topic Re: Text Messages in Mobile Services

Text Messages

flatearth — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:37:12 GMT

Despite seeing EE icon on my mobile thinking that I activated my Sim, I've yet to see any text messages for some days now appearing on my phone. What could be wrong? I had no problems with EE/150 texts. But nobody else has. I tried the Sim on a old Smartphone Blackberry device. However, it does not recognize the Sim at all! Anyone?

Re: Text Messages

bristolian — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:44:50 GMT

Your symptoms appear, at first, slightly contradictory. You mention "seeing EE icon" which suggests a network connection, but then "it doesn't recognize the SIM at all" when it's the SIM that enables a network connection.

If your underlying issue is that you don't see any text messages, try sending one to yourself - do you receive it? Try texting NUMBER to 150 - do you receive the expected reply?

Re: Text Messages

flatearth — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:14:13 GMT

the icon doesn't appear on the smartphone, but on the Nokia it does. That's the contradiction. Yes I did text myself. It did work. Perhaps, I've been impatient!

Re: Text Messages

XRaySpeX — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:22:00 GMT

Yes, maybe you are being impatient. Nobody except EE has sent you any texts.

Re: Text Messages

Katie_B — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:48:07 GMT

Good afternoon @flatearth.

Just checking in to see if you are now receiving text messages?

Katie 🙂