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Hi!
Is there a method for using stock SMS android ics app on official Samsung gs2 ics rom?
The system, whit 4.0.3 version, Is fast and fluid... but samsung SMS app is horrible!
I like phone app...Samsung personalization is beautiful... but not for SMS!
thanks for your work...
You are too much important for android community!
sliv3r
P's I'm sorry for my bad english....
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tbXMuaWNzLmV4dCJd
Have fun
Samsung Messaging has a crappy theme but it's superior to the stock Messaging app.
KurianOfBorg said:
Samsung Messaging has a crappy theme but it's superior to the stock Messaging app.
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Superior in what way?
Thanks a lot!
The standard samsung app is better than stock but graphically deviates too much from holo.
I immediately downloaded the application that you have shown me, but unfortunately doesn't work ... After having opened app it crashes.
In particular, he shows me the list of all messages (distinguishing read from unread) but when I try to go into a conversation stops everything.
I use GoLauncherEx on Samsung official 4.0.3 rom. When the application crashes, even golauncher crashes! For a few seconds the screen is all black (it show me only tray bar)!
I know that GoLauncherEx isn't optimized for ics but is the only launcher that lets me create folders in the program list (I have much application and I need it!).
Actually ICS isn't very stable on my device and I'm almost regretting gingerbread!
I can do anything about it?
Thanks again for your support,
I hope one day I'd help forum people.
sliv3r
That is very strange. Which firmware did you install? I installed XEO (polish version) and didn't get a single crash or problem what so ever. I had a few problems in rooting it, though (needed to wipe it first and re-flash the orginial ICS firmware before rooting to get the root rights recognized). But once that got fixed, everything was and still is perfect.
Or maybe it is because of the go launcher ex? I was using TW the entire afternoon (13.03) without crashes. At night I installed Apex launcher as system launcher and no crashes either (one day running), very low battery consumption and awesome looks. You can add the ICS Theme Pack from kovdev to get the ICS icons.
Hello element!
I've installed the XEO firmware, then polish, just like you.
I have not done the wipe but updated via OTA.
I had already installed GoLauncher. When I've upgraded I've selected Golauncher instead of Tw.
Currently I have encountered frequent application crashes and one total block of the system. The battery, to be honest, I can not tell if it lasts more than gingerbread why I used the phone a lot for various customizations.
I do not know if the problem is that I did not do a wipe.
If he continues to give me problems I do a backup. After I install the rom again.
Tonight I remove the battery and after power on. Tomorrow, we'll update on my test.
PS The biggest problem is GoSmsPro. it sends multiple messages at one time. If I send you a message, you will receive two. I do not know how to solve.
PS2 The root I did with Odin and had no problems ...
Thanks for the help,
Hello!
As I promised you I a write updates.
I solved the problem of low stability: I made a deepclean and then installed applications without syncing (I installed all the applications manually).
Now I have one problem, the phone crashes when I try to change the background. If you have any idea: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23727272#post23727272
For the rest new rom does not seem bad ...
Thanks for your help,
sli
xSliv3r said:
Now I have one problem, the phone crashes when I try to change the background. If you have any idea: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23727272#post23727272
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THE PROBLEM I'VE POSTED IS RESOLVED. YOU FIND IT IN THE OTHER POST, THE LINK IS IN THIS THREAD!
Thanks to all,
Sli
Hey, check it out: One so called Tim Hutt put the stock calendar, messaging, and launcher app in the market and they all work just fine for me. The apps are called "Android 4 ICS Messaging SMS", "Android 4 ICS Calendar", and "Android 4 ICS Launcher".
The only bug I have (and it's not a big one) is that the screen doesn't light up when you receive a text message... Perhaps this is because I disabled/removed the official Samsung messaging services though... If you leave the default services enabled, then the screen lights up like normal but you have to select a setting in the ICS messaging app to disable the message receiver because then both the Samsung app and the ICS app will both write the text message to the database and you'll have duplicate incoming messages. Just go to settings and scroll to the very bottom to see what I mean... Enable that option if you don't remove the Samsung services/apps.
Is there a ways to see only those contacts with phone numbers in stock JB sms app for Galaxys S2?
I have a problem now since I want to send multiple sms and some of my contacts don't have phone numbers and sms app automaticly convert sms to mms and I have to locate the fault contact
tnx
Beso said:
Is there a ways to see only those contacts with phone numbers in stock JB sms app for Galaxys S2?
