If you’ve got a cell phone from Boost Mobile, here’s what you need to know about using SMS text messaging with your mobile.
- Maximum message length: 500 characters.
- What happens to longer messages: Unknown.
- Cost per message: For pay-as-you-go plans, it’s 10 cents per message to send or receive. For unlimited plan users, it’s 10 cents per message to send; free to receive. (Same pricing when you send messages to overseas recipients.) Multimedia messages (MMS) cost 25 cents each to send or receive.
- For more information: Boost Pay-as-You-Go FAQ, Boost Mobile Unlimited FAQ
- Sending email to your phone: Use the address format [10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Example: 2125551212@myboostmobile.com
Here’s a handy tip for Boost customers: When you’re sending a text message to a friend who’s also on Boost, you can include reply options right within their message. That way, when they get your SMS, all they have to do is select a reply — they don’t have to key in a whole message back to you. When you’re sending a text message from an email program on your computer, put 2 tildes (~) before the response section and hit return after each response.
For example:
Are you going to the Shania Twain concert?
~~
~ Definitely. (Hit Enter/Return)
~ Nope, wouldn’t be caught dead there.(Hit Enter/Return)
~ Maybe, gotta check with my parents. (Hit Enter/Return)
Updated 7/2/2008
I live in england and can receive texts from a friend in USA with Boost Mobile. But she does not receive replies from me when I send texts… I can call her no problems… any idea.. I can text plenty of other people in USA on other networks
Boost is part of sprint. Text messages to a print phone wont go through if the number has the long distance number (1) on the number. I assume that boost is owned by sprint that the same conditions apply. EX. 1-555-555-5555 wont go through but 555-555-5555 will. I hope this helps
Obviously there’s some kind of glitch in the gateway between your U.K. carrier and Boost Mobile in the USA. I don’t know if there’s anything you can do about this. Maybe your friend could contact Boost Mobile customer service?
hi! I`m from Bosnia,but I`m living now in the USA.I`m wonderind whether I can send sms to my friends in Bosnia or not?
Thanks
I just purchased a Boost Mobile phone – a Motorola i415. When one of my friends sent me a txt message, it appeared in the SMS folder, but I was surprised to see there were no reply options. So I downloaded the full version of the user’s manual from Boost’s site, and much to my amazement, found that it said while I could receive SMS messages on my phone, I can’t send them (this seems asinine in the extreme). Anyhow, I downloaded a couple other manuals for other Boost Models, and they say the same thing! They then continue to describe just what “Boost Mobile Text Messaging” is…which seems to be the same as, well…SMS. Sound confusing?
I used an online SMS service to send myself a text message, to test things out. When I had to select the carrier, I chose Boost…but then nothing came. So I decided to send another, selecting Nextel, and that arrived instantly, again, in the SMS folder. About two minutes after, the one I sent first, selecting Boost, arrived also, but in the “Inbox” folder, which offered a “Reply” button, and showed the sender – in an email address format.
I’ve used the “Create Mesg” option, and filled in a friend’s phone number beside “To:” — but they aren’t receiving my messages.
So, what I’d like to know from anyone out there: Is this standard with Boost phones? Or is it just the particular model I have which is causing the aggrivation. To send a txt message from my phone, to someone else, do I have to type their number in an email format for Boost to send it properly? E.g., xxxxxxxxxx@carrier.com
I get the “Message Sent!” screen each time, but no one gets anything. Any help on this would be very much appreciated, ’cause otherwise, I’m just going to take the damn thing back in a few days, if I can’t get it sorted.
http://sms411.net/how-to-send-email-to-a-phone/
That link shows you the domain suffixes you need to send emails to your friends' phones!
guess what i got that same probile i cannt reply to it. i think all email text’s to your phone is accepted as a MMS thus going to the inbox folder. i tested on my sprint phone to send myself a MMS i got it in the inbox folder and replied and my sprint phone got it as a text with the subject included. I have text nextel people before and i noticed the phones are similar so i wonder how they been texting me back? Oh welll
Hi,
I’d like you guys to check out http://www.blitzplanet.com to find outif it works in the US with Boost. You’ll get a couple of free SMS credits and if you need more just send an email to support. Any testing appreciated as we are considering to move into the US.
I dont have any problems with Boost mobile text msgs. However, I do not understand what “Missed Events” means(?) When I miss a call or if I don’t pay attention to the alarm ringing, my phone will list these as Missed Events instead of a missed call or turning off the alarm. If someone sends me a text msg, it also shows as a missed event. Does anyone know what thats all about?
I have boost mobile to, and sometimes when you send messsages it takes a while for them to get the message. It has taken up to 4 or 5 hours for one of my messages to reach my friends. but after a few sent ones, they’ll get them right away.
hope this help!
someone is sending me raunchy sms text and i cannot reply or see who is sending it. What can i do????
hello there, you know when you receive a media mail, and then you delete a picture? it tells you that the picture that you deleted is still available through the website inbox, how do i get the that inbox?
WHAT DO I DO WHEN SENDING A PIC TO A MOBILE PHONE FROM MY COMPUTER?(~)
hello there, you know when you receive a media mail, and then you delete a picture? it tells you that the picture that you deleted is still available through the website inbox, how do i get the that inbox?
hello there, you know when you receive a media mail, and then you delete a picture? it tells you that the picture that you deleted is still available through the website inbox, how do i get to that inbox?
Hi well I would like to know how to read all my text messages that I sent and recieved. My phone is broken and I had all the sent and recieved text saved. How can I access and get to them online. There must be a way but when I go to the account activity online it just says when I did one but does not show it.
