No group SMS option on Hangouts? - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I'm on a Nexus 5 stock 4.4.2 and I updated my Hangouts to 2.0.217 but I'm still not getting the option to send group messages individually via SMS. Tried uninstalling all updates and reinstalling, tried rebooting.. No dice. Anyone else have this problem?

Not having this issue. What network are you with?
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I'm from the Philippines. Globe Telecom. But I have another phone where the option shows up no problem.

I'm having this same problem; have updated everything but there are no new settings available in the menus.
4.4.2 Stock, rooted with Xposed framework.
Hangouts version 2.0.217 (944332-30)
I'm on TPG (Optus) in Australia...

I'm on hangouts 2.0.217, I have an option to disable converting to MMS:
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Is that what you meant?
Pretty glad they've done that - cost me a fortune when I accidentally MMS'd my new number to 50 odd people when I got this phone!
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krs360 said:
I'm on hangouts 2.0.217, I have an option to disable converting to MMS:
Is that what you meant?
Pretty glad they've done that - cost me a fortune when I accidentally MMS'd my new number to 50 odd people when I got this phone!
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Yup, that's exactly the option I'm missing. It's costing me an arm and a leg.

I have exactly the same issue with any 2.0.2 build released thus far. Most frustrating.
Also worth noting I'm completely stock / currently no root.

Same here.
I have tried to delete all data from hangouts, to uninstall reinstall the latest version, no luck.
My N5 is rooted so I looked into preferences files, this options is listed in smsmms.xml file but not showed in the UI.

Reviving a possible dead subject, but has anyone gotten a response from Google about this issue still? I have multiple friends using mine and other carriers in the US sending group MMS messages via Hangouts. The primary differences are I'm on Kit-Kat, and using a Nexus 5, I am the only one who ( when added to a group MMS ) messages send back using SMS as opposed to MMS, therefore cannot join their group conversation. I know multiple people have reported this issue from previous Google searches, but, has anyone actually gotten any feedback?

I'm also having this issue. Nexus 5, Android 4.4.2 running the latest Hangouts APK of 2.0.303. Clearing data on the app, rebooting, nothing brings the group messaging setting. It seems Hangouts is stuck in the SMS mode for group messaging because any reply is sent as an individual SMS, not to the original group message.

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Reviving a possible dead subject, but has anyone gotten a response from Google about this issue still? I have multiple friends using mine and other carriers in the US sending group MMS messages via Hangouts. The primary differences are I'm on Kit-Kat, and using a Nexus 5, I am the only one who ( when added to a group MMS ) messages send back using SMS as opposed to MMS, therefore cannot join their group conversation. I know multiple people have reported this issue from previous Google searches, but, has anyone actually gotten any feedback?
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I'll also revive this thread. Has this been fixed or still an issue? I've tried multiple settings with no success.

Hi,
I had the same problem (no group messaging option in hangouts on a nexus 5 running 4.4.2) and after a long time searching the net, I found a solution :
I read on another thread that hangout reads your phone number on the sim card (the number you see when you go to : Settings - About Phone Status - Phone number). In my case It was showing unknown, and that was the cause of the problem.
So all you need to do is add your phone number here. To do so I used an Xposed mod :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/app-sim-changer-change-registered-sim-t2106490
After adding my phone number, the option for group messaging appeared in hangouts sms settings.

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[App] Trillian beta for android

