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I guess sprint finally decided to archive messages when u log on the website. It says it is temp unavail. but should be up soon. It keeps your messages for up to 200 messages for 14 days then deletes them. :headbang2
Check it out!!!
Carterism
08-05-2006, 10:58 AM
Where? I just logged into my account and I don't see the options. I even went into my current usage. Is it not showing because the op said that it's temp unavail.? I think that's cool though.
I dont like the idea. pretty much whoever has acces to my account can read my messages.
hoorel
08-05-2006, 12:17 PM
Not to act dumb here.. but what messages are we talking about...?
channel125
08-05-2006, 12:19 PM
Are we talking about SMS messages?
channel125
08-05-2006, 12:22 PM
Okey I think I found it. It will only hold sent messages, not received messages. I think the only way it will hold the received messages is if you send them via logged into you account online and send them online like that.
cliffr39
08-05-2006, 01:49 PM
You might be right about its only in the INBOX if you sent from the website
Here is a screenshot for those who have not seen it yet.
sprtjnkie
08-05-2006, 02:08 PM
Didn't they have this feature before? I thought I remembered being able to do this or something similar before they made it where all you could do is just send a message.
Scoot
08-05-2006, 02:35 PM
heh its a good idea for the couples on a joint account so we can just go online instead of picking up the phone when they all are deleted from the phone
*goes to sprint.com to look at chrissy sms in box* hehe
17Hz
08-05-2006, 03:14 PM
Hmm.........going to check it out now.....................
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Sanyo7400
08-05-2006, 03:37 PM
and for those that don't want the capability, they can talk to tech support at sprint and have it removed from their account.
INTERNET2000
08-05-2006, 04:17 PM
I always like to see additions of new features on MyPCS...Makes it more worthwhile to log into my account. ;)
nkstn
08-05-2006, 07:05 PM
yeah it works now
madsexy
08-05-2006, 07:09 PM
I also noticed this earlier when I went to messaging.sprintpcs.com to send a text to my friend from there. I was automatically logged on!!! Don't like that... I noticed the inbox, but when I clicked it said it is unavailable.
Reminds me of Shortmail...
Not sure I want my SMS archived online...
madsexy
08-06-2006, 12:43 PM
I checked this morning and the text msgs I sent to my mom yesterday --from my phone-- are saved online! However, the text msgs I sent to my friend (who also has Sprint) were not saved.
Scrumptious
08-06-2006, 01:08 PM
This is scarey.... I do believe this will get a lot of people into trouble.
Not me of course :p
jondel85
08-06-2006, 01:24 PM
This is scarey.... I do believe this will get a lot of people into trouble.
Not me of course :p
haha pretty soon we'll see threads "Archived SMS has ruined my life!" :Popcorn2: haha
Scrumptious
08-06-2006, 02:16 PM
haha pretty soon we'll see threads "Archived SMS has ruined my life!" :Popcorn2: haha
EXACTLY some people just can't resist :Popcorn2:
jondel85
08-06-2006, 02:29 PM
haha...yeah but if it does end up getting couples in trouble. I'd say, they dont belong together anyways.
:werd:
wBkM85
08-06-2006, 03:16 PM
it's unavailable now..to see my other line's texts...does it post up both lines worth together or what?
KG4PEQ
08-07-2006, 12:05 AM
Didn't they have this feature before? I thought I remembered being able to do this or something similar before they made it where all you could do is just send a message.
Yes, back in the days of our beloved Short Mail.
You could also track/confirm messages back then, too. Maybe they'll fix this feature too since it's been broken for a couple years.
VernMan
08-07-2006, 08:06 AM
it's unavailable now..to see my other line's texts...does it post up both lines worth together or what?
