Messages App Settings

Chat Settings

From here you will see the following options to customize settings within a chat.

Multimedia Limit

If you receive files that are larger than 3MB you will be notified before they are downloaded. This could be helpful if you want to be conscious of your storage space on your phone. You can either:

• Automatically Accept All

• Automatically Accept Files Less Than 3MB In Size

Nickname In Chats

From here you can add a custom nickname that will show up on other peoples phones that don’t have you saved in their contacts.

Send Read Receipts

When you read a message, recipients will be able to see that you read their message even if you don’t respond.

Share Typing Indications

When this is on, the people you’re messaging will be able to see a typing bubble if you are responding to their message.

Conversation Categories

When Conversation Categories is turned on you will be able to organize conversations by category.

Trash

When you have the trash setting on, messages you delete will remain in the trash bin for 30 days before they’re permanently deleted. If it is off then each message or conversation you delete will be be deleted permanently as soon as you delete it.

Notifications

Tap on Show Notifications if you want to allow notifications from the messages app. If this is off you will have to open the messages app to see if you’ve received any new messages.

Alerts

If you have your message notifications turned on you can choose wether you want to Allow Sound And Vibration when you get a message notification or if you would rather your message to Deliver Quietly.

App Icon Badges

App Icon Badges are the little red/orange bubble in the top right corner of an app on your home screen that tells you how many new notifications you’ve received from that app. When this is off you won’t see an App Icon Badge on the messages app.

In-App Notification Settings

Preview New Messages

When this is on you will see previews of new messages on your lock screen and in pop ups while you’re using your phone.

Notification Categories

Show As Bubbles

When this is on your messages will show as bubbles that will hover over your home screen and other apps that you can drag around the screen. You will have these options for message bubbles:

• All
• Selected Only
• None

Other

Foreground Syncs

When this is on the messages app will only sync while it’s open and being used by you. If this is off then your messages app will sync in the background.

General Notifications

When this is on you will receive general notifications from the messages app. This refers to notifications that are about the messages app but isn’t referring to notifications when you get new messages.

New Messages

When this is on you will receive notifications for new messages.

Block Numbers And Spam

From here you can block numbers and messages from people you don’t want to receive messages from in your phone.

More Settings

Text Messages

You will see the following settings for text messages:

• Show When Delivered

  • When this is on you will see that text messages are delivered. If this is off you will not know if a text message you sent failed to send or if the other person didn’t receive your message for some reason.

• Input Mode

  • You will most likely want the input mode to be sent to Automatic. You could also set it to GSM Alphabet if your primary language is English but it is still better in most cases to set it to automatic. Unicode will allow you to use a wider range of characters but it will also use up more storage.

• SIM Card Messages

  • You can see any messages you have stored on your SIM Card from here. Some phones will allow you to store a limited amount of messages on a SIM Card but it’s not much and it may be a little less safe than internal or cloud storage.

Multimedia Messages

You can adjust the following settings for Multimedia Messages from here:

• Show When Delivered

  • When this is on you will see that multimedia messages are delivered. If this is off you will not know if a multimedia message you sent failed to send or if the other person didn’t receive your message for some reason.

• Show When Read

  • When this is on you will see if the other person has read or seen your multimedia message.

• Download Automatically

  • If this is on, multimedia messages will be automatically downloaded. When this is off you will be asked if you want to download the message. It would be safer if you Do Not Allow multimedia messages to be automatically downloaded.

• Download Automatically While Roaming

  • This will allow multimedia messages to be downloaded while your phone is roaming.

• Attaching Unsupported Files

  • You may try to attach a file that is unsupported by the recipient. It would be better to choose the Ask First or Block option from here. You could also choose to Allow unsupported files but if you want to allow some of them then the Ask First option would be ideal.

Push Messages

Push Messages are notifications that will pop up on your phone screen when a message comes through. Typically this is enabled by default but you can turn this off if you want to hear and receive a message notification without the pop up bubble at the top of your phone screen.

Preview Web Links From Contacts

When this is on you will be able to receive links from your contacts to websites on the internet.

Note: If you do not trust a link DO NOT CLICK ON IT. Scammers will commonly send links through text messages that contain malicious content.

Remove Location From Shared Images

When this is on the location of the image you share through messages will be removed. This is usually on by default and it is recommended that you keep it on as sharing your location through an image is not something that everyone needs to know automatically.

Delete Old Messages

If you have this setting turned on older messages in a conversation will be deleted after 200 texts, 20 multimedia messages, or 200 chats. This may be a good feature if you want to save storage on your device but if you want to keep access to old messages on your phone it is not ideal to turn this on.

Emergency Alert History

All Emergency Alert messages you’ve ever received will show up on this screen. You can Delete Emergency Alerts by tapping on the More Options Icon (the three vertical dots) in the top right hand corner of the screen. You can also tap on Settings from the More Options tab to view more information and settings on Wireless Emergency Alerts.