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Accounts and Messaging 62
Save and Resume a Draft Message
While composing a text or multimedia message, touch to automatically save your message as a
draft.
To resume composing the message:
1. Tap > > Messaging .
2. Touch the message with the
icon to resume editing it.
New Messages Notification
Depending on your notification settings, the phone will play a ringtone, vibrate, or display the
message briefly in the Status Bar when you receive a new text or multimedia message. To change
the notification for new text and multimedia messages, see
Text and Multimedia Message Options
for details.
A new message icon ( ) also appears in the notifications area of the Status Bar to notify you of a
new text or multimedia message. The Messages application icon (if shown on the Home screen)
also displays the number of new messages .
To open the message, touch and hold the Status Bar, and then slide the Status Bar down to open
the Notifications Panel. Touch the new message to open and read it. For information on reading and
replying to messages see
Manage Message Conversations below.
Manage Message Conversations
Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from a contact (or a number) are
grouped into conversations or message threads in the Messaging screen. Threaded text or
multimedia messages let you see exchanged messages (similar to a chat program) with a contact on
the screen.
Read a Text Message
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Do one of the following:
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On the Messaging screen, touch the text message or message thread to open and read it.
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If you have a new message notification, touch and hold the Status Bar, and then slide the
Status Bar down to open the Notifications Panel. Touch the new message to open and read
it.
To return to the Messaging screen from a text message thread, touch .
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 touch Details .