VZW Text Message Size Limits?

[kyle4269]

Scott you are correct..WinMo phone to WinMo phone will break it into 2 messages. BUT a NON-WinMo phone to a WinMo phone will not break it into 2 messages.

[jaminmc]

If you send a picture mail with no picture, you can send 1000 charictors, with a subject.

[Noir]

Originally Posted by kyle4269

Scott you are correct..WinMo phone to WinMo phone will break it into 2 messages. BUT a NON-WinMo phone to a WinMo phone will not break it into 2 messages.

not true
I text my gf all the time and she has a t mobile sidekick and she sends long text messages..and they're always split up. Same with my messages that are over 160 characters. I've been able to do this on EVERY PHONE I've had (from the i730 to the xv6700, to the xv6800 and the sprint tp on vzw network)

and the sidekick is a lot of things (coughs crap) but not a wm phone.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by kyle4269

Scott you are correct..WinMo phone to WinMo phone will break it into 2 messages. BUT a NON-WinMo phone to a WinMo phone will not break it into 2 messages.

Correct. My son has one of my old xv6800's & before that he had an enV. His GF also has an enV (both on vz).

When they both had enV's they could send 800 word texts with no problem & they came in one piece & always arrived.

Now, if my son & I text back & forth & get long winded (I have a TouchPro) we get the two or three part texts with no problem. Send that exact same text from her enV to my son & he only gets the first part of a multi-part message every single time.

~John

[jmorton10]

By the way, if this is NOT true I would love to know how to fix it.

I have speant hours researching it, gone up to tier two tech support with vz & filled out a trouble ticket all to no avail.

~John

[kyle4269]

Originally Posted by Noir

not true
I text my gf all the time and she has a t mobile sidekick and she sends long text messages..and they're always split up. Same with my messages that are over 160 characters. I've been able to do this on EVERY PHONE I've had (from the i730 to the xv6700, to the xv6800 and the sprint tp on vzw network)

and the sidekick is a lot of things (coughs crap) but not a wm phone.

Maybe for T-mobile its not true. But for Verizon and Sprint users it is. I've tested it. AND I also sat in the verizon store with a service tech and tested it also because he didnt believe me. So of course I had to prove him wrong.

[kyle4269]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

By the way, if this is NOT true I would love to know how to fix it.

I have speant hours researching it, gone up to tier two tech support with vz & filled out a trouble ticket all to no avail.

~John

Yeah john I've done the same as you and the answer I get is "It's a issue with the network itself. Not your phone."

[kyle4269]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

Correct. My son has one of my old xv6800's & before that he had an enV. His GF also has an enV (both on vz).

When they both had enV's they could send 800 word texts with no problem & they came in one piece & always arrived.

Now, if my son & I text back & forth & get long winded (I have a TouchPro) we get the two or three part texts with no problem. Send that exact same text from her enV to my son & he only gets the first part of a multi-part message every single time.

~John

I was reading this and was like hmmm I remember this for some reason. Then it hit me. We talked about this in another thread before.

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by kyle4269

I was reading this and was like hmmm I remember this for some reason. Then it hit me. We talked about this in another thread before.

Yup, but it keeps coming up........(for good reason, it's really annoying & I find it hard to believe there is NO FIX for it)

~John

[kyle4269]

I'm thinkin about going back into the store and talking to them again to see if they are making any progress with it. The guy did say its a known issue and they are working on it.