Send anonymous/fake sender id/flash SMS messages over GPRS

If you want to check the coverage area for SMSXtender go to http://www.simeda.com/smsxtender-coverage.html. Please note that only the receiver of the message must be in the coverage area, the sender just needs a data connection (GPRS or CSD).

Razvan

This is awesome!!!! I was surprised that my country is actually IN the coverage area 😊

Once again,the app seems awesome but i have a problem with an app the has not trial.

If you experience any problems with the software, you can request a refund within 7 days. The amount refunded will not include the cost of any sending credits, including the 10 initial credits.

I guess that answers my query although i still would preffer if the app had a trial version.

Have you considered different ways charging?Maybe raise the price of the app and don't charge for credits,or make the app freeware and charge for credits only?

Has anyone tried it?

I tried it on my P800, worked very well. Small, fast and fun little app: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16100&start=15

Yes, it's been tested 😊. Check out http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=125278#125278. If you want to write a review for it for the Series 60 section, drop me an email ([email protected]) and I will provide you with a demo version and 10 test credits.

Razvan

Pretty good review Raven.I only wish i can do as good as you 😮ops:

I just droped you an e-mail Razvan! Can't wait to try it out 😊

Ive checked on the list and my mobile network (t-mobile uk) is not listed under my country. Does this mean i can't use this app, or i can't send messages to people on this network?????

It means that you can't send to people on that network. It doesn't matter what network you're on when you send.

Razvan

My thoughts:

SMSXtender is cute little app packed in just 5KB,pretty good when you are a 7650 owner,we all know that storage is not its strong side.The design is pretty simple and intuitive,no need to read any kind of manuals.

When it starts up for the first time the standard Disclaimer pops up which I'm sure is read by everyone with great interest and ecstatic pleasure.After that you will be prompted for you username and password which can be acquired on www.simeda.com/smsxtender.html

Its time for some fun.You can enter ANY number or name in the Source number/name field.Imagine torturing your friends with short messages to them from their ex girlfriends or boyfriends or even notes in the form of flash messages(flash messages show up on the screen with no user intervention at all) from the almighty to your parental units saying that they should buy you a new Porsche because they have to redeem themselves for the wrong they have done to you.The possibilities are endless.

Now,for the downsides.There is no report facility,like with the normal SMS application so you don't have any way of knowing whether the message was received or not.You have to manually enter the number you are sending a message to,no link to the contacts application.You can only send a message containing around 30 characters.If you try to send a message which contains around 40 characters you will get a white box and the message won't be sent.If you try to send a message containing 50 characters or more,SMSXtender will crash.It seems that the crash is specific for the Nokia 7650 or maybe my firmware revision(v 04.46).SMSXtender on the Sony Erricson p800 or the Nokia 3650 does not suffer from the bug I mentioned.

Lets hope some of Nokia's developers is reading this and it will be sorted out ASAP.

SMS screenshots.

www.evesnik.com.mk/sliki/screenshots/SMSX/FEscr1.jpg
www.evesnik.com.mk/sliki/screenshots/SMSX/FEscr2.jpg
www.evesnik.com.mk/sliki/screenshots/SMSX/FEscr3.jpg
www.evesnik.com.mk/sliki/screenshots/SMSX/FEscr4.jpg
www.evesnik.com.mk/sliki/screenshots/SMSX/FEscr5.jpg

Flash message screenshots

www.evesnik.com.mk/sliki/screenshots/FEscr3.jpg
www.evesnik.com.mk/sliki/screenshots/FEscr4.jpg
www.evesnik.com.mk/sliki/screenshots/FEscr6.jpg
www.evesnik.com.mk/sliki/screenshots/FEscr7.jpg

For some reason,the image tag was not working,so i had to resort to direct links of the images.

And I'm happy to report the error in the 7650 has been fixed. We've actually found a workaround, so now you can send long messages without problems. GhostDog, please contact me at [email protected] to get the new version for testing.

And thanks for your review!
Razvan

I would appreciate if those of you who have tried the software or even bought it would go and review it on Handango at http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?productType=2&optionId=1_10_2&platformId=10&siteId=1&productId=83923&sectionId=0&catalog=90. This would help us immensely. Thank you!

Razvan

Looks like I spoke too soon ... it seems that the size problem remains on the 7650 (at least with the firmware that GhostDog has). My 3650 (firmware 2.50) sends big messages without problems. I'll investigate.

Razvan

Razvan,02.50 is a 3650 firmware revision and its in no way realted to the 7650.I'm not 100% sure about this but i even think that midp on the 3650 is updated and there are slight differences.

You should check with forum nokia about the problems SMSXtender is having with the 7650 or at least firmware revision v 04.46

Since many of you asked for a free trial version of SMSXtender, we came up with the following procedure:

1. You can download the application directly from http://www.simeda.com/downloads/SMSXtender.zip. We have just updated it (it's slightly larger, 12k, but it supports additional characters from various languages and it's more stable). The application however is useless without the credits, so read below.

2. Send an SMS from the phone you're going to use for testing to +40722537195. Put your email address in it and your required password (like this: [email protected],password).

