I received an MMS on my NS today from my friend. It's just a picture that she took from her phone (Sprint), and texted it to me.
When I opened the message up in the stock messaging app, a play button appeared. I pressed it and the screen went black for a bit. The picture then appeared, and on the bottom of the screen was a scroller for the time. I thought it was weird how it was a picture and had a duration of 10 seconds (0:00-0:10). After 10 seconds, the screen closed and went back to the messaging app.
Is this an Android/GB thing? This is my first Android based phone and I thought it was odd how a picture message would open up as a movie/video clip.
I am having the same problem. This only seems to happen when someone from AT&T / iPhone MMS messages me (Nexus S on T-Mobile).
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justsignbythex said:
I received an MMS on my NS today from my friend. It's just a picture that she took from her phone (Sprint), and texted it to me.
When I opened the message up in the stock messaging app, a play button appeared. I pressed it and the screen went black for a bit. The picture then appeared, and on the bottom of the screen was a scroller for the time. I thought it was weird how it was a picture and had a duration of 10 seconds (0:00-0:10). After 10 seconds, the screen closed and went back to the messaging app.
Is this an Android/GB thing? This is my first Android based phone and I thought it was odd how a picture message would open up as a movie/video clip.
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it depends on the receiving carrier MMSC settings
I have similar issues when using the stock messaging app. I've also had situations where sending an MMS picture to a Verizon phone results in a slideshow. All of these problems do not occur when I use Handcent instead of the stock MMS app. Similar to how Launcher Pro works better than the stock launcher, I've switched to using Handcent over the stock messaging app.
My g2 with froyo did it also. It seems to only do it when there's text attached, if its a picture by itself then it works fine. I really hope it gets changed soon, it drives me crazy.
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So I had a Note previously, WhatsApp worked perfectly fine.
I notice now that there are a lot of weird notification issues now. I ran some tests and this is what I've found.
Screen On - Clear all apps with Task Manager. Exit to home screen. Meaning, WhatsApp is not running in the background, not running at all. I use my girlfriends phone to send me 10 + messages. I get NO pushed messages, no notifications. Nothing happens. I then launch the app and see that I have 10+ unread messages under her name. I click to read the messages, and exit back to the home screen (either back arrow or home button). I send another message from her phone, and NOW I see the notifications.
Screen Off - (sleeping but app is still in the background) - I send a message from her phone, get NO push notification. But... as soon as I hit the power button to light up the screen (wake from sleep), I get the notification in the bar. I read the message, clear the notification bar.. then put the phone back to sleep. Same thing happens. While the screen is off, I get no push notifications until I turn on the screen.
Anyone having weird issues with WhatsApp? It can't be the app because it works perfectly normal on my Samsung Note. I'm thinking ICS broke it some how.
The notifications works fine for me with whatsapp. The only thing is that when I hit clear in the notification bar and haven't read the actual message, the notification will reappear again.
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Same thing here just happened with me on my HTC ONE S , if screen if off and whatsapp is running i get no notification, however as soon as i press the power button immediately i get notified and the weird thing is the notification sound is the default ringtone while in whatsapp settings i have another tone set. Whatsapp was working fine. I tried reinstalling, force stopping, rebooting.
My phone is stock rom no root any help would be appreciated
EDIT (SOLVED): Disable Fast Boot under power options in settings, disabling it fixed my problem (Read it somewhere online)
I have problems with notifications when wifi is on. No problems w/out wifi
I have exact same issue on my Xperia Arc...with or without Wifi...I have ICS 4.0.3
I think it is phone independent issue...
i think you all should stop closing all apps from the task manager and everything would be fine.
you cant shut down all apps and then expect from them to work.
(at004 solution could help too)
Sorry to revive this thread, but I have a solution to the problem (I think) and I thought I might share it.
Some routers flag push messages as "Anonymous Internet Requests" which the NAT dismisses. This will effectively kill push and you'll only get your messages on the next sync.
To counter this problem you can forward the google push port to your phone.
You'll need a static IP for the phone. The port Google uses for push messages is 5228 on TCP.
Good luck with your problems!
ahh.. i got the notification problem.. there is no sound or vibrate for incoming whatsapp messages..
this happen affter i update the apps.. damn!
Yze said:
So I had a Note previously, WhatsApp worked perfectly fine.
I notice now that there are a lot of weird notification issues now. I ran some tests and this is what I've found.
Screen On - Clear all apps with Task Manager. Exit to home screen. Meaning, WhatsApp is not running in the background, not running at all. I use my girlfriends phone to send me 10 + messages. I get NO pushed messages, no notifications. Nothing happens. I then launch the app and see that I have 10+ unread messages under her name. I click to read the messages, and exit back to the home screen (either back arrow or home button). I send another message from her phone, and NOW I see the notifications.
