Messages; Reading A Received Sms Message; Reading Stored Sms Messages; Moving Messages To Sim - Motorola L6I User Manual

Forwarding messages

You can forward a received message to other people/number(s):
1 Press the Menu key. Select Messages.
2 Select Inbox or SIM archive/Received
3 Select the message to be forwarded and select Options.
4 Select Forward.
5 Press OK. Select the To field and select one of the displayed names or select
want to send your message to another mobile number (simply key in the number). Press
to validate.
6 In the Text field enter the message text (see "Entering text", page 22) or select one of the
models (Models) and press OK.
7 If you want to send the message to several addressees, enter one or several phone numbers/
names in the Copy to list (up to 4 more addressees) and press
previous screen.
8 Select Options.
9 Select Send, Send without storing
10 A warning displays the number of SMS needed to send the message if it is more than one.
Select Go on if you want to send the message or select
or if you want to amend your message.

Activating or deactivating the message alert tone

Each time a message is received, a new SMS alert tone sounds.
To activate or deactivate this tone:
1 Press the Menu key. Select Messages.
2 Select Settings.
3 Select Reception Alert. Select On
You can choose an alert melody for your SMS:
1 Press the Menu key. Select Messages.
2 Select Settings.
3 Select Reception alert.
4 Select Alert and select On.
5 Select Melody and select one of the available ringtones.

Preparing the phone to send SMS messages

Before sending your first SMS or if you want to register a new profile, the network SMS centre
number (obtainable from your service provider) must be stored:
1 Press the Menu key. Select Messages.
2 Select Settings.
3 Select Sending profile.
4 Enter the message centre number or select a template (if several available) then enter the
following fields (operator dependent).
FIELDS DESCRIPTION
Name To enter the profile name.
Message To enter the centre number.
centre
Format To set the message format: text, voice, fax or paging. Text
Validity Time the message remains at the message centre
period until delivered.
You may not be allowed to change your sending profile (format and validity period). Please contact your
service provider for further details.
5 Select Save to validate.

messages.

OK then Valid to return to the
or Store.
Cancel if you do not want to send it
or Off.
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MESSAGES
his section describes the contents of the Messages menu and contains full information on
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the Short Message Service (SMS). Other types of messages can be sent and received via
your mobile. Please refer to the i-mode section (page 47) for full information on E-mail and
MMS.
The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send or receive text messages to or from other
mobile phones. You can store, edit and forward messages as well as save any of the numbers
they may contain.
These SMS are stored on the phone memory; they may also be stored in the SIM card if they
are sent by a service provider.
You can access the Messages menu via the Main menu or by pressing and holding the Mail
softkey from the standby display.

Reading a received SMS message

When the phone receives an SMS message, information about the message sender is
displayed on the Idle screen. The message is automatically stored in the phone or in the SIM
card. A flashing
further messages. Delete messages to allow new messages to be delivered.
1 Press
2
Press
Move to SIM
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text)

Reading stored SMS messages

1 Press the Menu key. Select Messages.Or press and hold the
2 Select
Use the arrow key to scroll up and down and access the message you want to read.
3 Select
Unread messages are indicated by the
indicated by

Moving messages to SIM

It is possible to move a message from the Inbox or the Outbox to the SIM memory. However,
according to the message size, the message may be truncated (the 160 first characters only are
moved to the SIM memory). The sending date (for sent messages) and the 'Copy to' addressees
are lost when moving the message to the SIM memory.
To move a message to the SIM memory:
1 Press the Menu key. Select Messages.
2 Select
3 Choose the message to be moved and select Options.
4 Select
The SMS centre number may already be available in your SIM card and may be automatically
displayed. If you want to select a Sending profile for your message:
1 Press the Menu key. Select Messages.
2 Select Settings.
3 Select
4 Select Select.
More... if you

Entering text

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Some features and functions (storing names in the phonebook or typing SMS text messages,
Tools, Settings,...) require you to know how to enter and edit text in the display.
Three modes are available. They are indicated by
mode and by
or edited directly from the keypad. Press
There are two methods of entering text characters: the Multitap or Multipress key method, and
the quicker intuitive method, called T9 text input.
Press the down arrow key to swap between the T9 and the Multitap methods. When on T9
mode, is displayed on the upper part of the display to indicate that T9 is the current mode.
is displayed on the lower part of the screen to indicate that the Multitap text method can
be accessed by pressing the down arrow key. When on Multitap mode,
upper part of the display to indicate that Multitap is the current mode.
lower part of the screen to indicate that the T9 method can be accessed by pressing the down
arrow key.
The multitap/multipress method
A brief press on a key displays the first character associated with the key and shows the other
available characters at the top of the display. Here is the list of the available characters (the
available characters list is language dependent):
KEY
indicates that the SIM or the phone memory are full and cannot store any
Read to read new messages (from the standby display only).
Options to View, Reply, Reply (+text), Delete,
or Numbers (to store or call the number(s) contained in the SMS header or
Inbox or SIM archive then select Received messages
OK or Options/View to read the message text.
icon. Messages that have already been read are
.
Inbox or Outbox.
Move to SIM.
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Sending profile and select the profile you want to use. Select Options.
in lower case mode, by
in numeric mode. Text, figures and alphabet characters can then be entered
to switch from one mode to another.
CHARACTER
Lower case Upper case
. , - ' @ : ?/_1
a b c 2 A B C 2
d e f 3 D E F 3
g h i 4 G H I 4
j k l 5 JK L 5
m n o 6 M N O 6
p q r s 7 P Q R S 7
t u v 8 T U V 8
w x y z 9 W X Y Z 9
0 0
Short press: to switch mode (T9 or multitap) to lower case, upper case or
numeric mode.
Long press: to switch from lower case to upper case. Only the first letter entered
is upper case, the following ones are lower case (e.g.: to write a surname).
Short press: to enter a space.
Long press: to access special characters.
Short press: moves the cursor through the text one place to the left or to the right.
Long press: moves the cursor to the text beginning or end.
Swap between the Multitap/Multipress method and the T9 text input
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Delete all, Forward, Send as mail,
Mail softkey.
to display the message list.
in upper case
is displayed on the
is displayed on the