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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 TillE »

gulbrandr wrote: post #27
TillE wrote: post #15

I encountered this recently. Really exceptionally poor engineering for a communication device. My solution: flash Cyanogen ROM, force all apps to install to the SD card. No more concerns about running out of internal memory.

> Really exceptionally poor engineering for a communication device. I disagree. You can not judge their entire engineering based on this particular bug. From my little experience developing an Android application, I have to say that they have done a pretty good job in the engineering/API design part.

I didn't mean the whole of Android was a pile of crap. I've developed Android apps as well, and yes, the API is pretty decent and in some cases very clever and innovative.

That doesn't make neglecting a longstanding, rather critical bug any less embarrassing. I mean, it's bad enough that it exists in the first place. But we've now gone 4-5 major versions without a fix.

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

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Post by bonch »

jrockway wrote: post #10
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.

What about people whining about the people whining? You could fix the bug and shut everyone up!

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

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Post by temptemptemp13 »

The developer side of SMS messaging isn't pretty either. If you give sendTextMessage a bad phone number - NullPointerException, if you give it too long of a message - NullPointerException. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/gsm...

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

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Post by viraptor »

dfox wrote: post #26
DrJokepu wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really don't think that the "if you're not happy about a bug, fix it or shut up" mentality in open source projects is very helpful. Obviously solving issues like this is considerably more difficult and time consuming than complaining about them and many people complaining about them don't have the time and/or skills to solve them. However, they are real, existing issues that bother users and not complaining about t…

In my opinion this mentality is more helpful than spamming bug tracker with "YOU SUCK FOR NOT FIXING THIS!!111eleven!" which seems especially common with Android's bugs. I even assume that such comments actually hamper fixing of respective bugs.

Just treat it as "+1 I'm affected too". Could be written better, but it at least shows the number of people affected / annoyed by specific bug.

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

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Post by VMG »

viraptor wrote: post #34
dfox wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my opinion this mentality is more helpful than spamming bug tracker with "YOU SUCK FOR NOT FIXING THIS!!111eleven!" which seems especially common with Android's bugs. I even assume that such comments actually hamper fixing of respective bugs.

Just treat it as "+1 I'm affected too". Could be written better, but it at least shows the number of people affected / annoyed by specific bug.

The problem is that nobody from google seems to read these bug reports.

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

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Post by saturdaysaint »

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…

Today's news that Microsoft (who receive direct compensation for their phone software) is facing equally embarrassing bugs suggests that the licensed operating system model might be a better target of criticism than incentive structure.

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

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Post by jeffreyg »

frankdenbow wrote: post #9

Related: I've had all of my SMS messages deleted 3 times on my HTC Incredible from this bug: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=5669

Same here with my Incredible. Every 3-4 months, out of nowhere all my SMS messages are gone.

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

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Post by thasmin »

jrockway wrote: post #10
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.

Android development is done only by Google. When they're ready, they release a new version along with its source code.
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