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<p class=MsoNormal>I little more digging and I confirmed that cell phone VM and
FAX waiting icons are in fact controlled by a proprietary SMS message
format. Here’s what I found:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Message
Waiting Indication Group: Store Message </span></span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt'><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>This Group allows an indication to be provided to
the user about the status of types of </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>message waiting on systems connected to the GSM
PLMN. The mobile may present this </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>indication as an icon on the screen, or other MMI
indication. The mobile may take note of </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>the Origination Address for messages in this group
and group 1100. For each indication </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>supported, the mobile may provide storage for the
Origination Address which is to control </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>the mobile indicator. </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Text included in the user data is coded in the
Default Alphabet. </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Where a message is received with bits 7..4 set to
1101, the mobile shall store the text of </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>the SMS message in addition to setting the
indication. </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Bits 3 indicates Indication Sense: </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Bit 3 </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>0 Set Indication Inactive </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>1 Set Indication Active </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Bit 2 is reserved, and set to 0 </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Bit 1 Bit 0 Indication Type: </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>0 0 Voicemail Message Waiting </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>0 1 Fax Message Waiting </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>1 0 Electronic Mail Message Waiting </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>1 1 Other Message Waiting* </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>* Mobile manufacturers may implement the
“Other Message Waiting” indication as an </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>additional indication without specifying the
meaning. The meaning of this indication is </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>intended to be standardized in the future, so
Operators should not make use of this </span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>indication until the standard for this indication
is finalized.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Now the tough part...does anyone want to create an app to
send notification to a cell phone to set/clear these bits?<o:p></o:p></p>
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