Fix/Workaround for 2016 Issue

[OR78]

Wanna know something funny. All of my new years day text messages show 01/01/10. And I never installed this workaround. I consider this cab or reg edit a workaround not a fix. I think the network will fix itself.

[k0nkuzh0n]

yeah its deff a workaround, although its a fairly good one. Its quite possible that some people would prefer the timestamp method used in this workaround as opposed to using the date received with the text.

It really comes down to would you rather the timestamp be:
1. when the person actually sent it (which is the one that is off by 6 years right now)
or
2. when you actually received it

Its really just a personal preference that we were not given the option to change previously.

For 99% of your texts the time difference wont matter, but I'm pretty sure if you had your phone off, or there was a delay in receiving the text for some reason (which happens from time to time, not specific to the TP2, but can happen to any phone) the time will be different.

I use to have a phone that almost every text would be timestamped 3 or 4 minutes earlier then when I actually got it (which would mean it took me 3 or 4 minutes to get the text, or someone's clock is off).

[Speedy133]

because the theory is that its on the server side. and i mean it worked 24 hours ago why would all of a sudden the date be wrong?

[NeroDan]

If no one beats me to it, I'll cab it up when I get home.

[ziggy471]

Originally Posted by NeroDan

If no one beats me to it, I'll cab it up when I get home.

Check first post, just did it, took like 1 minute. Much faster than re-installing Mobiler to take the screen shots.


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[dOOfus]

the screens in the first post don't show the date, only time

[psycho_maniac]

maybe this is offtopic? what else is in the SMS folder? I actually had to add the SMS folder because that wasnt even in my registry which i thought was odd. running MR 12.27.09

[dOOfus]

Originally Posted by psycho_maniac

maybe this is offtopic? what else is in the SMS folder? I actually had to add the SMS folder because that wasnt even in my registry which i thought was odd. running MR 12.27.09

i had to create a new key so there was nothing

[ziggy471]

Originally Posted by psycho_maniac

maybe this is offtopic? what else is in the SMS folder? I actually had to add the SMS folder because that wasnt even in my registry which i thought was odd. running MR 12.27.09

There is also a Language key reg_sz, I'll see what I can find tomorrow, maybe I'll dis-assemble tmail, now that should be insteresting. lol



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[psycho_maniac]

Originally Posted by trailmix

Hmm - my only problem with this is that I frequently lose my signal at work, and it is nice to know when someone SENT me a text message that I receive at 5:30pm when I go home. With this fix it will just say 5:30pm, right? I guess we just have to wait for Sprint to fix it on their end then - tech support is completely closed today for the holiday so I'm hoping that's the only reason it hasn't been fixed already.

yeah this is what i thought but couldnt find the original post. i also have horrible service at my house and its nice to know when the message was originally sent. hope vzw fixes this fast! i can see A LOT of people calling in complaining. i would feel sorry for the people who dont know this site and the tech support telling them to hard reset or bring it in for a new one.