I think that you can only view one line at a time. So your going to have to log on to each line to view its txt's.....
wBkM85
08-07-2006, 08:30 AM
yeah, i figured it out
acunn1
08-07-2006, 11:03 AM
no way to delete them either....have to fill up your inbox or sent box with 100 messages.
nycgay23
08-07-2006, 11:08 AM
Wow - just logged in and saw this. Not sure if I like it or not, but I suppose it could be helpful?
freeza
08-07-2006, 12:11 PM
Love this feature, kudos to Sprint!
supervick007
08-07-2006, 12:15 PM
Not sure if it has been noticed but pictures get saved online as well... Time to find protective gear for my parts J/K.
acunn1
08-07-2006, 12:23 PM
Not sure if it has been noticed but pictures get saved online as well... Time to find protective gear for my parts J/K.
pics have always been saved
supervick007
08-07-2006, 12:24 PM
Noob here please forgive me
Jaggrey
08-07-2006, 12:34 PM
This is a pretty cool feature. Seems to lag a bit tho... There are messages I sent and received yesterday that aren't on the site yet.
sprtjnkie
08-07-2006, 02:18 PM
This is a pretty cool feature. Seems to lag a bit tho... There are messages I sent and received yesterday that aren't on the site yet.
That is what I noticed as well. Seems like back in the day, it only saved messages that were sent from the website, not from the phone. Has anyone seen any messages that were sent from their phones? Just curious to see if that is the case this time around too.
Jaggrey
08-07-2006, 02:45 PM
yea all the messages I sent from my phone are there.
cliffr39
08-07-2006, 02:47 PM
well yesterday it was completely empty for me sent and received. Today it has messages for me going back to July 30. There are only 19 listed so it doesn't have all of them for sure!
Black Ice
08-07-2006, 03:30 PM
but you still cant send SMS from the site, whats going on with that?
l33tissw00t
08-07-2006, 05:43 PM
Ok, is there ANY way to disable this? Can calling up Sprint help?
KG4PEQ
08-07-2006, 05:50 PM
Ok, is there ANY way to disable this? Can calling up Sprint help?
What are you afraid of? :)
l33tissw00t
08-07-2006, 06:38 PM
lol me naaah noothiiiinnnn... heh actaully im not really afraid i just i dunno i dont like teh feeling
robgtheEE
08-07-2006, 06:50 PM
Good find, that is useful.
:clap:
nkstn
08-07-2006, 08:55 PM
yeah it def does work. all the messages you send/recieve from your phone are on there. including AIM sms messages... duh. but it is pretty laggy. it does not auto update right when you send one.. it takes a few hours or so from what i can tell. still cool though!
PS: glad the gf is on MY account.. ahem.. loL
SempreGatto
08-08-2006, 05:30 PM
I do not like this at all.
Just one more way to be tracked by them boys!
deeluv5
08-08-2006, 06:43 PM
I can't get on the text messaging part of the online services!!! I wanna check this out!
nkstn
08-08-2006, 08:00 PM
yeah its been down ALL day. they must be doin... SoMeThinG! dun dun dun
hoorel
08-09-2006, 01:51 AM
Is it working yet for any of you?
I'm tryin to see how up to speed it is... before it went down I had about a 6-hour delay from when I sent the messages or recieved them...
It stopped about midnight last night and hasn't worked all day... but tonight I was able to get back on, and saw only the messages up till midnight of last night. None from today...
With as many people texting in the world... I wonder if this is going to be able to stay running... thats alot of messages!!
CrazyX
08-09-2006, 10:24 AM
i don't see the point if it doesn't store incomming messages...?
CrazyX
08-09-2006, 10:31 AM
Hmmm mine has been storing incoming and outgoing. :S
texts or just pcs emails? :cool:
hoorel
08-09-2006, 10:48 AM
Well it WAS storing them both...
cliffr39
08-09-2006, 10:54 AM
same here, its storing both my PCS mail and SMS text messages incoming and outgoing. It's showing me 31 msg's in the inbox now between 7/30 and 8/7. 2 days ago it was only 18 so its displaying more now from that same time period.
edit: I just noticed that in the inbox I have several messages from the same person that some show as just 888-555-1212, some are 1-888-555-1212 and others are 0111-888-555-1212 (all show the actual number but sometimes with 1, 0111)
deeluv5
08-09-2006, 02:05 PM
How do you see your SMS for different accounts? I have 2 phones and it only shows one of the phone numbers SMS msgs...any ideas? Same with the online content...it won't let me pick which phone.
Also, it only shows me 6 out of 7 of my last texts. It says "showing 1-6 of 7" but won't let me see the rest.
cliffr39
08-09-2006, 02:51 PM
each phone line has its own login (that phone number and its password)
sugaman
08-10-2006, 02:34 PM
and for those that don't want the capability, they can talk to tech support at sprint and have it removed from their account.
