Sprint changed up their website to reflect the Sprint/Nextel merger. As a result, the text messaging form on this website as well as the Java SendNote program are probably both broken. I’ll try to make the proper adjustments soon.
Something is wrong with the Text Notification form at http://apgap.com/messaging.php which probably breaks SendNote for some poeple and makes it more difficult to download applications from ApGap.
Sprint might have changed their Text Notification form again. It will take some time for me to diagnose the problem. Sorry.
Update: Nevermind. It seems like it’s working again. Must have been a temporary problem.
[sd]: http://sprintdevelopers.com
[tf]: http://www.teleflip.com
[sp]: http://sprintpcs.com
Like every other wireless carrier, [Sprint PCS][sp] offers an e-mail to SMS gateway. You can send messages to Sprint phones by addressing an e-mail like 8005551212@messaging.sprintpcs.com. Sprint will get the e-mail, pick out the first 120 characters of the message and send them as an SMS to the corresponding phone number. To send a message to a Verizon subscriber, you need a different gateway, 8005551212@vtext.com. So what if you don’t know which carrier the recipient uses? Remember, the Number Portability system means everybody can change their carrier without changing their number. That creates a maintenance nightmare for you.
SendNote version 2.1.0 is now available. The new version works correctly with Sprint’s lame new text messaging form at http://messaging.sprintpcs.com. You can no longer specify a callback number when sending messages from SendNote. This means that Text Notifications sent to other Sprint phones will appear to come from nobody. The recipient won’t see your name or number or anything. Be sure you sign your name on your messages. Maybe I’ll add a signature option in the future but it will take away from the available 160 character maximum.
You can download SendNote directly to your phone by visiting apgap.com.
SendNote may not be working due to recent changes at Sprint. You can read all the technical details here:
http://www.sprintdevelopers.com/postp261.html
I’ve updated the message gateway at ApGap so if you are using those settings, SendNote should work for you. I’ll have to put out a new release for everybody else.
Sprint seems to have made some changes (again) to their text messaging form at http://messagings.sprintpcs.com
The site now says, numbers entered into the Callback field cannot be sent.
The site rejects messages sent with a callback number which breaks SendNote and a few other services I have setup.
I’ll work on a fix, but it may take a while to release an update.
I finally broke down and setup a gateway to Sprint’s text messaging service. I haven’t had much luck using SendNote with my T608. I suspected it was due to the monster sized results page that Sprint spits back when you submit the form at http://messagings.sprintpcs.com.
To fix the problem, I made my own form processing gateway that sends messages on to Sprint and parses the results. The script sends back just a couple lines of text to the SendNote program. My T608 seems to handle that just fine, so SendNote is working for me again.
Against my better judgment, I’ll pass the settings on to anybody who wants them. If everybody started using my gateway, I’m sure my bandwidth will go way up, my availability will go way down, and apgap.com will start experiencing outages. So please, just use this if you have a T608 or if you are having lots of trouble sending Text Notifications using the default SendNote settings.
To use my gateway, select “Configure” from the SendNote menu. Scroll down to “HTTP Server” and change it to “apgap.com". Change “Path” to “/". Change “Document” to “composeconfirm.php".
If you are using version 2.1.0 (or newer) of SendNote, the configuration options have changed slightly. Just put apgap.com/composeconfirm.php in the HTTP Server field.
That’s it. SendNote will now send your messages to the ApGap server which will pass them on to Sprint, parse the results, and give (smaller) results back to the SendNote application. I should also point out, that I could now snoop through all your messages if I were an unscrupulous sort of guy. That’s the downside of using somebody else’s gateway. I suppose I could post all the gory details on how to create your own gateway on your own server, but I won’t do that today.
Sorry that ApGap has been down for so long. I’m making an effort to get things back online but I’ve been burried with other projects. I’m re-posting this old log to get things rolling again.
SendNote and other files are now available for download direct to your mobile phone. Just go to apgap.com using your Sprint PCS phone. To save yourself some typing, you can send a link directly to your phone as a text message.
It seems that Sprint changed their text messaging website again(!) so SendNote (and MiniSendNote) won’t be working anymore. I’ve taken the applications off-line until Sprint’s web page settles down and I have time to create a new version. For now, you will get “not found” errors if you try to download those applications.
Likewise, the Messaging page at http://www.apgap.com/messaging.php probably won’t be working right now and trying to send a link to download content to your phone won’t be working either.
Lots of changes are taking place at Sprint to accommodate “real” SMS messaging. Let’s hope things get better as a result.
Sorry everyone.
SendNote Version 2.0.2 is now available for download in the applications section. This version corrects for the recent change to Sprint’s text messaging website. Please note that the configuration has changed! If you simply upgrade from version 2.0.1 to version 2.0.2, you may have to manually enter the new configuration settings. If you delete 2.0.1 first then you won’t have to adjust the configuration but you will have to re-enter your phonebook.
