Weird text messages - Verizon Droid Charge

My wife started getting these weird text messages from an over seas number. No idea what it is but she replied one time to get rid of it. We ended up getting charged more than than normal and was told the only way to stop was to change phone nimbers. She now started to get them now. Whats weird is now out of the blue I stared to get them on my phone. Any ideas?

That's annoying. I get blank texts messages from this one number, and it started about 1.5-2 years ago. It happens randomly, and I even called the number back at one point explaining to the middle-aged lady that she was sending me blank texts. She was surprised and said she had no idea that it was happening. I have screenshots to prove it, *****.
Luckily, I don't get charged for her blank texts.

Maybe an app u have is pushing them try downliading air push finder and see what comes up
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My wife is stock and I just put eclipse on. I have not installed any new apps that I did not have before. I woke up and there were 5 messages from a number.

blueis300 said:
My wife is stock and I just put eclipse on. I have not installed any new apps that I did not have before. I woke up and there were 5 messages from a number.
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doesn't Verizon let you block numbers if you go into a store and ask?
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kvswim said:
doesn't Verizon let you block numbers if you go into a store and ask?
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Last time we were there they were not very help full and said I had to change my number which I did. Now my wife is getting these and she cant change her number as she uses it for work. Guess I will call verizon again and complain or talk to a person with more knowledge. Hmm since Im not stock will they ask for information from the phone? Dont want to change back and re load if I dont have too.
Just called and they said they cant block and dont see anything but as long as we dont reply we wont get charged. Its just annoying. Weird though how she showed them to me yesterday and overnight I started getting them.
I am now finding some information on a verizon website and will try and see if it works.

Well neither of those options worked. Guess Im just stuck getting them and deleting them.

Why not just download a root text/call blocker? i have the same problem and this works just fine. I'd get some stupid message from a weird number saying "Want quick cash now! Reply "CASH" for quick cash now! If you would like to stop these text messages, respond "STOP"!"
Just dont type anything to these numbers and get an SMS blocker

blarrick said:
Why not just download a root text/call blocker? i have the same problem and this works just fine. I'd get some stupid message from a weird number saying "Want quick cash now! Reply "CASH" for quick cash now! If you would like to stop these text messages, respond "STOP"!"
Just dont type anything to these numbers and get an SMS blocker
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Thanks didnt know there was an app for this. Will look in the market.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smsBlocker
Yeah and also try using this i think u need to be rooted
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector
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You can block numbers if you go to the Verizon website and sign in into your account.

DKYang said:
You can block numbers if you go to the Verizon website and sign in into your account.
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Must be doing it wrong or in the wrong place , the number that I keep getting is more than 10 numbers so it goes something like this
118012222357:OZMAIL
and then some other stuff.

blueis300 said:
Must be doing it wrong or in the wrong place , the number that I keep getting is more than 10 numbers so it goes something like this
118012222357:OZMAIL
and then some other stuff.
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Did you mention the Ozmail thing to Verizon? You're probably getting a message notification if I'm not mistaken. Verizon should be able to turn this off, just make sure you mention the Ozmail thing.
More info here: https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/668513/

Ozmail is the stock email app. Text 'stop' and it will stop. Every time an email comes in it is trying to go through the now nonexistent email app since you have an aosp email ask with your Rom flash.
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Thanks for the replies , will check it out.

You can block numbers on Verizon's website but the block only lasts for 3 months which is pretty useless for this kind of thing.

I use Mr. Number from the market. So far so good. Blocks calls and texts. On the calls I have it set to pick up and hang up so they never get to my Voicemail. I think you can set a custom reply for texts as well.
The blocked numbers and texts never show up on my call log or text folder
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Those work but in my case the number was too long and not really a
phone number. When I replied to the text it stopped.

