3 Questions on new Droid 2

[rgb47]

Just got a new Droid 2 a couple of days ago, and it seems to not do a few things my previous BB Storm did.

1. Is there a way, when looking at voice mails left, that it will show WHO left the voice mail (if they are in my phonebook)? i.e. Show Ted xxx-xxx-xxxx

2. Text messages: is there a way to have it show that text messages I sent, were Delivered to the other handset? (Yes, Delivery reports for both SMS and MMS settings are checked in the messaging settings.)

3. I noticed when turning the phone on, that any text messages sent when it was off, will show as "received" at the time I turned the phone on, rather than when they were actually sent. This is normal on the Droid 2?

Thanks for any info you can provide!
Bob

 

[spaz33g]

Just got a new Droid 2 a couple of days ago, and it seems to not do a few things my previous BB Storm did.

1. Is there a way, when looking at voice mails left, that it will show WHO left the voice mail (if they are in my phonebook)? i.e. Show Ted xxx-xxx-xxxx

You can download google voice and set it up. This is the best voicemail service imo

2. Text messages: is there a way to have it show that text messages I sent, were Delivered to the other handset? (Yes, Delivery reports for both SMS and MMS settings are checked in the messaging settings.)

I know handcent sms has an option for this but I don't use it. I think it will put a notification in your status bar, and I would suggest handcent anyway as it is one of the best apps in the market (again imo)

3. I noticed when turning the phone on, that any text messages sent when it was off, will show as "received" at the time I turned the phone on, rather than when they were actually sent. This is normal on the Droid 2?

I don't really pay attention to this too often but i'll look next time I reboot my phone.

Thanks for any info you can provide!
Bob

Welcome to the forums. I put answers in the quote.

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[stealthgriffin]

1. Is there a way, when looking at voice mails left, that it will show WHO left the voice mail (if they are in my phonebook)? i.e. Show Ted xxx-xxx-xxxx

Unless they are the only missed call, I might suggest looking into Visual Voicemail.

3. I noticed when turning the phone on, that any text messages sent when it was off, will show as "received" at the time I turned the phone on, rather than when they were actually sent. This is normal on the Droid 2?

This is normal for most verizon phones that I am aware of because its accurate, the phone didn't receive them until it turns on.

If it was different on your Blackberry its because blackberries never really turn off (aside from a battery pull.)

Hope that helps



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[piffey]

As per question number three, this is normal on all non-BlackBerry OS phones as far as I know. I think text messages go through BIS on their way to your phone, allowing them to be received, but not yet sent to your phone. I noticed this change when coming from my BlackBerry Curve as well.

 

[LtKen]

I'd argue semantics -- and that the message is delivered/received when it hits your phone. Either way, every Verizon phone I've ever had that I can remember handled SMS timestamps in this way. Not sure about BBs.