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Receiving Duplicate Text Messages

I know this is probably something that can't be fixed without working with T-Mobile, but they can't seem to figure out what the problem is and I'm getting desperate
Whenever someone sends me a text I get duplicates of it over and over until I turn on WiFi calling, which seems to work fine. I have had this problem with two different G2x (I sent the first one back thinking it was a hardware issue). This also does not happen on my Nexus One (I moved the SIM card back over and the issue disappears).
I am thinking it has to be something to do with the communication between the G2x and my T-Mobile cell network. Any information anyone has about this that could help me help T-Mobile find the issue would be great.
Thanks.

You don't have another messaging app installed, do you?

First thing I did when I got the replacement was sync Google contacts and tell someone to text me and it started happening. I factory reset the original one I had 3 times and the problem persisted.

Are you running juicedefender? I get duplicates of some messages because juicedefender shuts off mobile data, so the network doesn't receive the notification that the MMS was received. It will try and resend every 5 minutes for a specified number of times until the message is received.

Nope, had no apps installed. Plus I get the duplicates sometimes less than 1 minute apart.
Thanks for the responses so far. This problem is really starting to get irritating.

I was getting a lot of duplicates. Seems to have spied for now. No clue what was doing it

Its really irritating because I love the phone, but I can't use it if I am constantly getting spammed by duplicate text messages.

yea i got 55 texts from 12 am to 11 a m from the same person 2 different texts and it kept going for a couple hours after too idk why i just got a new one today though but it's got a bad bleed so im just returning it and going to wait a week or two hope they solve it by then already sent lg a pic so

If your problems anything like mine a replacement won't fix the problem, unless I somehow got stupendously unlucky.

Anyone figure this out. I have the same problem. It is not every text message and not every person. It is pretty random. The same person can send me 4 texts 2 are normal, one repeated twice and one 24 times over a period of time, usually a couple hours.

Check any of the apps/widgets that have anything to do with calls/texts, even just showing a number of unread texts. If there are any that have the permission "Your Messages: Send SMS-received broadcast" uninstall it and see if the problem persists. I think I may have had an app called Organizer Widget that was blocking my phone from sending that broadcast.

I had your problem.
I was running on stock G2X, and I was receiving text after text after text.
I spent time on the phone with the T-Mo reps, and he concluded that:
"it's a server problem. You see, our messaging database isn't reading that your phone got the text, and thus it re-sends it in hopes that it receives it."
Basically, he is saying that the messaging server is tripping. But, this is not exactly true, because if it was the messaging server, then it would be universal. It is simply a G2X stock-rom problem.
I think it actually might have something to do with the baseband, but I am not sure if CyanogenMod updates it or fixes it when flashing.
I have a fix.
After I flashed myself some CyanogenMod, the problem was instantly fixed.
So, I think its a problem with the stock rom. Definitely. The CM rom works perfectly, no repeating messages. Also, the current nightlies are mighty stable.

I have this issue as well. It doesn't happen often but when it does it sends 10 or more duplicates.
I have handcrafted sms and launcher products which displays the number of texts on the dock. Running rooted stock.
It hasn't happened in a while, so I doubt it is related to the Apps.
Sent from my T3 Motion GT3 (look it up)

I've had this issue on ALLLL my android phones I've owned . Even non Android phones and my unlocked iPhone. I have tried different similar cards as well.
I have noticed it happens the most when I receive messages from a Verizon user; followed by AT&T users. I never (not that I've noticed) had duplicates from Sprint or other T-Mobile users. Only Verizon and AT&T.
My point being I think it's a T-Mobile issue. Or a communication issue between providers.
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JRudnik said:
I had your problem.
I was running on stock G2X, and I was receiving text after text after text.
I spent time on the phone with the T-Mo reps, and he concluded that:
"it's a server problem. You see, our messaging database isn't reading that your phone got the text, and thus it re-sends it in hopes that it receives it."
Basically, he is saying that the messaging server is tripping. But, this is not exactly true, because if it was the messaging server, then it would be universal. It is simply a G2X stock-rom problem.
I think it actually might have something to do with the baseband, but I am not sure if CyanogenMod updates it or fixes it when flashing.
I have a fix.
After I flashed myself some CyanogenMod, the problem was instantly fixed.
So, I think its a problem with the stock rom. Definitely. The CM rom works perfectly, no repeating messages. Also, the current nightlies are mighty stable.
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I'm actually having this problem running CM7 Nightly 63, it's irritating as hell.

