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So what does everyone use to text people?

So just wanted to see what everyone used to text other people on a day to day basis and also why they choose to use their choice of texting app. I for one use the stock messaging app that came with the phone. The reason being that since the GS4 is un able to use lockscreen widgets while having a passcode on it I love having the stock messaging app notify me as to who texted me and how many text I have with just a quick glance.

I use messaging app packaged in Task's AOKP. It's simple, has emoji support, is a dark, inverted theme and has quick reply.

Sms popup in the playstore. It adds quick reply to the stock messaging app
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Sliding messaging ftw

I use the stock messenger
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Gosms Pro or Whatsapp

This sounds like a question to me. Probably should post it in the q&a section next time.
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jd1639 said:
This sounds like a question to me. Probably should post it in the q&a section next time.
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It's a poll and kind of an open thread about texting apps. Not really the same as Q&A just because it ends with a question mark.

burhanistan said:
It's a poll and kind of an open thread about texting apps. Not really the same as Q&A just because it ends with a question mark.
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Ok, so you're not really asking what everyone uses. My bad
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jd1639 said:
Ok, so you're not really asking what everyone uses. My bad
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Well I have always had the idea that the Q &A section was more towards general assistance to a problem for example the question would be "I have a media storage drain how do i fix it?" and the answer would be " perform x and y task and you will be all set" This is just a general poll about what people are using. I am not asking for advice as to what texting app I should use but just more so curious as to what people in general are using. Does that make any sense?

No m8, you are asking a question no matter how u try & dress it up & make it pretty. Belongs ib the Q&A thread
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blackguy101 said:
Well I have always had the idea that the Q &A section was more towards general assistance to a problem for example the question would be "I have a media storage drain how do i fix it?" and the answer would be " perform x and y task and you will be all set" This is just a general poll about what people are using. I am not asking for advice as to what texting app I should use but just more so curious as to what people in general are using. Does that make any sense?
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Frankly, I don't really care one way or the other. I'd say let the mods sort it out. I was just saying, cause I was bored. Carry on. No harm, no foul
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Regardless of whether it's a question or a poll, the topic is about apps, which means it should've been posted in the Themes & Apps section along with all the other threads discussing apps.
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I use google voice because its the only one that works with the galaxay player
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Go sms pro...

I've been using Go Sms Pro but kinda bored with it. Looking to use something else or just stick with stock messaging.

CamFlawless said:
I use messaging app packaged in Task's AOKP. It's simple, has emoji support, is a dark, inverted theme and has quick reply.
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I really like this one too. I used his AOKP on my s2, but for now on my s4 i've just been using stock apps until i decide whether or not any of the sammy s/w features (esp camera) are helpful enough to keep for a while.

Go SMS Pro has always been my choice.
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I'm used to handcent and the lock screen popup works well. I just wish I could send multiple pics in mms.

Actually you can ask questions in general. And about apps too. Or hardware or Roms or even accessories. If its to discuss them and poll people about it then it most certainly belongs here in general and not in the other areas.
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RAGE | ANGER | RANT | Vent Thread | iOS 7

What do you guys thing about think about iOS 7.
To me it looks like it was built using some parts of android source.
Take Touchwiz 3 Lockscreen
Take Touchwiz 6 stuffs
Take Android
____________> Fail I am angry and this is ugly..
Feel free to rant.

Oh god. lmao. It doesn't look the same but you can tell that some of the things they added or "will implement" is from Android.

Looks like the bastard child of android and windows phone.
The icons look like they're ripped from a sh*tty miui theme.
UI inconsistencies all over the place. The font looks just like roboto.
Its hilarious that they're copying android/windows phone after all that talk about their iPhone being the best.

The people designing it..
Probably have android phones..
There copying it..and the dont..
even realize it..lol..
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only thing i really like about it is how it seems to have a layered look on the screen. other than that, yep it looks like miui.
sent from within the beast

When I first saw it I thought someone put miui on an iPhone. I love how all my iPhone friends think its great and don't realize they're making it look like android.
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This is what I just posted on my FB :
iOS 7 innovation :
1. Samsung TouchWiz 3 lockscreen.
2. Smasung TouchWiz 5 navigation features.
3. Android MIUI ROM icons, look and feel.
4. Android Roboto font.
5. Windows Phone 8 multi-tasking.
6. Blackberry messaging.
7. Android 4.2.2 notification layers.
Wow! amazingly creative minds.

What's even worse for iPhone people ....
There stuck with whatever crap
Apple puts on it....
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"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." -Charles Caleb Colton

But I personally see it as an insult when they sue you over it THEN try to copy it THEN fail miserably at it...
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The multitasking seemed like a hybrid between both android and windows phone
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itzik2sh said:
This is what I just posted on my FB :
iOS 7 innovation :
1. Samsung TouchWiz 3 lockscreen.
2. Smasung TouchWiz 5 navigation features.
3. Android MIUI ROM icons, look and feel.
4. Android Roboto font.
5. Windows Phone 8 multi-tasking.
6. Blackberry messaging.
7. Android 4.2.2 notification layers.
Wow! amazingly creative minds.
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Mind if I use this? Pretty good summary

I'm pretty sure Apple isn't even claiming innovation (that's just what people say when they want to discredit features irrationally; don't be That Guy).
"This think looks/works/is just like that thing" is a very vague statement.

