Can you still receive text messages when the card is removed?

In this case, it depends on the time when the SMS is sent and the time when the mobile phone card is unplugged and plugged in. If the time between them is less than four hours, the message can still be received; If it takes more than four hours, the message will not be received.

SMS will be stored in the operator's system for 48 hours. If the phone is turned off or stopped (no card is inserted), the system will keep the SMS for 48 hours. As long as you turn on your mobile phone or receive a signal within 48 hours, you can receive a short message during this period. If it takes more than 4 hours, it cannot be received within the time limit, and the message cannot be retrieved.

In addition, the SMS fee will be deducted only when the mobile phone receives the SMS, and the SMS that has not been received for more than 48 hours will not be deducted. In other words, if the mobile phone is in arrears, it may not be received even if the card is inserted.

Extended data:

Basic SMS services include:

1. Network point-to-point short message: refers to the short message service that users edit information content on their mobile phones, input the mobile phone number of the receiver and choose to send short messages to the mobile phone of the receiver. The maximum length of a single message is 140 bytes, that is, 70 Chinese characters.

2. Internet short message service: At present, China Mobile and China Unicom have realized short message interconnection, and mobile users and Unicom users can send short messages to each other through their mobile phones.

3. International SMS: China Mobile has achieved SMS interoperability with 134 mobile operators in 89 countries and regions around the world, that is, mobile users can send and receive SMS with users of major mobile operators in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Japan, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Arabia and other countries and regions;

4. International roaming of short messages: China mobile users can use local mobile networks and domestic mobile users to send and receive short messages after roaming in countries and regions that have signed GSM roaming agreements with China Mobile.

Xi Evening News-SMS also has a "shelf life".