So, the messaging app hasn't been working since I got my phone. Its a GSM razr maxx. When I create a new sms, and go to enter the contact name in, nothing happens-- I don't see any contacts come up. Even if I enter a phone number or name from my phone book, it says my entry was invalid.
Is there anyway to make another 3rd party app my default messaging app and have it appear on my lock screen?
timmytucker718 said:
So, the messaging app hasn't been working since I got my phone. Its a GSM razr maxx. When I create a new sms, and go to enter the contact name in, nothing happens-- I don't see any contacts come up. Even if I enter a phone number or name from my phone book, it says my entry was invalid.
Is there anyway to make another 3rd party app my default messaging app and have it appear on my lock screen?
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Ya can make it default but ya need to keep stock massaging app too on ya phone ...
Install any app for massaging from play store and use ya stock app to send the massage then a pop up ll come asking " complete action using " select ya 3rd party app and profit
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anurag.dj2u said:
Ya can make it default but ya need to keep stock massaging app too on ya phone ...
Install any app for massaging from play store and use ya stock app to send the massage then a pop up ll come asking " complete action using " select ya 3rd party app and profit
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Thanks!
I figured out why my contacts weren't showing up when entering contacts in a new message. Some stupid glitch in my "people" app. Under "contacts to display", nothing was checked under custom. Even though a custom view was NOT selected (all contacts was), this made it so nothing would come up in my messaging app (although my contacts displayed in chomp & my dialer just fine).
Although your advice will still come in handy because chomp is a lot better than the default app!
Haha .. Lolz ...
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Well that didn't work. When I send a message in my default app, it doesn't ask me to send in chomp sms.
timmytucker718 said:
Well that didn't work. When I send a message in my default app, it doesn't ask me to send in chomp sms.
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Then try sending it in comp SMS.
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I found a way to get it to work, using the same idea as what you suggested. After trying a third-party app to make chomp my default (didn't work), I thought of doing it this way.
1. Go to "people" app
2. Send message through people app
3. Select chomp to send message, and check the box to make it default.
A lot of people on other forums are saying to disable the default text messaging app. Maybe this works with other SMS apps, but not chomp. When I did this I could not receive texts. Probably because chomp works in conjunction with the default app.
Also, I did read that other SMS apps have an option within the app to make it default. Chomp should add this to make it easier. I did try a 3rd party app that controlled what apps are default, but it didn't work.
Well, now I am having this issue AGAIN. I tried out a few different sms apps to see what I liked best and upon reinstalling chomp I can not get it back on my lock screen no matter what I do... Making it the default app no longer works. Ugh so frustrating. I
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I just installed GO SMS Pro and it works great but the problem is that of multiple incoming text message notifications. The stock messaging application as well as GO SMS notify so I disable the notifications of stock application but on the lock screen it displays number of unread messages though the messages are read already. The stock messaging application doesn't recognize that the messages have been already read using the GO Sms Pro. How do i disable it? I mean the stock messaging application and its lock screen unread message count notification?
Go to the stock messaging app, settings and disable "automatically read messages" or something like that.
doktornotor said:
Go to the stock messaging app, settings and disable "automatically read messages" or something like that.
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There is nothing called Read messages only read report
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There is nothing called Read messages only read report
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It is called auto-retrieve... seriously, did you take any time to really look at the options instead of forcing others to switch the language of their phone to English?
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It is called auto-retrieve... seriously, did you take any time to really look at the options instead of forcing others to switch the language of their phone to English?
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Oh yeah Auto-retrieve I see... Hope it'll work. Thanks
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Oh yeah Auto-retrieve I see... Hope it'll work. Thanks
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Probably only temporary... the only real fix would be to uninstall the stock app which will likely screw your MMS (in case you are using it). (There is some Go SMS beta for testing here @ XDA with more complete MMS functionality in case you are interested.)
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Probably only temporary... the only real fix would be to uninstall the stock app which will likely screw your MMS (in case you are using it). (There is some Go SMS beta for testing here @ XDA with more complete MMS functionality in case you are interested.)
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Doesn't help, still shows the unread message count in lock screen.
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Doesn't help, still shows the unread message count in lock screen.
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As said in the quoted message. (And frankly not worth wasting the time, given how useless the lock screen is.)
Auto-retrieve is associated with MMS got nothing to do with the unread TEXT message notifications
bindaasathar said:
Auto-retrieve is associated with MMS got nothing to do with the unread TEXT message notifications
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Well, as said, it worked here, otherwise I would not mention it. Let us just abandon this topic since obviously there is no solution beyond the mentioned one which involves uninstalling the stock app. (Or installing a ROM with a useful lock screen.)
