Samsung Galaxy Alpha User Manual - Page 60

View New Messages, Delete Messages, Message Search, Messages Settings, Emergency Alerts

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View New Messages When you receive a new message, a notification will flash on the Edge screen, and a new message icon appears on the Status Bar. To view the message: 1. Open the Notification Panel and select the message. For more information, please see Notification Panel. - or - From a Home screen, tap Apps > Messages, and then tap the new message to view it. 2. To play a multimedia message attachment (audio or video), tap Play. 3. To scroll through the list of messages, tap the screen and scroll up or down the page. Delete Messages To delete messages, follow these steps: 1. From a Home screen, tap Apps > Messages. 2. Tap More options > Select. 3. Tap each message you want to delete or tap the selected checkbox at the top of the screen to select all messages. 4. Tap Delete. 5. At the Delete conversations prompt, tap DELETE or CANCEL. Message Search 1. You can search through your messages by using the Message Search feature. 2. From a Home screen, tap Apps > Messages. 3. Tap Search. 4. Enter a word or phrase to search for, and then tap Search on the keyboard. Messages Settings Configure the settings for text messages, multimedia messages, push messages, and so on. 1. From a Home screen, tap Apps > Messages. 2. Tap More options > Settings. Emergency Alerts This device is designed to receive wireless emergency alerts from the Commercial Mobile Alerting System (CMAS) which may also be known as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN). For more information, please contact your wireless provider. Emergency Alerts allows customers to receive geographically-targeted messages. Alert messages are provided by the US Department of Homeland Security and will alert customers of imminent threats to their safety within their area. There is no charge for receiving an Emergency Alert message. There are three types of Emergency Alerts: • Alerts issued by the President • Alerts involving imminent threats to safety of life (Extreme and Severe) • AMBER Alerts (missing child alert) Users may choose not to receive Imminent Threats (Extreme and Severe) and AMBER Alerts. Alerts issued by the President cannot be disabled. Applications 54 Messages

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Messages
Applications
View New Messages
When you receive a new message, a notifcation will
´ash on the Edge screen, and a new message icon
appears on the Status Bar.
To view the message:
1. Open the Notifcation Panel and select the
message. ±or more inFormation, please see
Notifcation Panel
.
– or –
±rom a Home screen, tap
Apps
>
 
Messages
, and then tap the new message to
view it.
2. To play a multimedia message attachment (audio
or video), tap
Play
.
3. To scroll through the list oF messages, tap the
screen and scroll up or down the page.
Delete Messages
To delete messages, follow these steps:
1. ±rom a Home screen, tap
Apps
>
 
Messages
.
2. Tap
More options
>
Select
.
3. Tap each message you want to delete or tap the
selected
checkbox at the top oF the screen to
select all messages.
4. Tap
Delete
.
5. At the
Delete conversations
prompt, tap
DELETE
or
CANCEL
.
Message Search
1. You can search through your messages by using
the Message Search Feature.
2. ±rom a Home screen, tap
Apps
>
 
Messages
.
3. Tap
Search
.
4. Enter a word or phrase to search For, and then
tap
Search
on the keyboard.
Messages Settings
Confgure the settings For text messages, multimedia
messages, push messages, and so on.
1. ±rom a Home screen, tap
Apps
>
 
Messages
.
2. Tap
 
More options
>
Settings
.
Emergency Alerts
This device is designed to receive wireless
emergency alerts From the Commercial Mobile
Alerting System (CMAS) which may also be known
as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN).
±or more inFormation, please contact your wireless
provider.
Emergency Alerts allows customers to receive
geographically-targeted messages. Alert messages
are provided by the US Department oF Homeland
Security and will alert customers oF imminent threats
to their saFety within their area. There is no charge
For receiving an Emergency Alert message.
There are three types oF Emergency Alerts:
Alerts issued by the President
Alerts involving imminent threats to saFety oF liFe
(Extreme and Severe)
AMBER Alerts (missing child alert)
Users may choose not to receive Imminent Threats
(Extreme and Severe) and AMBER Alerts. Alerts
issued by the President cannot be disabled.