[How-To] Send MMS to Group of Contacts

[How-To] Send MMS to Group of Contacts - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

So I'm the social chair of my fraternity and I constantly send mass texts to people and since getting this phone have not been able to send group chats with go sms or handcent, only stock but with stock I have to input each individually so why do that right?
Here's a temporary workaround (if there's a better way PLEASE tell me):
1) open sms app of choice
2) start a new message to the group of people
- if it's a group of 20+ you'll have to split this into 20 people at a time (ya it sucks but you have to do it)
3) type something into the message field but do not send it
4) press back to save it to drafts
5) switch to stock message app and you should see the draft
6) open the draft and delete the text you previously typed
7) insert your picture, text, or both and click send
8) should send without a hassle
If there's another way or something I'm doing wrong that can take the hassle out of this please tell me other than that this should help for you.
also, I'm running Carbon 1.4 on Franco Kernel

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Select from a list of recent SMS recipients when sending a text?

Hi
I have a Touch Diamond. I was wondering if anyone can help me. Does anyone know of an inbox extender (or feel like writing one) that will enable me to:
Open a new(blank) SMS message, write it, and when I press "send" (or even "to") it will show me a list of , say, the last 10 people I sent SMS messages to? I have another app which I bought to allow me to group message (PowerSMS) which has a feature which calls up (lightning fast) your SMS history on the stats page, so I assume it is at least possbile to call up SMS history quickly without having a performance impact.
My old Nokia used to have this, and it's dead handy. Otherwise I find myself having to scroll through the 20+ Pauls or Andy's in my contacts list to find the particular Paul or Andy that I always text.
Any suggestions much appreciated.
Thanks
Stoatie

hmmm ... have I posted this in the wrong forum section??

[Q] Stock Android (AOSP) Usage Query - Contacts and Group Texts

Hi,
I've recently gone to DeFroST ROM from Sense based ROMS and have come across the following issues that I can't work out:
1. Group texts (SMS/MMS). In the 'To' box, you have to type the first few letters of each contact. Is there no way it can just display a list so I can select the contacts I wish to text? Or create/select a group? I can't always remember everyone!
2. Saving contacts. When saving a number/adding a contact, where is the contact saved, SIM/Phone? How can you specify this? Once saved, how can you copy it to the Phone/SIM (depending on the default save location). I can see this causing issues if I need to use another phone for whatever reason and I don't have all contacts on my SIM. I know there is a 'export to sd' option but that may not work for another phone.
Thanks.

BashyUK said:
Hi,
1. Group texts (SMS/MMS). In the 'To' box, you have to type the first few letters of each contact. Is there no way it can just display a list so I can select the contacts I wish to text? Or create/select a group? I can't always remember everyone!
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Did you get this figured out? I am trying to do the same thing. I want to create a text group.

[Q] Missing options on stock sms's app. Its possible?

Hi...
There are a few things missing on stock app sms. One is the option for stop auto coverting sms in mms after 5sms's long, as you can read it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100920
google it, and find this is a problem from back versions till now:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2318
Other missing options are:
- Make a phone call from sms (if I get a sms from someone saying me "Call me please", I have to exit sms, go to contacts, search for it, and make the phone call)
- Save contact from unknown number (if someone send me an sms "This is my number", I cannot save directly from sms list... again, must write it down, exit sms, go to contacts, and add a new one)
Its simple things and liked to know if its possible to change and add this little options in stock sms app. I like the stock app sms... its simple, quick and usefull, but missing little things ruin it..
Thanks in advance

Sending multiple individual messages using messenger

I am the PR for my motorcycle group and I need to send out individual messages to my members (around 70 at a time). Currently I am using "Group Texting" from the play store and this has worked prefecture on my note 4 and note 7. This app allows me to toe up a text message (some times it is longer than 160 characters) and select the individuals I want to get the text and when I press the send button it uses my native texting app (this case it is messenger) and sends out individual text messages. While it is sending out these messages I start to get a message "Sending SMS Messages, SMS Messenger is sending a large number of SMS messages. Do you want this app to continue sending messages?" I have the choice of "Allow" of "Deny". I have press "Allow" multiple times thinking these messages are going out. When I go to the Messenger app I see some that went and a ton that show "message not sent, resend" in red.
Now I could blame the "Group Texting" app but when I go into the messages that have not sent and tap resend I get about 10 done then start getting the same message again "...large number messages. ...", so I think it is an android setting somewhere. I raged this issue and found the same issue was on the nexus phone also. Their fix was to root the phone, I really don't want to do that as of yet. If this can not be fixed I may have to trade this phone off and go back to a samsung.
Any ideas?