Install both handcent and go sms... only keep the notifications of go sms.. thts it u dont get any sms notifications on your lockscreen.!!
use only handcent sms instead of go sms pro. this solved my sms count problem on the lock screen
Hey guys
When I get a text on my phone, and I hit the home button with the phone off, it shows the lock screen with 1 new message. So I drag that message across the screen like normal, but instead of going to that contact's thread whom the message was from, it goes to the last thread I had open.
What's the deal? I'm pretty sure my phone didn't do this before and only started recently.
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Elliott
That is odd.. You might wanna try another SMS app though, Handcent SMS and Go SMS Pro are free and great apps. See if they work out fine for you.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jb.gosms&hl=en
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms&hl=en
Thanks but I don't really want another messaging app I like the stock one.
I have tried Handcent
Bump...10char!
make sure the messaging app had ended with task manager and reboot the phone. then test and out should be fine!
Yea I did that and it didn't fix it :S
I'm enjoying go sms pro. But I do have one gripe. In the default messaging app, no matter where I'm at in the app (settings, compose, group messages) and I exit/hit home button. When I re-enter the app, I'm viewing my messages by default..
Go sms pro doesnt do this. If I'm in settings and I hit the home screen, then re-enter the app, I'm viewing settings again.. I want to view messages by default. I dont want to have to find my messages.. Any solutions?
Rugburned said:
I'm enjoying go sms pro. But I do have one gripe. In the default messaging app, no matter where I'm at in the app (settings, compose, group messages) and I exit/hit home button. When I re-enter the app, I'm viewing my messages by default..
Go sms pro doesnt do this. If I'm in settings and I hit the home screen, then re-enter the app, I'm viewing settings again.. I want to view messages by default. I dont want to have to find my messages.. Any solutions?
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This things must be reported to Go developers.
I have the same issue. You are in private box, you hit home screen or lock the phone. When you go back to app. Private box will be there. Which should not be happen and ask password.
So it's some thing an open issue.
I will 3rd the complaint. Its the only thing I dislike about go sms.
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Report it guys, Its a serious security concern, although its not very difficult for them to solve this issue, its the way they are handling multitasking. I am not a GoSMS user otherwise I would have reported myself.
I have reported this issue with a link to this thread to Go Team. Let's see if they consider it to fix.
tahirakramch said:
I have reported this issue with a link to this thread to Go Team. Let's see if they consider it to fix.
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And it's still not fixed. I'm seriously considering moving to some other messaging app because this is really annoying. Especially, if you have encrypted conversation and it shows you the numpad instead of list of messages when you open the app.
criosray said:
And it's still not fixed. I'm seriously considering moving to some other messaging app because this is really annoying. Especially, if you have encrypted conversation and it shows you the numpad instead of list of messages when you open the app.
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I agree its still not fixed.
The go team focuses on graphical improvements on their apps, not usability improvements.
Plus they killed Go Backup by trying to make it a paid app.
Apparently the newest stock messaging app from Android is going to have a full theming ability. So go sms might be on its last legs for me.
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Do u guys know if this was fixed? As u guys said if you are in private box, you hit home screen or lock the phone, then when you go back to app, private box will be there. Which should not be happen and ask for a password.
hi i just want to ask, how can i access private box on go sms?? ex. my bf has a vivo v3 and i noticed him entering code like in the private box, now i want to how he do that,,hes using go sms ,hope someone can help me
i want to replace the stock sms app on my k900 with go sms pro. how do i do this? i've already checked in the go sms app that it be the default messaging app but i still get double sms notifications and the stock sms app is still active. i can't find anything in the system or messaging settings that would normally turn off the notifications for the stock sms app just like in my past htc's and xperias.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
In the messaging setting you can turn off auto message checking and popup windows and notifications. I haven't tried but I think that should work. Goodluck
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mikey199 said:
In the messaging setting you can turn off auto message checking and popup windows and notifications. I haven't tried but I think that should work. Goodluck
Sent from my Lenovo K900_ROW using xda app-developers app
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i already did all of that but still i get double notifications and messages. it seems that the system still prioritizes the stock sms app over a 3rd party one despite having the 3rd party app be explicitly the default SMS app. i've had partial success with textra. i still get notifications from the stock sms app but at least not a double message and i could just ignore the unopened text messages from the stock app until i have to open them at a later time. but i still wish there was a way of totally replacing the stock sms app. this app seems to be bundled/attached to the dialer and contacts app instead of it being separate and only able to "talk" to the dialer and contacts app. seems lenovo doesn't want the user to install any other app that tries to replace the ones that lenovo put in place. for shame in this.
in any case, this'll be my first AND last lenovo phone. i've been badly burned by this very simple yet intolerable (for me) experience. i think this goes against the android ethos of being "open" considering it's a "goolge" android OS.
can this problem be solved by rooting the phone?
