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► Do one of the following:
On the All messages screen, tap the message thread to open and read it.
If you have a new message notification, touch and slide the Status Bar down to open
the Notifications Panel. Tap the new message to open and read it.
To view a multimedia message (MMS):
1. Tap
>
>
Messaging
.
2. On the All messages screen, tap a message thread to open it.
3. While viewing a message, tap the play icon (on the video or audio file) to playback the
file or tap the image to view the picture.
Tip
:
The file attachment on the multimedia message can be saved to your phone's internal
storage. To save the attachment, touch and hold the file and tap
Save to internal
memory
from the Message options context menu.
Note
: When Auto-retrieve in multimedia message settings is disabled, only the message
header is downloaded. To download the entire message, tap the
Download
button at
the right side of the message. For details, see
Text and Multimedia Message Options
.
To reply to a text or multimedia message:
1. Tap
>
>
Messaging
.
2. On the All messages screen, tap a message thread to open it.
3. While viewing a message, tap the text field and type your reply message.
4. Once completed, tap
Send
or
Send MMS
.
To return to the All messages screen from a text message thread, tap
.
Note
: To view the details of a particular message, in the message thread, touch and hold the
message to open the options menu, and then tap
View message details
.
Note
: If a message contains a link to a web page, tap the message and then tap the link to
open it in the web browser.
Note
: If a message contains a phone number, tap the message and then tap the phone
number to dial the number or add it to your contacts.
To protect a message from deletion:
You can lock a message so that it will not be deleted even if you delete the other messages in
the conversation.