I seem to be getting pretty significant delay on my incoming SMS, with some messages taking up to 7-8 minutes to come in. I have an iPhone on ATT in one hand, and the Evo in the other, and I've been fast firing SMS to the Evo. I'll get maybe 1 in 3 texts right away, and the rest hang for minutes at a time. When I do get them, the time stamps look correct, and they thread correctly, but it's very concerning to not be getting them right away, or at least in the correct order. Any suggestions? I'm new to Sprint, never had this issue on ATT, or with my Nexus One.
i am experiencing the same problem.. any suggestions?
I just bought my EVO last week, and can't figure out why SMS messages are coming in as small chunks, in jumbled order. This isn't just splitting up at a 160char limit. I'll get the first 40 chars, then chars 80-140, then 41-79, then 141-160. etc
What is going on?
Never heard of that problem
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Leave it to me to uncover a new error! Can't even find anything about this in a Google search.
I am occasionally having the same problem. I am using shadySMS so I thought it was related to that program. Are you using the stock messaging app?
No, I prefer Handcent but the stock messaging app does the same thing
The other thing that happens is that I wont get any texts for a while. And then all of sudden I will get multiple texts all at once. It's almost like the phone is not polling or connecting or whatever and then it connects and downloads everything. I wonder if this is related.
wiltok said:
The other thing that happens is that I wont get any texts for a while. And then all of sudden I will get multiple texts all at once. It's almost like the phone is not polling or connecting or whatever and then it connects and downloads everything. I wonder if this is related.
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I don't think I'm having that problem. Texts seems to come in real-time. So maybe that is unrelated. Never know, though.
probably just spotty service during the Holidays.
I'm with Cricket (piggybacks off Sprint) in Raleigh and have been having some wonky SMS behavior as well.
I'm not sure how spotty service would cause texts to come in, in small batches. And a strong coincidence it began when I switched from a HTC Hero to HTC Evo
XDA, I am disappoint!
No one has heard of this problem?
Ok so now I'm not even getting text messages >160chars. I called sprint and they had me turn off the phone for 3 mins while they reset something on their end and still - I only get short texts.
Has anyone noticed the timestamps in texts being incorrect? I've gotten a few lately that were only off by a couple of minutes, but my reply shows the right timestamp. For example, I get a text at 11:03, but it shows it comes in at 11:05, and my reply goes out at 11:04 so it shows it before the message I was replying too.
I'm not roaming, so I don't think that's the cause (it tends to be quite a bit worse when roaming or with very little signal)
tatonka_hero said:
Has anyone noticed the timestamps in texts being incorrect? I've gotten a few lately that were only off by a couple of minutes, but my reply shows the right timestamp. For example, I get a text at 11:03, but it shows it comes in at 11:05, and my reply goes out at 11:04 so it shows it before the message I was replying too.
I'm not roaming, so I don't think that's the cause (it tends to be quite a bit worse when roaming or with very little signal)
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So far I haven't noticed that. It could be something to do with the other person's clock, if they're on roaming or using a 3rd party app that for whatever reason has the time wrong, or from a different carrier that has the time set differently than Sprint. I believe messages are time stamped as they are sent, just a theory.
wardfan220 said:
So far I haven't noticed that. It could be something to do with the other person's clock, if they're on roaming or using a 3rd party app that for whatever reason has the time wrong, or from a different carrier that has the time set differently than Sprint. I believe messages are time stamped as they are sent, just a theory.
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well, considering the only person I've noticed it on (pretty much the only person i text regularly) is on Sprint, and works at the call center so she has very good service, that's probably not the issue. Although, I suppose since she's sending it from a blackberry that could be the issue.
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well, considering the only person I've noticed it on (pretty much the only person i text regularly) is on Sprint, and works at the call center so she has very good service, that's probably not the issue. Although, I suppose since she's sending it from a blackberry that could be the issue.
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It was just a thought. But they probably have a repeater in the building to boost the signal. Could be that, check and see if it happens when she isn't in the building. My sister has a BB with US Cellular and I double checked, I don't get that with hers. Maybe they don't time stamp on send, but when it is received.
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It was just a thought. But they probably have a repeater in the building to boost the signal. Could be that, check and see if it happens when she isn't in the building. My sister has a BB with US Cellular and I double checked, I don't get that with hers. Maybe they don't time stamp on send, but when it is received.
