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Anyone else having this problem with Handcent on the EVO?

Hello, all. Couldn't find anything on this elsewhere, so...
Was listening to all the raves about Handcent, so DL'd it from the Market on my EVO & have been using it for several days. Pretty good app & seems all the reviews were pretty much spot-on.
However, last night, when launching the app & selecting a message, my phone shut down & power-cycled. Waited on the phone to boot, went back into the app, selected another message & it happened again.
Hasn't happened since, but the only thing I know is different is that I also DL'd the text-to-speech add-on from the Market.
Anyone else experienced this?
Thanks to all the members & devs for their contributions, insights & info!
TD

I wouldn't blame Handcent for that. The EVO (and most HTC phones) have a reputation for randomly restarting sometimes.

TheBiles said:
I wouldn't blame Handcent for that. The EVO (and most HTC phones) have a reputation for randomly restarting sometimes.
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Understood. Wasn't really "blaming" Handcent, but wondering if anyone else had the same experience since both times I was using that app & trying to select messages to read.
Never had that happen when I was just using the stock SMS app.

If it happens again you might be on to something, but I've never had any problems with Handcent in 7 months.

TheBiles said:
If it happens again you might be on to something, but I've never had any problems with Handcent in 7 months.
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Thanks, Biles. I've read lots of posts by users that have had nothing but good things to say about Handcent, which is why I was so surprised. Since my post(s), I haven't had this reoccur.
Something else has happened a few times, however. Intermittently, the secondary characters on the keyboard won't pop up. For instance, long-pressing the "c" for an apostrophe or the "k" for a question mark only results in a "c" or "k" being typed on the screen. The only way I've been able to get it to work again is to PC the phone.
While they're probably not related, I haven't had this happen since the latest OTA update from Sprint, but time will tell, I guess.
Thanks for the feedback.

i can help i had this issue to,my problem was that i set a notfication sound from my sd i even had to re flash what i did was i added all to tones i wanted in media in there respective folders in the rom i hope this helps

I am using Handcent and I dont have this issue...however my timestamp is off and even if I set -5 hours, it still doesnt work

as goofy as this sounds, you might want to try a battery pull. or an uninstall and reinstall of hand cent
I've never had any probs with it either in the month I have used it

are you running JIT on your ROM?

[Q] Apps causing text messages to stop receiving?

Ok, so this is the 3rd time this has happened to me (on 2 different Captivates). I have no idea what's causing it, and it has caused me to revert back to complete bone-stock.
After so long (amount of time is variable), I just stop receiving texts. Not sure what causes it, but I'm starting to have to do factory resets to receive them. I originally thought it was Handcent, but I didn't even install that this last time. I have also been rooted each time. Not suspecting that it's the issue, but it's just stated fact.
Programs I've been using:
First Crash:
Handcent
Advanced Task Killer
SwiftKey Beta
launcherpro installed, but uninstalled shortly after
*Stopped working after 2nd day of having phone*
Second Crash:
Handcent
ATK
launcherpro (actually using)
SwiftKey
Autostarts
Beautiful Widgets
*Stops randomly mid-day*
Third Crash:
Same as 2nd except I never used Handcent, and with the userinit ext fix applied.
*Stops after a few hours of initial stock flash*
Anyone have any idea what's causing the problem? The only apps that are common through these 3 are Swiftkey, ATK, and launcherpro was at least installed once.
Just getting incredibly annoying...
Any help would greatly be appreciated!

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Does anyone know anything regarding this issue?
Still currently running on a stock rom with only Swiftkey beta, Digital Clock Widget, and xda app installed and I haven't ran into the issue yet... Just have this feeling like my phone's on a time bomb or something, and will just stop whenever it wants.

handcent?

is anyone using HANDCENT SMS over the STOCK SMS application that comes with SENSE and ANDROID on the EVO? I am testing it out and its pretty cool! is there any reason not to use it? does it drain battery???

Been using Handcent for months now over the stock messenger & it's a go
Swyped by Gator_don & his Evo

I prefer handscent over stock app any day. Best part for me is that it pops up messages over the lock screen and lets you reply with out unlocking the phone.

