Nokia Lumia Icon User Manual
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Nokia Lumia Icon: People & messaging
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In the messaging settings, you can set your phone to back up your
messages to SkyDrive. If you change to a new Windows Phone device,
you can get your messages to your new phone during the setup.
You can send text messages that are longer than the character limit for
a single message. Longer messages are sent as two or more messages.
Your service provider may charge accordingly. Characters with accents,
other marks, or some language options, take more space, and limit the
number of characters that can be sent in a single message.
Using services or downloading content may cause the transfer of large
amounts of data, which may result in data costs.
Send a message
With text and multimedia messages, you can quickly contact your
friends and family.
If you start writing a message, and switch to another app before
sending it, you can continue your message when you return to
Messaging. Tap
>
drafts. The draft message is deleted when sent.
1. Tap
Messaging.
2. Tap .
3. To add a recipient from your contacts list, tap , or start writing a
name. You can also type in a phone number.
Tip:
To add several recipients, tap > , the recipients you want,
and .
4. Tap the message box, and write your message.
Tip:
To add an emoticon, tap .
5. To add an attachment, tap and the file.
Tip:
You can also take a new photo while writing your message.
Tap
picture > , take a photo, and tap accept.
If the item you insert in a multimedia message is too large for the
network, the device may automatically reduce the size.
6. To send the message, tap .
Only compatible devices can receive and show multimedia messages.
Messages may look different in different devices.
Read a message
You can see from the Start screen when you’ve received a message.
You can view the messages between you and a contact in one
conversation thread. The thread can contain text messages, multimedia
messages, and chats.
1. Tap
Messaging.
2. To read a message, tap a conversation.
Save an attachment
Tap the attachment, such as a photo, and tap
>
save to phone.
Delete a conversation
1. In threads, tap , the conversation you want to delete, and .
2. When
Delete thread? appears, tap delete.
Delete all messages in your phone
1. Tap >
>
select all, and tap .
2. When
Delete thread? appears, tap delete.