Looking for a sms/mms messaging app that uses my data plan instead of my text plan. Search with no luck. Anyone got anything......
That would just be email right?
Otherwise, SMS is always going to come in/send out via your text plan
I guess that would fall into email. Guess I'm looking for more of a chat based app. comes down to i would like to send and recieve messages with out a number trace.
d.weller said:
I guess that would fall into email. Guess I'm looking for more of a chat based app. comes down to i would like to send and recieve messages with out a number trace.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try using AIM?
Google voice? That what I use.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA Premium App
What about "whatsapp messenger".. it looks like it might do the trick.
Sent from my Incredible using XDA Premium App
Kik messenger... similar to BBM....
The problem with most apps that say they are SMS replacements that use your data plan is that they are actually some type of IM program which would require the person you are trying to reach be using it as well.
I'd recommend Google Voice as it would be using the data plan on your end, but be sending a true SMS so the recipient sees it as an SMS. If they want to pay for a text messaging plan, that's their choice.
Certain IM clients like Yahoo IM can send SMS messages, but I don't think it's as clean, it's just easier for the recipient when they see a SMS coming from an actual phone number.
In any case, you'd end up having problems if you like to send pics via MMS. Google Voice does not support MMS (people have been requesting it for a while, I only hope it's on their roadmap).
Did'nt Go sms have this as a paid option?
Get Textfree...when u make account, it gives you number that shows up when u text somebody, and it uses data...I used it a lot on my ipod touch, not so much on my dinc, but still does the job
Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk
Live profile. It is supposed to work like blackberry messenger but you can use it cross platform (android, iPhone, BB). Downside is that tonuse it, both you and the person you are trying to reach need to have it installed.
Check it out: http://www.liveprofile.com/
Google voice.
phaze one said:
Google voice.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wouldn't that be G-talk? Google voice is like visual vm
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
spence341 said:
Wouldn't that be G-talk? Google voice is like visual vm
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can text with google voice. Its what I use and I'm about to drop texting off my plan. It uses data. Google voice ftw.
Google talk!
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA Premium App
Another one here for Google voice. I have about a years worth of messages archived too
Related
Looking for an sms app that can report back to me when a message i sent has been read by the receiver. Need this for work been looking all day and havent found it.
Handcent says its does this but everyone giving feedback on that app are saying horrible things about missing text/not receiving text. I installed this and tried it sending about 30 text and 2 werent received until like 10 minutes later
Gosms - not sure if it does have this capability looked at the details of what this app does and didnt mentioned it did.
smspop up- doesnt do it just gives a delivery report. Which is understandable since this is just to make your sms pop up.
theres another one cant remember the name of it but the recipient has to have the app installed as well and has to be sent from that app.
Anyway to make the stock app do this?
**Mod's Delete if you want or merge but i searched over and over on this site and other sites and did not find the answer. Posted on here instead of general android app because this is the phone i use so im always looking at this thread.
Just use Kik messenger and get all your friends to join. It is live messaging and shows when messages are read. Just a thought, not exactly what you wanted as it doesn't work for SMS. A cool thing is it also tells you if they are typing.
Not sure if Handcent does that or not.
ssconceptz said:
Just use Kik messenger and get all your friends to join. It is live messaging and shows when messages are read. Just a thought, not exactly what you wanted as it doesn't work for SMS. A cool thing is it also tells you if they are typing.
Not sure if Handcent does that or not.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
the thing is i need that feature for the text i send to coworkers.
i use chomp sms and it has read notifications fully integrated and working
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
It won't work with normal texts. Kik/all those other apps are able to show when messages are read because they're internet-based.
Only certain carriers allow it. Not sprint .
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
veritasaequita said:
i use chomp sms and it has read notifications fully integrated and working
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
gonna take a look at that app. does it have issues with not receiving or taking too long to receive a text.
Edit: looked at the feedback and many complaining about not receiving text and many not being able to send messages but I guess ymmv
Kurupt1 said:
Only certain carriers allow it. Not sprint .
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sprint doesn't allow what?
Am I alone on this? Since yesterday I was receiving all my text to the messaging app instead of google voice, I checked the setting I still was on GV all texts and just now a message from GV pop up saying how to make the calls, and the only option given was Do not make calls from GV. Now I tried to send a text from GV and it doesn't give me the bottom rectangle to type.
Anyone?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA
Help!
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA
i use gv to text all day long at work, and haven't had any issues with it lately. so it's gotta be a setting on your account that's causing issues. have you logged into the website and checked your settings there? sometimes the app doesn't always make the changes.
Thanks for the reply, I had to basically install it again and its working just fine now.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA
Hey guys I have been missing calls lately and my phone doesn't give me any notification I have a voicemail. Since it doesn't tell me I have a missed call can someone point me to an app that would notify me with new voicemails. Thanks
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
BlackHoleSlam said:
Hey guys I have been missing calls lately and my phone doesn't give me any notification I have a voicemail. Since it doesn't tell me I have a missed call can someone point me to an app that would notify me with new voicemails. Thanks
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try going into the voicemail settings. See if there's anything there to help you
Try YouMail service. It's free and will give you iPhone's Visual Voicemail like interface. I love it.
Shell out a few bucks and get the BetterYouMail app from Play Store after registering and setting up with the official Youmail app. Just like the name suggests, Better You Mail is "Better" than the actual Youmail app.
