Haven't received a SMS in weeks, Crimson

Hardware Librem 5
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Simple as that I have not received a single SMS for weeks, I was not paying attention but several people have asked if I had received.

I had to do this on Pinephone/Mobian but I dont have the notes handy wondering if I need to do a

mmcli -m any --messaging-list-sms

then delete the numbers listed with

sudo mmcli -m any --messaging-delete-sms=0

this shows deleting SMS number 0 but it could be any and all on the stuck list ie 1, 15, or 0 to 35; I had 0-5 in a queue which I deleted in reverse order from number 5 to 0.

And beep-boop now I am getting my first spam SMSs in weeks.

This clean-out function and error detection and flagging really needs to be included in the messaging GUI.

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No, ModemManager’s messaging API needs to be reworked to not fail in this way. It doesn’t have to keep orphaned chunks around and neither it has to buffer all incoming messages on the SIM.

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I don’t get SMS anymore either.

It’s okay, I’m going to use my Librem 5 anyway.

Edit: A GrapheneOS enthusiast told me they have to use Graphene instead of Librem 5 because process isolation is the only thing saving you if Cellbrite texts you a virus.

I pointed out that my SMS hasn’t worked in months, so I’m safe and keep using Librem 5 and can still be secure.

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Does chatty/PureOS display SMS as anything other than plain text or store them in a database as anything other than plain text?

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My friend with a working car told me that they have airbags, collision avoidance, and anti-lock brakes to help keep them safe.

I pointed out that my car hasn’t worked in months, so I’m safe from car accidents. I can have my non-working car and still be secure.

:wink:

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Nice thing is that both pinephone and Librem both are tested as resistant from Cellbright USB attack.

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Really it is a mix of 4g volte unreliability and sometimes then that goes down it is just volte and sometimes it is everything. It usually takes an off/on of the hardware modem switch to get a fast module reboot and I have full function again.

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Just a side question, I noticed that after bringing my upgraded system down after adding the crimson backports a new crimson install started with me not receiving SMSs; so I didn’t notice that I can no longer select-all a SMS and then copy it for use elsewhere in the Librem. For example right now I am very bad at spelling in the local language so I will often take a SMS and run it through a translator to verify my reading or quickly translate a complicated message. Not anymore, now I can only interact with what the messaging app sees as weblinks. Am I missing a way to interact and copy/paste SMS messages?

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It’s been already backported and will be present in the next chatty upload.

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