5. Messaging
If you have subscribed to a message network service, you can send
and receive messages to compatible phones that also subscribe to a message
service. You can also send and receive multimedia messages and e-mail.
Messaging features are network services.
Important: Exercise caution opening messages. Messages may contain
malicious software or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.
Note: When sending messages, your device will display
Message Sent
.
This is an indication that the message has been sent by your device to
the message center number programmed into your device. For messages
that fail, the network will create a new error message, explaining why
the message was not delivered. Contact Verizon for more details about
messaging services.
■ TXT messaging
When composing TXT or enhanced (EMS) messages, the number of characters
used (out of a maximum of 160 per message) appears in the top right corner of
the message screen. Segments are created when the message length exceeds
160 characters. The number of segments used (out of a maximum of 7) appears
in the top left corner of the message screen. No additional text can be entered
when all segments and characters have been used. Segments are delivered as
individual messages.
The use of special characters takes up more space than standard characters.
E-mail addresses are counted as characters. EMS messages cannot be sent to
e-mail addresses.
For information on entering text into messages, see "Text entry," p. 17.
■ PIX and FLIX messaging
PIX and FLIX messages are multimedia (MMS) messages that can contain text,
sound, a picture, and a video clip. Your device supports PIX messages that are up
to 300 KB and FLIX messages that are up to 200 KB. If the maximum size is
exceeded, your device may not be able to receive the message. Depending upon
your network, you may receive a message that includes an Internet address
where you can go to view the PIX and FLIX messages.
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Pictures are scaled to fit the display area of the device. Your device has a PIX and
FLIX message viewer for playing messages. Incoming messages reside in the
Inbox
until the user deletes or saves them. Once you save the PIX and FLIX message, you
can use the image as a screen saver or wallpaper, or use the sound as a ringtone,
unless protected by copyright. See "PIX and FLIX," p. 20.
Only compatible devices that offer picture or video message features can receive
and display PIX and FLIX messages. The appearance of PIX and FLIX messages may
vary depending on the receiving device.
Copyright protections may prevent some images, ringing tones, and other content
from being copied, modified, transferred, or forwarded. Contact Verizon for the
availability of and a subscription to the multimedia messaging service.
PIX and FLIX messaging supports the following formats:
•
Picture: JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, BMP, and PNG
•
Sound: AAC/AAC, MIDI, iMelody, QCELP, EVRC, AMR, ADPCM
•
Video: clips in MPEG4, H263
If a received message contains unsupported elements, these elements may be
replaced with
Object format not supported
.
You can receive multimedia message notification, but cannot receive multimedia
messages if you have a call in progress or other applications running, or you are in
an active browsing session. Because delivery of multimedia messages can fail for a
variety of reasons, do not rely solely upon them for essential communications.
■ New messages
To compose a new message, in the standby mode press the left soft key or select
Menu
>
Messaging
, then select
New Msg
>
TXT Msg
,
PIX Msg
, or
FLIX Msg
.
TXT Message
To write and send a TXT message, after selecting
TXT Msg
:
1. Select a recipient.
1. To add recipients from your contact list, at the
Create TXT Msg
screen,
select
Add
>
Contacts
,
Groups
, or
Recent Calls
, highlight and select
OK
for
each recipient, and select
Done
.
You may also use the keypad to manually enter a phone number or e-mail
address into each address area. The default entry mode for the
Create TXT
Msg
screen is 123 (number). To switch to multi-tap mode for e-mail address
entry, select
123
>
Abc
or
ABC
. See "Text entry," p. 17.
2. Select
OK
or scroll down to open the text entry area.
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2. Compose a message using the keypad. See "T9 text entry," p. 18.
3. To send the message, select
SEND
or press the send key.
4. To save the message as a draft, press the end key and select
Yes
>
OK
.
Your message will be saved in the
Drafts
folder.
TXT message options
To customize a new TXT message, select
Options
when the cursor is in the text
entry area. Select one of the following:
Add
—Add a
Graphic
,
Animation
,
Sound
,
Quick Text
, or
Signature
to your message.