I've been using Handcent since the Hero came out and had that massive battery drain issue with the stock message system that kept the cpu at 100% without letting it sleep...the first thing I downloaded when I got my EVO was Handcent! I love it!

I've always used and loved Handcent.

I used for a while with hero then evo, dropped it a month ago and get better battery lifr since, its a great program but in my evo it drains more battery than stock and I guess I just got used to stock again. miui messenger rocks too

Handcent since day one.

I've been using Handcent since the day after I got my Evo. I've tried others, like ChompSMS, but I keep coming back to Handcent.

handcent all day errryyy dayyy

Google Voice
The only draw back on handcent there is no way to use your google voice number with it.
But I love it.

Fusionr300zx said:
handcent all day errryyy dayyy
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Well said.

Well, I installed it and used it for a day and then could not figure out which combination of settings would keep the stock messaging app from popping up notifications in addition to the handcent notifications. clearing all the text notifications from not one but TWO apps got on my nerves in a hurry.

Simply disable notifications in Messages and you only have Handcent's popping up.

Is anyone else experiencing any lag with handcent?? Takes forever for the message to pop up on the screen n takes even longer for it to notify me once the message does pop up. The last few updates seem to have messed it up. Ive tried to uninstall n reinstalled but that hasnt worked. N on top of that, the stock messaging app doesnt work at all. I will never get any texts and sent texts will not go thro. So im stuck with handcent i guess for now.

tarheelsmj12001 said:
Is anyone else experiencing any lag with handcent?? Takes forever for the message to pop up on the screen n takes even longer for it to notify me once the message does pop up. The last few updates seem to have messed it up. Ive tried to uninstall n reinstalled but that hasnt worked. N on top of that, the stock messaging app doesnt work at all. I will never get any texts and sent texts will not go thro. So im stuck with handcent i guess for now.
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You have to keep the messaging app, if you delete it/uninstall it, it will cause handcent to have those issues.
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Correct but there is not way of using the google voice with any other messaging app. Only the google voice app itself. It would be great if you can integrate it with your messaging app and only need to use one. That would be sweeeeeeeet.
terence74 said:
The only draw back on handcent there is no way to use your google voice number with it.
But I love it.
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forrie1 said:
Well, I installed it and used it for a day and then could not figure out which combination of settings would keep the stock messaging app from popping up notifications in addition to the handcent notifications. clearing all the text notifications from not one but TWO apps got on my nerves in a hurry.
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You simply open the stock app and go in to settings. From settings turn off all notifications. This stops the stock app from popping up and having 2 different apps telling you about your messages.

l2icky said:
You have to keep the messaging app, if you delete it/uninstall it, it will cause handcent to have those issues.
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I never uninstalled the stock messaging app. After they updated handcent is when i got all this lag.

Same problem with handcent here.
Frustrating.

greg.dassing said:
I've been using Handcent since the Hero came out and had that massive battery drain issue with the stock message system that kept the cpu at 100% without letting it sleep...the first thing I downloaded when I got my EVO was Handcent! I love it!
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Same here!
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HELP. Keyboard won't type.

I have the Infused ROM 1.5.3, and every so often I'll go to type something, and no letters will show up in the text box! The keyboard thinks it's typing, and even the predictions show up sometimes. However, no text is ever typed into the text box. Sometimes restarting my launcher fixes it, but lately I've had to resort to restarting the phone. So frustrating. This happened on Infused 1.5.0 too, but it seemed to go away. Now all the sudden after upgrading to 1.5.3 it's happening a lot. Any suggestions? Does anyone else have this problem?

bgree15 said:
I have the Infused ROM 1.5.3, and every so often I'll go to type something, and no letters will show up in the text box! The keyboard thinks it's typing, and even the predictions show up sometimes. However, no text is ever typed into the text box. Sometimes restarting my launcher fixes it, but lately I've had to resort to restarting the phone. So frustrating. This happened on Infused 1.5.0 too, but it seemed to go away. Now all the sudden after upgrading to 1.5.3 it's happening a lot. Any suggestions? Does anyone else have this problem?
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No sounds like a ghost i would download infused full zip then odin back to stock and flash with red cwm and pray
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA Premium App

this might sound weird but i swear the only problems i have with my phone are when im connected to our microcell. texts failing, keyboard not working, widgets not responding, calls not calling until 7 minutes after i hit "call."

