Short Message Service (SMS) is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices.
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Is there a way to fix the sms notification in Galaxy S2, ICS
The SMS notification behavior is inconsistent on the Samsung Galaxy S2 after upgrading to 4.0.3 ICS. When receiving a text message, the phone does not make a sound or vibrate, regardless of the ...
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When was my text message delivered?
In the text messaging application that came with my Android phone, a checkmark seems to appear next to text messages that have been successfully delivered. How can I find out when a text message was ...
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How to Sync Text Messages from Outlook 2010 to Android
I went from the HTC "Tilt" running Windows 6.1 to the Samsung INFUSE running Android. I use an exchange server plus Outlook 2010 at my office. I can no longer send/receive text messages from my ...
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Send SMS from PC through Bluetooth
Is there way in which I can send and receive messages on my PC with connection via Bluetooth to my phone? I have HTC Amaze with andriod 2.3. I tried to connect with MyPhoneExplorer App but its does ...
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Android to iPhone - clickable phone numbers in SMS messages
Need a way to have clickable phone numbers from iPhone SMS's.
I started a new job with a company that uses iPhones, and we can send phone numbers that can just be tapped to be called. When that same ...
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Save SMS to phone directly
Some of my text messages get saved in my SIM card automatically and this does not show up in notifications and I miss out on reading them.
I only realize the messages have arrived when I get a ...
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Tapped Always instead of Once
I'm sorry for the stupid question, but I accidentally tapped "always" to choose the app when I meant to tap "once" (in text messaging). How do change it?
I tried to tap "Clear Defaults", as ...
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How do you delete thousands of text messages at once?
I have a HTC vivid and need to delete about 30,000 texts. Every time I try to do it, it freezes my phone. The same thing happens when I try to create a backup.
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Unable to access text messaging after updating to ICS
I have a Droid RAZR and the stock messaging app just keeps loading forever and Handcent SMS crashes when I access it. I have tried to leave it be and let it load but nothing happens.
I would use SMS ...
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SMS to contacts with multiple numbers
I use to forward SMS to many contacts, most of those contacts have multiple numbers with one number as default.
Handcent
When I select a group to send a message, handcent asks me to choose number ...
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How can I set different ringtones - one for new email and one for new SMS in Nexus One?
Currently I can't find the selection box anywhere in the configuration in my Nexus One to allow this; i.e. they are the same and when I'm expecting SMS from my friend, I get distracted by the emails ...
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How do I see my sent SMS messages?
How do I see my sent SMS messages? I can search my text messages, but it's not obvious how to simply see a list of my sent messages ordered by time.
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SMS backup apps, SMS Backup+, SMS Backup and Restore
I've been using SMS Backup+ and when I restore not all my messages are restored, even though I can see them there in gmail. I've used SMS Backup and Restore before but it doesn't have a feature to ...
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Android on my Galaxy Nexus is able to interpret iPhone emoticons, how can I send them back?
Recently I notice that my Galaxy Nexus (Verizon 4.1.1) was able to translate the iphone 4 emoticons for my Android phone as seen here:
Which is great. However the only way I can send them back is ...
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Reply to an SMS and send it to someone else
Sometimes when I reply to an SMS, I also want to send that same SMS to another person. On my previous non-android phones this was easy, every SMS was a single message, as opposed to the threads in ...
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iPhone-to-Android convert: how do I change the lock screen, set up 2-click speed dialing, etc.
I just left my iPhone 3G for a Samsung Galaxy S II Android phone. I am trying to recreate certain iPhone behaviors and am wondering if it's possible, and how.
Android 2.3's default lock screen is ...
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How can I delete my texts?
I did not realize if you have more than about 400 SMS texts in one stack, the phone seems unable to delete. I have over 5000 SMS texts in one stack and I don't have the time or patience to delete them ...
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Migrating SMSes from Windows Mobile to Android phone
I want to migrate all my SMSs from WinMo to Android.
I currently use PIM Backup to make a backup in case WinMo gets hard resetted, and it works fine. I have complete history of received and sent ...
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Strange text messages at five minute intervals with no sender
So I've been having this problem recently where I get these extremely strange text messages being sent to my phone. They have no sender associated with them, and just look like a bunch of gibberish. ...
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Save more then 200 SMS per contact on 2.3?
I've noticed that my Samsung Galaxy Gio (Android 2.3) saves only 200 SMS per contact. Is there any way to save more?
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Sprint Android Sends Same Text 30 Times
Why does my HTC Evo 4G send a single text message to the same person 30 or 40 times? Sprint won't help us and it drains my battery and annoys people. Thank-you.
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Getting a list of applications with SMS permission
I installed many applications, and some of them have specific permissions. How do I get a list of all applications with a specific permission? I'm interested in SMS permissions. I do not want to write ...
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Can receive but not send SMS
My Samsung Galaxy 2 (SC-02C) has been rooted and upgraded to 4.1.2. It seemed that everything, all phone functionality, was fine.
However, I've discovered that I can not send SMS with my phone. I can ...
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How do I start a new SMS conversation?
All the messages I ever exchange with one number are listed as one conversation. How do I start a new conversation with someone on the same number?
If this is an organisational thing, then I'd like ...
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sending messages off pc through phone, with only having app on phone.
I want to be able to send texts through my laptop, but without having to download anything onto it. Is there any app i can download on my phone to be able to tdo that?
