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Want to change messaging app

Anyone know of any working messaging apk.'s for the G2X? I really want the samsung tw messaging app...
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Whats wrong with handcent?

jaemowalker said:
Anyone know of any working messaging apk.'s for the G2X? I really want the samsung tw messaging app...
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I'd be into the Samsung TW messaging.
Keep me posted on what you find?

TeldenW said:
I'd be into the Samsung TW messaging.
Keep me posted on what you find?
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Same here. I would like the Samsung msg app too

aceofserenity said:
Whats wrong with handcent?
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+1 love me some handcent

Check out MIUI. Stock messaging app has text bubbles and the little popups when you get a message so you can reply without leaving the app you were currrently in.
Really nice. When I flashed back to CM7, I found GO SMS a decent replacement. I havent tried Handicent but it looks nice.
Long story short I went back to miui
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[APP][ICS] AOSP MMS Confirmed Working!!!!!!!

Been emailing the dev back and fourth for a week or so and he JUST put it on the market not 20 minutes ago.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concentriclivers.mms.com.android.mms
ENJOY!!!
(You have to delete your old mms, or rename it to mms.apk.bak, or you will recieve texts twice!)
Everything else seems to work perfectly.
UPDATE 4/8: MMS fixed. FC on self picture click check market for the update. Dev is touring europe for a few weeks so there probably wont be any other updates for a bit :[
If you guys really appreciate this I reccomend donating to the dev, his paypal email is in the description in the store. For all the people who had the FC issue when deleting thread or the new MMS app where the silly attachment and send button were switched and it drove you crazy.
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Awesome!
Or what you can do is in the Applications menu, disable the old MMS. It's like freezing it. Just built into the OS. I think I'm starting to like ICS more and more...
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Works well thanks! Just disable stock messaging
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I tried it, and then when I opened a thread with MMS I received FCs.
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Works great! Thanks!
Quick note, pressing on your own contact avatar/icon results in a FC of Contacts.
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FCs when trying to send MMS. Tried converting to system app, it's a no go.
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edgex said:
Been emailing the dev back and fourth for a week or so and he JUST put it on the market not 20 minutes ago.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concentriclivers.mms.com.android.mms
ENJOY!!!
(You have to delete your old mms, or rename it to mms.apk.bak, or you will recieve texts twice!)
Everything else seems to work perfectly.
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amazing, even russian work perfect now.\
Thank you very much

He is working on MMS issues now guys, I'll keep you updated.

DANIEL133337 said:
FCs when trying to send MMS. Tried converting to system app, it's a no go.
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Might need to edit the apk's XML's to match the stock messaging app to fix that. Don't have my computer right now, so I can't do it myself, but when I was messing around on an Epic, that's what we have to do to prevent that.
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Saw this in your other thread, thanks for the info. It'd be better with working mms.

still same thing..

i NEED mms, but other than that works great here

So far everything has worked great for me.. haven't had a single FC. I also have it as a system app.
Thanks for posting this!

Dharkk said:
So far everything has worked great for me.. haven't had a single FC. I also have it as a system app.
Thanks for posting this!
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have you tried MMS?
If so the solution may be to make a system app. will try now.
Edit, nope no change for me.

Great find man already popped it into the system/app and it runs great no fc but is there a way to make the new message icon come up on the lockscreen like the old mms did?
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DANIEL133337 said:
FCs when trying to send MMS. Tried converting to system app, it's a no go.
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This is from the app's description in the play store:
* Removed some stuff about "date sent", which was causing crashes. Samsung's lame SMS app doesn't have this field in the database. I could potentially add it though. But it is not a critical feature so I just disabled it.
* There's stuff about DRM (Digital Rights Management) in the code. I presume this is for copy protected MMSs? Does anyone even use MMSs? Anyway I haven't tested anything to do with MMSs or DRM and there's a good chance the app will crash if it has to deal with any of that stuff.
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Yep just tried mms. Doesn't work for ****.
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work great

edgex said:
have you tried MMS?
If so the solution may be to make a system app. will try now.
Edit, nope no change for me.
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Just tried this as well.. FC'ed when trying to MMS.

Latest update of the app fixed this for me! Seeems like I had to come off of wifi for it to send. But I may have just been impatient.
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group text?

i see its a common problem with AOSP that group texting dosen't work.
will this work on the s3?
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve.../207431-group-text-messaging-jb-achieved.html

This would be an epic milestone If this was baked into CM. I am so tired of using the Verizon version of SMS due to the fact it is so fugly!!! I've tried all of the third party SMS apps available and Verizon's works almost perfectly but it really is ugly.
I am surprised Google hasn't addressed this short coming with its own SMS app.
Please keep this alive!!!
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Jetdr said:
This would be an epic milestone If this was baked into CM. I am so tired of using the Verizon version of SMS due to the fact it is so fugly!!! I've tried all of the third party SMS apps available and Verizon's works almost perfectly but it really is ugly.
I am surprised Google hasn't addressed this short coming with its own SMS app.
Please keep this alive!!!
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i contacted the guy who made the group text for nexus. honestly i woudlnt mind using another mms.apk from like HTC or Motorola or whatever if group text works but i do notttt want to use like handcent, go sms, ....

Jetdr said:
I am so tired of using the Verizon version of SMS due to the fact it is so fugly!!! I've tried all of the third party SMS apps available and Verizon's works almost perfectly but it really is ugly.
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Same here. Verizon's works the best but it's ugly and I don't want go use 2 apps when AOSP's is so good in every way except group mms
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toddley said:
Same here. Verizon's works the best but it's ugly and I don't want go use 2 apps when AOSP's is so good in every way except group mms
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That modified aosp mms is for galaxy nexus. I feel like it shouldn't be too hard to get working on my phone but I could be wrong I am no dev
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What third party app do you guys suggest?
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I am a big fan of Groupme. You can use the app, have messages text to you, or use the web client. The only bad thing is you kind of have to get everyone you want to message on board.

shoeless1542 said:
I am a big fan of Groupme. You can use the app, have messages text to you, or use the web client. The only bad thing is you kind of have to get everyone you want to message on board.
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How can I learn how to port that galaxy nexus AOSP messaging app to sgs3?
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Are u guys ditching hangout for txts?