3. When we receive the SMS, we will create an account for you. The account name will be your phone number, in international format, without the double 0 or + sign in front. The password will be the one you requested. We will notify you by email when your account is activated. Your account will have 1 credit that you can use to test the application. We will not issue more than 1 account per email or 1 account per phone number.

4. If you decide you like the application, you'll have to purchase it (at the current EUR 9.95 price). If you don't like it, you'll have to remove it from your phone after the test.

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to email me at [email protected].

One more thing: we will check to make sure the trial requests were not sent through our system ... just in case someone was thinking about that 😊 (I know I did 😊 ).

My Thoughts,continued:

Well,i have some good news!The bug i mentioned in my small review has been fixed,the app has gained a couple of more KB's but its still really small and very,very FUN!

I think i just saw my friend breaking up with his girlfriend after recieving a strange SMS :evil:

😮ops:

Tried to post the jad/jar files on my wapsite, most of my visitors are 7650/3650 users, but it says the files are corrupt any ideas?

Did you get the latest download from http://www.simeda.com/downloads/SMSXtender.zip ? What phone gives you the error message?

Razvan

The 7650, I've stuck the 2 files on my server(don't know if that's a problem 😊 ) the jar says wrong url and the jad says corrupt, or maybe other way round. could you put direct links to the jad/jar files 😃

My site does get 5000 hits a day 😊

Please send me an email at [email protected] and we'll see what's up.

Razvan

Is there anywhere to download this trial using wap? I'm logged in but the links don't show up on wap

Any chance of adding support for non-english sms, even with unicode charactersets?

I've already offered via email to help add support for non-unicode Greek language sms, if there's interest in this, since I've done it before.

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry for the delays in answering your messages, we've just had really big problems with our ISP (they got hit really hard by the latest Sobig + MSBlast combination). Our internet connection was unavailable until a couple of minutes ago ...

Anyway, in case you need to load SMSXtender on your phone directly via WAP, please point your WAP browser to http://dynamic.simeda.com/send/SMSXtender.jad.

And yes, we're interested in making SMSXtender work with as many languages as we can. So if your language contains any non-latin characters, please try SMSXtender and let me know if it works. If it doesn't, try to find out the codes for the special characters in your language (or come up with a translation table).

Thanks people,
Razvan

Nice idea but paying ontop of operator tariffs? Does seem fun though

thanks for the wap link, drazvan.

You're not paying on top of the operator's SMS tariffs. You just pay for the GPRS traffic you generate, which is around 1KB for 4 messages. For instance, at a rate of 2 EUR/MB (that's what we get here in Romania), the price per message that you need to pay your operator would be 0.05 cents/message (you can send 4000 messages in 1 MB).

Razvan

[quote="GhostDog"]...
I think i just saw my friend breaking up with his girlfriend after recieving a strange SMS :evil:

😮ops:[/quote]

Oh my god!! What did you do??? 😮
There must be warning sign/prompt in the program cases like this! 😉

This is great soft, I tested the demo and I have to say: WHOOOAA!!!
First I think that the sended messages arrives whitin 10 minutes to destination, but it was waster almost immediately!

I'm have to buy this great app in some way, because I dont have credit card!

BTW drazvan, are you going to make translated versions of the program?
Maybe Finnish version? I might help you 😉 😉

Hello everyone,

We are almost 90% done with the new version that will support additional networks. But we need your help. All those of you who would like to send to networks that are not in our coverage area, please email me at [email protected]. We need the following information: the name of the network (including the country) and all the known prefixes for that destination (e.g. Connex Romania, prefixes 40722, 40723, 40721 - meaning that all numbers starting with 40722, 40723 or 40721 belong to this network). If a certain prefix for the network you are trying to send to is not listed, the system will attempt to send the message at 1 credit/message and will obviously fail.

There is no change in the client software, you can keep your existing SMSXtender versions. There will be a release later next week that will probably include support for the Greek language. If your native language is not supported, please email me at [email protected] and we'll try to figure something out.

Razvan

can the application b used here in the philippines?

Yes it can! Check out http://www.simeda.com/smsxtender-coverage.html.

The following networks are covered:

Globe Telecom
Islacom
Nextel Communications
Smart Communications

Razvan

Hello everyone,

We have just released version 1.1.0 of SMSXtender. It adds one important feature: the ability to prioritize your messages. You can choose between 3 priorities: Normal, Urgent and Very Urgent.

Urgent messages are always delivered before Normal messages. Very Urgent messages are guaranteed to be delivered before Urgent and Normal messages.

Urgent messages will cost you an extra 0.5 credits/message. Very Urgent messages will cost 1 extra credit/message.

The extra cost allows us to select additional (faster but more expensive) gateways to your destination network. So if you notice that a particular destination is slow, you can try increasing the priority.

The download locations for the new version are the same: http://www.simeda.com/downloads/SMSXtender.zip or via WAP at http://dynamic.simeda.com/send/SMSXtender.jad .

We are also launching the "Extend to a friend" program (an official announcement will be on our site tomorrow). The program is very simple: if you tell a friend about SMSXtender and the friend purchases a copy, you get 5 free credits and your friend also gets 5 free credits on top of his initial subscription. Just ask him to mention your email or account name when subscribing to our service.

Cheers,
Razvan