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GoSMS w/ the emoji plugin.
I heard you get a lot of spam with that app?
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I get a message or two month. Usually about a new theme they've added or some feature they've updated. Nothing intrusive, or annoying and its usually just a notification in that app that is quickly deleted.
I've been using it for about a year.
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GoSMS 4.37 is what you want. It is available if you search. No spam.
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I use messaging 7. Its pretty cool lol.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...google&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=messaging7
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I like handcent...not sure what the downsides are to handcent compared to the others. I did try gosms a while back and wasn't impressed. I could give it another shot though.
I really don't have a lot of requirements for a messaging app. I don't do groups or advanced messaging. Even so, I find the stock messaging app extremely unappealing and not adequate for my minor needs.
Handcent here. Been using it since my original Droid days I think. Just fell in love with it. The only other messaging app that I didn't much mind was the stock one on my Galaxy Note 2, but I've since fallen back to the familiar. I find it functional and customizable enough for my tastes.
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Handscent here as well... with the group messaging plug-in... got rid of the Emoji plug-in due to it messing with my MMS for some reason... maybe a combination of the two... Main reason I got Handscent was the color customization to match my theme.
I have been using Trillian since the before android. It has been the best way to monitor all my IMs. Different customers all like different IM services and this way I could cover them all.
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Default. I used to use go but it got too bloated for my liking and then they disabled backing up of sms to local storage and pushed their cloud backup.
~PsyCl0ne
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I have been using Trillian since the before android. It has been the best way to monitor all my IMs. Different customers all like different IM services and this way I could cover them all.
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I tried most mostly because there seems to be a growing requirement for emoji. pffft.
All non stock apps except for chomp scroll very poorly when moving and reading through the messages: go, handsent, etc. Chomp is the only one that scrolls smoothly. However, I cannot attach pics or vids - it crashes. contacting the developer said "fixing hopefully in a week" until then I just use stock app o if I need to send a mms. I'd use the stock app but its emoji is very limited. always a compromise isn't it?
Pansi SMS nice simple interface. I use my backup root to save MMS and sms
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I tried most mostly because there seems to be a growing requirement for emoji. pffft.
All non stock apps except for chomp scroll very poorly when moving and reading through the messages: go, handsent, etc. Chomp is the only one that scrolls smoothly. However, I cannot attach pics or vids - it crashes. contacting the developer said "fixing hopefully in a week" until then I just use stock app o if I need to send a mms. I'd use the stock app but its emoji is very limited. always a compromise isn't it?
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Thought I was the only one on this. I've been using bitesms on Iphones for years so I've been so used to it, so when I jumped ship and go with the GN2 naturally I had to find somethign similiar. You're right about mms though, but I use stock sms app for that purpose, so chompsms all the way.
Go sms with emoji plug in. Like all the different emojis. Also wife has iphone with ios6 and stock messaging wouldn't show pics of the emojis on her phone. Go sms shows with no problem.
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Just wanted to give you guys an update. I have been using chomp sms for the past couple of days and love it. It's not as flashy as go sms is with themes but it make up for it without the constant text messages they send you. I also donated to the dev which got rid of the adds so it almost feels like a stock app. Anyways its a really great app if any of you are interested.
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I use go SMS
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Does Chomp do group messaging ?
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I haven't had a chance to try that out yet.
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I am trying to find a better sms alternative to stock sms app.. I hate how they made the sms threads and the text field box so huge you can see anything when your typing..
I use GoSMS. It's highly customizable and there are tons of themes for it in the market. I can't give any advice in anything else since GoSMS does exactly what I need so I haven't tried any of the other ones.
go sms, hands down.
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I always liked handcent, lots of options
Go sms and handcent are great. Go sms with the edge.
Go SMS all the way. Love the themes and free built in SMS backup feature
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I'd have to say go brand is the best. Not just SMS wise but best screen lock and themes. Its kinda like a mini playstore
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Go SMS
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+1 handcent
Didn't the go team steal people's private information?