Screen Off - (sleeping but app is still in the background) - I send a message from her phone, get NO push notification. But... as soon as I hit the power button to light up the screen (wake from sleep), I get the notification in the bar. I read the message, clear the notification bar.. then put the phone back to sleep. Same thing happens. While the screen is off, I get no push notifications until I turn on the screen.
Anyone having weird issues with WhatsApp? It can't be the app because it works perfectly normal on my Samsung Note. I'm thinking ICS broke it some how.
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This happens on my brand new nexus 4
This used to happen way back when I first got my One X, but it is solved now. I thought it was because I had rooted and gone with a newer build, but I got a replacement One X stock with 2.20 and notifications work fine when screen is off.
Same issue in my nexus 4
I'm facing the same issue in my nexus 4.But this is applicable to the application which having the same properties of WhatsApp.For eg Viber.
When we are in the screen of Whats App and Viber i'm getting the notification otherwise not..
I also noticed one more thing unless we open the application the data notification in the signal bar is idle. I don't why its like that.Usually it should be always active.
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I'm facing the same issue in my nexus 4.But this is applicable to the application which having the same properties of WhatsApp.For eg Viber.
When we are in the screen of Whats App and Viber i'm getting the notification otherwise not..
I also noticed one more thing unless we open the application the data notification in the signal bar is idle. I don't why its like that.Usually it should be always active.
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Facing the same issue with my HTC Desire Z running ICS custom ROM.... Not always.. but 90% of the time. This has made whatsapp a less reliable mode of messaging.. I cant keep on checking my mobile for new messages..
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Facing the same issue with my HTC Desire Z running ICS custom ROM.... Not always.. but 90% of the time. This has made whatsapp a less reliable mode of messaging.. I cant keep on checking my mobile for new messages..
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Same here, with the same phone and running CyanogenMod 7.2.0.
Also seeking help on the same issue.
Seems there's no point to use this "instant" messager with this defect.
Go and complain with the makers of it as you have paid for it and using a custom ROM is 100% supported...
This is a users forum guys. If you install custom ROM some things may not work as on stock ROM.
We share experience and knowledge but not complaining about the product or demanding for a solution.
Go to WhatsApp website and tell them about the issue. I doubt they read this post.
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I've just received my Nexus 5 earlier today and, coming from my old Samsung Galaxy Nexus, I'm really loving it so far. However, I've noticed that, at random, my Nexus 5 will vibrate and the screen will wake, sometimes once, sometimes twice in a row. There are no notifications following the vibration and screen wake, and no real indication at all as to why this may be happening.
At first, it started with Hangouts vibrating and waking the screen four to five times after each new text message I would receive, until I finally unlocked the phone and opened the Hangouts app. I would get an SMS text, the phone would vibrate and the screen would wake. Then, just after the screen would go back off on its own, the device would vibrate and the screen would wake again. This was a recurring issue today, so I had assumed it was just a bug with the Hangouts app (which did not at all surprise me).
However, for the past several hours, I have not received any text messages or Hangouts messages at all, yet at random times my phone will vibrate and the screen will wake with no notifications or other indications as to why. Sometimes it will happen once, followed by a second occurrence of this behavior about a minute later. Other times, it will happen twice in succession. I was wondering if maybe it was Google Now, but I had disabled vibration on notifications for Google Now. I also considered Gmail, but notifications are turned off entirely for my Gmail app.
I'm at a loss here, and I'd really appreciate any insight into this issue. For those wondering if it might have something to do with the battery overheating and the system trying to notify me about it, the battery has been keeping below or around 80 degrees Fahrenheit for the vast majority of the day, so I doubt this is the case, though I'm open to any and all possibilities.
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My Nexus 5 is running stock Android KitKat 4.4.2, purchased new directly from the Google Play store online.
I often find my text message button will have a notifcation that i have one or two new messages, ive gone through the messages but the notifcation stays in. Sometimes even after i clear out all my messages. Seems glitchy. Is anyone else habing this issue? I also dont really like how (coming from an iphone) there is no way to tell you clicked on a message and read it vs one that is new and unread. Is there any way to change this?
Download textra. Much better than the stock app.
I went Textra as well. The stock app is lackluster and poor..
I have a S6 and have been loving it, but lately (hangs out or other messaging programs are more noticeable) i some times do not get notification or sounds of a notification when my screen if off, some times i don't even get them if the app is running in the back ground but my phone is on.
I have no idea what the issue is and before the question is asked, yes i have wifi/data to remain on when i have my screen off
turning phone off/reset, turning off and on syncing, clearing app data all of these seem to not to help at all
edit more information: only way i have been able to fix it is have trillian and hangout on at the same time ( both google messaging apps) and get someone to send me a message. I will get one of the two notifications. this is a temp fix however it doesn't fix the problem perma.