Samsung SCH-I800BKAVZW user manual Managing Messages, Messaging, Text message SMS settings

Managing Messages

Threaded View

Messages you send and receive to the same contact, number or address are grouped together as a “thread”. Threaded messages allow you to see all the messages you exchanged with a contact or other recipient, as a conversation, with the latest message displayed first.

1.From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔

Messaging .

2.Message threads display by contact, number, or address. While viewing message threads, you have these options:

•Touch and hold a thread to choose from:

–View Contact / Add to contacts: View the contact record, or save the sender/recipient’s information as a new contact, or to update an existing contact.

–Delete thread: Erase the entire message thread.

•Press the Menu Key for these options:

–Delete threads: Touch message threads to mark them for erasure, or touch Select all to mark all message threads for erasure.

–Brightness setting: Enable or disable the display’s automatic brightness setting.

–Settings: Configure message settings.

Message Settings

Configure message settings.

1.From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔

Messaging .

2.Press the Menu Key ➔ Settings to set:

•Storage settings:

–Delete old messages: Touch to enable or disable automatic erasure of messages when stored messages reach default limits. When disabled, the device will prompt you to delete old messages to make room.

–Text message limit: Touch to set a limit for the number of text messages per conversation thread.

–Multimedia message limit: Touch to set a limit for the number of multimedia messages per conversation thread.

•Text message (SMS) settings:

–Delivery reports: Touch to request notification when each text message you send is delivered.

•Multimedia message (MMS) settings:

–Delivery reports: Touch to request notification when each multimedia message you send is delivered.

–Auto-retrieve: Touch to enable or disable automatic retrieval of MMS messages. When enabled, MMS messages download automatically. When disabled, the device prompts to download new MMS messages.

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