upside down question mark appearing where a return/enter would be in some texts

[Erica P]

Hi Tdjohnson7700, I just posted a reply at the end of this thread that I hope will help- I was having the exact same issue!

 

[sanpanico]

I recently switched from a Pixel to Galaxy s10e. I use Message + for both phones, and am only now receiving comments from only some text recipients asking why I am using Spanish punctuation! Users happen to also be Samsung owners, with different service providers. This situation doesn't happen with all users, regardless of carrier only some.
I've noticed that it occurs only when I've pressed Enter/Return, regardless of how many spaces (0, 1, 5..whatever...) are present. When I press Return, Message + starts my text on a new line and capitalizes the first word as if I've entered a period, or some other punctuation. Strange that it doesn't happen with all text recipients.
UPDATE: Switched from Message + to Messages no Spanish punctuation to same recipients, so it seems like it's a bug/glitch with Message + ?

 

[smithlpoole]

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 - Texting emojis to others w/o a Samsung show up as "????"

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and my emojis have been showing up in text messages as question marks (???). If it's a group text they show up, but texting a person w/o T-mobile and/or with an iphone, they show up as questions marks.

For the longest I'd google and but could not find a fix. Today I googled and read an article that mentioned the different languages of text messages and phones, and it mentioned Unicode. It didn't tell me to change anything, I just remember Unicode being one of the options under text message settings. So:

(1) I opened up my test messages,
(2) selecting the 3-dots in the upper right corner of the screen,
(3) picked Settings,
(4) More Settings,
(5) Text Messages, and
(6) Input Mode. The options are GSM Alphabet, Unicode and Automatic. Mine was set to GSM and I switched to Unicode.

I then texted my daughter, who has an iphone, and it appears switching to Unicode as the "Input Mode" worked. I specifically texted only 1-person with an iphone because my emojis NEVER work when I text one person, only when in a group. My texting a series of random emojis came through as emojis and NO LONGER as question marks (???).

I really hope this helps someone who has had the same issue.

Take care.

Sherry

 

[mustang7757]

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note 9 - Texting emojis to others w/o a Samsung show up as "????"

I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and my emojis have been showing up in text messages as question marks (???). If it's a group text they show up, but texting a person w/o T-mobile and/or with an iphone, they show up as questions marks.

For the longest I'd google and but could not find a fix. Today I googled and read an article that mentioned the different languages of text messages and phones, and it mentioned Unicode. It didn't tell me to change anything, I just remember Unicode being one of the options under text message settings. So:

(1) I opened up my test messages,
(2) selecting the 3-dots in the upper right corner of the screen,
(3) picked Settings,
(4) More Settings,
(5) Text Messages, and
(6) Input Mode. The options are GSM Alphabet, Unicode and Automatic. Mine was set to GSM and I switched to Unicode.

I then texted my daughter, who has an iphone, and it appears switching to Unicode as the "Input Mode" worked. I specifically texted only 1-person with an iphone because my emojis NEVER work when I text one person, only when in a group. My texting a series of random emojis came through as emojis and NO LONGER as question marks (???).

I really hope this helps someone who has had the same issue.

Take care.

Sherry

Hi welcome !

You using stock message app? You tried see if this problem happens on Google message?