New Messages Notification; Managing Message Conversations - Samsung Galaxy SIII User Manual

1. Press
2. Tap Compose to create a message:
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Tap Enter recipient and enter a Contact name, a mobile phone number, or an email address
using the onscreen keyboard. As you enter letters, possible matches from your accounts and
contacts display on the screen. Touch a match to add it to the message.
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Tap Enter message to enter your message.
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Tap to attach an image, picture, video, audio clip, S Memo, Calendar event, location
info, or contact.
3. Tap Send to send the message.

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
A new message icon
text or multimedia message. The Messaging application icon
messages.
To open the message, touch and hold the status bar, and then slide the status bar down to open the
Notifications panel. Tap the new message to open and read it. For information on reading and replying to
messages, see Managing Message

Managing Message 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 All messages screen. Threaded text or multimedia
messages let you see exchanged messages (similar to a chat program) with a contact on the screen.
Read a Text Message
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On the Messaging screen, tap the text message or message thread to open and read it.
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If you have a new message notification, slide the status bar down to open the Notifications panel.
Tap the new message to open and read it.
Note: To view the details of a particular message, in the message thread, 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.
Accounts and Messaging
and tap Apps >
Messaging Settings
also appears in the notifications area of the status bar to notify you of a new
Conversations.
Messaging.
for details.
also displays the number of new
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