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Ever missed an SMS on your Android? Here's why. (long-standing bug)

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Re: Ever missed an SMS on your Android? Here's why. (long-standing bug)

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Post by sssparkkk »

tl;dr version: having the 'low space' warning on your Android phone results in the rejection of SMS messages. Even when there's actually e.g. >10mb of storage available. The bug has been present since 2009 and appears not to have been fixed yet by Google.

Re: Ever missed an SMS on your Android? Here's why. (long-standing bug)

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Post by andrewbadera »

sssparkkk wrote: post #2

tl;dr version: having the 'low space' warning on your Android phone results in the rejection of SMS messages. Even when there's actually e.g. >10mb of storage available. The bug has been present since 2009 and appears not to have been fixed yet by Google.

I get the low space message with what seems like a fairly limited number of apps installed, caches cleared and as much as possible pushed to SD ... what is the actual capacity there? HTC Incredible in my case ...

Re: Ever missed an SMS on your Android? Here's why. (long-standing bug)

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Post by sssparkkk »

andrewbadera wrote: post #3
sssparkkk wrote: post #2

tl;dr version: having the 'low space' warning on your Android phone results in the rejection of SMS messages. Even when there's actually e.g. >10mb of storage available. The bug has been present since 2009 and appears not to have been fixed yet by Google.

I get the low space message with what seems like a fairly limited number of apps installed, caches cleared and as much as possible pushed to SD ... what is the actual capacity there? HTC Incredible in my case ...

Similar situation here, I recently freed up several mb's as well; but nonetheless started to receive the low space notification again a few days later (not having installed anything in the meantime).

The fact that this subsequently results in missed SMS messages is inexcusable IMO.

Re: Ever missed an SMS on your Android? Here's why. (long-standing bug)

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Post by joelhaasnoot »

andrewbadera wrote: post #3
sssparkkk wrote: post #2

tl;dr version: having the 'low space' warning on your Android phone results in the rejection of SMS messages. Even when there's actually e.g. >10mb of storage available. The bug has been present since 2009 and appears not to have been fixed yet by Google.

I get the low space message with what seems like a fairly limited number of apps installed, caches cleared and as much as possible pushed to SD ... what is the actual capacity there? HTC Incredible in my case ...

This app is great if you're rooted. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aac.cachemate.demo... Otherwise, I find AppBrain great to be able to easily see space usage and move stuff to SD. I have a Samsung Galaxy Spica (not S, a european phone), and the limit is at about 15 MB when I get warnings. That's hundreds of SMSes... Then again, the Gmail cache eats MBs like a dog eats dogfood: easily 3MB.

Re: Ever missed an SMS on your Android? Here's why. (long-standing bug)

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Post by hollerith »

Roritharr wrote: post #5

This is one of the examples where I'm concerned about my own professionality because i can't grasp why Google would overlook such an error for such a long time. Maybe there is a reason but my feeble mind can't bend around it?

Well, uh, the organization Google and its employees keep buzzing along whether or not the problem gets fixed because although Android is a significant part of Google's long-term strategy, Android is not a significant part of Google's current revenue stream.

For all the hate Apple has been getting over the last year here, Apple's incentive structure is more closely aligned with the people who buy and use their hardware than most tech companies' incentives are aligned with their users, so if the organization can remain rational, it should serve their interests fairly well in the long term, which I guess is an argument for buying an iPhone provided you are a typical iPhone buyer, e.g., not someone used to the freedoms one gets by knowing how to program, communicating regularly with programmers and using open-source software.

Re: Ever missed an SMS on your Android? Here's why. (long-standing bug)

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Post by metageek »

hollerith wrote: post #7
Roritharr wrote: post #5

This is one of the examples where I'm concerned about my own professionality because i can't grasp why Google would overlook such an error for such a long time. Maybe there is a reason but my feeble mind can't bend around it?

Well, uh, the organization Google and its employees keep buzzing along whether or not the problem gets fixed because although Android is a significant part of Google's long-term strategy , Android is not a significant part of Google's current revenue stream. For all the hate Apple has been getting over the last year here, Apple's incentive structure is more closely aligned with the people who buy and use their hardwa…

In July of last year Google announced that Android had made them over a billion dollars in Q2.

Re: Ever missed an SMS on your Android? Here's why. (long-standing bug)

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Post by jrockway »

sssparkkk wrote: post #2

tl;dr version: having the 'low space' warning on your Android phone results in the rejection of SMS messages. Even when there's actually e.g. >10mb of storage available. The bug has been present since 2009 and appears not to have been fixed yet by Google.

appears not to have been fixed yet by Google

Or by anyone whining on the bug tracker who say this issue is ruining their life.

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