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who the heck is sending these messages???

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

stats555 said:
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?

neoobs said:
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.

HulloMail vs YouMail - FREE Visual Voicemail

I just got into this article, new version 2.2 has just been released:
http://droidedup.com/2010/05/hullomail-2-2-for-android-now-available/
http://www.hullomail.com/us/android.html
And I found one alternative:
http://www.youmail.com
Is anyone using it with HTC Desire?
Any issue with it? Please if you can give short review

Have been using the previous version with no issues. Not had a lot of VM's but it works in that it sends you an MP3 of the message to your email address, or you can call the local number (included in your contract minutes normally) to retrieve the message as you normally would. You can also set custom greeting message if you wish. I would definately recommend - I've been on T-mobile in UK for few years and retrieving VM's were always the only 'external' charges on my bill each month - no more!

Thanks for your info. But I found this app is only for UK and US...
It is not available for other countries
Too bad, I live in NL.
And I can't find alternative.
I was thinking if there is an app that can simply record voicemail to local phone storage as mp3. That would be enough...
fdrzrich said:
Have been using the previous version with no issues. Not had a lot of VM's but it works in that it sends you an MP3 of the message to your email address, or you can call the local number (included in your contract minutes normally) to retrieve the message as you normally would. You can also set custom greeting message if you wish. I would definately recommend - I've been on T-mobile in UK for few years and retrieving VM's were always the only 'external' charges on my bill each month - no more!
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Found http://www.youmail.com/
The thing that I dont understand, how does it works "actually"? Because the basic service is free.
From their FAQ:
Q. How does YouMail work?
It's really simple. Calls you don't answer get forwarded to YouMail instead of your current wireless voicemail. That's it.
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So, I will still pay to forward the voice mail to YouMail, correct?

I tried hullomail for about a day, and frankly didnt really like it,
had to sign in every time etc.. was just annoying so gave it up

Sign in? I never have to sign in. The only problem with hullomail I guess is that if you have your internet connection off, you wont get to know that you have a voicemail. (someone plz correct me if i am wrong here)

veryjiggy said:
Sign in? I never have to sign in. The only problem with hullomail I guess is that if you have your internet connection off, you wont get to know that you have a voicemail. (someone plz correct me if i am wrong here)
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Unfortunately, this appears to be the case - if your phone is offline you get no notification. Hullomail originally offered SMS notifications, but they are no longer available. Customers who set-up SMS notifications in the past are still receiving them however!
WORKAROUND TO RECEIVE OFFLINE HULLOMAIL SMS NOTIFICATIONS
When a voicemail or missed call is registered by Hullomail, the system can send you both an email with the details/message, and a separate notification email.
It's possible that you could set the notification to go to an email>sms address - a number of providers, including some mobile companies - offer this service. (ipipi is one such provider that used to.. You'd have to double check)

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Unfortunately, this appears to be the case - if your phone is offline you get no notification. Hullomail originally offered SMS notifications, but they are no longer available. Customers who set-up SMS notifications in the past are still receiving them however!
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My SMS notifications has stopped.

UpdateHullomail now offers SMS notifications, and transcription.
Both services are at a cost, and can be purchased in the 'in-app store' after installing the app in Google Play. One or more services might not be available for certain countries.
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I've been using this for years, on Blackberries then Androids. It's always been flawless for me, and it's handy to have a permanent email with the voicemail attached. The facility to "just" dial in to get your voicemails when there's no data signal is great too.

Visual Voicemail

Anyone recommend a decent visual voicemail app ?
I'm aware that t-mobile US do an app for android, but they don't seem to do it in the UK.
Any other apps that are recommended to do the same thing ?

I use Hullomail. Works fine. But the biggest problem is it gives you notifications only via emails. So if you are in an area which has no data connection, you would never come to know if you have a voicemail.

yeah i use hullomail too, its still a bit slow but they are actively working on it.
you can solve the problem of not knowing that you have a message by subscribing to free sms updates in your account, this will text you if you have a missed call or a voicemail.

kinkade said:
yeah i use hullomail too, its still a bit slow but they are actively working on it.
you can solve the problem of not knowing that you have a message by subscribing to free sms updates in your account, this will text you if you have a missed call or a voicemail.
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How do you subscribe to free sms updates? I can't see an option anywhere.

veryjiggy said:
How do you subscribe to free sms updates? I can't see an option anywhere.
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you need to login to hullomail on the web and go to the notifications tab, there are two check boxes there which you cant miss, one for missed calls and one for voicemails.

