Do you save all your SMSs on your mobile?

@dpk262006 (58676)
Delhi, India
October 14, 2010 5:01am CST
Hi all. We keep receiving SMSs on our mobile phones. Do you delete those SMSs after reading or retain/save them? I normally forward the good ones and delete them thereafter. I save only those messages which are very very special and could later be forwarded. I believe storing ever SMSs is not wiser. What are you views?
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46 responses
14 Oct 10
If the message is important, I save them or set them as reminders for later. Especially if those messages contain information that is useful. Otherwise, I just delete them right away. My cell phone now automatically saves the messages right away, though, so sometimes I just keep them for the time being and delete them when I get the time. I don't get many forwarded quotes or messages anymore, but if I do, then I save them. And of course, I save heartwarming messages from my family and friends.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
17 Jan 11
I wish I could store all the texts except for the promotional ones. Even though I am not much of a texter, I love receiving them. I used to stoe them on my primary email box but after I lost my mobile, with a basic version I cannot do that now. Nevertheless, the thoughts behind the SMSes are enormously recharging and probably the reason why I want to retain them forever.
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
18 Jan 11
I agree. Forwarding a chain text s fine but forwarding a message meant for us only is not done. I would be not pleased to see the message I had sent someone in someone else's inbox.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Jan 11
Normally people forward the SMSs received from others (sometimes, without even deleting the name of the original sender....). However, to convey my feelings and regards in my own words, I sometimes draft my own original text messages and send it to my dear ones (or even if I forward a message, I see to it whether it has any scope of further improvement, if so, I amend it accordingly and then forward it).
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Jan 11
HI Mimpi! I understand that you love receiving good and interesting messages. If we can capacity in our mobile, we can see the stored message any time to cheer ourselves up. It is true the one who sends you an SMS is actually remembering you and want to share the his/her thoughts through SMS. Some SMSs are very personal and should not be seen by others, except for whom it has been intended for.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
14 Oct 10
I don't usually store text messages. Once read I will delete them. It is eating up the memory of my phone.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
15 Oct 10
This is the best and safest option to delete the SMSs, once you have read those.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
14 Oct 10
I leave my messages on my phone and once a week or so, delete the lot. I do the same with received and dialled numbers etc. I don’t like to clog my phone with stuff I don’t need. Every few months I get rid of stored numbers I no longer need as well. I’m like that with my laptop too, I get rid if anything I no longer need on a regular basis!
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
15 Oct 10
Hi Paula! It is wiser on your part that you do not retain unnecessary stuff in your mobile or on laptop which can clog the instruments. Storing unwanted stuff is of no use, and we should keep deleting regularly.
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@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
18 Oct 10
hi deepak! how are you my good friend? well on my part, i don't usually save SMS unless they are important. but before, i do keep them all especially those quotes and nice messages that i got from friends. but no, i don't receive much of them anymore, maybe because i am also not that much active in using SMS. i remember when my husband and i are just bf/gf, i do keep all of his messages on my phone as long as there's a space. lol! i just delete them when there's no more space so that i can replace them with new messages from him. lol!
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
19 Oct 10
Hi Ck! How are you doing my dear friend? Am fine. It is wiser on your part that you do not save unwanted SMS now a days, however, previously you used to save it, when you had an affair with your hubby, when you were unmarried. CK - who says you are not boy friend or girl friend for each other, you still are friends for each other, are not you? Nice to see you in my discussion after a long time. Deepak
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
20 Oct 10
I accept your appreciation gracefully that friends like me prompt you to come to mylot. I can understand that you remain busy and you do not visit mylot, as you may like to. Let you and your hubby may always be like good friends.
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
19 Oct 10
hello friend deepak! i'm good just that im kinda busy with other stuffs that's why my mylot time is lessen. actually, sometimes i even forgot that i have a cellphone! haha that's ho seldom i use it. well well, he's my ex boyfriend! haha but yeah e are still friends...actually best friends already! he's next in line with my parents & brother. haha lol! friends like you are one of the reason why i keep on coming back to mylot!
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@khare_1005 (1310)
• India
20 Oct 11
i used to store a few good messages in my mobile and used to send it to other friends as a forward.i used to write them in a diary too.but now i don't receive any such forwards and if i do receive,its once in a while and i don;t usually keep them in my inbox for long.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
21 Oct 11
Hi Khare! Congratulations on reaching century mark. der discussion, how did you dig it out? I can understand that earlier you used to save messages, however, now you do not get many messages. Since the day I bought my mobile handset, I love to retain some good SMSs and I keep forwarding to my dear friends. Thanks for sharing.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
21 Oct 11
Many thanks for responding to an older post. Actually, I might have not come to know about your response but in this case I received a notification about your response, therefore, I could post my counter comments.
• India
14 Oct 10
I have habit of storing messages from my close friends, and like you even I also forward messages to my other friends. These days mobiles are having lots of memory in built so we always have option to keep all the messages, and so I store all messages, I delete only few of them...
