I did some searching around and couldn't find anything like what I was looking for, wondering if anybody here might know more than I do.
Just about everybody knows about the 160 character limit for SMS messages on CDMA networks. What I was looking for was an app that takes incoming split messages and combines them into one whole message. For example, somebody sends me a 2 part message: (1/2) Blablabla160 | (2/2) continuedblabla.
Handcent SMS has an option to make the messages closer together in the conversation list, but I'm looking to actually combine them. Any way to?
Hopefully I'm not the only one who thinks this would be a nifty feature... Anybody?
Hello?
*crickets*
I'm flabbergasted at trying to understand what it is that you're asking for. The texts will always come in as separate texts because they are sent as separate texts, if that makes sense.
joehunni said:
I'm flabbergasted at trying to understand what it is that you're asking for. The texts will always come in as separate texts because they are sent as separate texts, if that makes sense.
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Makes sense, but I think his idea, if I am understanding correctly, would be smart.
Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
It would be great, but unfortunately it's just the nature of the beast.
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Just curious. What difference would it make?
I have looked for this too (I came from a GSM network, T-Mobile) but after a while you get used to it, although GoSMS doesn't add the 1/2, 2/2 to messages you send. Just make sure to uncheck the "CDMA Message Split" option (or something like that).
I believe this is mostly carrier dependent, as in who the senders provider is. I am unaware if any app that currently does this. Is there a real reason, or do you just prefer the symmetry/conversation style?
Just OCD like that =)
I know it sends/receives as seperate texts, as stated, I was just wondering if there was a texting app or something that would be able to do this. I've only ever been on CDMA networks (Amp'd Mobile -> Helio -> Verizon -> Sprint) so I've never NOT had the 160 limit, but I think it's just an annoyance. Never cared much, but now with all these phones can do, I figured somebody might be able to fianlly do something about it (even if it's only cosmetic).
I have handcent, and can choose to not split texts, but I'm sure sprint would still automatically split them at the 160 mark. I have it set up now to split by word and add a counter (the whole 1/2 2/2 thing).
Probably a pipe dream, but yeah, figired I'd ask ^_^
Maybe once Sprint upgrades their network to 1x advanced, rev.B, LTE, or whatever the **** it's supposed to be, it'll be possible.
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Using my new Atrix (from bell unlocked to rogers) and am getting a time stamp of 4 hours ago for all my incoming messages. the good news is that it doesn't shuffle the messages in terms of the order its displayed. I am assuming this is a setting fix that I can't find. I have gone in to date and time and have it set to the network time and it still happens.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=atrix+sms+timestamp+issue+on+rogers
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=atrix+sms+timestamp+issue+on+rogers
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No need to poke fun lol.
We all know how to use google, and more often than not google leads you to an xda website anyway.
People come to XDa because we are friendly and help.
As for the original question, what timezone have you chosen in your phone settings?
cute..real cute.
I rarely start threads as normally things are found through searching, the problem I had was that its a rogers android issue while I was looking to see if it was a problem with the atrix. (never used rogers in my search)
For anyone that runs into this problem and finds this thread, it is similar issue to the "pay phone" issue where because it is a bell phone and bell does certain things differently than rogers. In this case bell corrects the timestamp for you, while rogers has the device do it. much like bell doesn't have name display and rogers does. so the atrix wasn't designed to change the timestamp with its stock sms app. two potential fixes, use a different sms app like handcent or try the sms timestamp fix app
My nexus one didn't have this issue (thus me thinking it was atrix and not rogers+atrix)
Thanks to both of you for replying, snarky or not.
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For anyone that runs into this problem and finds this thread, it is similar issue to the "pay phone" issue where because it is a bell phone and bell does certain things differently than rogers.
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The call display "pay phone" issue is due to some phones are not coded to handle the Rogers' name display feature. If you have this issue on the Atrix like I did, simply call Rogers and ask them to exclude the name display feature as it's messing up your call display. Call display should start to work properly again within minutes.
