I've found that I seem to prefer the stock htc messaging app over any others so far. When I use sense-less roms, I use GO SMS. Right now I'm trying to stick to stock messaging app as to maintain the sense look and feel across my device.
Everything seems good in the stock messaging app except one thing, I want the screen to turn on when I receive an sms message. Just so I can have a visual cue if I cannot hear/feel my phone when it's on vibrate. I've looked through all the settings I can think of but cannot find anything.
Is there a way to just make the screen light up for say 30 seconds with a preview of the text with the stock message app?
kofrad said:
I've found that I seem to prefer the stock htc messaging app over any others so far. When I use sense-less roms, I use GO SMS. Right now I'm trying to stick to stock messaging app as to maintain the sense look and feel across my device.
Everything seems good in the stock messaging app except one thing, I want the screen to turn on when I receive an sms message. Just so I can have a visual cue if I cannot hear/feel my phone when it's on vibrate. I've looked through all the settings I can think of but cannot find anything.
Is there a way to just make the screen light up for say 30 seconds with a preview of the text with the stock message app?
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With the stock messaging app, no. Not that I have found anyways. Now...you can use SMSPopup. This is almost all the features you would find within GoSMS, but uses the stock app. Basically, it just adds extra features through it's own program, but for use on the stock app. Check it out, you'll probably like it a lot.
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What messaging program is everybody using ? I am using the Handcent at the moment but sometimes it seems laggy.
Handcent is what I use! I like it, The feature that got me was the quick reply for messages. I have found that the lag has mostly gone away from the updates. The only problem that I have found was the option for the light up track ball does not work =\. I have the Hero CDMA.
Neither. Chomp does not handle MMS and Handcent significantly slows down the phone.
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Neither. Chomp does not handle MMS and Handcent significantly slows down the phone.
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I haven't noticed a major slow down.
love Handcent, has very good features. I haven't notice it slowing down the phone either. I have noticed that sometimes receiving an MMS doesn't work. I very rarely get them so I switch to the regular for that. No big deal.
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Neither. Chomp does not handle MMS and Handcent significantly slows down the phone.
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Same here, I just use the stock messages app.
But my gf loves handcent she has it all themed out with different icons for each person ringtones ect ect.
Both on fresh 1.1 and I can't tell Amy significant speed change between the two phones.
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Neither. Chomp does not handle MMS and Handcent significantly slows down the phone.
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stock app ftw.
If I compose a new message, thestock app works great.... but I have hand cent just for the quick reply
I use the stock messaging app with SMS Popup installed. That way I get the speed of the stock and can still use quick reply from the popup. I haven't noticed any lag at all.
I was using handcent but wasnt impressed enough to keep it after the firmware update fixed the battery issue with the dialer.
Should add neither as an option, for those who use the default app.
Handcent. Haven't noticed any slowdown and since the last update mms seems to be working better. I like all the options, individual contact notifications and visuals especially.
I only use Handcent because it automatically resizes photos for you to put into MMS. With a 5 megapixel camera, I don't really feel like manually resizing every photo I want to send.
I use Handcent because the stock app marks incoming SMS one hour behind so my text timelines are all messed up.
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Neither. Chomp does not handle MMS and Handcent significantly slows down the phone.
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Chomp does do MMS now. I used to use Handcent because Chomp didn't support MMS. Now I use Chomp because I think it runs faster and smoother than Handcent.
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I only use Handcent because it automatically resizes photos for you to put into MMS. With a 5 megapixel camera, I don't really feel like manually resizing every photo I want to send.
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I found out today that Chomp does that too. I went to send a picture and it said the picture was too big and compressed it to send.
I started using Handcent because of the now-fixed SMS bug. I chose it over chompSMS because it supported MMS, back when chompSMS didn't. I have stuck with Handcent because of the reminder feature...
Is there another app that can perform the same function? ...it doesn't look like chompSMS has reminder capabilities.
I was using Handcent, then switched to stock. Started using Chomp a few days ago, but MMS wasn't working properly so I went back to Handcent. MMS works fine, and no lag so far.
I use handcent only because the default app had problems with the phone at launch and never changed back once the sleep problem was fixed. I used chomp for a while and wasn't to thrilled with it.
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I use the stock messaging app with SMS Popup installed. That way I get the speed of the stock and can still use quick reply from the popup. I haven't noticed any lag at all.
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This is awesome! Didn't know about SMS Popup - great app. I'm now using stock with SMS popup and love the combo!
I'm really not even looking for a messaging app that looks like the iphone app, just one that acts like it. Every messaging app I've tried on android all take you back to the list of all messages after you reopen it again, and I'd really like to find one that keeps the last person you were texting open until you TELL it to go back. A modified version of the stock app would be best, but are there any that can do this?
If you use Handcent SMS and when you're done texting if you press the home button instead of the back key several times it will open back up to the last person you texted.
try gosms .
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Hey, guys! This is my first post on XDA, though I've been lurking around for a while.
I'd like your help with something. From what I've gathered on the forums, the built in backlight notification won't work with the stock MMS app because upon receiving a message it forces the screen to turn on, which uses up the one screen turn-on cycle the BLN will be active for.
