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Ok before i used a program like SPB Phone Suite to block phonecalls my question is, Can we block SMS texts from single users ? i would like to be able to block texts and phonecalls from certain people. Is there a way i can add a filter like the filters you find for file types? last resort is getting another huge program like and of the SPB software.
I'm also interested in a feature like this. Quite a few annoying ex-girlfriends that like to text me randomly for no apparent reason.
rasp said:
I'm also interested in a feature like this. Quite a few annoying ex-girlfriends that like to text me randomly for no apparent reason.
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exactly my point i have the same problem or friends who dont get the hint.
T-Mobile says no
According to T-mobile, there is no way to selectively block SMS messages. This is especially troublesome, given that advertisers (and others I don't care for) are starting to send messages to T-Mo phones using SMS (they know they can't be blocked) and I have to pay for them!
Check out the link in my signature for sms and call filter.
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According to T-mobile, there is no way to selectively block SMS messages. This is especially troublesome, given that advertisers (and others I don't care for) are starting to send messages to T-Mo phones using SMS (they know they can't be blocked) and I have to pay for them!
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All you have to do (to stop advertising) is reply with: Stop
If you are in the USA:
By law, advertisers have to cease and desist all communications when you tell them to stop. If they don't, its considered harassment and you can file a complaint with the FTC or even sue the company for harassment.
I know this because I was being harassed by an advertiser and I had to file a complaint.
shaileshashar said:
Check out the link in my signature for sms and call filter.
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all it took me to was a make money page sure theres talk of sms blockers etc but the link is a get paid online no download newhere
Reply with STOP didnt seem working to me, those advertising still do come.... and that is costing me $$. And the bad thing is - you don't even know who are they, the caller is show 3700 3701 3702 etc ....
mailme said:
Reply with STOP didnt seem working to me, those advertising still do come.... and that is costing me $$. And the bad thing is - you don't even know who are they, the caller is show 3700 3701 3702 etc ....
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mail me you can ask tmobile to block certain numbers. But i am looking for a phone based application to block sms and calls or hide them and reply with a sms like blocked... that you can selectivly block or unblock. So the sms's will still come just not show. i have unlimited texts so its not a matter of getting the texts i just dont want to be annoyed or called by these people.
lol well if somebody with any knowledge on how to surpress phone calls and or sms/mms's know how to do this maybe they can make a freeware app.... spb phone suite was ok but it is large and alot of the time causes phones to go into a boot loop if you dont remove your memory card.
rasp said:
I'm also interested in a feature like this. Quite a few annoying ex-girlfriends that like to text me randomly for no apparent reason.
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I found this program it allows to blacklist SMS messages i have not tried put it to use by actually knowing if it works but there is a blacklist feature in it. By category, individual contact, and phone number. For those who are trying to stop getting texts from certain numbers ie 4-5 digit spammers you can infact call tmobile and have a number blocked. i have a family plan and my brother kept texting without a text plan i asked if you can block texts all together and CS said no they can halt from single numbers.
Also once again thanks to all the senior members for all of their help *sarcastic laugh*
Also this allows for exporting and many other features if you view the website of the maker it has SS's
diabolical28 said:
all it took me to was a make money page sure theres talk of sms blockers etc but the link is a get paid online no download newhere
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http://www.logic-unlimited.com/callfirewall.php
scroll to the end of the page and download for free.
thank you. ill give it a try when i get home
you guys are so popular with all ur ex crazies after you...
I may not be as popular as you, but whenever this has occured to me, i've just not responded and eventually they would get bored and stop bothering me.
shaileshashar said:
http://www.logic-unlimited.com/callfirewall.php
scroll to the end of the page and download for free.
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i was going to suggest this. love the app! i just wish it was able to do it without being loaded..but it works so thats what matters!
MAGICALL
Call firewall is ok, but I like magicall myself. You can black specific phone numbers/SMS. Also you can have the program auto respond via sms and you can set it up to ignore/hang up/pick up and hang up on certain numbers. Overall GREAT program.
this should help a bit
diabolical28 said:
Ok before i used a program like SPB Phone Suite to block phonecalls my question is, Can we block SMS texts from single users ? i would like to be able to block texts and phonecalls from certain people. Is there a way i can add a filter like the filters you find for file types? last resort is getting another huge program like and of the SPB software.