In this case bell corrects the timestamp for you, while rogers has the device do it. two potential fixes, use a different sms app like handcent or try the sms timestamp fix app
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Right. I use the free app "sms time fix" by Matthew Precious. It's small and doesn't use much resources, and simply setting the offset method to Time Zone fixes this bug in the Rogers network using many Android phones.
My nexus one didn't have this issue (thus me thinking it was atrix and not rogers+atrix)
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Both HTC phones I used experience the issue on Rogers. The iPhone and older "dumb" phones do not. Not sure about BlackBerry devices.
Not sure if this has been asked yet, searching didn't give me any results anyway - but apologies if its been asked.
HP Touchpad + HP Pre3 connect and the tablet can be used to read text messages etc along with a few other features
So, I was wondering if anyone has fiddled with trying to get Android to connect to WebOS for SMS/Missed call alerts?
closest thing I can think of right now would be using Phone Portal to connect your Motorola device. It uses WiFi and the browser.
Wish there was a way to do that.
Have you tried DeskSMS? It sends your SMS's to your Gmail.
Might be any good?
Bouncer5 said:
Have you tried DeskSMS? It sends your SMS's to your Gmail.
Might be any good?
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Nice one! I think that could be a viable option until someone figures out how to either make an app for android/webos to do it, or something more advanced.
I was just about to post this, theoretically it shouldn't be impossible to achieve although I'm far from an expert in the area (read: not an expert at all). I'd happily donate to any developers which could create a patch for it, as I'm sure would many other touchpad owners.
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Nice one! I think that could be a viable option until someone figures out how to either make an app for android/webos to do it, or something more advanced.
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Glad I could help!
I was reading somewhere else about this, Someones looking to transfer by bluetooth, as any other option currently would no be viable apparently
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Glad I could help!
I was reading somewhere else about this, Someones looking to transfer by bluetooth, as any other option currently would no be viable apparently
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Yep, I'm expecting a bluetooth app for it.
Must admit i'm annoyed with how restricted the feature is - i mean the car, tv, and pc can all get text alerts from the phone. (Actually that's a lie, the car stopped getting text messages when i went to android)
So i'm sure its doable, its just a matter of getting a dev interested in doing it - unfortunately I wouldn't know where to start.
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Yep, I'm expecting a bluetooth app for it.
Must admit i'm annoyed with how restricted the feature is - i mean the car, tv, and pc can all get text alerts from the phone. (Actually that's a lie, the car stopped getting text messages when i went to android)
So i'm sure its doable, its just a matter of getting a dev interested in doing it - unfortunately I wouldn't know where to start.
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Well aint you all fancy!
My phone bearly gets texts messages nevermind anything else!
There's already a discussion about this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1230370
See the last post in the thread.
Port your number to google voice. Then I have txt sent and missed calls going to email.
I know the title sounds a tad confusing, but that's because what I want to do is kind of confusing.
I want to send a text to a phone number, but have my phone not actually send the text at all, meaning that there would be no chance they would ever receive it, but it would make it look as if I texted them (I know I could edit my text logs with an app or some sort of SMS restore app, but I want to see if there is any way to do this).
All help is much appreciated
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hmmm... i see what you mean.... you need a messaging app that has the capability of allowing you to send "duds." ive noticed that if you have multiple messaging apps, sending one with one app shows in the others, so i assume they all use the same database for storing your sent/received messages. so actually, what you need is one that toggles a block for the messages, telling your phone you successfully sent the message while keeping it from leaving the phone. the best way for it to be integrated would be a setup where you hold the search button to toggle the block. this would let you send a message in front of someone, have it injected into your logs, and it not really be sent at all. i dont know of any app like this, but if you are a developer yourself (im not. im on this site because its helpful and i like it.) or if you know one who can do it, it seems like it wouldnt be difficult to make, although root would be a likely necessity.
