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Textra - android app that handles group messaging with iphone

Go SMS does this as well but I don't like the UI. Found this application by the developers of Chomp and it only has 1k downloads.

I'll give it a shot. Go SMS has run its course with me but I don't like the other alternatives, and it does group MMS the best
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Looks nice, but I don't like that each message doesn't have a timestamp. Back to AOSP messaging...

Has anyone been able to get MMS working? I've tried a few of the tricks round like setting the message size limit and changing the APN to .att.com.
any thoughts?

Love this app, was using the aosp one (have TW) and found this one by accident about two weeks ago browsing the play store. Everything has worked out so far including MMS with no issues. Like everything about it and the features it has so far, feels very lightweight compared to gosms, chomp and handcent. Awesome nonetheless!
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Been using this. Really nice app.

mr0chris said:
Has anyone been able to get MMS working? I've tried a few of the tricks round like setting the message size limit and changing the APN to .att.com.
any thoughts?
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I got mine working flawless with the settings in my attachment.
I'm on ATT in South FL

Thanks!
shadezero said:
I got mine working flawless with the settings in my attachment.
I'm on ATT in South FL
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I couldn't get MMS to work until I changed the proxy settings you provided. Thank you very much for posting this fix!

EzEddie said:
Looks nice, but I don't like that each message doesn't have a timestamp. Back to AOSP messaging...
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Bringing this thread back up a couple months, but wanted to chime in. I've been using textra for it's simplicity for a while now. You actually can view the timestamp for each message by swiping from the right edge inward. No way to have it permanently displayed as far as I can tell, but can be done.

I've been trying this out, too, and it's nice. One annoyance: Is they're any way to get rid of the (apparently) persistent status bar notification icon? It's telling me that I have X number of unread messages, but I know I have read them all.

[Q] Issues with MMS/group messaging on AOSP based ROMs

So when I was stock, I could use group messaging fine on the stock messaging app without any issues. I threw CM 10.2 on, stock messaging does not handle MMS group messages, and I'm finding the same thing with VanirAOSP. I've tried Contacts+, but even when group messages "work" (they don't show who sent messages, though, so it's pretty useless...) any time I send a message it just sends out 6 or 7 individual messages.
I haven't tried a Sense based ROM yet, but I really don't want to, either. Has anyone found a workaround for this? I can't be alone on this issue.

let me test
EDIT - so far, so good for me. on Textra CM10.2. Still running basic tests - I tried with my dad and brother, and my brother came back in the group, but my dad came back separate. Knowing him though, hes not responding to the group message hes responding to me haha.
I'll re-edit when I test some more

crazyg0od33 said:
let me test
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Sounds good. For what it's worth, in stock messaging app, I'm able to actually see the messages from people with Android phones, but people on iOS come in as blanks, as shown.

crazyg0od33 said:
let me test
EDIT - so far, so good for me. on Textra CM10.2. Still running basic tests - I tried with my dad and brother, and my brother came back in the group, but my dad came back separate. Knowing him though, hes not responding to the group message hes responding to me haha.
I'll re-edit when I test some more
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I use Textra also. Works perfectly. I can pm you my number if you need a second person to group message with.
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sanders539 said:
I use Textra also. Works perfectly. I can pm you my number if you need a second person to group message with.
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I'll let you know. its probably, like I said, my dad being tech-stupid and replying to our one-on-one message thread
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shevanel42 said:
Sounds good. For what it's worth, in stock messaging app, I'm able to actually see the messages from people with Android phones, but people on iOS come in as blanks, as shown.
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my whole family uses iOS, so I'm a fairly good tester for group messaging

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I'll let you know. its probably, like I said, my dad being tech-stupid and replying to our one-on-one message thread
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my whole family uses iOS, so I'm a fairly good tester for group messaging
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I'll give Textra another shot. I used that previously on my Thunderbolt and it was sending single messages.

I have friend with an iPhone and my brother-in-law has a note 2. Surprisingly the note 2 had more issues staying within the group message than the iPhone.
Textra had an issue with group MMS sending when I first got it. I had copy the MMSC URL from the stock messaging app and paste it into the Textra app. That fixed my issue and has worked perfectly since.
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shevanel42 said:
I'll give Textra another shot. I used that previously on my Thunderbolt and it was sending single messages.
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you have to turn on 'use mms for group messages' in settings

sanders539 said:
I have friend with an iPhone and my brother-in-law has a note 2. Surprisingly the note 2 had more issues staying within the group message than the iPhone.
Textra had an issue with group MMS sending when I first got it. I had copy the MMSC URL from the stock messaging app and paste it into the Textra app. That fixed my issue and has worked perfectly since.
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Just poked around the stock app settings; where exactly did you find that? or was that in the sense based messenger app?