In the Google Messenger settings one of the options for group messages is to send as single SMS messages or group MMS messages. Toggle the setting to SMS and compose your text with desired members, no need for a second app. Settings > Advanced > Group Messaging.

fury683 said:
In the Google Messenger settings one of the options for group messages is to send as single SMS messages or group MMS messages. Toggle the setting to SMS and compose your text with desired members, no need for a second app. Settings > Advanced > Group Messaging.
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Has something changed on group texting? I thought this feature was the old group texting where it limits to you only 10 recipients at a time. I am wanting to end up with individual threads for all text messages I send out. So I could end up with 70 threads when I send out a group message.

Tannerj said:
Has something changed on group texting? I thought this feature was the old group texting where it limits to you only 10 recipients at a time. I am wanting to end up with individual threads for all text messages I send out. So I could end up with 70 threads when I send out a group message.
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I guess I've never tried to do more than 10 so I am not sure if that is possible or not. I generally keep my setting to MMS (group text) instead of SMS (mass text), but have toggled it once in a while if I want to send the same thing to several people but don't want a group text going.

Unbelievable - I to am also in a motorcycle club and send out sms notifications to apx 120 members - I am unabllke to now since i bought my google pixel xl - I have exactly the same problem - I have rung telstra and Google and they say it is the others problem ? it is driving me mad - help ?

Tannerj said:
I am the PR for my motorcycle group and I need to send out individual messages to my members (around 70 at a time). Currently I am using "Group Texting" from the play store and this has worked prefecture on my note 4 and note 7. This app allows me to toe up a text message (some times it is longer than 160 characters) and select the individuals I want to get the text and when I press the send button it uses my native texting app (this case it is messenger) and sends out individual text messages. While it is sending out these messages I start to get a message "Sending SMS Messages, SMS Messenger is sending a large number of SMS messages. Do you want this app to continue sending messages?" I have the choice of "Allow" of "Deny". I have press "Allow" multiple times thinking these messages are going out. When I go to the Messenger app I see some that went and a ton that show "message not sent, resend" in red.
Now I could blame the "Group Texting" app but when I go into the messages that have not sent and tap resend I get about 10 done then start getting the same message again "...large number messages. ...", so I think it is an android setting somewhere. I raged this issue and found the same issue was on the nexus phone also. Their fix was to root the phone, I really don't want to do that as of yet. If this can not be fixed I may have to trade this phone off and go back to a samsung.
Any ideas?
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figjam8 said:
Unbelievable - I to am also in a motorcycle club and send out sms notifications to apx 120 members - I am unabllke to now since i bought my google pixel xl - I have exactly the same problem - I have rung telstra and Google and they say it is the others problem ? it is driving me mad - help ?
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Hello,
Like you guyz someone in the N6P forum had a similar issue and managed to modify their telephony-common.jar to send more SMS within a certain amount of time...
Unfortunately, you need Root and a file explorer to extract the archive here: /system/framework/telephony-common.jar
So i decompiled it and here are the two values that are used to set limits:
Code:
const-string/jumbo v1, "sms_outgoing_check_max_count"
.line 263
const/16 v2, 0x1e
Code:
const-string/jumbo v1, "sms_outgoing_check_interval_ms"
.line 267
const v2, 0xea60
Both values can be set to whatever numbers in hexadecimal you want...
If you want to test, just send me your telephony-common.jar. I guess this archive should be the same no matter what ROM you're on, but not 100% sure...
Cheers...

5.1 said:
Hello,
Like you guyz someone in the N6P forum had a similar issue and managed to modify their telephony-common.jar to send more SMS within a certain amount of time...
Unfortunately, you need Root and a file explorer to extract the archive here: /system/framework/telephony-common.jar
So i decompiled it and here are the two values that are used to set limits:
Code:
const-string/jumbo v1, "sms_outgoing_check_max_count"
.line 263
const/16 v2, 0x1e
Code:
const-string/jumbo v1, "sms_outgoing_check_interval_ms"
.line 267
const v2, 0xea60
Both values can be set to whatever numbers in hexadecimal you want...
If you want to test, just send me your telephony-common.jar. I guess this archive should be the same no matter what ROM you're on, but not 100% sure...
Cheers...
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I have seen something like this in other posts and googling this issue. Rooting my phone may be my last resort to get my SMS to work correctly. I am just pissed Google will not admit it is their operating system that is doing and not the app or the wireless provider.
Thanks for the find. I may go ahead and root my phone.

Basically, I'm using a very convenient service which is called Atomic SMS Sender. It works perfectly and does it's job quickly :good:

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When I now open Messages the usual look of it has changed, before I would open Messages and down bottom use to be conversation and contacts which could touch and use NOW open Messages both have gone don't know why BUT hope someone can tell me what I have to do to get them displayed again , hate set up with out them.
Will await for someone to help me sort out this issue

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