Receiving Duplicate Text Messages - Motorola Photon 4G

My phone has always received an occasional duplicate text message here and there from 1 or 2 contacts regardless of the ROM used. However, within the past two days, I've been getting BOMBARDED with duplicate text messages from many contacts. Nothing has been changed on my phone.
Have you experienced this? Is there a fix available?
To say this has been annoying is a gross understatement!

This happened to me last week on CM10. Eventually I fixed it by wiping cache, dalvik and rebooting. It died down shortly after. I was only getting the same couple texts over and over, and new ones weren't coming through.
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knG333 said:
This happened to me last week on CM10. Eventually I fixed it by wiping cache, dalvik and rebooting. It died down shortly after. I was only getting the same couple texts over and over, and new ones weren't coming through.
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This problem seems to have stopped on its own even before I got the chance to start wiping. I guess we'll see how it goes. Thanks for taking the time to respond!

sjamie said:
My phone has always received an occasional duplicate text message here and there from 1 or 2 contacts regardless of the ROM used. However, within the past two days, I've been getting BOMBARDED with duplicate text messages from many contacts. Nothing has been changed on my phone.
Have you experienced this? Is there a fix available?
To say this has been annoying is a gross understatement!
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My photon and my wife's did this often. I thought it was the phone. Then I started thinking it was Sprint.
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Equalizir said:
My photon and my wife's did this often. I thought it was the phone. Then I started thinking it was Sprint.
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I think it is Sprint too - http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/505861.

Yes, this used to happen to me with my Photon (stock ROM). It's aggravating indeed. It also happened with my wife's HTC Evo 3D. I haven't had it happen in awhile, though.

From what I have seen I believe that it is signal related. It seems that when I am on the fringe I will get dupes. It is like sprint text system never gets the message received reply once the device gets the text. This happened stock and while on CM7. I kinda just learned to live with it. It doesn't happen to often for me. I can see where it could be a pita if it happens all of the time.

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Txt message threads out of order

So I know I saw this somewhere but I cant seem to find it anywhere now. I am having a problem with my txt messages coming in earlier than they should. My outgoing have the correct time but my incoming in the thread is always about a half hour too early and end up making it so my threaded convos are seperated. Does anyone know how to fix this? It never did this before and just started last night after I installed a battery mod. Its really quite annoying.
samething started happening to me last night. no idea whats causing it, I havent made any changes to my phone since root a few weeks ago. still on stock fwiw
hmm I was thinking it was the time change but I was txting last night when the time changed and everything was fine after that. Then I stopped txting and installed a battery mod and the touch wiz mod and this morning I noticed none of my messages were coming in correctly. I know there is an app called smstimefix but i'd rather not have to use an app (using some battery and resources) to fix something that was working before.
mine seems to be more than a time issue, im having trouble receiving texts at all now, everything is coming in like 30 minutes late and often in mass groups of messages.
Nice to see I'm not the only one.
It's the Y2K bug back for revenge! Just really late.... kinda like my text messages....
So nobody has a fix for this?
same
I had the same problem yesterday, with both mis-labeled time and delayed message received. I don't if it was the time change or the AT&T outage in my area(maybe related?).
I just removed my battery a couple of times and texts are coming in just fine now.
Same here. That was really strange cuz the time change didnt affect me at first but when I woke up it was all messed up. hmm oh well lol.
I talked to an AT&T person and she said it was caused by the time change and should be fixed by now ISH
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Weird...so it was the network...that was totally annoying. Def glad it is resolved. Thanks for reporting so now i know its not my phone!!!
tmckenn2 said:
I talked to an AT&T person and she said it was caused by the time change and should be fixed by now ISH
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This has been happening to me on and off for the last month. I hope its a network thing, but it seems unlikely if it was happening a month ago.

