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The notification said I had new sms's.
The inbox status line says: Text Messages 0 items, 3 Unread.
Anybody some smart ideas?

mambaum said:
The notification said I had new sms's.
The inbox status line says: Text Messages 0 items, 3 Unread.
Anybody some smart ideas?
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Had the same problem, Like it or not, it was caused by Spritebackup (and other backup programs do the same thing). Are you using some backup software on your device? If so that might be the cause. These programs have trouble with the databases (when restoring / patching the backup data into the database during a restore) and sometimes (or even pretty often) screw up the databases. There is a "CleanMail.exe" tool available from Sprite backup. I'll attach it to this post but you should go to their website to read about it if you are inclined to use it. It will wipe all the mail databases completely. Do a backup before using it, just in case the backup programs were not the cause of the problem.
If the problem persists there is no way around a hard reset. Had at one time lost my SMS folder altogether and couldn't get the registry fixed, so hardreset it was for me. Luckily I keep my daily backup files for 21 days, so I found a older backup with the reg intact.
Hope it helps.

CleanMail removed MMS
Hello
I tried the CleanMail util.
After running CleanMail util, I can send an MMS to myself,
but if try to receive it, it only contains an SMS...the picture is gone.
After syncing with outlook, only have 2 message boxes:
-mail
-sms
These two seam to work, now....I can receive sms'es again.
The mms box has disappeared.

Another solution
Another solution is posted here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=278434#278434

Messaging program not working

Hi all,
I have a problem that when I try to open a SMS message the messaging progrm shows a blank white screen, this is the case also with all kinds of messaging (MMS, email, ...). I thought that the database might be corrupted so I deleted all my messages to empty the database completely, but I had no luck to get this thing working... the program shows a list of emails, sms but does not open them, also I can't create a new SMS or send or forward SMS messages...
Any solution other than a Hard Reset??????????
Thanks

Any help here??

mohgdeisat said:
Hi all,
I have a problem that when I try to open a SMS message the messaging progrm shows a blank white screen, this is the case also with all kinds of messaging (MMS, email, ...). I thought that the database might be corrupted so I deleted all my messages to empty the database completely, but I had no luck to get this thing working... the program shows a list of emails, sms but does not open them, also I can't create a new SMS or send or forward SMS messages...
Any solution other than a Hard Reset??????????
Thanks
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I have this problem too. But it will be okay after hardset. Dunno which programs conflict. Database corrupted? Aha.. I got this problem before while I installed Korean fonts.

scott4 said:
I have this problem too. But it will be okay after hardset. Dunno which programs conflict. Database corrupted? Aha.. I got this problem before while I installed Korean fonts.
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limct said:
I can see what sms message I received, but after I click on the sms message to view it's content, it just showed a blank white screen. Just to reply and create a new text message. It also appear a blank screen.
Any idea hoe to solve the problem ?
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Hi, I have the same problem. I can see the list of messages and even the header-preview but when i click on any of the messages or "new" message link, all i get is a blank white screen.
So basically, now i cant write a new sms nor read any of my old messages.
please help!!!
Specs are as below:
O2 Xda Exec
Windows Mobile 5.0 OS 5.1.195 (Build 14847.2.0.0)
Rom Version: 1.30.107 WWE
Rom Date: 04/11/06
Radio Version: 1.09.00
Protocol Version: 42.42.P8
ExtRom Version:1.30.162 WWE
I am not using GPRS / MMS messaging. Niether I have installed anything new recently. and even my sms-inbox is not overflowing with messages.. hardly 15-20.
Is there an option other than a hard reset?
Please help me. thanks

I had that issue. It was my CEstar, which is a program that displays chinese fonts, that conflicted with messaging. I uninstalled it and everything is fine now. Hope that helps!

i have almost the same problem
I use yahoos go! to get my email. im able to send and receive sms fine.. but when it comes to my yahoo mail.. I can see the suject and the sender but when I click to see it.. the screen is blank but I figured out that if u press the left and right button it shows the nxt message and than goes back to the one u click to read.. that's the only way it'll show the message.. but the problem is that I can create a new message cause the screen goes blank and I cant get out of that.. but one thing I haven't been able to do is view html mail it always shows as just txt.. anyone have any explanation for this??

bkc888 said:
I had that issue. It was my CEstar, which is a program that displays chinese fonts, that conflicted with messaging. I uninstalled it and everything is fine now. Hope that helps!
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thanks, but i dont have any program with fonts other than english. did a backup (using PIM Backup) and then hard rest once. When i restored all my messages, it worked fine initially for a few hours and then, the same problem!!!
so did a hard reset again, and restored everything (contact, call logs) except my messages and its working fine since then!!! i still dont know the reason, but yep, its working fine till now !!!

