Hey guys I just want to have people's opinions about the above apps. I have S3 and have been using my stock messaging app with SMSpop up to handle the notifications when I receive texts. Lately I've been reading about these two messaging apps and I have been interested in trying them especially because I want emoji support (I hate my iPhone friends lool). Anyways tell me what messaging app you use and why you love it.
I know what someone will say maybe you should try them out and do research. I have seen review videos for both apps, but I don't really have the time to try them out one by one. I'd rather read reviews than try them.
If I do install a 3rd party messaging app I can keep SMSpop up? Or do the 3rd party apps take care of those functions as well? Such as personalized LED lights per contact and custom text tone for each contact?
thanks for your time and recommendations.
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I also get paranoid installing and deleting things in my phone because if it slows down I feel like the program installed a file that didn't delete when I uninstalled. I know I'm paranoid but I know both apps use ads to support their free version.
I have used handcent on all my android phones. I've tried go sms and chomp sms but I always end up back woth handcent. I don't remember if the other two had pop up text, but handcent does. I'd suggest just try each one for a few days and see which one you like best.
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Honestly... You do have time. Ha. Both handcent and chomp will receive your messages. And it only takes a couple seconds to install... If you install it receive messages and end up not liking it un install and try the other, they're not going anywhere and having it won't halt your daily life. So you absolutely have time to try each out if you desire. And if you watched a lot of video reviews some of these questions should have been answered... Personally I used to always use handcent mostly because of the feature to use a password to access texts. But I also like it as a texting app
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iSchadenfreude said:
Hey guys I just want to have people's opinions about the above apps. I have S3 and have been using my stock messaging app with SMSpop up to handle the notifications when I receive texts. Lately I've been reading about these two messaging apps and I have been interested in trying them especially because I want emoji support (I hate my iPhone friends lool). Anyways tell me what messaging app you use and why you love it.
I know what someone will say maybe you should try them out and do research. I have seen review videos for both apps, but I don't really have the time to try them out one by one. I'd rather read reviews than try them.
If I do install a 3rd party messaging app I can keep SMSpop up? Or do the 3rd party apps take care of those functions as well? Such as personalized LED lights per contact and custom text tone for each contact?
thanks for your time and recommendations.
:good::good:
I also get paranoid installing and deleting things in my phone because if it slows down I feel like the program installed a file that didn't delete when I uninstalled. I know I'm paranoid but I know both apps use ads to support their free version.
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Used Handcent for a long time, but then my wife got an HTC 8x (Windows mobile) and my daughter an iPhone 5 w iOS6, and neither of them could see my emojis; I tried all three " how to encode emojis" settings in Handcent, none made a difference. Even though including emojis isn't exactly a deal breaker , I like fiddling with apps so I tried Go SMS Pro - worked fine with emojis, but access to Quick Text was cumbersome (needed several taps). So now I am using chompSMS - emojis work fine, access to quick text is easy (though it's called "templates"). The only thing I don't like is that all three SMS apps have outgoing messages on the right, incoming on the left. For some reason (don't really understand it myself !!) I prefer it the other way around. You can make that switch in Handcent & Go, but not in chomp.....
I honestly don't recommend any of the above apps unless you have a slow phone. I'd use GO SMS Pro, fully featured and flies off the handle. It pops up text messages too, and has a free add on where you can use and see all iOS 6 emojis.
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Are you rooted? If you are just use this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922104
I don't know what happens when you flash straight up but I manually unzipped on phone and placed files in correct location while backing up originals. This will give emoji in stock app so you can your current setup and still have emoji!
I have used handcent for a long time on many different devices. I have tried other apps, GoSMS and Chomp, and have always returned to handcent. I like the privacy inbox and the fact that it does not run as a service like GoSMS. I do like GoSMS, but find it ridiculous that you can not disable it as a service.
Also, handcent has a setting to change its priority allowing security and location apps like Cerberus and Androidlost to work properly.
Thanks guys
I've used all of them for a while now. I decided to stick with Chomp sms its basic but works really well hasn't crashed and my battery has seen no change. Even MMS I feared would appear when I used this app did not surface so overall it was a nice experience and I am sticking to it. I wish I had more friends so I could test out the group message but if its something I don't use a lot I am not gonna worry if it works 100% correctly.