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was going to post the link, but i see now that i was beaten to it
psyop1 said:
According to T-mobile, there is no way to selectively block SMS messages. This is especially troublesome, given that advertisers (and others I don't care for) are starting to send messages to T-Mo phones using SMS (they know they can't be blocked) and I have to pay for them!
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do you remeber the days when text messaging was free? my nokia brick was my texting machine back in those days lol, and then it was incoming texts free and you only get charged per outgoing, now tmo and everyone else just charges u for whatever packet goes in and out of your phone these days. since pocket pc's and smartphones are running windows mobile it can intercept calls before it gets to the dialer and intercept texts before it gets into the box, all it does it save you the annoyance of "seeing" the calls come in and will hit ignore for you same with text, but i think you still get charged per incoming text even if sms filter stops it on the phone.
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I found this program it allows to blacklist SMS messages i have not tried put it to use by actually knowing if it works but there is a blacklist feature in it. By category, individual contact, and phone number. For those who are trying to stop getting texts from certain numbers ie 4-5 digit spammers you can infact call tmobile and have a number blocked. i have a family plan and my brother kept texting without a text plan i asked if you can block texts all together and CS said no they can halt from single numbers.
Also once again thanks to all the senior members for all of their help *sarcastic laugh*
Also this allows for exporting and many other features if you view the website of the maker it has SS's
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that not working with 6.1 :-(
duprade said:
you guys are so popular with all ur ex crazies after you...
I may not be as popular as you, but whenever this has occured to me, i've just not responded and eventually they would get bored and stop bothering me.
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hahah maybe there's diff reason ! for me I dont want number 1 through whatever to text me or call while I'm with number whatever . so gotto keep game on downlow.. chicks like tree if you dont put stick into it in the begining . it'll be all over ! so why not.. this seems to be american game right?
***I MEANT TO PUT SMS IN THE TITLE, NOT MMS***
I searched at work and I just searched again when I got home and I can't find anything. The registry edit a few people posted doesn't seem to help me. Unless i'm doing something wrong. You know how you can only type 160 characters in a text message? I want to increase that. I know it's possible and i'm almost positive I seen it before somewhere.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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I searched at work and I just searched again when I got home and I can't find anything. The registry edit a few people posted doesn't seem to help me. Unless i'm doing something wrong. You know how you can only type 160 characters in a text message? I want to increase that. I know it's possible and i'm almost positive I seen it before somewhere.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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Are you talkin about SMS or MMS?
You can increase the limit of a sms.... But the recipient will receive 2 messages... And you'll pay for both, not only one.....
MMS limit is set about to 1000 characters....
I meant SMS, my bad. Just regular txt messages. So even if I change it on my end to be able to type more, the person receiving it will get 2 messages anyway?
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if I change it on my end to be able to type more, the person receiving it will get 2 messages anyway?
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Sure.....
If you write an sms up to 160 character, it will be splitted in 2 messages or more....
Erm. I'm confused now. So there's really no way to make a longer text message then? Anything below 160 will be 1 message and anything over that will be another message? I guess the person receiving the text can only receive so much any way.
there is no way to change the limit on the sms messages... it will get split due to carrier restrictions.. ( Short Messenger Service = short quick messages thats what its intended for )
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Erm. I'm confused now. So there's really no way to make a longer text message then? Anything below 160 will be 1 message and anything over that will be another message? I guess the person receiving the text can only receive so much any way.
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Right....they will receive two texts but the second one will pick up right where the last one left off.
well i receive really long text messages from my girlfriend and another friend. one had a sidekick lx the other one a pearl. so is it just tmobile to tmobile you can send long messages and the the person gets as a long message. also how come mms downloading uses gprs instead of edge speed i probably wouldnt know the difference but just curious.
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well i receive really long text messages from my girlfriend and another friend. one had a sidekick lx the other one a pearl. so is it just tmobile to tmobile you can send long messages and the the person gets as a long message. also how come mms downloading uses gprs instead of edge speed i probably wouldnt know the difference but just curious.