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isavegas said:
hmmm... i see what you mean.... you need a messaging app that has the capability of allowing you to send "duds." ive noticed that if you have multiple messaging apps, sending one with one app shows in the others, so i assume they all use the same database for storing your sent/received messages. so actually, what you need is one that toggles a block for the messages, telling your phone you successfully sent the message while keeping it from leaving the phone. the best way for it to be integrated would be a setup where you hold the search button to toggle the block. this would let you send a message in front of someone, have it injected into your logs, and it not really be sent at all. i dont know of any app like this, but if you are a developer yourself (im not. im on this site because its helpful and i like it.) or if you know one who can do it, it seems like it wouldnt be difficult to make, although root would be a likely necessity.
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i think i found one. if youre willing to shell out the 100 pennies for it, maybe this is what youre looking for.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rayy.android.fake&hl=en
try it within the first 15 mins of getting it, and if youre displeased, go back to the market page and hit refund.
isavegas said:
hmmm... i see what you mean.... you need a messaging app that has the capability of allowing you to send "duds." ive noticed that if you have multiple messaging apps, sending one with one app shows in the others, so i assume they all use the same database for storing your sent/received messages. so actually, what you need is one that toggles a block for the messages, telling your phone you successfully sent the message while keeping it from leaving the phone. the best way for it to be integrated would be a setup where you hold the search button to toggle the block. this would let you send a message in front of someone, have it injected into your logs, and it not really be sent at all. i dont know of any app like this, but if you are a developer yourself (im not. im on this site because its helpful and i like it.) or if you know one who can do it, it seems like it wouldnt be difficult to make, although root would be a likely necessity.
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Exactly what I am looking for, is a way to send "dud" messages. Anything or any way to do so would be absolutely beautiful (I only wish I was still a developer. I got to C# and stopped years ago, then never recovered back to my potential).
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you sir
QuentinX5 said:
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you sir
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youre absolutely welcome and i dont know if i qualify as sir, im only 17 XD
Just a complaint I guess. I assume this is the same for everybody.
I use GO SMS but have problems with basic text entry frequently. It is irritating. So I end up using the ATT messaging for text and GO SMS when there is an attachment.
Anybody else have either problem?
(Stock ATT with ICS.)
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I use handcent after some suggestions on this and other forums. It works great and has no limitations + its free.
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I used handcent, but switched to gosms, because of how they both handle animated gifs. Handcent would always show them small, and would never zoom in for me. It's a small gripe, but I love getting lolcats images from my friends, and removing the extra steps on getting the files to view properly was clutch.
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I use handcent after some suggestions on this and other forums. It works great and has no limitations + its free.
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Where does it say there are no limitations? ATT allows 600KB. Occassionally you can send up to 1MB but I still call that a limitation.
I swear I messed around with all the top texting apps looking for something as good as what iOS comes with. Not really interested in theeming too much, but I like it when they look nice. Seems like they all have some level of compromise.
Basically what I want is: high quality mms images sent, and group mms texting that works well.
AT&T Messaging compresses their images pretty heavily, has good group texting though not always a fan of going full screen when you start entering a text and not being able to see the conversation. At first the images were only tiny but they fixed that. Also I do like the full communication flow (vvm, call log, etc). (A-)
Go SMS had a setting where you could send uncompressed images. Group mms worked but was wierd; I'd get 2 notification sounds when I recieved a group mms because there was a slight lag between receiving the mms and go adding it to the group thread causing it to beep when I got it, then beep again when it was added to the group thread (gap was usually 1 second). Also, go seems to interfere with AT&T messaging (B+).
Built in seemed to have a group mms function however it wouldn't display the names of the individuals speaking. So it read like me or the crowd. Also mms images seemed to be compressed. cool:
Handcent to me did not seem much different from go and kinda looked unprofessional (apologies I kinda skimmed it, when I used it on GB briefly it didn't do group mms, then in ICS just didn't differentiate much over go). (n/a)
I tried ICS messaging by Tim Hutt (and later the JB version) it looked f'n awesome, LOVE the UX, however group mms didn't work for me.
