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"My co-worker George and his girlfriend"

Hello everyone,
Very odd. Whenever I reply (text message) this one person, this is what is already there in my text box on my TB. It's very annoying. It's there automatically, without me entering in ANYthing. So far, it's only happening with one of my contacts, but I haven't tried texting ALL of my contacts yet, so I don't know how widespread the problem is. Does anyone know what's wrong/if there's a fix?

daniel178 said:
Hello everyone,
Very odd. Whenever I reply (text message) this one person, this is what is already there in my text box on my TB. It's very annoying. It's there automatically, without me entering in ANYthing. So far, it's only happening with one of my contacts, but I haven't tried texting ALL of my contacts yet, so I don't know how widespread the problem is. Does anyone know what's wrong/if there's a fix?
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For the fix go ask George's girlfriend.

If I am reading this right, I had a similar problem before.
I entered some text. Had to back out of SMS for some reason. Everytime after that, whenever I open to text the same person, the partially typed message would be displayed even if I had sent a finish version of that message already.
So... did you type in whatever it is that's bugging you before, or did it just appear out of thin air?
I don't remember how I fixed my problem but it was fixed. Try deleting your draft? Rebooting your phone?

Simple, in the mms apk
Down at the bottom there are three or two icons, slide over to the second and open the text message with the text.. now delete it and back out
Repeat the process because sometimes it saves more than one draft
The reason it does this is because the first icon is the "all" tab and so it doesn't allow u to delete drafts
So u have to navigate to the SMS/mms and delete from there
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA Premium App

I had the exact same problem. I did the suggestions previously posted. I ended up having to delete the message cache. Do a search on and Android Central for my post since I can't remember exactly what to do.

I found the thread but can't post url. Need a few more posts.

If you haven't got it fixed try:
Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications -> All. Tap "Messages" and clear cache.

I had this happen.
Go to messaging app, then to menu, then to drafts. Delete the drafts and the problem should be fixed.

Weird screen 'jumping', loss of focus

I just picked up my Galaxy Tab 7+ yesterday. Everything is great, except...
when I am entering text on web sites, e.g. posting here on XDA forums I am seeing 2 issues, both of which are extremely irritating:-
1. When inputting text, the key taps are registered, but there seems to be a short pause, then the last couple of characters I entered are erased as if I didn't enter them at all and to complete the fun the text prediction then screws everything up. It seems particularly noticable immediately after entering a period. I have tried 3 different keyboards - all do the same thing although my favorite, Smart Keyboard Pro seems to be particularly bad.
2. If I try to tap on the text I have entered to go back and correct a typo, the screen registers the tap but puts the cursor close, but not actually at the location of the tap. It may be a line or two lines too high or too low. I can't accurately highlight any text.
Interestingly, this is only on web sites. I have tried both the native browser and Dolphin HD. Entering text into calendar or notes poses no such problem.
Is this a known issue because it's a deal breaker for me?

[Completed] Google Play App Update Popups

Having hunted for a thread about this and coming up empty handed, I've decided to ask it myself. Recently (within the past three months I would say) Google updated the Play Store to give you these popups on the bottom of the screen for whenever an app is auto-updated inviting you to back the app up. These popups take up about a third of the screen on my new Note 5; it was far worse on my old galaxy nexus. Furthermore, the popup will close the keyboard and change the focus of the screen, meaning that in order to get back to composing a message you must do three things: wait for this unnecessary notification to go away, then tap the screen so the focus goes back to the app you were using, and tap again inside your text box. If the app you were using is particularly sloppy, this loss of focus might actually also clear the text field.
Even if you're not doing anything important however, a sudden popup that takes up a third of the screen is enough to send you to the loony bin if you react the way you would like to and you're in a public place. Now, there is no setting available in the play store related to this. The popups contain a check box that allows you to specify "never show again," but short of waiting until I intercepted each and every last one of them for each and every last auto updated app, there doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of these horrible things. I could possibly disable all notifications from the play store through the apps menu in the settings, but that would be counter productive. Has anyone managed to get rid of this awful feature? And is there anyone that we can hang for coming up with that idea in the first place? After all, one of the best things about notifications on Android (at least previously) is that they specifically DON'T interrupt you; they're up there in the notification panel where they belong!

