Help How to view a text msg attachment contact.

[Bully74uk]

I knew this phone would be a steep learning curve !

A friend has sent me someones contact details as a text msg/mms fromvan iphone.
I can see an atrachment symbol next to his name in my text messages but when i open the text there is nothing in there.
How do i view the attachment to get the contact details ?

 

[Lohung]

did you try long pressing the text?

and is there a DOWNLOAD button on the txt cause that would mean it never downloaded to your phone

 

[Proph]

normally when you open the text message in the message there is a paper clip symbol as well as you click on it and it will ask if you want to add to contacts or calendar etc...

however, i have found it is hit or miss. with several android phones and the vcard coming from other android phones, black berries, and iphones sometimes you just get a blank text message (although the message details describes itself as a multi-media message). sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. its very weird, and not specific to the nexus but it doesn't the same thing. now what works all the time is have people send the vcard or calendar event to your gmail, and you can add it there easily every time.


edit: i did forget to mention though i have seen this hit or miss behavior on at least 6 android phones running everything from 2.2,2.3 and now 4.0 but they were all on VZ.

 

[Bully74uk]

normally when you open the text message in the message there is a paper clip symbol as well as you click on it and it will ask if you want to add to contacts or calendar etc...

however, i have found it is hit or miss. with several android phones and the vcard coming from other android phones, black berries, and iphones sometimes you just get a blank text message (although the message details describes itself as a multi-media message). sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. its very weird, and not specific to the nexus but it doesn't the same thing. now what works all the time is have people send the vcard or calendar event to your gmail, and you can add it there easily every time.


edit: i did forget to mention though i have seen this hit or miss behavior on at least 6 android phones running everything from 2.2,2.3 and now 4.0 but they were all on VZ.

Yes thats exactly what happened, blank msg showing as an MMS but despite showing a paper clip, had nothing in it.

And as you also suggested, the guy emailed the vcard to me and the GNex automatically saved it into my contacts.

Thanks.