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Did this only affect SMS?
I got a MMS from my wifes phone (Blackberry on verizon) and it had the correct date (1/1/10).
I am on stock vzw wm6.1 rom.

Re: text messages from the future Y2KX issue
 

it's interesting that several different companies have had the same flaw around the world - there's a bank in Australia and a company in the UK as well. I'm betting that it's more likely to be an SMS gateway fix not a MS/HTC issue.

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it does NOT effect mms. only sms

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Ok, so if this doesn't get fixed real soon I am jumping onto the droidwagon.
Seriously, someone needs to at least let us know there is an actual fix in the works. I will not be running ziggy's cab. I appreciate the effort he put in but I want my phone to run as it was intended. I bet this is the final push that will take me away from windows mobile. Sad...

I had just been setting my phone's date to 2016. (The days of the week line up until 2-29)
Unfortunately, that gives certificate errors in Opera mini and I have to change it back to browse. Grrrr.... Waiting until tax time and will be getting a new phone, what will it be?

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There was an article posted on CNET about Microsoft admitting that this was a problem of theirs, however the article also said that it was limited to the US Sprint Network and a "small subset" of users.

Here's another article:

http://www.wmexperts.com/microsoft-r...hones-affected

So they've acknowledged the problem and are working on it. So much for a quick and quiet fix...

If you're having problems why not just use the workaround? At least it takes care of it for now.

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i agree. im using the workaround and its fine for now. il just deal with it until we can get the real fix.

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So if it's been recognized as a binary/HEX code error, why doesn't Microsoft/HTC just fix it and release the fix?? Hopefully not having to create a completely new ROM

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We don't know that it's a binary/hex error -- that's just supposition.

Windows Mobile does hypothetically support hotfixes but I don't think that I have ever seen one. Considering how many users it's affecting and the difficulty (i.e. impossibility) for the majority of users to update the ROM I would think that they'd go with a hotfix if possible - but that may be exactly where the delay is coming from. The problem may have been easily identified and fixed but requires a ROM update.

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I don't see why it would be any different than when they issued the daylight savings time fix a few years ago when daylight savings time changed (as far as how they issue it)...

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That fix was likely a registry key change - this fix is likely a core DLL or system component binary file change.

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You may be correct. But even so, package that sucker up in an RUU and update just that, leaving the rest of the ROM alone...

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That's how I feel. I've been trying to patiently wait, and it's not too annoying right now, but it's annoying to know that they haven't come up with a resolution yet.

Thanks Ziggy for the workaround. Definitely appreciate your work.

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I had to chime in on this. I am using my own cooked rom and never had any of the problems here. The difference perhaps is that I am using the following registry key and no issues with inbound or outbound time stamps for text messages.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\SMS

The dword with RecvTimeStamp is set to 1

I get in bound and sent without any issues.

Registry settings attached

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That's exactly the workaround that was already discovered, but thanks anyway :)

The problem that a lot of people have with that is that the recv timestamp is now the arrival timestamp, not the send timestamp. It's nice to know when a message was sent especially if your phone is off or you were out of coverage or for whatever reason the message was delayed.

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Ahh, thanks for the insight. I really don't rely on sms messages that bad. Just email. =) In fact I purge my sms inbox every day. =P

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get it right! Thanks ziggy471!!! "ziggy" is an impostor