About once a week I get an anonymous mms. I feel as if someone is checking up on me or something, it's always really early in the morning and it's a blank. Anyone else get these?
I think I've seen this but it just replaced the name of an existing contact after a few seconds the name/pic went back to normal.
Never. I get some advertisement about buying junk cars though.
I get the same anonymous mms every few days. I just delete it and move on. Never looked into what it might be.
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haha i get android cleanup texts.
U can block anonymous messages in sms settings.
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I saw that but wasn't sure if it blocked everyone that was not a contact. I still would like to get texts from people if I didn't have there number.
thats weird lol. i havent received one yet
I have never received one although I get some spam texts (I wish the do not call list included texts) but I have heard of this before with landlines ringing at like 4am and it had something to do with the system maintenance on cell phones IDK maybe you got a weird tower near your home I really don't know. I do know you can mark certain MMS and SMS senders as spam whenever I get a spam text that's what I do.
vopezy said:
I saw that but wasn't sure if it blocked everyone that was not a contact. I still would like to get texts from people if I didn't have there number.
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U can put in specific numbers
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I see people coming up with all kinda crazy ways to block text from 9016 when involving vm. Download this, use handcent, etc.
Here's the easiest way to block it.
Send a text to:9999
Message: block 9016
hit "send"
You will get a text saying all messages are now blocked from that number. This works for any and all numbers.
Example:
Text to: 9999
Message: block 3152921234
hit "send"
To unblock any number:
Text to: 9999
Message: unblock 9016 or 3152921234 (example number from above)
Sprint will send you a confirmation text with each text you send. It doesn't matter what Rom you have or if you change Roms, it stays in effect even if you switch phones.
Enjoy!
Does this method have any charges at the end of the month?
freditoj said:
Does this method have any charges at the end of the month?
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No, I have used it for a long time and never had any charges. You can also access your blocked list on sprint.com on your account.
Direct link to block on line
https://mysprint.sprint.com/mysprin...n&childCmsLabelKey=textMessageAccess&account=
If you paste this before you log in, it'll ask for your login credentials.
Does visual voicemail still work after blocking these texts?
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Yeah. I used red light without issues
Yes voicemail app works. This is a great find!
Thanks so much OP
Perfect because Sprint is blocking it on their end so we have no annoyance. No more apps or third party anything.
Uncle Jimmy say hello
snandlal said:
Yes voicemail app works. This is a great find!
Thanks so much OP
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snandlal said:
Perfect because Sprint is blocking it on their end so we have no annoyance. No more apps or third party anything.
Uncle Jimmy say hello
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YW. My wife works for sprint and we have been using this for a LONG time. I couldn't believe no one knew of it.
Glad I could help, enjoy and spread the word.
Omg after all them text this simple fix solve the problem. Thanks a lot.
I tried this and it said I'm blocking them, but I still get the texts when I get a voicemail.
I still get them as well and I am blocking it through Sprint, with SPC and with Go SMS. They still come through. Even on a stock ROM.
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I dunno what you are doing wrong, but it should work. Maybe log onto your sprint account and check to see if they are blocked?
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Not doing anything wrong. It just doesn't work for everyone for some reason. My girlfriend gets the texts from 9016 on her bone stock non-rooted evo as well. Even after sending the block text to 9999 and going on the Sprint site to block them.
I get them no matter what ROM I use, and the Sprint site shows that's a blocked number for texts.
Thanks for the info. I did this and have not gotten a text from 9016 since.
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This fix didn't work for me, I had my friend who was over test it out and I still got the txt message....
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...from_your_phone/case-cx832318-20091103-160141
It's not rocket science. If you follow the directions it should work. If it's not working it must be on Sprint's end.
Sorry
Didn't work for me, either. I really think whether the fix works or not depends on the ROM. I'll just stick with Google Voice.......thanks anyway.
Worked for me! Great find, thanks!
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I also get the blocked successfully but does block. Also checked on website and 9016 was in block numbers.
Edit: In doing some research I found that people switching from Instinct which has visual voice mail(I switched) to the standard voice mail app which my evo has, this is a problem. It doesn't happen on all roms but when I am on certain roms(Warm Z) it becomes a problem. I also heard of another way by updating profile sending voice mail then checking but that doesn't work. Any Ideas?
I've been using gvoice thru Sprint primarily since they teamed up and lately I've been having an issue. I'm not receiving all my texts from my partner for sometimes days after he sent them. Texts are basically received when he sends them or not received by gvoice for hours or days later. I've only recently noticed this with his texts and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem.
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I've been using gvoice thru Sprint primarily since they teamed up and lately I've been having an issue. I'm not receiving all my texts from my partner for sometimes days after he sent them. Texts are basically received when he sends them or not received by gvoice for hours or days later. I've only recently noticed this with his texts and I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem.
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Ive been useing it since the start as well. have not had this issue or any other issues. How ever before gvoice thing i would never receive any text messages from one of my friends ever (6+ months), but was fixed when i switched to gvoice.. So maybe something similar but i dont know what it is.
sidenote: he is on t-mobile . but i dunno if that matters cause my entire famliy is on t-mobile as well and i got all there messages.
