User Guide

Messages

Block text messages

1.On the Home screen, click the Text Messages icon.

2.Press the key > Options > Text Messaging.

3.In the MMS section, in the Message Filtering section, select the Reject Anonymous Messages check box or Reject Advertisements check box.

4.Press the key > Save.

Store text messages on your SIM card

Depending on your wireless service provider and wireless network, this feature might not be supported.

If your BlackBerry® device uses a SIM card and you set your SIM card to store text messages, your text messages still appear in the Messages application.

1.On the Home screen, click the Messages icon.

2.Press the key > Options > Text Messaging.

3.Change the Leave Messages On SIM Card field to Yes.

4.Press the key > Save.

To stop storing text messages on your SIM card, change the Leave Messages On SIM Card field to No. If you change this field to No, your text messages are deleted from your SIM card.

Set how long your device stores messages

1.On the Home screen, click the Messages icon.

2.Press the key > Options > Message Display and Actions.

3.Change the Days To Keep Messages field.

4.Press the key > Save.

Turn off AutoText for SMS text messages

1.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click SMS Text.

3.Set the Disable AutoText field to Yes.

4.Press the Menu key.

5.Click Save.

Set how long your service center attempts to send text messages

If you send a text message and it cannot be delivered immediately, your service center tries to send the text message for the number of times that is set in the Retries field. Depending on your wireless service provider, this option might not appear.

1.On the Home screen, click the Text Messages icon.

2.Press the key > Options > Text Messaging.

3.In the SMS Text section, change the Retries field.

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Blackberry 9800, 68001 Block text messages, Store text messages on your SIM card, Turn off AutoText for SMS text messages

9800, NO_CARRIERCNETTORCH9800BLKATT, 68001 specifications

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