BlackBerry API - SMS - DatagramConnection.send() hangs/freezes

Problem:

public void SendSMS(String input){
   try {
      DatagramConnection dgConn;
      dgConn = (DatagramConnection)Connector.open("sms://15195555555");
      byte[] data = input.getBytes();
      Datagram dg = dgConn.newDatagram(dgConn.getMaximumLength());
      dg.setData(data, 0, data.length);
      dgConn.send(dg); <------  hangs right here!!!! and no Throwable was ever thrown!!!
   } catch (Throwable t) {
       t.printStackTrace();
   }
}

Solution:
Check the length of the message, in my case, it hangs when the message is >160 in length.