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Handcent sms

Just wondering if this app is a battery drainer!? I'm currently using pop-up SMS and love it! But i like the look of handcent also and want to give it a try.
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I am using handcent and I dont have a problem with it draining my battery
Give it a try, I like it.

Is it just me!? Or is there a delay in the pop up screen as you receive a text with this app!?
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i like chomp sms more

Yeah one more for chompSMS
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Is there any clear difference between chompsms and handcent? if so, can you list the differences and some pros/cons?

KimG said:
Is there any clear difference between chompsms and handcent? if so, can you list the differences and some pros/cons?
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ye i'd like that too, Personally I cant find anything different between the two, they seem pretty comparable.

I had both ChompSMS & Handcent SMS & I found Handcent SMS better. Actually both seem pretty compareable, but Handcent is better for me

Yeah they seem the same to me I just like Chomp I guess the name I don't know but really both are good SMS replacements.

Yeah i've only used Handcent, haven't noticed any difference on the battery but its an amazing app.

comp has higher res at the grafix, just look at the bubbles

When I got the phone couple of months back, I have tried both apps.
and picked Handcent over ChompSMS. ever-since I'm a Hancent fan. Thats why I modified to X10.

text messaging

What's your favorite 3rd party messaging app?!

GoSMS Pro here. Just like the way in which it has all the features you could ask for, has a good widget, though performance could be better.
chompSMS has good performance, but not enough features; Handcent is the weakest IMO.
Stock 2.3 is very, very good actually.

Im using the stock with my thunderbolt and it generally feeezes after every text message I reply to.. its really annoying so I was looking for something better.

GoSMS pro
works great.

I use go sms pro
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Go SMS Pro on Xperia Arc

Go sms Pro

Try chomp, it's the best out of the lot from ny experience when it comes to that.
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Handcent
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Does nobody like GeekSMS?!
I freakin love it.

WRONG SECTION!!
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dw9906 said:
WRONG SECTION!!
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How is this "WRONG SECTION"
I believe that this is subject matter that is directly related to the forum of ANDROID APPS AND GAMES.
MESSAGING is an APP-lication on the ANDROID platform
So this seems acceptable location.

I have used a multitude of messaging apps
GO sms
GO sms Pro
Handcent
Chomp SMS
Touchwiz
I honestly would prefer GO SMS Pro and Handcant because of the features. Although the con to that would be a laggy messaging system. If you are looking for a good light weight messaging system i would recommend Chomp sms or running GO SMS Pro in its lightweight mode.

Handcent!
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Handcent!! Go sms had more features until Handcents latest update
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Mine is Handcent SMS which i can free download from Topbestfreeapps.

thanks for all the answers! i'm going to try gosms and chomp. cheers!

[Q] Sense Messaging Question

I like how the messaging UI looks in the Sense 3.0 but I hate that it will show who ever I'm texting number if I have their email saved along with their number. As far as I know HTC doesn't have an option to remove this but I was hoping there would be a ROM that did... Does anyone know?

Ever since gb this has been a feature/bug on sense. For the inspire gb version it was really buggy and would just show the number instead of the name. There isn't much you can do except use a different sms app or delete all extra information from contact like alternate phone numbers and email adresses.
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Gizmoe said:
Ever since gb this has been a feature/bug on sense. For the inspire gb version it was really buggy and would just show the number instead of the name. There isn't much you can do except use a different sms app or delete all extra information from contact like alternate phone numbers and email adresses.
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Oh that's a shame. Its very irritating.

Having had the same pet peeve I would recommend changing your default messaging app to Go SMS Pro
http://bit.ly/rZeddk
make sure you also get the widget. Much better app than the stock
messaging app and it gets rid of the telephone number bug that
drove me insane.

what sms is everybody using and why

New to android just bought the att skyrocket 2 i727. I left the iphone behind after being with them from the beginning. Already rooted and running space pirates v1 Rom very nice fast and smooth. But im wondering what is the best sms program and what is everybody using and when i do install a new sms program can i delete the stock or does the new run off the old like they did for iphone.

