i ve been using Handcent...works great ..LED can be customized per contact..has good interface
what about u guys?
Handcent all the way
Handcent sms! hands down!
add to the choir... handcent
Saw about it here and try it. Fantastic. Thanks people.
I use the full version of ChompSMS, I like the layout better than Handcent and the pop up reply feature is great!
I've both Handcent & ChompSMS Full, currently using Handcent but ChompSMS is great as well
I far prefer ChompSMS. Simpler and just plain works.
ChompSMS.....
I've used both Handcent and Chomp - I can say that they're both awesome but the only features that set them apart for mine was that in Handcent, when your msg tone is playing - when you enter the app, and select the unread msg, the tone stops, Chomp does not - this gets VERY annoying when you're a 21 year old that sends and receives A LOT of msgs each day!
However, the ChompSMS widget is much better than Handcent as the widget gives you a preview and is just set out a little better I feel, where as the Handcent widget is the icon with an unread counter.
For mine, I've chosen Handcent as the combination of features and the solid backing that I've yet to have had a force close error provides quite the service I require =]
If you have a SMS plan then handscent is great, but if you don't
Text plus is free as long you enable APN when you send.
Hamdsent and chompsms is NOT free. No one SMS me usually anyway, i just log on MSN droid most of the time.
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I know about handcent and chomp, but what other options are there?
I'm after something a bit different, with a good popup and inbox that doesn't look so..iphone like?
deepside7 said:
I know about handcent and chomp, but what other options are there?
I'm after something a bit different, with a good popup and inbox that doesn't look so..iphone like?
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That's all you get really. And you do know Handcent has option to change EVERYTHING right? It doesn't have to be iPhone-y.
I do believe I've seen some other options on the market...but they didn't look too inviting to me, for whatever reason, at the time.
If you're considering apps that don't actually function as the app for your messaging, I use an SMS app that I enjoy and find helpful.
SMS Backup + will backup all your Text Messages to your gMail account under a label SMS. Here's the AppBrain link:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/sms-backup/com.zegoggles.smssync
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That's all you get really. And you do know Handcent has option to change EVERYTHING right? It doesn't have to be iPhone-y.
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Yeah, I used to use it, but reverted back to stock after a while. Not sure why, but haven't really liked either option.
Just tried goSMS.. seems pretty good.. again, iphone style, but I like this one for some reason... Will see how it goes
I use SMS composer. Its free in the market, simple to use and the only non-threade SMS app I could find. Its only 500-600 kb, so less resource hungry also. Its also buggy but usable.
I still prefer threaded. The standard SMS app is good, it's threaded, but it doesn't look like i'm reading a comic.
Now I remember the reason I stopped using handcent.. It became very slow after a while to get into the inbox etc.
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I still prefer threaded. The standard SMS app is good, it's threaded, but it doesn't look like i'm reading a comic.
Now I remember the reason I stopped using handcent.. It became very slow after a while to get into the inbox etc.
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I've also noticed that. But I deal with it cause the stock app was much worse for me.
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I've also noticed that. But I deal with it cause the stock app was much worse for me.
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Give Gosms a try. It seems to be much faster so far, and i've got a reasonable amount of sms's in my inbox right now.
em,I really preffer to GO SMS,not just because its simple UI style,but also it can give me some other feels.Good!
I also tried GOSms , it seems nice, the UI,contacts and speed is better than handcent, it runs smoothly for me till now. Keep an eye on it.
Seems to have a problem with notifications.. Doesn't always play the full notification ringtone
But other than that, I like it
Yeah, for its lighter, beautiful popup window, search, contact, and even the new smileys, I will Support it!!
Have you tried PingChat? It's available on iPhone, Blackberry and on Android.
lilkidz said:
Have you tried PingChat? It's available on iPhone, Blackberry and on Android.
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That's not SMS. That's more or less another instant messaging service like AIM, Yahoo, or Windows Live.
I tried Go SMS also and like the looks, speed and small overhead compared to Handcent (which I use since I had my HTC Legend, about 7 months or so).
Problem with Go SMS, it FC's all the time for me. Sometimes every 5 minutes, without any activitiy. It just runs in the background and I receive the crash message and can make an error report.
There is nothing happening when it crashes, no SMS coming or going. When it's in the foreground it usually doesn't crash, but it's pretty unusable for me at this point. And the neon bubble colors hurt my eyes, they need to change those or give coloring options.
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I tried Go SMS also and like the looks, speed and small overhead compared to Handcent (which I use since I had my HTC Legend, about 7 months or so).
Problem with Go SMS, it FC's all the time for me. Sometimes every 5 minutes, without any activitiy. It just runs in the background and I receive the crash message and can make a error report.
There is nothing happening when it crashes, no SMS coming or going. When it's in the foreground it usually doesn't crash, but it's pretty unusable for me at this point. And the neon bubble colors hurt my eyes, they need to change those or give coloring options.
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Honestly GO-Sms is pretty solid I will admit that it's buggy but it's still being improved so theres plenty of room for improvement. Once the app stats to mature I think it will be nearly unstoppable.
Until then im sticking with handcent ...
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I'll give go sms a try!
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Sorry , not sure if this good here. But which sms app is better in your opinion: Go SMS pro, or Handcent (don't know if that's spelled right)
I reluctantly say Handcent, but only because I hate the delete confirmation dialog in GoSMS. If I could turn that off like in Handcent I'd probably say GoSMS is quicker and cleaner.
I used and like go sms pro. It looked really clean, and I liked that you could have it display inbox/outbox also so you could quickly find texts you sent recently, etc. I didn't use that feature much but it was cool to have it.
