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Troubleshooting: Some SMS don't get through (German Network)

Hey everyone,
I face a SMS sending problem. I'm texting to Australia quite often and I'm (different to my t-mobile button above) with E-Plus. A long time me and my partner down under had no trouble sending/receiving text messages. But lately only half my texts get through.
We had a problem earlier this year when she was with Optus. All of a sudden my messages did not get through anymore. All of them. Then she changed to Vodafone and it seemed to work. But E-Plus (I'm actually with MedionMobile, just using E-Plus network) made their messages cheaper and now I face this problem!
It's really anoying. Now -
when I have such a problem - does it have anything to do with my Radio / Rom installed on the phone? Or is this just a network fault?
Would changing to Vodafone solve this problem since Vodafone Germany and Vodafone Australia are partner networks?
It's just that E-Plus is so much cheaper (1/3 of the price for a SMS!)
Please try to help me!

Is your operator billing you for the txts? If so, you can be sure they're transferred to your operators server correctly and your phone's alright. But you probably won't be able to get a deeper insight into what happens after that- if and where your txts are lost....
Changing networks MIGHT help, but don't count on it.
You might wanna try sending your txts using an internet-based service?! just to check... and, btw, that might be cheaper, too. I remember seeing a tool that allows you to send txts via internet-based services from your xperia using your data connection. i just can't seem to find it right now.

first: thanks for your help!
My operator is billing me for the text messages, yes. So they send it correctly. I even tried out to get a confirmation for sent items, you know? I always get the message that it has been delivered. But then she does not get the message...
I tried out to send messages from two of my class mates and from my mums phone as well as from my dads phone. Their messages all get through...
I think I know what you mean with internet based SMS sending. Innosend is such a service, huh?
But items sent throught that service do not get stored in my SMS store...But I will try it out, I guess. As well as I try a Vodafone SimCard.
I hope there is nothin wrong with my phone...

Out of interest, what phone does your partner have?

Oh, I think you got me there. Long time it was a Sony Ericsson...older one. But she got a new one two weeks ago or so. But I don't think it's her phone because the fault occured on both, her old and her new phone. I'll write it in here as soon as I know...

Ah ok cool. The reason I was asking: When I got my Xperia I soon realised that my gf was only getting around half the texts I was sending. It drove me crazy as nothing seemed to fix it - I got my phone replaced, she got hers replaced, we both got new SIMs. Just like you, the texts were showing up on bills, and O2 could see them going through their message centre, so they could not identify the problem.
Eventually I figured it out, my gf did not receive my messages when they were longer than a single message. Anything more and it simply did not show up on her phone (LG Renoir), but still seemed to send successfully and show up on my bill. I then realised that the same thing happened when sending long texts to my friend (also an LG, but a Viewty). They can both get long messages from other people, just not me, so I think there must be some sort of incompatibility between the Brands/softwares.
Probably of no help to you really, but maybe you send long messages too?

No, it's fine since I experience such a thing on my own now. Thanks for sharing! I'm gonna ask her what kind of phone she uses now. Today I removed the SIM Card from my phone and replaced it. The Xperia did a new setup on my network and afterwards my 2 sent messages came through. Maybe I just had to do that because I flashed a new Rom and later a new Radio without renewing my network options...
As you, I do not have a clue where the problem is...But also takin my mums T-Mobile Sim Card in my phone she got all messages. I believe it's the operator...I keep you guys updated when I have my Vodafone card or if it should work normally now...
Thanks for your help. Always appreciated!
edit:yes, I experienced that longer messages have less chance to get through. Sometimes they are messed up or just the first part (first 160 characters) get through...hmm

I can text in Korean, but can't receive Korean texts.

I'm asking this question on behalf of my friend. He downloaded the Korean IME to his Captivate, and has no problem typing or sending texts in Korean. The problem that he's having is he can't receive any Korean texts. All he gets are ****** instead of the written characters.
When he changes to locale to Korean the texts still come in as ******. Any idea what's happening? My other friend's Vibrant has no problem receiving Korean Text. I thought it was weird that the Captivate couldn't.

skyungjae said:
I'm asking this question on behalf of my friend. He downloaded the Korean IME to his Captivate, and has no problem typing or sending texts in Korean. The problem that he's having is he can't receive any Korean texts. All he gets are ****** instead of the written characters.
When he changes to locale to Korean the texts still come in as ******. Any idea what's happening? My other friend's Vibrant has no problem receiving Korean Text. I thought it was weird that the Captivate couldn't.
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Mine is fine. I text with my bro/friends all the time in korean and I receive them perfectly. Is his phone rooted? Maybe he can try going back to stock via odin.

Is his capticvate and his friends all on at&t network?
at&t phones can send and recieve each others while for outside networks we can send ours but we cant recieve theirs... i know it sucks but thats what it is.
i use kakaotalk for those people outside my network. its a program you can use to text pictures and even videos.
any smartphone and iphone can use it to text each other in korean.
just a suggestion and if you are running low on text messages you can use it also since it uses data.
just a thought and im not promoting this app but telling you what i use. ^^ GL

sorry to bump this all thread but im having this issue now. rooted and installeg d congnition4.1 korean is selectable in locale languages
but same as op i can send korean text but recieve it only as*****

Not sure if it would work, but try installing 'MoreLocale 2' from the Market and trying it that way. I use Korean often as well, but never had a problem like this...

If you are on ATT, then its an ATT issue. Something weird about the way it processes messages or something.

thanks, for the replies. got a friend to send me an mms were both on at&T doesnt seem ot have a problem. i guess its jsut from other carriers - at&t. but for the korean text still no solution yet .. il keep reading around .thanks for the replies

SMS to another country

Hi folks.
I´m using a SGS with Froyo 2.2.1 and I have some problems with SMS.
I live in Brazil, I can send a SMS to USA for example.
The person receives it fine, but I don´t get a delivery report and when this person replies my SMS, I don´t received it.
I already contact Samsung and my operator too.
They said every settings is fine, and Samsung said that I should check if my operator has contract to the USA operator for SMS services.
But if I change the phone, and use my old Samsung I6210, it works fine.
Can anyone help me, please ?
Thanks a lot.

Phone is always busy

Hi guys,
I have a question for you. My phone's line is always busy even if I don't use the phone. I can make calls, can send and receive messages, however I can't receive calls. Anyone had similar problem? Thank you.

Try with another simcard and report back, more than likely you have call barring active or your simcard is malfunctioning! I had this problem with a 10 yr old sim... changing it resolved the issue...

Verizon note 8 on AT&T Calling error!

Hey everyone,
I have a bit of a weird issue here. I have a note 8 from Verizon which everyone knows comes unlocked. I am using it on AT&T and everything works well except for one thing. For some reason when I receive phone calls from people, it shows on the screen with a + sign in front of the phone number. So if someone calls me that is in my contact book, it will not show their name since there is no + sign in my contact book. So also now in my call history if I try to call that number back it sounds like it is trying to make an international call. I have no idea what is happening. Data, texts and calls work but instead of getting a call from 9999999999 I get +9999999999.
Please help me out here, I love the phone!!
Zachary

I've read about this issue before. Googling 'incoming calls show +' gives you some leads.
In short it seems to be related to Dialling Assistance settings (note spell error, is as in settings...). I couldn't find those via the regular settings (used to be accessible via settings in Phone app), but I could via the app 'Shortcut Master (Light)' ...
Search for 'dialing' and then launch:
'com.android.phone.operator.usa.AssistedDialingActivity'. My settings (N950U1) are as per SS...
Try playing with these settings.