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Pooh-Bah
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Pooh-Bah
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Posted:
Either my phone's not receiving text messages, or my girlfriend's phone isn't sending them properly. I know I can easily test this by getting someone else to help me, but the problem after that is what do we do about it? We're on a stupid contract where it costs loads to ring the customer services, so I was wondering if there was anything I can do before spending silly money on it.
She can still recieve texts from me but not the other way round. This is really annoying as we usually text all day because daytime calls cost loads, and we really need to be in touch at the moment. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Oh, and in case someone suggests it, her uni have decided to switch off the internet to her halls at the moment so we can't just communicate over the net
Grr this is perfect timing
Either my phone's not receiving text messages, or my girlfriend's phone isn't sending them properly. I know I can easily test this by getting someone else to help me, but the problem after that is what do we do about it? We're on a stupid contract where it costs loads to ring the customer services, so I was wondering if there was anything I can do before spending silly money on it.
She can still recieve texts from me but not the other way round. This is really annoying as we usually text all day because daytime calls cost loads, and we really need to be in touch at the moment. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Oh, and in case someone suggests it, her uni have decided to switch off the internet to her halls at the moment so we can't just communicate over the net
Grr this is perfect timingWhat a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
sms has no Quality of Service (QoS), so they arn't guaranteed not to get lost (and as such you don't get a refund when they fail). See if it happens when you're in different locations, it could just be a dodgy transmitter
sms has no Quality of Service (QoS), so they arn't guaranteed not to get lost (and as such you don't get a refund when they fail). See if it happens when you're in different locations, it could just be a dodgy transmitter
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Posted:
It's just the not recieving/sending (whichever it is) between one another (on the same network) for at least 48 hours which is causing the concern.. I've tried SOME different locations but the thing is, the day it stopped working I'd probably recieved 10 texts from her which all got through OK. This is very poo.
Thanks for the info though.
It's just the not recieving/sending (whichever it is) between one another (on the same network) for at least 48 hours which is causing the concern.. I've tried SOME different locations but the thing is, the day it stopped working I'd probably recieved 10 texts from her which all got through OK. This is very poo.
Thanks for the info though.
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
the best advice i can give is don't use sms for anything important, and call if you odn't get a delivery report within an hour if it's something you're waiting for a reply on. Sms was never designed for mass use (it was designed by engineers to send messages to each other whilst building the phone network), but as phone companies make an absolute killing out of it in it's current form they don't really have the incentive to make it any better.
the best advice i can give is don't use sms for anything important, and call if you odn't get a delivery report within an hour if it's something you're waiting for a reply on. Sms was never designed for mass use (it was designed by engineers to send messages to each other whilst building the phone network), but as phone companies make an absolute killing out of it in it's current form they don't really have the incentive to make it any better.
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Posted:
I didn't realise that's what it was originally for. That sucks, but as you say it won't improve. Oh well. Thanks a lot for the words of wisdom!
I didn't realise that's what it was originally for. That sucks, but as you say it won't improve. Oh well. Thanks a lot for the words of wisdom!
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
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playing the days away
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Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
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Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
I hear this roumour that by using phones we can actually 'talk' to each other. Amazing! If yours does it I'd suggest ringing her
I hear this roumour that by using phones we can actually 'talk' to each other. Amazing! If yours does it I'd suggest ringing her
Let's relight this forum 
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,626 posts
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Posted:
The only problem with that is texts - free, calls - 35p per minute, me - student. You know?
As a conclusion to this, I got 17 texts last night, one after the other. There was constant vibration for about 2 minutes. I almost came.
So no harm done, and now it seems to be back to normal. Odd though.
The only problem with that is texts - free, calls - 35p per minute, me - student. You know?
As a conclusion to this, I got 17 texts last night, one after the other. There was constant vibration for about 2 minutes. I almost came.
So no harm done, and now it seems to be back to normal. Odd though.
What a wonderful miracle if only we could look through each other's eyes for an instant.
Thoreau
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