Hi,
I am running standard Samsung ROM on my S3. Last night installed a new Firmware Update pushed OTA. Since then I have completely lost all SMS functionality and even any trace of the SMS function. The 'Messaging' icon does not exist anywhere and when I 'swipe left' on a contact to send a message the only option that comes up is to use Skype or WhatsApp. In the call log there are the numbers of which I have received an SMS from, but touching that I get to a log with a little blue envelope and I cannot see the message. The only way I have managed to find the actual SMS are using the app 'SMS Backup & Restore', that one finds them in the backup, but no other way available.
Anyone else came across this problem? Is there a way I can downgrade my firmware to previous version? (I do not have a full backup available, and to be honest, not quite sure how to backup 'everything' when I am not rooted)
Model: GT-9300
Android: 4.1.2
Baseband: I9300XXELLA
Kernel: 3.0.31-1276773
Build: JZO54K.I9300ZSEMF1
Thanks for any comments!
/Dan
flash the offcial 4.2.2 via odin and you wiil be fine you dont lose anything
If you were rooted, you could extract the required SMS .apk from a stock ROM zip and install that.
As a temporary workaround, you can try to use an app like GO SMS.
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions! I have worked the problem this weekend and eventually got functionalities back through 'Firmware Installation' in Kies. I will look further at Odin though as well. Sounds an interesting option. Thanks for that tip too!
/Dan
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Checked your SMS settings are correct ?? in message centre .
jje
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i've just updated my mda with the t-mobile update. but i can't get or send sms messages with my phone since...
Does it have to do with the update?
Can someone help me please?
SMS
We've sent and received SMS with the new ROM. Could you describe the problem in more detail? Do the SMS messages just seem to go into a black hole both ways, or does some kind of error happen?
i fixed it already, i just didn't get the messages, and ppl told me they've sent me. but i installed afterwards the sms_fix.cab, and suddenly it works again.
thanx.
sim card holds sms messages
Hi all,
I have a same problem. When people send me a sms, I cant get it from my xda. But if I remove my sim card and use it another regular phone, I see there are lot of sms messages.
What is sms_fix.cab?
If this cab is for show names from sms messages, I have already installed it.
I use XDA-Developers.com special edition rom v 1.1. My boss had got a old bios. I try to upgrade his bios, but he has got still same problem.
My problem have started after new bios. Both of us can send SMS.
ROM Version: 3.17.03 ENG
Radio Version: 4.01
I dont want to hard reset it, because I just finished to install of hundreds of tools also I dont know it will work or not!
What can I do?
Thanks a lottt.
Rom as given but still can't send sms
Hi
My rom version is 3.16.32 ENG, Radio version 4.20.00
I have the phone unlocked with the xda manipulator (now using vodapone) and had received a sms message successfully from a colleague but I just can't send a sms. I clicked on the contact and tap "Send SMS" but it just don't do anything and when I tap on "Send SMS" under the tools menu in the phone , it also don't do anything. I read that someone said caller2picture prevents someone from sending sms. Is this true? Can anything be done to make it work even with that software installed?
Would appreciate any help or advice.
Cheers
Vic
HI all,
For the benefit of forumers- a cold boot restored full functionality of my sms service. Must have accidentally deleted some important files.
Cheers
Vic
i rooted a friends samsung vibrant last night and everything went perfectly. i installed this rom.
now, whenever anyone sends him a picture message, it says something about "a problem with resolution or size restriction."
i've searched xda and come up with people getting blurry mms messages and the fix is to install either the cm6 mms apk or one of a few available. searching on google, everyone has the problem with the iphone and their fix is a package available through cydia.
i've had him check his apn settings and they are the same as seen in post number 7 of this thread. i've had him try using handcent and chompsms instead of the default. i've had him ensure his mobile data is on. the problem still persists.
he can send picture messages just fine. he can receive normal texts just fine.
he really wanted an aosp rom. i stuck with 2.2 so the clockwork 2.5.1.2 backup/restore would work fine.
my questions are these:
should installing a new mms apk fix this issue? does he need different apn settings? should i install a different rom altogether? should i install a newer 2.3 rom? if so, how can i get clockwork 3 installed? (i couldn't find how to do that anywhere either).
sorry this post is so long. thanks for any help.
ended up using odin back to stock then rerooted and reflashed the rom. seems to be working now.
I've searched high & low for the answer to this...
I've got a 2.3.5 gb build with kernel XWKI8 (& baseband XXXKI3) which works perfectly.
I've made TiBackup & CWM backups so can flip between this 'stable' version & the CM9.
I did a full install of CM9 (full wipe etc) & G.Apps & didn't use TiBackup to install any system data from the gb version.
CM9 all very good but Chomp SMS doesn't seem to work unless Handcent SMS is installed? WTF!
I've installed GoPro SMS & that makes no difference.
I've checked the SMS centre number (O2 (Monthly), +447802000332, 0791448720003023) & updated it via *#*#4636#*#*
FWIW, the Chomp SMS seems to have outgoing SMS' stuck at 'pending' (with 3 dots before the icon).
I've not been receiving SMS either until Handcent was installed & then it all seemed to work OK.
I had a quick play with the stock SMS app & it kept crashing & wouldn't let me try sending a txt from there but would recognise a received txt if Handcent was installed.
