This section
describes how to add a screen name to your Buddy
List feature, and get a unique Instant Messaging (IM) number
for it. You can then use this information to create a phone book
entry for the screen name.
You can get
IM numbers by sending a message to the AIM-Settings command.
Use this information to create phone book entries for those screen
names that you want to instant message with from your phone.
Get
IM numbers for screen names in your Buddy List feature
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Open a new text message. Leave the message blank, or type
a space if your phone requires a message. |
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Send
the message to the AIM-Settings phone book entry.
You'll
receive a text message back with the IM numbers assigned
to the AIM commands and to the screen names in your Buddy
List feature (in the Mobile
Device group), as assigned by your wireless carrier.
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Check
the text messaging Inbox on your phone for this message,
and note the IM numbers assigned to the screen names.
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If you
haven't set
up your phone book with this information, create phone
book entries for those screen names you instant message
with from your phone.
Use
your friend's IM number as the phone number.
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To
help you organize your phone book, name the entry using
the format A screenname,
where screenname
is your friend's screen name. Then, these screen names
will be grouped together at the beginning of your phone
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Find
out who from your Buddy List feature is online
Before
you send a message, check to see which screen names from your
Buddy List feature are online and available for instant messages.
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Open a new text message. Leave the message blank, or type
a space if your phone requires a message. |
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Send
the message to the AIM-Buddies phone book entry.
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Check
the text messaging Inbox on your phone.
You'll
receive a text message back listing which screen names from
your Buddy List feature (in the Mobile Device group) are
online.
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Add
a new screen name to your Buddy List feature
Any
screen names that you save in your Buddy List feature from your
phone are added to the Mobile
Device group. If you get an error message saying that you
have exceeded the allowed number of screen names, see Delete
a screen name from your Buddy List feature.
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If
you have several screen names to add to your Buddy List
feature, you may want to add them using the AIM or AIM Express
service on your computer. You may find it faster and easier
to manage your Buddy List feature using the AIM service
on your PC.
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Open a new text message. Type the screen name in the body
of the message. |
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Send
the message to the AIM-Add phone book entry.
The
screen name is added to your Buddy List feature, and you'll
get a message back with the IM number assigned to your
friend.
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Check
the text messaging Inbox on your phone for this message. |
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Create
a phone book entry for the screen name.
Use
the IM number as the phone number.
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To
help you organize your phone book, name the entry
using the format A screenname,
where screenname
is your friend's screen name. Then, these screen names
will be grouped together at the beginning of your
phone book. |
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Delete
a screen name from your Buddy List feature
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Open a new text message. Type the screen name that you
want to delete in the body of the message. |
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Send
the message to the AIM-Delete phone book entry.
You'll
get a text message back confirming that the screen
name was removed from the Buddy List feature.
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Check
the text messaging Inbox on your phone for this message. |
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Delete
the phone book entry from your phone.
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This
step is very important to complete, otherwise
you may have messages going to the wrong friends. |
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Keep
your Buddy List feature and your phone book in synch
It
is important to note that any changes you make to the Mobile
Device group in your Buddy List feature using the AIM service
on other devices are not automatically reflected in your phone
book. You will need to add and delete entries in your phone
book, in addition to using the AIM-Add and AIM-Delete
commands to keep your phone book and the Buddy List feature
in synch.
One way
to make sure that your Buddy List feature and phone book are
in sync is to use the AIM-Settings command
to get a current list of the IM numbers for the screen names
in your Mobile Device group. Then, compare this information
with the entries in your phone book.
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