Android text messaging bugs acknowledged, fixes detailed

Hear that thunderous roar off in the distance, growing louder (and more frightening) as it persists? That is the sound of excited Android users emailing us to inform their fave gadget site that Google has just sent users an update to that little embarrassing SMS bug that we reported a while back. There seem to be two distinct issues: users have reported both opening one message to have a completely different message appear, and / or sending an text message to one contact yet having it delivered to another contact entirely. We need only say one word: sexting , to highlight just how dangerous this could be! Google promises us that a fix for these two issues are in the works. In the meanwhile, check out the e-mail below to read their response and work-around. [Thanks Jon, and thanks to everyone else who sent this in!] Continue reading Android text messaging bugs acknowledged, fixes detailed Android text messaging bugs acknowledged, fixes detailed originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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