Sprint Nextel i856 User Manual

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Staying connected to your friends and family has never 
been easier. With your phone’s advanced messaging 
capabilities, you can send and receive many different 
kinds of text messages without placing a voice call. 
(For more information see “Multimedia Messages 
(MMS)” on page 50.)

Messaging settings make messaging easier by letting 
you decide how you would like to be notified of new 
messages, create a signature with each sent message, 
and create your own preset messages.

Setting Message Notification

When you receive a message, your phone notifies you 
by displaying an icon on your display screen. You can 
also choose to be notified with a sound while making a 
phone call.

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The Setup menu lets you customize MMS for your 
phone:

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 — Enter text here to create a signature that is 

automatically inserted at the end of each message.

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 — lets you create new Quick Notes and 

edit or delete Quick Notes you have created.

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 — controls how long messages remain in the 

Inbox and Sent Items before they are deleted. 

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— allows you to set the default for the 

Delivery Report Option to on of off.

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 — displays a report on phone memory.

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 — allows you to set up the following:

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 — lets you enter the name displayed 

in the From field on messages you send.

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To set notification options during a call press / > 

 

In Call Setup

 > Notifications.