Sanyo, just called tech. support and they can not remove this feature or turn it off according to the tech!!!! :scare:
laursifer
08-10-2006, 03:02 PM
Meh... I dunno what I think of this. I guess I don't care or something, but there does need to be a way to delete them when you want to.
I loved the idea that Sprint didn't have a real way to track your SMS messages, but now... what the heck. Back up off it, Sprint.
sugaman
08-10-2006, 03:34 PM
Meh... I dunno what I think of this. I guess I don't care or something, but there does need to be a way to delete them when you want to.
I loved the idea that Sprint didn't have a real way to track your SMS messages, but now... what the heck. Back up off it, Sprint.
I agree, I said to the tech. that I didnt ask for this and you guys just put it on,there should be a way to turn/take it off!! She said there was no way!
macpat
08-10-2006, 03:43 PM
Has anyone played with the settings/preference part of it yet?
sugaman
08-10-2006, 03:58 PM
Has anyone played with the settings/preference part of it yet?
Yes, i have and there is no seeting that i saw!!! :confused:
macpat
08-10-2006, 04:54 PM
Yes, i have and there is no seeting that i saw!!! :confused:
I have the option to either accept all, block all, only accept from, and only block these #'s
sugaman
08-10-2006, 05:44 PM
I have the option to either accept all, block all, only accept from, and only block these #'s
Yes those are there, but any settings for turning on or off this option of keeping these text messaging isn't there.
SempreGatto
08-10-2006, 06:37 PM
I just got off the phone with Sprint and the lady said as of right now there is no option to turn this feature off.
She also mentioned that she thinks this may be becoming standard to all carriers (aka law) soon because and I quote 'Big Brother is watching'!
So now to send I am off to send and receive a billion bogus messages to fill up My in/sent box. :)
tnirps
08-11-2006, 11:18 AM
I e-mailed Sprint about it yesterday and here is the response I got (involving if you're on a joint account):
I would like to inform you that the person with the account level password can access the details of the other lines on the account through online.
I understand your concern that you want that no one except you can access your Inbox of text messages on the online account.
We have received this feedback from many customers and we are in process of developing the feature to have password system to access the Inbox feature.
This way only the person holding that line will have access to Inbox only as they will be allowed to set password for it.
I have forwarded your concern to the appropriate department so that they may take further action.
When this feature will be launched, you will be notified through high profile promotions.
laursifer
08-11-2006, 12:11 PM
She also mentioned that she thinks this may be becoming standard to all carriers (aka law) soon because and I quote 'Big Brother is watching'!
I can see that, actually. We had a guy convicted of murder here in Baltimore because when he was arrested for something-or-other, they took his cell phone. Well in there he had all of these sent messages bragging about a woman he killed. They didn't say what network he was on, but mentioned that if he hadn't saved them in his phone, he may have never been found for that offense because the carrier he used did not store the messages in any archive of sorts.
But I still want to be able to delete my messages online, dangit. That's friggin' stupid that I can't.
KG4PEQ
08-11-2006, 01:48 PM
When this feature will be launched, you will be notified through high profile promotions.
I can only imagine how THAT might work.
freeza
08-11-2006, 09:43 PM
laur you better not have anything to hide!
i personally see no problem keeping all of my text messages, even the text sex that i have with random people.
SempreGatto
08-11-2006, 09:46 PM
No, what makes it a problem is when other people check your text messages
Not that it's happened to Me but I have had customers complain. :)
laursifer
08-14-2006, 11:18 AM
laur you better not have anything to hide!
Not really. It's a privacy issue. There are certain people who have access to my account because they just so happen to know people who work for Sprint and give them anyone's password. Obviously, there isn't jack that can be done to protect my account from these people, and I'm not necessarily on bad terms with them anymore, but just knowing that any person at Sprint can a) get into my account and b) give out my password to someone else if they so wish... well, that's an uneasy feeling.
It's fine if they wanna back this crap up, but at least give me the option to delete my own freakin' messages.
laursifer
08-14-2006, 02:27 PM
Yeah that is not right. I thought ppl at Sprint "didnt know" your password and you'd have to call customer service for it? At least thats what they told me when I forgot mine a long time ago.
