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O2 Atom Exec - text message length

Any one know if you can change the text message character length?
Most new phones have a maximum of 400 characters or something, my atom only allows 160 characters.

Is it not allowing you to write more than 160 characters?

Default is 160 characters per text message, looks like it cannot be altered (well anyway, I didn't see that option in SKTools).

But of course you should be able to send SMS way more than 160 characters.

Yeah I can like as long an SMS as I want but it's broken into 160 character parts to be sent. That's how SMS is done by carriers I think.

yeah if u type more than 160 characters it'll send as 2 messages and so on. But i can receive text messages longer than 160 as one message.

Standard SMS per message for any phone is 160 char.
O2 Atom Exec allows you to type more than 160...which means u are being bill more than 1 sms as long u write more than 160...
if say u type 200... the other party will receive 200...on the back-end of the telecom will take it as 2 sms...

[APP] ShrinkSMS { send sms over 160 chars and pays for 1 sms }

I just found a super cool apps that i want to share.
"ShrinkSms is a new windows mobile messaging application which can save you money when sending long SMS messages.
As the maximum length of SMS is 160 characters (English language) , each message longer then that will result in sending
two or more SMS messages and as a result higher payment.
ShrinkSms came to solve this issue with a 50% statistically compression rate."
ShrinkSMS HomePage

for sure the recipient must also have this software to decode your message?
Unless they native speak compress language

"Next version will include the following:
New Shrinking option which will not require the application at the recipient side."

sms app with character coding change

Hello,
I search aplication for sms with options for convert change text coding from national to "simple" asci.
If I use T9, I use national character and length of sms is only 60 char. But I want use full 160 char. sms.
On my old "stupid" phone is this option in sms setting. Is this posible in android or sms app?
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[Q]Hangouts sms and strip unicode

Hi
Is there any option to strip Unicode in hangouts sms?

I think only chance to strip unicode is to set keyboard allows you to do that. For now Hangouts with SMS is useless to me because I want to use my national fonts in other apps skip it only in sms.

SMS Character Encoding Settings

When I sent texts in Greek, at a minimum the letters become upper case at the recipient and sometimes they become gibberish for some recipients. I have zero problems receiving texts.
My friend is on the same AT&T plan/service and there are no problems with a Motorolla phone, so it must be something with the H910.
Is there a setting somewhere (or app) that I can adjust the character encoding of SMS messages? Using the Google Messages app, I can set "Use simple characters" but is not helping. I haven't found anything in the hidden menu either.