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New SMS hotfix

What does the new HTC SMS Hotfix do?
Because i dont see the difference..

It allows you to reach out to your friends a family.

Noam23 said:
It allows you to reach out to your friends a family.
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That's not very helpful is it Noam23. You forgot to mention that keeping in touch has always been very important, and this update delivers just that: fast and reliable SMS messaging.

I downloaded the hotfix too and found out that when press 'send' your message blinks to show that it was successfully sent. Previously, my message resides in either 'out' or draft and there was no indication that the operation is successful.

I'm using V6 Test 1 Brians Taskbar and it seems that since the sms hotfix, my "new message" notification icon has reverted back to the default icon. All the other icons are as they should be. Anyone else noticed this? I did reinstall the taskbar at some point though, so for all i know it could have been this way since then. Perhaps needs another reinstall.

_tangent said:
I'm using V6 Test 1 Brians Taskbar and it seems that since the sms hotfix, my "new message" notification icon has reverted back to the default icon. All the other icons are as they should be. Anyone else noticed this? I did reinstall the taskbar at some point though, so for all i know it could have been this way since then. Perhaps needs another reinstall.
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Same here, I will try to reinstall it

speed200 said:
Same here, I will try to reinstall it
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Interesting! I'm not in a position to reinstall at the mo. It make any difference for you?

UPDATE: I was talking nonsense - i have the cab on my storage card. Have uninstalled and reinstalled the taskbar, and the problem has gone away - back to the correct sms bubble thingy

Noam23 said:
It allows you to reach out to your friends a family.
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That brought a smile to my face!

johncmolyneux said:
That's not very helpful is it Noam23. You forgot to mention that keeping in touch has always been very important, and this update delivers just that: fast and reliable SMS messaging.
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Brilliant reply!

good ones made my day better

Hi All,
fix installed on 1.61 but... sms are still going to the outbox a stay there... dam... I tried two times and the same result.
Anyone with the same problem?
too bad...

noazzz said:
Hi All,
fix installed on 1.61 but... sms are still going to the outbox a stay there... dam... I tried two times and the same result.
Anyone with the same problem?
too bad...
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From HTC support website,
*Note: This update is only applicable to ROM version is equal to 1.49.XXX.X, or lower. *
I don't think the sms hot fix is meant for ROM1.61. Should be integrated within 1.61.

Noam23 said:
It allows you to reach out to your friends a family.
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thats just mean bro! - but i could not help LMFAO

HD2 new email green blinking light

have anyone face problem with the green LED that should blink when new email arrives? all others like missed call, SMS works ok.
HTC support did not give me any real answer.
tried some tweaks but it is still not working.
any idea?

This doesn't work on anyone's HD2, regardless of ROM afaik. Plenty of folks have contacted HTC about it, but they have yet to officially acknowledge the problem, much less try to fix it.
Only 2 workarounds I'm aware of:
-use PhoneAlarm . The developer has made a special beta version that enables the blinking light.
-use this app by Netripper that makes the keypad LEDs light up when a new email arrives.

Thanks for information since HTC claims in their reply to me that all is OK with their SW and it works, which is not true.

Yeah, I had a big row with them about it.
They just kept claiming that if I sent my HD2 back to them they could flash it and fix it. They promised that they had it working on their handset.
I didn't want to send my unit back so they won this round

same situation with me but i would probably visit Taiwan soon and creat direct contact with their HQ so let's see how they respond once it comes from the mngmnt.

Cool! Go pound on their frigging desks for me, too!

it works for me and i just changed back to stock rom?
using 1.66

druskies said:
it works for me and i just changed back to stock rom?
using 1.66
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You're saying that you can change the settings in Sounds and Notifications to set the LED to flash for a certain number of minutes if you receive a new email?

druskies said:
it works for me and i just changed back to stock rom?
using 1.66
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New email, not SMS, not voicemail . . . right?
(thinking maybe he works for HTC support, as they say theirs works just fine too...)

druskies said:
it works for me and i just changed back to stock rom?
using 1.66
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It surely doesnt! Send yourself an Email right now and tell me again, that your LED next to the earpiece is flashing green...

its a shame because i will be returning my device for this reason. PA didnt work at all netrippers program works somewhat but the email has to be read in order cor the keypad fo stop blinking and thebother provram worms great 70% of the time but has too many bugs. that plus the slow loadingg music player is just too much i love winmo but i have learned to live with Android

checked it in the HQ during my visit there in Taiwan and they just told me that it works but when i asked to approach the support and show them it doesn't so they would fix it in my phone they just ignored and refused to meet me with 1 million excuses why not....
so the green led won't work for emails notification in my phone and with such working method in the HQ of HTC, i think that the Leo is my last HTC phone. :-(

Without a doubt they knew of this problem before the release. Even using android I'm still stuck supporting HTC. r

flexte said:
its a shame because i will be returning my device for this reason. PA didnt work at
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PhoneAlarm works perfect on my HD2. You just have to install version 2.32 build 405 (final). Version 2.40 didn't work on mine either.

