Help texting turns into multimedia

[smiffy1962]

hi all, my samsung galaxy ace keeps turning my text messages into multimedia messages when i go past a certain ammount of text characters, maybe around 200 i think. is there a way to stop it from doing this or is this the max ammount of characters before it defualts to multimedia messaging ??

 

[alpha0990]

Yes there is a max. I think it's 3 texts combined into 1

 

[ayush29k]

That is the maximum amount of characters you can use for normal text in the default app.
Search at play store, there may be some other apps that allow more than 200 characters in a text, i think gosms and handcent allow that, i am not sure though, i am rooted and i use a custom app for this so i don't have this limitation.

 

[shannianni]

Hi

I had this as I was getting charged for a multimedia message when I sent text messages, I was told that the message limit was 200 characters and anything over this would then be classified as a multimedia message costing me money.
You change this goto messages

 

[ayush29k]

Hi

I had this as I was getting charged for a multimedia message when I sent text messages, I was told that the message limit was 200 characters and anything over this would then be classified as a multimedia message costing me money.
You change this goto messages

 

[shannianni]

Have you actually tried this?
Are you using ACE?

i am asking because i don't have the option to increase it to 900, 200 is max for me.

hi yes i have an ace , and have the option to change this, when you goto messages, press the left bottom button by the middle front square, select settings, it should then show a list, select text message limit, a box should pop up saying 200 with + above this and - below this number with cancel - set, can you see this?

 

[ayush29k]

hi yes i have an ace , and have the option to change this, when you goto messages, press the left bottom button by the middle front square, select settings, it should then show a list, select text message limit, a box should pop up saying 200 with + above this and - below this number with cancel - set, can you see this?

Well i cant see that anymore cos i just changed my rom, but next time i use a stock rom i will try this solution.
Don't know how i could have missed that in settings

 

[socrates0]

hi yes i have an ace , and have the option to change this, when you goto messages, press the left bottom button by the middle front square, select settings, it should then show a list, select text message limit, a box should pop up saying 200 with + above this and - below this number with cancel - set, can you see this?

I see 'select text message limit' but when I tap it nothing happens. I am on 2.3.6

 

[Deleted User]

Hi

I had this as I was getting charged for a multimedia message when I sent text messages, I was told that the message limit was 200 characters and anything over this would then be classified as a multimedia message costing me money.
You change this goto messages

 

[The Fulwell]

Hate to disappoint you, but your interpretation isn't right. This has nothing to do with the amount of characters before a text message turns into a multimedia message! It means that the total of messages per thread has a limit that you can change.

That's what I thought but it worked for me

 

[Deleted User]

That's what I thought but it worked for me

Did you actually try it out?? That really surprizes me. So you're sure that a text message won't turn into multimedia message after changing this limit?? With my carrier it doesn't work like that for sure.

 

[The Fulwell]

Did you actually try it out?? That really surprizes me. So you're sure that a text message won't turn into multimedia message after changing this limit?? With my carrier it doesn't work like that for sure.

Apologies - I was wrong.

Sent a very long text and didn't see the usual message that it had turned into a multimedia message, so I'd assumed it had worked.

However, on checking my balance today, I was obviously charged for it.

 

[shannianni]

Apologies - I was wrong.

Sent a very long text and didn't see the usual message that it had turned into a multimedia message, so I'd assumed it had worked.

However, on checking my balance today, I was obviously charged for it.

Hi All,

please be aware that if you go over your text character limit it will then be processed by your provider as a multimedia text messgae and they WILL charge you, mine is 40p a message which is the same as a picture message, i sent 8 and saw them on my bill at

 

[Deleted User]

Hi All,

please be aware that if you go over your text character limit it will then be processed by your provider as a multimedia text messgae and they WILL charge you, mine is 40p a message which is the same as a picture message, i sent 8 and saw them on my bill at

 

[ayush29k]

I'll try to elaborate it more Marcha, you are absolutely right.
shannianni, the 900 setting you are talking about does not refer to 900 characters in a text message, that setting refers to the number of messages/conversation you can keep under a thread/contact.
For example, i send a message to you and you reply me back and we keep on a long conversation, now the 900 means that i can store a maximum of 900 messages in my messaging app under the contact shannianni, when the limit is reached the older messages will keep getting deleted from the thread in order to make space for new ones. It does not refer to the character limit at all.

 

[Deleted User]

Thanx Ayush for your further elaboration, I hope everything has been cleared up now!