Motorola MOTOXT897 manual New Messages Notification, Text and MMS Options, General Settings

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New Messages Notification

Depending on your notification settings, the phone plays a ringtone, vibrates, or displays an icon in the status bar when you receive a new text or multimedia message. To change the notification for new text and multimedia messages, see Text and MMS Options for details.

To open the message, slide the status bar down to open the Notifications panel. Tap the new message to open and read it.

Text and MMS Options

Change your text and MMS options.

nTouch Apps > Text Messaging > Menu > Settings for options.

nGeneral Settings

Message limit: Choose the maximum number of text messages to store in each conversation thread. (This does not include locked messages.)

Send location cards: Uses MMS messaging when inserting a location.

Auto-retrieve: Automatically retrieve MMS messages.

Message signature: Include a signature at the end of every message.

oEdit signature: Edit the message signature.

Callback number: Enable/Disable the callback number.

oEdit callback number: Edit the callback number.

Clear search history: Clears your search history.

Creation mode restricted: Avoid sending attachments that may not be supported by the receiving device.

Auto combination: Re-assembles multi-segment messages so they can be shown in a single message.

nNotification Settings

Notifications: Set the phone to display message notifications in the status bar.

oSelect ringtone: Select the notification ringtone

oVibrate: Set your phone to vibrate when it receives a message.

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