Send an SMS Message to a Group Using a Microsoft Lumia 535

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Hello, welcome to VisiHow. In this video, we are going to show you how to send an SMS message to a group when using a Microsoft Lumia 535.

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   To begin, press the power button located on the right-hand side of the phone

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   Swipe the lock screen up to go to the home screen

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   Find the "People" tile

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   Mine is located at the top of the phone. Find yours and press it.

   

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   Swipe over to "ROOMS" if you're not already on it

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   For this example, I'm going to enter the group called "Best Friends".

   

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   To add members to the group, press the icon at the bottom that looks like 2 people

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   Press the plus sign at the bottom to add new contacts

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   This will bring you to the contact list.

   

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   To add multiple contacts, press the button on the bottom left, which is 3 lines and checkmarks

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   This allows you to select multiple people at once by checking the box next to them.

   

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   When you've selected everyone you want, press the checkmark at the bottom

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   Now that there are some people in our the "Best Friends" group, I will press the checkmark at the bottom to save the changes

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    Now, there is the option to press "text" if you want to send a group message

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    The phone currently says that 2 of 3 members have the ability to text. Press "text". This will bring up the text window.

    

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    Here you can add a message or an attachment and you can see the 2 friends in the "To:" section

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    When you're happy with the message, press the send button on the bottom left

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    It looks like a message with movement lines behind it. That will send the message.

    

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    This concludes the tutorial on how to send an SMS message to a group while using a Microsoft Lumia 535

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Sending SMS to group of people?

How can I send SMS to a group of people who are not in my contact list?. I have tried: Send the SMS by adding the contact numbers directly to the SMS. I think it was caused by: No idea

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   Instead of steps 2-6 here you can also use the group-message option

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   If you use the group-message option as shown in the video, skip to step 7.

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   Press the home button.

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   Swipe the screen left.

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   Tap on Messaging.

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   Tap on the plus icon to create a new message.

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   In the field above, you can add people who are in your contact

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   Do it by tapping the plus icon to the right of the input field on the top. People will be separated by a semicolon.

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   If you want to add a person who is not in your contact list, then tap on the empty space in the input field

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   It is usually right after a semicolon and the last listed name. You may need to move the cursor to the last position on the right.

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   Type the contact number, including the country code if needed

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   For example, +12346789012, where +1 is the country code.

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   To add more numbers, tap on the semicolon and a space and type another number

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   • Alternatively, tap away from the input field, and the separator will appear automatically.

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    Type the body of the message and send it by tapping the plane icon.

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Why windows phone use airtime when sending SMS to a group instead of SMS bundles?

I have sent a messages to a group. I had R135 Airtime and 408 SMS's but the phone used 35 to send SMS's and 408 SMS bundles remained unused.

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