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why not put the sms threader on you phone, and when you recieve long text msgs they will show as one long message on your phone!!!!!
i already get long text messages without it but when i send a long one only my girlfriends sidekick lx can get a real long message everyone else it breaks it down.
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i already get long text messages without it but when i send a long one only my girlfriends sidekick lx can get a real long message everyone else it breaks it down.
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thats part of the sidekick software, but it still counts as a seperate message on her service, it just reads that way...
tell your friends to upgrade their phones if you want it to show in long messages on their part....
and if you friends wont change, change the friends around you !!!
HIE GUYS AV JUST COME ACROSS THIS INTERESTING PIECE OF SOFTWARE WELL ITS NOT REALLY SOFTWARE BUT RATHER IT RUNS VIA THE MOBILE PHONE BROWSER I JUST WENT TO http://mjoy.com ON MY COMPUTER AND I PUT MY PHONE NUMBER AND GOT A LINK TO MY UK MOBILE NUMBER INSTANTLY AND AFTER PLAYING AROUND WITH IT MANAGED TO TEXT FOR FREE TO MOBILE NUMBERS HERE IN THE UK AS WELL AS TEXTING MY GIRL FRIEND IN AFRICA ON SAFARI SO IT APPEARES TO WORK AND CREDIT GOES TO fbifbi .so i just thought i would share this with you guys and as always try this at your own risk and i am not afiliated in any way whatsoever with the company but just thought i would share this i got this from the post below over at the development and hacking forum and if any of you guys know of such similar services please share because international texting is very expensive from the UK thanks
Hey Rhapsody,
Your software is great, been using it for a while now
Anyway, I wanted to interest you with a free (based on ads) sending SMS service. It's really good, works worldwide, and has a daily limit of 100msges if I remember well.
Maybe the support could be added to your app?
http://mjoy.com
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efbiaye
so i just thought i would share this with you guys and as always try this at your own risk and i am not afiliated in any way whatsoever with the company above
is this for real or an advert?
it works awesome!thanks
This is pretty cool. Does any one know of any software that will do the same.
Yes, looks nice, but you really have to ask yourself what's the privacy and advertising policy of mjoy. I'm especially worried about possible SMS spam coming to me and my friends from mjoy or it's affiliates. I've been reading their Terms of usage and here's an interesting paragraph:
"mjoy may use information in your profile without identifying you as an individual to third parties. We do this for purposes such as aggregating how many people in a network like specific offerings, events, cultural offers, such as music, games, movies, etc. and personalizing advertisements and promotions so that we can provide you mjoy. We do our best to offer you a service that is suited to your needs. As advertising is an integral part of our funding and of our allowing you to use our Site and Services, we try to keep the advertising presented to you as close to your presumed interests as possible. If you state your consumer or other preferences explicitly within your profile, we have a much better chance to provide you the information that has a maximum of relevance for you. We do not hand out details about you individually to anyone, however.
We may use information about you that we collect from other sources, including but not limited to newspapers and Internet sources such as blogs, instant messaging services, mjoy Platform developers and other users of mjoy, to supplement your profile. We will allow you to specify that you don't want this to be done or to take other actions that limit the connection of this information to your profile."
Not again...
This entire thread should be removed ASAP, or quite a few people will be changing their numbers sometime soon...
WHAT????
projection said:
not again...
This entire thread should be removed asap, or quite a few people will be changing their numbers sometime soon...
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can you be specific what exactly do you mean ?
projection said:
Not again...
This entire thread should be removed ASAP, or quite a few people will be changing their numbers sometime soon...
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Yes what do you mean?
Why?
pureheart said:
Yes what do you mean?
Why?
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Cuz your number just got spammed !
I've used it 2 or 3 times but haven't received one spam sms.
The only thing that sucks is the limitation of the Message because in each sms there is a link to the Message on the HP where you can read the full massage. Only the beginning of the message is in the sms.
Anybody had a phone bill after using this sort of service?
I wouldn't be surprised if this sort of scheme means that certain messages end up costing money, in the same way that premium pay-per-message services already exist in other ways.
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Anybody had a phone bill after using this sort of service?
I wouldn't be surprised if this sort of scheme means that certain messages end up costing money, in the same way that premium pay-per-message services already exist in other ways.
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It is not possible what you are saying because you don't have any software installed in the phone to send the message it is a WEB site...
