Hi all,
I've spent most of the day searching the net for an app that let's me register appointments, and offers the possibility to send sms confirmation "Dear customer, you have an appointment ... date... time", and to send a reminder like 24 hrs before D-Day "Please remember your appointment ... date ... time".
I found all kinds of goodies. Some to install on a Windows PC, some hosted online. But in all cases you need to purchase an SMS package.
On this forum I found f.ex. the miniSMS server. This showed me it is possible to make an app that can send SMS'es. Great, now I need a way to have a tool like a traditional calendar to enter appointments, and the option to send SMS as described. I think best would be an app that works on top of the default installed calendar. But then again, I don't know...
Advantage with running it from the PDA is that the PDA does not need to be connected to the PC in any way, so messages can be send at any time. And ofcourse, you don't need to purchase expensive subscriptions.
I do webdesign, but I am not a programmer, so I will need some assistance. All input is welcome. Many thanks in advance.
The Satman
Can anyone explain why this is please? I only have 75 contacts and yet if I start an SMS, and select 'add recipient' they are duplicated; one with a photo and one without.
The photo specific ones are saved to my phone, while the others I can only assume are my Sim contacts, right?
Anyway, is this something I have to just leave be, or can it be corrected?
Thanks.
sent from Bat Country
Hi!
So .. I'm having the following issue.. wich is bugging me quite a bit.
I recently started using Google Hangouts instead of SMS (TextMessaging), and I'm very fond of it.
The only issue I have is that the numbers I havent added any areacode to gets the areacode for Sweden (+46),
and this is ONLY on Google Hangouts.
When I go back to the regular SMS app, the areacode is removed, and I can again send SMS without sending it to Sweden first.
I'm from Norway if it matters (+47). But the phone itself is imported from Sweden, but I'm using Norwegian as language.
So I cannot understand why this should be an issue.
Anyone got any info on the matter?
Edit: And yes. I checked my gmail. I have my country set to Norway.
And I just doublechecked that it werent my Backup Pro that messed things up (since I know app+data backup\sms backup can sometimes be a bit wierd.),
because I checked with only the original google drive backup that comes with android, and I still got +46 as the area\countrycode when
texting a number without +XX infront of the number when using Google Hangouts.
I just find it very wierd. There is no reason for Google Hangouts to pick +46, right ?
Except the fact that the phone is imported from Sweden.
As another Norwegian, I have the exact same problem. The Hangouts app adds +46 as the country code to all my numbers without an already existing prefix (I even think it added +45 at one point, which is the prefix to Denmark).
I bought my phone (HTC One) from a Tele2 outlet in Norway. Tele2 is a Swedish mobile operator company, so quite possibly my phone is the Swedish version (I don't know how to verify that).
Also, my default country code in Gmail is set to Norway.
Could this be a bug?
Edit: Also, when I use the default SMS app from HTC, no problems occur (as with OP dmbardal). That is, the app doesn't prefix any area code.
MistrBjorn said:
As another Norwegian, I have the exact same problem. The Hangouts app adds +46 as the country code to all my numbers without an already existing prefix (I even think it added +45 at one point, which is the prefix to Denmark).
I bought my phone (HTC One) from a Tele2 outlet in Norway. Tele2 is a Swedish mobile operator company, so quite possibly my phone is the Swedish version (I don't know how to verify that).
Also, my default country code in Gmail is set to Norway.
Could this be a bug?
Edit: Also, when I use the default SMS app from HTC, no problems occur (as with OP dmbardal). That is, the app doesn't prefix any area code.
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Same for me, just noticed the bug in hangouts. Seem there are some issues with norwegian in general om android these days. Earth cannot search if system language is set to Norwegian, and Drive won't open New Google sheets.
korgmatose said:
Same for me, just noticed the bug in hangouts. Seem there are some issues with norwegian in general om android these days. Earth cannot search if system language is set to Norwegian, and Drive won't open New Google sheets.
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I have Tele2 and I believe this to be some kind of "dial assist" making Hangouts believe that since tele2 uses Swedish simcarda, that I am trying to dial to my home network, and that I'm roaming abroad when I am indeed in Norway messaging a Norwegian number.
A are all of you also tele2-customers?
korgmatose said:
I have Tele2 and I believe this to be some kind of "dial assist" making Hangouts believe that since tele2 uses Swedish simcarda, that I am trying to dial to my home network, and that I'm roaming abroad when I am indeed in Norway messaging a Norwegian number.
A are all of you also tele2-customers?
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I have the exact same problem and yes I am a tele2-customer. I think what you're writing about Sweden could be the problem. Google probably didn't think of that scenario when they added this. A fix would be greatly appreciated! At least there should be a way to override the setting it gets from the sim.
This problem is extremely annoying!
I will write a bug report for google to ignore.
andebor said:
I have the exact same problem and yes I am a tele2-customer. I think what you're writing about Sweden could be the problem. Google probably didn't think of that scenario when they added this. A fix would be greatly appreciated! At least there should be a way to override the setting it gets from the sim.
This problem is extremely annoying!
I will write a bug report for google to ignore.
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How did the bug report go? Tele2/Nexus 5 user here with the exact same problem. Sometimes it works to store the contact with the area code as well before sending an SMS.