Format Text
—Change the
Alignment
,
Font Size
,
Font Style
,
Text Color
, or
Background
of your message. Formatting affects new text entered only after
selecting this option.
Save As Draft
—Save your message into the
Drafts
folder.
Priority Level
—Set the priority level as
Normal
or
Urgent
.
Callback #
—Turn callback number display
On
or
Off
, or
Edit
the callback number.
Add to Contacts
—Add the new contact name or number to the contact list.
Save Quick Text
—Save the message into the
Quick Text
gallery. See "All Msg
settings," p. 32.
PIX message
To compose and send a PIX message, after selecting
PIX Msg
:
1. Select a recipient.
1. To add recipients from your contact list, at the
Create PIX Msg
screen,
select
Add
>
Contacts
,
Groups
, or
Recent Calls
, highlight and select
OK
for
each recipient, and select
Done
. Select
Add
>
To PIX Place
>
OK
to upload
to the online picture album.
You may also use the keypad to manually enter a phone number or e-mail
address into each address area. The default entry mode for the address screen
is 123 (number). To switch to multi-tap mode for e-mail address entry,
select
123
>
Abc
or
ABC
. See "Text entry," p. 17.
2. Select
OK
or scroll down to open the text entry area.
2. Enter text into the
Text
area of the PIX message using the keypad. See "T9 text
entry," p. 18. When composing PIX messages, the number of characters used
in the text area (out of a maximum of 1000 per message) appears in the top
right corner of the message screen. No additional text can be entered when
all characters have been used.
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3. Scroll down until the
PIX
area is highlighted. To add a picture, select
My PIX
,
scroll to highlight the desired picture, and select
OK
.
4. Scroll down until the
Sound
area is highlighted. To add a picture, select
Sounds
to enter the
My Sounds
gallery, scroll to highlight a recorded sound, and select
OK
. To record a new sound, select
Record New
while in the
My Sounds
gallery.
The new sound is added to the top of the gallery list. Select
Play
to preview a
recorded sound.
5. Scroll down until the
Subject
area is highlighted. Enter text (up to 100
characters) into the
Subject
area of the PIX message using the keypad.
6. To send the message, select
SEND
or press the send key.
7. To save the message as a draft, press the end key and select
Yes
>
OK
.
Your message will be saved in the
Drafts
folder.
PIX message options
The following
Options
are available in the
Create PIX Msg
screen when the
Text
,
PIX
,
Sound
, and
Subject
areas are highlighted:
Preview
—View your message.
Add Quick Text
—Insert text from the
Quick Text
gallery (
Text
and
Subject
areas only).
Save As Draft
—Save your message into the
Drafts
folder.
Priority Level
—Set the priority level to
Normal
or
High
.
Remove PIX
—Remove picture from message (if previously added).
Remove Sound
—Remove sound file from message (if previously added).
Add to Contacts
—Add the message recipient to your contact list.
FLIX message
To compose and send a FLIX message, after selecting
FLIX Msg
:
1. Select a recipient.
1. To add recipients from your contact list, at the
Create FLIX Msg
screen,
select
Add
>
Contacts
,
Groups
, or
Recent Calls
, highlight and select
OK
for
each recipient, and select
Done
. Select
Add
>
To PIX Place
>
OK
to upload
to the online picture album.
You may also use the keypad to manually enter a phone number or e-mail
address into each address area. The default entry mode for the address
screen is 123 (number). To switch to multi-tap mode for e-mail address
entry, select
123
>
Abc
or
ABC
. See "Text entry," p. 17.
2. Select
OK
or scroll down to open the text entry area.
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2. Enter text into the
Text
area of the FLIX message using the keypad. See "T9
text entry," p. 18. When composing FLIX messages, the number of characters
used in the text area (out of a maximum of 1000 per message) appears in the
top right corner of the message screen. No additional text can be entered
when all characters have been used.
