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[Q] SMS app

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.
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Try using AIM?

Google voice? That what I use.
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What about "whatsapp messenger".. it looks like it might do the trick.
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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
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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.
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Wouldn't that be G-talk? Google voice is like visual vm
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spence341 said:
Wouldn't that be G-talk? Google voice is like visual vm
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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!
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Another one here for Google voice. I have about a years worth of messages archived too

New sms/mms app for tablets yay yaaaaay!!!!

Been using TabletSMS and I dig it!!!!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...u-send-sms-and-mms-messages-from-your-tablet/
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And what's with Textab and Tablet Talk?
I think you missed them or haven't searched properly the best is:
No 5$/year
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I use it aswell and its awesomee
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Tablet talk is really good, just what we need on a tablet. Very cheap too.
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Great app and the developer is responsive to feedback and fixes bugs quickly. The opposite of ROM Manager
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+1 for tablet talk
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Thank god someone finally made a remote SMS app that follows android UI guidelines
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TheBigX said:
And what's with Textab and Tablet Talk?
I think you missed them or haven't searched properly the best is:
No 5$/year
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After being a user of Tablet Talk for a year now:
1: no issues with WiFi/Bluetooth not connecting
2: no ass ugly UI
3: big developer with longtime user support and base. This is from Koush, as in Clockwork Mod and many other great apps.
4: Syncs to Tablet but the subscription also syncs to the browser and GTalk if that's your thing...
All in all I have been using app by Koush for over 2 1/2 years now and never had an issue, he deserves my $5 per year

This app is awesome well deserving of 5$ a year. The ui isn't hideous and it works ALL of the time.
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altimax98 said:
After being a user of Tablet Talk for a year now:
1: no issues with WiFi/Bluetooth not connecting
2: no ass ugly UI
3: big developer with longtime user support and base. This is from Koush, as in Clockwork Mod and many other great apps.
4: Syncs to Tablet but the subscription also syncs to the browser and GTalk if that's your thing...
All in all I have been using app by Koush for over 2 1/2 years now and never had an issue, he deserves my $5 per year
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I'm Airmaxx23 and I support this message...

Spam pushing app
I installed this yesterday evening on my phone. and then my tablet.
not 30 minutes or so after and nearly all night i get spam pushed google email address and sms to my phone... After uninstalling the app it stopped going to my phone NOW My email this morning had 13 messages everything from sex chat invites to insurance and home loan sales companies..
Is there some terms i did not read that says it will do this. Is there a hidden or secret settings.. IM VERY ANGRY Because the only way this can be happening is my phone number and google information given out. Makes me quite concerned about what rom manager might be picking up now.. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE .. I would think a Developer of this caliber would not do this ...
PLEASE Respond rom manager......

Or maybe your just getting notifications from your spam box? I don't use desksms so its just a guess... does it do email notifications?
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Atamagaokashii said:
Or maybe your just getting notifications from your spam box? I don't use desksms so its just a guess... does it do email notifications?
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the spam is using a tag line something like offers from desk/tablet sms and so on .. then the spam message .. i GET NO SPAM IN MY GOOGLE EMAIL Account. i give it out to nobody at all. its definitely coming from this app..I am in total disbelief that he would do this.. Thou at the same time i have cwm premium and thou i have the adds turned off im still getting them.. So maybe its how they do business....
when i check my email if there are more i will report the app to GOOGLE OVER THE PHONE... ..
lets hope the email i send to developer has put a stop to this .

erica_renee said:
the spam is using a tag line something like offers from desk/tablet sms and so on .. then the spam message .. i GET NO SPAM IN MY GOOGLE EMAIL Account. i give it out to nobody at all. its definitely coming from this app..I am in total disbelief that he would do this.. Thou at the same time i have cwm premium and thou i have the adds turned off im still getting them.. So maybe its how they do business....
when i check my email if there are more i will report the app to GOOGLE OVER THE PHONE... ..
lets hope the email i send to developer has put a stop to this .
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Sorry to hear that, I tried to search tablet SMS on gplay and the top result was for mysms and my mysms tablet, when I searched tabletsms up came the OP version,l.
After seeing your post I decided to try mysms, it only needed my mobile number and a password nothing else, it took a few minutes before syncing sms' on first run to my N7, but it works great, don't think it supports Bluetooth, for me this would be an extra luxury than a necessity at this moment in time.
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Does Koush's app still add @desksms.com email addresses to all your contacts? I tried it when he first started posting it to forums and it took forever to get all my contacts cleared up.

