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HELP! Strange Text Messages When Voicemail Left

Hi, everytime someone leaves a voicemail a get a blank text message and the sender is - a an underscore followed by @ (eg [email protected]) then when I have listened to the message and deleted it I get another blank text message where the sender is a triangle followed by @
This is so annoying does anyone know how to switch this off ?

I used to get this on a 6.5 build 23016 version.
Not had any messages left on this official Leo rom yet so don't know if it happens.

Mine does this too, are you on Orange? Another phone of mine did this and I found a reg tweak to fix it, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was!!!???

Install SDKCerts first and then SMS Providers cab and should be good to go.
- CAN CONFIRM THIS DOESNT WORK - TRIED IT ON MY LEO STOCK ROM ORANGE UK. USED TO GET THE @ sms instead of voicemail notification, installed the sms providers cab and now I get no notification at all. I remember this happening to me on my M700 and can't for the life of me remember how I got it fixed.

Hang on a mo - just tried it myself and now getting no notification at all - not even the @

Only time I got this was when I had VVM from my blackberry bold, and went to a HTC phone...once I removed VVM(called ATT)I no longer had this issuse

chrisnash said:
Install SDKCerts first and then SMS Providers cab and should be good to go.
- CAN CONFIRM THIS DOESNT WORK - TRIED IT ON MY LEO STOCK ROM ORANGE UK. USED TO GET THE @ sms instead of voicemail notification, installed the sms providers cab and now I get no notification at all. I remember this happening to me on my M700 and can't for the life of me remember how I got it fixed.
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Hi, I did try this the strange text messages stopped but it seemed to stop any text messages being received.

Same for me - hard reset coming up :-(

Yes- I can confirm that installing this or the Rabdo Orange Customisation cab totally kills any SMS receiving, though the system still thinks the message has been received as the sender gets a 'Delivered' report.
Needs a hard reset to fix

I'm getting this with an unlocked O2 HD2 using an Orange contract sim.
I have tried a hard reset and I still have the problem. I also have the voicemail icon permanently in my notifications even though I have deleted all my voicemails
Anybody got anymore suggestions or a possible fix?
Cheers.

Anybody able to help?
Cheers.

Answer phone issue
Hmm,
I get the same and am on Orange UK. A [email protected] is to tell the phone a new message is waiting, a _Triangle tells the phone either no messages OR minus 1 from the message count.
For the 1st week I had the spool stuck on the phone even when no messages where waiting, so I had to put the simm in another phone, left a message on it and then deleted it. Spool disappeared.
Moved the simm back to the HD2 and hey presto - spool still gone. But now it doesn't come on when I have a message, I just get a [email protected] message.
At least I know I have a VM waiting but its flipping annoying.
I presume the phone interprets these SMSes and is suppose to action them.
I'm SURE I've done a hard reset to no avail.
A HTC bug I fear. Worked OK on my Touch HD.
Anyone got a solution yet? Anyone talked to Orange? The guys I talked to were perplexed.
Grrrrrr

Hi,
To get rid of the spool, leave yourself a message and put the simm in another phone.
Delete the message. Switch the phone off and back on, (wait to boot) then back off again. Then put the simm back in the HD2.
I think you need to reboot the 2nd phone with the simm in after deletion to make sure its gone.
Worked for me.

HELP - new HD2 voicemail status icon stuck

Hi,
Hopefully one of you guys may be able to help.
I've just upgraded to a HD2 from my old Diamond. It seems ever since I've had this handset (3days now) there's a status icon always showing that I have a voicemail but when I check I have none and neither do I have any messages in the 'voicemail inbox'.
Tmobile have re-created the voicemail box which cured it for a few hours only for it to come back!!!
Tmobile are suggesting that my SIM card is too old and needs replacing. Before I go and do that has anybody here had a similar problem and maybe found a solution?
Cheers.

hiya,
did you get this sorted? im having the same issue

Voicemail stuck
It seems (I think) that if I leave myself a message and then go into voicemail, clear it but stay on the line until the voicemail icon disappears then its cleared but only till the next time I reset the phone and then its back! Best I've got so far...and haven't got the SIM replaced yet but I think that seems doubtful anyway!!
It seems it may be a 'feature' of the ROM I have (1.43) but I'm a little loathed to update the ROM as its tied to Tmobile. What ROM are you?
Cheers,
John

I have exactly the same issue with an Unlocked Toshiba TG01 (originally on Orange) running Windows Mobile 6.5, on T-Mobile UK.
It's rather annoying

Give your service provider ( t-mobile, orange, o2 ect) a call and there can reset your voice mail box.
There will leave you a message and then you hear it and delete it and restart the device and the icon disappears
Hope that works

I have this problem now - I had a voicemail from my old provider and didn't pick it up.
Now got a new provider and the voicemail icon is stuck. I can't get a reset though as my current provider doesn't even offer voicemail!!
Any ideas?