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Handscent. Go SMS has way too much clutter.
I am far an away best pleased with GO SMS. I have tried a few others, but GO SMS is IMHO opinion is the absolute best. It has the best theme options, and the pop-up is great!
Another vote for go SMS! Hands down the best I have tried. Like many others said tons of themes and so much customization!
well I have tried both Gosms and handcent, and they are both fast becomming bloatware, making them slower and slower IMHO..
currently using gosms as there no other really good one out there I can find, but I noticed tonight that it is now putting in more and more ads , so IF I can find one that lets me change the background AND NOT have those horrible bubbles in messages I will be moving away from gosms very fast.
+1 for go SMS. I used it when my MMS wasn't working on revolt ROM and it was the best I had tried.
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Chomp sms. Been using it since the first day it came out before cupcake on my G1.
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Is anyone else annoyed that you can't send a contact from the stock SMS app? I love the standard SMS but yet have to have a third party SMS app installed just for this purpose. From the stock SMS you can attach a few things but not a contact. And even from the phone app you can send but through email...not SMS.
Nothing major...just felt like griping about something I guess.
On a side note android keeps getting better and better. I don't see myself even going back to a non nexus phone!
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I totally agree it's silly this is not factory android option. I can tell this is a general complaint and you weren't really looking for an app, but check this out:
share contracts via sms
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=shareContacts.NS.com
it's not really an "app" it just adds the menu option to share contracts thru messaging app. you still use stock messaging. I have used this since froyo days. it's super lightweight, you'll hardly notice it's even there...
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splsales said:
Is anyone else annoyed that you can't send a contact from the stock SMS app? I love the standard SMS but yet have to have a third party SMS app installed just for this purpose. From the stock SMS you can attach a few things but not a contact. And even from the phone app you can send but through email...not SMS.
Nothing major...just felt like griping about something I guess.
On a side note android keeps getting better and better. I don't see myself even going back to a non nexus phone!
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Yup, I've been shocked time and time again that it hasn't already been added since I first started using Android with Froyo.
Which is weird if you've been using dumbphones for the last 15 years I think most of them could do this.
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I totally agree it's silly this is not factory android option. I can tell this is a general complaint and you weren't really looking for an app, but check this out:
share contracts via sms
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=shareContacts.NS.com
it's not really an "app" it just adds the menu option to share contracts thru messaging app. you still use stock messaging. I have used this since froyo days. it's super lightweight, you'll hardly notice it's even there...
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Wow. Thanks man! I was not expecting a solution....or a thanks for that matter. That's what I love about this community.
Problem solved!
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Just wanted to share the best messaging app to date.
App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra
Emoji Plug-in
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra.emoji
Its in the Play Store why you so hype?
Well I've spent countless hours trying to get a good sms app. I've tried them all Go SMS, Chomp SMS (Same Developers BTW), Handcent, AOSP Messaging, Etc... and they tend to get laggy at some point or lack group messaging or both. In other words i'm just trying to share my happiness.
You Welcome.
Give facebook messenger a try it works . Lots of emojis... btw I don't even use Facebook
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Trying it out now...looks good so far
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deeznutz1977 said:
Give facebook messenger a try it works . Lots of emojis... btw I don't even use Facebook
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I would say facebook messenger would definitely be 2nd best in my opinion. I dont like the loading time on it besides that it is filled with features. Textra is just so quick and it just works. By the way anyone who likes the facebook messenger notification bubbles should look into Ninja SMS. Textra and Ninja SMS work great together.
Seems great. Am i just missing something though? The description in the play store says it is semi customizable. I don't see any customization options besides the color of the default icon when a message is received.
Edit: re read the description and everything makes sense now. I thought they had theme options and stuff. Oh well! I'm definitely keeping this app and waiting for their next update. Thanks
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Just tried this, haven't found anything as good as Sliding Messaging yet though. It's got three different layouts and the emoji are so much better.
