Text Messages Extend... Help/... - HTC Excalibur

Is There any way to make text longer than 160... cuz thats pretty short....
does anybody have a hack or tweak for this lil problem>?????

Send it as a MMS message, no restrictions. The 160 is the limit set by the network

bountyman334 said:
Is There any way to make text longer than 160... cuz thats pretty short....
does anybody have a hack or tweak for this lil problem>?????
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dont know who but it will be nice to see some one toild us how to extend this text messages

mbi0 said:
dont know who but it will be nice to see some one toild us how to extend this text messages
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It's not possible it's set by carrier "just like last poster stated", if you want more than 160 then carry on writing it will send 2 or how ever many and the reciever will recieve as 1 message

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MMS Pictures(size decreased) PLEASE HELP

I am using Rickys Rose v1.2,I can send pic messages and they are normal size but when I recieve them they are smaller then a stamp.Is there a few things people can give me to try???Id really like this fixed
thegunna37 said:
I am using Rickys Rose v1.2,I can send pic messages and they are normal size but when I recieve them they are smaller then a stamp.Is there a few things people can give me to try???Id really like this fixed
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If you haven't gotten an answer to your issue , post your question here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444276
isnt there a "show full screen" or something like that? i dont use that phone anymore...so i dont have it in front of me. but i recall something of that nature

Charging this beauty!!

Do I actually have to charge the phone for 3 hours before I use it or will it be ok if I just use it now?
Lucky you
Just charge the battery until it's full
I am sure you could start using when it bears sufficient charge. The Nexus One too did take the same time during its initial charge...it was very slow as I remember...
In any case it is better having the phone with you rather than us who will receive it on Monday..
I am sorry guys ... monday is not that long away
i do not want to use my phone before i get a screen protector or case lol
but the phone looks good
Can you test the ringtones volume please
I shall check after i set it up
is there anything else you want to know
Is there a Speech to Text Button and is it working? Thx
vegetaleb said:
Can you test the ringtones volume please
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In my opinion the ringer volume is good! It is quite loud!!!
I have found the text to speech thing so i guess you can do that as well
I shall try that later after I have seen what else you can do!
Raminder1992 said:
In my opinion the ringer volume is good! It is quite loud!!!
I have found the text to speech thing so i guess you can do that as well
I shall try that later after I have seen what else you can do!
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Speech to text, not text to speech.
Thanks for testing
speech to text can be used for sms?
How do you access speech to text? I can't find it....
lukaswat said:
Speech to text, not text to speech.
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sorry what is the difference?
i am too busy playing with the phone lol
aidanbree said:
How do you access speech to text? I can't find it....
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sorry it was my mistake.
there is text to speech ... i cant find speech to text
You could try downloading "Better Keyboard". It costs some money, but it has the "Speech to Text" Button and if you dont like it you can get your money back in the next 24 hours!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6002254&postcount=1
But text-to-speech? There's a Microsoft Sam on these phones?