Depends on what level these people work on. A regular salesperson, I believe, does not have access but I think techs and CS do... which is more than enough. I mean, I don't really care as I don't have anything to hide. Everyone knows I'm insane. It's the point of the matter: privacy. Everyone should have parts of their lives that are private, not because they have something to hide, but because everyone deserves something that is only theirs and no one else's but who they CHOOSE to share it with.
The only thing I can think is that it is a valuable feature for parents to monitor their kids' SMS conversations, and may be a feature carryover from the Disney Mobile MVNO.
teksport
08-15-2006, 02:14 AM
Well, from the email I got today, it looks like at least for the short term we may disable the online archive very soon. It seems that business customers ahve a concern about confidential company information being accessable online. So, look for this to either be suspended for the short haul or modified so it can be disabled by the account holder.
If the purpose is to track kids, then it should be an option. sprint will probably start charging monthly for it.
laursifer
08-15-2006, 02:27 PM
Well, it's definitely practical if you have, say, an LG-550 or an A900. God forbid a 535. 550 holds 100 texts in your Inbox. A900 holds 190 in your Inbox. The 535 only held 50.
Right now, on my second line, I've got 375 messages in my online Inbox and 200-some saved in the online Sent Messages. So that, at least, is where practicality comes into play I suppose.
jasonk5975
08-22-2006, 04:37 PM
this seems to be terribly laggy, especially to/from other carriers. Days behind. I like it though
CrazyX
08-23-2006, 08:03 AM
i can see how "cool" this feature might be... but at the same time... privacy kinda is lost...
acunn1
08-23-2006, 05:03 PM
missed 6 days worth of messages...wonder where they went?
SempreGatto
08-23-2006, 06:26 PM
missed 6 days worth of messages...wonder where they went?
big brother probably got em, lol
jasonk5975
08-24-2006, 02:22 PM
looks like they are screwing with it again. No more inbox/sent links.
laursifer
08-24-2006, 02:40 PM
looks like they are screwing with it again. No more inbox/sent links.
Ohhhh shucks
/sarcasm
;)
l33tissw00t
08-24-2006, 04:02 PM
The past couple of days i've been not getting some texts (not too many being dropped but still).. and sending is sometimes horrible.. 2-3 tries per text.. (Loc: Long Island, NY)
laursifer
08-24-2006, 04:31 PM
Actually, I bet money that you only need to send those texts once, even though they say they fail. It's been happening to me for about 3 days now--messages say they fail when they don't, but it's been happening to many others for much longer.
These problems are all interconnected to the updates Sprint's doing on the system. There are many threads about it.
SempreGatto
08-24-2006, 07:22 PM
oh My gosh it's gone!
I hope it stays away but please bring it back real quick so I can use it to My advantage :)
JohnnyC
08-24-2006, 07:34 PM
Yep...just checked...actually noticed it last night.... but the archiving feature is gone for me too!!!!!!!! Wonder whats goin on...or if they are reversing it finally until they can get the major bugs out!
channel125
08-25-2006, 09:16 AM
I think that they did away with it, because people called and complained or something about it being available. You know, the types that cheating and such paranoid that they significant other might find out by logging into their account. You can't exactly delete them online, which I wish you could.
l33tissw00t
08-25-2006, 10:27 AM
Actually, I bet money that you only need to send those texts once, even though they say they fail. It's been happening to me for about 3 days now--messages say they fail when they don't, but it's been happening to many others for much longer.
These problems are all interconnected to the updates Sprint's doing on the system. There are many threads about it.
Good Call!! People have been asking me why I always am re-sending my messages.. and I keep saying because it says its not going through...
acunn1
08-25-2006, 03:30 PM
called *2 and asked them about this, CS had no idea of why it was stopped.
SirWill
08-28-2006, 01:24 PM
Well I used it last week to check up on my 15 year old.... I busted her to for something from it... I went to log in today, and it's not there at all. :( No Inbox. I'm bummed.
drummer_mc
08-28-2006, 07:48 PM
Dear ____,
Thank you for contacting Sprint together with Nextel. I understand that the message details (sent and received) information is not available online.
