Why can't I send a message longer than 3 SMS in length?

[AC Question]

Message lengths too short!!!

I have a Samsung Galaxy Alpha and I am not allowed to send messages longer than 3 sms in length. Why is that and could I possibly change it? Thanks any help is appreciated ☺

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: Message lengths too short!!!

Welcome to Android Central! What do you mean by a message longer than 3 sms? SMS just describes the type of text message (SMS being a plain text message, MMS being a message with attached multimedia, like photos or videos). Do you mean you can't send a message longer than 3 characters? Or are you typing such a long message that it's getting broken into 3 separate SMS messages?

 

[Dan Cotterell]

Re: Message lengths too short!!!

When I am texting at a certain point a little message will pop up saying "message size limit reached" "maximum number of characters reached".

 

[DLK1]

Re: Message lengths too short!!!

SMS is limited to 160 text characters per message. If you try to use more charters than this it will usually break the message into to smaller peaces. If you need to send larger messages or need to send attachments then you should use MMS.