I have a problem now since I want to send multiple sms and some of my contacts don't have phone numbers and sms app automaticly convert sms to mms and I have to locate the fault contact
tnx
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When ever I put the library widget on one of my home screens and set it to all it works fine at first... that is until I go to the market to download an app.
When I go to the market with that widget on a home screen the fps of the phone drips to like 2 fps. Its horrible.
The same thing happens if choose a song through the widget and play it through the play music app. The entire phone starts stuttering like crazy.
Has anyone else cone across this?
Maybe a factory reset?
I'm 100% stock jelly bean
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Can anyone check this for me and confirm whether they have a problem or not please?
Add the widget to a home page and select all when it ask you what to display. Click on like a song to go into google music and come back out and see if your phone lags like crazy.
thanks
I can confirm this, when I have the library widget on my home screen, it lags the nexus 7 very badly. it happens after it updates such as a new played song .I fix it by removing and re adding the widget.
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I can confirm this, when I have the library widget on my home screen, it lags the nexus 7 very badly. it happens after it updates such as a new played song .I fix it by removing and re adding the widget.
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Thanks for the reply mate.
Doing a factory reset probably wont fix it then.
I hope they fix it in an update
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my timescape started acting really funny yesterday. first of all, the gmail extension, that worked on other xperia phones, did not work for my ion. then yesterday, facebook could not receive updates, through timescape. i've tried over and over and still wont update and will just give me that error to tap to try again. i checked the timescape services and facebook showed up twice, with the same account, and i thought that was weird so i restarted the phone and checked it again and then there was only one facebook account. also, apparently the music extension also suddenly stopped working because it only shows my last played music from a day ago when i have been using the music player til probably midnight. is there a way to fix this without doing a pc companion repair? hate to lose all my stuff, again, just because of one app not working properly.
I use the Facebook and Twitter extensions on Timescape and the Facebook one gives me the same error. I can't update the feed no matter what I try(signing off and on again, even a factory reset didn't change anything). Please help!
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I have exactly the same problem with no luck of resolving it so far
Skrecik said:
I have exactly the same problem with no luck of resolving it so far
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before migrating to CM10; my timescape on SXS worked perfectly without any issues. before that i had arc s and never faced issue on it too.
It's most likely because of the new securities implemented in Facebook. It doesn't even work on stock rom. Will have to wait for Sony Mobile to do something about it.
God
So Finally A Similar Issue Of This (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020657)
I Was Bothered Too I'll Check This Thread If Anything Is Found!_Thanks
And Yes Its Confirmed ONLY Facebook Issue
I Use G-Reader (Mostly) Facebook & Twitter For Timescape And After Disconnecting Facebook Integration To Timescape I Resolved The Issue
Before The Timescape Was Lagging,Switching Was Slow...etc (And It Just Happened When I Switched To .50 via FlashTool, And I Thought It Was The New Firmware Problem Or Else!!!)
I Even Implemented Xperia T,GX Timescape APKs But Nope!
Well, the Facebook service in Timescape worked fine for me till a couple of days ago. I'm running the stock .55 firmware for about 3 or 4 weeks now. I believe a recent update of the main Facebook app is the culprit.
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This problem is even stated on the forum of Sony mobile itself many times. It looks like everyone who uses Timescape has the same problem with the Facebook extension... Probably because Facebook recently moved to the HTML5 world Hopefully Facebook or Sony fix this problem :'(
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i guess we are all SOL, if we use timescape to view our facebook feed. facebook updated their mobile app feed to a different code to speed up loading of feeds, which timescape can't read. apparently facebook isn't going to go backwards so sony has to move forward and update their timescape extension for facebook. i wonder how long that is going to take. hopefully, since timescape is their UI, they should try to fix it in a few days. but, sony usually takes longer than that so maybe a couple of week? i just hope to god it won't be a couple of months...
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i guess we are all SOL, if we use timescape to view our facebook feed. facebook updated their mobile app feed to a different code to speed up loading of feeds, which timescape can't read. apparently facebook isn't going to go backwards so sony has to move forward and update their timescape extension for facebook. i wonder how long that is going to take. hopefully, since timescape is their UI, they should try to fix it in a few days. but, sony usually takes longer than that so maybe a couple of week? i just hope to god it won't be a couple of months...
