[Q] Cannot Text Past 160 Characters - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Problem: The stock 2.3.5 messaging app stops me at 160 characters because that's when it is suppose to automatically split the text, but it stops me and will not allow me to type anymore. I cleared the messaging app data and it still does the same thing. I have to send 2 separate text messages, which I may ad is very very very annoying.
Situation:
1. I'm on full stock Nexus S 4G 2.3.5. I'm not rooted.
2. I am using Google Voice and I have updated to the latest version, and I have set it to use my messaging app. I am using the stock 2.3.5 messaging app because that's the one I like.
3. I have isolated the problem to the 2.3.5 stock messaging app. I unported my number from Google Voice, and uninstalled it, and still the messaging app will stop my at 144 characters.
Help me? Is this a known issue? I haven't tried restoring to defaults, doing an RTN reset, or going back to 2.3.4 yet, but I will if that'll fix it. I do not want to use third party application either. I like the stock app and I find this very stupid that this is the only phone that I have encountered this on. I remember this working before, but for some reason I can't anymore. I think I was still on 2.3.4 before though.

Please? Help me out...

You can find a modified mms.apk from cm7 here that allows over 160 characters with automatic split.
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Rem3Dy said:
You can find a modified mms.apk from cm7 here that allows over 160 characters with automatic split.
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Is the stock mms app a known issue with this?
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Korey_Nicholson said:
Is the stock mms app a known issue with this?
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I don't think so. My stock mms apk splits messages just fine. Only I have i9023, don't know if it's different with SPH-D720

This is a known issue and one of the things I hated... As stated above there are some flashable mms files that have the limit removed.. But of course I think root and recovery would be needed.. The file I am using works awesome.. So they def do fix this issue.

lilmexx said:
This is a known issue and one of the things I hated... As stated above there are some flashable mms files that have the limit removed.. But of course I think root and recovery would be needed.. The file I am using works awesome.. So they def do fix this issue.
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Well I went ahead and flashed cm7 and now they work, but the new problem is the person is receiving a bunch of jumbled letters and symbols
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Korey_Nicholson said:
Well I went ahead and flashed cm7 and now they work, but the new problem is the person is receiving a bunch of jumbled letters and symbols
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Then it isn't splitting correctly.
http://derekcwilkinson.com/downloads/fixed_mms.apk
put that in your system/app/ folder with root explorer or adb shell

derekwilkinson said:
Then it isn't splitting correctly.
http://derekcwilkinson.com/downloads/fixed_mms.apk
put that in your system/app/ folder with root explorer or adb shell
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Okay thank you for your help. It seems that sprint isn't built it automatically split for the nexus, and when you remove the limitation it can't handle it causing the corruption. The messaging program itself had to have a built in thread splitting setting.
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Mine did that too at first.. If you change the setting in the messaging app to split the text or add the split counter, it works.. Mine now show 2 of 2 at the end, but it works without the jumbled letters...

lilmexx said:
Mine did that too at first.. If you change the setting in the messaging app to split the text or add the split counter, it works.. Mine now show 2 of 2 at the end, but it works without the jumbled letters...
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Yeah that sucks...good thing i'm trading this in for the epic touch
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Korey_Nicholson said:
Yeah that sucks...good thing i'm trading this in for the epic touch
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You are going to downgrade?
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Rem3Dy said:
You are going to downgrade?
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Lol epic touch is far superior to nexus s
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Korey_Nicholson said:
Lol epic touch is far superior to nexus s
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You come back and tell me that when six months later you still don't have Ice Cream Sandwich. Why not wait for the Nexus Prime.
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Rem3Dy said:
You come back and tell me that when six months later you still don't have Ice Cream Sandwich. Why not wait for the Nexus Prime.
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Because I have sprint not Verizon. It'll be awhile before sprint gets it. And I bet I'll have ics before the prime launches on sprint. The epic touch is kies enabled now
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Related

[Q] Set dialer as default...