I have the similar situation,but I am getting a wired phone call is from unknown caller ID. When I pick up ,there is always someone mumbling,, when you stop saying he stops. But the carrier can do nothing with it, unless i have to change the number.

yangkinghoi said:
I have the similar situation,but I am getting a wired phone call is from unknown caller ID. When I pick up ,there is always someone mumbling,, when you stop saying he stops. But the carrier can do nothing with it, unless i have to change the number.
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I thought I have read about programs from the market that can block calls.

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Picture messaging

Had my Mez about a month...and twice when someone tried to send me a picture in a text message it kicked me to the USCC web page to get my picture... and twice now that I've tried to send images (one a photo and one a screenshot)... the messages have failed to send! Am I not supposed to have picture messaging with this $70/mo. Primary Plus plan?!? Can phidelt or someone with USCC tell me what I need to do to make this work?
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Had my Mez about a month...and twice when someone tried to send me a picture in a text message it kicked me to the USCC web page to get my picture... and twice now that I've tried to send images (one a photo and one a screenshot)... the messages have failed to send! Am I not supposed to have picture messaging with this $70/mo. Primary Plus plan?!? Can phidelt or someone with USCC tell me what I need to do to make this work?
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You're more than likely missing a code in your account, call uscc (611) and tell them whats happening and they can fix it. I had to do it when I went to my old blackberry.
monthlymixcd said:
Had my Mez about a month...and twice when someone tried to send me a picture in a text message it kicked me to the USCC web page to get my picture... and twice now that I've tried to send images (one a photo and one a screenshot)... the messages have failed to send! Am I not supposed to have picture messaging with this $70/mo. Primary Plus plan?!? Can phidelt or someone with USCC tell me what I need to do to make this work?
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You're more than likely missing a code in your account, call uscc (611) and tell them whats happening and they can fix it. I had to do it when I went to my old blackberry.
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I am of the same opinion as skitzo. It seems like you have a feature code missing in the switch. I can't speak to the pricing plans since that's not my department, but you can definitely find out with a quick call.
SO... I called tech support (call center in central OK) and spent the last hour trouble-shooting. We had to reactivate the phone on the switch and install some sort of update of tower data (rebooting several times in the process) and then yank the battery to hard boot and then finally it took.
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monthlymixcd said:
SO... I called tech support (call center in central OK) and spent the last hour trouble-shooting. We had to reactivate the phone on the switch and install some sort of update of tower data (rebooting several times in the process) and then yank the battery to hard boot and then finally it took.
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Good stuff. It sucks that it took that long to get it fixed, but I'm glad it's working.
Me 2... Although I was kinda worried that they were going to push something to my phone and find out that I had voodoo on it...or worse yet, brick it.
BTW- the tech answered my Froyo Q with, "all Galaxy S phones will have it by the end of March, but it should be available for the Mesmerize by mid February."
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Also, everything was enabled on my account...so it's not like I was just missing a code or whatever. They actually didn't say, but I think it came down to the switch or something in the system thinking I was still on my old z6m Rokr and perhaps sending something to my Mez trying to convince it likewise.
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sms out of order

