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

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
new text or multimedia message. The Messaging application icon
new 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 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
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
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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.
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.
View a Multimedia Message (MMS)
1. Press
and tap
2. From the message list, tap a message to open its contents.
3. While the message is open, tap the play icon (on a video or audio file) to play back the file or tap
an image to view a picture.
Accounts and Messaging
also appears in the notifications area of the status bar to notify you of a
Managing Message Conversations.
Apps > Messaging.
Messaging Settings for details.
also displays the number of
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