come through / receive

[suchard]

cuando uno recibe un mensaje de texto en el celular. estas oraciones tienen sentido en este contexto?
1-I received a message in my mobile
2- A message came through to my mobile

 

[Biffo]

Usually we would say "I received a message on my mobile." I can't explain why - it's just an idiom

(2) is correct but not so usual.

 

[suchard]

Thanks Biffo for helping me, so in which circumstance may I use: come through?

 

[Biffo]

Thanks Biffo for helping me, so in which circumstance may I use: come through?

In (1) the emphasis is on receiving the message. In (2) the emphasis is on the destination.

Examples

(1)
"I received a message from my brother."
"Did it come by mail?"
"No - on my mobile."

(2)
A message came through to my mobile but I never received it because I had dropped the phone in the canal.

Does that help?

 

[suchard]

Now I got it. number 1 : receive. number 2: it arrived but I din't see it. Am I right?

 

[kayokid]

Now I got it. number 1 : receive. number 2: it arrived but I din't see it. Am I right?

#2 does not imply that you did not see the message. It emphasizes the method of how the message got to the destination.

A message came through to my mobile. = A message was transmitted to my mobile.

Well, that's my opinion...

 

[suchard]

thanks kayokid, I understand now.