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[Q] Help! SMS Issues No One Can Seem to Solve (Even Sprint!)

Hello People. Here's the scoop. I had a fully functional S-Off Rooted Sprint Evo 4G Running Deck's 1.3 or Cyanogen 7. I had Zero Issues up until 4 weeks ago. I noticed several of my contacts were not responding to texts. Quick phone call confirmed that no text was being received by these people. This happens to about 5% of my friends. It's the same contacts each time.
So, here's what I've tried.
-Searched EVERY Thread/Post/Forum about this and no one seems to have the EXACT same issue.
-Upon recommendation, I flashed the newest version of my ROM's Radios and Kernels (Was SavagedZen but Recently Usually Tiamat) No Change!
-Flashed a Rooted OTA from TheMikMik. Nothing!
-Each time I flashed I cleared Cache, Dalvik (Which Normally was enough) When devs requested Full Wipe, I did so.
-I tried flashing a Rooted Sense Rom, Provisioning, Updating PRL and all those goodies and NOTHING! Same Issue Persists
-Finally out of ideas I wiped phone, ran the S-On Patch, Reverted Bootloader to stock and unrooted fully. Updated all the PRL and Goodies again and, NOTHING! Same Issue Persists!
-Called Sprint and they tried some things and directed me to a Sprint Store. Went to Sprint Store and they updated HTC Software to 5.07. Nothing! Same Issue Persists! The Only Break I had was one time the operator from Sprint Customer Service sent a Refresh Signal to my phone, and those people with issues got 2 text messages from me! Then right back to Horrible, they never got one after. They said they couldn't figure it out and that it may be a hardware issue.
PS. The contacts that cannot receive messages from me can send them to me successfully as well as receive MMS from me. Only Outgoing SMS is dysfunctional to these contacts.
I'm lost. I've flashed many a ROM and learned a ton from you guys so hopefully someone can help!
I'm vacationing to NY in two days and need a fully functional phone before then, so hopefully we can figure this out in the next day

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He moved it from the forum that is was in before.
But anyways, it might now be your phone. Your friends probably have low connection or their service doesn't like to be compatible thus causing the issues. Besides that it may just be their phones and they don't realize it. When i say do i send YOURSELF 10 texts, all counting down like 10 9 8 7 blah blah blah, if you get all 10, then its NOT your phone. This still causes your signal to bounce it to satellite and towers etc but it gets sent to you. There's no short cut it takes so its as if your sending to a friend.

Nandroid your current setup, and than flash a mostly stock ROM like TommyTomatoe's Classic.
You don't need to sign into Google. You should start receiving your old SMS messages.
While on this ROM, update your profile and PRL. (Your messages may not come until these steps.)
Now use your nand to get back to your ROM. If you still do not receive SMS, you may have to repeat and do a fresh install of your ROM.
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dcharleyultra said:
Nandroid your current setup, and than flash a mostly stock ROM like TommyTomatoe's Classic.
You don't need to sign into Google. You should start receiving your old SMS messages.
While on this ROM, update your profile and PRL. (Your messages may not come until these steps.)
Now use your nand to get back to your ROM. If you still do not receive SMS, you may have to repeat and do a fresh install of your ROM.
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I have been having gmail and sms issues. When I send a text or email 5 out of 10 times it gets stuck on "sending" and never sends. I just tried what you outlined here and it seems to have worked. Easier for me because I am already using TommyTomatoe's Classic rom. I just didn't even think to see if I could update the pro and profile on this rom. Can it be done on any sense rom thats not plain stock?
Anyway...THANKS!!!!

here is a long shot..... if the messages that are not being sent are over 160char make sure you are have sms split selected in mms settings and if you are using a 3rd party messaging like gosms or handcent make sure those settings are matching in the stock app and 3rd party

@Matt, your are welcome.
Any Sense ROM should do.
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dcharleyultra said:
Nandroid your current setup, and than flash a mostly stock ROM like TommyTomatoe's Classic.
You don't need to sign into Google. You should start receiving your old SMS messages.
While on this ROM, update your profile and PRL. (Your messages may not come until these steps.)
Now use your nand to get back to your ROM. If you still do not receive SMS, you may have to repeat and do a fresh install of your ROM.
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The Sense Based Rom I flashed was the TommyTomatoe Classic. I can receive SMS fine... It's my recipients that do not get them... It shows as if its sent, but upon phone call to these people, they do not get it. They have 0 complaints of this happening with anyone else...
I tried sending myself messages and it works... I just don't know what to do!

