Text time bombs; ATT

Let'sgoflying!

Let'sgoflying!

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I live in an area that has sketchy coverage in some places.
So I start a text and....no signal.

If I close the phone, it loses the text. (Samsung)
I can save the text as a draft and try again later.
I can leave the phone open and keep jabbing 'Send'.

Are there phones that will save your text, then keep pinging for towers every minute til it successfully sends? That is what I would love.
 
Where do I submit new electronic-device ideas, so that I can make millions of users happy, and then reap the huge financial reward I am due for thinking of these things?
 
I don't think so. it seems like Android tries a certain number of times then I have to hit the send button again. It does remember the message without doing anything special. I experimented with this at 8,000 feet sending an ETA. Also it might be different for email.

Joe
 
I agree I don't understand why it just doesn't keep trying until it sends. I thought this was half the point of the text messaging. It doesn't even have to try a lot If it tried every 5 minutes would be fine with me or waited until it had a certain signal strength to try. But just telling me that it could not send the message does me no good. I could just call them if had a signal at the time.
 
Let'sgoflying! said:
I live in an area that has sketchy coverage in some places.
So I start a text and....no signal.

If I close the phone, it loses the text. (Samsung)
I can save the text as a draft and try again later.
I can leave the phone open and keep jabbing 'Send'.

Are there phones that will save your text, then keep pinging for towers every minute til it successfully sends? That is what I would love.
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My iPhone does to an extent. Eventually it "times out" but it's still there to "resend". My Blackberry does as well.
 
SkyHog said:
Yep. But then when you get service, it should send, right?
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Nope. The red exclamation triangle stays next to it. I have to long press, copy text, reply, paste, send.
 
The constant attempts isn't exactly battery friendly so most phones will time-out after a few attempts.
 
EdFred said:
Nope. The red exclamation triangle stays next to it. I have to long press, copy text, reply, paste, send.
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On the iPhone? Just push the red triangle, and it will give an option to resend right there.
 
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