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text / picture messaging

bam617

Mar 13, 2006, 7:49 PM
i have alltel, its national freedom 600 / texting whatever i aint sure that shouldnt matter tho.. but i can send text, but pictures won't go through anymore. they both used to work but now only text can get through and not pictures.. what do yall think?
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MIKE3222

Mar 14, 2006, 1:03 PM
are you in the extended network when you are trying to send the pictures? if you are hitting another carriers tower, you can usually get a text through, but not a picture/video.
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bam617

Mar 14, 2006, 3:40 PM
no I'm in my local area, same as always so that shouldnt be it
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MIKE3222

Mar 14, 2006, 3:57 PM
hmmm... i would take it to a service center to have it reprogrammed. unless alltel can do OTA programming, in that case, try that.
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bam617

Mar 14, 2006, 6:56 PM
what's OTA?

and this started on my old phone, but now i got a new phone (motorola v265) so it's gotta be somethin to do with the server
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MIKE3222

Mar 14, 2006, 7:17 PM
OTA is over the air programming. verizon has it, basically you can call a number (*22😎 and it will update the roaming capabilities of your phone. lets your phone play friendly with new partner towers.
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bam617

Mar 14, 2006, 7:25 PM
ah.. well I dont know of anything that's changed so Im kinda confused about what the problem is, I messed with it for like 2 hours tryin to send messages and I can't get it.. and alltel's phone line will have me on hold for like 30 minutes and I still dont get an answer.. is there an email or chat or something I can go to?
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