User's Manual

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Changing Messaging Settings
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Messaging .
2. Tap Option > Settings .
1. Storage settings
Delete old
messages
Check to delete older messages in a
thread when messaging memory or
thread limits are reached. Uncheck to
keep all messages. You may need to
manually delete messages if the
messaging memory limit is reached.
Text message
limit
Tap to set the number of messages to
save per message thread. When the limit
is reached, older text messages are
deleted if ‘Delete old messages’ is
checked.
Multimedia
message
limit
Tap to set the number of multimedia
messages to save per message thread.
When the limit is reached, older
multimedia messages are deleted if
‘Delete old messages’ is checked.
2. Multimedia message (MMS) settings
Auto-retrieve
Uncheck to download only the heading
of multimedia messages. You will need
to tap the MMS message heading and
manually download each MMS
message. You may want to use this
feature when roaming or when
connected to a slow data network.
MMS
Validity
period
Set MMS Validity period to Maximum
or Two days
3. Notification settings
Sound
Select a ringtone to sound when you
receive new message notifications.
Vibrate
Set the phone to vibrate every time you
receive a new message notification,
only when silent mode, or never.
4. Receive Emergency Alerts
Show extreme
threats
Set to receive Extreme Emergency Alerts.
Show Severe
alerts
Set to receive Severe Emergency Alerts.
Show Amber
alerts
Set to receive Amber Emergency Alerts.
Turn on
notifications
Set to display emergency alert broadcasts
Alert reminder
Set alert reminder to once, every 2 minutes,
every 15 minutes or off
Speak alert
message
Set to
use text
-
to
-
speech to speak
emergency alert messages