AOL Instant Messenger Service (AIM Service) for BlackBerry Smartphones
Version: 2.5
User Guide
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Basics........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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About the AIM service for BlackBerry devices........................................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Sign in to the AIM service for BlackBerry devices.................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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About sound profiles.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Availability................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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About your status....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Change your status.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Add a status message................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Create a custom status.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Receive notification when a Buddy is online.......................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Buddies........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Add a Buddy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ |
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View a Buddy's information...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Link a Buddy with a contact in the contacts application...................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Delete a Buddy........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Block a Buddy............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Hide blocked Buddies................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Hide offline Buddies.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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A Buddy no longer appears in my Buddy List......................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Buddy groups.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Add a Buddy group.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Rename a Buddy group............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Delete a Buddy group................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Conversations............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Send a message.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Send a message to a user that is not in your Buddy List....................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Add an emoticon........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Send a picture to a contact....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Email a conversation.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Copy a conversation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Clear a conversation.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Switch conversations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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End a conversation..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Accept or decline picture transfers automatically................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Prevent conversations from appearing in the messages application.................................................................................................................................................. |
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Stop grouping messages in conversations.............................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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I am not receiving notification for incoming messages........................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Text sometimes changes after I type it.................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Conversation history.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Turn on conversation history.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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View the conversation history for a Buddy............................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Search for text in a conversation history................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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Delete a conversation history................................................................................................................................................................................................................... |
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Provide feedback........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ |
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Legal notice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |
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User Guide |
Basics |
Basics
You can use the AIM® service for BlackBerry® devices to chat with other AIM® service users from your BlackBerry device. To use the AIM service for BlackBerry devices, you must have an AIM screen name. To get an AIM screen name or for more information about the AIM service, visit www.aim.com.
1.On the Home screen or in the application list, click AOL Instant Messenger.
2.Type your AIM® screen name and password.
3.Click Sign In.
To sign out, press the Menu key. Click Sign Out.
You can set notification options, such as vibrate or tone, for the AIM® service for BlackBerry® devices in the sounds application. The AIM Alert item specifies how you are notified when a Buddy that you have set an availability notification for becomes available. The AIM New Message item specifies how you are notified of incoming AIM® messages.
Depending on the sound profile that is set in the sounds application on your device, you might not hear the audible notification that you have set for the AIM service for BlackBerry devices. For more information about sounds, click the Help icon on the Home screen of your BlackBerry device.
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User Guide |
Availability |
Availability
Your status is made up of a status indicator and a status message. You can create a custom status by typing your own status message and choosing a status indicator.
If you change your status to invisible, you appear as offline to your Buddies and they cannot send you messages.
1.On the Buddy List® screen, press the Menu key.
2.Click My Info.
3.Change the Status field.
1.On the Buddy List® screen, press the Menu key.
2.Click My Info.
3.Type a status message.
4.Press the Menu key.
5.Click Save.
1.On the Buddy List® screen, press the Menu key.
2.Click My Info.
3.Change the Status field.
4.Click Edit Away Messages.
5.Type a status message.
6.To add the custom status to the status list, select the Add to message list check box.
7.Click OK.
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