Me too having the blank message screen problem.
Anybody could post the tmail.exe cab file for wm6 for a try to solve this?
Thanks in advance.

Windows Mobile SMS Problem

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this so move the topic if necessary.
A few weeks back I bought an X1(Branded Dutch T-Mobile Version) and I've been having problems with the receiving of SMS'. My Today screen indicates there are new messages, eg. SMS \ MMS: 1 unread. But when I check my messages there's nothing there. I tried to see if it may be a false positive, by having a friend send me a text message, but the number did increase, and the message box was still empty. I tried reseting the rom, which obviously killed the messages, but new messages are still not getting through.
Anybody else experiencing the same problem? Anybody know what is going on? How can I recover the (invisible) messags?
Thanks a bunch

that's weird. uh, really weird. it's either YOU have a bad rom/phone software so better have it checked OR your not looking in your SMS/MMS inbox but your outlook inbox instead.

Aidamina said:
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this so move the topic if necessary.
A few weeks back I bought an X1(Branded Dutch T-Mobile Version) and I've been having problems with the receiving of SMS'. My Today screen indicates there are new messages, eg. SMS \ MMS: 1 unread. But when I check my messages there's nothing there. I tried to see if it may be a false positive, by having a friend send me a text message, but the number did increase, and the message box was still empty. I tried reseting the rom, which obviously killed the messages, but new messages are still not getting through.
Anybody else experiencing the same problem? Anybody know what is going on? How can I recover the (invisible) messags?
Thanks a bunch
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i had the same prob, someone sent me a text and the phone froze, when i turned it on had that message. the only way i found to get rid of it was to delete the message coversation with the person.

i had the same problem, only a hard reset solves the problem. after the hardreset everythink worked fine. some other people at the german xperia board got the same problem.

I tried to hard-reset to no avail. Deleting previous conversations doesn't help. Even SMS' from unknown contacts stay hidden. When I try to export my messages using PIM Backup 2.8 It shows that I have 2 'Text Messages' folders in the export root. One with the hidden(unread) messages. And one with the visible ones. When I exported the messages and reimported them, they stayed hidden. When I wrote a program to parse the PIM Backup exported file. I could see that the hidden messages get properly exported.
Any ideas?
Hearing that the German based roms have troubles too, could it be a reg setting that is wrong, something with localization? I really hate that I have a Dutch rom.

i had this problem i simply hard reset it and it was gone...if this didnt work then try reflashing the orignal rom

I just ran into the same issue.
Funny is that I did hard reset on not flashed orginall Dutch T-mobile X1 which was working good. Well now it is not :/
Tip for others looking for a quick workaround: use uiggmo light panell to read them. The only way I found so far.
I am flashing mine today. (Before I will hand it over due to case issue).

[Q] SMS BUG, how to delete sms from sim?

hi all,
i have a very strange sms bug.
every time i get a new sms text message i get 2 messages in my inbox.
1. i get the actual message that was just send to me.
2. i get another message that is stored on my sim ( if i look in my inbox, there is a SIM icon in front of the message).
This 2nd message also shows up at first in TF3D and is on top of my list in my inbox. very annoying !!
the strange thing is that the 2nd sms is a message that i once sended to a friend of mine, somehow that message is stored somewhere on my SIM and comes in my inbox everytime a get a new message.
i tried a few things, but they didn't help:
- delete it from my inbox and then from removed items; keeps coming back.
- choose "Inmediatly" by "clear removed items" in the message options menu; still the message is coming back.
the message must be stored on the sim, because that message was send from my old phone. and the only thing my old phone and my blackstone have in common is the same simcard.
so i need to know how i can delete this SMS text message from my sim card, at least i think that will solve the problem..
hope someone can tell me how, because its very annoying to delete this message over and over again because it always shows first.

