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I have searched many forums and the market to no avail so I was hoping someone here could help.
Is there any way we, android users, can get a function similar to iOS4 users with their "group mms" option. To those of you not familiar, its basically a chat room like feature that uses your text messages. For example, if I were to create a new text on the iphone, I could add more people to it. Once it's sent out, if anyone replies, that reply will go to all of those in the group and so forth. In essence, a chat room is created where everyone receives a copy of everyone else's text.
At any rate, a few of my friends have iphones and I was hoping to be able to communicate with them in such a manner but neither the stock messaging application or handcent has this function. The few options that might work would involve having all of my friends download some new app along with myself and even that doesn't work all the time.
ANY help would be much appreciated.
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this would be helpful for me also as i communicate with multiple people. As of right now i just email stuff out to them so we can all see the replies. To have this on text would be awsome.
I would also like to setup groups so i can just select 1 group to text. I had this on my treo pro and it disappeared when i went to these new smart phones.
As far as I know, there is no such feature currently available without the use of third-party applications (that use data to do it).
Sorry
Maybe someone will build that feature eventually lol
The iPhone's ability to 'group chat' is just Apple being smart about the fact that MMS message details contain all recipients. They simply made their SMS app able to receive all the recipients and reply to all as a group.
An Android app like Go SMS or HandCent (or Google's stock app) could easily be modified to work just like this, if someone would do it.
dcdttu said:
The iPhone's ability to 'group chat' is just Apple being smart about the fact that MMS message details contain all recipients. They simply made their SMS app able to receive all the recipients and reply to all as a group.
An Android app like Go SMS or HandCent (or Google's stock app) could easily be modified to work just like this, if someone would do it.
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I wish someone would do it already, I felt pretty stupid the other day when I was in a group text with a couple people with iPhones and didn't know it.
App in the market called groupme works perfect even though this thread is super old lol.
dirkyd3rk said:
App in the market called groupme works perfect even though this thread is super old lol.
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lol last reply was may 25th, i swear that was last week! just playing but group me didn't work. It's all good, I'm hoping Android implements a feature like this soon...
stryker707 said:
I have searched many forums and the market to no avail so I was hoping someone here could help.
Is there any way we, android users, can get a function similar to iOS4 users with their "group mms" option. To those of you not familiar, its basically a chat room like feature that uses your text messages. For example, if I were to create a new text on the iphone, I could add more people to it. Once it's sent out, if anyone replies, that reply will go to all of those in the group and so forth. In essence, a chat room is created where everyone receives a copy of everyone else's text.
At any rate, a few of my friends have iphones and I was hoping to be able to communicate with them in such a manner but neither the stock messaging application or handcent has this function. The few options that might work would involve having all of my friends download some new app along with myself and even that doesn't work all the time.
ANY help would be much appreciated.
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Have you tried GO Sms Pro it has what you are looking for built in. Gave that a Try
I've been using GOsms pro for a while and i don't see this feature listed anywhere. Where is it?
I've have also been looking for this feature. The sad part is that it was possible on my old blackjack 2. All of the messaging apps that I have used so far including go sms and handcent only allow you to send texts to more than one person in one conversation, but when they reply, it goes back to being separated. Group chat should be implemented in android like it is on the iPhone.
djuniah said:
I've been using GOsms pro for a while and i don't see this feature listed anywhere. Where is it?
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bump for this.
I woke up this morning to a group chat with 3x iPhone 4S users and I had to reply to each of them individually.
I use go SMS also...
I think you have to be the one to start the group chat, just start a new text message and put in all the numbers/names u wanna text, hit send. it'll automatically group them together in 1 text
bump this i have the same deal , a bunch of friends have iphones...
