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Hi, I'm new to this forum and wondering if someone can help me?!

I have a sony ericsson k610i, and like most ericsson phones I can view the details of my INCOMING text messages (date&time sent/received).

My question is what is meant exactly by the sent time? Is it:
- The time that the sender actually selects send on their phone (GMT time not time on their phone clock by the way)?
- The time that the SMSC receives the text message from the senders
phone?
- The time that the SMSC manages to send the SMS to the service provider, and hence to my phone?
- None of the above?

The reason I ask this question is that last night I was sent a text message by my boyfriend but according to him he sent the message a couple of minutes before I received it. However, when looking at the message details, the message sent time agreed with the message received time and not the time he supposedly sent it. Is this possible, or was my boyfriend lying about when he sent it? (This is a possibility, wont go into details). I was thinking that perhaps there may have been a delay from when he sent the message from his phone to when the SMSC actually received it, but I don't know.

To aid with understanding I'll be specific. The text was supposedly sent at 23:08, the text arrived on my phone at 23:10. The text message details read sent: 23:10, received: 23:10. Is it possible that he selected send at 23:08 like he says?

Any help would be much appreciated!

[ This Message was edited by: Keels on 2006-08-23 11:51 ]

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[ This Message was edited by: Keels on 2006-08-24 14:01 ]
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Posted: 2006-08-23 12:47:09
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It means the time the message left the senders device.

I know messages sometimes have to wait in a queue to be sent too!

Are you on different networks?

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[ This Message was edited by: goldenface on 2006-08-23 12:00 ]
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Posted: 2006-08-23 12:57:53
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Hmm so he was lying then?

No, we are both on O2.

[ This Message was edited by: Keels on 2006-08-23 12:01 ]
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Posted: 2006-08-23 13:00:01
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The set time represents the time on his phone, yes the clock that is on his phone. So if his phone was say a few minutes faster. I'll use an example. Say his phone read 6:03 but it was really 6:02 and he sends the message. Say u receive it instantly it would say the message was sent at 6:03 but u received it at 6:02.

I know this because my friend had her phone an hour slower and whenever i received a message from her it would say it was sent an hour ago but it didn't seem right because i would get replies from her regarding my recently sent message. So i came to the conclusion that the sent time depended on the senders phone clock.
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Posted: 2006-08-23 13:03:45
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Test it and see? Get someone sitting next to you to send you one, also try changing their clock? I'm REALLY intrigued as to why 2 mins is important? :-D This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2006-08-23 13:38:42
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On 2006-08-23 13:38:42, Rob_B wrote:
Test it and see? Get someone sitting next to you to send you one, also try changing their clock? I'm REALLY intrigued as to why 2 mins is important?



This message was posted from a WAP device


It's amazing how two minutes can actually make a difference! My boyfriend had gone for a shower, set his msn profile to away. Apparently, when he returned I appeared offline so he sent me a text message. He then realised that everyone appeared offline, so closed the msn window and reopened it, and there I was. He then said hello to me. The problem is this...I didn't receive the text message until after he said hello to me on messenger, yet he claims he sent it before. Part of me is convinced that text was not meant for me and he sent it to me by accident, in which case there will be trouble (based on what text said)... part of me thinks the whole sending text before saying hi to me is rubbish to cover his back.
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Posted: 2006-08-23 13:57:20
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I think ur thinking too much... What he said is all very possible. I remember when i got accused of lying because my router restarted and then my msn auto signed in...
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Posted: 2006-08-23 14:02:09
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On 2006-08-23 14:02:09, Daisun wrote:
I think ur thinking too much... What he said is all very possible. I remember when i got accused of lying because my router restarted and then my msn auto signed in...


I don't doubt he had trouble with msn, I just doubt that it was me he was meant to be texting to find out where I was
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Posted: 2006-08-23 14:03:18
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lol, well next time grab his phone and check his sent folder...!
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Posted: 2006-08-23 14:04:48
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On 2006-08-23 13:38:42, Rob_B wrote:
Test it and see? Get someone sitting next to you to send you one, also try changing their clock? I'm REALLY intrigued as to why 2 mins is important?



This message was posted from a WAP device


Tested it with a mate. Changing his clock made no difference to the sent time that appeared on my phone...he moved his clock forward by 30 mins to 13:34, but when I received it, sent time was 13:04.
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Posted: 2006-08-23 14:11:12
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