Save and Resume a Draft Message
If you tap
Back while composing a text or multimedia message, or leave the Messages screen,
the message is automatically saved as a draft.
To resume composing a Draft message:
1. From home, tap
2. On the Messages screen, tap the message with the with Draft marked.
3. When you finish editing the message, tap
New Messages Notification
Depending on your notification settings, the phone will play a ringtone, vibrate, or display the
message briefly in the Status Bar when you receive a new text or multimedia message. To change
the notification for new text and multimedia messages, see Messages Settings for details.
A new message icon
new text or multimedia message. The Messages app icon
messages.
To open the message, slide the Status Bar down to open the Notification Panel. Tap the new
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message to open and read it. For information on reading and replying to messages see Manage
Conversations.
Manage Conversations
Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from a contact (or a number) are
grouped into conversations or message threads in the Messages screen. Threaded text or
multimedia messages let you see all the messages you exchange with a contact on the screen,
similar to a chat program.
Read a Text Message
On the Messages screen, tap the text message or conversation to open and read it.
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If you have a new message notification, slide the Status Bar down to open the Notification Panel.
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Tap the new message to open and read it.
Note: To view the details of a particular message, in the conversation, touch and hold the message
to open the options menu, and then tap View message details.
If a message contains a link to a Web page, tap the message and then tap the link to open it in the
Web browser.
If a message contains a phone number, tap the message and then tap the phone number to dial the
number or add it to your contacts.
Accounts and Messaging
Messages.
a lso appears in the notifications area of the Status Bar to notify you of a
Send.
a lso displays the number of new
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