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Receiving Messages
When you receive a voice mail mess age, Short
Message Service (SMS) message, or Net alert,
you have 2 ways to access the message:
•Respond to the message notificati on that
appears when the message is received.
•Dismiss the message no tification and access
the message later through the message center.

Message Notifications

When you receive a message, yo ur ph on e notifies
you with text on the display and a notification tone
or vibration. You can access the m essage or
dismiss the notification.
If you dismiss the notification, the message is not
deleted. It can be acces sed through the mess age
center.
If you are not on a phone call when you receive a
message, your phone sounds a notification tone
every 30 seconds un til you access the mess age,
dismiss the notification, or the alert time-out
expires.

Setting Notification Options

To control whether yo ur phone sounds message
notification tones while you are on phone calls:
1From the main menu, select Se tting s > Phon e
Calls > Notifications.
2Choose the option you want:
• Receive All — Tones sound during calls for
all types of messages.
• Msg Mail Only — Tones sound during calls
for SMS messages; tones for all other types
of messages are held until you end calls.
• Delay All — Tones f or all types of messages
are held until you end calls.
Note:Delay All is th e default setting.
3Press A under Select.
Tip:To set notification options during a call:
Press m. Select In Call Setup >
Notifications.