Hi
Is it possible to see who has sent me a text from the lock screen? Had a look at the lock screen widgets but none there for that - can you download more Z2 widgets?
Thanks
Wrong Forum, this should go in the Q&A Forum.
But a combination of DashClock and DashNotifier will give you what you want.
Or use Hangouts as your messaging app. It has a lock screen widget.
Since this topic was brought up, I might as well ask here. I notice that deleting messages and conversations with the default SMS app is extremely slow. I don't know if it's because I have 30,000+ messages already but even deleting a thread with 2 messages is still slow. I really like the default SMS but is there a faster SMS app that can manage thousands of messages? Go SMS is also slowing down so I want to try a different one.
Lol... If you find one, lemme know. I'm a text-aholic, so I'm sending ~6000 a month, and I like to archive my old ones (OCD I guess). The only solution I've found is to use TitBackup and every month or so backup all messages, then put take that backup and put it on my computer, and delete all messages on the phone.
King Cole said:
Lol... If you find one, lemme know. I'm a text-aholic, so I'm sending ~6000 a month, and I like to archive my old ones (OCD I guess). The only solution I've found is to use TitBackup and every month or so backup all messages, then put take that backup and put it on my computer, and delete all messages on the phone.
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Is it the same issues with you when deleting threads? I tried SMS Backup and Restore for backing up my sms but Sony has Xperia Transfer app as well so either is convenient for sms backup. The SMS app is the real challenge though. Even my previous Galaxy S2 and my cousin's S4 have slowdown issues with their default sms app.
I think that might just be the way Android process text messages. Was your last phone any faster? I can't honestly remember if mine was (and TitBackup still does it quite fast btw).
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I think that might just be the way Android process text messages. Was your last phone any faster? I can't honestly remember if mine was (and TitBackup still does it quite fast btw).
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Galaxy S2 deletes messages and threads faster. Maybe it's because it's a backup file which is why it's slower to process it? Deleting threads takes me around 20 sec or more depending on the size of the thread.
goodpenguin said:
Galaxy S2 deletes messages and threads faster. Maybe it's because it's a backup file which is why it's slower to process it? Deleting threads takes me around 20 sec or more depending on the size of the thread.
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Yeah, never again am I using any kind of message backup other than TitBackup. I did a test-import of one of my old text archives, and it was done in under 2 minutes.
For now, I'm just gonna have to wait the couple hours for my SMS Backup and Restore backup to be imported, then I'm so done with it.
Can you also test how long does it take to delete a message from your backup? No need to delete the entire thread if it's important, just maybe 4 messages in the thread will do.
use Hangouts as your messaging app. It has a lock screen widget.
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Hi All,
I have an sms thread that's ~5000 texts (sad, I know), and I get a force close every time I try to delete. I've read about clicking "wait" when the force close message appears, and I've done that but it hasn't helped.
I've also searched through XDA and found a post in a Hero G2 Touch forum (I can't post a link because I'm new). There was a code posted to put in the command prompt, but it's not working for me. Here's the code:
mkdir c:\temp
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db c:\temp (this will backup the database to your computer at c:\temp, just in case)
adb remount
adb shell
rm /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
reboot
Can anyone please help?
Thank you!
-Allison
Just read that it is the one thread that is over 5000. Thats a lot ridiculous, i dont think a lot of the people on here have ever tried to delete that many text from an eris. I honestly have no idea aside from backing up your stuff and factory resetting it.
Dang. I didn't realize Eris couldn't store the texts... I guess I'm just going to delete a few when I get time each day because I don't want to take a chance and screw it up by resetting it. It's a work phone...
iu09ali said:
Dang. I didn't realize Eris couldn't store the texts... I guess I'm just going to delete a few when I get time each day because I don't want to take a chance and screw it up by resetting it. It's a work phone...
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it can store the texts just 5,000 in one thread is a little excessive and i think you could agree
there is an app on the market called sms delete or something, just search for it, it cleans up old sms's based on how old they are. takes a while, but it works.
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i dont think a lot of the people on here have ever tried to delete that many text from an eris.
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I have. Mainly because I've got a girlfriend that I don't see every day, a boring job, and I'm used to not having to delete texts (since I had an iPhone for so many years).
SMS quick delete and all variants DO NOT GET RID OF THE PROBLEM. Those programs will force close just like handcent, chomp, and the stock messaging apps will. Do a factory reset, and just delete your threads before they get too far over 100 texts. Yeah, its a pain in the ass, but I can tell you that my Eris runs SO much smoother without a 5000 thread of texts sitting around...
and as far as the Eris and holding texts goes, it starts getting buggy with 150+ in a single thread. something about the Eris not allocating memory properly or something, and just completely ****ting the bed. or at least thats what I gathered from googling the problem.
