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SMS integration in ICS

Hi Im a haver sms user and I love gosms. Cause here its possible to get an pop up for the incoming sms and directly answer it.
How is the stock sms app integrated in ICS? Is it possible to get an popup and answer the sms as fast as in gosms? I would appreciate If somebody could explain me the sms feature of his nexus galaxy. Cause I couldnt find any information on the web. maybe Im the last guy who texts. Thx

i am afraid the stock SMS app has not changed much from gingerbread. generally just some UI updates.

MIUI's SMS app is wonderful. It has the popups you are talking about. From what I've seen, it is not too different from past Android builds.
Looks like GoSMS is your answer. I've also seen WM7 Notification Add-On, that provides the popups, available for download in the market. I tested it and it worked but I didn't like it.
I'm sure we'll have a MIUI build eventually also (whoo whoo!)

Hm quietly disappointing. I want to have everything in a consistent look. Are you talking about an sms app from miu or a completerom?
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Sms popup works flawlessly. Used it for years and is perfect. Uses the standard android layout so fits in with ICS easily. Try it out, I'm 100% sure you'll love it.
Everyone I've told it to can't live without it now
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I also used sms pop up. Skipped it as I switched to gosms. But the fact that gosms (more functional) is based on the android gui makes it once again interesting.
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Has anyone had any success with themes with gosms? The colors just go insane when i try any theme and i've tried manually adjusting every setting with little luck. The whole app just looks like crap.

ChompSMS

Has anyone used this instead of the standard One X messaging App? I used to use BiteSMS (same company) on my iPhone and that really was good... Just wondered what people thought of it before I spent time downloading it etc...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5wMS5jaG9tcHNtcyJd
Thanks

DazNoonan said:
Has anyone used this instead of the standard One X messaging App? I used to use BiteSMS (same company) on my iPhone and that really was good... Just wondered what people thought of it before I spent time downloading it etc...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5wMS5jaG9tcHNtcyJd
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I'm using GoSMS which is in principle the same as chomp with a bit more possibilities to modify. I never us standard messaging, it is so limited.

Chomp SMS
Hi
I use it on my One X, works like a charm.

clandes said:
I'm using GoSMS which is in principle the same as chomp with a bit more possibilities to modify. I never us standard messaging, it is so limited.
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I have recently discovered Go SMS too and I'm loving it.

Does anyone know how to modify gosms so the contact with a new new message is a different colour? It goes bold but still white!
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Wannas said:
Hi
I use it on my One X, works like a charm.
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I don't know what you did, but I tried chompsms twice already in my htc one X and it was soooo laggy. Chompsms sure is fast in my galaxy note, but in my HOX, everytime i will open a text message from the conversation list, it will take like 3 seconds before it opens. I know it is not supposed to be like this so honestly I don't know what I did wrong.

Would people say GoSMS works better than ChompSMS then? A friend has also recommended I try "Handcent SMS" too,

DazNoonan said:
Would people say GoSMS works better than ChompSMS then? A friend has also recommended I try "Handcent SMS" too,
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I use handcent and it works just great but i havn't tried chomp or go so can't comment, also handcent is customisable like the others.

randombirt said:
I use handcent and it works just great but i havn't tried chomp or go so can't comment, also handcent is customisable like the others.
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Just tried Handscent it seems decent; not sure if I prefer GoSMS over it though.

I use Chomp currently and recommend it. However, you should know there is a trial period and once that it is over it prompts you to purchase or else you get a pesky advertisment at the bottom of the app.
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I too also used BiteSMS without any issues. So naturally I picked up using ChompSMS as I have read forum posts stating that both apps are made by the same group, however I am starting to doubt this.
I am having an occasional issue where one of my contacts is routinely receiving an already sent txt msg from me a couple of days later. This has happened twice in the past two weeks and is quickly becoming my biggest pet peeve of this app. Has anyone else experienced this with Chomp?

When I first moved to android I used Handcent but after finding GoSms I have not looked back. I cant comment about Chomp but I wont be moving away from GoSms ever.

Best SMS sender

Hello! What is the best SMS sender?

go sms

handicent sms

A strange thing hapends... After 1 house of use the go sms, the apk, stop working, and have to return to stock...

That odd I use gosms for the last 4 android phones no problem.... Is better than handcent.... I also run it without pro features n all the other bloatware.... Just minimal message and emoji plugin
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I think stock is the best
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I used Handcent on my Droid 1, but I've been using stock on my Nexus since day one. There are a few reasons I would consider going back to Handcent, but none of them have motivated me enough to make the switch.
Are there any particular features you are looking for? From what I can tell stock suits almost all of my needs...

I haven't felt the need to use a sms replacement app since before 1.5 when we got an on screen keyboard...
Stock is fantastic in 4.0+ I can't help but use it all the time...

I have been using Handcent since I got my Nexus in December and I must say I personally prefer it to the other messaging apps. The settings are very intuitive.
The LED notification customizer/contact is extremely helpful as is the Pop-up customizer!
Overall it is a well balanced app and I have no complaints.

cwoggon said:
I used Handcent on my Droid 1, but I've been using stock on my Nexus since day one. There are a few reasons I would consider going back to Handcent, but none of them have motivated me enough to make the switch.
Are there any particular features you are looking for? From what I can tell stock suits almost all of my needs...
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Well my main problem is the dictionary... I have to route every word!!! I think, even when I choose the store, the phone won´t store the word...

Go SMS is my favorite by far

(Comparison) Handcent vs Chompsms vs Stock

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.

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.
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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.
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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)

x1tyme said:
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...

x1tyme said:
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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circuit.007 said:
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....
* RANT *
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.
/rant

Believe this thread has served it's purpose.

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.

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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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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

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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.