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Messages
Learn how to send and receive
different messages using the
default Messaging app on your
phone.
Types of Messages
Your default Messaging app provides the following
message types:
•
Text Messages (SMS)
•
Multimedia Messages (MMS)
The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send
and receive text messages to and from other mobile
phones or email addresses. To use this feature, you
may need to subscribe to your service provider's
message service.
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you
send and receive multimedia messages (such as
picture, video, and audio messages) to and from
other mobile phones or email addresses. To use this
feature, you may need to subscribe to your service
provider's multimedia message service.
Messaging icons are displayed at the top of the
screen and indicate when messages are received
and their type.
Applications
Create and Send Messages
This section describes how to create a send a
message using the Messaging app.
1. From a Home screen, tap
Compose.
2. Tap the Enter recipients field to manually enter
a recipient, or tap
recipient from your Contacts. You can also select
the recipient based on Groups or Favorites.
•
If adding a recipient from your Contacts, tap
the contact to select it, and then tap DONE.
The contact displays in the recipients field.
•
Enter additional recipients by separating each
entry with a semicolon (;) and then using the
previous procedure. More recipients can be
added at any time before the message is sent.
•
If adding a recipient from Groups, tap a Group,
tap the contacts to select them, and then tap
DONE. The contacts display in the recipients
field.
3. Tap the Enter message field and use the
keyboard to enter a message.
•
Attach to add images, videos, audio,
Tap
files and more to your message.
•
Tap
Add emojis to choose an available
emoji from a list and then add it into your
message (at the cursor location) if desired.
4. Tap
SEND.
Note: If you exit a message before you send it, the
message automatically saves as a draft.
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