3. Scroll down until the
FLIX
area is highlighted. To add a FLIX file, select
My FLIX
,
scroll to highlight the desired file, and select
OK
. To record a new FLIX, select
Rec New
while in the
My FLIX
gallery. See "Record a video," p. 20. Select
Play
to
preview a FLIX file.
4. Scroll down until the
Subject
area is highlighted. Enter text (up to 100 characters)
into the
Subject
area of the PIX message using the keypad.
5. To send the message, select
SEND
or press the send key.
6. To save the message as a draft, press the end key and select
Yes
>
OK
.
Your message will be saved in the
Drafts
folder.
FLIX message options
The following
Options
are available in the
Create FLIX Msg
screen when the
Text
,
FLIX
, and
Subject
areas are highlighted:
Preview
—View your message.
Add Quick Text
—Insert text from the
Quick Text
gallery (
Text
and
Subject
areas only).
Save As Draft
—Save your message into the
Drafts
folder.
Priority Level
—Set the priority level to
Normal
or
High
.
Remove FLIX
—Remove FLIX file from message (if previously added).
Add to Contacts
—Add the message recipient to your contact list.
■ Inbox
Your phone can receive text messages (SMS), enhanced messages (EMS), PIX/FLIX
messages (MMS), e-mails via SMS, WAP Push messages, and alerts in the
Inbox
.
This is a network service.
Upon receiving an incoming message, an alert is shown on the standby screen
and you have the option to
View now
or
View later
. Select
View now
to open the
new message in the
Inbox
. If you select
View later
, the new message notification
icon (
) is displayed and you must open the
Inbox
to view new messages.
To open the
Inbox
and view or edit messages, in the standby mode press the left
soft key or select
Menu
>
Messaging
, then select
Inbox
.
If
Auto view
or
Auto Receive
are enabled for incoming messages, the
View now
and
View later
options are not displayed on the standby screen. See "Message
settings," p. 32.
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View the Inbox
The number of messages in the
Inbox
is shown in parentheses on the
Messaging
screen. When you open the
Inbox
, the list of messages is displayed. The newest
messages are displayed first. Scroll up and down to highlight a message. At the
Inbox
screen, select
Erase
>
OK
to delete the highlighted message, or
Options
and
select from the following:
Reply
—Send a
TXT Msg
,
PIX Msg
, or
FLIX Msg
reply.
Forward
—Forward the message to another phone number or e-mail address, or to
upload to your PIX Place.
Lock
or
Unlock
—Protect the message from
Erase
and
Erase All
commands.
Add to Contacts
—Save the contact information to the contact list.
Message Info
—Display sender information and timestamp.
View or play messages
To view or play a message in the
Inbox
, highlight the message, and select
Open
. If
necessary, scroll up or down to view the whole message. You can scroll left or
right to view the content of the other messages in the
Inbox
.
With the message open, you can select from the following:
Erase
—Delete the message (messages without sound or FLIX files attached only).
Mute
or
Unmute
—Turn on or off the sound of a sound object (messages with
sound and FLIX files attached only).
PLAY
or
PAUSE
—Start or halt the FLIX playback (FLIX message with FLIX file
attached only).
REPLY
—Send a
TXT Msg
,
PIX Msg
, or
FLIX Msg
reply (except FLIX message with
FLIX file attached).
Options
—Select from the following:
•
Forward
—Forward the message to another phone number or e-mail address,
or to upload to your PIX Place.
•
Save Quick Text
—Save the message into the
Quick Text
gallery.
•
Lock
or
Unlock
—Protect the message from
Erase
and
Erase All
commands.
•
Add to Contacts
—Save the contact information to the contact list.
•
Message Info
—Display sender information and timestamp.
The following
Options
are displayed for specific message types:
•
Play Again
—Replay the attached sound (PIX message with sound only).
•
Reply
—Send a
TXT Msg
,
PIX Msg
, or
FLIX Msg
reply (FLIX message with FLIX
file attached only).
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•
Erase
—Delete the message (messages with sound or FLIX files attached only).
•
Save Graphic
—Save a graphic object attached to a message (TXT message only).