Weird texting issue

Hey all,
Hoping you can help because this one has Verizon techs puzzled. A few days ago I was sending a text to my wife and when I did for some reason my signal cut out totally and I lost it for hours. I took my phone to Verizon and they said there was a glitch and factory reset my phone. Here is the issue now. Whenever I send a lengthy text to my wife (a text that is two pages) she will get the majority of the old text message days ago and only two sentences of the one I am currently sending. I reset my phone again...deleted the thread with that message in it. She deleted my thread on her phone. Verizon techs on the phone had her power down her phone and they did something on the back end but it is still happening. She has not factory reset her phone which is the only thing I can think of at this point. She will get brief texts from me with no problem, but a lengthy one she gets the problem stated above. That original text I sent was a lengthy one....any one have any ideas on how to stop that from happening?
Shakes The AssClown said:
Hey all,
Hoping you can help because this one has Verizon techs puzzled. A few days ago I was sending a text to my wife and when I did for some reason my signal cut out totally and I lost it for hours. I took my phone to Verizon and they said there was a glitch and factory reset my phone. Here is the issue now. Whenever I send a lengthy text to my wife (a text that is two pages) she will get the majority of the old text message days ago and only two sentences of the one I am currently sending. I reset my phone again...deleted the thread with that message in it. She deleted my thread on her phone. Verizon techs on the phone had her power down her phone and they did something on the back end but it is still happening. She has not factory reset her phone which is the only thing I can think of at this point. She will get brief texts from me with no problem, but a lengthy one she gets the problem stated above. That original text I sent was a lengthy one....any one have any ideas on how to stop that from happening?
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Wow, that is crazy! Maybe both of you could download and try a third party texting app like SMS PRO or CHOMP or something?? I am assuming you are using the stock messaging app. Can't hurt to give it a try?! Good Luck!

[Q] AT&T Multiple Texts and Delayed Texts???