Just tried it and it missing a lot that handcent has. Customize options. Also does not have any themes to it. I think in a few months after a lot of feedback it might be good
We chat is cool with the audio messaging
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Just wanted to share the best messaging app to date.
App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra
Emoji Plug-in
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra.emoji
Its in the Play Store why you so hype?
Well I've spent countless hours trying to get a good sms app. I've tried them all Go SMS, Chomp SMS (Same Developers BTW), Handcent, AOSP Messaging, Etc... and they tend to get laggy at some point or lack group messaging or both. In other words i'm just trying to share my happiness.
You Welcome.
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Thank you for sharing. I actually installed it and it works so far so.good now. Group text is flawless. Much faster than stock Message app.
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This kind of annoys me because I paid for Chomp.... Why not just integrate the features. Oh, I know! Let's make a new app to get more money if and when we make it a paid app.... Maybe?
I like sliding messaging.
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I like the fact that it has emoji integration but the app itself looks hideous. It's attempt at trying to be holo looks like a crossbreed between sense and gingerbread. Nonetheless it works fine.
deeznutz1977 said:
Give facebook messenger a try it works . Lots of emojis... btw I don't even use Facebook
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How do you use Facebook messenger without a Facebook?
moSess said:
This kind of annoys me because I paid for Chomp.... Why not just integrate the features. Oh, I know! Let's make a new app to get more money if and when we make it a paid app.... Maybe?
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Are you referring to Textra? I've been using Chomp for the past year.
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Are you referring to Textra? I've been using Chomp for the past year.
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Yeah. I've emailed them and am waiting for a response. Curious as to how they will Respond
Beast84 said:
How do you use Facebook messenger without a Facebook?
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I have a fb account, the only thing ive used it for is logging into sites
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I like sliding messaging.
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+1 to sliding message sux it doesn't do mms but sweet none the less
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Differences between Textra and Chomp?
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Textra seems like a simplified version of Chomp. With the swipe to return to conversation list. You can't change the colors of the chats.
Has anybody tried Invi?
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I'm sick of using Samsung's built in message app. It's max mms file size limitation and mms slideshow viewer are as irritating as can be.
I have tried GO SMSPro and looked into Handcent SMS, but both apps seem to be bloated with unnecessary "features" such as theming, and stores. I just want a basic stock(ish) experience. I have downloaded Cyanogen mod and Xperia mms apps and attempted to rename, replace and set permissions to no avail. It seems as if android doesn't recognize them at all.
I finally did find the stock android messaging app in a thread dedicated to the Note 2, but it seems a little... too basic for my tastes.
Any help would be appreciated.
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You can try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klinker.android.messaging its a good one.
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No MMS support for that app.
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I'm sick of using Samsung's built in message app. It's max mms file size limitation and mms slideshow viewer are as irritating as can be.
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Which carrier are you on? Because if it's att you are limited to 600kb. You could set the mms file limit size to 1 gig if you wanted but you are still limited by what the network will allow to pass through.. I haven't found a way to bypass the network limitations either pal
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Which carrier are you on? Because if it's att you are limited to 600kb. You could set the mms file limit size to 1 gig if you wanted but you are still limited by what the network will allow to pass through.. I haven't found a way to bypass the network limitations either pal
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This ^^^^^^^^^....g
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And as for the mms viewer, you're pretty much SOL unless you use an aftermarket sms/mms app
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I feel the same way you do, I've tried so many but nothing to my liking. The Cyanogenmod mms.apk is the best but when I installed that over the stock one everything worked but it would crash trying to send a pic.
I've found one that isn't too bad, it's clean, small and fast. Try out Textra, you might like it.
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I'm sick of using Samsung's built in message app. It's max mms file size limitation and mms slideshow viewer are as irritating as can be.
