Originally Answered: Can viruses be transmitted through text messages? Yes. Exploits in Android have been done using nothing more than specially crafted text messages to either (a) damage a phone to make it unusable or (b) to allow access to it to break in. All is takes is clicking on a special link in a text message.
When you call a dead phone does it ring?
Answer: A: With a dead battery it should not ring but it should go to voicemail directly.