Yes, I agree 5000+ is a little excessive, but similar to bill d's situation, I have a boyfriend who's 2000 mi away right now in a place with sketch service, so we text more than we talk on the phone.
I found a program "SMS cleaner free" (I can't pay for any apps b/c this is a work-issued phone) that doesn't work completely (it still FCs here and there), but has come the closest to being better than deleting each text one-by-one or compeltely resetting my phone. But, sms cleaner allows for me to delete texts with certain words in them so I search for mildly common words like "we", "me", etc which come back with ~400-800 entries and delete those groups. I'm down to 3600 texts now.
I'll get there eventually. Thanks for the help guys.
-Allison
Okay so I've had my X10 since it came out, I text quite often and have about 10,000 texts to my gf and a few thousand to others. When I text someone that has like 100 - 300 texts the thread opens quickly but when I go to text my gf or someone else i text a lot it takes like 30 seconds for the thread to open and sometimes it doesn't respond so I gotta click on wait or force close.
Now I know that I could just delete the thread and it would start a new one but I don't want to really lose all that chat history I like to be able to go back sometimes and read them.
So my question is, is it like this for other people with a ton of texts aswell? Is there a way to fix it without deleting the whole thread and making another one?
I've tried to search for this on google or search for other text threads that i could download and use instead but haven't found anything.
If anyone knows a fix to this let me know it would help me a lot I'm getting to the point where I hate opening my texts because I have to wait about 30 seconds for it to load it's stupid.
only thing i can suggest is dl the free app called sms back up, and back up all your convos and then delete them all haha
Hmm, is there anything else I could do before doing that?
Thanks.
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Hmm, is there anything else I could do before doing that?
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Dude, just delete them. I understand the sentimental hold, but that is an excessive amount of texts to keep.
Lol I doubt the app was designed for that kind of load.
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Sms Backup is a pretty good option TBH, it will backup your texts to Gmail, so you can still read them whenever you want...
On a side note does anybody ever have a problem when texting on the keyboard that it lags?
Example when I text on the keyboard not all the time but sometimes it will stop texting but after about 15 seconds the letters will all appear really fast. I've tried different keyboards but same thing.
I'm using the most up to date software but it's always done this.
When I have vibrate on when I touch the keys if it lags it will vibrate for 15seconds then put in all the letters at once.
Hi all new here, go easy on me... haha
So I updated to gingerbread on my LG O1 (P500), but before I did that I made a backup of my texts with SMS Backup & Restore. I restored them on the new install, little did I know it would import them all as unread (roughly 5.5k of them)... so now my messaging app is completely useless - crashes every time it opens. I tried several apps to delete all the texts on the phone but they all crash, and I cant sit and let them run for a few hours because android pops up every few seconds informing me they've crashed/are lagging.
I really need to use messaging on my phone, dont care if I have the texts on the phone or not, just would like it to work... help??
Factory reset is probably your best option
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how about restoring bits by bits? Say 100 at a time, and then check to see if your phone could handle them
Cheers did the factory restore. Not sure how to restore them in parts? They're all stored in one file.
Hi,
Sorry if this question has been answered elsewhere, but I couldn't seem to find anything on it, and everything I did find seemed to mostly be for Froyo on much older phones... The cause might still be the same but don't know.
Anyway, I recently installed SynergyRom on my Galaxy S4, I'm also admittedly a hoarder of text messages, and have 11,000 or so text messages backed up through sms backup & restore. I kind of like having them all on my phone (yes, I've read before that sometimes restored messages cause minor issues, but I like it *shrug*). Anyway, I restored the messages to my phone, and eventually when I was texting someone, the stock messaging app got a force close, after which, all of my messages had disappeared. I didn't think much of it, restored again, and then today when I received a text the app force closed again, and all my messages disappeared again. Any thoughts?
Hopefully the answer isn't just I need to be less crazy about saving texts, but if that's really the cause, that's it.. Anyway, help/suggestions would be appreciated. T hanks!
Waiting for the answer too. I did not root my phone or anything, just the original phone from store. Sometimes the messages in message app disappear. The phone shows "there is no message", the only thing I can do is create new message. After I restart the phone, the messages come back in the message app.
I know by default in the messaging settings that there is a setting check box for "delete old messages....seems after so many message it will delete from a certain point...something like 200 messages...deletes oldest first. Go in and uncheck the box...see if that helps. Having that many texts is nuts...your a texting border...
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Yea, I know about limits, and that's definitely not it.. I've heard other people say the text messages come back after you restart, but I'm not sure if that's only if you restart right away without sending more texts.. Mine didn't come back after a restart at least, but I didn't restart until much later.. Thanks for the suggestions so far though!
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Hi,
Sorry if this question has been answered elsewhere, but I couldn't seem to find anything on it, and everything I did find seemed to mostly be for Froyo on much older phones... The cause might still be the same but don't know.
