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Any one else receiveing phone calls from random long distance numbers lately? They hang up as soon as I answer. But everyone I have talked to on Sprint is getting the same thing happening. It's happened 4 times to me today. 3 to my wife and 3 to her cousin. And a few other people.
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Kcarpenter said:
Any one else receiveing phone calls from random long distance numbers lately? They hang up as soon as I answer. But everyone I have talked to on Sprint is getting the same thing happening. It's happened 4 times to me today. 3 to my wife and 3 to her cousin. And a few other people.
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uhhh, pay your bills dude..
haha jk
I havent gotten any calls like that but I have gotten some weird ass texts about reply for this or that, shady spammers
Kcarpenter said:
Any one else receiveing phone calls from random long distance numbers lately? They hang up as soon as I answer. But everyone I have talked to on Sprint is getting the same thing happening. It's happened 4 times to me today. 3 to my wife and 3 to her cousin. And a few other people.
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Yeah I was getting that for about a month from two numbers then i put them on straight to voicemail. I think sprint sells our numbers to telemarketers
thatguythatdid said:
Yeah I was getting that for about a month from two numbers then i put them on straight to voicemail. I think sprint sells our numbers to telemarketers
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I actually think they sell our numbers too. For about 3 months I was getting calls from debt collectors asking for someone named "Laurie Wheeler", who I obviously am not. They kept calling no matter what I said to them (I even got so PO'd that I started swearing at them), so eventually I just asked Sprint to change my number. I haven't had any weirdass calls since.
I've not received any strange calls...LOL. You guys are wrongly paranoid about Sprint IMO.
My advice to you is to be cautious when including your phone number on any promotion, advertisement or to any company that may resell your information.
I had to opt out of solicitation recently when signing up electricity and gas for my house.. WTH?
A couple years ago they started allowing you to add your cell phone to the federal no call list. www.donotcall.gov I also have found that the call/hangup is very common from Capital One if you have an account with them. Just type the number into google and it will sometimes tell you who it is.
Its very common to get recycled numbers. I found this out when i was using prepaid services for a long time. Tmobile is notorious for this and sprint is as well. I would every now get a call asking for the same person from debt collectors. Call sprint and ask if your number is recycled from a overdue or past account.
Sprint likes to give out numbers before the mandatory 1 year holding period that is required after a phone number has been deactivated. When this happens, if the person before you is in serious debt and you get their number, the collectors will call you, call you and call you and will not stop, even if you tell them you will be contacting your lawyer for phone harassment because the person they're looking for is not YOU.
I kept getting calls from the same debt collection agency. They were looking for "Michael Vampas".
Most I ever got were a few spam texts saying that I should reply to get free something or another for 9.99 a month. I just ignored the texts and it stopped.
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So a couple of weeks ago, my gf got mad at me because she sent me a nice "good night" text and I didn't reply. I apologized and told her I didn't get anything. She got over it.
Tuesday night, it happened again. Then the night after that. Then last night again. I called a couple of friends that I text with often, asked them if they had waited for replies from me recently and got nothing--4 of them said yes and recited their last texts to me. Not one of them I received.
I just got off the phone with tech support--the "specialized" Android support to be specific. She asked if the msgs in question were MMS, and I said no. Then she asked if I had trouble with voice calls, and I said no. The she explained to me that SMS is delivered the same way as a voice call and that if I have problems with SMS, I should be having voice call trouble as well. Then she asks how often I delete my msgs. I tell her, at most, once or twice a month. Then she tells me that I should be cleaning out msgs EVERY DAY and that "Android devices can't handle having more than 40-50 msgs at a time without causing trouble for the software and the handset." Not even THREADS, but singular text msgs.
Are you freakin' serious? I paid $350 for a "smartphone" with a plan that costs $100 a month, and I can't keep more than 40 msgs on my phone without running the risk of me missing a few here and there? And since when did this come about? I had a G1 where I could flick 3 times to scroll through my inbox of texts. I've had 20-30 THREADS on my Slide before and only started having problems a couple weeks ago. What about June and July?
