Phone icon on a nessage

[mustang7757]

Vodafone

Probably just to show calls were made to that person

 

[Mandy1963]

No don't think it's that

 

[B. Diddy]

I still think it means that it's a text message you sent while on a phone call. The ones that say "Read" probably mean that he opened his Messages app to read them, while the ones that just have the phone icon mean that he received the messages but didn't open the Messages app to read them.

You could test that easily. Call him again, and tell him to read some of the texts you send while on the call by opening the Messages app, and for other texts, just read them in the notification panel (but not open the Messages app). See if that pans out.

 

[mustang7757]

@ironass can you test this out?

 

[ironass]

@ironass can you test this out?

Your wish is my command @mustang7757

Samsung S21 Utra global Exynos with stock Samsung message app.

The telephone at the top of my screenshot enables me to call the contact directly from screen, simply by touching it. Next to it is the Duo app that I have installed and allows me to make video calls from Samsung Message.

Same set-up with Wi-Fi calling enabled on my phone

The same applies to the Google Message app that I installed and use by default

Hope that helps.

 

[B. Diddy]

@ironass the OP's question was about the phone icon next to each message, though -- i.e., right next to the timestamp of each message. Could you possibly test it where you call someone, then text them while still on the call, and ask them to read some of those texts by opening up their messaging app, and to leave some of them alone? My theory is that the phone icon represents text messages sent while on a call, and if it says "Read," that means the recipient opened their Messages app to read it, while if it doesn't say "Read" (i.e., there's only a phone icon), then it wasn't read through the Messages app.

 

[mustang7757]

Your wish is my command @mustang7757

Samsung S21 Utra global Exynos with stock Samsung message app.

The telephone at the top of my screenshot enables me to call the contact directly from screen, simply by touching it. Next to it is the Duo app that I have installed and allows me to make video calls from Samsung Message.

https://i.imgur.com/N0NMO5Rl.png

Same set-up with Wi-Fi calling enabled on my phone

https://i.imgur.com/b2JzppTl.png

The same applies to the Google Message app that I installed and use by default

https://i.imgur.com/HdcFp0Al.png

Hope that helps.

Thank you !
We trying figure out the phone icon in the message thread next to the actual text , i never seen that on Samsung message app , have you ?

 

[mustang7757]

Other question is OP have dual sim , Ironass i dont think u have dual ?

 

[ironass]

My apologies @B. Diddy & @mustang7757.

Yesterday was the beginning of our national U.K. Bank Holiday and the birth of my mates first child.

By the time I saw your messages and speed read the thread, I got the wrong end of the stick and made a right pig's ear of it.

Now that I am doing some shapes and colours, I have slowly re-read the thread and tried to replicate various scenarios on my dual SIM Galaxy S21 Ultra using the latest stock Samsung Message app for the U.K, version 12.2.10.15, and my OnePlus 6T that is using the Google Message app, version 9.3.022 (Camelot_RC02.phone .openbeta_dynamic).

So far I have not been able to see the telephone icon next to each sent message when on a call to either phone.


My befuddled guesses are that it may require 2 Samsung S21 devices on Samsung Messages or that it is a country/carrier feature.

Perhaps some more information from the OP as to which models of S21 are involved, (Settings > About phone > Model number), and which network they are on might be helpful.

Right... more coffee!

 

[mustang7757]

My apologies @B. Diddy & @mustang7757.

Yesterday was the beginning of our national U.K. Bank Holiday and the birth of my mates first child.

By the time I saw your messages and speed read the thread, I got the wrong end of the stick and made a right pig's ear of it.

Now that I am doing some shapes and colours, I have slowly re-read the thread and tried to replicate various scenarios on my dual SIM Galaxy S21 Ultra using the latest stock Samsung Message app for the U.K, version 12.2.10.15, and my OnePlus 6T that is using the Google Message app, version 9.3.022 (Camelot_RC02.phone .openbeta_dynamic).

So far I have not been able to see the telephone icon next to each sent message when on a call to either phone.


My befuddled guesses are that it may require 2 Samsung S21 devices on Samsung Messages or that it is a country/carrier feature.

Perhaps some more information from the OP as to which models of S21 are involved, (Settings > About phone > Model number), and which network they are on might be helpful.

Right... more coffee!

No problem.

Yeah might be a carrier thing , RTT ,customizable service , hard to pinpoint.

You have dual sim?

 

[ironass]

You have dual sim?

Yes... the Global, Exynos, model, SM-G998B, all have dual SIM's.

Sorry I couldn't be more help.

 

[mustang7757]

Yes... the Global, Exynos, model, SM-G998B, all have dual SIM's.

Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Thats ok , thanks

 

[Mandy1963]

It's not at the top off screen

 

[Mandy1963]

Yes we both have s21

 

[B. Diddy]

Did you try testing it how I suggested back on 8/27?

 

[mustang7757]

Yes we both have s21

It might be a carrier thing or Samsung customizable services between Samsung devices.
Can try B. Diddy recommended also

 

[S3l3in]

Screenshot

Still can take a screenshot

I did an update on my galaxy s21 and now this showed up.

 

[mustang7757]

Re: Screenshot

I did an update on my galaxy s21 and now this showed up.

Hi welcome to AC!

I havnt used Samsung messages in some time , what about Google message app?