Samsung Galaxy Tab A - Messages Settings

Messaging 77
View Contact Information from a Message
When you have received a message from someone in your stored contacts, you can tap the contact’s
picture or icon in the conversation to open a menu of options. Depending on the stored contact
information, you can view the contact details or send an email message to the contact.
Messages Settings
The messages settings menu lets you control options for your text and MMS messages including
message limits, size settings, and notifications.
1. From home, tap Apps > Messages .
2. Tap More > Settings to configure settings:
 Notifications: When turned on, notifications for new messages display in the status bar. Tap
On/Off to turn the setting on, and then configure options:
• Notification sound: Choose a sound to play for new message notifications.
• Vibrations: Choose whether vibration plays along with the sound for new message
notifications.
• Pop-up display: Choose whether a new message pops up on the display to notify you.
• Preview message: Show previews of new messages on the status bar and lock screens,
and in pop-ups.
 Backgrounds: Choose backgrounds and bubble styles.
 Quick responses: Create and manage text phrases that you can add to messages.
 Block messages: Block messages by filtering based on criteria you set. Tap Block
messages, and then configure filters:
• Block list: Enter telephone numbers to automatically block.
• Block phrases: Enter text phrases to automatically block.
• Blocked messages: View blocked messages.
 More settings > Text messages:
• Auto combination: Choose whether long messages that are received in multiple parts
are automatically re-assembled to display as a single message.
 More settings > Multimedia messages:
• Group conversation: Control how messages to multiple recipients are handled. When
enabled, a single message is sent to multiple recipients. When disabled, a separate
message is sent to each recipient.