ok when i send a txt msg on my t-mobile phone my msg's for example display like this
Me: Hey Matt how are you
Matt: Good you
etc
I have a pic stored in Matt's profile so when he msgs me there is a little square pic of him next to his name. Now what I cannot figure out is next to my name is a grey stock android pic and i cannot figure out how to change it.
Now i do not have facebook and nothing other then gmail is linked to my account. Funny thing is when i txt msg myself the msg comes out like this
Me:Test
Jason:Test (thats my name)
now my gmail profile pic shows beside my name when i send to myself but I never get a pic for my sent msg.
thanks
It sounds like you have set yourself up as a contact already, so you might want to check if your phone number shows up properly in your settings (About Phone->Settings). If the number is unknown, that would explain the gray box.
Are you running a custom ROM? If using CM6, enter your phone number manually at Settings->Call settings->Additional settings->My phone number (you'll have to do this on every boot most likely). If you are on stock ROM, you may want to give T-Mobile a call and ask them to push your phone number to your SIM card (they can do this over the air). Not sure about with other ROMs.
Checked my settings and my phone number does shows up as unknown...and I have myself saved as a contact. I am not running a custom rom yet but I am permarooted and all unlocked/off'd.
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How do I fix the phone number unknown?
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If your not running a custom ROM then it is most likely your SIM card. Your phone number can't be read from the SIM card, you can ask you carrier to push the number or get a replacement SIM card or if you have access to an old Sony Ericsson then you can edit the number on that phone
I know a few of the custom ROM's have problems reading the SIM card but if your not rooted then it can only be your SIM card.
Hope this helps & don't forget to say thanks!
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I have a Sony Ericsson ill c if I can edit the sim
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nope i dont i guess i'll have to see if they can push the number to the sim
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I have a Sony Ericsson ill c if I can edit the sim
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nope i dont i guess i'll have to see if they can push the number to the sim
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If they can't do that they might have to send you out a replacement SIM, Its what they had to do with me
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Hi guys n gals
I'm looking for an app which will automatically forward sms (and mms, if poss) to a different phone number?
Currently testing out a sim with a new service provider, and want to use it in my Desire to check signal/data coverage everywhere I go. However I don't want to carry a second phone with my old sim in it, just so I can receive calls and sms from people. Don't want to give out the new number to people yet, until I'm sure I'm changing over.
Of course I can set up the 2nd phone to forward calls via my network, but can this be done somehow with sms?
Thanks!
Why don't you just transfer your old number to your new sim?
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I RICHY I said:
Why don't you just transfer your old number to your new sim?
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I will, once I'm satisfied with the new service provider's data coverage/network etc. I'm just testing at the moment.
Since posting I've found an app on the Market which is called, funnily enough, SMS Forwarder which works for sms. So problem solved!
hi,
im droid pro owner, im flashing this phone now using local carrier, but im always have problems when trying send text message its always says "message not send" then ask this problems with local carrier they says all text message beginning by 011 thats why its cant deliver to recipient. anyone know how to remove this prepends 011?
thank you
Open Dialer, press Menu, select Assisted Dialing, uncheck the first check box
thanks for reply, but already try it and result still same, message not send.
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Open Dialer, press Menu, select Assisted Dialing, uncheck the first check box
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hopatz said:
hi,
im droid pro owner, im flashing this phone now using local carrier, but im always have problems when trying send text message its always says "message not send" then ask this problems with local carrier they says all text message beginning by 011 thats why its cant deliver to recipient. anyone know how to remove this prepends 011?
thank you
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You have to use root explorer to edit /system/build.prop or editing it by your pc then overwrite original file by root explorer. For editing parameter, look for the "...redirect to sms center...." = true, change it to false and you are ready for texting.
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Where i can find...Root explorer?
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Thanks thanks thanks and thanks again. I was unable to send sms using a Vodafone sim card (Netherlands) until I changed that redirect line. Odd thing is, that any other sim card DID work; only Vodafone did not. Probably has something to do with Vodafone being VZ's official roaming partner.
Anyway, can send text messages now. Only thing NOT working is delivery receipts. Any ideas on that?
Since this morning I am unable to send SMS on my UK GSM Orange Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
I am able to make and recieve calls, make and recieve MMS and recieve SMS but cannot send SMS.
Where in ICS can you check the SMS Message centre? Ive tried to view it in the *#*#info#*#* and there is a bit which says SMSC, but if I put in the orange message centre number which I believe is +44 797 3100973 and click update, the update fails. There no other settings I can find in Messager app, and the APN's are correct as I can send/recieve MMS and browse the internet etc.
Ive done a reset also, still same problem.
Can anyone help?
Don't hit update. Just type the number in and exit.
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Don't hit update. Just type the number in and exit.
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Just tried that, unfortunately it still does not send SMS.
Ring Orange up?
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Ring Orange up?
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Orange web help states that the following; http://help.orange.co.uk/orangeuk/support/personal/657975
Ill ring customer services to see if they can send me the message centre number or something. Seems like a bug to me in ICS as this message centre number should be acessible through the messenger app!
Make sure you have the right number. I had the same problem. Updating did not work. Typing it in did.
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call orange and ask them to send you an ORANGE MESSAGE UPDATE (OMU)
Have fun getting it sorted. Will be surprised if they fix it within 3 attempts
Fixed it myself!
Since you cannot (currently) go into messages options and set the message centre number normally, you have to use the info screen and the smsc bit.
However you cannot just put in the orange message centre number ( +447973100973). You have to encode it using the following site http://www.twit88.com/home/utility/sms-pdu-encode-decode and at the bottom left box type: n the message centre number in smsc then press convert. It will then give you on the right a Hexadecimal PDU Message. Copy the number excluding the letters and do not include anything after the 11. Ie for orange on the Samsung galaxy nexus the smsc is
0791449737019037. Click update and wait a few seconds then exit and it should work!
What a faff. Ics really needs the message centre number option in the messaging app.
Hope this helps someone.
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I had exactly the same problem which the above has helped me fix, so thanks very much Marcus. For info Vodafone converts to "0791447758100650".
I had the same issue as well on my nexus.
I had this issue but fixed it by inserting a SIM from another network(Orange), waiting for it to set up and then swapping back to my Three SIM.
Here's the one for Three UK(contract) just in case anyone needs it 0791447728008000
Rik.
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Didn't work for me On Orange uk. Been having this problem for over a week it's really bugging me. Going to ring orange tomorrow. Probably won't be much help though. Last time i rang and they asked what phone i was using so i told them Galaxy Nexus and their system didn't recognise it
I have this problem and have not been able to find a solution. I'm in the US using SpotMobile. Their smsc is +16104680009, which converts to 07916101640800F911. When I enter this and press update, it gets saved (without the two ending 1s) and the messaging app doesn't give an error when sending a message (and I get charged for it -_-), but the recipient never receives the message.
I've also tried @rbiter's solution, but it doesn't work. The smsc doesn't get saved and I get an error when sending messages.
Any help on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
Take off the last "11". It should be 16 digits, not 18.
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I too had the same problem. Out of curiosity, I went to check the Hidden phone settings on my Galaxy Nexus, I love looking at the temperature of the battery, network location and all that good stuff. But apparently ICS is glitchy regarding the SMSC settings. It apparently wipes the SMSC number as soon as you enter the hidden phone settings... To find this I went to a series of steps. The first thing I tried was popping in other SIM cards from my carrier (Telcel GSM in Mexico) All of them seemed to work fine.. And my primary SIM which didn't work on my Galaxy Nexus worked on an old Telcel-Locked phone I had.. so this sent me scrambling.. The next thing I tried was to update the SMSC through the process of encryption provided in an earlier post, and normally.. none of them which worked.. I then thought that the Phone must be keeping an erroneous configuration of my SIM card, so I resetted the phone, deleted my G-Account.. and still it would not work. I then popped another Telcel GSM SIM card in my old Blackberry 8520, went to the SMS settings and it had the SMSC number, which for Telcel Mexico is +5294100001410... I then popped in my primary SIM card which was giving me trouble in my Galaxy Nexus and when I went to the SMS settings in the Blackberry.. the SMSC value was gone.. empty.. So I just typed it in and hit save. Popped the SIM card Back in the Galaxy Nexus.. and It's all good again. Android ICS in the Galaxy Nexus just wipes the SMSC value as soon as you enter the hidden menu and is unable to rewrite it to the SIM card. I had to use the Blackberry to properly configure my SIM card again.. Funny, I thought I would never use the Blackberry for anything away.. I got to use some of the junk I keep around..
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Take off the last "11". It should be 16 digits, not 18.
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It gets saved without the last "11" anyway, so it doesn't make a difference.
It's looking like putting the SIM card in another phone and changing the SMSC might be the only way. Too bad I don't have any old phones that take SIM cards
Shoot, was hoping that would work for you!