I know on CM7 you can set the dialer tab to default by hitting menu while in the dialer. How do I do that on stock? Even when I hit the dialer icon, it goes to whatever tab I last placed a call from, which is very annoying. Any help to figure this out would be appreciated.
Install CyanogenMod?
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matt2053 said:
Install CyanogenMod?
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NS 4G. I dont think I wanna be that guy...
Lol then I guess you will have to wait because that is a feature unique to CM7.
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dang, ok. I even tried to put CM contacts.apk in and it wouldnt work. I wait...
matt2053 said:
Lol then I guess you will have to wait because that is a feature unique to CM7.
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Random vibrate

Ok so sometimes i put my phone down then when I pick it back up it vibrates a little this happenes when it is in my pocket too. Anyone with the same problem???
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Mine does this too sometimes. Very weird
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slocav said:
Mine does this too sometimes. Very weird
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Have you heard of any website with a solution if been looking all day but no real solution!
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Had the same issue when I was on miui rom, since switching to ninja havent had the issue. Not sure if thats what it was but its my resolution lol
vdubguy83 said:
Had the same issue when I was on miui rom, since switching to ninja havent had the issue. Not sure if thats what it was but its my resolution lol
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I had issue with all Roms that I installed so switched back to stock but the same problem was present.
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mcslamer said:
I had issue with all Roms that I installed so switched back to stock but the same problem was present.
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What type.of vibrate? Us it a single vibrate or tripple?
Mine is random. One day it's one next time it's four or five. Stock 2.2.1 rom here btw
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slocav said:
Mine is random. One day it's one next time it's four or five. Stock 2.2.1 rom here btw
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What u
I ment is does it vibrate in a pattern? Apps do 3 fast pulses when they are forced to close by the system when something goes wrong.
zelendel said:
What u
I ment is does it vibrate in a pattern? Apps do 3 fast pulses when they are forced to close by the system when something goes wrong.
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That must be the reason......interesting.... Hmmmmm
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Same thing. No one knows why still?
zelendel said:
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Very interesting
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Try turning off vibrate feedback
i have same problem iff the screen is off and i hold down the volume keys lol

S Voice

Trying to install the leaked apk on a leaked ICS room (the newest leak). It won't let me install it. Have any one else tried? Have install from unknown sources enabled.
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I had to use root explorer and push it in the system/app folder. If you have the vlingo.apk you need to rename it to vlingo.apk.old, put the new apk in that folder, set the permissions and restart. It'll load but as soon as it tries to reply to your request it will probably force close.
Edit: after doing those steps go back into the system/app folder with root explorer and install the apk like a normal app. After that its been working great!
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Can't get mine to talk back. Follows commands but no voice response. Will play around with moving files.
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crispy1805 said:
Trying to install the leaked apk on a leaked ICS room (the newest leak). It won't let me install it. Have any one else tried? Have install from unknown sources enabled.
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Flash this for s voice.. but it sucks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26305627#post26305627
Or: use vlingo... its the same thing but works right.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26300180#post26300180
Try this.
Downloaded the apk and installed like usual. Works great, only thing that I can't do is change the wake up word. The phone crashes.
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S-Voice solved
try here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26317637&postcount=20
orvon.freeman said:
try here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26317637&postcount=20
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Tried this link, installed fine, and acts like it is working good. Except after I do a voice command, it won't take another until I exit app and come back in.
Hope i'm not breaking any forum rules by posting this suggestion. You might want to try the app AVX on the market. It is a great voice command program. Took me about a week or so to get it working the way I want but love it now. You can also change the wake up phrase.
This doesn't work well. Extremely slow, laggy and voice recognition 90% of the time can't recognize the command. is this working better for anyone using a skyrocket?
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lesd777 said:
This doesn't work well. Extremely slow, laggy and voice recognition 90% of the time can't recognize the command. is this working better for anyone using a skyrocket?
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Yes it'sactually working fairly well for me on my skyrocket. Except crashes very rarely.
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JxWayne89 said:
Yes it'sactually working fairly well for me on my skyrocket. Except crashes very rarely.
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works great for me too... but mines from skyICS so i dont know if it has been tweaked or not... when i give it a long sentence it messes up words sometimes though
JxWayne89 said:
Yes it'sactually working fairly well for me on my skyrocket. Except crashes very rarely.
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Thanks. Ill look back at the steps and suggestions to see if I've missed anything. I'm also on seans skyics. LOL I'm trying to get it to open xda premium and it says its an unknown app
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Got it to work using Root Explorer and the system/app folder method, thanks. It force crashes when I try to set up my "Wake up command". Other than that, it seems pretty functional, alibet laggy.
Do we need ICS?
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denenatse said:
Do we need ICS?
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Yes, it requires ICS.
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Haha, s voice is terrible
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Agreed. Cant stand it. Seems like Siri is the one and only thing Apple has over Droid. Although, i still would not trade a box full of iPhone 4S's for my Skyrocket. (No, this is not a troll post. I hate Apple with a burning passion.) I just wish we could get something comparable to Siri. I'll patiently wait.
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xcrazydx said:
Haha, s voice is terrible
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Interesting that they don't use the navigation voice. After recent (last 2 months) update to maps and navigation Google included an upgrade voice to navigation.
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creedicd said:
Interesting that they don't use the navigation voice. After recent (last 2 months) update to maps and navigation Google included an upgrade voice to navigation.
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And it also routes me to only places in Massachusetts. sh!t sucks
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Nexus 5 Hangouts apk

