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

93 replies · 79,586 views · Started 20 August 2003

G'day all,
What phones will my messages show up on ?.

As I don't want to waste money sending to non compatable phones.
I have 7650
MTIA

Rotten, these are normal SMSs. I do not know of any mobile phone produced in the last 5-6 years that cannot accept common SMSs! As for the target network, check SMSXtender's coverage page!

Have just installed app, and I am getting a java exception, similar to a previous poster:

java.io.exception
status: = -18

slightly different number at the end. Is this because my account isn't activated yet, or is it a problem with the application. I have downloaded the latest version and checked all advice earlier in this thread. I have purchased the software, but have not yet recieved my confirmation e-mail.
Thanks

I have the same error. Spoke to Razvan on thursday....i believe it happens because your GPRS account isnt set up to handle HTTP connections. Razvans advice was to:

a) try switching HTTP method to 'POST' from 'GET' in the Settings menu

b) make sure your GPRS connection is pointing to 0.0.0.0 on the gateway

I changed both of these with no luck but think now it may have something to do with my firmware version (v3.16) which is not able to handle HTTP properly...upgrading my firmware this week to check

Deluxe

Shame, don't really want the hassle of firmware upgrade - I have no other reason to upgrade, everything else works fine! Any other ideas to get round this problem anyone?

Hello everyone,

We are about to launch a new Christmas application. I can't tell you what it does yet, but I need your help 😊. I need to know the name of "Santa Claus" in your country and in your language. So far I know it's "Santa Claus" in English, "Pere Noel" in French, "Weihnachtsmann" in German. How do you call Santa in your language?

Thanks,
Razvan

--
Razvan Dragomirescu
Chief Technology Officer
SIMEDA GmbH
www.simeda.com

I have already replied to this question elsewhere, but shouldn't this be on a seperate thread? I hoped we could leave this one for info on SMSXtender only..

Off the web:

Santa Claus
Father Christmas
St. Nicholas / St. Nick
Weihnachtsman ("Christmas Man" - German)
Pere Noel("Father Christmas" - French)
Kris Kringle from the southern Germany Christkindle, meaning "Christ child."
Balthazar
Sinter Klaas ("Santa Claus" - Dutch)
Papai Noel ("Father Christmas" - Portuguese)
Kaledu Senelis (Lithuanian)
Julenissen ("Elf Man" - Danish / Norwegian)
Julemanden ("Christmas Man"😉
Jultomten / Tomten ("Elf Man" - Swedish)
Joulupukki ("Yule Buck"😉, evolved from the Christmas Goat"
Old Man Christmas in Finland
Papa Noel in many Spanish speaking countries
Christkind - Austria
Black Pete - Belgium
Befana - Italy
Santa Kurohsu - Japan
Three Kings - Mexico, Spain
Star Man or Wise Men - Poland
Basbouschka - Russia
Dun Che Lao Ren - China means "Christmas Old Man"
Grandfather Frost - Russia
Kerstman - Netherlands
Black Peter - Morocco
Shengdan Laoren - China
Lord of Misrule - Medieval England
Oden - Mythological
Dedt Moroz - Russian - Father of Ice
Santa Nara - Korean
Bafana - Italian - Lady
Sabdiklos in Scandinavian countries
Kanakaloka - Hawaii
Viejo Pascuero (�Old Man Christmas�) - Chile
Papai Noel - Brazil
Grandpapa Indian - Brazil
Mikulas (St. Nicholas) - Hungary
Babbo Natale - Italy
Hoteiosho (a god or priest who bears gifts) - Japan
Lan Khoong (Nice Old Father) Hong Kong

Hope that helps. Shame I can't use the program!! 😞

Hello everyone,

We have just released version 2.6.2 of SMSXtender. It adds support for the Nokia 6600 (many thanks to Petran who has been helping us test this new release!) and contains a few minor bugfixes for the rest of the platforms. All SMSXtender users are encouraged to upgrade to version 2.6.2

Thank you,
Razvan

Hello everyone,

We have just released version 3.0.0 of our SMSXtender for Nokia Series 60 phones. It's no longer a Java application but a Symbian native application. It has the following new features:

- Direct access to the phonebook both for selecting the sender and the receiver

- Default country code field that is automatically added in front of the destination numbers

- Drop-down list of recently used destinations and recently used senders

- Remembers the text of the last message so that it can be reused

All current users with Nokia Series 60 phones are encouraged to upgrade to version 3.0.0 (the upgrade is free of charge). The new version can be downloaded at http://www.simeda.com/downloads/smsxtender-3.0.sis

Thank you,
Razvan

--
Razvan Dragomirescu
Chief Technology Officer
SIMEDA GmbH
www.simeda.com

Wirelessly posted (Nokia6600/1.0 (3.42.1) SymbianOS/7.0s Series60/2.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.0)

I am glad that one of my ,compadre'-romanian 😊 had his contribution to this app. I still use a simple code to send blind sms 😊 great app. Just needed to congratulate.

sorry but this file is not workink on my xp!! is it work only on java system or what?
i didn't undrestand?

i have vodafone germany and a regular sms costs 20 cents do i still have to pay this when using the program? are the download links youre posting here the full version? this looks like a wonderful program just want to clear up a couple of things.

