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4 Using the cellular modem (4Gmodelonly)
Deleting message threads
To delete a specific message thread, tap and hold the message thread, then tap the
rubbish bin icon at the bottom of the screen.
To delete all message threads, tap and then tap Delete.
Replying to messages
If you are working in a message window, messages that you receive are displayed in it.
Otherwise, you receive a new message notification and a new message icon appears in the
Status bar. See Managing notifications, page 34
When you tap the new message notification, the Message window opens, where you can
reply to the message. If Auto-retrieve is not selected (see Changing Messaging settings,
below), tap Download to view the message.
If the message contains a media file, tap Play to view, watch, or listen to it. Tap and hold the
media file to open a menu with an option for saving messages to your internal SD card.
Tap and hold a message to open a menu with a number of options for working with the
message and its sender’s information.
Changing Messaging settings
Tap the Messaging icon in the Apps screen, then tap / Settings.
You can specify the following settings:
l Default SMS app, to define the application to be used by default for messaging
l Sounds or vibrate for outgoing / incoming messages
l Notifications Yes / No
In Advanced Settings, you can specify the following:
l Auto-retrieve. When not selected, only the heading of multimedia messages is down-
loaded, which you can then tap to open a menu to download the whole message. This
is useful for controlling how much data you download, for example, when connected to
a slow data network.
l Roaming auto-retrieve. When not selected, only the header of multimedia messages is
downloaded when connected to other carrier’s data networks. This is useful for avoid-
ing unexpected charges, if your contract has limits on data roaming.
l SMS delivery report, to request a delivery report for each message you send.
l Simple characters only, to automatically convert special characters in messages you
send.
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