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Mind if I use this? Pretty good summary
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Go for it!
sent from me

I don't understand why the made it so colorful. And the lockscreen looks like a S3 mixed with MIUI. This is why Apple annoys me.

It looks to much century gothic mixed with roboto.

Did anyone notice in their promo video they didn't show their crappy maps? Lockscreen follows Windows Phone a bit too...
>>Cyanogenmod™ 10.1<<

Lol its a miui rom
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Emoji for android "colored system wide"

This may seem silly but Why not I want to address it since i never seen it addressed here before...... I been on xda for years I think since the 2.3 days and is amazing how much android has evolved and gotten better, beautiful, faster, than what it used to be before...... We have the most amazing DEVS you guys are super smart and creative from most of the roms I used from back in the old HTC DAYS to the galaxy 2,3,4 I seen every type of customization that I didn't even think it was possible..... But till this day we lack the full support for EMOJI, I know I'm going to hear it from most of you that they are not important or relevant etc,etc,etc...... But in my opinion alot of people still get iphones just for the simple reason of system wide emoji support and group chats....... I also know we could get apps like gosms pro or handscent etc that will support colored emoji in sms but not system wide, I also know if the phone is rooted we could have full system support for emoji in black and white...... But Cmon we have a galaxy 4, HTC ONE beautiful 1080p Displays we don't want to be looking at white n black emoji lol...... Now my question is I AM NO DEVELOPER reason why I am asking...... Why can't we have full colored emoji support ? Does android not let DEVS have suport for it ? No way around it ???? Just interested and looking for opinions.............
Btw if this is in the wrong section can a MOD MOVE IT TO THE CORRECT place............ Thanks for all the help in advanced..........

Anything ????? LOL

gdmlaz said:
Anything ????? LOL
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Hi,
I read this article regarding Google Hangout SMS integration and I hope (and I pray) that will let the colored smiley used in this app be used as well with Android system.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/16/4336910/google-sms-integration-coming-hangouts
Feel free to read and browse articles related to this upcoming revolution of smiley in Android devices.
Cheers!

Up top anything else ?????
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???????
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This would be the thing that gets android over iPhone for people that don't have android already
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Seems like not alot of devs seem interested in this or maybe is not duoble
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Seems like not alot of devs seem interested in this or maybe is not duwou
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Sorry to bump but I totally agree with you
Maybe we can simply change the "" to a png picture that has the emoji picture in it (this would have to be in the system font stuff)
Idk I am not a dev but this would be awesome, my sister almost got an iPhone just because of emojis but Untold here that it's not worth it and succeed with getting her a galaxy s3 ( last year )
I will take a look at this even though I don't know what I'm doing lol

Agree bump
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Is now available on the new Samsung 4.3 keyboard full emoji colored system wide ????????????
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gdmlaz said:
Seems like not alot of devs seem interested in this or maybe is not duoble
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We recently added an emoji screen to Magic Keyboard 2... it uses the font support for emoji rather than images.
Part of the problem is that it's hard to know whether the recipient is going to be able to read them (we get a lot of questions related to that) - I reckon once most phones/fonts support emoji you'll see them popping up on lots of devices and apps.

Is Google making Android to look as IOS?

Hi, I was a iphone user 3-4 years ago. Then I realized I want more and Android was there with all the customization. And I own a LG G2 and it has anything and everything customizable. Its a perfect phone and I had all the Nexus4, Gs4, Galaxy Note 2 this year. And i just ordered 3 Nexus 5's. But more and more I look at Nexus 5 its reminding me of Apple IOS. Google is making it too simple and boring. Good thing we have all the Dev's that can do so much. What u guy's think? Is Google making Android to look like Apple's IOS? And Apple on the other side is making IOS look like Android. Dont fight only opinions. Thanx to everyone.
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I definitely disagree, and I'm not sure where you're getting "Google is making it [Android] too simple and boring." What has been removed in 4.4, or otherwise overhauled so completely that you are getting this impression?
There's only so much "difference" you can have between 2 companies who are using a desktop-environment with a grid of icons as the major way to navigate through the ecosystem.

samomamo said:
Hi, I was a iphone user 3-4 years ago. Then I realized I want more and Android was there with all the customization. And I own a LG G2 and it has anything and everything customizable. Its a perfect phone and I had all the Nexus4, Gs4, Galaxy Note 2 this year. And i just ordered 3 Nexus 5's. But more and more I look at Nexus 5 its reminding me of Apple IOS. Google is making it too simple and boring. Good thing we have all the Dev's that can do so much. What u guy's think? Is Google making Android to look like Apple's IOS? And Apple on the other side is making IOS look like Android. Dont fight only opinions. Thanx to everyone.
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Look at the launcher and the icons? Its a huge screen and only 4 icons
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samomamo said:
Look at the launcher and the icons? Its a huge screen and only 4 icons
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That's quite possibly the only resemblance between the two...
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samomamo said:
Look at the launcher and the icons? Its a huge screen and only 4 icons
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Well, 5. And, unlike Apple, you have the choice of downloading and using a different launcher. Many different launchers allow you to define how many icons you want vertically and horizontally in the grid, and even in the dock.

