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Before you can use the presence service, you must choose a service provider
and save the settings of that service. You may receive the settings in a special
text message, called a smart message, from the service provider that offers the
presence service. See "Smart messages" on page 57. For more information,
contact your service provider.
Select Options > Login or Logout to log in and out of the presence service.
The presence application on your phone allows you to change your own published
information and determine who is authorized to see your presence. To view the
presence information of others, you must use the Contacts application. See
"View subscribed contacts" on page 35.
Change your availability
Select Options > My availability and one of
the following:
Available—You are available for people to call or
send you messages, for example, your phone is
set to Normal profile. See "Profiles" on page 82.
Busy—You may be available for people to call or
send you messages, for example, your phone is in
Meeting profile.
Not available—You are not available for people
to call or send you messages, for example, your
phone is in Silent profile.
Change your presence information
You can set up public, private, and blocked presence information, and define
who can view your information.
PUBLIC PRESENCE
Select Menu > Presence > Public pres. to change your public presence
information. This information is available to anyone you have not blocked.
Select Options and one of the following:
My availability—Select Available, Busy, or Not available.
Viewers—Open the Current viewers list to see the names, phone numbers, or
user IDs of the viewers whom you do not allow to view your private presence
messages, but who are currently viewing your public presence. You can scroll
to a viewer, press Options, and select from the following options:
• Add to private list—Allow the viewer to also see your private presence.
• Block—Prevent the viewer from seeing your presence information.
• Add to contacts—Add the viewer to your contacts directory.
• Refresh lists—Update the viewer lists. This option is only available when
you are not logged in to the presence service.