Unable to send SMS of more than 160 Chars via NowSMS Web Interface

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Alan Lee
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Username: Alan_l

Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2019

Posted on Thursday, October 03, 2019 - 10:10 am:

I received some issues when sending sms with more than 160 chars, and the outbound queue shows Queued and Retry many times.

However, when sending sms that is less than 160 chars has no issue.

I am using the latest Now SMS/MMS Gateway Lite Edition (v2017.04.07)

Status shown:
HTTPSMSC: Connection failed. HTTP status code = 503. - NowSMSModem - 9xxxxxxx

Des - NowSMS Support
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Username: Desosms

Post Number: 6055
Registered: 08-2008

Posted on Friday, October 04, 2019 - 04:53 pm:

Hi,

This is an unusual problem, so I'm not sure what to try.

Can you verify that you can send a message longer than 160 characters in the messages app on the Android device. We are using an Android API that segments and sends the message, so it would appear that for some reason this is failing...which is odd.

What is the Android version on the device?

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Des
NowSMS Support

Alan Lee
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Username: Alan_l

Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2019

Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2019 - 01:44 am:

Hi

I am using a desktop with the Web UI and I am sending 170 chars which gives me the same issue.

Des - NowSMS Support
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Username: Desosms

Post Number: 6058
Registered: 08-2008

Posted on Tuesday, October 08, 2019 - 10:24 pm:

I’m sorry, but I don’t understand your response.

Let me re-ask these questions:

1. Can you verify that you can send a message longer than 160 characters in the messages app on the Android device?

2. What is the Android version on the device?

As this is not a problem we have seen before, the only suggestion I have is to try a different Android device.

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Des
NowSMS Support