Hi,
when i use the ' character in a sms, my ameo only allows up to 70 characters.
Anyone with the same experience or how to solve this? I just want to avoid paying for 2 or more messages although my message is less the 160 characters.
Thanks, best regards,
tsfnet
How about other character than ' ? Why would you use 70 ' in SMS?
I'm unable to replicate this problem on my UK Ameo. Maybe a bug in the German edition, or perhaps something odd with your device. Can you confirm its the ' on the 'z' key on the Ameo Keyboard?
messaging>text messages>menu>tools>options>text messages>use unicode when....
untick this
Problem solved, thanks
fallenczar said:
messaging>text messages>menu>tools>options>text messages>use unicode when....
untick this
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Yup, that's it ... many thanks
I'd noticed that sometimes mine was going over to a second message way before 160 chars - as I have more texts in my bundle than I'll ever use it didn't really bother me but have now unchecked the unicode box - thanks fallenczar
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Just got a new XDA2 and I'm having a strange problem with text messages. I send a text as a single message ( less than 160 characters ) but at the other end it arrives as three seperate texts. The message appears to be broken up randomly, often broken in mid word. This has happened with messages sent to several different people including one on O2 like me so it seems its not a cross network problem. I've tried changing the phone for a new one and that didint solve it and if I use the same sim card in my old T68i everything is fine... Anyone else experieneced this ?? Any advice very welcome as O2 dont seem to have a clue...
gavin :?
actionphoto said:
Just got a new XDA2 and I'm having a strange problem with text messages. I send a text as a single message ( less than 160 characters ) but at the other end it arrives as three seperate texts. The message appears to be broken up randomly, often broken in mid word. This has happened with messages sent to several different people including one on O2 like me so it seems its not a cross network problem. I've tried changing the phone for a new one and that didint solve it and if I use the same sim card in my old T68i everything is fine... Anyone else experieneced this ?? Any advice very welcome as O2 dont seem to have a clue...
gavin :?
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Hi Gavin!
Same problem here , what extras are you running? I have battery pack 2004, MS voice, Games pack 2. then in my inbox 112 sms, sent items 107. also running check notifications. Sound more like an O2 problem :evil: . Anyway let me know if you managed to resolve the problem!
MerryXmas & Happy New Year! :lol:
Kind regards :wink: Jim.
I also had this problem with my MDA II, but only once. Since then, (and even after at least 6 Hard Resets) everything seems to work out fine.
Don't know what causes this problem, but maybe it helps you to know that I had this one in spite of using t-mobile.
MDA II
I dont know if this is related but when I use ' even at less than 160 the messages become split into 2 or more. But when i remove the ' it goes back to the original unsplit form, so I avoid using ' in my sms.
It IS related, as that is the fault. If you do a search on these forums you'll find lots of posts about this...I've posted a few times myself.
You say you bought a new XDA2, I'd be interested in knowing whether this is NEW or new to YOU...in either case does the phone have IntelliPad and IntelliDialer installed? If so, then that would further back up my theory that it's the dictionary that IntelliPad, in particular, uses and causes the old unicode problem.
As advised before on these forums, try going to Inbox > Accounts > Accounts - SMS > "Send SMS messages using UniCode when necessary", and choose No on this option.
See if that helps.
Cheers
Anthony
hey guys
I had this problem for sooo long and really annoyed my girlfriend, lol!
But the solution is: Goto Settings => input => Wod Completion and turn of ' Replace text as you type'. It splits the message beacause as you type a word like "Im" it automaticlly changes it to "I'm" however the apostrophe in the middle is the curly kind n for some reason isnt supported by SMS. So as long as you send txts with striaght instead of curly apostrophes you should be fine. (well it worked for me! )
Alv
Yeah well the topic explains itself, I use the 2.06.00WWE rom on my XDA II and when I text someone it sends 2 messages before I even type 160characters, I remember a LONG time ago there was a topic on how to fix this but I don't remember, someone please help!
imablackhat,
Man you've got a nice sounding nickname, pls be by no means offended I really like it much better than mine
You're right there's a thread about it & can't remember which one, but I gues you're unicode characters or other special ones which occupy two bytes instead of one.
Know what i mean?
Regards, M
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when I text someone it sends 2 messages before I even type 160characters
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This happens when you use characters in your message which require unicode.
The standard SMS message only allows for approx. 70 chars/SMS in unicode.
Avoid unicode chars when writing SMS and check the counter which tells you exactly how many chars you have left and how many SMS will be sent.
Sascha
usually occurs when a word gets auto-corrected to include an apostrophe, eg when you type dont and it corrects it to don't, the ' screwes up the whole message. if you type don't yourself manually, then its fine, but the autocorrect is the main problem..
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usually occurs when a word gets auto-corrected to include an apostrophe, eg when you type dont and it corrects it to don't, the ' screwes up the whole message. if you type don't yourself manually, then its fine, but the autocorrect is the main problem..
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Bad example since don't does not trigger unicode.
On the other hand don´t or don`t will trigger unicode.
It depends on the exact character used und it is clearly shown by the messaging application.
So check it before sending.