I know we can do that, but im talk i ng about stock phone however google ships.
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See very simular.
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samomamo said:
See very simular.
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How are they similar? Please explain. Just posting a screenshot and saying they are similar doesn't do much for your argument. I can think of many reasons why they aren't. Though The page dots addition looks very iOS and the Google now to the left is similar to how iOS used to have spotlight on the left. Only spotlight was the laggiest, slowest, most useless thing ever when Google now on the left is absolutely genius.
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After using the G2 LG UI or the Samsung's TW. With so much useful thing's. Like showing percentage battery, thats just a simple thing and plus too many usefull features. Like on lg changing the icon sizes . Anyway maybe the manufacturers doing lots of things better making important things available on their versions of the phones. There are so many features that its hard to write them all.
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IOS 7 is the one trying to look more like android.
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freshlysqueezed said:
IOS 7 is the one trying to look more like android.
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Yep. iOS7 made more leaps to looking like Android than vise-versa. Some things in ios7 are hard to distinguish from Android like the lock-screen, wallpaper, calculator app. I'm sure there are more but I don't use ios.
My guess is that in time they will mostly just look the same.

its looks nothing like IOS nothing....................

mrjeff2 said:
Yep. iOS7 made more leaps to looking like Android than vise-versa. Some things in ios7 are hard to distinguish from Android like the lock-screen, wallpaper, calculator app. I'm sure there are more but I don't use ios.
My guess is that in time they will mostly just look the same.
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Yep it is Apple that removed all the glassy effects on icons, menus, buttons etc.. to make them more flat 'à la android'

No such thing because android is open source and you can always do much more than what ios can when it comes to customization and free market on the play store.
So no its nothing even close.
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[Q] iOS 7 Rom?

After hard search, I can't seem to find an iOS 7 rom. One that actually looks aesthetically pleasing. I know, I know. Why would you want iOS on an Android, but what's wrong with having the best of both worlds?!!?
iOS is gorgeous. It honestly is. But nothing beats the customization on Android. So if someone can help me out and show me something. I know MIUI has a iphone themed rom but I don't really care for it. I want the new iOS.
Thanks!

buy an i-phone

Branski81 said:
After hard search, I can't seem to find an iOS 7 rom. One that actually looks aesthetically pleasing. I know, I know. Why would you want iOS on an Android, but what's wrong with having the best of both worlds?!!?
iOS is gorgeous. It honestly is. But nothing beats the customization on Android. So if someone can help me out and show me something. I know MIUI has a iphone themed rom but I don't really care for it. I want the new iOS.
Thanks!
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To each their own. Avoiding IOS is why I don't have an iPhone. I have no problem with their hardware.
Anyway, try looking for IOS7 launcher / ilauncher as apps. Maybe even a theme chooser theme if you just want the visuals. I looked real quick at some themes, but I didn't think they looked very good.
Good Luck.

Kidhudi,
Its people like you why I f*cking refuse to come on these forums. I thought I'd havemore luck after I explained I want what I want. Go be a smartass elsewhere. This is why beginners and iphone users hate android douches like you.
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Branski81 said:
Kidhudi,
Its people like you why I f*cking refuse to come on these forums. I thought I'd havemore luck after I explained I want what I want. Go be a smartass elsewhere. This is why beginners and iphone users hate android douches like you.
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Try Espier Launcher. It will give full IOS7 experience on android.
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mdsinor said:
To each their own. Avoiding IOS is why I don't have an iPhone. I have no problem with their hardware.
Anyway, try looking for IOS7 launcher / ilauncher as apps. Maybe even a theme chooser theme if you just want the visuals. I looked real quick at some themes, but I didn't think they looked very good.
Good Luck.
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Yeah, I didn't find much. Most android developers stay away from it. Which kind of surprises me. You'd think with so much variety among us, wed find someone making an iOS 7 ROM. To be honest, I love the look of iOS, BUT I will never give up he customization and endless possibilities. To each his own though, right? Thanks for the reply!
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Branski81 said:
Kidhudi,
Its people like you why I f*cking refuse to come on these forums. I thought I'd have more luck after I explained I want what I want. Go be a smartass elsewhere. This is why beginners and iphone users hate android douches like you.
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Bro i was actually serious. you will probably never see a better rom than MIUI that can look like ios. and i guarantee you will never see ios7 ported to this phone. it is tough enough to get different andoid phones ported to another phone. the ONLY fool proof way to get ios7 is to buy an apple product. i wasn't trying to be a ****. sorry if you took it out of context.
thanks redndian i never saw that launcher i will give it a whirl. peace.

HI LAUNCHER and all their apps look pretty convincing.
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