Andre

Guess I came along a bug in the SMS handling of HP's iPaq hw6965. I noticed this strange behavior once before but quickly forgot about it until this morning when exactly the same happened again.

Using a 3 (Three) rechargeable SIM card, I get a text message (SMS) from the service provider when I am under 10HK$ after making a phone call. Going below 10 by sending a text message won't trigger that notification (at least I never had that experience). Anyway, the point is that if the balance is below 10HK$, outgoing SMS won't work anymore. A standard error message from the phone pops up telling me I first have to subscribe to the service before I can use it. Doing a recharge enables text messaging again and there won't be a problem if I wouldn't want to re-send the previously failed message.

Here's the scenario after a successful recharge:

• Re-sending previously failed message fails forever with the same error (I have to subscribe to the service...).
• Creating a new message to a different receiver works.

Now watch this:

• If I delete the previously failed message (also clearing the "Deleted Items" folder) and re-create it, it will still fail forever.
• If I first create a new message and send it to a different receiver (which succeeds), then
  • the previously failed message will also be sent no matter re-created...
  • ... or not deleted (just try once more re-sending the original)

Solutions to fix this bug I haven't tested yet (but are cheaper as it won't cost the delivery of one dummy message):

• Soft-resetting the device
• Killing all (text) messenger processes