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Just poked around the stock app settings; where exactly did you find that? or was that in the sense based messenger app?
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Mine was on the stock rom. Going to s-off tonight. Here is the URL I copied. I don't see why it wouldn't work..
http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms
In Textra, go to settings> MMS settings> click on MMSC and paste that URL there.
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shevanel42 said:
So when I was stock, I could use group messaging fine on the stock messaging app without any issues. I threw CM 10.2 on, stock messaging does not handle MMS group messages, and I'm finding the same thing with VanirAOSP. I've tried Contacts+, but even when group messages "work" (they don't show who sent messages, though, so it's pretty useless...) any time I send a message it just sends out 6 or 7 individual messages.
I haven't tried a Sense based ROM yet, but I really don't want to, either. Has anyone found a workaround for this? I can't be alone on this issue.
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Did you ever get it working?
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sanders539 said:
Did you ever get it working?
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I'd like to know too please OP

Anyway to install Verizon Visual Voicemail other than the play store version?

Rooted and flashed over to the Cyanogenmod (unofficial) release over in the Dev forum here, but I can't find an apk that will install correctly and the play store says my phone is not compatible. The Marshmallow Visual Voicemail seems to be the only thing I've found in this release that isn't working for me, too.
I'm wondering if anyone can provide an APK from their phone or something? Might just be out of luck until the dev in charge of the Note 4 Cyanogen is back or Verizon releases 6.0.1 for the Note 4. All the APKs (and a flashable zip or two) have been kinda old. Most of them would install but force close if you tried to open them.

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Rooted and flashed over to the Cyanogenmod (unofficial) release over in the Dev forum here, but I can't find an apk that will install correctly and the play store says my phone is not compatible. The Marshmallow Visual Voicemail seems to be the only thing I've found in this release that isn't working for me, too.
I'm wondering if anyone can provide an APK from their phone or something? Might just be out of luck until the dev in charge of the Note 4 Cyanogen is back or Verizon releases 6.0.1 for the Note 4. All the APKs (and a flashable zip or two) have been kinda old. Most of them would install but force close if you tried to open them.
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Start here with post # 577...hope one of these works for you.

mexigga said:
Start here with post # 577...hope one of these works for you.
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There's some promising stuff there. Frustratingly someone claims to have it working on AOSP, like CM, but the link 404s. I'll edit this post if I find something that works in case anyone else looks here. Thank you!
Edit: Nope, none of it seemed to work; it still just FCs when I open it. Oddly, I can't uninstall the app now even after undoing the build.prop changes. Oh well, if it causes problems I can wipe and reflash later.

daxp said:
There's some promising stuff there. Frustratingly someone claims to have it working on AOSP, like CM, but the link 404s. I'll edit this post if I find something that works in case anyone else looks here. Thank you!
Edit: Nope, none of it seemed to work; it still just FCs when I open it. Oddly, I can't uninstall the app now even after undoing the build.prop changes. Oh well, if it causes problems I can wipe and reflash later.
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Well that sucks.
I have a few roms that im going to pull apart and see how they got the VZ V VM app working...

mexigga said:
Well that sucks.
I have a few roms that im going to pull apart and see how they got the VZ V VM app working...
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No success thus far... anyone have any ideas? I am using google voice at the moment but actually preferred the vvm app.

I've am recently trying out PF voice mail and its fine so far
New solution if you want notifications for voice mail. . I went into the Verizon app (account ) and changed my voice mail settings to basic voice mail and ,,,,,, boom now I get notified of voice mail [emoji1]
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SMS APP for android phone

hi,
been away for quite some time as I have switched to iphone 6 plus and iphone 6s plus.
just bought the new note 7 and want to know if anyone can share what is the best free sms app for android phone or namely note 7

If you want the option for end-to-end encryption I'd recommend Signal.

I have been using the stock messaging app since I got the phone and it's not bad at all. I have always used Textra on my previous devices.

I've been using go sms pro. I've tried others but keep coming back to rhis one
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My choice was always default or Chompsms"android"/Bitesms"ios"

I used to use Hangouts, and switched to Google Messenger a few months ago. I'm enjoying it thus far.

Material messenger. Fast. Pretty. Fluid. Closest thing to iOS messaging as far as aesthetics go

I've been using Google Messenger for a while now. It's decent but it does do the sound alert even when you have it open. I dislike this a lot and wish it just did something subtle like iMessage does but I like the clean interface so I keep it. I will say that Textra is pretty nice. My personal opinion is that Hangouts should GDIAF but that's just me.

