SMS shortening of availiable chars - Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go

In the new, 6.1.A.2.45, it appears an option for special chars to convert them to non special, but equal chars to avoid the shortening to save me from using 2 or more SMS that I used to send in GB. Why is this a problem now on ICS, why could I send SMS with all those chars before in GB, and the reciever would get them just as I had sent them.
Does anyone have a theory, or a solution to this freaking problem?

I have same problem. I would be glad if somebody help us.
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I'm on .45 also and was looking for that option... but to turn it on!?
My normal message runs on at least 3 or 4 sms and don't send a lot of words... but words like olá or então increase the size very much.
There should be an option to turn this function on and off!
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seems like no one cares about this, since it affects only a few languages.

I flashed back GB and there I enabled Saving. Then flashed ICS without wiping data and voila.
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This will work.

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problem sending sms?

hi all,
first off big high 5 for wolf! the time and effort he puts in is incredible, hope he actually gets to go outside sometimes lol
the issue I have is with sending sms, it works fine for maybe a day or so but then I find it will not send a msg it just stays in the 'pending' state. so I have to go into testing menu and refresh and update the sms service number then reboot the phone to enable me to sent texts again.
has anybody got any ideas what it might be? I have a feeling that its something to do with when I turn the internet on but I'm probably talking crap.
I am using wolfbreak 4.0.3 with zkernal.
cheers guys.
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are you using the stock sms app? maybe give a try with other sms app
hi, yeah Ive always used handcent. Maybe I should try the stock msg app?
I was also having the same issues when using Z's kernel.I switched to Dooms Kernel and it corrected it. Also you may wanna check your Apn settings,you need two listed-one for data and another for SMS.
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ok thanks mate I will try this out.
cheers
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SMS/MMS Notification Sound Cut Off

Lately I've noticed my SMS/MMS Notification Sound gets cut off in the middle of playing.
I'm using the "Whistle" notification sound. It worked fine the first day I had my phone (today would be day 5 I've had it)
I've tried restarting the phone, choosing different tones, fixing permissions, clearing caches. So far nothing seems to be working
It looks like it gets cut off when the screen lights up from the notification.
Anyone else having this issue? And if so, have you found a fix (besides using a 3rd party messaging app like Go SMS). I have the Sprint variant, stock rooted (LF9)
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Yeah I had the same problem
But it only happened when my wife would text me
I did the same fixes as u did thinking that would work, but it didn't so I erased that contact put it back in and now it works right
Good luck
Cheers
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krackerjac said:
Yeah I had the same problem
But it only happened when my wife would text me
I did the same fixes as u did thinking that would work, but it didn't so I erased that contact put it back in and now it works right
Good luck
Cheers
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Wowwwwww you know what? It only happens to me when my girlfriend messages me lol. Wtf? That's so weird! Maybe it has something to do the most frequently messaged person? Gunna delete the contact and test.
Thanks!
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It does this If you set a limit for incoming texts and have auto delete on. Erase all the messages when your at the limit and it will go back to normal again
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Jakkyll said:
It does this If you set a limit for incoming texts and have auto delete on. Erase all the messages when your at the limit and it will go back to normal again
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Oh that makes sense. I had my auto delete set @ 120 SMS. So I'm guessing what happens is once the thread hits 120 and you get a new SMS the notification gets interrupted by the system deleting the last message in that thread to make it 120.
Well this is all very helpful. Problem solved. Thanks guys!
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Another work around for this is to use zedge to assign your sound. For whatever reason, it bypasses the issue and the sound fully plays when a new message comes in.
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Naddict said:
Another work around for this is to use zedge to assign your sound. For whatever reason, it bypasses the issue and the sound fully plays when a new message comes in.
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Emma try this thanks
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Why is MMS quality so different from iPhone?

