Messaging

Only devices that have compatible features can receive and display multimedia messages. The appearance of a message may vary depending on the receiving device.

Messaging main view

Select Menu > Messaging (network service).
To create a new message, select New message.

Tip: To avoid rewriting messages that you send often, use texts in the Templates folder in My folders. You can also create and save your own templates.

Messaging contains the following folders:

Write and send messages

Select Menu > Messaging.

Important: Exercise caution when opening messages. Messages may contain malicious software or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.

Before you can create a multimedia message or write an email, you must have the correct connection settings defined.
The wireless network may limit the size of MMS messages. If the inserted picture exceeds this limit the device may make it smaller so that it can be sent by MMS.
Check the size limit of e-mail messages with your service provider. If you attempt to send an e-mail message that exceeds the size limit of the e-mail server, the message is left in the Outbox folder, and the device attempts to resend it periodically. Sending an e-mail requires a data connection, and continuous attempts to resend the e-mail may incur charges from your service provider. In the Outbox folder, you can delete such a message or move it to the Drafts folder.
1. To send a message, select New message.
To send an audio or e-mail message, select Options > Create message, and the relevant option.
2. To select recipients or groups from the contacts list, select To. To enter the number or e-mail address manually, tap the To field.
3. In the Subject field, enter the subject of the e-mail. To change the fields that are visible, select Options > Message header fields.
4. To write the message, tap the message field.
5. To add an object to a message, select and the relevant type of content.
The message type may change to multimedia message based on the inserted content.
6. To capture an image or record a video or sound clip for a multimedia message, select Options > Insert content and New image, New video clip, or New sound clip.
7. To add an attachment to an e-mail, select Options > Insert content and the relevant type of content. E-mail attachments are indicated by .
8. To send the message, select , or press the call key.
Your device supports text messages beyond the limit for a single message. Longer messages are sent as two or more messages. Your service provider may charge accordingly.
Characters with accents or other marks, and characters from some language options, take up more space, and limit the number of characters that can be sent in a single message.
You may not be able to send video clips that are saved in the MP4 file format or that exceed the size limit of the wireless network in a multimedia message.

Messaging inbox

Receive messages

Select Menu > Messaging and Inbox.
In the Inbox folder, indicates an unread text message, an unread multimedia message, an unread audio message, and data received through Bluetooth connectivity.
When you receive a message, and 1 new message are displayed in the home screen. To open the message, select Show. To open a message in the Inbox folder, select the message. To reply to a received message, select Options > Reply.

Multimedia messages

Important: Exercise caution when opening messages.
Messages may contain malicious software or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.

You may receive a notification that a multimedia message is waiting in the multimedia message centre. To start a packet data connection to retrieve the message to your device, select Options > Retrieve.
When you open a multimedia message (), you may see an image and a message. is shown if sound is included, or if video is included. To play the sound or the video, select the indicator.
To see the media objects that have been included in the multimedia message, select Options > Objects.
If the message includes a multimedia presentation, is displayed. To play the presentation, select the indicator.

Data, settings, and web service messages

Your device can receive many kinds of messages that contain data, such as business cards, ringing tones, operator logos, calendar entries, and e-mail notifications. You may also receive settings from your service provider in a configuration message.
To save the data from the message, select Options and the corresponding option.
Web service messages are notifications (for example, news headlines) and may contain a text message or a link. For availability and subscription, contact your service provider.

Mailbox

Define e-mail settings

Select Menu > Messaging and Mailbox.
To use e-mail, you must have defined a valid internet access point (IAP) in the device and have defined your e-mail settings correctly.
You must have a separate e-mail account. Follow the instructions given by your remote mailbox and internet service provider (ISP).
If you select Messaging > Mailbox and have not set up your e-mail account, you are prompted to do so. To start creating the e-mail settings with the mailbox guide, select Start.
When you create a new mailbox, the name you give to the mailbox replaces Mailbox in the Messaging main view. You can have up to six mailboxes.

Open the mailbox

Select Menu > Messaging and a mailbox.
When you open the mailbox, the device asks if you want to connect to the mailbox.
To connect to your mailbox and retrieve new e-mail headers or messages, select Yes. When you view messages online, you are continuously connected to a remote mailbox using a data connection.
To view previously retrieved e-mail messages offline, select No.
To create a new e-mail message, select Options > Create message > E-mail.

Retrieve e-mail messages

Select Menu > Messaging and a mailbox.
If you are offline, select Options > Connect to open a connection to the remote mailbox.

Important: Exercise caution when opening messages. Messages may contain malicious software or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.

1. When you have an open connection to a remote mailbox, select Options > Retrieve e-mail > New to retrieve all new messages, Selected to retrieve only selected messages, or All to retrieve all messages from the mailbox.
To stop retrieving messages, select Cancel.
2. To close the connection and view the e-mail messages offline, select Options > Disconnect.
3. To open an e-mail message, select the message. If the email message has not been retrieved and you are offline, you are asked if you want to retrieve this message from the mailbox.
To view e-mail attachments, open the message, and select the attachment field indicated by . If the attachment has not been retrieved to the device, select Options > Retrieve.
To retrieve e-mail messages automatically, select Options > E-mail settings > Automatic retrieval.
Setting the device to retrieve e-mail automatically may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider's network. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges.

