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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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Sidekick unknown error on lockscreen

On the lockscreen, on the second slide down thing there is an ! with unknown beside it. After you unlock the phone you can't find that notification any where!
Already checked the notification bar and went and cleared the ram. Still the same. Does anyone know what it is trying to tell me or how to clear it?
I have factory reset the phone one time and it went away, but then came back in a day.

That's where the date goes. I see "unknown" there occasionally. I assume that this is because the phone hasn't gotten the date from the cell network yet, but still has the time cached internally. For me, it generally goes away after a bit.
The one time it didn't go away fairly quickly was when I had Handcent SMS installed and had configured my phone to use it and it's notifications, generally disabling the stock Messaging app and it's notifications. It stayed "unknown" while I had Handcent installed. When I removed Handcent and turned the stock SMS app back on it went back to showing the date.
I didn't test this rigorously, and have no idea if it's causal or just a coincidence. Has anyone else observed behavior like this?

thanks
I'm sure that it's handcent then, I haven't uninstalled it yet. But I bet that's it.
Thanks for the reply. Contacted handcent support about the bug.

I don't think its a handcent issue. I've had the same problem. The only way I got it to go away was to open the stock messaging app and view my last conversation. Then its off the lock screen. Try that. If it works for you...its an issue with stock software. I've had a fewb problems with the stock app. Wish I could just remove it lol
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Found it
It seems if you turn off notifications in the Stock messaging app it gets cranky.
I turned them back on and it shows the time on the bottom lock screen.
I then went back and turned them back off and the time stayed, we'll see how long.

This is beyond annoying.

Screenshot, please?

Happns 2 me too glad 2 know I am not alone...
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i think that this is a common thing, whenever i dont check my text msg or randomly click the power button, i would see the "!" at the bottom screen..dont know why

I had this problem too on my Sidekick 4G. I am using Handcent but I don't know if that's the cause for me.
What I did to solve this problem: I went into the stock messaging app, into the menu, where I chose "Browser Message". (This menu option is not always present, but apparently shows up when you get a message from your cell carrier.) There was one message listed, and I deleted it. After that, my lock screen displayed the date again.

When you get mms messages, it goes to the stock messaging app as well, so just go in the stock messaging app and view it in there and it will go away. Or, before your SD card loads, messages will go straight to the stock messaging app. Just view all your threads in there, click each one, and the unknown will go away.
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[Q] GO SMS and ICS :(

I've used GoSMS for some time now. I love that i can customize it to my hearts desire and that it has a lot of themes. I ran it on GB with no issues. But I've tried several ICS ROMs and they all seem to cause lag and freezes. Fort some reason the pop up function and the app are not in synch. One is faster or slower than the other causing the app to freeze and force close on occasion. Has anyone had this problem?
Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

I use it with superlite 5.0 and have none of the problems you are having. You could try fixing the permissions via CWM or trying a cache/dalvik wipe. I would bet fixing your permissions would solve it.

Haven't had that problem but just had to delete gosms today because NO texts were going through. The second I deleted the app everything started again. Also when pressing on a contacts picture to call, numbers don't show up only what seems like code does.
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I am using GO SMS with ICS stock leak and all is fine. Messages recieve and send normally. MMS is the same as well, all working correctly. I am also using the GO EX Launcher. Not sure if the two in conjunction with each other makes it more stable and usable or not though.
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I used it with the stock ICS leak and Cool Ice mod and both had issues with the pop up message feature. I'd reply to a message and all was normal. Hours later I got no responce back and checked my texts to find nothing was ever set.
I suspect it may also have been a system SMS problem on mine as well though, even with GoSMS gone i would have constant missing messages, force closes, send errors etc..

I am running Sense Team Perfection, with Go Launcher and Go SMS. I have no issues with MMS or SMS.
Any chance of getting a logcat of errors for what people are having issues with? It might not even be GoSMS that is having issues...
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I am having the same exact issues with my phone.
my phone is not rooted, its running the stock ICS, AT&T update.
I installed go sms and disabled the notifications in my regular messaging application, and now I receive no notifications in go sms unless I am in the actual program and it is running.
any ideas or advice?

i was running gosms on skyICS 4.2F6-2.0B and it worked fine. the only issue i had was on ocasion i would get double notifications. (stock sms and go sms) but everything else worked great.
I believe that gosms runs in the background all the time so i ended up deleting it. but that might be the reason for not recieving texts. Did you check in the advanced settings to see if there was a run in background option?

dhalker said:
i was running gosms on skyICS 4.2F6-2.0B and it worked fine. the only issue i had was on ocasion i would get double notifications. (stock sms and go sms) but everything else worked great.
I believe that gosms runs in the background all the time so i ended up deleting it. but that might be the reason for not recieving texts. Did you check in the advanced settings to see if there was a run in background option?
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I just went in and found that feature to "Enable GO SMS run persistently" was checked. Still having the issue.

