I had a little but annoying problem when writing sms on my Samsung phone (S7550): I just couldn’t find a way to type some special characters like “ê”, î or “ë”. Mostly useless in English, but unavoidable in French!
I was almost ready to accept that glitch as some strange bug or carelessness from Samsung, until I found where it came from: by default, Samsung phones (mine at least) are configured by default to use some “GSM alphabet”, which apparently doesnt include some accentuated letters. The strange thing is I never had that problem with my old Nokia phone. Anyway, the solution can be found under:
Menu -> Messages -> Settings -> SMS -> Sending preferences -> Alphabet
Choose “UNICODE” or better: “Auto” instead of “GSM alphabet” in the drop down menu and you’re all set!
The problem with the UNICODE option is that it will limit the length of the SMS to 70 characters instead of the normal 160. Using the “Auto” option, your phone will detect if you are using any character not in the default GSM alphabet, and will make the SMS a Unicode SMS accordingly (only 70 characters long). If you don’t use any of those special characters, the SMS will remain a “normal” SMS (160 characters).
Link: GSM alphabet table.
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