What does HRESULT 0x80548229 (E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL) mean?

 
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E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL

E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL is a Windows Mobile Broadband (MBN) HRESULT. It indicates that the device or SIM message store has no free capacity for the requested SMS operation.

What to check for E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL

  • Enumerate and remove only messages that are safe to delete, respecting retention and user-data requirements.
  • Check whether message storage is on the SIM, device, or both before deciding what can free capacity.
  • Retry after storage has been freed and the device confirms the updated SMS-store state.

Microsoft: IMbnSmsEvents::OnSmsSendComplete

Diagnostic interpretation of E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL

E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL has the HRESULT value 0x80548229. AllStat records the condition as “Device SMS memory is full.”. For E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL, in practice, interpret that wording at the boundary owned by the Windows component or COM interface that returned the HRESULT, rather than treating the value as a generic Windows message.

Evidence to capture for E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL

  • Record the exact COM method or Windows API, its input object, the calling thread, and the full 0x80548229 value before a wrapper converts it to an exception or Boolean result.
  • Capture any IErrorInfo text, activity identifier, event-log entry, and subsystem trace that mentions E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL or the mbn / sms / memory / full operation.
  • For E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL, check the documented return contract of the specific API because the same HRESULT can require different recovery in different interfaces.

Retry and recovery for E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL

Retry E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL only when the owning API documents a transient state or after the condition described as “Device SMS memory is full.” has changed. For E_MBN_SMS_MEMORY_FULL, configuration, policy, format, and authorization failures normally require correction first; an immediate loop can hide the original call site and add secondary errors.

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