3Do either of the following:
•To set up messaging with one of the accounts listed: Tap the account type.
•To set up an account type that is not listed, tap Find More, tap an app, and follow the instructions onscreen to add the account.
4Enter your username and password.
5Tap Sign In.
6Depending on the account, you may be presented with options for which apps should download data from that account. For each app, tap On or Off, and then tap Create.
7Tap Done.
Sign in to an IM account
1Open Messaging 
.
2Tap Buddies.
3Tap 
to the left of the text Offline and tap Available.
Sign out of an IM account
1Open Messaging 
.
2Tap Buddies.
3Tap the status icon to the left of your online status (Available or Busy) and tap Sign off.
Send and receive IM messages
BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure that the phone is on and that you’re inside a coverage area (see Turn wireless services on).
1Open Messaging 
.
2Do one of the following to start or continue a conversation:
•In Buddies view, tap a buddy name. If there’s more than one account for that buddy, the most recently used IM account is opened. To switch to another IM account, tap the IM account name in the
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