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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
Managing Message Conversations
.
Managing 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.
To 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
View details
.
Note:
If a message contains a link to a Web page, touch the message and then touch the link to
open it in the Web browser.
Note:
If a message contains a phone number, touch the message and then touch the phone number
if needed to open the dialpad screen. You can dial the number or add it to your contacts.
To view a multimedia message (MMS):
1. Touch
>
>
Messaging
.
2. On the Messaging screen, touch a multimedia message or message thread to open it.
3. Touch the attachment to open it. If the attachment is a vCard contact, it is imported to your
phone’s contacts list. For more information, see
Contacts
. If the attachment is a vCalendar file,
you can choose the calendar where you want to save the event. For information on using
Calendar, see
Calendar
.
4. To save the attachment to the storage card, touch and hold the message with attachment, and
then touch
Save attachment
on the options menu.
Note:
When Auto-retrieve in MMS settings is disabled, only the message header is downloaded. To
download the entire message, touch the
Download
button at the right side of the message. For
details, see
Text and MMS Options
.
Note:
If you are concerned about the size of your data downloads, check the multimedia message
size before you download it.
To reply to a text or multimedia message:
