Is anyone aware of a method to stop long SMS messages becoming Mms (or stop my phone from sending mms at all ).
I know this is a common "issue" but I did manage to stop it on my s2 however the messages settings menus were slightly different. I'd rather not use a third party messaging app.
Thanks
Didn't realise the One x did this. Had this problem with the galaxy s but used handcent to get around it. Can anyone confirm this is happening with the one x?
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I just did a quick test on my phone, using the 1.26 Asian WWE firmware, and it split up the long SMS into two messages.
bigdyl69 said:
Didn't realise the One x did this. Had this problem with the galaxy s but used handcent to get around it. Can anyone confirm this is happening with the one x?
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It did it first time round. However now I find it impossible to make it do that so I guess it's a false alarm thankfully
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I can confirm that One X converts long SMS messages to MMS, once you reach 766 characters.
malexin said:
I can confirm that One X converts long SMS messages to MMS, once you reach 766 characters.
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if i ever have to type 766 chars i would just call the person -_-
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Hey guys,
I noticed if you type a really long SMS message, the HTC message app converts it into an MMS message? wtf? Why couldn't it just split it up into a batch of 160 character length messages? Is there any way to turn this function off?
I like the feature, in Australia an mms costs $0.5 whereas an sms with up to the 1000 character limit of an mms would cost me $1.5 I believe its a cost saving feature that they implemented.
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Jabbafat23 said:
I like the feature, in Australia an mms costs $0.5 whereas an sms with up to the 1000 character limit of an mms would cost me $1.5 I believe its a cost saving feature that they implemented.
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Oh okay, I have a large cap so don't really care about the price but I can see that would be a good feature. I am just worried about how people with older handsets may receive these large mms messages that are just text? I don't know
Any known fix to this annoying issue yet? If you type a message that's longer than 3 sms:es it automatically converts the message into a mms message. Normally I wouldn't care about a "small" issue like this, it's just that I have free sms and I pay for mms messages.
Google said this have been fixed in Froyo, and yes it seems they're absolutely right since the problem is gone on the Nexus one & most other phones running 2.2.
But nothing have changed on the Desire, the problem is still there... Sometimes I wonder if the Desire is running an eclair/froyo hybrid and that HTC have just manipulated the numbers in the "about" screen.
Sigh...
I can type upto 5 sms before it convert into mms.. stock Froyo here
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Download Handcent.
I'm not saying you should switch to it completely (I wont, Stock SMS looks so much better) but you'll benefit from:
- Pattern/Pin lock for SMS messages (even for Stock SMS Program)
- For the rare occasions you're sending a long message, cut from stock SMS, paste into handcent and it shouldn't convert to MMS.
brummiesteven said:
Download Handcent.
I'm not saying you should switch to it completely (I wont, Stock SMS looks so much better) but you'll benefit from:
- Pattern/Pin lock for SMS messages (even for Stock SMS Program)
- For the rare occasions you're sending a long message, cut from stock SMS, paste into handcent and it shouldn't convert to MMS.
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I know it's good and have lots of features, I've tried handcent before but I agree stock HTC SMS app looks so much better so I uninstalled it after a few days. But I might give your suggestion a try, thanks
handcent actually have a setting not to auto convert sms to mms...
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its 5 here as well, it is meant to reduce expenses, because (here at least) if you set six messages it will cost more than one mms, hence the converting.
is it related to the sim card and the network preferences? maybe, but if it is than it should detect if you have free SMS and not convert.
either ways i think you should have an option to turn it on/off.
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irkan said:
its 5 here as well, it is meant to reduce expenses, because (here at least) if you set six messages it will cost more than one mms, hence the converting.
is it related to the sim card and the network preferences? maybe, but if it is than it should detect if you have free SMS and not convert.
either ways i think you should have an option to turn it on/off.
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I have an sms-flat --> mms more expensive. But all in all not a too bad idea if you pay for every single sms...
