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Re: Can't send/receive texts that contain "goo.gl"
Sending a full URL is not an option when using the share button from within Google Maps & Google Photos. The app automatically creates a tiny URL which I cannot modify. The Google Maps mobile app creates URLs that are in the following format: https://goo.gl/maps/xxxxxxxxxxx. The Google Photos mobile app creates URLs that are in the following format: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I understand T-Mobile or your "vendor" wanting to block potentially harmful links hidden within a shortened URL but there's got to be a smarter way to do it because right now it's blocking some very useful sharing features built into mainstream Google/Android apps that are using these same tiny URLs.3Visto0likes0ComentariosCan't send/receive texts that contain "goo.gl"
Can't send or receive SMS text messages that contain "goo.gl" so any Google short code such as those used by Google Maps & Google Photos to share just won't go thru. This problem occurs on my Google Nexus 6P and my wife's Google Pixel too. I can text myself a test message and it sends and receives fine but when I text myself anything that has goo.gl it shows sent but is never received back. I use T-Mobile Digits so all text messages sent and received can be seen on the Digits website... those texts that contain goo.gl are not showing up. I thought my phone was to blame so I sent text messages out directly from the Digits platform to myself, my wife and a friend containing "goo.gl" and no one received them. I thought maybe Digits was the problem (even though the Pixel is not registered with Digits) so I turned it off under the Multiple Devices section of my Profile and after 3 hours the problem hasn't been resolved. To be fair, MMS messages that contain "goo.gl" are being sent/received just fine. Based on my testing it seems that T Mobile is filtering SMS messages that contain "goo.gl". But why and more importantly can this filter be turned off?? I am very frustrated and if this can't be resolved I'll have to find a different carrier, maybe Google Fi. Please help! Gracias.Solved1.6KViews0likes13Comentarios