Same Issue
I've got an AT&T HTC Pure and I use YouMail.com.
I have no saved messages, no current messages. I've tried adding a message and deleting it and stil the phone says I have 1 new voicemail.
I have even hard-reset the device and no change. Oh, yeah, I also tried changing the voicemail info. back top AT&T. Still says 1.
Very frustrating.

I have a different problem.
Whenever I get a voicemail I cannot access it by calling my number.
Help please.

Hello
Who is you network service provider
THanks

Try this:
For the longest time my HTC Touch Pro has told me I've got a voicemail, but it's wrong. I don't. It somehow got out of sync. The phone has a way to reset the voicemail indicator, but it's buried pretty well. How to reset the voicemail indicator of your Windows Mobile 6.1 device:
1. Hit the "Phone" button like you would to place a call.
2. Instead of dialing the number, tap "Menu".
3. Tap "Options".
4. Navigate to the "Services" tab.
5. Choose "Voicemail" from the list box.
6. Click "Get Settings..."
7. Hit the "Clear" button.
8. Press "ok" to close the window.
Your main screen should reflect this action immediately, and should not indicate that you have a voicemail!
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Hello,
Thank you for the instructions, however, my HTC 8925/WM6.1 does not seem to have any sort of "Clear" button, it just shows two textboxes, one with the SMSC number and the other with my VMB number.. The only options are to change/clear those text fields or click the "OK" box..
If anyone else has had the same issue, here are some workarounds:
Registry:
HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting\HiddenDeleteVM = 0
(DWORD, enables the "clear" button if it's not visible)
You can also go in and manually set the count:
HKCU\System\State\Messages\vmail\Line1\Unread\Count = 0
(DWORD, set it to 0 to clear the VM indicator once and for all)
Hope this helps!
^_^
-A-
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doesnt work !!

I had this same problem for a long time. I solved it by taking my SIM card out of my HD2 and putting it in another TMOUS phone. I found that I evidently had stored a voicemail on my SIM card, so I erased it. I had also been getting the infamous "129" text message that popped up on an almost daily basis. So, while I had my SIM card in the non-HD2 phone, I also looked for text messages, found one, and erased it. I then called TMOUS customer service, and they took me through a procedure they have for eliminating the "phantom" new voicemail messages. After my procedure and their procedure, problem solved! I no longer get New Voicemail prompts when none in fact exist, and I no longer get the "129" text messages.

Asquared said:
I had this same problem for a long time. I solved it by taking my SIM card out of my HD2 and putting it in another TMOUS phone. I found that I evidently had stored a voicemail on my SIM card, so I erased it. I had also been getting the infamous "129" text message that popped up on an almost daily basis. So, while I had my SIM card in the non-HD2 phone, I also looked for text messages, found one, and erased it. I then called TMOUS customer service, and they took me through a procedure they have for eliminating the "phantom" new voicemail messages. After my procedure and their procedure, problem solved! I no longer get New Voicemail prompts when none in fact exist, and I no longer get the "129" text messages.
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i dont think voicemail are stored on sim cards !! are they ???

backlashsid said:
i dont think voicemail are stored on sim cards !! are they ???
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I didn't think so either, but I gave it a try. I think the problem for me MAY have originated from my initial use of Visual Voicemail. I had no problem with either the "phantom" New Voicemail alert or the 129 text message when I initially started using my HD2. These problems arose for me after activating Visual Voicemail. Maybe it's that application which initially stored the vmail on the SIM (leading to a continuing New Voicemail alert when I thought I'd erased or saved all incoming voicemails), and the text message was the (Visual Voicemail) system's way of trying to let me know that I still had a voicemail message on the SIM??? Whatever may be the case, the method that I described in my post has worked fine for me. No more new vmail alerts when none in fact exist, and no more 129 text messages

TMO US: Haunting empty SMS message from number 129

Hi!
I noticed a weird thing on my HD2.
There is an empty SMS message from 129 number that shows up in the inbox. After deleting it, it keeps coming back after a relatively short period of time. I DO NOT get any notifications about new SMS messages, so it's likely that this is some sort of phantom message.
I have disabled HTC messaging app and disabled the HTC messaging service (so that new SMS notifications contain "Save as read" and "Dismiss" options) and installed "SMS patch" application (from one of the other threads here) so fix the SMS counter.
Anyone has same issue?

