[Q] using whatsapp - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
Severel questions about whatapp use:
1. Can you send msgs thru the stock contacts screen?
When im trying to do so its seems like it tries to, but suddnly closed.
2. Does your contacts who has whatapp appear in the format of +(country code) (phone) although the regular number is withoud the country code?
3. Where are the conversation files are being saved? Can I copy them as backup?
Thanks guys!
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1. Can you send msgs thru the stock contacts screen?
When im trying to do so its seems like it tries to, but suddnly closed.
- Yes . I open contact, tap the picture of contact. then tap on watsapp icon. This opens up the watsapp.
2. Does your contacts who has whatapp appear in the format of +(country code) (phone) although the regular number is withoud the country code?
- The international contact have +(country code). The local contacts dont have it
3. Where are the conversation files are being saved? Can I copy them as backup?.
-Any non deleted conversation can be sent as a email. open the conversation, menu button->more->email conversation. select the email client choice.

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[Q] Can't sms/text a friend - very weird problem

I have a person whom i need to send a text message to. I have removed him from my contacts (to troubleshoot this crazy problem). When I text him, by going to my phone icon on main page, then type in the phone number, then click the third icon (yellow icon with envelope), it then automatically adds a +1 at the start, puts dashes in the number, AND adds "[email protected]" (the dns address of our network (I added the quotes). Then when I type the message and hit send, it shows as "sending" but never ACTUALLY sends it.
I have searched for this number in my contacts list, also using "Power Search" that I purchased, and I can't find his cell number at all (i have REMOVED him!).
If I do the above, but before sending, go back up into the number field, and edit the number back to straight cell#, a pop up appears "Converting to text message..." and then after finally putting the cell# back in, this time it doesn't auto-re-format the number, and it goes as a text.
NORMALLY, to text/sms, I would just go to my contacts' entry, then click the "envelope", and presto... send. But, for THIS contact, the same thing happens as above (thus the reason I deleted his contact info to troubleshoot).
Thanks for any help!
Fred
Do you store your contacts on the google servers?
tjjensen23 said:
Do you store your contacts on the google servers?
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yes, all my contacts are google (sorry, forgot to mention that).... i don't have any local contacts in the phone itself (at least i don't think so), and i also have contacts in facebook (but this guy isn't on my facebook at all)...
You can use a secondary messaging app like handcent or go sms pro, and see if this happens again. Just a wierd problem!
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Contacts Not Showing up

I have some contacts on my phone with Multiple numbers and they are not coming up when i type their name in any text message app that i download. They only show up when i use the Native messenger app that is default. I have to go to their contact in the contact list in order to send them a text. whats the issue and how can i fix it?

deleting an sms without opening it

I've been unwillingly receiving some advertisement sms which charge my account once the sms is opened.
Is there a way to delete an sms message without opening it?.
TIA
Ur best bet is figuring out how to stop the msgs in first place i think
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laneyofdeath said:
Ur best bet is figuring out how to stop the msgs in first place i think
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yes, maybe some kind of code you can send to your operator/advertisement-sender which can stop the automatic messages, i know that kind of msgs sucks just find a way in google, i know different users experience that alot
You can download "SMS Popup" from the market. However you will need to manually configure it into "Privacy Mode" (or something similar). Once done, you will get a popup everytime you get a message, along with 3 options to "Open Message", "Delete" (without opening) or "Go to inbox".
I had the SMS POpup on my stock ROM but don't need it now on MIUI...
Thanks.
Are you sure it doesn't open the sms?
The android market page for this app reads:
NOTE: SMS Popup does mark message as "read"
so as far as the mobile carrier is concerned, the sms has been received & read, so it will still charge for those spam sms.
@mike,
pls refer to my previous post - the app opens the SMS by default - but once you go to settings and enable privacy mode, it won't read the msg. A message is not marked as 'Read' as long as it's in privacy mode and you don't specifically open it. (Even the LEDs will continue blinking till u don't open the message)
It's a free app, so u can download and check that out.
Thanks for the info
If your with vodafone phone the operator and they will ban the number from your sim
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SMS popup is nice, but does it show a history of all the sms, like the stock sms app on A2.1 does?
Also, to avoid duplicate notifications I've unchecked the "notifications" in the stock sms app, but it no longer shows incoming messages in the messages log. is this a bug, or is this related to sms popup "hijacking" the sms?
TIA

Can we restrict the SMS app to show only contacts with mobile numbers?

I have several contacts with several phone numbers between mobile, home, office, work, fax, etc... whenever I want to send a text to any of those contacts and i type their name in the To: field, it lists all their numbers every time and i have to scroll down and select the mobile number.
this doesn't happen in windows phone, where the sms app only lists the contact's mobile number, and it only shows you the contact's numbers twice if the contact has more than one mobile number.
also, in windows phone you can create a group of contacts and then you can send a text to the entire group and it knows to select only their mobile numbers and you can do this from the sms app by typing the group name in the To: field. I have tried creating groups on the Note, but when i have tried to text that group typing the name of a group on the To: field does nothing, it is as if it didn't exist.
And don't get me started on not having group sms like in iphone and windows phone.... does anyone know how to enable this feature without having to install a new app for a new service and either getting a new number for that service or having to get your contacts on that service (whatsapp or skype or kik or any of those) i want to send group messages from my phone, like i could do with my windows phone and my friend do with their iphones...
ZaidSenall said:
I have several contacts with several phone numbers between mobile, home, office, work, fax, etc... whenever I want to send a text to any of those contacts and i type their name in the To: field, it lists all their numbers every time and i have to scroll down and select the mobile number.
this doesn't happen in windows phone, where the sms app only lists the contact's mobile number, and it only shows you the contact's numbers twice if the contact has more than one mobile number.
also, in windows phone you can create a group of contacts and then you can send a text to the entire group and it knows to select only their mobile numbers and you can do this from the sms app by typing the group name in the To: field. I have tried creating groups on the Note, but when i have tried to text that group typing the name of a group on the To: field does nothing, it is as if it didn't exist.
And don't get me started on not having group sms like in iphone and windows phone.... does anyone know how to enable this feature without having to install a new app for a new service and either getting a new number for that service or having to get your contacts on that service (whatsapp or skype or kik or any of those) i want to send group messages from my phone, like i could do with my windows phone and my friend do with their iphones...
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just use Handcent or GoSMS or ChompSMS they all have mobile only features and group msging
JamieD81 said:
just use Handcent or GoSMS or ChompSMS they all have mobile only features and group msging
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I tried gosms and handcent and i kept receiving duplicate notifications and made the phone very slow after a few days...
ZaidSenall said:
I tried gosms and handcent and i kept receiving duplicate notifications and made the phone very slow after a few days...
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You can turn off the notifications for stock SMS and make go or handcent default.
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Which one do you recommend between the two?
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I remembered what was the other reason I didn't line go SMS, it didn't keep the unread messages count visible like the stock SMS app does...
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So, going third-party is still the only way to restrict/view only mobile numbers? (GS3 v4.1.2)

Contacts & sms not shown

Contact name will not show (in stock dialer) when Iam receivinga call,or in the call log, even thoughIhave the contact in the phone. First Ihad the problem in the stock SMS app,but after puttingcountry code +505, (ex. +50521234567) in front of my contacts numbers it will now display in the sms app since when Ireceive a sms the country code will be shown. But in the dialer the problem is the opposite,when Ireceive a call it does not show the contact that is calling. When I use exDialer it does however show the contact name in the call log. Can Ifix this somehow?....the rom i am using is from china, i heard about same problems in brazilian roms...hope some one could helpme, love this rom.
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