Android 2.3 User Manual

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Android User’s Guide
Changing Messaging settings
You can change a number of Messaging settings.
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To change Messaging settings, open the Messaging window, press Menu
, and 
touch 
Settings.
Storage settings
Delete old messages 
Check to delete older messages in a thread when the 
Text 
message limit or Multimedia message limit is reached. Uncheck to keep all 
messages.
Text message limit 
Touch to set the number of messages to save per thread of 
text messages. When the limit is reached, older messages are deleted if 
Delete old 
messages is checked.
Multimedia message limit 
Touch to set the number of messages to save per 
thread of multimedia messages. When the limit is reached, older messages are 
deleted if 
Delete old messages is checked.
Text message (SMS) settings
Delivery reports 
Check to receive delivery reports for the messages you send.
Manage SIM card messages 
Touch to open a window where you can work with 
messages stored on your SIM card—for example, if you used the SIM card in another 
kind of phone where you exchanged text messages.
Multimedia message (MMS) settings
Delivery reports 
Check to receive a report on the messages you send.
Read reports 
Check to receive reports when your messages are read or deleted.
Auto-retrieve 
Uncheck to download only the heading of multimedia messages, 
which you can then touch to open a menu to download the whole message. This is 
useful for controlling how much data you download, for example, when connected to a 
slow data network.
Roaming auto-retrieve 
Uncheck to download only the header of multimedia 
messages when connected to other carrier’s data networks. This is useful for avoiding 
unexpected charges, if your contract has limits on data roaming.