[APP]Send Free SMS via Way2SMS.com

Hello all guys
this is my very own 1st application
well i started it to program just for my own use but then thought of relesing it might be someone would be using it or get some use of it
well as way2sms.com provides free SMS service all over india so using it and without wasting our money much on SMS
we can send SMS
also i consider myself as a very poor coder cos i am still learning
so to reduce the DATA TRANSFER form way2sms's site i had made a simple PHP script which will act as an intermediate for sending the SMS
i assure you that none of your DATA or personal information is saved
i'll shortly relese the Source as well as the PHP script so that you can use it on your own website
ok so here are some of its screen shots
KNOWN ISSUES
Some times gets hanged
Tested only on qvga only (need someone to test on other models too)
SMS bBomber is still being programmed so may be lag sometimes
Phone numbers must be edited manually(means you have to remove +91 or 0 from your number to send message manually)
as usual no search option while adding contacts
no Beta testers till now
Versions updates
Latest - version 1.5
Checks user details by sending SMS to Self
SMS bomber Now working
Cleaned Code and some tweeks
avg. of 7 KB data usage for 100 alphabets of SMS
Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks
Hey Aman,
Looks like a nice app, will surely try to use, Vodafone has costly sms will come handy at home.
Thanks,
Mohit
Thnx all for your reply
i didnt expected such a gr8 result from my app
this makes me more energetinc and i am starting a new project to work on
this project will be working on same principal as above app(C# + PHP + MySQL)
i'll shortly relese the beta version of the new app soon
aman11dhanpat said:
Thnx all for your reply
i didnt expected such a gr8 result from my app
this makes me more energetinc and i am starting a new project to work on
this project will be working on same principal as above app(C# + PHP + MySQL)
i'll shortly relese the beta version of the new app soon
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Hi Aman,
I tried this app but I am not sure if it is sending the SMSes. I connected my mobile to wifi and tried. It gave me message the "Sent all". Also there are no OK and cancel buttons on some Menu popups in case i just want to go back without changing something. Just take a look.
Thanks,
Mohit
mohitsapru said:
Hi Aman,
I tried this app but I am not sure if it is sending the SMSes. I connected my mobile to wifi and tried. It gave me message the "Sent all". Also there are no OK and cancel buttons on some Menu popups in case i just want to go back without changing something. Just take a look.
Thanks,
Mohit
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hi dude
does it takes some time for "sent all" to appear or just says as soon as you click "send message" button
also dude plz try to send message by adding contact from list and make sure you had put correct details in settings
plz let me know your result
aman11dhanpat said:
hi dude
does it takes some time for "sent all" to appear or just says as soon as you click "send message" button
also dude plz try to send message by adding contact from list and make sure you had put correct details in settings
plz let me know your result
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I am currently in offc so cant try now,
but what i remember is that i tried both ways and it gave that Sent all after like 5-10 secs.
And in case settings are not correct wont it show error?
mohitsapru said:
I am currently in offc so cant try now,
but what i remember is that i tried both ways and it gave that Sent all after like 5-10 secs.
And in case settings are not correct wont it show error?
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now i think that it actually worked
you can check your "sent sms" tab in way2sms site if you ever think it didnt worked
"And in case settings are not correct wont it show error?"
that error handeling is still be made will be relesed in next version
is this app for only india?? i have a xperia x1 i would love to try it if its not gonna charge me anything..
Hi !
I can use this in spain ???
I try with my 8 digits phone number
and the registration said "Please provide valid MobileNo"
Nice app!
Works great on HD2 (WVGA)
does this work over an HTTP Proxy !?? like Tzones ???
LaZi3b0y said:
Nice app!
Works great on HD2 (WVGA)
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Thanks for your reply
if possible can you send me 1 screenshot of the application(thanks in advance)
carlosba9 said:
I try with my 8 digits phone number
and the registration said "Please provide valid MobileNo"
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i hope 8 digit numbers are not working for now
please use a 9 digit number or try some of your frnd's 8 digit number i hope it will work
anyways the new 7 digit numbers are not at all compactable with way2sms
(i hope they are implementing the new system soon)
insestito said:
Hi !
I can use this in spain ???
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NO
This application uses http://way2sms.com for sending all the SMS
tinobeano84 said:
is this app for only india?? i have a xperia x1 i would love to try it if its not gonna charge me anything..
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Yes this application works only in india only
you can use on any windows based mobile device
(i havent yet tested it on any smart phone but it might work on it too)
backlashsid said:
does this work over an HTTP Proxy !?? like Tzones ???
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well i had just used webrequest (no proxy or encryption in between)
it is just directly to mobile to my PHP script
yes i had used php script to reduce all the necessary send and request data which would be nothing just extra charge per sms
as according to benchmarks the avg. of 7 KB is used to send an SMS of about 100 alphabets
so which i consider good enough
Version 1.5 is relesed
Menu updated for features
hope you will like this
bugs reporting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1.ur form is not adjusting in screen, showing scroll bars in Wm 6.5.x
2.and giving .net exception if GPRS not working.
deepv84 said:
bugs reporting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1.ur form is not adjusting in screen, showing scroll bars in Wm 6.5.x
2.and giving .net exception if GPRS not working.
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Answers
1.> I actually designed it for windows mobile 6.1 and 6.5
if thats the case i'll relese another version with a smaller GUI
and if possible can you please can you post here a Screen Shot which can help me with developing
2.> if GPRS is not connected it will try to connect the default GPRS automatically . and it really looks irritating to me too
but its just for my understanding
i'll update the error handling to a whole new next level
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Thanks for your precious reply Please keepon reporting bugs
Nice App.. I ws expecting something lyk this..
I am using Aircell, So with a recharge of Rs.98 I get unlimited Internet for 30days.. So this app will be of gret help for me to send free sms'es
Little Review:-
Working on My Samsung Omnia i8000, WinMo 6.5.3, WVGA Screen.
I got the test message as soon as I saved my settings..
But when I try sending SMS, it actually doesnt work, I also check my Way2SMS sent box and no sms in there, but when I re-launched the application it worked..
SMS Bomber Failed with an error message at the very first time..
But when I tried again.. It worked..!
Bug:
When I send msg through SMS Bomber, along with my msg I get a string of alphabets & Numbers.. See screenshot..
Few Sugestions..
1. INtegrate Phonebook
2. If possible link it to the SMS box or if u can make a standalone msg box.. so while sending SMS we can select way2sms or sms provider to send msg's..
Aafi-rocks said:
Nice App.. I ws expecting something lyk this..
I am using Aircell, So with a recharge of Rs.98 I get unlimited Internet for 30days.. So this app will be of gret help for me to send free sms'es
Little Review:-
Working on My Samsung Omnia i8000, WinMo 6.5.3, WVGA Screen.
I got the test message as soon as I saved my settings..
But when I try sending SMS, it actually doesnt work, I also check my Way2SMS sent box and no sms in there, but when I re-launched the application it worked..
SMS Bomber Failed with an error message at the very first time..
But when I tried again.. It worked..!
Bug:
When I send msg through SMS Bomber, along with my msg I get a string of alphabets & Numbers.. See screenshot..
Few Sugestions..
1. INtegrate Phonebook
2. If possible link it to the SMS box or if u can make a standalone msg box.. so while sending SMS we can select way2sms or sms provider to send msg's..
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SMS bomber has a series of 32 random chracters
because if we send like 300 SMS to a mobile within 50-70 seconds with same message
there are chances that way2sms will bann you (or even worse than that)
i'ld really like to take a view at your suggestions
also working on integrating it with normal SMS mode in native C++
but lets see if it is really possible
tinobeano84 said:
is this app for only india?? i have a xperia x1 i would love to try it if its not gonna charge me anything..
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way2sms website works only for india AFAIK
but you can try
it wont cost anything
and thanks for the app
its great