friend switched from iphone to inspire; her text messages show in the thread out of order.
any thoughts?
stock sms.
thanks.
bump....nobody?
Did she go to an AT&T store to do the switch, or did she switch her self? Sounds like there may be an issue with her account. I would have her call AT&T either way.
Your friend have check the APN setting?
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cavsoldier19d said:
Did she go to an AT&T store to do the switch, or did she switch her self? Sounds like there may be an issue with her account. I would have her call AT&T either way.
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i don't see how that sounds anything like a problem with the account??
I have the same issues every once in awhile. Is it every time for her? It seems like i only have the problem if i respond to a message within the same minute as i received a message.
at and t handled her upgrade
her phone is not rooted; completely stock.
sounds like it happens often, but she is busy at work and a lot of texts to contractors (so the reply time would be pretty quick)
how does she go about checking the apn?
apr. the replys.
edit: may just tell her to ask at and t
I have the same issues no matter what ROM im using. I think it has to do with the Sense sms app
p4ranoid4ndroid said:
I have the same issues no matter what ROM im using. I think it has to do with the Sense sms app
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i thought the same thing but our secretary has an evo with t mobile (htc) and never has that happen....
im at a loss....
Just asked my 14 yr old daughter and she said hers never show up out of order. I don't text too much so I had to defer to her.
If the timestamps are correct and they are out of order that is strange. You could try gosms or handcent as I believe they simply order them as they occur.
apr. that....kids ought have an idea better then us id guess.
seems like they text a lot. my last phone i had text blocked....lol...
ill tell her to try handscent or go sms....thanks again....
buddy17 said:
i don't see how that sounds anything like a problem with the account??
I have the same issues every once in awhile. Is it every time for her? It seems like i only have the problem if i respond to a message within the same minute as i received a message.
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I have the same problem with my inspire 4g. like when I check my account balance from my bank. The text I get back from my bank is before the one I sent to my bank. It only happens when the texts are in the same minute. It also happens while testing my wife a lot.
ie
Bank 9:06am: Checking Balance: 2,000,000
Me 9:06am: Balance
hiltun said:
I have the same problem with my inspire 4g. like when I check my account balance from my bank. The text I get back from my bank is before the one I sent to my bank. It only happens when the texts are in the same minute. It also happens while testing my wife a lot.
ie
Bank 9:06am: Checking Balance: 2,000,000
Me 9:06am: Balance
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I get the same thing for texts that are sent and received in the same minute. If I reply to the text with same timestamp, my.reply shows ahead of the text I replied to. My phone is completely stock and nonrooted.
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This is why I stopped using the default SMS app...it's very annoying to me. I use GoSMS and no longer have this problem.
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I haven't had that issue since I flashed cm7. It was an issue on my Aria.
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hiltun said:
I have the same problem with my inspire 4g. like when I check my account balance from my bank. The text I get back from my bank is before the one I sent to my bank. It only happens when the texts are in the same minute. It also happens while testing my wife a lot.
ie
Bank 9:06am: Checking Balance: 2,000,000
Me 9:06am: Balance
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I've had the same thing, except my balance says something a liiiiiitle smaller hah
Get the app in the market called SMS Time Fix, install it, run it and put a check in the box for Active and under it set the Adjustment Method to USE PHONE TIME. Works great for me! There is the occasional message that comes in out of order but for 99%, the time is correct. When you restart the phone, just go in and make sure the check in the box is for active and make sure your app killer or task manager doesn't shut it off.

[Q] Sprint VVM or Gvoice for CM7 that works??

