Text messages won't delete.

Hi,
My text message inbox is pretty darn full (over 2500 texts) but when I
try to delete them, they reappear after a restart. I've tried two
methods; manually deleting every single message and using 'Menu >
Tools > Clear text messages'.

Is there anything else I can try?

HTC Wizards and WM5.

pspr33
Sat May 03 18:08:36 PDT 2008

On 3 May, 21:49, "Ed Hansberry, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices" <spamfree-
silvern...@hotmail.spambegone.com> wrote:
> psp...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Hi,
> >My text message inbox is pretty darn full (over 2500 texts) but when I
> >try to delete them, they reappear after a restart. I've tried two
> >methods; manually deleting every single message and using 'Menu >
> >Tools > Clear text messages'.
>
> >Is there anything else I can try?
>
> >HTC Wizards and WM5.
>
> How soon after deleting them are you restarting? WM5 doesn't save
> all settings to the flash ROM immediately, so if you delete them
> then immediately soft reset, they'll be back.
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I'm pretty sure the first time that I deleted them I didn't soft reset
for at least 24 hours. Today, I soft reset after around 10 minutes
after I deleted them.

I'll leave it to delete the messages now and leave it overnight and
soft reset in the morning and post again if they're still appearing.

Any further advice would be grateful.

Todd
Sat May 03 21:27:22 PDT 2008

At 03 May 2008 18:08:36 -0700 pspr33@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm pretty sure the first time that I deleted them I didn't soft reset
> for at least 24 hours. Today, I soft reset after around 10 minutes
> after I deleted them.
>
> I'll leave it to delete the messages now and leave it overnight and
> soft reset in the morning and post again if they're still appearing.
>
> Any further advice would be grateful.


Silly question, But have you emptied the "Deleted Items" folder in the Text
Messages account proxy before resetting?

pspr33
Sun May 04 03:09:43 PDT 2008

On 4 May, 05:27, Todd Allcock <eleccon...@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:
> At 03 May 2008 18:08:36 -0700 psp...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I'm pretty sure the first time that I deleted them I didn't soft reset
> > for at least 24 hours. Today, I soft reset after around 10 minutes
> > after I deleted them.
>
> > I'll leave it to delete the messages now and leave it overnight and
> > soft reset in the morning and post again if they're still appearing.
>
> > Any further advice would be grateful.
>
> Silly question, But have you emptied the "Deleted Items" folder in the Text
> Messages account proxy before resetting?

Not a silly question at all. I did try that though and alas, they
still reappeared.

pspr33
Sun May 04 14:09:36 PDT 2008

Well, I left it to delete the messages overnight and I've just soft
reset and they've reappeared once again.

I've found out that text messages are stored in a file called 'cemail'
which is in the root directory of the phone. However, the file is
always in use by the OS, I was wondering how I would go about deleting
the file from the phone?