Hi. OH, you did alright because that showed me in what direction to travel. Walter.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: 08 November 2015 18:43 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Making progress, Saving and archiving text messages This is exactly how it works for me and what I tried to describe the other day. Sorry I didn't do a very good job with that. On 11/08/2015 12:34 PM, Walter Ramage wrote: > Hi. OK, I think I'm getting the hang of it but it seems to work a little > different from what has been explained to me so far. Here's what I've ended > up doing; Go to messages and open the text thread. work down until I find a > text I want deleted. Once found flick up and more appears and I double tap > that. Doing this seems to make that text selected and I can now work down > double tapping messages I want deleted. Once I've done that then I can go to > the bottom and double tap delete and I'm asked to confirm. I'm also asked if > I'm sure I want to delete 2,3, 5 or 9 messages, whichever is the case and a > double tap does the job. I'm not told though that the messages I double tap > are slected, I just have to assume they are. Thanks to all who helped, I > think I've got the mastery of it.. now for my next problem... LOL. Walter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Christopher Chaltain > Sent: 07 November 2015 19:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Saving and archiving text messages > > A little clarification, when you double tap on the More option, you'll > be dropped back into your list of messages with the current message > selected for deletion. If you now double tap the delete button at the > bottom of the screen then the message will be deleted. If you want to > delete additional messages then just double tap them. When you hit the > delete button at the bottom of the screen all of the messages you double > tapped will be deleted. The only trick here is that you don't know which > messages are marked for deletion, but if you remember the one you > started with is already marked and you just double tap the other > messages you want to delete then you'll be good. I do this all of the > time, and although it did take some practice and getting used to, it > does work. > > On 11/07/2015 12:58 PM, Walter Ramage wrote: >> Hi. Thank you. I think somebody mentioned that procedure yesterday, can't >> remember who nor what list as there has been a lot of help provided. I did >> a little practice last evening; I had a friend text me a couple of times and >> I replied twice so there was 4 messages in the group, 2 from her and 2 I >> sent in reply. I tried that method you have described and it worked but not >> with the particular message I wanted to delete. So, this will work but one >> has to be so careful that the wrong message isn't deleted. The unfortunate >> thing is when you are asked to confirm the message, you can't see the >> message it refers to so you've gotta be very sure in advance you have the >> right one and I guess that will come with practice and a lot of patients. I >> won't attempt the groups with the important messages in them until I get the >> mastery of it though. Thanks for your help and all others who pitched in to >> help, it is appreciated. Walter. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Andrew Lamanche >> Sent: 07 November 2015 18:49 >> To: VIPhone >> Subject: Re: Saving and archiving text messages >> >> Hi Walter again, >> >> I've had some time to experiment with messages thread on my iphone and I >> have at least found a quick way of pairing down a message thread to the ones >> you wish to keep. Open a message thread, and flick to the message in the >> thread which you may not wish to keep. Then set the rotor to action (which >> is usually already there by default but it doesn't hurt to check), and then >> swipe up or down until you hear "more". Double-tap and a dialog will appear >> with an option to delete just this one text message in the thread. At least >> you will be able to reduce the number of messages in the thread to the >> essential ones. >> >> Hope this will help. >> >> Andrew >>> On 7 Nov 2015, at 08:31, Walter Ramage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi. Yes, one would have thought that the ability to move and safely store >>> important messages would have been a basic feature. After all, folk are >>> using their phones for all sorts of things such as on line shopping and of >>> course one gets confirmation messages such as I do with my mobile provider >>> and these messages are important legally so it would stand to reason that >>> they should be kept in a safe part of the phone for future use and >>> retrieval. I'm new to iPhones but I think this a backward step. To >>> balance things though, I can do more with the smart phone than I could with >>> my old nokia so; swings and round-abouts. Walter. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of M. Taylor >>> Sent: 07 November 2015 08:22 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: RE: Saving and archiving text messages >>> >>> Hello Walter, >>> >>> Ah! Your question really takes me back to the old Windows Mobile 5.x days. >>> >>> The simple answer to your question is that you cannot unthread text >>> messages in the native iOS app. Furthermore, you cannot move individual >>> messages into what we old-timers would think of as a native iOS text >>> message folder. >>> >>> I know, I know. You would think that an operating system, sophisticated >>> enough to give us on-the-fly turn-by-turn directions from almost anywhere >>> on the planet, would allow for such basic functionality but, as yet, it >>> does not; at least, not natively. >> >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of Walter Ramage >>> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 6:00 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Saving and archiving text messages >>> >>> Hi All. I have a few text messages I would like to archive and save. As >>> it stands each time I get a text message from a particular company it is >>> added to a conversation, or should I say other text messages from that same >>> source. For example; I'm with Vodafone and have a number of text messages >>> from them but each time a new message from them comes in, it is added to a >>> long list of other text messages I got from them, I open the message and >>> the oldest is at the top and I have to go all the way down to find the >>> latest. How can I change that that each message is shown in it's own >>> right. Once I've accomplished that then I would like to archive and save >>> some important messages. Some messages are just promotional messages that >>> I would delete but if I delete one, it would seem I delete the lot. So 1. >>> Howe do I stop messages being grouped in this fashion and are displayed in >>> their own right. 2. how do I archive a particular message and save it, >>> and to where can I save it? With m y > old Nokia there was an option to send the message to a particular folder > that I was able to create but I don't know if that is possible with the > iPhone, the iPhone 6 is what I have. I would like to archive and save in a > safe location some important text messages but I need your help to know how > to do this. With thanks. 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