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Best SMS Apps

What are the best SMS apps, of any variety and quickly why?
such as for backing up sms, using sms in general, etc.
I have heard of handcent and chompSMS so far as two good ones for overall SMS use.
If the app costs $, be sure to say so!
Current Result: GoSMS

Go sms.
Its new and popular.
Really light
Backs up sms
Can turn its whole system off(silent) when i want to use something else.

Yeah I really like GO SMS. you should try them all if you can because each has its strengths but my fave is GO.
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I've tried a couple of them myself and I must say GoSMS is the best!

I've tried chompSMS, Handcent, and GO SMS (in that order)...I used each for about 1-2 weeks until they irritated me. I have stuck with GO SMS and I'm not looking back. For backing up sms I only use SMS Backup and Restore.

lnkn said:
I've tried chompSMS, Handcent, and GO SMS (in that order)...I used each for about 1-2 weeks until they irritated me. I have stuck with GO SMS and I'm not looking back. For backing up sms I only use SMS Backup and Restore.
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Thank you so much for the info. SMS Backupa nd Restore is a godsend!

I agree with everyone else, Go is my favorite messaging app if I'm not using the stock app.

I like GoSMS too.. but now that Handcent has emoji support, I'm switching back to HandcentSMS cos' I can send and receive smiley icons to/from my wife (who's using an iPhone).
I think it really depends on your need..

I recommend GO SMS... =)

The only problem is the Go sms icon, its hideous!
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I'm also going to go with GO SMS. It has the functionality of pretty much every other popular sms app, and it seems to get an update every week.

I use Go SMS.
And for backup I use both SMS Backup and Restore and SMS Backup+ that lets you archive your SMS in Gmail.

Handcent. Nothing is more customizable. And to me, that's the heart of Android. Also, the devs are great, constantly adding features. Its been very reliable for me. It others online features for back up.
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GoSMS.. I've used them all w/ Handcent being the longest but once I tried GoSMS, I haven't wanted to try anything else.

Omnichron said:
Thank you so much for the info. SMS Backupa nd Restore is a godsend!
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Amen to that. I tried the GO SMS built in backup and it messed up my sms order, missed many others. Good thing I had another backup via Backup and Restore.

fakenjones said:
The only problem is the Go sms icon, its hideous!
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If you're using a custom launcher, don't drag and drop to the Home screen. Instead long press on home screen to get the menu, then click shortcut, select application and you can have an option to change icon (by clicking on the icon) during the rename stage before finalizing by clicking done. This was for Launcher Pro BTW. Hope that helps.

I love GoSms

GOsms... lighter/ great sms app alternative.. beenHandcent user before.

My top:
#1 Handcent SMS
#2 Go SMS
The only problem with Go SMS is that it need the standard massaging apk to work. Sounds maybe weird, but why do I need two loading apps (one in background) on incoming sms? This takes memory. Not much, but for me - xperia e10i - it's kinda problem.
Handcent in the other hand use the stock massaging app only in case of mms in/out.
Handcent is slower, thats for sure, maybe not much, but you can tell why using it.
Go SMS got mega support from the devs - very often updates, and thats a great deal.
For now, like at the top of the post - first place Handcent, and second Go SMS - for me ofc

Go over Handcent
I prefer Go having used both.
One issue I have is I so far have been unable to stop the integrated text app from collecting and alerting me about new texts.
Am I being a donkey?
Tom

Previewing Texts

Early apologies if this is in the wrong section but i couldnt find anything when i tried searching this topic.
Anyway, my old htc phones (windows mobile), the screen would turn on and i would get a preview of a text i just received.
on the inspire, the screen remains off even though the notification noises and vibrations play.
is there any way to make the screen turn on as well ?
it drives me nutts that i cant just glance at my phone!! i have to turn it on then do the unlocking, etc.
any help is much appreciated!

I don't know about the stock HTC SMS app but there's an option for this in GoSMS. I highly recommended it.

Or you can try sms popup.
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dooyoo222 said:
Or you can try sms popup.
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+1 - Great app!

Handcent has screen wake option. And it by far is better than stock messaging app anyway, a billion options to use.

RogerPodacter said:
Handcent has screen wake option. And it by far is better than stock messaging app anyway, a billion options to use.
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Can't get into handset, it just looks too ugly - even with the skins.
They need to update handcrnt for higher resolution/larger displays.
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What he said!
Handcent, second to none for SMS!

thanks a lot guys!
i will definitely try out the apps you've mentioned.

umm?
im loving go sms pro. very clean interface.
however, i accidentally deleted some text messages.
and i dont see a deleted items folder.
is there any way to recover deleted texts??

another vote for handcent here..

