Assigning message tone is one way that you can do to make you more easier to know if you have an incoming message in your phone. You can do so through Settings menu, Messaging app settings and Contacts app(it will allow you to assign different message tone for different contact).
See also: How to Change Message Tone with Three Easy Ways in the Samsung Galaxy S4
Aside from allow you to change message tone, Messaging app also has an option called preview message that will allow you to make your phone displaying sender's name and content of received message in the lock screen and the status bar.
How to enable preview message?
FYI, this step works for all lock screen methods. But, as the example, I used swipe method to unlock my lock screen when I tried it. Well, here they are:
Open Messaging app.Tap the Menu key then select Settings.Scroll down to find Preview message and then tick the box next to this option to enable it.Now, when you receive an incoming text message, you can see the…
See also: How to Change Message Tone with Three Easy Ways in the Samsung Galaxy S4
Aside from allow you to change message tone, Messaging app also has an option called preview message that will allow you to make your phone displaying sender's name and content of received message in the lock screen and the status bar.
How to enable preview message?
FYI, this step works for all lock screen methods. But, as the example, I used swipe method to unlock my lock screen when I tried it. Well, here they are:
Open Messaging app.Tap the Menu key then select Settings.Scroll down to find Preview message and then tick the box next to this option to enable it.Now, when you receive an incoming text message, you can see the…