Im using go sms pro with Apex Launcher on stock ICS 4.0.4, no problems at all & the themes work just fine.
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Go SMS working fine on my SR with 4.0.4, although I don't recommend the Go Launcher - seems like a waste of system resources to just get some neat home screen transitions that result in lag and hang-ups elsewhere. Love the customization of Go SMS, and it just feels more robust overall than stock SMS/MMS and other replacement apps. Got to be careful though, if you freeze or disable the stock app, MMS can start acting wonky and it may effect other functions also. Best solution is to set Go SMS as the default app and turn off the stock app's notifications so you don't get duplicates.
Would also recommend MightyText, which works fine with Go SMS (and better in my opinion than the Go SMS Web SMS feature), so you can text from a remote web browser.

shaggyskunk said:
Im using go sms pro with Apex Launcher on stock ICS 4.0.4, no problems at all & the themes work just fine.
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Are you just running stock ICS?

TLuna3 said:
Are you just running stock ICS?
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Yes, stock rooted. I uninstalled Go Launcher & the only Go products that I am using now, are Go Sms & Go Locker (Go locker is not letting me change anything without reinstalling the launcher).
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aycockonxion said:
Go SMS working fine on my SR with 4.0.4, although I don't recommend the Go Launcher - seems like a waste of system resources to just get some neat home screen transitions that result in lag and hang-ups elsewhere. Love the customization of Go SMS, and it just feels more robust overall than stock SMS/MMS and other replacement apps. Got to be careful though, if you freeze or disable the stock app, MMS can start acting wonky and it may effect other functions also. Best solution is to set Go SMS as the default app and turn off the stock app's notifications so you don't get duplicates.
Would also recommend MightyText, which works fine with Go SMS (and better in my opinion than the Go SMS Web SMS feature), so you can text from a remote web browser.
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Go Launcher kept crashing and making my phone lag so I am only running Go SMS. I have GO SMS set as the default, the stock SMS app notifications are all turned off as well. Still no clue.
I find that I am able to receive messages with notifications while I am in GO SMS, but if I happen to force quit, its like ICS stops it from running in the background. Which was never the case on GB.
shaggyskunk said:
Yes, stock rooted. I uninstalled Go Launcher & the only Go products that I am using now, are Go Sms & Go Locker (Go locker is not letting me change anything without reinstalling the launcher).
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Ahh I see. Man I can figure this thing out, I have changed every setting, reinstalled GO SMS multiple times and still no solution. I mean I have literally changed everything. Ever since this ICS update I have had nothing but issues.

I noticed that it was very slow after I did the 4.0.4 update. Hope someone figures it out, I sent a message to Go...
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Blue1173 said:
I noticed that it was very slow after I did the 4.0.4 update. Hope someone figures it out, I sent a message to Go...
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Just Go was slow, or the phone in general?
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Phone seams fine, Go SMS can't keep up with keyboard typing like 2.3.6 could.
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Blue1173 said:
Phone seams fine, Go SMS can't keep up with keyboard typing like 2.3.6 could.
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Go is just as fast for me, what I do DEFINITELY notice, is Google Search is WAY slower than before..... Both on keyboard input & display...? IDKW?
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[Q] Problem with sms app replacements

I keep trying new sms replacement apps and i really liked gosms and handcent but i have a glitch with them that i cant seem to fix
whenever i open the app i get a notification for a message that ive gotten months ago and already deleted long ago, when i swipe it away or click on it it goes away then comes back again as soon as i open up gosms or handcent but i never get this notification in my stock text app, and i can never get it to stop appearing in any other text app, ive tried as many different settings as i can in the new apps, and tried erasing all my messages, cleared my stock sms app and turned of stock notifications but still getting the notification returning, any ideas?

I have the same problem on my Nexus with ICS 4.0.4

Maybe its just a problem for nexus s w 4.0.4 cause ive tried them before when i had gingerbread and 4.0.3 and had no problems

I also had that problem.

Perhaps clear data on the stock messaging app? Maybe even delete the db associated with it? I would search up on that though as I'm just assuming it will automatically recreate it. I'm also not sure of the name of the file.
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3 main problems with this phone

1.) Every time im in the middle of texting with someone in the stock messaging app my keyboard just starts to freeze and lag out like crazy. I thought I fixed this problem but turning off power saving mode but it only helped a little bit
2.) This is probably a well known issue with the phone but every time I get a text message my screen turns on! Its really annoying and im not sure if there is a fix for this yet but if there is please help!
3.) When I set custom vibrations for my phone every time I get a text message it still just ends up as the basic call vibration. I tried using all of the other vibrations in the phone but it always just goes back to the basic vibration when I get a text message but when I get a phone call thats when it uses the custom vibrate tone
Im not sure if anyone could help with these issues but if so please leave feed back! I really hope im not the only person with these problems so if there is a patch that these things get fixed! I love this phone and everything but these glitches are starting to get annoying.

You should try different rom... I hope it can solvr ur problem...
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honestly i think that either you can reflash stock rom, or a custom rom, and btw, are you stock or are you using something like synergy or beans?

