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+ disappears from phone# when sending SMS (T-mobile MDA II)

Any idea? When i compose an SMS and choose the phone# from contact list it always gives the number only, but not the + in front. (EG 49179.... instead of +49179...). It's quite annoying.

This bug has been going down in tghis forum again and again, amongst others: http://www.xda-developers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3458.
Fact is, the "+" is copied correctly if you use the last name of yopur contact and don't go through the contacts appilcation.
Seems they got a US programmer to writ the SMS application - the don't start phone numbers with a + there (and global coverage just goes from Maine to California).

After Tmobile 1.60 upgrade:non permanent icon for voicemail

Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 16:46
Post subject: Tmobile update Non permanent voicemail and missed calls icon
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Something about the TmobileNL RomUpdate 1.60; I've upgraded from my french version 1.50 to this english version not bothered by the switch from the french language to the english one; It works almost flawlessly except that i lost a thing: the permanent display of missed calls and waiting voicemail message has vanished: so when someone leaves a voicemail, as the person hangs up, a bubble stating that a voicemail has been left is displayed for a very few seconds showing two buttons, one to call the voicemail, the other to erase the displayed message; After a few seconds, the message vanishes and no icon remains on the display to remind you that you have received new voicemail.
This is very annoying and very unpractical so i hope that someone has a way to tweak the Qtek in order to display back such an icon and that it stays displayed untils one has listen to the voicemail and erase the messages from the voicemail box.The same goes for the missed calls indicators.
Can someone help me out of this? is there a new romset correcting these issues? A tweak for it.
Brgds, Arnaud

Tu utilises quel réseau ?
[Peter Poelman: "Which network are you using?"]

Vanishing Icons
I use all three french networks as i have subscriptions on all three.
But it dosn't come from the rom set : after hardresetting, everything is ok and the icons are back;
By the way Murcielago, could you backup your actual french QTEK2020 or XDA2 romset and send it to me so i can at least store the french romset and maybe restore the french language version of the device?

Hi,
I don't have a french ROM because I bought my XDA II in Singapore.
All I was interested in was if you can use GPRS with SFR ?
I'm only able to connect to GPRS then nothing happens. I don't browse, I don't resolve, I cannot do anything.
If it works for you, can you contact me and tell me how you configured it please ?
Thanks

GPRS SFR
No problem encountered in using gprs wap and email access on SFR
Arnaud
Sorry for the late reply

ok... I'll check.
Can you contact me if possible ?
check your pm

How to change default language in outgoing messages?

Hello there,
I would like to change the default western European language for outgoing messages in pocket outlook into default Central European Windows.
Thing is, now I need to go into MESSAGE OPTIONS in the MENU and change the language into Central European every time I send a message.
Is there a registry tweak which would enable me to have Central European Windows for ALL outgoing messages?
With WM2003 it was enough to change the general language settings into Polish and automatically all outgoing messages would show CE fonts.
With WM5 this seems not to be the case. If I prepare a message in CE fonts, these would not show when the message is received by the adressee. But maybe a registry tweak would do? Anybody tried already?

My friend [CpD]bob promted me.
I changed HKLM\nls\SystemLCID value date from 409 to 419 (hex) and rebooted.
Now I have russian codepage as default language instead of western european language.
This can use Wizard's owners too.

Thank you DiscoStar. Further to your indication I found out that the value for Polish is 415. However if I change it and I reboot, it comes back to the default 409. Any ideas?

OK, it works. I applied the above tweak using 415 value, I switched the device off and waited 10 secs. After the soft-reset the value stays on 415 and the defalult language for outgoing messages is Central European ISO.
Now the Polish fonts can be read by the receiver.
I guess it did not work in the first place because i didn' switch the device off and didn't wait the 10 secs. I read somewhere that this is needed for flushing the cache.
Thanks for the tip.

