You can no longer receive or send SMS from your mobile? It is generally because the email center number has been changed or corrupt. Some manipulations are enough to restore the right parameter.

You can no longer receive or send SMS from your mobile? It is generally because the email center number has been changed or corrupt. Some manipulations are enough to restore the right parameter.

In addition to instant messaging tools like WhatsApp, Messenger, Signal and other Telegram, SMS remain a reliable and fast tool to communicate in writing with his relatives or colleagues. Above all, they can be exchanged even when there is no internet connection available. For this, they use the same network as that used to make mobile calls.

However, just a small modification in the Smartphone settings so that the mechanics go. Indeed, before reaching your correspondent, the text passes through the messaging center of your mobile operator. It is he who then transports the message to his recipient. To reach this center, your mobile is based on your operator’s SIM card. It is thanks to it that the smartphone automatically applies all the settings necessary to take advantage of all the mobile services to which your package gives you the right (calls, SMS, MMS, voicemail, internet access, etc.). Normally, you don’t have to worry about anything … except when these settings become wrong. Here’s how to benefit from sending and receiving SMS in the event of a glitch.

What are the SMS messaging center numbers?

Each operator has their own SMS messaging center and therefore a specific number. It is the latter that your mobile will reach as soon as you send an SMS.

• Here are the numbers of the main French mobile operators.

• When everything works well, you will only have these numbers. Indeed, they never appear. Your mobile acts transparently to communicate with your operator’s access point without you knowing it. However, if you can’t get SMS anymore, you need to check that the number composed by your mobile is good, and modify it otherwise.

How to modify the SMS messaging center number on Android?

Several methods are available to check and modify the SMS messaging center number on Android. Depending on the brands, smartphone models and on -board Android version, menus names and options can also vary.

With the messages app

• On some Android mobiles, it is through the Google messages app that you can check the number of the SMS email center used. Launch the messages delivered with your mobile. If it is not installed, download it on your device and launch it.

Download Messages on the Google Play Store

• If messages are not your default SMS app, accept, the time of manipulation, to designate it as such. You can then use your favorite SMS app again.
• Press The three vertical points at the top right of the screen and choose Parameters. On the page that appears, choose More parameters.

• Press Sms. The message center number is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Check that it corresponds to that of your operator. If not, press it and replace it with the right number.

With the phone app

• Your mobile phone app can, normally, allow you to modify the SMS messaging center number. Recommended by the various operators, this method did not, however, succeeded in the various mobiles in our possession. Launch the phone app and activate the keyboard as if to enter a number. Tap the code *#50057672# Then validate by the key Call.

• The SMS messaging center number should be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Check that it corresponds to that of your operator. If not, type the code ** 5005*7672* monitoring of the number of the SMS center of your operator and finish with #. This gives for example: ** 5005*7672*+33609001390# for SFR.

• Validate by the key Call. The email center number is in principle modified.

From Android settings

• On other Android mobiles, you must first display a hidden menu and then go through the phone information available from the system settings. Launch the phone app and activate the keyboard as if to enter a number. Tap the code *#*#4636#*#*.

• Now access Android settings. Navigate to the bottom of the list and choose About the phone.

• Look for a section entitled Network information Or Network state And press it.

• The SMS messaging center number must be displayed. Check that it corresponds to that of your operator. If not, press it and replace it with the right number.

On Apple mobiles, no setting is available to access the SMS center number used by the device. Two methods are recommended to resolve the SMS shipping problem. The first is to reset the iphone network settings. The second must allow the modification of the SMS center number. However, although it is recommended by operators’ assistance services, it did not work during our various tests, indicating “an unknown error” with each attempt.

Reset network settings

• By handing over the iphone network settings to zero, the device will recharge the SIM card settings as if you have just installed it. None of the data from the iPhone is affected by the operation. You will not lose anything. You will simply have to enter the passwords of the different Wi-Fi networks to which you usually log on. Access the settings and press the general menu. Scroll the page that is displayed up to the bottom and choose to reset.

• In the new page, select the option Reset network settings.

• Type the device locking code, then press the option Reset network settings. The iPhone will delete all the registered network settings. Once the operation is carried out, try to send an SMS.

With the phone app

• Recommended by the various operators, this method did not, however, led to the iPhone turning with iOS 14.4.1, the latest version of the available system we have. Nevertheless, it seems to work for other users. Launch the phone app and activate the keyboard as if to enter a number. Tap the code *#50057672# and validate by the key Call.

• The SMS messaging center number should be displayed at the bottom of the screen. Check that it corresponds to that of your operator.

• If not, type the following code: ** 5005*7672* monitoring of the number of the SMS center of your operator and finish with #. This gives for example: ** 5005*7672*+33609001390# for SFR.

• Validate by the key Call. The number is in principle modified.