topic Re: SMS Time Limits with Airplane Mode in Mobile Network discussions

SMS Time Limits with Airplane Mode

CasLad69 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:43:38 GMT

Just wondering, when on holiday I leave my phone on Airplane Mode, if someone uses SMS will I get the message when I come home 3 weeks later ? How long do the messages stay in the SMS Queue ?

Thanks

Re: SMS Time Limits with Airplane Mode

Christopher_G — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:01:24 GMT

Hi @CasLad69

Welcome to the community.

Yes, the next time you connect to a mobile network, the messages should come through. They'll be queued for as long as the SIM is still an active subscription, 3 weeks will be fine.

Chris

Re: SMS Time Limits with Airplane Mode

bristolian — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:30:22 GMT

SMS validity depends entirely on the sender's settings, EE phones often set this to one week - for example.

If your phone is unable to receive a message within the validity time, it will expire and be removed from the queue.

Re: SMS Time Limits with Airplane Mode

CasLad69 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:37:12 GMT

Thanks for that, I was sent an SMS ( Allegedly whilst I was on holiday ) in the first week of my holiday ( with Airplane Mode on ) and didn't receive any SMS from the company when I switched Airplane Mode off upon my return.

Re: SMS Time Limits with Airplane Mode

CasLad69 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:37:28 GMT

Re: SMS Time Limits with Airplane Mode

bristolian — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:45:31 GMT

You will need to ask that company what the expiry time on their outgoing SMS are set to - this may be far easier said than done!

If that was less than the amount of time your phone was off mobile service, the message will have been lost.