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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Has anyone had good experience with a aftermarket text ap? I've tried heaps and dont like them. The stock app jumbles my texts all up so im trying to find a better one.
Handcent is what I use. It is quite nice allowing different tones for different people for example.
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If you must have the stock messaging app, use SMS popup from the market. Free and does what you need. Otherwise, use Handcent.
So far handcent is working about 50 times better than that stock usless text. Thanks!
MerCiLeSS28 said:
So far handcent is working about 50 times better than that stock usless text. Thanks!
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I remember the UI being ugly/bad on that app. Is it still?
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I don't like the feel/look of the stock SMS app. Is there a better app that anyone recommends?
GoSMS.... Google search....
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GoSMS.... Google search....
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Thanks and I did search. Just everyday users personal opinions.
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Thanks and I did search. Just everyday users personal opinions.
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well i used to like handcent when using the xperia but the stock on sg2 i thinks not bad but as i use hide it pro go sms conflicts with it but i prob would use go sms as most of there stuff u can theme and easy to adjust settings wise.
Try GO SMS and HANDCENT SMS... they are into the market for free!
And you can test it.
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Used GO SMS and Handcent before as well as chompSMS in the early days of Android. Go SMS is probably my favorite. I just like the way it looks
i find pansi sms light on resources and quite full featured. check it out.
Chomp sms beats em all with quick compose and quick reply from anywhere. Can't beat it imo
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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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Trillian handles sms/mms?
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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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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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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.
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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?
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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?
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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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xamadeix said:
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 was using go sms than sliding messaging.
Loved the quick sms on sliding but as laggy. So I switch back to stock tw
I loved go sms because of the emoticons.
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bstylz911 said:
I was using go sms than sliding messaging.
Loved the quick sms on sliding but as laggy. So I switch back to stock tw
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ive had really bad experiences texting people with iPhones. they dont receive go sms apps that well. (unless theyre JB) which sucks cause a ton of people have iPhones.
personally i use the native SGS3 messaging app, or line app for my family overseas. (its free! )
Gosms pro, there is some things i dont like about it but I haven't been very impressed with other SMS apps. I use the stock SMS app at times to send pictures over wifi calling but that's about it
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I use the stock messaging app with SMS Popup... Works fine for me. I like that I can respond to texts without unlocking my device (although that could be a bad thing for security - but then again, I just use swipe to unlock anyway since I guard my phone like Fort Knox).