{"id":30,"date":"2015-08-07T13:50:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T13:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netdev.co.za\/blog\/?p=30"},"modified":"2017-05-31T15:26:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:26:50","slug":"setting-the-smsc-on-cyanogenmod-11-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/netdev.co.za\/blog\/setting-the-smsc-on-cyanogenmod-11-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting the SMSC on Cyanogenmod 11.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

I installed Cyanogenmod 11.0 on my Samsung Galaxy S3, as the stock Samsung ROM was just getting slower and slower as time went on.<\/p>\n

There’s a ton of crap that gets installed when using the stock Samsung ROM, a lot of crap you really don’t need.<\/p>\n

However, this post isn’t about telling you all the great things that\u00a0Cyanogenmod offers. It’s about telling you how to set your SMSC (Short Message Service Centre) number.<\/p>\n

In Cyanogenmod 11.0, there’s nowhere to input the number in its normal, international dialling code format via the Settings.<\/p>\n

You have to enter it via the “secret” Android screen accessible by entering *#*#4636#*#*<\/strong> in the phone dialer.<\/p>\n

You’ll be presented with a screen like so:<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-08-07-15-27-53\"<\/p>\n

Tap on “Phone information”, and you’ll see this screen:<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-08-07-15-28-14\"<\/p>\n

Scroll down until you see “SMSC:”<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot_2015-08-07-15-28-23\"<\/p>\n

Once there, enter one of the following values in the text box next to SMSC:, and then press “Update”:<\/p>\n

(I’m only listing South African cell providers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nContract<\/th>\nPrepaid<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom<\/th>\n0591722819921100<\/td>\n0591722819911100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN<\/th>\n07917238010000F2<\/td>\n07917238010011F3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C<\/th>\n07917248010000F0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Virgin Mobile<\/th>\n07917247010050F0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8ta (Telkom Mobile)<\/th>\n0591721991F71100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Your cellular connection will drop and reconnect once you hit “Update”, and you should be able to send SMS’\u00a0again from your device.<\/p>\n

These strange combinations of characters are called PDU’s (Protocol Data\u00a0Units), and they’re another way of representing a telephone number\u00a0which your cellphone can use.<\/p>\n

You can read more about that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Right, that’s it.<\/p>\n

Let me know if this helps you out.<\/p>\n

G.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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