HTC HTC EVO 4G, PC36100 Setting Text and Multimedia Message Options, Adding the Messages Widget

Setting Text and Multimedia Message Options

Press and tap > Messages. On the All messages screen, press and then tap Settings to set the text or multimedia message options. You can set the following:

SMS settings

Priority setting: Set the message priority of text messages sent.

MMS settings

Auto-retrieve: Select this option to automatically retrieve all your multimedia messages completely. When selected, the multimedia message header plus the message body and attachments will automatically download to your device. If you clear this check box, only the multimedia message header will be retrieved and shown in your All messages screen.

Priority setting: Set the message priority of text messages sent.

Maximum message size: Set the maximum file size of a multimedia message. The multimedia message will not be sent out if it exceeds the file size set here.

Connection settings: View various MMS connection settings such as the MMS connection name and server address.

Received messages

Received notification: Select this option if you want to receive a notification in the status bar when a new text or multimedia message arrives.

Play notification sound: If you want the device to ring when a new message arrives, select this option.

Notification sound: Select a ring tone that is specific to new text and multimedia messages. Note that the ring tone briefly plays when selected.

Vibrate: Select this option if you want the device to vibrate when a new text or multimedia message arrives.

Sent messages

Sent notification: Select this option if you want to receive a notification in the status bar when a message is sent successfully.

Failure notification: Select this option if you want to receive a notification in the status bar when a message is not sent successfully.

Play notification sound: If you want the device to ring when a sent or failure notification is received, select this option.

Notification sound: Select a ring tone that is specific to sent or failure notifications. Note that the ring tone briefly plays when selected.

Vibrate: Select this option if you want the device to vibrate when a new text or multimedia message arrives.

Adding the Messages Widget

Add the Messages widget to let you read your messages on the Home screen. To learn how to add widgets, refer to “Customizing the Home Screen” on page 23.

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