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Hi, Stan.

Check the about screen to see what version you have. Landscape is in 1.3.

/rdj

Hi, Wayfarer.

Just messed with it, and it seems reasonable enough, since the important part is at the bottom. You should see it in 1.5.

Thanks!

/rdj

This can be done right now, but the workaround is sort of involved.

Read about it here:

http://innerfence.com/sms/faq#twoway

No problem, I sent you a detailed reply on the other thread. – Ryan D Johnson, on March 05, 2009 01:57

Here's what happens if you don't hit the home button:

Infinite SMS stays connected to Google, receiving messages until ...

The device goes to sleep with no warning, so the connection to Google isn't cleanly closed, meaning ...

The next time you receive a message, Google tries to deliver it to Infinite SMS (which isn't online). That particular messages is lost, but ...

Google realizes Infinite SMS isn't online anymore and queues up future messages until ...

(1) You log into gmail web or google talk anywhere or ...

(2) Infinite SMS reconnects and retrieves the offline messages.

In version 1.4 (under review by Apple right now), we've fixed it so that Infinite SMS disconnects cleanly as soon as the screen is turned off. Then, if the device does not go to sleep (because the iPod is playing, or it's plugged in, or whatever), Infinite SMS wakes up every 30 seconds and makes a brief connection to Google, checking for offline messages.

Also, you said you gave all your friends the (406) number, but you don't necessarily get the same (406) number when you text every friend. You need to text them the first time, they will get your message from a (406) number, then they can add it to your contact or whatever and send you messages at the number *from that phone* from then on.

Google has not documented the messages delivery stuff, it's just what we've been able to figure out. I hope my more technical explanation helps you understand what's going on.

The summary is that there's no set amount of time to recover from Infinite SMS going to sleep; it has to do with when you receive your next message (which will not be delivered).

You probably need to unlock your google account.

Try these steps:

http://innerfence.com/sms/faq#passwor...

Currently there's no easy way to send free messages between to iPod/IPhones that are both using Infinite SMS.

We're going to make changes in future versions to make it easy.

You can do it now, though, if you're willing to jump through some hoops.

There are detailed instructions on our website:

http://innerfence.com/sms/faq#twoway

/rdj

Hi, Shawn.

There's not an absolute limit to the number of messages, just to the rate at which you can send messages. If you're hitting SMS_ERROR_9 you send more messages that 99.9999% of other Infinite SMS customers, and you're probably better off just paying for an unlimited texting plan on your cell phone.

If you're having trouble getting your offline messages, you should follow these troubleshooting steps:

http://innerfence.com/sms/faq#no_replies

Landscape mode part of our 1.3 release, currently under review by Apple. You can read about it here:

http://innerfence.com/sms/faq#v13

/rdj

Hi, Bob. What's cha cha?

That is very strange. Nextel is your carrier? Do you know what your specific model of phone is? – Ryan D Johnson, on March 03, 2009 00:25

Hi, Akala. Are you sure you sent that through Infinite SMS? Messages sent through Infinite SMS should come from a (406) number and look like ordinary text messages. – Ryan D Johnson, on March 03, 2009 00:17

Could you paste in what the one complete SMS from gmail looked like? Like word-for-word character-for-character punctuation and all, please. – Ryan D Johnson, on March 02, 2009 23:56

So the same phone that doesn't get part of your Infinite SMS messages was able to get a message from another phone that had a colon in it ok? – Ryan D Johnson, on March 02, 2009 23:45

Hi, Dan.

Check out this other thread where people are discussing this problem. We think it might have something to do with the carrier or the specific model of phone.

http://getsatisfaction.com/innerfence...

Thanks for the feedback, Josh.