erica_renee said:
the spam is using a tag line something like offers from desk/tablet sms and so on .. then the spam message .. i GET NO SPAM IN MY GOOGLE EMAIL Account. i give it out to nobody at all. its definitely coming from this app..I am in total disbelief that he would do this.. Thou at the same time i have cwm premium and thou i have the adds turned off im still getting them.. So maybe its how they do business....
when i check my email if there are more i will report the app to GOOGLE OVER THE PHONE... ..
lets hope the email i send to developer has put a stop to this .
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I dont think Koush would ever do something like this. Im not calling you a liar or anything but I have been using apps developed by Koush and ClockworkMod for years as well as using DeskSMS now for a few days and i dont have an issue.
I would contact him before saying that he did something that may or may not even be his fault. Trust me with the access that Rom Manager has or Clockwork Recovery has, spamming a user with sex messages is the least of the damage he could inflict... just saying
*could it be you signed up for something else and not Koush's (ClockworkMod) TabletSMS?

GinoAMelone said:
Does Koush's app still add @desksms.com email addresses to all your contacts? I tried it when he first started posting it to forums and it took forever to get all my contacts cleared up.
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If you hit the dreaded "sync Google contacts" button.
I've been using DeskSMS for the last year and a half, and the only "spam" I get is if I misconfigure it.

imessage like app for SMS between android and iphone

I have to admit I went to the dark side for a while and the only thing I miss is imessage. I wish I could find a cross platform app to send all my SMS through that would try to use data connection app first but then drop down and send an SMS if the other person did not have the same app. Anyone know of an app like this? It would need to work between iOS and Android.
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Textplus+???
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If I have helped you.... hit that sexy thanks button. ^_^

Just use Whatsapp. Never fails.

Could what's app replace the native SMS app so that if the receiving party does not have whatsapp it will send a SMS from your phone number?
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mainstang said:
Could what's app replace the native SMS app so that if the receiving party does not have whatsapp it will send a SMS from your phone number?
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Well, if the receiving party do not have whatsapp, they won't appear in whatsapp's contact list

Here's a quick list:
Viber
Whatsapp
GoSMS Chat
The closest thing you can get to your concern is probably GoSMS Chat. Though if iOS has GoChat, I can't really tell. Viber has both iOS and Android versions, so you can use that too.
I feel you man, I was always on a Android, then decided to switch to iOS just to check it out, got hooked with iMessage but I just can't live with the closed OS of Apple. So I got a GNex and never looked back

My friends and I just use Google+ Messenger app. Half of my friends have iPhones and other hand Android. We just use G+ to group chat. Works great.
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Google voice sends an SMS via data. Not exactly what you wrote looking for but close.
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Send contact info from within SMS

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.

Zzz73 said:
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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ChompSMS lifetime license?

What is this for?
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Email the Dev and find out....
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ztmike said:
What is this for?
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Lifetime license adds a few features and feeds the developer.

grubbster said:
Lifetime license adds a few features and feeds the developer.
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And removes the ad on the bottom of your over view of your text messages
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zephiK said:
And removes the ad on the bottom of your over view of your text messages
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Was hoping for that..that big ass ad is annoying as hell
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ztmike said:
Was hoping for that..that big ass ad is annoying as hell
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Agreed. I bought my license even it was on sale for 50 percent off. Very clean app regardless. At least the ad doesn't show on your text messages
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Nexus 4 Chomp SMS users, anyone of you able to attach photos to your sms/mms messages? Chomp SMS force closes when I try attaching photos to messages. Otherwise I like Chomp SMS much better than the useless stock Android Messenger.

