1. EvJ296's Avatar
    Does anyone know if there is a way around the 160 character limit for SMS messages on the verizon 8330s?
    03-02-09 09:12 PM
  2. RavenMaverick's Avatar
    It's like that for all carriers. Nothing you can do about it. Sorry.


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    03-02-09 09:18 PM
  3. amazinglygraceless's Avatar
    No. You can workaround it by sending the message as a MMS
    instead.
    03-02-09 09:19 PM
  4. Iceman's Avatar
    03-02-09 09:23 PM
  5. SevereDeceit's Avatar
    Right on AG...
    03-02-09 09:23 PM
  6. mbudden's Avatar
    Correction. It's not for all. I can send up to 160 x 6
    03-02-09 09:25 PM
  7. Ricanx22's Avatar
    No. You can workaround it by sending the message as a MMS
    instead.
    Also in a Blackberry PIN... but you probably knew that already!
    03-02-09 09:26 PM
  8. amazinglygraceless's Avatar
    Also in a Blackberry PIN... but you probably knew that already!
    I didn't want to make the assumption that the other party has a BB also, but that is
    my first choice for people I know who do.

    Correction. It's not for all. I can send up to 160 x 6
    I think you may have missed the point. Every carrier has a character limit for
    each individual message, irrespective of how many of them you can string
    together.
    Last edited by amazinglygraceless; 03-02-09 at 09:30 PM.
    03-02-09 09:27 PM
  9. fellowapplegater's Avatar
    Ag,doesn't mms depend on if the receiving person has a data plan?

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    03-02-09 10:20 PM
  10. amazinglygraceless's Avatar
    Ag,doesn't mms depend on if the receiving person has a data plan?
    Yes, and some carriers have standalone SMS/MMS plans. For BBM a BB data
    plan is required.
    03-02-09 10:29 PM
  11. ldconger's Avatar
    I have seen a lot of forums talking about a 160 charater limit on the BBY curve but I can't get mine to exceed 50 characters. I've seen discussion about this could be a subject line in the txt but that doesn't appear to be the case. The subject line shows up for MMS, but doesn't for SMS texting. Help!! 50 characters is way to little
    09-22-09 04:07 PM
  12. Martinzqx's Avatar
    there is an app called beyond 160 for CDMA carriers you can purchase. pretty sick if you ask me =]
    09-22-09 04:14 PM
  13. larrygump's Avatar
    I use beyond 160....it truncates the message into 160 character sms's all at once
    09-22-09 04:54 PM
  14. mattw85's Avatar
    There is a program callrd beyond160 you can download to your phone....its like $6 but they had a free trial. I found it under the CB app store

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    09-22-09 06:40 PM
  15. rachel0179's Avatar
    I use beyond160 and love it, but I just saw a new app out on the 3rd party forum called textender. I havnt looked at it yet, Im happy with beyond 160
    09-22-09 06:46 PM
  16. icwx3's Avatar
    I just got Textender yesterday for $1.50 from the CrackBerry App Store and I love it! It works perfectly for me.
    09-23-09 11:00 AM
  17. gosfaba2x2's Avatar
    Beyond 160 is the best/ most used app i have baught. it only allows you to send 3x160 but its really easy to use. if you reach the limit in a text you just hit the bb menu button and select go beyond, it will copy and paste the text into its own text format.
    09-23-09 11:15 AM
  18. GeekyDad's Avatar
    Beyond 160 is the best/ most used app i have baught. it only allows you to send 3x160 but its really easy to use. if you reach the limit in a text you just hit the bb menu button and select go beyond, it will copy and paste the text into its own text format.
    Actually, there's no limit when using Beyond160. I've sent messages that have spanned well over 15 parts before. Your recipient may not appreciate it, though. There's no limit on the number of recipients, either. Some have reported using Beyond160 for mass broadcasts to groups with over 100 recipients. I haven't tested that myself, though.
    09-23-09 03:31 PM
  19. AshlynLovesHerBB's Avatar
    Beyond160.. Check it out in my signature.
    I sent an 11 page text message today. Yep, it works!
    09-23-09 03:40 PM
  20. MongelliL's Avatar
    Verizon limits text pages to 160. On Blackberrys, you have 160, then you have to start a new text. But on the "regular" phone you have up to 7 pages of 160, but when the person recieves them, it will be broken up in 160. If you need more than 160, use a MMS, it has 1000 characters.
    09-23-09 03:59 PM
  21. l2bengtrek's Avatar
    I've been reading other threads about this....does this apply to receiving texts too? I was texting my daughter about her first day at UC today and a lengthy text would be cut off, then a couple of seconds later, I would receive the rest of it in a second message. She doesn't have a blackberry though. She's just using a regular cell phone on T-Mobile.
    09-23-09 04:28 PM
  22. icwx3's Avatar
    I've been reading other threads about this....does this apply to receiving texts too? I was texting my daughter about her first day at UC today and a lengthy text would be cut off, then a couple of seconds later, I would receive the rest of it in a second message. She doesn't have a blackberry though. She's just using a regular cell phone on T-Mobile.
    Waaaay back when(like 2 or 3 years ago...) I was with T-Mo, I had a pink Motorola Razor and I had a 400+ character limit on my text messages. I never thought about limits till I moved over to Sprint and had an LG phone. Then I found out that all their phones had the 160 character limit. Its really weird when my friend(who is also on Sprint) will send a lengthy text and the second half will come through before the first
    09-23-09 04:54 PM
  23. l2bengtrek's Avatar
    Cool. Kinda sucks that it's broken up in "mid-word", but at least I know that it's not just me.
    09-23-09 04:56 PM
  24. echo4nineteen's Avatar
    just send as MMS
    09-26-09 04:22 PM
  25. Motorcycle Mama's Avatar
    Not everyone can send MMS.

    Not everyone can receive MMS.

    It's not always that simple of an answer.
    09-26-09 04:50 PM
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