help with the text message

[onepunjab]

Hello
i have bbm message when i copy paste from bbm to regular text message i get only 66 words per text message . same message converted into 4 message .... when i type the same message i can get in 2 message anybody can help. thanks


blackberry 9900 OS 7

[CGY Guy]

The GSM alphabet allows for 160 characters, while Unicode allows for a maximum of 70. So, you must be sending the text in another language other than English for it to be shortened to 70. That's why.

I'm not sure how many the BBM format allows for a maximum.

[onepunjab]

you mean to say if i type English in other language ...can i pm the same message to you ... every thing i type that was in English.

[CGY Guy]

What I mean is, if you use Unicode as the message format, it doesn't matter if you type in English or not. It still only allows 70 characters per message.

[onepunjab]

i don't even know if i using Unicode or not how can i check thanks for your help.

[CGY Guy]

Go under Options, and find text messaging. Scroll down, and it should say '7 bit'. That's the GSM Alphabet encoding.

[onepunjab]

should i change this to UCS2 that's the only option is their. even after changing same problem ....

[CGY Guy]

UCS2 is not what you want unless you need to type special characters, or languages. Stay with 7 bit.

[onepunjab]

my question is to you how to fix this problem or its going to stay like that.. thanks

[CGY Guy]

That's a good question. If your language is set to English for the phone, and it's set for 7 bit, then I'm not sure why you cannot get 160 characters for a text message.

When you create a new text, does it say "0/ 160" or "0/ 70"?

[onepunjab]

yes for the new messages its say 0/160 ...this only only happened when i type different language in English...thanks for your help..

[CGY Guy]

No problem.