Currently this feature has been discontinued by Sprint.
Due to the following issues, the text messaging online inbox was removed from Sprint.com:
· No old text message deletion option
· No opting out of inbox option
· New text messages not displaying online inbox in a timely manner
· Old text messages not expiring after 14 days and 200 messages
There are no communication regarding the re-implementation online text messaging inbox in the near future.
Thank you for contacting us. Have a great day.
Rosy
Business E-Care
Sprint together with Nextel
"Where our customers come first!"
Original Message Follows:
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From:
To: ecare@cc.sprintpcs.com
Subject: ID # 20060828013807
Body:
================================================== ======================
Name:
Form: Ask A Question Learn OR Feedback and Suggestions - Learn
Topic: Website
Contact Number:
================================================== ======================
Question:I noticed several weeks ago a new feature added to the sprint
website which allowed me to view sent and received SMS
messages. A few days ago I noticed that this really nice
feature was no longer there. I was hoping that the system
was just down and that it would show back up again, but as of
today it is still not back. Just wondering if and when that
feature will be back. Thanks ahead of time.
jschu22
08-28-2006, 07:57 PM
Someone "important" probably got busted and raised hell about it. All four of those issues exsisted but I'd be surprised if they took the time to disable it unless it meant their a**.
Sanyo7400
08-28-2006, 08:15 PM
it was a crap load of customer's calling in and complaining about it as well as some employees. things people do on their phones they try to hide. oh well....
DaveInDaytona
08-29-2006, 01:34 PM
I didn't have a chance to see it. Hope it comes back, I can see a lot of reasons it would be useful.
Anyone know if there's a chance of that ?
Jaggrey
08-29-2006, 02:09 PM
If it deteriorates SMS overall I hope not :p
laursifer
08-29-2006, 04:17 PM
I'm pretty glad to hear about that... at least that it's gone, but I still think it should be an option, perhaps disabled by default. I didn't mind the online archive, I just hated that you couldn't delete messages (because of my predicament with Sprint employees, or friends of Sprint employees, fascinated with digging through my account). And it's not that friggin' hard to incorporate that into programming. I'm not a programming guru, but I know enough to know it's not that hard. Of course I've never worked with anything in this scale, so I'm really just blowing smoke out of my rear end.
weaselphd
09-12-2006, 08:09 PM
You might be right about its only in the INBOX if you sent from the website
Here is a screenshot for those who have not seen it yet.
This was awesome, it was there for the first week of Sept. now mine is gone. Where did it go?
SirWill
09-12-2006, 10:44 PM
yeah, I am so bummed that it is gone!
weaselphd
09-14-2006, 06:59 AM
yeah, I am so bummed that it is gone!
Well god news i got this reply last night, apparently there are software or technology glitches, check out this reply! im glad i really utilize this feature alot...
Let me mention that the Inbox of Text Messages has been currently removed from the online account due to certain problems. When it will again be introduced, you wil be notified.
Thank you for emailing us. We appreciate your relationship with us, and look forward to serving you in the future.
Valerie G.
E-Care
Sprint together with Nextel
"Where our customers come first!"
good deal!
Michael
wBkM85
10-08-2006, 09:23 PM
it's goooonnne! or is it??
DaveInDaytona
10-10-2006, 09:11 PM
It's gone and here's the lame message I got from Sprint when I asked about it.
Dear David,
Thank you for contacting Sprint together with Nextel. I understand that you wish to track your text messages through the website.
As you know that we had recently started this service "Inbox" through which customers were able to track the received and sent messages. But, this service has been taken off as of August 25, 2006.
Please understand that whatever changes we make depend upon customers? feedback. After launching this service, we have received a lot of feedback from customers that it is affecting their security.
Due to the following issues also, the text messaging online inbox has been removed from Sprint.com:
*No old text message deletion option
*No opting out of inbox option
*New text messages not displaying online inbox in a timely manner
*Old text messages not expiring after 14 days and 200 messages
Now, SMS text messages can be viewed only on the phone's text messaging inbox. I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.
I appreciate your understanding in this matter. Feel free to write to us again for any of your customer service needs.
Ronen
E-Care
Sprint together with Nextel
"Where our customers come first!"
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