›› View a text or multimedia message

4	Select the text input field and enter your message text.
5	Select	and attach a file.

You can select a file from the file list, take a photo or record a sound.

6 Select Send to send the message.

››View a text or multimedia message

Messages you have received, sent or saved are sorted automatically into the following message folders. Scroll left or right to select a folder at the top of the screen.

•Inbox: Received messages

•Sentbox: Sent messages

•Outbox: Messages that are currently sending or waiting to be sent

•Drafts: Messages that you have saved for future use

1	In Menu mode, select Messages and select a
	conversation.

By default, your messages are grouped by contact as

a message conversation. To change the view mode,

select → Folder view.

2 Select a text or multimedia message.

While viewing a received or sent text message, select → Backup to memory card to back up the message to the inserted memory card.

From the message list, use the following options:

•To view the messages on the conversation view, select

→ Conversation view.

•To delete the messages, select → Delete.

•To search a message you want, select → Search.

•To move the message to a created folder, select → Move to My folders from the message list.

•To view message templates or access the folders you

have created, select → My folders.

•To receive a messages from all channels or my channels,

select → Broadcast messages.

• To view messages in the spambox, select	→
Spambox.

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