SMS Callback Numbers since Tango Update? - Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guy, cannot find anything but Blackberry users in searches with the same problem affecting them in a bit more painful way, but I was hoping someone may know. Ever since swapping from a Late Mango DFT (8107 rom I believe) on my HTC Arrive to a Tango rom (Asner or Lead Rom), I have recieved Callback Numbers on the end of SMS messaged from people who have that stupid feature turned on, on their phone. Before the rom swap I never got callback numbers (as unless it is coming from a blocked number, it is pretty useless).
Has anyone else run into the same issue after an update and possibly know of a Reg Key or other change to change to possibly fix it? Odd how a Rom swap would change a setting to allow these to be shown now and not before.
*This is for Callback Numbers being recieved from other people. Not all people send them but whatever phones now have it turned on by default will now show the number at the end of every text from them.

Go into messaging settings and there are options on SMS delivery confirmation and MMS delivery and received confirmation. You probably have SMS delivery confirmation on right now

eeeelliott said:
Go into messaging settings and there are options on SMS delivery confirmation and MMS delivery and received confirmation. You probably have SMS delivery confirmation on right now
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You do realize why I bolded the "Recieved" Part of this peoblem. SMS Deliver Confirmation would only be for Sending messages. (and is turned off either way, both SMS and MMS).
A Delivery Confirmation is in no way the same thing as a Callback Number coming from outside senders.

I have the same problem, my phone is lumia 800c (lumia 800 with CDMA), and only the SMS that gsm user send to me have this problem. It seemed something about CDMA.

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SMS Statusreport

hi,
i dont know what it is called in english, but normally we can get a statusreport about the delivery of an sms.
with the treo it doesnt seem to work.
how comes?
SMS Statusreport (SMS Delivery Report)
Yes, it happen with my Treo too. But if I install Saman SMS Delivery Receipt Fix for WM 5.0 I've got delivery report twice. One from standard report and one from Saman SMS Delivery Receipt. I want to know if it's possible have standard delivery report by edit the registry.
Prefix sms messages with *N# this gets delivery reports..hope this works for you also Note: Depends on service provider as well
that works but is not quite the same. thx anyway.
does that cost something?
delivery notification billing
most providers bill the sms delivery reports and you will have to pay two sms, one for the message, one for the report
I no of no provider that bills for the delivery report. At least not in Western Europe.
georgedorn said:
most providers bill the sms delivery reports and you will have to pay two sms, one for the message, one for the report
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I got the same issue about delivery report notifications. Although when you go back to the message you did send, you could see a rounded green V that shows it is delivered.

How to NOT send SMS delivery notification

Hello
I'm interesting if it is possible to set WM6.1 on how to not sent back sms delivery notification.
for example:
when i get a sms, the sender gets delivery notification, i want to disable that, so when i get sms, sender gets nothing (as he had disabled sms delivery notification)
is this doable?
thanks for your replies
bye
No, that's from the operator side, not from the client.
Tried:
Start/ Programs/Messaging/Menu/Options check SMS/MMS Uncheck Request delivery notifications / Ok
yes/ no?
anhphe076 said:
Tried:
Start/ Programs/Messaging/Menu/Options check SMS/MMS Uncheck Request delivery notifications / Ok
yes/ no?
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Yes, but this is if I send message to someone i get notification. If i uncheck this i won't receive notifications.
I want in vice versa case, if someone send me message, he DO NOT get notification...
The handset has to confirm receipt of the device to the SMSC of your network otherwise it will keep resending it to you. If the sender has requested a delivery report it is sent by the SMSC when it recieves the confirmation from your phone and not directly from your phone. Whilst it may be technically possible to stop the device sending a delivery confirmation from being sent back to the SMSC, it would result in all your texts coming in repeatedly every 2-5 mins so it would be exceptionally annoying. I'd imagine for this reason nobody's written an application to stop them getting sent.

