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How do TouchWiz users cope with NO group texting?

One thing that kills me about stock touchwiz is the lack of group texting. I don't want to switch to a 3rd party SMS app, but I am thinking that is what I have to eventually do.

996 said:
One thing that kills me about stock touchwiz is the lack of group texting. I don't want to switch to a 3rd party SMS app, but I am thinking that is what I have to eventually do.
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Im sure there is a way to load TW messenger to work on other roms. But how many people actually continue to have group conversations thru text?

Group texting like send one text to multiple people? I do it all the time even with mms's
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I wish stock mms had the capability, but it's not a huge deal to me because Verizon messages works very well. You can even disable stock and Verizon messages will still work.
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brickbeats said:
Group texting like send one text to multiple people? I do it all the time even with mms's
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Ya Im confused too, touchwiz mms allows you to send to multiple people. I guess they mean keeping it all grouped cause the touchwiz one replies all come in to seperate threads?
If your rooted you can switch out the stock mms app for a aosp one, i.e. themed and stock

996 said:
One thing that kills me about stock touchwiz is the lack of group texting. I don't want to switch to a 3rd party SMS app, but I am thinking that is what I have to eventually do.
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it isnt really "coping" when I have never wanted to group text. facebook tells all my friends what i want them to know about...

It drives me nuts when I get those group texts from iPhone users. I love how android does it, separate threads
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bobAbooE said:
It drives me nuts when I get those group texts from iPhone users. I love how android does it, separate threads
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Thank you. One iPhone user sends you a group text and then you gotta get bugged by every other iPhone user replying to the original sender. One of the most annoying things in the world. Sad thing is, they think it's cool.
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I guess it's handy to the sender. I assume they haven't been on the other end though.
Is it even in option on a "stock" android phone. I've had moto, htc and now Samsung, I don't ever remember it being an option.
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I can't stand the stock msg app. GoSMS Pro is so much better imo.
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It separates the threads to each individual who responds. So if the group is 6 people, I get 6 different texts from 6 different people. HTC never had this problem! Coming from the rezound. Lol
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bobAbooE said:
I guess it's handy to the sender. I assume they haven't been on the other end though.
Is it even in option on a "stock" android phone. I've had moto, htc and now Samsung, I don't ever remember it being an option.
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It is standard now on aosp 4.2. I used to think it was annoying, but now after using it with friends, I see why it is useful personally.
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It is honestly driving my crazy! I HATE tw does not support this and it is really annoying. A lot of my friends use group messaging and If i were to reply to the messages being sent I would have to reply to each individual person seeing how group messages appear in separate threads for me.
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x714x said:
Ya Im confused too, touchwiz mms allows you to send to multiple people. I guess they mean keeping it all grouped cause the touchwiz one replies all come in to seperate threads?
If your rooted you can switch out the stock mms app for a aosp one, i.e. themed and stock
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I dont think those links really help. From my understanding the framework has to be changed and it is only fixed in android 4.2 anyways so im not sure those links are to helpful sadly =(

Use a different messaging app if you don't like the stock.

cr6 said:
I can't stand the stock msg app. GoSMS Pro is so much better imo.
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This!!
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TreyDaPrince said:
This!!
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Ok I have a question. I tried using GOSMS and When I tested out the group messaging feature my friends had told me that they had gotten the message as an individual message towards them and that it did not appear to them as a proper group message. Is there a certain feature inside gosms that you have to have checked in order to get this to work properly?

blackguy101 said:
Ok I have a question. I tried using GOSMS and When I tested out the group messaging feature my friends had told me that they had gotten the message as an individual message towards them and that it did not appear to them as a proper group message. Is there a certain feature inside gosms that you have to have checked in order to get this to work properly?
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Yes it is somewhere in settings for the app.
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blackguy101 said:
Ok I have a question. I tried using GOSMS and When I tested out the group messaging feature my friends had told me that they had gotten the message as an individual message towards them and that it did not appear to them as a proper group message. Is there a certain feature inside gosms that you have to have checked in order to get this to work properly?
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Have you tried looking through all the gosms settings?
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GoonAssJuan said:
Have you tried looking through all the gosms settings?
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Well yes I have and I honestly could not spot a thing about group messaging. I could of easily missed something seeing how I tend to do that at times but I checked several times and still was un able to find a setting related to it.

