Hey guys, SMS alternative for galaxy s4? I've been using hangouts, but I switched back to stock cause I love the lockscreen setting. The stock messaging lags though, so it gets annoying from time to time. Anyone got better ones than those two? I've used textra, goSMS, sliding messaging pro, and 8sms. any underrated ones i haven't heard about?
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I've been using sliding sms. I like it quite a bit its a 4.4 kitkat based messaging app with some hangouts features
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Also a lot of options for customization. I think it looks cool too
Try hello SMS. Has auto night mode and extremely light.
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I personally use the once named Ninja SMS, now known as Hoverchat. Uses the floating heads/windows like Facebook messenger. Have had no issues with it.
Try Chomp!
Textra is my daily sms/mms app. It plays nicely with Apple group texts.
imafriend123 said:
Hey guys, SMS alternative for galaxy s4? I've been using hangouts, but I switched back to stock cause I love the lockscreen setting. The stock messaging lags though, so it gets annoying from time to time. Anyone got better ones than those two? I've used textra, goSMS, sliding messaging pro, and 8sms. any underrated ones i haven't heard about?
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I've been using Cyanogen Mod's messaging app. It's not that bad, i'll try your suggestions after i get tired of this one. THANKS GUYS!
8sms
Chomp works nicely for me.
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I finally got around to uninstalling the stock messaging app and I noticed I wasn't getting MMS messages anymore even with Handcent installed. I wasn't even getting the text that came with the pic. After reinstalling the stock app the MMS messages worked again. Oh yeah, and this only prevented receiving MMS, not sending. Is this true for everyone or just me? lol
Its not a huge deal that I have to leave the stock messaging app installed but its redundant and takes up space.
I uninstalled mms.apk with no problems
I'm pretty sure the only third party text app that works well without stock is gosms pro.
Might want to talk with the miui developers they have mms working ob the evo4g. I was also having that trouble with aosp roms.
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I was thinking of uninstalling the stock texting app as I use GO SMS Pro. You can actually input the settings into GO SMS, just rip them out of the stock app.
Thanks for the tip, I'll have to test Go SMS Pro. How does it compare to Handcent?
rank78 said:
Thanks for the tip, I'll have to test Go SMS Pro. How does it compare to Handcent?
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I love going sms products. I haven't used anything else in so long I don't have anything to compare to. It just rocks.
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il Duce said:
I'm pretty sure the only third party text app that works well without stock is gosms pro.
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ChompSMS works well
So I have gone through go SMS. Handcent. chomp. The original messaging app. I like messanger 7. But I couldn't figure out how to send pics. I know u can get a theme to make go SMS pro look like it but. It's not as good. Is there something I could look at that could help me out? Thanks
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The apps you listed are pretty much the most known and most used SMS apps. You might just be stuck with those. You can try an app called Pansi SMS. It's supposed to be very fast and light. But unfortunately that's about it in terms of SMS.
I tried most of the SMS apps available and settled on GO SMS. It has a ton tweaks and settings you can play with to make it your liking.
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,,,,,,,,,,,,,, go sms or iphone styled sms or messenger app sms or xms pro use one of these ................... if u r not comfortable with it try differnt launcher like 360 or adw they have in built sms app or exlauncher /go launcher
brian117 said:
The apps you listed are pretty much the most known and most used SMS apps. You might just be stuck with those. You can try an app called Pansi SMS. It's supposed to be very fast and light. But unfortunately that's about it in terms of SMS.
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Ill try pansi. It seems pretty cool. If not. Then I'll just use go sms
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technokid said:
Ill try pansi. It seems pretty cool. If not. Then I'll just use go sms
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I gave Pansi a try and it was pretty lightweight and fast, but I remember switching back to stock for some reason. I think I had MMS problems with it before or something, can't really remember. But I hope it works good for you.
Chomp SMS, Handcent, or GO?
I started with Handcent on my htc hero a long time ago, but then I tried GO and I really liked the theme options. Fast forward to now, GO takes up a lot of memory and it feels heavy. I haven't used chomp, but i heard that it doesnt support group messages?
