User's Manual

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Deleting a message thread
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Messaging.
2. Tap and hold the message thread >Delete thread.
• If you want delete all message threads, press Menu > Delete threads.
3. Tap Delete.
Searching messages
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Messaging.
2. Press Menu > Search or press Search.
3. Enter the search term >tap .
Replying to a message
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Messaging.
2. Tap the received message > tap Type to compose > enter your message.
3. Tap Send.
Receiving Emergency Alerts Messages
Emergency Alerts service allows you to receive automatic alerts in times of crisis (e.g., earthquake,
hurricanes, etc.). Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), also known as CMAS, is a part of a national
alerting system called IPAWS (Integrated Public Alert and Warning System) that enables emergency
management officials to rapidly disseminate the warnings and safety information via text alerts to
wireless phones based on the phones’ geographic location, The Federal Emergency Management
Agency or FEMA is responsible for receiving the alerting information and forwarding the alerts to
participating wireless carriers such as Sprint. Such alerts may come from the President of the United
States; the National Weather Service, state or county public safety officials. This system is integrated
into the same national alerting services that serve television and radio today. For more information
regarding WEA/CMAS please go to: FEMA website.
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/projects.shtm#6
Receiving Emergency Alerts Messages
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Messaging.
2. Tap Emergency alerts message you want to view. Emergency alert messages are indicated with
Emergency alert icon.
• If Emergency alert arrives on your phone during a call, is displayed in the Status bar. If
Presidential Emergency Alert, Emergency alert icon flashes. If non-Presidential, Emergency
alert icon is static icon.
• ONLY the Presidential Emergency Alert icon is displayed under the Time/Date on the
unlock/lock screen.
• If you are on an Emergency alert message screen in the Messaging application, the
following options are removed or disabled :Reply, Forward, and Call.
• If you have power cycled your phone and a Presidential Emergency Alert has NOT been
viewed, the Presidential Emergency Alert icon will continue to flash when the device is powered
on again.