Dont know, but I'd like to know the problem too. I have chompsms installed but it shows duplicate in the stock messaging app too.

I really don't think it has anything to do with the phone...
Like I said earlier, all my phones have done it. Even my crappy clamshell Samsung back in the day. Or my unlocked iPhone.
Server makes the best sense.
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I have the issue as well...although it seems to be only with certain contacts, however across every carrier. Averages 3-4 duplicates. Never had this problem before with any phone. SIM card went straight from my N1 to my G2X. Kind of an old SIM. Maybe I'll try a re-provision on a new SIM to see if that makes any difference.

Thank you @shaneledford, uninstalling organizer widget solved my problem... everything's back to normal
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I've also had this problem with previous phones, though it tends to happen much more often when one of them is an Android phone. Only started happening with my phone before this one, though, but that was a Nokia non Android, so it's a fairly recent thing but not Android specific.
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Trouble making and ending calls

Hey everyone,
I have had the infuse roughly since it was released. Never really had any call isuues or anything. Lately however, about 90% of my calls end up dropping. Also, when i try to end a call, the phone kind of freezes and shows that the call has not ended, but it should have. The phone symbol shows up at the top or the status bar stays green... I have no idea what this could be attributed to. I have used different roms and never had an issue. My most recent rom is the Max Q Rom and everyhing was working fine then after a few weeks this calling and ending calls situation started. Tried reflashing the Rom, but problem is still present, dont really think it is Rom related.
Anyone have any input? I cannot seem to figure it out and my phone as a phone has become virtually unusable...
Thanks for any and all help!

Heuser1 said:
Hey everyone,
I have had the infuse roughly since it was released. Never really had any call isuues or anything. Lately however, about 90% of my calls end up dropping. Also, when i try to end a call, the phone kind of freezes and shows that the call has not ended, but it should have. The phone symbol shows up at the top or the status bar stays green... I have no idea what this could be attributed to. I have used different roms and never had an issue. My most recent rom is the Max Q Rom and everyhing was working fine then after a few weeks this calling and ending calls situation started. Tried reflashing the Rom, but problem is still present, dont really think it is Rom related.
Anyone have any input? I cannot seem to figure it out and my phone as a phone has become virtually unusable...
Thanks for any and all help!
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Have never heard of that.... still have you tried a data and cache wipe in cmw? then install a rom on a fresh device? I know you will have to back up all your stuff but may be the answer.
Also try another modem may help. Im not sure since ive never experienced that but give it a try.

Heuser1 said:
Hey everyone,
I have had the infuse roughly since it was released. Never really had any call isuues or anything. Lately however, about 90% of my calls end up dropping. Also, when i try to end a call, the phone kind of freezes and shows that the call has not ended, but it should have. The phone symbol shows up at the top or the status bar stays green... I have no idea what this could be attributed to. I have used different roms and never had an issue. My most recent rom is the Max Q Rom and everyhing was working fine then after a few weeks this calling and ending calls situation started. Tried reflashing the Rom, but problem is still present, dont really think it is Rom related.
Anyone have any input? I cannot seem to figure it out and my phone as a phone has become virtually unusable...
Thanks for any and all help!
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I can relate. I had the same exact issue a few days ago. I just flashed and didn't look back.. though I probably will eventually. Try Mitra, very good. I loved it. Experimenting with Caty's rom now. Good luck. Wipe/factory reset, wipe dalvik and fix permissions. Then flash. Let it sit for 10-15 before you start using it. Make sure it settles and gets used to, "it's native infuse guts," as EXPERIMENT put it.

