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6.2 Text Messages
Send short text messages to your contacts.
Compose and send text messages
To compose and send a text message
1. On the Home screen, scroll down to on the Shortcuts Bar, then
select Text Messages > Compose
.
2. Enter the mobile phone number of one or more recipients, separating
them with a semicolon (;). To access phone numbers from Contacts, in
To, press CENTER SELECT and select a recipient from the list.
3. Enter your message. You can enter up to 160 characters in one
message.
4. Select Send.
Tips
• To cancel the text message, select Menu > Cancel Message.
• If you want to know if your text message was received, before sending the
message, select Menu
> Message Options and select Request message
delivery notification
.
Receive text messages
Text messages are automatically received when the phone function is
turned on. When the phone is turned off, text messages are held by T-
Mobile until the next time the phone is turned on.
• Save your SMS messages to your SIM card by selecting Menu >
Copy to SIM
.
• Copy SMS messages saved on your SIM card to the Inbox by selecting
Menu > Copy to Inbox. Copying them to your phone results in
duplicate messages in the Inbox folder when the SIM card is in use.
• The icon next to a message indicates that it is saved on the SIM
card.