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Messages
Applications
Messages
Learn how to send and receive
different messages using the
default Messages app on your
phone.
Types of Messages
Your default Messaging app provides the following
message types:
•
Text Messages (SMS)
•
Multimedia Messages (MMS)
The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send
and receive text messages to and from other mobile
phones or email addresses. To use this feature, you
may need to subscribe to your service provider’s
message service.
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you
send and receive multimedia messages (such as
picture, video, and audio messages) to and from
other mobile phones or email addresses. To use this
feature, you may need to subscribe to your service
provider’s multimedia message service.
Messaging icons are displayed at the top of the
screen and indicate when messages are received
and their type.
Creating and Sending Messages
This section describes how to create and send a
message using the Messaging app.
1. From a Home screen, tap
Messages >
Compose.
2. Tap the Enter recipients field to manually
enter a recipient or tap
Add from Contacts
to select a recipient from your Contacts. You
can also select the recipient based on Groups,
Favorites, or Logs.
•
If adding a recipient from your Contacts,
tap the contact to place a checkmark then
tap Done. The contact will be placed in the
recipients field.
•
If manually typing additional recipients
separate each entry with a semicolon (;). More
recipients can be added at any time before the
message is sent.
•
For the Groups option, tap a group and
select members to add to the message. The
maximum number of recipients is 10.
3. Tap the Enter message field and use the keypad
to enter a message.
•
Tap Add emojis to choose an available
emoji from a list and then add it into your
message (at the cursor location) if desired.
4. Review your message and tap Send.
Note: If you exit a message before you send it, the
message is automatically saved as a draft.
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