About SMS

SMS stands for "Short Message Service". You can learn more about it here on Wikipedia .

Opening The SMS Application

To open the SMS application, tap the SMS icon which is the second icon in the screenshot below which is located at the bottom of the screen.

Once the SMS application has opened, you will be take a screen where your sent and received messages are.

Create A New Message

To create and send new message, click the new message icon as shown .

After tapping the create a message icon, you will see two fields:

• Recipient
• Message

The screenshot shown below is the recipient field.

The screenshot below is the message field.

There are 2 ways to enter the recipient's information.

• Manually
• From your contacts

You can enter the phone number of the recipient manually into the recipient field.

You can also choose the recipient from your contacts by tapping the contact icon.

In the message field , you can enter the message you would like to send.

Once you are finished typing up your message, press the buton to send.

After that, you will be taken to the thread of the messages sent and received between you and the recipient. Beside your sent messages may have a spinning cirle. The spinning circle is letting you know that the message is being sent.

Here is an example of the spinning circle.

New Message Notifications

The following is a screenshot of the notification bar that is located at the top of the phone.

To see notifications for new messages, tap and hold onto the notification bar and drag down and then select the new message notification.

View Message

You can view your sent and received messages by tapping on the SMS icon. From there, you will be taken to your messages.

Tap the message in the list you would like to view and you will be taken to the thread of sent and received messages like below .

Delete Message

To select the messages for deletion click the delete messages icon as shown.

You can select which message threads to delete by pressing the "O" icon as shown.

After pressing the "O" icon, the dot will be filled red with a checkmark as shown.

An alternative way to delete all is by pressing the Select all. To deselect all then press Deselect all.

When you are ready to delete the selected messages click the delete button which is at the top right of the screen. The button of it is shown below.

After tapping on the button, you will be prompted to confirm the deletion. The confirmation message will look like the one below.

To confirm press the OK button or to cancel, press the Cancel button.