arabicprince said:
The Sense Based Rom I flashed was the TommyTomatoe Classic. I can receive SMS fine... It's my recipients that do not get them... It shows as if its sent, but upon phone call to these people, they do not get it. They have 0 complaints of this happening with anyone else...
I tried sending myself messages and it works... I just don't know what to do!
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Check if they have a one in front if the number. Sounds crazy I know, but check and if they do, get rid of the one. Then try
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LyndenP said:
Check if they have a one in front if the number. Sounds crazy I know, but check and if they do, get rid of the one. Then try
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No 1 Before the number... I have a HUGE Event coming up this Saturday. I need to text my whole phone book (5,000 people) which I used to be able to do just fine. Now I am very concerned that I will not be able to succesfully send this message and I could lose 1,000's!

[Q] weird text messages dont open them just yet

Anyone ever get weird text messages from a number 1007620000 it has s wierd string of alphabets and numbers and the word sisa ?????? The phone number is unknown if you try to search it and when I google it 3 things of interest come up that make sense 1 has something to do with (gov) eavesdropping 2 has something to do with a software called watchdog that cisco systems developed and microsoft and that ciq company are in on as well as others and 3 sisa also stands for Samsung information sharing act WTF!!!! WEIRD I didnt open the message but I googled it because it looked suspicious and then I deleted them I got 4 at the same time like bam bam bam bam I just deleted the text thread as a whole from the left touch button so I didnt have to click on it I was rooted using stock deodexed UVALH2 CIQ REMOVED and it happened right after I flashed xibit v32 (nothing against you wildchild you da man) thats just when it happened so sorry for the book just thought this might be useful can anyone shine any light on this please.
Thank you community for any insight on this.
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I was about to ask the same question. I also got the same 4 text messages last night. Thought it was just me who got it. Definitely very weird, I'm still confused as to what those messages were. I'm unrooted by the way and I just got the update yesterday.
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weird, im on stock, debloated and got one of these yesterday. when i googled it, nothing useful came up. i just deleted it
EDIT: ok i just found this. looks like an error in tmobiles system. this is not a new thing
Everyone calm down. These are simply system errors in relation to T-Mobile's email systems. You can get the answer straight from T-Mobile (though it takes a bit of searching).
I get these texts occasionally too.
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Messaging-and-O ... 0000/td-p/60220
"Unwanted text messages from +10476000000
01-22-2009 01:05 PM - last edited on 01-22-2009 01:07 PM
If you are receiving unwanted text messages from the specific number +10476000000 please read this and follow these steps.
T-Mobile has several kinds of email systems. The email system used depends on what kind of phone you have. The strange messages you are receiving means you have email setup on one specific T-Mobile email system known to T-Mobile reps as "consumer email", but your sim card is no longer in a phone that supports "consumer email".
The quickest way to resolve this is to put your sim card back into your old phone. Remove your email account from the old phone. Once your email account is removed, the consumer email system will stop sending those messages to you. You can put your sim card back into your new phone.
If you no longer have access to the phone with consumer email (Samsung Blast, Motorola W490, Nokia 6263, Samsung Behold, and several others), please contact us. A T-Mobile representative can remove your consumer email account directly from the network."
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So, if the texts are that bothersome, you can always call T-Mobile to have them remove your e-mail account directly from the network. I'm not sure if that would cause problems on your end though. I know I need a gmail account to even use my phone (Android) that I have to sign into. Though it may be unrelated to that.
Hope this calms everyone down.
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Just got off the phone with tmobile. The agent said this would sometimes occur if your account is switching "my tmobile accounts" or you just recently got a new phone/another line. Also, if your phone was tapped you'd be able to notice it due to the fact that if you ever heard of cell phone interference I.e. you get the clicking noises (like standing next to a radio and you phone rings) it would be constant. So yeah to all the f***ers paranoid about being tapped...your not, and even if your were, you could call tmobile and ask them as they are required to inform you due to the fact that tapping any kind of phone is against the FCC laws.
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found here http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-007-620-0000/4

Well if you type in Google search samsung sisa you will find that but i will try to find what I did and post the links just give me a little bit.
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found this page in google's cache since it gave me a 404
Samsung Information Systems America (SISA) R&D Center
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http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...w.sisa.samsung.com/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