Lakino said:
Nexus 4 Chomp SMS users, anyone of you able to attach photos to your sms/mms messages? Chomp SMS force closes when I try attaching photos to messages. Otherwise I like Chomp SMS much better than the useless stock Android Messenger.
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Force closes here as well,
MMS won't send running JellyBean 4.2?
We're aware and looking into this issue, it's not a setting, just a compatibility issue with chompSMS and JellyBeans latest firmware. Please be patient, we hope to find a solution for the next chompSMS update.
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From their website ^^
I don't really send MMS so it doesnt matter to me. But yeah it would be nice for it to be fixed.

Help me pleaseeeee
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Lifetime license adds a few features and feeds the developer.
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So basically I bought chompsms and the licence thing and a couple of days ago I had to factory reset my phone and so all my apps were re-installed including chompsms. Only problem I have is that the I have that stupid ad at the bottom of the screen and when I try and enable the licence again, my phones freezes and I cant buy the licence again because it says that I already have it. I've tried looking for it in my applications on my phone and my market but it doesnt come up. HELP!!!! :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

Hallie123 said:
So basically I bought chompsms and the licence thing and a couple of days ago I had to factory reset my phone and so all my apps were re-installed including chompsms. Only problem I have is that the I have that stupid ad at the bottom of the screen and when I try and enable the licence again, my phones freezes and I cant buy the licence again because it says that I already have it. I've tried looking for it in my applications on my phone and my market but it doesnt come up. HELP!!!! :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Contact chomp. They are really helpful and have a pretty prompt service.
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Does Chomp have group threaded messaging? I can't seam to figure out how to get it to work if it does at all. I'm stuck using handcent at the moment because it does threading, but would much rather use chomp.

I honestly don't understand paying only to remove ads....adaway is still around, people....you just have to go looking for it I'll never pay anyone a single penny to remove ads. If I don't want them there, I'll remove them on my own, thanks!! I don't need to pay someone to remove them for me.

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I honestly don't understand paying only to remove ads....adaway is still around, people....you just have to go looking for it I'll never pay anyone a single penny to remove ads. If I don't want them there, I'll remove them on my own, thanks!! I don't need to pay someone to remove them for me.
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For me it is not about the ads. It is about throwing a few bucks to the dev for the hard work they put in. That's why the ads are there in the first place. I don't mind supporting them. If I like an app and they have a pay app I will buy it. A couple of bucks is a small price to pay for useful software.

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For me it is not about the ads. It is about throwing a few bucks to the dev for the hard work they put in. That's why the ads are there in the first place. I don't mind supporting them. If I like an app and they have a pay app I will buy it. A couple of bucks is a small price to pay for useful software.
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I agree, but when the only difference between free & paid apps is the ads I specifically won't pay because that tells me the dev is only out for $$, and that portrays greed....something I will never condone.

hp420 said:
I agree, but when the only difference between free & paid apps is the ads I specifically won't pay because that tells me the dev is only out for $$, and that portrays greed....something I will never condone.
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Lol really? If the developer was greedy he would of made it a paid app from the very beginning. I don't mind giving some money to the developer for his good work on a app that I use from a day to day basis.
People are so spoiled...
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dmjlabelle said:
Does Chomp have group threaded messaging? I can't seam to figure out how to get it to work if it does at all. I'm stuck using handcent at the moment because it does threading, but would much rather use chomp.
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I don't think they have group messaging. I mean you can receive group messages but when you send via group messages you send each message individually. Not sure if developer fixed it yet. That's only thing from keeping me from using chomp SMS for now
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hp420 said:
I agree, but when the only difference between free & paid apps is the ads I specifically won't pay because that tells me the dev is only out for $$, and that portrays greed....something I will never condone.
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I know I am getting off topic, as well as responding to a really old thread, and I apologize, but I just have to respond here. I agree with hp420 that we should not support greedy (or arrogant) developers. However, developers who only add ads to their free apps rather than crippling or time limiting them are the very opposite of greedy--especially one as useful and popular as ChompSMS! They are being incredibly generous, and they are the ones I am MOST likely to pay. Then again, I am about the only person I know who actually pays for shareware on my computer if I use it frequently--partly from appreciation, and partly because I want to give them incentive to keep it updated.