[Q] Strange SMS messages - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just got my new Note 3, restored all apps from app store, no backups nothing. Just clean unrooted phone. And after few hours I started getting strange messages from named contact Calle6 and Calle3. I dont have anything like this in my contact list, when I try to block message as spam, it says that contact have invalid number and its not possible to add him to spam list.
Messages always contain same characters:
Code:
@£$¥èéùìòÇØøÅå_ÆæßÉ!"#€%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>? ¡ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÄÖÑܧ¿abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzäöñüà^{}\[~]|€"
Any idea?

Wlk said:
Just got my new Note 3, restored all apps from app store, no backups nothing. Just clean unrooted phone. And after few hours I started getting strange messages from named contact Calle6 and Calle3. I dont have anything like this in my contact list, when I try to block message as spam, it says that contact have invalid number and its not possible to add him to spam list.
Messages always contain same characters:
Code:
@£$¥èéùìòÇØøÅå_ÆæßÉ!"#€%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>? ¡ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÄÖÑܧ¿abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzäöñüà^{}\[~]|€"
Any idea?
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Not sure exactly can u try going to Message / setting / more and Cb activation
if its checked uncheck and see may work

post a screenshot!

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Windows Mobile SMS Problem

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this so move the topic if necessary.
A few weeks back I bought an X1(Branded Dutch T-Mobile Version) and I've been having problems with the receiving of SMS'. My Today screen indicates there are new messages, eg. SMS \ MMS: 1 unread. But when I check my messages there's nothing there. I tried to see if it may be a false positive, by having a friend send me a text message, but the number did increase, and the message box was still empty. I tried reseting the rom, which obviously killed the messages, but new messages are still not getting through.
Anybody else experiencing the same problem? Anybody know what is going on? How can I recover the (invisible) messags?
Thanks a bunch
that's weird. uh, really weird. it's either YOU have a bad rom/phone software so better have it checked OR your not looking in your SMS/MMS inbox but your outlook inbox instead.
Aidamina said:
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this so move the topic if necessary.
A few weeks back I bought an X1(Branded Dutch T-Mobile Version) and I've been having problems with the receiving of SMS'. My Today screen indicates there are new messages, eg. SMS \ MMS: 1 unread. But when I check my messages there's nothing there. I tried to see if it may be a false positive, by having a friend send me a text message, but the number did increase, and the message box was still empty. I tried reseting the rom, which obviously killed the messages, but new messages are still not getting through.
Anybody else experiencing the same problem? Anybody know what is going on? How can I recover the (invisible) messags?
Thanks a bunch
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i had the same prob, someone sent me a text and the phone froze, when i turned it on had that message. the only way i found to get rid of it was to delete the message coversation with the person.
i had the same problem, only a hard reset solves the problem. after the hardreset everythink worked fine. some other people at the german xperia board got the same problem.
I tried to hard-reset to no avail. Deleting previous conversations doesn't help. Even SMS' from unknown contacts stay hidden. When I try to export my messages using PIM Backup 2.8 It shows that I have 2 'Text Messages' folders in the export root. One with the hidden(unread) messages. And one with the visible ones. When I exported the messages and reimported them, they stayed hidden. When I wrote a program to parse the PIM Backup exported file. I could see that the hidden messages get properly exported.
Any ideas?
Hearing that the German based roms have troubles too, could it be a reg setting that is wrong, something with localization? I really hate that I have a Dutch rom.
i had this problem i simply hard reset it and it was gone...if this didnt work then try reflashing the orignal rom
I just ran into the same issue.
Funny is that I did hard reset on not flashed orginall Dutch T-mobile X1 which was working good. Well now it is not :/
Tip for others looking for a quick workaround: use uiggmo light panell to read them. The only way I found so far.
I am flashing mine today. (Before I will hand it over due to case issue).

send message to all my contacts

Hi,
is there a possobility to send a message (for the new year) to all my contacts? The best would be if i could send the message only to the mobile numbers.
thx
There is a program out there, called "group SMS", however, i dont use it, so cant say if it will do exactly as you ask.
However it is a step forward from Raw WinMo, which does not appear to send group txts of any kind.
Best of luck.
You could also have a look at "Power SmS", though you would have to build your groups manually before sending your message.
ok, i tried power sms, i didn't an sms yet, but it sees to work, thx

