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New text messages lost on reset

My phone froze with the notification for 2 new text messages staring me in the face. It didn't respond to the power button, so i popped the battery and restarted. On restart - no 2 new text messages were found! I know the answer is probably 'no way,' but is any recovery of these messages possible?
Oh, PS - i'm on T-Mobile running the new HTC 1.33 rom.

Nope. I had this issue, 2 messages sitting at the HTC Home screen. I had to take out the battery too, SMS's were gone and I was racking my face for about 3 days finding out who sent them. If there's one thing that tickles me, it's that.
Sorry I know of no way of getting to them, check all your folders and perhaps there is a stored SMS database file it might have remnants.
I went as far as having a friend who works for my carrier, run a network resend to see if they would be pushed to my handset again, to no avail.

i found out who they were just by contacting everyone it might have been. but i seem to remember this happening before at least once or twice, so it'd be nice to know there was a fix for this or a way to recover.

Problem with HTC Sense People App

Hi,
I found a strange little bug with the HTC Sense People app.
I have all my contacts synced from my Google Account but the problem is "Call Mobile" has 44 at the start of the number. Meaning when ever I try make a call it says number not recognised - I think it needs to have +44. When I got into edit contact it has the actual mobile number with 077 etc...
Any suggestions?

I've noticed this, I'm betting the contact you have this problem with is linked to Facebook. If you look at that persons Facebook details I bet they've put a phone number in that starts with 44. There is no way around it unless you can persuade them to change it. It seems that it uses this info over the Google info. The only thing to do is to unlink the contact from Facebook till they sort their number format out.
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Clivectmob said:
I've noticed this, I'm betting the contact you have this problem with is linked to Facebook. If you look at that persons Facebook details I bet they've put a phone number in that starts with 44. There is no way around it unless you can persuade them to change it. It seems that it uses this info over the Google info. The only thing to do is to unlink the contact from Facebook till they sort their number format out.
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Thanks for getting back to me and yes they are synced with Facebook.
I have found a little work around though, when you are in the dialer and have their name highlighted use the optical pad to move left and right and it will choose their other numbers.

Ah! That's interesting to know, although I usually select ppl to call or text via the people app, so it kinda stuffs you that way. Oddly it will work for sending texts but not calling.
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Hey guys,
i just found out that if you change the number (from mobile to work or home or something like that) it sort of fixes it. You still get the wrong facebook number in there but ay least you also get a usable number to call.

Getting blank anonymous texts

Anyone any ideas? They also tend to reappear when phone is restarted even after deletion.
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Dude, Im getting the same sms. and Im with orange Uk too! but no idea what it can be

me too, am on orange as well
when i click on the message, it is blank. though the icon on the top looks like a sim card!
don't think its an update! very strange

me too and im on orange and i flashed the rom using gold card method...
anyone got any ideas?
on another note... first post woo woo !

I get that on orange 2, the sim card icon means the message is saved on the simcard

yep I get the same message after every reboot
I just delete it afterwards

Apparently it's voicemail related. From what I've seen this does appear to be the case.

Yeah, I recon so too, now it's been pointed out. I had one the other day when I had a voicemail waiting, not before or since though.

Anyway to stop them .. they are not stopping me doing anything .. but they are bugging me .. why only on the desire??

As posted in the themes forum:
I had this for a while (also on Orange, stock ROM) and did manage to get rid of it - problem is I can't remember exactly what I did as fiddling around so much!
I think it had something to do with a missed call or voicemail message. Try deleting an entry (or entries) from the call history with a similar time stamp to the sms message.
Otherwise, using the built in message app (not handcent etc) press Menu - Settings - Manage SIM card messages and delete from there.
One of these methods sorted it out for me but this was weeks ago...

not just the desire
I've an HTC Hero on Orange and have been getting these since I upgraded it to 2.1.

For those of you on Orange, this is due to the the way Orange update the voicemail icon.
I wrote a simple application to automatically delete the message from the SIM when it arrived, thus preventing it showing up to the user.
If you are not on Orange, I don't know!

[Q] Gingerbread SMS time (Ginger Villian ROM)

Hi all, I recently installed the excellent Ginger Villian ROM on my HTC Desire but have noticed an issue with the SMS time that is displayed when you receive a text.
Previously I have been used to the text displaying the time that the text was sent not the time my phone received it. Has anyone else noticed this?
For example, if I have my phone on airplane mode or turn it off over night any texts I receive in the morning show the time that I just received them (rather than when the sender sent it).
I have also tried using Handcent SMS but the same problem exists. Is this just a Gingerbread 'quirk' or is there a way to get round this? I know it's not a major problem to most people but I like to be able to tell what time someone actually text me...
Any help is appreciated.

I think I have found the solution myself (although will probably have to wait til tomorrow to test it)
In Messaging click Menu, Settings and then scroll to nearly the bottom of the list. There is a box that says "Use original timestamps" which says will "Display and store sent date instead of reception date". This sounds like it'll do the trick.
Hopefully this might help some other sad people out there who want to time sent like I do

Caller ID on Text Message

I have my lock screen set to Productivity, which is where you get banners for Calls, Text eMail ect.
So when I get a Phone call from my Wife, for example on the lock screen banner it shows her Name.
But if I get a Text message from her it only shows her number.
The splash screen for the Productivity shows that you would get the persons name, like for the phone call if they were in your address book.
Anyone getting the caller id to work on text messages??

I just noticed this too
Very strange. I thought it was due to a custom ROM but maybe not.
To the OP, are you running stock ROM?
Has anyone else seen this issue? Any fix?
Cheers,
Scott

flaca20 said:
Very strange. I thought it was due to a custom ROM but maybe not.
To the OP, are you running stock ROM?
Has anyone else seen this issue? Any fix?
Cheers,
Scott
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Just Tried To Recreate This Fault.. Im Using a Custom Rom So May Be Different But I Cant Get It To Happen At All...
Ive Tried It With Numerous Different Contacts And Theyre All Coming Up With Names...
Your Wifes Number Is It Saved To The Phone, Sim Or Google Contacts? Maybe Thats Making A Difference!
Thanks

is it as simple as the text coming through from +44 (or similar local international code) and the number being saved in it's national version?

I put money on it being due to you having more than one number listed under your wifes contact card.