Sorry, this is turning into a rant--mostly just to vent, but maybe, just maybe someone else might have an explanation for while some msgs get through and some don't. Hell, I'd feel better just knowing I'm not the only one going through this.
I've been planning to ditch my Slide for the November phone (hopefully a myTouch HD/Desire HD like device), but what's the point when I'm gonna be subject to spotty textroulette.
daewond3r said:
So a couple of weeks ago, my gf got mad at me because she sent me a nice "good night" text and I didn't reply. I apologized and told her I didn't get anything. She got over it.
Tuesday night, it happened again. Then the night after that. Then last night again. I called a couple of friends that I text with often, asked them if they had waited for replies from me recently and got nothing--4 of them said yes and recited their last texts to me. Not one of them I received.
I just got off the phone with tech support--the "specialized" Android support to be specific. She asked if the msgs in question were MMS, and I said no. Then she asked if I had trouble with voice calls, and I said no. The she explained to me that SMS is delivered the same way as a voice call and that if I have problems with SMS, I should be having voice call trouble as well. Then she asks how often I delete my msgs. I tell her, at most, once or twice a month. Then she tells me that I should be cleaning out msgs EVERY DAY and that "Android devices can't handle having more than 40-50 msgs at a time without causing trouble for the software and the handset." Not even THREADS, but singular text msgs.
Are you freakin' serious? I paid $350 for a "smartphone" with a plan that costs $100 a month, and I can't keep more than 40 msgs on my phone without running the risk of me missing a few here and there? And since when did this come about? I had a G1 where I could flick 3 times to scroll through my inbox of texts. I've had 20-30 THREADS on my Slide before and only started having problems a couple weeks ago. What about June and July?
Sorry, this is turning into a rant--mostly just to vent, but maybe, just maybe someone else might have an explanation for while some msgs get through and some don't. Hell, I'd feel better just knowing I'm not the only one going through this.
I've been planning to ditch my Slide for the November phone (hopefully a myTouch HD/Desire HD like device), but what's the point when I'm gonna be subject to spotty textroulette.
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I have hundreds of text messages on my phone at any one time
It is rare to find someone who knows anything of use about Android working at TMO. I'm on my 2nd Android handset and I regularly have 100+ texts in my threads...never had a problem. Are all your friends on Sprint? They have terrible time receiving and sending SMS.
daewond3r said:
So a couple of weeks ago, my gf got mad at me because she sent me a nice "good night" text and I didn't reply. I apologized and told her I didn't get anything. She got over it.
Tuesday night, it happened again. Then the night after that. Then last night again. I called a couple of friends that I text with often, asked them if they had waited for replies from me recently and got nothing--4 of them said yes and recited their last texts to me. Not one of them I received.
I just got off the phone with tech support--the "specialized" Android support to be specific. She asked if the msgs in question were MMS, and I said no. Then she asked if I had trouble with voice calls, and I said no. The she explained to me that SMS is delivered the same way as a voice call and that if I have problems with SMS, I should be having voice call trouble as well. Then she asks how often I delete my msgs. I tell her, at most, once or twice a month. Then she tells me that I should be cleaning out msgs EVERY DAY and that "Android devices can't handle having more than 40-50 msgs at a time without causing trouble for the software and the handset." Not even THREADS, but singular text msgs.
Are you freakin' serious? I paid $350 for a "smartphone" with a plan that costs $100 a month, and I can't keep more than 40 msgs on my phone without running the risk of me missing a few here and there? And since when did this come about? I had a G1 where I could flick 3 times to scroll through my inbox of texts. I've had 20-30 THREADS on my Slide before and only started having problems a couple weeks ago. What about June and July?
Sorry, this is turning into a rant--mostly just to vent, but maybe, just maybe someone else might have an explanation for while some msgs get through and some don't. Hell, I'd feel better just knowing I'm not the only one going through this.
I've been planning to ditch my Slide for the November phone (hopefully a myTouch HD/Desire HD like device), but what's the point when I'm gonna be subject to spotty textroulette.
