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 my 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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