Have had this device since the day it came out and not sure if i noticed this issue right off the bat but the last month or so it is now almost an everyday problem. I will get a text message say at 2pm. Then again say at 2:30pm will get a new text message notification, open it and see it is the same exact text message i got at 2pm and it is also time stamped at 2pm even though it is now 2:30pm. This will happen maybe 3-4x all within a 4hr window. This will happen regardless what network the sender is on, can be ATT, Verizon, etc. No real pattern to this issue, i live in an area with literally full 4g network everywhere.
Also i will sometimes get delayed text messages. Say it's 1pm and i get a new text message notification. I check it and the time stamp on it is 12:40am even though that was 20min ago and i'm just now receiving the text message even though this whole time i was in full 4g network?
I don't know if this is a bunk device or maybe bad sim card. Spoke with AT&T numerous times and I swear I don't know where the hell they find these people as they can't find their thumb from their a$$hole it seems like they are so clueless. All they want to do is master reset, that doesn't work then they offer to mail me a replacement device. I flash roms so that in itself i would think in a way is a master reset.
Is there a way maybe to check my network settings on my device and if so what should they be for AT&T in the USA? I use Elegancia roms using the ATT network settings he has in place and no one else is having this issue which makes me think maybe it's a bad sim card or just bunk device as this issue seems to get worse by the day now. First i happened maybe twice a week, now it's more like twice a day.
I can easily get a replacement phone but really want that as a last resort. Not looking forward to unlocking, rooting, etc all from scratch again unless there's no other option and i really do have a bad device.
I have had the same issue, it was pretty bad on stock as sometimes I would get a message hours later as well as multiple messages. Using the Elegancia ROMs has somewhat helped, but it still happens from time to time.
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I've experienced this as well; running completely stock and on various roms. I noticed it was really bad if I used any 3rd party messaging apps.
+1 here
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This has just started happening to me within the past few days on stock. So far it's only been with 2 or 3 text messages, but it's interesting to see that I'm not the only one having this issue. Could it be a carrier issue?
My understanding and this could all be BS is that android doesn't have a full good push system. Instead it is a pull system based on periodic checks to the provider carriers.
So if u are scheduled to check text at 1230 and get one at 1201 then u don't get notification until 1230.
I think u can always change the frequency of your checks but it's just more data usage or battery drain.
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Rularn said:
My understanding and this could all be BS is that android doesn't have a full good push system. Instead it is a pull system based on periodic checks to the provider carriers.
So if u are scheduled to check text at 1230 and get one at 1201 then u don't get notification until 1230.
I think u can always change the frequency of your checks but it's just more data usage or battery drain.
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That's not how it works, atleast not that long
Your phone typically checks for texts/calls every 3 seconds not every 30 minutes
There used to be a setting you could access to change this, but I know the default is 3
The problems these people are having are network issues
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I've had this issue and engaged ATT about it extensively. They swear up and down it's not a network related issue or a issue with the rom. They replacement my phone with a refurb, still same issues. They just sent me a replacement sim card (which I just got today but have yet to pick it up from the front office).
Doubt any of this will fix the issue. But yea, it sucks.
ddean5 said:
I've had this issue and engaged ATT about it extensively. They swear up and down it's not a network related issue or a issue with the rom. They replacement my phone with a refurb, still same issues. They just sent me a replacement sim card (which I just got today but have yet to pick it up from the front office).
Doubt any of this will fix the issue. But yea, it sucks.
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Well seems very odd unless nation wide ATT is doing major network changes. I'm in LA California unless all u live here too with the same problem but unlikely. I've been with ATT since 2004 and had many smartphones since and never had this issue until this device about a month after buying it.
I'm going to try the SIM card replacement and see what that does. If no correction then Mayne I can prolong this til the HTC One comes out and get my phone replaced with that! Wishful thinking but seriously WTF?
deeznuts said:
Well seems very odd unless nation wide ATT is doing major network changes. I'm in LA California unless all u live here too with the same problem but unlikely. I've been with ATT since 2004 and had many smartphones since and never had this issue until this device about a month after buying it.
I'm going to try the SIM card replacement and see what that does. If no correction then Mayne I can prolong this til the HTC One comes out and get my phone replaced with that! Wishful thinking but seriously WTF?
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May I ask if you are using the HTC message app or a 3rd party app? Or both at the same time? Also is this issue the same for all your contact sending you a text? Or just some of them?
Lucky Thirteen said:
May I ask if you are using the HTC message app or a 3rd party app? Or both at the same time? Also is this issue the same for all your contact sending you a text? Or just some of them?
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Using stock htc messaging. It's random, really no pattern. Sometimes it happens when texting my wife, sometimes not. Same with other contacts. Even when AT&T sent me a test text it was sent twice as a duplicate.
Have you try to eliminate completely the HTC Message app (you can do so via Aroma or with TB), and installing a third party app to verify if this issue is still occurring?
I guess it was a joke thinking a new SIM card would fix the issue. As soon as the ATT rep put the new SIM in, about 10 minutes later get the ATT text. Then 15min later get a new text message and what do u know, it's a duplicate!
Only other thing I can think of is doing a full master reset, new install of the Elegancia 4.4 Rom with full wipe. This is what I usually do but then restore my data via TWRP Data backup. This time I'll try the above WITHOUT doing the data restore and see if that makes any difference. If not then I guess it's device replacement time.
I don't see how it would only be the HTC messaging app as many people use it on the same Rom as me and/or same android OS version of me and they are not having this problem.
Pretty convinced it's maybe the antennas in my device went bad or maybe my data restore is causing network complications?
See screenshot and see time above and time received second text, duplicate still.
I remember having issues long time ago with another device practically as yours and the issue was effectively an issue with the restoration.
As for the third app choice, well, it's a way of testing if something could be conflicting with the HTC Message app. Your choice for not testing.
Lucky Thirteen said:
I remember having issues long time ago with another device practically as yours and the issue was effectively an issue with the restoration.
As for the third app choice, well, it's a way of testing if something could be conflicting with the HTC Message app. Your choice for not testing.
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Just wanted to test out other things first and maybe that last as I feel that's the last thing that could he causing this. So far after a full wipe and fresh Rom install, no duplicates yet. Tested multiple people all day for better testing and no issues yet. Will report back...
Same thing happens to my HOX+... 100% exactly as described. I'm using stock Rom and stock messaging app (Rooted and TWRP recovery).
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joey-pagan said:
Same thing happens to my HOX+... 100% exactly as described. I'm using stock Rom and stock messaging app (Rooted and TWRP recovery).
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Have u found any fixes? Surprised all these people coming out the wood work with the same exact issue as me but I'm the first to post about it.
Update for me well all went well for about 5 days then boom, freakin dupes came back. I did a fresh install, full wipe, zero restore, all from scratch. I was so happy thought it was fixed then the other day when the wife texted me it came in 3x that day all at difference times hut of course with original time stamp.
Only other thing I can think of is to get my device replaced but just hate to go through the whole unlocking process again and transferring music, etc onto new device and zagg screen replacement... Damn HTC, what r u doin?!?
i know CM10.1 aint stable yet, but you can use it for sms n stuff, can you see if this happens on that rom for me please (CM10.1 ATT/TELUS)
Lloir said:
i know CM10.1 aint stable yet, but you can use it for sms n stuff, can you see if this happens on that rom for me please (CM10.1 ATT/TELUS)
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I used your AT&T CM 10.1 ROM for 3 days and had no SMS/MMS issues at all. I did add a custom APN with the help of tweaker. The new APN allowed the MMS messages to download faster. The ROM is smooth and fast. I needed my phone app so reluctantly I had to revert back to a sense ROM. Thanks for your hard work on this device.
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No doubt it's a network issue. I live in Alaska and have the same problem along with everyone else I know who has att, including people with iphones.

