How to Disable incoming Text Messages

[honeybrain]

By Mistaken i have registered my phone number with one of the website, who provided ringtones by that time. So now i am keep getting messages that is costing more dollars to my bill because i have no subscription for text messaging. Some times i am even receiving international text message. It's like $20 to $50 per month. I am in the process of negotiating with Sprint to get the service

Question: Is there any possibility that we can stop incoming text messages by any chance. Like i knew blocking calls from specific number. So i wanted to completely disable the messaging service on PPC 6700

Any help would be appreciated

[allanak]

If you login to your Sprint online account management and go to
http://messaging.sprintpcs.com/textmessaging/settings

the second radio box says "BLOCK ALL messages EXCEPT those in this list. Maximum of 50 entries."

So...select the box and voila.

[honeybrain]

There is no use of those settings applied, still i am receiving all the Messages to my phone.

Any suggestions?

[schettj]

go back to that website and unregister? There must be some way to shut it off.
If all else fails shut down that phone number and get a new one.

But sprint should be able to tell you how to shut it off.

[hamsup1o]

Not sure if there is a way to block it but if you don't open the text message, you wont get charged. Say you get the notification that you got a text message, you can just hit dismiss and it will clear the notification.

[honeybrain]

I dismiss, delete etc... But no luck. Since i am discarding the messages, But still getting charged. I will speak to CSR and will update again

[nmeister]

is it always the same address... if so cant you just block that sender from the sprint account management page?

[allanak]

Is it possible you're getting spammed at your PCS email address? I know I was when I first signed up and got texts all the time. Turned off all notifications for them now.

[honeybrain]

nmeister: I have different addresss, so i can't control because they might change in future. But i set to BLOCK all the messages that wouldn't work, may be i give each id to block and see how this is gonna work and let you know.

allanak: How do you turn off all your notifications...?

[allanak]

Under PCS Mail (link right below the text messaging on the sprint manage your account page), there's a page somewhere that says Notifications and there is an option to notify your cellphone.