HTH,
vG
google voice is visual voicemail ,its free and even emails you a text transcript of the voicemail message (great for seeing it in office where you cant listen to it)
To save a few bucks I use Google Voice exclusively. One thing that I hate about GV is that the ui is lacking and the text messages are treated like emails not like text message in the sense that I can have 20 conversation with my Mom or Girlfriend as opposed to the stock messaging app where they are all together. Another annoyance was that I couldnt get the GV notification/notification on lock screens. This app basically uses your stock messaging app to send GV messages. You still cant send mms. You can choose to send either native message or Google Voice. This is a trial version. The developer says this May not work for all roms. Oh yeah you have to be rooted.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mdrtools.apps.gvintegration.free
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
GTalk & GVoice aren't designed to "send" media (say a picture) in the same way MMS goes about it.
You could always just use your GMail app and tap labels, to switch to the chats/gv label & read your sexy messages to your mom.....errrrrrr my bad, girlfriend I meant to say.
I save my contacts number. Then I text them Through Gvoice and when they reply I get their Gvoice number and I just save and edit that into their contacts. And I just text them thru the stock messaging app and receive messages there like normal.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
circuit.007 said:
I save my contacts number. Then I text them Through Gvoice and when they reply I get their Gvoice number and I just save and edit that into their contacts. And I just text them thru the stock messaging app and receive messages there like normal.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Was doing that when I had prepaid plan with unlimited text. Now that I am on the value plan I just don't pay for it at all, hence I use GV and now I can use the stock messaging ap
Sent from my SCH-I110 using xda premium
I'm currently on the prepaid plan with unlimited text and data with 100mins.
What is ur value plan and how does it save u money. Can u explain further I'm kind of confused. I was thinking about switching plans.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
I pay about 60 for unlimited data and 500 minutes plus free wifi calling, nights and weekends. I got tired of having only 100 minutes paying for. 10/minutes. Or dealing with voip apps which don't always work. I also pay an extra 20/month. Since I can't buy the gs3 upfront. Before I had the payment plan and the unlimited data I was paying about 50/month
Sent from my SCH-I110 using xda premium
Oh okay that makes sense. Yeah the low voice minutes r hard to not go over but I really need the data. I can't afford that much for an individual plan as I'm a student but I have been trying to get a good deal and get a family plan.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
After using this ap for a month I can say this fails. At first it was too good to be true, then people started not getting my text, I wasn't receiving theirs, I would get duplicates randomly, sometimes my whole GV inbox would start crouding my text message inbox. Needless to say uninstalled now waiting for my GV number to be ported to T-Mobile so tired of GV lol
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
That never happened to me I never even use the voice app just the stock messaging one. How did u get our number to port and did cost to port it ?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
Yeah. This app flat out blows.
It cost $3 for google to unlock your number so it can be ported out.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
Does anyone else have issues using GVoice for voicemail? With every other phone I've had its been a 10 second setup, but with every rom I've tried on my S3 I can't get it to work.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
circuit.007 said:
That never happened to me I never even use the voice app just the stock messaging one. How did u get our number to port and did cost to port it ?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Initially it cost me $20 to port my cell number to GV. Unfortunately, when I switched from Sprint to TMO, I could no longer use my cell number as my GV number.
Although since I have a 808 area code and now live in 843 area code, my new GV number is 843 area code.
okay everybody here's the deal I do not want to go back to using iPhone however I work with a client that use iPhone and specifically I message and client is in Switzerland so the I messages free sending from my at&t phone is there any app on Android that will be able to send out text internationally like Imessage which is free?
also without the other party having to install any application the client is old guy and NOT willing download any app to receive
...trust me I tried lol
again I do not want to go back to iPhone please help
kingrichards said:
okay everybody here's the deal I do not want to go back to using iPhone however I work with a client that use iPhone and specifically I message and client is in Switzerland so the I messages free sending from my at&t phone is there any app on Android that will be able to send out text internationally like Imessage which is free?
also without the other party having to install any application the client is old guy and NOT willing download any app to receive
...trust me I tried lol
again I do not want to go back to iPhone please help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm assuming you just want text messages and no pictures, but you can give google voice a try. You will have to give your client a new phone #, but at least all of your messages will be free.
I'm not 100% sure that texting an international # is free, so you may want to double check that.
This Old client will not go for that Thanks tho
Skype message. Free easy with notifications
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda premium
kik
"Whatsapp messenger"
Look it up
Yes I vouche for whats app used it from my old iphone to wifes infuse works good well did then im sure its better now
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
Ummmmm...this should be an obvious answer, but here it goes anyways.
Google doesn't support or offer iMessage. So either your client downloads an app or adds a service which will work with your Android phone, or you go back to the iPhone. Easy as that.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317
Whatsapp.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 2.
Google Talk also has a chat function that does not requiere a new phone number. I should know, I use it every day.
Sent from my fingers
I'm shocked nobody has said Google+ messenger. The Google+ application is available on iPhone and the messenger app that comes with it is very much like iMessage. You can even do hangouts which are the Google Equivalent of Facetime. This is absolutely your best option as far as I'm concerned.
I totally missed the part in the OP that specified that he wouldn't install an app.. Disregard this.
If the client is unwilling to add an app to speak to you then his business must not be worth the trouble. Either that or you can pony up for international messaging charges and write Em off come tax time.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
Email! Lol
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
Handcent messenger has the same feature as imessage. Look it up.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2