The sidekick 4g has this feature built in. My friend group chats with me and other friends all the time. To tell u the truth it gets annoying having so many texts at the same time lol
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Any one have solutions for this? A lot of my friends use this on iPhone and its annoying not to participate. So I'll get a text and if I respond it only goes back to the originator, while I then get what look like individual texts from others that are clearly responding and going to everyone, and I'm assuming my responses would only just go back to the original writer. Even if I could just see everyone included and then include them manually I'd be ok.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I also have this problem, and its really annoying me. For me group texts are split into each persons single sms thread, when I would like them to be grouped. Do any of the devs think that they could come up with a solution? Honestly, I would be willing to pay to get this solved
I currently have a thunderbolt and it has SOAB rom from BAMF. With this rom I can see the people on the group list. However, when i was on a different rom I would only see the sender. Since now I can see the the group, I can respond in the thread and join the chats and not be left out. the way I did it was to respond to thread in an mms format. If you guys notice, the iphone group comes in as an mms. So my question to you guys, do you see all the people on the list when you receive that message? If so try replying in a mms format. You can do that by putting a dot in the subject line and it'll convert it to mms. The only annoying part about it is yo have to manually be converting a mms message all the time. If you dont, the sms message will go to them in a seperate thread. I tried to find an app that give you the option to chose a message wheither mms or sms without adding a subject line. The only app i found was verzion messages app which auto converts group messages into mms. However, the app doesnt work all the time. I hope it works for you guys cuz I am really happy now since I dont feel left
Mine does that, although to reply to all u have to long press and select reply to all, which I think is better the iPhone does it automatically,
On sense 3.0 messaging, but sense 1 allowed for group Txts to be sent, so I imagine it had a reply all as well
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I have always hated group SMS on Android. This is a huge turn off for people that come from iOS. Is there any way to have our group text messaging behave the way it does on iOS? It just makes more sense. You text a group, you should get replies from the group and be able to reply TO the group instead of individual messages you have to reply to individually..
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GoSMS and I believe HandcentSMS (with plugin) are able to handle group SMS like the iPhone, as well as properly handle being recipients of iPhone group SMS without going crazy
teqvexed said:
GoSMS and I believe HandcentSMS (with plugin) are able to handle group SMS like the iPhone, as well as properly handle being recipients of iPhone group SMS without going crazy
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GoSMS works for me for group messaging. It showed up like it should on my wifes 4s.
Go sms is a whole SMS app, try this, small just right.
http://tinyurl.com/7hch6bo
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fcisco13 said:
Go sms is a whole SMS app, try this, small just right.
http://tinyurl.com/7hch6bo
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I feel like this is only for outgoing messages.
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wyattyoss said:
I feel like this is only for outgoing messages.
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Yeah. Incoming is the problem. Stock messaging app can do outgoing.
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mursepaolo said:
Yeah. Incoming is the problem. Stock messaging app can do outgoing.
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Yup GoSMS and HandCent will handle incoming group SMS from iphone
teqvexed said:
Yup GoSMS and HandCent will handle incoming group SMS from iphone
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What about from different phones?
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teqvexed said:
Yup GoSMS and HandCent will handle incoming group SMS from iphone
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So i guess the question is how can we MOD the stock sms app :fingers-crossed:
Yeah, I refuse to use third party messaging apps.
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aad4321 said:
When I first heard of iMessage I thought it was so stupid thinking it was a seperate app from the SMS app. After learning how well it is integrated it would be awesome to see some sort of gtalk integration with the SMS app.
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agree - every new android release I hope for this... especially video chat integration like it is in iOS. Maybe there are patent issues holding that integration back???
Even if some apps are able to send and receive group messages, the people you send them to won't get each other's replies. That's bad for business use..
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GO SMS and Hancent incoming SMS for group
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Yup GoSMS and HandCent will handle incoming group SMS from iphone
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FYI I just tried both of these and none of them can do Group SMS for incoming. They send out the SMS, but when users reply it receives them individually. Also i notice that some of these apps when they sent out the sms you actually see it send out one sms at a time and that might be the root of the problem. Right now i have been able to do true Group SMS via Facebook Messeger app as it allows for you to send SMS messages for some android phones such as my HTC One X, S3 etc. I just don't like the interface and it's slow.
Does anyone have any other solution for this? A real working solution? Group SMS means when you send out a group SMS and the recipients respond you get all the messages in one thread not individual threads. Thanks in advance.
