iphone sms "error sending message" help

same issue

i have a phone that has not been unlocked....swapped it out at apple today...and its happening with one contact only....later in the day it started happending to another contact....if you find a fix please let me know!

cmoralespv,

It seems like I have the exactsame problem.

I jailbreak via (jailbreakme.com)
I unlocked via anySim
I am on the Rogers network in Canada.

Anyone else have this happening and knows of a fix?

After further looking into it this seems to only happen to one of the three contacts I have been sms messaging.

- For a new or cleared conversation I can send text message, until I receive a message, then I get the "Error sending message" problem.
- The contact is on the same network (Rogers)
- iPhone is displaying the time of the message received is about 6hr before the first mesage I sent.

Things that I have done that don't seem to work:
- rebooting the phone
- taking out the sim card and putting it back in
- delete my sms.db file
- add +1 dial code to the contact

Does anyone else have other ideas?

I had a similar problem not being able to send SMS, though I could receive message no problem. It turned out that the problem was with the SIM card on my unlocked phone. The SIM card had no more space to store SMS messages, so the iPhone couldn't send anymore. I know that doesn't make sense, since the iPhone doesn't actually store messages on the SIM card, but deleting SMS messages from the SIM card fixed the problem. (I had to put the SIM card back in my old phone to do that since I couldn't access the saved SMS messages with the iPhone).

So, one thing you could try would be to try your iPhone with someone else's SIM card and see if you can send messages to the people you currently can't. If that fixes the problem, it must be your SIM card.

"Error sending message" problem update: Still been two weeks and this problem won't go away. It only happens to the same contact (also on rogers). Also I have noticed the timestamp on all incoming txt messages are about 7hrs behind the current time? I live in (GST -700)....

VIVA in Bolivia sucks

Hello cmoralespv,

I'm in Bolivia (cbba) using iphone with VIVA and yes, I have the exact same problem as you described above with the "error sening message" when replying.

This mean it's a carrier problem. Have you reported this to VIVA? I think I'm going to change to Entel. Let us know if you find a solution for VIVA.

i am having this problem with any contact i try to SMS, and my iPhone isn't unlocked.

my number was ported over today and i can make and receive calls no problem.

i'm going to go to 02 shop tomorrow, but was hoping someone knew something i could try.... (after reading so far..no)

herodian said:

i am having this problem with any contact i try to SMS, and my iPhone isn't unlocked.

my number was ported over today and i can make and receive calls no problem.

i'm going to go to 02 shop tomorrow, but was hoping someone knew something i could try.... (after reading so far..no)

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Same problem here - my old number was ported over today (due tomorrow) - and although I can make/receive calls and receive messages, I cannot send them. I guess it might be to do with the transfer.

happyadam said:

Same problem here - my old number was ported over today (due tomorrow) - and although I can make/receive calls and receive messages, I cannot send them. I guess it might be to do with the transfer.

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tbh, i dont know if i can receive them. i did ask mrs herodian to text me but she went out for someones leaving do so i suspect she's forgotten.

women / number porting... bah.

i can receive messages but not reply or send new ones.

it's working now. w00t!

sms sending solution

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

after hours of research i found a solution for this sms problem


its the sms message center number u need to put n iphone so u could send sms to everyone

wat u need to do is this on iphone type this


*5005*7672*XXXXXXXX# Call were xxxxxxxx is message center number provided by carrier to get this number u need to call customer service of ur carrier

