[Q] Delete old messages option in stock messaging app - Verizon Droid Incredible 2

Ok so to avoid the long delete time and memory problems I had my old phone (DInc1) set to delete old messages with a cap at 200. This option can be found in the stock messaging app under general settings then storage settings.
Since I got the Inc2, this option doesnt work, I've tried rebooting, turning the option on/off, etc. no luck.
Anyone have any ideas on why this wont work? Its set to automatically delete messages past 200 but I have convos that are up to 800+.

mihneagabriel said:
Ok so to avoid the long delete time and memory problems I had my old phone (DInc1) set to delete old messages with a cap at 200. This option can be found in the stock messaging app under general settings then storage settings.
Since I got the Inc2, this option doesnt work, I've tried rebooting, turning the option on/off, etc. no luck.
Anyone have any ideas on why this wont work? Its set to automatically delete messages past 200 but I have convos that are up to 800+.
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Works for me
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knipp21 said:
Works for me
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thanks for the reply but it doesnt help my situation.

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(Q) Saving MMS picture to phone

When I try to save pictures that are in mms, I get an error saying insert sd card. Is their anyway to change the location for saving pictures or media from a mms?
try 'download all files' from the market.
Having same issue..."Download all files" does not work
falconeight said:
When I try to save pictures that are in mms, I get an error saying insert sd card. Is their anyway to change the location for saving pictures or media from a mms?
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i'm curious about this. are you saying that in mms when you long press the actual photo or the arrow pointing to message options and the option to save pops up, when you select save, that's when you get the sd card message?
maybe try resetting your phone?
Thats exactly the issue. Having same problem here...its just getting VERY annoying to keep restarting the phone to get this to work....
I had the same issue with stock massaging app. Never managed to fix it but Go Sms works fine with saving pictures. The only advice I can give is to use another messaging app. we shouldn't have to though I know.
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damnit
im having this issue
wtf @htc....
im on 1.29
reboot has not fixed it for me
xaenigma said:
I had the same issue with stock massaging app. Never managed to fix it but Go Sms works fine with saving pictures. The only advice I can give is to use another messaging app. we shouldn't have to though I know.
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possibly the stock app mms max size limitation (300k) may be affecting ability to save?
Don't you guys get this pop-up when you long press on the MMS image you want to save? Mine are sent to the downloads folder.

Insert SD card ?

What's the deal with every time I try to save a mms it says insert sd card and the phone don't have one !
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YoungAceAtlanta said:
What's the deal with every time I try to save a mms it says insert sd card and the phone don't have one !
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I have the same issue...
The only fix I have found is restarting the phone.
I have posted this question as well, with no answers....
Fix
I solved this issue by installing a 3rd party sms app (like chomp or go sms) and saving it from there.
bl00dshed said:
I solved this issue by installing a 3rd party sms app (like chomp or go sms) and saving it from there.
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I appreciate your thoughts, but I really want to stick with the stock messenger.
I will say that messaging around in the messanger settings ,hitting the default settings tab has fixed this issue so far
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Seems like the reset worked for me aswell. I never had this issue when I first got the phone, this is something that seems to have happened during on of the upgrades, at least for me.
Also the option to set save point for images is grayed out in the MMS settings, I checked the selected value and even though the settings says to save to the phones storage it still asks for the SD card.
Anyhow I'm glad the reset worked. thanks for the answer

