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How to disable USSD notification balloon?

Hi all
I'm trying to develop a windows mobile 5 managed application on AT&T 8525 smart phone, and on a prepaid plan from AT&T.
Unfortunately, the prepaid plan sim generates notification messages about the current balance preriodically, and this happens even if my application is running!!!
Is there anyway to trap, disable, or surpress system notification through managed code, phone settings, or registry hack?
I spent some time playing around with the registry settings, especially those under: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications. However, I was not able to get it to work.
Note that the notification comes from the network as a USSD message.
I have been trying to find a solution for this problem for a while, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Stanley

I have been looking for a way to disable ignore get rid of etc etc of that annoying USSD message. If you come up with anything please shoot me an e-mail.
However... I have a nokia 5500 that I use with a prepaid sim sometimes and it does something wierd. Usually it will start ignoring the balance notification message. If I have the MP3 player going and I send and recieve texts through the nokia suite it will eventually stop showing the messages. Not sure why and my Nokia friend didn't know why either. It has to go through the whole thing again if you reboot the phone though. I'm afraid to upgrade the firmware as I might loos this really great feature.
But if you come across something let me know as I have been digging all over for a solution and there is almost no info on it out there other than frustrated customers.

hklm\services\ussd

Notification balloon suppression SOLVED
After much searching and tinkering I finally found a simple way to disable the annoying balance notification message that arrives after every data connection on the AT&T Pay As You Go service with a data package. This fix involves adding a single registry entry and it suppresses all USSD messages that originate from the carrier, even those that you might request manually.
Here is the registry change:
HLKM/ControlPanel/Phone
New value: SuppressUSSD := DWORD(1)
Add this value and (probably after a soft-reset) you will not be bothered with the $0.00 change notification messages.
-Kevin

Samsung Sync
I have this same problem with my Samsung Sync it is also prepaid. How do i disable the notifacation using Bitpim? or what is the program you used to disable it with.. Sorry I'm new to this and don't really understand what I'm doing.
Thanks

sdkevin said:
Here is the registry change:
HLKM/ControlPanel/Phone
New value: SuppressUSSD := DWORD(1)
Add this value and (probably after a soft-reset) you will not be bothered with the $0.00 change notification messages.
-Kevin
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Thank you!! Worked like a charm

Thanks
Many thank yous, worked for me as well. I called ATT before finding this and they told me there was no way to turn them off, looks like I have to spread the word now.

HLKM/ControlPanel/Phone
New value: SuppressUSSD := DWORD(1)
-Kevin[/QUOTE]
I am new to registry editing. I am going into the phone folder (using PHM), Selecting "New DWORD value," typing "SuppressUSSD" in the value name field, entering 1 in the value data field, and selecting decimal. I am still getting the popup notifications.
Sorry to ask such a newbie question, but what am I doing wrong?

help please.
sdkevin said:
After much searching and tinkering I finally found a simple way to disable the annoying balance notification message that arrives after every data connection on the AT&T Pay As You Go service with a data package. This fix involves adding a single registry entry and it suppresses all USSD messages that originate from the carrier, even those that you might request manually.
Here is the registry change:
HLKM/ControlPanel/Phone
New value: SuppressUSSD := DWORD(1)
Add this value and (probably after a soft-reset) you will not be bothered with the $0.00 change notification messages.
-Kevin
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is this something i have to do on the computer or on the phone? i need your help with this step by step. please reply asap. email at [email protected] if need be.

This would be on the Hermes. You can find a regedit tool by using the search function or just check in your programs directory (check all folders too, especially tools) as it may have been cooked in.
Cheers...

sdkevin said:
After much searching and tinkering I finally found a simple way to disable the annoying balance notification message that arrives after every data connection on the AT&T Pay As You Go service with a data package. This fix involves adding a single registry entry and it suppresses all USSD messages that originate from the carrier, even those that you might request manually.
Here is the registry change:
HLKM/ControlPanel/Phone
New value: SuppressUSSD := DWORD(1)
Add this value and (probably after a soft-reset) you will not be bothered with the $0.00 change notification messages.
-Kevin
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Thanks a lot, you made my day.

hello
could somebody explain this step by step please
i need it baaaaaad!

at &t notification
I have a blackberry curve 8310. I am on the go phone plan and i am tired of getting these notifications after every thing i do. Can somebody walk me through on how to get this off.

for wm6 users, i have written a walk through in my blog, hope this helps
http://www.xanga.com/ewcy/692252173...nnoying-att-gophone-balance-reminder-message/

sweet
awesome. just used this to help a friend of mine who has uses prepaid cingular with his 8525. worked great!

thank you!!!

sdkevin said:
After much searching and tinkering I finally found a simple way to disable the annoying balance notification message that arrives after every data connection on the AT&T Pay As You Go service with a data package. This fix involves adding a single registry entry and it suppresses all USSD messages that originate from the carrier, even those that you might request manually.
Here is the registry change:
HLKM/ControlPanel/Phone
New value: SuppressUSSD := DWORD(1)
Add this value and (probably after a soft-reset) you will not be bothered with the $0.00 change notification messages.
-Kevin
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worked like a charm for the wizard
just got at&t today and it already started to bug me

ww2250 said:
hklm\services\ussd
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once here what do u do
what do you turn off

Thank you so much for the info.. i disable that annoying pop up on my HTC touch viva.