I'm still having the same issue, despite desperately changing everything I can on Youtube, Google Plus, GMail, Hangouts etc.
Still no change.
I recently posted on the Google+ help group to see if anyone got a fix for the issue.
I will report back if I find anything.
This is seriously starting to bug me.
dmbardal said:
I'm still having the same issue, despite desperately changing everything I can on Youtube, Google Plus, GMail, Hangouts etc.
Still no change.
I recently posted on the Google+ help group to see if anyone got a fix for the issue.
I will report back if I find anything.
This is seriously starting to bug me.
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hey i've been living in Vietnam for the last year, and with new google voice integration I tried texting home and just noticed that it would at the VN country code to all my contacts. What I ended up doing was using twitch contact formatter to analyze all my contacts and resave them with the international standard. It did a pretty decent job in recognizing what was Vietnam and what was the US. It might work for you all. I did have to manually process some that got mistaken for VN when they were US numbers.
I was easily able to spot the mistakenly converted contacts by clicking on the VN flag and switching to national convention. This showed me all my "Vietnamese" contacts, and I could easily spot the difference in names. I just reedited those contacts to delete the country code and then processed them.
Hope this helps!
Danish Area Code with TDC
I have same problem. norwegian with TDC subscription. +45 on sms text when they are supposed to be +47. Have changed all the contacts but its annoying when I write new text to new people. Default at +45.
hangouts will automatically add +1 prefix when tring to send short code sms, for me I am attempting to get my data usage from straight talk sending usage to short code 611611, and hangouts will automatically add +1 making the number +1611611, I have figured out that if you delete all messages youve attempted to send in hangouts and your phones default messaging app, go to app manager on your phone, force stop your phones stock messaging app and hangouts app, make your messaging app the default messaging app, create a new contact in phone for the short code i addded the number as name: staright talk and phone number as 611611, send message using phones defsult messaging using the newwly created contact, close messaging app force close and clear cache in app manager on pphone, then make hangouts default messaging app open hangouts and it will retrieve the message from your messages in the default messaging app, and now it will show the number when you selct the message as 611611 the correct short code without adddign the +1, as long as you keep that message in your list and use that converation for any future message to that short code it will work just fine. please feel free to post any questions
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I eventually found an easier workaround. In "Contacts", select the contact that has the designated short code to and click the Send Text flag on the right hand side. If Hangouts is your default SMS app, it will open up a Hangouts SMS window with the short code and NOTHING prefixed up front. i.e. it will work ok. Cheers.
Hi,
I live in Israel, and so - most of my contacts are stored with Hebrew names.
I want to be able to use Google Now (or any other voice dialing) to call them, but when I try it, it won't recognize those names. Not even when I change the language of Google Now as a whole to Hebrew (which anyway I prefer not to do).
Is there any way of making this happen or am I wasting my time here?
Thanks!
Tal
I've read about Google voice to see if this would work,not sure. On at&t,unlocked note 9. Vacationing in europe. Need to be able to receive texts for work. Without buying the expensive att plan, can
I use Google voice or a project Fi sim and forward those texts so i can receive in realtime in europe with wifi connection? Doesn't matter if i reply from a different nunber, just need to receive the message. Thanks
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I've read about Google voice to see if this would work,not sure. On at&t,unlocked note 9. Vacationing in europe. Need to be able to receive texts for work. Without buying the expensive att plan, can
I use Google voice or a project Fi sim and forward those texts so i can receive in realtime in europe with wifi connection? Doesn't matter if i reply from a different nunber, just need to receive the message. Thanks
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To the best of my knowledge Google Voice works anywhere you can or are logged into Google. So as long as you will be logged into the device with your google account the Google Voice app will function anyplace it can reach the internet. I know making international calls cost and you can add money to your account or tie it to your Google Pay account but the Google Voice app should function the same delivering messages and voicemail to the app just like here in the states. The funny thing is when I read the header for you post the first thing that popped into my mind was Google Voice.
FreeTextSMS Web SMS Solution can forward your SMS to web browser
You can try FreeTextSMS.net Web SMS App, which can forward your Android's every SMS/Text Message in time to your Web browser.
For example, you can just leave your Android phone at home, and read/write your SMS on any web browser anywhere.
It is a kind of Online bulk SMS/group SMS solution on your desktop web browsers through your phone and virtual SMS vendor.
Send and receive SMS text messages on your desktop Windows/Mac/Linux with web browsers, such as Chrome/FireFox/Safari, through your Android phone and virtual Online SMS provider. Move your native SMS application of Android phone to desktop web browsers for convenient reading and writing. Supports Group SMS/Bulk SMS through your mobile phone and/or virtual online SMS vendors in very cheap price.
After installing this app, just visit https://freetextsms.net to pair it with your web browser. No need to install desktop application on your Windows/Mac/Linux, etc,.
You can download and try it from XLabs: https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.joege.freetextsms
tomplatz said:
I've read about Google voice to see if this would work,not sure. On at&t,unlocked note 9. Vacationing in europe. Need to be able to receive texts for work. Without buying the expensive att plan, can
I use Google voice or a project Fi sim and forward those texts so i can receive in realtime in europe with wifi connection? Doesn't matter if i reply from a different nunber, just need to receive the message. Thanks
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