Hopefully u find your answer its annoying
Yeah I've enjoyed the sprint+gvoice experience until now. It's really odd. For now I've switched to talking to my partner via gtalk. I've filed a report with the gvoice help site. I'm debating calling Sprint but I'm unaware if it's a Sprint related issue or a gvoice issue BC it's not like gvoice isn't notifying me of the incoming texts, it's just not receiving random texts from my partner for days.
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antianalog said:
Yeah I've enjoyed the sprint+gvoice experience until now. It's really odd. For now I've switched to talking to my partner via gtalk. I've filed a report with the gvoice help site. I'm debating calling Sprint but I'm unaware if it's a Sprint related issue or a gvoice issue BC it's not like gvoice isn't notifying me of the incoming texts, it's just not receiving random texts from my partner for days.
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its worth a shot but i bet they have rather limited google voice knowledge. Maybe for last resort go into settings of ur google voice and revert back to sprint and see if it comes through. Ive never done this so i dont know if you can revert right back to google voice or not , I dont see why not though.
I had to spend 1/2 hour on phone with tech support due to Google voice "taking over my phone". It wouldn't allow me to call without it or disable it. I don't think my situation is relevant but perhaps Sprint can help on their end.
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I hate gvoice... It completely screwed call and text receipt on my wife's EVO. The only way to get rid of it is to go to the Google voice website and remove your phone from the account. Once we did that all was well.
Just posting in case anyone has or had the same GVoice issues that I have.
I disabled GV via desktop GV settings and reverted back to my original GV #. I then re-enabled the Sprint+GV integration and so far I have received all of the texts that have been sent to me just like I should. *EDIT* Problem still exists. I'm ****ed.
Hi, I've tested/re-tested and have found that while I am able to send a text message to a certain number, I am unable to receive any from that number. I've done a hard reset on the phone and even called the sprint hotline (who were unable to figure it out). The sprint people saw all the texts on the server that are destined for my phone from that number but I did/do not receive them.
I've used handcent as well as the native messaging app but no cigar.
Does anyone have any insight into what may be happening here.
Is it the persons phone who is trying to send it? If u can send and receive it doesn't sound like your phone.
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I use google voice integration and had this problem before. form some reason gv marked my wife's number as spam and blocked her calls and texts. I couldn't even call or text her either. so if you're using gv check the spam filter.
Do know what kind of phone they're using? Its possible they need a hard reset...
We had a lady in yesterday who couldn't send texts to 5 different people, a hard reset fixed it for her.
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I did a hard reset on the phone and the problem remains. Yes, I do have google voice on the phone but I think after the hard reset, the application was removed. Would my number still be blocked in the spam filter? I'll check the voice.google.com site out.
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Do know what kind of phone they're using? Its possible they need a hard reset...
We had a lady in yesterday who couldn't send texts to 5 different people, a hard reset fixed it for her.
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The phone I'm not receiving texts from is a nexus S phone that has t-mobile service.
arkster said:
I did a hard reset on the phone and the problem remains. Yes, I do have google voice on the phone but I think after the hard reset, the application was removed. Would my number still be blocked in the spam filter? I'll check the voice.google.com site out.
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The are google voice settings that persist after the app is removed, definitely check out the desktop settings. This sounds like an issue on that line not on your epic.
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As it turns out, the issue was on Sprint's side. They had escalated the issue to their networking department on Friday. On Sunday all of a sudden all of the missing texts started pouring into the Epic 4g. Apparently the engineers had reset something to get this to work although they haven't contacted me about it. So far from what I can see, the problem is resolved now.
The problem happened again. The Epic 4g Touch is no longer getting messages from the Nexus S. Messages from all other numbers show up.
I'm getting tired of this since it takes 2 escalations at Sprint to fix this problem (Networking dept). Since we just bought the phone, I think it's just best to return it.
I've noticed that I keep getting this text message as stated on the title heading. I want to know if anyone else is getting this and if someone knows what it means.
this is it:
//LL:1563:1318676860106:Z4L:C:6qR8eSaLlj6bydPLY53tzA==:A0W922K36CJEVHM3QNL3MJ55E053X9HL
I have this message at least 15 times in my sms inbox.
Wow... I'm thank god I'm not the only one...
Edit: slightly different, same format. I've only gotten it once or twice, don't recall the relation to LOS... Though I rarely get them.
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KaliS-Pugilist said:
I've noticed that I keep getting this text message as stated on the title heading. I want to know if anyone else is getting this and if someone knows what it means.
this is it:
//LL:1563:1318676860106:Z4L:C:6qR8eSaLlj6bydPLY53tzA==:A0W922K36CJEVHM3QNL3MJ55E053X9HL
I have this message at least 15 times in my sms inbox.
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I'm getting that too....what is that!?!?!?!
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I got one the other day as well. I figured it to be some sort of spam.
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I'm only relating it to LOS because I'm paying attention to the occurrence and it seems to correlate. actual cause and a direct relationship is still a question.
I have had mutiple LOS and I have not seen a text like that. I get texts from my wife multiple times though. This is getting weirder by the day.
