Duplicate Text Messages - Please Help.

Well, I hate to sound like my mother, but if they were really good friends you wouldn't loose them over this. They know that this isn't intentional.

-Jay

 

Hey misery loves company buddy!

I'm sorry to report that I've never had this problem. I don't think I would like this one either
Something like that sounds like the system is sending it twice. It doesn't seem like it would be with your phone or sim.

Do your friends get them one right after the other?
Did you try switching phones to test?

 

I doubt I could put up with a Treo for that long either! :biggrin: I guess I'm kinda biased as my Dad has a Treo 650 for work and he hates it.

-Jay

 

I've been getting duplicate messages recently on both my Alltel and T-Mobile phone. I don't know why it's happening but it just started recently. I'd maybe get one every two or three months in the past... now I'm getting 10-12 a day.

Supposedly, the system can tell they're duplicates and you won't get charged for them but I don't know. It's never been an issue on my T-Mobile account since I have unlimited messaging and I've never been charged for overage with Alltel, so maybe that's true.

 

Remember that you shouldn't get charged for them... I can't say 100% you won't. You know how it goes. Nothing ever works like it's supposed to.

 

And just for the record I am not parting with my SE to go back to the 6126.

 

Charlyee, I am wondering something here since something similar has happened to me recently.
Are your friends in area's where 3G is just being turned on and some parts are still Edge? Maybe it's being sent over both and if they are moving between the 2 that's why they are getting duplicate text messages.
I have seen it happen once in a while by me if I am in an area that it goes between the 2 and am not sure if this is the reason, but it's a theory.
Also does it happen when you are going between the 2 networks with them as well?

I believe you said your area has 3G in most of the area if not all of it and for a while so you may not be going between the 2 that often.

I agree with Jay too, this is a good test of their friendship, what's a few duplicate text messages between friends. :lmao:

 

3G has been in my area for about 3 months, my SE is not 3G so I cannot tell one way or the other. What I have noticed though is it leaves EDGE for GPRS at times.But as I said before and in my opinion this problem just started so if it had to do with 3G I would think it would have started when it was first deployed here.

 

obviously its a glitch in the system...i honestly don't have a answer but i will ask the tower guy when he comes into the store and post what he tells me could be the cause and the solution...

 

Hi Charlyee!

Long time, no post, no reply

Actually I had the same thing happen this past Monday, but from another person. It happened only once, so I'm not too worried about it. But over the past year, I've seen this a few times. I don't have 3G yet either (still the 6131, which is holding up quite fine).

If it happened consistently, then I would be concerned enough to call C/S, but you know that already.

Best,

viewfly

 

Yesterday, I had kind of a similar problem, but it really wasn't a "problem"

Last year, I signed up for text messages for school closings on WSPA-TV channel 7
(for my college, Spartanburg Community).

Yesterday we had a snowstorm in Upstate SC
(just 3 inches, but we lost power for 10 hours, lol )

Anyway, it closed many schools in this area

I recieved 1 message at around 8 AM yesterday, and then again at 4 PM yesterday.
The message that came at 4 PM said *duplicate*
and I was wondering if they'd charge me another 15 cents for the same message.

 

It appears that they are counting them as 2 text messages, oh well :O

 

after much testing i have determined that duplicate text messages is a phone related problem.......on Motos it tends to happen if you snap it closed right as the message is sending.....my one friends had the Wing and i got about 40 of the same text message from here throughout the afternoon......my other friends has a RAZR and duplicates from here vary......one day there will be two of everything and then the other day no problems

since its the phone resending messages you will get charged for it.......

 

So you are saying it was operator error all along?
I will have to let the person know that I get duplicates from occasionally to make sure they aren't doing the same thing.
Thanks for the update Charlyee.

 

I've been getting more duplicates recently than I used to - but it has seemed to go in spurts for quite some time now. This weekend I got 5 copies one time. (Woohoo!!! for the "at least 3 times as many messages as I need" package!! )

Mine are mostly e-mail alerts, and they all come in at the same time. So at least in my case, I don't think the sender is spastic on the send key, or that my phone isn't sending back the "I got this message" message.

 

i'm 99.9% positive that its a phone related thing......which means you will get billed for duplicates

 

oh thats interestig.......if you send texts fast enough the billing system won't notice......WA should sponsor a text-a-thon or something to so how fast we can text to get free texts through....................lol

 

well that would explain it on the Motos too.......just snapping the phone shut quickly right after hitting Send makes it send again sometimes............but my phone doesnt do doubles automatically..............i've talked to my friends and ive had this V3m for a year and a half and its never done doubles but all my AT&T friends' RAZRs do it............Verizon usually doesnt do it to me either.........but AT&T and T-Mobile and IMMIX

 

Sure Sure blame it on Microsoft they are use to taking the blame for everything anyhow, even though you are trying to say it is "Partially" operator error

I advised my friend about this & sure enough the duplicates stopped when they stopped closing out the texting application like you were doing.

Hey I kinda like that "Spastic" saying.