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FYI I just tried both of these and none of them can do Group SMS for incoming. They send out the SMS, but when users reply it receives them individually. Also i notice that some of these apps when they sent out the sms you actually see it send out one sms at a time and that might be the root of the problem. Right now i have been able to do true Group SMS via Facebook Messeger app as it allows for you to send SMS messages for some android phones such as my HTC One X, S3 etc. I just don't like the interface and it's slow.
Does anyone have any other solution for this? A real working solution? Group SMS means when you send out a group SMS and the recipients respond you get all the messages in one thread not individual threads. Thanks in advance.
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I take it back GO SMS seems to be working just tested. I had to enable a group sms feature to be compatible with Iphone etc... yay i'll test more later with my friends to be 100% sure, but seems to be working .
There is a modified messaging APK that always u to do Group messaging the RIGHT WAY.
But, I've never tried it.
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There is a modified messaging APK that always u to do Group messaging the RIGHT WAY.
But, I've never tried it.
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Do you mean an APK that modify's the native SMS app? Will this work from the native SMS app? Although i am happy with GO SMS as it has tons of features, thanks.
movadoevo8 said:
FYI I just tried both of these and none of them can do Group SMS for incoming. They send out the SMS, but when users reply it receives them individually. Also i notice that some of these apps when they sent out the sms you actually see it send out one sms at a time and that might be the root of the problem. Right now i have been able to do true Group SMS via Facebook Messeger app as it allows for you to send SMS messages for some android phones such as my HTC One X, S3 etc. I just don't like the interface and it's slow.
Does anyone have any other solution for this? A real working solution? Group SMS means when you send out a group SMS and the recipients respond you get all the messages in one thread not individual threads. Thanks in advance.
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I take it back GO SMS seems to be working just tested. I had to enable a group sms feature to be compatible with Iphone etc... yay i'll test more later with my friends to be 100% sure, but seems to be working .
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not even with thread group messaging in handcent?
it seemed to work for me when i tested it (i dislike that feature, my bud with the iphone hates it. so m ight be missing something)
Is there a Group MMS feature in the stock messaging app where all the replies are kept in one thread?
I don't think there's native support for that at the moment. I composed one text and sent it to three recipients at once. On my screen it showed a thread with all three individuals, but on their phones, they received the text as if it was only addressed to them, and if they reply, I'm the only one that gets that reply text. I saw on the FreeGS3 rom that there's support for a "reply to all" feature which sounds more like what you're looking for.
That's too bad. I know GO SMS has it but I really like the look of this stock messaging app.
Go sms has gs3 skin
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Teczeus said:
Go sms has gs3 skin
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Which one are you using? I see several in the Play Store.
Mulitiple Replies???
I sent a joke text out earlier to 4 people. Now when they reply back, I get a text from each of them individually. But two of the people have iPhones. So when they reply, they go to everyone that was on the message I sent. I've noticed that it happens with BlackBerry's too. So is this a Android issue or other phone issues?
I'm also interested in having all the replies in one thread with the person's name next to it.
Any ideas?
shaun0207 said:
I sent a joke text out earlier to 4 people. Now when they reply back, I get a text from each of them individually. But two of the people have iPhones. So when they reply, they go to everyone that was on the message I sent. I've noticed that it happens with BlackBerry's too. So is this a Android issue or other phone issues?
I'm also interested in having all the replies in one thread with the person's name next to it.
Any ideas?
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I'm pretty sure Group Messaging was Apple's idea. I'm not a big fan of it personally, but I work and deal with a lot of iPhone people so I've resorted to GO SMS Pro for that feature. They had a few quirks at the beginning, but got them sorted out.
And to those asking, it does keep them all in a single thread, with the person's name above what they wrote, at least, in the style I have mine set up in.
The one thing I have noticed is that any thread where you had a convo going with the originating person, shows up right next to the group message as well. You can also click at the top and see who the message was all sent to if someone sends you a group SMS. If they're in your contacts, it shows their name, which is a nice bonus. If not, just the number.
As for the comment about the FreeGSIII 'reply all' feature, it's not the same thing. I thought that dev had it pegged, but he said it was something else.
