texting / SMS not working?

[tlebanon]

Has anyone in Michigan or anywhere else noticed SMS message failures over the past 2 days? The messages eventually go out after the 2nd try, but I was wondering if anyone has any insight?

[Joy]

You're doing better than me. I get the failed message at least 4 times in a row....

[nohbdyshero]

happin in kzoo too tlebannon

[kiesha]

I am having the exact same problem usually after the 3rd try it will go through. Has anyone called about it? I am in Tn

[Jaggrey]

Been happening to me too. It'll sit at sending for quite some time and either eventually go thru or eventually fail.

[julls]

never had a problem with sms, but then again, i'm in miami - maybe it's a location issue? :rolleyes:

[Marlon_JB2]

Yup, pretty much all the SMS I send out takes at least 2 tries to complete. No matter where I am, no matter the phone or location, I have this problem. I'm in Detroit, BTW.

[Darkflight]

Works fine for me.. and I send messages out almost every 2 hours to different people/places... YMMV though.

[SL10]

It happens every so often with my phone. SPCS is clueless on why it is happening? :-\

[Jaggrey]

never had a problem with sms, but then again, i'm in miami - maybe it's a location issue? :rolleyes:
I'm in Miami too and I'm having the same issue.

[phatguy471]

Haha I thought it was because I dropped my phone too much, but yeah I have been having problems with sms. It is taking much longer than usual, and failing many times.

[Deval]

having the same problems in NY/NJ :(

[payasa]

Same in Maryland

[Dale]

Same in Hawaii!!! Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. UFO principle. Sometimes it's there, and sometimes it's not.

[SL10]

Deval, do you have any idea why the SMS system is jacked?

[pmcafee2003]

No problems here on Long Island.

[Jaggrey]

Those of us that are having problems lets try to observe around what time of day they're happening.

[payasa]

Those of us that are having problems lets try to observe around what time of day they're happening.
Mid-afternoon so far.

[Jaggrey]

That's when I can remember it happening as well. I'm gonna pay more attention now.

[DreamSiren007]

No probs here in San Francisco...

[FBP Si 2000]

Some problems here in So. Cali...having trouble receiving msgs...when I send messages...it says complete, but the person doesn't get my msgs. :(

[Dale]

Some problems here in So. Cali...having trouble receiving msgs...when I send messages...it says complete, but the person doesn't get my msgs. :(

Sounds like a Hawaii problem too. You think you sent it, but it gets lost in space. If sending to non-Sprint subscribers (e.g. VZW), seems to work better. Will continue testing tho. Sprint says no problems.

Picture mail is sort of flakey too. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. It's like the picture is not even there sometime, but the picture memo shows up. If sent to an email address outside of the Sprint system, it works every single time. Sprint says no problems.

UFO principle.

[SmartGal]

Some problems here in So. Cali...having trouble receiving msgs...when I send messages...it says complete, but the person doesn't get my msgs. :(


Same problem here in MI - I send 'em, but they don't always get 'em - lost in space forever... However at times they show up hours later... Perplexing :confused:

[Dale]

Same problem here in MI - I send 'em, but they don't always get 'em - lost in space forever... However at times they show up hours later... Perplexing :confused:

Yup! Some of the messages show up eventually. Calls into Sprint Support ... well, they did show up ... right? Well, SMS is supposed to be faster than postal mail!

[DcDave63]

Well, I thought you all were nuts. Then it just happened to me. I called Sprint, they said that they were having network problems and that they were working on it. Lets hope its fixed soon. I can't live without text messaging.

[Dale]

Well, I thought you all were nuts. Then it just happened to me. I called Sprint, they said that they were having network problems and that they were working on it. Lets hope its fixed soon. I can't live without text messaging.

At least the Sprint people admitted there was a known network issue and are working on it. Hopefully, a resolution will be found soon. This is good news!

Can't handle the UFO principle! Drives me nuts!

[Jaggrey]

I'm having trouble now. My phone says Code 34.

[FBP Si 2000]

Is there a charge for sending a text message as "Urgent"? I'm still having the same problems...I hope it will be fixed soon.

