Messaging 91
There are three types of Emergency Alerts:
•
Alerts issued by the President
•
Alerts involving imminent threats to safety of life
•
AMBER Alerts (missing child alert)
Customers may choose not to receive Extreme Alerts, Severe
Alerts, and AMBER Alerts.
Important!
Alerts issued by the President can not be disabled.
To disable Extreme, Severe, and AMBER Alerts:
1.
From the main Home screen, tap
(
Messaging
)
.
2.
Press
(
Menu
)
➔
Settings
.
3.
Scroll to the bottom and tap
Emergency alerts
.
4.
All alerts are enabled by default (checkmark showing).
5.
Tap on an alert option to disable the alert and remove
the checkmark.
Assigning Messages as Spam
You can now assign either a phone number as spam or use a
key term or phrase. Any message assigned as spam is
automatically placed with your Spam messages folder.
To assign a phone number from Messages list as spam:
1.
From the main Home screen, tap
(
Messaging
)
.
2.
Touch and hold a message from a phone number.
3.
Select
Add to spam numbers
and tap
OK
.
To assign a phone number manually as spam:
1.
From the main Home screen, tap
(
Messaging
)
.
2.
Press
(
Menu
) and then tap
Settings
.
3.
Locate and activate the
Spam settings
option.
• Spam settings
: when enabled, allows you to configure
available spam settings.
4.
Tap
Add to spam numbers
➔
(
Add
).
•
This function allows you to manually enter and assign a phone
number as being sent from a spam source.