That version worked for me as well but at least 2 out of 50 email faied to notify..

This was definitely my top gripe for a long time. Penguin over at PhoneAlarm wrote the modifications to fire the green LED when a new mail comes in. Since then, some of the clever folks over here at XDA have written their own apps to make this work.
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636439&page=14 This makes your keypad buttons blink when a new email arrives. Pretty clever, and works great.
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647875 (haven't tried this myself)

I do not like that all the kepad will look like X-MAS tree so i won't install the workaround app.
I gave up this issue and last week switched to Motorola Milestone....
You should try this Android and you would understand how far behind is the Leo

A few bugs ive noticed... Any fixes?

Hello, i am running 1.66 rom on a generic htc hd2 with a t-mobile contract.
I cant update to the very latest rom because theyve only released it for branded phones!
The first bug ive comes across is the Facebook profile pictures in my favourites list sometimes switch around betweeen different people, so say joe's profile picture appears on bills name! happens every so often, and its very irritating. the only solution is to delete both contacts and re enter them into the phone!
The second is when im texting, at the start of the text, after i have done a few characters, sometimes it scrolls up to the last text and selects it, meaning i can still type, but i cant see what im typing, the keyboard covers everything im typing.
Incredibly irritating, i then have to minimize the keyboard, then maximize it aagain.
Also, a new occurance, when i switch on my phone it says launching htc sence and stays there for ages, when i click the cross, i get onto my phone, its as if sence had already loaded and just not removing the message.
The next thing is the wifi, is it meant to switch off affter a while? my battery went from 100 percent to 0 in about 5 hours! (not even joking) i just leaave it off now..
OOh and whilst im at it, one more thing. Can you sync your emails over data conneection? It always displays 'synchronisation error' when ever i try to sync over data connection, but on wifi it connects and downloads perfectly!
Any ideas on any of these issues? has anyone else experienced them?
thanks in advance

stevemilw said:
I cant update to the very latest rom because theyve only released it for branded phones!
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Flash a custom ROM, they are far superior.
stevemilw said:
The first bug ive comes across is the Facebook profile pictures in my favourites list sometimes switch around betweeen different people, so say joe's profile picture appears on bills name! happens every so often, and its very irritating. the only solution is to delete both contacts and re enter them into the phone!
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I don't use the Facebook app as it is absolutely usless, but after a search I found this -'Go into all people then select your contact. Then select Edit Contact. Then press where the profile picture should be. A 'Set Contact Photo' option should pop up. Next to the Facebook profile it should have a downloading icon. Once that was done i selected Facebook Profile and all was working.'
stevemilw said:
The second is when im texting, at the start of the text, after i have done a few characters, sometimes it scrolls up to the last text and selects it, meaning i can still type, but i cant see what im typing, the keyboard covers everything im typing.
Incredibly irritating, i then have to minimize the keyboard, then maximize it aagain.
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There is an SMS update from the HTC website, but I believe this just addresses SMS failure to deliver issues. However, flashing a custom ROM with 235xx (WM 6.5.x) will definately eliminate this problem, as it uses a different SMS application. I'd assume flashing a custom 21907 (WM 6.5) would fix it too.
stevemilw said:
Also, a new occurance, when i switch on my phone it says launching htc sence and stays there for ages, when i click the cross, i get onto my phone, its as if sence had already loaded and just not removing the message.
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I get this from time to time on my Energy ROM, I don't know what causes it, it doesn't really bother me.
stevemilw said:
The next thing is the wifi, is it meant to switch off affter a while? my battery went from 100 percent to 0 in about 5 hours! (not even joking) i just leaave it off now..
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I am assuming you have BSB Tweaks installed? If so you have the 'Wifi Standby' option in Connections selected on. If you don't have it, download it and make sure it's disabled.
stevemilw said:
OOh and whilst im at it, one more thing. Can you sync your emails over data conneection? It always displays 'synchronisation error' when ever i try to sync over data connection, but on wifi it connects and downloads perfectly!
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I've done a search using the forums search function, (hint hint) and found this it seems to have helped someone with this same problem with their HD2.