Hi guys,
I'm new here and have been looking around to try and get my question answered but haven't quite had any luck.
I'm made the move from iPhone to Android and absolutely loving it. I'm sure we're all aware of the MMS issue? I have a couple of questions regarding this.
1) When sending MMS's from iPhone to iPhone and iPhone to Android, the picture quality is obviously much much better. Why is this? Why the limitations? It's definitely not the carrier.
2) I'm aware of Go SMS and all those 3rd party apps, but is there a mod or "fix" to the resolve the issue? I'm currently using LiquidSmooth RC7 and love the jelly bean messages app.
Apologies for the long post!!!
Thanks
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Because we're running android....welcome by the way
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Haha believe it or not, I was expecting an answer of that sort!!! Hopefully there's a solution out there somewhere!.
Thanks for the welcome
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What messaging app are you using?
When i first made the move from iphone to android I was using Go sms and Hancent. Both had this problem but after switching back to the stock messaging app, havent had the problem.
Using Liquid Smooth ROM which has stock jelly bean messaging app.
I stuck my sim in my iPhone again and a friends Windows phone and MMS that are sent are way better quality. Only on Android it's shocking... just curious as to why exactly.
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dpbiscuit said:
Using Liquid Smooth ROM which has stock jelly bean messaging app.
I stuck my sim in my iPhone again and a friends Windows phone and MMS that are sent are way better quality. Only on Android it's shocking... just curious as to why exactly.
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Hmmm that could be the reason why. Try using Stock SMS if you can. if not then I'm out of ideas.
Yeah already tried that. Still nothing. Apparently Cyanogen Mod has a settings menu where u can change the outgoing MMS size. I'm sure there's something in the code that can be changed but not sure where. Will wait for CM10 and see if that changes anything.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
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Need to change the compression level of the MMS i guess.
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Yeah, would be good if there was an option to set the limit. At the moment it's at like 40-60kb. Ridiculous. All other phones have a much higher size.
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Yeah its a shame really. Only working solution I've seen is to tell go sms to preserve image quality and stop compression.
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Yeah already tried that. Still nothing. Apparently Cyanogen Mod has a settings menu where u can change the outgoing MMS size.
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I guess he meant the stock from stock firmware, touchwiz that is...
dpbiscuit said:
1) When sending MMS's from iPhone to iPhone and iPhone to Android, the picture quality is obviously much much better. Why is this? Why the limitations? It's definitely not the carrier.
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Actually it is the carrier, when you are sent an MMS, the carrier sends you a SMS telling you to get it.
Your phone then connects to their server and passes a user agent string. The carrier then works out what's best to give you.
If they haven't got around to adding you user agent, often they go for worst case scenario.
Some apps allow you to have a custom user agent (messaging, not web) which should help.
The other possibility is the iPhones were using iMessage instead.
+1 for iMessage. Why use other between two iDevice?
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Why on earth in this day and age would you feel the need to use mms?
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Use whats app! )
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Op what country are you from mate? Regardless of what other people say it is true MMS on android is shocking so i use whatsapp it is a multi platform app and you can send 12sec vids and pictures via your data and it doesn't cost you anything extra. Only costs a few kbs of your data. You can also use kik. But i wish the mms quailty was better to be honest.
I don't see how its the carrier when the same carrier on other phones don't have an issue.
I'm from Australia mate. Yeah started using watsapp a while ago then deleted it.. but other people need to be on it too don't they?
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dpbiscuit said:
I'm from Australia mate. Yeah started using watsapp a while ago then deleted it.. but other people need to be on it too don't they?
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Yes.
But it still might be the carrier, since iPhone to iPhone probably doesn't send mms, but uses imessage instead. That's why there is no limitations in picture size.
I personally prefer using Line. It's free (whatsapp costs 1.99 USD a year for "server costs")
iPhone to iPhone worked even before iMessage was out. Pics that were sent were delivered in good quality.
I've found my solution for the time being. Facebook messenger has added SMS/MMS threading into its app now. Very seamless and convenient. I've tested sending MMS to phone numbers without them having a Facebook account (or not being Facebook friends) and the pics get delivered in great quality.
Thank u all for your suggestions
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[Q] how to auto-delete old sms

Its possible on xperia u stock rom auto-delete old sms and set sms storage Limit?
thanks
antunes20 said:
Its possible on xperia u stock rom auto-delete old sms and set sms storage Limit?
thanks
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I think you can choose max sms, I don't remember which Rom and which phone but I have seen it somewhere
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Yeah, on stock rom you can choose how many sms you would keep overall and also how many you'd keep per conversation Check it on sms app settings
Also every sms app have this settings but I know no-one that let you set the oldest sms to keep :/
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I've tried on 2.3.7 stock and there is no option for that :-\
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My defs
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up.. anyone can help? thanks

texting.problems

when i text someone, there response is above the messige i sent them. How do i fix this?
Are you using the pre-installed messaging app?
What version android are you on? I've never seen that before.
Also you might want to change your posted photo because it's showing someone's phone number.
Is your phone clock correct? If yours is a few minutes slow you will be under someone with correct network time.
Also you might want to block out your contacts number in the picture. I doubt they want random phone calls
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I have the same error also. I ended up reflashing my rom. If you find a fix, let me know.
Its your clock. I have this issue sometimes lol. Set the clock to the right time.
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