I searched this forum and did not find anything, so thought I'll create one.
Trillian for Android is out.
Best Android IM client I've used so far.
Nice features in short:
- chat tabs
- bubble conversation interface
- your account details are grouped and saved as an 'astra' account on their site.
- chats sent while you are offline are emailed to you
http://www.trillian.im/learn/tour-android.html
http://www.trillian.im/get/android/
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i've been using it and it's been great!
It force closes a lot when I multi-task back to it. I'm sending logs so I'm sure all the kinks will get worked out by the time it hits the market.
Yupe, look great love it
Love the interface also.
Looks promising, but there is no option to add a MSN messenger account.
Forge94 said:
Looks promising, but there is no option to add a MSN messenger account.
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its there, WLM = windows live messenger
evilkorn said:
It force closes a lot when I multi-task back to it. I'm sending logs so I'm sure all the kinks will get worked out by the time it hits the market.
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I get the FC error when I switch back to it too.
Another think I hope they don't do is add ads to the free version.
britoso said:
its there, WLM = windows live messenger
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Yep, my bad.
I realised that just after i posted.
can it call like Nimbuzz??
flamechamp said:
can it call like Nimbuzz??
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it cannot, only IM for now.
Heres the FC error:
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E/AndroidRuntime(22677): at com.ceruleanstudios.trillian.android.ContactListTreeView$MyExpandableListAdapter.getGroupCount(ContactListTreeView.java:758)
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I noticed that I don't get a notification (sound nor LED) after receiving a message, and I have to open the app then the notification will appear.
Anyone with the same problem?
I didn't have that problem, but I did have the force close issue.
Also I don't think it yet handles links... tried tapping on a link for half a minute, nothing happened
does the send IM via e-mail when in suspend work for you?
i am shown as online in the messenger, but i dont get the email with a new IM
App doesn't stay logged on...the iphone version even did well with push and without...Uninstalled epic fail trillian
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akaine2001 said:
App doesn't stay logged on...the iphone version even did well with push and without...Uninstalled epic fail trillian
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Don't get your pannies in a bunch, it's a BETA.
Anyway, is there a way to remove IM to E-mail?
Tried the app today for a min, it is plain awful.
I can't even use it because I'm getting "wrong password" after registering and trying to login
no major issues on my end but it doesn't place nice with my messengers on my comp signing me out of FB and it not only wipes my WLM display pic(eBuddy also does this) but resets my theme
on the plus side it tells me when i contact is idle in WLM, something eBuddy doesn't do
and it changes your nickname for example my normal nickname qvert is too short for trillian account, if i changed it to something like qvert2 than it changes my nickname in my messenger networks to qvert2 too
It was a disappointment. I also uninstalled for the following reasons:
1) The push function to mail wasn't working on suspend mode.
2) The LED notification does not work.
3) fails to show notification for instant messages, have to open the app in order for notification to occur.
I know it's only beta but it just could not fulfill the basics of a IM chat client at the moment.

[Q] Can't Download or Send Pictures from MMS Texts

I am having a very annoying problem with my t-mobile service. My plan has three lines. I have a mt4g, my wife has a mt4g and my daughter has a mt slide. My plan has unlimited voice/text/web/android etc.... for some reason over the last few days we cannot send or receive picture mms. if we attempt to send a picture via text to anyone they receive a blank message. if someone attempts to send us pictures via text we receive the text with an icon that says "download" but when we click it nothing happens and we can't see the picture. I have taken out my sim card and placed it into my nexus one and the problem still remains. I put my sim card in an old mt3g, Samsung vibrant, and a g1 and the problem still remains. I called technical support for t-mobile and they have no clue what I am talking about and kept me on the phone for over an hour. I then drove to a t-mobile store and wasted 2 hours of my time. They gave me a new sim card and witnessed that the issue still remains. This problem is very weird and annoying. I was just curious if there is anyone else out there in t-mobile world who has also experienced this issue? They gave me a trouble ticket two days ago and still haven't been able to fix any of my lines. You would think that since this is happening on three separate phone numbers they would realize its a network issue and not my devices... HELP?
Go to Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names. Check to make sure TmobileData is selected and not TelKila. For some reason the phone switches the APN and breaks MMS.
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JagLau said:
Go to Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names. Check to make sure TmobileData is selected and not TelKila. For some reason the phone switches the APN and breaks MMS.
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I deleted the TelKila when i first got the phone. i'm on the correct apn as i stated it is happening on all of my phones not just the mt4g
That's been happening off and on for a few days. I just ask the person to email me the pic instead. Any phone can mms a pic to an email address, just use the email address instead of a phone#. MMS seems to be a little wonky the last week or so, about the same time the winter storms hit the south.
Try the chat with a rep option. Much more convenient.
I'm having the same thing. Sorta glad it's not my phone. I get this.
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Go into messages setting and put the agent to custom. solved the problem for me
esincho said:
Go into messages setting and put the agent to custom. solved the problem for me
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i've tried all options its not the phone its the service...it is happening on all the lines on my cell phone plan. that's separate phone numbers in different parts of the state (nc) so it's not simply a settings issue its a tmo issue. i have a issue ticket with tmo and they call me daily updating me but the issue has still not been resolved
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they call me daily updating me
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I have to say that is pretty awesome. Go T-mo!
don't mean to bring up an old thread. But since I was hoping to hear what happened to the OP. I'm having the same issue today. It was working fine a few days ago.
I can't receive mms pictures on my MT4G.
I'm also wondering how often this issue comes up. Thanks in advance for any info.
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Sareks2k said:
don't mean to bring up an old thread. But since I was hoping to hear what happened to the OP. I'm having the same issue today. It was working fine a few days ago.
I can't receive mms pictures on my MT4G.
I'm also wondering how often this issue comes up. Thanks in advance for any info.
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Turns out they were updating the network in my area phone has been fine hasn't happened since then