Anyway, I recently installed SynergyRom on my Galaxy S4, I'm also admittedly a hoarder of text messages, and have 11,000 or so text messages backed up through sms backup & restore. I kind of like having them all on my phone (yes, I've read before that sometimes restored messages cause minor issues, but I like it *shrug*). Anyway, I restored the messages to my phone, and eventually when I was texting someone, the stock messaging app got a force close, after which, all of my messages had disappeared. I didn't think much of it, restored again, and then today when I received a text the app force closed again, and all my messages disappeared again. Any thoughts?
Hopefully the answer isn't just I need to be less crazy about saving texts, but if that's really the cause, that's it.. Anyway, help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
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I konw some data recoverying program will help to restore text messages from phone directly.
Not sure about retrieving from an app.
Visit CNET you might find something useful.
Was this ever solved? I'm having this too on STock mj7
Hi there!
I simply want to backup all my text messages using Titanium Backup. I was able to do this before when I had 5.1 on my LG G3, but after a broken phone and having marshmallow preinstalled on the replacement phone, I didn't worry about it since Marshmallow for the LG was actually a huge upgrade and it retained all the great phone features (like the camera). Now, I'm going to get a new phone and want to transfer my text messages, but Verizon only keeps 3 months of messages or something like that. I also want to be able to do a factory reset, but I need to backup my messages first.
I checked through some various threads (this one kept popping up): http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-lg-g3/general/verizon-lg-g3-one-toolkit-vs985-root-t3124846 , but it seems like you have to get rid of firmware, which usually requires a complete flash and a new OS, but I really don't want to do that.
Help please! Por Favor! Bitte!
No one...?
Please don't be impatient. I'll answer just as soon as I have time to carefully read your post, unless someone else answers first.
First, some questions. What are you using for texting right now? Verizon Messages automatically backs up and restores text messages over the internet and I was under the impression that it backs up everything, but maybe I'm wrong.
Even if you're not using VZ Messages right now, you can switch to it in order to have it back up your texts automatically as all the text message apps access the same central store of text messages on your phone.
Also, I assume the phone you're switching to isn't an LG? Otherwise you would be able to use the built-in LG Backup to back up and restore whatever you want, including text messages.
I don't know if you could use Titanium Backup with KingRoot, if KingRoot will root your phone. KR provides a temporary root until you reboot, and then you need to use it to root your phone again. It requires internet every time you root your phone with it and installs a bunch of stuff behind the scenes too, but just grasping at straws for ideas.
I don't know if there are any alternate text message apps you could also install that have some kind of built-in backup ability.
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Yes, sorry, just trying to get the messages backed up before something crazy happens. And no, I doubt I will stay with LG, though a friend got the LG V20 and he really likes it, otherwise I was going to be going with the Moto Z Play for the great battery life it seems to be offering. Verizon might store everything...that is a possibility, I was under the impression it was only 90 days of past messaging though.
All my old tricks for trying to root don't seem to work with Marshmallow though and all the advanced security stuff they put on to prevent rooting.
Anyone else...?
is titanium backup a must for backing up your text messages? if you're willing to try other apps, there are sms backup apps out there that don't require root. http://play.google.com/store/search?q=sms%20backup&c=apps give one of them a shot. i don't have any experience with them though. i use titanium backup to back up my text messages and call logs.
@roirraW "edor" ehT is correct. You can backup your text messages using VZW. That's how I do it.
But there some free apps that will do it as well. I used to use one, but I can't remember what is now since I just use VZW's cloud to backup my text messages.
Their Message+ app will restore them for you. You can just that first to restore your messages and then switch to another default text app after that.
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@roirraW "edor" ehT is correct. You can backup your text messages using VZW. That's how I do it.
But there some free apps that will do it as well. I used to use one, but I can't remember what is now since I just use VZW's cloud to backup my text messages.
Their Message+ app will restore them for you. You can just that first to restore your messages and then switch to another default text app after that.
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I confirmed with a Verizon agent that it is only 3 months of text messages. Though, the agents have often been wrong on such topics. Titanium is great because it actually backs up MMS as well, keeping all the photos inline with the messages. When I tried to use other, non-TB backup apps, they seemed to not actually backup the MMS. I could be wrong though...
Is anyone aware of an app that can upload these into their database? Like google messenger?
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Is anyone aware of an app that can upload these into their database? Like google messenger?
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There is one app I used to use that would back up your messages to the Google cloud.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=backup.email.inapp
I don't know if it still works. It states it is still compatible with the G3 from my Google Play entry. The last time it was updated was back in 2014, so whether this still works on Marshmallow or not is something I cannot answer to since I don't use it anymore.
I use the LG Backup tool which works just fine for backing up text messages and restoring them and it doesn't require root.