SMS Fail Fix
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About SMS Fail Fix
If you experienced failure to reply to SMS, you probably need this application to avoid having to delete the received SMS messages in order to successfully reply.
NOTE: since the recent Android 4.4 releases (for example CyanogenMod 11) you may have to go in Settings -> Privacy -> Privacy Guard (or equivalent App Ops feature) and push for a few seconds on the SMSFailFix slot in order set "Write SMS DB" to "Allowed" (as shown in the third screenshot). This app will not be effective if "Write SMS DB" is set to "Denied" (i.e. the default setting in CyanogenMod 11). After allowing "Write SMS DB" you may want to start the app just once, like if it was the first time you run it after installing it. The procedure described in this paragraph to allow "Write SMS DB" takes only a few seconds and it works fine on CyanogenMod 11. Android versions older than 4.4 don't require this procedure.
Android doesn't always use the correct Service Center number configured in your phone to deliver your SMS. Android can use erratic information included in the received SMS to override the Service Center number configured in your phone. That tends to systematically fail with certain carriers, especially when replying to foreign numbers or while travelling abroad.
This app should be launched once after installing it and then you can forget about it and everything will just work fine.
On the first launch it informs you if it had to adjust any SMS that could have been preventing you to reply to SMS. After the first launch you should already be able to successfully reply to SMS.
After the first launch the app runs automatically only during message reception and you don't need to manually launch it anymore.
The only way to disable it is to uninstall it.
All this app does is to clear the problematic information stored in the SMS database that could lead to an override of the Service Center number. It guarantees you that only the Service Center number configured in your phone will be used to send SMS. This sounds safer regardless if you ever had SMS delivery failures or not.
The problematic specification (that this app disables) is described in the Android source as "rule from TS 23.040 D.6".
This app is open source and released under the GPL version 2.
NOTE: since the recent Android 4.4 releases (for example CyanogenMod 11) you may have to go in Settings -> Privacy -> Privacy Guard (or equivalent App Ops feature) and push for a few seconds on the SMSFailFix slot in order set "Write SMS DB" to "Allowed" (as shown in the third screenshot). This app will not be effective if "Write SMS DB" is set to "Denied" (i.e. the default setting in CyanogenMod 11). After allowing "Write SMS DB" you may want to start the app just once, like if it was the first time you run it after installing it. The procedure described in this paragraph to allow "Write SMS DB" takes only a few seconds and it works fine on CyanogenMod 11. Android versions older than 4.4 don't require this procedure.
Android doesn't always use the correct Service Center number configured in your phone to deliver your SMS. Android can use erratic information included in the received SMS to override the Service Center number configured in your phone. That tends to systematically fail with certain carriers, especially when replying to foreign numbers or while travelling abroad.
This app should be launched once after installing it and then you can forget about it and everything will just work fine.
On the first launch it informs you if it had to adjust any SMS that could have been preventing you to reply to SMS. After the first launch you should already be able to successfully reply to SMS.
After the first launch the app runs automatically only during message reception and you don't need to manually launch it anymore.
The only way to disable it is to uninstall it.
All this app does is to clear the problematic information stored in the SMS database that could lead to an override of the Service Center number. It guarantees you that only the Service Center number configured in your phone will be used to send SMS. This sounds safer regardless if you ever had SMS delivery failures or not.
The problematic specification (that this app disables) is described in the Android source as "rule from TS 23.040 D.6".
This app is open source and released under the GPL version 2.
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What's Changed
v1.1: Retry a few times if the SMS database is locked by another app.
v1.1: Retry a few times if the SMS database is locked by another app.
More downloads SMS Fail Fix reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads SMS Fail Fix reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
What are users saying about SMS Fail Fix
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I couldn't text after flashing cm13 but now I can. Thanks!
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My sms failed fixed. Great app. Thanks devs.
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PLz help me it is not working i have sky im710
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Bs Don't wrk
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Does nothing
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Didn't fix my problem...
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dear sir i am facing message sending problem in my samsung note 4 please explain can use this app to solve my message sending problem after install this app nothing happend?? please help
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Recently my sms stoped sending, this app fixed everything. Great app
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The best ever
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Omg...it actually did it... i was not able to send sms.. i did everything which i could do... and i was not expecting it to work.. but wow..it actually works..
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Fixed S4 failed message issue! Wow!
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Spent hours on Google trying to find a solution searched Google your app came up gave it a try and it worked stress is relieved. Thank you!
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Awesome
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Recently ported over phone from Verizon to T-Mobile, and could not send regular SMS. This app did not solve the problem. Need some means of changing the SMSC value (hidden menu not there)
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Does not work it's a lie
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Doesnt do amything it just words and words but nothing happens
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It can't fix misbehave messages
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It wont let me install it from the play store
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Does as it says
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Useless
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I have a Verizon boot locked Note2, can't set the message centre for sms. For some reason Verizon removed it or won't allow me to access it. Kept getting message fail... installed this app, no more problems! Thanks!
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This is very nice and working app.. i just want to request developer .. i have a blog and want to write review there if his permission.
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PLz help me it is not working i have sky im710
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Didnt work
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great, it solved my problem on my lenovo p770,
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The best ever
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My texts used to fail when sending. I could still receive texts but they were getting sent through the wrong paths. I guess this can happen when using a phone built for one carrier and a service from another. Anyways, problem solved. Tech support didn't even know. Thanks, Andrea.
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Genuinely solved my problem which i couldn't do
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Earlier I hd to delete the received msg to reply to it... this app completely resolved the issue... great app(y)
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did not fix my failed messages.
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Got my message center # back immediately :)
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Fixed everything
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Omg ! That saved life.. my first rating for awesome app *THUMBSUP*
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For some contacts i had to delete received sms to be able to answer. But after installing this program everything is fine. Works great, thanks. For my GS2 with ICS 4.0.3
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My SMS refused to send, but now the problem is gone.
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Not looking to get involved in knowing what was wrong, but I do know this fixed it. Thanks
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Used to have failed sms all the time. Minimised it to about 98 percent.
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Still can't reply to some people. Sorry
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Got my message center # back immediately :)
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Didn't do a damn thing.