WM 6.5 - SMS inbox issue.

I have tried many cooked roms with my i780, almost all of them WM 6.5.
I realized today that if I have more than one number registered inside an outlook contact (I am used to register alternative mobile phone numbers in the "pager" field), when I receive an sms from a contact with more than one phone number, there is absolutely no way to find out which number was used to text you. Also, when you reply, you don't know the phone number you are texting, you just know that its the same that was used from your contact to text you in the first place.
I realized that today when I was chatting a friend of mine believing that I use my "free of charge" sms messages (which I do when I text his main number) and ended up charging my balance. He told me he was using his alternate number (that I have registered as pager) and when I tried to somehow confirm it, i see there is no way. All you get is the name of your contact. No way to access extra info either for received or sent messages.
Am I missing something? Has anyone else realized that and/or has a problem with it?

[Q] App for Free SMS

Greetings fellow windows phone users,
I have just bought a new windows phone mango device (HTC Titan), and wanted to know if there is any app that uses data for sending and receiving sms.
I am on AT&T and do not have a sms plan, and had to block my incoming and outgoing sms, because my jerk friends couldnt stop increasing my bill by sending me junk sms.
But I do like to have sms chats with my cousins and relatives from time to time.
Does anyone know of an app that uses data plan for sending and RECEIVING free sms? I have tried a couple of apps that uses google voice for doing that, but both were just ONE SIDED i.e. I can send sms to others, but when they REPLY, nothing happens. Has anyone used "GoVoice" before for sending and receiving sms? Am I doing something wrong?
I have heard about jaxtr sms service, but unfortunately they dont have an app for windows mobile
Any suggestions, anyone?
Thanks
Try this: http://www.windowsphone.com/pl-PL/apps/08d825c6-8828-43bb-ba72-6f410c5caaf5
that doesnt work in the US.
Plus I dont understand a word it says
Is there an option to change the language to English?
PO15ON said:
Greetings fellow windows phone users,
I have just bought a new windows phone mango device (HTC Titan), and wanted to know if there is any app that uses data for sending and receiving sms.
I am on AT&T and do not have a sms plan, and had to block my incoming and outgoing sms, because my jerk friends couldnt stop increasing my bill by sending me junk sms.
But I do like to have sms chats with my cousins and relatives from time to time.
Does anyone know of an app that uses data plan for sending and receiving free sms? I have tried a couple of apps that uses google voice for doing that, but both were just one sided i.e. I can send sms to others, but when they reply, nothing happens. Has anyone used "GoVoice" before for sending and receiving sms? Am I doing something wrong?
I have heard about jaxtr sms service, but unfortunately they dont have an app for windows mobile
Any suggestions, anyone?
Thanks
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If you are out of contract with AT&T, tried their pre-pay Go Phone program: $50 for unlimited talk & text. If not, here is a work around that I have used which will give you "free" text.
Here is my work around. I use Google Voice. Set Google Voice to send text to your Hotmail account that you associated with your phone. When someone text to your Google Voice number, it INSTANTLY goes to your Hotmail. Your Windows Phone will receive a notification in the email live tile. You tap on the email tile to read the text and then reply by email. When you reply to that mail on your phone, your recipient will receive a TEXT reply. Voila! Free text. The only drawback is your text number is the Google Voice number, not your phone number.
You can try freesme... http://www.freesmee.com/
otnos said:
If you are out of contract with AT&T, tried their pre-pay Go Phone program: $50 for unlimited talk & text. If not, here is a work around that I have used which will give you "free" text.
Here is my work around. I use Google Voice. Set Google Voice to send text to your Hotmail account that you associated with your phone. When someone text to your Google Voice number, it INSTANTLY goes to your Hotmail. Your Windows Phone will receive a notification in the email live tile. You tap on the email tile to read the text and then reply by email. When you reply to that mail on your phone, your recipient will receive a TEXT reply. Voila! Free text. The only drawback is your text number is the Google Voice number, not your phone number.
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Hey, thanks for replying. This is a great idea. I dont mind having a different texting number, and this way its actually easy for me, as I can choose who gets it. Actually, I just bought the Titan, so my contract with AT&T just began. Go-Phone is out of question.
I tried looking into it, but couldnt find the settings for texting in my google voice account. Would you mind telling me the steps involved in setting up the account.
In my google voice settings, I only have the option tabs of Phone, Voicemail, Groups, Voicemail Widgets and Billing. Which of these tabs is supposed to have the texting option?
Do I have to activate google voicemail on my cell for this to work, because I am pretty satisfied with the AT&T voicemail service atm.
Thanks
I find it odd that AT&T doesn't let you block SMS from phone numbers. I can do it with Verizon...
Another way you can try is to use AOL Instant Messenger. If you add a contact with "+18145551234" (814 is the example area code I am using) and then unblock them, you can add any SMS number world wide as far as I know, and it doesn't cost a thing. I use it to text my mom from my Grandmothers "dead zone" all of the time.
You can look here at AT&T's site for more info on simply blocking the SMS numbers in question.
Hey there,
