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Help reappearing blank anonymous sms on ad card

pookgai

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Got my HTC desire couple of weeks ago,and have hadthis problem since .

Everytime I turn on my phone i get a new blank from anonymous that sits on my SD card;I know its on my SD card because there's a logo of an SD card on yhe text bubble.

Even if i delete it,it willreappear. Even if i try black list it will reappear.

The date of the texy message used to be consistently the same as well as the same time jntil today.

Where are texts held on the sd card ? Anyone else having this problem?
 
Got my HTC desire couple of weeks ago,and have hadthis problem since .

Everytime I turn on my phone i get a new blank from anonymous that sits on my SD card;I know its on my SD card because there's a logo of an SD card on yhe text bubble.

Even if i delete it,it willreappear. Even if i try black list it will reappear.

The date of the texy message used to be consistently the same as well as the same time jntil today.

Where are texts held on the sd card ? Anyone else having this problem?

I have it. The date/time has changed though. It's always the exact date/time of a voicemail message or missed call. Look at your call history and see if it matches one. So I guess it's a bug in something which is trying to tell you about that.
 
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Are you sure it's an SD card symbol? And not a SIM card symbol?

I had some messages on the sim card which reappeared (like yours) on all reboot. Just go to the stock 'messages' app - settings - manage SIM card messages

If they are on the sim, delete them using the messages app, handcent cannot do it

(I'm on orange UK too) I've deleted it. It was a sim message. But are they going to keep coming back? Am I going to recycle a missed call into a sim card message whenever I reboot my phone?
 
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Have the same on mine. messages>settings>manage SIM card messages shows Anonymous at 11:35am

But menu>delete messages does not delete it???

Stuck

That is odd! got acces to another phone perhaps? (would be great if it wasn't a smart phone) so you could pop in your sim card in there and delete it using the other phone.


Did not see your update, good thing it's fixed!
 
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(I'm on orange UK too) I've deleted it. It was a sim message. But are they going to keep coming back? Am I going to recycle a missed call into a sim card message whenever I reboot my phone?

No normally it will not come back if you deleted it right, android does not store messages on the sim card.

I'd suggest trying a reboot and check if it still pops up, or even call yourself and speak in a voicemail to check if the problem is related.

But i do not think it is tied to the voicemail. There just happend to be a message on your sim
 
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No normally it will not come back if you deleted it right, android does not store messages on the sim card.

I'd suggest trying a reboot and check if it still pops up, or even call yourself and speak in a voicemail to check if the problem is related.

But i do not think it is tied to the voicemail. There just happend to be a message on your sim

Just happened to happen, what, 3 times to me (*it happened again 5 mins ago) and to that other guy? Each time at the exact time of a voicemail message? No. Clearly there's a bug here. * I hung up on a caller this morning and they went onto voicemail. I just ran my battery down, and when I plugged it in, there it is - an anonymous message from 7.23 this morning on my sim card.
 
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If you are on Orange, it is to do with the way Orange sends the notification to update the voicemail symbol.
I did an app to automatically delete the message from the SIM as it arrives. That way, you don't get to see it.

thats great, thank you for the clarification as to why this appears. I can now delete it myself knowing how it arrives.

Guess it means i should answer the phone!
 
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