
textormultimediamessage.TheMessagesapplicationicon(ifshownonthehomescreen)also
displaysthenumberofnewmessages .
n Toopenthemessage,pulldownthestatusbartoopenthenotificationpanel.Tapthenew
messagetoopenandreadit.ForinformationonreadingandreplyingtomessagesseeManage
MessageConversations.
Manage Message Conversations
Textandmultimediamessagesthataresenttoandreceivedfromacontact(oranumber)are
groupedintoconversationsormessagethreadsintheMessengerscreen.Thisallowsyoutosee
exchangedmessages(similartoachatprogram)withacontactonthesamescreen.
Read a Text Message
n Dooneofthefollowing:
l OntheMessengerscreen,tapthemessagethreadtoopenandreadit.
l Ifyouhaveanewmessagenotification,dragthestatusbardowntoopentheNotifications
Window.Tapthenewmessagetoopenandreadit.
View a Multimedia Message (MMS)
1.
Tap >Messenger .
2. OntheMessengerscreen,tapamessagethreadtoopenit.
3. Whileviewingamessage,taptheplayicon(onthevideooraudiofile)toplaybackthefileortap
theimagetoviewthepicture.
Tip:Thefileattachmentonthemultimediamessagecanbesavedtoyourphone'sinternalstorage.
Tosavetheattachment,touchandholdthefileandtap .
Note:WhenAuto-downloadMMSisdisabled,onlythemessageheaderisdownloaded.To
downloadtheentiremessage,taptheDownloadbuttoninthemessage.Fordetails,seeTextand
MMSOptions.