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Samsung Phone Text Not Working

It is a common occurrence for some Samsung phone users to find that their Samsung phone text is not working. This is essentially paralyzing since it renders your Samsung phone unable to either send or receive texts and could impact either your family’s safety or important work functions and assignments. Read on to learn how to troubleshoot and then fix the problem of your Samsung phone text not working.

If you want to know how to fix your Samsung phone text not working, check for any network issues or carrier problems or issues. Try ejecting your SIM card and then re-inserting it. Check to make sure Samsung Messages is enabled as your default messenger service.

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If this still does not solve the problem, try clearing the message cache. You can do this by opening Settings and going to Apps. Then, open Messages. Tap on Storage and then tap on Clear Data and Clear Cache.

Samsung Messages Not Vibrating

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If your Samsung phone is not vibrating when you receive text messages, it could cause you to miss an important business or personal message. There are several common reasons for the lack of vibration when a message is received. One possibility is that there is a problem with one of the settings controlling the phone’s vibration. Another possible cause is that the actual vibration motor has failed.

If you want to know how to fix your Samsung Messages not vibrating, first, go to Messaging and then tap on Menu. Select Settings and then go to Notification Settings. Now, go ahead and turn on Vibrate for SMS, which you can navigate to by going to Settings and then to Sound and then to Enable Vibrate on Ring and Enable Vibrate on Silent.

Samsung Messages Keeps Opening/Popping Up

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What could be worse than to have your Samsung Messages popping up and then opening by themselves without end every five or ten minutes or even more frequently. Read on to learn how to resolve this unsettling issue by operating your phone in Safe Mode, which will disable most third-party apps.

If you want to know how to fix Samsung Messages that keep opening and popping up, press and hold Power until you see Power Off and Restart and Emergency. Press and hold Power Off and you will see a Shield icon. Tap it and the Samsung phone will restart in Safe Mode, which should solve the problem.

Samsung Messages Keep Asking for Phone Numbers

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If your Samsung Messages app keeps giving you the message of Enter Your Phone Number, it is not only inconvenient but almost an invasion of your privacy. You can fix this issue by following the steps outlined below.

If you want to know how to fix the problem of Samsung messages that keep asking for your phone number, delete the Samsung Messages Remembered Apps. Do this by going to Settings and then to Apps and then select the Samsung Messages App. Tap on Force Stop.

Then tap on Storage and then tap on Clear Cache and tap on Clear Data and see if this then stops the problem.

Samsung Messages Keeps Stopping

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If you keep getting the message that Messages Keep Stopping, every time that you are trying to send a message or open the Samsung Messages app, this usually indicates that there is a problem with the default texting app not working properly. This can either be from a minor issue with the app or it can represent a significant issue since Samsung Messages comes pre-installed on your Samsung phone.

If you want to know how to fix Samsung Messages keeps stopping, perform a Forced Restart on your Samsung phone. Hold down the Volume Down Button and then at the same time hold down the Power key for about fifteen seconds.

Then, reboot your Samsung phone and check to see if the Samsung Messages Stoppage is continuing.

You can also try to clear the Cache and Data of all Messages. You can do this by swiping to pull down the notification screen.

Go ahead and tap on settings and then tap on Apps. Locate and then tap on Messages. Then, tap on storage and tap on Clear Cache. Then, tap on Clear Data and then confirm this by tapping OK.

Now, open the Samsung Messages App and determine if you keep seeing the Messages Keeps Stopping Error.

As a final attempt to clear this problem if nothing else works, go ahead and Delete the System Cache. If the System Cache is corrupted, it can lead to the Samsung Messages App crashing.

To do this, first, turn off the Samsung phone. Then, press and then hold the Volume Up Key along with the Bixby Key.

Now, press and hold the Power Key. When you see the Samsung Logo again, let go of each of the three keys.

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At this point, when you see that the screen now appears black with blue and yellow lettering,

Samsung Messages App Keeps Crashing

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We have all become used to communicating all the time using messages and so it is utterly disorienting when your Samsung Messages App keeps crashing. Careful and thorough troubleshooting can easily and quickly diagnose what is causing the problem so that you can rapidly rectify it.

If you want to know how to fix your Samsung Messages App that keeps crashing, check for any software bugs that could be affecting the Messages app. If these apps are infected with a virus, for example,  it could cause the Samsung Messages App to crash randomly.

Crashing of the Samsung Messages App can also be due to third party apps that interfere with it or to internal software problems like a missing software update. Data and System files that have become corrupted can also cause issues with the Samsung Messages App.

You can also try fixing this issue by restarting your Samsung phone. Press Lock and Volume Down for at least seven seconds.

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Another way to restart your Samsung phone that is effective is to utilize the Samsung Auto Start function. You can do this by going to Settings and then to Device Care. Then, go to the 3 dots that you can find in the upper right corner of the phone and tap on it and then go to Auto restart.

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