Comments on: iPhone SMS Text Application

By: Troy

Troy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:00:43 +0000

Here is a letter I sent to Apple regarding a story I have about this SMS TEXT Pop up window that cost me my job.

MAJOR SECURITY ISSUE!!!!

Well I just spent 700.00 to apparently UPGRADE from my Blackberry Storm to the Iphone 3GS. I have a macbook pro so it just seemed to make sense.
Anyhow I am thinking I may return the phone and hook up my Telus Blackberry again.

The phone is great, I am very happy with all the features, apps etc etc.

However, there is a HUGE HUGE HUGE SECURITY ISSUE with the fact with the TEXT MESSAGE POP UP.

I am currently applying for other work and had my new IPHONE on the desk.
Although I turned off the SMS Preview it still shows who the text is coming from and the fact you have a text.
My boss was walking by my desk while I was not there and had my phone on the desk and the phone buzzed. He then looked down and saw it was a text message from our main competitor.

Hence loosing my job……

Any correspondence with our company and a competitor is grounds for dismissal seeing as the informations that we know is highly classified.

So I would like to say a big huge THANK YOU!!!! For helping with the loss of my job.

This is incredibly serious and will definitely have a Lawyer looking into this.

I would highly suggest that you do something about this issue before you get some type of class action law suit on your hands.

Again I will be returning the phone for my 700.00 back and then go back to the Blackberry that holds business information very highly highly secure for their users.

Thank you again sincerely for the loss of my job came at such a great time with the economy being so bad and all!!!!

Disappointed,

Troy

By: Ulrik

Ulrik — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:57:18 +0000

The send Burton placement is very unfortunate as it’s too easy to hit accidentally. For crucial texts to hot babes I now turn it to flight mode until I’m done writing, to avoid screwing up my game by sending before it’s perfect:( horizontal mode is greatly needed too and the ability to scroll up and read earlier texts while typing is inconsistant.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:59:24 +0000

Hey, if you click into the conversation then press edit on the top right hand corner you can then choose what messages you want to delete. I have 3gs though and it’s my understanding you can’t do this on the original.

By: Mowen

Mowen — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:08:47 +0000

Hi I have the same problem…and I was searching now for it I get a new incoming sound of new MSG on my iPhone but when I enter to see the MSG there is nothing .. I knew the problem but I can’t find how to view this MSG….the problem is that I deleted the first MSG conversation in my MSG inbox that is related to my friend which we where contacting each other with…anyway a new incoming sound of a MSG came but with no MSG inside .. I knew then that it is my friend who send it…. And I can’t view it becaue I deleted the first MSG conversation and on my iPhone to the top right I see a red mark indicating this problem …anyone could help view this MSG ? Thanks for ur help

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:32:52 +0000

I’m pretty sure the only way is to lower the volume just before sending.

By: Roman

Roman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:02:51 +0000

is there a way to turn off the sound when a text is sent

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:03:18 +0000

As quickly as what? No, the native SMS app in the iPhone does not allow you to change the ringtone.

By: Ari

Ari — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:07:45 +0000

Will this app receive text messages as quickly from my phone #? Can I customize the ringtone of the text message to one that lasts 30 seconds, loud, and obnoxious?

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:51:27 +0000

I’d contact Vodafone about it…

By: Olga

Olga — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:48:18 +0000

I get sms with text and I can read it on the screen as a preview, it appears like all sms that I get, but when the screen is off abd I turn it on again it disappears. I can see an incoming sms on the sms-icon, but there is no new sms inside the folder. Normally it happend with informative sms from my operator vodafone, but today it happend with a number which I don’t have in the address book and I don’t know from whom cause I could’t read it and it dissapeared! :(

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:38:53 +0000

So you are getting blank SMS messages? I’d call AT&T about that.

By: Olga

Olga — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:16:56 +0000

Hi Gary, thank you for answering! I mean sms. And it is shown that there’s incoming sms but there is nothing inside the smss. Sorry my english is not perfect, it’s pretty hard to explain because I don’t really understand all those things. Thanx again!

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:28:08 +0000

Not sure what you mean … “messages from my operator?” You can get messages via SMS, email, and from a variety of 3rd-party apps that use the “notifications” feature of the iPhone.

By: Olga

Olga — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:54:32 +0000

Hello! Could you tell me please, how can I view informative messages from my operator and some from other people (I dunno if they send it from phone or any computer program) that appear only once on the screen like a preview for a recieved sms and I can’t find them anymore… Thank you very much!!! Olga

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:13:04 +0000

You can turn of SMS preview in the Settings under Messages. But I don’t think you can turn off notification entirely — defeats the purpose of SMS messages.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:32:06 +0000

is there any app or setting without jb my iphone so i wont see either sms text or name pop up???

By: Gary Rosenzweig

Gary Rosenzweig — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:20:55 +0000

In iChat on the Mac, it is in the File Menu. “Send SMS.” — perhaps you have an old version of iChat? Current is 4.0.8. But I think this feature has been around for a long while.

By: bionikman

bionikman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:41:35 +0000

Re: “You can also send text messages from iChat on your Mac. Simply choose Send SMS from the File menu, enter a phone number and a message.”

I can’t find that feature in iChat. I used to send/receive SMS from from my Mac via my Sony-erricsson, but can’t do that with iphone. Anyone know how?

By: anna

anna — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:56:07 +0000

settings > general > passcode lock > show SMS preview off

By: jez

jez — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:10:10 +0000

Is it possible to send a text to all in the contacts list
Also Paul 30th dec advised use of pinger phone from apps store can not find it is there anything else

By: rosenz

rosenz — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:29:12 +0000

There is no option to rearrange the buttons in apps like that. But you may want to make the suggestion on an official apple forum.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:25:19 +0000

The SEND button is in a spot where I have accidently sent messages prematurely. Can it be moved to a spot where it is less likely to be hit accidentally. i.e., to the right of the Contact Info box at the top of the screen.

Call Contact Info Send

That way it is unlikely you hit the send button accidentally while creating a message.

Jack

By: rosenz

rosenz — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:16:44 +0000

I’m not sure.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:28:46 +0000

Rosenz, do you know if I can turn off the sound the phone makes when sending texts? I see how to change it for receiving texts under settings, but not for sending them. Thanks for your help.

By: yam

yam — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:42:05 +0000

hi, did you find any solution your question if so please let me know how to delete ceratin SMS messages and leave the rest

By: PanamaJeepster

PanamaJeepster — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:37:09 +0000

I have the same problem as mcwd. Text message alert but no message. Strange.

By: Silver

Silver — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:36:56 +0000

Rosenz, thank you for your reply.

By: rosenz

rosenz — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:37:21 +0000

Silver: No, you can’t use ringtones for text message alerts.

By: Silver

Silver — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:37:53 +0000

How can I use customized alert for text messages? I have custom ringtones but can not set them up as a message alert.

Please help

By: Silver

Silver — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:35:29 +0000

I can not set up a customized alert for SMS, I have downloaded ringtone “incoming message” but I can not make it work with messages.

Can anyone help me and tell me how to do it?