Random SMS/MMS Issue Frustrating Some T-Mobile G1 Users
By James Falconer on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 8:37 AM PST In GPhone, Messaging, T-Mobile
A strange situation has arisen around T-Mobile (NYSE: DT)-land. The issue concerns the T-Mobile G1 in particular. Seems as though, due to ‘issues with messaging servers’, G1 users have/are receiving SMS and MMS messages from others that didn’t even send them in the first place. The issue has been ongoing for a week or so now. Very odd. Things appear to be limited to the G1 handset only, and T-Mobile has ensured that engineers are working the problem.
Lets hope they can get this cleared up shortly, as some G1 users are definitely going crazy. I know I’d be a little peeved if I kept receiving strange SMS and MMS messages from strangers… Especially if they were a frequent occurrence.
[AndroidCentral via ModMyGPhone]
I noticed this issue with my G1 from day 1. I got a text message from someone not in my contacts. Instead of showing the number where it came from, it randomly used an e-mail address from my google inbox. Also, at times, it would use the very first contact I had listed as the text message sender, when in fact it was not. After a successful master reset the issue was resolved, but did return a month later. Another master reset and the phone is ok.
The G1 definately has some quirks, but I still remind myself that it is a new operating system, released before it was truly tested, lacking in some basic features, but overall still new. Reminds of when Microsoft released Windows 3.1, 95, 97, and XP for the first time! LOL