Longer texts on 1 Page!!!!

[Salpacn9]

I waz wondering if there was a way too send longer text messages on one page!!!! When sending a text and the counter goes pass 160 it says 2 pages at 161 on the counter. I have TP2 With stock Rom ON US Cellular.

[t0mmyr]

...no

Know why you can't write a book and send it to someone via text message? Because there is a character limitation for texts. That limit is 160 characters. Try writing your friend an e-mail instead.

[Salpacn9]

Originally Posted by b194331

Know why you can't write a book and send it to someone via text message? Because there is a character limitation for texts. That limit is 160 characters. Try writing your friend an e-mail instead.

Other carriers have more than 160 characters!!!!! and I'm not trying to write a book!!! Just one text on one page!!!

[itbmd]

Originally Posted by Salpacn9

Other carriers have more than 160 characters!!!!! and I'm not trying to write a book!!! Just one text on one page!!!

Well maybe if you stopped using exclamation points, you would have enough characters to do so. (KIDDING )

Anyway, there is a thread about increasing the MMS size limit. Maybe check that thread out and see if a similar possibility exists for SMS? One question you should clarify is:

Do you mean you want your incoming texts shown as one long message, or your outgoing texts shown as one message (even if it's longer than 160 characters). Because regardless, your outgoing texts will still be seen as two texts by your other party. I assume you mean you'd like to see it as kind of like an IM view, where its each message sent/received; rather than broken up by character limit? If so, that would be a nice request.

[APCI]

Use the text in the pic mail. That's what I use when sending a long text. I'm pretty sure there's not a limit when doing it that way

[mstevens]

Originally Posted by Salpacn9

Other carriers have more than 160 characters!!!!! and I'm not trying to write a book!!! Just one text on one page!!!

"SMS" stand for "short message service." The way it works imposes a length limit. It's not the same as email. When you want to send a long message, use email.

Read up on it. Wikipedia is a place to start.

[kabuk1]

No carrier has longer texts. Some phones may just not TELL you that its breaking it up into 2 messages.

Why not just email if you have a lot to say?

[Eschelon]

Some carriers will allow certain phones to send messages to other phones WITHIN the same network to be longer than 160 chars. This is called 'enhanced messaging service' (EMS)

But Windows Mobile does not support EMS so it will always break your message up into multiple messages if your text is longer than 160. Sorry, champ...

[Salpacn9]

Originally Posted by itbmd

Well maybe if you stopped using exclamation points, you would have enough characters to do so. (KIDDING )

Anyway, there is a thread about increasing the MMS size limit. Maybe check that thread out and see if a similar possibility exists for SMS? One question you should clarify is:

Do you mean you want your incoming texts shown as one long message, or your outgoing texts shown as one message (even if it's longer than 160 characters). Because regardless, your outgoing texts will still be seen as two texts by your other party. I assume you mean you'd like to see it as kind of like an IM view, where its each message sent/received; rather than broken up by character limit? If so, that would be a nice request.

LMAO Both outgoing and some incoming, because sometime I get imcoming texts with more than 160 characters on one page!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I don't know what carrier it is. I'll ask the next time I get one!