No. The only way is to hard remove the app from the system/app folder. But you will be doing that on your own and at your own risk. It's not recommended..
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X0LARIUM said:
No. The only way is to hard remove the app from the system/app folder. But you will be doing that on your own and at your own risk. It's not recommended..
Sent from iCeborg's iPad.
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Ouch! Will putting the much talked about vibe rom possibly solve this issue?
duo_m said:
Ouch! Will putting the much talked about vibe rom possibly solve this issue?
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Don't think so..its how OSs work I think..I may be wrong.
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Found a simpler solution it's almost stupid. It was staring at me the whole time. Went to settings>apps>contact manager. Unchecked notifications then pushed force stop and then disable. Replacd my dialer/contact manager with go contacts ex. Now, I'm happy. Didn't have to go through the mess of rooting and flashing a custom rom.
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Found a simpler solution it's almost stupid. It was staring at me the whole time. Went to settings>apps>contact manager. Unchecked notifications then pushed force stop and then disable. Replacd my dialer/contact manager with go contacts ex. Now, I'm happy. Didn't have to go through the mess of rooting and flashing a custom rom.
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Good to hear that.
duo_m said:
Found a simpler solution it's almost stupid. It was staring at me the whole time. Went to settings>apps>contact manager. Unchecked notifications then pushed force stop and then disable. Replacd my dialer/contact manager with go contacts ex. Now, I'm happy. Didn't have to go through the mess of rooting and flashing a custom rom.
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Try add new contact. Works? Probably no. If you want add new contact, you must enable contact manager again and disable after adding. A little uncomfortable. Do not delete contact manager (ideafriend) from system/app!
ist for dialer, contacts, SMS messaging and call log. The unfortunate solution. unfortunately.
karellang said:
Try add new contact. Works? Probably no. If you want add new contact, you must enable contact manager again and disable after adding. A little uncomfortable. Do not delete contact manager (ideafriend) from system/app!
ist for dialer, contacts, SMS messaging and call log. The unfortunate solution. unfortunately.
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it's quite the opposite everything's working fine. go contacts replaced the stock contacts manager flawlessly. i already added 2 contacts and edited more than half a dozen old ones. received and made phone calls without a hitch. like the old lenovo contacts manager never existed in the 1st place! now i can use my k900 with much more tolerance until i could to sell it ASAP and get me back to an xperia.
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it's quite the opposite everything's working fine. go contacts replaced the stock contacts manager flawlessly. i already added 2 contacts and edited more than half a dozen old ones. received and made phone calls without a hitch. like the old lenovo contacts manager never existed in the 1st place! now i can use my k900 with much more tolerance until i could to sell it ASAP and get me back to an xperia.
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Interesting. When I unchecked Show notifications, press the Force Stop and Disable in Settings / Apps / All, calling through third-party application goes normally (tested to Go contacts and Ex dialer), but using these applications not join a new contact, I can not edit an existing contact. It just goes through the built-in Contact Manager. The same if I add a contact via SMS third-party application (for example Go SMS Pro).
Really? Hasn't happened to me yet (unable to edit) I'm using go contacts pro as my dialer and contact manager. Like i said before, i added and edited contacts without problems. Hmmm...
duo_m said:
Really? Hasn't happened to me yet (unable to edit) I'm using go contacts pro as my dialer and contact manager. Like i said before, i added and edited contacts without problems. Hmmm...
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Go Contacts pro doesn´t work on 4.3. I try without Go Launcher, with Go launcher and nothing.
Just recently successfully made the Nova launcher my default launcher and while doing that, I also made my default sms app a third party. Now, the phone doesn't prompt me with having to make it a default, but I have a new problem with the third party now anyone know any way around this?
I tried uploading screenshots of the messages that pop up, but that doesn't seem to be an option. Before I send a message, I get prompted by the system this:
"Mood (my third party)" wants to send a chargeable SMS. Please input your fingerprint and verify your identity to send it.
It asks me that every time I send something, but besides that, everything else is fine. After I use the fingerprint, it sends, but doing that all the time is not possible, so it becomes inconvenient. Help?
Prometheus80 said:
Just recently successfully made the Nova launcher my default launcher and while doing that, I also made my default sms app a third party. Now, the phone doesn't prompt me with having to make it a default, but I have a new problem with the third party now anyone know any way around this?
I tried uploading screenshots of the messages that pop up, but that doesn't seem to be an option. Before I send a message, I get prompted by the system this:
"Mood (my third party)" wants to send a chargeable SMS. Please input your fingerprint and verify your identity to send it.
It asks me that every time I send something, but besides that, everything else is fine. After I use the fingerprint, it sends, but doing that all the time is not possible, so it becomes inconvenient. Help?
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Go to app management in settings ...default apps and select SMS app you want.
I tried it. Doesn't even show my third party as an option.