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MMS Issue (strange)

BoostedRS

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Sep 5, 2017
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Just a little background I have an Samsung Galaxy S8 with most updated software and the carrier I'm using is Sprint. I have had this phone since it's initial release and this just started happening recently. To my recollection I didn't install anything, change anything, or do anything to have it start happening.

I have one friend that I know if and every time we are in a group chat or MMS chat it sends all of these characters which seem like some sort of formatting text. It sends this before as a separate message and then whatever he sends as a text. Below is a screenshot of what happens. It does not happen when I text him individually and not in an MMS format.

The issue happens in Textra which is my normal texting app as well as the default messaging app. I have attempted to delete the conversation as well as reinstall Textra and it still does it.

Please help!
 

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He doesn't use an iPhone. He actually has the same phone and has an S8 also. To my knowledge he doesn't use a different font. I tried to send him a message but no response yet.

I have received some weird stuff similar to what you showed and it was because the person was using some custom font but your friend has an S8 so I have no idea what it could be.
 
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