I have tried GO SMSPro and looked into Handcent SMS, but both apps seem to be bloated with unnecessary "features" such as theming, and stores. I just want a basic stock(ish) experience. I have downloaded Cyanogen mod and Xperia mms apps and attempted to rename, replace and set permissions to no avail. It seems as if android doesn't recognize them at all.
I finally did find the stock android messaging app in a thread dedicated to the Note 2, but it seems a little... too basic for my tastes.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I have the note 2 and I put the AOSP sms on mine. And it works great. Way better than stock.
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I have the note 2 and I put the AOSP sms on mine. And it works great. Way better than stock.
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are you able to see the notification on the lockscreen?
everything i have tried makes it so the notification bubble doesn't show up.
I feel your pain, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra
This solved all my problems MMS is flawless, even group chat
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Textra is the best and simple sms app
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Curious to see what texting apps everybody is using. Personally, I am using evolve sms.
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Was using handscent but couldn't resist back to stock
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Yeah, stock for me as well. I've had the urge/need to use 3rd party texting apps.
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Was using handscent but couldn't resist back to stock
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Yeah, stock for me as well. I've had the urge/need to use 3rd party texting apps.
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I gotta tell you, evolve is freaking awesome! I would give it a shot. It's kind of a hidden gem.
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I gotta tell you, evolve is freaking awesome! I would give it a shot. It's kind of a hidden gem.
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It may be good, but I'm always of the mind that if a native app does the trick without issues then why add apps that can misbehave or maybe cause battery drains. If I'm not happy with an app i look for a replacement but not if it works fine. That's just my preference.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thinkleft.eightyeightsms.mms
Best messaging app on the market hands down. Simply, straight forward, and just the right touch of customization and intuitive UI.
cun7 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thinkleft.eightyeightsms.mms
Best messaging app on the market hands down. Simply, straight forward, and just the right touch of customization and intuitive UI.
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I'm actually going to try this!
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Handcent for me. I have been using it for years. I like the customization by contact. You can have different notifications, fonts, backgrounds, sounds and vibrations for each individual. Very nice to know who texted you with customized notifications. I also like the Oops delay. You can set a lag from when you hit send until it sends.
All these features helps visually, physically and by sound who you are communicating with. Less likely to send the wrong text to the wrong person.
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Sadly just using stock because at home I use WIFI calling all the time and stock is the only one that always works, all the time, with wifi calling.
But I do use SMS popup program so I get pop up notifications and a quick reply.
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Handcent for me. I have been using it for years. I like the customization by contact. You can have different notifications, fonts, backgrounds, sounds and vibrations for each individual. Very nice to know who texted you with customized notifications. I also like the Oops delay. You can set a lag from when you hit send until it sends.
All these features helps visually, physically and by sound who you are communicating with. Less likely to send the wrong text to the wrong person.
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I used to use handcent as my daily messaging app. Not exactly sure why I stopped. Definitely going to download again!!
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I use go sms. Good app i just can't find a stock messager with a hidden list for messages
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I love using hangouts with sms it works perfectly I just disable notifications from the main sms
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No hangouts
I use stock. When I had the Nexus 5 and the G2 (CM11), I had problems with Hangouts when receiving MMS and group texts.
cun7 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thinkleft.eightyeightsms.mms
Best messaging app on the market hands down. Simply, straight forward, and just the right touch of customization and intuitive UI.
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I won't use anything from CM these days. Not after what they did to some developers when they became Cyanogen Inc. They basically stole work of other people and left them out to dry. I used to use nothing but CM now, it's just not for me anymore.
Hangouts
I use hangouts, and love how they integrate SMS and Chats.
I had a question though, is there any way our SMSes can be integrated with Gmail Chats?
i.e. If you chat normally on Hangouts, it shows up in Chat history in my Gmail when I see in the browser.
It will be very convenient to have my SMS show up there as well, can search, copy, paste, archive and backup easily.
Anyone else with same thoughts?