Text message failures

[bouldernerd]

For the past week or so I have been having some difficulty with texts, many don't go through and I get a failure message that gives me the option to resend or delete. Anyone else with this issue? Is it my phone or sprint?

[grantheppes]

Originally Posted by bouldernerd

For the past week or so I have been having some difficulty with texts, many don't go through and I get a failure message that gives me the option to resend or delete. Anyone else with this issue? Is it my phone or sprint?

I get the message not sent error every once in a while. I usually just copy message, resend, then delete the unsent one. It doesn't happen enough that I worry about it. Usually when I am in an area where it bounces back and forth from decent to bad service.

[thewhistler]

I have been having this issue more lately also. Sometimes I resend then find out that the other person received the message multiple times. So then I assume the "Message Not Sent" was wrong then don't resend. Then it turns out that the message didn't do through after all. MADDENING!!!

[Habious]

Originally Posted by grantheppes

I get the message not sent error every once in a while. I usually just copy message, resend, then delete the unsent one. It doesn't happen enough that I worry about it. Usually when I am in an area where it bounces back and forth from decent to bad service.

If you touch the yellow "Didn't send" triangle next to the failed message, it will delete the unsent message, and copy the text into the message box.

So, just touch the triangle, and hit "send" again. No need to copy/paste.

[BlackHawkA4]

Originally Posted by thewhistler

I have been having this issue more lately also. Sometimes I resend then find out that the other person received the message multiple times. So then I assume the "Message Not Sent" was wrong then don't resend. Then it turns out that the message didn't do through after all. MADDENING!!!

It's cat and mouse. It's not the phone. It's the network. Sprint SMS is terrible.

I'll text my friend on his blackberry curve and we'll both get out of order messages and multiple messages. I asked him why. He said: "O, it said it didn't send so I sent it again".

So, don't worry about your phone. It's just Sprints network. And SMS is a dinosaur to begin with.

[lyingfromyou]

when i send long messages (anything more than 4 lines) they turn up as jibberish on the other end... andbody else have this problem??

[BlackHawkA4]

Originally Posted by lyingfromyou

when i send long messages (anything more than 4 lines) they turn up as jibberish on the other end... andbody else have this problem??

Define jibberish. Assuming you mean "dhfsjdhf sjdfsjkdfh weiufhfasudfsd jsfdj djfa" or something similar: I haven't gotten any complaints about that.

[lyingfromyou]

Originally Posted by BlackHawkA4

Define jibberish. Assuming you mean "dhfsjdhf sjdfsjkdfh weiufhfasudfsd jsfdj djfa" or something similar: I haven't gotten any complaints about that.

yes, a crap load of letters and special characters....

[BlackHawkA4]

Originally Posted by lyingfromyou

yes, a crap load of letters and special characters....

It's happening on the other end and not yours? Is it happening to everyone you text?

[lyingfromyou]

Originally Posted by BlackHawkA4

It's happening on the other end and not yours? Is it happening to everyone you text?

my end looks fine... and yes, it happens to everybody i type a long message to