Sascha
well if you read my message, i explicitely said it was when dont was autocorrected to don't. the ` or whatever character looks the same on the pda screen
As a few of you know i have only just got my Magician, and i have been using it for the last few days and i have to say that i love it i really do, but i do have one problem, when replying to an sms message the counter starts at 160 but then after writing a line or so it drops to 70! So for a 160 letter sms it sends it in two messages of 70! :shock:
Anyone got any ideas on what that might be?
i had the same problem too.. except after 3 messages it split to 3 messages for 112 charachters... was confused too....
jaso2005 said:
As a few of you know i have only just got my Magician, and i have been using it for the last few days and i have to say that i love it i really do, but i do have one problem, when replying to an sms message the counter starts at 160 but then after writing a line or so it drops to 70! So for a 160 letter sms it sends it in two messages of 70! :shock:
Anyone got any ideas on what that might be?
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Please check to see if you use any dobule byte character in your SMS. This might be the cause.
Michael
Hey guys this is due to the fact that when you write the SMSs you are including UNICODE characters such as ' " etc....
Due to the fact that these characters are encoded differently to standard characters, the SMS application has to reduce the number of characters in the sms and hence only allows 70 characters per sms.......which could mean that you send a short sms or send the sms split up! This can cost you a lot!!!
You have two options........
1/ Turn off Unicode characters
- this is done by; from you SMS inbox -> Tools -> Options -> Accounts Tab -> Click on * Text Messages -> un-tick the 'Use Unicode when necessary' -> then OK.
2/ Make sure that you don’t use Unicode characters
hope this helps!!
you can also turn unicode and double-byte characters off as well.
in messaging app, tap accounts, and then accounts
tap text messages, and then untick use unicode when necessary.
This still allows you to type in the extra characters, but wether it sends them or not, I dont know (being an uneducated englishman, i only speak english so never use those characters!)
this place just never seases to amaze me! Thanks very much guys you all deserve a star! :lol:
if you donate 5 euros then u get a star lol :lol:
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if you donate 5 euros then u get a star lol :lol:
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I have the same problem because i want to write sms in greek, but when i turn off the unicode the message fonts cannot be recognized by greek phones. Is there any other solution to this problem.
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I have the same problem because i want to write sms in greek, but when i turn off the unicode the message fonts cannot be recognized by greek phones. Is there any other solution to this problem.
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No, because greek characters are in the extended unicode set, not the default characters.
but how come we can send 160char greek sms with other phones ?
perhaps there is a keyboard mapping that doesn't use unicode...
woh guys!! I wondered why my qtek S110 did wierd stuff.. it's all ok now thanks to you!! CHEEERS!! ;o)
mapas said:
but how come we can send 160char greek sms with other phones ? perhaps there is a keyboard mapping that doesn't use unicode...
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In the default 7-bit SMS alphabet, the greek letters that do not have a latin equivalent (say beta -> B) or omomorph (say rho -> P) letter, that is delta, phi, gamma, lambda, omega, pi, psi, sigma theta and xi are available, but you can't chose between upper and lower case. The official character set only supports UPPER case...
There are a few semistandard for dealing with upper and lower cases, but it's quite likely that the sms application on windows mobile can't deal with either.
but with the greek keyboard it works!!!!!
only with the phone pad not......
How about Chinese characters?
When I start a new SMS it appears 160 remaining characters. It's when I have to choose the recipient, but when I begin writing the remainig number of characters changes to only 70, so If I write 71 or more, there are at least 2 SMS to send...
Why only 70 characters?
Is there any way to increase the longitude of them?
some special characters can do that, like accents or brackets etc. Try not to use them
Hi
This use to happen on some smartphones that I used to have.
Try unchecking the 'Use unicode when neccesary' box
In Messaging select Tools--->Options--->Tap text Messages.
Let me know the outcome
Regards
S.K.
silent_killa said:
Hi
This use to happen on some smartphones that I used to have.
Try unchecking the 'Use unicode when neccesary' box
In Messaging select Tools--->Options--->Tap text Messages.
Let me know the outcome
Regards
S.K.
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I've just unchecked this option. I'll communicate the result.
Thank you.
PERFECT!!!
Now SMS's become 160 characters again.
Thank you.
I've seen this happen on phones if the auto correct feature is set to try and correct apostrophe characters (for example, changing its to it's )
Mariete said:
PERFECT!!!
Now SMS's become 160 characters again.
Thank you.
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Great, glad to be of help.
S.K.
Hello
Is there absolutely no way to get automatic capital letters when starting a sentence without deactivating HTC sense? I have tried searching, but cant find a definite answer. I really like TF3D, and this is my only problem with it. It seems that when i start a new message it works, but if i reply in a threaded message, it doesnt.
I have recently updated to Windows mobile 6.5 through HTC´s webpage, if that makes any difference.
If someone knows, I like to DEactivate capital letters after a "." in SMS!
so ... go to settings, all settings - get to input and the options. You have there: Capitalize first letter of sentence
Cheers
for win 6.5, all settings - personal - input and options
Thank you, but this solution does not work, when replying in a threaded message.
When i receive a message, I go to the "text-message" slide in HTC sense to view the message. Then i press the message to view the previous messages (thread), and write a reply. When writing the reply, Capital letters after . is not working even though i have activated the function mentioned above.
Any help? I can not believe that HTC cant fix this, it is so simple, and works on all other brand mobiles.
Anyone found a solution for this yet? For me this has also been an annoyance in using the reply function in threaded texting.
Thanks in advance.
this is absolutely true. ):
no news?????
No one knows how to solve the problem??
lionsecret said:
No one knows how to solve the problem??
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no news?????