•
Save PIX
—Save the attached PIX file (PIX message only).
•
Save FLIX
—Save the attached FLIX file (FLIX message only).
•
Save Sound
—Save a sound attached to a message (messages with sound only).
■ Sent messages
The
Sent
folder is used to store TXT, PIX and FLIX messages that have been delivered
to their recipients. The number of messages stored in the
Sent
folder is shown in
parentheses on the
Messaging
screen. To open the
Sent
folder, in the standby mode
press the left soft key or select
Menu
>
Messaging
, then select
Sent
.
The list of sent messages is displayed. The newest messages are displayed first. Scroll
up and down to highlight a message. On the
Sent
screen, select from the following:
•
Erase
—Select
Yes
>
OK
to delete the sent message.
•
Options
—Select from the following:
•
Forward
—Forward the message to another phone number or e-mail
address, or to upload to your PIX Place.
•
Resend
—Resend a TXT, PIX or FLIX message.
•
Lock
or
Unlock
—Protect the message from
Erase
and
Erase All
commands.
•
Add to Contacts
—Save the contact information to the contact list.
•
Message Info
—Display sender information and timestamp.
•
OPEN
—View or play message. With the message open, you can select from
the following:
Erase
—Delete the message (messages without sound or FLIX files attached only).
Mute
or
Unmute
—Turn on or off the sound of a sound object (messages with
sound and FLIX files attached only).
PLAY
or
PAUSE
—Start or halt the FLIX playback (FLIX message with FLIX file
attached only).
SEND
—Resend a
TXT Msg
,
PIX Msg
, or
FLIX Msg
(except FLIX message with
FLIX file attached).
Options
and one of the following:
•
Forward
—Forward the message to another phone number or e-mail
address, or to upload to your PIX Place.
•
Lock
or
Unlock
—Protect the message from
Erase
and
Erase All
commands.
•
Save Quick Text
—Save the message into the
Quick Text
gallery.
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•
Add to Contacts
—Save the contact information to the contact list.
•
Message Info
—Display sender information and timestamp.
The following
Options
are displayed for specific message types:
•
Play Again
—Replay the attached sound (PIX message with sound only).
•
Resend
—Resend a
TXT Msg
,
PIX Msg
, or
FLIX Msg
(FLIX message with FLIX
file attached only).
•
Erase
—Delete the message (messages with sound or FLIX files attached only).
■ Draft messages
The
Drafts
folder is used to store drafts of TXT, PIX and FLIX messages. The number
of messages stored in the
Drafts
folder is shown in parentheses on the
Messaging
screen. To open the
Drafts
folder, in the standby mode press the left soft key or
select
Menu
>
Messaging
, then select
Drafts
. The list of draft messages is displayed.
The newest messages are displayed first. Scroll up and down to highlight a message.
Select from the following on the
Drafts
screen:
•
Erase
—Select
Yes
>
OK
to delete the draft message.
•
EDIT
—Update the draft message. See "New messages," p. 25.
•
Options
—Customize the draft message. Select from the following:
Send
—Deliver the draft message to the recipient(s).
Lock
or
Unlock
—Turn protection on or off for
Erase
or
Erase All
commands for
this message.
Add to Contacts
—Save the contact information to the contact list.
■ Voice mail messages
Voice mail is a network service that allows you to listen to voice messages recorded
in the voice mailbox. When you have a new voice message, your phone will alert you
and you will be prompted to
Listen now
or
Listen later
. If you select
Listen later
,
the new voice mail icon (
) is displayed on the standby screen.
Listen to voice mail messages
When you have a new voice message alert, select
Listen now
>
OK
to access your
voice mailbox. You can also reach the voice mail screen to play back existing
voice messages from the standby mode by pressing the left soft key or selecting
Menu
>
Messaging
, then selecting
Voicemail
. To access voice mail from the
standby mode using speed dial, press and hold 1.
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The voice mail screen displays the number of new messages and the date and time
of the last message received. To access your voice mailbox, select
OPEN
or press the
send key.
