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Oppo: Turn On or Off SMS Delivery Reports

If you can never tell whether a text actually reached the other person, your Oppo phone probably has delivery confirmations switched off. The feature that sends you a status update once an SMS lands on the recipient's device sits inside the Messages app and is disabled out of the box. On dual SIM phones it also behaves differently depending on which SIM sent the text.

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SMS Delivery Reports: Turn On or Off auf Oppo

Delivery reports send a short confirmation to your Messages app once a text has reached the recipient's device. On Oppo phones running ColorOS, this function is turned off by default, so every SMS you send simply disappears into the thread without any status update.

The setting lives inside the messaging app itself, not in the general system settings, which is why it is easy to overlook. On dual SIM devices, ColorOS treats each SIM slot separately, so enabling the report for one card does not automatically activate it for the other.

To turn it on, open MessagesMenuSettings, then pick the SIM card you want to configure if you use two SIMs. From there, toggle Get SMS delivery reports on or off.

Keep in mind that a missing delivery report does not always mean the message failed. Some carriers or recipient networks do not send confirmation signals back, so the report can stay blank even though the text arrived. If you need proof that a message was read rather than just delivered, this setting will not help, since ColorOS only reports network delivery, not read status.

Turning the feature on for both SIMs has no real downside beyond an extra status line in each conversation, so it is safe to enable on both cards if you regularly switch between them.

Frequently asked questions

Some carriers or the recipient's network do not send a confirmation signal back, so Get SMS delivery reports can stay blank even when the text went through. This is a network limitation, not a setting problem on your phone.