[Q] Cannot Text Past 160 Characters

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Problem: The stock 2.3.5 messaging app stops me at 160 characters because that's when it is suppose to automatically split the text, but it stops me and will not allow me to type anymore. I cleared the messaging app data and it still does the same thing. I have to send 2 separate text messages, which I may ad is very very very annoying.

Situation:
1. I'm on full stock Nexus S 4G 2.3.5. I'm not rooted.
2. I am using Google Voice and I have updated to the latest version, and I have set it to use my messaging app. I am using the stock 2.3.5 messaging app because that's the one I like.
3. I have isolated the problem to the 2.3.5 stock messaging app. I unported my number from Google Voice, and uninstalled it, and still the messaging app will stop my at 144 characters.

Help me? Is this a known issue? I haven't tried restoring to defaults, doing an RTN reset, or going back to 2.3.4 yet, but I will if that'll fix it. I do not want to use third party application either. I like the stock app and I find this very stupid that this is the only phone that I have encountered this on. I remember this working before, but for some reason I can't anymore. I think I was still on 2.3.4 before though.

Please? Help me out...

You can find a modified mms.apk from cm7 here that allows over 160 characters with automatic split.

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Originally Posted by Rem3Dy

You can find a modified mms.apk from cm7 here that allows over 160 characters with automatic split.

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Is the stock mms app a known issue with this?

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Originally Posted by Korey_Nicholson

Is the stock mms app a known issue with this?

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I don't think so. My stock mms apk splits messages just fine. Only I have i9023, don't know if it's different with SPH-D720

This is a known issue and one of the things I hated... As stated above there are some flashable mms files that have the limit removed.. But of course I think root and recovery would be needed.. The file I am using works awesome.. So they def do fix this issue.

Originally Posted by lilmexx

This is a known issue and one of the things I hated... As stated above there are some flashable mms files that have the limit removed.. But of course I think root and recovery would be needed.. The file I am using works awesome.. So they def do fix this issue.

Well I went ahead and flashed cm7 and now they work, but the new problem is the person is receiving a bunch of jumbled letters and symbols

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Originally Posted by Korey_Nicholson

Well I went ahead and flashed cm7 and now they work, but the new problem is the person is receiving a bunch of jumbled letters and symbols

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Then it isn't splitting correctly.

http://derekcwilkinson.com/downloads/fixed_mms.apk

put that in your system/app/ folder with root explorer or adb shell

Originally Posted by derekwilkinson

Then it isn't splitting correctly.

http://derekcwilkinson.com/downloads/fixed_mms.apk

put that in your system/app/ folder with root explorer or adb shell

Okay thank you for your help. It seems that sprint isn't built it automatically split for the nexus, and when you remove the limitation it can't handle it causing the corruption. The messaging program itself had to have a built in thread splitting setting.

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Mine did that too at first.. If you change the setting in the messaging app to split the text or add the split counter, it works.. Mine now show 2 of 2 at the end, but it works without the jumbled letters...