Textra, best by far imo. Fast, neat features, customizable. Enjoy

I really like YAATA. It's very customizable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-yaata-sms-mms-replacment-app-t2835295
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Handcent (also called Next) SMS is my favorite. I actually DL'd and installed a bit older APK I found on google because they borked the newest update to Next/Handcent SMS somewhat, so I am using the previous version before the update. I installed all my themes I have been using for several years for Handcent and it looks and works just like I had it on my N2, N3 and N4. I really like the "private" option to put some contacts texts into a private folder separate from the main text screen. This app is so much better than messenger + or the stock sms app IMHO.

i've actually used all the sms apps mentioned here. I'm now using mood messenger. Pretty good..cute animations too hehe.

can you install all mentioned sms apps and tried them or it will crash as all will try to alert when there is sms received ?
or i must download try one for few days then delete and download another and try and see how it goes ?
sorry for being lazy to try but if anyone have previous experience, can share their experience.

I've been using android for years and while I know there are a lot of sms apps, it still surprises me how many different opinions there are on which is best. I most recently have been using textra on my note 4 and I enjoy it. But with the note 7 I decided to see if I could find a better sms app. Still looking, but thats why I came here. Textra is worth a try though.

v1hypersg said:
can you install all mentioned sms apps and tried them or it will crash as all will try to alert when there is sms received ?
or i must download try one for few days then delete and download another and try and see how it goes ?
sorry for being lazy to try but if anyone have previous experience, can share their experience.
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koppee1 said:
i've actually used all the sms apps mentioned here. I'm now using mood messenger. Pretty good..cute animations too hehe.
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I think you can try them all, but it will clog up your notifications with several different ones running. I disabled the stock messages app and the messenger + app and only use Handcent/Next SMS. I have tried a few others before but for me personally I really like the features, look and feel of Handcent/Next. I hear lots of people who like Textra but I personally didn't like it more than Handcent. You can try them all out for yourself though.

Tb0n3 said:
If you want the option for end-to-end encryption I'd recommend Signal.
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I like signal but they simply suck when comes to MMS. They lower the resolution on images waaaaay too much
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For me and for most people, I think they would like using WhatsApp.

best texting app for pixel 2?

Issue just me... Or is the Verizon messaging app actually really good? Better than Textra dare I say?

YAATA is what I use. Best and I have been using sense alpha stage a few years ago. You can customize anything. Give it a try.

pulse

I've been using chomp sms for 5 years? here's a great review: Chomp SMS is a relic in the world of Android. It’s been around since the days of Eclair and FroYo and it was known as one of the two best SMS replacement apps. It’s still wildly popular today and for good reason. There is theme support that lets you make your text messages look how you want it to look. Included also is over 800 emoticons, widgets, quick reply pop ups, and even SMS blocking if you’re tired of getting texts from a number. If you need something with a lot of theming options, this is among the best options out there for you. Beware, though, it is a little bit bloated.

I really like Signal, really solid.

Cowbell_Guy said:
Issue just me... Or is the Verizon messaging app actually really good? Better than Textra dare I say?
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No way in hell I would actually use the Verizon app, if for no other reason that Verizon is shady as hell when it comes to data/spying on customers.
I've been using Textra for years and it has always been rock solid for me.

I've tried so many, yaata, chomp, pulse (today), etc., and I always come back to Textra.
It's the fastest, has great features and always works.
Yaata is choppy and I keep trying to like it.
I just tried Pulse today and it's smooth but the settings panels get weird colors and it force closed every time I tried to schedule a text.
Textra is always the winner, but I keep trying
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Issue just me... Or is the Verizon messaging app actually really good? Better than Textra dare I say?
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skaforey said:
No way in hell I would actually use the Verizon app, if for no other reason that Verizon is shady as hell when it comes to data/spying on customers.
I've been using Textra for years and it has always been rock solid for me.
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If you're a Verizon customer, you realize they already have all of this data, right? ...

kinfam said:
I really like Signal, really solid.
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I second this. Signal's been great for me on my 6P, and I plan on continuing to use it when my 2XL arrives in about a week.

bkrickles said:
I've tried so many, yaata, chomp, pulse (today), etc., and I always come back to Textra.
It's the fastest, has great features and always works.
Yaata is choppy and I keep trying to like it.
I just tried Pulse today and it's smooth but the settings panels get weird colors and it force closed every time I tried to schedule a text.
Textra is always the winner, but I keep trying
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Textra is the best.

I've used Textra for quite a while and it has never let me down.

For those using Textra (on Verizon) , do you use legacy or system setting for MMS?

My question is can any one recommend an SMS app that will let me add another number so that I can get text messages from two phones?

Evolve sms is really good

x3 Signal! Cuz... **** the NSA!

Pulse. Used to be qksms but not been updated for a while now.

Textra

Cowbell_Guy said:
For those using Textra (on Verizon) , do you use legacy or system setting for MMS?
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System. Just checked.
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Cowbell_Guy said:
For those using Textra (on Verizon) , do you use legacy or system setting for MMS?
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System on mine.

Another vote here for Signal.