Accounts and Messaging
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To open the message, slide the status bar down to open the Notifications panel. Touch the new
message to open and read it. For information on reading and replying to messages see
Manage
Message Conversations
.
Manage Message Conversations
Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from a contact (or a number) are
grouped into conversations or message threads in the Messaging screen. Threaded text or
multimedia messages let you see exchanged messages (similar to a chat program) with a contact
on the screen.
Read a Text Message
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Do one of the following:
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On the Messaging screen, touch the text message or message thread to open and read it.
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If you have a new message notification, slide the status bar down to open the Notifications
panel. Touch the new message to open and read it.
To return to the Messaging screen from a message thread, touch
.
Note:
To view the details of a particular message, in the message thread, touch the message to
open the options menu, and then touch
View details
.
Note:
If a message contains a link to a Web page, touch the link in the message and then touch
Visit
to open it in the Web browser.
Note:
If a message contains a phone number or an email address, touch the phone number or
email address in the message to dial the number, send a message, send an email, or add it to your
contacts.
View a Multimedia Message (MMS)
1. From the home screen, touch
Messaging
.
2. On the Messaging screen, touch a multimedia message or message thread to open it.
3. Touch the attachment to open it. If the attachment is a vCard contact, touch
View
or
Import
to
view the contact or import it to your contacts. For more information, see
Contacts
. If the
attachment is a vCalendar file, you can import the calendar event. For information on using
Calendar, see
Calendar
.
4. To save the attachment to the storage card, touch and hold the message with attachment, and
then touch
Save attachment
on the options menu.
Note:
When Auto-retrieve in MMS settings is disabled, only the message header is downloaded.
To download the entire message, touch the
Download
button at the right side of the message. For
details, see Text and MMS Options.
Note:
If you are concerned about the size of your data downloads, check the multimedia message
size before you download it.