The mothership is coming for you....
Honestly though dont have a clue

Yeah, I get that too. I even replied to the text but, never got a response.

yup, ,mine to... can't delete it without it coming right back. Really strange

lol i thought it was only me

It has to do with visual voicemail.
I enabled it and began getting these. I then disabled them and I don't get them anymore

I noticed it a couple of times, but I've deleted it and it hasn't come back.
My visual voicemail is enabled and is working.

Looks like the mystery is solved. Thanks skylinepigeon.
I removed Visual Voicemail service from my T-Mobile account (as I don't really use it anyways), and this phantom message is not coming back anymore.

I got these everyday, when turn on the phone after it's fully charged. I been getting these before I got have Visual Voicemail service on my account.

Sorry to say it's not Visual Voicemail, i just switched over to the HD2 from a Mytouch didnt have VV on mytouch but I did get a 129 message also. I delated the google sync calander on my laptop thinking that was it and I have not gotten a 129 message yet

FenderGuy said:
Sorry to say it's not Visual Voicemail, i just switched over to the HD2 from a Mytouch didnt have VV on mytouch but I did get a 129 message also. I delated the google sync calander on my laptop thinking that was it and I have not gotten a 129 message yet
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Have you tried calling TMobile and asking thm to remove VVM from your account? Just because your previous phone didn't have VVM doesn't mean a SMS wasn't being sent out.
Also check http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-Touch-Pro2/message-from-129/td-p/171226 for some possible solutions.

I get this even after ditching VVM. It has to do with voicemail though. It only shows up for me if someone leaves me a voicemail or if I have any saved. What I do to get rid of it is open it up, transfer it from the sim to the phone, then delete it. And delete the voicemail(s), of course. I've called T-Mo numerous times about this too, they're aware of it & they claim they're working on it. Which I believe, because I used to not be able to delete it at all & now I can.

Me too!
vponomarev said:
Hi!
I noticed a weird thing on my HD2.
There is an empty SMS message from 129 number that shows up in the inbox. After deleting it, it keeps coming back after a relatively short period of time. I DO NOT get any notifications about new SMS messages, so it's likely that this is some sort of phantom message.
I have disabled HTC messaging app and disabled the HTC messaging service (so that new SMS notifications contain "Save as read" and "Dismiss" options) and installed "SMS patch" application (from one of the other threads here) so fix the SMS counter.
Anyone has same issue?
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I signed up for Micorsoft MyPhone syncronization, I wonder if it has something to do with syncing up the phone?

I'm getting these empty SMS from 129 every time my phone (Verizon LG G2 VS980) boots up. Does anyone know how to make it stop? I noticed that when I delete voice mails, I get these empty SMS from 129 as well. So I am convinced that they have something to do with voicemail. It seems that T-Mobile think that my phone needs these SMS but my phone does not and ended up showing these SMS to me. This only happens when I am running a custom ROM.

(129) text every reboot

never had this happen before anyone else ever have it happen

happened to me when i first got my hd2, heres what i did.
1.) call my hd2.
2.) leave a msg on voicemail
3.) on the hd2, call voicemail and delete it.
4.) profit. u should stop getting msgs from 129.

caffeinejunky said:
happened to me when i first got my hd2, heres what i did.
1.) call my hd2.
2.) leave a msg on voicemail
3.) on the hd2, call voicemail and delete it.
4.) profit. u should stop getting msgs from 129.
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thanks i've been getting this as well. will try this out.

Me too! I will try it out!
Wait, are you supposed to call your HD2 from another phone or just call your voicemail direct from your own HD2?

caffeinejunky said:
happened to me when i first got my hd2, heres what i did.
1.) call my hd2.
2.) leave a msg on voicemail
3.) on the hd2, call voicemail and delete it.
4.) profit. u should stop getting msgs from 129.
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Thanks for the tip, will try it.

before I installed a custom ROM, I would get a new voicemail icon and a txt from 129 upon every reboot.
after I installed the custom ROM, it stopped.