Is there a way to set the BLN to stay on for multiple screen cycles? Or, alternatively, can I set the MMS app to not force the screen on? Preferably I'd like both of these things, since it's how my old phone was set up.
I'm running DJ-ICS Plus 2.0, if that helps at all.
Thanks in advance, and thanks for having me
If you buy BLN Control Pro from the market, it should let you set up the notifications the way you want.
You have to use different messaging app for BLN to work. Can't use stock messaging app. There is no way around it that I know off.
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You have to use different messaging app for BLN to work. Can't use stock messaging app. There is no way around it that I know off.
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Some roms offer it, maybe just the t989 ones I cant remember which ones offer that support.
Download SMS popup. Set that up, disable notification in your stock messaging app. SMS pop up is not a stand alone app. It works with your msg app. That's how you can bypass the screen from coming on. There are a couple threads that go more into detail.
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I used to have my phone give me a 3 quick vibrate pattern for incoming text and other notifications. (System Settings>>Sound)
But now I don't have any of those options (or can't find it). Anyone know off hand where that is or how to get it back?
I believe I may have switch Messaging programs....think i flashed either AOKP or CM10 and was on the other previously.
If that's what made that change I'll flash back if someone knows.
I'm currently on Eclipse build 4...with justin860's 4.1.2 inverted apps.
thanks,
I'm on Jelly Bean's Rom Build 6 and I have the same issue (and I believe stock has this issue too). There doesn't seem to be any way to get a different vibration pattern for text messages on stock messaging app that I've found. :/
It is the cm10 mms. Inside there you get the choice, plus it has the quickview quick reply option popup which is real nice.
is it possible to flash cyanogenmod 10 sms app (or is there an apk?) without the full rom? edit: yes it is but it doesn't work on the rom I use (bean's rom build 6)
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is it possible to flash cyanogenmod 10 sms app (or is there an apk?) without the full rom? edit: yes it is but it doesn't work on the rom I use (bean's rom build 6)
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yeah I'd think it would work on any aosp rom like aokp or cm10 ....but not a tw rom like beans.
I made a fix for this problem (I'd post directly to my reddit thread but I can't yet post outside links so I'll just copy the text):
"So one of my biggest annoyances (pretty much my only annoyance) when I first got my GS3 was that the SMS notification for the stock SMS app is always a long single vibration rather than two brief ones (two differentiate it from a call vibration). I searched but all the solutions I could find involved battery-eating third party apps just for customizing notifications which I didn't want or third-party sms apps which I didn't want.
So I decided to roll my own solution. I bought Tasker and set up a new profile. Here are the instructions to set up this profile if you're new to Tasker:
Create a new profile with the [+] button.
For the Context, you want "Event" then "Phone" then "Received Text" and then click the check mark.
Then for the Task, you want "Alert" then "Vibrate Pattern." Here you have some options. You enter patterns in the format "#,#" where the first number (in milliseconds) is how long to wait before starting to vibrate, then the second is how long (in milliseconds) to vibrate for, and then you can add more to pause more and then vibrate more. I use "0,300,250,300" which means immediately vibrate for 300 milliseconds, then wait 250 milliseconds, then vibrate 300 milliseconds again.
Then just make sure you disable the vibration built into the stock sms app: go to your sms list, his the menu key, then settings, then scroll down to notification settings and uncheck "Vibrate."
And you're done!"
Anyone else have this issue? When receiving an SMS message, I will get the pop up notification and sound, but then the notification will disappear as if it has been dismissed. The message will still be unread in the Messaging app, but there will be no notification either on the phone or on my Android Wear device. Strange.
Same here. Anybody find a fix? Driving me crazy
There's an option in settings to check notification access.. probably you can review the applications there or check the notification settings for messages app.. Maybe an alternate messages app is overriding it
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I haven't found anything amiss in the notification settings.
My hangouts won't notify me like it used to (on Silent, but with LED), and I've been missing text messages/gmail as well. When I turn on the lockscreen voila! all the crap you've missed. I've flipped every setting known to man. Cleared my cache from recovery. In my frustration, it seems like the only thing left is to drop this brick out the window and get something that isn't messed up by the carrier every other firmware.
Nougat sucks for me. I had to download a samsung theme, to replace the crap they did with it. I am honestly surprised that there are so few people complaining.
Strange. I never have issues with Hangouts. It's only the Samsung Messages app that self-dismisses notifications. I've tried just using Google's Android Messages or whatever they are calling it these days and I actually like it better. Unfortunately, I frequently utilize WiFi Calling/SMS and Digits for a second line and the stock Samsung app is the only text messaging I've found app that does both. This T-Mobile integration is the same reason I switched back to Samsung from my Xperia XZ and why my next phone will probably be Samsung again unless theses features ever become usable on an unlocked phone.
Okay, slightly different problem, but weird and perplexing. Running U firmware on an AT&T A. Stock Email app on mobile data only will show a badge notification for new mail, but no notification sound or light flashing. On WIFI everything works as it should. On AT&T firmware it works fine as well either way. Hmm...