Skype and Facebook alternate application? - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This current application from Skype has very ugly design and I was hoping if you guys knew any other application for Skype IM? Same goes with Facebook, Facebook in the other hand has better design but it's ugly as well and it's hell of a lot buggy.

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I understand this isn't the answer that you want, but no, you can not use an alternative.
However something you should try/look into is Google Hangouts and Hangouts Dialer. Let's do VoIP calls like Skype, and instant messaging to anyone with Google account. 2 Birds with one stone kinda thing. Your friends probably have google plus accounts, so should work just fine.

can't make video or phone calls via skype and viber
hello!! i can't make video or phone call via skype and viber!!can you help me?anyone have the same problem??

You can't get a copy of Skype reskinned ! I use kakao talk as it's crystal clear and my wife and I love the emmotions packs. Beware you can spend a fortune on them, though there's no need. Calls and messages totally free and no limits. It's battery friendly too)
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Spectrys said:
I understand this isn't the answer that you want, but no, you can not use an alternative.
However something you should try/look into is Google Hangouts and Hangouts Dialer. Let's do VoIP calls like Skype, and instant messaging to anyone with Google account. 2 Birds with one stone kinda thing. Your friends probably have google plus accounts, so should work just fine.
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That's only for the USA and some country North.. Aghhhhhh Bannada?

howard bamber said:
That's only for the USA and some country North.. Aghhhhhh Bannada?
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It is called Canada, my home country XD.
I thought hangouts was global, dialer may not be but hangouts is.
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Dimmele said:
hello!! i can't make video or phone call via skype and viber!!can you help me?anyone have the same problem??
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First off, what phone?
Second, do you have a front facing camera?
Third, have you tried reinstalling both?

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[Q] cannot receive visiting/business cards

hey all,
i tried to search a lot about this issue but couldnt find answer. if somone send me a contact in form of visiting or business card then i do not receive it. i contacted vodafone as well as samsung but no one knew what to say. i am a noob and use the pre-installed rom. and why the hell my phone turns sms into mms after 3 pages??? its ok if it goes as more than one sms as not everybody has an mms enabled phone!!!!
what exactly are you trying to say?
lomash said:
what exactly are you trying to say?
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all i'm trying to say is that i have an issue regarding the business card(contact). Like in other phones people can receive business cards sent by someone. But in my galaxy fit i do not receive the business card sent by someone. I do not receive even the notification of receiving a message.
ok, i never tried that on my phone.
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http://androidforums.com/g1-support/1639-contact-sending-business-cards.html
i guess android cant do that
well you can send the contact as business card which will be an MMS or simply inserting text to sms. Android can send contacts these ways but CANNOT RECEIVE IT in form of business cards

[Q] How do I remove "Contacts" on google+ messenger?

How do I limit them to actual contacts/google+ friends?
It seems anyone who I emailed even once appears there. Well I don't want to contact them again and if I do, I'll use email.
Tried removing but I can't see any options.
Thanks
I'm facing the same issue?
P.S. @mrjayviper: Sorry for Hijacking ur thread
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mrjayviper said:
How do I limit them to actual contacts/google+ friends?
It seems anyone who I emailed even once appears there. Well I don't want to contact them again and if I do, I'll use email.
Tried removing but I can't see any options.
Thanks
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This idea just hit me:
What if i create a group in my Contact say "MyPhoneContacts" , add the required ppl to that group & under Contacts in my phone i set to display only above group, this shud work. I'm gonna try that when i get home & get back to you.
seems this is a "feature" of google+ messenger (http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/google-plus-discuss/veJJQnUbobM). Google in their infinite knowledge decided for me who should appear on the people list when I open up google+ messenger.
My friends don't even show up!
beginning to think, the grass is not much greener on the other side when I decided to switch to Android. (I'm almost sure the problem persist in the iOS version but it's google's attitude that's pissing me off)
forgot to try this
I'll try today w/o fail, else deleting my G+ account seems to be the only option

Are there any good unthreaded/inbox style SMS apps anywhere?