stevemilw said:
The second is when im texting, at the start of the text, after i have done a few characters, sometimes it scrolls up to the last text and selects it, meaning i can still type, but i cant see what im typing, the keyboard covers everything im typing.
Incredibly irritating, i then have to minimize the keyboard, then maximize it aagain.
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I get this regularly (and also having the keyboard go mental sometimes, switching character sets, entering characters when I'm trying to backspace etc). Seems worse when the phone's hot or when I'm outside and it's windy! But that might just be a coincidence.
I actually sent the phone back to HTC a month or two ago (their customer service was fantastic btw - picked up the phone on a Monday, I had it back by Friday all by courier).
There was a note in there saying they'd reconnected the touchscreen. Everything seemed okay for a while but it's doing it again (I've never dropped the phone or anything). Wonder if it's a loose connector or something.
Mine's unbranded, so I'm waiting for the next ROM update (currently 1.66). If that doesn't fix it I'll ask for a replacement phone (not a fixed one).

There is an SMS update from the HTC website, but I believe this just addresses SMS failure to deliver issues. However, flashing a custom ROM with 235xx (WM 6.5.x) will definately eliminate this problem, as it uses a different SMS application. I'd assume flashing a custom 21907 (WM 6.5) would fix it too.
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thanks for the help! You say i would benefit from flashing a custom rom 235xx, what type of rom is that? for instance you have energy rom etc. Sorry if im sounding like a noob, but i like the original layout of my hd2, and dont want too change it too much if possible, but i would like the performance increases that come with it. thanks

stevemilw said:
thanks for the help! You say i would benefit from flashing a custom rom 235xx, what type of rom is that? for instance you have energy rom etc. Sorry if im sounding like a noob, but i like the original layout of my hd2, and dont want too change it too much if possible, but i would like the performance increases that come with it. thanks
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253xx puts the Start button at the bottom of the screen and makes menus and scroll bars bigger, it's called WM 6.5.x.
219xx is the stock look with the Start button at the top and no so finger friendly menu systems.
That's the basics of the differences between them both.

ok thanks i think ill installl standard reference energy rom 235xx one.
Do i need to change my radio before i flash? i have hspl installed.
The reason being is that i have changed the radio rom before and the signal was no where near as good as the stock radio rom. So i flashed back.

stevemilw said:
ok thanks i think ill installl standard reference energy rom 235xx one.
Do i need to change my radio before i flash? i have hspl installed.
The reason being is that i have changed the radio rom before and the signal was no where near as good as the stock radio rom. So i flashed back.
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If you have an international HD2 you have to install a 2.xx.50.xx radio before you flash the Energy ROM. if you leave a 2.xx.51.xx radio on the device you'll brick it.

ok thanks, im gonna update the rom now. The rom i have currently is far superior, but i will flash anyway and make the compromise.
Thanks

flangepiece said:
There was a note in there saying they'd reconnected the touchscreen. Everything seemed okay for a while but it's doing it again (I've never dropped the phone or anything). Wonder if it's a loose connector or something.
Mine's unbranded, so I'm waiting for the next ROM update (currently 1.66). If that doesn't fix it I'll ask for a replacement phone (not a fixed one).
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Thank you for your feedback!
And also thank you the OP who posted about that SMS problem- which I kept reporting with no echoes.
1) Yeah "reconnected the touchscreen" my @ss. That problem was fixed as soon as I changed ROM.
2) "theres a patch for problem with SMS", my @ss, I installed it did not fix anything- Also, if you read the rom's releases notes everything is "fixing the sms". They forget to mention that they moved the "task manager" in rom 1.66 and changed a few other things-
3) i still had lot of bugs with that rom and device. Now some of them are removed and I'm using Artemis 22A- A few bugs but all minor so far- so I finally start to "enjo..."erm hard word to say after so many months of troubles.
4) also for the "quietly brilliant support" you mention, I would not be so happy if you really knows what happens there: it's likely they will swap your device with 2nd hand device as they discontinued the manufacture of new devices. Also they had shortage of 1 part and they took it from random devices...
My point is you also risk to get 2nd spares part or the whole 2nd hand part... not too nice as it does not means that the original fault/flaw is fixed, and its gambling until your warranty expires...

