Can I receive text messages when my phone is turned off?

When the mobile phone is shut down, the system will retain your text messages for up to 72 hours.

China Unicom and China Telecom reserve it for 48 hours, and website text messages are reserved for 24 hours.

When the number is restored, you can receive text messages during the downtime

Taking China Unicom users as an example, there are two types of mobile phone outages:

1. Semi-outage :

The mobile phone is in a semi-stop state. It can receive text messages and answer calls, but it cannot make calls, send text messages, or surf the Internet.

Explanation: Semi-suspension for arrears means that the user fails to pay within the specified payment time (the 5th to the 25th of each month is the payment period), and the user's number will be semi-suspension on the 26th. If the arrears of the previous month have not been paid in full on the 29th, it will enter a full shutdown state and the mobile phone number will not be able to be used normally.

2. Full shutdown:

If the mobile phone is fully shut down, all services cannot be used.

Explanation: If payment is overdue, all communication functions of the mobile phone will be terminated by the service provider and all services will be interrupted.

There are generally two cases of outage:

1. Users take the initiative to apply to the operator to suspend mobile phone services by reporting the loss or shutting down the phone to protect the number.

2. Communication operators will suspend the user’s mobile phone service when the balance of the user’s mobile phone account reaches zero or the credit limit given has been exhausted.

Extended information:

Solution for mobile phone downtime:

1. If you have just arrears (if it has not exceeded 24 hours), you can pay directly at the business office. used.

2. If the mobile phone has been out of service for more than 24 hours, it will take time to activate it again. After the fee is paid, the system will automatically scan for the user to turn on the computer, which will not take more than 24 hours.

3. If it still cannot be used after more than 12 hours, it is recommended to call 10086 (China Mobile) 10010 (China Unicom) 10000 (Telecom) and the manual service desk will solve it for you.

Generally, a mobile phone will be deactivated after three months of shutdown. During these three months, the mobile phone will not have any functions and can only be connected to wifi. The inability to use other functions will cause trouble; When the phone is out of service, some operators will also charge a phone number insurance fee (5 yuan a month), which will be deducted directly from the phone bill when the phone has charges.

Therefore, once your mobile phone runs out of credit, for the sake of personal interests, you still need to be able to recharge it in time.

Whether it is China Mobile, China Unicom, or China Telecom, once your mobile phone number is out of service due to arrears, it will be included in their system's arrears list. This list is also the "blacklist". At this time, you only need to Just pay the arrears. If you don't pay after three months, your account will be canceled and put on the market again.

At present, the three major operators provide users with more convenient payment methods. Users can pay in cash at the operator's physical store or through the online platform. Taking China Unicom mobile phone users as an example, China Unicom mobile phone users can pay in cash at the business hall, or purchase a recharge card and recharge through the recharge line.

In addition, users can also use bank cards with online banking functions to pay phone bills to China Unicom mobile phone users in China Unicom's online business halls and mobile phone business halls. For users who are temporarily unable to pay to turn on their phone, they can also choose to call the customer service hotline to apply for an increase in the temporary credit limit of their mobile phone account and handle emergency booting.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia - Shutdown due to arrears