I've tried several things. and Gvoice doesnt seem to find my phone number. it keeps failing on the step to where it txts a message to gvoice to activate it.
Try YouMail plus
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i did... it didnt tell me i had voicemail for 2 days. PLUS scared the LIVING HELL OUT OF MY MOM!!!! i died laughing.. my mom told me that my voicemail said "Hello Thresea, Kyle cant come to the phone right now but leave a message" or something on the lines of it.
You mean she didn't say "who's that nice girl answering your phone ? " lol
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lol nope, she just freaked out cause it said her name which i still find funny. shes afraid to call me in fear i wont pick up.
Lol I get that alot half the time they just hang up
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That's probally the main reason why I use YouMail... And for me at least I rarely ever have any problems getting notifications... But another reason why I use it is that Google voice tells me that my device can't be configured. YouMail does it with one button push... So idk, lol... Plus i like the nifty caller ID thing and stuff
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i have to agree it is nifty. BUT one issue i have and idk if its youmail or if its CM7 or if its the Cyclonic rom im using. but it becoming annoying is when i receive a call no matter what if they are in my contacts or not. it says would like to accept this call press 1 now.
Hmm... That's interesting... I'm gonna play around and see if i can duplicate that.. Ill edit in a bit
One quick question. Do you get the rotary answer call thing or does it just say press one to answer?
I'm still a noob at a lot of this, I'm just trying to help, if someone more knowledgeable knows, lol, they're probally better off helping... Ill still look around though, I'm trying to learn everything
Edit: well it isn't CM7 I can't even find a setting to make that happen.. And YouMail can't take calls... I'm gonna check out Cyclonic but idk, if it really is that annoying you could also do a fresh install of the rom, wipe everything, would only take maybe 10 minutes
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It has to do with the provisioning or some such wording. Try to dial one these numbers, I can't remember which is the newest that will fix your issues: *282678861049 or *282679540127 listen for the stutter and then try a test call. Sorry I can't remember I'm old! LOL
FdxRider said:
It has to do with the provisioning or some such wording. Try to dial one these numbers, I can't remember which is the newest that will fix your issues: *282678861049 or *282679540127 listen for the stutter and then try a test call. Sorry I can't remember I'm old! LOL
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the first number was for verizion and the 2nd was youmail activation.
yeah that second number is for sprint it tells sprint to forward your voicemail to youmail that why you get the dial 1 msg. Man been a while since i had these probs,but if you go to the youmailsupport and search there are issue fixes . Sorry to be longwinded and disregard if you don't wanna use it.
Ahh, i think i understand, i misunderstood... OK, dial 1 for voicemail... From the YouMail app hit menu-help-forward to YouMail... Maybe that will work?
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thronnos said:
Ahh, i think i understand, i misunderstood... OK, dial 1 for voicemail... From the YouMail app hit menu-help-forward to YouMail... Maybe that will work?
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Well kinda like this ,once you get the youmail account set up on-line you dial *whichever number worked for sprint (lol) from your phone. Then on your phone menu>settings>Call>My Carrier tap then voicemail settings anduse the number that youmail gave think it's 714-xxx-xxxx .
Here's an explanation of the enter your 10 digit number: http://support.youmail.com/entries/388183-why-can-t-i-forward-my-calls-to-youmail
kyhassen said:
i have to agree it is nifty. BUT one issue i have and idk if its youmail or if its CM7 or if its the Cyclonic rom im using. but it becoming annoying is when i receive a call no matter what if they are in my contacts or not. it says would like to accept this call press 1 now.
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Are you sure you're not already using Google Voice? Because the call announcement is a feature of Voice. Try going to google.com/voice under Settings -> Calls and see if you've got Call Screening enabled.
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jesusice said:
Are you sure you're not already using Google Voice? Because the call announcement is a feature of Voice. Try going to google.com/voice under Settings -> Calls and see if you've got Call Screening enabled.
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You know you're prob right now that i think about it ,youmail says to enter ten digit number.Thx for posting that
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thronnos said:
Hmm... That's interesting... I'm gonna play around and see if i can duplicate that.. Ill edit in a bit
One quick question. Do you get the rotary answer call thing or does it just say press one to answer?
I'm still a noob at a lot of this, I'm just trying to help, if someone more knowledgeable knows, lol, they're probally better off helping... Ill still look around though, I'm trying to learn everything
Edit: well it isn't CM7 I can't even find a setting to make that happen.. And YouMail can't take calls... I'm gonna check out Cyclonic but idk, if it really is that annoying you could also do a fresh install of the rom, wipe everything, would only take maybe 10 minutes
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All i do is pick up the phone and hit answer. then it says "you received a call from a unknown caller please press one if you would like to accept" its quite annoying
kyhassen said:
I've tried several things. and Gvoice doesnt seem to find my phone number. it keeps failing on the step to where it txts a message to gvoice to activate it.
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Hey i hope this helps. Just found this myself
Sprint VVM fix for EVO Shift on CM7!

Need help if possible with text messages.