OK the easiest solution: I had the exact same problems and it has something to do with the sim card...especially if it's coming from a previous cell phone into an iphone. I think there is some info in the sim card that disables sms messages (sending). I went to a Rogers store and purchased a new sim card for $25. You can call Rogers customer service (*611) and tell them you are having problems with your sim card and sending txt messages...chances are they will credit your account $25 to compensate you for purchasing your new sim card at a rogers store. Everything works perfectly again.
One problem that I am having now is not being notified on my iphone that I have a voice mail message ever since I installed the new sim card. It seems that sim cards can prevent the iphone from certain features especially when it relates to sms or voicemail indicators...I guess I would rather have an inoperable voice message indicator than an inoperable sms messaging. I'm addicted to sms messaging.
One more note:
A few weeks ago I was having problems when retrieving my voice mail messages on my iphone I would immediately receive 3 sms messages after retrieving my voice mail "1(23) 1(23) 1(23" one after an another; I called rogers technical support in Toronto and they said they were aware of this and apparently they were working on the problem. The surprising this is is that during this period that I was getting the weird txt messages my "visual voice mail" was working on my iphone! Yes I couldn't believe it! After receiving a voicemail message I would get a sms txt message that I had a voicemail from a caller (caller id and everything). I don't know if it was a fluke or perhaps MAYBE Rogers is working on (testing) a new service (visual voice mail) for HOPEFULLY the upcoming release of iphone or iphone nano here in Canada. I don't know, I can only hope this is true. Ever since I stopped getting the 1(23) messages as well my visual voicemail stopped working. So obviously ROgers is working on some kind of visual voice mail service. Just a couple of days ago Rogers launched a new cellular option called "voicemail to text" I was excited about this and tried it out since I still don't get my message waiting indicator to show up on my phone when I have a voicemail. Unfortunately I couldn't get it to work on my iphone after hours dealing with technical support so I just decided to cancel this new service. I will wait another month and try it out again and hopefully Rogers can trouble shoot the iphone to work with this new feature. In the mean time if anyone knows a solution to get the message waiting indicator to show on the iphone whenever I have a message waiting that would be much appreciated...I tried turning the feature on in my voicemail settings...any other ideas?

Hi all!

I have been suffering for these same symptoms for the last 10 days (since I bought my iPhone -1.0.2), i.e. I am unable to send sms replies to 2-3 contacts on my iPhone. I have run through the following steps as posted on this thread:
1. Delete all sms's from my sim card - no change
2. Re-enter sms service centre through phone keypad- no change
3. Replace sim-card- no change
However, I have stumbled upon the solution to this (at least for my iPhone!). It appears that the problem is with the phone that sends you an sms which then corrupts your chat history. The solution to this for me was:

Get the user of the phone number that you have issues with to go through their sms settings and change the following setting as follows:

Reply via same service center- NO

Both numbers that were giving me problems are now fully operational!

Hope this helps.

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the only times I've seen that error is when I was out of credit, so maybe it is your sim.

I've got the same problem. 1.1.1 Unlocked on Rogers. I can send to all contacts except one. I have to clear msgs, then send I can reply. Anyone find a fix for this?

What is the rogers txt message gateway #, and how do I change it in the iphone settings i cant find the menu for it.

Did you try to follow all the procedures in my post? I found it worked very well on another 1.1.1.

Yes. I tried everything, but the solution has been found and resolved.

I was trying to send sms's to a sony ericcson, and changing the 'reply to service sender was not an option available. Instead, i found that "request reply" was on. After turning this off i could send to the sony ericsson with ease!

Thanks again Amar, you da man

You're welcome! Glad to be of assistance. Cheers!

AHHHH its worse now

aligfal said:

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

after hours of research i found a solution for this sms problem


its the sms message center number u need to put n iphone so u could send sms to everyone

wat u need to do is this on iphone type this


*5005*7672*XXXXXXXX# Call were xxxxxxxx is message center number provided by carrier to get this number u need to call customer service of ur carrier

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I followed the step and used rogers message center number and now i can't send a SMS message to anyone of my contacts... i was doing this originally beacuse one of my contacts was usesing a pearl blackberry and i got "error sending message" and so i tried the instuctions and now i'm fuct....

Please anyone any help would be greatly apriciated!!!

I get this when the connection is down or isn't strong, such as a weak signal area. It could just be that your connections aren't strong enough to transmit data...I get dropped data a lot in particular areas of my house, etc.

oxlikwidxo said:

I followed the step and used rogers message center number and now i can't send a SMS message to anyone of my contacts... i was doing this originally beacuse one of my contacts was usesing a pearl blackberry and i got "error sending message" and so i tried the instuctions and now i'm fuct....

Please anyone any help would be greatly apriciated!!!

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Hi there! What was the exact number you input as your message center number?

the exact number is...

17057969300

*5005*7672*17057969300#

did i use the wrong number??

Rogers Canada

Thanks for any help!

oxlikwidxo said:

17057969300

*5005*7672*17057969300#

did i use the wrong number??

Rogers Canada

Thanks for any help!

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Hi! You're mising the '+' sign before the country code. It should read:

*5005*7672*+17057969300#

Cheers!