New app done, need help

I think I've got my application done, but it's hard to test.
It's a new SMS text blocker. Runs as a Service and checks incoming SMS phone number to Contacts. If not in Contacts, it goes to internal "spam" table as an unblocked number. If it's not in Contacts and already "spammed", the new message goes to "spam" as a blocked number.
If the new message/phone number is "unblocked", you can add it to Contacts or mark it as spam and the message/phone put in table as "blocked".
Everything seems to be working OK as far as adding to Contacts, deleting message from inbox if moved to spam (why save it twice?) and marking message as "read" (removes notification icon).
I'm wondering what to do with testing. It's hard for me to test it with emulator or sending messages from Verizon website. And a couple of friends are getting pissed at me for asking them to text me all the time! LOL
Putting it on the Market with a 15 minute refund really does not give purchaser a chance to test it (and I don't want to get users upset with me).
I think the best thing to do is put it on the Market as Beta and free. Then just add a check to code that limits the blocked numbers. Then get feedback from users on any problems or errors.
Comments please

Sms problem

Hi!
I have had the phone for a while now and everything is working great, exept that sms dont get send to my Girlfriend Pretty annoying problem so im back useing my old phone... Anyone now what the problem can be? I have tried to Factory reset but its still the same problem :/
you mean your GF can't get your msg but everyone else can?
Yeah Like the person I care about most I cant contact
Isakk1 said:
Yeah Like the person I care about most I cant contact
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Try something like GO SMS or handcent. That will rule out if its application specific, if that doesn't work maybe try deleting her as a contact and putting her number in manually when sending a text (or if she has multiple numbers that are marked as mobile, but are infact not). it might try send it to those.
obviously that's not a phone problem
Some settings went wrong, like ryronz said
I encountered this "problem" a couple of days ago when trying to send my daughter an SMS - tried twice, and twice it said "failed to send."
It turned out that it was because of her entry in the contacts list - her home number appears before her mobile number, so the 'phone was (by default) trying to send the SMS to the wrong number.
Have a look through the failed-send messages and you'll likely find the 'phone was trying to send them to her home or work number instead of her mobile.
Two things to do...
1. On your girlfriend's contact, long-tap her mobile number and select "Make Default Number."
2. From the contacts list, tap Menu -> Preferences -> View Contact, and tick the "Text Action for Mobile Only" tickbox.
Okej, will test that

[Q] What is this icon?!

As title says and pic shows
Never seen before, Iam on stock rom with no mods or tweaks!
N9005 KK NC2
thermax04 said:
As title says and pic shows
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If I'm not mistaken, if you click/touch those it will delete that whole message history.
No, tried now , clicking this x sign just open the messages thread
And pushing it just open the same 3 menu options to delete or view contact or add to spam, which shows when u push on other message without this x sign
thermax04 said:
No, tried now , clicking this x sign just open the messages thread
And pushing it just open the same 3 menu options to delete or view contact or add to spam, which shows when u push on other message without this x sign
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I believe it is related to the Gmail status - check if the contact contains a gmail account.
I get green orbs and yellow orbs there usually, but idk about your theme applied it could have changed it.
The screenshot is a custom ROM. That is not Stock.
I know that one of these names has gmail account but don't know about the other one, but still this never seen before, so why now?!
this screen shot from my phone, and it is stock rom, it is themed and rooted only but still stock
I thought it was related to your contacts Google account and if they are available for Google chat or similar. Test it out with one of the contacts
it COULD be related to one or more of your messages in that thread not being sent. I've seen something similar to that if I try to send a message when i don't have service, usually i've had to open that message thread and manually resend the failed message.
The strnage thing is: I did a soft reboot and the x sign disappeared!!!
soft boots prompt the phone to reconnect to the network, in which case the messages that weren't sent before might have finally gotten sent now. So your friends might have gotten some late texts from you
No, I checked with both of them before, and both confirmed that they got the message in time!!!!, and i received already the delivery confirmation message before

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