Hi,
Still have this problem on Jelly Bean - but I think the settings location
has moved. This fix does not currently work. Any ideas on how to fix it
in 2012?
Thx
On Tuesday, November 3, 2009 4:31:26 AM UTC-6, Christopher wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> You'll only be able to override this limit if you can build your own
> version of the Android platform with updated settings built-in, or can
> get root access to the devices you're using in the field.
>
> Either way, you can alter the SMS rate-limiting as follows:
> # sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/
> settings.db
>
> To increase the number of SMS messages allowed per period:
> sqlite> INSERT INTO gservices (name, value) VALUES
> ('sms_outgoing_check_max_count', 101);
>
> Or, more simply, to remove the period check altogether:
> sqlite> INSERT INTO gservices (name, value) VALUES
> ('sms_outgoing_check_interval_ms', 0);
>
> However, I'd be more inclined to find a way to not send so many SMS
> messages (assuming you can't simple use a data connection). Surely
> you can batch multiple answers into a handful of SMS messages? If
> it's a simple multiple choice questionnaire, then you could even fit
> the entire session into a single SMS.
>
> Anyway, hopefully that helps.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
>
> On Nov 2, 9:07 pm, shmeed <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > We are developing an election monitoring application that relies on
> > the SMS network to submit reports from independent election observers
> > in the field. The application poses questions to the user, who answers
> > them sequentially, and an SMS is sent each time a question is
> > answered. We currently have around 120 questions (and therefore 120
> > SMS messages) that need to be sent in a fairly short period of time.
> > However, the limit in the Android source is 100 SMS messages per hour
> > (3600000 milliseconds).
> >
> > How can this limit be overridden, either on a per-application basis or
> > in the Android source?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
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