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It is not possible what you are saying because you don't have any software installed in the phone to send the message it is a WEB site...
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Here in the UK, we have premium-rate SMS services. To sign up, you send an SMS to a specific number and after that they send you the information you've requested via SMS. Each SMS they send costs you money.
To enable such a service requires no special software. All you need to do is give the provider permission to send you these expensive SMS messages by giving them an SMS with your number in.
So, I can imagine the scenario with mjoy: you type your mobile number into the mjoy website to register for some sort of 'free' service but without realising you also accept that they will charge you for certain other services. These charges will appear in your mobile phone bill along with your other network costs, just like the premium SMS service I described above.
I don't know how likely this is, nor what service mjoy is offering. I haven't visited their site, so apologies if I've got the whole thing wrong.
But you get nothing for free in this world and companies like mjoy will exist to get revenue from subscribers, either by directly charging for the service or by selling space to advertisers.
Perhaps the only advertising is on their website as you visit to collect a message and it will cost you nothing directly. But it would be somewhat naive to assume this without checking, especially since a mechanism already exists for providers of premium-rate services to charge subscribers through the operator's normal billing systems.
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Here in the UK, we have premium-rate SMS services. To sign up, you send an SMS to a specific number and after that they send you the information you've requested via SMS. Each SMS they send costs you money.
To enable such a service requires no special software. All you need to do is give the provider permission to send you these expensive SMS messages by giving them an SMS with your number in.
So, I can imagine the scenario with mjoy: you type your mobile number into the mjoy website to register for some sort of 'free' service but without realising you also accept that they will charge you for certain other services. These charges will appear in your mobile phone bill along with your other network costs, just like the premium SMS service I described above.
I don't know how likely this is, nor what service mjoy is offering. I haven't visited their site, so apologies if I've got the whole thing wrong.
But you get nothing for free in this world and companies like mjoy will exist to get revenue from subscribers, either by directly charging for the service or by selling space to advertisers.
Perhaps the only advertising is on their website as you visit to collect a message and it will cost you nothing directly. But it would be somewhat naive to assume this without checking, especially since a mechanism already exists for providers of premium-rate services to charge subscribers through the operator's normal billing systems.
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Well you are not subscribing to any service when you register, there is advertising on their web site and you can do a simple search in Google to see that no one else had problem with this service...next time research more
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2421931,00.html
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Well you are not subscribing to any service when you register, there is advertising on their web site and you can do a simple search in Google to see that no one else had problem with this service...next time research more
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2421931,00.html
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I hope you're right. Good luck.
So, how is this free SMS if the other end has to log online to see the entire message???
I can as well send an email over GPRS to someone, and if they have internet they can just check their email. Wow, free text!
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Exactly this type of service just cost me Mrs £6, re received a text message asking her to reply to receive the message upon her reply she received 2 new text messages saying they had cost £3 each.
Not had a bill yet but expecting a nasty one.
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Exactly this type of service just cost me Mrs £6, re received a text message asking her to reply to receive the message upon her reply she received 2 new text messages saying they had cost £3 each.
Not had a bill yet but expecting a nasty one.
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Bah I tried twice to send messages to other number and I fully received the message no need to reply no need to log to the web site to see the full message....(not very long messages)....mah
beware
good day, i just want to share my experience after i register to myjoy the other day, i receive a misscall from these number+37866321929i was confuse what number is this so i try to ring the number then i remember way back in singapore that there is a scam that if you ring the unknown number your top up will be gone and after 1 ring i hangup but its too late for me,my balance 20.00 euro is long gone. ive chk in internet for my call history i have 7sec for 1.99euro and another one 7min for 18.00euro for the same number.
is it possible that mjoy is behind all of this.
Sorry my english is poor
In anycase, i still dont want to provide my number to the public(even not public). Cuz it kinda private stuff and now in most security method they need the mobile number to identify who you are, so if some people use that information in the harm way then i would be stuffed, wouldnt it?
almost every other day for about 1.5 weeks now i keep getting an SMS from some random 3 - 5 digit number containing what appears to be an email address
the last message was yesterday from 3510 and the email address in it is [email protected]/ /
anyone else get these messages? anyone know who is sending them? or how can i make them stop... i have unlimited messages but i dont like receiving them.
help please!