"NEW SMS function update" 07/05/10 on UK-site!

Hi guys has anyone tried that update/hotfix? http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=297&cat=0&dl_id=812
Is this actually a hotfix or is it again some Radio or sth. like that? I don't trust HTC's descriptions anymore...
Can't load it atm. BTW it is called "LEO_S00276-02.exe".
Cheers
EDIT: Can only load it from US-server, don't have any clue why...
EDIT2: it's around 15MB, so it should be for me again a radio... my mobile connection is awful, so I need still some time to load it...
EDIT3: it's not a RADIO...

It was released 5 months ago, you can be sure that people here have tried it
I have no idea what it did when I ran it. Honestly, no idea, nothing changed
There are already threads with this discussed.
My advice is to remove the HTC messaging app completely.

bbobeckyj said:
It was released 5 months ago, you can be sure that people here have tried it
I have no idea what it did when I ran it. Honestly, no idea, nothing changed
There are already threads with this discussed.
My advice is to remove the HTC messaging app completely.
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mmmmmmmmmm not sure: on the italian site the old new sms update disappeared and this same new one appeared today

I was sure it had a date from january in it earlier today...

bbobeckyj said:
I was sure it had a date from january in it earlier today...
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nope... 5 july... anyone rembers the filename of the previous sms hotfix?

Just Dloaded same update on Philippines site. Installed it and also not sure what it updated. Hope it fixed the lag issue and the message highlighting that is very annoying.

thegios said:
nope... 5 july... anyone rembers the filename of the previous sms hotfix?
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That is a new file name. I do not recognise it. I have the released HTC Messaging 1.8 from this forum, and eventhough the MMS doesnt work properly I dont fancy deploying a new and official update LOL.
EDIT: This update is for the HD Mini, not the HD2!

morpheus1982 said:
That is a new file name. I do not recognise it. I have the released HTC Messaging 1.8 from this forum, and eventhough the MMS doesnt work properly I dont fancy deploying a new and official update LOL.
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for me even sms was not working properly with 1.8 so i might give it a try to this new update

thegios said:
nope... 5 july... anyone rembers the filename of the previous sms hotfix?
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I think it was LEO08007

thegios said:
for me even sms was not working properly with 1.8 so i might give it a try to this new update
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This isnt new. The only new update is for the HD Mini. The link above is a hotfix from January.

morpheus1982 said:
This isnt new. The only new update is for the HD Mini. The link above is a hotfix from January.
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weird... not compatible with ur device... i hsve original 1.48 ita

thegios said:
weird... not compatible with ur device... i hsve original 1.48 ita
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Please clarify what you feel isnt compatible with my device?

morpheus1982 said:
This isnt new. The only new update is for the HD Mini. The link above is a hotfix from January.
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See the old SMS update a few posts above yours. This has a different filename so I think it is new.

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Please clarify what you feel isnt compatible with my device?
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I mean... when I try to install it says NOT COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR DEVICE

installed but dunno what iy has done
i downloaded it and not sure what it has done apart from take up 15mb of my phone storage, the lag is still the and the silly high light thing is still there, come on htc sort it out the only prob with our top end phone is the txting

HTC seem to be chaning a lot of dates on already submitted hotfxes lately it seems...

Well, but it should be new. I unpacked the EXE with WinRAR and there are lots of files edited within June, the latest edit was on June 26th. And the XML within clearly sais that there are lots of files replaced containing HTC messaging.

I only have 8Mb of internal storage left so I guess this update isn't for me, whether or not it's actually for the HD2 or not. It's strange, but I have the same applications installed on my iPAQ 214 and have many time as much on-board storage left. I suppose I'll have to wait for the next ROM update (laughs maniacally.)
Whatever, this is probably just another one of HTC's one day wonders. There have been other updates that have disappeared within a few days of appearing.

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I mean... when I try to install it says NOT COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR DEVICE
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Oh! I thought you meant MY device, not yours.

Hi,
I have the same update appearing under the French HD2 support page. The file is named _HTC HD2_LEO_S00276-02 and has a digital signature from June 25th.
Anyway, if it doesn't help with the lag, installing it would be useless.
Edit : There you go, it disappeared.

NEW HTC UPDATE for SMS enhancement

Hi everybody,
I read a lot about problems with the sms function, and I just noticed on HTC's website they have posted an upgrade for this problem in particular....
I saw I couldn't post the link here but you know how to get to the upgrade...
Just go to the HTC website and select the support section.
So I just thought i'd bring it to everybody's attention...my eyes are like a hawk attuned to HTC lol
Best of luck.
Joey

Can anyone tell me what problems these updates actually address? On the HTC website it just says SMS stability but doesn't explain more

We lost our files with the updates??

no no data will be erased, it's only a hotfix!