Hi is anyone else here have issues receiveing text messages in foreign countries? I'm in the military and currently stationed overseas South Korea.
I am able to receive messages from some but not all. The ones I am not able to receive messages from instead of getting the actual message I get "Message format not supported."
The only difference I noticed from the various users are that smartphone users work and old style flip phone dont work.
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They might be actually sending you MMS in a format that is not supported by the receiving phone. Works mostly when new vs old phones send each other stuff. If it's just text message, I fail to see how it's different though, unless it contains characters that the receiving phone cannot display.
Say if my phone is not able to display it how and where would I get the necessary software to display it? I've searching Google Play but nothing that actually installs the language packs onto the phone all side apps.
I've tried talking to HTC customer support they replied stating that the One X currently doesn't support all languages in Asia. Now if that were to be true what would be an work around? A global phone not having global support like seriously... My Nexus is way better then this phone.
Any suggestions? I'm currently stationed in South Korea not being able to receive text messages on my phone will partly render this phone obsolete.
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Bump does anyone has an work around?
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when my phone arrived, it did not have american english as an option. i downloaded an app from the play store called morelocale2. maybe that will help?
I just installed the morelocale2 switched it to Korean had them send me a text this time it just showed format not supported in Korean. I believe this rules out as not the software side. Perhaps that or morelocale2 doesn't fully switch the phones display and only the system language.
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there are some other locale type apps on the market. and there is the possibility to select korean for the keyboard on mine. so it might be worth checking around more.
one other issue mentioned elsewhere is message size. you can choose a size up to 300k in the message app supplied with the phone. possibly another message app would enable larger messages.
there's a korean version of handcent sms. handcent is, though garnering some criticism for the way it functions on the one x.
I currently have the maximum message size set to 300 already by default. I've also tried handcent, and pro sms. Installed both the Korean plugins for both app insteadof getting message not supported I get a blank space, as if someone sent me a text message with spaces no text.
The space isn't the full length of the message it only has about roughly 3-6 spaces worth.
I also installed the Google Korean IME I can type in Korean now but still no luck with text.
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if you've signed up for a handcent account and done everything else, you may have to try the korean service sms app or contact htc to tell them the difficulty you're having using the regular app. let us know how it works out. by the way, does your service provider in korea have it's own app? they may be able to help with tweaking to some extent.
I've contacted HTC support already they just site t ne to google play to install some third part program telling me they are allowed to endorse other products so I have to search around myself.
As for contacting my service provider I have not done so yet will be next on the list. My current service provider is "olleh kt"
It shouldn't be the provider though because my Nexus S works just fine send and receive no issues. It also supported every language unlike the One X such a let down.
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can't say i know how to do it, but maybe you can port over the sms/mms software on your nexus. some owners in the states are having to tweak apks and so forth to get at&t voicemail, for example. hopefully there's a fix for you, too.
It seems its the service provider issue at first I had assumed it was cause the old phone to new phone problem. Now I just realized its the provider can't receiveanything outsideof my provider going to talk to the manager later.
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Sounds hopeful.
Hey everyone ..
2 days ago i hit 5000 messages with a person on my HOX, im using the default sms app ..
2 days ago i wasn't rooted and when the problem came to my attention i decided to root my phone and try out something else ..
So i backed up my messages and rooted, installed ARHD 7.1 and restored everything ..
i can open every other conversation beside the one with 5000 messages..
when i try to open the messages it just says " loading "
Now this is not an issue for me, i just deleted the messages and started over.. but it's a bug, and it is there .. so if anyone would care to look into it.. now you know!
have a nice day!
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Btw, the messages works fine with another sms app
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Solved by deleting the messages or limiting the " pr conversation " to anything under 5000 messages ..
It's probably cause it takes a lot of time for the phone to load all the text messages. Normally on free or alternative sms apps you have to scroll up 10 messages or so and then click load more messages. And what the he'll, 5000 messages?
shadehh said:
It's probably cause it takes a lot of time for the phone to load all the text messages. Normally on free or alternative sms apps you have to scroll up 10 messages or so and then click load more messages. And what the he'll, 5000 messages?