I dont think this goes in this forum, but ive gotten the message about 3 times since I got my G1, which was like a week ago and I wanna know what its from too.
Seems to be something relating to Verizon picture sharing and nothing to do with Dream.
Moved to Dream forum although as said above this isn't a dream issue.
The number is T-Mobile, that is how the forward emails to your phone. Try sending an email to *your phone number*@tmomail.net
And again it sounds like a verizon wireless customer is trying to send you a picture... or you sent a picture to a verizon wireless customer and it was rejected.
If you want to stop this then you can block emails in my.t-mobile.com there is an email area that allows you to block email messages.
i have a friend that sends me lots of pics and he has verizon so that makes sense.
since i didnt know it was related to verizon i figured i'd ask the guys/gals that have the same phone that i do... (dream)
thanx for clearing that issue up for me. and thanx to the devs on this site for doing great work for us who cant...
lol. heheh reminds me of when i used to do sms bombing and all the receiver would see was a four digit number + a random email i used and my message. i did it to my friends a few times but it got boing after a while. And Yes i know this is not your case.
Actually it is only a g1 problem, t mobile says it is working on a fix.
http://modmygphone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10971
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Actually it is only a g1 problem, t mobile says it is working on a fix.
http://modmygphone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10971
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I don't quite believe what is said in the story but do believe it may be specific to the G1... then again these can be coming from apps you installed, wasn't there one that signed your number up for some spam thing?
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I don't quite believe what is said in the story but do believe it may be specific to the G1... then again these can be coming from apps you installed, wasn't there one that signed your number up for some spam thing?
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No, its not related to any apps, because the day I bought my G1 and set it up, I recieved one of those messages before installing any apps.
Hmmm... that is weird. I haven't received anything unsolicited on my phone.... well besides texts from people I rather not speak to anymore LOL
A slightly different explanation is given here at message 8 of 10:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=87&message.id=30021
Mike
wow
holy crap thats real bad. Thats some privacy issues out the window. You send it to one person and a few hundred thousand get it lol now thats a chain letter.
Hey guys, I know this probably isn't related to Essential specifically, but when I receive messages over 150 characters it comes in all broken up and out of order. Is there an app or something I need to do to fix this? Are people receiving my messages like this too?
JoRocker said:
Hey guys, I know this probably isn't related to Essential specifically, but when I receive messages over 150 characters it comes in all broken up and out of order. Is there an app or something I need to do to fix this? Are people receiving my messages like this too?
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Tell them to not send messages of more than 140 characters?Text messages are limited in length.
If you violate the limit the app has no way of delivering the message without breaking it up.
In principal, it should not be out of order when you receive it.
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Tell them to not send messages of more than 140 characters?Text messages are limited in length.
If you violate the limit the app has no way of delivering the message without breaking it up.
In principal, it should not be out of order when you receive it.
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Thanks for the unhelpful and sarcastic reply. You should have just said nothing at all... My iPhone sure didn't have this issue, and I have a hard time believing that this is an unsolvable Android issue.
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Thanks for the unhelpful and sarcastic reply. You should have just said nothing at all... My iPhone sure didn't have this issue, and I have a hard time believing that this is an unsolvable Android issue.
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Actually you read the first sentence and didn't read further:
"If you violate the limit the app has no way of delivering the message without breaking it up.
In principal, it should not be out of order when you receive it."
You also never said anything about iPhone functionality.
iPhone/Apple's messaging app uses iMessage as a form of delivery/reception.
This means that MMS is always the way a message is sent. When sending to other iPhone users MMS s the default method.
Android phones use the standard SMS built into the cell network that has a 160 character limit.
Unless the sender specifically can configure their app to convert messages longer than 160 charters to MMS, then the message will be broken because there is a protocol limitation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS
Depending on your messaging app, and possibly who is sending it determines this as well. SMS over the character length can be sent as MMS and not be broken up. I've seen it in some app settings before as a choice between the two methods as well. Not familiar at the moment. Doesn't bother me so it's not something I look for but it could be a starting point for you to look as well.
Edit - should have read the previous post all the way though. Just reiterated. Sorry.