Text message problem.

[Sailorgalaxy]

For the last couple of days I've been having this weird problem receiving texts. I'll RECEIVE the text, but I won't get any type of notification UNTIL I open up the "Messages" screen. This is super annoying because I can be having a conversation with someone and then I think they just stopped talking, so I end up waiting an hour or more before I decide to check when I sent my message and boom: A message from an hour or more ago pops up along with the notification.

Is anyone else having this issue?

 

[Almeuit]

Are you using the default messaging app or another third party one? Also do you have a task killer running or anything? It could be killing the messaging app process so it can't tell you that you have a text since it's not running in the background.. Untill you open it of course

Sent from my Sprint S3 using AC forums

 

[Sailorgalaxy]

I'm using the default app, and no task killer.

 

[DoesItMatter]

How many text messages do you have? Have you cleared out your old text messages recently?

If using the stock app, and depending if a lot of people sent you MMS pic attachments, the stock app can act up because it needs to flush out the old messages.

If you're able to, delete a bunch of old messages. Heck - delete all of them!

I like to keep my old SMS so I use a freebie app called SMS Backup+ off the android market and it backs it up to my google account and it also sorts the messages by who sent them!

Very awesome to keep a backup archive online

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If that is not the issue, one other thing you can do is update your PRL and profile (If you haven't done that recently)

Make sure you're in a good location with lots of bars on your signal

Then goto Settings -> System Update -> Update PRL, once thats upgraded, go back and do Update Profile, then reboot the phone.