system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Where does the data go when my phone is off? When someone sends me a text and my phone is off, does the text sort of hovers somewhere?
gpt
It resides on a server in the phone network. When you turn your phone on, the phone connects to the mobile network, and that's when text messages get sent. They are piggybacked on the information the mobile phone provider sends to your phone when it checks in.