I've been using Handcent for some time now...I would say Handcent but I also haven't tried GoSMS in a while (didn't like it before, but has changed a lot since then)
I don't see too many poll threads on which sms client you use... I would love if you left a reason you chose the one you do.
I use GO SMS pro because of the simplicity of it and the way the pop up looks. I actually prefer CHOMP sms pop up UI, but it lags and just isn't close to running as smoothly as GO sms Pro.
Also, if you want to post a screen shot of the theme you're using if you're happy with your theme!
Handcent > Go sms. You can text without unlocking screen with handcent. You have to unlock the screen for go sms.
Idk how much I would use that, but I am interested in that. What theme do you use?
Handcent because of being able to reply from the lockscreen without unlocking the phone.
Wow a lot more people use handcent than I realized. What theme do you use?
Stock Sense app, on InsertCoin 2.2. Nice and simple
I use stock. Never liked other apps.
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I use Handcent, probably because it offers so many more options over the stock Sense app but probably because of habit also. I don't like pop-ups because of privacy issues and the Handcent seems to work the best for me.
I use GoSMS Pro. I tried Handcent for a while but I found Go to be smoother. They're almost identical in terms of features. However, Go lets you backup your texts for free. Helpful when flashing different ROMs.
i use iphone theme on Handcent with modifications.
I used to use Handcent until it started acting stupid. It worked fine & then all of a sudden started resending texts on every reboot, not sending texts properly(showed a spinning icon next to every message), etc. Now I use GoSms & I love it. All the features of Handcent with none of the bugs. The only thing I miss is the Handcent ringtone picker.
Im using an aosp mms app xboarder ported, working fine for me.
I'm surprised on how many people use stock. It doesn't offer enough features for me. I agree that handcent use to be better, but GO SMS pro has surpassed it in my opinion on the mere fact that it isn't buggy and looks a lot cleaner.
Also, its interesting no one uses Chomp SMS. Especailly if you ever use the iphone theme, chomp sms looks just like it. I loved BITEsms on my jailbroken iphone I used to have.
Used to use Chomp, now go.
just prefer the look of the stock sms app, especially when themed.
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I use GoSMS Pro. I tried Handcent for a while but I found Go to be smoother. They're almost identical in terms of features. However, Go lets you backup your texts for free. Helpful when flashing different ROMs.
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Yeah i love GoSMS's built in SMS and settings backup, i used to use only handcent but stopped mainly for that reason.
I hate stock messaging app i try i use it but get sick of it and switch. I hate the lack of customization.
I do wish, however, that text messages would still pop up on the lockscreen when using any other messaging apps
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Yeah i love GoSMS's built in SMS and settings backup, i used to use only handcent but stopped mainly for that reason.
I hate stock messaging app i try i use it but get sick of it and switch. I hate the lack of customization.
I do wish, however, that text messages would still pop up on the lockscreen when using any other messaging apps
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I use handcent since i got this phone but from what u note i might give gosms a whirl and see if its any better
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I tried GOSMS first, and saw no reason to leave it. Looks good, has a lot of cool features.
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I just use stock with sms pop up
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I'm sure this is not possible but I want to use the Go SMS Pro notifications with the stock messaging app. I have the new HTC One. I tried Ringo Pro, but it only lets you do the Ringo icon as the alert (ugly). I also tried SMS Popup, which is OK but isn't as easy as Ringo to set up custom SMS tones.
Essentially I want custom SMS tones for individual contacts, and I want the Go SMS color notification icons (or similar ones), but I want to use the stock messaging app. I know, I know, it's probably not possible but I figured I'd check.
And if it wasn't obvious, I prefer to use stock launcher for stability's sake.
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I'm sure this is not possible but I want to use the Go SMS Pro notifications with the stock messaging app. I have the new HTC One. I tried Ringo Pro, but it only lets you do the Ringo icon as the alert (ugly). I also tried SMS Popup, which is OK but isn't as easy as Ringo to set up custom SMS tones.
Essentially I want custom SMS tones for individual contacts, and I want the Go SMS color notification icons (or similar ones), but I want to use the stock messaging app. I know, I know, it's probably not possible but I figured I'd check.
And if it wasn't obvious, I prefer to use stock launcher for stability's sake.
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Can't you just turn off stock notifications and leave GoSMS ones on? You'll have to open the stock app whenever a text comes in, vs. using the notification, might be a bit annoying but seems workable.
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Can't you just turn off stock notifications and leave GoSMS ones on? You'll have to open the stock app whenever a text comes in, vs. using the notification, might be a bit annoying but seems workable.
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Yeah I could do that, but I prefer if I can touch the notifications to go straight to the app. I think SMS Popup is my way to go, despite being a lot clunkier than Ringo
Why do u want to use the stock messaging app?
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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Because the HTC Sense 5 stock messaging app handles group messaging perfectly, whereas none of the after-market apps (like Handcent and Go SMS Pro) handle it as it is supposed to happen. They all involve clicking "download" or getting double notifications and it's slow. The HTC Sense 5 messaging app is quick and allows group messaging very easily.
Verizons sucks imo. Everytime I try to change a color of a text bubble for my conversations the **** never ****ing saves. Also with the new lollipop update my group.me app has a little dialog box that scrolls down from the top of the screen and shows me the first 7 or so words of the persons message with the ability to reply and or like their comment, I was wondering if any of you know of a texting app with this capability. thanks
Textra
I use evolve, I love being able to reply from the status bar and swipe through different message feeds with quick swipe in for the conversation list. It's also very customizable.
Hangouts. I find it pretty good. Previously had used Handcent but since Hangouts integerates sms, mms and voice, it works great for me.