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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 “Manage Message Conversations” in this chapter.
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, drag 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, press
Back
.
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 to dial the number or touch and
hold the message to add it to your contacts.
Note:
If a message contains an email address, touch the message to compose a new email
message or touch and hold the message to add it to your contacts.
Combine and Uncombine Messages
When you receive segmented SMS messages, you can combine them into a single message. You
can also uncombine a combined message.
To combine segmented messages:
1. Press
Home
>
>
Messaging
.
2. On a message thread, touch
>
Combine all
.
– or –
To combine specific messages only, on a message thread, touch and hold the message and
then touch
Combine
.