I am having a problem receiving texts from only 2 of my contacts. This has persisted thru 2 devices and custom and stock roms, so thinking its a network problem. However, in calling AT&T, they (of course) could find no visual reason for this. It started on my skyrocket with slimbean build 6, but has persisted thru updating builds on that, then I got a new s3 and of course brand new sim and am running stock based deTmobilized on that. One contact is AT&T also, while the other is T-Mobile. AT&T gave me a line about my Gmail account, and if I could troubleshoot by putting my sim in a non android phone to test. I don't have access to any non android phone (why would I want to? Lol) Can anyone try to help me figure this out? wouldn't be a big deal but since one contact is having my grandbaby, I really need to be able to stay in contact with her since I live 800 miles from her. Tia for any help, suggestions, anything.
Hmm lets see
Try changing sim(of another company)
Make sure u dont have blocked them and back up in sd card
See if that two people get message like sending failed may be problem in their mobile
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Hmm lets see
Try changing sim(of another company)
Make sure u dont have blocked them and back up in sd card
See if that two people get message like sending failed may be problem in their mobile
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Just found out one contact had my number wrong. The other is an iPhone and from what I've read, they are notorious for doing things like that. The iPhone got a message kicked back saying something about undeliverable. Thank you for your suggestions.
I had the same issue with a friends iPhone, I went crazy until I realized it was on their end
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GaNkSTar said:
I had the same issue with a friends iPhone, I went crazy until I realized it was on their end
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Yes I was too. But because the iPhone is my aunt, and I rarely txt her, I'm not as concerned anymore. The one who had my number wrong was my sons dork gf. Told her that was a total blond move. She had my area code and her area code added to my number. And she's gonna be my grandchilds mother. Yikes.
pre4speed said:
Yes I was too. But because the iPhone is my aunt, and I rarely txt her, I'm not as concerned anymore. The one who had my number wrong was my sons dork gf. Told her that was a total blond move. She had my area code and her area code added to my number. And she's gonna be my grandchilds mother. Yikes.
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Ya I just used Facebook messenger for my brother in law until he got a new phone, coincidentally he is also blonde???? Lol
GaNkSTar said:
Ya I just used Facebook messenger for my brother in law until he got a new phone, coincidentally he is also blonde???? Lol
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It works with a new phone for your bil? I was just txtn my grandbabys mama from my tablet til we got it working. I know if I hadn't pushed the issue, she never would have figured it out.

Group messaging question

This is my first HTC device and the first time on Verizon, coming from the nexus line. So far, of course loving the build quality! So, so, so good! But my question is very simple and just an annoyance, maybe there's nothing to fix this. Group messaging works perfect, nothing wrong with it, its just every time I click on the conversation it says converting to MMS, I don't care that its doing that, but the message that pops up every time is starting to annoy me... Is there any fix for this? Couldn't find anything in the settings
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This is my first HTC device and the first time on Verizon, coming from the nexus line. So far, of course loving the build quality! So, so, so good! But my question is very simple and just an annoyance, maybe there's nothing to fix this. Group messaging works perfect, nothing wrong with it, its just every time I click on the conversation it says converting to MMS, I don't care that its doing that, but the message that pops up every time is starting to annoy me... Is there any fix for this? Couldn't find anything in the settings
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What are you using for text messaging??
CtK4949 said:
What are you using for text messaging??
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Not the Verizon one, but stock one that comes with HTC. I'm use to hangouts cause coming from nexus and I didn't mind that at all. Reason I'm not using the Verizon messaging app is cause the rep at Verizon was messing with my phone while the number was being ported and basically setting it up for me cause he has an m8, said he was saving me a few headaches
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Just go back to using Hangouts. That is what I use, no problems at all.
Don't use any of the verizon crappy apps, lol
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Haha yea I hear ya. I usually try to give stock apps a chance before I change over to replacement app, such as hangouts. Wish you could customize the colors like the stock messaging app but oh well
jamezz23 said:
Not the Verizon one, but stock one that comes with HTC. I'm use to hangouts cause coming from nexus and I didn't mind that at all. Reason I'm not using the Verizon messaging app is cause the rep at Verizon was messing with my phone while the number was being ported and basically setting it up for me cause he has an m8, said he was saving me a few headaches
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More likely that VZW rep is responsible for your current headache! :laugh:
Go back to the store and ask what he messed up!

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