Text and MMS Options
The messages settings menu lets you control options for your text and MMS messages
including message limits, size settings, and notifications.
1. Press
>
>
Messaging
.
2. On the Messaging screen, tap >
Settings
. You can set the following:
SMS Enabled:
Select your default SMS app.
See
Default SMS App
for details.
STORAGE
•
Delete old messages:
Automatically delete older messages when the set limits
are reached.
•
Text message limit:
Choose the maximum number of text messages to store in
each conversation thread.
•
Multimedia message limit:
Choose the maximum number of MMS messages to
store in each conversation thread.
•
Preset message:
Edit or create the text you frequently insert when composing
messages.
TEXT (SMS) MESSAGES
•
Manage SIM card messages:
Manage the messages stored on your SIM card.
MULTIMEDIA (MMS) MESSAGES
•
Group messaging:
Use MMS to send a single message when there are multiple
recipients.
•
Auto-retrieve:
Automatically retrieve all your multimedia messages completely.
When selected, the multimedia message header plus the message body and
attachments will automatically download to your phone. If you clear this check
box, only the multimedia message header will be retrieved and shown in your
Messaging screen.
•
Creation mode:
Select
Restricted
if you want to restrict the specifications of the
file you can send as an attachment.
NOTIFICATIONS
•
Notifications:
Select this option if you want to receive a notification in the status
bar when a new text or multimedia message arrives.
•
Sound:
Select a ringtone that is specific to new text and multimedia messages.
Note that the ringtone briefly plays when selected.
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