Text message character counter for iPhone?

Detroit_Waves

Detroit_Waves

Detroit_Waves

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Hey guys,

Since getting an iPhone and having my to drop back from unlimited texts to 500 I'm finding it quite difficult to cut back. After looking on the iPhone itself with it's messenger like interface, it doesn't appear to show u a counter of how many characters have been used, which means I have no way of knowing whether the message I'm sending is one mssage, or has crept into 2 texts. Now I have only the 500 texts, this is something that would really help! is there anyway to have a counter that would show me this info?x
 
Yeah it does tell you on your online bill, but that's only afterwards, I'm looking at a preventative measure, but it obviously appears there isn't one...looks like I'm gonna have to start counting the characters myself as I'm sending them! Just so far from ideal....
 
BluZiff said:
im sure there is a way of finding out how many messages yu have sent since the last bill?
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yup, download the usage app (cannot remember the full name), logs onto the online o2 system and displays your minutes used, texts sent, current spend (in addition to your monthly line rental) and how many days until the next billing period.

It's free too, IIRC.
 
I cannot imagine why you need more than 16 texts a day but if you do and cannot use the 600 phone minutes or free emails, facebook or myspace instead then you could always go for the o2 unlimited texts bolt on but you have to pay for that.
 
Sorry guys a lot of you seem to have misunderstood

I know I can find out how many texts I have sent from my monthly allowance, that's not the problem

the problem is, previously having unlimitd texts I had need worry whether the texts I was sending were 1 text long, or 15 minutes long, now however being limited by 500 what I wanted was a counter so that as I was typing a text it told me whether the text I was gonna send had gone over the 160 characters and was gonna cost another text...cause if I was say 2 characters over I'd drop in some slang and save myself the extra text!

Also, I would pay for the unlimited text option with o2 happily, but they don't have that option for this iPhone, which is so annoying!
 
7.50 and get the unlimited text bolt on,

I found i was txting more on the iphone than ever!

4.5k txts a month i'm sending atm. Best 7.50 i've ever spent :P
 
waso_dude said:
7.50 and get the unlimited text bolt on,

I found i was txting more on the iphone than ever!

4.5k txts a month i'm sending atm. Best 7.50 i've ever spent :P
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4,500 txts a month??

Are you a 15 year old girl with a crush :p
 
Waso, I would go for the unlimited text bundle if u could bit you can't get it on o2 any longer... I had it before which is where this problem has come fro
!

You might wanna give o2 a call and see if you do still have it, cause if not and ur sending 4500 texts, ur in for a nasty shock at the end of the month

although if you are still getting it, is it just the new iphone3gs that isn't offering the service? And all the old models will still get it?
 
4500 texts a month? That's 150 a day. Say you are awake for 16/24 hours, that's just over 9 per hour, or about one every 6 mins.... every day. wtf man
 
You want this app:

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Mobile Allowance by Prenvo
Developer Website: http://mcneela.net/allowance
 
Why would I want that app?? Does that app tell me as I
typing a text how many characters I've currently used on that one message, and whether the text I typing has gone over the first text and will now have to send two?

How is this so hard for some people to grasp?
 
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