error: couldn't send the SMS: 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.libmbim.Error.Status.MemoryFull: Couldn't send SMS part: MemoryFull'

[Aleksander Morgado]

Hey,

> by a chance, can somebody help me with resolving this one ? I've been
> happily using modem long time and sending messages worked .. Suddenly,
> few days ago, just stopped working sending and receiving the messages
> with the message in subject .. in more details:
>
> # mmcli -m 0 --messaging-create-sms="text='Hello world',number='+420777999888'"
> Successfully created new SMS:
>         /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/SMS/0 (unknown)
>
> # mmcli -m 0 -s 0 --send
> error: couldn't send the SMS:
> 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.libmbim.Error.Status.MemoryFull: Couldn't
> send SMS part: MemoryFull'
>
>
> # mmcli -m 0 --simple-status
>
> /org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/Modem/0
>   -------------------------
>   Status |          state: 'connected'
>          | signal quality: '61' (recent)
>          |          bands: 'unknown'
>          |    access tech: 'lte'
>   -------------------------
>   3GPP   |   registration: 'home'
>          |  operator code: '23001'
>          |  operator name: 'T-Mobile CZ'
>          |   subscription: 'unknown'
>
>
> I have to say, that modem works for me .. I am using that daily to
> connect to T-Mobile network via LTE carrier, only sending SMS stopped
> working and it was working long time quite well ..
>
> I have no idea why MemoryFull .. It's nonsense, I have lot of memory,
> happens same when tried as root also ... Normally I am using
> modem-manager-cli, there is same error message from it ..
>

The problem is not your system memory; it's the SMS storage inside the
modem the one that is full.
Try to list SMS messages with mmcli --messaging-list-sms, and then
delete the ones you don't want with --messaging-delete-sms=[INDEX]

-- 
Aleksander
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