Thread: Can't Send Texts Over Character Limit?

Hi everyone!

I bought an HTC Desire about a month ago, and it's been working great so far. However, for the past couple of weeks, I noticed that I'm unable to send texts over the 160 character limit. Before, it used to just continue onto another separate text, which would both be simultaneously sent and would be received. Just to make sure that my texts aren't being lost, I changed my text settings to notify me if a text was sent through successfully; if I try to send a text over the 160 limit, the notification doesn't come up at all (not even to say that it failed), and my friends tell me that it says that the SMS says its "incomplete" and they can't read anything.

Furthermore, when I try to text in another language (like French or Chinese), the character limit reduces itself to 70?

Are these actual HTC problems, or should I call my service provider? Thank-you!

Call your service provider... it's not normal behaviour from an HTC Desire. It might be faulty. As far as I am aware the settings should not affect this. It might be something to do with your SIM card - is it an old one?

I use handcent txting app, but I'm shore i sore allow 160 character split message or something similar in the the std txt app settings.

Greg