Duplicate SMS Issue

Hey all,
Been told that my phone has started sending duplicate SMS messages out without my knowledge, one person even received 6 of the same message even though the phone said it sent successfully the first time, my itemised bill backs this up so it seems to be genuinely sending things again and again.
I suspect it may be a signal issue and something isn't coming back to the phone to confirm it's been sent so it keeps retrying maybe without me knowing?
I am running the Modaco IR3 ROM and the latest radio (which I suspect may be the culprit), oh and using Go SMS Pro.
Has anyone else had something similar?
Thanks
Russ

ditto, but it only happens on occasion. I've also had a "message failed to send" on a few messages, even when they go through. I don't know if it's a phone or a network issue.

Well we're dealing with 2 different networks so that's not a common factor at least

Right. I guess I should have said I thought it was network-related. Are you connected to Wifi when it happens?

Yes, well at least when it was noticed over the weekend as they were messages I had sent while at home so connected via Wifi, hard to prove if it does/doesn't happen when wifi is off due to the randomness of the issue

I wonder if it's pushing it out over the cell tower and wifi at the same time? I was on Wifi as well...

I'll leave it off tonight and see if anyone gets any.
Are you using a custom ROM?

Weird Issue Call Drop using custom ROMS In the Middle of Conversation

I have the strangest issue. I get disconnected from calls in the middle of conversation if I'm using any of these main custom ROMs.
Blaz3r
CyanogenMod 10
Blaze Tweaked ICS 2.2
But If I'm using a stock ICS ROM or "Android ICS 4.0.4 UVLH5 (Posted by tthaz777)" everything is very stable and no disconnects.
I have full bar with all the ROMs and get perfect data speed and everything else works fine. I'm using the same exact apps on the ROMs as I do on the stock, so I don't think it's related to a particular app. It seems as if TMobile scans the sessions at their network level and disconnects the call because my connection is not providing some information/call data they need. The disconnect can happen as fast as a few seconds or after a 10 minutes or so, just random.
Is anyone else experiencing this ?
I'm currently running below and everything is stable with no drop calls. Just can't figure out why this happens when install any other ROM. and Yes I always to do a full wipe before install.
Android ICS 4.0.4 UVLH5 (Posted by tthaz777) with merwin's scorched-kernel-t769-ics v1.0.29

Well the 4.0.4 thazz build should be pretty stable as its essentially stock. That being said my wife (who is INCREDIBLY picky on how her phone functions... I've yet to get her to try something not TW-based) has been using Tweaked since before it was even posted and uses her phone as a phone constantly (... lot's of out-of-state sisters that she's always yapping with) and has yet to report an issue. I am unclear why you would be having these issues with the particular specificity you are experiencing... especially if kernels are remaining consistent across TW-based builds anyway. Without me being able to recreate it on my end or a logcat taken during the premature disconnect on your end I'm at a loss. If nothing else, at least you found something that works for you, so I suppose it a could be worse.
Sorry for the troubles.

Not all stock apps or play store apps work with 4.1, I had the same problem when I let my battery app manage my data. It would wait to connect sometimes up to 20-30 secs later after waking to make a call. Check all your apps your using for compatibility, and when you wake your phone give it a sec before calling out. If your in a bad area the alternating of edge/3g/HSDPA+ doesn't help either. I stopped allowing my battery app data control and that solved 90% of my issues, sometimes it still does it but only when I'm in the boonies.

techclan said:
I have the strangest issue. I get disconnected from calls in the middle of conversation if I'm using any of these main custom ROMs.
Blaz3r
CyanogenMod 10
Blaze Tweaked ICS 2.2
But If I'm using a stock ICS ROM or "Android ICS 4.0.4 UVLH5 (Posted by tthaz777)" everything is very stable and no disconnects.
I have full bar with all the ROMs and get perfect data speed and everything else works fine. I'm using the same exact apps on the ROMs as I do on the stock, so I don't think it's related to a particular app. It seems as if TMobile scans the sessions at their network level and disconnects the call because my connection is not providing some information/call data they need. The disconnect can happen as fast as a few seconds or after a 10 minutes or so, just random.
Is anyone else experiencing this ?
I'm currently running below and everything is stable with no drop calls. Just can't figure out why this happens when install any other ROM. and Yes I always to do a full wipe before install.
Android ICS 4.0.4 UVLH5 (Posted by tthaz777) with merwin's scorched-kernel-t769-ics v1.0.29
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LOL I am using T-Mobile service with this device, so if that's the case for you I would expect a few drops from time to time
On a serious note, drops can happen with full bars for a variety of reasons. Tower is overloaded (signal shows strong but can't connect/gets dropped), person you have called drops you (calling someone in NY that has AT&T? ), bad/faulty sim card (free to get checked and replaced), etc. No cell phone/ROM is drop call immune, even stock (and yes even those people using Verizon). FWIW, I haven't dropped a single call in over a month using Thomas' PA and Tweaked. That's pretty good considering that's including the holidays and I didn't go home this year.

