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Default SMS messages turning into MMS messages ... - 07-13-2010, 01:41 PM

Has anyone experienced long text messages being sent as MMS messages instead of SMS from the Streak?

I've never had this issue with any other mobile i've owned ... and yes, i could just send an email, but not everyone i know has a smart phone or email setup on their mobile phone.

Another strange one me thinx ...
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Default 07-13-2010, 04:09 PM

I just checked my settings and tried to send 2 multipart texts to my other phone and they went through ok.

It may help if within messages you bring up the menu and under settings > mms settings: select creation mode you pick 'restricted' from the available options (out of 'restricted', 'warning', or the default option which is 'free').

Tried it on 'warning' too and it actually made no difference to me, sending texts to my old vodafone 'smartphone', but give it a try.
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Default 07-14-2010, 10:26 PM

It could be because you are adding a subject/title to the text message. This turns it into a MMS.


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Default 07-15-2010, 12:52 PM

Same problem with me. I am not including a subject, just any message that is longer than 160 characters [I think] becomes an mms message. My brother says his phone cannot receive them.
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Default 07-15-2010, 02:10 PM

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Same problem with me. I am not including a subject, just any message that is longer than 160 characters [I think] becomes an mms message. My brother says his phone cannot receive them.
Yes it does appear to happen when there are 160 characters or more and i'm also not using a subject heading ... just sent as per a normal text would be ... wouldn't care but i get charged for sending MMS's and not everyone can receive them if their phone isn't enabled for MMS, they'll get directed to their service providers website to view it ...

I changed my MMS settings to 'Restricted' as per topdog's advice but unfortunately the messages are still going through as MMS.

So, i guess i'm going to have to stop yakking so much and hope that 2.2 sorts the issue
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Default 07-15-2010, 04:28 PM

Is there a way of informing Dell of these sorts of issues? i.e. proven facts.


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Default 07-16-2010, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Catie View Post
Has anyone experienced long text messages being sent as MMS messages instead of SMS from the Streak?

I've never had this issue with any other mobile i've owned ... and yes, i could just send an email, but not everyone i know has a smart phone or email setup on their mobile phone.

Another strange one me thinx ...
The SMS will be transferred to MMS according to the following situations of my experiment:
1.The sms over the 459 characters
2.The sms over the 201 characters when cantain UCS2 characters(ex.division,multiplication sign ...etc)
I wish this information is helpful to you
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Default 07-16-2010, 11:43 AM

guys... Very annoying that I know.

I got chomp sms from the free app market and it doesnt seem to covert them to mms after only 3 texts as far as I can tell.
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Default 07-17-2010, 03:01 PM

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guys... Very annoying that I know.

I got chomp sms from the free app market and it doesnt seem to covert them to mms after only 3 texts as far as I can tell.
I've also now installed Chomp SMS and no more MMS'ing ... fantastic app too compared to the default ...
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Default 05-15-2011, 01:29 AM

Hey Everybody... The Dell Streak allows you to text messages with 133 x 3 (399) characters only. Anything above that will be automatically converted into an MMS. So make sure your Texts are less than 399 characters to send it across as a text message rather than MMS. Hope this answers your question.
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