SMS Messages not showing as read after replying

[SentientByDesign]

I've searched and can't figure out any good keywords that will find what I'm looking for.

Basically, my wife and I both have Sprint TP2s. While having a conversation with someone via sms, the received messages don't automatically convert to "read" like they did on my TP1 and on my Mogul.

So if I have a long conversation with my wife, for instance, I end up "collecting" X "unread" messages. The only way to get rid of them is to open up the conversation, then close it X times.

Same problem with the TF3D. I have to flip through to the unread message and stay there for 5 or so seconds for it to register as read. If I don't and just flip past the unread message, it still shows up as being unread.

THIS IS NOT THE SAME as the ghost unread messages or the fixunread.exe issue. There's no discrepancy so to say, just a severe lag and lack of registering that "Hmm, I have the conversation open, do you think I read all of the messages?" Dumb ass software!!!