I just bought a Motorola i425 for Boost Mobile prapaid. I am able to send text messages to friends just fine. When I recieve text messages, the phone does not display the senders phone number or even signature so I have no idea who I am talking to. Also, I can’t seem to reply to texts that friends send me either. The majority of my friends are on Alltel and Verizon.
What gives?
Ok, I have a psp and I'm sending messages to a Boost Mobile costumer, I'm I going to get charge or is he?
Ok, I'm sending messages throught my psp to a Boost Mobile Costumer, I'm I going to get charged or is he?
something wrong with my phone every time some one calling i can't it on the scream and the answer machine pick it up
i need to know how to gain access to the boost mobile email account from my phone!! when someone sends me o pic&sound; txt it says "CONTENTS WAS MOVED BECAUSE YOUR HANDSET CANNOT DISPLAY IT> PLEASE GO TO YOUR WEB ACCOUNTY TO VIEW THE FULL MESSAGE" how do i go about doing hat????
What a rip off! Boost mobile says unlimited…… Well, if you want email sent to your phone that is extra. What a big disappointment.
if you buy the blackberry from Boost you can have up multiple e-mail accounts accessable and usable right from your desktop.
so i cant send a regular sms message .. it only sends out mms messages .. i dont kno why .. how do i fix it
i have boost mobile and i very dissapointed,expend almost 200.00and service its really bad….
Dont Use Boost Mobile it sucks,text and web works whenever,
you have to call every time to refresh we dont have al the time of the world……….
Well, it all depends what area you are in at the time. Boost has funny little spots it doesn't work in, but it works overall for me. If you do have a problem with it, it just needs a Master Reset. **Menu> **Settings> **Advanced> **Connectivity> **Master Reset **000000 **Yes/OK **Turn phone back on after about a minute or two **OK for Browser Update. Should work after that. i hope this helps some people!
what pic format do I use to send to my boost mobile phone? when I send a .JPG it tells me it's an unknown format. ???
I am looking to find the number of a friend. How do I go about that?
using boost mobile,,i have the i776 motorola ,is there software out there that i can use in pc to download sent and recived text messages,i have seen programs for ring tones ,and numerous other functions,i have the data cable also but pc/cell are both bluetooth capable is there away to interface them wireless ? ty great web site
I didn't read all the replies to this thread but I am not recieving replies to text messages I send to an email address, after testing this myself to my own email address I figured out the problem. People who recieve messages from my phone see the address as 1708#######@myboostmobile.com and that address does not work. It should be 708#######@myboostmobile.com without the 1 in front of it. If I send a message from my email without the 1 in front it works just fine. I am going to complain to boost customer support about this issue.
Hey does anybody know how to send an email to a boost phone????
I tried using their website but it didn't work. I know u can text verizon phones just by putting in the phone number@VTEXT.com but how do u do it for a boost phone?
(***-***-****@myboostmobile.com)
Hope this helps!
***-***-****@myboostmobile.com is no longer working. I tried to email myself and it came back as a fatal error…any other ideas? Customer service is horrible…
10 digit number@boostmobile.com worke s 4 me
don't put dashes in the phone number part.
just the 10 digits.
Tyler, as it says in the article above: Use the address format [10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Example: 2125551212@myboostmobile.com
Let me know if that's not working, though!
1 + the number@myboostmobile.com
i cand send from e-mail to boost but when i send from boost to e-mail, it doesn't work
Hi,
I was having issues receiving texts from a friend to whom I'd sent a text by email, and it turned out that in order to receive texts by email, you need to include a Subject line in your original email – at least, that's what seemed to fix it for me.
Just felt I should share this in case anyone else had similar problems.
i have a phone from boost mobile and its 50 dollars a month but my dad pays and then i run out of money in my account because supposevly i send mms but i dont include pictures or audio ar anything i just wanna text not send pix or anythin how can i get regular text messaging and not mms
im getting txt msgs with the return address a 5 digit number with no name. (such as 69555) how can i reply or find out who is sending msgs?
you can always text the word "stop" (without the quotes) if you are receiving text messages from those 5 digit numbers.
i am getting cause code 98 and cant send or receive messages…help me!
I have no data cable. Can I send a pic from my phone to my PC via Email?
for a while i could but it will cost you. nowadays it wont recievein my email when i send it, yet it will be noted as Sent.
How do you send a gif to the i776 boost phone
I sent a message with a picture to my boost mobile friend but he dosen’t know how to get them. Can you advise?
okay what you do is you send messages by the number only and not email…or go ask the boost mobile manager at redtube.com
can i send a picture from my email to a boost phone if so hoe
send pic by email to your phone number@myboostmobile.com
I just got my phone yesterday. I switched from a iden to a cdma. When I try and send a text. It says they are sent. But never get where they are supposed to. I can't recieve any either. Everything else is working just fine.
How can I get to my messages from Home computer not Handset?
ok can someone please help me? how can i view my full text messages on my boost online account?
ok i have a boost incognito and im tryna get yahoo mobile on my phone to upload the pics from my yahoo. is that possible?
Every since I upgraded my phone to the samsung rant, i have been getting text messages sent to my fb friends and twitter.
All it says is “STOP ALL”.
It does it early in the morning about 5:40 am and has done it twice since I changed.
Anyone else have this problem and how do I fix it?
Thanx
Riley
I am going to be out of the country for almost 30 days. Is there a way to check my Voice Mail from my laptop, I will not be able to use telephone very much do to cost. However, there is an internet cafe in a small town about 10 minutes away from where I will be staying. I cant find any information on my Boost Account about this. Maybe some of you can help me!
Thanks so much in advance!