All modern mobile devices are little helpers that allow people to exchange information with each other anytime and anywhere. Someone prefers to just make a call, others like to use all kinds of social networks to communicate, but there are those who use the good old SMS messages. Sometimes it happens that for one reason or another, this function becomes unavailable on the phone. Why are SMS not sent from the phone? What actions to take when messages do not reach the recipient or even do not want to be sent from a mobile phone?
Lack of funds
As soon as such a problem appears, the first thing to do is to check the amount of money on the balance. Depending on the tariff plan used by the subscriber, or on the conditions for the provision of communication services by the operator, SMS are not sent from the phone just because of the insufficient amount of money on the mobile account. Those who own contract packages or accounts should ask the operator if therequired service.
It happens that SMS is not sent simply because of the incorrectly dialed number of the recipient of the message. You need to try to send SMS again, and if it fails again, you can always contact the support service operators.
Message center number
Why can't SMS be sent from my phone? Problems with sending text messages from a mobile phone may occur due to an incorrectly specified or not specified SMS center number in the settings. This needs to be checked in the phone settings. If an incorrect number is specified, then it can simply be rewritten. To set the center number, you need to get into the message settings in the device. On Android, this is the Messages item. If another mobile operating system, then you need to go to the settings of the phone itself.
The reason that messages are not sent may be mechanical damage to the device itself or the SIM card. Another reason may be moisture on the parts of the phone. After all, this leads to the fact that the contacts are oxidized. With prolonged use of the phone, the contact between it and the SIM card becomes loose. In this case, you can contact the operator's salon and get a new card with the number and all contacts saved.
Operator side overloads
On the days before the holidays, many are familiar with the problem when SMS messages are either not sent at all, or reach the recipient not soon. This is related to the factthat at the same time, a lot of people clog communication channels, trying to call all their relatives in order to congratulate them. The operators' servers at such a time cannot withstand the loads, which is why all communication problems occur. If SMS is not sent on such days, what should I do? We should try to do it a little later, when the servers are offload.
Other reasons
Why aren't SMS sent from my phone? Sometimes it happens that the person you are trying to send a message to simply blacklisted your number. It doesn't matter if it was done on purpose or unintentionally. SMS will not reach him anyway.
Why are SMS not sent from the phone if a person wants to pay for any service in this way? You need to find out if the operator supports this feature.
If nothing at all helps to solve the problem, you can try the following:
- Delete all old and unnecessary messages from memory, as their number affects the sending of new SMS.
- Try not to reply to received messages, but to create new ones. In this case, it is better not to select the subscriber's number from the list of saved ones, but to enter it manually. It works on some phones.
- Restart your mobile device and try to send the message again.
More tips
- To set up SMS in the Android operating system, you need to launch the Messages application and click on settings in the context menu. There you can choose the message encoding, assometimes, instead of text, some strange characters come, like question marks.
- In order to receive notifications that a message has been delivered to the addressee, you need to enable this function in the settings. Usually this is the "Delivery Reports" item. After the SMS is delivered, a corresponding notification will come about this.
- Some users are a little annoyed by the fact that the notification of a delivered message remains on the screen. This is also disabled in the SMS settings.
- If a message that was received a very long time ago is deleted, then the auto-cleanup option is probably enabled. If it is important to keep all messages, then this function can also be easily disabled.
- On Android devices, you can block calls and messages from a specific person. Anything does happen. You just need to blacklist the subscriber's number. Not all versions of Android can do this, so sometimes you will need to download a special application.
- Sometimes SMS is not sent from iPhone. iMessage just shows a red icon. The reason may be poor coverage of the coverage area. Forced loading often helps. If the iMessage program is not available, then in the settings you need to set the switch to send simple SMS.