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The tech who told you that, to be blunt, was lying. Intentionally or not is another question, but the statement she gave you is entirely untrue.
I have threads with THOUSANDS of messages in them, and probably about 30 threads with a few hundred each, and never had any issues.
What application do you use for text messages?
TMo Customer service is the absolute worst. Everyone tells you something different, It took us about 3 weeks to clear up everything with our slides. They made us return our phones just to buy the same exact ones again under another plan, and cancel the other plan. After this, 3G wasn't applying on the phones, so they made us mail the phones in this time to get new ones sent back and to change our plan yet again. Plus side of their stupidity is they forgot to cancel the rebates of the original phones and we got $400 back lol.
I've had thousands as well.
My only problem was slowdown, so now I clear any over like 500.
dilucid_rudoff said:
Are all your friends on Sprint? They have terrible time receiving and sending SMS.
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My gf is on Tmo, a friend on Verizon, another on Sprint, and 2 with iPhones. My phone seems to be equal opportunity when it comes to text denial.
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The tech who told you that, to be blunt, was lying. Intentionally or not is another question, but the statement she gave you is entirely untrue.
I have threads with THOUSANDS of messages in them, and probably about 30 threads with a few hundred each, and never had any issues.
What application do you use for text messages?
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So have I, on my G1 and my Slide. I knew it wasn't true. I guess these ppl are just used to dealing with folks that don't know any better and trust them to be the end-all authority on what's wrong with their phone. She asked me to power down my phone and then proceeded to tell me how to do it, explaining where the power button is and to hold it down for 2 seconds... SMH.
I use ChompSMS but I doubt that matters. I checked the default Messaging app when I was suspicious of the missed msgs and they weren't there either.
I've never deleted any sms from my phone. I have put several ROMs on it, so they get deleted that way. Simply because I am too lazy to back them up and then restore them. I used to have problems sending texts to people on Verizon. They just simply wouldn't go through. After switching to the Slide though, I haven't had any problems at all with sms.
I have never had to delete messages either. However as of late it might take two tries to send a message. Tmo has treated me well. I think the person you spoke with didn't know there @ss from a hole in the ground.
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twiztidnutzzzzz said:
I have never had to delete messages either. However as of late it might take two tries to send a message. Tmo has treated me well. I think the person you spoke with didn't know there @ss from a hole in the ground.
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I've noticed that I have to try and send msgs twice lately too.
I've loved T-Mobile for a while. Never had anything bad to say. I've been a customer since they were Voicestream (in HI anyway). I just hate getting lame ass answers. I know majority of the Android customers are probably clueless and will believe what they're told by "tech support," but giving BS answers doesn't help anyone and only pisses off the ppl who actually know about what their phones are capable of.
I had sms sending problem until I switched to cm6, half of mine failed to send and then some people said they got two when I hit resend
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Damn I hate having to hear about all these bad experiences with Tmo tech care cuz I work there lol. Bottom line: that idiot woman who told you you can't have more than 50 messages is a complete moron who has never owned an Android phone before in her life. I work in tech care and have seen people with over 3000 messages on their G1 before they even see a force close error. This lady was a moron, clearly. Not only that, but she definitely didn't follow Tmobile's troubleshooting steps either. It definitely sounds like she just wanted to get off the call quickly. Again, it sucks cuz I have to deal with pissed off customers like yourself everyday, and most are pissed because of other reps who don't know jack **** about these phones. Honestly I don't understand it, there are these dumbasses who work around these awesome Android phones all day long and still somehow think their Blackberry Bold is superior. That's the kind of douchebag woman you talked to hehe.
So this problem carried on throughout the weekend. Botched a lot of plans that I was trying to make Sunday and yesterday. Really, really annoyed at this point.
stoney: Any chance you have a better answer? I'm really thinking about leaving T-Mo if this continues. I don't want to but I can't keep paying $100/month for hit or miss texts and customer service that gives me the runaround.
