Hi all, is there a way to change the "data coding" of SMS option on 8830. the 7 series allows to do this, in particular I want change it from 7bit to UCS2.

Please help.

Options > SMS Text > Data Coding

What does that actually do?

And if you change the SMS network to GPRS will it use data and not go against your text message plan???

The point of this post is that there is that I can not find this option under SMS.

Maybe the 8830 doesn't have it. The 8820 does. What does it do if you change it to UCS2?

I want to send SMS in Chinese, I figured out a way of input Chinese on my 8830, but the characters are all messed up in SMS, it's fine in e-mail and other places. I checked online, they all asked to change the SMS "data coding". SO....

Wirelessly posted (7250: BlackBerry8830/4.2.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/109)

Depends on your carrier. Not all carriers support SMS via GPRS.

well, I am in China now on my trip, I plug in the SIM card here , and have no problem sending SMS, but all of the chinese sms I send out are messed up, I am sure I have to find a way to chane the coding from 7 bit to UCS2. can anyone help?