I came from an iPhone (3G & 4). Overall like the Note more, but I keep feeling that the iOS messaging app works better (texting with it has other caveats like, attaching files is more cumbersome and the auto correct is maddening). But it sends group mms pretty transparently and entering the text in full view of the conversation flows more naturally.
Not trying to "hate" but in terms of texting it seems that everyone gets that part right, and then tacks on visual junk like themes instead of nuts and bolts like group MMS and images.
Group mms has always been an issue with android. Sometimes it work some times it doesn't. It only seems to bother those that came from an iPhone. Mostly due to they are the only ones that ever used it lol
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Handcent because friends have iPhones and they group text a lot. Handcent is the only app that can thread group conversations correctly. Google team needs to implement this into the next OS!
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
NOTE user:
"take a deep breath, make sure to get a good look at it, relax and slowly take it in, the size is overwhelming at first but you will have a happy ending afterwards".
Woman:
I like handsent .....remember to go into settings and make the send messaging a bigger limit size
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zelendel said:
Group mms has always been an issue with android. Sometimes it work some times it doesn't. It only seems to bother those that came from an iPhone. Mostly due to they are the only ones that ever used it lol
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yeah, that's probably true. Trick is, you use something, get used to it then don't have it or it works poorly you want to recapture it. Andriod wants to steal users from iOS need to get "party chat" working.
The thing is, the information is in the message, I really don't get why its a big deal. When you have an AT&T app that does it better than everyone, seems like something's wrong. I never figured AT&T as a development powerhouse but they're getting something done better than samsung to be sure and maybe Google? Just strange to me.
Hey all,
I just upgraded from the HTC EVO 4G LTE. I have found that the G3 will cut words in half when you send long texts that require multiple messages... The HTC phone was smart enough to not split words in half, and would split it at spaces between words.
Do you have any idea how to fix this? I want to use the native messaging app because it looks nice, and it will work with my Sony Smartwatch, where other programs don't.
This is driving me nu
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Example HTC EVO 4G LTE :
(1/2) "I am going to go eat at the"
(2/2) "burger place"
Example LG G3 :
(1/2) "I am going to go eat at the bu"
(2/2) "rger place"
Kujila said:
Hey all,
I just upgraded from the HTC EVO 4G LTE. I have found that the G3 will cut words in half when you send long texts that require multiple messages... The HTC phone was smart enough to not split words in half, and would split it at spaces between words.
Do you have any idea how to fix this? I want to use the native messaging app because it looks nice, and it will work with my Sony Smartwatch, where other programs don't.
This is driving me nu
ts
Example HTC EVO 4G LTE :
(1/2) "I am going to go eat at the"
(2/2) "burger place"
Example LG G3 :
(1/2) "I am going to go eat at the bu"
(2/2) "rger place"
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I dont think there is a way to change that. but when you send the message it reads like one long message does it not? its only in the field where you enter the text that it splits.....
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I dont think there is a way to change that. but when you send the message it reads like one long message does it not? its only in the field where you enter the text that it splits.....
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It reads as one continuous message like that locally on my own phone, yes.
However, the people I am texting get multiple messages, with words cut in half.
Kujila said:
It reads as one continuous message like that locally on my own phone, yes.
However, the people I am texting get multiple messages, with words cut in half.
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ahh eye sea. well then yes that is lame
Just as a temporary fix you might try letting google hangouts handle your text messages and see if it avoids the annoying split. The only option I see in settings is for reassembly for Incoming messages that are split up like
That.
Yeah, whenever I do a multi-SMS text I am putting like a dozen spaces into it so it breaks the word correctly. Sort of a pain, but doable.
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I might try the Hangouts suggestion - I will see if it works with the smart watch! Thanks