I quit T-Mo about six months ago due to my bosses wanting me to sell the phone and move on to the next customer. T-Mobile is like just about any other company. They only worry about their bottom line. I was tech support for my store because I actually had an answer most of the time. 20 phone calls on your day off can really piss of your wife. The only thing we used tech support for is if we had a unit that had to be replaced. In three years, I never met a tech rep that could answer a question I had. They read from a monitor. They enter your question, it runs through some procedures, and if it does not work, they make up an answer, or exchange the unit. Sad but true. Don't ask T-Mo a question if you need a GOOD answer.
I've been having these sms problems too. I got a couple sms dropped so I guess I should off the stock rom.
I'm thinking this is a Sprint issue, but...
About 30 minutes ago, I started getting flooded with SMS notifications. Every SMS I've gotten in the past 24 hours is now showing up as unread - some with the original timestamp, some with a new timestamp. It finally stopped a couple of minutes ago... for now.
Not a fun way to wake up.
same here!!!
in San Diego and i got a couple also
ps..people are also receiving ur texts as well!!!..its making me look stupid!
Oh...yes I remember this use to be an issue with the OG droid after an update its happened on various different phones as well as carriers unfortunately I can't remember what the fix was.. dang.
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What are the txts saying? Random stuff you txt that where already on your phones?
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Yeah, my phone apparently sent out several txt's as well to people at 4am. It updated at 11pm last night. So far I pissed off 3 people because of it and I didn't even do anything! Grumble grumble grumble...
lifeofbean said:
I'm thinking this is a Sprint issue, but...
About 30 minutes ago, I started getting flooded with SMS notifications. Every SMS I've gotten in the past 24 hours is now showing up as unread - some with the original timestamp, some with a new timestamp. It finally stopped a couple of minutes ago... for now.
Not a fun way to wake up.
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byersbw said:
Yeah, my phone apparently sent out several txt's as well to people at 4am. It updated at 11pm last night. So far I pissed off 3 people because of it and I didn't even do anything! Grumble grumble grumble...
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THe opposite happened for me. Someone sent me 5-6 text messages yesterday morning around 10 am. I didn't get them until 4 am this morning. I was none to pleased that my phone started blowing up AND my text messages were late...
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THe opposite happened for me. Someone sent me 5-6 text messages yesterday morning around 10 am. I didn't get them until 4 am this morning. I was none to pleased that my phone started blowing up AND my text messages were late...
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Samething happen to me!!! All around 4am!!
shook187 said:
Samething happen to me!!! All around 4am!!
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And this isn't the first time this has happened. A few weeks ago, I got 38 text messages and 2 voicemails in a matter of minutes, roughly around 4 am. I don't really remember the time because I was passed out drunk.
any airave users in here? i have this problem intermittenly and sprint always blames it on my airave.
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any airave users in here? i have this problem intermittenly and sprint always blames it on my airave.
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Not me.
10char
Same thing Here
Im so sick and tired of sprint!
Im gone as soon as us cellular gets their 4g up and running.
My wife received a bunch of texts from me at 4 something this morning as well in Michigan.
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Yeah, my girlfriend texted me this morning asking her why I was up at 3 am and why was I texting her then..... I went to sleep at 11 lol.... maybe I was sleep texting? Lol jk... stupid sprint...
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kos26 said:
My wife received a bunch of texts from me at 4 something this morning as well in Michigan.
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Im in the Chicago area and the same thing happened to me....I was like "WTF is texting me at 4 in the morning!?" I received 6 text messages that had been sent the DAY BEFORE! They all had proper time/date stamps on them....
I am truly fed up with sprints poor service and excuses, like the one person mentioned above....Sprint got a whole lotta nerve blaiming the AIRAVE for any of our problems (as if they have nothing to do with the device...LMAO). Its bad enough that they are PIGGY BACKING off of our internet (which we pay for) to make up for their lack of a cellular signal (which we also pay for).
Never had ANY of these problems when I was with us cellular....the only reason I left was because I am a GADGET WHORE and us cellulars phones SUCK DONKEY BALLS! Its a shame too because I had me eye set on that new Kyocera Echo.....