[New Version] HushSMS - A "Silent" SMS Tool [New Version v0.6beta]

[05/27/08] HushSMS - A "Silent" SMS Tool [Version v0.6beta]
HushSMS is a tool to sent a class zero message (aka Flash-SMS) or a stealthy PING message to another cellphone.
The "Silent Ping" enables you to sent a message to another cellphone without the owner getting knowledge about.
The message is discarded on the owners phone and no trace exists. You will get back a message from the operator that your message has been delivered, proving that your message has been received, and thus you can know that the owners phone is switched on.
This is not some kind of hack or whatever. It's a normal function per standard and works on any phone.
Q: Why such a software? A: I regulary need it in my job. Sometimes I have to be sure a specific phone is switched on and I can send information to that phone without it beeing stored (class zero message).
It runs on Windows Mobile 5 and 6 based PocketPCs.
EDIT: A word of warning: If you send a class zero message to a windows mobile device, your number will not be shown. Instead of the senders number, windows mobile will show something like "Network Message".
So in general this tool could be used in a manner it is not intended and designed for. So be responsible!
Usage
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Copy the CAB file to your device and double click it.
The program is installed to \Program Files\HushSMS\HushSMS.exe.
There are three functions:
Send a normal SMS
Send a class zero message (Flash-SMS)
Send a stealthy message
- To send a normal sms, leave the checkboxes for "Class 0" and PING unchecked. If you want a receipt enable the "Return Confirmation" checkbox.
- To send a class zero message enable the "Class 0" checkbox and write your message.
- To send a silent PING just enable the "PING" checkbox. There is no need to write something in the Textbox, because the target phone will discard it anyway.
If you enter the number manually you have to enter it in international format (for example starting with +49... for germany).
You can alternately choose the number from your address-book but it has to be in international format also.
The program will pop-up a message box to notify you about the success or failure of the sending process. This message box
might be under an overlaying window if you have other programs open (a file explorer for example).
That's it. Enjoy it, as always it's freeware.
Homepage with download: http://www.silentservices.de/HushSMS.html
EDIT: v0.2
Download @: http://www.silentservices.de/HushSMS-0.2.CAB
EDIT: v0.3 beta 08.04.2008
See post #87: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2098699&postcount=87
EDIT: v0.3 beta4 15.04.2008
Changes:
- Smartphone UI
- Added PING2 message option
- Added notification bubble (for PPC only)
- Program now quits after message is sent
- small general improvements
As for the PING2 function: I added this for all the people whose provider will automatically transform Type0 messages to normal SMS. This function uses a different method for sending a "silent ping" which should enable all users to send those messages, even on US carriers. The principle is pretty simple: I'm sending a MWI deactivation, which is not shown to the user, and request a status report. If you receive the status report, you known that the "pinged" phone is active.
See Post #103
EDIT: v0.6beta 27.05.2008
New features:
- Additional MWI Messages (except for voice MWI, most of them will not work on windows obile based target phones)
- Added WAP-Push SI (service indication) and WAP-Push SL (service load messages)
See Post #124
This program doesn't seem to work on US-Carriers (except with the new beta4 which enables another method for the "silent ping")
Edit: I've tested the program on the german eplus network, and found out that class0 messages, as well as type0 (The Ping) are converted to normal messages by the SMSC of eplus.
However, it is working as expected on vodafone.de

Thanks a lot I have been looking for program like this for a long time. Will report any glitches.

useful one, great bro

dont work on Artemis (wm6)
error when sending msg. ..
EDIT: owww i forget about country prefixes (f/e +48) now working fine, thanks

Tested on my tytn and it works perfectly.
Quick question...If I send a class 0 sms to normal cellphone like samsung or nokia will my number be shown.
The only extra feature that would be great would be the ability to send a sms to a friend and make it seem as though it came from another friend.....is it possible to do and if so how difficult would it be to implement something like that?

"Silent Ping" funtion dosn't work.
It seems like a class zero message appears on the Nokia cellphone

Before anyone else says it doesn't work: read the first post, you MUST USE COUNTRY CODE.

Ive tested all the features of the app on my tytn and everything works fine.
I never entered the country code and it still works.

I've tested this app and it does everything it says it does, which is cool. When I choose "Class 0" and sent a text message to myself (wm6 device), it read the message, it was from "Network Administrator", and my phone number was not listed. Also, when I enabled just the ping to send a silent message to my other cellphone which was off, it read that the message was sent. When i turned my other cellphone on, (motorola phone. non windows device), my cellphone number was visible. So this works exactly as c0rnholio states.

tried it on my wizard and nothing happens, international format or not. It says message sent but i never get a ping or anything back even to myself

I tried this on my apache as well and had no success. Maybe I don't know how to enter the phone number properly. I also live inside the US and have Verizon if this helps at all.

fuego3048 said:
I tried this on my apache as well and had no success. Maybe I don't know how to enter the phone number properly. I also live inside the US and have Verizon if this helps at all.
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AFAIK the APache is a CDMA device. Handling of SMS is sligtly different between CDMA and GSM. This program is written for GSM Networks and due to the lack of a CDMA Network and a device which supports it, I cannot make it compatible. Sorry.

