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Changing Google Talk settings
You can configure Google Talk to send you a notification with the contents of each
message that you receive in a chat, and also to sound a ringtone or vibrate the phone.
You can also configure Google Talk to sign you in automatically when you turn on your
phone, and you can set whether the mobile indicator is displayed next to your name in
other people’s Friends lists.
Configure notifications for new Google Talk messages
1 In the Friends list, press Menu and touch
Settings
.
2 Check or uncheck
IM notifications
to set whether you receive a notification in
the Status bar when a new chat message arrives.
3 Touch
Select ringtone
to open a list of the ringtones that you can choose to
sound when you receive notification of a new chat.
4 Touch
Vibrate
to set whether the phone vibrates whenever you receive
notification of a new message, only when the phone is in Silent mode, or never.
Configure notifications for new friend invitations
1 In the Friends list, press Menu and touch
Settings
.
2 Check or uncheck
Invitation notifications
to set whether you receive a
notification in the Status bar when a someone invites you to become a friend in
Google Talk.
Show or hide the mobile indicator to friends
1 In the Friends list, press Menu and then touch
Settings
.
2 Check or uncheck
Mobile indicator
.
If
Mobile indicator
is checked, your friends see an outline of an android next to
your name in their Friends list when you’re signed into Google Talk on the phone.
Your friend is signed into Google Talk on
his phone.