Text Messaging
February 12, 2002
T-Mobile Device Owner’s Manual
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View Your Text Messages
To view a list of all your text messages, open the Text Messages application from the Jump screen. The Browse
Text Messages screen appears, listing all your messages.
Read a Text Message
To open an individual text message for reading, do the following:
1
Make sure the folder in which you’ve stored the message is shown in expanded view. (Click the folder name
to expand/collapse the messages contained in the folder.)
2
Use the wheel to highlight the message--a message preview shows in the lower half of the screen. To have
the message fill your screen, then click the message. Your message contents display in the Read screen.
3
To dismiss the message and return to the Browse Text Messages screen, click the Back button.
About Text Message Folders
Text Messages uses three “system” folders--Inbox, Sent, and Trash.
Here’s a little more information about each system folder:
•
Inbox
- The Inbox folder is the default drop point for any new messages you receive.
•
Sent
- As you send a text message, the message is displayed in the Sent folder (expanded view), with its
status just to the left. Possible status indicators include: message is being sent (
), message is waiting
to be sent (
), and message not sent due to a delivery problem (
).
After a message has been sent, it disappears from the Sent folder, unless you specify in the Text Messages
Preferences screen that you want to
Save outgoing messages in “Sent” folder
. If you’ve set this
preference, a copy of every message you compose and send will be saved in the Sent folder.
•
Trash
- Every message you discard from other folders is moved to the Trash folder. Discarded messages
accumulate in the Trash until you explicitly use the menu option to
Empty Trash
. As long as a message
stays in the Trash, however, you can restore it to another folder. (Read more in
Sort Text Messages
By default, the messages listed in the Browse Text Messages screen are organized with the newer messages at
the top. To change the order in which your messages are displayed in the Browse Text Messages screen, do the
following:
1
Open the Browse Text Messages menu and click
Sort...
[
+
T
]. The Sort Messages screen opens:
2
Click the sort option you prefer: newer messages at the top or the bottom of the lists.