Thanks for the replies guys. What drives me crazy is that I have absolutely no dropped calls when using the stock ICS ROM, but as soon as I load any of the ICS ROMs mentioned the voice call gets disconnected periodically. Same Location, Same Apps, Same Calling Number, nothing changes except the ROM.
I'm fairly technical and good at troubleshooting but not an expert in reading the Android Logcat and don't know what to look for in the log. I have loaded the UVLH5 radio after flashing the the custom ROMs to see if that might be the cause but same thing.... I wondering if I need to try an older Radio...
Like I said all is running great with Android ICS 4.0.4 UVLH5 (by tthaz777) + merwin's scorched-kernel-t769-ics v1.0.29 OC to 1728 but not knowing what's causing the drops is just driving me crazy....
To test I just load the ROM and then call one of the free news numbers (ABC News etc 650-293-9114) and put the phone on speakerphone, and yes I have tried varies other numbers... JUST WEIRD

Try finding an app of the app store to make logging easier like logcat or something. Then run the app and make a call. If it doesnt disconnect, restart the log. When it does disconnect, end the log and copy+paste it here. That is the only real way to find out whats up.

So the problem started again this AM and it's been fine since I flashed Android ICS 4.0.4 UVLH5 (by tthaz777). I hear the hang up tone and calls would just disconnect in the middle of conversation with perfect signal strength. Nothing new was added to the phone, so only way to fix it was to reflash it again from a nan backup.
This is driving me crazy. Attached is a short logcat from right before the call dropped, could one of you experts check it out and tell me if you see anything strange going on....
Thanks

techclan said:
So the problem started again this AM and it's been fine since I flashed Android ICS 4.0.4 UVLH5 (by tthaz777). I hear the hang up tone and calls would just disconnect in the middle of conversation with perfect signal strength. Nothing new was added to the phone, so only way to fix it was to reflash it again from a nan backup.
This is driving me crazy. Attached is a short logcat from right before the call dropped, could one of you experts check it out and tell me if you see anything strange going on....
Thanks
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any chance you can put that on pastebin instead of a pdf? just post a link to it. It could be helpful to a dev as I see that some info is spread out to different pages and is cut off.
Also did you use an existing sim from a previous phone when getting this phone or did you get a brand new sim? I know various issues arise when using an old sim with this phone. My old sim had issues and wouldn't connect to wifi calling and it was only 10 months old.

anactoraaron said:
any chance you can put that on pastebin instead of a pdf? just post a link to it. It could be helpful to a dev as I see that some info is spread out to different pages and is cut off.
Also did you use an existing sim from a previous phone when getting this phone or did you get a brand new sim? I know various issues arise when using an old sim with this phone. My old sim had issues and wouldn't connect to wifi calling and it was only 10 months old.
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Here's the pastebin link. Thanks
http://pastebin.com/SCBx2jNS
When I initially had the issue I ordered a new sim hoping it would resolved it and that didn't help, so I flashed ICS 4.0.4 UVLH5 (by tthaz777) which is pretty much the stock with bloatware removed and that resolved the problem and not a single dropped call for a month and it just started again. It's so weird as if Mobile is looking for something in the connection/session and forces a disconnect.

techclan said:
Here's the pastebin link. Thanks
http://pastebin.com/SCBx2jNS
When I initially had the issue I ordered a new sim hoping it would resolved it and that didn't help, so I flashed ICS 4.0.4 UVLH5 (by tthaz777) which is pretty much the stock with bloatware removed and that resolved the problem and not a single dropped call for a month and it just started again. It's so weird as if Mobile is looking for something in the connection/session and forces a disconnect.
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Ordering a new sim doesn't mean getting a compatible sim. Have you taken the phone to a Tmo store and had someone check it out? They could've sent you another partially compatible sim for it. If I knew more about reading the logs I would love to help you out....

