Texting to a Samsung Galaxy III

I have an iPhone 5 and my friend a Samsung Galaxy 3. I recieve her texts but she doesn't get mine. We had this problem a few years ago when she had the galaxy2 and I got an iPhone 4S. It seemd to work itself out. About a month ago her G2 started to die and she did'nt recieve my text. We thought her updating her phone would fix the problem, but it didn't her new G3 still doesn't recieve my texts. I am the only person she doesn't recieve texts from. I have restarted my iPhone, erased and re-entered her number, and tried turning off my iMessage. Anyone have any other ideas

This worked for me and my wife (samsung s3 and iphone 4). download Kies3 from samsung website, back up s3 onto a pc and then do a factory reset on the phone. Then restore backup from PC and it should be back to normal.

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After the update, I spent an hour an hour or two setting all my ringtones back to the way they were before the update, turning my notification tones back on, turning off the camera flash when my phone rings, etc. What a pain that was. But my bluetooth was still flaky.
So after researching the forums, I found this "quick and easy" solution which seemed to have worked:
TrumpetWarrior Jan 8, 2014 2:27 PM (in response to Incredible-vzw)
OK, I fixed mine, and thought I would post to everyone interested.
I have a Samsung GS3, and got the update 2 days ago. The update reset several things I didn't notice before, like I had to download and install swift key, and some other apps, but nevertheless, this is what I did.
On the GS3 Phone:
1) Settings > About Phone > Device Name and changed the name of my phone back to the name I like to use. This will show up on the car (Sync) as the BT device. My wife and I have the same phone and cannot tell the difference if they are both the same name. The update had changed it back to the default name.
2) Settings > Bluetooth , While the BT is turned on, click on the Sync setting icon on the right and pick Un-pair the sync device,
3) Turn off BT, and go under Settings > Application Manager. Scroll to the right until you get to "All". Scroll down til you see Bluetooth Share. Force stop, Clear cache and Clear Data.
4) Shut your phone down, and take the battery out.
On the Car: I have a Ford Escape 2014 with Sync.
Basically, you will have to do a factory reset, but on mine, it didn't hurt or lose anything.
1) Mine was under Settings > System > Factory Reset (May take 5 mins)
2) Put your phone battery back in and boot up your phone and turn on bluetooth
3) Once the Ford Sync has booted up, add the device and just follow the instructions on the screen and pair the phone back up. Your phone may prompt you for access to your contacts and to download your contacts. Be sure to click the don't show again and click OK
Mine works even better than before!! Text messages are coming in again, and the Bluetooth media stereo is working again too. Pandora is awesome over Bluetooth.
On the Ford Sync, the only thing I had to set back was the Voice command under settings (I like the advanced option so she does not repeat everything I say) , and under the phone settings for my GS3, I turn on 911, and I set the ring tone to text to speech. I like it to announce who is calling rather than the ringer. And that is it!
You might could get away with less steps, but this is what I did and it was minimal. Better than trying to factory rest your phone or something.
Good Luck!

Cannot send an MMS with Samsung Galaxy III

Highly frustrating.
I have turned on mobile data, turned on wi-fi, restarted it and it still doesn't want to send. The send circle just keeps going around and around, for hours! I have 2GB worth of data so it shouldn't be a problem. Can anyone tell me how to make it work because I really have no desire to drive up to Verizon, don't have the time. The phone is less than a week old. >.<

No luck..>.<
Perhaps I was doing it wrong. I took out the battery and held down the power button for 10 seconds. Then figuring I read it wrong, I took out the battery, let it sit for 30 seconds, put it back in and held the power button. Just powered on like usual. I really want to be able to send picture messages...>.<
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Have you Pulled the Battery out and performed a Soft Rest? by holding the power Button Down while the Battery is out..
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what revision Actiontec do you have, can you check the service Tag? it will say REV A, B, C, D etc.....
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It just keeps trying to send for a while and then comes back failed. Everytime any number I try. But I can receive texts.
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Hi EmotionOrDie,
The Galaxy Note 3 is a fantastic device! I'm sure you're eager to use the device to the fullest of its abilities. Has this been an issue since you first received the device? Just to ensure that were on the same page, the 713 area code is the Houston, TX area?
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After updating my iphone 4 i now cant open picture texts from a samsung galaxy 2s. can anyone help with this?

after updating my iphone 4 i now cannot open picture texts from a samsung galaxy 2s. all i get is the text with a box with the picture file size and a question mark to the left of the box. It has also done the same to the already opened pictures I had received prior to updating my iphone. can anyone help with this ??

Check for hardware issues
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My son has a samsung galaxy III. When he calls someone his phone comes up on the caller ID has my name and on my phone and my daughter's phone it comes up as just the phone number. He doesn't like this is there anyway that we can change it so just the phone number comes up. We just all got new phones. Our old phones all just come up on the caller ID with just the phones numbers

Log into your on-line My Verizon account. At the top, hover over My Verizon and under My Device, click View All.
At the top of the page, choose the appropriate device.
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Hi there,
I seem to have issues sending texts to phones that do not use Verizon Wireless (could simply be iPhones, unsure). I can text my family and a few friends just fine, but usually my texts will not go through after sending one or two to a new number (very frustrating for trying to pick up girls, lemme tell ya).
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Thanks for asking, PandD. It sounds like the best option for you would be a sevice called Verizon Messages http://vz.to/1lE6tgE.
This way you can sync messages between both devices.
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just my opinion, but the siii is the best phone out right now, hands down. don't bother with the razr. if you like it, then you REALLY need to get the razr maxx. the maxx has a MUCH better battery and it's the same phone. the siii has a removable battery and micro sd slot so if you ever need more juice or memory, you have it. the maxx does not have a removeable battery and while the battery is VERY impressive, my experience is that over time, no battery holds a charge like when you buy it. in a year, you can replace the siii battery (and keep a second one just in case, if you want). can't do it with a razr maxx. again, it's all opinion and preference, but i'd go with the siii.
edit: also, you can get the 16 gig version and save some $$. then use that $$ to go buy a 32 gig sd card. much more total storage for the same price as buying a 32 gig version.
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Is anyone having issues with Android version 4.3 for Galaxy III throwing in zeroes into text messages?

I received a message on Christmas Eve that a free update was available for my Samsung Galaxy III. I accepted the download and discovered some enhancements and fixes that I liked (finally, my voicemail icon displays the number of waiting voicemails that I have!) but I've noticed to glaring issues:
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2. I've had occasional lockups using the media hub which, when I do a restart, causes my settings to revert to the default factory settings....kind of a pain.
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I'm sorry you're having issues with your phone after your update BigLouie1124. I recommend enabling safe mode to see if any of your apps are causing issues with your new software. If so, you can remove them. Here are the steps http://vz.to/1cD0kqT . If you continue to have issues the last step would be a factory reset to clear up some of your issues http://vz.to/JCsr33 . Please keep us posted and continue to clear unwanted message threads and clear your browser history periodically.
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Texting to a Samsung Galaxy III

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