MB limit sending photo via MMS

This is weird because with my Palm Pre (Sprint) I could send an MP3 or photo (2-4MB) to another phone via MMS with no problems. With the HTC EVO for some reason it doesn't send pictures or MP3's higher than a certain MB. Which means somewhere in the code the software limits the size of a MMS message.
I take a picture with my phone and try to send it to one of my contacts; it ends up putting it in a "slideshow" (CRAP quality) which reduces the size from 2-3MB to a few hundred KB's. It is very aggravating when this phone can take such high quality pictures and I am unable to share them with my friends.
So I am hoping that someone else (whom can do something about it) is POed with this and can attempt to find the root of this issue and develop a fix PLEASE!
I understand Sprint probably wants to limit bandwidth usage, but for me, I take a lot of pictures and like to share them with my friends. You may ask, why not use Facebook or an other image sharing site..... problem is they limit the size and/or resolution of the photos too!
It is in the User Agent profile but I have not figured out how to change it. This was brought up twice in the Evo thread but no answers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=707616
armystrong said:
This is weird because with my Palm Pre (Sprint) I could send an MP3 or photo (2-4MB) to another phone via MMS with no problems. With the HTC EVO for some reason it doesn't send pictures or MP3's higher than a certain MB. Which means somewhere in the code the software limits the size of a MMS message.
I take a picture with my phone and try to send it to one of my contacts; it ends up putting it in a "slideshow" (CRAP quality) which reduces the size from 2-3MB to a few hundred KB's. It is very aggravating when this phone can take such high quality pictures and I am unable to share them with my friends.
So I am hoping that someone else (whom can do something about it) is POed with this and can attempt to find the root of this issue and develop a fix PLEASE!
I understand Sprint probably wants to limit bandwidth usage, but for me, I take a lot of pictures and like to share them with my friends. You may ask, why not use Facebook or an other image sharing site..... problem is they limit the size and/or resolution of the photos too!
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I apologize, didn't do my research on other topics. Hopefully someone can figure this out. I'm sure its a matter of changing a 0 to a 1 LOL!
its a standard size so all carriers can get mms.. if u increase the size lets say att wont get the mms ..or t mobile.. i tried that already on my HD2
ajftl said:
its a standard size so all carriers can get mms.. if u increase the size lets say att wont get the mms ..or t mobile.. i tried that already on my HD2
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Well most will receive 300kb but it auto resizes to like 16kb. It wouldnt be that bad if we could get at least 300kb.
Also OP this should be in the Q&A section
Is it possible to change the limit so we are able to send like a mp3 5mb file at least
If you pull the mms apk and look at the xml you can find the max mms values. I worked on this for a while but gave up when Handcent started sending files more toward my liking.
I have found there are some carriers and even types of phones that flat can not receive pics from my Evo.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
dwertz said:
Well most will receive 300kb but it auto resizes to like 16kb. It wouldnt be that bad if we could get at least 300kb.
Also OP this should be in the Q&A section
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that was the max on the HD2..300kb ..