To reset the voice mail counter, select
Clear
>
Yes
>
OK
. The new voice mail icon
will no longer appear on the screen.
The clear voice mail icon option does not delete voice mail from your voice
mailbox. To delete messages, you must access your voice mailbox and use the
voice mail system commands. If you exceed the storage limit for your voice
mailbox, old messages may be overwritten.
■ E-mail messages
From the standby mode press the left soft key or select
Menu
>
Messaging
, then
select
to launch a browser and access the e-mail messaging screen. This is
a network service.
■ Mobile IM messages
From the standby mode press the left soft key or select
Menu
>
Messaging
, then
select
Mobile IM
to access the Get It Now instant messaging screen. This is a
network service.
■ Chat
From the standby mode press the left soft key or select
Menu
>
Messaging
, then
select
Chat
to launch a browser and chat with Internet Messenger users. This is a
network service.
■ Message settings
To configure settings for TXT, PIX, or FLIX messages, use the
Settings
menu. In the
standby mode press the left soft key or select
Menu
>
Messaging
, then select
Settings
. Select
All Msg
,
TXT Msg
,
PIX Msg
, or
FLIX Msg
>
OK
.
All Msg settings
Select from the following options to apply to all messages:
Auto save
—Automatically save all sent messages to the
Sent
folder. Select
On
or
Off
to enable or disable
Auto save
. Select
Prompt
>
OK
to receive a prompt to
save after each message is sent.
Auto erase
—Automatically erase the oldest (unlocked) message from your inbox
if it is full. Select
On
or
Off
>
OK
. If
Auto erase
is set to
Off
, a message is displayed
when memory is full prompting you to manually delete unwanted messages from
your inbox.
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Quick-text
—View and edit Quick Text entries, which are short, prewritten
messages that can be recalled and inserted into a TXT message. The gallery of
pre-loaded and user-defined Quick Text entries is displayed. To add an entry,
select
New
, enter the text, and select
OK
. To erase a user-defined entry, highlight
the entry and select
Erase
>
Yes
>
OK
.
Voicemail #
—Change the default voice mail number. Enter the new number and
select
OK
.
Entry mode
—Change the default entry mode for the text entry area in a TXT
message and the text and subject entry areas in PIX and FLIX messages. Select
T9Word
,
Abc
,
ABC
, or
123
>
OK
.
Callback #
—Change the default callback number that is sent. Enter the new
number and select
OK
.
Signature
—Create or edit text that will automatically append to each outgoing
TXT, PIX, and FLIX message. Enter the signature text and select
OK
.
TXT Msg settings
Select
Auto view
>
On
to directly view the content when receiving a TXT message.
The content of incoming TXT messages is displayed when the phone is in the
standby mode.
Select
Signature
to create or edit text that will automatically append to each
outgoing TXT message. Enter the signature text and select
OK
. This option is not
displayed if a signature has been created using the
All Msg
>
Signature
menu.
PIX Msg settings
Select
Auto Receive
>
On
to directly download the content when receiving a
PIX message.
Select
Signature
to create or edit text that will automatically append to each
outgoing PIX message. Enter the signature text and select
OK
. This option is not
displayed if a signature has been created using the
All Msg
>
Signature
menu.
FLIX Msg settings
Select
Auto Receive
>
On
to directly download the content when receiving a
FLIX message.
Select
Signature
to create or edit text that will automatically append to each
outgoing FLIX message. Enter the signature text and select
OK
. This option is not
displayed if a signature has been created using the
All Msg
>
Signature
menu.
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■ Message options
To erase TXT, PIX or FLIX messages, use the
Options
menu. In the standby mode
press the left soft key or select
Menu
>
Messaging
, then select
Options
. Select
from the following:
•
Erase Inbox
—Delete all messages in your
Inbox
.
•
Erase Drafts
—Delete all messages in your
Drafts
folder.
•
Erase Sent
—Delete all messages in your
Sent
folder.
•
Erase All
—Delete all messages.
To erase the selected messages, select
Yes
>
OK
. Messages will be
permanently deleted.
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