I find hangouts kinda annoying for my text stuff are you using it?
I pulled the messaging apk from CM if anyone wants it, it has quick reply and all those features... MMS.apk
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mattfox27 said:
I find hangouts kinda annoying for my text stuff are you using it?
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yeah i ditched it. i mean i tried to use it. i really did, but it needs some work... ok it needs a ton of work and maybe another overhaul.
im using 8sms works nicely

I ditched it right away. Using the AOSP MMS.apk instead.

I'm using it, but mostly because I use hangouts messages over sms most of the time. Plus in getting use to it for once they incorporate Google voice since I have been using that for a few years already.
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In using it.. Seems fine to me
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A little laggy when opening but it's fine. I like it.

Duh lol

ya
gosms for me always

I'm considering using AOSP MMS application. I do not use hangouts for anything. Although I have no issues replying to SMS, I find composing a new SMS cumbersome

Hangouts sucks to me... Not sure why they removed the stock messaging app and also why they removed the stock browser as well. I've been using Textra for SMS. It's lightweight with a bit more customization options than 8sms or the CM app.

I tried using Hangouts texting for about a week and then switched to ChompSMS which I had been using prior to getting the Nexus 5. The one thing I missed when I ditched my iPhone and got a Galaxy Nexus a few years ago was the jailbreak texting app called BiteSMS. ChompSMS is basically BiteSMS for Android, created by the same developer. Have tried other texting apps but have not found anything that is better for me.

Ditched it. I don't like having SMS and Chat in the same screen. I think that hangouts needs to implement tabs. Hangouts | SMS at the top... this would make managing SMS a bit easier. I went back to Handcent SMS.

ditched it from day one as well haha. using textra

I'm having no issues with hangouts, but then again, before hangouts, I only used the stock messaging app.
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I ditched it. I have a lot of hangouts going for ingress and I was missing text messages in the jumble.
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aboveusonlysky said:
yeah i ditched it. i mean i tried to use it. i really did, but it needs some work... ok it needs a ton of work and maybe another overhaul.
im using 8sms works nicely
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using 8sms here too

Stock MMS

Looking to buy a Nexus 5, but I refused to use Hangouts. Anyone been able to just pull stock\aosp mms.apk and sideload it, no root? Or does it require root to run?

In Play store: SMS Messaging (AOSP). That's what I use.
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Alternatively you could use 8sms which is the AOSP MMS with some modifications.

cbus1971 said:
In Play store: SMS Messaging (AOSP). That's what I use.
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I appreciate your answer but I'm don't trust playstore messaging apps like that, really looking to see if anyone had any luck with a pulled virgin apk being side loaded.

skttrbrain said:
Alternatively you could use 8sms which is the AOSP MMS with some modifications.
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That's a good one too.
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Not really a stock app but I found Textra to be very good. (Partially because you can change the notification icon, and the layout is very minimalist.

BinaryW01f said:
Looking to buy a Nexus 5, but I refused to use Hangouts. Anyone been able to just pull stock\aosp mms.apk and sideload it, no root? Or does it require root to run?
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Open Hangouts, go to settings and log out of all associated Google accounts. Then, Hangouts will not send or receive "Hangouts" messages, only handle sms/mms like a "normal" text messaging app.
As for "stock" MMS, Hangouts is the new "stock." It is what comes out of the box on Nexus devices now.

BinaryW01f said:
I appreciate your answer but I'm don't trust playstore messaging apps like that, really looking to see if anyone had any luck with a pulled virgin apk being side loaded.
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8sms and SMS Messaging (AOSP) are just as trustworthy as anything Google or other manufacturers produce
I've tried both and prefer 8sms :good:

BinaryW01f said:
I appreciate your answer but I'm don't trust playstore messaging apps like that, really looking to see if anyone had any luck with a pulled virgin apk being side loaded.
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So you'd rather take an app, from someone random online, and side load it rather than trust one from the play store?
Hmmm, interesting.
Personally I'd go the other way. But that may just be me.
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It doesn't need root to run but it does need to be a System app to work properly. use 8sms

NaterTots said:
So you'd rather take an app, from someone random online, and side load it rather than trust one from the play store?
Hmmm, interesting.
Personally I'd go the other way. But that may just be me.
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I don't recall asking for an apk. Merely asked if anyone had luck in doing so. I intend to either compile one or pull one from a trusted rom. I wasn't about to install any apk handed to me, but then again that's just me...

It's a moot point anyway

I don't get it??? The phone comes with messaging and hangouts. So use messaging, not hangouts.
How'd this get so complicated? Lol
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Also...."don't trust apps" from play store? Just read the comments. Any pitfalls will be talked about in play store comments.
If you have trust issues, android may not be for you. This isn't an insult....just a comment based on your posts....but the iPhone app store is much more strict.....you may have been more suited to it.
Just my 2 cents.

BinaryW01f said:
Looking to buy a Nexus 5, but I refused to use Hangouts. Anyone been able to just pull stock\aosp mms.apk and sideload it, no root? Or does it require root to run?
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Any reason you refuse to use hangouts? I felt the same way, but after giving it a chance, and their latest update, its all I use, once I got used to it. I prefer the clean ui and stock feel.
CM11 ROM has messaging built into it, so I'm sure it can work, but give hangouts at least a week.
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