Annoying Conversion of SMS to MMS for Long messages

Hi Guys!
I have this issue in messaging app that whenever I am sending a message that is more than 3 pages/message it automatically turns to MMS that is somewhat annoying specially when you need to type a message more than the allowed characters.
The thing is I am on Sir Balliboxer's Odex AMF7 Rom
Can someone help me on this issue I tried the creation mode on the settings, set it on free or restricted still nothing works, Go SMS don't work, then I don't like the Big SMS app.
Can someone help me on this? I'm sure I'm not the only one. Thanks in advance for those who will help me!
KD
kimdarrel said:
Hi Guys!
I have this issue in messaging app that whenever I am sending a message that is more than 3 pages/message it automatically turns to MMS that is somewhat annoying specially when you need to type a message more than the allowed characters.
The thing is I am on Sir Balliboxer's Odex AMF7 Rom
Can someone help me on this issue I tried the creation mode on the settings, set it on free or restricted still nothing works, Go SMS don't work, then I don't like the Big SMS app.
Can someone help me on this? I'm sure I'm not the only one. Thanks in advance for those who will help me!
KD
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Kabayan,
I do a lot of texting so I am familiar. However it is the first time I heard about this problem. I don't(well almost don't) monitor the number of characters anymore as after 160 the message count automatically updates. How it becomes MMS on yours I cannot understand. could you explain further how it converts by itself to MMS? Perhaps there is a setting on the messaging app that you have accidentally ticked?
UPDATE: Apparently there is a 480 character limit set for SMS so after 480 you get converted and there is no solution but to break up your sms so as not to exceed 480 or 160 x 3.....
bongski55 said:
Kabayan,
I do a lot of texting so I am familiar. However it is the first time I heard about this problem. I don't(well almost don't) monitor the number of characters anymore as after 160 the message count automatically updates. How it becomes MMS on yours I cannot understand. could you explain further how it converts by itself to MMS? Perhaps there is a setting on the messaging app that you have accidentally ticked?
UPDATE: Apparently there is a 480 character limit set for SMS so after 480 you get converted and there is no solution but to break up your sms so as not to exceed 480 or 160 x 3.....
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yea, I'd been searching the whole morning and can't find any solution. Hoping someone will answer me.
Good to hear someone here is from Philippines I almost felt I'm the only Filipino here from the start.
kimdarrel said:
yea, I'd been searching the whole morning and can't find any solution. Hoping someone will answer me.
Good to hear someone here is from Philippines I almost felt I'm the only Filipino here from the start.
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oh there are a lot of us here. others are just lurking.
You can put an notification when the mms mode is triggered. other than that just watch out when txt count goes to 4.
Since you guys have a galaxy device maybe your secmms.apk is similar to the gs3. Check out the T-Mobile gs3 android dev forum. S we have a whole thread on secmms.apk tweaks.
Also maybe you have a feature.xml if you do them check out our feature.xml tweaks. Both should be able to stop the converting to mms. You only have to do one but can do both.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
aamir123 said:
Since you guys have a galaxy device maybe your secmms.apk is similar to the gs3. Check out the T-Mobile gs3 android dev forum. S we have a whole thread on secmms.apk tweaks.
Also maybe you have a feature.xml if you do them check out our feature.xml tweaks. Both should be able to stop the converting to mms. You only have to do one but can do both.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38653211&postcount=2
That is a lot of manual coding, command line.......:crying::crying:
@aamir123
Hello this is dog! lol, I'm not into programming/developing on that depth, I'm somewhat a script kid only not really knowledgeable I can do some but it is by trial and error only not really that deep lol.. thanks with the help though, will try this if I'm ready this us just too much for me now. Still on the learning process of things and this is my first android too
Ok I understand ur query and will provide u sms tweak with not converting long sms in mms.
Will certainly anticipate this Balli....
kimdarrel said:
@aamir123
Hello this is dog! lol, I'm not into programming/developing on that depth, I'm somewhat a script kid only not really knowledgeable I can do some but it is by trial and error only not really that deep lol.. thanks with the help though, will try this if I'm ready this us just too much for me now. Still on the learning process of things and this is my first android too