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didn't even think of the repeater...that could be the problem. I'm like 5 feet from a repeater right now lol. Which was why it was funny when I called tech support trying to get the thing activated and they all asked "do you have good service", so I told them I probably had better signal than they did.
When I worked for an answering service company a long time ago, my supervisor took me on a tour of the place. In their computer room they had all kinds of stuff in there. This was back in the day when alpha numeric pagers were popular. When we transcribed what the caller said to type out and send it to a pager, one of the computer devices in the computer room held messages until its buffer filled or a certain amount of time elapsed. Then it would send a group of messages all out at the same time. Maybe that's what is happening with sprints hardware. Its holding texts and buffering them then shoots them out all at once in a group instead of one by one. That's my guess.
herbthehammer said:
When I worked for an answering service company a long time ago, my supervisor took me on a tour of the place. In their computer room they had all kinds of stuff in there. This was back in the day when alpha numeric pagers were popular. When we transcribed what the caller said to type out and send it to a pager, one of the computer devices in the computer room held messages until its buffer filled or a certain amount of time elapsed. Then it would send a group of messages all out at the same time. Maybe that's what is happening with sprints hardware. Its holding texts and buffering them then shoots them out all at once in a group instead of one by one. That's my guess.
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I remember those days, lol. I'm not sure if there is a buffer or not, messages between my family all go straight though from what I can tell. Then again there are tons of messages sent every second, so maybe the buffer is filled quickly. It's a good theory.
Do you have the Airrave or Airvana unit? If the Airvana that's probably the issue. Supposedly they (who?, dunno?!) are working on a firmware fix for that. Doesn't happen to everyone with the Airvana unit, but it happens often enough to be troublesome.
tatonka_hero said:
Has anyone noticed the timestamps in texts being incorrect? I've gotten a few lately that were only off by a couple of minutes, but my reply shows the right timestamp. For example, I get a text at 11:03, but it shows it comes in at 11:05, and my reply goes out at 11:04 so it shows it before the message I was replying too.
I'm not roaming, so I don't think that's the cause (it tends to be quite a bit worse when roaming or with very little signal)
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I've had the same problem on my EVO and my shift. It is quite annoying when sending texts back and forth.
Ex. My friends text will say 11:06, but my clock says its only 11:05.
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They are wrong on mine, but so is the clock. I changed it manually. Problem solved, for me at least.
i get this where someone sends me a text, i reply, they reply to that afterwards but it gets put ABOVE my initial reply in the thread with them. blows my mind.
Hello all. I want to say this site has helped me 100 times over and the guides to get stuff like a DROID 2 on MetroPCS is awesome. I did the ESN add and all the MMS and WEB support to EDGE speeds, but just recently saw the new PRL lists and rocking 3G speeds (450-690kbps down) here in Stockton, CA. So another big thank you to the tutorials here..
My only issue, and its a small one but annoying. I tried searching here and google to no avail..
When I send a standard 1 part text it goes through no problem. But if my text goes over and my DROID tells me it will be 2 messages I get a delivery fail. I thought maybe the phone would auto split the message but maybe it is handled different by MetroPCS? I have friends with stock Metro phones that can do 2 even 3 part long SMS texts no problem. Is there a simple fix or something I just have to live with? It's no big deal as everything else works, just sucks to stop yourself mid sentence then continue on.
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I've got a GS5 on Verizon in the NY area. My txt messaging is really broken. I don't get txt messages until the next day. When they come in I get 40 of them at 1 time.
Many times I receive the same text from the same person 10 times in a row although they sent it only once. Outgoing is hit or miss.
My phone is rooted. Is there something I may have accidentally turned off or froze? It's killing me.
Secondlaw said:
I've got a GS5 on Verizon in the NY area. My txt messaging is really broken. I don't get txt messages until the next day. When they come in I get 40 of them at 1 time.
Many times I receive the same text from the same person 10 times in a row although they sent it only once. Outgoing is hit or miss.
My phone is rooted. Is there something I may have accidentally turned off or froze? It's killing me.
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This problem may be due to network issue.
You should ask your service provider/mobile operator to investigate the problem.