When I first opened my line with the vibrant, I did get these messages. They are simply T-Mobile errors. Once I talked to a Rep at a corporate store, it stopped hapoening
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Well I just got a little psranoid guys because my neighbor said he was leaving for work and saw someone taking pictures of my vehicles and house at f*****g 5:30 am this past thursday who the f***k does that and that early for that matter has that ever happened to anyone? I was like why the eff didn't you call me he said I told my ole lady to call you I was like WTF!! Anyway I'll still post those links theyre interesting as heck!!!!!
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Got two a few days back. Had no clue what they were.
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I'll post those links later guys theyre on my other computer at my other home away from home.
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dawgboy1783 said:
Well I just got a little psranoid guys because my neighbor said he was leaving for work and saw someone taking pictures of my vehicles and house
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Let me find out someone's taking pics of my sh!$. You best believe I'm going to be hiding in the bushes with my 12 gauge and some buck shot ready to blow that camera to hell. Hahahaa good luck with that.
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Haha I'm on vacation and you bes believe I'm gonna stake out ima tackle that f****r and take his camera to find out what he's up to if he comes back and I catch him I'll give y'all the 411 LOL!
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Not sure why this thread made me lol. But last time people were taking pics of my **** I ended up in prison for 3.5 years
AOKP'd GS3...#ftw

Lol thats what I don't understand I'm not doing anything wrong I'm an average go to work and spend my life on xda playing with my s3 kinda person so beats me but if I see them again I'm not going to be happy thats for sure
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Aaaaaaand back on topic...
I also received these type of messages this afternoon. weird s**t. not as weird as someone taking pictures of my car at 5:30am..... but close.
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!

gcng said:
Aaaaaaand back on topic...
I also received these type of messages this afternoon. weird s**t. not as weird as someone taking pictures of my car at 5:30am..... but close.
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!
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What is the point of bumping something this old? The answer was already given.
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Gmail problems and alternatives

*Edit: The 12/3 Gmail update seems to have fixed this issue.
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I've been having problems with Gmail on this phone. Specifically, the biggest one is probably that when I view an email and then swipe left or right to go forward or back to the next or last email in the box often it will just get stuck loading that email infinitely.
I noticed if I turn the phone sideways and then back up again it fixes it, but it's still really annoying.
I have Ice Cream Sandwich running the lastest Gmail on my HP Touchpad and have not noticed this issue so I don't know if it's a Jellybean thing or something particular to this phone or what.
Ideally I'd like it to be fixed and just use Gmail but I'm open to other mail programs I guess. I tried a few and didn't care much for them though.

has anyone else confirmed this problem? this would be a problem for me when i get my baby lol

I don't normally swipe to get to the next email, I can confirm that my note 2 does suffer from this problem.
I usually just hit the back button and find the next mail. No huge inconvenience for me, but others may feel different.
I figure el Goog will fix it soon enough.
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gmail issues
Oh how I would love to be able to delete permanently trash from the smartphone.

+1, same issue here

I switched over to the standard email app so I could use the "draw things with the s-pen in email" feature. I'd recommend that but sadly no one can see the pictures I draw when they receive them. Just blank squares
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I don't have that problem... I wish I could screen record... Damn that Samsung for slacking!

_Motoki_ said:
I've been having problems with Gmail on this phone. Specifically, the biggest one is probably that when I view an email and then swipe left or right to go forward or back to the next or last email in the box often it will just get stuck loading that email infinitely.
I noticed if I turn the phone sideways and then back up again it fixes it, but it's still really annoying.
I have Ice Cream Sandwich running the lastest Gmail on my HP Touchpad and have not noticed this issue so I don't know if it's a Jellybean thing or something particular to this phone or what.
Ideally I'd like it to be fixed and just use Gmail but I'm open to other mail programs I guess. I tried a few and didn't care much for them though.
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Same problem with me and can't find way to fix it

I do not have this problem - stock and not rooted

It seems to happen to me only coming from or going to the newest email. If I start swipe scrolling from anywhere else in the list they load fine.
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i have this problem too. not much of annoyance

ayman86 said:
i have this problem too. not much of annoyance
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I have the same problem too.

I had an issue with Gmail not sending attachments. Especially embarrassing when sending an inquiry for a job and attaching a resume. Then they don't get the attachment. Yahoo sends them just fine for me.

Receive a Gmail app update, the problem solved.
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The new gmail update is pretty damn nice. Love the fact I didnt have to load a rom to get it!
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I don't have this problem. Rooted running Jedi X.
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Odd, because the dev listed he would fix paper artist in the next update, amongst other things. Dont you find it funny they say "no known issues" and then release updates to fix bugs?
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No Facebook Notifications running Jedi X6 Rom

Is anyone else having this issue? For some reason, I am not getting my usual Facebook notifications. I made sure that notifications is checked in the Facebook settings of the app. I also unistalled and reinstalled the Facebook app. I tried to log on to Facebook via my browser. I wipe and cleared the date/cache. Not sure what else I can do. If anyone else is experiencing this and/or has a fix, please let me know.