I suspect that's where the problem lies but as to how to fix???
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Nic
READ CM INSTRUCTIONS FAQS AND WIKI ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102
SMS
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/SMSC_Updates
jje
Thanks,
but as I stated in my original post - I have updated the SMSC
and as for 'READ CM INSTRUCTIONS FAQS AND WIKI ..'
Thanks again - believe it or not, I did read the FAQ's & scanned the wiki but that doesn't answer the problem I'm having....
Anyone else got any ideas please?
Thanks
Nic
Anyone?
And not you JJEgan!
I apologize in advance for my english.
Hi guys, I think I have a big problem with my GSIII.
My phone is rooted, WanamLite 5.2 ELL5, Phenomenal 4.0 Extreme; my carrier is Vodafone and my plan provides 1 GB per month of navigation.
I started to notice a massive (relative to me) money consumption.
Yesterday, when I had 28 cents left, my credit decreased to 8 cents after receiving a SMS (18 cents is the standard cost of a SMS for my plan) but I wasn't doing anything! Further checks let me discover that using the secret sms plug-in of the "Hide it pro" app costs 18 cents for every SMS received or sent, even if my plan provides them.
I obviously disinstalled the app, but I wanted to wait a bit, to check if all it's ok.
Some time later (a couple of hours), with still 8 cents left and doing nothing, I received a SMS from Vodafone, informing me that my credit wasn't sufficient for doing what I wanted to! I wiped data (factory reset) from CWM and also a factory data restoration (from the settings).
Today, still 8 cents left, at 13 o'clock I received another SMS from Vodafone like the previous one (yesterday).
Do you think that the problem is related to the phone (dunno, a virus?), or not?
Thanks a lot.
Use the free app "Permission Explorer" and check which apps are allowed to receive or send SMS or do phone calls.
Obvisously something is not quite as it is supposed to be.
Stock and some stockish Samsung roms have the Exynos Camera bug which allows any app to gain root access and thus install itself in the system itself and by consequence prevent being removed by a full-wipe. Any app you used which uses root could also have done the same. Not saying this actually did happen but it's a very real possibility. Only completely secure solution is to flash a full firmware (including recovery!) from Odin since theoretically CWM cannot be trusted either anymore, should the phone be compromised.
Easy steps would be:
- flash back to stock (any stock)
- flash Siyah through Odin
- boot to CWM (should be included in Siyah)
- factory-reset the phone
- install a freshly downloaded copy of Wanamlite
- reinstall Siyah kernel
- restore your apps and data (obviously making sure you trust all and any that require access to the camera, sending SMS or such)
On a side-note: I know that some crazy phone providers actually cost to RECEIVE sms and not only send. Could it be you are receiving SMS' from someone?
d4fseeker said:
Use the free app "Permission Explorer" and check which apps are allowed to receive or send SMS or do phone calls.
Obvisously something is not quite as it is supposed to be.
Stock and some stockish Samsung roms have the Exynos Camera bug which allows any app to gain root access and thus install itself in the system itself and by consequence prevent being removed by a full-wipe. Any app you used which uses root could also have done the same. Not saying this actually did happen but it's a very real possibility. Only completely secure solution is to flash a full firmware (including recovery!) from Odin since theoretically CWM cannot be trusted either anymore, should the phone be compromised.
Easy steps would be:
- flash back to stock (any stock)
- flash Siyah through Odin
- boot to CWM (should be included in Siyah)
- factory-reset the phone
- install a freshly downloaded copy of Wanamlite
- reinstall Siyah kernel
- restore your apps and data (obviously making sure you trust all and any that require access to the camera, sending SMS or such)
On a side-note: I know that some crazy phone providers actually cost to RECEIVE sms and not only send. Could it be you are receiving SMS' from someone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks a lot (I already know, however, about Camera Bug reported from Faryaab ).
I'll proceed as you wrote, only one question: why Siyah?
However, Vodafone doesn't apply costs for received SMSs from standard numbers (even of other carriers), as the one I received the message from.
In attach files there is the list of apps with "write sms permission".
Now I'm going to flash through Odin stock Ita firmware, I already have it...
WTF is joyn?!?!
UPDATE!!!
I restored again from settings. When it completed, I received the usual sms from Vodafone about insufficient credit! WTF?
Now I'll flash stock Ita...
UPDATE #2
After flashing Stock Ita, I received THREE SMS from Vodafone about attempting to do something...
joyn app in permission explorer disappeared, but ChatON, SVoice, Keyboard, Favourite Contacts and Samsung Apps appeared.
I rooted my phone and accidentally deleted the stock mms.apk and i couldnt recieve any messages, i downloaded an upgraded version of the stock mms.apk and i can send and recieve regular sms messages but i cant send or recieve pictures, can anyone help please
I had similar problem after accidentally deleted the calendar.apk, I did try copy this from another device (exactly model and android version) but no success to make the widget work again (no events shown).
I do recommend to reinstall the entire ROM - stock or custom.
I agree with MagusWRM.
I agree with MagusWRM. Re-install the ROM and if it’s still acting up call your Wireless provider and have them check to see if everything is right on their end.
~James~
I download handcent and it works... I can't flash a new ROM because there is no software compatible with my phone and there are no drivers for it either
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