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Save a name to display when you receive a Nextel text message

Last Updated: Sep 16, 2011

  • First, enter your phone number and decide if you’re sending a text message (or SMS), two-way or multimedia message.
    • Note: If sending an SMS, no characters appear after the phone number; if two-way, double asterisks [**] appear after the number; if multimedia, MMS appears after the number.)

Text (or SMS) messages:

  1. Select Menu.
  2. Select Store Number.
  3. Enter Name.
  4. Enter number or e-mail address; select OK.

Two-Way messages and Multimedia messages:

  1. Access Two-Way Messaging and scroll to Preferences; select OK.
  2. Highlight Subscriber Name; select OK.
  3. Enter last name; select OK.
  4. Enter first name; select OK.

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