EDIT: I don't know if they will all appear in one thread if not everyone else is using an iPhone. If one person responds using Android and not using the feature in GO SMS Pro (or something similar) I would assume their reply would only go back to the person who sent the initial message. Hopefully that all made sense...
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I don't think there's native support for that at the moment. I composed one text and sent it to three recipients at once. On my screen it showed a thread with all three individuals, but on their phones, they received the text as if it was only addressed to them, and if they reply, I'm the only one that gets that reply text. I saw on the FreeGS3 rom that there's support for a "reply to all" feature which sounds more like what you're looking for.
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I believe that is user specific as I've had the option to set it this way, or sending them to each person, not in a group like you state. I liked to keep things in order, so I would always choose to send it to each person as it does it anyway, just depends on how you want it displayed on your phone.
Has anyone else been experiencing issues with receiving MMS's when they were sent to a group? For example, if someone sends me a picture, with a few other people on the message, I won't get the message. The message will come through and just say "downloading" and I'll never get the picture.
When I get replies then, they are all individual texts instead of embedded in a group.
Thanks for any advice!
That's because androids stock messenger doesn't support group texting. You can send a group text but replies will always come back in individual threads...sorry
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So what is everyone doing to get around this?
I loved the group texting on my Droid RAZR....
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That's because androids stock messenger doesn't support group texting. You can send a group text but replies will always come back in individual threads...sorry
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I was part of a group message last night that worked perfectly fine the way it should have. This was using CM10 so I don't know if they made changes to enable it.
I thought it was an iOS issue, when an iPhone sends a group message. Have always had problems receiving those.
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I experienced the issues receiving group messages from everyone using either a Droid RAZR or Bionic....
I'm trying Handscent now to see if it works...but I like the stock UI much better....
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I experienced the issues receiving group messages from everyone using either a Droid RAZR or Bionic....
I'm trying Handscent now to see if it works...but I like the stock UI much better....
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Use GoSMS Pro, It's free on the market, and you can make it run in "Lite" mode, It will fully support iPhone Group texting. If you want to reply in the same group, Go to settings, Tap advanced at the top then Send settings > Check the box that says Group MMS chat.
If you want to go into "Lite" Mode, go into the settings and change the running mode. It will still allow you to receive and send group MMS as well as have custom themes. It is really fast in "Lite" mode.
brooksyx said:
I thought it was an iOS issue, when an iPhone sends a group message. Have always had problems receiving those.
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I get this all the time, almost all of my friends and family use iphones. Regularly I get an "empty" text from them and I've been told it's a glitch in the iphone but it doesn't affect other iphones only android users.
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I'd also like to add that iphone users can't seem to NOT reply to all.. yeah I know it's possible but they always reply to all even when it's personal. It's the main reason I go over my 1000 text allowance each month.
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Use GoSMS Pro, It's free on the market, and you can make it run in "Lite" mode, It will fully support iPhone Group texting. If you want to reply in the same group, Go to settings, Tap advanced at the top then Send settings > Check the box that says Group MMS chat.
If you want to go into "Lite" Mode, go into the settings and change the running mode. It will still allow you to receive and send group MMS as well as have custom themes. It is really fast in "Lite" mode.
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I use group texting everyday. Every single one of my friends have the iphone and I've used Hancent for years, but it doesn't work well with group texting. Event when I selected Group messaging in Handcent, i would receive each message in each persons thread, not the group thread. My friends with the iPhones said that my messages wouldn't ever appear in the group thread, but showed up in my thread instead. So i just switched to GoSMS Pro and so far everything has been working like a charm. Follow the instructions that Tirionfive wrote and you will not have any issues. Group texting is the $hit, and I really wish that Google integrated it into the stock messaging app. Oh well it will likely be in Key Lime Pie (unless Crapple already patented it already).
I've been using Go SMS Pro for the last few days and it is absolutely great! Not sure I'll ever go back to stock text messaging
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the messaging app that comes installed, is it not good for group messaging? I sent a group message, but everyone got a separate message and i got separate responses back. Is there no way to set this up? if not what app do you all use?
thanks
Next SMS is great! ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.messaging
Android Message by Google
OR
If you also get lots of advertising messages SMS organiser by Microsoft.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.android.smsorganizer