Delete e-mail messages

Select Menu > Messaging and a mailbox.
To delete the contents of an e-mail message from the device while still retaining it in the remote mailbox, select Options > Delete > Phone only.
The device mirrors the e-mail headers in the remote mailbox.
Although you delete the message content, the e-mail header stays in your device. If you want to remove the header as well, you must be connected to the server when deleting the message from your device and the remote mailbox. It there is no connection to the server, the header is deleted when you make a connection from your device to the remote mailbox again to update the status.
To delete an e-mail from the device and the remote mailbox, select Options > Delete > Phone and server.
To cancel deleting an e-mail that has been marked to be deleted from the device and server during the next connection (), select Options > Restore.

Disconnect from the mailbox

When you are online, to end the data connection to the remote mailbox, select Options > Disconnect.

View messages on a SIM card

Select Menu > Messaging and Options > SIM messages.
Before you can view SIM messages, you must copy them to a folder in your device.
1. Select Options > Mark/Unmark > Mark or Mark all to mark messages.
2. Select Options > Copy. A list of folders opens.
3. To start copying, select a folder. To view the messages, open the folder.

Cell broadcast messages

Select Menu > Messaging and Options > Cell broadcast.
Cell broadcast (network service) allows you to receive messages on various topics, such as weather or traffic conditions, from your service provider. For available topics and relevant topic numbers, contact your service provider.
Cell broadcast messages cannot be received in UMTS networks. A packet data connection may prevent cell broadcast reception.

Service commands

Select Menu > Messaging and Options > Service commands.
With service commands (network service) you can enter and send service requests (also known as USSD commands), such as activation commands for network services, to your service provider.

Messaging settings

The settings may be preconfigured in your device, or you may receive them in a message. To enter settings manually, fill in all fields marked with Must be defined or an asterisk.
Some or all message centres or access points may be preset for your device by your service provider, and you may not be able to change, create, edit, or remove them.

Text message settings

Select Menu > Messaging and Options > Settings > Text message.
Select from the following:
● Message centres — View a list of all text message centres that have been defined.
● Message centre in use — Select which message centre to use to deliver text messages.
● Character encoding — To use character conversion to another encoding system when available, select Reduced support.
● Receive report — Select whether the network sends delivery reports on your messages (network service).
● Message validity — Select how long the message centre resends your message if the first attempt fails (network service). If the message cannot be sent within the validity period, the message is deleted from the message centre.
● Message sent as — To learn if your message centre is able to convert text messages into these other formats, contact your service provider.
● Preferred connection — Select the connection to use.
● Reply via same centre — Select whether you want the reply message to be sent using the same text message centre number (network service).

Multimedia message settings

Select Menu > Messaging and Options > Settings > Multimedia message.
Select from the following:
● Image size — Define the size of the image in a multimedia message.
● MMS creation mode — If you select Guided, the device informs you if you try to send a message that may not be supported by the recipient. If you select Restricted, the device prevents you from sending messages that may not be supported. To include content in your messages without notifications, select Free.
● Access point in use — Select which access point is used as the preferred connection.
● Multimedia retrieval — Select how you want to receive messages. To receive messages automatically in your home network, select Auto in home netw.. Outside your home network, you receive a notification that there is a message to retrieve in the multimedia message centre. If you select Always automatic, your device automatically makes an active packet data connection to retrieve the message both in and outside your home network.
● Allow anonymous msgs. — Select whether you want to reject messages from an anonymous sender.
● Receive adverts — Select whether you want to receive multimedia message advertisements.
● Receive reports — Select whether you want the status of the sent message to be shown in the log (network service).
● Deny report sending — Select whether you want to prevent your device from sending delivery reports of received messages.
● Message validity — Select for how long the message centre resends your message if the first attempt fails (network service). If the message cannot be sent within this time period, the message is deleted from the message centre.

E-mail settings

Manage mailboxes
Select Menu > Messaging and Options > Settings > Email.
To select which mailbox you want to use to send and receive e-mail, select Mailbox in use and a mailbox.
To remove a mailbox and its messages from your device, select Mailboxes, tap the mailbox to be removed if it is not already highlighted, and select Options > Delete.
To create a new mailbox, select Mailboxes > Options > New mailbox. The name you give to the new mailbox replaces Mailbox in the Messaging main view. You can have up to six mailboxes.
Select Mailboxes and a mailbox to change the connection settings, user settings, retrieval settings, and automatic retrieval settings.

Instant messaging

Select Menu > Applications > IM.
Instant messaging (IM) (network service) allows you to chat with other people using instant messages and join discussion forums (IM groups) with specific topics. Various service providers maintain compatible IM servers that you can log in to after you register to an IM service. Service providers may differ in their support of features.
Before you can use Instant messaging, you must save the settings to access the service that you want to use. The settings may be preconfigured in your device, or you may receive the settings as a configuration message from the service provider that offers the IM service. You can also enter the settings manually.