I'm going to bump this thread up because I have the same issue/question.

little kick up..

Same issue here, bumping..

had the same thing when i got my HD a few months ago, after deleting such messages a hundred times they suddenly where gone... :-\
maybe you have another phone around to check if you can delete old messages stored on your sim?
greetz

Same problem here...

same here... any sim guru around?....

i got the same problem since i have my htc, the only thing that realy worked for me is this
efficasoft.com/mobileexpress/index.html (Efficasoft Mobile Express)
its a software, that can save your sms on your pc, and directly delete it from your sim
.. but sometimes my htc gets stuck, and i have to reset it, but yeah its an easy way to save & delete all sms

you could also try ms myphone in combination with pimbackup. afaik myphone only syncs sms on the phone itself, but with pimbackup you can use the delete all feature, maybe that would wipe the sim as well, then you'd sync with myphone again, and since wiping pim information with pimbackup appears as an unplanned deleting, you will get your regular sms back thru syncing with myphone.
another idea would be: try another phone, a cheap or old one, that only uses sim sms and delete all sms there. if that doesn't help, there is something wrong with your network or sim card

I had the same problem as anyone of you. But after deleting it from my inbox at least 4-5 times, it suddenly disappears.

SMS ID problem on new ROM

I have just flashed to Dutty's 3.9 ROM and restored all my contacts initially with sprite backup, it did not seem to identify my new sms's with the caller ID saved in the phone untill i go furthur into TF3D which takes a long time to load, anyone have an idea on how to fix this? I tried searrching but cant seem to come up with anything!
i have subsequently deleted the contacts and restored them from the myphone service, still no luck....
edit: update from myphone seems to have cured the problem for new messages
however my messages tab is very slow to load, when wanting to reply to a message, also anyone know how to get it to go to the original windows reply window rather than the one from TF3D?

Amaster said:
I have just flashed to Dutty's 3.9 ROM and restored all my contacts initially with sprite backup, it did not seem to identify my new sms's with the caller ID saved in the phone untill i go furthur into TF3D which takes a long time to load, anyone have an idea on how to fix this? I tried searrching but cant seem to come up with anything!
i have subsequently deleted the contacts and restored them from the myphone service, still no luck....
edit: update from myphone seems to have cured the problem for new messages
however my messages tab is very slow to load, when wanting to reply to a message, also anyone know how to get it to go to the original windows reply window rather than the one from TF3D?
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I used to face a similar problem like yours, but I've used activesync instead, and all incoming text messages/calls aren't recognized. At the time I solved the problem simply by flashing the phone with another rom (I've tried several roms and I think my phone is quite picky, there are quite a lot of roms in which it can't identify incoming texts and calls).
I am also using the original windows window for texts and here's what i did:
* hide the manila sms tab
* replace the right softkey button on the home tab to direct it to the windows default sms window. This can be done through a registry editor:
1. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila in registry
2. If you don't have a String entry called LandscapeMenuRSKPath, add it.
3. Edit the value of LandscapeMenuRSKPath to read: \windows\tmail.exe
4. If you don't have a String entry called LandscapeMenuRSKText, add it.
5. Edit the LandscapeMenuRSKText value to read: SMS
6. If you don't have a string called LandscapeMenuRSKArguments, add it.
7. Edit the value of LandscapeMenuRSKArguments to read: -service "SMS"
That's it.

Amaster said:
I have just flashed to Dutty's 3.9 ROM and restored all my contacts initially with sprite backup, it did not seem to identify my new sms's with the caller ID saved in the phone untill i go furthur into TF3D which takes a long time to load, anyone have an idea on how to fix this? I tried searrching but cant seem to come up with anything!
i have subsequently deleted the contacts and restored them from the myphone service, still no luck....
edit: update from myphone seems to have cured the problem for new messages
however my messages tab is very slow to load, when wanting to reply to a message, also anyone know how to get it to go to the original windows reply window rather than the one from TF3D?
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What ROM did you make the backup in Sprite from? Also, did you only backup your contacts with it? If not, did you do a level 1 merge when you restored it?