Specifications

Chapter 13 – Short Message Service (SMS) Commands
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13.5 AT+CMGL List SMS Messages from Preferred
Store
Description: The write command returns messages with status value <stat> from message storage <mem1>
to the TE. If the status of the message is ‘received unread’, the status in the storage changes to
‘received read’.
The execute command is the same as the write command with the given default for <stat>.
Test Command Syntax: AT+CMGL=?
Response: +CMGL: (list of supported <stat>s)
OK
Exec Command Syntax: AT+CMGL
Response: +CMGL: (see write command for default of <stat>)
OK
Write Command Syntax: AT+CMGL=<stat>
Response: Output if text mode (AT+CMGF=1) and command successful:
For SMS- SUBMITs and/or SMS-DELIVERs
+CMGL: <index>, <stat>, <oa>/<da>, [<alpha>], [<scts>][, <tooa>/<toda>, <length>]
data>
[... ]
OK
For SMS-STATUS-REPORTs
+CMGL: <index>, <stat>, <fo>, <mr>, [<ra>], [<tora>], <scts>, <dt>, <st>
[... ]
OK
For SMS-Commands
+CMGL: <index>, <stat>, <fo>, <ct>
[... ]
OK
Output if PDU mode AT+CMGF=0 and command successful:
For SMS-SUBMITs and/or SMS-DELIVERs
+CMGL: <index>, <stat>, [<alpha>], <length>
<pdu>
[... ]
OK
If error is related to ME functionality
ERROR
+CMS ERROR
Notes:
• The selected <mem1> can contain different types of SMs (e.g., SMS-DELIVERs, SMS-SUBMITs, SMS-
STATUS-REPORTs and SMS-COMMANDs), the response may be a mix of the responses of different SM types.
TE application can recognize the response format by examining the third response parameter.
• The parameters <ra> and <tora> will only display if parameter <ra> of the AT^SSCONF command is set to 1.
• Users should be aware that when using this AT command quickly after SIM PIN authentication, the SIM data
may not yet be accessible, resulting in a short delay before the requested AT command response is returned.
See Section 20.1 Restricted Access to SIM Data after SIM PIN Authentication.