Messaging 62
Managing Messages
Messages you send and receive to the same contact, number
or address are grouped together as a “thread”, so you can
see all the messages you exchanged with a recipient in one
place, like a conversation.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Messaging
.
2. Message threads display by contact, number, or
address. While viewing message threads, you have
these options:
•
Touch and hold a thread to choose options, including:
–
View Contact / Add to Contacts
: View the contact record, or
save the sender/recipient’s information.
–
Delete thread
: Erase the entire message thread.
•
Touch
Menu
for options, including:
–
Search
: Enter characters to search messages and recipients.
–
Settings
: Configure Messaging settings.
–
Delete threads
: Touch message threads to mark them for
erasure, or touch
Select all
to mark all message threads.
–
About
: View information about Messaging.
Message Settings
Configure settings for message storage, delivery, or alerts.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Messaging
.
2. Touch
Menu
➔
Settings
for options:
•Display
:
–
Bubble style
: Choose the appearance of messages in a
message thread. Touch a bubble style for each side of the
conversation, then touch
Save
.
–
Background style
: Choose the appearance of the screen
behind message threads. Touch a style, then touch
Save
.
–
Use the volume key
: When enabled, you can change the size
of message text while viewing by pressing the Volume Key.
• Storage settings
:
–
Delete old messages
: When enabled, messages are
automatically erased when storage reaches default limits. When
disabled, the phone will prompt you to delete old messages to
make room.
–
Text message limit
: Set the number of SMS messages per
conversation.
–
Multimedia message limit
: Set the number of MMS
messages per thread.