Unregister wrote:sorry but this file is not workink on my xp!! is it work only on java system or what?
i didn't undrestand?

its a only symbian app. can anyone answer my question above?

pplying for Phone to Phone calls using your cell phone and GPRS (no SMS)

Good day, am Peter .s. ojo, am a student of Covenant University computer software and communication engineering. I learn about the protocols of your services and in different to other online activated assurance.
If I may get the clue of your services in understanding I may say am sorry, beside, before I left United kingdom, I really appreciate the usage of 1cellnet services because its serves in or area of my tours. Moreover, I got to know that I can be able to access to the service whereby I had another phone and line which I will like to make use of in my country.
And all what I read about your services is that: Phone to Phone calls using your cell phone and GPRS (no SMS).
Providing you are able to send SMS messages from your current cell phone, you should be able to take full advantage of the savings we offer. If possible I may be connected this some details about my phone setup:
Phone name: Motorola C350
Phone line: Vmobile
Web access:
Flex Version-SE6210BXXB50A3
ESN-ADADADAD
Technology-Dual Band GSM
S. /W Version-C350_9_09.04.74R
DSP S/W Version-00004321
Security:
CertMgr Menus
Root Certificate: (p) class 3 Pu
(p) Entrust.ne
(p) IOT Testin
(p) Nokia IOT
(p) Test CA Ce
Server: Gateway server authentication is not performed but available with Vodafone GPRS and internet already.
The above information is the setup in which my phone set available on but I will like to know if I may be connected to your services with this required issue of my set. If I may require one or two things from you to know if possible my phone can be connected, kindly send me a text message (SMS) to this number +2348023337892 for me to confirmed of your connection.
Thanks for your co-operations
Regards
Peter o.ojo

is there any freeware application like this? which can send flash, anonymous sms.. and fake sms! 😃 and yes i've read the whole thread. where do i download the latest version cuz this thread seems a bit old? and how do i try the version?

For your santa translations collection:
Agios Vasilis ---> in Greek. (it means Saint Bill)

I got the same problem with another program. It's used to check the your emule downloads remotely from your phone. When I try to connect I get the "status -18" error.

Yesterday I tried to send a message with SMSXtender but the whole service and company seems to be down. On their website one can read that they are in some kind of a copyright dispute. Does anybody know when or if they ever are coming online again?

I consider my remaining credits with Simeda as lost. It's a shame because it is a good company. Fortunately I have found an alternative application very similar to SMSXtender. It is called SendSMS and can be found here:

http://www.mobilequery.com/sendsms.html

It is also a small java application that can send SMS messages over GPRS et cetera.
As of now it doesn't support Unicode (foreign character) unfortunately but the developer has promised me that Unicode will be included in the next version along with some other features.
Another good thing about the program is that:
1. It is fully functional shareware,
2. 2. You use a professional third party to send the messages.

They have been around since May 2000 according to a Whois search. In other words you are not dependent on the company making the application to send messages. After the recent experience with Simeda this is a very good thing.

Leopold

the program looks like a total cheat of smsXtender. i think simeda should be back online soon. i did email them though and got no reply.. hmm thanks for clearing out whats going on... yeah it really is a shame.. i dont think ur credits will be lost though if they do come back.

That the program looks like a cheat of SMSXtender does not surprise me. It would be very difficult to make a simple SMS sending application without being a cheat of SMSXtender. There is yet another application with the same functionality called iSMS. (It is for SE smart phones but from what I have read on the net it is not too good.) This program would also come close to a cheat of SMSXtender simply because it is also very basic.

I agree that if Simeda is going back into business I would most likely keep my credits but I think the chances of that happening anytime soon are very small. I also noticed that Simeda were selling 1000 credit packages at a special price just before they closed down. In fact they discounted almost everything. Could they have been milking the market?

Leopold

no that wasnt why they were doing it.. atleast i dont think so becasue i have been in contact with their CEO sometime back and he told me that the discounted prices were just to promote the application.. i didnt get suspicious.. the story will unfold sometime sooner or later..

I didn�t get suspicious either when they announced their discounts but in retrospect I see it as a strange coincidence. Especially the 1000 credits package.

Well, at least we have SendSMS as an alternative. A real alternative it is when the Unicode has been implemented.