Opinions?
None of the above... Go Apps have always had memory issues as well as privacy concerns and the other 2 arent all that great. Your better off staying stock. You can get popup notification apps if that's what your looking for.
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Personally, I like handcent, the stock app might be a little lighter, but I like the feel of handcent more.
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Cloaker said:
Personally, I like handcent, the stock app might be a little lighter, but I like the feel of handcent more.
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+1 for Handcent. I hate apps that use a white background, and all the inverted Messages apps I've tried break the ability to send/receive mms.
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Long time handcent user. Recently just tried Chomp and its nice and speedy. Plus handcent was sending double texts.
Htc app is just sooooo sllloooowww.
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+1 for Handcent. I hate apps that use a white background, and all the inverted Messages apps I've tried break the ability to send/receive mms.
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Hate white apps as well... Hard on the eyes
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Stock + SMS Popup all day every day.
Yeah, handcent with the darkness them and a few customizations is the s***. Lol. Always treated me good.
Plus I like their dev team, they seem pretty on top of things.
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I've tried Go, Handcent, Chomp and Pansy. None have been as responsive as the stock app for me. They all feel sluggish. And I really wanted them to be better, I hoped they would be. But stock is it for me.
If aesthetics are more important to you, then try Handcent. And if the stock app is slow for some reason, I'd check your General message settings and try enabling auto-deleting messages. Use SMSBackup+ and they'll be backed up to your Gmail account if you ever need them again.
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I've tried Go, Handcent, Chomp and Pansy. None have been as responsive as the stock app for me. They all feel sluggish. And I really wanted them to be better, I hoped they would be. But stock is it for me.
If aesthetics are more important to you, then try Handcent. And if the stock app is slow for some reason, I'd check your General message settings and try enabling auto-deleting messages. Use SMSBackup+ and they'll be backed up to your Gmail account if you ever need them again.
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Well said, I'd prefer aesthetics over performance(within reason of course).
There aren't that many reputable ones, I say the OP should go try them all!
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I've settled on Handcent for now, but I've been wondering what some of you guys are using. I've tried a couple others, but Handcent just seems fluid and is constantly updated and supported. Lots of themes and tools to utilize, if that's your thing.
Also, in addition to what SMS app you're using, is there an SMS app that will allow "reply to all" natively? I get group texts from iPhone users and when I reply it only goes to the person that sent the message to me.
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I've settled on Handcent for now, but I've been wondering what some of you guys are using. I've tried a couple others, but Handcent just seems fluid and is constantly updated and supported. Lots of themes and tools to utilize, if that's your thing.
Also, in addition to what SMS app you're using, is there an SMS app that will allow "reply to all" natively? I get group texts from iPhone users and when I reply it only goes to the person that sent the message to me.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sIm5ldC5ldmVyeXRoaW5nYW5kcm9pZC5zbXNwb3B1cCJd
I've been using Handcent since I moved to Android(always had dumb phones before)roughly three years ago. I like the set up,customizations and how smooth it operates. I also like that the app has strong support, although I'm sure that they all do.
Am I the only one who likes stock apps? Such as stock sms+keyboard? Sheesh. :x
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Am I the only one who likes stock apps? Such as stock sms+keyboard? Sheesh. :x
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Since I started with Swiftkey for a keyboard app, I NEVER could go back to stock on any phone (or tablet) - It ruined me for anything less!
And there are some stock SMS apps I like and have used. In fact I like the one on the OG and I seriously considered sticking with it, but I switched to Handscent for purely vanity reasons. I like to put a "signature" on my texts and the stock SMS won't let me do that. I do use the stock e-mail app, however!
+1 for SMS Popup. Also the Cyanogenmod version of the stock keyboard since it has a dark theme. Haven't tried it on the LGOG yet because I haven't gotten mine, but I imagine it will work.
Well, since the stock app has a reply to all feature, I'm just running that now. Handcent had some cool stuff, but all these group texts are killing me.