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Had it running for 20 minutes .. and it's never been an issue before .. once it hit 5000 exactly it wont load anymore ..
5000 recieved and sent .. so about 2500 sent ..
I had this issue with a desire i was fixing for someone, its just because of the huge amount of messages, so I downloaded Handcent SMS ( i think ) and that was able to see the huge message thread, from there i deleted about 2000 of the oldest messages and then it was fine?
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I had this issue with a desire i was fixing for someone, its just because of the huge amount of messages, so I downloaded Handcent SMS ( i think ) and that was able to see the huge message thread, from there i deleted about 2000 of the oldest messages and then it was fine?
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i went into settings for the Standard Message app to set a limit of messages..
i could set the limit between 1-5000 .. Maybe HTC limited it to 5000 .. im not sure ..
5000 messages dammm I delete all before bed. I'll never come across that bug.
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I'd say if you delete them it might solve your problem.
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I'd say if you delete them it might solve your problem.
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Deleteing em did solve my problem ! ..
i just think its wierd that above 5000 messages it wont load ..
Not that i need it to .. but it shouldn't be a problem to have more than 5000 in one conversation..
I remember my Sensation XE when I upgraded to ICS via OTA update. I couldn't open my messages for a long time and the message "Loading..." was just there. But I believe after a day it was fine and my messages loaded again.
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It's a girl right?
Ruudfood said:
It's a girl right?
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Not denying anythig
Such problems happens on my phone as well, my total message count is 12xxx and the max number of msg in a single thread is around 8000, same problem as yours, seems like no way to fix but to build cumulative backups using apps.
Hmm shouldn't this be discussed in a stalkers forum? 5000 msgs in one thread?
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So I just got my HTC M8. Loving it, but noticed how text messages take a while to go through. Also, I tried that on stock messages app and also on google hangouts. It takes a bit of time for messages to go through compared to my iPhone 5S. Also, I restored all my text messages to the phone from my iPhone (complicated process) and the Messages app takes forever to load. Is this happening with anyone of you as well? Any work around?
have same issue on my m8 messages wont go through at all. did factory reset and it did not help. I had to go back to the m7 to get my texting back
my biggest gripe is how long it takes hangouts to load. not necessarily an issue with the m8 though. in regards to how slow it is for messages to go through the stock messaging app, it's just as fast as my note 3 and my gf's Z1. both take a few seconds to send messages.
what i found to work is changing the settings to sending all messages as high priority...not sure why it changes, but i haven't had an issue since i changed that setting. before that it would sit there for up to 30 seconds and then i'd get a message saying it didn't send...was having issues receiving texts as well.
same issue on my M8 messages won't go through at all.
RONxBURGUNDY said:
what i found to work is changing the settings to sending all messages as high priority...not sure why it changes, but i haven't had an issue since i changed that setting. before that it would sit there for up to 30 seconds and then i'd get a message saying it didn't send...was having issues receiving texts as well.
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Where is this setting??
raviluke said:
Where is this setting??
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it's only in the mms settings so it doesn't apply to regular texts.
Crazypinoy9 said:
it's only in the mms settings so it doesn't apply to regular texts.
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That's weird. I have the option to change priority in both sms & mms.
buddahj said:
That's weird. I have the option to change priority in both sms & mms.
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yup, me too. everything i send has a red exclamation point next to it...
ya that's weird. i only have that option in mms. hmmm....time to research hahaha
Here's a screenshot so people don't think I'm crazy lol
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Here's a screenshot so people don't think I'm crazy lol
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Yea I only see it under MMS as well. Whatever, I converted my M8 into Stock Google. Now no complaints. And I don't miss sense.
RONxBURGUNDY said:
yup, me too. everything i send has a red exclamation point next to it...
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same issue, wondering if the issue self fixed itself, im on my M7 until something can be resolved