Rcas said:
tried it on my wizard and nothing happens, international format or not. It says message sent but i never get a ping or anything back even to myself
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It might be that your network opertor is blocking such messages. Have you been able to send class 0 sms in general with other tools?

welkin said:
"Silent Ping" funtion dosn't work.
It seems like a class zero message appears on the Nokia cellphone
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Interesting. Then your Nokia behaves against the GSM standard. Which one is it?

RPG0 said:
Before anyone else says it doesn't work: read the first post, you MUST USE COUNTRY CODE.
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I fixed that country code stuff in v0.2, which will be out in a few days. You will the be able to send either in international or national format.

My GF Nokia was able to see my number and save the message I sent with class 0 ticked. Seems my operator does not like Class 0 SMS

KarhU said:
My GF Nokia was able to see my number and save the message I sent with class 0 ticked. Seems my operator does not like Class 0 SMS
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A class zero message is displayed in general. Also it is right that your number is shown. Some phones are able to save those messages, others are not. So in general everything is fine and your operator supports class zero messages. If you get a class 0 message and to not click on options->save or whatever the procedure is on your phone, the message should be discarded according to the GSM standard.
The number obfuscation only seems to occur on windows mobile based devices. On these, when a class 0 message is comming in the device will not show the senders number but instead show "Network Message" or "Network Administrator". This seems to be a bug in windows mobile and may lead to further attack scenarios because a user may think this message is comming from the network operator. If you send a wap push SI message for example you can embed a link to a webpage, or a link to a cab-file on a webpage. The user might then think this link is from the network operator and click on it. This may lead to mallicious code installation or execution or whatever.
The "Silent Ping" is defined in the GSM standard. It is a kind of message which must be received by the handset and must be directly discarded without user notification. I've tested this with different phones from different manufacturers and it never failed to work, but YMMV.
So your phones behaves in the normal range of operation. Have you tried to send the PING to your nokia? If so, and your nokia shows it, what is displayed?

PING works as advertised - no sign of it at Nokia at all.

works fine on most handsets, but the Nokia display your number.

Nice program
this is somewhat a nice-and-funny program....i like it....though i haven't figured out how the function "Ping" does as i have tried by following the instruction from its official site......weird.....One thing is important to whom may it fail with other functions....pls do remember Enter International Format in a word coutry code....for exampl like me Hong Kong is +852..
cheerz

[Q] Sending/Receiving chinese to/from N1

Theres a particular problem been having that i just recently found out
My N1 and my mom's 1st gen iphone can send and receive Chinese text messages.
N1 can also receive from everyone but when sent, a lot get symbols instead of the Chinese characters like boxes or stars...
recently tried with a new iphone 4. i can receive their chinese text messages but i cant sent it to them. they get weird symbols.
any ideas why this happens?

I think it's probably because of the unicode setting in the app you use, you would need to change it to the same/common unicode set for chinese characters that other phones use.

Yes, how did you send the text message? By forwarding it or typing it out? Which application did you use to send it? The stock messaging app or a 3rd party app like handcent or chompsms?
And which keyboard did you use to type chinese characters? And is it Traditional or simplified chinese?
I just sent a text message to my colleague successfully by typing in simplified chinese. The keyboard I'm using is Smart Keyboard Pro with ZH chinese installed.
Btw, you should ask this in the Q n A forum instead...

just stock normal text messaging.. the input method i have is google pinyin. i also have hanwriting IME but i forget characters a lot of times so i go with pinyin to type messages.
how do i check the unicode settings on both sides?

Can we know more about your phone? Like whether stock? Or custom rom?
Also what language is your phone in? Check in settings -> Language & Keyboard

stock 2.2.1 build FRG83D
language is english (united states)

That is weird. I just set my phone to English (USA), sent a chinese text message using google pinyin to a nokia phone and it sees the text without fail.
Is there another English with an Asian country in the language settings?
Also are you in Asia or America? It's unlikely but if you are on Google Voice (only in america) there are problems sending non english text on it.
If not, you might have to uninstall google pinyin, reboot the phone and reinstall google pinyin again to try it out.

He can't be using Google Voice to send messages, since the Voice app just gives an error when you try to send Chinese messages.
I'm on T-Mo in the US, and I send Chinese messages to my friends iPhone 3GS without problems.

in the USA, using T-Mobile. No data plan.
can send/receive chinese texts to 1st gen iphone with no problems. other phones like the iphone 4 cant.