Problem with sms application in the 160 caracthers

[Tom45282003]

hey there you guys

I don't know if this has been covered in the forum before but I could not find it
I have been having problems with my sms application, I tried handcent, gosms and some others but they still carry the same problem even the stock sms app does it also.

I live in France so for me accents like this

 

[umangsharma27]

Hi, i am also facing the same kind of problem with my cell phone. Please some one help me to resolve this as messaging is an important part of my life. thanks

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[Tom45282003]

hey there can anyone help out on this one or should I just contact the developers

 

[AngryHatter]

I'd email the dev to see if a French version will be forthcoming or I'd drop the accents to save characters.
Or...send many tiny messages.

 

[Yeahha]

The issue is normal text messages send it with 7-bit encoding, using The 7 bit default alphabet

When you use a character that is not part of this alphabet it uses 16-bit encoding.

Quick math
7 bits/character x 160 characters/message =1120 bits/message
16 bits/character x 70 characters/message =1120 bits/message

A text can not be coded in both 7-bit and 16-bit, so if you use any character not in the 7-bit alphabet your message is shortened to 70 characters