Go SMS Pro seems pretty promising thus far. I hated Handcent because of the overall 'old' feel and sluggish performance. Go SMS was a little laggy but I bumped the performance down to the "middle" level and it seems to work quite well now.
idkjack said:
im loving go sms pro. very clean interface.
however, i accidentally deleted some text messages.
and i dont see a deleted items folder.
is there any way to recover deleted texts??
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If you didn't use the backup that Go SMS offers I don't think you can get them back. Maybe they're hidden somewhere but I wouldn't know how to go about finding them.

If you don't want to change messaging apps, you might want to look at SMSawake or SMS Screen WakeUp.

I'm using Chomp SMS. Let's you preview text and lot's of other options.

How to disable my stock sms???

How to disable stock sms?????
I downloaded GO SMS and need to disable my stock somehow so I stop getting double messages. Any tips?
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Well normally you won't. You CAN go in and disable SMS notifications via the Messaging app directly so you don't get double notifications.
You CAN delete the APK out of system/apps if you have root, but most SMS Apps piggyback off the stock Messaging program so it is ill-advised.
Just disable notification from stock and use GO SMS. Ignore the stock app (or Hide the icon if using Launcher Pro).

Awesome! It worked. Have a good day.
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Go SMS doesn't need the default SMS to work. The default SMS can be frozen or deleted or do as you have done.

Need help with my Lenovo S720
player911 said:
Well normally you won't. You CAN go in and disable SMS notifications via the Messaging app directly so you don't get double notifications.
You CAN delete the APK out of system/apps if you have root, but most SMS Apps piggyback off the stock Messaging program so it is ill-advised.
Just disable notification from stock and use GO SMS. Ignore the stock app (or Hide the icon if using Launcher Pro).
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~~my phone's a Lenovo S720... I tried following the instructions on how to disable the notifications of the stock sms... but when I got to the Settings Menu of the stock sms, I could not find the "disable notifications" option... pls help.. im new to android phones...

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~~my phone's a Lenovo S720... I tried following the instructions on how to disable the notifications of the stock sms... but when I got to the Settings Menu of the stock sms, I could not find the "disable notifications" option... pls help.. im new to android phones...
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Get titanium backup and freeze the SMS app. That's a system app so I think you'll need to be rooted in order to do it but I'm not positive.
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THANKS.
Pain-N-Panic said:
Get titanium backup and freeze the SMS app. That's a system app so I think you'll need to be rooted in order to do it but I'm not positive.
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ohh, okay. thank you. I guess I'll have to make do with what's here.

[Q] how to disable stock message

Hi i am using miui rom 4.0.3 galaxy 3 ,i installed chomp sms but every time ii get a message the stock message counts it as unread even though i read it in chomp ,i get a count in lock screen and in stock message icon
Things i did
-i disabled stock notification
-i even back upd stock message and uninstalled it but after that i can't able to receive SMS so i restored it again
So please if anyone knows any solution help me :-(

I have a similar thing with my 'low space' icon in my notification bar which drives me mad, I just rooted my phone and found some apks that allow me to get rid of certain notifications.
Hope this helped
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If you turn off all message notifications in stock Messaging, does it also disable notifications in Chomp SMS? If not, you could just do that

I have disabled all the notifications in stock MMS apps, also, and still get the unread message count. I guess you can remove the stock mms app from your homescreen so you don't have to see it. lol. I guess its a bug of HTC's...

actually the problem is with miui , it happens only with miui other roms just work fine

Anybody figured this out? I also prefer Chomp SMS over the stock Messaging app in MIUI. The double notification is driving me insane!