Thanks for replying. I know AT&T can block sms coming from a spam number, but in my case I am talking about my friends. I am a very friendly person (I sometimes regret that) and so I have large friend circles (i mean like really huge numbers). And the thing is that this started just as a joke for them. One person told another that I am being charged for sms, and he after doing one sms to me, told another person, and the process repeats. Almost all of my friends did just 2 or less sms to me, the bill on my side was big. So instead of asking AT&T to stop sms from like hundred different numbers, I blocked all incoming and outgoing sms.
Can you elaborate on using AOL instant messenger. I am sorry for asking this, but am new to this Windows Phone and English isnt my first language, so its a little difficult for me to understand.
Thanks
PO15ON said:
Greetings fellow windows phone users,
I have just bought a new windows phone mango device (HTC Titan), and wanted to know if there is any app that uses data for sending and receiving sms.
I am on AT&T and do not have a sms plan, and had to block my incoming and outgoing sms, because my jerk friends couldnt stop increasing my bill by sending me junk sms.
But I do like to have sms chats with my cousins and relatives from time to time.
Does anyone know of an app that uses data plan for sending and RECEIVING free sms? I have tried a couple of apps that uses google voice for doing that, but both were just ONE SIDED i.e. I can send sms to others, but when they REPLY, nothing happens. Has anyone used "GoVoice" before for sending and receiving sms? Am I doing something wrong?
I have heard about jaxtr sms service, but unfortunately they dont have an app for windows mobile
Any suggestions, anyone?
Thanks
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Stay tuned with me on :
http://www.jaxtrsms.com
Windows Phone version is coming (according to them, and to the Windows icon)
otnos said:
Here is my work around. I use Google Voice. Set Google Voice to send text to your Hotmail account that you associated with your phone. When someone text to your Google Voice number, it INSTANTLY goes to your Hotmail. Your Windows Phone will receive a notification in the email live tile. You tap on the email tile to read the text and then reply by email. When you reply to that mail on your phone, your recipient will receive a TEXT reply. Voila! Free text. The only drawback is your text number is the Google Voice number, not your phone number.
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Great! It sounds very attractive.
I have no problem making an SMS application, but it will have to be a paid service. aka, you'll have to pay per msg.
PO15ON said:
Greetings fellow windows phone users,
I am on AT&T and do not have a sms plan, and had to block my incoming and outgoing sms, because my jerk friends couldnt stop increasing my bill by sending me junk sms.
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That's weird - I never heard of an operator to charge for incoming SMSs (only outgoing). It's logical that only outgoing calls and SMSs are supposed to be charged, because the incomming ones are already payed by the sender.. (of course, international roaming is a special case..)
About the actual question, in the last 10 years I saw most companies that offered free SMS sending (over Internet) dissapearing - probably it was not effective from a economic point of view, and also for 5 or 6cents a SMS, most people doesn't bother tosearch a free service anymore..
@acidhax
Can you make one application that uses Google voice services to send and receive sms? The app which I am using "GoVoice" is just one sided, that is I can send an sms to someone, but when they reply, I am not getting anything. Can you fix this and make an app that works in two way sms communication?
I do not mind if the whole conversation is in the application instead of the default messaging app. I also dont mind having a different number (my google voice number) for messaging.
Thanks
Solution found
Arghhhhhh,
Just found out, that if you get a new number, the texting option magically appears in your account.
With the options available, GoVoice app works wonders. Finally free sms.
Hurray!!!
If your friends have iPhones/Androids/Blackberries/WP7s you could get Whatsapp, but you'll need a data plan to use it. It's basically a free texting service, though after the first year you have to pay something like $2-3 dollars per year.
I have heard about it, but as far as I know, its more like a messenger. Other need to have it installed on their devices too for the messages to work. And they are not sms.
Anyways I found what I was looking for, free sms app (GoVoice), which uses google voice for two way communication with others via sms.
Thank you everyone for your valuable input.
PO15ON said:
Hey, thanks for replying. This is a great idea. I dont mind having a different texting number, and this way its actually easy for me, as I can choose who gets it. Actually, I just bought the Titan, so my contract with AT&T just began. Go-Phone is out of question.
I tried looking into it, but couldnt find the settings for texting in my google voice account. Would you mind telling me the steps involved in setting up the account.
In my google voice settings, I only have the option tabs of Phone, Voicemail, Groups, Voicemail Widgets and Billing. Which of these tabs is supposed to have the texting option?
Do I have to activate google voicemail on my cell for this to work, because I am pretty satisfied with the AT&T voicemail service atm.
Thanks
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Sorry for the late reply, I have been too busy to check back. I see that you have found a way by using an app. To clarify my work around, all you have to do is set your Google Voice account to forward all messages to your Hotmail account. This means that when someone text your Google Voice number, the text is forwarded to your Hotmail. If you keep wifi on in your phone, you will get a live tile notification saying that you have mail. Go into mail to read and reply. Your reply to the text messages will be received by the other person as a text messages. So there is no need for a third party app.