SMS sent confirmation

One thing I miss about my old phone is the "sms sent" confirmation I used to get after sending a message. (also with a little animation).
It's really annoying to have to go round the houses to get to the sent folder to see if a message has been sent or not.
I had a whole day with a load of messages unknowingly sat in the outbox thinking they'd been sent which really annoyed me. It was only after I checked at the end of the day I found out they hadn't
Does such a thing exist for the diamond or is it too dependant on windows mobile.
Also still have not found a decent lock program that locks EVERY button (including the power) and stops me answering calls getting my phone out my pocket and the sleeve. Tied s2u2 and touchlockpro but they are still unreliable
What was wrong with "menu - star" like on the nokias. - Worked a treat !!!
Any help would be appreciated
ROM Dutty 3.1 WWE
Radio 1.0.25.16

Alright mate.
Can't help with the locking problem, but here's what you need to do to get notification of SMS sent...
Go to the "messages" tab in TouchFlo and click "all messages". Then click "menu", "tools" and "options". Click "* SMS\MMS" and make sure "Request delivery notifications" is checked.
I don't use this myself, but I just tested it and it works for me.
Hope this helps you out.
John.

I use the following tip:
Use any Registry Editor, such as freeware CeRegEditor or PHM Registry Editor, and navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings\
If “Settings” branch does not exist, create a New Key with name as Settings. Then highlight Settings, and then create a new String Value key with value name as SMSNoSentMsg, with its value data as 1.

phreaq said:
I use the following tip:
Use any Registry Editor, such as freeware CeRegEditor or PHM Registry Editor, and navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings\
If “Settings” branch does not exist, create a New Key with name as Settings. Then highlight Settings, and then create a new String Value key with value name as SMSNoSentMsg, with its value data as 1.
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... you're nearly right. You need to set the value to '0' if you wish to receive a notification that the SMS has been sent. If you set it to '1', you will not receive the notification (this is the default).

Nice one thanks guys. Went for the reg edit as didn't fancy getting a text back from operator every time I send one.
Just for the record yes the value of "SMSNoSentMsg" needs to be 0.
Again cheers for your help

Resurrecting this thread
I discovered this one earlier today, so far I'm liking it.
SMS Retry Notification
Enables/Disables a notification when an SMS message failed to be delivered. The phone will display a Popup displaying a summary of the message, to whom it was sent and when, and ask if you would like to try again.
[HKCU\ControlPanel\PhoneExtendFunction\CDMA] change PhoneExt_SmsRetry
0 - Disable (Default)
1 - Enable
My phone is a Sprint CDMA phone (hence the registry address) but hopefully it's not a Sprint setting and other CDMA phones and maybe GSM phones have a similar location.

Retry Notification
smotrs said:
I discovered this one earlier today, so far I'm liking it.
SMS Retry Notification
Enables/Disables a notification when an SMS message failed to be delivered. The phone will display a Popup displaying a summary of the message, to whom it was sent and when, and ask if you would like to try again.
[HKCU\ControlPanel\PhoneExtendFunction\CDMA] change PhoneExt_SmsRetry
0 - Disable (Default)
1 - Enable
My phone is a Sprint CDMA phone (hence the registry address) but hopefully it's not a Sprint setting and other CDMA phones and maybe GSM phones have a similar location.
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Sweet. I also like the original setting in this thread. I like to know when my text is sent. I don't use text that ofte, s this is not an inconvenience to me.

Funny text behaviour - times and new texts not alerting

I've noticed recently a lot of times that I get texts, I do not get an alert to show there are new messages until 2 have been received.
It does not do this every time but it's happened a lot. It means that you do not get an alert for the first one until the second arrives even though they can be quite a while apart.
The other issue is that the time it shows on the text messages I receive seems to be wrong and quite often (if not all the time - not sure) shows the time as actually being in the future, even though the clock on the phone itself is correct.
I'm confused!!! Any ideas?

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Anyone?

with regard to the device not alerting u, except after the 2nd msg, i honestly have no idea what that is, and haven't heard anything like it before.
as for the incorrect time, if this is happening when u receive a msg from a different country from a different time zone, then try this registry tweak
HKLM\Software\OEM\PhoneSetting Create TrustTimeZoneField = 0 (DWORD key )

time in text messages not acurate?

Hi, for some reason every time i get a text message the time of reception is off by a few hours. Really annoying. How can i fix this?

ouisi said:
Hi, for some reason every time i get a text message the time of reception is off by a few hours. Really annoying. How can i fix this?
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Hi,
Check your regional settings, make sure you select your location as per the GMT+ - clock...
That should solve it..

use a regedit program and do the following steps:
1) Goto HKLM/SOFTWARE/OEM/PhoneSetting
2) Add DWORD Value 'TrustTimeZoneField'
3) Set value = 0
and then soft reset the phone

[Q] disabling threaded sms?

is there any way to disable threaded sms function? I find it really annoing.....
thanks
fausto

fcasini said:
is there any way to disable threaded sms function? I find it really annoing.....
thanks
fausto
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i cannot believe you want to disable it because i have been waiting for years to finally get a phone that supports threaded sms. its so much better. but then again.... i hated threaded message view in google gmail when it first came out. they finally added a setting to disable that and i disabled it for a week and realized threaded view is way way better. so my idea is, try it and try to get used to it, then try a phone without it, and you will notice how much time it saves you!

This is how to turn it off
Using your favourite registry editor program, change the following key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings\OEM ---> SMSInboxThreadingDisabled
Change that DWord from 0 to 1
Thats it! One little bit in the registry controls that.