Bug in Samsung smartphones causing SMS messages to fail

The Galaxy S8 has been on the market since April, enjoying quite the success as Samsung's flagship smartphone. Unfortunately for some users, however, something seems to be playing havoc with sending and receiving SMS messages.

Users across the world have been affected by a bug that seems to be causing messages to fail sending and receiving on the Samsung Galaxy S8, with confirmed cases in Canada, Australia, France, the UK and across all four major US networks. As usual, users took to the official Galaxy S8 subreddit to get to the bottom of it.

"Oh wow, I honestly thought it was just my mom's ancient flip phone not sending messages," explains user Ep260. "Turns out it actually was my newfangled smartphone."

The Guardian further confirmed that the issue exists on multiple Galaxy S8s, missing approximately one in five messages, including two-factor authentication codes sent via SMS. When the very same SIM card is inserted into another device, the issue disappears, confirming that it is Samsung's problem, but it might not be limited to its latest flagship.

"I'm missing a few messages too. Galaxy S7 Edge, Android Messages app, AT&T," stated Turbomuffler. "It caused me to drive an hour out of my way to an event that was cancelled via a text that I didn't receive." This is further confirmed by Dogmods who stated: "I had this issue on my S7 Active at random as well before upgrading to my S8+. I even got a new SIM like a month ago to see if it helped but it is still happening."

Currently, there is no fix for the problem and Samsung has yet to address the issue in any official capacity.

KitGuru Says: Bugs like this are common in freshly released flagships and usually get fixed quite soon after, so it's strange to see this issue has plagued people for months without being officially addressed. Have you experienced any problems with your Samsung device?

Source: Bug in Samsung smartphones causing SMS messages to fail

Comments

Samsung is building a revolutionary ROLL-UP smartphone

GETTY • US PATENT OFFICE Example of a flexible display, LEFT, and the illustrations filed with the Samsung patent, RIGHT Samsung has been awarded a US patent for a brand-new foldable, rollable display to use across its smartphone and tablet ranges. The South Korean technology firm recently used its flexible display technology in the award-winning Galaxy S6 Edge, which has a dual curved QHD screen. However this latest patent, which was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, shows the company has bolder ambitions for its curved displays. The illustrations filed with the approved patent reveal a cylindrical hub, which houses the rolled display – which unfurls like a pair of window blinds. US PATENT OFFICE The US patent contains a futuristic cylindrical smartphone with a roll-up display Users then pull a tab at the end of the multitouch display to unroll it from the hub and use the full screen real estate available on the tablet or smartphone. To achiev

HTC 10 vs Samsung Galaxy S7 / Edge vs LG G5

In the Android world, we follow a familiar release cycle when it comes to flagship smartphones, mostly centered around the two major trade shows, MWC and IFA. This year, Samsung and LG were first out of the gate with their respective flagship offerings being showcased back during MWC 2016, and while HTC was a little late to the party, we now have all three high-end offerings to choose from. Each device brings something unique to the table to help distinguish themselves from the other, and we've covered them extensively here at Android Authority with comprehensive reviews, in-depth comparisons, and feature focus articles. Which is the best of the lot? That is what we aim to find out, as we take a closer look at the HTC 10 vs Samsung Galaxy S7 / Galaxy S7 Edge vs LG G5 in this unique triple-threat versus! Design In design, we start with the LG G5, given its complete departure from the norm with regards to design and build quality. The G5 now features a full-metal

Why do Android fanboys hate admitting that Samsung copied Apple?

It's impossible to cover the mobile market without diving into the good ol' "iOS vs. Android" debate from time to time. These are the two biggest mobile platforms on the planet, so they're constantly being compared. Likewise, Samsung and Apple are the world's top two smartphone vendors, so their phones are constantly pitted against each other as well. Of course, there's another reason Apple and Samsung are often mentioned in the same breath: after entering the market, Samsung quickly grew to become the top mobile device maker on the planet thanks in large part to Apple. First, Samsung did everything it possibly could to copy Apple's iPhone and iPad. Then, it spent billions upon billions of dollars belittling Apple products in TV, online, and print advertising. Samsung spent years positioning its own devices as the cool alternative to Apple's iPhone, and its efforts paid off big time. Even now, Samsung continues to copy Apple all the time acro

Samsung Android Phones

Search This Blog