I can't believe Handcent doesn't have reply to all at this point.
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I've used Swiftkey and Hancent before and I've always switched back to Stock.
Well, I used them on my Inspire 4g. But I ran other ROMs so I guess the keyboards were never exactly "stock"...
Meh! I can do without. The LGOG's stock is nice, for my preference anyway.
Am I the only one using go SMS pro? Lol.
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aquariuz23 said:
Am I the only one using go SMS pro? Lol.
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Anything go is a resource hog and steals your info and sells it there a Chinese company or jap w.e it was
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I use the stock app. Not sure what makes any third party apps better. Would love to hear everyone's opinions on what makes them better.
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Anything go is a resource hog and steals your info and sells it there a Chinese company or jap w.e it was
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And you're 100% positive that handcent is not Chinese or otherwise related to anything Asian? I don't see anywhere on their site stating that they're local, or European. And what proof do you have that they steal your info and sells them?
I don't find go SMS a resource hog at all actually so I don't know about that either.
droidiac13 said:
I use the stock app. Not sure what makes any third party apps better. Would love to hear everyone's opinions on what makes them better.
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Many third party SMS app comes with added features that aren't available on stock apps. For me, go SMS pro has two features that I don't see in other SMS apps yet, unless they're addons, and those are inter grated lock screen for the app itself and a private chest to store all your texts that u don't want ppl to see. It has screen popup notifications too so uh don't have to constantly access your SMS app to read or reply texts but I think handcent has the same feature.
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There Chinese I remember going to their website a while a go. Not of their apps or launchers are very polished either
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droidiac13 said:
I use the stock app. Not sure what makes any third party apps better. Would love to hear everyone's opinions on what makes them better.
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I like Handcent for some of the features to customize and privacy aspects. Different backgrounds to choose from and privacy inbox to off load or keep texts in through their storage.
The stock is okay, but unless I've missed something it's fairly limited and bland as far as options.
I use go pro sms...haha....it works pretty well too!
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I also use Go SMS. It's the only one I tried that allows me to use group messaging properly.
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I always used the stock SMS app, never felt comfortable with anything else. I like the simplicity. Swiftkey keyboard plus the stock app= perfect minimalistic experience.
I use the stock sms and then either Swype or Swiftkey flow.
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I'd live to use the stock app if only it has security integration. Just cuz the phone is locked doesn't mean ppl can't get into your phone and then read the text messages. Its an added layer of security.
Another advantage of go SMS pro (not sure if handcent has a similar feature) is that if u never delete your text messages and have literally thousands n thousands of text messages within a single contact, go SMS truncates the chain of conversations to the latest ones n if u scroll up, u can click show more messages to view older ones. This speeds up loading time when going into a conversation. Whereas in the stock app, it can take sometimes 5 or more seconds of delay since its trying to load all the old texts.
For example, my conversation with my gf has never been deleted lately, resulting in nearly 10,000 texts between the both of us. When I open our conversation in go SMS pro, it works fine. But using the stock app can take nearly 10-15 seconds n it sometimes even crash and freeze. So yeah, it can make a difference.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thinkyeah.smartlockfree&feature=order_history
lock anything you want.
I've used Chomp and Handcent on my prior phones.
Call me crazy, but I actually like the stock messaging app on my S5. I even love the silly background with clouds.
Question - are there other backgrounds available besides the five that come with the app? I've searched but can't find anything...Or do I need to go back to Chomp or Handcent for that?
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I've used Chomp and Handcent on my prior phones.
Call me crazy, but I actually like the stock messaging app on my S5. I even love the silly background with clouds.
Question - are there other backgrounds available besides the five that come with the app? I've searched but can't find anything...Or do I need to go back to Chomp or Handcent for that?
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You can change the background to whatever you want. You just pick images on the far left and you can set any image you have on your phone. As for the bubble styles, unfortunately you can only use what is already on the phone.
Duh - can't believe I missed that!
Thank you!
Yeah, I love it too.
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