[Q] Unable to receive texts

I am on jivy's ICScrewed 2.1 ROM running Siyah's last GB kernel. From time to time, my phone will suddenly become unable to receive text messages. I found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=891427. I do believe it's the same issue, but I was wondering if anyone knows the cause. I have been using this ROM for a while now, and this never happened. Only a couple months ago did this start occuring. Then lately, it's been happening more frequently. Instead of having to wipe and recover maybe once every 3 months, it's been turning into every month, then every 2 weeks, and twice within one week this week. It's just a pain in the ass to have to keep doing this. I'm not sure if it's the ROM itself. If it was, then wouldn't I have been experiencing this when I first started using the ROM? If anyone has a (permanent) fix for this, I'd appreciate it. I hate waking up to no texts. Makes me feel lonely.
simplicityy said:
I am on jivy's ICScrewed 2.1 ROM running Siyah's last GB kernel. From time to time, my phone will suddenly become unable to receive text messages. I found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=891427. I do believe it's the same issue, but I was wondering if anyone knows the cause. I have been using this ROM for a while now, and this never happened. Only a couple months ago did this start occuring. Then lately, it's been happening more frequently. Instead of having to wipe and recover maybe once every 3 months, it's been turning into every month, then every 2 weeks, and twice within one week this week. It's just a pain in the ass to have to keep doing this. I'm not sure if it's the ROM itself. If it was, then wouldn't I have been experiencing this when I first started using the ROM? If anyone has a (permanent) fix for this, I'd appreciate it. I hate waking up to no texts. Makes me feel lonely.
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I've been having the same problem intermittently. I had it today and 2 days ago. The temporary fix is to take the SIM card out of my phone and put it in my old BB Bold 9700 to get the missed texts then put the SIM back into my SGS2. Then the texting works again. But the problem eventually comes back. It's not a ROM problem. I'm rooted and using a Gingerbread ROM. I don't know what causes this. I've tried wiping the Dalvik cache and deleteing old text messages and this didn't seem to work. The SIM switching seems to be the only trick. I haven't called ATT. (They are usually in denial when there is some kind of issue on their end.)
If you find a solution then please post it!!!
I have had the same problem. Running the same ROM for a long problem then recently (~last 2 months) it started happening. I was running Sashir's Aberration ROM but it was the old (pre Dec. 2012) version.
One time I contacted at&t and they said my sim was an old outdated version so they gave me a new one which fixed the problem... for a couple weeks. I may go several days receiving no texts (send works fine) then all the sudden I get them all in one batch. After that it will receive texts fine until it eventually happens again.
I just flashed the new Aberration and hopefully it stops happening.
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[Q] Cant send MMS...at least not all the time

I just installed Cm10.1 on my Razr, it was working fine. much better then my stock rom. I get better service, my texting app isnt broken and its all around a lot faster too. The only problem i have experienced is the intermittent capacity of my phone to send and/or receive picture messages. Earlier today my girlfriend sent me a picture. It wasnt until i had rebooted my phone 2 times and wiped cache did i finally get the messages. I dont know if it was a fluke that it happened like that or not, but its kind of inconvenient.
Afterwards i tried to send a picture back, it was pretty much just a random picture of where i was standing at the time, nothing important, but it did not want to send. No matter what I did it would not send. I wound up checking back at it about 20 mins later and it said that it sent and it actually did.
Is anyone else experiencing this phenomenon and how do i fix it? or is it just something that im going to hope is fixed with a new update soon?
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I just installed Cm10.1 on my Razr, it was working fine. much better then my stock rom. I get better service, my texting app isnt broken and its all around a lot faster too. The only problem i have experienced is the intermittent capacity of my phone to send and/or receive picture messages. Earlier today my girlfriend sent me a picture. It wasnt until i had rebooted my phone 2 times and wiped cache did i finally get the messages. I dont know if it was a fluke that it happened like that or not, but its kind of inconvenient.
Afterwards i tried to send a picture back, it was pretty much just a random picture of where i was standing at the time, nothing important, but it did not want to send. No matter what I did it would not send. I wound up checking back at it about 20 mins later and it said that it sent and it actually did.
Is anyone else experiencing this phenomenon and how do i fix it? or is it just something that im going to hope is fixed with a new update soon?
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