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I am on a contract with unlimited texts. however if i send a long text, that is longer than 2 messages long, the phone converts it automaticlly to a mms message which i then pay for. This is despite activating the option "send long texts as sms". Also the text length seems to change. Sometimes one text is 160 characters long, and oter times it is only 60 characters long. any suggestions?
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In some devices the message type gets converted from SMS text message
to MMS multimedia message if the message length exceeds the
device-specific setting which is typically 5 - 10 SMS submessages
(around 760-1520 characters). If the message is longer, it is converted
to MMS to avoid potential issues in handling long text messages in the
recipient device. The cost of a SMS message consisting of several
concatenated submessages may also be higher than the cost of a single
MMS message. The conversion from SMS text message to MMS multimedia message occurs when the automatic
message type is selected in the message options. This is the default
mode where the device tries to automatically select the best mode for
the message. The conversion from SMS to MMS can be avoided by selecting Options > Sending options > Message type > Text
when in the Text message window writing the message. The message
is then always sent as SMS text message and no conversion to MMS occurs. The
maximum number of concatenated SMS submessages can be up to 10 (around
1520 characters). In multimedia mode the message length can be longer.
this is not really a problem but understanding should be clear: Multimedia Messaging Service(MMS)
MMS is a descendant of SMS (Short Messaging Service). MMS extends text messaging to include longer text, graphics, photos, audio clips, video clips, or any combination of the above, within certain size limits.
MMS is frequently used to send photos and videos from camera phones to other MMS phones or email accounts. Most camera phones have MMS, but many non-camera phones have it as well. if it has a photo, video or audio it will automatically be categorize as MMS
While SMS stands for short message service. SMS is also often referred to as texting, sending text messages or text messaging. The service allows for short text messages to be sent from one cell phone to another cell phone or from the Web to another cell phone. purely text:
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Changing your text message settings Your KC550 message settings are predefined so that you can send messages immediately. If you would like to change the settings, you can do this using the Settings options. Press Menu, select Messaging, then choose Settings and Text message. You can make changes to: Message types - Convert your text into Voice, Fax, Paging, X.400, Email or ERMES. Validity period - Choose how long your message is stored at the message centre. Delivery report - Choose to receive confi rmation that your message was delivered. Reply charging - Choose to be billed for your message recipient’s reply. Message centre number - Enter the details for your message centre. Character encoding - Choose how your characters are encoded. This impacts the size of your message and therefore data charges. Send long text as - Choose whether to send your message as SMS or MMS when you enter a text longer than 2 pages in the message field. Bearer setting - Choose whether to send your messages via GSM or GPRS. Changing your multimedia message settings Your KC550 message settings are predefi ned so that you can send messages immediately. If you would like to change the settings, you can do so using the Settings options. Press Menu, select Messaging, then choose Settings and Multimedia message. You can make changes to: Slide duration - Choose how long your slides appear on screen. Priority - Choose the priority level of your multimedia message. Validity period - Choose how long your message is stored at the message centre. Delivery report - Choose to allow and/or request a delivery report.
You can't. To send pictures or other media, you must use the MMS (Multimedia Message Service) option. Just use the option menu button in the messaging application and choose Compose MMS. After selecting the recipient, click the menu button again to add things like pictures, videos, etc. to the message. Note that sprint includes the ability to send media in your data plan, but your recipient may get charged for the message. Some carriers, even Sprint, don't include MMS in there unlimited messaging plans but rather expect you to send the picture as SMS which the Blackberry Curve can't do.
Messages > Settings > Text Message > "Send long text as"
If your text is longer than 2 pages, it'll try and send as MMS automatically if you haven't changed it when you had the phone. So if your phone isn't set up for MMS it'll refuse! lol.
As sms is text only, people will get text messages only. To convert the smiley-characters into smiley images, the receiver should have support for emoticons, or have a 3rd party program to translate the emoticons. As most phones consider SMS as text messages, they won't convert them to emoticons...
You could try sending a message to yourself, or someone else with a k850i...Just to try.
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