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A word of warning for owners of C905's |
Thanweb
Joined: Jan 05, 2009
Posts: 22
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I Just got my bill through from orange and have been charged a great deal for multimedia messages i didn't send!
If like me you have groups of people set up to text all at once....make sure that each group is less than 10 people!
I WILL EXPLAIN...
I run a football team and text everyone every week to confirm attendance........i have a group set up with 15 people in and when i compose my message i select send to group and obviously choose that group.
To my HORROR i found out today that all groups of 10 or more automatically go as multimedia message and not standard texts when using the C905!
So be very careful when texting multiple recipients with the same message! |
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gregpot2000
Joined: Nov 23, 2008
Posts: 136
From: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire,
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HI MATE!
had exactly the same problem as you when arranging a night out as well, im on orange as well,
although i rang orange and told them, they were very helpful and credited the money lost onto my next bill.
thanks |
gtr83
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
Posts: > 500
From: Indonesia
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@Thanweb
This is due to a "feature" in the message editor that automatically treats text messages with emoticons in it as picture (multimedia) messages. Don't really know why they chose to do this.
Nokia 3520 > 6600 > W800i > W890i > C702 > C905 > BB 9500 > Samsung INNOV8 |
nealmcp
Joined: Oct 18, 2007
Posts: 17
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This seems like an absolutely stupid idea by SE. I don't think it will affect me as i have unlimited free texts anyway, however i feel sorry for the people who are doing this and finding out on their next bill. Anyone think there will be a possible firmware change for this useless 'function'? |
MG7
Joined: Feb 06, 2004
Posts: 119
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The feature is also on my unbranded C905. All of you have to call/mail customer support. Same thing happened to me for Christmas/New Year. |
Thanweb
Joined: Jan 05, 2009
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@ nealmcp...
i also have unlimited texts with orange but DOES NOT include multimedia texts
i did phone orange and they refunded me though....phew
[ This Message was edited by: Thanweb on 2009-01-10 22:02 ] |
bavlondon2
Joined: Jan 28, 2006
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I wonder how many people got stung with this bug on NYE hehe
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gtr83
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
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From: Indonesia
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@bavlondon2
lmao 
Nokia 3520 > 6600 > W800i > W890i > C702 > C905 > BB 9500 > Samsung INNOV8 |
glorfingal
Joined: Jun 10, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Bristol,UK
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interesting .... this "emoticon feature" only applies to c905's ?
I often send emoticon embedded sms's and my w902 doesn't
seem to do anything with them, or I'm not getting charged for
mms's !!!!
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NarkyMark
Joined: Dec 12, 2008
Posts: 4
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On 2009-01-11 01:27:41, bavlondon2 wrote:
I wonder how many people got stung with this bug on NYE hehe
Me for one, and still am! I still have messages stuck in the network, and some of my recipients are still receiving "All The Best For New Year" messages in February....They all think i'm mad!...Lol |
Bhavv
Joined: Jun 07, 2007
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This is more of a network problem then it is a problem with the phone.
On my T mobile tariff, MMS messages come out of my Flext allowance, and unlike normal texts, MMS is free to send throughout europe. One text message costs 10p, and one MMS costs 20p, however the MMS can be of almost unlimited length. So if a text message was to come up to 30p or more, it is cheaper for me to send an MMS. All the charges come out of my £180 monthly allowance. Also, my mobile broadband allowance allows inclusive use of HSDPA, Wifi, VOIP and phone as computer modem.
Basically, everysingle thing I can do on my phone is free of charge, but the problem is they make you pay for voicemail. Simple solution though - I dont use my voicemail, I ask everyone to send me text messages or email only. No matter what I use, I cant get my bill to exceed my monthly allowance. |
mds8080
Joined: Aug 20, 2004
Posts: 46
From: Singapore
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It is not a network problem and it is a phone "feature". Even my G705 behaves in such a way and I'm not on orange network. It is very irritating when I want to text a big group of people.
[ This Message was edited by: mds8080 on 2009-02-12 13:05 ] |
aquared29
Joined: Dec 07, 2008
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it means theres a bug on that phone? so bad.
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gtr83
Joined: Sep 27, 2008
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From: Indonesia
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I don't think it's a bug, it's intentional IMO. |
Bhavv
Joined: Jun 07, 2007
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To me, this feature is beneficial on my network and I wouldnt count it as a bug. The only bug is people who dont have MMS capable handsets and that send me back a message saying they cant recieve the MMS.
When I said this is a network problem, I meant being charged for sending MMS is a network problem. I seriously dont understand why people are still on Orange these days, minutes and unlimited texts tariffs are beyond useless when phones today have so many more features. I just wonder why I havnt yet found one other person that enjoys using MMS messaging - it is because your networks dont include it in your tariffs. A phone deciding to send MMS when a message gets too large or you send too many is, on my contract, a very helpful feature.
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Posted: 2009-01-08 14:56
All we need now is a little patience 
