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I've already sent longer sms successfully, so I guess it's possible! It's not a big issue though, thanks for your work.
PS i'm using GoSms, don't know if it can be related somehow.
I've sent longer messages than 4 pages both with my Nexus S and through competing sms-to-pc service BrowserTexting. I prefer this app's layout and more reliable sending of messages, but the 4 page limit is really a clincher for me as the whole reason I use this app is to send long text messages from the comfort of my computer. If this issue was resolved I would definitely purchase this otherwise excellent program!
This is still affecting me: incoming messages show full-length within the stock Android messaging app, but are truncated after four-SMS' worth in the DeskSMS webapp. Can't confirm whether this affects the IM and email flavours of DeskSMS as I don't use them, but the webapp is definitely affected
This has been affecting me for a few months as well. Messages sent from the webapp are cut off after 4 pages, and incoming messages cut off after 4 pages. Any updates on this issue?
This has been an issue for more than 1.5 years now.
Sent a E-mail about this: 25/11 - 2011
4 pages != 4 actual pages, it's 526 characters which is about 3 pages + 10 characters.
"4 pages" == "4" multi-part text messages (not MMS or traditional SMS)
The problem is that mostly European network providers have a different understanding ov concatenated SMS, which in short is multi-part messages (SMS) sent in the same SMS.
To overcome this limitation Android converts any messages longer then 526 characters into a MMS.
This is something DeskSMS doesn't support, it simply tries to send the message as a TEXT message (SMS) and there for android will crop it down to whatever is supported.
Depending on how "low-level" DeskSMS is it could theoretically send UDH directly via the phone and thus being able to send ~255 "pages" long SMS via proper multi-part sms, or it could simply tell Android to send a MMS if the text-length goes above 526 characters.
Also, receiving MMS will be coped at 526 characters for some reason, most likely this is because DeskSMS tries to retrieve the message as a TEXT message rather then multi-part data or MMS?
DeskSMS shows pictures when I receive an MMS with an image attached. If so, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to send messages over 4 pages as an MMS from DeskSMS, correct?
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koush commentedon Sep 5, 2011
Android may not support texts longer than 4 pages. I will need to investigate.
pizzabackup commentedon Sep 5, 2011
I've already sent longer sms successfully, so I guess it's possible! It's not a big issue though, thanks for your work.
PS i'm using GoSms, don't know if it can be related somehow.
pizzabackup commentedon Sep 5, 2011
Sorry for pressing the wrong button ;)
TwoLeaves commentedon Oct 24, 2011
I've sent longer messages than 4 pages both with my Nexus S and through competing sms-to-pc service BrowserTexting. I prefer this app's layout and more reliable sending of messages, but the 4 page limit is really a clincher for me as the whole reason I use this app is to send long text messages from the comfort of my computer. If this issue was resolved I would definitely purchase this otherwise excellent program!
koush commentedon Oct 24, 2011
I'll be investigating this problem this week.
TwoLeaves commentedon Feb 28, 2012
What's the forecast?
JoeyJoJoJr commentedon Mar 14, 2012
This is still affecting me: incoming messages show full-length within the stock Android messaging app, but are truncated after four-SMS' worth in the DeskSMS webapp. Can't confirm whether this affects the IM and email flavours of DeskSMS as I don't use them, but the webapp is definitely affected
shanet commentedon Oct 29, 2012
This has been affecting me for a few months as well. Messages sent from the webapp are cut off after 4 pages, and incoming messages cut off after 4 pages. Any updates on this issue?
Torxed commentedon Nov 14, 2012
This has been an issue for more than 1.5 years now.
Sent a E-mail about this: 25/11 - 2011
4 pages != 4 actual pages, it's 526 characters which is about 3 pages + 10 characters.
"4 pages" == "4" multi-part text messages (not MMS or traditional SMS)
The problem is that mostly European network providers have a different understanding ov concatenated SMS, which in short is multi-part messages (SMS) sent in the same SMS.
To overcome this limitation Android converts any messages longer then 526 characters into a MMS.
This is something DeskSMS doesn't support, it simply tries to send the message as a TEXT message (SMS) and there for android will crop it down to whatever is supported.
Depending on how "low-level" DeskSMS is it could theoretically send UDH directly via the phone and thus being able to send ~255 "pages" long SMS via proper multi-part sms, or it could simply tell Android to send a MMS if the text-length goes above 526 characters.
Also, receiving MMS will be coped at 526 characters for some reason, most likely this is because DeskSMS tries to retrieve the message as a TEXT message rather then multi-part data or MMS?
shanet commentedon Nov 18, 2012
DeskSMS shows pictures when I receive an MMS with an image attached. If so, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to send messages over 4 pages as an MMS from DeskSMS, correct?