blackguy101 said:
Well yes I have and I honestly could not spot a thing about group messaging. I could of easily missed something seeing how I tend to do that at times but I checked several times and still was un able to find a setting related to it.
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Uncheck send as split conversations maybe? Under send settings
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Group SMS messages

My wife has a Razr Max and the group messaging works perfect. Has anyone been successful in using the moto sms app on sg3? Or can it be done?
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cregor said:
My wife has a Razr Max and the group messaging works perfect. Has anyone been successful in using the moto sms app on sg3? Or can it be done?
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No idea about the moto sms app but i personally tested group mms with the latest liquid rom and it works perfectly. I have not had any issues with it.

cregor said:
My wife has a Razr Max and the group messaging works perfect. Has anyone been successful in using the moto sms app on sg3? Or can it be done?
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Handcent and Go SMS work for group. Or you can unlock and root then install an AOSP 4.2 ROM, 4.2 has Group messaging by default.

Been thinking about doing that. Liquid looks nice.
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cregor said:
Been thinking about doing that. Liquid looks nice.
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I love AOSP over TW by absolute leagues. They aren't even comparable IMO.

You can also just use Verizon messages. It handles group messaging without a hitch!
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z06mike said:
You can also just use Verizon messages. It handles group messaging without a hitch!
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Okay thanks. I'll Check that one out as well.
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I'm not having any issues with group mms. It has worked well stock and then on several ROMs since then. Good luck.

garyhigh said:
I'm not having any issues with group mms. It has worked well stock and then on several ROMs since then. Good luck.
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I can send group messages but they all come back in there own thread. I would like them to stay together like my wife's Moto phone. Handcent SMS seems to do it.
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cregor said:
I can send group messages but they all come back in there own thread. I would like them to stay together like my wife's Moto phone. Handcent SMS seems to do it.
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You might try Go too. It always seemed to be the better performing of the two for me. Glad you found a solution!

You can flash AOSP MMS on TW roms, 90% fully functional (some users have issues with iphone messages coming in blank) but personally it has been working perfectly for me.
Check out the themes and apps section, there should be a couple different apks and some modified frameworks

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

Have you noticed when in a group message?

I just noticed when I was in a group message I could see when the others were typing and when they read my message? Does this only work when messaging others who have the note 5? That was the case but I can't find any options for this
I should mention that I did find settings for "chat" that would allow me to see the others typing and when they have read my message...but I had turned those off before noticing the typing message and had confirmed they were off after noticing.

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I just noticed when I was in a group message I could see when the others were typing and when they read my message? Does this only work when messaging others who have the note 5? That was the case but I can't find any options for this
I should mention that I did find settings for "chat" that would allow me to see the others typing and when they have read my message...but I had turned those off before noticing the typing message and had confirmed they were off after noticing.
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Here

It's a new implementation baked into Android devices on T-Mobile. The Note 5 and Edge Plus are 3rd and 4th ever to get it, I believe.
Edit: Here you go.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/22/9014705/t-mobile-advanced-messaging-sms-text-messages
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ghettomuffin said:
It's a new implementation baked into Android devices on T-Mobile. The Note 5 and Edge Plus are 3rd and 4th ever to get it, I believe.
Edit: Here you go.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/22/9014705/t-mobile-advanced-messaging-sms-text-messages
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well there you go lol thanks for the reply

That's awesome. Is it only for group messages?
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Nvrenough said:
That's awesome. Is it only for group messages?
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I haven't noticed it texting anyone else so I couldn't tell you. It's funny though, in the group text I was in...two others were in it....both T-Mobile users and both note 5 users...only one person had the "typing" showing when texting

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I haven't noticed it texting anyone else so I couldn't tell you. It's funny though, in the group text I was in...two others were in it....both T-Mobile users and both note 5 users...only one person had the "typing" showing when texting
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Yeah mine isn't showing but still great news
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Anyone experiencing a lag or delay when messaging?
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Basically, it's like iMessage for Android. If both phone users have the Advanced Messaging installed on their phones, they will be able to see when the other has read a text or is typing. It's going to be great to see when it is implemented on more devices.
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ghettomuffin said:
Basically, it's like iMessage for Android. If both phone users have the Advanced Messaging installed on their phones, they will be able to see when the other has read a text or is typing. It's going to be great to see when it is implemented on more devices.
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My brother has a Note 5 on Sprint and I have T-Mobile and I can see when hes read the messages and such.

