Note: If you choose a default messaging app other than Messaging (for example, Google
Hangouts), you will not be able to use the standard Messaging app unless you restore it as the
default messaging app.
Delete old messages: Automatically delete the oldest messages when the maximum
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number of messages is reached. Set the maximum number of messages with the Text
message limit and Multimedia message limit settings below.
Text message limit: Set the maximum number of text messages per conversation.
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Multimedia message limit: Set the maximum number of multimedia messages per
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conversation.
Text templates: Create and manage text strings that you can add to messages.
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Auto combination: Determine whether long messages that are received in multiple parts
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are automatically re-assembled to display as a single message.
Group messaging: Control how messages to multiple recipients are handled. When
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enabled, a single message is sent to multiple recipients. When disabled, a separate
message is sent to each recipient.
Auto retrieve: Control whether message attachment(s) are automatically downloaded
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when you display a multimedia message. If you disable this option, only the message header
displays in the message list, and you'll be prompted to download the attachment(s).
Roaming auto retrieve: Control whether message attachment(s) are automatically
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downloaded while your phone is in roaming mode.
MMS alert: Set the phone to alert you when you make a change to a message that will
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convert the message to a multimedia message (MMS).
Bubble style: Control how messages appear on the screen. Bubbles are the boxes that
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surround each message.
Background style: Set the background of the message screen.
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Split view: Turn on split view on landscape screen.
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Use the volume key: Enable changing the text size while reading a message by pressing
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the Volume Key up or down.
Notifications: Control whether notifications for new messages display in the Status bar.
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Select ringtone: Set the ringtone for your message notifications.
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Vibrate: Set whether vibration plays along with the ringtone for new message notifications.
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Message alert repetition: Set how often your phone notifies you of new message(s).
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Preview message: Control whether a preview of a new message appears in the Status bar
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with the message notification.
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