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blzrd
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Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:47 am |
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My girlfriend has a SCH-r430 from cricket. I am trying to get it so that I can talk to her while I am at work. I am not supposed to text with my phone. Normally that isn't a problem because I know how to make the emails work as texts and I also use MSN to text too. Nothing seems to be working for this phone though. The only alternative I could think of is an IM client. Is there a decent one for this phone that I can purchase and how would I do that? I don't do much with samsungs. Only BB and Motos.
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RavenStar
Posts: 53
Phone Model:
BlackJack II SGHi617
Service Provider:
AT&T |
Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:07 am |
The full specs from Samsung say it does IM already, here's the spec link:
http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=mobilephones&t ype=mobilephones&subtype=morecarriers&model_cd=SCH-R430BSACRI&fullspec =F
Question is, Does your service provider support and allow it. Call their customer support and talk to a tech, not a regular customer service person for that answer.
Does the IM option appear anywhere in the phones menu? under "messaging", "connections", "options"?
Here's phone user manual link:
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/200805/20080514231843250_ cricket_r430_MyShot_ug.pdf
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blzrd
Posts: 3 |
Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:10 pm |
Thanks for the reply. My girlfriend spoke with a rep and they said that they don't support the whole IM thing. The thing that I don't get is she has unlimited data plan so I should be able to install a 3rd party application that will use the data plan to send and recieve the messages. But I do know that this phone is not java compatible so will that be a problem?
I actually found out why it wasn't working before, you have to send it as a picture message to the email address. So it works for the time being but I would rather have an IM on her phone so I can have instant access to her and know when she is online. Thanks.
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RavenStar
Posts: 53
Phone Model:
BlackJack II SGHi617
Service Provider:
AT&T |
Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:23 pm |
Yes non Java phone won't work with 3rd party software that will require it.
No problem. Take it easy.
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blzrd
Posts: 3 |
Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:32 pm |
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Well At this point I am wondering if there are any Instant message applications that don't require JAVA.
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RavenStar
Posts: 53
Phone Model:
BlackJack II SGHi617
Service Provider:
AT&T |
Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:11 pm |
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Sadly, I think not. I haven't run across any. I would say if it's that important, you both should switch to a phone that does.
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Rob5
Posts: 49
Phone Model:
Samsung INstinct |
Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:49 pm |
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SKYPE
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Panya7
Posts: 5 |
Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:49 pm |
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Sadly, I think not. I haven't run across any. I would say if it's that important, you both should switch to a phone that does.
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