[Resolved] Anyone know how to get rid of this icon in my notification bar

For a DroidX (rooted..but that's it):
I randomly got this voicemail icon in my notification bar last week. I've used google voice for years now, and I've never switched back n forth or anything. I deactivated my google voice today to see if i could manually delete it, but I'm goign to have to go through 2+years of voicemails to even get to my new ones i think (for the built in vzw voicemails).
anyway, anyone know an alt solution to this....notice the date on the voicemail too. wtf is that all about?
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(rebooting nor clearing notifcations etc...don't seem to get rid of it)
webmastir said:
For a DroidX (rooted..but that's it):
I randomly got this voicemail icon in my notification bar last week. I've used google voice for years now, and I've never switched back n forth or anything. I deactivated my google voice today to see if i could manually delete it, but I'm goign to have to go through 2+years of voicemails to even get to my new ones i think (for the built in vzw voicemails).
anyway, anyone know an alt solution to this....notice the date on the voicemail too. wtf is that all about?
(rebooting nor clearing notifcations etc...don't seem to get rid of it)
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I had a voicemail 'sneak' through not long ago, but I just dialed in and deleted it like normal. Is there a way to manage them through the vzw website?
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mrkite38 said:
I had a voicemail 'sneak' through not long ago, but I just dialed in and deleted it like normal. Is there a way to manage them through the vzw website?
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i sure wish there was. i don't think vzw gives that option, surprisingly. but if they even did, i'm sure they'd charge for it
thx for the reply though
aw i finally got it. for some dumbass reason, i thought all my voicemails were somehow cached on vzw side (ya i know..just realized how stupid that sounds). anyway deactivated gvoice & deleted quite a few voicemails until i got to my new one.
sorry for thread hijackin but i have the exact same problem; except its not with voice mail, its with SMS.
I got it when i bought an SMS-ticket for a bus-ride, thing is i sent an sms to a number and was suposed to get an sms back from another number confirming that i bought the ticket and some serial numbers and stuff in it, but i cant find it in my inbox. Although, i have 1 new sms with a red little 1 like the pic, and i have 1 new SMS in the notification bar thingy up top...
at the moment, i have no idea how to fix this, and i've done some reading but cant find any solution. i only have 2400 sms in my inbox atm which should be quite low and not violate some 9300+ bug or whatever that is...
halp pritty plox.
If you are using a custom rom, you might want to back it up using ClocworksMod and then flash the phone back with with Odin3 to stock rom and see if it fixes the problem...............
Did the voicemail message say "Hai it's me! I've built a time machine and travelled back to 1969 to send you a voicemail!!11!. Kthxbai"?
Misterjunky said:
If you are using a custom rom, you might want to back it up using ClocworksMod and then flash the phone back with with Odin3 to stock rom and see if it fixes the problem...............
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that'll prolly do it. but ahem, i got no custom rom, got 2.2 official, rooted it, fixed some nice theme, some nice apps etc... so any other guess on how to fix it?
discovered that if i delete the message about gettin an sms in the notification bar up top it actually goes away, but if i then enter my sms inbox that still has a red little icon with a 1 in it and then enter a new sms i get the notification about having the sms that i cant read, and if i try to enter the sms thru the notification bar it just takes me to an empty new sms ... just gets wierder :/....

Hangouts MMS [FIXED-I think]

There was a big hangouts update today (you can get it on androidpolice.com). I just downloaded it and tested it, but didnt have much time to test it. It adds the APN settings in the hangouts settings and i'm pretty sure its working now. If anyone has time to test it out while on wifi, please leave a comment saying what APN you used and if it works or not.
Seems fixed to me too... I am on wifi at work, and mms goes through now with default APN... sorry didn't have more time to test.
Also seems to be fixed for me on default APN. I have many different APN names though, like 20+, some of them are exactly the same.
Sweet! Fixed it for me, sends relatively fast now, rather than 5 minutes or not at all! Back to Hangouts for me!
btw what do ppl here use for SMS backups? I used to use GoBackup but it doesn't work too well on this phone.
Hey guys I just received this phone yesterday, and have not been able to send MMS. This happened on my old phone too. I am almost always on WiFi. What do I need to do to fix the issue? Thanks!
Zero5295 said:
Hey guys I just received this phone yesterday, and have not been able to send MMS. This happened on my old phone too. I am almost always on WiFi. What do I need to do to fix the issue? Thanks!
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Did u update to the latest hangouts 2.1?
My All New One
lucky_strike33 said:
Did u update to the latest hangouts 2.1?
My All New One
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Yes, it automatically installed yesterday. A clue to the issue may be that when I tried sending a message of Textra, it said "MMS Denied - MMS subscriber not enabled." I'm on the More Everything Plan with 12 GB of shared data.
Zero5295 said:
Yes, it automatically installed yesterday. A clue to the issue may be that when I tried sending a message of Textra, it said "MMS Denied - MMS subscriber not enabled." I'm on the More Everything Plan with 12 GB of shared data.
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i'm pretty sure you need data (not wifi, mobile data) to send MMS. when connected to wifi, i see 4G enable itself then i receive a picture message.
Abe21599 said:
i'm pretty sure you need data (not wifi, mobile data) to send MMS. when connected to wifi, i see 4G enable itself then i receive a picture message.
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I was trying to avoid that but I can give it a shot.
Zero5295 said:
I was trying to avoid that but I can give it a shot.
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Did you have your data disabled while you were on WiFi? If so, I can imagine that would be why it wouldn't work..?
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Did you have your data disabled while you were on WiFi? If so, I can imagine that would be why it wouldn't work..?
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Yes I did. I turned it on, and the problem still persists. I'm going to consult a Verizon rep and see if I can get it fixed.
EDIT: Apparently my dad had put a bunch of blocks on my phone several years ago, that's why I was having problems. Called the rep and he unblocked everything.
Zero5295 said:
Yes I did. I turned it on, and the problem still persists. I'm going to consult a Verizon rep and see if I can get it fixed.
EDIT: Apparently my dad had put a bunch of blocks on my phone several years ago, that's why I was having problems. Called the rep and he unblocked everything.
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Yeah Ikr? But anyway, I love this phone I haven't even rooted it and still love it.

