I860 Text Messaging problems

Ive been callin nextel over and over again bout this but still no solution. Pretty much what it comes down to is I cant send text messages. I get an error ... "Message could not be sent!". Anyone else have this problem or know anything about it? Supposivly a tech is suppose to call me back when he resolves the issue but Ive payed for the messaging service for the last month and half and havent been able to send messages.

thanks for any help
james

nextel has recently within the past few days changes the way you and your nextel send and recieve text messages... insted of the old SMS way they went to the Net where everytime you revieved a message it would come up as a net alert and you would actually have to go online VIA your cellphone to check them... no nextel has converted their messaging system to the phone and the phone only, you dont need SMS messaging or an java enabled phone to read messages now they have upgraded their messaging system as like all of the other mobile phone carriers out there... soo it should be up and working good now

Enjoy

sorry you are incorrect, nextel has always used the net for their 2-way text messaging and have just recently switched to a sms type system and it only functions on the i860. all of the other phones still have to used the net unless you crack the phones software and hack into the i860 server for text messages.

Nah my phone has been doing this since i bought it about a month ago. It gives me the error message "Message could not be sent!" everytime I try to send a message. I just tried and still it will not send messages. Again my web service works fine although it does take a little while for me to recieve messages form others (maybe 10 or 15 minutes). Not sure why that is occuring either.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

no actually all phone my 3 phones use the sms handset messaging since about 8 days ago

not for two-way messaging, just for receiving messages, they call it sms but it really is not because it is not two-way messaging meaning you cannot reply to the message.

So can anyone help me out? I think the tech i talked to is a little retarded. He somehow thinks 48 hours is over 4 weeks long... still no call back from him.

does the two-way messaging work through the net?

well as you guys were saying you no longer go through the net. It is through actuall messaging that you can send texts. When i go to text messaging through the net it just gives me a message telling me to do it through message center. No option to send one through the net just that message.

I had some problems with my phone a while ago (about a year) whereby it would not connect to anything but a NEXTEL related site. Had tech support reset my IP addy manually in Reston. Apparently they had it blocked for some reason or another, not related to my usage (it's a gov't. issue, not a crack). Maybe there's a problem with yours!?!?

yeah they had me reset my ip more than once. They have also made me do a master reset pretty much everytime i call them and talk to a different person. And then each time i call the person tells me something different is wrong... I am confused and kind of mad that ive been payin for the service for a month and half and still am not able to send texts. I am really sick of being put on hold and not getting calls back. I might just cancel the service.

thanks anyway

I do know that you will be able to get a credit for the time that the messaging has not worked but that is not what you are worried about. where did you buy the phone. if you bought it from a nextel store i would take it back and explain what is going on and ask them to swap it out with another phone and see if that works. did you ever have service on a phone other than this i860? if you do decide to cancel you service I may be interested in purchasing your phone.

I bought the phone from nextel. I called them up and ordered it so it wasnt from an actual store. Do you think exchanging the phone will do anything? Ill have to call and ask them i guess. I had service on a i90 and i95.

I am thinking that maybe it is a phone problem or possible they have the text messaging set up for a different phone, one other than a i860. I would go to an actual store and ask them to try your sim in another i860 and see if it works and if not have them look in the computer right in front of you and see that they have you listed on your account as having an i860 with text messaging service on your account.

Well they have confirmed over and over again that I have an I860 and that i have the messaging service everytime i call. I guess trying my sim in another phoen will tell if it is the phone or a problem through there network or watever. Thanks