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How do I delete all my TXT messages at once (on an SE P900? |
shiphen3
Joined: Dec 06, 2004
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Hi
How do I delete all my Text Messages on my SE P900?
I have over 500 and I dont want to delete them individually!
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
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wiggs
Joined: May 19, 2003
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From: Manchester Uk
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go into messages ..click on sms ..then edit ...select all ..then message ..delete message ..( then do same for outbox/draft/ sent if you wish ) |
Mr Brittas
Joined: Dec 05, 2004
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Not to be rude, but what attempts did you make in solving your basic query prior to posting here? |
batesie
Joined: Feb 13, 2004
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From: London, UK
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That sounds rude to me.
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Guy H
Joined: Feb 19, 2004
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nah I agree with Brittas. There wasn't much effort made to look for a select all option obviously.
I don't mind be rude to be honest. |
Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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Another way is, with the flip open, in your inbox (or sent items if you want to delete them), use the stylus to press on the little boxes on the left of each text message so that a tick appears in it. Carry on down for all the ones you want to delete. Or, to do it quicker, put your stylus on the first box, don't take it off, then drag it down the next 5 or so texts - this should make a tick appear in each of the boxes.
This is a great method for deleting them fairly quickly if you don't want to delete the whole lot, i.e. you've got one or two you want to keep, or you don't want to delete the last couple of days' worth of texts.
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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dave_uk
Joined: Mar 06, 2003
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Nice tip sammy - cheers, and thank you also to the original poster for proving that seemingly obvious questions can benefit us all, and that there is no need for criticism when one is posted, especially not by a first-time poster!
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frontman
Joined: Oct 04, 2004
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From: Slough, Berks, UK
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Dont agree with this one...
Deleting messages isnt in my opinion a messageboard matter. Honestly, I know I have complained about the "search" thing being used, but come on... "how do I delete my messages?" you think thats a tough one to work out? Even for a technophobe? How much more user friendly and simple can manufactureres make things?
Especially if 500 of the buggers are already in and received... that presumably means something like 1000 SMS's have passed via that phone and now the dude asks how to delete them?? After 500 messages?
All I'm saying here is that I feel whoever it was (cant see from here) made a perfectly reasonable comment. Perhaps it should be answered? |
Sammy_boy
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Exactly dave UK - I keep learning of simple little tricks, often from threads like this one!
I'm with Methylated_Spirit on this one - having a go at newbies for asking obvious questions is something I don't like seeing - I know I've asked (and still sometimes ask!) silly and obvious questions. Some people may not have a manual with the phone (may have got it secondhand, for example) and perhaps can't download the manual for some reason.
Anyway, I'm going off topic here, best of luck @shippen3 with your deleting, and ignore the impolite on this forum 
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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frontman
Joined: Oct 04, 2004
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I'm not impolite at all. I talk openly and honestly to anyone. The problem is no one ever knows where the line is and disagreeing with someones opinion does not constitute rudeness.
I made the point a few weeks ago that "tips and tricks" etc can be learned from subjects being re-discussed... however my thread was quickly removed and the point therefore nullified. But apparently, if you have a really really basic question, which "some" mught say is actually very self-explanatory, thats ok... cos people pick up tips and tricks!?
So just to confirm... basic question demonstrating lack of common sense and ability to read manual = OK
A question of greater complexity that was discussed once in 2003, 6589 posts ago = Not acceptable.
Ah ha! Suddenly I see the sense... its not about time wasting at all is it!
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Sammy_boy
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@frontman - my comments weren't directed at you, just to others earlier in this thread.....
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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dave_uk
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This topic is going to get locked but anyway, for the record....
I don't think it is for anyone to decide what is or is not messageboard material (unless they happen to be a mod, of course). We are all free to post or not to post, according to our wills, and I therefore don't see the need for the animosity (frontman, before you say anything, you were not displaying any animosity ). I, like many others, am happy to help out first-timers with questions that may seem obvious, and I agree that this was a pretty basic question. Without descending into the irrelevant, my point was also that I did not know that you could hold down the stylus and drag through selecting messages - it may or may not be in the manual, I don't really care, but I would most likely not have known it had the question not been asked and sammy answered it.
I can't see what the issue is - if anything, I am more annoyed by people who seem to think they have a divine right to have their questions answered, or post rudely. Asking an innocent question is the whole point of the forum in the first place. It should not be discouraged and once people have been around for a while, they will hopefully pick up the use of the not-always-helpful search function and reduce some of the more mundane posts, but in the meantime, live and let live. If you don't want to help, that's cool, though I do think that, to a certain extent, you get out of these forums what you put in - sorry for the cliches! 
Dave
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shiphen3
Joined: Dec 06, 2004
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First of all I dont *have* a menu option "messages" under the four circles (ie Applications/ tools?) icon top right.
But I clicked on the envelope icon...
then clicked on SMS...
then Edit, yes...
AH-HA! I see "Select All" - bl**dy H !
There is is. Just what I was looking for.
But why doesnt it have a radio button beside it?!
Sorry folks! I subconsciously never even SAW that damned option because it looked like a title not like something you can click on.
Easy when you know how, eh.
Except that now it's moaning at me "Do I want to create some more space"... Deleting 565 items seems to be taking forever.... Busy... Busy... How hard can it be for a computer to delete some data?!
It's been running for 120 seconds now.
I'll let it run a bit longer then get back to you.
Ship
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shiphen3
Joined: Dec 06, 2004
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Okay folks... well ofter 4 minutes I went in and deleted a few more manually. Then tried again. And after an further 3 minutes, yes all TXTs nicely deleted.
Praise the Lord.
Ship
BTW, is it safe to use McAfee and the P900 on the same PC yet? About 6 months ago I wasted many hours of my life trying to get my PC to talk to phone - but in the end it seems that there was absolutely NOTHING that could make my PC talk to my phone AND run McAfee (Anti-virus) at the same time. Bye-ee |
Sammy_boy
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@Mr Brittas - If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. Especially when you swear to try to make your 'point'.
@ship - I can't help you with that query, hopfully someone else (hopefully politer than some in this thread) can help you further.
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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Posted: 2004-12-06 16:58