I have the same problem, but with Twitter

Same problem here.
Yeah I said it!

I know it sounds silly, but I am the kind of person that just needs my Facebook notifications. I ended up changing out Jedi for another Rom and will give Jedi another flash later on.

Facebook notifications notoriously suck on all ROMs...it's not the rom, it's Facebook. If you Google this, you will see that notifications are hit and miss at best.
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powerwagon said:
Facebook notifications notoriously suck on all ROMs...it's not the rom, it's Facebook. If you Google this, you will see that notifications are hit and miss at best.
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This is absolutely, 100% true. It is a known problem with Facebook Android in general. Try Friendcaster instead. Notifications are at least somewhat more reliable with this app.

I have noticed that sometimes it doesn't work and others times it does work, FB in general though needs to make the android version a lot better. I am still running Jedi everything else seems to work ok.

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I have noticed that sometimes it doesn't work and others times it does work, FB in general though needs to make the android version a lot better. I am still running Jedi everything else seems to work ok.
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What annoys me with that rom is the red box that goes around certain notifications. Soooooo annoying, so I went to clean
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I always have a problem in getting notifications from FB. I also heard that FB is notorious on the notification with Android. I believe it's not just a Rom or a Note. I really hope FB release a new native app ASAP with much better notification.

I am having the same issue, it seems to fix its self and break again.
The big issue I am having is data on a phone call, I can't access any data when a call is active. I have reflashed the modem, done a full restore to stock and reinstalled the latest update for Jedi. I'm not sure what else to do other than try another phone.
Update, I tried everything to fix my data problem, I returned my phone to stock and triangle away'd it and took it back to the store where they gave me a new phone that ended up with the same data issue. I ended up asking them to change the sim card because I couldn't believe two phones had the same problem, and this seems to have fixed it. Yep a bad brand new sim card, its funny how the smallest thing can drive you crazy.

There's a new facebook update today. Maybe it'll fix your guy's issues? I've left Facebook so I can't really give my impressions to what you guys are getting.

SMS BUG

hey guys from this forum...my mom received my old epic 4g touch because i moved to a GS3 but the problem is that everytime the mexican connection of IUSACELL is constantly being updated and it resets itself loosing signal and returning it and the sms start acting weird and sending symbols and interrogation signs between letters...if I do a factory reset it gets fixed but when the connection restarts it starts acting weird again...can someone tell me how can I fix this pleaseeeee for her because she's starting to regret giving me her upgrade.
She's on the official FK23 rooted update.
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First of all, fk23 isn't official and neither is root.
What you're describing is the emergency broadcast system text msgs and this has been noted for some time across many builds.
There is a way to disable receiving these msgs.. but my brain is tired.. give me a bit and I'll edit with the steps unless someone beats me to it.
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Well I meant Official as that its not a modded ROM but the one that Sprint Leaked and yeah it has Root, but what I meant is that when my mom sends messages the other ones are the ones that receive the strange messages

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Well I meant Official as that its not a modded ROM but the one that Sprint Leaked and yeah it has Root, but what I meant is that when my mom sends messages the other ones are the ones that receive the strange messages
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Odd indeed. Any reason to leave her on JB and not just put her back to stock official?
By chance is she using handcent or have it installed? If so, remove and use stock and test. The few same style issues on a search point to that app as being the culprit. Or if the text is more than 160 char it's not parsing correctly.

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Odd indeed. Any reason to leave her on JB and not just put her back to stock official?
By chance is she using handcent or have it installed? If so, remove and use stock and test. The few same style issues on a search point to that app as being the culprit. Or if the text is more than 160 char it's not parsing correctly.
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Unless she really feels compelled to keep JB it's probably best to move her back to a stock ICS build.

Well it happens even in GB Roms afrer a while hahaha so I guess its not the JB ROM and on the other side she looves JB I have brought her to the Android Side
My theory is that when signal is lost and returns...a problem with SMS occurs inside the system data thats why when I data factory reset it the problem gets fixed but idk if something can be done
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Well it happens even in GB Roms afrer a while hahaha so I guess its not the JB ROM and on the other side she looves JB I have brought her to the Android Side
My theory is that when signal is lost and returns...a problem with SMS occurs inside the system data thats why when I data factory reset it the problem gets fixed but idk if something can be done
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If the text messages are from the same number there's a app in the play store called redlist. download the app then make a contact of the number the messages are from. Then open redlist hit blacklist choose the contact that u set up with the message. Then go to setting and turn off the notifications. Then you'll never get those messages.
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