GoSMS. It has tons of themes, and is normally updated every weekend. It has a ton of features as well.
The released a version where you could remove the stock sms app but I always had trouble receiving mms after. Although I haven't tried since I got my 727.
I prefer it over handcent, chompsms,
And I think libertine sms (a really minimalist sms app). It's good on memory and you can also select what options are enabled. It also has sms/mms backup and restore, and other little features that I appreciate having.
~PsyCl0ne
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PsyCl0ne said:
GoSMS. It has tons of themes, and is normally updated every weekend. It has a ton of features as well.
The released a version where you could remove the stock sms app but I always had trouble receiving mms after. Although I haven't tried since I got my 727.
I prefer it over handcent, chompsms,
And I think libertine sms (a really minimalist sms app). It's good on memory and you can also select what options are enabled. It also has sms/mms backup and restore, and other little features that I appreciate having.
~PsyCl0ne
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+1 for gosms best messaging app I have ever had the pleasure to use. PsyCl0ne said everything that needed to be said about the app.

Kagenui said:
+1 for gosms best messaging app I have ever had the pleasure to use. PsyCl0ne said everything that needed to be said about the app.
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+2 goSms by far has been the best. try it

bori1030 said:
+2 goSms by far has been the best. try it
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+3

bori1030 said:
+2 goSms by far has been the best. try it
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you wont be disappointed

GoSMS... nuff said
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ur all fan boys....
+4 gosms

+1,000,000,000,000...
-sent from my mobile device

AOSP Messaging.
I'm no sheep
BAAAAAAA
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iandr0idos said:
AOSP Messaging.
I'm no sheep
BAAAAAAA
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+1
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prefer gosms, integrated backup support, themes and go chat just make it better imo

iandr0idos said:
AOSP Messaging.
I'm no sheep
BAAAAAAA
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+2 I really like the AOSP Messaging. I was using GoSMS but I found that it did not always receive contacts, calender and MMS correctly. Features were definitely great tho. Anyone have any better luck running it as a stand alone with the stock sms uninstalled?

+5
Go Sms

Go is the best out there...
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GoSms w/ GoSms Theme GoogleUI ICS Free for that "stock" feel.

promiseofcake said:
GoSms w/GoSms Theme GoogleUI ICS Free[/URL] for that "stock" feel.
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Nice! Thanks for sharing this theme. My biggest gripe with gosms was nothing really matched pics. This helps tremendously.

Does gosms receive photos from iphone users? Since I replaced the stock superlite 5.0 with the ics mms (I assume this is aosp. What does aosp stand for anyways?) I can't receive photos from anyone but can send them fine... It just says download and after you press it nothing happens.
“Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

kidspuddy said:
Does gosms receive photos from iphone users? Since I replaced the stock superlite 5.0 with the ics mms (I assume this is aosp. What does aosp stand for anyways?) I can't receive photos from anyone but can send them fine... It just says download and after you press it nothing happens.
“Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
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Make sure "Auto Receive" is turned on in the stock messaging first. You should be able to receive messages from iPhone users
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MokujinX5 said:
Make sure "Auto Receive" is turned on in the stock messaging first. You should be able to receive messages from iPhone users
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Actually picture messaging is what I'm having a problem with.
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“Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

Replacement for stock SMS app

I was curious if anyone had any suggestions for a replacement for the stock messaging app with ICS. I think the stock one looks pretty bad and have tried several of the 3rd party ones with mix results. I am really hoping for a modified version of the stock app but I would gladly accept any recommendations whether it be another 3rd party app I haven't tried, a theme to of these apps, or others or a modded version of the stock.
So far I have tried:
GoSMS
Handcent SMS
Pansi SMS
chompSMS
Contapps
I tend to like minimal style themes that still flow well with the stock look of ICS. The stock messaging app just feels out of place in regards to the look and feel of ICS in general. I been looking around and haven't find anything that I really like so I figured I'd lean on the community for suggestions.
Thanks in advance.

I was looking for something that looked like ICS too, I agree that the stock ICS messaging app doesn't fit in :-\ all I've found that was interesting was an inverted version of the stock ICS one, black background and the emoticons were blue

Pansi sms app is very good thanks
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Handcent wins this one. I used to like gosms but they added too much extra stuff I didn't need to it. Handcent is nice. It has a delaysend option so you don't sent the wrong message to someone, or so you can correct a message if you notice it's wrong. Awesome stuff.
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I'm with you OP. If there was just a black or grey themed version of the stock app it would be fantastic. Same thing with the Gmail app.