(129) text message every reboot
I believe this message has to do with Visual Voicemail. When I first got my HD2 and received voicemails, I didn't get this message. A few days later, I tried to activate Visual Voicemail. Couldn't get it to work. After that, everytime someone has left me a voicemail, sometime later I'd get a 129 text message with a time stamp of the same date and time I'd been left a voicemail. The 129 message reappears as long as you have ANY voicemails either in your inbox or even saved. You can clear them out, but the 129 message gets sent again when new voicemails are left.
I'd be willing to bet that the person that flashed a custom ROM didn't have Visual Voicemail in that custom ROM, and that's why, in their case, the problem went away.

no custom roms
running stock 2.13 and haven't used visual voice mail cause it lagged or i read about it lagging. i did accidentally open it and it said i needed a data plan to use it ?! hahah so i didnt work anyway, will try calling my phone i guess.

129
the txt message s from Microsoft My Phone program updating you data and it send you text letting you know it has updated you information

hcoria said:
the txt message s from Microsoft My Phone program updating you data and it send you text letting you know it has updated you information
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...No, it's from the T-Mobile USA voicemail system. Everytime I get a voicemail, I get a "hidden" 129 message, which I find only when I go into Message Tab > All Messages. In fact, it usually appears as a message saved on the SIM card, hence it can't be a MyPhone message because a regular MyPhone message would always save to phone memory.
I haven't gotten this to stop, but since I'm a frequent flasher, I guess my results could be different from someone who doesn't flash (I would probably need to do this for each flash). There's actually another supposed "fix" that involves going to my.t-mobile.com and going to some setting in the account that says something like "Don't give me updates for...voicemail, MMS, etc."

Yes, the 129 text message is from T-Mobile Visual Voicemail. To turn the service on/off, you need to contact T-Mobile Customer Service. (meaning, if you DID use it at one time, you need to call them to turn it off in order to get the texts to stop )

[Q] No SMS-notification when receiving a voicemail !?

Hi all,
Need some help here.
I've got my Omnia 7 for almost a year now. I always received an SMS notification when I got a new voicemail. Since recently this doesn't work anymore. I'm not sure when this stopped functioning.
I have recently updated to Mango. A while after that I applied the Samsung Mango update. I suspect one of those updates causes this, but I'm really not sure.
I do get other SMS messages.
I have tried to put my SIM in another phone, called myself, left a voicemail and got an SMS on that phone immediately. Also the other way around, I put another SIM in my phone, call the number of that SIM, leave a voicemail and I did not receive an SMS. This proves, the problem is with my Omnia 7.
I've tried Network Profile. Select another operator. Then select my own operator. Just to make sure all operator settings are applied.
I checked with my operator (dial voicemail and use menu). The SMS notification is enabled. I tried to disable the notification. Restarted the phone. Then enabled the notification again. Restarted the phone again. Still not working.
Anyone has another suggestion? Setting in diagnosis app? Registry setting?
Thanks a lot!!
Heathcliff74

It's a common bug, M$ is fixing it:
“There have been reports of issues centered around voice mail notification via SMS. This is a known issue and Microsoft have a fix available that will go out in the next possible Windows Phone update.”
http://crowdsupport.telstra.com/t5/...-p/7626/message-uid/7626/highlight/true#U7626

Ok. Cool! Thanks for the heads up! So it's not just me. There are some OEM updates planned for next week (read that on WMPowerUser.com). Maybe that will fix it. I read the temporary fix might be to delete the "sms conversation" from voicemail number after each message. Will try that. Maybe WP7 sees it as duplicates or something.
Ciao,
Heathcliff74

My pleasure
Can't wait for some more updates, Mango needs some polish.

This drove me nuts when i realized it was happening, couldn't for the life of me work out what was going on, rang my network and had them reset voice mail, didn't think it was a phone issue as all my other text msgs arrive fine. At least I know now >< very annoying bug as i use my phone for work and need to know if i have msgs on voice mail.

Have just been going through same arguments with Optus in Australia.
Discovered there was an SMS waaaaay down the list of threads from 321 (VoiceMail) that had one message in it with the current date and time acurately showing the current number of messages in my voice mail box.
It seems that it is somehow updating the previous SMS rather than sending it as a new one.
For a temporary work around I discovered if you delete the SMS thread from your Voicemail then the next notification will be treated as a new SMS and will indicate accordingly. Unfortunately you have to delete the thread every time a new Voicemail is received.

Heathcliff74 said:
Need some help here.
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Had to look twice when I saw it was you having trouble sir, a rarity!

Well Heathcliff, after some time I can finally tell you that there is an update available
Change your brand to TMO-DE, and a 7740 update will be waiting for you. Good luck!