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Your Gabb Phone’s™ Messaging app lets you send text and multimedia messages (photos and videos). It’s a great way to keep in touch when you have something quick to say that doesn’t need a phone call.
From the Messaging app’s home screen, tap 
. You can choose who to send the message to in different ways.
To send a message to someone in your Contacts, tap their name below the To field. You can switch between the Recents and All Contacts tabs to find the right person.
You can also start typing the person’s name in the To field to find them. To message a phone number not saved in your Contacts, type the number in the To field.
To enter your message, tap the Send Message box. Your keyboard will appear. Type your message, and tap send to send it.
From the app’s main screen, tap a conversation to view it. To reply to a message, tap the Send Message box and type your message. Tap send to send it.
Photo and video messaging is a fun, interactive feature available under the Gabb Plus Phone plan.
To send a photo or video within a conversation, tap add_circle beside the Send Message box. Choose the photo you want to attach.
Ask your parents if you’re allowed to send photos or videos to your friends. Remember, you can’t be sure that a photo you send to a friend will stay with that friend. Any photo you send could be seen by other people.
You should never send photos or videos to someone you don’t know. If someone who’s not family or a friend asks you to send a photo, do not respond. Tell your parents right away if this happens, or if anyone asks you to send a photo that makes you feel uncomfortable.
To forward a message to someone else, tap the conversation to open it. Tap and hold the message you want to forward, then tap reply at the top of the screen.
Choose the person you want to forward the message to or add a new person by tapping add_circle. If you want, you can edit the message before you send it.
To add more than one person to a message, add everyone’s name or number to the To field.
Working on a group project at school and want to send everyone a message? A group message is perfect for that! Want to let all your cousins know to bring some tennis shoes when they come over this weekend so you can play tag outside? Tell them all in a group message.
To delete one message from a conversation, open the conversation, then tap and hold the message you want to delete. Tap at the top of the screen, then tap deleteDelete.
To delete an whole conversation, tap and hold the conversation from the Message app’s main screen. Then tap delete followed by Delete.
If you don’t want to get messages from someone anymore, you can block them in the Messages app. Tap and hold the conversation with the person you want to block. Tap block, then OK.
You’ll still receive messages from the number, but you won’t be notified anymore. The conversation will be archived and you won’t see future messages.
If someone is calling or texting you in a way that makes you uncomfortable, tell an adult. They can help you block the person on your phone and decide whether any other actions are needed.
Sometimes, you just need a smiley face to get your point across! You have lots of emoji options in your Messages app. To see all emojis, tap emoji_emotions
from your keyboard.
Swipe left or right to scroll through the emojis. You can also tap the gray tabs at the top of your emoji keyboard to see different categories, like wildlife or sports. Tap the gray clock icon on the far left to see emojis you recently used.
Tap the three dots at the top of any conversation and choose People & Options to view the conversation’s settings.
From this menu, you can block the person’s phone number. You can also choose a custom ringtone for the notification, and turn the vibrate and blinking light features on or off.
Choose Notifications to change the notification settings for the conversation. Choose Alerting if you want your phone to send a notification for new messages in the conversation.
Choose Silent if you don’t want a notification.
You might want to choose Silent for group conversations with lots of new messages; or, if you’re in the middle of doing homework, and don’t want to be distracted by a group conversation with all your BFFs.
From the Messaging app’s home screen, tap . You can choose who to send the message to in different ways.
To send a message to someone in your Contacts, tap their name below the To field. You can switch between the Recents and All Contacts tabs to find the right person.
You can also start typing the person’s name in the To field to find them. To message a phone number not saved in your Contacts, type the number in the To field.
To enter your message, tap the Send Message box. Your keyboard will appear. Type your message, and tap send to send it.
From the app’s main screen, tap a conversation to view it. To reply to a message, tap the Send Message box and type your message. Tap send to send it.
Photo and video messaging is a fun, interactive feature available under the Gabb Plus Phone plan.
To send a photo or video within a conversation, tap add_circle beside the Send Message box. Choose the photo you want to attach.
Ask your parents if you’re allowed to send photos or videos to your friends. Remember, you can’t be sure that a photo you send to a friend will stay with that friend. Any photo you send could be seen by other people.
You should never send photos or videos to someone you don’t know. If someone who’s not family or a friend asks you to send a photo, do not respond. Tell your parents right away if this happens, or if anyone asks you to send a photo that makes you feel uncomfortable.
To forward a message to someone else, tap the conversation to open it. Tap and hold the message you want to forward, then tap reply at the top of the screen.
Choose the person you want to forward the message to or add a new person by tapping add_circle. If you want, you can edit the message before you send it.
To add more than one person to a message, add everyone’s name or number to the To field.
Working on a group project at school and want to send everyone a message? A group message is perfect for that! Want to let all your cousins know to bring some tennis shoes when they come over this weekend so you can play tag outside? Tell them all in a group message.
To delete one message from a conversation, open the conversation, then tap and hold the message you want to delete. Tap at the top of the screen, then tap deleteDelete.
To delete an whole conversation, tap and hold the conversation from the Message app’s main screen. Then tap delete followed by Delete.
If you don’t want to get messages from someone anymore, you can block them in the Messages app. Tap and hold the conversation with the person you want to block. Tap block, then OK.
You’ll still receive messages from the number, but you won’t be notified anymore. The conversation will be archived and you won’t see future messages.
If someone is calling or texting you in a way that makes you uncomfortable, tell an adult. They can help you block the person on your phone and decide whether any other actions are needed.
Sometimes, you just need a smiley face to get your point across! You have lots of emoji options in your Messages app. To see all emojis, tap emoji_emotions
from your keyboard.
Swipe left or right to scroll through the emojis. You can also tap the gray tabs at the top of your emoji keyboard to see different categories, like wildlife or sports. Tap the gray clock icon on the far left to see emojis you recently used.
Tap the three dots at the top of any conversation and choose People & Options to view the conversation’s settings.
From this menu, you can block the person’s phone number. You can also choose a custom ringtone for the notification, and turn the vibrate and blinking light features on or off.
Choose Notifications to change the notification settings for the conversation. Choose Alerting if you want your phone to send a notification for new messages in the conversation.
Choose Silent if you don’t want a notification.
You might want to choose Silent for group conversations with lots of new messages; or, if you’re in the middle of doing homework, and don’t want to be distracted by a group conversation with all your BFFs.
