What happens to text messages when your phone has no signal?

Question

If someone sends you a text when your phone has no signal, does the message fail or will you get it once the signal is back?

Answer 1

you get it once your signal is back........................... the sender's phone keeps on sending it until your recieve it...........................

Answer 2

depends on two things... 1st how long the receiving phone is without signal... 2nd how long the sending carrier's network resends a text, before it stops trying to resend... in most cases, no signal for more that 48 hours, shall tend to be the limit of getting sent text, but your mileage may vary...

Answer 3

The messages are stored in a "queue" and your phone will send of receive them when you have a signal again.

Answer 4

You get it once your signal is back. The sender's phone keeps on sending it until your recieve it.

Answer 5

you will get it when you get your signal back. it's happened to me many times, and i always have to ask when they sent the text. haha!

Answer 6

A message will appear such as 'Failed to send'. The message will go to the Outbox on your phone, or the sender's phone, then they can resend later.

Answer 7

You should receive the message once the phone regains a signal.

Answer 8

The system "knows" your phone can't receive the message(s)

and will hold them to be sent later when it can.

Answer 9

Phone "A" is sending the text message; has cell phone service signal and is a valid, active account.

Phone"B" is the receiving phone; no signal and is a valid, active account.

We assume the phones are in their normal "home" cities.



"A" text message ready and addressed to "B".



1) "A" user presses send. The text message is marked to send and the phone finds available cell service radio and bandwidth to send the message. The message is sent to a server at the cell service provider's data center. The server checks the address (phone number) to which the text message is sent. Other network elements are queried for "B"s location.



2) Since "B" is off the air but is a known, active and valid address, the text message is stored in the message server.



3) When "B" is powered up or otherwise back on the air and shows having a radio signal, it registers to the cell phone service provider's network. The message server is alerted to this and sends the text message to "B".



Text messaging is a "store and forward" technology. If "A" had no signal, the message would remain in "A" until it got a signal and was able to send the message to the service provider (go to step 2).

Answer 10

You will get the text when the signal comes back I think.

Answer 11

you get it once your signal is back... the sender's phone keeps on sending it until your recieve it...

Answer 12

you'd get it once you get signal (assuming you get it at least within hours of the 1st attempt for it to be delivered)

Answer 13

you'd get it once you get signal (assuming you get it at least within hours of the 1st attempt for it to be delivered)

Answer 14

you'd get it once you get signal (assuming you get it at least within hours of the 1st attempt for it to be delivered)

Answer 15

you get it once your signal is back......... the sender's phone keeps on sending it until your recieve it.........

Answer 16

You'd get it once you get signal (assuming you get it at least within hours of the 1st attempt for it to be delivered)

Answer 17

Depends on two things. 1st how long the receiving phone is without signal. 2nd how long the sending carrier's network resends a text, before it stops trying to resend. In most cases, no signal for more that 48 hours, will tend to be the limit of getting sent text, but your mileage may vary.

Answer 18

It says failed to send and retries when signal reached