[Hte2w8]

Wow...this is as bad as the first month they rolled sms out.

[winger]

No probs here in San Francisco...Here in San Francsco area (East Bay AND SF) I have been having issues with both our spcs phones sending and receiving each other's sms' since at least this past Monday. Sending---about one out of four sms attempts, takes several times to send. Receiving - either miss pages or takes more than 5 minutes to receive (sent from my other pcs phone).

Noticed issues night time, mid afternoon, and morning. So, all day :(

[kiesha]

the problem is not as frequent as before (in chatt, tn) but it's still happening to me.. been going on for about a week now

[Jaggrey]

If I don't get Error 34 I get Error 97 (Service Unavailable).

[winger]

Here in San Francsco area (East Bay AND SF) I have been having issues with both our spcs phones sending and receiving each other's sms' since at least this past Monday. Sending---about one out of four sms attempts, takes several times to send. Receiving - either miss pages or takes more than 5 minutes to receive (sent from my other pcs phone).

Noticed issues night time, mid afternoon, and morning. So, all day :(Still an issue today. test paged myself seven times this morning at 9am (from my PCS), received only three. And the three took about 1 minute to go through ... way too much lag compared to past 1/2 year.

[ElsonicO]

No probs here in San Francisco...

I'm having a big problem.. Can you help me?

[Guy]

No problems here in MI for me.

[winger]

Still an issue today. test paged myself seven times this morning at 9am (from my PCS), received only three. And the three took about 1 minute to go through ... way too much lag compared to past 1/2 year.an observation...for those message not received by my phone sent from the SPCS website...when trying to TRACK the sms, I get tracking failed message b/c the tracking # is invalid. Something is obviously wrong here which SPCS should look into if they are not already aware of the issue.

For those claiming u are not experiencing SMS issues, either you are truly in an area not affected by this recent SMS system issue or you do not notice you are missing sms' (easy to do, right?).

Try sending yourself a mixture of 26 SMS' - some from your own phone, some from SPCS.com. Sending one-character messages are the fastest/most efficient way. Try A, then B, then C...until you get to Z (26 letters, if I recall correctly).

I personally send/rcv over 20 or 25 SMS per day, so I do tend to notice when something is not working...

[winger]

confirmed w/ a SPCS technical contact of mine.. there is currently some issue w/ all of San Fran's messaging switches as well some in the Los Angeles area. No more details given. I am assuming these issues are not affecting all messages b/c i can see most (but not all) of my msgs seems to be working - just that 10-20% which are getting that failed sending message or not getting to the recipient.

[Jaggrey]

There was an article sometime ago that stated that even tho text messaging is "the next big thing in the US" (at the time of the article) they have about a 20% failure rate.

[winger]

There was an article sometime ago that stated that even tho text messaging is "the next big thing in the US" (at the time of the article) they have about a 20% failure rate. Well the 20% failure rate has not applied to me since about March when SPCS got their SMS act together. Now, however, the past 9 days is another story...

[Quill]

I have been getting a failure message on first try every time on SMS the past 48 hours, at home and at work. Very odd. Has anyone noticed any other problems in the past few days?

I have in the past missed msgs from other people, particularly from Verizon users, but until yesterday my msgs always went out. This is way weird.

At one point the error message said "network busy" so I just waited a few hours, but still couldn't send msgs on first try. Ugh.

[Jaggrey]

The only time I can message on the 1st try seems to be early in the morning when i get up... around 6 or 7am, and at random times during the day.

[winger]

an update. took about 5 tries sending two pages this afternoon from my phone ... error code 3. Not nice.

[Aeternavi]

Yuppers, I am getting it here too in Syracuse.

[ill]

ive had problems sending for days now. receiving as well, 15 minutes later ill get messages, and it has the time they were sent, and not the time i actually received them. i'm located in texas, but was just in new orleans over the weekend and i dont really remember having any problems there. i didnt text as much, but still...here it fails 90% of the time on the first try.

[kaicam75]

Still having problems in the Phila area.

