Specifications

Chapter 12 – Short Message Service (SMS) Commands
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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 21.1 Restricted Access to SIM Data after SIM PIN Authentication.
• This command is PIN protected.
• This command is supported in airplane mode.
12.6 AT+CMGR Read SMS Messages
Description: The write command returns SMS message with location value <index> from message
storage <mem1> to the TE. If status of the message is ‘received unread’, status in the
storage changes to ‘received read’.
Syntax: Test Command: AT+CMGR=?
Response: OK
Write Command: AT+CMGR=<index>
Response: Output if text mode (AT+CMGF=1) and command successful:
For SMS-DELIVER
+CMGR
: <stat>, <oa>, [<alpha>], <scts>[, <tooa>, <fo>, <pid>, <dcs>, <sca>, <tosca>,
<
length>]
<data>
[... ]
OK
For SMS-SUBMIT
+CMGR
: <stat>, <da>, [<alpha>][, <toda>, <fo>, <pid>, <dcs>, [<vp>], <sca>, <tosca>,
<
length>]
<data>
[... ]
OK
For SMS-STATUS-REPORT
+CMGR: <stat>, <fo>, <mr>, [<ra>], [<tora>], <scts>, <dt>, <st>
<data>
[... ]
OK
For SMS-Commands
+CMGR: <stat>, <fo>, <ct>[, <pid>, [<mn>], [<da>], [<toda>], <length>]
<data>
[... ]
OK
Output if PDU mode (AT+CMGF=0) and command successful:
For SMS-SUBMITs and/or SMS-DELIVERs
+CMGR: <stat>, [<alpha>], <length>
<pdu>
[... ]
OK
ERROR
+CMS ERROR: <err>
Notes:
• Response if AT+CMGR is used to read an empty record index: +CMGR: 0,,0.
• Response if AT+CMGR is used to read a non-existent record index: +CMS ERROR: invalid memory index
• The parameters <ra> and <tora> will only be displayed if parameter <ra> of AT^SSCONF 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 21.1 Restricted Access to SIM Data after SIM PIN Authentication.
• This command is PIN protected.
• This command is supported in airplane mode.