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Didn't work for me On Orange uk. Been having this problem for over a week it's really bugging me. Going to ring orange tomorrow. Probably won't be much help though. Last time i rang and they asked what phone i was using so i told them Galaxy Nexus and their system didn't recognise it
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Orange web help states that the following; http://help.orange.co.uk/orangeuk/support/personal/657975
Ill ring customer services to see if they can send me the message centre number or something. Seems like a bug to me in ICS as this message centre number should be acessible through the messenger app!
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Did Orange send out any updates to you? They refused to for me for 24 hours as my number only just got transferred from Virgin.
Edit: Turns out it was just a coincidence that my smsc got deleted as the number porting actually failed (I can receive texts and make/receive calls which is a bit odd).
I also ended up ballsing this up when I was looking at the 4636 menus.
For those interested, the number/code for T-mobile UK is 0791449785788938
I have just installed stock 4.1.1 with stock kernel. I have a weird problem.
Problem: when going to SMS>new SMS> contact (numbers come in this format - 1-706-9919...first 3 digits of area code is missing) so I get error message not sent.
What's the fix?
hp13 said:
I have just installed stock 4.1.1 with stock kernel. I have a weird problem.
Problem: when going to SMS>new SMS> contact (numbers come in this format - 1-706-9919...first 3 digits of area code is missing) so I get error message not sent.
What's the fix?
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Not sure, maybe it has something to do with this thread?
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Not sure, maybe it has something to do with this thread?
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my issue is that when i text first 3 digits of a contact is missing and it only shows middle 3 digits and last 4 ..so message "sent fail" comes because its not a complete number.
Ever find a fix to this?
I just upgraded to 4.1.1 from 4.0.4 & am having the same problem.
My txting worx fine as I can receive sms and reply to them successfully, I can also send them fine if I select text from a contact card, the only time it doesn't work is when using the messaging app for a new msg & typing/selecting the contact from the list that comes up as you type, it shows the proper contact but omits the area code in the number & then doesn't send the msg
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Not sure, maybe it has something to do with this thread?
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I have just installed stock 4.1.1 with stock kernel. I have a weird problem.
Problem: when going to SMS>new SMS> contact (numbers come in this format - 1-706-9919...first 3 digits of area code is missing) so I get error message not sent.
What's the fix?
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THe FIX is to go to your contacts.. and take off the 1 in front of all your numbers.
The problem is that your numbers are set up like this 1 (234) 567-8910.. it should be like this (234) 567-8910
Omit the 1 and everything will be fine.
Enjoy.
Well taking out the 1 works for the sms, but then if I take out the 1 & its a long distance number I get the message saying "please dial 1 before completing this long distance call" when I try to call that contact, so now it's either a problem with sms or with calling.
Isn't there an option to have it automatically dial 1 b4 a call? Or any other workarounds?
No fix yet... I went back to ICS. Someone on rootzwiki mentioned to add smsc number for your network provider pressing *#*#4636#*#* ... Or insert sim in non android phone which would fix it.
None worked for me
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How about putting the full code, including the country code, in? So in the UK, it would be something like
+44 1234 567890
May be worth a try....
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Is there a way to change the format of Google contacts? Is there an app that does it all?
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Hello everyone,
I'm on the current AOKP Milestone (4.2.2) on a maguro (GSM version)
I have to switch between two sim cards from two different countries and I cannot send SMS from one of them (just reports an error without any further info "SMS could not be sent."). Which is really bad for me since I have to activate my data and minute plans by sms.
Tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979564
Still can't send sms.
Tried changing the SIM Card's messaging center on an old phone, still cannot send sms.
Is there any other way of changing the messaging center? Or is there at least a way to verify which one my phone is currently using?
Thanks a lot guys
What written there really is the solution. Putting the right number on SMSC field and clicking Update solved it for me.
Are you sure you put the correct number in and did a restart to make sure? Try googleing "<your carrier> SMSC" to find the number.
If nothing helps including trying on another phone, why not call the carrier for support?
Sorry for the late reply. I put the SIM card in an older phone and it gave me an error message saying it was a network error. Since it's a new SIM card that's possible so I'll have to contact the provider.
Yesterday a friend of mine ran out of battery on his iphone and put his sim card into my nexus and again it wasn't able to send sms. So he used another friend's iPhone and everything was fine. What's wrong there? SMS seems to be a difficult task for our nexus... or on android in general