kinkade said:
you need to login to hullomail on the web and go to the notifications tab, there are two check boxes there which you cant miss, one for missed calls and one for voicemails.
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Don't have a tab called notifications. Have an option for missed calls, but none for sms updates. Weird.

veryjiggy said:
Don't have a tab called notifications. Have an option for missed calls, but none for sms updates. Weird.
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Are you lloking on the hullomail website or in the app? because i'm talking about the website and inbetween the email and service info tabs is one called notification and the option for sms reminders is there. I have no tab for missed called on the website.
have you setup your provider? i'm with t-mobile possibly the service of sms is only provided in conjunction with them.

kinkade said:
Are you lloking on the hullomail website or in the app? because i'm talking about the website and inbetween the email and service info tabs is one called notification and the option for sms reminders is there. I have no tab for missed called on the website.
have you setup your provider? i'm with t-mobile possibly the service of sms is only provided in conjunction with them.
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was talking about the website as well. i don't have anything between the email and service info tabs. the missed call option is under the 'General' tab. I am also with t-mobile btw.

veryjiggy said:
was talking about the website as well. i don't have anything between the email and service info tabs. the missed call option is under the 'General' tab. I am also with t-mobile btw.
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ok dude, i've emailed the devs to ask as they have been very helpful to me in the past when i was using a blackberry.
you are in the uk right?

yep, in the UK.
Thanks so much for contacting them!
For you, does the sms service work seamlessly?

yeah it all works really well.

kinkade said:
yeah it all works really well.
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Second that! Hullomail sms service works really well for me too.

Also no SMS option, in the UK

this is the answer from andy at hullomail, so you can email them ad they'll enable sms notifications.
Hullo Will,
Yes that is the downside of any data notification mechanism - can't wait for data to be the only carriage so we get 100% coverage .
We are balancing two issues with SMS, usability and expense. Our aim is to keep our service free so we've gradually been limiting the use of SMS as its the single most expensive element of running the service. Today HulloMail is taking over 2M messages a month in voicemails and missed calls and currently growing 20% month on month.
However saying all that we enable SMS on a per request basis -- it can be requested via [email protected]. We will be bundling SMS freely as part of a premium bunch of features which can be switched on and off via the mobile app as and when needed in Q3.
On the background thing we will be adding this functionality. We currently use a mix of web and native views but our plan is to evolve the message list to auto-update in the background -- bare with us on this one
I hope I answered all your questions.
cheers
andy

Thanks Kinkade!

Thumbs up for Hullomail here too.
I've just logged in and I'm fortunate in that I get the option for SMS notifications.
It's probably because I've been using Hullomail since the middle of last year.
Regards,
Dave

Yeah, the HUllo mail guys are awesome, they have always been really quick whenever i've queried summat.
apparently they are growing at 20% per month and process over 2million messages a month. thats the main reason for having to request sms notifications apparently its the biggest cost for them

Q free sms app to work thur wifi/gprs?

as title i was wondering if there is any free sms apps to allow to send sms thur wifi /gprs as im on a free wifi/gprs traif

Gary:) said:
as title i was wondering if there is any free sms apps to allow to send sms thur wifi /gprs as im on a free wifi/gprs traif
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Send an email?

Its not quite free but you get 2p texts (im from england) but i think its an international thing: fishtext http://www.fishtext.com/
you install a java app and send them from in there, the reciever gets the text message from your number (rather than the text service's number) so friends can just click reply.
it's easy to top up your online credit, just send a normal text from your phone to fish text and it takes £5 off your credit and puts £5 in your online credit.

Xoom, Verizon and Text messaging

Just a heads up for everybody; I'd recommend calling Verizon and adding the text messaging block to your account. I called last week about it since I noticed the per txt service code on my account but was assured that since my device didn't receive text messages I wouldn't ever be charged.
Sure enough I noticed on my account online that somebody tried sending me a message and sure enough verizon was going to charge me. I had to call in and get the block added (this time they actually did it, she mentioned that the first person should've just done it when I asked) and credited me back the 20 cents (!) for the text message I supposedly received.
Just wanted to warn everybody to keep an eye on their bill.

the question is, can i put a text plan on my Xoom , and how to I get txt messages if I did?

eatonjb said:
the question is, can i put a text plan on my Xoom , and how to I get txt messages if I did?
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yes you can add a plan if you want to burn $$ every month.
and no, you can't receive texts via verizon on your Xoom.

Google Voice free texting y pay?
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