Well thats the thing im 100% stock right now. Im not rooted or anything. If I root will that fix all my problems?

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For the text message issue, just use SMS Popup from the play store (its way better than the stock anyway) then turn off the notifications in the settings of the stock sms and then your screen won't turn on, Hopefully that will help you. Also, you can set custom ringtones for contacts... possibly custom vibrations.

Another options is to install GoSMS from the market, think it has options for all your problems.

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For the text message issue, just use SMS Popup from the play store (its way better than the stock anyway) then turn off the notifications in the settings of the stock sms and then your screen won't turn on, Hopefully that will help you. Also, you can set custom ringtones for contacts... possibly custom vibrations.
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Thanks Ill give the sms pop up trick and as for the ringtone thing I tried the custom vibration per contact and the same problem still persist

lowg said:
Another options is to install GoSMS from the market, think it has options for all your problems.
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Is there any way to make go sms look like stock? To be honest I LOVE the stock messaging app =/ I never used go sms but ill try it out

You like the stock messaging app? Man, I hate it!
Have you considered doing a factory reset of your phone? You'll loose your data/apps but these issues really shouldn't be there. Rather than working around the freezing issues etc., I would start fresh first. Then you can experiment with alternative apps and so on...

Nightwind Hawk said:
You like the stock messaging app? Man, I hate it!
Have you considered doing a factory reset of your phone? You'll loose your data/apps but these issues really shouldn't be there. Rather than working around the freezing issues etc., I would start fresh first. Then you can experiment with alternative apps and so on...
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How would I go about doing a factory reset? and if I do such thing is there any way to auto download all of the apps I already have? I hate going to the google play store and manually doing everything haha

blackguy101 said:
Is there any way to make go sms look like stock? To be honest I LOVE the stock messaging app =/ I never used go sms but ill try it out
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It's super customizable make sure you go through the all the menus (eg you can change notification icon to look like stock)
There are a handful of themes you get with app including some dark ones.
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lowg said:
It's super customizable make sure you go through the all the menus (eg you can change notification icon to look like stock)
There are a handful of themes you get with app including some dark ones.
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Thanks Ill most deff try this out. As for the other problems with the vibration and the screen turning on are these known issues or would a factor reset most deff fix these problems?

So just as an update I tried doing a factor reset and nothing was fixed =/

blackguy101 said:
Well thats the thing im 100% stock right now. Im not rooted or anything. If I root will that fix all my problems?
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well you can try the gosms app from play store... rooting and trying a stock rom like nosympathy's rooted stock can help tons, swiftkey is your best frind when it comes to typing, and custom roms like synergy or aosp roms are crazy fast (i know as i have flashed all of the roms from verizon's development forum so far,), and suggest adfree if you want to use gosms, or use synergy's 1.1 or 1.2 rom. they are lag free

blackguy101 said:
How would I go about doing a factory reset? and if I do such thing is there any way to auto download all of the apps I already have? I hate going to the google play store and manually doing everything haha
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Well, if you reset/wipe everything, even though you aren't rooted there are ways to get all your apps back automatically - I believe when you set up your phone it even asks if you would like to "Restore your settings" when you sign into your Google account. However... I don't really recommend it. Since you're having trouble right now, I think it would be a great idea to just WIPE it clean, and have a fresh start. See if your phone works great as it is (cause it could always be some app causing problems too..)
Installing apps is really easy - all you have to do is go to http://play.google.com (once you sign into the play store and accept the terms on your phone) and go to "My Apps", and it'll show you everything you have downloaded in the past. Anything you want to install, you can just click "INSTALL" on your computer and it'll automatically send it to your phone!!
When you have a large amount of apps to install, I find this way far easier than searching for each one on your phone

Nightwind Hawk said:
Well, if you reset/wipe everything, even though you aren't rooted there are ways to get all your apps back automatically - I believe when you set up your phone it even asks if you would like to "Restore your settings" when you sign into your Google account. However... I don't really recommend it. Since you're having trouble right now, I think it would be a great idea to just WIPE it clean, and have a fresh start. See if your phone works great as it is (cause it could always be some app causing problems too..)
Installing apps is really easy - all you have to do is go to http://play.google.com (once you sign into the play store and accept the terms on your phone) and go to "My Apps", and it'll show you everything you have downloaded in the past. Anything you want to install, you can just click "INSTALL" on your computer and it'll automatically send it to your phone!!
When you have a large amount of apps to install, I find this way far easier than searching for each one on your phone
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This really helped thanks! As for the entire wiping thing I find that my texting is improved as in the keyboard lags far FAR less now. I still have the same 2 problems where my vibration cannot be changed while getting notifications and my screen still turns on every time I get a text message.

If you install handcent it's very good, plus it stops that turn screen on, also just go into settings if you want disable the pop up msging too.
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Your phone has a problem, since none of these are issues on mine. You probably want to wipe and start over. Or you could root your phone, install Titanium backup, and use that to backup all of your apps. Then wipe, reinstall TB, and reinstall the apps. I'm running the Synergy ROM and it's awesome.