skyler544 said:
Having hunted for a thread about this and coming up empty handed, I've decided to ask it myself. Recently (within the past three months I would say) Google updated the Play Store to give you these popups on the bottom of the screen for whenever an app is auto-updated inviting you to back the app up. These popups take up about a third of the screen on my new Note 5; it was far worse on my old galaxy nexus. Furthermore, the popup will close the keyboard and change the focus of the screen, meaning that in order to get back to composing a message you must do three things: wait for this unnecessary notification to go away, then tap the screen so the focus goes back to the app you were using, and tap again inside your text box. If the app you were using is particularly sloppy, this loss of focus might actually also clear the text field.
Even if you're not doing anything important however, a sudden popup that takes up a third of the screen is enough to send you to the loony bin if you react the way you would like to and you're in a public place. Now, there is no setting available in the play store related to this. The popups contain a check box that allows you to specify "never show again," but short of waiting until I intercepted each and every last one of them for each and every last auto updated app, there doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of these horrible things. I could possibly disable all notifications from the play store through the apps menu in the settings, but that would be counter productive. Has anyone managed to get rid of this awful feature? And is there anyone that we can hang for coming up with that idea in the first place? After all, one of the best things about notifications on Android (at least previously) is that they specifically DON'T interrupt you; they're up there in the notification panel where they belong!
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You did not mention about the exact device model.
However there is a general forum for android here http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help where you can get better help and support if you try to ask over there.
Good luck.

Gmail Chat Heads?

Over the past couple of days, when I receive an email, I get a Facebook messenger style chat head pop up, with an actual pop up of the email message. It's really rather annoying because it steals the focus away from whatever I was doing, so if I was in the middle of typing a message, the focus would instead be given to the pop up, so I would be typing in that. It even appears over my lock screen (I don't have any lock screen security), but means I don't have to unlock my phone to interact with the pop up. And yes, in exactly the same was as Facebook Messenger, I can press and drag the chat head to the bottom, where a little trash icon pops up, to remove it from the screen.
I have been searching online for anything about this, but can't find any information, and I've searched through the settings to try and disable it, but nothing appears obvious.
Does anyone else have this problem?
I'm running Android 6.0.1 with the Gmail android app (version 6.5-1.123769152.release).
I've attached a screenshot so you can see what I'm talking about.

I found the problem.. It was a third party app I had downloaded, Notifly. I have since removed it

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Text message conversations not staying in order

When I view my list of text messages conversations they're not showing in the correct order. And the text that appears in the preview box before you open the conversation isn't showing the most recent text. When I click on individual conversations all of the messages are there and correct.. When I get a new message it will be at the top, then I respond and back out, and it'll get pushed back to March or sometimes just a few days! So for some reason just when I view all my conversations it's not remembering I've been talking to people, just annoying to have to scroll back a month to text someone you talk to daily.. Is this happening to anyone else?

Time and date of the phone correct?

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Time and date of the phone correct?
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Yes, and I haven't changed the time and date for anything.

I'm getting similar thing on my Huawei P10.
When I look at my list of sms messages the last message sent is not at the top of the list. I have to scroll down through a few days of threads and then the 'latest' thread appears.
So what happens is I either send or receive a text. It shows at top of list. If I come out of messages and go to another app and then go back into messages that text that was just sent is no longer at the top, it is moved down about 20 thread down.
It's really annoying. Somebody texts me, the message is at top. I answer it then switch to other app. The other person sends me another text and when I go back into messenger it's not at top anymore it away down the list and its takes a lot of scrolling to get to it.
The individual texts within any thread are in the right order withing the thread. It's the thread that moves down below others of older date.
And the thread doesn't move to the bottom of the list just down about 20. The threads above it are in correct order except they should be below the latest ones, and the threads below the latest ones which are pushed down are also in order.
So everything really old is in order.
Very recent threads are pushed down about 20 places.
The 20 places are in correct order, except they are above the most recent.
It's quite hard to explain but it's very weird and very annoying.
If I send a text and get no response the text stays at the top until another unconnected text is sent or is received. It's only when a thread is created that the threads goes out of kilter
Have checked all dates/times/zones are auto to network

Can you force setting the date and time manually on the phone? Does this happen with other SMS apps?