Saving and Resuming a Draft Message

While composing a text or multimedia message, press to automatically save your message as a draft.

To resume composing the message:

1.On the All messages screen, press , and then tap Drafts.

2.Tap the message to resume editing it.

3.When you finish editing the message, tap .

New Messages Notification

Depending on your notification settings, the device will play a ring tone, vibrate, or display the message briefly in the status bar when you receive a new text or multimedia message. To change the notification for new text and multimedia messages, see “Setting Text and Multimedia Message Options” for details.

Anew message icon() also appears in the notifications area of the status bar to notify you of a new text or multimedia message. The Messages application

icon (if shown on the Home screen) also displays the number of new messages .

To open the message, press and hold the status bar, and then slide the status bar down to open the Notifications panel. Tap the new message to open and read it. For information on reading and replying to messages see “Managing Message Conversations” in this chapter.

Managing Message Conversations

Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from a contact (or a number) are grouped into conversations or message threads in the All messages screen. Threaded text or multimedia messages let you see exchanged messages (similar to a chat program) with a contact on the screen.

To read a text message:

Do one of the following:

On the All messages screen, tap the text message or message thread to open and read it.

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