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Contacts for instant messaging
To add contacts to the instant messaging contacts list, do the following:
1. Connect to the instant messaging service, and select 
IM contacts
.
2. Select 
Options
Add contact
, or if you have no contacts added, 
select 
Add
. Select 
Enter ID manually
Search from server
Copy from 
server
, or 
By mobile number
. When the contact is successfully added, 
the phone confirms it.
3. Scroll to a contact, and to start a conversation, select 
Chat
.
Block and unblock messages
To block messages, connect to the instant messaging service, and select 
Conversations
IM contacts
, or join or start a conversation. Scroll to 
the contact from whom you want to block incoming messages, and 
select 
Options
Block contact
OK
.
To unblock messages, connect to the instant messaging service, and 
select 
Blocked list
. Scroll to the contact from whom you want to unblock 
the messages, and select 
Unblock
.
You can also unblock messages from the contact list.
Groups
You can create your own private groups for an instant messaging 
conversation, or use the public groups provided by the service provider. 
The private groups exist only during an instant messaging conversation. 
The groups are saved on the server of the service provider. If the server 
you are logged into does not support group services, all group-related 
menus are dimmed.
Public groups
You can bookmark public groups that your service provider may 
maintain. Connect to the instant messaging service, and select 
Groups
Public channel
. Scroll to a group to which you want to chat, and select 
Join
. If you are not in the group, write your screen name as your 
nickname for the group. To delete a group from your group list, select 
Options
Delete group
.