Hello everybody. I have a similar problem on my Galaxy core running Android 4.2.2.
Just done a factory-reset, non apps on phone, no threads in messages, clean phone. I tried SIMs from two different operators (3 and TIM), and with both operators SMS are received on SIM. Problem is that after a while, SIM becomes full and does not accept anymore text messages without alerts. Once SIM is cleaned up from text messages, incoming SMS are received regularly. I checked both with 3 Mobile support and with Samsung support, but they are answering it's not their fault....
Any suggestion about how to avoid text messages to be saved on SIM ? Alternatively, do you have any suggestion to automatically delete SMS from SIM ?
THANKS !!