How can I find out who sent me a text message?

[Dari]

I keep getting these text messages, but I'm not sure from whom. How can I find out?

 

Uh...call the number that's sending them?

 

[Pepsi90919]

look at the number.

 

[moshquerade]

: doh :

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Dari
I keep getting these text messages, but I'm not sure from whom. How can I find out?

Would you like me to stop?

 

[Steve]

Look at the sender's number, maybe plug it into Google.

Did you sign up for sms.ac recently?

 

[alien42]

on my nokia, if i hit the down button it shows the sender

 

[Dari]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Uh...call the number that's sending them?

There is no number. I have a Motorola i710 from Nextel and it simply shows the SMS, nothing else.

 

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: jumpr
Uh...call the number that's sending them?

There is no number. I have a Motorola i710 from Nextel and it simply shows the SMS, nothing else.

Thanks for letting me know. I won't be getting an i710 anytime soon.

 

[sswingle]

Theres gotta be a way to see. RTFM

 

[Auryg]

Unless it's a restricted number..

Last night me and a lot of friends were together and someone on a restricted number (showed up as P on two of our phones, "Restricted Number" on another) kept on calling us.


Reaallly sucked.

 

[wedi42]

you have to call nextel up.
the senders number won't show up on nextel unless you have a txt msg plan.

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: johngute
you have to call nextel up.
the senders number won't show up on nextel unless you have a txt msg plan.

not true. as long as the number is not private, you should be able to see it

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: bigrash

Originally posted by: johngute
you have to call nextel up.
the senders number won't show up on nextel unless you have a txt msg plan.

not true. as long as the number is not private, you should be able to see it

Correct.

My wife's sister has sent her text messages and the senders number appears. It's a 61 number originating from Australia, so it definitely works as long as the number isn't private or blocked.

 

[jai6638]

google the senders number and if this is international, look up the country code..

 

[OrganizedChaos]

file a john doe harrasment suit agaist the sender then supenoa the records.
(talking out of ass)

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: jumpr
Uh...call the number that's sending them?

There is no number. I have a Motorola i710 from Nextel and it simply shows the SMS, nothing else.

... What? Which keys are you pressing to access the message, and what does it display in place of the number? I have an i710, and while I hate it (for reasons not relevant to this), it has no problem with displaying origin identification for messages.

Originally posted by: johngute
you have to call nextel up.
the senders number won't show up on nextel unless you have a txt msg plan.

No... I have a data plan on my phone, but I have always been able to view origin identification for incoming messages, even before I added the data plan to my phone.

 

[Dari]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: jumpr
Uh...call the number that's sending them?

There is no number. I have a Motorola i710 from Nextel and it simply shows the SMS, nothing else.

... What? Which keys are you pressing to access the message, and what does it display in place of the number? I have an i710, and while I hate it (for reasons not relevant to this), it has no problem with displaying origin identification for messages.

Originally posted by: johngute
you have to call nextel up.
the senders number won't show up on nextel unless you have a txt msg plan.

No... I have a data plan on my phone, but I have always been able to view origin identification for incoming messages, even before I added the data plan to my phone.

Well, I press the message button on the top left, then I scroll to the message and press 'OK'. Only the message is displayed. What am I doing wrong?

 

[newParadigm]

Actually, log into your account online, and check there (if u have cingular, go to my cacountand then like incoming calls) you shoulfd be able to see it on your next bill as well...

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: newParadigm
Actually, log into your account online, and check there (if u have cingular, go to my cacountand then like incoming calls) you shoulfd be able to see it on your next bill as well...

I don't think that MyNextel offers that... I could be wrong tho.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: jumpr
Uh...call the number that's sending them?

There is no number. I have a Motorola i710 from Nextel and it simply shows the SMS, nothing else.

... What? Which keys are you pressing to access the message, and what does it display in place of the number? I have an i710, and while I hate it (for reasons not relevant to this), it has no problem with displaying origin identification for messages.

Originally posted by: johngute
you have to call nextel up.
the senders number won't show up on nextel unless you have a txt msg plan.

No... I have a data plan on my phone, but I have always been able to view origin identification for incoming messages, even before I added the data plan to my phone.

Well, I press the message button on the top left, then I scroll to the message and press 'OK'. Only the message is displayed. What am I doing wrong?

Don't you have to scroll down to the appropriate message class (Text Msgs?), and hit OK, before you're able to see the list of messages?

 

[Dari]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: jumpr
Uh...call the number that's sending them?

There is no number. I have a Motorola i710 from Nextel and it simply shows the SMS, nothing else.

... What? Which keys are you pressing to access the message, and what does it display in place of the number? I have an i710, and while I hate it (for reasons not relevant to this), it has no problem with displaying origin identification for messages.

Originally posted by: johngute
you have to call nextel up.
the senders number won't show up on nextel unless you have a txt msg plan.

No... I have a data plan on my phone, but I have always been able to view origin identification for incoming messages, even before I added the data plan to my phone.

Well, I press the message button on the top left, then I scroll to the message and press 'OK'. Only the message is displayed. What am I doing wrong?

Don't you have to scroll down to the appropriate message class (Text Msgs?), and hit OK, before you're able to see the list of messages?

yes. If you have the same phone, then the process is the same. But why can I not see the number while you can?

 

[Shawn]

just look at the sender's phone number

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: Dari

Originally posted by: jumpr
Uh...call the number that's sending them?

There is no number. I have a Motorola i710 from Nextel and it simply shows the SMS, nothing else.

... What? Which keys are you pressing to access the message, and what does it display in place of the number? I have an i710, and while I hate it (for reasons not relevant to this), it has no problem with displaying origin identification for messages.

Originally posted by: johngute
you have to call nextel up.
the senders number won't show up on nextel unless you have a txt msg plan.

No... I have a data plan on my phone, but I have always been able to view origin identification for incoming messages, even before I added the data plan to my phone.

Well, I press the message button on the top left, then I scroll to the message and press 'OK'. Only the message is displayed. What am I doing wrong?

Don't you have to scroll down to the appropriate message class (Text Msgs?), and hit OK, before you're able to see the list of messages?

yes. If you have the same phone, then the process is the same. But why can I not see the number while you can?

Geez, I was just checking to make sure that the delivery process is the same... I thought perhaps the soft rev was different or something.

What does the phone display on screen representing the message, before you have to press "OK" or "Read" or whatever it is to open the message? IIRC, it should display the sender's phone number, and then cycle through the message.

 

[Shawn]

if you can't see the sender's number then you are doing something wrong.