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Import SMSes from Nokia 6300
I want to transfer all SMSes from my old phone Nokia 6300 to Philips W626. I have tried several tools but all of them failed. Does anybody know tested way to do it?
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Is there any way to change the size of the text box in Messaging?
I find it hard to edit text messages in the tiny Messaging box. Is there any way to increase the size of it? I'm using CM10 (JB), but the app looks the same as the CM9 (ICS) version.
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How do I save sms messages e.g. to SIM?
Today have fired up my new Samsung Galaxy S II. To find that managing SMS messages is not as intuitive as on my old - non-smart Sony Ericsson. Cant seem to find a way to save messages to SIM - or ...
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Can I use the stock SMS/MMS app on an Android tablet without UMTS module?
I just got my Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet. It does not have a GSM/UMTS/3G module but there is an SMS/MMS icon. What is the purpose of this app? Does Android allow me to send and receive SMS/MMS over my ...
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why HTC wildfire phone deleted all of my sms for 2 times?
my HTC wildfire phone deleted all of my sms suddenly. I don't know what happened!!
and I hadn't made a backup of them. what can I do to restore them?
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How do I open a Photo attached to a text Message?
I have just bought a Samsung Galaxy S and have been sent a Text message with a photo but cannot find out how to open the photo to view when I touch the message thread it just comes up with message ...
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SMS messages never delivered if target phone is off-network
I have a Samsung GT-I5500 (Europa) running Android 2.1.
Sending an SMS message to an off-phone will result in a notification saying 'message not sent'
It is never delivered even after the target ...
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What is the easiest way I can send a phone nr for one contact to another on my android?
I have to send two contacts in my phone book to another contact, on my Nexus One Android 2.2. How can I do this easiest?
On my old SonyEricsson this function was on a nearby menu, but I can't find it ...
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How can I send SMS messages through PC programatically?
Or there a way to send SMSs through a PC programatically?
Alternatively: is there an android application that exposes an API over a socket (REST or otherwise) that allows one to send SMSs (and ...
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Reply-by-SMS with Google Voice
I've got a Samsung Galaxy Nexus running stock Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1. As you probably know, Jelly Bean has a new feature that allows you to "respond-by-SMS" to incoming phone calls. Unfortunately, ...
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Can I mark read SMS messages as unread in 2.2?
I've just switched to a Samsung Galaxy Europa from a push-button Sony Ericsson K660, and already I'm finding a few features in the old device that I'm missing in the new one. For example, sometimes ...
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How to transfer text message backup file to my Samsung Galaxy S III?
I used "SMS Backup & Restore" to create an sms.xml file with all my text messages from my old phone. My new phone, Samsung Galaxy S III, can't mount as USB mass storage, so I can't figure out how ...
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How can I insert a customized emoticon in SMS? Galaxy S2
Just wondering if is it possible to insert a customized emoticon in SMS.
I get only those :-) default ones. I'd like to use smth like :) or :-x or 8-)
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How do I get SMS messages to be sorted in chronological order?
I just got an HTC Desire HD, and it's sorting my SMS texts by what the sender has sent up at the top of the conversation page, and what I reply down below. It's almost like two conversations in ...
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SMS not vibrating
I'm using a USA T-Mobile G2, stock Froyo OS. My phone used to vibrate when receiving SMS text messages, but now it doesn't; I can't figure out why.
As far as I know, there are two settings that are ...
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New messages do not show up immediately - HTC Desire Z
Has anybody else encountered this problem? I go into my message inbox and at that point I see I have unread text messages that were received many hours before without notification.
I have got the ...
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From iphone to Android: SMS history recover
I think my previous SMS are stored somewhere in itune, can I get it back and store in my new android?
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How to remove GMail contacts from Messaging app on Samsung Galaxy S Advance?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Advance and when I try to send a SMS message to someone I have to search through all my GMail contacts that for some reason appear on the app along with my phone contacts. I ...
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iMessage like group messaging
My friends with iphones frequently group message me and I am never able to participate because when i hit reply it only sends the message back to the original person sending the message, not the whole ...
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Is there a way to speak “Send” in order to send an SMS?
I know I can pull up my SMS app and press the microphone to activate speech. I speak my message, but then I need to press the "send" button to actually send my message.
Is there a way to activate the ...
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Messaging keeps drafts after you have edited and used them
Running a Galaxy Nexus on Jelly Bean 4.1.2. Stock, with stock messaging app.
I find that when I create a draft message because I've accidentally hit home instead of space, when reloading the ...
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Android: Change Samsung Galaxy Ace default message type to text (160 charactors )
My Samsung Galaxy Ace default message is multimedia type messages (70 characters) and is costing me a fortune, over 10p a text (UK). How do I change this to normal text (160 characters) which my ...
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Move Nokia Backup (NBF) contents to Android Phone
Recently I started using Android phone (Samsung Galaxy Y Duos) with Gingerbread. Prior to this switch I was using Nokia 6303c (S40 Device). Before I exchanged my Nokia for this phone I had made a ...
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Set up an automated SMS server with Android (and a computer)?
I'm looking for a way to set up an SMS server (I don't know if there is better terminology for this, but probably).
What I want:
use the phone as an SMS gateway for an automated server
let the ...
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Forwarding text messages from an android phone to a TCP port of a PC
We are going to have an online poll using SMS in an upcoming ceremony. We also want to show the result of the poll on a large screen using a video projector. The idea that I have is to use an android ...