[Q] No sound when making calls or receiving calls

Dear All.
My samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket had been working with ParanoidAndorid (v 2.55) for 2 months without problems, but since a week ago I couldn't place regular calls. I can dial the numbers and receive calls, but in neither case I can hear any sound. The rest of the functions work just fine (youtube, chrome, etc). After checking for sound configurations, such as noise reduction, the problem persisted. I have to say that the problem goes away after rebooting the system, but is happens again at random times. I've change to Cyanogenmod 10, but the situation holds.
I noted that two apps seems to be producing this problem: Viber and Line. Immediately after I receive a Viber/Line call the problem arises. This is strange as I've been using Viber from the beginning, but the problem has been happening only from last week.
I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks in advance

Contact the app DEV and provide him some logs. It's not the phone from what you're describing.

hechoen said:
Contact the app DEV and provide him some logs. It's not the phone from what you're describing.
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I'll try using the phone without Viber/Line for a couples of days just to be sure that is a app-driven problem. Given the popularity of these apps, I would be surprised if this is only happening to me.

Did the app update recently? I'd unistall it then clear caches and reboot. If the problem goes away it's the app.

Hi @MarceloR -
I am a rep. of Viber here on XDA.
Thanks for sharing the details of the problem.
First, please note that Viber does not officially support your device, s2 skyrocket (here is the full list of fully compatible devices: http://bit.ly/Hm5k9p). Furthermore, we (Viber) don't claim to fully support devices with Custom ROMs, since it is impossible for us to adapt our app with all of the Custom ROMs out there.
Both these issues may be the sorurce of the problem you're experiencing. Have you tested this issue on Stock ROM on your device? (though it's not fully supported).
Having said that, the problem still sounds odd - Viber should not affect your ability to use your phone for regular calls.

Same problem, different software
I'm having the same issue - no mic, no sound on phone calls. I do not have either of the above-mentioned apps installed. I'm running CM10.1, though (Rogers). Tried installing the CLI3 modem, and the stock Rogers modems to see if that might help.
I did notice that the ear speaker was getting quite hot when I tried to use the phone, and the phone app itself is performing tremendously slow.
If anyone has thoughts / suggestions about how to fix this, I'd really appreciate it.

It's a common issue and has nothing to do with Viber, i've never used it personally.
This has happened to me on all kinds of roms stock, custom and AOSP.
Usually, when it happens, it happens after or while i am running an app that uses audio. Like any video / audio player and games.
It's not that big of a bother since it doesn't happen too often, but just embarassing.. when you've payed some $300+ for a phone and it doesn't even make phone calls lol. Might as well have bought one for $20 that does.
My point is i want to know a reason or explanation for this if someone can offer one.

Update: pulled SIM card, battery. Reboot, shut down, insert SIM card. Everything works again. Using the same 3/3 nightly. No other changes.

lingowistico said:
It's a common issue and has nothing to do with Viber, i've never used it personally.
This has happened to me on all kinds of roms stock, custom and AOSP.
Usually, when it happens, it happens after or while i am running an app that uses audio. Like any video / audio player and games.
It's not that big of a bother since it doesn't happen too often, but just embarassing.. when you've payed some $300+ for a phone and it doesn't even make phone calls lol. Might as well have bought one for $20 that does.
My point is i want to know a reason or explanation for this if someone can offer one.
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Common for whom I don't have these issues. I swear how do you guys have all of these crazy problems.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

Common for some..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2168656
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39678817

@lingowistico -
Thank you for sharing this valuable information, that will help us aide our users as well.
If you have any news in this matter, please do let us know

lingowistico said:
Common for some..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2168656
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I circumvented this problem by installing an old version of viber (one from Dec 2012). I found the old version here: http://www.androiddrawer.com/
So far, no problems. Everything seems to be back to normal.