ppopper wrote:I am also receiving texts repeatedly, although it has not stopped even though I recycle and reboot my phone regularly. The time gap between the repeats is approximately 1/2 hour. I can usually stop a particular run of repeats by recycling power, but it doesn't stop the problem. At least once a day, for the last 2+ months, I will get a text that will repeat every 30 minutes. I've had some repeat only 4 times; many will repeat endlessly until I recycle power. I have checked with others who have this phone with AT&T, and others who have AT&T but other phones. Quite a few people have this happening on a regular basis. I've made one (very long and unsatisfying) call to customer service, who told me it was because I was using the AT&T Messaging app without having disabled the base texting app. That wasn't true. I was no longer using the AT&T app, I had uninstalled the updates and disabled it several weeks before and was only using the base app. I recently started using another app to see if it made a difference, and it did not change.
I use my phone constantly, and this is really interfering. On the days when I'm getting quite a few text messages, the annoyance is multiplied greatly.
I am using a Motorola Atrix HD.
I have done all sorts of cleaning, dumping, etc., on the phone, uninstalling and reinstalling updates and apps that could interfere. Nothing has changed.
Paula
The problem could be with your phone and possibly a new SIM card might fix the issue. Whatever the actual cause, repeated texts indicates an issue with connectivity between your phone and the network. Text messages are delivered to your phone by a component known as the short message service center (SMSC). If the recipient is unavailable (for example, when the mobile phone is switched off), the SMSC will store the SMS message and resend it when the phone is available. The repeated texts indicates the SMSC "thinks" the message has not been delivered, so it resends. This is one reason why turning the phone off and on tends to fix the problem, at least for awhile, because the phone refreshes its connection to the network.