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Nokia SMS Accelerator For N73, N80 and E61

I use a Nokia N73 mobile handset and after few weeks of usage, sending an sms started taking a lot of time (over a minute) and the handset used to hang until the sms was sent. Time to send an sms kept on increasing after every sms sent. Finally when it became unbearable (over 4 minutes to send an sms), I googled for this problem and found out it’s a bug which exists in Nokia N73, N80 and E61 handsets. Nokia has released a patch for this bug called Nokia SMS Accelerator. However, when I tried to download and install the patch directly from my handset, it did not work for me. Finally, I downloaded the patch on my PC first, connected my handset to my PC, and installed the patch from my PC to my handset using the Nokia PC Suite. The patch fixed this problem and now it only takes about 5 seconds to send an sms. You can download the patch for Nokia N73 from here, for N80 from here and for E61 from here.

Cheers,
Raj

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Published Dec 14 2007, 02:41 PM by raj
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Comments

 

Shehan said:

Thank you for the software.. My phone used to get stuck when i try to send a SMS.. But after installing the patch it worked properly.. thankyou guys..

December 28, 2007 5:16 AM
 

Sam said:

I cant install the nokia update program,it tells me there is a fault ( maybe not enough memory ) Is the another way in which i can obtain the update?

January 5, 2008 11:52 PM
 

raj said:

Sam,

Which handset are you using and what is the exact error message you are getting when you try to install the patch?. I doubt you should face any memory problems as the patch is lightweight.

Are you trying to install the patch directly from your handset? If yes it might not work. The best way to install the patch is to first download it on your pc, then use the Nokia PC Suite to install the same on your handset.

Cheers,
Raj

~~~ CODING FOR ETERNITY !!! ~~~

January 6, 2008 2:29 AM
 

Sam said:

Raj,

Thanks for your reply.Im wondering if its the amount of RAM that iv got cos my pc is about 6years old and only has 240MB RAM and iv noticed on the nokia sight that the pc requirments states 256MB of RAM needed.As im trying to download the Nokia Software Updater,first a message comes up saying about the 256MB required and then another saying installation operation failed,fatal error during installation.

January 6, 2008 9:47 AM
 

raj said:

Sam,

It might be a problem with your PC RAM indeed. However one work around for this would be to try and directly install the Nokia SMS Accelerator patch from your handset. If you have GPRS enabled on your handset, simply visit code for eternity !!! and download the respective patch from your handset directly. This did not work for me, but this approach does work for many other users. Do let me know if this solved your problem.

Cheers,
Raj

~~~ CODING FOR ETERNITY !!! ~~~

January 6, 2008 11:21 AM
 

Sam said:

I ended up doing it all on my mothers computer but its highlighted that my pc is in need of an update haha.Alls good with the phone now,works great,thanks again for your help Raj.

Cheers Sam

January 14, 2008 4:50 AM
 

sue said:

i did not know this problem is being encountered by so many ppl. I thoguht it was just my N80, till i did a search. 10x Raj for sharing. You are most kind. Appreciated!

January 19, 2008 6:40 AM
 

Lloyad said:

thank you for the adds.. i installed it with my n73 phone and it went ok..

January 21, 2008 1:15 PM
 

Aled said:

Thank you Raj, my n73 has been taking over 2 mins to send a text for months, and you've got it fixed for me in 10 mins! thanks again, much appriciated.

January 28, 2008 5:25 PM
 

Aled said:

Do you have any top tips to speed up the time it takes the N73 to take a photograph?

January 28, 2008 5:46 PM
 

raj said:

Hi Aled,

Apologies for the delayed response. I was on vacation and hence the delay in responding back.

I am not aware of any tips / tricks to speed up the time it takes the N73 to take a photograph. However, as a good practise, you should always try to keep your mobile phone updated with the latest softwares and patches. This might help fix common problems faced by mobile phone users. Nokia provides an application called Nokia Software Updater which automates most of the software update process (similar to Windows Update). It can be downloaded from here. More info about the same can be found here.

Cheers,
Raj

~~~ CODING FOR ETERNITY !!! ~~~

February 6, 2008 8:30 AM
 

PAUL said:

i have had the n73 for 2weeks the problem is if i cal someone the person cannot hear me but i can hear them. i have to swicth off and on and cal back and they can hear me.what can i do pliz.

thax...paul

March 5, 2008 5:42 AM
 

paul said:

can u get back to me on my e-mail;kingsean87@yahoo.com  thank

March 5, 2008 5:54 AM
 

raj said:

Hi Paul,

I am not a mobile phone expert ;-) Just that I happened to get rid of this N73 SMS bug by installing the Nokia SMS Accelerator, and so I shared my experience on this website hoping it would be useful to others.

However, I would strongly suggest you to update your handset software, as that might help you fix this problem. You can visit http://europe.nokia.com/softwareupdate for more info.

Cheers,
Raj

~~~ CODING FOR ETERNITY !!! ~~~

March 5, 2008 7:07 AM
 

Marvin said:

Hi Raj...

i really appreciate your sharing of this program, but i truelly hate that my phone doenst shows me any use:S

But there was something different: you say: sms should take about 10 mins... mine was busy for more than 1 hour, and still didnt send the sms... then i installed the sms accelerator with Nokia PC Suite, restarted my phone, but he still tried to send the sms from the hour ago :S

help ??^^ my phone is an N73... i believe my biggest mistake :S

April 2, 2008 2:31 PM
 

raj said:

Hi Marvin,

I strongly suggest you to update your phone software. That just might help. Please refer to my reply to Paul (just above your question) for more info on how to update your phone software. Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Raj

~~~ CODING FOR ETERNITY !!! ~~~

April 5, 2008 3:23 AM
 

Zeus said:

I have 2 n73 (not music edition). At the moment, I'm using n73 latest firmware: ver. 4.0735.3.0.2 at one of my n73s. I've installed the sms accelerator but nothing's changed, the message sending still slow. I wonder why the older firmware, ver 3 has faster message sending after installing sms accelerator.

April 18, 2008 6:44 PM
 

anup said:

thanks dude even i was face ing same kind of problem....

May 15, 2008 1:05 AM
 

rosctock said:

I have the same problem with my N73, it took long time to send sms ..... and finaly use sms accelarator .... ... and then ......

it works !!!!!! thanks bro!!!

July 18, 2008 5:49 AM
 

yathiraj said:

hey!!,thanx a lot man!

i was about to sell ma 73 becoz of this,...n this was the last page opend before that,

i never beleived,stil gave a try,..and it workd!..

u jus made up ma day!

anyways thanx a lot again

July 25, 2008 5:11 PM
 

Johnny said:

Hey.  I have installed this sofware.  The phone is alot quicker but it has not stopped my phone taking about 9-10 mins to send a message.

August 11, 2008 8:54 AM
 

Johnny said:

My phone still takes ages to send a message even after installing this.  Ant ideas?

August 11, 2008 8:58 AM

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