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claire1234
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hiya everyone,
sorry but just a daft quick question,
ive a nokia phone, it works fine no problem at all,
ive tried a few times to text someone the message goes to pending on the delivery reports then after a few days it says failed,
this persons phone is switched off, ive tried ringing it from my landline and mobile thats how i know its switched off,
usually when the phone is switched off they just recieve the message
when the phone is switched back on,
does anybody know why the messages are failing to send?
has the phone been disconnected?
thanks in advance,
sorry but just a daft quick question,
ive a nokia phone, it works fine no problem at all,
ive tried a few times to text someone the message goes to pending on the delivery reports then after a few days it says failed,
this persons phone is switched off, ive tried ringing it from my landline and mobile thats how i know its switched off,
usually when the phone is switched off they just recieve the message
when the phone is switched back on,
does anybody know why the messages are failing to send?
has the phone been disconnected?
thanks in advance,
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Have you tried Texting someone else ?Nobody is Perfect. I am Nobody, therefore I am Perfect.0
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hiya,
yeah my phone works fine texting n ringing anyone else,
thanks for your reply,0 -
May be the network as blocked the number there end for some reason
it could be they haven't paid there bill and that's why its just going on answer machine
It could even be if they haven't used there phone for a long while the network will block it then
because you have to make or receive a phone call every with in 6 months with a pay as you go phone
could also just be that the network there end is playing up.Nobody is Perfect. I am Nobody, therefore I am Perfect.0 -
claire1234 wrote: »usually when the phone is switched off they just recieve the message
when the phone is switched back on,
does anybody know why the messages are failing to send?
has the phone been disconnected?
Undeliverable messages are kept by the network for a few days, then get deleted.0 -
What Grumbler says, SMS's have a life span of four days as I recall.0
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thank you very much everyone,
i didnt know if texts had a life spam or anything, thanks again0
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