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I haven't noticed it texting anyone else so I couldn't tell you. It's funny though, in the group text I was in...two others were in it....both T-Mobile users and both note 5 users...only one person had the "typing" showing when texting
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To see the "is typing" while texting go to messages, more, settings, chat settings, turn on share typing indications also if you turn off read receipts than the other person won't see if you've read his messages or not but you can still see theirs if their settings are switched to on
You don't need to be in group text for this to work it seems to only be working with the newer phones, I just upgraded 3 phones 1 note and 2 edge plus' and we tested it out

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I've turned it off but its still showing when its been delivered and it even has a lag.
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jesiiceez said:
I've turned it off but its still showing when its been delivered and it even has a lag.
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Yes you will see when someone has read yours or if it's been delivered because they have their settings on, but they will not be able to see it on their end since your settings are checked to off

xxmelissaxx said:
Yes you will see when someone has read yours or if it's been delivered because they have their settings on, but they will not be able to see it on their end since your settings are checked to off
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I actually switched to Google messenger. I'm assuming it won't work unless you're on the stock message app

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I actually switched to Google messenger. I'm assuming it won't work unless you're on the stock message app
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Man this makes me sad I wish it was on hangouts

No enhanced messaging?

My S6 edge+ has this feature on sprint. Did verizon disable it?
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Cbass15 said:
My S6 edge+ has this feature on sprint. Did verizon disable it?
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What does it do?
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toskabab said:
What does it do?
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Has features like imessage.
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Wouldn't that be messages +?

No verizon messages if that's what your referring to is different.
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Correct to the Verizon Messages
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Jacob11701 said:
Correct to the Verizon Messages
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Ahh well verizon messages is bad. Thanks guys.
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Cbass15 said:
Ahh well verizon messages is bad. Thanks guys.
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What's bad about it?
I tried it, it seems to be like most other messaging apps.
It has the feature of seeing that the other party is typing as long as they too are using message+.
I didn't like it because it stores all messages including pics in the cloud.

pool_shark said:
What's bad about it?
I tried it, it seems to be like most other messaging apps.
It has the feature of seeing that the other party is typing as long as they too are using message+.
I didn't like it because it stores all messages including pics in the cloud.
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It's going to sound dumb, but my Fiance loves the Samsung emoji. Which the Verizon messages has iPhone ones..

Cbass15 said:
It's going to sound dumb, but my Fiance loves the Samsung emoji. Which the Verizon messages has iPhone ones..
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I don't think it sounds dumb. I prefer standard emojis over the Android ones. I've started using handcent again for the background customization, and because it can be set to use standard emojis.

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I don't think it sounds dumb. I prefer standard emojis over the Android ones. I've started using handcent again for the background customization, and because it can be set to use standard emojis.
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Ah. See she had the iPhone before and this is the only reason she traded for the note 5 because of the enhanced messaging.. But I guess Verizon disabled it and added Verizon messages... IF we had root it wouldn't be hard to get it back probably.

Cbass15 said:
It's going to sound dumb, but my Fiance loves the Samsung emoji. Which the Verizon messages has iPhone ones..
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The SwiftKey keyboard has a lot of similar emojis built in but I think as soon as you we it in vz messages it changes. If she didn't have it and you did you emoji in vz messages will come across as the identical one on her app when she gets it. Whether its in stock or hangouts etc.
I use it because if the message sync to my computer and it acts as a backup.
Also the update on the 15th now lets you wifi call on some phones and all the tablets
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I tried the VZ Message+ but stopped using it once I realized group texts and some pics to Sprint users weren't showing up. I started using the installed Messages application. I liked the features in VZ Messages+ but until that is fixed I can't use it.