When is an SMS not an SMS?

[Dogtrousers]

Soo ... Out for a ride. Stop to take my jacket off and faff around a bit. Send text to wife. Yes, a proper text. Just finishing faffing when the phone rings. My wife says "it won't let me send a reply to your message because it says you are offline"

Oh FFS I give up. Lunatics have taken something that works, tried to turn it into something else that I don't want. And have done it really, really badly.

I already have an online messaging app - I use WhatsApp for that. I don't want another one, thanks

 

[newfhouse]

Have you considered an alternative SMS app such as Simple SMS Messenger? Open source, no ads, worth a try.

 

[tyred]

I don't send many SMS messages these days but on previous phones I always used Handcent which I found better than whatever came as standard.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Have you considered an alternative SMS app such as Simple SMS Messenger? Open source, no ads, worth a try.

I have considered it now, yes. I don't want to, I want them not to have broken the default one but I'll have a look around

 

[swee'pea99]

The reason data is used, is to stop you being charged by your provider for a picture message.

Never been sure quite how it happened, but out & about one day I suddenly wondered 'what's all that bleeping?' By the time I'd traced it my phone had sent a stream of about 30 random pictures to myself. Nine quids worth+.