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To appear as being offline, select Availability> Appear offline.
When you are connected to the instant messaging service, indicates that you are online and that you
are not visible to others.
Contacts for instant messaging
To add contacts to the instant messaging contacts list, do the following:
1. Connect to the instant messaging service, and select IM contacts.
2. Select Options> Add contact, or if you have no contacts added, select Add. Select Enter ID manually,
Search from server, Copy from server, or By mobile number. When the contact is successfully added, the
phone confirms it.
3. Scroll to a contact, and to start a conversation, select Chat.
Block and unblock messages
To block messages, connect to the instant messaging service, and select Conversations> IM contacts, or join or
start a conversation. Scroll to the contact from whom you want to block incoming messages, and select
Options> Block contact > OK.
To unblock messages, connect to the instant messaging service, and select Blocked list. Scroll to the contact
from whom you want to unblock the messages, and select Unblock.
You can also unblock messages from the contact list.
Groups
You can create your own private groups for an instant messaging conversation, or use the public groups
provided by the service provider. The private groups exist only during an instant messaging conversation. The
groups are saved on the server of the service provider. If the server you are logged into does not support group
services, all grouprelated menus are dimmed.