LG G1610: Messages

Messages [Menu 1]

How to Use T9

T9 allows you to input text quickly.

In T9, you only need to press the key with the corresponding

letter once. This is based on a built-in dictionary to which you

can also add new words.

• Writing words by using T9.

1. Start writing a word by using the keys to .

Press each key only once for one letter.

To write for instance ‘Girl’.

The word changes after each keystroke. Therefore you

shouldn’t pay too much attention to how the word appears

on the display until you have pressed all the appropriate

keys.

To delete a character to the left, press .

To insert several numbers, hold down and key in the

numbers.

If you hold down, you can change the type of

language. (You can also use options.)

Also, the phone supports three modes: Predictive (T9Abc,

T9ABC, T9abc), Multitap (ABC, abc), Numeric (123). If

you want to change a mode, press key.

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(For G)

(For i)

(For r)

(For l)

Messages [Menu 1]

Alternatively : Press key and select insert symbols.

Select the desired character and press

Select.

2. When you have finished writing a word, check whether the

word is correct.

If the word is correct

: Press and write the next word.

If the word is not correct

: Search by

,

(Previous

and Next word).

Alternatively : If there is no word you want you can add your

own word.

Press [Options] in the Predictive edit

mode. Select Add T9 dictionary Menu.

You can see the following.

3. To insert a punctuation mark, press 1 repeatedly until the

desired mark appears.

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T9 languages

• You can select T9 Languages by selecting Menu. In T9 mode, you

can also select T9 Off menu.

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Input

your word

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Messages [Menu 1]

Inbox [Menu 1-3]

You will be alerted when you have received messages. They will be

stored in Inbox.

In Inbox, you can identify each message by icons. For detail, see

the icon directive.

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Icon directive

[ ] Multimedia message

[ ] Short message

[ ] SIM message

[ ] Read

[ ] Notified multimedia message

If the phone shows ‘No space for SIM message’, you have to delete

any SIM messages from inbox or outbox. If the phone displays ‘No

space for message’, you can make space of each repository as

deleting messages, media and applications.

❇ SIM message

SIM message means the message exceptionally stored in SIM card.

For notified multimedia message, you have to wait for downloading

and processing of the message. For notification setting, see [Menu

1-8-2] for detail.

To read a message, select one of the messages by pressing .

Reply

You can reply to the sender.

Forward

You can forward the selected message to another party.

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Return call

You can call back to the sender.

Delete

You can delete the current message.

Extract

You can extract picture, sound and text. They will be saved in My

folder or Phonebook.

View information

You can view information about received messages; Sender’s

address, Subject (only for Multimedia message), Message date &

time, Message type, Message size.

Replay (applicable to Multimedia message only)

You can replay multimedia messages.

❇ Receive (In case of notification message)

If Multimedia message is set to Auto download off, you can get

only Notification. To receive a message, you need to select

[Receive]. Although Multimedia message is set to Auto download

on, on the network condition or other reasons, you can get

notification message.

Outbox [Menu 1-4]

You can see sent and unsent messages here. For sent message,

you can see the delivery status.

The browsing is same as that for the inbox message.

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Messages [Menu 1]

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Icon directive

[ ] Sent

[ ] Unsent

[ ] Delivery confirmed

[ ] SMS sent

❇ When you use the message which is already sent

Forward

You can forward the current message to other recipients.

Delete

You can delete the current message.

View information

You can view information about outbox messages; Recipient’s

address, Subject (only for Multimedia message), Message date &

time, Message type, Message size.

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Note

• In case of unsent message, you can edit, send, and delete it. You can

also view the information of each message.

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Messages [Menu 1]

Voice mail [Menu 1-5]

You can receive the voicemail if this feature is supported by your

network service provider. When a new voicemail is arrived, the

symbol will be displayed on the screen. Please check with your

network service provider for details of their service in order to

configure the phone accordingly.

Listen to voice mail [Menu 1-5-1]

You can listen to voice mail.

Voice mail centre [Menu 1-5-2]

1. Hold down key in standby mode.

2. You can check the following submenus.

• Home

You can listen to voice mails by selecting Home.

• Roaming

Even when you are in abroad, you can listen to voice mails if

roaming service is supported.

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Messages [Menu 1]

Info service [Menu 1-6]

(Dependent to network and subscription)

Info service messages are text messages delivered by the network

to GSM. They provide general information such as weather reports,

traffic news, taxis, pharmacies, and stock prices. Each type of

information has the number; therefore, you can contact service

provider as long as you have input the certain number for the

information. When you have received an info service message, you

can see the popup message to show you that you have received a

message or the info service message is directly displayed. To view

the message again or not in standby mode, follow the sequence

shown below;

Read [Menu 1-6-1]

1. When you have received an info service message and select

Read to view the message,it will be displayed on the screen. You

can read another message by scrolling , or [Next].

2. The message will be shown until another message is reached.

Receive [Menu 1-6-2]

• Yes

If you select this menu, your phone will receive Info service

messages.

• No

If you select this menu, your phone will not receive Info service

messages any more.

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Alert [Menu 1-6-3]

• Yes

Your phone will beep when you have received Info service

message numbers.

• No

Your phone will not beep even though you have received info

service messages.

Languages [Menu 1-6-4]

You can select the language you want by pressing [On/Off]. Then,

the info service message will be shown in the language that you

selected.

Topics [Menu 1-6-5]

(Dependent to network and subscription)

• Add new

You can add Info service message numbers in the Phone memory

with its nickname.

• View list

You can see Info service message numbers which you added. If

you press [Options], you can edit and delete info message

category which you added.

• Active list

You can select Info service message numbers in the active list.

If you activate an info service number, you can receive messages

sent from the number.

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Messages [Menu 1]

Templates [Menu 1-7]

Text [Menu 1-7-1]

You have 11 text templates. You can change the predefined

templates into your favorite ones or fill the <empty>s.

Multimedia [Menu 1-7-2]

You can use the following options.

Edit : You can edit multimedia templates.

Add new : Allows you to add new multimedia templates.

Write messages

: You can write multimedia messages using

multimedia templates.

Delete : You can delete multimedia templates.

Settings [Menu 1-8]

Short message [Menu 1-8-1]

• Message types

Text, Voice, Fax, Natl. paging, X.400, E-mail, ERMES

Usually, the type of message is set to Text. You can convert your

text into alternative formats. Contact your service provider for the

availability of this function.

• Validity period

This network service allows you to set how long your text

messages will be stored at the message centre.

• Delivery report

If you set to Yes, you can check whether your message is sent

successfully.

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Messages [Menu 1]

• Reply via same service centre

When a message is sent, it allows the recipients to reply and

charge the cost of the reply to your telephone bill.

• SMS centre

If you want to send the text message, you can receive the address

of SMS centre through this menu.

Multimedia message [Menu 1-8-2]

• Validity period

This network service allows you to set how long your text

messages will be stored at the message centre.

• Delivery report

If it is set to Yes in this menu, you can check whether your

message is sent successfully.

• Auto download

If you select On, you receive multimedia messages automatically.

If you select Off, you receive only notification message in the

inbox and then you can check this notification.

• Network settings

If you select multimedia message server, you can set URL for

multimedia message server.

• Permitted message types

Personal : Personal message.

Advertisements

: Commercial message.

Information : Necessary information.

Memory status [Menu 1-8-3]

You can check free space and memory usage of each repository,

SIM memory. You can go to each repository menu.

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