Actually, I tried deleting 2.0.1 from my T608 before upgrading to 2.0.2 and it retained all my settings anyway! That’s odd. Anyway, I had to manually adjust the configuration settings.
I’ve upgraded my phone to 2.0.2 but my first couple attempts at testing have failed. I hope it’s a temporary problem. It works properly in the simulator. I’ll have to try testing again tomorrow.
Well, Sprint changed around http://messaging.sprintpcs.com and broke my SendNote application.
I should have a fix out soon. I’ve already updated http://www.apgap.com/messaging.php and
http://www.apgap.com/messaging.php?s=wml
You might want to try using those pages until the new SendNote is available.
On a (hopefully) unrelated note, I now have a T608 and I haven’t gotten SendNote to send e-mail from it yet. I keep getting a login failure from smpt.sprintpcs.com. I’m planning to look into it, but I don’t know if it’s my phone or some other change by Sprint.
Sprint appears to have made some changes to their SMTP server recently. When trying to send e-mail from SendNote, most users get a “game/application terminated” error unexpectedly. I’m not sure what the problem is yet, but I’m looking into it.
A server at my hosting service crashed and I lost my entire site. This is a back up copy. Hopefully it’s not too far out of date.
I’ve made a few tweaks to the website and the applications seem to be available for download again. Sorry about the delay. The e-mail doesn’t seem to be working yet, so you may have to write to me at “ApGap” at WilliamFrantz.com.
I have launched a new website called SprintDevelopers.com devoted to people who want to create and distribute applications, games, images, and ringtones for Sprint PCS handsets. In the future, ApGap.com will simply provide distribution while SprintDevelopers.com focuses on tips, tools, and techniques for creating your own programs and content.
The pre-release version of SendNote 2.1.3 is now available for testing. Registered members should have received an e-mail announcement with download instructions. Please let me know if works well.
Versions 2.1.0 through 2.1.2 were never publicly released. Based on my own testing, I hope to release 2.1.3.
There is a pre-release copy of SendNote version 2.1.0 available now to registered members. After it gets tested a bit, I will release a public version. If you have donated to this site and you did not receive an announcement then you need to register your e-mail address. Contact me for instructions.
Version 2.0.0 of SendNote has some serious problems. The default configuration values are getting trashed. It should be easily corrected by verifying the settings.
your name = whatever
your username = your SprintPCS e-mail username
your password = your SprintPCS e-mail password
http server = “messaging.sprintpcs.com”
http path = “/sml/”
http document = “guestCompose.do”
smtp server = “smtp.sprintpcs.com”
I am working on version 2.1.0 that will correct this issue and add some better debugging information. Watch for a new release soon.
Version 2.0.0 of SendNote is now available. This is essentially version 0.4 of the pre-released version which has now been removed.
The “SendNote” links under Applications and on the Mobile version of this website will now take you to version 0.4 of PreSendNote. This special pre-release of SendNote will allow you to send e-mail to any e-mail address. Read all about it here.
Next week I’ll be rolling this into SendNote version 2.0 but I wanted to make this available for the July 4th weekend and I have no time to do a “nice” release at the moment.
I’ve added a form to send text messages from this website through Sprint’s server. I made it much simpler than Sprint’s so it will work from a mobile phone and I’ve added the ability to bookmark it with things like your callback number already filled in.
There is a working version of SendNote with e-mail support! You can send text message to any e-mail address. Of course this means you can send text messages to just about any cell phone on any carrier.
I’ve just sent an e-mail message to those that have donated $$$. You should receive a link to download the new e-mail version of SendNote. If I missed anyone from that group, please let me know.
I’ll try to patch up any problems they find, write some documentation, clean up the code, and then put out a public release.
There’s a new version of MiniSendNote in the Applications section. This is actually the first time I’ve made MiniSendNote available through ApGap. This is the program that started it all. Originally, you had to download a zip file, extract a jad file, modify it, upload the files to a service like PCSPix and finally download it to you phone. Not any more. Thanks to the magic of PHP, now you can fill out a form and download MiniSendNote directly to your phone.
MiniSendNote is smaller and simpler than SendNote, but it should meet the needs of casual users. The nice part is that it loads quickly. I’d like to hone it more and really take it down to the bare minimum.
I created a “J2ME Developers” section for those that are interested in the nitty gritty of creating programs for Sprint phones. I’ll be posting technical information there.
Some people have reported bugs in SendNote v1.2 like the application just crashing. That might be due to low memory. I don’t know how much free memory is required, but I have 350KB free and it works on my Sanyo 4900.
Other people have complained about SendNote not saving data. That might be due to aborting the program instead of using the “Exit” option. SendNote will only save data when you “Exit” the program. If you stop the program by pressing the “END” key, you may lose names.