When I try to text any one of my contacts I get an error message saying code 97

I suggest to make sure the persons contact information is correct in your phone and if it is then check with the person to see if they gave you the right info..

Its just a connection problem, probably due to the area your in and interference. Does your friend receive calls fine when this problem occurs?

Contact your service provider and ask for the MMS and SMS settings. When you receive the messages from service provider, the settings will be enabled. Then you will be able to send SMS and Pictures.

mobile station originated sms denied cause code 97 thats what its says when i try to send text what does that mean?

Hello

You will need to contact the service provider for further assistance. There is nothing personally that you can do to the phone to make it work. Sounds like they will need to program the phone or your plan to include text messaging.

Try contacting Virgin Mobile 1-888-322-1122 . Post back if you need any further assistance Thank you for choosing Fixya!

contact cricket and get there messae centre number of them, enter this into the option on your message settings, also get them to send you a sim update and also a gprs message update this will sort all your problems

try another simcard if the same problem persist, then you will need to take the phone into a mobile repair center and have the phone checked

spartan - contact your mobile provider customer service for further assistance on this.

revlis - try master clearing the phone and see if that helps...if not take the phone to a mobile center and hvae them check it out for you.

The customer care # is 866-581-9266, or *2 from any sprint phone. Error #97 means that messaging is blocked on the account.

I have the same problem. You have to use the area code, the full 10 digit number. Even the phone numbers stored in your memory need to include the area code for the text to send.