You should be able to delete the stock messenger. Worked on my lg thrill. Just be sure you have a replacement. Not sure if it should be installed first but i did. No problems.
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download systemapp Freezer or any app which can freeze system app. You need a rooted device. After installing the app you have to go to system apps and there you can freeze the stock message. Thats the i'm doing it on VK rom ( using Pansi SMS)

whodisname said:
You should be able to delete the stock messenger. Worked on my lg thrill. Just be sure you have a replacement. Not sure if it should be installed first but i did. No problems.
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Not able to delete the stock messaging app. I've tried that.
vitök said:
download systemapp Freezer or any app which can freeze system app. You need a rooted device. After installing the app you have to go to system apps and there you can freeze the stock message. Thats the i'm doing it on VK rom ( using Pansi SMS)
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When I froze the stock messaging app using Titanium Backup, I stopped receiving text messages altogether.
This is the one thing that makes me miss CM7!

kattara said:
Not able to delete the stock messaging app. I've tried that.
When I froze the stock messaging app using Titanium Backup, I stopped receiving text messages altogether.
This is the one thing that makes me miss CM7!
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What ROM are you using and which application you use to uninstall ...
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I'm using miui. When I was using cm7, I didn't have this problem. I could disable the notifications in the stock messaging app just fine.

kattara said:
I'm using miui. When I was using cm7, I didn't have this problem. I could disable the notifications in the stock messaging app just fine.
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I have tried everything in miui , but you cannot disable stock SMS ,
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Stock ICS Messaging App (.apk download)

Direct Download: http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...pers&txt=APK&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13339786919293
Couldn't post screenshots for some reason :/
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Hi thanks. But I'm running to an issue with this app all the txt that I recive it shows double .. is there a way to fix that?

albmob said:
Hi thanks. But I'm running to an issue with this app all the txt that I recive it shows double .. is there a way to fix that?
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EDIT: Oh I see what you mean...that's a big problem

h_zee13 said:
EDIT: Oh I see what you mean...that's a big problem
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yeah the are 2 ICS message apps on the market but the do the same thing, i do like the UI batter then stock but so far no luck getting it to work

albmob said:
Hi thanks. But I'm running to an issue with this app all the txt that I recive it shows double .. is there a way to fix that?
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You have to disable notifications on the one you don't want to see notifications from. This is not the best explanation, but it's as if your messages get sent to one location where any message app can read them. Essentially, both apps are still looking for notifications, therefore, notifying you twice.

I have look

jspidey said:
You have to disable notifications on the one you don't want to see notifications from. This is not the best explanation, but it's as if your messages get sent to one location where any message app can read them. Essentially, both apps are still looking for notifications, therefore, notifying you twice.
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He's not talking about double notifications. He's talking about incoming messages showing up twice INSIDE of the app.
Here's an example

KitF said:
He's not talking about double notifications. He's talking about incoming messages showing up twice INSIDE of the app.
Here's an example
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Yeah thats what I mean ... I was going to post an attachment but it had my phone number showing

I can confirm this problem as well. It seems I cannot uninstall the default messaging app either.

KitF said:
He's not talking about double notifications. He's talking about incoming messages showing up twice INSIDE of the app.
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Wow, i see what you mean. That does suck. I was responding to this but decided to test for myself.
I've been using Go SMS since I got the phone last tuesday and I never had the issue. I installed Handcent and tested (now I have stock, go SMS and handcent). The very first message I sent to myself from my wife's phone I got double messages as you experienced. I sent myself five more and I did not received any more doubles. Not sure what it is, but this was the first and hopefully last time I'll see this.
Did you uninstall all the third party messaging apps and test to see if the issue goes away?
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jspidey said:
Wow, i see what you mean. That does suck. I was responding to this but decided to test for myself.
I've been using Go SMS since I got the phone last tuesday and I never had the issue. I installed Handcent and tested (now I have stock, go SMS and handcent). The very first message I sent to myself from my wife's phone I got double messages as you experienced. I sent myself five more and I did not received any more doubles. Not sure what it is, but this was the first and hopefully last time I'll see this.
Did you uninstall all the third party messaging apps and test to see if the issue goes away?
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Yeah I have unistalled all the message apps and stock and other message apps work fine just the ics message app its not working for me. Even the one that are in the market do the same thing

You can use Titanium Backup to freeze the default message apk. That seemed to fix the problem for me. Always backup the apk first!

Urbanisms said:
You can use Titanium Backup to freeze the default message apk. That seemed to fix the problem for me. Always backup the apk first!
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This works. thanks!

Which one do we freeze? The app, the widget,both?

ZombieLinux said:
Which one do we freeze? The app, the widget,both?
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I froze both

yeah it works for me as well thanks ///

Every time I send a mms I seem to get a force close. Anyone know how to fix this?
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g_says said:
Every time I send a mms I seem to get a force close. Anyone know how to fix this?
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mms doesn't seem to work with the ICS messaging app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concentriclivers.mms.com.android.mms
This version has working MMS.

KitF said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.concentriclivers.mms.com.android.mms
This version has working MMS.
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yep, this does work. thanks!