Longer Text Messages Now Splitting After 5/15/17 OTA Update - S8+
flannelanddenim

Text messaging was working fine until the OTA on the night of 5/15. I could receive novels without them being split up, but after the update it seems that every message that is more than a couple sentences is getting split and delivered out of order. I have tried different messaging apps, but they all do the same thing. Any help is much appreciated!

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Re: Longer Text Messages Now Splitting After 5/15/17 OTA Update - S8+
Ann154
Community Leader
Community Leader

SMS is limited to 160 characters. Perhaps you can create them as MMS messages instead.

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Re: Longer Text Messages Now Splitting After 5/15/17 OTA Update - S8+
vzw_customer_support
Customer Service Rep

Flannelanddenim, I understand your concern regarding the longer messages you receive being broken up. The message count is 160 characters any messages sent over that allowance does have the potential to be broken up and sent separately. This is how the network is designed. Do you have any other concerns regarding the messages?

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