Samsung SCH-I400ZKOVZW - Manual (Page 66)

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Managing Messages
Threaded View
Messages you send and receive to the same contact, number or
address are grouped together as a “thread”. Threaded messages
allow you to see all the messages you exchanged with a contact,
or other recipient, with the latest message displayed first.
1. From a Home screen, touch Messaging.
2. Message threads display by contact, number, or address.
While viewing message threads, you have these options:
• Touch and hold a thread to choose from:
– View Contact / Add to contacts: View the contact record, or save the
sender/recipient’s information as a new contact, or to update an existing
contact.
– Delete thread: Erase the entire message thread.
• Touch Menu for these options:
– Compose: Create a new message.
– Delete threads: Touch message threads to mark them for erasure, or
touch Select all to mark all message threads for erasure.
– Search: Enter keywords to search messages and recipient lists.
– Settings: Configure message settings.
Message Settings
Configure message settings.
1. From a Home screen, touch Messaging.
2. Touch Menu ➔ Settings to set:
• Delete old messages: Touch to enable or disable automatic
erasure of messages when stored message reach default limits.
When disabled, the phone will prompt you to delete old messages
to make room.
• Text message limit: Touch to set a limit for the number of text
messages per thread.
• Multimedia message limit: Touch to set a limit for the number of
multimedia messages per thread.
• Auto-retrieve: Touch to enable or disable automatic retrieval of
MMS messages. When enabled, MMS messages download
automatically. When disabled, the phone prompts to download new
MMS messages.
• Roaming auto-retrieve: Touch to enable or disable automatic
retrieval of MMS messages when in Roaming mode. When
enabled, MMS messages download and display automatically.
When disabled, the phone prompts you to download new MMS
messages.
• Notifications: Touch to enable or disable alerts in the status bar.
• Select ringtone: Touch to select a ringtone for message alerts.
• Vibrate: Touch to enable or disable vibration for message alerts.