[pcsperson]

Has anyone in Michigan or anywhere else noticed SMS message failures over the past 2 days? The messages eventually go out after the 2nd try, but I was wondering if anyone has any insight?


I have had that problem a lot today. I am in East Lansing

[winger]

to reiterate my situation here in San Francisco area. I've been having SMS issues for about 15 days now. Got a enterprise tech contact of mine dig around...found out network issues existed here and LA (at the very least, I am assuming from these boards). From the data my contact told me, it matched my observations of my experiences (which equates to about 20 percent successful sends + delays in sending). LOL, get this, my contact raises a ticket for me to ensure there are records attached to my acct... another rep closes my ticket but issues still exists here... so what's new?

I have a feeling something is going on nationwide w/ spcs' sms system. I have been a relatively heavy SMS user since launch-day, with both AT&T and SPCS (for example, I have 850 SMS so far on both our phones with one week left on my current billing prd), so I am confident when I say there is a problem with the SMS system.

[toddc79]

working fine all day in buffalo area... no failed message errors... minor delays this morning...

[HAmAnWho]

LA area definately has a problem. When i sent a text i assume i would have to try sending it atleast twice.

[culpthug]

has this been a problem in northwestern florida???

maybe its just me or my location all day at skool i kept getting message sending failed but id try 2 or 3 times it would work and also some of my incoming messages were all scrambled

[cgooge]

Issue is in Chas, SC as well. No error messages but slow sending and receiving.

[winger]

has this been a problem in northwestern florida???

maybe its just me or my location all day at skool i kept getting message sending failed but id try 2 or 3 times it would work and also some of my incoming messages were all scrambled
u getting that "Cause Code 3" message when you look into the details on why the message failed sending?

[cgooge]

I'm getting no error message. It says it goes through but just takes forever for my receiver to get it.

[pipcorona]

I'm down in the Tucson, AZ area and am experiencing problems too. Sending is working fine, although a little delayed, but recieving is horrible. There is at least a 30minute to 2 hour delay in the delivery of a message down here. I haven't called Sprint about it yet though....but I plan on it soon.

[kf4uel]

Almost 2 days+ dealyed or complete receive failure in Knoxville TN CSA no delay in sending

[coolemt]

Central California here and have had the same problem. SMS goes out, but get a error that network is not responding. Wife and friends same problem. Called Vision support and they tell me they don't know why this is and that there is no problem.

[Quill]

u getting that "Cause Code 3" message when you look into the details on why the message failed sending?

That is exactly what I'm getting. ***??

[winger]

That is exactly what I'm getting. ***??Not sure ***. Lot better today but still got a few Failed Sends today (cause code 3)- lost track but prob is now in it's third week?

[DcDave63]

Ok, for the 73rd time....yes, Sprint is having issues with its SMS, Yes, they know, Yes, they are also having some server issues related to mail and websites. Yes, its all over the country. Its kinda funny how everyone comes into this thread and says "its happening here" and "Oh yea, it happened to me too." "What, its happening there and here as well??" Its all over the country.

[dav3]

I'm not sure if I'm experiencing the common SMS issues everybody else is affected by or if it's something different. Recently ported my wife over to sprint from at&t about 7 or so days ago. We tested out the picturemail and that seems to be working okay, but today was the first time I tried SMS. Tried from my phone, from the sprint website and even from her phone to herself. It's been more than 5 hours since I sent the 1st message and not a single one has come through. Is it possible there's something not set right with her account causing this? We had to call in cause her voicemail wasn't set up right, wondering if this is a similar issue. We called earlier today about the SMS prob. but was told that the messages weren't going through because of some server being down. Just wondering if anybody else had to go through something like this before.

[mountaineer]

Deval, do you have any idea why the SMS system is jacked?

Can we keep track of what carrier your sending to?....maybe there is a pattern..

M40

[monayo]

when tmobile customers send messages to me, the past few weeks, i haven't been getting all of them. even though sprint rep told me that the sms outage is fixed :furious:

[Jaggrey]

My SMS seems to be working fine for the past few days.

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