SMS text message issues

Hi,
I purchased a refurbished Note 10 Plus 5G. Been happy with it so far. But had some issues receiving text messages.
My phone does not have an option to enter a service centre number. I spent a while with O2 helping me trouble shoot. After trying everything else I could find online. It seems like in settings>more settings within the custom messages app that there is no option for this. Also th shortcut to get the number (*#*#4636#*#*) does not work either.
Interestingly when I put my sim in an old phone the old texts which were not received came straight through on my old mobile. Since then I seem to be able to receive some messages (but concerned the issue could return and the phone will not be able to be refunded). Particularly as the menu system online to enter the text service number is still not available.
Is my phone faulty? Or is this others have experienced.
Thanks.
Squawkerr said:
Hi,
I purchased a refurbished Note 10 Plus 5G. Been happy with it so far. But had some issues receiving text messages.
My phone does not have an option to enter a service centre number. I spent a while with O2 helping me trouble shoot. After trying everything else I could find online. It seems like in settings>more settings within the custom messages app that there is no option for this. Also th shortcut to get the number (*#*#4636#*#*) does not work either.
Interestingly when I put my sim in an old phone the old texts which were not received came straight through on my old mobile. Since then I seem to be able to receive some messages (but concerned the issue could return and the phone will not be able to be refunded). Particularly as the menu system online to enter the text service number is still not available.
Is my phone faulty? Or is this others have experienced.
Thanks.
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I am able to send text messages, and make and receive calls with no issues.
I also do not have the option to request read receipts (I don't need this, but may be relevant to the issue).

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