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Hahahahah!!! "since timescape is their UI"...Good Saying Dude
"since Quick Launch Is There Special Feature"_They Didn't Fix It
"since They Are Showing Off Connectivity"_ They Forgot To Put Wifi Direct In Xperia S
"since 2012 Media Apps Are New Style In Xperia 2012 Range"_They Still Didn't Give Us
I THINK THEY ARE RELYING ON XDA Guys_since We CAN DO BETTER THEN THEM!
Do you suffer a personal problem?
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Are u asking me?...well I'm just jokin!!! actually i wanna see how fast they'll fix it?
I suppose, that the issue is dependent to the new Facebook app, which is based on Android base instead of being an iOS port. As I'd installed the Facebook app, Timescape stopped updating my Facebook stuffs.
"Could not update from Facebook" was everytime the same message!
Sony refuses to recognize the problem; on the line with support FOR THE THIRD TIME IN TWO DAYS!! They don't GRASP the problem at all!! As you can see, I have an Xperia Arc, which has the same problem.
CSR says it is a known issue, they are working on a fix, but have NO IDEA when they will roll out an update for this problem.
Unfortunately, typical Sony at its best ( or worse, your pick). They, Sony, sucks.
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aw ****. i have a feeling its going to be a couple of months... ion is predicted to get the jelly bean update "in the following weeks" after march... maybe august? or october for all versions to get the update? instead of fixing the extension now, they might fix it on the jelly bean update. even then, that is a big might. either way, facebook feeds for timescape will not be usable for probably another 6 months or more i guess i have to go back to using the facebook widget...
In case you guys haven't seen this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36050837#post36050837 You can get it working again using update timescape apks
Hi,
I know that there is a discussion thread for 4.3 but instead here I'm interested in those that have or are thinking about downgrading back to 4.1.
I've been using Sony/Ericsson phones for years and most upgrades are good, but some aren't. One of the worst decisions probably was when they upgraded phones with 512mb RAM to 4.0. The phones became so slow that they were almost unusable. It was a perfect example of when an upgrade with an attractive Sony marketing appeal didn't work out well for the average user.
I upgraded normally to 4.3. The phone suddenly kept freezing until it could not be used at all. I had to remove the battery repeatedly. The next day I reinstalled the software via PCC to try to repair. The same situation. I changed the SI codes to other firmware. The same situation. I tried SUS and reset the phone entirely. This helped a little, the freezing is gone. However, there are a few annoyances I have left:
Why I'm Downgrading
1. Almost every time that I press the Home key, the screen stutters like it's having a heart attack. The screen kind of flashes white and black then eventually goes to home. What the heck is that?
2. I like the white UI but I don't like the themes or the dark colours in the SMS/phonebook. I much prefer the bright, happy colours of 4.1.
3. Everytime that I open the phonebook it takes several seconds. The phonebook is one of the apps supposed to be kept in constant memory. Why is closed and reopened all of the time? It's a primary function of a phone and it should work properly.
4. The phone feels slower, despite resetting the phone, repairing the software about 3 times. Why? That is not an upgrade.
5. People talk about the new Xperia Themes and yet they are broken. You have to unlock your bootloader to root to use a theme? That is insane and I'm not voiding warranty for a theme. It was a nice idea advertised by Sony about the 4.3 update (I have the screenshot) and now it is removed from the 4.3 advert. They screwed it up is why.
6. I cannot see any benefit in gaming graphics/speed/whatever else people want to imagine.
What I Need to Upgrade
When a new, major Sony update comes, I've often found it to be very buggy. But, some time later, a new, smaller upgrade comes that fixes many things I wait for that.
1. No lag.
2. No screen freezing / stuttering
Have you downgraded to 4.1? Are you thinking about it?
Please - this is for a genuine discussion with like-minded people. If you think talking about 4.1 is crazy, please no rude comments.
I agree.
And don't forget, the battery drains quicker.
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I never upgraded due to there not being a root method for 4.3 with locked bootloader. Like I mentioned, there really is no reason to upgrade especially if they still haven't fixed the blue tint camera problem in low light
i think u guys are not installed cleanly...
becoz mine in 4.3 is awesome,no lag,opengl3.0 activated meaning lot of games which has more graphics will work smoothly,..
bug is themer,battery draining /...but themer has fixer...after that i love 4.3...lot of cool themes...i m using spiderman 2 now
may be sony will fix the both in next update...