But I cant take the dropped calls and poor service any more. (It sucks having to APOLOGIZE constantly to my friends, family and business associates for missing their calls and messages)
I was having the same issue messages failing to go through and.then being.bombarded with already read messages thought it was my phone but guess it was a network issue
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Same sort of issues for me, too. I've had a lot of people angry at me for waking them up from a picture or text that I "sent" at a time when I myself wasn't conscious...
With me, it happens more often with pictures than texts. People are still getting St. Patty's Day pictures from me that they've already received and have been receiving since that night.
I don't know what's at fault, but I'm on EB13 OTA and I don't remember this kind of stuff happening before that. I also sometimes have problems getting sms to send since that update.
Same thing in metro detroit. Got a bunch of texts around 4
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I haven't sent our received any old texts, but current texts are showing up on my wifes phone as way off on the time stamp. She gets them right after I send them.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/17/sprint-network-is-down-no-sms-and-voice-calls-for-some-of-you/
Ha. Their service just gets better by the day...not! Texting hasn't even worked for me for 2 weeks on 50% of the towers/places I'm at in the first place. :|
I knew something was up, I'd get a few notifications of voice mails arriving but no calls. This has been going on the past week and I couldn't figure it out.
Where's dirtyshroomz Sprint lover at? He's always the first to post when something goes down on Verizon.
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I just sent and recieved 4 texts and made 3 calls after reading this, everythings working for me.
Having no issues at all in Las Vegas.
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Mine was down for like 20 min but all is well now.
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I knew something was up, I'd get a few notifications of voice mails arriving but no calls. This has been going on the past week and I couldn't figure it out.
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Mine has been like that for a few weeks now, too...and data is still at, oh, you know, dial up speeds and 1x.
***It's only in a few places, but still nationwide, not just like 2 cities.
No issues here in Des Moines, Iowa. All services working just fine.
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I'm not getting texts from certain people (carriers perhaps), and outgoing calls aren't working. I am integrated through google voice too, and any number in my contacts that is listed with a 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx tells me it can't complete the call because i'm out of credit.
never had problems before now. hopefully this all gets worked out.
Mine hasn't skipped a beat (that I know of) and I've tested it. I don't know. Seems fine here in the dirty Duval
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No issues here in the Seattle area or Cleveland area as I just got off the phone with my brother there.
Pocket posted...
My company has been having voice andsome texting issues for a couple weeks now.
Everything is good for me here in orange county
Good news: I just saved 500 hundred bucks on a new phone by switching to XxXViRuSXxX
(So easy, a noobie can do it)
All good here.
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Texting has been in and out for a few hours but all good now.
F.I.D.D.L.E.S.T.I.C.K.S.
...In northern Utah
F.I.D.D.L.E.S.T.I.C.K.S.
I was wondering why I couldn't send mms yesterday.
No issues in Sacto Cali
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MILH0U5E said:
Where's dirtyshroomz Sprint lover at? He's always the first to post when something goes down on Verizon.
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Just from reading this thread, it doesn't seem like the majority - try again.
Btw - No issues here.
Oh, and why would I post about Verizon? You might be thinking of Award Tour no myself.
No issues here in NYC nor any issues communicating with my mom or brother back in Michigan so I'm calling BS on "nationwide".
Also, what network has never had an outage?
Precisely.
The past few days I've been getting a lot of calls sent right to voicemail even though I have bars and a lot of my SMS messages are coming back as failed to send (though people are still receiving them).
I thought maybe it was an issue with CM9.1, which I just flashed, but my father's stock E4G Touch is having the same problems and he lives in the same area.
Anyone heard anything about Sprint having problems the last few days?
You can dial *2 and ask. They do give up that info. I was told my closest tower has been operating at 65% forever with no repair ticket out. That is why they gave me an Airave.
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The past few days I've been getting a lot of calls sent right to voicemail even though I have bars and a lot of my SMS messages are coming back as failed to send (though people are still receiving them).
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I have these issues all the time in myrtle beach, sc. :\
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