Features SMS and more. Working great for me. Just install over the other one.
http://www.mediafire.com/?vmdz0pmom2rw88v
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I heard it broke video calls and mms
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I am using the new hangouts, I haven't used video calls, ever, so I don't care about that, and MMS I use so rarely as to not care about that either. The SMS part works great for me so far.
MMS works as well. I'm using all the files leaked on Android Police flawlessly. Even the launcher.
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Would this app work on other devices?
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xxthe said:
MMS works as well. I'm using all the files leaked on Android Police flawlessly. Even the launcher.
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You sure the Google search bar works? Mine FCs, even with the work around I seen posted.
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I installed the .apk and pushed the modified file from XDA, per an article at AndroidPit. No issues for me on my Optimus G Pro.
btm fdr said:
You sure the Google search bar works? Mine FCs, even with the work around I seen posted.
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It works for me. Voice and everything.
xxthe said:
It works for me. Voice and everything.
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Voice seemed to work but the search part fc'd. Another member sent me a solution tho so I'm gonna try that.
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Everything works for me as well. I'm on Dirty Unicron's ROM
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for people that are having problems with the new google search force closing, all the information to fix it is located in the nexus 5 forums
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506449

Not receiving SMS on sprint

So, unlocked running multiple different ROMs I've noticed that I'm no longer receiving texts. Sometimes they all come in later in the day in a big batch. I am on Sprint and using the Google voice integration. If I install the Google voice app I can get my texts right away in that app but not coming through hangouts. Anyone have any experience with this or any ideas? I've flashed back to stock, but still unlocked and rooted... No change. Thanks in advance for any ideas.
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Tried using chomp SMS, no change. Also, MMS appears to be unaffected.
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jkimbro said:
Tried using chomp SMS, no change. Also, MMS appears to be unaffected.
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jkimbro said:
So, unlocked running multiple different ROMs I've noticed that I'm no longer receiving texts. Sometimes they all come in later in the day in a big batch. I am on Sprint and using the Google voice integration. If I install the Google voice app I can get my texts right away in that app but not coming through hangouts. Anyone have any experience with this or any ideas? I've flashed back to stock, but still unlocked and rooted... No change. Thanks in advance for any ideas.
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I had this issue my first day with my Nexus... I found that toggling my mobile network between global and LTE fixed it. Then I updated profile and PRL and it hasn't happened since
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Sweet, thanks. I'll give it a shot.
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