IMO GO SMS is the best for functionality and themes. Only thing I don't like about it is that every time I send MMS is resizes the crap out of it whereas stock handles it pretty good but then again it could be my fault for not changing or changing something in the settings.
i use handcent as well. love the popup even on the lock screen. you can read and reply without unlocking your phone, good assortment of themes and lots of settings
chompsms. The rest either don't work or full boatware (cough cough go sms)
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chompsms. The rest either don't work or full boatware (cough cough go sms)
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I heard rumors about that as well. I also heard GoSms isn't optimized for OS higher than Android Ginger Bread...
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chompsms. The rest either don't work or full boatware (cough cough go sms)
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+1. Never had any issues with Chomp. And the main person I text (my wife) has an iPhone 4s that I jailbroke and is running Chomp's iOS version which is a jailbroken app called BiteSMS. Emojis/MMS work perfect between the two of us.
I'll just leave this here...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contapps.android.messaging
I've read mixed reviews of messages +. What do you find so good about it? I use the stock tw messaging app right now.
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I've read mixed reviews of messages +. What do you find so good about it? I use the stock tw messaging app right now.
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I've used stock mms since I got my phone, and believe me I tried gosms as well as handcent but I still kept going back to stock. gosms was too bloaty like a previous poster mentioned while handcent has that ugly gingerbread feel to it. stock looks and feels slick and has just the right amount of customization and not overloaded with features like gosms.
Then i tried messages+ (in addition to contacts/dialer/call log+) and oh man. It has the same slickness as stock and I just really love the UI. its not laggy at all, it feels as though this should have been the stock mms app. Oh and it has the AOSP popup feature.
everyone is entitled to their opinion and this is mine. if your a day over 15 and you use a stupid sms replacement then you need to look deep into your soul because this is srs bizns.
the simplicity and beauty of aosp's app is what set's it apart. if google could do anything to improve it i would be impressed because imo its perfect
the other ones are garbage. not even a fair comparison because the other one's are for children.
GO SMS ftw. And yes it does have pop up text and its very customizable.
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I personally use GoSMS. It has a few features that other's do NOT... Like the ability to have seperate & customizable MMS receive settings (mmsc, proxy, port, etc) custom user agent, and change the way it resizes MMS pictures and what the maximum size can be - all separately and independently from the stock mms app.
It does have pop up notification, custom status bar icons for individual contacts, custom individual message tones.... very nice. And its themeable which I do like...
I can't speak of handscent... but I will say this, I was an iPhone user for 4+ years before my current GS3, and on the iPhone BiteSMS is kind, which IS ChompSMS on android -- and I tried it but overall liked GoSMS better... I can't speak of the service running, etc... I will say MOST of the themes cost money, so that sucks - and I use the free ones.
I'm on T-mobile USA, and the NETWORK limits MMS to 300k - plain and simple, so regardless of anything else, your image is going to be resized by the network to 300k regardless what app you use.... (unless something has changed recently on T-mobile network). Another advantage of GoSMS is the customizable UAPROF (user agent) --- This is the string the phone sends to the network server telling HOW to deliver the MMS to your device. The wrong UAPROF results in crappy images. The RIGHT UAPROF results in very nice images. THIS IS A BIG FACTOR IN QUALITY OF MMS - ESPECIALLY IF YOUR USING UNLOCKED PHONES OR NON-BRANDED PHONES ON CERTAIN NETWORKS.... That *ALONE* makes GoSMS worth it (depending on your phone & network combination)
ChompSMS was fine, I just liked GoSMS better for whatever the reason? they're pretty much the same (minus the customizable settings in GoSMS). Now that I'm using a T-mobile branded phone on the T-mobile network, none of the custom settings matter anymore, and if I use the stock mms/messaging app on my current custom rom (darthstalker) I am able to send MMS over wifi just like sending over data. Also receive over wifi....
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Why I hate the default messaging/mms app.................. When I get a picture, it plays as a slideshow in a tiny preview unless I save it and view in gallery. UNACCEPTABLE. GoSMS doesn't do that.... I get a picture and I see it using the default viewer - in full screen. NOT AS A SLIDE SHOW. If the default app would do this, I'd probably be using it with some kind of smspopup tweak.
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Believe this thread has served it's purpose.
