Text Messages Not Sending?

**feoysolo** · 06-10-2011, 01:55 PM

So for the last couple of weeks I have been having the following problem:

Every couple of days, sometimes several times a day, my phone will refuse to send text messages. Not "Failed to send" but it just sits there saying "Sending" for every text message I try to send. I have to delete all of the "Sending" messages and reboot the phone before I can start sending text messages again. Infuriating!

When it started I was on the stock Sprint Froyo rom, and have since rooted and installed the latest Bonsai rom but it didn't make the problem go away, so I am fairly certain this is not a software issue.

Any ideas?

**Paul627g** · 06-10-2011, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by thewhistler

So for the last couple of weeks I have been having the following problem:

Every couple of days, sometimes several times a day, my phone will refuse to send text messages. Not "Failed to send" but it just sits there saying "Sending" for every text message I try to send. I have to delete all of the "Sending" messages and reboot the phone before I can start sending text messages again. Infuriating!

When it started I was on the stock Sprint Froyo rom, and have since rooted and installed the latest Bonsai rom but it didn't make the problem go away, so I am fairly certain this is not a software issue.

Any ideas?

I actually think this is a Froyo in general bug. Started back on EB13, moved to EC05 and hasn't gone away.. It doesn't affect everyone so it hasn't been discussed much.

I wish I knew of a solution at this time

**werkx** · 06-10-2011, 05:05 PM

i get that occasionally also. i think it has something to do with signal loss. i get this most often when on 3G or roaming. it could be weak signal or signal transfer from tower to tower.

**Darkshneider** · 06-10-2011, 05:14 PM

Happens to me due to poor signal inside my house. When it happens a lot, I call voicemail to push/pull texts. Hope that helps.

**jmartinbsu** · 06-10-2011, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by thewhistler

So for the last couple of weeks I have been having the following problem:

Every couple of days, sometimes several times a day, my phone will refuse to send text messages. Not "Failed to send" but it just sits there saying "Sending" for every text message I try to send. I have to delete all of the "Sending" messages and reboot the phone before I can start sending text messages again. Infuriating!

When it started I was on the stock Sprint Froyo rom, and have since rooted and installed the latest Bonsai rom but it didn't make the problem go away, so I am fairly certain this is not a software issue.

Any ideas?

One known issue is if you use the task manager built into the phone's OS (Hold down the Home button and hit Task manager) and clear out Level 1 and/or Level 2 Ram under the "ram manager" tab... If you do this I believe one of the services needed to send a txt doesn't start back up. Either way, you will not be able to send a txt. No fix exists yet that I am aware of .....

Restart the phone and it will work fine.

**feoysolo** · 06-10-2011, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by jmartinbsu

One known issue is if you use the task manager built into the phone's OS (Hold down the Home button and hit Task manager) and clear out Level 1 and/or Level 2 Ram under the "ram manager" tab... If you do this I believe one of the services needed to send a txt doesn't start back up. Either way, you will not be able to send a txt. No fix exists yet that I am aware of .....

Restart the phone and it will work fine.

Oh my freaking god, that is probably it! I have been doing that lately. Though I was thinking as someone else suggested that signal strength might be an issue as mine is weak both at work and at home.

Spent half an hour on the phone with Sprint while they tried sending my phone all kinds of stuff.

Just tested that and sure enough clearing out the ram killed my ability to text, and a reboot seems to have fixed it!

Thanks so much! I will report back if something changes.

**GrooveRite** · 06-11-2011, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by thewhistler

Oh my freaking god, that is probably it! I have been doing that lately. Though I was thinking as someone else suggested that signal strength might be an issue as mine is weak both at work and at home.

Spent half an hour on the phone with Sprint while they tried sending my phone all kinds of stuff.

Just tested that and sure enough clearing out the ram killed my ability to text, and a reboot seems to have fixed it!

Thanks so much! I will report back if something changes.

Yeah, I was doing the exact same thing but a few months ago. I would always clear ram doing all the levels. I would get texts messages stuck in "sending" and I would get LIVID!! Someone here told me if I used the ram clearing that that is what would most likely be causing it and sure enough it was! Since i've stopped clearing ram, I have not had any messages get stuck in "sending". You have your occasional long paused sending but it always goes through and doesn't get stuck. So.....STOP CLEARING RAM!!! lol Enjoy!

**ThunderOKC** · 06-13-2011, 10:38 PM

I have this problem sometime and when it does happen, I just do a simple phone reboot and it sends out all the texts. Always check to see if the text was sent before exiting out.

**ArcherBrianJames** · 06-15-2011, 04:48 PM

Another thing that bugs me about the stuck in "sending" mode is the fact that if you don't notice that it hasn't gone through, your phone get hot dies super quick cause it really is trying to send it out. I've had this happen more than...a lot...but don't clear out the texts before rebooting it. If you reboot it without deleting them, when the device starts back up it should send out the text as soon as it retrieves a signal. Can't wait for 2.3.3 and get rid of this crap froyo bull crap crappity crap.

Glad to find out about the lvl 2 clearing ram having something to do with it though. I'll stop using that right...now.

**philly** · 11-03-2011, 07:07 PM

I get the same problem on my galaxy s on verizon. I think its a Samsung issue tbh.

**crystalred** · 12-29-2012, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by philly

I get the same problem on my galaxy s on verizon. I think its a Samsung issue tbh.

I agree. I actually just got this phone (Samsung Galaxy S) as a replacement for my last one (same) through TMobile. I had constant problems with that one, freezing up, sucking the battery (I would just watch the battery go down!) and the phone turning itself off for no reason. THIS replacement, though, is failing TXT msgs! It's not always the same person - and not necessarily with a graphic, icon, emoticon, etc, some long msgs, some short, and some right after I had texts going through - the 3rd or 4th one will fail! This is my new replacement??? I never had THAT problem on my last p.o.s.! I wouldn't know how to clear out RAM, so I know that's not that particular problem. So, again, I feel it IS a Samsung issue, so I think an upgrade is in order. Any suggestions on what to upgrade to? (I still think Androids, tho, are the best.) Thoughts?

**boocephus** · 12-31-2012, 07:35 AM

I get this occasionally. I usually go back and clear off some old text messages and it starts working again. I am always afraid to delete the messages with attachments for some reason - data hoarder. But, i recently just cleared all the messages and the world didn't end or anything. Maybe you don't have 3k messages from your wife like I do. But that was my problem.

**ASHWATHI** · 05-05-2013, 05:53 AM

hiii...for the last 2-3 days i m not able to send text messags from my samsung galaxy y...it says "Failed to send " for every message i send...any ideas ???

**ratsttam** · 05-05-2013, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by ASHWATHI

hiii...for the last 2-3 days i m not able to send text messags from my samsung galaxy y...it says "Failed to send " for every message i send...any ideas ???

Galaxy Y ? You're in the wrong place. This is specifically for the Galaxy S (Sprint Epic 4g [with keyboard] varient). The Galaxy Y from what I can find out, is a rather low end international version. You may want to check with your current carrier about your messages not sending. The issues we had were mostly cleared up by the Gingerbread updates a while back.