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Messages
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Messages
Learn how to send and receive
different messages using the
default messaging app on your
device.
Types of Messages
Your default Messaging app provides the following
message types:
•
Text Messages (SMS)
•
Multimedia Messages (MMS)
The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send
and receive text messages to and from other mobile
phones or email addresses. To use this feature, you
may need to subscribe to your service provider’s
message service.
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you
send and receive multimedia messages (such as
picture, video, and audio messages) to and from
other mobile phones or email addresses. To use this
feature, you may need to subscribe to your service
provider’s multimedia message service.
Messaging icons are displayed at the top of the
screen and indicate when messages are received
and their type.
Create and Send Messages
This section describes how to create a send a
message using the Messaging app.
1. From a Home screen, tap
Apps
>
Messages
.
2. Tap
Compose
.
3. Tap the
Enter recipients
field to manually enter
a recipient or tap
Add recipient
to select
a recipient from your Contacts. You can also
select the recipient based on Groups, Favorites,
or Logs.
•
If adding a recipient from your Contacts,
tap the contact to place a checkmark then
tap
Done
. The contact is placed in the
recipients field.
•
Enter additional recipients by separating each
entry with a semicolon (;) and then using the
previous procedure. More recipients can be
added at any time before the message is sent.
•
For the Group option, if the number of
recipients is less than 10, all members in
the group are added. You must delete any
unnecessary members in the list by selecting
the trash can icon and deleting unwanted
entries.
4. Tap the
Enter message
field and use the
keyboard to enter a message.
5. Tap
Add emojis
to choose an available emoji
from the list and then add it into your message at
the cursor location.
6. Review the message and tap
Send
.
Note
: If you exit a message before you send it, the
message is automatically saved as a draft.