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Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s Settings
Messaging Settings
Staying connected to your friends and family has never been
easier. With your phone’s advanced messaging capabilities,
you can send and receive many different kinds of text
messages without placing a voice call.
Your phone’s messaging settings make text messaging even
faster and easier by letting you decide how you would like to
be notified of new messages, create a signature with each
sent message, and create your own canned messages, to
name just a few.
Setting Message Alerts
When new messages arrive, you can choose to have your
phone notify you by playing an audible alert.
To hear an alert when you receive a new message:
1.
Select
Menu
>
Messaging
>
Settings
>
General
>
Message Alert
.
2.
Select
Volume
,
Type
, or
Reminder
and press
.
3.
Select the desired options and press
.
Deleting Old Messages
You can delete messages that you’ve already read whenever
you like, or you can have your phone delete them
automatically for you when your phone's message memory
becomes full.
To automatically delete read messages:
1.
Select
Menu
>
Messaging
>
Settings
>
General
>
Auto-Erase
.
2.
Select
Yes
or
No
and press
.
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