This hotfix will be unnecessary if you upgrade to the new ROM instead.

bart3385 said:
This hotfix will be unnecessary if you upgrade to the new ROM instead.
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Which version is the new ROM?

yixiar said:
Which version is the new ROM?
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New Asian ROM is version 1.36.707.3.
Old ROM version is 1.07.707.1.

I check my HTC hd mini, its ROM is 1.07.707.1 (85429) WWE
I am a little bit blur about this ROM update, can you pls tell me:
1. The difference/advantages of NEW ASIAN ROM vs OLD ROM
2. Can I download this new ROM from internet
Thank you & best regards
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New Asian ROM is version 1.36.707.3.
Old ROM version is 1.07.707.1.
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ROM update is like firmware update. They try to root out bugs or improve performance from the older version.
Yes, you can download the new ROM from htc.com. go to support link. You need to provide your phone serial number, just to check if this ROM is compatible to your device.

bart3385 said:
ROM update is like firmware update. They try to root out bugs or improve performance from the older version.
Yes, you can download the new ROM from htc.com. go to support link. You need to provide your phone serial number, just to check if this ROM is compatible to your device.
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Thank you. I'm downloading now.
Best regards,

I am having really big issues with SMS handling.
I do have the 1.36 update and also have the SMS-hotfix.
I have imported aproximately 3000 SMS via MyPhone.
When replying to an SMS it takes on average 5-6 seconds before I can start writing. Is this normal? If a contact has alot of SMS's, then it takes even longer...

Apparently, HTC Messages is designed for less than 100 messages only.
I've lodged my complaint on HTC Support.
I encourage you, and everybody, to register complaints of this dismal messaging app.
It's the only way to get HTC's attention. And force them to do something about it.

I just got an answer from HTC support. Appearently all SMS, etc is stored in internal memory, so the more stuff you got in there, the slower the device gets. Guess I just have to start deleting...

Err, ah....
I was thinking of upgrading the ROM to the 1.36 and went to the HTC download page. There I found these versions available: Greece: 1.36.482.1, Portugal: 1.36.410.1, France: 1.36.406.1, Denmark: 1.36.403.1, Italy: 1.36.408.1, Europe: 1.36.401.1, Spain: 1.36.412.1, Russian Federation: 1.36.411.1, Sweden: 1.36.413.1, Germany: 1.36.407.1, Nederland: 1.36.404.1, East Europe: 1.36.479.1, Norway: 1.36.409.1. So what's the difference and how do I know which one to choose as I am not in one of the country's specifically named. I guess I could go for "Europe" but I must admit to being a tad confused.
Can somebody inform me?
Thanks

which country are you actually in?

Hungary and I do NOT speak the language. )

Laterman2 said:
I just got an answer from HTC support. Appearently all SMS, etc is stored in internal memory, so the more stuff you got in there, the slower the device gets. Guess I just have to start deleting...
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That's not it. HTC messaging is slow even if you have 30 messages. Normal Windows Mobile phone should handle several thousands of messages, before there will be any slow down. My previous phone, Asus P750 with only 64mb ram, can handle in excess of 20,000 messages, before it started to have a slight slow down. If HTC can't handle 20,000 messages, that's ok. We're not asking that much. But at least it should be able to handle 5,000 or 6,000 without any slow down. At the worst of the worst, it should be able to handle 3,000. Like any other windows mobile phone can.
SO don't swallow that BS explanation of HTC. It's wrong. There's something wrong with HTC messaging. THey'll have to admit it first, before we can expect them to dig in and root out the bugs.
HTC customer support is very LAZY. Damn TOO LAZY. Always trying to squeeze into an easy way out. We should not let them get away with this.

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Hungary and I do NOT speak the language. )
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sorry can't help you with it.

I recently upgraded to the 1.36 ROM however the SMS hotfix doesnt seem to take now Ive upgraded.
Perhaps the latest ROM includes this SMS hotfix?
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okay the hotfix appears to take when run from my storage card!

sms notification sound
I have a new problem with the sms!! When the screen turn off when I am not using the Phone there is no any notification that I received a new message!! But if someone call me the screen turn on and I hear the ring tone.
Any idea about that