FCC DRAFTText messages on the SIM cardText messages may be stored on your SIM card. Before youcan view SIM messages, you must copy the messages toa folder in the device. After copying the messages to afolder, you can view them in the folder or delete themfrom the SIM card.Select Options > SIM messages.1. Select Options > Mark/Unmark > Mark or Mark all tomark every message.2. Select Options > Copy.3. Select a folder and OK to begin copying.To view SIM card messages, open the folder where youcopied the messages, and open a message.To delete a text message from the SIM card, select themessage, and press the backspace key.Text message settingsSelect Options > Settings > Text msg..Define the following:• Message centers — View the available messagecenters for your device.• Msg. center in use — Select a message center to sendthe message.• Character encoding — Select Reduced support to useautomatic character conversion to another encodingsystem when available.• Receive report — Select Yes if you want that thenetwork sends you delivery reports on your messages(network service).• Message validity — Select how long the messagecenter resends your message if the first attempt fails(network service). If the recipient cannot be reachedwithin the validity period, the message is deleted fromthe message center.• Message sent as — Convert the message to anotherformat, such as Text, Fax, Paging or E-mail. Change thisoption only if you are sure that your message center isable to convert text messages into these other formats.Contact your network operator.• Preferred conn. — Select the preferred method ofconnection when sending text messages from yourdevice.• Reply via same ctr. — Select whether you want thereply message to be sent using the same text messagecenter number (network service).Multimedia messagesA multimedia message (MMS) can contain text and objectssuch as images, sound clips, or video clips.Note: Only devices that have compatible featurescan receive and display multimedia messages. Theappearance of a message may vary depending on thereceiving device.Before you can send or receive multimedia messages onyour device, you must define the multimedia messagesettings. Your device may have recognized the SIM cardprovider and automatically configured the multimediamessage settings. If not, contact your service provider.See "Multimedia message settings," p. 40.37 Messages