Whatsapp was running fine for me in all aspects on gingerbread. After installing a FK23 based JB rom, I've noticed an odd issue. I have a group of 10 members. I view the conversation, and then click the Group Info bar up top. I've seen it take up to a good 10 seconds before loading the group info screen. I don't notice the lag for my smaller groups. At first, I thought it was due to too many media files(pics and videos from the chat). I moved all my media files to another folder, but that didn't make a difference. Overall, the app works fine with no noticeable lag with chat messages, so it's not a big deal. I'm going to see if there's any clues in a logcat during the lag time. I'm just wondering if anyone else is familiar with this.
For me is the typing in Whatsapp, no matter what keyboard I use its always laggy, I'm on JB as well.
I am back to TW ROM's for my Note 2, mainly for the insanely great battery life ( 8h On Screen time ), and working Bluetooth audio, and S-Pen Widgets/Apps.
Anyways, I have tried some of the AOSP Messaging Text apps for TW ROM's, and they all seem to have an issue or three ? Three issues seem to be present in some or all of them;
- No Group Messaging
- No Quick Reply
- Sending Pictures force closes, or just don't send at all.
Is there an AOSP Text app, with all of the above working for TW ROM's ? I blame Samsung for not including two very important features, that should have been included in Tocuhwiz 5.0. Why didn't they include Group messaging and Quick reply as a standard stock feature on the Note 2 ? Do we have to wait for a port of Touchwiz 6.0 from the upcoming Galaxy S IV ?
I guess CM10.1 is my only option, for Group texting, and Quick reply, both fully working.
Sucks those don't work on Touchwiz ROM's.
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Never played with the stock Touchwiz Text app, does it do Group messaging by default ? If not has there been a revised one, with that enabled ?
My Brothers making fun of me now, we Group text a lot, as I also do with some good buddies. Half of the group have the iPhone5, the other half have the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus-S. All of them can Group text to each other, as could I when running a CM10.1 ROM.
Just blows, Samsung left this feature out in their Messaging App. And I like to run stock apps, the third party ones have issues, like Handcent and Go SMS, etc...And most my buddies don't want to install Whatsapp
Hi People, I came from a G2, and I'm very impressed with G2's messaging app, its so fast, launches right away. But when I upgraded to G3, G3's messaging app is painstakingly slow...so laggy, what is wrong with G3's messaging app? I tried installing a third party handcent sms, still the same, too laggy. is there a work around?
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Hi People, I came from a G2, and I'm very impressed with G2's messaging app, its so fast, launches right away. But when I upgraded to G3, G3's messaging app is painstakingly slow...so laggy, what is wrong with G3's messaging app? I tried installing a third party handcent sms, still the same, too laggy. is there a work around?
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Stock messaging app indeed is incredibly slow. Replaced it with Textra and now all is fine again
What is it slow at doing? I see no difference in the speed between the G3 and either my M8 or Oneplus One.
I am using chomp and it is almost instantaneous.
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What is it slow at doing? I see no difference in the speed between the G3 and either my M8 or Oneplus One.
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Mainly initial opening is very slow.
Trying to reply to a text quickly, when on the move is horrible.
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Mainly initial opening is very slow.
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Right, on mine it is pretty instant and the same as my other android phones. The only thing that was slow opening on my G3 was the gallery and that is much quicker now that I'm on H
Thanks, I tried go sms pro, it much faster now than stock sms app
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I recently got the G3 and i instantly noticed this not so much on initial launch of the app but when selecting a thread within the sms app there is a delay on displaying the texts
While using a 3rd party app is a viable option i like the stock messaging app maybe if there was an option to keep in memory would solve this
I already sold my G3, was so disappointed with the messaging app of the G3, I bought Go SMS Pro, it's zippy for awhile, then suddenly, begins to lag like the stock G3 sms app. was so disappointed and sold my G3, then bought an Xperia Z3...
SMS lag
Problem is from keyboard,
Using Google's solve laggig issues on lolipop
Hi guys. Every now and then seemingly at random, the emoji history (recent emoticons used) for the HTC Sense Keyboard is cleared. Seems to happen every few weeks or so. I'm running everything stock and still waiting for the Lollipop OTA. I use Hangouts, Whatsapp, and Facebook Messenger. I'm not sure if one of those apps is somehow clearing the emoji history. Of course this is really a small bug, but I was wondering if anyone else is getting this? I saw one user report the same behavior on Google Play when reviewing HTC Sense Input.
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