Sony Ericsson T28s Text Messages (SMS), Sending and Receiving

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Text Messages (SMS)

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The Short Message Service (SMS) allows you to send and receive text

messages consisting of up to 160 characters.

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to a group

A useful feature in your T28 is that you can

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which you have defined in your phone book. See “Groups” on page 33.

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Instead of calling or sending a text message to the members of that group one

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at a time, you can simply send a single group SMS.

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If your SIM card does not contain the phone number to your network service

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centre, you must specify the number yourself. Otherwise you cannot reply to

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received messages or send your own messages. See “Enable the Phone to

Send SMS” below.

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Note! The Short Message Service may not be available on all networks. Some

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network operators may only allow SMS to be sent within their own network.

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Enable the Phone to Send SMS

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If you want to send or reply too

a message, you need to make sure that your

network operator’s Service centre number is set. Most modern SIM cards

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already contain this information at the time of purchase. You can obtain the

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number from your network operator.

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Toractivate a service centre number found in the list

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Scroll to

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Messages, Y E S , Options, Y E S , Service Centres, Y E S .

2. Scroll to the bnumber you want and press Y E S .

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Select Activate.

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If no number is found in the list, you have to set the number yourself.

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To enter the phone number to your service centre

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Scroll to

Messages, Y E S , Options, Y E S , Service Centres, Y E S , Add new?, Y E S .

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Enter the number, including the international (+ ) sign and country code

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and press Y E S .

Sending and Receiving Text Messages (SMS)