Questions tagged [sms]
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Why does google translate refuse to work without sms permission
Google Play Services required permissions
Is a related question.
I understand that "messaging" needs access to sms messages. But "play services" has no business there. I disabled it. Today i tried ...
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I don't receive text messages on time
Using a Samsung Galaxy S7,
When someone send me a text message (sms), I often receive it several tens of minutes late, sometimes even a few hours late.
For instance:
Other: - We're going to the ...
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Why am I still receiving old—and resolved—Amber alerts on my Android phone?
For the past 2 months, every few days to a week, I've been getting an Amber alert. Oddly, though, it's the same one every time.
The notification reads as follows
Messages 3/13/19
Emergency ...
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Single SMS won't delete from Messaging app
I have a phone (HUAWEI Y6 2018) that recently received a text message claiming to be from a postal company (AusPost). However, the subject for the message simply says '(No subject)', and when I try to ...
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“Messages for Web” always sends mass/group text as MMS instead of multiple SMS as set on phone
When addressing a text message to multiple recipients, my phone (Messages app) is set to "Send an SMS reply to all recipients and get individual replies (mass text)" and does indeed do that when I ...
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How do I disable sms archiving on my android 9
How do I disable sms archiving on my android? It is getting a little frustrating. Seems to be archiving all my important texts as well. Sometime there are some sms that straight away get archived ...
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Possible Virus? Link at the bottom of some messages
My friend is getting this Chinese writing at the bottom of the odd sent text message, only on very few texts. It seems to be a link to a website something like 11.am. I have used AVG, Malwarebytes and ...
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programatically edit numbers from messages
Here is the issue
i changed phones..
i before hand backed up calls and messages using sms backup and restore. everything went fine. I have the xml files i can see the messages and the numbers ...
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How do get SMS messages off a damaged Android phone (Samsung J2 pro)
I dropped my Samsung J2 Pro and damaged it this morning. Only part of screen responds to touch commands now. So it's almost certainly time for a new phone, but I'd like to get photos and SMS messages ...
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How do I transfer text messages from iPhone 5 (running iOS 10.3) to a Galaxy S5 (running Android 6) for free?
I love Android and I'm trying to get my friend to transfer to an Android phone from their iPhone. I can use iCloud and other apps to transfer contacts and other things, but I can't figure out how ton ...
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Can I get rid of fake messages from the preview?
On a Galaxy tablet, underneath "Messages 3 x 2", or "Email 3 x 2", some fake messages are appearing.
John Doe
Tomorrow's event
Marissa Haro
[illegible]
Raye
Re: Re: How's it ...
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how can i gain access to texts if i dont have the phone in hand
So let's just say I dont trust my husband, and I want to access his calls and texts on my computer. I dont have his phone right this second, but I am the account holder for both phones and they are ...
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How do you enable auto-complete in the contact bar when composing a message?
Pretty much the title, I'm brand new to android and this is the one thing that has been annoying me! As it is now, I have to type the entire contact name and then begin composing before my phone ...
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What does this sms mean( >4 157>?0A=>)
I'm not sure if this is android related but can't find anything on this,
I keep on getting a sms with the message(>4 157>?0A=>). Does anyone know what this error is?
edit: I live in South Africa, I ...
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How can I delete a draft message when it is an attachment and not text?
I accidentally selected the wrong contact initially. I'm not seeing a way to delete the draft. There isn't any text to delete.
I am using Message+ 6.7.12 on a Samsung Galaxy S8.
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Smiley face doesn't work
All of my Emojis work, except one. This one ☺️. In the emoji archive it's listed simply as "smiley face". It works in every other application except Google messages (not to be confused with Facebook ...
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Just rooted and can't enable premium messaging
When I attempt to enable it, it's stuck like in the picture.
I then receive the message: Free Msg: Unable to send message - Message Blocking is active. I've tried other messaging applications, but I ...
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How to determine what if any charge will actually occur when sending to an SMS short code
I keep getting texts from a short SMS number asking me to fill out a survey, or reply "STOP" to stop getting these messages. But when I reply "STOP", Android gives me the message:
this may cause ...
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how to text a pic from web directly on Android
Is there a way to send a picture say from the web, say from google image search? If I use the share button, it will send the link instead of the actual image...
on IOS, you can simply hold on pic to ...
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Stop prompting to Block Number when deleting a text message
I have a Samsung Galaxy S9+ and every time I delete any text message, the phone prompts the option to "Block Number". How do I disable this so I can just select the message(s) I want to delete? My ...
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How do I set a custom SMS tone for a single contact in Android Messages running on Samsung Galaxy Note 8?
How do I set a custom SMS tone for a single contact? in the answer at https://android.stackexchange.com/a/16653/13886 it is claimed that this option exists in the dot-dot-dot menu, but it does not for ...
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Unread SMS message is invisible AOSP 6.0.1
My phone shows one unread SMS message on Home screen, but when I open the Messaging app there's no unread message. How can I reach this message and get rid of the notification on Home screen? Phone is ...
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Determining which app keeps asking me to choose a SIM card
I have a dual-SIM version of Sony Xperia XZ Premium (G8142) running Android 9. In my "Dual SIM" settings I have explicitly asked the phone to use one of the two SIM cards for "Cellular Data", "Calls" ...
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Send an SMS from an Android 8.0 using adb
A lot of docs are explaining how to send an SMS from an Android using adb command line, but none of these work for the newer Android version 8.
I am eager to know where are the docs for
service ...
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Text message is being divided into two messages
I use a pre-paid cellular service from T-mobile. Each text message is deducted from my account at a preset rate.