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Try to do using a feature.xml tweak thats very easy. Just one file with a one line change.
aamir123 said:
Try to do using a feature.xml tweak thats very easy. Just one file with a one line change.
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Is it "feature_default.xml" in system/etc ? I see sms settings on that file.
bongski55 said:
Is it "feature_default.xml" in system/etc ? I see sms settings on that file.
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It may be called that for your phone, for us it's simply feature.xml. Also if you visit our forum there are a couple threads explaining various tweaks you may do to that file and the changes that will be made.
aamir123 said:
It may be called that for your phone, for us it's simply feature.xml. Also if you visit our forum there are a couple threads explaining various tweaks you may do to that file and the changes that will be made.
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I can't find the "feature.xml" thread. Please link.
@balliboxer
i'll be happy to wait sir! thank you a ton in advance..
bongski55 said:
I can't find the "feature.xml" thread. Please link.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121686&highlight=feature
Be sure to click thanks for the op
aamir123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121686&highlight=feature
Be sure to click thanks for the op
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I cannot find anything pertaining to SMS to MMS conversion on that link.
Before switching to Grand I used Galaxy 3 (GT-I5801). In that section Kyrillos had modified the stock apk to prevent conversion of SMS into MMS. He also increased the number of recipients for a SMS. Maybe it will be of some help
bongski55 said:
I cannot find anything pertaining to SMS to MMS conversion on that link.
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Line # 52 - Orig 4, can't seem to get any variable to change (always says 200)
Code:
<CscFeature_Message_SmsToMmsTextThreshold>200</CscFeature_Message_SmsToMmsTextThreshold> <!-- Orig 4, Unconfir
Apparently this has been unconfirmed, I'm not entirely sure it works as well but it's such an easy mod that its worth a try. If not then you might wanna try the secmms.apk mod thread. The mods in that thread work 100% no doubt. You can also try just pushing a modded gs3 mms.apk to your phones and see if it works without problems. Who knows it's worth a shot.
aamir123 said:
Line # 52 - Orig 4, can't seem to get any variable to change (always says 200)
Code:
<CscFeature_Message_SmsToMmsTextThreshold>200</CscFeature_Message_SmsToMmsTextThreshold> <!-- Orig 4, Unconfir
Apparently this has been unconfirmed, I'm not entirely sure it works as well but it's such an easy mod that its worth a try. If not then you might wanna try the secmms.apk mod thread. The mods in that thread work 100% no doubt. You can also try just pushing a modded gs3 mms.apk to your phones and see if it works without problems. Who knows it's worth a shot.
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I've worked on this to as mine is limited to 140 Characters only.
I found this code:
<CscFeature_Message_MaxSmsByte>140</CscFeature_Message_MaxSmsByte>
I changed it to 480 (3 x 160; 160 is the standard), I was able to type a message 480 characters long and the phone did not convert. I was able to send the message but the recipient was not able to receive it. It is because the phone sent the whole chunk of message as 1 message. The phone should have divided it into parts of messages consisting of 160 characters and the receiving phone should handle the "stitching".
having no luck, I just increased the 140 default setting to 160 and that's all I can do. We have to find a way to make the phone process a multi-part SMS.
Solve Automatic SMS to MMS conversion
kimdarrel said:
Hi Guys!
I have this issue in messaging app that whenever I am sending a message that is more than 3 pages/message it automatically turns to MMS that is somewhat annoying specially when you need to type a message more than the allowed characters.
The thing is I am on Sir Balliboxer's Odex AMF7 Rom
Can someone help me on this issue I tried the creation mode on the settings, set it on free or restricted still nothing works, Go SMS don't work, then I don't like the Big SMS app.
Can someone help me on this? I'm sure I'm not the only one. Thanks in advance for those who will help me!
KD
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Hello All,
I was having the same issue with my Galaxy Grand, so I hope this will help you all:
Go to"Messaging".
Open SMS, tap "Menu button"
Open "Settings"
Scroll down and go to "Text message SMS settings.
Select "Input Mode"
Change it to "GSM alphabet"
Then return to Messaging and test it
Then you`re done.
Hope I help you!

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