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Quote: Originally Posted by Joe12304 That's the million dollar question. Sprint was the last to get SMS, insisting their stupid Sprint Short Mail was far better...when in fact it sucked horribly. The funny thing is; Sprint phones in general don't do MMS at all. Just that goofy Picture Mail still. yea thats true....i also hate the damn picture mail....its sprint own fault that the network sux soo bad..IDEN for SMS and coverage(holes...

Quote: Originally Posted by billm261 If it's something that you will not reply to I would set it up as an incoming SMS. xxx-xxx-xxxx@page.nextel.com For text messages that you may reply to xxx-xxx-xxxx@myboostmobile.com I've never set anything like that up, yet I've never had any issues. None of my incoming texts show "downloading" they are no different what-so-ever than any other carrier.

Quote: Originally Posted by arp734 try funformobile.com i have boost cdma and i get a text with the link to download it. after i go to the link there is a download link and it downloads to my phone w385. try it out at least. you should create an account but that's free. good luck! i click the "send to my phone" and i never got the text. i sent it to my Boost number and my Google Voice number, still no message... it...

If you mean : ) then sure, just type it. If you mean graphic like Yahoo Messenger and such, then no.

call boost customer care via handset or call the 1-866-402-7366 number and ask about getting the phone codes reset or they can remote unlock it.

Seems that people who text a lot run into some delays. There were widespread reports of major delays a few months ago. Boost said they were working on it and the widespread reports went away. There are still some reports now but seems that some areas never had problems. The first 72 hours are a given for delays because of provisioning or if you are swaping devices without boost doing the swap it gives the potential for a problem but...

Quote: Originally Posted by landpaintball I went through the process and everything works but the browser. It works only on a wifi network. I get the message (this is a wifi service. Please ensure your device has an active wifi connection and try again) If you change the setting to "browser" instead of "hotspot browser" it should work for you,

just get a usb cable...there is no way you're gonna get free ringtones on boost without it

I think I wouldn't have a choice in format-like I'd just be entering my cell phone number, and it attempts to deliver it however it delivers it. Thanks for all the feedback. It's making me more comfortable that I probably wouldn't have issues.

Quote: Originally Posted by tigerwolf What's the actual issue with text messages on Boost? All I use right now (with USCC) are SMS alerts from my work (which need to be extremly timely, but can range from 0 to maybe a few dozen a month), and alerts from the weather channel site, which amounts to 0-6 per day. Quote: Originally Posted by billm261 If it's something that you will not reply to I would set it up as an incoming SMS....