I finally gave up on Windows Phone and moved over to Android with a Verizon LG G4. Everything works better except for one thing. When I got a text while I was driving with my old phone my car would announce the text to me and offer to read it and also let me dictate a reply if I wanted to. My LG G4 does not do any of that. I don't know if it's a limitation of Android or of the SMS app.
My phone had Android 5.0 when I got it and now has 6.0. I have tried three or four different SMS apps as my default texting app. None of it makes a difference and I don't know if it's a limitation of the OS or of the SMS app. If anyone has any insight I'd appreciate it.
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Used the search feature in this forum and google'd the net and haven't seen an issue like this yet.
I got two G3's last week.
My wife will try to send a text to several people that we know that have old style "Dumb" phones (Including my work phone) and either:
1. The dumb phone receives a blank message from her
2. The dumb phone receives a message of about 9 characters​
Called Sprint and the Tech person first said that she had personally received messages from friends to her personal dumb phone, that were sent from other types of smart phones that were blank as well. But she said that it turned out to be whatever alternate keyboard that they had installed and that the stock keyboard would send fine. After a few tests she eventually said they would call us back when they figured out the problem within the next few days.
My wife didn't install anything but a task killer on the phone (I uninstalled it after reading a few posts here). She is running stock everything and sending to other smartphones works like normal.
Have already tried a workaround by telling people that she texts to buy smartphones but I don't think that's going to work out.
What could this be? Any ideas would be appreciated.
I've been using Swiftkey since the day I got my m8 well over 6 months ago. Lately I've been having strange keyboard problems. It has only been since Android 5.0 hit the phone, and oddly enough my wife's m8 isn't having the problem. Probably once a day, I'll open hangouts to send a text or chrome for a webpage (or any app where I would need the keyboard) and the keyboard won't pop up. The only fix I've found is to restart the phone. The only real difference between our 2 phones is that she uses factory messaging and t-mo visual voicemail and I use hangouts for texts and voice through hangouts for voicemail. Anybody else seen anything like this?
Hey guys hope you are doing fine i recently upgraded my phone to stock LP 5.0.1 everything is working fine except that for some reasons when ever i text someone by their number e.g 03441556566 i get the reply from their side in another conversation and it shows the number in the new conversation as +923441556566. Does anyone know the fix for this issue ?
Help will be much appreciated. and yeah i also have installed various sms apps but the behaviour in each one of them remains the same.
FIrstly, Hello. I had an account here years ago but forgot the email/password I used(oh well).
I actually have various issues with this phone, but the most important one(at least being worked related) is this. I am able to send and receive individual text messages just fine with both the stock "messages" application as well as the "message +"(Verizon) application. I can also send out group messages just fine.... but I am not able to receive group messages from anyone I work with. All my co-workers have iPhones. I'm the only one with an Android phone.
I have tried clearing cache/data, force stopping, resetting network settings, rebooting, adjusting every setting possible in both messages & message+ applications(including disabling/re-enabling/updating). I went through the Verizon z2 force text message troubleshooting on their website and was even on the phone with Verizon for awhile. Finally, I put my SIM card back into my old Galaxy S6 phone and tested with that... still did not work.
I then tried using other 3rd party apps: Signal & Textra (neither one worked either)
I have heard that a "group text message" being sent from an iPhone only circulates on Apple servers(meaning that only people with an iPhone can get them).... however, one of my co-workers insists that he was able to get them on his old phone(Android... nexus something).
Basically, I know the problem is not this phone(right?...) That being the case, does anyone know of any way I can receive a group message originating from an iPhone without having to switch to an iPhone?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you
Update: I had a friend using an older iphone 5(iOS 10) attempt to send out a group text message. I was able to receive it. Upon doing further research, seems there's a bug in iOS 11 in which Android users are not getting group text messages.
So... it is Apple's fault this time. Additionally, I found that by using the app 'TextPlus' on my Z2 Force, I am able to receive these iOS11 group text messages. Looks like I'll have to stick with that until Apple fixes the issue.
Hello, new to the forum and new to Android after 20+ years of Iphones. I have had the Zfold4 now for a few months, it has been a BIG LEARNING CURVE but enjoying it and loving the phone. Looking for what platform or app are you using and would recommend for calls, messaging, and voicemail. Please forgive my ignorance if this is a stupid question, just an Android virgin that needs some help. Thank you in advance!
I just use what the zfold4 came with. The stock dialer, the stock messaging (which is provided by google), and the stock voicemail - which in my case is the t-mobile visual voicemail. I have tried others but frankly it seems fine the way it came. The cool thing about the google messaging app is that you can also use it from a browser so you can get send/receive messages from you computer as well. I tend to use the facebook messenger for most of my video chats.
Stock apps work fine but Android gives you many options. I will say I have What's App loaded for the friends and family that are on iPhones for messaging and video. I absolutely love this form factor and while I have kept my Note 20 as a backup, I don't see myself going back to the old style.
I use stock apps too. They're working nice. For messeging i use signal instead of WhatsApp but I'm on the minor side. At least all of my friends use signal as second messenger beside WhatsApp.
For Video-Calls i use mostly Signal and Discord.