DelaySendingtheMessage
Youmightdecidethatyouwantatextmessagetobesentautomaticallyatalatertime.Todothis,
beforesendingthemessage,taptheMenuiconandchooseScheduleMessage.Choosethedate
andtimeyouwantyourmessagetobesentandtapDone.ThentaptheSendbutton,andyour
messagewillonlysendwhenyousetitto.
What’stheDifferenceBetweenaDeliveryReportandaReadReport?
Adeliveryreportindicatesthatthemessagehasreachedthedestinationdevice.Areadreport
indicatesthatthemessagehasbeenopenedforviewing.Thereisstillnoguaranteethatwhoever
openedthemessagehasactuallyreadit,letaloneunderstoodit.
>>>GoFurther:MessageLimitsandMessages
Textmessagescanonlybe160characterslong.Togetaroundthislimit,mostmodernphones
simplybreakuptextmessagesyoutypeinto160-characterchunks.YourGalaxyNote4displays
areadoutshowingthenumberofcharactersremainingandthenumberofmessagesitwillsend:
Thereadoutstartsat160/1whenyoubeginanewmessageandrunsdownto1/1;thenitstartsat
145/2(fewercharactersbecausethereissomeoverheadinlinkingthemessages).Thephone
receivingthemessagesimplycombinesthemintoonemessage.Thisisimportanttoknowifyour
wirelessplanhasatextmessagelimit.Whenyoucreateonetextmessage,yourGalaxyNote4
mightactuallybreakthemessageintotwoormore.
AttachFilestoMessages
Ifyouwanttosendapicture,audiofile,orvideoalongwithyourtextmessage,allyouneedtodois
attachthefile.BeawarethatattachingafileturnsyourSMStextmessageintoanMMSmultimedia
messageandmaybesubjecttoadditionalcharges.
1.Tapthepaperclipicontoattachafile.