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
14 Oct 10
Hi deepak, how are you ? hope all ok with you i too do the same as you. delete most of the smss that I receive since there is no point in keeping all of them.But some I keep which are special to me.I have some sent by my children which are really old and it is really nice going through them....Have a nice day deepak and all the best
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
15 Oct 10
I am doing fine Kiran. How are you doing. You take a wiser step that you do not retain the received messages for a longer duration and delete them. Have a nice day to you too!
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
26 May 11
You deserved it Kiran. :-)
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
25 May 11
Thank you so much for the BR deepak,much appreciated .. all the best and enjoy your evening
@ifa225 (14461)
• Indonesia
22 Feb 11
right after i read it, except if the sms is contain an important message or some important information. my cell phone is a simple cell, so it only can save about 15 sms. if more than that, the sms coming i could not open.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
21 Oct 11
It is an older discussion, now you would have bought a new phone?
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
25 Oct 11
You are free to delete those SMSs.
@ifa225 (14461)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 11
oh certainly... now my cell can save hundred of SMS but still i am not a romantic person..so even there is some romantic SMS or wise SMS from my friend, i just....push the DEL button
@vandana7 (100280)
• India
15 Oct 10
If babyfaces start differentiating between wise, wiser, and wisest... I think I am wizest! I delete all..
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
15 Oct 10
Vandana, Who told you that you are not wisest.. It is safest on your part that you delete all SMSs. How are you doing?
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Oct 10
Sweet people like you find sweet friends.
@vandana7 (100280)
• India
15 Oct 10
And you are a very chweet friend deepu!
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
I just save the important ones, especially when I know that that person is forgetful. It serves as proof that he/she wrote and sent me that message. We also have to watch the memory capacity of your phone. If it's overloaded with messages, you may not be able to save more of your important messages.
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@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
14 Oct 10
Hi! Shall we conclude that you have some forgetful friends etc., who forget which message did they send you? And to refresh and remind them, you store their messages?
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• Philippines
14 Oct 10
I usually save only good quotes and passages in my mobile inbox. Sometimes I saved the messages that are touching and from special people. All messages that are simple hi, hello, I delete all of them.
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• Greece
14 Oct 10
Yes, nice topic. My mobile phone now is like compute. I have created folders, so every sunday or every 10 days, I copy - paste the sms that I have to the sender's folder in the Saved Messages folders. So if i need one some time, then I will find it very easily.
@khare_1005 (1310)
• India
21 Oct 11
and i thought you won't get to know that i responded here.thanks for the appreciation. you know i love digging in past discussion when i find nothing better around.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
21 Oct 11
Many thanks for responding to an older post. Actually, I might have not come to know about your response but in this case I receive a notification about your response, therefore, I could post my counter comments.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
22 Oct 11
So nice of you. :-)
• India
21 Oct 11
i posted it last night when i was trying hard to touch the century post.
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
20 Oct 10
I normally delete my sms after reading. I only retain those that contains certain information I need. I used to keep special sms which are meaningful and forward to my friends. However, a friend commented this is not sincerity especially if it is well-wishing another. Nowadays, I write my own sms instead of forwarding what I received.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
21 Oct 10
Hi why! It is nice on your part that you attempt your own SMS and this way you can claim to be original. I see no harm in forwarding meaningful messages to other friends, even if they are not original.
@aprilsong (1884)
• China
18 Jan 11
No, actually, after some period, i will check my mobile and delete all the old SMSs. I do think too many SMSs make it too " crowded".
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Jan 11
It means you do not retain even 'interesting' ones?
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
14 Oct 10
My cellphone can store so many SMS because it depends on the memory card. As you know, usually one SMS won't be larger than 1KB. So storing quantity isn't a problem. But I won't save all the SMS in my cellphone. I only store important SMS from good friends and my family. I will delete the rest after reading it. I love China
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
15 Oct 10
I can understand, a cell phone with a memory card could store numerous SMSs, however, storing unwanted or unimportant messages is of no use. You do the wise thing.
@allknowing (136369)
• India
14 Oct 10
I use my mobile mostly to make calls as I find it a nuisance to receive sms messages round the clock. If for some reason I keep the mobile on there will be countless messages which I promptly delete.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
15 Oct 10
Receiving unwanted or promo SMS could be a nuisance, I agree with you. However, SMS could still come in your inbox, if you switch it on after 12 hours. Deleting the unwanted messages is the best thing.
@allknowing (136369)
• India
15 Oct 10
I know.I have noticed that!!
@Rasorr (268)
• India
17 Oct 10
It depends on SMS whether it is important or not? If it is important then only i also saved it, for e.g. if someone's message about meeting at some venue and time then sure keep it in mobile. :P Have a nice day!! -Rasorr
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
18 Oct 10
When the meeting is over, do you delete it or retain it?
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
20 Oct 11
Some years ago I used to save many messages from near and dear ones . May be I was crazy then...lols . Now I hardly get time to read messages . I save and forward only those which are worthy to be saved .
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
21 Oct 11
Hi rolly! It is an older discussion, how did you dig it out? I can understand that earlier you used to save messages, it is nothing to do with your craziness ......... Since the day I bought my mobile handset, I love to retain some good SMSs and I keep forwarding to my dear friends. Thanks for sharing.