Wap Push Messages

TheBlueRaja · 02-05-2005, 14:44

I have been getting some strange text messages on my phone, at first i didnt even know what they were but after a dig through the manual i discovered they were Wap Push messages.

I have now turned on the feature to disallow these messages, but i wanted to know if i was likely to be charged for these messages (im on T-Mobile BTW) and if - even though they are now set to be disallowed - wether i can still be charged for them even though they are turned off?

Heck - if you could even tell me what they are that would be a start - it seems like its some sort of URL parser for your phones built in browser but im not 100%.

I cant even tell where they come from as no number shows up.

Any ideas?

Raistlin · 02-05-2005, 15:12

Dunno if this helps:

http://www.winplc.com/solutions/wap-push.aspx

Doesn't look like the recipient gets charged for recieving.

It's just a way of sending a URL over SMS instead of having to send the content via MMS. In other wordsm it's generally used for advertising..... Looks like spam to me.....

What sort of things are in the messages?

andygrif · 02-05-2005, 16:52

I had a long-running battle with O2 over WAP-Push messages that THEY were sending me, not third parties.

Linked with the fact that my old phone was so p-poor, they crashed my phone every time.

I phoned them up everytime I got one and asked them to stop sending them.

Hillarious consequences ensued...including such famous lines as:

AG - Do you actually know what a WAP-Push message is?
02 - Well do you know everything about your job?
AG - Yes, that's why I do my job. Now how about doing yours and stoping these damn messages?

and

AG - Please stop sending these messages to me.
O2 - We don't send text messages to customers.
AG - <laughs uncontrollably>

and the best of all....

AG - Please stop sending these messages to me.
O2 - OK, you will not get anymore.

1 month later..... a WAP-Push message arrives (phone crashes)

But to answer the question, I don't think you can be charged for them unless you've signed up to receive the service.

Xaccers · 02-05-2005, 17:02

I keep getting ones that appear to be porn (from the subject line)
I delete them straight away.

On my old phone I downloaded a background and got a txt offering to set me up on a chat system, which I didn't respond to.
Started getting fake messages, each trying to get me to reply, so I replied "STOP" and got a msg saying I've been unsubscribed (would have been nice to have had the choice not to subscribe in the first place!) Wasn't charged anything though

TheBlueRaja · 02-05-2005, 18:34

Its nothing like porn - just advertising like Free Mp3's and stuff. But my phone has an option to prevent these messages arriving (not sure if it works yet though) which i have now switched on.

Hopefully that will be the end of it - i just wanted to check i wasnt being charged for them.

Thanks Folks.