I used EasySMS (previously Pansi SMS) until Kitkat, when MMS didn't work on my S4 Active anymore. Since then I have used Go SMS Pro, which is less easy (takes a few steps to get to the inbox style folder window), but still works. And now, with version 6 those "%¤"!&%!¤&%# morons (read like a very mad Donald Duck!) have messed up that and mate it into an SMS app for idiots who only wants a fancy theme. No folder view anymore. Are there any other apps worth trying? I really, really, really hate "conversation mode", I don't have conversations in SMS! I get an SMS, answer and delete. Showing what I said before (since I have deleted the received ones) is just annoying, and I want all SMS collected in one view. With my mail warnings I get 40-50 SMS every day, so I just need a very neat and clean interface, and the ability to send SMS and MMS. No fancy theme or bull**** like that. Does anybody have a god tip on an app for that?
New messenger from Google is great,better than stock SMS app and hangouts.
Thanks! Is it possible to do that as a pure "received SMS list", old school? And is it possible to use it without any other Google stuff than a Gmail account (which is only used for Android purchases)? I am hysterically unsocial (no Facebook, no Twitter, no Instagram, no nothing except for forums and mail), so if it requires Google +, use of Hangouts or any other stuff like that I'm out.
Nah man,you just install it and you're good to go,i think it doesn't even require gmail. I too don't have anything like that,im just browsing g+ and XDA. And i don't understand what you mean by "recieved SMS list" ,but in general,it's the most simple and clear SMS app i have ever tried. Just search google for it.
I may be dense, but I can't find it. I found Hangouts, but that's very far from what I'm looking for. It has one window, and there it shows all conversations, also my sent messages (because the received messages are deleted). What I'm looking for is one that has a traditional folder structure, with an inbox that only shows messages in, and nothing else. And preferably no threaded messages either, when I answer. So when I answer one, I only see the one I'm answering, not the message history of that contact. Do you understand what I mean?
Yes,ill paste the link
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Here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8Q9z2mAd85kdUZheC05SHZxT0E/preview
Thanks, but I'm afraid that isn't what I'm looking for. It seems like it shows sent messages as well in the main list, and I want something that only shows received messages in a list, nothing else.

[Q] Which social app do you use in your daily life?

The most popular chat app in East Asia like :
Wechat: for both friends and strangers
Momo: most for strangers
I know there are other chat app like Skype, Line, What's App. Anything else?
kik, text+, pinger, all for strangers.
Do you guys know about WhatsApp or bbm?
Hotmail is mainly what I use in social terms, but I also use WhatsApp every once in a while.
WhatsApp, BBM. Mostly.
Sent from my Hot using XDA Free mobile app
WhatsApp is most used around the work if I am right
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Japan's people mainly use line
facebook
whatsapp
Facebook, Viber, Snapchat, Oovoo
whatsapp facebook kik telegram messenger and many more i use daily
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Text secure, facebook, google hangouts, skype

no way to send a text?

I can reply to texts sent on my WiFi only gear s3 but there is no app to text people? This is a huge deal to me as it was one of the #1 uses I had for my old moto 360 (at work its easier to hide a watch than a phone when texting)
Edit: figured it out. Guess it is in the phone call app. Odd that it isn't separate.
You can. Go to Messages app in the phone. It's preloaded in the watch.
I think his problem is the same as mine. with android wear you could say text so and so and it would do so, or go to the messenger app or texting app of your choice and go about it from there. With Tizen you can request with s voice to text but it says sms isnt available (wtf?), so you need to go to the contacts, search through and find the one you want and then initiate it from there
NyPlaya513 said:
I think his problem is the same as mine. with android wear you could say text so and so and it would do so, or go to the messenger app or texting app of your choice and go about it from there. With Tizen you can request with s voice to text but it says sms isnt available (wtf?), so you need to go to the contacts, search through and find the one you want and then initiate it from there
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Yeah on android wear I had dextree messenger. All I did was hop in the app and it had all my texts for every number on my phone shown. On the gear s3 I have to go into contacts, find the contact I want, then select text. Just seems like an individual texting app would be nice to have and I was shocked there wasn't one
S voice to text works. You can say something like "Text John Doe hello" and it'll send it. Not sure what's wrong with yours.
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nascar48 said:
Yeah on android wear I had dextree messenger. All I did was hop in the app and it had all my texts for every number on my phone shown. On the gear s3 I have to go into contacts, find the contact I want, then select text. Just seems like an individual texting app would be nice to have and I was shocked there wasn't one
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Again, there IS one. The app is called Messages in your watch. Are you saying you can't find that app on your watch?
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I have the phone app but not the messenger app. And when you ask s voice to text someone it says SMS service is not available
To clarify I'm OK a US model of the classic
I have it on my Canadian wifi version. See pic. https://goo.gl/photos/mPP86DAgK5wzBoAD8
I have but can send sms only.. with my old LG watch r I can say "send whatsapp message Luisa hello"
This not possible in gear s3 and I think and hope Samsung can fix
yuzaman said:
I have but can send sms only.. with my old LG watch r I can say "send whatsapp message Luisa hello"
This not possible in gear s3 and I think and hope Samsung can fix
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thats android wear though....s voice is the abomination that further makes google now shine more than it already does
also bendez1985, what phone do you have it paired with? I am curious if it will only show for those connected to a samsung device for some reason
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thats android wear though....s voice is the abomination that further makes google now shine more than it already does
also bendez1985, what phone do you have it paired with? I am curious if it will only show for those connected to a samsung device for some reason
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s7 edge.
bendez1985 said:
s7 edge.
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wonder if that has anything to do with it since I am using a nexus 6p.....
bendez1985 said:
I have it on my Canadian wifi version. See pic. https://goo.gl/photos/mPP86DAgK5wzBoAD8
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Yeah my s3 frontier (US) does not have that app. I do use mine with a nexus 6 so that could be why.
is possible see new samsung voice bixby in gear s3? i think this will improve gear s3 so much

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