Not sure what causes it or what to do to fix it but I have had the same problem on Refuse 1.6 and 1.7 mainly when using Andchat (irc client) have encountered it less in yaaic but have never experienced it in other areas of typing (messaging, browsers and such)
Sorry not of help but its not just u.

I've had the same problem, with no ROM on my phone at all, rooted stock. However when it happens to me i can just hit back until im at the home screen and then open the text message app up again. It always works when i do this. What keyboard are u using? ive got the "Android 2.3 Keyboard."

i have that keyboard, too. and the samsung and swiftkey. none of them work. what's even more bizarre is that it seems as though when i'm connected to wifi AND the microcell, i can't send texts or make calls and that's when my phone freaks out and the keyboards don't work. i turned off my wifi today and my texts finally sent and i haven't had an issue since.

Yeah had the same problem. All I did was just closed my text and reopened it. Kept doing it until it worked again.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA App

Same problem
I've had the same problem since I got my phone, I've been searching for almost two years on how to fix this problem, usually people don't believe me when I post on this. It seems to get worse the longer I use it and eventually it gets so bad I have to reflash my phone. I'm pretty sure its an app that I use, which would explain why I don't see it at first as I don't backup my apps, just redownload them when I need them. Is there an easy way to get a list of apps from your phone that we could post and cross reference? It doesn't matter which keyboard I'm using. It seems to happen mostly with the default SMS messanger, though it might just be that I use it the most and thats when I notice it, it does happen occasionally with other text fields.
Just as described, the keyboard won't type when I initially open it. The keyboard seems to be working, predictive text works, but nothing appears in the text field. If I wait, type on the keyboard a lot (maybe thats just part of waiting) back out of the keyboard repeatedly or restart the app it seems to fix it temporarily. It doesn't seem to matter which apps are running when it happens.
Any ideas people?

I was constantly having this issue on the GB ROMs I used. In both revenant and infused it would happen. I could recreate it by letting my phone lock while the keyboard was open. It always happened to me in stock messaging and Google Voice because I would pause trying to think of what to type. It became so annoying having to kill the app responsible or sometimes restart my phone that I decided to switch back to JB. I'm on the unofficial CM 10.1 now and haven't had one issue with the stock keyboard or Google Keyboard.
I never did try another keyboard or messaging app. You could try forcing your phone to stay awake longer if you notice the same thing I did. If it's just happening randomly then I'm afraid I don't know what to tell you besides that the jelly beans are delicious; you should give into peer pressure and try one.
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I have had this issue with my Infuse also, running CM 10.1 Cyber sgs-IV style ROM. It isn't as bad as some of y'all though, it seems to just hang for a few seconds while I'm typing, then the words will catch up. Only seems to happen when I have between 200-500 messages in a thread, so I was thinking it was a memory issue.. but I'm no developer.

[Q] Message App Problems

Recently I've been having issues with Skype/Whatsapp. Sometimes I have to open the app to see that I have messages. Usually the phone would vibrate and the LED light would flash to indicate that I have a message.
Sometimes it works fine. Other times I have to actually open the app and then the messages will come through.
I had a message come up once on the screen after I had unlocked it and it said something like "Skype, Whatsapp and Yahoo inhibited". I could not really read it as it flashed up very quickly.
Can anyone help with this or has anyone else experinced these issues?
I am running stock Android 4.4.4 and using the Go Launcher.

Does this happen on both mobile and wifi?
Do you have apps like greenify installed?

draa2711 said:
Does this happen on both mobile and wifi?
Do you have apps like greenify installed?
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Yes. It happens on both mobile and wifi and I do have greenify installed on my phone.

So check if maybe greenify hibernates all the apps you mentioned...

Both those apps were being hibernated by greenify. I've taken them out and they seem to be working now.
Thanks for your help.

Good to know!
So hit THANKS and mark the problem as solved...

Will do