Too often, a text message I receive of 100 or less characters and spaces is broken ...
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Samsung Galaxy S9 running android 9 SMS pending
New to the forum and having an issue.
I upgraded my S9 from android 8 to android 9 last night and now when I try to send a message it got a spinning circle next to the time and has a status of ...
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How does backup files work on SyncTech's “SMS Backup & Restore” app?
When doing a backup with SyncTech's "SMS Backup & Restore" (com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore), it creates a local backup (on internal memory, SD card, or through OTG), and I notice the size the ...
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I've accidentally given permission to message app to receive and send text messages
This is because my messages won't send on my new Huawei y6 2018. I'm trying to rectify this but how is the question. Cheers Kevin
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How do I send SMS to contact groups on Android 9 / OnePlus 5T?
I've created a group and added four contacts to it in gmail contacts. How do I send an SMS to this group on my phone?
This was easy to do from both the SMS app Messaging and the Contacts app on ...
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How to prevent an extra space from being entered before every SMS in Samsung Messenger?
In the stock Samsung Messenger, using the stock Samsung Keyboard, every time I create a text message (SMS), the SMS begins with a blank space.
Is there any way to fix this besides using a different ...
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App or feature to easily maintain SMS list, sending individual messages to each number
I am a leader in a group and would like to communicate important information to the group. I've found that most people do not read their email despite important information coming through the email ...
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Get rid of Messages' notifications when application is connected to a PC
I am using and very enjoining the fact I can connect my base Android Messages application to its web counterpart on my PC and get much more flexibility in writing and managing all my SMSes.
But, I am ...
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A script that sends sms to the GPS tracker to turn on and off the alarms
I've just bought a Lekemi GPS tracker to protect my car. it works like this : if someone moves the car it sends to me an SMS message. And it sends to me another SMS if someone exceeds the speed ...
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What version of Android starts “Messages for Web” support?
The Messages for Web documentation gives the impression (as does the Chrome OS documentation on the matter) that this feature has been available since Android 1.0 as it lists no "if you have Android ...
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Disabling sms delivery report globally in android
I know we can enable/disable the sms delivery report in the messaging app.
But is it possible to disable it for all apps?
I use an app that sends sms to control a device and I guess it's using the ...
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How to load URLs in a separate browser from within Samsung Messenger?
In Samsung Messenger, if an SMS message includes a URL, clicking on that URL seems to always load the website in Android System WebView.
Is there a way to specify which external browser app to use to ...
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Termus/Python - How to mark unread SMS messages as read?
I made a simple SMS reader script with Python and Termux/Termux API (I use termux-tts-speak to read the messagees and execute the script from Termux). The script reads messages (with termux-sms-list) ...
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What is Error 38 and how do you resolve it?
My phone is working normally and network connection is fine. While trying to send an SMS, I get a notification for 'Error 38: Unable to send sms'. The message remains unsent after multiple attempts.
(...
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Why does Google Messages (SMS/MMS) app lose phone number?
I've been using Google Messages since it released a year or two ago on the same phone.
Suddenly, three days ago the app popped up a message and said, "Your phone number isn't available in the ...
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Is there a way to combine SMS from different Android versions
I'm looking for a proper way which will allow to combine SMS from two different devices with different Android versions.
I took a look into this solution but it doesn't explain the step "4. Edit both ...
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How to restore SMS from sms.vmsg backup?
I made a backup of my contacts and SMS on an Android 6 phone with what I think is a stock Backup & Restore app. I ended up with two files: contact.vcf and sms.vmsg.
However, my new phone (Android ...
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How to merge text conversations from multiple numbers into a single one?
I have a handful of people who have more than two numbers they contact me from, and I find it annoying to have so many different conversations for one person. I'm looking for a way (preferably, an app)...
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Backup Messages for Web?
My phone's screen died, and neither did I root it nor enable USB debugging, so I can't back up my SMS messages the traditional way.
However, I have messages for web (messages.android.com) set up, and ...
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Not receiving SMS from short numbers on Xiaomi Mi Max 3 (MIUI)
Phone doesn't receive 2fa messages, bank codes, etc.
This is chinese Xiaomi Mi Max 3 with unlocked bootloader which came with global 10.0.1.0 miui (Android 8.1).
What I've tried:
checking sms ...
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How to find out what is causing vibration when sending and receiving texts?
After updating my LG V20 phone to 8.0, everytime I get a text message my phone vibrates twice. My phone has also started vibrating when I send a text.
I am using the message app that came with the ...
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Is it possible to successfully adjust predictive text for offensive words?
I am using a oneplus 5t, and Gboard. I use signal to text.
I have cleared the personal dictionary within gboard, and I have also enabled "do not make offensive suggestions" in the keyboard options. I ...
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Forward WhatsApp messages to e-mail or SMS
Some friends of mine want to use WhatsApp to send me messages from time to time. But, I don't want to install the app (or I don't want to have it running all the time). Can I configure something ...
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Android phone has SMS messages not sorted chronologically by date
I have an old phone huawei y635 with android 4.4.4 kitkat, the problem is that all sms messages are messed up not following chronologically by date. I tried every thing I read on internet but no ...
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Can I manually reattempt restoring SMS messages from backup?
I have a Nexus 5X updated to the latest Android version. I did a factory reset and chose to restore everything from backup. But my SMS messages are gone. I'm pretty sure the SMS backup was activated ...
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How does an app reads an OTP SMS without SMS permission?
I have recently installed an Android app from the Play Store.
While registering in it, I realized that it was able to read my message of OTP without even asking for my permission to read the message.
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