4.3 has lot of ported camera,apps...
try them...even z2 camera is ported...
camera quality is improved and can be stored in sd directly ...[till now i didnt face blue tint pics]
I haven't got any issues that you mentioned. I updated my phone via Sony PC companion and then made a factory reset. Everything works fine except few little bugs like not working themes or disappearing Google now shortcut (but I like this bug because this nav bar ring sometimes is really annoying).
p.s.
About battery life: I totally don't feel any difference.
True, phone app doesn't keep in ram but it opens fast (like 2 seconds) so I don't care.
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The only reason I'm not upgrading is because there is no full root for locked bootloaders , im just gonna have to wait
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The only reason I'm not upgrading is because there is no full root for locked bootloaders , im just gonna have to wait
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Oh yeah this is the biggest 4.3 issue because with root we can solve all other problems
Good to see others think the same. Also, because I repaired the software and did a factory reset a few times, I don't know why it would be a bad flash? I did try a few times.
I updated and honestly it's smooth and the battery life is equal or better than 4.1 and everything loads quite quick aswell so I'm happy with it at the time being
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i just reverted back to 4.1.2, its better overall.
Guys I need urgent help. I cannot restore my sms and contacts after downgrading. I used my backup data from 4.3 using Sony PCC and the built-in restore utility of xperia M, both reports successful after completing the restoration, but after I reboot, I still dont have my contacts and sms.
Ok, right there is a performance issue but some other that op mentioned.
After few days of using multitasking is much more worse than after reboot. I've had the same problem on 4.2 Anyone facing this?
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Use youlu address book
prince10t said:
i just reverted back to 4.1.2, its better overall.
Guys I need urgent help. I cannot restore my sms and contacts after downgrading. I used my backup data from 4.3 using Sony PCC and the built-in restore utility of xperia M, both reports successful after completing the restoration, but after I reboot, I still dont have my contacts and sms.
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I always use online synchronization of my contacts. So I could change my phone without worrying of contacts.
I trust "youlu address book" for the same for more than 5 years. Actually I love its dialer feature.
we could download contacts to any phone (symbian, android, ios, windows)
Everything works fine here, I did a factory reset 3 days ago and haven't really encountered any issues yet...I can live without root for now, I don't currently have sdcard at all actually, I have a couple of bigger games installed(shadowgun, riptide, minecraft) and a small music collection and I still have 450 mb left. Battery lasts for 1 full day and a half for me, it's more than enough. Therefore, I'm keeping it.
prince10t said:
i just reverted back to 4.1.2, its better overall.
Guys I need urgent help. I cannot restore my sms and contacts after downgrading. I used my backup data from 4.3 using Sony PCC and the built-in restore utility of xperia M, both reports successful after completing the restoration, but after I reboot, I still dont have my contacts and sms.
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Yeah this happened to me too. If you ever try 4.3 again, you'll see that it reads your SMS and contacts fine. So if it's backed up in 4.3 and restored in 4.1, those two parts don't come out right. Have you ever backed up contacts to your SD card?
If you have no other option, you would have to restore 4.3, restore the backup, then backup contacts to SD in phonebook and use an app to save SMS.
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Ok, right there is a performance issue but some other that op mentioned.
After few days of using multitasking is much more worse than after reboot. I've had the same problem on 4.2 Anyone facing this?
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It's strange that some of us have 4.3 working great and the rest of us don't. Plenty of us here know how to flash properly, upgrade, reset or repair in bad cases. I do not know!
Can confirm the performance hit. Apps that are affected include Home (album widget loads noticeably slowly). Album app also loads images slower. Superuser permission requests seem slower (really odd). Also I noticed that Titanium Backup is not able to uninstall system apps (Had to use another app from Play). Will update my experiences.
Overall I also think the phone itself felt snappier with 4.1.2. The lockscreen music player access is absent in 4.3, though themes are a welcome addition.
I've decided to stick with 4.3 for some more time and see if I can work through. Downgrading to 4.1 is definitely on my list though.
thinking to downgrade to 4.1
As all greedy guys out there, i updated my xperia m c1904 to 4.3... 5 days back...
Thing i've noticed so far
1.Getting struck while pressing the home button ( like a jerk)
2.Missing google now on press-hold and drag on the home button.
3.The main reason i updated to 4.3 is for the colorful themes, which seem to be missing as the phone has to be rooted( i dont wanna screw my warranty ) for accessing those themes, so i'm struck with the default themes.
4. The album and the walkman player take quite sometime to open although there is no lag after opening. This is a minor issue i can ignore though.
