Hi there,
is there any solution for postponing SMS sending when the GSM signal is not strong enough?
In other words - on the symbian platform the SMS is taken into the queue like Outbox and the system or app then performs a signal check on regular basis and send out the SMS once the signal is at adequate level. So you no longer have to worry about the SMS once you hit the SEND button. Is there something like that available on WM platform too?
Thanks for any tips or ideas.
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I'm starting to get wound up with the way WM6 handles texting, unsure if its specific to the Niki, or the Orange customisations.
I'm running the standard Orange customised firmware, and this is a list of the problems -
- it regularly just saves messages into the drafts folder rather than sends them
- takes ages (well maybe 10-20 seconds) to respond when attempting to send
- keeps a message in the outbox until I told it to send
- it will say "sending failed", whilst the recipient has actually received the message
Any when there's no signal, why doesn't the SMS system just keep the messages in the outbox until there is a signal? It just says "message can't be sent" and stick the message in the drafts folder.
Is this just standard windows mobile? If so, its pretty poor - Symbians messaging systems work absolutely perfectly in comparison.
So far my WM6(o2 xda stellar) seems to text just fine
Only issue same as one of yours is the no signal and moving the text to drafts and it does not resent as far as i know
I'm wondering if WM just isn't suited to anyone who does a lot of texting.
I'm on one of Oranges unlimited text plans, and I'm regularly doing 1000+ texts in a month. Not good though .... I'm thinking of starting to just use the Niki for calendar/data storage, its getting to be useless as a phone.
Yes it was badly designed... use PocketCM
wildcard said:
Yes it was badly designed... use PocketCM
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I have got pocketCM on there, but that will use the same messaging subsystem, its just a different interface on the same systems. Which means it'll have exactly the same problems.
Ok, there's a lot that could be fixed in WM but sms seems to work pretty damn well. Especially 6.1's threaded sms is great to use. I've had no problems with it whatsoever.
My Niki is getting a little, er, awkward at handling MMS at the moment, I'll explain :
It does seem incredibly slow at downloading/opening MMS, and invariably the messages are nothing more than plain text (some friends who have bizarre text plans).
I can be in the middle of writing a text message, and then an incoming (text) MMS is received, and the phone is basically useless whilst the message is coming in.
And earlier it decided that it wasn't going to open any of the MMS that had been received this morning, would only open SMS.
Left it for a few minutes, no change, so decided to do a full power off reboot. Started back up again, and it had deleted all the messages that had been received in the last 10 or so minutes.
Any suggestions on what I could do to improve the general SMS/MMS handling? The phone is running on the stock Orange rom.
ps. please don't suggest using pocketcm instead - it doesn't seem to be able to send SMS at all on my Niki
I work in the basement of a building, and thus, my reception is spotty at best. I tend to use my phone most for text messaging (and not even SMS, though I'm not sure I'm clear on the difference).
If I'm sitting on my desk, I will eventually (through the proper alignment of air particles or whatever) get signal and receive text messages, though sometimes they're delayed. However, when I reply, I usually get "text message cannot be sent" and the message stored in drafts (and often I don't even see this message, and only notice hours later that the message wasn't sent).
Every other (non smart-)phone I've had has automatically retried to send text/SMS until it succeeded, but for some reason Windows Mobile doesn't do this, and relies on me realizing that a message is still in drafts, and makes me resend manually.
I found this thread from 2006 that addresses the same problem, but there was no solution at the time. I was hoping that Mobile 6 or 6.1 would solve the issue, but it appears they still just abandon failed messages.
Are there any third party apps that will retry until successful? I'd like it to be for standard text messages, though I could switch to SMS with my wife to solve the main issue.
I've found a post in the kaiser software forum that says that "Palm Threaded Messaging" does this, but isn't that a Palm app? They also mentioned that it gets rid of the 'text messages' link in messaging, which is unacceptable.
Anybody know of an app or registry fix that would solve this? I've tried searches on google and this forum, and have come up with nothing. Does anybody have the skill to write such an app? I might be willing to pay for a couple hours worth of development.
Thanks.
I am looking for the same solution.
I have a samsung i760 and have a similar work issue where I have little or no reception depending on the alignment of the stars.
Please help us out
This can easily be done with mortscript. Simply move all messages in the drafts folder to the Outbox and they should send. You can also check signal strength before you do it. I am sure somebody is willing to whip something up.
wish they would!!
I am used to Nokia's features and with the bad reception i get in my office at home I am used to just hitting send then once i get a ray of light willing to carry a signal the msg gets sent, but on this diamond i gotta get up off my jacksie and go find a signal before hitting send. This is a major inconvienience as you can imagine.
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try mobile secretary
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try mobile secretary
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a link would be nice.......
wallbank999 said:
a link would be nice.......
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Searching would be nice too
Google is your friend
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/10/23/the-mobile-secretary.aspx
Mobile Secretary is fine for sending Automated responses to missed calls. But is there a way to include the "resending" feature in WM 6 ?
Hi, I think that this is general WM6 problem. I have T-Mobile branded Touch Elf. When I send SMS without network signal (typically being in underground), sms sending failure appears and sms is moved to drafts folder with no future action.
I would like this SMS to stay in Outbox folder and to be send when phone reaches signal again. Is there any tip or fix?
Thanks a lot
Nobody tried to solve it?
im lookinf for this fix too.... been looking for weeks and still no answer! o2 sms is supposed to help but i cant see how.
Hi -
We have a situation where we can only send an SMS message to a phone number. No alternative methods like WhatsApp or the 100 other messaging apps, due to a limitation of rules and system. On the receiving end, we have someone who doesn't have SMS services in their area (overseas - UK), so they're unable to receive them. I'm not exactly sure how to word this, but is there anything that allows you to SMS a target phone number and have it be received over 4g/wifi instead of regular SMS messaging over cellular?
I looked at Google voice, but this person doesn't want to switch anything over number-wise. Is this or any other service a viable solution for this need?
Thanks in advance for any advice......