[Q] Delete old text messages

Is there a way to delete messages by date? I've tried backing up and restoring them using SMS backup and restore and set a date but they all came back. If I try to delete threads my phone locks up. I have about 20,000 texts
I wish there was a way to see them through windows explorer and delete them that way... I can't get anything to open. Ah!!!
If you use SMS backup and you use your gmail to sign in. You can go into gmail from your comp.(probably your phone) abs you can delete them by date that way.
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monkeypaws said:
If you use SMS backup and you use your gmail to sign in. You can go into gmail from your comp.(probably your phone) abs you can delete them by date that way. This is what it looks like on my gmail app. Its under labels. On the comp it'll be on the labels on the left hand side.
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That's a copy though. My phone has locked up and had to been forced off like 6 times now. There are too many to delete it just freezes. I set a limit in go SMS days ago and it never deletes any. This is ridiculous.
And now go SMS pro won't open either. And the phone can't force close it. The whole thing just locks up wtf.
psykhotic said:
That's a copy though. My phone has locked up and had to been forced off like 6 times now. There are too many to delete it just freezes. I set a limit in go SMS days ago and it never deletes any. This is ridiculous.
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It doesn't sync. Hmm. I guess my assumption was wrong .
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psykhotic said:
And now go SMS pro won't open either. And the phone can't force close it. The whole thing just locks up wtf.
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Wait. How many SMS programs are you syncing to? You said SMS backup. Then go SMS. ? Do you have backups to both?
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SMS backup & restore makes an XML file on my external SD. Go SMS pro shouldn't be backing anything up.
I use the stock app to send MMS because go uploads it to their servers and that creeps me out lol. But the stock app CANNOT handle that many texts being there.
Go is working a little better (I can send a text) now that I went in recovery and cleared cache, davik and fixed permissions.
I still think I need to try and get rid of old texts but every time I try programs just lock up.
Have you tried History eraser?
Or delete data for it. Just dump them all.
psykhotic said:
SMS backup & restore makes an XML file on my external SD. Go SMS pro shouldn't be backing anything up.
I use the stock app to send MMS because go uploads it to their servers and that creeps me out lol. But the stock app CANNOT handle that many texts being there.
Go is working a little better (I can send a text) now that I went in recovery and cleared cache, davik and fixed permissions.
I still think I need to try and get rid of old texts but every time I try programs just lock up.
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Well I have SMS backup +. It syncs all my SMS, call logs, etc with Google. I don't have any XML in my phone. Whenever I restore my phone I DL the app and sign in and hit restore and it pulls it from my Google account. That's what I was showing you earlier. But I'd have to test if it actually syncs when I erase from gmail to the app.
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vopezy said:
Have you tried History eraser?
Or delete data for it. Just dump them all.
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History eraser or historyeraser?? I'll try! But I don't know if it'll work. On SMS backup & restore I hit delete all messages and after an hour the little circle was still spinning.
Can someone please tell me where the texts are stored. Any app just freezes my phone and I have to reboot.
I'd love to watch you drag this along for two more days but I think I speak for everyone on this site. Just factory reset your phone and get over it.
vopezy said:
I'd love to watch you drag this along for two more days but I think I speak for everyone on this site. Just factory reset your phone and get over it.
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That would have been extremely moronic to do. I just deleted the SMS database. I also got in touch with the backup & restore people about batch removing texts from the XML output.
What a stupid suggestion.
Hey man I've had this happen to me. It happened when I would flash a new rom, and didn't turn off the auto delete after 200 and then restored my 7k texts... Honestly once in a while I'd get lucky and be able to usually... I had to re flash the ROM. Haven't found a better solution yet
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Disable AT&T Address Book

Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Go in to your setting and under accounts and sync you can disable it. Its in the general section.
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nthknd said:
Go in to your setting and under accounts and sync you can disable it. Its in the general section.
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I don't see an option to disable that. If I click on it it opens up and wants to sync. Long pressing does nothing and there are no check boxes to uncheck.
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
Bilhouse said:
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
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I had the same problem, I ended up rooting and freezing all at&t apps with Titanium Backup, after that no more annoying at&t contact backup crap, or Drive Mode, or Navigator, etc.
Erik
Bilhouse said:
Thanks but I tried that and there is no option to disable it. Is there any other way or will I have to root?
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You can go into apps in setting then to Att address book and stop it from there too. On mine I can just tap Att address book in the sync area and the it opens up and then you can check it or not to stop the sync
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ricco333 said:
I had the same problem, I ended up rooting and freezing all at&t apps with Titanium Backup, after that no more annoying at&t contact backup crap, or Drive Mode, or Navigator, etc.
Erik
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Thanks. I guess I will have to root it. I feel sorry for you guys and all the crapware you have to put up with.
nthknd said:
You can go into apps in setting then to Att address book and stop it from there too. On mine I can just tap Att address book in the sync area and the it opens up and then you can check it or not to stop the sync
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Tried that just now and the option to disable is greyed out.
Bilhouse said:
Tried that just now and the option to disable is greyed out.
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Wow sorry man you may have to root it them and delete it or freeze it sorry I couldn't be more help.
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nthknd said:
Wow sorry man you may have to root it them and delete it or freeze it sorry I couldn't be more help.
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No problem. Thanks for your help.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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If you're rooted then you can always change the AAB.apk to AAB.bak with Root Browser (or any other root file explorer) and that'll disable it. I prefer this method to uninstalling just in case I need to do a software upgrade-it's easy enough to reverse without having to flash back to stock.
Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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After you get into your contacts, go into settings -> display options then scroll to the bottom and select customize. UNCHECK at&t address book. After that it shouldnt try to open it.
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If rooted do not uninstall de AT&T adress book. It is tied with the stock contac app. And if you do like i did in the past with at&t phones you will not be able to open the stock contac app. Your phone will say Apk not found. And then you will have to download a contac app like go contacs. It is best to just disable it. Very clever at&t with theyre crap.
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Bilhouse said:
Hey Guys.
I just received my Optimus G Pro from the US. I have unlocked it and its working fine in the UK on EE. However when I open up contacts it keeps trying to load AT&T Address Book which is really annoying. I just press back and it goes back to the regular contacts menu, but is there any way of disabling it? I have managed to disable all of the other AT&T bloatware from the main application drawer. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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There are several options. The easiest thing is to make the root and then uninstall AT & T Address Book, all you do with Rom ToolBox. For the other applications. You just have to enter settings - Applications - All - Looking for the At & t and then: Force stop, turn off the notifications, delete the cache and then turn off. That's it!! It's that easy. If my information help you, just give clicking Thanks!
Other solution
I know this is an old post, but maybe someone know how can I remove the AT&T address book without rooting the device. Every time I'm on wifi or 3g and I open contacts this application opens first. It is extremely annoying. I just have an app from work which requires from device not too be rooted so I must find some other solution.
Thank you.
I never set mine up and it doesn't pop up. Maybe click through it without setting it up? There must be a way to do it because I haven't used root to force any of my AT&T apps. There's also an att address book options under accounts and sync. Maybe you can use that to stop it.
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ackliph said:
I never set mine up and it doesn't pop up. Maybe click through it without setting it up? There must be a way to do it because I haven't used root to force any of my AT&T apps. There's also an att address book options under accounts and sync. Maybe you can use that to stop it.
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Nothing works, those AT&T guys closed all the options I could think off. In accounts they doesn't have the option to stop it. BTW, I never set mine up as well. But every time I get into "contacts" it starts connection with the AT&T address book to give me instructions how to set it up. It is really, really annoying.
Thank you.
A little late, but...
On my LG G2, I cannot disable the AT&T address book, but I never see it or use it during normal use. The only time I see it is if I either look into the apps section (where it can be stopped, but cannot be disabled), or if I go into "Accounts and Sync", where is shows the accounts such as Google, Skype, etc. If I click on "AT&T Address Book" there, it opens and asks:
Do you want to sync this device with the contacts in your online AT&T Address Book?
I click on "No", and it says
Activate AT&T Address Book at a later date by simply selecting AT&T Address Book from the settings menu of your device address book.
I of course would never do that.
I found a menu yesterday with "hidden menus" app from the play store. Try dialing *#*#2666#*#* and setting "registration" to "completed". You might also tinker with those settings and see if it stops it.
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Thanks a million
ackliph said:
I found a menu yesterday with "hidden menus" app from the play store. Try dialing *#*#2666#*#* and setting "registration" to "completed". You might also tinker with those settings and see if it stops it.
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Thank God for small favors (and good info) this is the only thing that worked for me. I used to root and uninstall it or flash a dif. Rom. But I wanted the updates I missed and the future ones, so I flashed back to stock and of course got the cursed "you cant stop me, haha" ATT address book!!!

[Q] Problems when trying to send pics

My girlfriend's s3 is telling her that memory is full when she's trying to send me pics or vids. She has very sufficient amount of space on external and internal memory so know that isn't a problem. Do you guys have any idea as to what it can be?
So she can take the pics and videos but just not send them? Maybe try another messaging app. I've been using gosms since the beginning and never had problems with it
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Viper67857 said:
So she can take the pics and videos but just not send them? Maybe try another messaging app. I've been using gosms since the beginning and never had problems with it
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She's using whatsapp. It let her uses it sometimes but not at the moment.
I run into this problem occasionally on chompsms too. A force kill usually fixes the problem.
pre4speed said:
I run into this problem occasionally on chompsms too. A force kill usually fixes the problem.
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So go to setings then to the apps section and then to the specific app and force stop it? Then try it again? What about if she deletes unwanted files in the whatsapp folder that's automatically saved then see if she can send?
marioc89 said:
So go to setings then to the apps section and then to the specific app and force stop it? Then try it again? What about if she deletes unwanted files in the whatsapp folder that's automatically saved then see if she can send?
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I have my phone set up with the back button to kill, so I just open chomp and use the back button to kill and open again. As for the other question, I'm not sure. Is she rooted? If so, install xposed and I believe wanum has the option of back button to kill.

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