5. The worst part of 4.3 is the disability of not being able to function the equalizer app to boost the volume. Yes, i am an audiophile and i'd like to listen at loud volumes in my earphones. Whichever equalizer app i install fails to boost the volume of the phone. I haven't found this issue in 4.1 so I might be thinking more for this reason to downgrade my phone.
6.Another worst part is the contact and the call log loading slower than 4.1, when i receive a call it takes about 5secs to display the name which i already have in my phonebook, this is plain annoying and disgusting.
I've heard a lot in forums that a factory reset might help. I'm resetting my phone now, will update if any improvements.
Thanks
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2.Missing google now on press-hold and drag on the home button.
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This happens to me, but situationally. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't....
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ansebovi said:
i think u guys are not installed cleanly...
becoz mine in 4.3 is awesome,no lag,opengl3.0 activated meaning lot of games which has more graphics will work smoothly,..
bug is themer,battery draining /...but themer has fixer...after that i love 4.3...lot of cool themes...i m using spiderman 2 now
may be sony will fix the both in next update...
4.3 has lot of ported camera,apps...
try them...even z2 camera is ported...
camera quality is improved and can be stored in sd directly ...[till now i didnt face blue tint pics]
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Pardon me, how do you active openGL 3.0? Your wording seems as if there is one buried setting that I haven't turned on. I haven't noticed at ALL any improvements to my game, probably even more lag, but I ain't sure cuz I have really bad memory.
Keep in mind that OpenGL ES 3.0 won't make games magically run faster, you'll only see benefits if you run an game or app optimized to use OpenGL ES 3.0 (and there isn't many around -- right now I remember only of Dolphin emulator). Also, any ROM based on Android 4.3 will have OpenGL ES 3.0 enabled, there is no way of turning it off...
Can someone please check their Widget list and see if the stock messaging/ SMS widget is there. For some reason mine is missing, i use nova launcher and thought that maybe the issue, but its not there in stock launcher either.
Thanks.
I don't use it but I just tried to set a widget and it doesn't appear in my list of widgets.
What the heck. The widget used to be there for me on my S9. Can someone else confirm if they see it or not also. It makes Bo since why it would be removed. On my work phone galaxy S6. It is working as usual.
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What the heck. The widget used to be there for me on my S9. Can someone else confirm if they see it or not also. It makes Bo since why it would be removed. On my work phone galaxy S6. It is working as usual.
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Yep gone for me too
Few on the play store you can use
That makes no since why Samsung would remove it. Thanks for checking
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That makes no since why Samsung would remove it. Thanks for checking
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Same reason they removed image resizing from the photo editing app, replaced "keep screen off in a dark place such as pocket or bag" with "touch is disabled in a dark place", screen will now happily come on and stay on though... and other dumb changes that make no sense
At a guess for the messages widget, stats probably showed it wasn't used much but who knows with Samsung
anyone get a previous version working? i really miss a widget..
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anyone get a previous version working? i really miss a widget..
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Use a different SMS app that contains a widget?
Android Messages has widgets and is a much better app in my opinion.
i really like to keep my phone minimalist with no extra apps unless i have too.. also it's nice having one that respects the theming engine of the phone.
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i really like to keep my phone minimalist with no extra apps unless i have too.. also it's nice having one that respects the theming engine of the phone.
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Then there's no reason to even buy a high end phone especially with Samsung's less than stellar apps. Just my opinion, but like a**holes, everybody has one.
trevor7428 said:
Can someone please check their Widget list and see if the stock messaging/ SMS widget is there. For some reason mine is missing, i use nova launcher and thought that maybe the issue, but its not there in stock launcher either.
Thanks.
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The widget is gone for me also. Happened when I updated the Google Android Messages app on Google play store yesterday. I've tried to uninstall and reinstall the Google SMS app several times which was not stock on my phone, have cleared my phone's cache a from the safe mode screen, and also cannot find the SMS widget for stock messages app or Facebook Messenger.
LG G7 thin Q Verizon
Android 8.0.0
trevor7428 said:
Can someone please check their Widget list and see if the stock messaging/ SMS widget is there. For some reason mine is missing, i use nova launcher and thought that maybe the issue, but its not there in stock launcher either.
Thanks.
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After toying around on and off all day, I found an older version of the Google Android Messages app that works and has the widget. I do not promote installing apps from unverified sources outside if the Google Play Store as it can be a risk to your device. Here is the application that I found to be working:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...xxxhdpi-arm64-v8a-phone-android-apk-download/