Gear S2 wont send text messages to my phone but will from apps ?

So got everything working. most things all work fine except the 3 things I bought it for. it wont get text message notifications from the phone, or facebook or messenger. the three things i need to work are the 3 things that dont. everything else works fine. blue tooth, wifi, all the other app notifications seem to work at least gmail and yahoo mail do. loading apps to it works fine just i get no text message notifications of messenger or facebook. So my phone is top line and on samsungs approved and tested list. Its the HTC one M9. here is samsungs approved list of phones that work. http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/gear-s2/device-compatibility/ as you can see my phones on it. But if you go to another part of their site they have this chart.
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as you can see even thought m9 is listed as tested and compatable in the fine print, it also says that non samsung phones may not be able to access all feature including messaging. Thats b.s. that would be the main reason to have the dang thing. they also hide this information well as its not on anything other then this one chart.
anyway anyone else have the htc one m9 and the gear s2 and been able to get text message notifications or facebook ?
Beware before you by make sure your phone will work and even if samsung says it wil it still may not with messaging as shown on this chart.
The Message app isn't totally available to non Galaxy approved phones, however I manage to text fine on my Nexus 5. First thing I did was assign the "hidden" Message app to the double press on Home button. That's the only way I can actually access the app. However I can initiate a text via the Buddy app, too. And also reply to text notifications. As far as the Message app I assigned to the Home button, it is only one-way texts, but I leave the key people I text to in that app, and initiate my text to them from there and reply via the notifications. Any of this work for you?
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The Message app isn't totally available to non Galaxy approved phones, however I manage to text fine on my Nexus 5. First thing I did was assign the "hidden" Message app to the double press on Home button. That's the only way I can actually access the app. However I can initiate a text via the Buddy app, too. And also reply to text notifications. As far as the Message app I assigned to the Home button, it is only one-way texts, but I leave the key people I text to in that app, and initiate my text to them from there and reply via the notifications. Any of this work for you?
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Cool thanks Ill keep that in mind. My issue is though i cant even get the notices that i ever got a text to go to the watch. they go to my phone and stop there. everything else like i said goes through with push and shows up on phone except facebook and text messages. facebook really who cares ill live but if i have my phone away like in class and it is not notifying me on the watch then its sort of pointless.
I've read other posts here as well other people having same issue. but no ones postedhow they fixed it or if they did. guess they just returned them.
Do you have notifications for your message app activated on the gear app?
I know it's kind of a silly question
For what ever reason it just all started working about an hour ago out of no where. Didn't change anything it just started working. OK I'm good now.
I have the same problem. Yesterday i was texting from my Gear S2 classic, and since this morning i dont get any notification of text messages on my gear. Also Snapchat, Twitter, messaging, and email notifications won't get to my gear. They only show up on my phone. I have done a factory reset two times now, i have deleted the gear app and reinstalled it, i have turned the notifications off from the gear app settings and turned it off again, i have unpaired and paired the watch over and over again, i have looked through every available setting in the gear, and the phone and still no solution for my problem. I am using a Galaxy s 6 edge
Anybody figure this one out yet? Just received mine 12/10, and received texts that morning, none since. Still receives calls and alarms, just no texts or emails..
Ya if anyone has the solution that would be awesome, I'm having the same problem. And I did everything "charlievegamena" did, I even got a brand new one and its still doing it. Any info would help. Thanks
Gear S2 messages fail on phone
When I send a message from my Gear S2, it will say message sent. Then, when I look at my phone message thread, it says messages failed on phone. It has been doing this for months! I sent my watch back to Samsung and they can't find a problem and Best Buy can't fine anything wrong with the phone (Galaxy S6) either. Is anyone having the same problem?

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