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"Anonymous" Sms

Every now and then, when I receive an sms I get an "anonymous" blank message. Anyone experience this?

Maybe some one is sending you those messages.... not all the things are HD2 problems...

speed200 said:
Maybe some one is sending you those messages.... not all the things are HD2 problems...
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I hope its not the case It happens when I receive an sms from anyone of my contacts, doesn't always happen.
Is there a way to be anonymous when sending sms?

erosennin said:
I hope its not the case It happens when I receive an sms from anyone of my contacts, doesn't always happen.
Is there a way to be anonymous when sending sms?
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yup, depending of the network but there is a way.

"send contact by message"

Quick clarification please.
I have been used to sending contact details as an SMS message.
When I click send contact by message I get the option to send as SMS or MMS.
I have tried sending as SMS but receivers either say they get nothing or else an empty vcard.
I am resigned to having to send any contacts as an MMS attachment?

Having played with this extensively this morning I find that sending a contact via SMS either:
-nothing
-blank email
-email with vcard containing my details arrives
Need to send contacts via MMS - this way it sends a vcard which can be imported by the recipient

Hmm... I at least have the same problem but it's on both SMS and MMS. Recognizes the vCard, but unable to open it.

I still occaisionally get problems.
Send a number to a colleague last week by MMS and they couldn't open it. I tried opening my own attachment and it tried opening it as a video!

It seems to be working if I'm sending it to myself, no difference if SMS or MMS. The problem is that I don't have much use of sending contact information to myself.
Those I have been sending vCards to use Nokia phones.

nmarky said:
It seems to be working if I'm sending it to myself, no difference if SMS or MMS. The problem is that I don't have much use of sending contact information to myself.
Those I have been sending vCards to use Nokia phones.
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My Nokia never understood my Sony phone either (neither my X1 nor the non-Winmo prior)

Yep, but at least sending vCards to Nokia phones worked with my TYTNII without problems!
Maybe I have to test and try to send vCards HD2 -> TYTNII later today.

Working
Hi guys,
just tried it and for me its working fine.I sent it from my HD2 Leo to my work phone Nokia.
Only problem what I can see is I select only one phone number and nothing else but received also extra information like birthday,anniversary,..

good evening chaps
this may be worth looking at as it solved my problem of sending multiple contacts in one go.
vCard Expert from windows phone marketplace let me save my contacts into a file that i sent as an email attachment. Also tried vCard manager which didn't work very well.

any solution yet? phones from 10 years ago can do this easily.

i don't know the matter with sending 'phone' contacts, but you can send the numbers stored on your sim card by SMS.. the recepient will get the sms saying that a contact no. has been sent (no phone number is displayed), but when the recipient presses the accept button, the contact no. gets saved into the list of the recipient's contacts.
but then you know, sim contacts have only the phone no, cant store much detail on sim.

dan138zig said:
any solution yet? phones from 10 years ago can do this easily.
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No, at least I haven't got any solution for the problem.
In my opinion it should be simple feature that should be working all around, but apparently not...

VCards or sending contact records via SMS?

Is there a way with the X10 to send a contact record via SMS to someone?
I can't seem to find this information for the life of me.
Surely this is possible...?

I was wondering this too... can do it via Bluetooth.. but not text..!

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you can through the Handcent SMS app.

Even Handcent doesn't support this, its quite baffling.
I use Contact Sender app from the market to send contact, but we're SOL when it comes to receiving vcards over SMS, I guess.

So this is an Android problem... Any idea of it's rectified with 2.1 Eclair or 2.2 Froyo???

I'm using froyo on the nexus one. There is no option to send contacts via sms.

Had a look at Contact Sender from the market and it says that it only supports up to v1.5 of Android.
Didn't bother trying it so I went for Ciacs Contact Sender instead and it seems to do the trick quite nicely!

Sms problems

I send out sms to people and some receive them and some don't.
Is there any known problem that i can fix?
Thnx

http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=314&cat=0&dl_id=989

The problem is radio. you must updata the radio,or flash an offcial rom.

I also have a problem with my SMS but has not received any vibration or sound as I get sms

gggalf said:
I also have a problem with my SMS but has not received any vibration or sound as I get sms
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Let me guess, you have changed your default language.
Look at the solution in my post

Concatenated SMS

Hello,
I really like my G4 Play (Amazon edition) phone with one exception. I only receive a portion of Concatenated (greater than 160 characters) SMS messages that are sent from T-mobile Iphones to my phone (also on T-mobile). I will get some, but not all. I have used my SIM in other android phones and have another T-mobile SIM in my phone and I get the same issue. From iphones from other carriers I have no problems. From Androids on T-mobile, I also have no problems. I have no problem receiving single SMS messages nor MMS messages. I have contacted T-mobile and they have been no help. I have changed some APN settings, but with no success.
I have also restored my phone to factory settings and have tried Textra also. No changes.
My question: Has anyone had any issues with concatenated SMS messages?
I am thinking about getting a replacement phone, but don't want to if this happens on a replacement phone or if there is a known fix.
Thanks.

What sms did you recieve???

som1096 said:
What sms did you recieve???
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I appreciate the response, but I'm not sure I understand your question.
I receive properly all SMS that are < 160 characters.
For SMS messages that are > 160 characters:
1) I will sometimes receive these and sometimes not receive these when they are from an iphone on the T-mobile network (I am also on the T-mobile network)
2) I will receive all of the the >160 SMS if:
a) they are on any other network regardless of the type of phone
b) they are on an android and on the T-mobile network​
Did that answer your question?

160+ character text messages are sent as mms. try sending/receiving a picture and see what happens.

hp420 said:
160+ character text messages are sent as mms. try sending/receiving a picture and see what happens.
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MMS messages work just fine. When my wife puts in a subject field, the long messages are turned into a MMS and always get to me.
For long SMS info see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenated_SMS

wrusry said:
MMS messages work just fine. When my wife puts in a subject field, the long messages are turned into a MMS and always get to me.
For long SMS info see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concatenated_SMS
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I have worked with T-mobile and Moto with no luck. Moto sent me a new phone (Amazon version of XT1607). I still have the same issue with not receiving long SMS messages (>160 characters) from iphones on T-mobile. These long SMS messages are concatenated SMS messages and are not MMS messages.
I'm sure that there is another Amazon G4 play person who is on Tmobile and has a Tmobile friend who can send them 5 long SMS messages to see how many get through to him/her. Can someone please try this? I have tried other SIM cards in it from my family and the same thing happens. It would be nice to see if someone else has the same issue!
I don't know what I can do but wait for the Nougat release in June. If I had know this would be an issue I wouldn't have bought the Amazon version and I could have installed another ROM.