Sony Xperia SP - Reading and sending messages

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Reading and sending messages

The Messaging application shows your messages as conversations, which means that

all messages to and from a particular person are grouped together. To send

multimedia messages, you need the correct MMS settings on your device. See

Internet and messaging settings

on page 33.

1

Go back to the list of conversations

2

View options

3

Sent and received messages

4

Send button

5

Attach a file

6

Attach a location

7

Attach a sound clip

8

Take a photo and attach it

9

Attach a photo saved on your device

10 Text field

To create and send a message

1

From your Home screen, tap , then find and tap .

2

Tap .

3

Tap , then tap Add recipient, and select a contact from the Contacts list. If the

recipient is not listed as a contact, enter the recipient's number manually and

tap .

4

When you are finished adding recipients, tap Done.

5

Tap Write message and enter your message text.

6

If you want to add a media file, tap and select an option.

7

To send the message, tap Send.

If you exit a message before sending, it gets saved as a draft. The conversation gets tagged

with the word Draft:.

To read a received message

1

From your Home screen, tap , then find and tap .

2

Tap the desired conversation.

3

If the message is not yet downloaded, tap and hold the message, then tap

Download message

.

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To reply to a message

1

From your Home screen, tap , then find and tap .

2

Tap the conversation containing the message.

3

Enter your reply and tap Send.

To forward a message

1

From your Home screen, tap , then find and tap .

2

Tap the conversation containing the message that you want to forward.

3

Touch and hold the message that you want to forward, then tap Forward

message

.

4

Tap , then tap Add recipient, and select a contact from the Contacts list. If the

recipient is not listed as a contact, enter the contact's number manually and tap

.

5

When you are finished adding recipients, tap Done.

6

Edit the message, if necessary, then tap Send.

In step 4, you can also tap To and enter the recipient's phone number manually.

To save a file contained in a message you receive

1

From your Home screen, tap , then find and tap .

2

Tap the conversation you want to open.

3

If the message has not been downloaded yet, tap and hold the message, then

tap Download message.

4

Touch and hold the file you want to save, then select the desired option.