Can I still get text messages after my phone is turned off?

After the mobile phone is in arrears, you can't receive the SMS sent by the other party, but the SMS sent by the other party will be stored in the mobile system. Only when you pay the arrears, the system will send the SMS to your mobile phone. Generally, short messages are kept for 48 hours. Mobile storage lasts for 72 hours, and both China Telecom and China Unicom save for 48 hours.

After the mobile phone is in arrears, it needs to be repaid as soon as possible, and the time for saving SMS is limited. If the payment period expires, the message will not be saved in the mobile phone system.

Extended data:

1. Whether it is mobile, China Unicom or telecom, once your mobile phone number is in arrears, it will be included in their system arrears list, which is the so-called "blacklist". At this time, all you have to do is pay back the arrears. If you don't pay it after three months, it will be cancelled and resold, and your ID card will be blacklisted.

2. For users, if they don't want to be blacklisted and logged off, they can only choose to pay for booting. At present, the three major operators have provided users with more convenient payment methods. Users can pay cash in operators' physical stores or through online platforms.

3. Take Unicom mobile phone users as an example. Unicom's mobile phone users can pay in cash in the business hall, or they can buy a recharge card and recharge it through the recharge line. In addition, users can also use bank cards with online banking function to pay phone bills for Unicom mobile phone users in Unicom online business hall and mobile phone business hall.

For users who can't pay the startup fee temporarily, they can also choose to call the customer service hotline to apply for increasing the temporary credit limit of their mobile phone accounts and handle emergency startup.