Driving me crazy. I get LOS but not crazy texts, I get missed texts and my friends get texts I send 3 or 4 days later.
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Whatever shortcode "mine was 8737" your getting go to sprint.com and block the code or *2 and they will block it for you...
Edit: Actually that didn't work so its not going over the network.
yeah, mine is from the same short code.
question: do of you having this issue also have visual voicemail not working?
i think it's related to voice mail or google voice mail.
i'm getting the same thing.
Also got it when i was on TP2 and EVO.
KaliS-Pugilist said:
yeah, mine is from the same short code.
question: do of you having this issue also have visual voicemail not working?
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Blocked the code and still got the same short code...So blocking the code as well as checking my GV messages and not getting the code its something on the phone. Haven't ran a log yet so have no idea whats causing it but didnt start till I used LOSKERNAL.
FIXED!
i found how to fix this and the reason. basically the issue has nothing to do with LOS, other than that is when sprint voicemail is trying sync after the service restarts. i posted the fix for the problem here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306721
It is voice mail related. I use GV myself. I don't know how or why it happens or how it is related to voice mail but it is. It happens only soon after a restart for me.
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KaliS-Pugilist said:
i found how to fix this and the reason. basically the issue has nothing to do with LOS, other than that is when sprint voicemail is trying sync after the service restarts. i posted the fix for the problem here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306721
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Nice, that works. I just froze Go SMS but same idea. I think it's happening to those of us who never ran the voicemail app and just added Google Voice instead.
All of my SMS and MMS messages seem to be sending out fine as I recieve no "unable to send" errors, but my contacts are not always recieving my messages. This seems to be happening more often lately, and affects MMS more than SMS. I am not sure if this problem has to do with signal strength as my phone usually shows 2 to 4 bars, but sometimes drops to 1 or 0 bars and then goes back up again. Could something be wrong with my antennae? Perhaps when I am sending out the messages that are not recieved, my signal strength is bouncing around but not being updated graphically on the phone, and the messages are "lost" in the system or not being sent out at all?
This also seems to affect some of my contacts more than others, so maybe it also has to do with their signal strength, although I have not heard of them complaining about their text message not being recieved by their contacts or not recieving messages (except from me). I always thought if you could not recieve a text message because of a bad connection, it would be recieved when your connection was finally good.
Anyone else experiencing this problem? Seeing all my messages sent out fine but not knowing if they are being recieved makes communication via text message rather stressful.
Thanks
What about receiving? I have a friend that keeps missing MMS I send but I always get hers. It's really frustrating.
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What about receiving? I have a friend that keeps missing MMS I send but I always get hers. It's really frustrating.
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My brother has T-Mobile (we on family plan) and my sister in law has Verizon and they both didnt get my MMS message, as well as my neice on Mobi.
Update: I sent a message today to my brother and he got the message and all the other ones that I sent but he did not recieve. I also instantly got a MMS message he sent a few days ago. I am not sure if my messages were stuck in the T-Mobile system itself, or my message today triggered my phone or the system to send the rest. Perhaps there is an issue with the tower located two block from my house?
Tmobile issue dude . I almost broke up :-/
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Yea I had a pic from Thursday show up on Saturday.
Can you do me a favor? Check your call log. I hadn't mad any calls in the last few days but I had like 80 in the logs. They were both incoming and outgoing and all said "cancelled". I'm wondering if it's cause of all the failed texts...
I have to say this pisses me off because some of my contacts periodically don't receive my messages. Very frustrating especially when it happens mid conversation and then you wait days thinking that the other person is ignoring and vice versa. It's making me seriously consider switching phones.
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I keep hearing about this but I haven't had that issue. Really strange I know that is frustrating.
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SMS/MMS Sandy effect
d3athb4dishonor said:
I keep hearing about this but I haven't had that issue. Really strange I know that is frustrating.
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Me too had been having this issue lately.
I see it as the sandy effect here on the east coast. has been improving slowly though.
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Yea I had a pic from Thursday show up on Saturday.
Can you do me a favor? Check your call log. I hadn't mad any calls in the last few days but I had like 80 in the logs. They were both incoming and outgoing and all said "cancelled". I'm wondering if it's cause of all the failed texts...
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My call logs is displaying all of my incoming and outgoing calls correctly. I have not had any issues recently with messages not being recieved by my contacts either, so prehaps the JB update fixed something? I am not sure if it is T-Mobile or the closest tower either because others on T-Mobile in my area have not experienced this problem (or perhaps not enough to notice anything). I will monitor signal strength and double check with my contacts if they are recieving my messages.
Weird.. I can't figure out the call log thing cuz I have incoming calls that say cancelled. It spent really make sense. I thought it must be related to the texts being goofy.
The problem with the call log is that it doesn't really show what we want. How? How would you know if you didn't get someone's text unless they told you? Or what if your phone says it sent the message but the other person didn't get it? What gives? The phone always sends the text but the recipient doesn't always receive it. That's why I used to use delivery reports but on this phone they're too annoying and the system is poorly implemented compared to stock Android (which has the best implementation) or even HTC Sense.
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