User Guide

Sprint Service
3A. Sprint Service: The Basics 135
Composing Text Messages
1. Press and touch Main () > Messaging > Text
().
2. Touch to compose a new text message.
3. Select the contact entry method you prefer by
touching an associated option:
䡲 Recent List to select a recipient from a list of
recently sent messages.
䡲 Contacts to select a recipient from your Contacts
(qualifying Contacts entries must contain a
wireless phone number or an email address).
䡲 Manual Entry to manually enter a destination by
choosing either:
● Enter Phone Number to use the onscreen dial
pad to enter a wireless phone number. Touch
Done to save the entry.
● Enter Email Address to use the onscreen
keyboard to enter the recipient’s email
address. Touch
Done to save the entry.
4. Use the onscreen keyboard to enter a message.
(See “Entering Text” on page 37.)
5. Touch Done to save your text and return to your
message.
6. Add more recipients by touching and
repeating step 3.
7. Review your message and touch Send.
Accessing Text Messages
To read an SMS Text message:
When you receive a text message, both an
announcement tone and a icon is displayed on
the screen.
䊳 Touch Dismiss to ignore the notification and return
to the message at a later time.
– or –
Touch
View to read the new message.
1. Press and touch Main () > Messaging.
2. Touch a message entry from the list.
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