GSM sendSMS example garbage msg recieved

Hardware Arduino GSM Shield
1

Hi,

I'm having a problem in the GSM sendSMS example. When I type a message "hello" to be send as SMS the SMS received on my phone is garbage (attached is a picture of the SMS received named SMS.JPG). I've also attached a picture of the GSM sheild I'm using, named GSM.JPG.

This is the code used for your reference. The Arduino software versions I've tried are 1.5.6 1.0.4

#include <GSM.h>

#define PINNUMBER ""

// initialize the library instance
GSM gsmAccess;
GSM_SMS sms;

void setup()
{
// initialize serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for Leonardo only
}

Serial.println("SMS Messages Sender");

// connection state
boolean notConnected = true;

// Start GSM shield
// If your SIM has PIN, pass it as a parameter of begin() in quotes
while(notConnected)
{
if(gsmAccess.begin(PINNUMBER)==GSM_READY)
notConnected = false;
else
{
Serial.println("Not connected");
delay(1000);
}
}

Serial.println("GSM initialized");
}

void loop()
{

Serial.print("Enter a mobile number: ");
char remoteNum[20]; // telephone number to send sms
readSerial(remoteNum);
Serial.println(remoteNum);

// sms text
Serial.print("Now, enter SMS content: ");
char txtMsg[200];
readSerial(txtMsg);
Serial.println("SENDING");
Serial.println();
Serial.println("Message:");
Serial.println(txtMsg);

// send the message
sms.beginSMS(remoteNum);
sms.print(txtMsg);
sms.endSMS();
Serial.println("\nCOMPLETE!\n");
}

/*
Read input serial
*/
int readSerial(char result[])
{
int i = 0;
while(1)
{
while (Serial.available() > 0)
{
char inChar = Serial.read();
if (inChar == '\n')
{
result = '\0';

  • Serial.flush();*
  • return 0;*
  • }*
  • if(inChar!='\r')*
  • {*
    _ result = inChar;_
    * i++;*
    * }*
    * }*
    * }*
    }
    Thank you.
    GSM.jpg
    SMS.jpg
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@lastchancename any ideas??